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Hi all, I'm seeking advice regarding some challenges with Apple Mail auto-complete email addresses for a friend's AOL mail IMAP account. Main issue: in Apple Mail, recently contacted email addresses are not appearing via auto-complete. As such, I'm doing some research for him and have some...

Hi all, I am looking for more info on how to export Gmail contacts into iCal on Mac OS X and Contacts on iPhone. Specifically, if a person uses Gmail for email correspondence, but iCal/Contacts to view/add contacts, how do Gmail contacts onto iCal/Contacts? Any links to cross-posts or...

Hey folks, I am helping a friend who is legally blind (they are not fully blind but use large icons to see, VoiceOver, etc). Can anyone recommend or refer a resource on decent Mac calendar apps for the legally blind? Let me know if you have any additional questions. Cheers, Asterax

Hey all, My friend has an Apple MacBook 13.3-inch 2GHz (model number: A1181). When I boot up the computer, the screen is gray and does not proceed to show the Apple logo. The MacBook continues to show the gray screen for quite a while. What can I do to identify some of the problems with this...

Hey all, Two problems: 1) I ordered this RAM from Kingston.com: http://shop.kingston.com/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=KTA-MB667/2G It is a 2 GB piece, but I thought it was actually two separate 1 GB pieces. I assume that my MacBook will not accept one 2 GB RAM piece, is this correct to...

Hey, My Software Update stopped working around the same time that I downloaded and installed the 802.11n Enabler software. Maybe this was a mistake, however I really didn't think either way when I installed it. Software Update says "Failed. Could not connect to the Internet." whenever I try...

A major interest I have in the iPod Touch is being able to find my away around the city and listen to music at the same time. However, I have heard that the iPod Touch isn't very effective using just wireless connectivity, when using Google Maps. My general questions: Is Google Maps on the...

... because I accidently deleted one of mine from Mail.app. My school has recently migrated its e-mail from Lotus to Gmail. And getting the e-mail to work with IMAP in Mail.app seems to always be a bitch! I was trying to clean up my failed attempts at getting an Mail.app to sync with my...

I have this iBook (http://apple-history.com/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibookfirewire&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC). I am trying to install 10.3 onto this iBook, but hitting 'c' on bootup takes the iBook to a firmware terminal. I can only type "mac-boot" or "shut-down." When I type...

I recently updated to iTunes 7. Now my old '03 30 GB iPod connects to iTunes perfectly, but as soon as I click on the "Music" option under its name, iTunes crashes. In addition to crashing, iTunes does not give *any* error report or anything. This seems serious to me. Any advice? Thanks in...

This is the message I get from Disk Utility for my other HD. I had to install 10.4 on my backup just to write this. This occured directly after I tried to restart my computer after installing the newest 10.4 update from software update. Help? Verifying volume “Abstract” Checking HFS Plus...

I installed a 160 (but 128 to an older G3) GB drive into my tower. The install disc recognized that the HD was acceptable for installation. I successfully installed Tiger onto the the HD, but when the installation finished the tower booted back into the install CD. When trying to boot up into...

Is there a decent program that will restore deleted files?

I have a 3G Mac iPod. Simply put, can I take songs off of the Mac iPod and onto my Windows machine?

Hey all. I just grabbed this USB adapator, and I am curious what I need to do to have this adapator find and connect to a wireless network. What preferences so I need to in Mac OS X to do this? I am running 10.4. Thanks for any and all help.

I have a G4 500 Mhz (the one with AGP graphics) and I am looking for a cheap wireless card. The trick is that I am in the middle of nowhere (Maine) and there is only a Wal-Mart. Are there any decent linksys-esque wireless cards that have good Mac OS X drivers? A lot to ask, but anything is...

Hi, I actually have two questions. One concerning a record player and another over external and internal DVD burners. First - Is it possible to hook a record player (if you can remember one) up to a Macintosh so the vinyl can play out of the computer's speakers? What cables and accessories do...

I have printer sharing and windows sharing activated on my iMac. I also have the drivers installed for my HP laserjet on both machines. Yet I am having trouble sharing the HP laserjet connected via USB to my iMac and my laptop. I have the printer name, location and queue name on Mac OS X. But I...