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G3 imac 333 mega hurts ouch....

2009-12-23T20:24:55Z

Got this old I mac with some movie files I want to transfer over to my new mac, well seems its password protected, and well, I lost the original os cd's...my god what am I to do....how to I get into the computer? Anyone?

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East Bay Mac Users Group Meeting 8/13

2009-08-06T19:49:29Z

East Bay Mac Users Group Meeting 8/13
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Thursday August, 13
7 pm to 9 pm
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6601 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA 94608
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more info; http://ebmug.org

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Apple Store recon

2009-08-03T17:25:12Z

Lennox Mall, Atlanta

Visited Friday afternoon with wife and daughter to replace daughter's aging MacBook with a new MBP. I had already decided a 13" would be fine; I was happy that she concurred.

It was a tax free weekend in Georgia so we expected a crowd in the mall. It wasn't overly crowded tho. Good business; not overwhelming business in any of the many stores we passed heading to the Apple store.

The Apple Store? PACKED! Well, not actually. The lines being carefully maintained outside the store kept the actual store from ever being packed but the business going on in it was fast & furious. There were three lines outside the store. One for software buyers; one for technical support help; and one for hardware buyers. There was a 4th line, too, that I didn't see until I got to be 'next' in line to go in; it was for shoppers who had made reservations.

There were lots of Apple employees conversing with the people in line. Very casual conversations or as pointed as the shopper wanted to make them about products. Gotta say, tho, it seems Apple goes out of its way to hire 'interesting looking' employees. Each seems to be making a statement (of some sort; I've never seen as much piercing or tattoos). We were in line about 40 minutes before finally crossing the stores threshold.

Upon making it into the store, we were introduced to our personal assistant, Tommy (who, oddly enough was not odd looking at all. No visible tats; no piercings; no mohawk). He got us to what we wanted to see and informed us of everything going on savings wise. He did a very nice job and while we bought more than I planned, he never pushed or 'sold us'... he just told us. Bought the 13" MBP; an HP printer; extended my MobileMe account and got the free (after mail in rebate) iPod Touch. Tommy took note of everything we wanted and wrote them on a piece of paper. Once he was clear that this was all we intended to get, he positioned us in the check out line, said our purchases would be at the counter when we got there, thanked us and was off to help some other ready buyer. Our time waiting to check out was about 10 minutes.

It was a sensational shopping experience. First class all the way. My wife, by no means an Apple fangirl but a mall shopper of the highest order, was truly astounded by the way Apple handled us and the crowd. Just an amazing attention to detail and no sign of any attempt to reduce the cost of sales thru employee cutbacks.

Longs, pat yourself on your back. With this company we're gonna be in the money for a while.

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I photo, photos missing but an outline appears,

2009-08-01T22:14:38Z

my photo outline shows up but the pictures do not appear how do i get them back

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A Mac Pro and 40-year-old tape drives are helping restore the original Lunar Orbiter tapes

2009-07-14T18:22:13Z

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134771

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What's Wrong With My Mac? "Electric" sensation...

2009-07-10T20:15:42Z

I have a trusty old 12" G4 Powerbook.

These days when I plug the cord into it to charge it I feel an electric-ish sensation running through it when I touch the aluminum body.

It doesn'ts shock me, but it's defintely "alive" to the touch.

This has never happened before!

I only use it now and keep it plugged in when I am using it.

So what do you think might be wrong with it?

I think it's a short...

And yes, everything functions correctly just like before.

Thanks in advance!

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Who's bettin' on what for today's WWDC kick off?

2009-06-10T19:54:07Z

New iPhone?
Snow Leopard?
Surprises?

Apple store is down right now. That's always a sure sign of something.

Seat belts on, kids. The show is about to begin!

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My camera and my mac

2009-05-15T12:50:10Z

I am a novice on my mac.
It's a ibook g4 running osx 10.5
Right now, I am loving it. Let me explain.

I took some pics and videos with an old cannon power-shot and I thought...
what the heck, lets see if I can load it up to the mac.
It worked flawlessly.
Pics when to pictures folder, and video to video folder.

It was a snap.
No drivers needed, no software needed, it just worked.

Loving it!

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re: iTunes "burn" problem (URGENT!!!)

2009-05-15T04:51:14Z

Hey Y'all --

What's going on with this my laptop (MacBook PRO)?

I tried burning a (re-writable) CD but got this message:

"The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media."

Is this a serious issue?

I really need to resolve this soon... so I can send in my RADIO MIX to the station -- it aires tomorrow.

Please help!!!

Thanks so much for your assistance ;-)

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$'s Vs Viruses

2009-05-09T02:03:09Z

Is there anyway that I can get a computer that I can afford (Mac's are too expensive) but won't get those damn trojans or viruses or get corrupted somehow? I don't mind corrupting myself but I can't have my comp trashed all the time.

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Are Apple's ads really better than Microsoft's?

2009-04-29T21:17:15Z

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10227563-71.html

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apple vs trojans

2009-04-24T19:54:55Z

Because of the sites that I visit I am constantly getting tons of viruses etc. I have lost alot of work an computers due to that crap.
Since I don't want to change my internet habits....will a MAC be better?

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iPod goes to war

2009-04-21T18:21:29Z

"To help soldiers make sense of data from drones, satellites and ground sensors, the U.S. military now issues the iPod Touch."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/194623

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help w/ 2002 IMac password issues??????

2009-04-13T22:04:23Z

what can be done to get back into this old Imac? Ive been using it w/ external cd-rom 'cause the front-load CD-R is toast. I lent it out and it was returned
in a condition where none of the passwords work. It has original version of OS X and Classic on it. can I "backdoor" this thing with my G5 w/Lepord?
my email is.. eternityarts_sacramento@yahoo.com

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Apple orders 10" touch screens

2009-03-23T22:20:37Z

http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSTRE52A0RH20090311

So, I guess there are three possibilities.

1) I larger ipod touch.

2) A smaller "netbook" sized laptop.

3) A touch screen tablet, running os x.

I'm _really_ hoping that it's the 3rd one. But, I guess we'll find out by years end.

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Cheap Memory?

