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Neither Migration Assistant nor Firewire Transfer Disk mode work with a Windows PC. Here is a free article on migrating your data to your new Macintosh: Switch 101: Migrate Your Files or your Windows System http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518 How to transfer data from a PC to a...

Put in the OS X install disk and boot (startup) from it. Does the problem remain when booted from the install disk? If so, the problem is a hardware problem, not a software problem. If it is a hardware problem, it is most likely due to bad third party RAM. The only good way to test this is...

You can try this program for an overview of what is on your hard drive and what is taking up so much space: GrandPerspective (free) http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ If you don't have much on your drive, yet your drive is indicating that it is filled with something, I would look for...

Thanks for the update! I'm glad that all is well.

This is called a "bilingual Firewire cable" and you can find them inexpensively on the Web. Here is one for only $4.50 from Monoprice.com: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10301&cs_id=1030105&p_id=3542&seq=1&format=2 or http://heaguj.notlong.com My...

You may not need it at this point, but I really like this free utility for merging and arranging several PDF's into one document: PDFMerge-X (free, donations accepted) http://www.malcom-mac.com/blog/pdfmergex/ combine, transform and reorder the pages in your pdf documents

The system cache actually speeds up your Mac. You don't need to clear the cache unless your Mac is suddenly acting odd, or it has slowed down. These might indicate that the cache has become corrupted. Clearing the system cache won't hurt anything. At first, until a new cache is created...

Apple controls who is an authorized dealer, and the territory that such dealers can sell to, very carefully, and thereby they control retail pricing by limiting competition severely. They also use what is knows as "MAP contracts" (minimum advertised price) to limit discounting. So there are no...

Your Mac's e-mail program (Mail) doesn't generally care what is being used as the IMAP server. So all that you have to do is set up IMAP in Apple Mail. Setting up IMAP in Apple Mail http://superfluousbanter.org/archives/2007/04/setting-up-imap-in-apple-mail/ Setting Apple Mail up to work...

They *better* send you a new battery! They sold you an old/tired battery. I'm really glad that things turned out well for you.

In my experience, most Kernel Panics are caused by a hardware problem, not a software problem. Usually the problem is bad third party RAM, or a bad USB hub. Check out: Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?...60911080447777...

Well, let's start with this: Click on your desktop to go to the Finder (or click on the Finder icon at the far left of your Dock). In the Finder menu choose: Preferences. Click on the General button at the top of the Preferences dialog box. Under Show These Items On The Desktop...

Try: Battery Health Monitor (free) http://www.sonoragraphics.com/batteryhealth.html

Check out: Macam (free) driver for USB webcams on Mac OS X. It allows hundreds of USB webcams to be used http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/ IOXperts Webcam Driver for Mac OS X ($20) http://www.ioxperts.com/products/webcamx.html CamCamX ($59) http://b-l-a-c-k-o-p.com/CamCamX.html...

There are few places that still carry OS X 10.4. Apple doesn't carry it anymore. We Love Macs has it, at a premium price: http://www.welovemacs.com/osx10410411.html The best place to get it would be from eBay. http://nukeim.notlong.com But be careful! You don't want an "upgrade"...

You might want to download: coconutBattery (free) http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/ and check to see what it says about your laptop's "current battery capacity." If it's down to something below about 85%, your battery is shot. Even though your battery is only a year old, it...

What kind of noise and from where? Is the noise coming from the mini's case itself? Or from the speakers? If it is coming from the mini's case, is it a sizzling, whistling, or sushing sound? (This would indicate a failing power supply.) It it a clicking sound? (This might be a...

There is an entire discussion list devoted to voice recognition/transcription on the Macintosh: MacVoice http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice (I have an interest in this topic because I'm the head of a huge user group for Mac-using attorneys, and many attorneys...

Go into your address card in your AddressBook. You can change or delete your profile picture there.

Your drive is too full, and there is undoubtedly no continguous free space left on it to write to the directory. That's why things went nuts. (Even Disk Warrior doesn't have enough room on the drive to create a new directory.) Until you either clear off enough data to create a good chunk of...