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I'm having a problem with my USB HDD, basically I had it set up as my time machine drive and have all my backups on there, I have a Macbook Pro and when ever I connect the drive the MB see's the drive and mounts it on the desktop but it won't allow me to view anything in the folders listed, it...

Hi guys, I was invited by Apple to a careers seminar on 15th July, I attended and at the end I completed a form with my details and hours I could work, I specified 8-8 and FULL TIME, anyways I got invited back for an interview on Saturday 25th July, I went along and my interview was delayed...

Hi guys, I bought my mac mini last week but I'm returning it tomorrow for the new version, question I have is I want to wipe the mini and return it to the original state so when you turn it on you get the welcome screen rather than restoring it and having to return it with all my address, etc...

Hi guys, Thanks for the feedback, I went for a 2ghz Core 2 Duo with 2gb RAM in the end, I'll save up over the next 18 months and get a monster machine but for the moment the mini does the job as I'm gonna use it as a media server and get a 1TB+ storage device (cos the standard HDD are...

Thanks for the advice guys, yeah I was looking at a used Powermac G5 off eBay for about £500 but I'm going to get a new 2ghz mac mini from the Apple store today, I agree that an iMac would have been an option as their really nice but I want a mac to hook upto to my HDTV thus me going for the mac...

Hi guys, I've just sold my Macbook, which was a 2ghz Intel Core Duo, 2gb RAM, 200gb HDD, etc and now want a desktop, I don't know if I should go for a new mac mini or I should get a Powermac G5 dual 1.8? Basically I'll be using it for dvd editing, encoding, burning, internet browsing and...

Hi guys, I have a macbook with Leopard installed and an Elgato EyeTv, thing is I'm sick of turning my macbook on when I have something in the schedule to record as it kinda defeats the object. I was looking to get a G4 Powermac (around 800mhz) as a media/tv server and storage server, I...

Thanks for the help, to be honest I cant really move out of the north west at the moment but as I get more experience and knowledge then in the future who knows. Thanks again Giaguara :)

Hi guys, I've used macs for nearly 9 years now and I currently work in IT, I've got to the point where I cant stand supporting PC's any longer and want to get a career with Macs, I want to do an Apple certification but I dunno if it would be repairing, supporting or selling them because I just...

I bought a mini dvi to dvi adaptor for my macbook which is fine but the Belkin dvi to vga cable will not connect, basically the cable is dvi-i and I need a dvi-d one, what I would like to know is can I snap these pins off? Thanks in advance Paul

Hi guys, I only have a SL DVD drive in my macbook and wondered how easy it was to change, also which is the best drive to upgrade it to? Or is it just better to get an external writer?

Ahh good idea, thanks dude, I'll give that a go :)

I have a playlist in iTunes and I wanna export the list so I can show people what my play list is, if I export it as plain text or xml it just shows code, is their anyway to save the playlist in a readable format?? :confused: Thanks in advance Paul :cool:

Ah right, didn't realise, I downloaded it from the Apple site a while back but couldn't find the link on the Apple site, so thats why. Oh well, thanks for the reply dude, I'll have to get my Leopard installation problem sorted :(

Anyone know where I can get bootcamp for Tiger? :confused:

I have a fresh install of Tiger on my macbook and have an upgrade disc for Leopard, I think their is a problem with the disc as sometimes it will boot from the disc and sometimes not, when it does boot it won't install as I get a message saying 'install failed, their is no software found to...

I have loads of photo's in iPhoto and want to start photo editing, what software would people recommend, I have the Photoshop CS3 demo but it's a lot of money to buy the full version, would I be best going for After Effects or looking at something like Aperture? Any advice would be...

Damn, oh well, thanks for the help Qion

I have unreal 2003 installed on my macbook, problem is it keeps jerking, I think it is because my HDD is only 5200rpm? I haven't got any other apps running when I play it. :confused:

Could be worse dude, here in the UK we have to pay £85 ($170) :eek: