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FINAL CUT 4.0 Express and iMac G5

2008-06-30T15:51:19Z

Due to lack of response in other tribes. Let me try this another way. Any body here use Final cut express? Did you have any problems loading it on your machine(Or more specifically with your machine after loading it)? I own a G5 iMac (Pre Intel) Are there known issues? Can you direct me to a site that will help to resolve or explain these issues?

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cleaning my imac fan/vents

2008-06-14T13:41:46Z

I've had my imac G4 since they came out 6 or so years ago and I lived with a heavy smoker for a few of those years. Needless to say, the air vents seem to have hair growing in them and the fan is a bit "soiled" (I can see it through the vents at the base of the monitor arm). What is the best way for me to clean out the vents/fan? Can I use a vacuum attachment to suck out the dirt (with computer unplugged) or will static E be a prob? I just want my imac to breath a bit easier now the warm weather is back......
thanks,
-M-A

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Suggestion for wireless card for Titanium G4?

2008-06-14T13:39:55Z

Apparently Apple no longer makes a wireless card for my ancient Titanium G4 notebook. Are there any plug-in wireless cards that are particularly recommended?

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Hard drive compatibility

2008-06-14T13:38:22Z

I want to upgrade my G3 that only has 10 GB hard drive. How do I know what to buy? I'm looking in ebay.

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horizontal lines

2008-06-12T15:48:33Z

Hi,
I have horizontal lines about 4" deep (but depth varies). The area within the lines is frozen but above them are functional. They disappear if I press on the LCD display screen and sometimes after the computer has been on a long while.

Is this a malfunctioning display or a connection problem within my screen case?

Right now, I operate my mac with a clamp on the screen. I want to know if I should shop for a display or can my tech just tweek the connections?
Huge thanks...
P

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Tiger update Tuesday 080610

2008-06-11T02:27:27Z

yup ,
it's that time again ;

--BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

National Cyber Alert System
Cyber Security Alert SA08-162C

Apple QuickTime Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: June 10, 2008
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

* Apple Mac OS X running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.5
* Microsoft Windows running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.5

Overview

Apple has released Apple QuickTime 7.5 to correct several
vulnerabilities that are described in Apple Knowledgebase article
HT1991. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain
access to your computer.

Solution

Upgrade QuickTime
∞

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BLANK EMAILS IN APPLE MAIL

2008-06-08T05:16:55Z

Anyone else experience this?

I've started saving them just to see if there's a pattern. I received at least 4 two mornings ago, and before that sometime it's several times a day and anywhere between once every 3 weeks. This started a few months ago.

The emails are completely blank - no sender, no subject, no message - and i double checked by creating a reply to see if something would show. Nada.

I've also checked my original server (Yahoo) to see what the deal is and no blank emails in there.

But I did retrieve this in the header detail:

X-Apparently-To: [my email address here] via 209.191.119.129; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:25:47 -0700
X-Yahoofilteredbulk: 58.253.48.117
X-Originating-Ip: [58.253.48.117]
Authentication-Results: mta112.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com from=; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 58.253.48.117 (HELO 68.142.224.244) (58.253.48.117) by mta112.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:25:47 -0700

Care to break this down for me?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Superdrive issue?

2008-05-31T02:49:16Z

I have a mac mini running osx10.4.11 and today it did something that it never did before. I popped a blank DVD-r into the drive and it whirred around a while and then ejected. So I tried another disk figuring maybe that one was defective. Same deal. I tried another disk from a new package. Same deal. I tried a CDR with data on it and no problem, same for the blank CDR. Any troubleshooting tips? I really don't want to have to shuffle files over my network and burn them on my PC.

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. .You heard it here , first

2008-05-30T01:10:56Z

all,
Do your software update soon :
Security Update 2008-003 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
i wunner if it applies to the iPhone® , too ? Alo'ha ∞

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OS 10.5.3

2008-05-28T22:01:23Z

Must have come out today because it showed up under my Software Update!!!

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Screen Burn In

2008-05-28T04:30:02Z

I have terrible screen burn in..
I can see the document in everthing.
I tried doing the white screen-saver trick

any other suggestions?

Thank you :)

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Mac Hanging--- wheel spinning .. needing to reboot constantly

2008-05-28T02:13:13Z

2.16 Intel Core 2 Duo
1 gig mem
Running Leopard 10.5.2

Making me nuts... seems like it gets overloaded.... then the big rainbow wheel starts spinning .... then that is it...
I have to pull the plug and restart

I am about to take a torch to my mac....

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Lines across open finder windows

2008-05-22T19:55:59Z

In my finder windows lately -- I finding glitch lines that run across the screen.... stops when I click out...
like in DVD player or browser.

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iMovie HD help!!!!

2008-05-18T01:56:11Z

Hello everybody. I am in need of some help. I am using iMovie HD to edit movies to be posted to my site and am having trouble compressing the final product for my site as a Quicktime movie. ??? The last time I worked with iMovie was about 8months ago and my original notes are missing so if anyone out there can give me a little direction that would be appreciated.

thanks!
Darren
handbooksf

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STUFFIT 12 HELP!!!

2008-05-18T01:49:20Z

I am currently running Stuffit 11.0.2 I upgraded to 12.0.2 and every time I started my computer the assistant manager would start up reinstall Stuffit and ask me to restart or log off and on to finish installation.

I tried this several times, and even tried dumping the set up asst. Then I got a message asking me to reinstall Stuffit because Set up asst was missing.

I eventually dropped back down to 11.0.2 out of frustration. Any suggestions?

iMac 10.5.2

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Battery Indicator a No Show

2008-05-18T01:44:54Z

I have noticed that my battery indicator hasn't been showing in my menu bar and whenever i try to click the preference in energy saver to show the battery status in the menu bar, it clicks off, it won't stay clicked, has anybody else had this problem
I am currently on OS 10.4.11

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Kensington Keyboard mystery

2008-05-15T13:11:55Z

I have had a Kensington wireless keyboard on my iMac from day 1 (about 5 years ago). Occasionally when I turned the computer on I found a page saying that the "Bluetooth" device could not be found. To my knowledge I have no bluetooth devices at all. Yesterday that message appeared when I tried to open the computer from sleep mode. Not only did it appear, but the keyboard was completely unrecognized. Oddly, the wireless mouse that came with it is still completely functional.

What I have tried so far: Turning computer off and on again using main power button; unplugging computer while it was open; disabling Bluetooth in system preferences; putting new batteries in the K Keyboard; reinstalling the K Keyboard software; starting the computer using the old Mac keyboard and then attaching the K one.

