I was having trouble with my iMac computer lagging and one of the things I did was restart in Safe mode (holding down shift). It now seems to be ok. I also have mediocre vision so have resolution at 1280 x 800 as my usual preference. The Issue: since the safe boot, Chrome pages go to a white screen after a few seconds on most sites such as Facebook and Amazon among others. I see old posts on Google but no real fixes. I looked at many google help links like
this among others. Has anybody else had this problem? (Chrome does this when I change the view back to a more usual setting like 1344 x 840, for example. Any thoughts?
posted by chicaboom
on Feb 23, 2013 -
3 answers
My MacBook's touchpad went wrong this morning. Everything I do is suddenly like fighting with a ghost. Mac forums are useless.
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posted by Navelgazer
on Sep 6, 2012 -
16 answers
Resumé filter: how do you tailor your resumé when you're applying to a job in which you have relevant (self-taught) skills, but no prior work experience in the field?
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posted by patnasty
on Jun 1, 2012 -
8 answers
My online mailbox is full. I want to move some of those messages to a folder on my computer, using Apple Mail in system 10.6.8. There's doesn't seem to be an obvious way to create a new folder in Apple Mail, under the section On My Mac. Can you tell me how to do this? The account is IMAP and private mail service.
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on May 28, 2012 -
2 answers
I remember a side-scrolling game my childhood but am unable to remember the name. There was a squat grey robot with a single peg leg with a wheel at the bottom and he had a cannon that you controlled with the mouse. Most of the game took place underground. There were bats, and there was a kidnapped professor.
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posted by tmt
on Mar 4, 2011 -
6 answers
The new MacBookPros just came out, and just in time, as I have encountered an issue with my iPhone 3GS (constantly disconnects from the 3G network) that, obnoxiously, seems to require me to upgrade my
computer (a June '04 12" Powerbook G4 1.33ghz, OS 10.4.11).* My question is whether, as a long-term investment, it makes more sense to buy the 2.7ghz 13" MBP vs. the $300 cheaper 2.3ghz.
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posted by neko75
on Feb 25, 2011 -
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[AncientMacintoshFilter] Is there a way to get an eMac to fileshare with a G3 (blue-and-white tower)? In the good old days, I would have whipped out an AppleTalk cable and called it done, but the eMac does not have an AppleTalk port.
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posted by Rube R. Nekker
on Feb 16, 2011 -
15 answers
What video card currently available for sale could replace the dead ATI Radeon X1900 XT in my six year old Mac Pro tower?
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posted by Jamesonian
on Feb 1, 2011 -
4 answers
Recently aded an external drive to my iMac for storage of photo files. It runs off a Firewire 800 port. I also use a Time Capsule.
The external drive is mounted overnight via crontab for the daily backup run. When that's done, a script unmounts the drive. This works reliably. The drive, then, should be unmounted the rest of the time.
However, the drive is mounted at unexpected and sporadic intervals. The logs reveal that this is usually, but not always, immediately following the unmounting of the Time Capsule after an hourly run. Not on every run, but perhaps on one run per day. In addition, the external drive is sometimes mounted in a way that appears to have no association with the Time Capsule.
What's going on?
posted by justcorbly
on Nov 18, 2010 -
1 answer
I want to put together a reasonably simple book of text, interspersed with drawings and a few "full bleed" photos. Is Apple’s Pages app robust enough, or will I have to wade into learning InDesign?
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posted by blueberry
on Oct 19, 2010 -
7 answers
Why won't my 17" Macbook Pro remember where I put windows when I connect my external monitor?
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posted by Fleebnork
on Aug 17, 2010 -
7 answers
Do you remember an old Mac game where you play as a wizard's apprentice who goes to a magic store?
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posted by Gordafarin
on Jun 5, 2010 -
10 answers
I blew up my Macintosh trying to upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard. How do I get it back to retrieve a few files before I blitzkrieg it all in a disk repair and OS reinstall?
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posted by spinifex23
on May 16, 2010 -
14 answers
How will Apple fix this problem with my laptop's fan (possibly logic board and/or hard drive), and how long will it take?
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posted by autoclavicle
on Jan 16, 2010 -
5 answers
Any Apple Certified Macintosh Technicians in the house? How difficult was it for you to get certified?
