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After spending many hours/days working in iMovie on a Public Service Announcement project for school, I finally got it finished. I wanted to view it in QuickTime so that I could easily record to to VHS, since that's what the teacher wants. I double clicked on the .mov file in the folder that...

I use CD-RWs for my backup. They work excellent. They essentially are giant floppy disks. And like floppy disks, over time they can wear out. From what I've heard it takes over a million burns to degrade it enough, so that's not much of a concern. As for your problem Mat, I think I have...

If I am correct I do not believe the CRT iMacs even have one cooling fan. I remember reading somewhere after getting mine that it used heat induction or something. Basically all the heat inside is dispersed via big heat sinks and because heat rises it comes out the top where the handle is...

I'm not sure if the heads are on each new cartridge, but I would recommend the HP 5550. From everything I've read, it's an excellent printer. I don't own one but was looking at it since I was sick of my Epson 820. I used it maybe once every 2 weeks and had to clean the heads at least twice...

DHCP is the easiest way to connect to the router. If you specify a manual IP, you must make sure that you have the DNS address specified, otherwise the computer will not be able to get to the Internet. This happened when I changed my iMac from DHCP to a manual IP. If you choose manual, make...

I think Safari stores the passwords, etc in part of your keychain. I know that the autofill commands are stored in your keychain. To back that up, all you would have to do is copy the Keychain folder (/Users/yourusername/Library/Keychains). As for cookies inside the program, which is probably...

After figuring out my problem with iTunes not working right, now when I go to burn a data CD in the Finder, the Finder randomly crashes every single time. Either I get to verifying the disc and it crashes or I can't even get to burning the disc and it crashes. I made an empty user account to...

I tried the disk permissions repair and was able to burn a CD successfully first try; first time since getting this computer 1.5 months ago. Each time I tried to burn a CD, the first attempt resulted in a crazy error and the second was usually successful. With this latest attempt, it did it...

I have been trying to burn a CD in iTunes and it starts to go and then stops right when the burning is supposed to start. The CD ejects and an error dialogue pops up saying "CD burning failed because an unknown error occurred (-2147352542)." Any ideas on what could be causing this and how to...

Almost all Wireless routers; or routers in general; have a configuration mode that can be done via web browser. The documentation to the router should tell you how to connect to it through a web browser. I use a Compaq access point for my network and was able to configure it without much...

If you have the manuals or any documentation to the access point you're all set; if you don't, try and get them from Linksys' website...they might have a PDF file. Configuration is simple, once the documentation is acquired. Plug iBook into WAP11, look in the documentation for the default IP...

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I have a Fuji digital camera and when I want to upload pictures and video I plug the USB cable into the computer and camera. I then turn the camera on and the memory card pops up on the desktop. All I have to do to get to the pictures and video is go through a couple folders until I come to...

I think it would be nice to be able to listen to part of a CD before you go out and buy it. Sure they offer that in a lot of stores that sell CDs; you scan the barcode and it plays some of the CD. It's nice and all but I don't have the time to go to a store just for CD hunting. I would love...

Try unplugging it and plugging it back in; the computer might also need to be restarted. What version of OS X are you running, and did you throw any icons on the desktop before the icon disappeared?

I just tried burning a CD in Finder and when it mounted on the desktop, it said the CD was 670Mb overall and had 660Mb available. I wanted to copy 690Mb and it wouldn't let me. When I went into Toast and tried, the disc was recognized as being a 700mb CD. Any idea as to why the Finder is not...

Kinda like one of those "choose your own adventure" books - quite interesting :-)

Which computer is connected to the printer? I have a feeling it is Anna's. The print sharing ability was an OS X feature and unfortunately OS 9 did not have this capability. So if Ed's computer was trying to print and the printer was not connected, he would not be able to use it since this...

It is possible to do this, but I'm not so sure as to how you would do it. I'll give you my setup to possibly help you create an idea. I have a Compaq wireless access point that dishes out the DHCP numbers. To connect to the Internet, I have a dialup router connected to a 56k modem, since...

As far as I know, most router and networking devices have an alternative way to connecting to them. Like many wireless routers have an HTML setup as well as the CD. Some have to be telnetted to. Find the default IP address of the device, plug it into your computer via Ethernet. Give you...