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    What program do I want for making hip-hop beats?

    If memory serves right, the people behind Reason also offer ReCycle, which is something you should definitely look into. patrice http://www.patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/
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    What Song Are You Playing Now?

    Frank Zappa: Live in Switzerland 1974.
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    to macintel or not to macintel?

    My mantra is: never ever buy a first generation Apple computer! They always have some (more or less) serious issues. Now that you can find new PowerBook and iBook laptops at highly reduced prices, I think I would rather buy one of those. (Even though the iBooks have been having logic...
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    Selling my mac. What steps should i take to remove all personal info/files

    Data can still be recovered even after you have formatted a harddrive. To make sure it cannot be recovered, you would have to format it using one of the options in Disk Utility: "zero all data" or "8 way random write format". (Both can take ages to complete.) patrice...
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    ibook screen blank - how to save data

    In case Target Disk Mode does not work: the flickering and subsequent blank screen indicate the well-known & much loved (not) iBook G3 logic board failure. patrice http://www.patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/
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    Os 10.3.5 And Yahoo Webcam 2.5.3

    Unless I am totally mistaken, I think Yahoo! Messenger on Mac does *not* support webcams. patrice http://www.patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/
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    Another Logic Board Failure

    "only" three times? mine failed six times... :-( just keep pestering apple. if one person turns you down, contact the next one. it is time-consuming and frustrating, but if you're lucky and find the right person, you will get another free logic board. (my research on the net has shown that...
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    Squeeze Huge iTunes Library

    bharoche's suggestion would do the trick. however, may i add: in case you do decide to let your mac convert the whole library overnight, make sure that you have enough free disk space - otherwise you might run into some serious problems. (it is recommended that you *always* leave 10 to 20 %...
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    iBook Logic Board Questions...

    i totally agree, lt major burns. glad to hear it worked out for you. patrice http://www.patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/ http://www.silverknuckle.com http://www.tattoo-source.com
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    Which one - to format HD or sweep them out ?

    If you only want to make sure they cannot recover stuff from your trash, you can simply go to --> Finder and choose --> Secure Empty Trash If you want to get rid of ALL of your data and make sure it cannot be recovered, only formatting your harddrive will NOT solve your issue! You...
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    What Song Are You Playing Now?

    Placebo - FM4 Acoustic Session
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    Hidden Files

    Shouldn't those files be gone for good if you format the USB flash drive? If you want to prevent hidden files from being created on the drive, the System Preference Pane BLUE HARVEST is pretty handy. patrice http://www.patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/
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    Using a USB headset

    I do have an external USB Audio In/Audio Out adapter, and whenever I want to use its input or output, I have to go to --> System Preferences --> Sound --> (either) Input or Output and then choose USB adapter as the source for the input and/or output. Same should apply to your...
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    MacMini problem new user

    Thanks for the "virus" link. I would take that story with a bucket of salt... it appears on the site of a company that sells an anti-virus service... so they want to make sure people keep worrying... I agree we should not take "no virus on OS X" for granted - but if the "virus" mentioned in...
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    MacMini problem new user

    The good news first: you do *not* have to worry about viruses, since there are none for Mac OS X. You should run the routine maintenance procedures: 1. Repair Disk Permissions 2. Perform File System Check in Single User Mode Both procedures are well documented on macosx.com and...
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