2009-03-22T03:22:46Z

I currently have a 700 MHz Power PC G$ with 768 MB SDRAM. I would love to add more memory to it to enhance the video capabilities (specifically online stuff like YouTube and Hulu). I have been unemployed for quite a while and hanging on by a thread, so do not have much money. Any ideas for cheap memory?

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help - need a bit o' advice please :-)

2009-03-20T20:24:50Z

I have a Powerbook G4 1.67 I bought in 2004.

The extended warranty ran out last year, I never had a problem until
the last 3 months of my extended warranty. One of the two small boards
on the left side needed to be replaced and then after that they found that
my RAM slots on the logic board were not working properly. Both these
items were replaced by Apple with a 90 day warranty to continue.

2 months after the 90 days was up I started to see little “pixel worms” at
different points on my screen. This continued for about 2 weeks off and on.
Then the major shit started, vertical lines. Like not being able to tune in a
TV signal with out snow. Not wavy lines – just straight vertical lines. This
would happen off and on and now it happens on boot up and all the time.

It stopped for about 2 days, then returned. Now as of last night none of my applications
will launch. NONE! I booted up using the Apple Repair disc and ran it, also did the
same thing with Tech Tool Pro 4.0 and ran the big suite. After all that I ran the internal
disk utility and all came up clean. Still, no applications would launch.

Apple will not help me now unless I pay them, to look at it and assess the problem
and then charge me for the repair. Their quick answer was “it sounds like you just
need a new macbook Pro and problem fixed”. I have been out of work for 15+ months
and just got a job and am behind on all my bills and owe the IRS on top of that. I cannot
afford a new laptop as much as I would like one… “WITH FIREWIRE PORTS!!” LOL.

Anyway, any advice or help any one can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much and happy Friday.

michael

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New ipod shuffle

2009-03-12T19:36:23Z

Love it or hate it?

http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/guidedtour/

Personally, I hate it. I hate the idea that you can only use the apple headphones. And I hate the text to speech feature, since at least in the demo the voice is so poor. I simply don't want to listen to that voice.

Maybe love and hate are strong words. But this certainly isn't an ipod for me. What do you guys think?

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Colbert Dials Up the 1997 Internet

2009-02-26T06:20:58Z

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/02/25/colbert-flashes-dials-up-the-1997-internet/

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This brings back memories

2009-02-08T19:13:07Z

Check out the pics of this old Mac classic (or pre-Classic), not sure. I still have a Classic II (in the garage).

http://www.humboldtsign.com/ebay/m0001/index.html

Was browsing eBay and found it here: http://tinyurl.com/bfjr66

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Hi, I'm Ron and I'm an RPG junkie...

2009-01-29T06:02:49Z

I'll admit it here, I'm hooked on Everquest Macintosh Edition. Evercrack, whatever you want to call it. Been playing since 2005, found the game in the deepest farthest reaches of the Sony Online Entertainment web site. It's like they didn't want you to find it, so that they wouldn't have to provide tech support to any more Mac users. But somehow I managed to find the right page and download the game onto my G5.

Most of my friends from my Diablo 2 days of online MMORPGing left the game when WoW came out, or split off to go play Guildwars. When WoW first came out, I was sick of the sucky battle.net experience with D2 and Guildwars never ported their client over to Mac, so I decided to try something different.

I thought I knew a thing or two about EQ since my GF at the time and I had been playing EQ games on the PS2 for a while. i logged in to Al`Kabor and immediately remade my Dark Elf Shadowknight character that I had been playing on PS2. The game warned me that the race/class combination was of HIGH difficulty, but I didn't believe them.

I finished creating the character and logged into a completely empty beginning zone. There I stood in the Lodge of the Dead, staring at my guildmaster and wondering what on earth to do! Little did I know that I had logged into the deepest part of a confusing city layout. For some reason everything I attacked in my home town would keel me instantly if not sooner. Couldn't find my way out of town at all, so I gave up and made another character with an easier class/race combo.

Went back to my old standby D&D character type, Half Elf Ranger. Created him up and logged in again. This time I was born in Kelethin, a wood elf town built on a complicated series of platforms high in the trees. I proceeded to IMMEDIATELY fall off a platform to my doom on the ground below. I popped back up on the ground and couldn't find my way back into the city, so I wandered around a bit and found a statue of a pedestal with a book open on top of it. I clicked on the statue and was teleported to the wonderous city of New Tanaan.

Littile did I know that I had found the portal to the Plane of Knowledge.

Anyways to make a long story short, I found other players there who taught me the game. The population on Al`Kabor is pretty small and most of the population is in the upper levels so finding groups at the lower levels can be a challenge, but the folks are very friendly and many have alt characters that they will play in order to group with you.

SOE in their great wisdom decided to stop development on the EQ Mac server after the Planes of Power expansion was released. In a lot of ways, our server IS the classic EQ progression server. After PoP came many modifications to the game that skewed the play balance and allowed the players to bypass the regular progression of the original game. This trend continues on the PC versions of the game, and consequently the current state of EQPC is so different from the original game that many folks who started out on EQPC and have switched to Mac have discovered the EQ Mac server, frozen in time with none of the gimping and ridiculous nerfs of the PC servers, much to their collective delight.

Others have grown tired of WoW, and are looking for something more challenging. Plus the high end game of WoW is pretty dull unless you are in a hardcore raiding guild and that doesn't appeal to someone who wants a more relaxed gaming atmosphere.

EQ Macintosh Edition suffers from a severe under exposure problem, which is one of the reasons I'm writing this article.

SOE provides the client as a free download. You can download it here. You can make a character and play for free for 15 days to see how you like the game.

Check it out if you are an RPGer like me, you'll be glad you did!

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Apple's Ailing CEO Takes Leave

2009-01-16T01:23:38Z

Apple's Ailing CEO Takes Leave
Tech Icon's Absence Called a Blow to Firm

By Peter Whoriskey and Mike Musgrove
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 15, 2009; Page A01

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced yesterday that the illness he has downplayed for months even as it rendered him strikingly gaunt has turned out to be "more complex" and that he was taking a leave of absence from the company.

