Recent content by applemaz

I bought a 2015 MacBook Pro 15" and want to use it in clamshell mode most of the time with an external monitor. I don't want to buy a thunderbolt monitor. I already have a TV with HDMI. If I use HDMI, is the fact that I'm using HDMI the limiting factor for the max resolution or can I still...

I just got an old PowerMac3,6 (G4 867 DP (MDD) without the hard drive. The stock drive was an UltraATA/100 hard drive. I'd like to put a more modern SATA drive inside. Any suggestions on doing this?

I used to have a mid-2010 iMac and used Target Display Mode with my PC Video card. The cable was a mini displayport (plugged into the iMac) to Mini DisplayPort (plugged into my video card). This same cable plugged into my Thunderbolt won't work. No video from the PC. Does anyone know if...

Drive went so I replaced it myself. My Time Machine backups were done prior to the crash over WiFi to my Time Capsule. When I boot off the USB recovery drive with Mountain Lion, I chose to use my Time Machine backup, but it just hangs at searching for my backup. How do I mount my Time Capsule...

I'm using Eclipse, java SDK, MySQL, tomcat (and a few other things) for development. I own a MacBook Air with 128 GB SSD drive and an iMac 27" with 1TB spindle drive. I need a solution where I can set up my environment on one machine, clone it once to the second and then sync back and forth as...

I mean iPod Touch battery replacement. I took it in recently and they gave me one in exchange for the price of the battery replacement service. First, though, they did offer to instead give me a credit towards anything in the store to recycle the iPod Touch 1st gen. I turned them down since I...

In my family, my spouse, children and I each have an iOS 5.1.1 device using the same AppleID for purchases of all kinds. I want each of us to be able to iMessage/FaceTime each other individually. For example, I contact one child without the others or my spouse getting the call/message. Is...

After what happened to Matt Honen of Wired Magazine this past week, I'm thinking having a non-working email address as my Apple ID and not attaching a credit card to my iTunes account is the more secure thing to do. I'll probably just pick a new iCloud .me email address. Thanks for the info.

I had a mac.com account at one time many years ago (lets call it xyz@mac.com) and then stopped paying for it. I still use the address xyz@mac.com as my iTunes account, but couldn't get email with it since I wasn't paying for the .mac service. Fast forward to today. When I went to enable...

I own an old 2004 Apple Cinema Display 20" (Aluminium) M9177LL/A and just bought a 2012 Macbook Air. When I'm at home, I'd like to connect the Cinema Display to my closed Macbook Air, but don't know what adapter to buy. The old Apple Cinema Display has an unusual connector. Any idea what I...

I have an iPod Shuffle (3rd Gen) and I know to turn on the shuffle with the play in order setting, not shuffle. I believe my problem is related to ordering the songs in my playlist and copying the music to the shuffle. First, when I create a playlist and order the songs, does sorting...

I took the TC out of bridged mode and saw the double-NAT error you spoke of. Thank you for that explanation. I definitely don't want to do double-NAT. The reason I am interested in NOT operating in Bridged Mode, is that I have 2 older Mac's (Pismo and Clamshell iBook) with the original...

I have Verizon FIOS so a coaxial cable has to plug into my router. Since Time Capsule has no Coax interface, I have to plug it into the Verizon router/modem. I shut off wireless on the Verizon router/modem and then connect my Time Capsule to the Verizon router/modem via an ethernet cable...

In my experience, the cursor only disappears when the wireless connection is interrupted. Do you get a picture of your mouse on the screen saying disconnected when it goes away? If not, how old is your computer and what wireless mouse are you using? Is it Bluetooth?

Unplug the power cord from the computer. Look at the back and keep your eye on the fan. Plug in the power cord. Did the fan move at all? Next, attempt to turn on the computer while looking again at the fan. Did the fan attempt to spin when you tried to turn it on? Next, open the case...