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posted by sammich
on Nov 12, 2009 -
10 answers
My 2.4 Ghz Macbook Pro running OS 10.6 seems awfully slow to load applications. Any advice?
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posted by shivohum
on Oct 2, 2009 -
17 answers
What are the Mac equivalents of great Windows software?
This was a great question about what a Mac person should install on a Windows box. I'm going the other way, as my office kindly bought me a new MacBook Pro. I'm a scientist and haven't used a Mac since OS 7.5. For the past decade my machines have been Windows, Linux, or dual-boot. Freeware/shareware programs I use a lot under Windows: Cygwin, Essential PIM, FLVplayer, IrfanView, Maxima, Openoffice.org, Scilab, Winamp, Xemacs, Xplorer2 pro. Commercial software: Mathematica, IDL, occasionally Microsoft Office. I'm mostly interested in freeware or shareware such as great text and image editors, tex/latex, and other nerdware. Thanks! Naturally, the new laptop runs Leopard.
posted by lukemeister
on Dec 3, 2008 -
40 answers
Mac, Leopard, La Cie external hard disk drive spins but does not mount. What's my best option for getting data off this drive?
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posted by gen
on Nov 2, 2008 -
21 answers
I started migration assistant before I knew how long it would take. Am I screwed?
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posted by pzarquon
on Oct 17, 2008 -
5 answers
My MacBook (mid-2007) just crapped out. I can't afford a pro data extraction fix. Is there any other option?
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posted by jeffmshaw
on Mar 7, 2008 -
13 answers
Help me find a (non-Mighty) mouse for my Mac that can be programmed to function with Exposé and Spaces.
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posted by Doctor Suarez
on Feb 11, 2008 -
8 answers
I have a commercial DVD (the content of which I own the rights to) and I have an mp3 (which I also own the rights to). Two questions: How can I make another "video" using the visuals from the dvd and the audio from the mp3? Then, how can I turn this final file into an .avi? Further, what if I want to run the DVD's audio track at a diminished volume beneath the audio of the mp3, therefore using the mp3 like a commentary track? I'm on a Mac.
posted by dobbs
on Feb 7, 2008 -
9 answers
My laptop crashes about 80% of the time when I pick it up or put it down, even when I'm
ultra-ginger. Why? Before you cry "Disable the sudden motion sensor!" as far as I can tell, I don't think it even has one.
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posted by cocoagirl
on Nov 19, 2007 -
16 answers
Automator as an antidote to Excel tedium. Can you help me get through repetitive tasks with favorite Automator tricks in Leopard?
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posted by lackutrol
on Nov 18, 2007 -
6 answers
Wondering if there's a Mac OS X program that I could drop an image file on and tell it "Make me a 'best quality' JPEG out of this that winds up being no more than 10 mb in size".
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posted by blueberry
on Aug 26, 2007 -
13 answers
Please help me get the contents of an Apple 7300/200 Power Macintosh off of it and onto... well, anything else.
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posted by interrobang
on Jul 29, 2007 -
33 answers
Is there a way to reuse an apple powerbook g4 battery to power a macbook pro? I know that it doesn't fit, but I'm hoping there is some kind of external pack that can accept and charge a powerbook battery but which can power a macbook pro. Any ideas?
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posted by jwiener
on Apr 5, 2007 -
5 answers
I'm trying to clean up my act and bought a legitimate copy of Office for my Mac. Problem is, after deleting my (bootlegged) copy, it's still recognizing that copy over th legimitate one. What's up?
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posted by itchie
on Mar 15, 2007 -
2 answers
A fairly simple iPod/iTunes question—when I plug in the iPod, I would like the browser on iTunes to automatically be there (so I don't have to press apple + b), and I'd like it to be arranged by album, by year (so I don't have to click the "year" field every time). Is this possible? Is there a setting that I'm missing?
posted by interrobang
on Jan 14, 2007 -
2 answers
I am considering making the switch to the Mac, and I am wondering how you all convert an e-mail to a task or appointment in OSX. In Outlook, I just drag it to the Calendar or Tasks button (or use one of the ClearContext buttons). I understand this does not work in Entourage.
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posted by 4ster
on Dec 13, 2006 -
7 answers
I'm looking for a cheap (or better yet, free) software to run a simple file server in my journalism lab.
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posted by cccorlew
on Dec 10, 2006 -
11 answers