Is it possible that the keyboard had died? How would I be able to find that out? Has anyone experienced or heard of a similar problem? Should I just go out and get another keyboard or is there someplace to go for a repair? Sometimes owning a computer makes me feel like I live on a lonely planet in the middle of a very large universe. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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Deleting mail??

2008-05-15T05:01:18Z

I recently trashed many emails from my mac mail (at least thought i had). Still showing that i have 4,000 mails in my in box, but doesn't seem to be that many. Are they stored somewhere else after in-box gets to a certain total?

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downloding an oldr, purchased version of quicktime pro

2008-05-12T03:01:12Z

Hi all - don't know if this is the right "tribe" for this question, and here goes...

I purchased quicktime pro several yrs ago... since then i have had HD crashes, a new hd, a hd wiped cleaned w/re-install...grrrrr! I'm moving and happened to find my QT Pro KEY in my stuff!!! so, how do i go about downloading it now that i have my key?

thanks,

eugenia

[have tried Apple website... nitemare!!!]

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Apple to provide refunds for power adapters

2008-05-10T09:53:01Z

Apple Inc. agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to as many as 2.3 million Macintosh computer owners to resolve claims that some of its power adapters were prone to spark.

Customers who bought certain replacement adapters for PowerBook and iBook computers are eligible for the settlement, according to documents filed in federal court in San Jose. U.S. District Court Judge James Ware granted preliminary approval of the agreement March 24.

The class-action suit, filed in 2006, alleged that Apple misrepresented problems with the power adapters. In 2001, Apple recalled about 570,000 adapters sold with PowerBooks after reports of overheating. Apple advised customers to stop using the adapters and offered free replacements.

The adapter "dangerously frays, sparks and prematurely fails to work," the plaintiffs said in court filings.

Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., will give cash payments to customers who bought an adapter made by Apple or another company to replace a failed one, according to court documents.

A hearing on final approval of the settlement was scheduled for Sept. 8.

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Easiest way to wipe the HD?

2008-05-06T21:33:27Z

I've got a G4 and it keeps freezing up on me whenever I do anything. Needless to say this makes it difficult when trying to write new music. So I was wondering how hard is it to completely wipe the drive and do a clean new install?

Any help or tips would be great.

Thanks

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7 Confessions Of An Apple Macintosh Specialist

2008-05-03T10:04:04Z

http://consumerist.com/384443/7-confessions-of-an-apple-macintosh-specialist

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HELP ! address book empty ! contacts lost ?

2008-05-01T23:32:03Z

Urgent Help needed !

just opened the addressbook on my macbook, running on Tiger, and all my contacts are suddenly gone ! Just gone ! tried to look in Application Support in the Library folder, no luck ! I am in the process of organizing a festival and retrieval is crucial.
May have been a bit slack on synchronising with my gmail account.

Anybody know if I could extract the data off my iPod ?! Some downloadable software that allows me to access not only the music, but particularly the contacts ?!

your help would be most appreciated ! a wonderful Beltane to you all !
thank you
Gusti

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irritation- cd burning ISSUES!

2008-04-29T07:11:19Z

I've had my mac os x ver. 10.4.11 for months now and have never tried to burn a music cd until now. It will burn it but then I can't hear anything when I try to play the cd in my car or in my sony home system. It looks like it's playing but there is no sound. I checked the hard-drive and it said that there was a problem with volume that the disk utility could not repair. BUT in order to re-boot with the system disks, it says to back up all my files in case some get lost in the process. How can I back them up if the burner is not working right?? Anybody know what else could be wrong? I am using sony cd-r disks. Also- the disk will play on my computer in itunes.

So frustrating.

Thanks!

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Flashing Screen

2008-04-25T00:46:40Z

I bought a used macbook pro about a month ago - 2.4gz, 160g HD, 2g ram.
the previous owner had erased and reinstalled Tiger. I promptly installed Leopard.

Everything is peachy except for random screen flashes. The whole screen goes white for 1-4 seconds, (NOT the 1/2 second Alert Flash) then comes back to whatever it was showing before. I can't make it flash, can't figure out why it flashes or what sets it off. It doesn't seem to be related to processor-intense activity, or disk access, or temperature, or app switching... It might happen 4-5 times an hour, doesn't matter what app I'm using. It'll flash with just a DVD running, or while I'm Tribeing or Paging or Appleworking.

I've also checked in System Prefs for the "Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs" option - box not checked.

any ideas what's going on?

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Back to my Mac / Idisk

2008-04-20T22:28:48Z

My office computer "sees" the idisk and that is used successfully, but I'd rather use back to my mac. We use quickbooks on the office computer and want to access the data while keeping a clean set of data - no multiple copies. If all settings are the same how come my laptop can screen share with the home office imac and not the work work office imac.

Any suggestions or shortcuts?

Thanks in advance.

g.

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..this post is for Adrok -->

2008-04-08T03:52:29Z

Adrok,
..listen..if you still use a mac® and like H A L..
download iPulse® ( ≠ $15US bux =)..it's a niƒty utility that
puts good 'ole HAL right on your desktop. he's
one of the skins included with it ..
Using its concise and pleasing user interface,
iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of Mac OS X on the desktop or in the dock. ...
http://www.iconfactory.com/software/ipulse
super kewlsie,
Alo'ha,
4o4 ∞

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powermac g4

2008-04-08T03:46:46Z

I have the PowerMac g4 Digital Audio Edition. I bought it at a pawn shop, and I think the logic board maybe going bad. It had os 9 on it and I went to install os x 10.3. As it started letters were missing from the words randomly. So I took the HD out and put it in my iMac and installed 10.3. I put the HD back in and it booted into firmware. Now I downloaded the firmware update for it. How do I install the firmware. And whatever more advice you can give would be appreciated Thank You... Mike

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My volume is gone.....

2008-04-04T13:57:32Z

Just wanted to ask, if anybody knows how to get the volume/sound to turn on again...I dont know what I did, but I can not hear anything from this MacBook...
Help, please....
Thank you
"A"Butta*flyGypsy

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New Macbook with razor sharp edges

2008-03-31T07:15:05Z

I just got a new Macbook 13.3 and the front edges where your wrists go are extremely sharp. Now I've read all the stuff about proper typing form but there are plenty of times and situations where you actually have to rest your wrists on the "wrist rests" and it's painful. And from what I'm reading this appears to have been a design flaw for some time. What the "F" is up with this?

Is there anything I can do about it besides bitch?

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..SMARTreporter updated --->

2008-03-31T07:05:22Z

..SMARTreporter was just updated to ver. 2.3.7
..it's a niƒty utility that tells you if you hard drive is going bad..especially useful for laptops that get banged up a lot..
they updated it because of mac osX system 3.9 incompatibilities...they also released a ƒrench ver.
http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter
alo'ha ∞

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how to set up AirPort extreme?

