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How to get rid of uninvited self-starting background processes (eg Adobe and Google updaters) in Lion? I knew how to do it in OSX 10.6, but not clear what to do in Lion. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

I'm running Time Machine on a Western Digital network storage device from my iMac. It works fine. I can go back any amount of time and recover files as they were backed up then. But I also want to be able to depend on Time Machine backups to allow me to recover files if my iMac goes down. So...

Time Machine gives me a way to Browse Other Time Machine Disks, a feature that would make it possible for me to use my MacBook to retrieve material backed up by my iMac -- handy in case the iMac went belly-up. But when I try to use the feature, TM on the MacBook tells me that there are no other...

I'm running Time Machine to back up my iMac onto a Western Digital network disc. Works like a champ. But if my iMac dies, how do I get access to my backup data? I tried running Time Machine in my laptop so I could option click on its menubar icon to choose Browse Other Time Machine Discs, but...

I see in my Activity Monitor that something called AAM Updates Notifier is running. I believe it has to do with my recent install of Adobe Photoshop CS5.1. But since Photoshop is not running, nor is any other Adobe product, I find it threatening that there is an Adobe process running in my...

I can put my airbook to sleep by command or by closing the lid, but it won't go to sleep on its own. I have the Energy Saver panel set up to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity, and the display to sleep after 5. Wake on Network Activity is off. The display sleeps but the computer doesn't. I...

When running large keynote files (with some embedded videos) my Keynote pauses sometimes for 30 seconds or so to swap. I figured I'd just add memory, but now I have 2gig and the Activity Monitor shows that keynote is only using about 200 meg. The keynote data file is about one gig, so there is...

When I cut over to Leopard, the help menus in my apps seem to have lost all information about the app itself. So when I ask for help from within Photoshop on anti-aliasing, I get advice about how to anti-alias fonts in the finder. I can't get any photoshop help at all. It was all there under...

Having used Leopard for the last week or so, I offer the following critique: 1. Quick Look is wonderful but has two deplorable flaws: a) it gives you no way to set a default window size for the preview (which is initially too small to be legible on my large screen); and b) it resizes most files...

I downloaded Safari303Beta.dmg and tried to install it on my brand new 24" iMac, running 10.4.10. The install stopped, with a message that "This volume does not meet the requirements for this update." I have plenty of disk and plenty of memory. Any ideas?

My Chase Bank statements are inaccessible via Safari. The link to create a statement is: JavaScript:bolPopupURLClose('StmtContainer.aspx?DocIndex=10&AI=1&Type=4&Code=XdmjAr9x6HpprdQEerkk0wSMhX8=&PageIndex=2006&totalPage=6&UserOptedForPaperLess=False') which evidently is supposed to...

Safari used to be able to display pdfs buy now can't (it can save them to be viewed by AR). I'm running 2.03 under OSX10.4.6. Thanks in advance, t.

I have a logitech usb headset which worked fine up until today (running under OS10.4 on a powerbook g4 with two USB ports). I tried to record a conversation using AudioCorder. Never got it to work properly, but when I gave up, I found that one of my two USB ports could no longer deliver audio...

My G4 Quicksilver desktop won't sleep. I have an Apple Cinema Display w 2 USB ports, which I suspected were the problem. Sure enough, if I disconnect the screen, the G4 sleeps and wakes properly. I read somewhere that this is a known contact problem and that it could be solved by spraying...

I for one take Sony's E-Reader very seriously. The display is breath-taking, the human I/F seems good. With such a device I could happily leave my powerbook home for most trips. I could also justify bringing it along even when I did need my laptop, as it weighs less than the book(s) I...

USB has now been around for a few years and proved itself to be the connection of choice for a wide range of devices. I must have connected twenty different peripherals over this period to one of more of our six Macs. I've come to believe that every new USB connection comes with problems. And...

It looks like my 10.4.4 install has messed something up. The system runs, but it's flakey. What are my options now? Is it possible to go back one version, to uninstall 10.4.4? If not, I suppose I have to reinstall from my Tiger DVD. I've not done that before, so wonder what will happen...

First of all, I have done a thorough search on sleep problems both here and elsewhere on the net. There is a real plague of such problems, particularly the one where sleep is aborted after a second or so. I found at least twenty reported causes, including bad monitor connector, powered USB...