This is a bit beyond my computer abilities...
I am running mac OSX 10.5.8. I am trying to find a version of adobe air that will run on my machine but am just having the hardest time locating or even finding out what version works with my OS. Some love here would be appreciated.
posted by citybuddha
on Nov 13, 2011 -
3 answers
Being neither satisfied with a laptop nor a desktop I have decided to ditch my iMac, get a refurb Macbook Pro with a Henge dock and I have some questions regarding the new Macbook, the migration, and what to do with the iMac:
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posted by sourwookie
on Nov 11, 2011 -
10 answers
Apparently my laptop is a zombie. Do I need to do something about this? Complication: I'm in middle-of-nowhere Russia until next fall.
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posted by toesock
on Nov 11, 2011 -
12 answers
I have been tasked with finding a new color laser printer for my boss, however he has very exacting requirements which I am finding difficulty in satisfying so I thought I would turn to the hive mind for help on this one.
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posted by empedia
on Nov 9, 2011 -
9 answers
Best solution for recording phone interviews. Here's my equipment: iPhone, MacBook, iPad. I'm a blogger, and I've been recording my interviews into a recording app on my iPad, or into garageband on my mac, using my iPhone on speakerphone. I'd prefer to not use speakerphone, as it cuts out and sounds like a walkie-talkie. I have an important interview coming up, and I'd like to up my game audio fidelity-wise without buying any other gear. What's my best solution?
posted by letstrythis
on Nov 7, 2011 -
8 answers
Something's wrong with copy-pasting images on my Mac. When I'm editing pictures, I copy part of it, and when I paste it comes out lighter than before.
Example here. The problem happens in Seashore and Paintbrush. Does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? I don't even know how to google this problem.
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posted by WhackyparseThis
on Nov 5, 2011 -
3 answers
I use Preview to view the many lolcats I download off the Internet, but the application is crashing constantly since I "upgraded" to Mac Lion. Further, Preview only seems to display animated gifs as still frames. Recommended solutions?
posted by dgaicun
on Nov 5, 2011 -
6 answers
I've replaced an aging iMac with 3 external drives hanging off of it with a Macbook Pro with the same 3 external drives hanging off of it.
The setup also includes a cable modem and a Time Capsule.
Right now the drives are in daisychained Firewire mode.
I'm looking for a way to connect the drives to my wifi network so I can eliminate the need to plug the first drive into the laptop? Staying with Firewire would be nice, but it's not a deal breaker.
posted by justcorbly
on Nov 4, 2011 -
7 answers
Hi Everyone
I have a Macbook Air with Thunderbolt (mid 2011) and a Mac Mini 3.1. Can anyone help me with the correct display settings for a Samsung TA550? I have searched - to no avail. Also trying out SwitchResX.
What bugs me is that XP of all things seems to work properly with the display.
What gives?
Thanks!
BB
posted by bright77blue
on Nov 4, 2011 -
9 answers
I've been having an (infuriating) issue getting my PS3 to play nice with my Comcast cable internet. System updates and game patches, but not downloads from the Playstation Store, seem to be getting throttled. The download will proceed normally at first, but then will stall at some arbitrary point., and eventually time out.
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posted by Oktober
on Oct 31, 2011 -
12 answers
Logic Pro 9 question: suddenly when I bounce a song from Logic to my desktop (in .aif format) and then try to play in iTunes, it will import into iTunes, but it won't play. I'm relatively new to logic, but I've done this before with no problems. What gives?
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posted by Lutoslawski
on Oct 30, 2011 -
5 answers
How do you use Scrivener and Devonthink together? I've seen lots of blog posts and comments about individuals using both products for researching, drafting, and writing complicated projects, and each looks awesome on its own, but I can't figure out a workflow that uses the strengths of both. If you use both tools, how do you do it? Insights from any area are welcome, but thoughts from academics are especially useful to me.
posted by philosophygeek
on Oct 28, 2011 -
4 answers
An important, newly ISO-9001 standard form in my office is an Outlook template (*.oft) that we have to fill out. I use a Mac with Entourage. How do I fill out this form?
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posted by olinerd
on Oct 25, 2011 -
3 answers
I'm a proficient mac
user, but I think I'd like to know more about how my machine works. Where do I go to learn more?