2008-03-31T06:33:53Z

I"m not sure what is going wrong, but I can't seem to get my airport extreme (old version that looks like a space ship) to work. It's all lit up, but I can't get online, and my personal network doesn't show up as an option to connect to. In my previous apt it worked okay, but I could never connect or would get bumped off unless if I was using it in the middle of the night. But here at my new place, my network won't show up at all.....

is there some kind of trick to this? My set up is this - a PowerMac G5 (my roommate's), comcast for the internet, my macbook, and the old AirPort Extreme.

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.. C o n t e s t ..

2008-03-29T01:53:35Z

e-ƒriends all, March ' 08

uh, i was trying to think ..but nothing happened
Let's think of a new name for the neXt iteration of the macosX® , ok ¿
..Let's see: Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard; taken. Siamese, Stray, Lion, Puma ,
Bobcat, Feral; not taken . Howz about , uh , i LynX ¿
..Either that or just post a picture of your oldest soƒ†ware that still runs .
We'll submit them to One ∞ Loop, Cupertino, CA, and see what they give us
alo'ha'ha,
Ω
http://developer.apple.com not •

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..updates..

2008-03-26T07:06:44Z

åll,
..Mozilla just updated Firefox® to ver.2.0.0.13 http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.13/releasenotes .just hit the ^^ Help ^^ dropdown and Check for Updates to load it .i run mine without the e-mail client enabled and let my ISP worry about viruses, sniffers, & trojans. if you trust your ISP's handling of your e-mail account you could do the same with any of the mozilla based browsers such as Netscape®, Seamonkey®, Opera® (Thunderbird), or even Safari® especially if you have issues with e-mail attachments . Enable stealth mode if you know how to do it
My read is that Apple® has quit issuing updates to macosX 3.9 Not to worry; if your OS is up to date and works ºk, just continue using it. Google-analytics is the big bug-a-boo these days
Alo'ha
Ω

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..critical Java® update forthcoming ..

2008-03-20T01:03:08Z

..friends all,

..this will be a crucial update when it gets released;Sun Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities in Java Original release date: March 6, 2008
Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT http://www.cert.org Systems Affected Sun ( Java Runtime Environment ) versions * JDK and ( JRE ) 6 Update 4 and earlier * JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 14 and earlier * SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier * SDK and JRE 1.3.1_21 and earlier

..SDK's what runs on Apples's® iPhones ® and iPods® .i think & as far as i know..the update has not been released as of yet..Sun® Microsystems released java® and javascript® into the public domain ≠ 2005 and it is currently responsible for a L O T of screw-ups
affecting m o s t machines..through non- standard and non - compliant implementations in Linux® and Ubuntu ®, Red Hat Linux® and so forth because it's a very E Z programming language to program in. Most ads with imbedded movement are javascripts®

From my perspective.. it is what has been screwing up Safari® and Firefox® and most mozilla.org based browsers...lol...that and Macromedia's Flash ®..

alo'ha
Ω

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idisk

2008-03-12T00:54:05Z

I'm evaluating idisk for syncing a copy of Quickbooks between home and office. Today I got a message that the idisk server was down. Since I'm using this for business - does this happen often? I can't imagine that it would. Or was it a problem with my internet provider?

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..potential microsloth virus -->

2008-03-12T00:51:56Z

all,
..Doesn't seem to affect Office 2004..mine hasn't updated n e way :
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: March 11, 2008
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
* Microsoft Office
* Microsoft Office for Mac
alo'ha
Ω http://www.cert.org <- source

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, ,great little utility -->

2008-03-11T05:01:30Z

all,
..try this one ;
http://www.macmod.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,185/Itemid,227
..if you dare..it's a great time saver ..but be forewarned..one can really screw up a computer with it..
..lol.. not that i have.. just be comfortable with file extension types and you'll do ok..
..and the mac® defaults may not return to defaults..
alo'ha,
Ω

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..iPhone® wow factor..

2008-03-10T09:00:32Z

..lol, Sunday 11 pm
my friend here in Hawai'i has an iPhone® but covets my TiPowerbook®, still.
He's an old ƒart & blind (j/k) like me and can't read the screen..here's the latest..still Sunday , 3/9 here in the 50th State;
Monday, March 10, 2008
What to Expect from the Open iPhone
Freed to design software for the iPhone, programmers outside Apple plan to revolutionize the handheld.
By Kate Greene

With its easy-to-use touch screen and slick software--including Apple's iTunes--the iPhone is the darling of the cell-phone industry. And last week, Apple made an announcement that only enhances the phone's appeal. The Cupertino, CA, company unveiled a set of new features for the phone that allow it to work well with business software, including e-mail and data-synching software. And crucially, the company released the instructions for the iPhone's hardware, offering a software development kit (SDK) that lets programmers outside Apple peek inside the gadget and write their own applications for it.

Anyone who uses an iPhone will soon reap the benefits of the phone's new capabilities--from accessing business e-mail, to running familiar desktop programs, to exploiting the built-in accelerometer for new gesture-based interfaces.

"This is a huge deal," says Ken Case, CEO of Omni Group, a company that implements ideas from David Allen's Getting Things Done in organizational software for the Mac operating system. "Apple has built this small handheld computer that's based around the same fundamental technology of the Mac. What [the SDK] means for us is that we now have the opportunity to build software that people have been clamoring for since the iPhone was announced." Case says that Omni plans to make an iPhone version of its "to-do list on steroids" that will capture data using the phone's camera and incorporate location information made available through the development kit. Omni's software could, for instance, automatically pull up a list of grocery items when it recognizes that the user has entered a store.

Businesses will be more likely to dole out iPhones to employees because, in addition to e-mail compatibility and synching ability, Apple is now offering a way for employees to access business servers that are behind firewalls. Moreover, the phones can be cleared of all data remotely, if they are lost or stolen. And Salesforce.com, a business services company, has already built applications using the iPhone development kit. "I think what you're going to see is, just the release of the enterprise integration alone is going to drive substantial business sales [of the iPhone]," says Raven Zachary, a software developer who started iPhoneDevCamp, a series of workshops to spur development of Web-based iPhone applications. "You'll see people leaving their BlackBerrys at the office."