The decision was the latest turn in the tech icon's semi-private battle with an ailment, still undisclosed, that is testing not just his health but also his renowned capacity for controlling every detail.

It also comes as the prosperous economic era in which he launched the iPod and the iPhone -- two products that seemed to embody the epoch's infatuation with technology -- comes to a crashing close.

Jobs's long-standing reluctance to discuss details of his ailment and prognosis has infuriated some investors, and, as expected, Apple's share price plunged yesterday. In the announcement, Jobs, 53, said he would be taking medical leave until the end of June. But, he said, "as CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out."

Even so, investors and analysts view even the partial loss of Jobs, considered a seminal figure in the industry, as a critical blow that will be felt beyond the company.

Known for his tenacious attention to product design and aspirations to countercultural chic, Jobs has driven his engineers, sometimes relentlessly, to develop simple products that have won both aesthetic and technological plaudits.

With the exception of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, few corporate leaders are as fundamental to their company's identity as is Jobs.

In 1976, he co-founded the company, which had its first startling success with the Apple II, one of the first popular personal computers. After he was forced out in a boardroom coup in 1985, when he was 30, Apple languished.

Since his return to Apple in the 1990s, he has created products that have redefined consumer technology.

With the iPod and iTunes, Apple enabled people to carry their entire catalog of music anywhere with unprecedented ease. With the iPhone, his company elegantly brought to fruition the idea of a handheld device that could be used as a phone, a computer and an Internet connection.

The design of each, as expected, was sleek and attracted most of the attention. But their creation required not just engineering excellence but also dealmaking savvy.

To create the iTunes Store, Jobs had to cut a deal with wary record companies to sell their music at 99 cents a song. Likewise, the iPhone required him to negotiate a deal with the service provider AT&T.

There's no company that gets scrutinized more than Apple and no executive under the microscope more than Steve Jobs," said Michael Gartenberg, a tech industry analyst. "Nobody asks if Steve Ballmer is gaining weight or if Michael Dell has the sniffles or if Eric Schmidt has a headache. . . . Obviously, this is a blow."

In his absence, Jobs said, Tim Cook, an executive who has been with the company since 1998, will handle day-to-day operations.

"During the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought," the announcement said. "In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence."

"There's such a cult of personality around Jobs that it looks to outsiders like he's incredibly important in the day-to-day operations of the company," said Adam Engst, publisher of a Mac news site called TidBits. "It's hard to tell whether or not that's really true or if there are plenty of other people to step in to take over chunks of his job. I hope and believe Apple is a sufficiently grown-up company that a key executive can step out from day-to-day operations without impacting it in a big way."

Many investors seem to doubt that Jobs can easily be replaced, and the stock has ghoulishly run up and down depending on the medical reports.

In 2004, Jobs received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and had surgery, which apparently was successful. He did not disclose the illness until a speech at Stanford University in 2005.

"No one wants to die," he said in the speech. "Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent."

Then, last June, Jobs appeared strikingly thin, and the uncertainty over his health provoked new worries, particularly for investors. Stock prices suffered as a result.

The company deflected repeated questions about his health, citing his privacy.

But concern about Jobs's health arose again Dec. 16, when the company announced that he would not attend Macworld, a conference he has addressed in his trademark black turtleneck for several years. Instead, the company sent marketing chief Philip W. Schiller to make a presentation.

Apple's stock fell 2.7 percent yesterday, to $85.33. In after-hours trading last night, it was down an additional 7 percent.

Last week, seeking to quell the most dire rumors regarding his illness, Jobs disclosed that he was suffering from a "hormone imbalance."

"Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed," he wrote. "I've decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow."

The announcement indicated that blood tests had identified the trouble and that a "straightforward" nutritional remedy was being undertaken. The comforting suggestion that his ailment was not a recurrence of cancer sent the stock price up.

"As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008," he said last week. "Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause -- a hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. . . . The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment."

He added: "So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this."

And it was all he said -- until yesterday, when his piecemeal, vague health disclosures led some Apple watchers to wonder whether they might reflect a corporate decision to withhold bad news, using privacy as a shield. Or the inconsistencies of a man wrestling with his mortality.

Still, his admirers cling to the belief that Jobs hasn't been bluffing himself or the public.

"Steve's not delusional," said Travis Good, a member of a local Apple user group known as Washington Apple Pi. "All I can say is from life's experience, a change in message such as this is usually due to a harsh revelation. He wouldn't have played his cards this way if he'd known. There must have been new medical insight, which forced him to change his plans."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/AR2009011402790.html?wpisrc=newsletter

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Apple TV

2009-01-13T23:52:53Z

Hey guys, I just moved to a new place and a friend of mine hooked up the cable for us. What I'm wondering is if I could use an appletv as a DVR, since I don't have one anymore. I'm pretty sure it's the way its supposed to be used, but I wasn't quite clear. Do you hook it up to the cable, then the TV? Just trying to figure it out. Yes, I should go to the Apple Store, but I'm too damn lazy. If I read everything correctly, I should be able to use it just fine, right?

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CSS Protected DVD

2009-01-13T07:20:37Z

Does anybody know how to rip or copy a CSS protected DVD?

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Is Xmouse functionality available for Mac?

2009-01-06T20:09:40Z

Greetings all, I'm wondering if anyone knows if its possible for me to add Xmouse functionality to my Mac mouse pointer. I've been living in a world where moving my mouse pointer not only changes focus automatically but can also Autoraise a app to the top of my stack if I so desire and I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to configure my Macs to operate this way as well?

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8" ipod touch?

2009-01-04T09:42:07Z

This could be very cool. :-)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/large-form-ipod-touch-to-launch-in-fall-09/

If they actually make it 9", then the screen will be the same size as the original Mac.

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Local yogurt store tells blogger that Steve Jobs is “in great health”

2009-01-02T03:24:18Z

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/local-yogurt-store-tells-scoble-that-steve-jobs-is-in-great-health/

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I had to go to the Dark Side :(

2009-01-01T20:19:55Z

I just ordered a Acer Aspire One since Apple does not offer a netbook yet.

And I'm still pissed off!

