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If you double-click a dmg file it creates a white "hard drive" icon on the desk top. To get rid of this icon, ensure that anything inside it is not running or in use and then drag it to the trash. Note: you should not run anything from a disc image (other than an installer). Most disc images...

You forgot to mention which operating system you are using. 512MB is on the low side for Tiger. Also I'm not clear on the "slow ... sometimes". Do you mean that it is quite fast doing the same things, sometimes? In other words, it's an intermittent problem? What's a futile HD error? It would be...

Have you Repaired Permissions? If you have, and it didn't help, then use DiskWarrior to rebuild the desktop.

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I think you misunderstand the meaning of "twisted pair". Each pair of wires is twisted together to minimise their susceptibility to interference and also to minimise the amount of signal they transmit in any one direction.

I've had this on my G2, G3 and G5 iPods. It frequently goes to pause/unpause instead of off. There's quite a knack to it! Try flipping the "lock" slider on then off before you press and hold the pause/off button. Press it firmly and hold it. I think it's susceptible to "bounce". Another way I...

I can type in Greek in TextEdit, save the file as Unicode (UTF-16), and drag it into my iPod Notes folder. In OS10.4 I can use accented Greek characters in TextEdit but, when the file is loaded onto the iPod, it omits the accented characters. They aren't displayed incorrectly - they simply...

I agree. I repair permissions before and after installing anything. It may be like "throwing balls of paper out of the London train window to keep the elephants away" but - so far - no elephants! ;)

You don't appear to want my help so I'm out.

My own "minimal" systems are: G4/400 tower with AGP graphics and any HD. G3/500 iBook with 2 x USB and 10MB HD. Prices for these on eBay are quite reasonable and the G4 tower is very upgradable. You can fit 2 x 128GB HDs (only 120GB is usable on early models) at a reasonable cost. You can...

It may be there, hidden by another file if your desktop is as cluttered as mine! Try changing the Finder View option from "as Icons" to "as List" or whatever. As a general tip: Don't use the desktop as a repository for files. Put them into a folder on your Hard Drive. Put an alias on your...

Have you "Repaired Permissions"? Fixes a lot of weird things.

I had some really weird things like this happening a while ago. I hounded my ISP, blaming them and calling them winkers. Then they asked if I'd rebooted my router recently. "Erm, no, should I?" "Try it". Yep, that sorted it. <vivid blush>

After updating did you download and install anything? It's a common error for a newbie to download something like Microsoft Messenger and to run it from its "virtual disc" instead of dragging a copy to the Applications folder. If you have a "virtual disc" of any sort on your desktop, drag it to...

Are you certain that "the internet goes down"? I've had DSL for several years and it fails about once a year for two or three hours - usually because some excavator driver has cut through a cable because he "didn't know was there". <sigh> If your connection really is so bad you should hound your...

Realistically, the minimum for OSX is a G3 500MHz with 256MB memory, 10GB Hard Drive and OS10.3 (Panther) installed. Anything less and you are going to be running very slowly. With a G4 you can run Panther or Tiger with only a 350MHz processor, although I'd recommend 400MHz as the sensible...

I use a 300GB Seagate external Firewire drive. I use SilverKeeper (came free with my other LaCie drive but you can download it) to do backup copies overnight.

Maybe you mean "avid user". (I can't help with your problem but at least I can help with your English and bump your thread).

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You are wrong. Panther is OS 10.3. I don't know if that's relevant to your problem but you did ask! :)