The health-care industry, specifically, could benefit from the open iPhone, says Steven Frank, a developer and founder of Panic, a Mac software company. EPocrates, a medical-software company, demonstrated its iPhone application at Apple's press event last Thursday, and Frank immediately thought of his wife, a doctor. "She uses and loves her iPhone but still carries around a Palm handheld solely to run ePocrates and other similar medical databases," he says. Frank predicts that when those databases are accessible on the iPhone, his wife will leave her Palm at home. "The important thing here is that Apple was of course never going to supply a prescription-drug database application for the iPhone. The SDK enables that to be made, which opens up a whole new class of people who can now realistically use an iPhone as their sole mobile device."

When the iPhone was first announced last June, programmers were excited by the possibilities it presented, but Apple withheld a lot of information about the inner workings of the phone's software. Instead of promoting downloadable applications, Apple encouraged the development of Web-based programs that ran inside the Safari browser. But that limited the programs' capabilities. For instance, they could not take full advantage of the touch screen or the three-axis accelerometer, and they couldn't store data on the phone's flash-memory chip. Some programmers turned to hacking the phone--in essence reverse-engineering instructions that control the hardware--so that they could build their own applications, including virtual guitars. (See "The Next Generation of iPhone Hacks.")

Some of the software that the early iPhone hackers developed, such as the virtual guitar and games that use the accelerometer, illustrates the potential of the SDK. The entrepreneur and iPhone expert Christopher Allen, for instance, envisions writing software that could filter calls or text messages depending on the position of the phone: laying the phone flat on your desk might indicate that you want to accept only work-related calls. (See "The iPhone's Untapped Potential.")

Nonetheless, says Allen, it's still not a complete free-for-all. It's not clear whether programmers will have access to certain layers of information about the phone, such as those that could allow them to build Bluetooth peripherals like keyboards. Allen says that he hasn't yet had a chance to dive deeply into the SDK, but he's not sure whether it will allow for software that lets iPhone users receive data, such as instant messages, while they're placing calls over the cellular network (something that's not possible now).

Already, Apple has enlisted some major companies to develop early applications that will give the public a taste of what the development kit allows. At the press event, AOL unveiled its iPhone-compatible instant-messaging program, and the game company Electronic Arts showed off Spore, a game that uses the accelerometer to control play.

While the SDK is downloadable right now, third-party programs written for the phone won't be available until June, when Apple releases the iPhone 2.0 update. At that time, people will be able to download programs via iTunes, in the same way that they download songs and movies. Allen suspects that, as it has with podcasts, Apple will promote the programs that are the most popular, "which means the quality stuff wins," he says. "That's definitely not what's happening in the cell-phone world right now: quality is not there." Of Apple opening the iPhone, Allen says, "I think this is a pivotal thing."
Ω

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Safari 3 problems - menu

2008-03-09T23:50:04Z

the "previous/next" arrow key just suddenly disappeared from the upper bar on the Safari 3 page!!! so, i can't go back to the previous page & have to re-load every time i want to look at a different page!!! aaarrrggg!!! i.e. i'm on craigslist looking for an apt. I click on one item, read it, and then want to go back to the main page w/the apt offerings... can't do it!!! Have to re-enter craigslist... my "macDaddy" friend says he is having the same problem! Any suggestions? HELP

I have Tiger 10.4.11 as my OS...

thanks,

eugenia

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ibook G4 not starting

2008-03-07T01:03:31Z

Please Help! My ibook g4, when turned on, just alternates between a mac-face a picture of a folder with a ?question-mark. Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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..different OS'es...

2008-03-06T07:21:06Z

..ƒriends all,
..i was gonna' download http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download but, stupid me..
..i can't even tell if it will run on this ancient IBMPowerPC 950 architecture. Anyone run it ?
http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/22/index.html is also an option ..Control Processor /
Microprocessor ( CP / M ) is still my personal fav. O S.. 64k kernal..the OS on every disk, etc...
..long live Alan Kay's KAYPRO's® . and the Osborne® luggables.
alo'ha,
Ω

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Optical drive

2008-03-01T22:18:09Z

What can be done about a bad optical drive? I own an iMac G5, I was just told the optical drive needs to be replaced. Any suggestions? what does something like that cost?

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..Leopard® 10.5.2 released -->

2008-02-19T02:05:26Z

..all,
Here's the p00p ;
http://lifehacker.com/355199/leopard-1052-update-released-bug-fixes-galore
Apple's® even numbered releases are stable, odd numbered ones aren't
..osX 10.5.2 may be worth purchasing..i am waiting until techrestore.com sends me the e-mail with the $99 oƒƒer for it
..Happy Valentine's Day,
Ω

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Tribe Home and Leopard Safari Login Problem

2008-02-16T01:28:18Z

Is anyone else having a problem with Safari 3 in Leopard refusing to automatically log into their Tribe Home page?

I cannot keep it logged it as it times out so that most every time I launch a Safari window to view tribe, I have to click the login button. Clicking the Tribe page "Remember Me" checkbox doesn't work. All is fine on Firefox as it always was.

This, of course, never happened before with Safari and is very annoying!

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..a handy dandy utility ..

2008-02-15T05:40:06Z

all,
..here's a niƒty online ultility that i highly recommend ;
http://www.auditmypc.com/firewall-test.asp
..it's non - invasive but the results may surprise you
ƒree, also.
alo'ha,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

Linksys router problems...

2008-02-15T05:29:45Z

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me to a problem that I know has an answer but that I can't figure out! (I know it has an answer because I've resolved the problem before, I just don't remember how). As you'll see from the technology below, my hardware's all well beyond its warranty life. I'm not techie but I'm not an absolute idiot either so usually I can sort things out by searching online and apply the solutions I find. But I can't find any real solutions online (even though Linksys did actually give me one when the router was still on warranty back in the mists of time).

I have a PowerbookG4 running OSX 10.3.9 and a Linksys WRT54G that I just put back into service. I got it up and running but only partially. It connects wirelessly to most sites but won't to hotmail, tribe, facebook and any chat sites with long threads. Hotmail it can't access, and the other sites it looks like it's connecting but then it just starts to hang...though it doesn't seem to time out and if I cancel it the site name shows on the tab. It's fine with gmail and lots of other sites. Also, the ethernet ports don't seem to be working now, though they were when I first hooked it up this time. Also, I can send mail from my email program but it won't download (though it looks like it is going to and is online). My IP provider is PPOE.

It wasn't rocket science getting it sorted out last time but for the life of me I can't remember what the fix was. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 24 replies

..MacBook Air ®..