It's a nifty little machine, but it's no Apple :(

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New iMac 24"

2008-12-17T00:21:11Z

I'm prolly going to get the 24" iMac in a couple of weeks. It has a 500GB HDD, nVidia graphics and seems to be what I need except for...

I want to dual boot some flavor of Linux on it. I kept my Macbook Pro Linux free for a year now and really miss it. I find myself missing so many features that make the computer easy to use. Not that Tiger is bad, but Linux has more features and is easier to use for me. Now the questions are,

-can I dual boot with Leopard and Linux? It will prolly be Mepis or Kubuntu (Debian derivative distros)

-is there any advantage to buying from the Apple store or buying on-line?

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US President to be.... a Mac user

2008-11-12T05:11:02Z

http://www.9to5mac.com/barack-obama-mac-user

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Apple to resume use of old rainbow logo

2008-11-10T06:11:55Z

CUPERTINO - Apple, Inc. announced this morning the consumer electronics company has donated $100,000 to the No On Proposition 8 campaign.

"Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners," Apple, Inc. said in a statement released on the company's website. "We strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation."

Apple, Inc.'s announcement comes two days short of one month since search engine Google's endorsement of the No On Proposition 8 campaign, a California ballot initiative that would amend the state's consititution to define marriage as a union between "one man and one woman."

"It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8," Google's President of Technology Sergey Brin wrote on the company's official blog. "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality."

Apple, Inc. is based out of Cupertino, California. The company specializes in its line of Macintosh consumer computers as well as the digital jukebox iPod. Apple's stock (AAPL) closed down this afternoon, falling 1.85 points to end at 96.38 points a share.

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New laptops coming tomorrow

2008-10-16T01:11:39Z

Who else is excited?

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Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' ad images made on Macs

2008-09-22T10:17:32Z

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9115120&intsrc=hm_list

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Apple Set Up Idea

2008-09-21T19:13:47Z

I need a new Macbook to replace my G4 Powerbook and eventually want to move to desktop status with a Mac Mini.

Here's what I'm thinking...

Macbook
Wireless Keyboad and Mouse
Twin 20" Cinema displays

This way I can use the Macbook like a desktop model with the wireless keyboard and mouse and then "upgrade" to the Mac Mini once I'm ready.

Do you think this set up will work together?

Thanks in advance :)

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Slow LAN speeds

2008-09-20T08:03:42Z

Ok so I'm having trouble getting any speed out of my Macs when transferring files over my LAN. At best I've gotten 3.18 Mbps out of my Macs on a file transfer. On my PC's I'm able to get 80 or 90 Mbps on file transfer all day. Moving 9 GB between the Macs is painfully slow.

I'm a Network admin but my experience in networking Macs is very limited. They are very easy to setup on the network, but obviously something is not setup properly.

I've tested across my network putting my PC's on the same cables the macs have been on and I'm consistently getting good speeds (well above 10mbps) through the switches and the routers so its not my network elements. This is important because I am editing video on my mac laptop and then pushing it up to my desktop mac for storage and upload.

This leads me to believe there is a setting some place that has the ethernet connections choked down on the Macs. Am I doing something wrong?

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Emptying the trash

2008-09-17T04:22:51Z

How do I empty the trash of locked items?

Stupid files have been sitting there forever and won't go away.

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Apple's former top lawyer settles options-backdating case for $2.2 million

2008-08-15T04:52:08Z

http://valleywag.com/5037188/apples-former-top-lawyer-settles-options+backdating-case-for-22-million

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Car adapters for Macbook?

2008-08-09T05:46:23Z

I was wondering if anyone knows of a product that will allow me to connect my Macbook to a car lighter plug. I'm guessing I would have to have a normal power lighter plug, and find an adapter for the computer plug and normal power plug. Any ideas or suggestions?

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Who has used system 6

2008-08-07T00:20:48Z

With Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld tomorrow....

How many people have ever used system 6 or even system 7?

How about system 8?

They were the hot new OS when they came out. System 7 was a huge improvement from 6. One could add fonts without the font mover utility.

How long ago did you get your first Mac?

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QUICKTIME Question

2008-08-01T00:34:20Z

Something rather bazaar has just occurred with my Quicktime.

First off let me say that I have two machines. 1-Macbook Pro (Macintel) and 1-iMac G5 (Not Macintel) I trade files between the two. I just upload FCExpress to both machines and I am learning to edit with FCE.

Here is the Odd thing: Everything I edited prior to FCE would play choppy in Quicktime on my Desk top. Naturally I thought it was a memory issue and I started looking into adding more. Then I realized that a film I downloaded played just fine.(Yes I downloaded a movie, if you want to chastise me for this please do so in another thread) So I thought maybe it was something about iMovie. But this never happened before.. So I went to the laptop and again the films I edited on iMovie played choppy, now here's where it gets weirder, I burned a DVD of the short film I edited and it played just fine no choppiness.

Then I got curious and went to the project I was working on in FCExpress. It plays fine in play back while editing. So I exported it as a Quicktime movie file... and Damn it also plays choppy in Quicktime, so I waisted another DVD and burned the project and it plays fine.

My solution would be to dump Quicktime with all the plug ins and reinstall, However before I do anything drastic that will take too much time, I thought I would turn to you guys, oh wise Apple people and tell me is there a setting I have wrong? I downloaded many of the third party plug-ins, should I dump them? (The plug ins from the "third party " site as well as flip for mac)

I didn't have this issue before loading Final Cut

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Need ATA recommendations for G4 dual processor

2008-07-29T04:58:05Z

Decided to add a new hard drive to my old G4 dual processor turns out it will only read the fist 137 gigs w/out installing a ATA card with additional IDE ports. I need recommendations for a nice card to add to my old G4. Any help is appreciated.

