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I have a MacMini running MacOs 10.2 (I think). I like using my non-Apple keyboard which works fine when I boot the Mac with it. However, when I unplug the keyboard then later plug it back in (I have to do that often), MacOs no longer seems to recognize the keyboard: it doesn't work. How can I...

I'm new to the Mac and some things that work fine on Linux and Windows aren't working on the Mac. For example, in Yahoo Mail, when I try to send a mail message by clicking "send", nothing happens. I'm using the latest Mac OS X, and Safari as the browser. This works fine on non-Mac machines...

I want to add a file to the Desktop, and I want to open it with a specific text editor (emacs) whenever I click on it. So far, I made that file, copied it into the Desktop directory, and I tried to set the application which opens it via a right-click "Open-with" menu item. But when I try to...

I'm a Mac newbie that's used to the Linux world where Cut-and-Paste is fairly simple: simply drag the mouse over the text with the left mouse button pressed, go to a different window, then middle-click and that text will appear. That doesn't seem to work deterministically on my Mac. When I...

In Safari, I clicked "Help", searched for fonts, and it told me I had to go to Safari->Preferences->Appearance in order to select a new font size. I did so. On this very page at macos.com. I changed the font to 48! And it made absolutely no difference So, what's the correct way to change...

I'm new to Mac OS X and I'm having problems installing Perl modules. There's no 'make'. And there's no C compiler. What's going on? Did I miss some basic installation step? How can I install 'make' and 'cc' and anything else I generally need for installing software?

I'm a Mac newbie, and I can't do very basic things. I'm trying to install Perl modules, but that's failing because there's no 'make' in Mac OS. How can I get a version of 'make', and/or how can I install Perl modules?