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macbook is a 2009 model, original battery too.

It lasts 3-4 hours which is fine but when it gets low it won't charge. The only way seems to be by either leaving it unplugged and turned off for a few hours, or by switching to a different plug everytime it stops charging. Becuase of this I tend to leave it plugged in all the time. But...

is it just me getting this? since hotmail changed the other day every time i go to my mail in chrome it shows my mail then 1 second later the screen goes blank, any ideas?

I need a program that makes the internet think i'm in the US How can I do this?

Just tried installing windows via bootcamp now when my mac turns on it says: - Press any key to boot from CD.... Disk error Press any key to restart How can I boot in Mac again without it reading the disc?

any ideas how to do this? something simple would be best

when i bought my mac it came with tiger, the hard drive then went and had a replacement, when they replaced it they gave me a copy of leopard. is there any way to do a clean install without the cd?

I have lots of old files left over from installed programs etc. what like a general clean to make things seem fresh again!

can i get rid of this?

everytime I click a link to download something it does nothing. The only way I can do is by right-clicking and choosing 'download linked file'. I dont know why this has started, any advice?

yeah i already said it didnt you idiot

I log into hotmail at work, use iphone when away and use apple mail at home. i want to be able to read emails so that it appears read in my hotmail inbox. ive tried pop3 and it still leaves unread emails. ive also been told imap doesnt work with hotmail

thanks, where could I find the settings to use imap with hotmail?

I am having problems with this using with Hotmail. Firstly, some emails dont arrive till half an hour later, other times it's instant. Secondly, I used to use webmail with thunderbird and that would actually delete the email from my hotmail inbox everytime I received the email. But because...

thanks. I've heard imap is slower than pop3, do you know the delay in receiving emails?