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East Bay Macintosh User Group Meeting - Thursday, 7/10

2008-07-04T21:12:27Z

EBMUG Meeting
Thursday, 7/10
GEEK NITE! An EBMUG fav!
This year we will investigate REALbasic and REAL SQL Server,
for developers who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
time is approx please consult site
~7 pm to ~9 pm
Great Giveaways, Always FREE
Expression College for Digital Arts
6601 Shellmound Street,
Emeryville, CA 94608
more info: http://ebmug.org

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Quark won't open

2008-07-03T12:15:23Z

I'm running Quark 6.5 on my Mac OS10. My Quark had been working fine and now this morning it won't open. The window showing Quark will open and the icon will jump, but the clock just runs and runs and nothing happens. I read a past post that talked about trashing the preferences folder, but I'm not sure which folder they mean. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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switching admin on computerr

2008-06-23T15:28:34Z

Is there a way to switch the admin on a computer. My gf bought this laptop with the student discount, so all the stuff is under her account. Is there away to make me the admin on the computer?

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hot powerbook G4

2008-06-23T15:26:43Z

I have a Powerbook G4 thatt just missed the battery recall (although it no longer has the original battery in, so that's probably moot) but it seems to run awfully hot, and I rarely hear the fan kick in. Super rarely. iPulse sez I'm running at 53ºC, just browsing internets.

Is there a way to change the settings to get me more fan action, or is it okay for the underside of my machine to be searing?

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Does Apple TV also work like a DVR?

2008-06-19T23:08:18Z

Thinking about getting the Apple TV device. I understand I can stream from my laptop and rent movies via iTunes...
But does it also act like a DVR/TIVO where I can record broadcast programs?

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Mac Antivirus

2008-06-16T21:29:54Z

Anyone use one? If so, which is the best you've found?

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Sending Text Messages?

2008-06-02T13:06:13Z

Some cell companies have a web-page that facilitates sending a text message to their own customers. Is there a universal SMS client I can use to send a text message to ANY phone? One that I can be sure isn't harvesting numbers for future spamming? Maybe it's a dashboard widget or something?

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MAXTOR HAS ENDED MY LIFE

2008-05-27T05:12:52Z

I have ALL My stuff backed on a Maxtor external HD which just disappeared from my desk top. When I tried to find verify or repair it I get this message

invalid b tree node size
Volume check failed
ERROR: Files System verify or repair failed

PLEASE TELL ME The information is recoverable. Anybody know what I can do?

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Using Bluetooth With Skype

2008-05-10T14:28:14Z

Hi All,

I have anew motorola bluetooth headset (H5) and am trying to figure out if I can use it with Skype?

My G4 recognizes the headset, but I cannot seem to get Skype to recognize it.

I found a website which said to go the the tools and then options are to make some changes, but cannot find that anywhere!

Thanks for your help!!

Is anyone using a H5 with Skype? If so, how did you set it up??

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Any musicians out there?

2008-05-07T03:08:08Z

I was wondering if there are any Mac users out there who can recommend a good music transcriber to slow down the tempo of songs you like to learn how to play. I'm using the evaluation version of Transcribe! at present, but it doesn't read M4P files, which is the format iTunes downloads most of the songs in.

Bit of a 'tard when it comes to computers, so if anyone also knows how to change the format of an M4P file to something that might be readable, that would be helpful too.

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..recent updates

2008-05-06T12:28:46Z

all,
Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls document.write in an infinite loop. ∞
more info here : http://www.cert.org
Ω

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B&W Zeppelin

2008-05-04T20:56:25Z

Looks nice...
for the price?!?

anyone have one?
are they fun?

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Apple Customer Service Kicks Ass!

2008-05-03T03:18:42Z

I have been having problems with downloading iWork 08 from the Mac site. I spent 1 hour with them on line 2 nights ago and called back again last night. After spending time going through things, I was moved upline to another software tech specialist and make a long story short, I am getting a new version of iWorks 08 shipped express to my door...FREE of charge!

This was the ONLY problems I've had with my Mac since I got it and Apple support pulled through in a stellar manner!

Just more reason that Apple gets props in my book!!

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PC Innovation. . .Any Competition for Apple??

2008-04-23T21:57:12Z

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/10/shuttle_ninty_nine_dollar_kpc/index.html

after years of nothing the new mini pc's are beginning to be available, which might offer some competition as far as coolness factor.

what do you think?

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Adobe school?

2008-04-23T21:21:36Z

Hi,
I am trying to find a good school to start a multimedia and web design course. Sadly the schools I have found cost about 14,000 a year CRAZY! I have no problem teaching myself really. Does anyone have any advice out thier? I know o lynda.com and I've heard of the element k online training anyone have any advice? Simply lost in a sea of information.

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The Eye Phone Promises a Huge Leap. . .

2008-04-13T08:51:03Z

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMK2B3XQEF_index_0.html

are tricorders next??

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wireless provider?

2008-04-10T22:11:58Z

who do you prefer for a wireless internet provider?

i need to set up service
i'm in oregon if that matter's at all

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when to upgrade

2008-04-09T17:33:22Z

hi i was wanting to upgrade to a newer g5 desktop my g4 is stuffed and too slow (5 years old)
but i dont want to buy today and findout tommorrow that it went on sale for a couple hundred less
i also want the jaguar but dont think im willing to wait til november
anyone have good timing for me?
also what is it with the it.v. can you record t.v. shows like a tivo? or just watch t.v. shows that you bought on itunes
cheers
robert

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good ? about photoshop

2008-04-05T04:12:58Z

do any people have a website to help me with photoshop like a tutorial website

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unlocked iphone

2008-04-04T18:52:32Z

does anyone know about the unlocked iphone?
im stuck into a contract with tmobile and dont wanta switch to ATTor wait til 2012
would it work fine if i just put my sim card in or is it a sticky wicket
i noticed tmobile and iphone are together in europe but not sure if that amkes a difference
thanks for any info
robert

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ibook repair needed

2008-03-21T08:37:14Z

i have 2 ibook that dont work correctly
between the 2 i should beable to salvage a working computer, can anyone out there help?
does anyone know someone good at fixing ibooks?

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Adobe InDesign CS2

2008-03-21T01:46:30Z

I am desperately seeking a copy of Adobe InDesign CS2 for Mac. I have OS 10.3.9, which will not handle CS3. I am unemployed and have a prospective employer who needs for me to have InDesign CS2. I would gladly pay to transfer the license, if it is not too expensive. Thanks.

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iPod with a radio?

2008-03-20T04:31:34Z

iPod does videos and sounds, bakes cakes, changes diapers and save small starving children in Cambodia...but why no radio?

