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I have a 2.1 GHz G5 iMac running 10.4.8 with everything up to date. The Superdrive worked flawlessly for 8 or 9 months, and then proceeded to gradually lose its ability to recognize blank DVD-R's that I insert. At first the brand I was using failed (Verbatim) but Fuji discs …

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I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro - with Airport Extreme. I'm connected to Airport Extreme no problem when I'm working in OS X - but I don't know how to set this up for Windows. I need to connect to the internet through Windows for work. Its asking me …

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Hi I can't get Data dvd-r's to mount. My superdrive will burn dvd's / cd's using toast 6, It will mount burnt CD's, commercial DVD's and video dvd-r but it won't mount the data DVD-r's I have written using the same drive. These data dvd-r's will mount on other macs/ …

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[COLOR=Blue]:confused: Hi, I'm wondering if someone can tell me whether it would be possible to use a ColorStyleWriter2500 with an old Mac LC II? Besides the age difference between the devices(I'm assuming the printer is significantly newer than the LC II, in reality my Mac experience is greatly limited; I've …

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Hi Folks, I am in a bind. The other day I was in Microsoft Internet and the Mac Powerbook just went into a loop. I powered it off and attempted to restart. Got nothing but the Apple ant the cirular busy icon contiuosly turning. Tried putting in CD and it …

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I have extra memeory in my Ibook G4. Can I transfer this to my new macBook ?? clarinda

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I need i drive for Mac Cube G4 CD+DVD ROM. Does anybody have any for sale? My got stuck with a cd in , and not repairble. Thanx

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Greetings! I've recently poured a glass of water into the keyboard of my Alum. 15" Powerbook G4. I responded quickly and shut it down & poured off as much as possible. Next, I removed the uppercase and left the laptop open for 3 days to air/fan dry. After reassembly, it …

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I have an airport and a phone. the airport is good and works well with my Dell and Mac computers. I am a major supporter of the airport. I am also running cable internet on it. The trouble is that my computer is next to a phone and every time …

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OK so I am "trying" to program my mighty mouse buttons - I accidently assign the MAIN button to "open Safari" - so NOW I can't select ANYTHING because the $%^& button only opens (and opens...and opens...) Safari Finally had to plug in original idiot one-button mca mouse to get …

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I don't know if you can help me but i'm having a tough time trying to get someone to talk to about my Mac and getting online wirelessly.... it's been a tough go!! lol We use a D-Link router and one PC and one Mac. The Mac however won't access …

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Hi guys. I am a huge gamer but also love macs. Hard to be both and I would love to have a computer that could run high quality games but also be as shiny organized looking as a mac. Anyway, with the new intel core duo processors in the MacBooks …

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Hello There, I have just put a bigger hard drive in my iMac G3 CRT (seagate barracuda 60Gb ATA) I used my factory Disk to initialize it. It took all day writing zeros and when I 'restored' the operating system it went O.K. until it did the calculating the checksum …

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Hello people - I found this forum through google, and I am hoping you all can help me. Yesterday, I came back to my computer, and it would not wake from screen saver mode no mater what I did. so, I restarted the computer, and now it will not start. …

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i subscribe to several podcasts (Sunshine Daydream Podcasts and Dead Show on KOPF/89.5) from the Itunes store. When I subscribe I get the podcasts added to my podcast folder; however, i find that there are older episodes that i download from the internet as MP3 files. when I try to …

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When I press the on button on my powerbook, it makes the normal chime, goes to the white screen with no apple icon and no spinning spokes.... and doesn't go past that. I inserted the original boot CD and held the C key down when booting. The apple icon comes …

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[size=2][color=Indigo][font=Comic Sans MS]My husband has just bought an iMac G3 333mgz, with a broken CD Rom Drive. We know that to load Mac OS with an internal drive, you press the C key on start up, but how do we go about it from an external USB drive? :o[/font][/color][/size]

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Does anyone know of a adapter that can be used to hook up a large format (expensive) Epson scanner that I used to my old Mac through a serial (25 pin?) port before it went dead today. I mainly use a G4 for most of my work but had the …

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Hello all, I am not much of a mac guy but trying to help out a friend. She lives out in the country and dialup is the only internet access and has been using it for years on her imac. Now she has an ibook and wants both to be …

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Hello Everybody! Im Having Trouble With My Monitor It Won't Show An Image. I Disconnected It N Pluged It Back In But Nothing. Please Somebody Help Me...... Heidi

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Hi everyone, I've recently come back to UK and pulled my trusty G4 out of storage to use again. Everything booted up great after 18months downtime, and I was really chuffed when it all went ok and got to the log-in screen. Howevere the smile slipped from my face, as …

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Hello, Does anyone know the big differences between Apple's Extreme & Express Base Stations?? I know the Extreme comes with a built-in dial-up modem (not very useful!) and the Express comes with AirTunes (very useful!), yet the Extreme is more expensive. What's the crack??

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I just ordered a powermac g5 but did not get an apple display. My question is: Do all (or) most windows PC monitors work on Mac's. i didnt get an apple display because i feel like it was too much for monitor ($800 for the 20inch) specially after i had …

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while copying cd's from a friend, one disc i put in, the gza's beneath the surface had ehanced features i wasn't aware of, which start up right away and have no exit option to put them away. then i looked at the cd sleeve and under the system requirements there's …

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Hello, I have a G4 powermac AGP in my studio and want to get a G4 iMac to put in the house. I want both of these computers to run off a wireless network - namely with Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. I understand that I can only fit an …

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My mac currently has a 126Mb PC133 SDRAM Memory card. I've just bought another 256Mb Memory card to put in it, but it still isn't being recognised by my system. All the "experts" I've consulted so far say it should work. Any tips??? PLEEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEEE:sad:

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I am having trouble with a Saffire FW sound card. I've used it successfully for a coupe of weeks, but now my Mac shuts down when I connect the sound card. Other FW sound cards are working fine as well as other FW devices (LaCie external drive, PowerBook in traget …

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so this powerbook g4 1ghz starts then 3 beeps i know this (or think this is a ram prob) but before this i was starting then getting to the grey screen and the apple icon then that dark grey box with the hold the button to restart message the one …

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I have a six-year-old iMac, processor G3, OS 9.0.3. When my printer dies I'll have a choice of new printers for less than $100, but they all seem to require increasing my RAM (don't mind that), plus upgrading my OS which requires not only upgrading my Internet Explorer and Outlook …

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Hi all! I have a 15 inch PowerBook G4 1.67 Ghz laptop running OS X version 10.4.6. It has a Matshita DVD-R UJ-845E superdrive. Is this computer able to burn onto Dual Layer discs? And if it can't, am I able to download a firmware upgrade that would make this …

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