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Hi everyone So, some time ago I purchased a Fantom 80gb firewire hard drive. Just recently, the drive stopped loading to my desktop. When I flip the switch, the drive powers up and sounds like it's loading, but it won't show up on my desktop. Same deal on another computer, too. When I run...

I found this article on CNN.com today, and thought it was interesting... http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/06/15/school.laptops.ap/index.html It's about how Maine middle schools are giving students laptops. They don't mention much about the laptops being iBooks, but I thought you guys...

Alright, we've seen desktops and desks, faces and tattoos, now why don't we get a look at what you're drivin! ;) I'll get us started off with my luxury Subaru...

Hi everyone I've got a question for someone... I was browsing my iTunes Music folder, when I stumbled across some files called "iTunes Temp" There's 54 of them. I have no idea why they're there, or what they're for. I'd like to trash them, but I don't know if I should. There are also 27...

Hi all. Gotta question for someone... My roommate is trying to gain access to my iBook through his XP box. I gave him an account and he was able to login fine when we were in the same room, but when I went to another room, he was no longer able to access his account. All i did to enable...

alright, i went diggin around in my mailbox today in mail.app looking for a phone number that was in an email i received a while ago. there is no mail in my box before november 23rd, and i can't find the one with the phone number. is there any way to recover these lost messages? i assume...

Alright, I don't usually log out of my machine, because I'm the only person that uses it. I have it set to log in automatically on startup. I logged out today, and I think there may be too many users! There are login spots for Administrative User, Philip Gilchrist, and Other... I assume...

A friend of mine is considering buying an iPod, and she is wondering if you can burn a CD directly from the iPod's playlists. She'd like to be able to plug it in to her computer, and burn a CD without having to download the songs to the laptop first. Does anyone know if this is possible...

Ok, I'm a little confused. I'd like to buy an Apple iBook AV cable, or whatever they're called, to connect my iBook to my tv. I understand to do this, I need a composite video output. After digging around in the Help files, I found pictures of all these things, and the only jack that looks...

Alright, here's one for ya I can't get my Keychain to remember my iChat password. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't accept it. Well, turns out I've got two Keychain accounts, one of them, listed as "admin" and the other "pgilchri" iChat asks to access the "admin"...

A friend of mine is having problems with her iBook. When she starts it up, she only gets the disk with the flashing question mark (this means the computer can't find a startup disk, right?) And of course, our campus help desk is closed today. We tried to figure out what was wrong using the...

Hi all! Is there any way I could hook up my iBook to a television to display iTunes visualizations? It would be great if I could work it to have the visualizations only on the tv, and not my screen... Any suggestions? keris

Well, we've got our iBooks, but it doesn't look like my university is going to upgrade us to Jaguar!!! grrr SO, since I won't be able to use iCal, a program I was looking forward to using, does anyone have any recommendations on other calendar programs that I could use in system 10.1.5...

It's been awhile since I posted, but perhaps a few of you remember me :) I'm a student at Northern Michigan University, and I am typing from my new Apple iBook that the university has issued as an option to the Art and Design students. They will be mandatory next year. The university still...

hi all. i am interested in downloading quake for osx, but i'm a gaming newbie and have no idea where to start. if anyone could tell me where to get a download, how to play, you know, things newbies should know how to do! :) thanks! keris

Alright, here's a question for you: I just downloaded a video game emulator called MacMAME from VersionTracker. I also downloaded one game, Robby Roto. Do any of you know where I can find more games (ROMS, I think they're called) for this emulator? -keris

Alright, I have another question involving Macs and Universities for you: There is a small movement for Mac laptops at my University (see my other post entitled "Laptops and Universities"), but unfortunately, there isn't much support for it. All of the advocates are Art and Design majors, and...

Hi all! I'd like your help, if you don't mind... A friend of mine is running for president of ASNMU (my university's student government). Part of his platform will be expanding our Laptop Initiative to include Macs for the students, in addition to the IBM Thinkpads the university already...

does anybody know of an extension or something like the old oscar the grouch the you could have pop out of your trash can when you emptied it? i always got a kick out of him singing as my trash disappeared... lol :) -kerisbf