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    stopwatch on an ipod mini

    Hi, I have a 4gig ipod mini. I know that the nano has a stopwatch feature, but does anyone know a way to put a stopwatch onto a mini? thx, m
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    What about the ibook

    I love my G4 ibook. My wife and I live in Taiwan and it is our connection to home (Canada). We have had no problems with it. We surf the web, video conference home, store/edit/print pictures, work, write grad school applications, watch DVD's, play games and listen to music. It is in use 14+...
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    programming a logitech mouse

    Hi, I have a logitech mouse, and I would like to program the "quick change" button to "expose"...the problem is, whenever I hit F9 expose activates instead of entering it in the box. Anyone know a way around this? thanks, michael
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    hp deskjet 3845 install

    Yes please. I got a response from HP but still nothing. I really don't understand what "reload the browser" means.
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    hp deskjet 3845 install

    ok, the folder macintosh HD>users>michael>library>printers is empty, but HD> library> printers has a file called hp. i don't know exactly what sort of file i am looing for. I ran a search for "drivers" and didn't find any thing interesting except a file called...
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    hp deskjet 3845 install

    the system profiler doesn't even show anything is plugged into the usb port. Could I have a bad printer or wire? m
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    hp deskjet 3845 install

    Hi, thanks for the tips, but i'm still not having any success. repairing permissions seemed to do something, but then when it found the drivers it asked to "restart the browser". Then the computer did nothing for a while (5 min). I decided to restart it...after rebooting it didn't find...
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    hp deskjet 3845 install

    I have a deskjet 3845 and I can't seem to get the computer to recognize it. I have installed the drivers from the hp website but when I run "printer setup" it doesn't find anything. Any suggestions? I have an ibook G4,10.3.9 thanks
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    Microsoft Access

    Is the switch to Intel going to make more software available for the mac? I've never had a problem finding suitable programs, but now I am going to need Microsoft Access and am disapointed that it isn't available. Is it possible that programs like this will become available? m
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    dvd player

    This is intended for Caitlin who wrote a question to tech support...I have the same problem. I'm from Canada, but I live in Taiwan. I can't find a way to not make DVD player load whenever I put a DVD in the drive...and when I command-Q DVD player the disc is ejected. The way I have...
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    webcam shopping

    Firewire isn't available in Japan? I'm in Taiwan, I wonder if we have them here. I live in a small town and there isn't much available period. I'm going to a big city on Sunday and will see what they have there. Although I think I'll end up with the quickcam pro for notebooks. michael
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    webcam shopping

    I am looking to get a webcam, but there aren't many to choose from where I live. Since I don't think I can find a cheap camera that works with a mac I will have to get either a logitech or the isight. I don't know much about cameras and I was wondering if someone knows the difference...
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    chinese dictionary

    I haven't upgraded to Tiger yet (it won't be available in Taiwan for at least a month)... but I'm really curious, how is the dictionary for Chinese translations? Does it provide pinyin or Chinese characters? Does it have a pronunciation feature so you can listen to the words? inquiring...
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    external hard drive general questions

    I need to get an external hard drive so I can do a back up before upgrading to tiger. 1) Is it worth it to get a firewire drive or will USB be fine? 2) I'm pretty new with a mac...how exactly do I back everything up? I'd like to make it bootable, but the most important stuff (obviously) is...
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