2008-02-15T05:16:32Z

e-ƒriends all,
..this latest offering http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html
..looks pretty s i c k.. Let us know if you get
one. off the cuff..and having owned at various
times a PB 145..some G3's, ( Wallstreet & kids'
computers also =), two TiPowerbooks, and
some Compaq's a Toshiba laptop and my trusty
HP Palmtop, i'd
say it would be succeptable to bendage. yes,
bendage...that. . is not covered under warranty,
bouncing either for that matter..water damage, etc
i use saran wrap on laptop keyboards ..btw..
Do your self a favor and get an iPhone® instead.
They're cheaper and have more features. You'll
find it easier flung about on the car mat floor, also
Go Patriots,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 2 replies

what did i do? X-posted

2008-02-14T03:39:41Z

Hi all,

new mac user here. I don't know if i messed up or not.

I installed the xcode tools from the optional installs on my os x disc. I did this because i was reading about a way to change certain file names, anyway... i accidentally clicked on an icon labeled distcclaunchdconfig. it did something and then said process completed, what did it do?, did i mess up? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

thanks
Noob:)

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

? internet explorer for mac??

2008-02-12T21:56:56Z

does this exist? and how can i get it....

posted in Mac Tech Support - 14 replies

..good article about the iPhone®..

2008-02-09T01:42:11Z

..interesting reading;
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/16-02/ff_iphone
Alo'ha
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

..overtly political post -->

2008-01-31T01:24:50Z

uh,
our be loved President is shooting his self in the foot ;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_vs._AT&T
^^ this legislation ends on this Friday ^^
..if you use AT&T as your ISP it has distinct implications
on their, ( the USG =), letting the http://www.nsa.gov snoop on all
our e-mails
alo'ha ƒriends,
Ω
No Such Agency

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

Compatibility: Leopard w/ Powerbook G5

2008-01-30T23:29:01Z

I've got a 3 year old Powerbook G5 running 10.4.11 and just bought the latest version of Leopard as I need Time Machine for intelligent back-up to an external HD. I've heard a rumor that Leopard runs great on new Intel Macs but not the prior versions like mine. Main rumor is that programs like Safari constantly crash and its not worth buying. Does anybody have experience with this? If Leopard doesn't run well on older Macs does anybody know of an alternative program that syncs good with Macs and provides intelligent back-up capabilities similar to Time Machine? I'd upgrade to a MacbookPro but I've got to allocate resources elsewhere if ya know what I mean!

Thanks for any insight!

Peace,

Funk

posted in Mac Tech Support - 5 replies

which Mac laptop?

2008-01-29T05:49:17Z

I'm a music student. I appreciate that you get more memory with the pro. But wouldn't I be okay with a book and a zip drive? As long as I have a CD/DVD burner, I think I'll be okay. Opinions?

Thanks,
Mac novice, Amira

posted in Mac Tech Support - 9 replies

Need help with mac pbook Pismo: reboot

2008-01-29T05:47:31Z

Hi,

It really wasn't necessary for me to "restart" my powerbook because it seemed to be working fine, but I did and now it won't restart fully.
The Battery is completely charged and the power adapter is alive and well. The computer will turn on but the only graphics showing are a white screen with a file folder icon in the center displaying and alternating between a face and a question mark but will not go beyond that point. I've tried the reset button located on the back panel, but nothing changed.

This computer runs on OS10.3.

Does anybody know how I could fix this problem???

Distressed ;-{

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

Dude, where's my printer?

2008-01-25T21:22:47Z

I just got a MacBook & I installed my old HP printer but it's not acknowledging that it's there. When i try to print it says "no printer selected." I tried to "add a printer" & it didn't do anything. What gives?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 5 replies

What's the ShareWare replacement for Key Caps?

2008-01-22T06:57:44Z

I just want to see what my keyboard will type, in combination with the font I'm using (like Wingdings font).

Key caps was dumped in 10.4 tiger. I mean, I have it but it doesn't open. I can't find anything like it. The Character Palette only helps me to type foreign languages, which would be fun if I ever learned Telugu or even Katakana.

And those foreign characters are dependent on an installed font. So how do I work in photoshop and type a heart symbol or an envelope? I think I would have to choose Wingdings font and type every key both small and caps to find what I want and save an example file of the whole array for cut-and-paste later.

Any word of downloadable thingy that does what Key Caps used to do, but runs in Leopard?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 5 replies

Adobe Acrobat Pro 8: Help

2008-01-21T04:24:34Z

I recently updated my Acrobat from Pro 7 to Pro 8, Now when I want to change files to PDF's from the print window, my printer just pauses. I know, I know, I can choose save as PDF and it will save as an Apple PDF file, but I was used to just choosing ADOBE PDF 8 (Well prior to this "7") and hitting print.

The document would be then saved as a PDF

Is there some configuration I need to do... choose a particular driver... I am stumped

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

ParallizedBySpellChecker

2008-01-19T02:57:19Z

super frustrating! keep getting the sameAlert
"alert: Couldn'tFindSpellChecker"won'tLetMeType.no
SpacesSeemsToHelpaBit.i'mOutOfTheCountry
RightNowAndDon'tHaveMyDisks.canNotReinstall.ran
SystemsCheckNoProblemsFoundPLEASEhelpIf you
HaveAnyIdeasTHISisCRAZYmakingTHANKS!!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

Trying to copy files from XP to iMac

2008-01-19T02:54:27Z

Greetings, everyone. :) I just bought an iMac last night. This is my first Mac, so I don't know what I'm doing yet. I want to copy the files from my XP to my iMac, and someone gave me this great link:

http://www.apple.com/getamac/movetomac/network.html

So I'm trying to set up my XP machine as a server so that I can connect the iMac directly to it. I did everything it said, and set the XP access level to level 4 for the entire C: drive, and I'm trying to set up a direct ethernet connection between my XP and my iMac (cable goes directly from the XP to the iMac). But when I connect the two computers, the LAN connection on the XP machine says, "Acquiring network address..." and then "Limited or no connectivity." If I click on "more information," it says "This problem occurred because the network did not assign a network address to the computer." I click "Repair," and it tries to renew the IP address, but it is unsuccessful. Of course, I can't see the computer in the iMac's Network folder, nor can I connect through Connect to Server. I've done further investigating on the net and tried several different things, but nothing helps. It sounds like this is supposed to be relatively easy, so I think I must just be overlooking something simple and obvious, but I have no idea what it would be. Does anyone in here know how to do this, and what I might be doing wrong or what I could try? If so, I would be most grateful for your help.

posted in Mac Tech Support - 22 replies

Cover Flow tune-ups for old JPEG's

2008-01-17T17:33:52Z

(this is a Level 2 question)

Now that I have Cover Flow and Quick Look, I'm finding all this crap I had forgotten about. And now I have the opportunity to comb through and pick out the cherries from my photo history.

