My 15" Powerbook from 2003, running OS X.3, just froze up and demanded that I restart my computer. Why? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 7 answers

this must be a really simple question to answer from a real simpleton but how why doesnt clicking on the address bar in Firefox on OSX leopard highlight it like it does on windows and how can i get it to do that easily?
posted on May 14, 2008 - 14 answers

recommendations for good system back-up software programs? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a network packet sniffer that will run on Mac OS 9. Does such a thing exist? Thanks!
posted on May 12, 2008 - 6 answers

My 6-week-old refurb iMac has an intermittent high-pitched whine. Help me guide the Geniuses to a fix. [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 8 answers

I use iTunes Alarm, or used it anyway... I need help with getting rid of it and finding a replacement [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 8 answers

How do you organize your email? How can I better organize my emails and be a better email-user? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 10 answers

Mac OS X (Leopard): at(1) replacement? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 19 answers

How should I go about formating and re-installing Mac OSX on a computer I've been upgrading and using for five years? I want to start fresh and clean with a new install of OSX, but with all my songs, photos, movies intact in iTunes and iPhoto on the new system. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2008 - 11 answers

Other than the apple remote, what universal remote controls can be used with a Mac Mini (Intel) and, ideally, XBMC for the mac? I'd like this not to require the current XBMC hack (nifty though it is) that maps multiple presses to the functions of the remote.
posted on May 9, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I get Pages to mimic Open Office's autocomplete? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

What's the easiest way to restore my OS X 10.4 backup of my iBook laptop onto my shiny new OS X 10.5 Macbook? The catch: I made the backup using rsync, to a Linux file server. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 11 answers

We have two Mac laptops, an older Compaq laptop running some flavor of Linux, an HP inkjet printer, and a wireless router. Please help me set up the Linux laptop to play (semi-) wireless printserver for the Macs. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Is there a definitive source I can point to or glean knowledge from in order to justify the purchase of a Mac for web development and design? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 19 answers

Why did Omnioutliner start bugging me about registration only after I reinstalled Leopard? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 8 answers

Is there a QuickLook plugin (for Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" if you didn't follow) to browse sqlite databases? If not, wouldn't that be awesome for Rails and iPhone development!
posted on May 8, 2008 - 1 answers

Will VMWare Fusion allow me to run Microsoft OneNote smoothly? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 6 answers

Help! My puppy just bit through my Apple MagSafe cord and now it doesn't work. I don't want to give Apple another $80. Has any MeFite (or anyone else) successfully spliced one back together?
posted on May 7, 2008 - 5 answers

Why is my Mac's DVD player so stupid? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 9 answers

I have a long-winded question about deleting zombie messages from Apple's mail.app. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 4 answers

I just had a huge block of text on my clipboard. When going to paste it, I accidentally hit apple-c instead of apple-v ... copying a new block of text. Is there any way I can recover the text I just erased from the clipboard? I'm on a Mac running OSX.
posted on May 5, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I get rid of the date showing up in iWeb 08 blogs? In iWeb 06 you could easily turn them off, I remember, allowing you to use the "blog" template for all sorts of other kinds of non-dated subdirectory webpages. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 1 answers

I've been sent a very short clip I'd like to use in a presentation, but, familiar problem here, it's an .avi sent from a Windows machine. All I can seem to coax out it for my MacBook Pro, using VLC, etc., is sound. Can anyone suggest the best way to go about generating a quicktime mov or some such, with video, from this clip for my Mac? Is there a way to get a Windows emulator, and covert it there for something to play back in the Mac environment? Or something easier? Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
posted on May 4, 2008 - 17 answers

Why would my Powerbook's virtual memory top 20Gb? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2008 - 14 answers

Can anyone help me figure out how to resume file sharing capabilities between my MacBook Pro and my Windows Vista PC after my 'Book has been in Sleep mode? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Any good experiences with network printing under Leopard? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm driving cross country and parking a webcam on the dash. I also have a bluetooth GPS receiver. I want these two devices together to end up with a folder full of geotagged images, but my google-fu is failing to provide an easy answer. Does anyone out there know? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 9 answers

If I unlock and jailbreak my iPhone using Windows, can I then go on to use it on a Mac?
posted on May 1, 2008 - 5 answers

Something terrible has happened! I'm using Mac OS Leopard and had backed up my photos onto my 500gb external hard drive in order to format the computer. Everything was fine and my iPhoto library, all 3.4gb of it, was on the drive and then... a disaster. Please help! [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there such thing as a PCI-X video card that will work in a Mac G5 tower? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 5 answers

Does anybody ever regret switching to a Mac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 79 answers

How can I clean away cigarette odor and tar buildup from a G3 iMac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 8 answers

Can I use my external digital camera while its connected to my Mac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 6 answers

We are building a low-cost video confernecing system in out conference room, and I am looking for recommendations for iChat/Skype webcams and microphones. [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 2 answers

What software do I use to create one of those "robot voice" sound-overs using a Mac? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 13 answers

May have bought an iMac a week too early, can I upgrade or at least get a refund of the price difference? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 6 answers

We'd like to be able to share calendars in a mixed Windows/Mac shop. Difficulties: delegating calendars to be writable by multiple individuals, offline access, avoiding upgrading Exchange and Entourage. [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I get my iMac running Leopard to show the current wallpaper in Finder? I'm using Leopard's built-in wallpaper-switching function to randomly display a wallpaper from my collection of over 1,000, but when I get one I don't like, it gives me no way to easily find the file and delete it. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 10 answers

Are there any handy utilities or iTunes plugins to help sync my mp3 player (which appears as simply a mass-storage drive) from my macbook? [Something like a mac version of badapple.]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 2 answers

Is there a way I can monitor latency to gaming servers easily in OSX, preferably through a widget? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 2 answers

It was a stormy night. The scroll wheel in my Mighty Mouse stuck, again. Cleaned it. Worked fine for 5 minutes. Stuck again. I snapped… [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 22 answers

Mac/PC webcam options (hardware and software)? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 7 answers

Server/network/IT-Filter? Windows Vista keeps, or more specifically explorer.exe drops my network transfers, how can I fix this or what is the best Explorer replacement? Also, how can I make Windows Server 2008 more useful on the small scale (more inside of course) ... [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

MacFilter: Mac DVD copying on the cheap free? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 13 answers

I've had a bare Power Mac G5 case in my office since last summer (original water-cooled quad processor melted down, needing a pile of parts and netting me an extra case in the process). What should I do with this spare cheesegrater case? I don't need a PC (Boot Camp/Parallels is doing me fine), otherwise I'd try swapping in a PC mobo/PS. A MacQuarium is probably not going to work too well. What would you do if you had a spare aluminum beast like this? Giant FireWire case with stacks of drives? Humorous solutions are welcome, something that would amuse fellow geeks if it were in my office.
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 10 answers

Help me hack into my own flickr account [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I find screws for a Macbook Pro 15" (or even part numbers)? [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 4 answers

MacBook DVI output connected via adapter to my TV results in nothing. [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 17 answers

Got a lead on some decent-sounding, not-outrageously-pricey speakers that are shielded from GSM buzz? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 9 answers

A mac on a network connects to a share point on the server and sees this instead of seeing this. [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 8 answers