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New older guy needs help with Firefox

2013-05-19 00:09:19.000 PDT44

I am new here but used to get help at deal mac.

Firefox is acting up... gets sluggish. Please do not yell at me ...

Video Card Dead?

2013-05-16 04:38:19.000 PDT44

Recently I've been getting rows of weird pixels in my images on my powermac G5 (Dual core running Leopard) and now when ...

MacPro suddenly shuts down and starts up again automatically

2013-05-11 16:21:50.000 PDT44

Hello Friends!

Got a really strange problem here, with my Mac Pro.

My Mac Pro suddenly shuts down, and st ...

HOW TO REINSTALL MAC OS ON NEWLY INSTALLED HARD DRIVE!!

2013-05-05 06:40:59.000 PDT44

Hello -

** the specific details of this question are:
------- when I first obtained the imac g5, it would not ...

can i buy mac mini ??

2013-05-04 07:12:18.000 PDT44

hi! im a experienced windows user...and a mac lover...
i need a mac..first of all
i decided to buy mac mini...whic ...

Importing photos

2013-04-29 16:51:55.000 PDT44

Why has my mac stopped importing photos. Have tried from cameras, phones and card reader. Always worked before ...

Getting restart message

2013-04-29 09:05:09.000 PDT44

On my wife's log in she keeps getting a pop up screen that states the computer needs to be restarted by holding down the ...

What is quality link building ?

2013-04-23 06:11:38.000 PDT44

What is quality link building ? ...

Upgrading OS X

2013-04-21 09:38:43.000 PDT44

I have an Imac with OS X, 10.4.11.
processor name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory:
1Gb

Can I upgrade to a n ...

Time Machine Failure

2013-04-21 06:27:27.000 PDT44

Time machine quits recording. Error message-- latest back up failed. Tried several clean disk patricians. Same error ...

Deleted Messages Still in my Inbox ...

2013-04-18 16:41:18.000 PDT44

Delete Messages in Mail are still in my Inbox! They are Grey, but I can still open them.

Also, Filtered Messages ...

Installing computer game on Mac

2013-04-17 20:54:57.000 PDT44

I'm a kindergarten teacher and for Christmas a parent donated a Mac desktop to my class. It sat empty for a long time, b ...

Mail App is Not Working ...

2013-04-17 18:55:05.000 PDT44

Last night Mail was working perfectly, as it has for many years. This morning not working. Nobody touched my computer. I ...

Why does cursor stays at top of screen?

2013-04-15 17:29:07.000 PDT44

The cursor starts at the top of the screen and returns no matter where you move it. It works correctly in safe mode. I t ...

Mac G5 won't book from install disk

2013-04-15 17:25:38.000 PDT44

I have a PowerPC G5 - I'd like to reinstall the OS to get a clean machine to either sell or give away.

I loaded t ...

Can I recover data from a Mac hard drive to a PC

2013-04-12 13:43:42.000 PDT44

My mothers iMac (model A1173) recently took a power hit and died (black screen, power button is nonfunctional...dead). S ...

I am unable to delete mail messages

2013-04-03 06:58:47.000 PDT44

I have an iMac: OS 10.6.8 ...

Keyboard not working with a USB extension cable

2013-03-29 09:13:42.000 PDT44

I have the newest 27" iMac. I love the machine but I am having a problem getting the keyboard connected using a 6 ...

My G5 Dual 2.0 won't power up unless I remove the GFX Card..

2013-03-27 10:11:31.000 PDT44

So I came home the other day and noticed that my desktop was off. I usually leave it on all the time.

I wen't to ...

Have late 2008 Mac, 750HD..need more

2013-03-25 08:56:42.000 PDT44

My late 2008 Macbook came 250HD, had it upgraded to 500HD, year later it's at its capacity at 750HD (I do a lot of photo ...

Using Mini DisplayPort to VGA with a Samsung Monitor

2013-03-19 17:42:22.000 PDT44

Hello;

I have the standard 13" aluminum macbook, and I was looking into getting the 'Mini DisplayPort to VGA ...

iMac keeps ejecting disc

2013-03-14 04:41:05.000 PDT44

Friday, September 3, 2010
5:31 PM Eastern Time

Hi,
My iMac ejects blank discs when I try to burn music in ...

Imac rebooting itself and stuck on black screen with chime?

2013-03-11 04:34:47.000 PDT44

I'm having an issue with my imac again. About a year ago my Imac would restart itself and get stuck on a black screen an ...

MOUSE POINTER ON IMAC

2013-03-10 07:06:44.000 PDT44

The mouse "pointer" at sometimes looks more like a kaleidoscope - going round and round and round. I have re ...

MAC out of space. Imatch can help?

2013-03-01 19:01:20.000 PST44

Our mac air is about to be running out of space. Can Imatch help us to move music, videos and photos to the cloud and sa ...