Which means I'm looking at files created in Classic, or photos imported by older camera reader drivers. So I've got these 16-pixel icons from old PhotoShop or I've got JPEG previews that are made for 128-pixel icons, but not big previews. That's what's showing in Cover Flow for my legacy files in the archive.

Though Quick Look shows the whole file in full screen resolution, Cover Flow shows only the eensy old icon. How can I touch headers of the old JPEG's so they have new-world icons and previews?--without re-compressing the content file? If not for the sake of Cover Flow, at least to make sure my old files continue to upgrade to current formats.

posted in Mac Tech Support - 10 replies

quickbooks for a PC on a mac?

2008-01-17T09:10:21Z

I have a mac pro and I run quickbooks but time after time I run into problems with the mac version of quickbooks. Every seems to say that QB works better on PCs and I've check ed out MYOB and do not like it

my question is "Is anyone running QB for windows on a mac and how does it work?

anyone know of a redit union in NYC that supports QB for Mac?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

..mac osx 3.9 users..

2008-01-16T08:40:03Z

åll,
..here's the scoop ..if you use it..keep using it..this will be the neXt thing Apple® will stop supporting..if they haven't already..
. move everything to a cheep, external firewire® hard drive and make it bootable..this will be your fail safe backup system os..
..java® and javascipts® have gone c r a z y and unreliable because Sun Microsystems® made it public domain two years ago..
..continue to use them but be wary of imbedded javascripts® in pictures you down load from unknown or unreliable sources.
..like your Aunt in North Carolina or someone...who simply forwards all the junk they get in their e-mail in box.
.to wit..javascripts® ..> ..say 125 k ..make niƒty sniffers, trojan horses and.keyloggers..caught a 'eugeneice ' trying to crack into my machine two days ago.. Apple Hiring a Whole Team of Multi-touch Engineers, Not Just One. http://gizmodo.com/336009/apple-hiring-a-whole-team-of-multi+touch-engineers-not-just-one .
. . btw - my HS buddie invented the membrane touchpad..made millions $$US..
Mele Kalikimaka &
Alo'ha,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 12 replies

NEW QUESTION: Leopard and the internet

2008-01-15T00:39:56Z

It seems that NOW and only now, since I loaded Leopard on to my iMac G5 desktop 1.8ghz 1.25gb DDR SDRAM Machine, ... If I leave it alone and the screen saver kicks in and the the machine itself goes to sleep (All well and good) when I come back to it and wake it up... My internet connections fail. What I mean by this is, my mail will no longer down load, all mail boxes seem to go off line. Safari won't load. Yet ALL the bars are present up top showing the connection is still strong. Sometimes I just need to click "Bring all mailboxes on line" and do a network diagnostic to get safari working again. Sometimes I have to turn the machine off and wait a minute then restart it... this all seems to defeat the whole purpose of leaving it on when I walk away and having a screen saver and sleep mode.

Does anyone else have this problem or are the APPLE elves messing with me?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

Need to make a kick ass resume on my New i Mac...

2008-01-15T00:31:19Z

I don't know where to start...
Does anyone have any advice on programs etc.?

please...

posted in Mac Tech Support - 5 replies

airport & old mac minis

2008-01-13T21:54:50Z

Hi
I've got one of the older Mac Minis that came out before AirPort Cards were standard issue.
Our new place has the hub down in the basement...which I really don't want to spend alot of time in.

I'm trying to find out what I need to buy to get this to work. I called the Apple tech support but they were confused then connected me to a department that was closed for the night. I'd rather not take it in to the Apple store because I'm sure whatever it is I can find cheaper some place else.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 7 replies

leaving tribe

2008-01-08T09:29:26Z

Ann Coulter ads, Christian singles ... don't mind the pitch for paid membership, but something doesn't feel right here. There's no good way to deal with trolls .... and cisco isn't where I want to be.

Good bye tribe

Bambi

posted in Mac Tech Support - 7 replies

how secure is vpn verus remote desktop...

2008-01-05T04:51:09Z

My wife needs to access her quickbooks file from home often enough. There is quickbooks on-line version, but it doesn't
offer purchase orders which are a essential element in her daily business life. It was either that or getting a .mac account
and leaving the file there.

what would be the cleanest and most secure way for me to do this for her?

It is highly unlikely that anyone would be working on the file at the same time.

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

Palm sync broken after upgrading to Leopard

2008-01-03T05:18:20Z

Hi, I upgraded to Leopard and now Hotsync can't communicate with iSync. I called Apple and they were completely unhelpful - said I should ask Palm to fix Hotsync. But Hotsync is running fine; just can't communicate with the new version of iSync that was installed with Leopard.

Help or suggestions appreciated. Has anyone gotten Palm Hotsync to work with Leopard, and if yes, HOW???

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

troll alert

2008-01-02T18:58:46Z

please kick trance out of this group ... I don't have the super-powers to do it ... but we don't need this kind of no-life douchebag around here.

Bambi

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

..L00k B 4 you Leap® ->

2008-01-02T08:54:17Z

..ref; Leopard ®
. .uh,,the early reviews at the Apple® Store are all over the map ;
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?pg=2&mco=C6C85707&fnode=home/shop_mac/software&revw=MB427Z/A
..^^ takes a while to load..^^..lol..on dial-up ne way..
mele mele,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

..out with the old..

2007-12-31T10:07:22Z

..in with the new..
http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/old-apple-ads.html
..~ Happy New Year 2008 ~
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

attn. mac superstar in the l.a. area

2007-12-27T11:53:39Z

I just bought a LaCie 500 GB HD and need help installing it, backing up my HD, and partitioning it. I'm starting a big project on the 3rd of Jan and will need it by then.
I'll be happy to make the mac star some dinner n drinx... and will b forever grateful. please help!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 2 replies

In Calgary i wanting a copy of a newer operating system used $$

2007-12-27T07:11:01Z

I am running ubuntu and I dont really have all the time to figure out the bugs, i just want to run a smooth operating system. I am running a g4 12inch and am looking to get an newer mac operating system. I am willing to pay a small fee. I am located in calgary.

THANKS MATTY

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

Tiger 4.1 to 4.9??

2007-12-24T17:27:49Z

Hi -

Just upgraded my OS X system on my 1GHz PowerPC G4 round footprint, 17" flat screen from Panther 3.9 to Tiger 4.1, which was a bit of a problem, btw... then tried to install iLife and it said that i needed 4.9 or higher to install it... went online and cnet download and could find NOTHING! Is there some sort of patch or free upgrade for this prob?

