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    Mountain Lion won't boot

    iMac 27" 2.8Ghz Intel Core i7, 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3 OSX 10.8.5 When booting, the system crashes at the moment is tries to launch the log in screen leaving the Apple logo in the middle and sometimes a small greyed out area on the bottom right of the screen which pushes the logo to the left...
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    Crash report when starting a game

    This has been in the forum for well over a week and I have not had any replies. So my last hope is to ask one of you guys. After several weeks of playing this game it will not start, displaying a crash report (attached below) even after deleting and reinstalling. This was the last straw...
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    Game crash and will not restart or reinstall

    After several weeks of this game it will not start, displaying a crash report (attached) even after deleting and reinstalling. This was the last straw after a bad upgrade to Lion, so I did a complete clean reinstall of Lion. Now it has happen again. Same game, same problem. It has been playing...
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    Permissions problem with Lion

    Being the proud owners of two new MB Airs, when installing the software I have come across a problem with the installation of a small game. When it is transferred to any folder under the current users home directory it will not open, saying I do not have sufficient privileges and it needs to be...
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    Mail 5 not sending pictures

    Hi Sorry, I can to find and answer to this question in the forums. Mail 5 ( Lion) will not send pictures in emails when forwarding (always) or in new mail (only sometimes). Where the pictures should be there is a a small message saying "missing plug in". I stopped using the previous...
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    How do I delete jpg attachments to mail

    I have just searched through all the jpeg pictures on the computer (more than 10,000of them) and noticed there were photos that had been attached to emails. These emails had been deleted but the photos still remain in various folders in library/mail/account/ bin or similar. There are hundreds of...
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    Program crashes

    Every time I close Firefox the program crashes with an error message. This is the with Firefox 4 beta 1 on this iMac and with Firefox 3.6 on another iMac. The message is very similar for both. This is from this iMac Process: firefox-bin [460] Path...
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    Playback of non synced music in itunes

    Mac OSX 10.6.2 iTunes 9.0.3 MacBook Pro and iMac i7 I have a bizarre situation when I try to play back entire an entire music album from iTunes. The music is on an external drive with the library on the computer. There is more music on the disc than will fit on my iPod so not all music...
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    Networked iTunes

    Can someone please give me some advice. I have asked this question at three different genius bars and received three totally different answers which contradict each other. I have a 24inch 3GHz iMac, a 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro and a 2.1Ghz Macbook pro on the network (wired or wireles). Attached to...
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    Unable to sync iMac and MacBook Pro

    Hi, I have an iMac 3.06GHz 1TB HD with 4GB RAM and a 17" MacBook Pro 2.4GZ and 4GB RAM both running OSX 10.5.3 and an individual Mobile Me account which used to be a .Mac account. I can no longer sync the iMac using Mobile Me. Syncing ius disabled and I can find no way to enable it. The...
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    Time Machine back up files

    I am using a Macbook pro and an external drive with a partition used for Time Machine. I alternate between two places on a regular basis and take the Macbook with me and have external drives at both places. Is it possible to transfer the Time Machine back up files to another drive. I have to...
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    Editing Genre List in itunes

    Is there a way of deleting genres from the list in itunes. An old post from over two years ago said the Apple standard genres could not be deleted, only the ones that have been added. Is this still the case. The problem is with the ipod attached in the car. The car controls take forever to...
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    Animated gif in Mail

    Mac OSX 10.5 does not seem to open animated gif files included in emails. Searching through previous threads I see that they can be opened and viewed in Safari. This is fine, but the problem is there is nothing to indicate whether a gif file is animated or not and opening every gif file in...
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    Logitech Quickcam Sphere MP

    I am looking for a webcam to work with my powerbook G4. The Logitech site suggests the Quickcam Sphere MP for use on the Mac. Does anyone have any experience as to whether it works or not. I need it for video using Skype. The isight may or may not be replaced in October, depending on where you...
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    A .mac question. Family pack or just me

    I am considering buying a .mac subscription and cannot decide between the family pack or the stand alone, I'm a lonely person, pack. My personal reasons are for back up, being able to access certain files from almost any pc anywhere in the world and to share pictures and 'things' with friends...
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    VIP registration

    I did not want to post this openly, but the site appears to have no contact details, only this method of communication. Feeling grateful for all the support I have had in the past and hope to receive in the future I joined the VIP scheme and sent some money via paypal. Wondering why the account...
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    Personal Accounting Software.

    I know this question has been asked before but the answers did not answer my query. I am in the process of changing from Windows to Mac (9 months so far). The one thing I cannot find is a decent home accounts program. The principal currency has to be either GBP or the euro with multi currency...
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    Disc stuck in Superdrive

    I have a 17" Power Book G4 which is three months old. It is my first Mac after 20 years with a PC and it is not a happy Mac. I am not a happy Mac owner :-( It now has a CD jammed in the superdrive. It will neither eject or be recognised. All the threads say hold down the mouse button, this...
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    Problem with insufficient power to USB port

    I have a Power Book G4 17 inch which is three months old. I have an iPod 60GB Video and an Edge Diskgo 120GB 2.5inch ultra portable external drive which is USB 2 powered and rated at 5 volts. However the USB port on the Power Book will not supply enough power to run the drive. This is...
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    G4 Power Book and External Keyboard.

    This is probably another stupid question so I apologise. I also cannot find a search facility. I have a G4 power book with what I presume is a US layout keypad (as it was purchased in the USA) using Tiger 10.4.3. The operating lanquage is in English but I often write in Spanish. Being a...
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