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Using iTunes on an external drive ?

2008-03-10T06:41:32Z

Hey all,

I have a question. I just moved all my music in my itunes library to an external harddrive to free up some space on my computer. itunes seems to recognize it ok and such. The problem i'm having is that sometimes when I play songs from itunes it is skipping. Like there is a delay. I'm sure this has to do with the hard drive, and someone told me it had something to do with the hard drive warming up. Is this true ? Is there some type of setting or something that I can change to fix this ?

Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks

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"The Church of Mac" is on iTunes!

2008-03-04T17:24:21Z

Hey everyone, Dr. Bobby wanted to let you know that "The Church of Mac" Video iPodcasts are now on iTunes! There are now nine of them and they are pretty funny. We are trying to drive TCOM's popularity up and you can help in three ways:

1. Subscribe on iTunes by clicking the link below...

phobos.apple.com/WebObject...iewPodcast

Subscriptions is the only thing Apple tracks. When a new iPodcast is released, about once a week, it will download automatically.

2. Write a review on the iTunes page to let us know how we are doing and what other topics you might like to hear Dr. Bobby talk about.

3. Tell or forward the link to your friends.

By the way, last night I broke down and emailed Steve, inviting him to check out TCOM. Let's see if he responds!

Thanks, and remember...

"God loves you...and so does Steve!"

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Need help with restart issue on a powerbook pismo.

2008-01-27T22:27:49Z

Hello,

I was compelled to "restart" my computer even though it was working just fine and now it won't restart. The battery is charged and the
power adapter is alive and well. The power button on the computer works but the monitor won't go anywhere past a white screen with
a tiny icon alternating between a face and question mark. Tried the reset button located on the back panel but nothing doing.

The computer runs on osx.3.

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

Thank you,
Mac-stressed ;-{

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Laptop with external keyboard/monitor

2008-01-27T07:30:13Z

Just curious-

How many of you that have a laptop actually have/use an external keyboard and monitor on a regular basis to work on a larger screen or more comfortably with a full-size keyboard?

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External keyboard for MacBook Pro

2008-01-26T21:27:09Z

Does anyone use the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 with a MacBook Pro? Any compatibility problems?

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Apple Airbook

2008-01-22T01:00:09Z

That solid state technology is solidly expensive!

The add on superdrive only costs $99.

This MIGHT just be my next mac!

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scanning software?

2008-01-12T21:11:56Z

Since I upgraded to Leopard I've lost the ability to scan with my HP all in one. Does anyone know of any good software that is either open source or not too expensive? I uninstalled the original HP programs because I wanted to get the latest drivers for 10.5 and the printer but I'm not sure the new drivers would've worked with the old programs. Anyone know if that's the case as well? Any help would be appreciated!

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Low sound on MacBook..nOrMaL?

2007-12-31T18:29:30Z

The sound on my macbook is very low, is there any way of making it louder, or if the solution is to purchase some external speakers, any advice on which kind?
Thanks in advance,
Holi

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webcam question

2007-12-24T20:46:45Z

okay, i have the new Macbook 13" with OXX tiger 2.16GHz, laptop. the built-in camera is nice but constricting if u want to show things besides your own face.

does anyone know of a WEBCAM to buy that works ith thte new macbook. I've heard it must be firewire, not usb . any recommendations, or experience?

Thank you.

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The big "Q" with a question mark

2007-12-15T17:42:38Z

While in Safari, I was going to sample a sound bite, instead I got the big "Q" with a question mark again. I had this issue before and it was fixed with the following solution...
In System preferences QUICKTIME/ MIME SETTINGS/Still Images
UNCHECK:
Flask Pix
PhotoShop Image
PDF Image

Then in Miscellaneous...
UNCHECK ALL

The issue was fixed until my system downloaded and updated my Quicktime to 7.3 Now I can NOT uncheck the Quicktime HTML (QHTM) in the Miscellaneous window and once again Safari won't play videos I just get the big "Q" with the question mark

Why does Quicktime choose to torture us so....

I now have to switch to Firefox or Netscape to listen to audio or view video

Is Quicktime at war with Safari?

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Coupla Questions

2007-12-10T21:52:45Z

Hi folks I have a couple questions. I have Dual Processor G4, 384MB SDRAM and OSX 10.4.11.

I'm a former Mac guy gone PC for 20 years and now back to Mac, so please forgive me if these questions are basic.

'm having some trouble with my keyboard, the "home, end, page up and page down keys don't work) only the delete key and the help key work.

I got the mac second hand without a keyboard and I stopped by the Apple store and bought a new corded keyboard about 4 months ago and those keys have never worked since day one. I'm a keyboard shortcut junkie and having to transition back to using the mouse for certain things is wasting time and separating my hand from the keyboard.

Secondly I need more RAM desperately, can I stick standard SDRAM into the Mac, do they have to be matched and what is the maximum amount I can put in?

Thx for any help!

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N3235w (viewsonic 32"HD Monmitor) and Intel iMac

2007-11-16T17:23:14Z

can't get a picture
apple care is baffled
Viewsonic is baffled
no software drivers for osX

anyone else get this combo to work successfully?

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Auto Shut Off?

2007-11-13T00:30:53Z

So, my g4 now shuts off automatically once the power cord is taken out.

Any idea how to fix this?

I already tried power settings!

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safari - tribe, hotmail problems

2007-11-02T05:09:07Z

safari3.0.3 won't load tribe.net.. keep getting this
http://www.tribe.net/template/pub%2CLogin.vm?overidereferer=%2Ftribe%2Fservlet%2Ftemplate%2FHome.vm

and hotmail just skips from one address to another and the page stay blank...
anyone else having this?
had to log on with firefox

all my other websites seem to be working

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Adding a Link to iMovie?

2007-10-29T05:37:29Z

Is it possible for me to add a link that someone can click on at the end of iMovie?

Or is is possible for someone to be redirected to the website of my choice automatically somehow when my video I have created with iMovie ends?

I plan on uploading a video to Utube and want the viewers to easily navigate to the website of my choice!

Thanks!!

