my computer refuses to shut down. what can i do?
the only way to switch it off is to hold down the power key for a long time
anyone any clues?
using the apple menu doesn't work either
thanx, but it doesn't help. It was already checked. what is character palette anyway?
I discovered that in textEdit if i toggle command B to make the text bold or plain the font switches from helvetica plain to helvetica fractions, now ain't that funny!
I thought about ditching the...
In safari, notepad and textedit i get this silly problem with fonts not displaying right. I looks like numbers mixed up and placed on top of eachother. I looks like a bug. How do i fix this?
I just reinstalled my system, i mean a clean install involving backing up my docs and erasing the disk...
oh, one more thing, i don't want to copy the users, because i do not want the documents to come along, but then i loose the user library and some other stuff too. Is a good idea?
ok, one last thing (really!) how do i boot from this copy?
cheers! clear and very understandable. 1 more question though: what about the permisson stuff, you said it's cloned, so what about user 2? It seems user 1 will have all the admin priviliges, so that will give some trouble
hi there, i want to use carbon copy cloner to backup my system.
What i would like to do:
make a bootable copy of my system, including installed (non-apple)software, to an external disk. aim is to be able to erase the computer and reinstall everything in one.
stupid question 1:
does...
on my system firefox beta refuses to install. i even have force shutdown the computer using the power button to get rid of the failing installer (the icon keeps popping up and down in my dock and nothing happens). The installer icon even blinks in my force quit window!
running 0S 10.3.5 1...
I update my system when needed. Now i want to do a total cleanup of my machine. when i do so, i will loose all the updates.
Is there a location on my computer where all the (apple) update installers are stored so i can burn them on a CD?
i am looking for a mac version of microsoft project, a program which can run on a mac, and which can deal with microsoft project, do the same job and handle the file formats. Anyone a clue?
Someone suggested: "Resetting your pw with the boot disk doesn't quite reset everything the way it should. Try changing your pw to something else, then change it back to what you had it before. That may help. It usually fixes issues with auto login and keychains."
But I cannot change the...