Mac mini w/ lion wont read burned cdr

2013-02-28 15:30:29.000 PST44

Mini goes thru the Burn then says computer cant read this disc. when I eject and re- insert it says its a blank disc. My ...

In Search of Intel iMac 2006+ Owners

2013-02-25 19:04:14.000 PST44

[QUOTE=iDeving;16904091]i would like to gather results from other aluminum intel iMac owners (2006+) running windows
...

QuickTime MPEG Component

2013-02-23 15:19:48.000 PST44

I purchased this from the Apple Store to use for converting videos from a Panasonic D-300 digicam's mini RAM disc. Tha ...

internet speed slowing down

2013-02-23 07:06:56.000 PST44

First of all, I am running an older emac 10.5.8 with 1ghz processor, 1gb sdram. I have a 6Mbps signal, dsl coming in ove ...

What to do with my old Imac G5 PPC

2013-02-18 10:39:20.000 PST44

I just ordered a new mac book pro, but that's not my problem that's a good thing. My problem is what do i do with my old ...

iMac 24" screen brightness issues.

2013-02-16 07:33:35.000 PST44

So, even though my iMac has a great-looking picture quality, it is considerably darker than most other monitors that I'v ...

how to update an iMac G3?

2013-02-11 15:18:16.000 PST44

i just picked up a G3 Grape Tray Loading iMac for free and i was wondering how i could update it to OS X tiger and also ...

my imac keeps ejecting my dvd, just upgrade to snow leoprad.

2013-01-31 11:38:23.000 PST44

I am trying to make a DVD but ever one of my DVD eject in about a minute. do I need to clean the laser lens or is there ...

iMac 21.5 mid2011 powering off by itself? Model A1311

2013-01-30 11:39:50.000 PST44

My iMac is powering off all by itself. It's like some one is pulling the power cord out. Some time it can be on for an h ...

Can't get the microphone to work

2013-01-26 13:49:47.000 PST44

I can't get my microphone to work. On the system preferences> sound> input screen, I am "line-in", with ...

i mac desktop screen issue

2013-01-21 09:38:15.000 PST44

I have an imac 21.5 i bought in middle of 2012 and i noticed 2 weeks ago mainly on the middle of the screen there are ab ...

G4 Wont Sleep

2013-01-19 13:05:47.000 PST44

I'm running OS 10.6 on an old mirror door G4 (dual 1.83 GHz Processors) and the monitor will sleep but the machine won't ...

iMac "Question Mark" Folder at Boot: Help!

2013-01-17 11:47:54.000 PST44

Hardware: iMac, early 2008, 20" aluminum, 2x2 G ram, 10.6.8

On startup the computer "boings", make ...

IMac will not complete the start up process

2013-01-15 17:47:47.000 PST44

I have an Intel 24" Imac (late 2008) that was giving me lots of problems although it worked fine if I used a second ...

hi/ black bar above dashboard

2013-01-09 13:26:32.000 PST44

my cat walked across my keyboard and this black bar came up above the dashboard and describes every movement i make in p ...

Power Mac G5 keeps going into sleep mode by itself.

2013-01-09 13:12:44.000 PST44

Hello,
I have a Power Mac G5 with a duel 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processor. It has started to go into sleep mode by itself ...

Mac Mini Late 2012 HDMI issue

2013-01-04 23:35:09.000 PST44

Talking about the 2012 late mac mini 6,2 and all the minis from late October/November 2012, I think they had an issue wi ...

Gray Screen

2013-01-04 04:45:47.000 PST44

I get the gray screen with folder and question mark on boot up.
I am told by apple man I need to either
remove som ...

iMac No Display

2012-12-30 16:29:17.000 PST44

Hello

I have an iMAC (20 inch I think early 2008 model) which turns on, but there is no display. I can hear the s ...

Face Time

2012-12-30 11:33:00.000 PST44

Recently Face Time freezes up when I use it to communicate with my daughter in Austin, Texas. My internet service is via ...

Mac Mini 2012 and External Blu-ray Drive

2012-12-26 01:47:55.000 PST44

I just bought a Mac Mini 2012. Is it possible to connect an external Blu-ray drive and watch BD movies to the new 2012 m ...

ibooks author widgets

2012-12-18 08:26:27.000 PST44

Added keynote widget. Presentation will not load when dragged to widget. ...

G5 new guy help?

2012-12-09 07:58:09.000 PST44

ive had a pc all my life, i just found a powermac g5 on craigslist for dirt cheap and i have been meaning to make the sw ...

Help with upgrading iMac

2012-12-09 07:35:32.000 PST44

Hello,

I purchased my iMac in 2006 and have never had any problems with it. It still runs fine for my purposes bu ...

New Quad-core Intel i7 iMac vs 3.2GHz Quad-Core MAC PRO???

2012-12-06 04:26:57.000 PST44

I'm going a little crazy trying to decide whether to buy the new 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 iMac or the 3.2GHz Quad ...