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Hi everyone: I am getting an error/system crash that I have never gotten before. Several times today, a gray translucant curtain drops on my screen and I get an error message in several languages asking me to reboot. I reboot by holding the power button, login and then Crash Manager asks me to...

I want to provide a warning about OtherWorldComputing/MacSales memory upgrades for laptops. I installed a chip in my MacBook Pro. You have to leave a special paper sticker on the chip or else the warranty from OWC is void. Apple later repaired my MacBook Pro and found that the chip was...

Hi. Moderator: I hope this is the correct forum. I am seeking advice on what to do about a tech service problem.... I sent my MacBook Pro to Apple when programs started to crash. They blamed it on a bad 1 GB upgrade chip from OtherWorldComputer/MacSales. Sent the chip into OWC/Macsales and...

Can anyone talk about the ToDo items that are somehow embedded into Leopard? Is this some kind of new data item like urls? Can To Do items be denoted as such in any Cocoa apps using a service or context menu option?

Are there still any "secrets" left? Is this it? I am not sure why people should bother upgrading from Tiger. Or am I missing something? Perhaps we would be better off pay th $39 US for PathFinder...

Any parents or teachers here? I was wondering if people could recommend Mac OS X educational software (not OS 9!) that elementary/primary school age kids like to play and may learn from. For example, my 8 year seems to like Mavis Beech Typing.

Apple returned my MBP today and there seems to be a bulge just above the latch. I am aware that others have had this problem too. My question: Does anyone here have it? And have you decided to get Apple to fix it? Or is it trivial for you? Thanks for any impressions. Photos are at...

I was about to purchased Apple Care for my MacBook Pro for $US 349 when I found that the educational and refurb price was MORE than $US 100 less. And this was on the Apple Store webpage in the U.S. Question: Why does the price of Apple Care vary so much?

Indeed, I can't even repair the disk. After the fourth repair attempt I get: Verify and Repair disk “Macintosh HD” Checking HFS Plus volume. Checking Extents Overflow file. Checking Catalog file. Invalid extent entry Incorrect block count for file PageCapThumbV2-5.tiff (It should be 0...

Followup: I can unmount the disk but I still get recurring errors despite Repairing the Disk. Thanks again for any help!

I have a recent MacBook Pro. After frequent crashes of Safari and other apps and failure to wake from sleep, I checked the hard drive with Disk Utility. I got this: Checking Catalog file. Invalid extent entry Incorrect block count for file PageCapThumbV2-5.tiff (It should be 0 instead of...

I am getting about 2 hours on my MacBook Pro using Airport running on the battery with the Conservation option set in Energy Savings. Is this normal? How much time are you getting? P.S. Can we do a poll?

Yep I am. In Parallels, what kernal are you using? 2.4? 2.6? Or debian? Thanks!

Has anyone gotten the latest Ubuntu release 7.x Feisty Fawn to work in Parallel? I've tried the 2.4 and 2.6 kernal and it still hangs. Thanks for any tips.

I've read a previous thread on converting wma to mp3 and have tried the solutions (flip4mac, qt pro, easywma, switch). I am still looking for a free solution. Is there one? Sorry if this is a FAQ but appreciate any help.

Can someone think of a creative solution for this? I would like to have IE 6 speak a selection of text to me, preferably using OS X voices. Parallel is not a cocoa app so I can't use the Speech service. Is there another way? Tried the Access System Pref but not successful. Any ideas?

No the Apple Store (even in the Savings site) charges the same amount for Apple Care. It is 249 for the MacBook which is about $80 more than other sources. For example, smalldog.com sells it for 199, I think.

Can anyone recommend a source for buying AppleCare for a MacBook and for a MacBook Pro? Yes, I ran PriceGrabber but I wonder if there is any harm in buying AppleCare from the cheapest vendor. Any bad or good experiences? Thanks. P.S. Looks like I can get AppleCare for the macbook for almost a...

I just finished reading, and following most of the advice, posted at http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=13 to make my MacBook Pro more secure. Among the recommendations that I did NOT follow was using FileVault and encrypting virtual memory. My impression, on my old PowerBook, was that enabling these...