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posted by Homo economicus
on Oct 19, 2011 -
12 answers
I've heard of these great Mac tools, but how do they work for the humanities? I'm a PC person working with some Mac users who want to organize their scholarly lives. I know that Papers, Mendeley, Bookends, and Sente are mentioned as excellent Mac programs, but according to various forum posts around the web I've heard that they're far better for the sciences. Can anyone recommend these for use in the humanities?
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posted by lillygog
on Oct 17, 2011 -
10 answers
Following a power shortage, Mail has "forgotten" everything, and greets me with the Welcome to Mail set-up assisting prompt.
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posted by progosk
on Oct 13, 2011 -
9 answers
The fixed width font on my mac has been switched to some weird Gunsmoke esque thing. Pretty impossible to read any kind of code, etc. Help me switch it back, please!
posted by tremspeed
on Oct 13, 2011 -
9 answers
What great code/text editors provide a perfectly consistent experience across both Mac and Windows environments?
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posted by Shepherd
on Oct 13, 2011 -
29 answers
What's the best strategy to do a clean install of Mac OS X and then restore ONLY iTunes/iPhoto libraries, and ensure iOS devices still sync properly?
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posted by kidbritish
on Oct 10, 2011 -
3 answers
My (very) small office just got a new whiz-bang scanner that can scan stacks of paper to image-only PDFs. Ideally, I'd like to use this to do away with paper filing, but this is harder (for me) than it sounds.
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posted by 4ster
on Oct 9, 2011 -
10 answers
I'm a professional musician, but specifically a classical musician with essentially no experience with sequencing, recording, amplification, or anything to do with electronics. Can you tell me how I become a bedroom musician?
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posted by Busoni
on Oct 9, 2011 -
18 answers
I have an old G4 tower that I'd like to donate to charity. I don't have the OS X 10.3 disc to format the drive & reinstall with. What do you recommend I do?
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posted by AMSBoethius
on Oct 8, 2011 -
7 answers
So, following up on my
previous question: I have this Mac Mini that will drive a big data display. I wrote an AppleScript that starts up Chrome and goes to fullscreen mode, and I put that script in the startup items and it all works swell. BUT! I still need to log in for it to work. Can I set something up so that the Mac starts and runs without any user intervention at all?
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posted by dirtdirt
on Oct 6, 2011 -
6 answers
What is the easiest, most affordable way to mac system troubleshooting and maintenance on another Mac over the internet?
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posted by konig
on Oct 4, 2011 -
5 answers
A few Blu Ray questions, one external drives for a mac, one on ripping on a Mac, and one of buying discs online/in Toronto...
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posted by dobbs
on Oct 3, 2011 -
10 answers
Please help me choose a new printer for my Mac-based home office. My current printer is a
Brother DCP 7020 black and white laser printer I got in, I think, 2005, and it finally seems to be about to go. I need good and fast duplex printing, a decent flatbed scanner, and good/fast photocopying. Should I move to inkjet?? Should I get something with wireless networking?? More specifics within!
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posted by pupstocks
on Oct 1, 2011 -
8 answers
Need budget/bookkeeping software recommendations.
Difficulty: Mac-compatible.
Additional difficulty: It's for projecting/tracking expenses for
NIH/NSF-awarded grants in an academic setting. Inside I give a list of requirements (most of which aren't grant-specific) and you tell me what software packages can accomplish 'em.
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posted by supercres
on Sep 28, 2011 -
3 answers
After reading through lots of tips and tricks on backing up data on here, I am close to a backup system that really works for me. However, can anyone help me with two things: securing an offsite backup, and backing up a bootcamp partition?
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posted by This_Will_Be_Good
on Sep 27, 2011 -
4 answers
What is the best way to record a live streaming video broadcast from the Web? Details to follow.
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posted by jeffmshaw
on Sep 23, 2011 -
5 answers
Mac OSX Networking: Can I configure different applications to use different Network services to connect? How do I do that?
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posted by vacapinta
on Sep 21, 2011 -
6 answers
I'm having trouble getting my Macbook to reliably communicate with, well, anything else on my network, and not having a spare router or laptop is not helping the troubleshooting process.
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posted by Tomorrowful
on Sep 20, 2011 -
11 answers
Can I use any Bluetooth ear piece with my new Dragon Dictate software?
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posted by Tchad
on Sep 20, 2011 -
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