There has been some debate elsewhere, that running an optimised manager or client is cheating in some way, but this is not my view. BOINC is open source and issued on a lesser gn…

My ipod 30gb Will not play videos with sound on my computer or my ipod once i have converted them. If i have the video in itunes it plays once i converte it to be ipod ready it has…

hi ther ..i have sony vaio laptop and i have a problem with connection with i pod ..my xp find ipod as a unknown device ..what should i do ???

I'm using a Mac Mini as a file server (OSX Tiger, not server edition) and can access the Mini's external drives to store backups on from my powerbook. My wife uses a Wintel laptop…

Here's the situation. I have two PB's. One stays at home. I have a LaCIE 500 GB external hard drive connected to this PB. I want to back up the files from a second PB onto the LaCi…

i was just wondering which ipod users here call their own? i realize the 5th gen ipod and nano will probably be the most popular, but i hunch the number of 3rd and 4th gen owners …

I've seen a few questionable sites apparently carrying it. If it is still available, I'd rather buy it from someone reputable.

I am a web dev and although I do most of my stuff 'at work', I would like to do some personal stuff at home. I have just got a Intel iMac (I did have a dual G5 but It felt like ov…

Windows has a "Show Desktop" command..is there something like this in OSX? I know about Expose, and thats close, but I would love to hit a key or click something and have all Apps …

ok, i was working on an illustrator cs2 file and you know how if you hold the spacebar down the hand tool appears, and if you also press the command key or option key you can toggl…

Hi Guys, please forgive me if any of this has been asked before, but I just got my first mac ever, a Macbook Pro and am still leaning. I've tried searching but had no luck. Anywa…

A friend of mine did a nice brochure in Quark, and now the customer wants the project translated into a couple other languages. The other troubling one is Arabic. He has contacted…

They bent over when the german's came . . . . then ask the world for help every 2 years, but never give any . . they smell and talk too close to your face (ok, i digress). . . . no…

Security Update 2006-002 is recommended for all users and improves the reliability and security of the following components: apache_mod_php CoreTypes LaunchServices Mail rsync Safa…

I can't get this game to work. Any ideas? In the forums it said to use the stand alone Flash Player 7 but I can't find it.

I've been reading around on how to make use of the FPT capabilities built into OSX. I'm kind of clueless, on this area. I would like to be able to remotely log into my mac at hom…

Does anyone know what kind of content on the Weather Channel's site could cause Safari to crash? It happens very consistently on my wife's iBook. It is apparently something below…

It's a KLH 2.1 Home theater system with iPod dock. Costco's regular price is $179.99 but this week it's one of their coupon specials for $30 off. It looks like a pretty nice powe…

Hi, is there a way in Cocoa to distinguish between an actual DVD from a loaded DMG image? I'm building a software and hoping this will diminish the chances it'll be copied illegall…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions There's SSE, SSE2 and SSE3. These are sort of like Altivec equivalents in the x86 world. When is Apple going to start optim…

A friend of mine came to me with a problem today, he accidently copied 3500 pic files onto his desktop. So the desktop is covered in files, but they can't be deleted. When trying t…

Hi Everyone, I am putting the finishing touches on my online portfolio. Anway i wanted to get some criticism, feedback, whatever comments on it. Let me know whats good, what shoul…

When I'm connected to a PC network, I can browse to and click a server, which on the PC side is set to allow in anyone with full permissions (no authentication required), yet when …

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I have a powerbook that started running very, very badly. I mean totally unusable. I made a new account on the same computer and it runs great again. I want my files from my oth…