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    Hard Disk noises - Is it the sound of doom?

    Also, if your HD is fomatted and Journaled is turned on, your fragmentation is quite low. However, if it sounds like rain (as you mentione before) you are closed to being doomed! backup!! You can use Carbon Copy cloner to get you there.. then replace your hd with a new one.. lots of options...
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    Truncated/missing files with shares- Tiger with Windows 2K3 Server

    How are you authenticating with the share folder? You could always FTP back and forth as well.
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    Pull Screensaver Image for Wallpaper?

    Yup... Cntr or right click on one of the .saver packages. Then Show Package Content. Then, Open the COntents then the resources folders. You can make a copy of the content to another folder.. then have the desktop image point to that via the system panel. That should get you to where you...
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    Hard Disk noises - Is it the sound of doom?

    While Adam is a bit loud about it, he is right on. IT is much cheaper to by a drive now - backup what you have(restore it when the time comes) - than to lament about all that loss of data.
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    PMG5 - brand new superdrive won't read any discs

    Try this site.. http://www.patchburn.de/download.html this site also rules for specific HD help: http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/action.lasso?-database=faq.fp3&-layout=FaqList&-response=answer.faq.lasso&-recordID=34276&-search
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    Hard Disk noises - Is it the sound of doom?

    Yes... if it is a gratting noise... or a lot of clicking... or a low volumn piercing scream (like a high pitched scratching noise) 9 out of 10 times means that the HD days are limited and numbered. Here is a pretty good article and a link to some software...
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    dvd formats

    Actually, PAL seems to be able to play NTSC - but not the other way around. Not sure why, but you might have luck with NTSC disks... This is my reference: http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6017.shtml Another good reference: http://www.macintouch.com/dvdcapture03.html
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    Dashboard Widgets resident on Desktop - How??

    Open the Terminal and type --> defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES <-- (skipping the arrows) and press Return. Then logout and log back in again. Now debugging mode is activated. To get a widget off of the Dashboard and onto your desktop, just do the following: 1. Activate...
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    has anyone seen this PDF error before?

    Check the permissions on the boot HD and your working HD as well... What version of Illistrator? Are you using OS9 natively or in CLassic mode within OSX? THat leads me to having you rebuild your desktop too.
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    dashboard/'desktop' screen corner glitch - please help!

    Hmm... odd.. I will have to try that when I get a chance.. but why not just mouse click on 'free space' in dashboard? or hit the ESC key?
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    Internet Support for bank downloads using Quicken

    HI.. Unfortunately, MS no longer makes Internet Explorer available for the Mac. This is a huge issue for me as well - I would call Quicken again and ask how to connect to your bank - or even if they are on a list to connect to. Call your bank and ask the same question but like this: "Do you...
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    :p

    Welcome.. I hope we can help! Do you have a specific question? You eluded to it... :)
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    Panics With My G4 Dual Processor Mirror Door Drive

    Can you plug your mouse into the G4 itself, rather than the keyboard?
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    Can I Browse Member Directory via AIM?

    Nope.. but you can go to www.aol.com - people conection - I think Member Directory.. then search there...
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    Help! Installing Tiger

    What type of install did you perform? Did you do an clean install ?
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    So I have to lead the Mac revolution at my work...

    I urge you to take a look at this site too: http://www.macwindows.com/ Lots of infomation about AD + Macs etc. Good luck!
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    Capture card for powermac G3

    Take a look at Dazzle products.. they are relatively inexpensive and do a nice job of audio/video in - firewire out.
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    Lack of Audio-In socket on iBook

    Or you can pickup an USB iMic from Griffin Technologies. The device provies both a line in and line out. Works well and is really cheap.
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    My wireless connection is not working

    It sounds like to me that your iBook is trying to connect to a different network than the one you have set up. In the upper left hand corner, click on the blue apple, then point to location -> Network Preferences. Click on the Network Status to the right of "SHOW:" and choose Airport from the...
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    problems playing x264 file

    It sounds like to me that the coding of the file was with a codex that vlc/QT cannot decode. Or, the file itself is a bit corrupt. I have coded a few moves (band of brothers series) into H264 for portability on my laptop. It worked flawlessly for each DVD. Not sure what to tell you other...
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