Also, what are the 2 programs suggested for transferring files from my CPU to my Maxtor external HD? I used the one that came w/the Maxtor, but the files looked repetitive and screwy... any suggestions!

thanks,

eugenia

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

vinyl to mp3

2007-12-24T05:52:56Z

I have loads of vynil that I want to burn to mp3.

I have all of the hardware to do it, but the software is clumsy.

Is there software that will break the vinyl album sides into individual tracks automatically?

splitting them up in garage band is a pain.

Thanks!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 9 replies

.. Leopard ® 10 dot five whatever..

2007-12-23T03:57:35Z

uh,
..Does n e on e actually use it in here ? ..i've heard only mixed reviews..
Review: Apple's New Operating System MacOS 10.5 offers easy file recovery, effective parental controls, and a host of clever, smaller features. By Simson Garfinkel. Leopard Has More Holes than Spots By Lisa Vaas October 30, 2007 Updated: Leopard's firewall is a mess, say researchers, shutting off by default and allowing connections even under "block all "...
...i do know it does not run on the IBMPowerPC G3 chipset...which rules out a lot of us mac® users.
.you ' white ' lap†op users especially. or eMac® users...you can stilll run Unix® Ubuntu though if need be..
http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/22/index.html
alo'ha,
Ω
Machine Model: PowerBook G4 15" CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) <-

posted in Mac Tech Support - 2 replies

Shockwave Flash plug-in error message

2007-12-22T21:17:11Z

Hi again...

After installing Tiger 4.1, everytime i open a webpage or go to another page on the website, i get this MADDENING message on a little window that pops up and demands i hit "return" or click on it before i can go on! grrrr!

"[names the page i'm opening] attempted to load an internet polug-in named "Shockwave Flash," but the plug-in failed to load successfully."

So i hit RETURN and the window goes away and just a few things on the wepage will not run. Most of the pg loads!

Any help w/this greatly appreciated!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 4 replies

..early adopters..

2007-12-22T18:53:35Z

ºk,
..technically speaking i am not an ' early adopter '..i purchased my first Mac + in 1986 from a big guy in Dc out of the trunk of a car, in a side alley, who said it wasn't stolen...traded in my Kaypro® CP\M luggable for the Mac®.. and used it in to the early 90's ..when my friend Blair Cooper purchased $10,000US worth of Apple® stuƒƒ.. while we were stationed in Guatemala..i simply shook my head..
..in any case do your self a favor and get some good, cheep software to play with this Christmas..i recommend
http://www.earthbrowser.com/download.html simply because it is cool..and programmed by former tetris Russian geeks..
Here in hawai'i we get volcanos , tsunami, and earthquakes..Earthbrowser helps me keep tabs on them..we do not get icebergs..yet earthbrowser tracks them also..you want to monitor sea surface temperatures ya' say ? earthbrowser..
..and if you like the stars and mars.. i recommend Stellarium ..it is planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. It's easy to use, and free. www.stellarium.org ..fun on the laptop at night..but it is ƒrench..Excel® is the ƒrench Lotus 1-2-3....ported over to Macs® first in 1986 then gobbled up by our friends at Microsloth® in 1989 ..'cause they needed something to sell 3.1 that actually worked .
Winblows® programmers have never really in vented anything...they are quite adept at reverse re-engineering..though..PC/Dos was not a Bill Gates in vention..he bought it from a guy in Seattle..
Mele Kalikimaka..
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

converting drm'd mov to wmv...

2007-12-19T01:47:57Z

I've dl'd some tutorials that I like to put on my Archos video player (skipped the ipod touch for a bigger screen)

But yeah, they gots the dreaded drm's (kiosk I think)

Anyone have a mov drm stripper that works on a mac? Or do I need to just record the streaming video (meh!)

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

. .forgot about this -->

2007-12-14T08:59:13Z

åll,
..just in case you are wondering how secure your 'puter is..
http://www.auditmypc.com/firewall-test.asp
. .is handy port scanner \ tester..and it's absoutely
free and non-invasive
Mele Kalikimaka
404 Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

complete freeze

2007-12-13T04:10:14Z

aarrgh.
what a good computer .. never had trouble until now ..

it froze .. not just the application but the whole everything ..
nothing responded or moved .. so i turn'd it off .. restarted it ..
then it couldn't seem to make it past the whirly start up screen without freezing ..
not consistant ..
sometimes i make it to the log in ..
sometimes i make it to my desktop ..
tried using first aid on disk utility ..
froze solid in the middle of it ..

read manual .. checked out mac.com ..
but it freezes when & where it wants too ..
but always within the first 15 minutes after startup ..

wtf ?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 4 replies

.. iPod® mods --->

2007-12-11T01:45:02Z

Alo'ha,

http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/the-20-best-ipod-utilities-329507.php

mele mele,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

. .is i t just me ¿

2007-12-08T10:08:17Z

Alo'ha good friends. . 07.12.07 pearl harbor day - night •

..umm.. has Tribe® . .like started to go down hill o r something for us mac® users?. .i ain't complaining. .it .. after all. .free. .but ..personally i have experienced many and more problems..for about two weeks now. .can't quite figger i t out... .just disabled all foreign chinese korean and japanese fonts in the ' ƒont book '..in an attempt to see if that would clear things up a tad. . i allow FTP file transfer. .that's it.. no..uh.. what we call ' loopback ' traffic. .to dis-courage sniffers, trojans and other nefarious creatures that lurk out there..esp. in the . .microsloth® world. .good luck with your business plan Tribe® operators..we love you anyway. .

tribes » Computers & Internet »
OS X FAQ moderated - created 11/28/05 THIS TRIBE IS NOT OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP! Please read further. A place for OS X tribe members (and others) to look for FAQ solutions. You can submit new FAQ questions/answers in the OS X tribe: osx.tribe.net http://tribes.tribe.net/osxfaq RSS Feed what is XML? <- extensible markup language is a Winblows® threat ..much like Active X ® is to Java®.. bill.com's attempt at †otal world domination or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_Rain • <- personal opinion expressed here.. =)
Me'le Ka'li'ki'ma'ka •
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

display color boots full color then bam goes to 4 colors

2007-12-06T00:46:51Z

in the middle of the night my display went to 4 colors, even though it is set on millions. did a restart booted in full colors then after loading swithced to 4 colors, checked start up items nothing different, zapped PRAM, same thing boots up full color desktop full color then bam 4 colors upons loading...

help thanks!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

seeking a logic board for ibook G4

2007-12-05T08:32:52Z

I was told that a new logic board would cost $800 and I only bought the computer for $900... so it has sat on my shelf for a year.

Anyone know how I can get a used logic board for less?