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Need new laptop suggestions

2007-10-26T23:25:56Z

I'm trying to find the smallest Mac laptop available to take on vacations to check email, etc. Doesn't need tons of features or memory, just wireless and to sync to my desktop. Any suggestions? Older cheaper models will certainly do.

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Macbook pro Memory

2007-10-24T03:12:29Z

Hello, I just installed 2gb of memory in my Macbook Pro Core duo. It is working perfectly, despite what the manual warned that I had to use 2 modules of 1gb each.
My question is if there is a way (maybe thru software) to increase the memory up to 3 or maybe 4gb. I ask because this model is supposed to only support up to 2gb max.

Thank you very much.

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HELP - Frontpage 2003?

2007-10-21T19:34:31Z

Hi All,

I am hoping that there is a Frontpage 2003 version available for the mac? If not is there comparable software. I might start to work with a guy who suggested getting this BUT I have a g4!

If there is no Frontpage 2003 for the Mac is there a similar program that he can open my files with in his PC?

The whole point is to give our customers their files in html...

Thanks!

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Quick MBP Question

2007-10-16T05:51:42Z

hey yall i was just wondering if anyone knows anything about the MBP's being updated any time soon. im not sure if i should buy mine when leopard comes out or if mbp will be updated or redesigned anytime soon and i should wait.. thanks

basically, should i buy now or wait?

+Roy

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Need help with Photo workflow

2007-10-15T18:07:56Z

I just recently bought a new 24" Imac and I am having a couple of problems that I hope you more experineced Mac users can help me with.
I shoot both raw & jpg images and then download them to my hard drive. With my PC, I could name the photos as I downloaded them and then "sort" the files between CR2 (raw) and jpegs - this would split the 2 different file types so that I could easily copy/paste the different file types into a sub folder. After downloading and making the main folder & sub-folders, I would burn them to a DVD as they are usually over 2gig in size.
I cannot get iPhoto to name the photos, nor get them to sort by file type nor burn them to DVD - as it wants to make a slideshow and all I want is to burn the images to DVD for a backup.
I found a program called "renamer4mac" that works easy enough at renaming the files but I still cannot seperate the jpgs from the raw files. Does anyone have experience with Photo Mechanic ?
I know I am green and still learning to use the Mac but I am becoming frustrated with trying to find real solutions through Apple support page and reading so many threads that do not answer my particular problems. Apple support states there is a Backup program in Applications but it is not there. Is this an extra program I need to purchase ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Monitor question...

2007-10-13T20:26:38Z

I recently purchased a new 24. GHz Intel Core Duo iMac and I've got a question about the display. It seems that as I tilt the display there is a major color change, not unlike a gradient from light to dark, from the top to the bottom of the display. At first I though this was normal due to some sort of technological constraint in monitors, but after checking things out on another iMac of the same type I'm starting to think I may have a defective display.

Anyone else run into this type of thing? Heard anything about it? Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers'
J.S.

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The lesser of two evils?

2007-10-13T17:44:41Z

I am considering a new MacBook Pro to replace my G4PBook. The main reason is the migration to Adobe CS3 for Photoshop and InDesign. As I understand these are optimized for the Intel chip, logic tells me to move forward. Now a reliable Apple colleague is telling me to stay where I am as all my G4 software will run wore on the Intel than CS3 would on my G4...

I use my machine to (obvoiously) go online, FileMaker Pro, MS Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash.

Can anyone share their experience on this and give some input?

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iphone purchase tip

2007-09-28T06:45:22Z

This is a simple tip which ranks up there with getting a free printer with every purchase of a mac (which is almost always an option though never mentioned.)

you can get a back up phone for free with your iphone.

http://macapper.com/2007/09/04/1985/

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Compress DVD to MP3?!

2007-09-21T00:21:11Z

Hello,
I'm searching for a way to compress many DVD's to fit onto one DVD...is this possible? If so, how so? I am unable to find anything as of yet....any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Holi

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the Mac Pro (tower)

2007-09-20T23:16:23Z

I'm a film maker who will eventually go into HD production, so i have to move up from my G4 powerbook, which has been serving me well up till now to something beefier... i was thinking of the G5 tower, but then i saw the Mac Pro tower, and all its potential in upgrades and i thought,, well then!

So if anyone has any experiance with this monstrosity of a machine i would love to hear any advice you can give!

thanks a million

X

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Own iPhone? *READ THIS**

2007-09-18T04:34:04Z

To all iPhone customers:
I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.

First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, and that now is the right time to do it. iPhone is a breakthrough product, and we have the chance to 'go for it' this holiday season. iPhone is so far ahead of the competition, and now it will be affordable by even more customers. It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone 'tent'. We strongly believe the $399 price will help us do just that this holiday season.

Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you'll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.

Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.

Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. Details are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple's website next week. Stay tuned.

We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.

Steve Jobs
Apple CEO

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Do I need to worry?

2007-09-16T20:58:20Z

I was working on my iMac 20 1.8GHz flat panel Power PC OS 10.4.9 Machine (two years old) When it just clicked shut off and restarted all by itself. I have not experienced this before... Is this something I need to worry about? (Aside from the fact that If it happens again I could be working on something important that could get lost)

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.EXE files

2007-09-12T23:45:12Z

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone know any killler apps to help open .EXE files?

I've used filejuicer with so/so results.

One of the last mac mags had another listed, but I don't have it in my possession at this time!

THANKS!!

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iphone spoof

2007-09-05T11:00:23Z

i saw this in a movie theatre in thailand of all places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM&mode=related&search

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Something for a laugh!

2007-09-05T10:52:49Z

I wanted to post this where people would get it.

But I'm not sure how old this is, other than looking at the dates the photos were posted.

I thought it was funny. I hope you do too.

http://www.switched.com/photos/apple-podbrix-toys/

I wondered if there are more of these kinds of images. Very creative.

Huge "cute" factor.

And it kind of makes me want to go out and buy some of those brix. Ha!

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Unbelievable.

2007-09-01T04:42:52Z

I was SO happy when I bought my first mac (macbook) last month. I was even happier when I found out I get a free ipod and $100 off a printer! Yay! All I had to do was send in a special rebate form and upc codes and I get a refund.

