Recent content by Sparrowhawk

Thanks both for the tips. Apparently, Palm is not comparable with the new mac OS.

Does anyone have any experience with the Chambers Thesaurus?

Actually, Cheryl, as a writer, I need something more heavy duty and classical. Where is the Dictionary/Thesaurus you mentioned? It's not in my Dashboard. Is this a free download from Apple? Actually, it's been so long since I used Dashboard, I don't even know how to summon it--I had to use...

Hello All, I recently purchased and downloaded the Short Oxford Dictionary which I'm quite familiar with; now I'm thinking about a good thesaurus but don't which is best for the iMac. Any suggestions for a truly excellent thesaurus, one that perhaps allows cross referencing? Thanks for your...

I've downloaded Handbrake, but it is not exactly user friendly. Just how do you rip a disc then burn the rip to another blank disk?

I'm trying the new MTR, but after ripping a disk, the DVD doesn't appear to be recognized as a valid file for burning onto a blank DVD. What am I doing wrong? I'm using the new iMac running Mavericks. Thanks, Sparrowhawk

Forgive the naivety of the question, but since I'm new to the iMac and Mavericks, I'm nearly ten years out of the times. (My last mac was the eMac running Tiger.) But what would be the best or reasonable program for copying unprotected DVDs? I've heard Toaster mentioned a lot, but it seems to...

I found a wallpaper site called "WALLPAPERS WIDE" that contained a variety of large format wallpapers, including space pictures. We can close this thread now.

I recently upgraded to a 21.5 iMac, and I'm looking for a suitable wallpaper for it. Specifically, I'm looking for a black and white picture of a galaxy, but all my searches on Google only showed images that are too small for the iMac. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Sparrowhawk

DeltaMac, it seems the MacJanitor didn't fix the problem after all, so I'm going to get a firewall cable. My question: what ports do I use to connect the wirewall?

Delta, thank you so much for your input. As it turns out, running MacJanitor seems to have cleared up the problem. However, I'm printing out your information against a time when it [I]does[I] become necessary to transfer info into my second Mac. I may do it regardless! Much thanks!

My antiquated eMac is slowing down. My guess is the hard drive is dying. Fortunately I hav a back up eMac to replace the first computer but I don't know how to transfer data from one computer to another. Is there someone in the Macomb county area next to Detroit MI who could perfom this task...

Greetings All, I'm experiencing an odd problem with my Mac the Ripper program. Of late, the program crashes when in use (for entirely legal purposes I hasten to add) while trying to rip unexceptional dvds. I'm using OS X 4.11 (granted very old) on an eMAc, so I'm wondering if this is a hardware...

I'm using an old eMac with Tiger, and have connected a WD Passport external hard drive, a very small one. I reformatted the drive with the help of WD's support line, but seem to have a problem transferring my iPhoto library to the Passport; it stops transferring info when it runs into a given...

Thanks, I think I understand you now.