Email: cor.contact@gmail.com

Thanks!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 7 replies

stuck cd -help

2007-12-04T02:38:55Z

I stuck an unmarked cd at work into my ibook thinking it was music but instead it seems to contain windows files. I went to eject and disc disappeared from desktop and finder but is still in the slot. Have restarted and done a total shutdown. g4 ibook running osx 10.4.11. help????

posted in Mac Tech Support - 3 replies

..Apple's® discussion forums -->

2007-12-04T00:58:06Z

åll,Monday 3 pm HST •

..just fyi - nan ( no action necessary =)
Apple®'s got some moderated forums..uh.. meaning one cannot post
hypertext markup language .html links..
..that can be helpful when we can't solve your
most ..lol ..vexing problems ;
http://discussions.apple.com
. .worth a bookmark or favorite n e way •
Mele Kalikimaka,
Ω

posted in Mac Tech Support - 0 replies

downloading youtube files

2007-12-01T07:01:20Z

Best freeware to download youtube files using Safari?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 6 replies

..New ƒirefox® out..

2007-11-30T22:11:22Z

ålso;
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
National Cyber Alert System
Cyber Security Alert SA07-334A
Apple QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability
Original release date: November 30, 2007
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
Systems Affected
A vulnerability in Apple QuickTime affects
* Apple Mac OS X
* Microsoft Windows
alo'ha
404 Ω
http://www.cert.rog

posted in Mac Tech Support - 1 reply

paralells & windoze xp vs. vista

2007-11-30T01:26:30Z

I need to run a windows only quickbooks program for our home and office intel chipped macs. Since the price difference between
xp and vista is only $20 which one should I go with? Or do I answer my own question with another question - I should probably be avoiding being on the bleeding edge, no?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 5 replies

Broken Thermal Filter in Photo Booth

2007-11-29T02:31:19Z

I am running OS X 10.4.11 and Photo Booth 1.2

The thermal filter just ...stopped working.
Unfortunately I can not say as to when exactly, so I am unsure if it correlated with any software updates.

Every filter in Photo Booth works except for the thermal filter.
When I select the thermal filter, the preview screen in Photo Booth is black.
If I try to take a photo with the thermal filter, nothing appears atop the silver background that normally frames each photo.
I have been unable to find an upgrade, though Wikipedia notes the latest version is 1.3.
I have unsuccessfully tried a reboot/uninstall/reboot/install/reboot.

Please note I am using a Macbook with a built in iSight camera.

Is anyone familiar with this problem or able to help?
Thank you.

posted in Mac Tech Support - 2 replies

iTunes not recognizing iPod

2007-11-27T05:39:57Z

OK, here's a weird one. I plug in my iPod shuffle to sync it and iTunes fires up, I get the error message that the device was unplugged improperly, and then the iPod doesn't show up in iTunes at all but it's there on my desktop. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, but on the reinstall it had my whole library and settings already there. Is there another spot where there might be some iTunes files that need to be wiped? Or is there something else I should be doing here?

Thanks!

posted in Mac Tech Support - 8 replies

firefox is being a biatch

2007-11-25T04:42:52Z

on a mac and have the latest version of firefox. something got into it and now it's all janky.
i've tried deleting the app and installing it again. i've tried deleting cache, clearing private data, etc.

what's happening is when i scroll down and then back up the content moves over itself and repeats. it's the most ghetto thing ever.

has anyone else had this prob and/or know what to do about it?

posted in Mac Tech Support - 6 replies

I think my computer is dying

2007-11-24T13:29:44Z

I was trying to send an email with attachment & accidentally hit *something* which made some window pop up. I closed it without really looking at it. When I tried to browse to attach a file, it showed nothing on my desktop & no applications at all. I tried to reboot but it wouldn't restart! I'd get the chimey boom startup noise & then nothing. A friend told me to hit the "X" key as I started up & it worked, but now every time I shut down my computer, I have to restart it that way!

What gives??

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Application folder disappeared

2007-11-22T20:33:37Z

The short story, I tried to install something on my computer... Something went wrong and My computer no longer recognized the OS. I got the flashing ? and then it would shut off. Fortunately I had the sense to back stuff up. So as I was reloading I noticed that My application folder disappeared. It's visible in the side bar and if I do a "Find" it says the folder is where it should be... But the folder itself is invisible... ????? What did I do? Why is it hiding? and how do I coax it out?

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airport express and internet together

2007-11-22T09:22:45Z

hello all. can anyone tell me how to be online with my wireless internet connection active AND use my airport express to play my Itunes remotely? Right now, I can only select one or the other from the wireless fan icon at the top of the screen. My wireless internet broadcaster box is one floor down from my computer so it's difficult to run a cable. Plus the airport express is wired to the stereo located the computer floor. I can't figure this one out and it's driving me crazy. many thanks. TUSK

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Time stamp in mail?

2007-11-20T02:47:55Z

How the heck do you make a time received stamp in mail. I have the new leopard OS. All I can get is the date received..

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type corruption on webpages

2007-11-18T23:54:51Z

I have been having this jumbled/overlapping type on webpages for some time now. I have an iMac/round footprint/1 GHz PowerPC G4, 768 MB DDR SDRAM w/120 mg HD... i use Safari as my browser... i have Mozilla installed awa Foxfire - neither of which i know how to use... and Flock [recent download - & i don't know how to use it!]... it is usually on the left side of the page... example: the PREVIEW TAB & the SUBMIT tabs below are cut in half!... only the top part is visible!any ideas?

thanks

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Leopard Issue # 659 HELP!!

2007-11-18T21:11:52Z

Is it just me or are people finding enormous amounts of small little issues with Leopard and fewer and fewer answers.
NEW ISSUES:
My lap top no longer recognizes me as the administrator… I am at a loss since I made NO changes I know y name I know my password but apparently when I installed Leopard... it changed itself and now won't let me make changes. ANY SOLUTIONS TO THIS PLEASE would be appreciated

ALSO:
I have Acrobat Pro 7, this seems to work fine as a reader... But if that was what I wanted I wouldn't have opted for "PRO" I used to be able to Chose ADOPBE PDF7.0 from my print menu and save documents as Adobe PDF files, Now it just does NOTHING, It offers more printer drivers to choose from than I knew existed and no clue as to which one it should be. WHY WOULD THIS EVEN CHANGE???

How can I fix this? I saved Items as PDF's EVERY day. Saving them as "Preview PDF's" is just a pain in the A** since I then have to open and save them in Acrobat to make changes. I know it's just a few extra steps but it's consistently a few and that becomes a lot. Please help

PS
The first issue is understandably more pressing than the second since I obviously would like to be the administrator on my own machine

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