Not so. Even though I sent in all my forms and UPC codes (and yes, I made copies of all those, which I will now have to send in to apple and hope they accept them because they're not the originals), apple has managed to lose all that along the way. To further my frustration, the promo hotline they have set up to help is, hands down, the WORST phone system ever. It's designed to avoid (with a series of confusing prompts and roundabout number pushing) letting you, the customer, talk to someone who can help, and even when you (finally) accidentally stumble upon someone who is supposed to help, they don't know what to do. When you finally convince them that you need to talk to a manager, they accidentally drop your call, and you have to start the fun phone button pushing all over again, hoping you'll stumble upon another operator.

So I may be out $300 bucks because I fell for their "rebate" crap, and now they can't be bothered to help me get my money back. Thanks, Apple. I wouldn't have bought an extra ipod I don't need if I knew I was going to have to pay for it. But you said it was free. So far, it's not.

Anyone else had issues with rebates? Can anyone offer tips?

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.dmg files

2007-08-31T20:05:57Z

Hi All,

Where can I put my .dmg files that I have downloaded besides on my desktop?

It seems as if I remove them from the desktop, the functionality of the the program I wanted to use is compromised!

Thanks!

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sudden shut down on Mac book

2007-08-29T10:54:18Z

Our mac book has started switching itself off unexpectedly. When we start up there are no messages re: Mac OS X quit etc, etc.
It may do it a few times then run ok, or it may not do it at all.
It is only 12 months old and has had no other problems.

anyone else experienced this?

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Teen 'unlocks' iPhone from AT&T network

2007-08-27T19:50:34Z

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Sat Aug 25, 2:20 AM ET

NEW YORK - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.

George Hotz of Glen Rock, N.J., spent his last summer before college figuring out how to "unlock" the iPhone, freeing it from being restricted to a single carrier, AT&T Inc.

The procedure, which the 17-year-old posted on his blog Thursday, raises the possibility of a cottage industry springing up to buy iPhones, unlocking them and then selling them to people who don't want AT&T service or can't get it, particularly overseas.

The phone, which combines an innovative touch-screen interface with the media-playing abilities of the iPod, is currently sold only in the U.S.

An AP reporter was able to verify that an iPhone Hotz brought to the AP's headquarters on Friday was unlocked. Hotz placed the reporter's T-Mobile SIM card, a small chip that identifies a phone to the network, in the iPhone. It then connected to T-Mobile's network and placed calls using the reporter's account.

T-Mobile is the only major U.S. carrier apart from AT&T that is compatible with the iPhone's cellular technology, but smaller carriers also use the technology, known as GSM. In Europe and Asia, GSM is the dominant network technology.

The hack is complicated and requires skill with both soldering and software, and missteps may result in the iPhone becoming useless, so few people will be able to follow the instructions.

"But that's the simplest I could make them," Hotz said.

Technology blog Engadget on Friday reported successfully unlocking an iPhone using a different method that required no tinkering with the hardware. The software was supplied by an anonymous group of hackers that apparently plans to charge for it.

AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel and Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock said their companies had no comment on Hotz' exploit. Hotz said the companies had not been in touch with him.

Apple shares rose $4.23, or 3.2 percent, to close at $135.30 on Friday. AT&T shares gained 26 cents, or 0.7 percent, to close at $40.36.

The iPhone has already been made to work on overseas networks using another method, which involves copying information from the SIM chip, or Subscriber Identity Module.

The SIM-chip method does not involve any soldering, but does require special equipment, and it doesn't unlock the phone — each new SIM chip has to be reprogrammed for use on a particular iPhone.

Both hacks leave intact the iPhone's many functions, including a built-in camera and the ability to access Wi-Fi networks. The only thing that won't work is the "visual voicemail" feature, which lists voice messages as if they were incoming e-mail.

Since the details of both hacks are public, Apple may be able to modify the iPhone production line to make new phones invulnerable.

Analysts said it's unlikely Apple would overhaul the iPhone's wiring to thwart the new hack because the difficulty of the procedure is likely to keep it confined to hardcore hobbyists.

"I'm having a hard time figuring out where the real pain is going to come from in this," said David Chamberlain, principal analyst with market researcher In-Stat who follows mobile devices and services. "Just selling the piece of hardware, they've made a nice profit off that."

Apple has said it plans to introduce the phone in Europe this year, but it hasn't set a date or identified carriers.

There is apparently no U.S. law against unlocking cell phones. Last year, the Library of Congress specifically excluded cell-phone unlocking from coverage under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Among other things, the law has been used to prosecute people who modify game consoles to play a wider variety of games.

Hotz collaborated online with a large number of people to develop the unlocking process. Of smaller core group, two were in Russia.

"Then there are two guys who I think are somewhere U.S.-side," Hotz said. He knows them only by their online handles.

Hotz himself spent about 500 hours on the project since the iPhone went on sale. On Thursday, he put the unlocked iPhone up for sale on eBay, where the high bid was at $12,600 late Friday. The model, with 4 gigabytes of memory, sells for $499 new.

"Some of my friends think I wasted my summer but I think it was worth it," he told The Record of Bergen County, which reported Hotz's hack Friday.

Hotz heads for college on Saturday. He plans to major in neuroscience — or "hacking the brain" as he puts it — at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Associated Press Writer Jordan Robertson in San Francisco contributed to this story.

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On the Net:

Hotz' blog: http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/

Apple iPhone: http://www.apple.com/iphone

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mac book pro won't sleep shut down or restart

2007-08-26T10:21:27Z

I click on the apple icon and hit the sleep button and nothing happens i hit the shut down or restart and it seems to start but gets hung up on the blue screen and the spinning thing at the bottom of the screen but never shuts down until I hold the power button down

trying to fix my sleep, shut down and restart problem
Jory said trying delete var/vm/sleepimage
but i don't know where to find it

thanks for the help

running 10.4.10
15"
1 gig ram

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VCD patch for DVD player?

2007-08-22T19:41:35Z

I think apple should have made the OS X DVD player read VCDs also. I have to watch them on QuickTime. Does anyone know if there's a patch that allows DVD player to read VCDs?

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