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I just installed iTunes 7, and it takes forever to update my iPod when I plug it in...wondered if there's a pref that I can change to stop it from doing this...

Other than this amazing site, of course, which is invaluable... I'm acting as system administrator for a relatively small network of 12 Macs and 1 PC. I do have IS and IT support from my parent company on any large issues involving telecom, server architecture, etc. I generally know what I'm...

I had read about this issue a year ago, and like most Mac faithful, I chose to believe that my mini would be ok...and it was since last April. But now my ER-6i heaphones work only on the right side when plugged in to my Mini, and the left side is intermittent. It's kind of driving me crazy. I'm...

Let me first say that I was not always a fan of the concept of the portable computer. as a graphic artist and retoucher, I've grown so accustomed to my graphics tablet and multiple displays as part of a necessary workspace that I really never saw much of the need for a laptop. Two years ago , I...

Some goombah left some locked items on the local Server in my office; we're a big company with many servers linked nationwide, so it could have been any one of about 800 people who locked these items. So how do I throw the darn things out?

Yes, this is a dorky request, even for an OS forum, but I'd like some tool to compile data and make reviews/goal setting more productive and less of a chore. Any ideas? Everything I've found thus far is for PC...

My G3 iBook (running 10.3.5) up until a few weeks ago worked fine at home on my LAN using an Airport card, or at the office with an Ethernet plug. I was also using Norton's Personal Firewall, version 3.0.1. My port configs had been set up as follows: Internal Modem: off (I never use it)...

Just wondering if anybody has bought and is willing to give feedback on Painter IX. The price is a bit steep, but pixel-pushing is a big part of my life...I want to make sure the investment is worthwhile... I've always liked Painter's interface and tools, but the last few versions seem to have...

The strangest thing happened to my iBook the other day: I was at home, on my wifi LAN (shared by two other machines), and my iBook lost its connection. The Airport Icon in the Menu Bar showed full strength, and I hadn't changed my Network prefs, updated software, or even moved my laptop. It...

I'm having trouble with a 160GB LaCie external drive that I bought a few weeks ago. When I popped the accompanying CD support disc in my Mac, it seems that they only included an OS 9 version of SilverLining. Oof. I just remembered that the only complaint that I've had about LaCie external HDs...

I'm a bit of a neat freak and I'm willing to part with a little dinero to get rid of my crappy old keyboard and usb cable. Will my G4 Dual 867 work with a Bluetooth keyboard and USB Blootooth? It darn well better... and which USB Bluetooth Adapter to get? • TRENDware, DLink, Kensington...

A co-worker of mine noticed recently that his G4 17" Powerbook, which normally is used on his desktop at the office, doesn't seem to function off of battery power anymore. He's using 10.3.4 on his machine; the battery lights up when tested and shows a consistent 42% charge no matter how long...

howdy. I work in pre-press, and my shop handles quite a few Illustrator EPS files from clients...one of the remote Sites of my company actually does the page processing, while we handle all the image manipulation. Lately there's been a push to have one of our clients save out their Illustrator...

Yeah, I know I'm fishing: I love my iBook, if only it were a few inches smaller and I could draw on the screen like a PDA without opening it...you see where I'm going with this...

I'm a bit of a Noob when it comes to paying for my downloaded music. Most of my existing music files are in .mp3 format, encoded at minimum 160 kbps...lots of these are from a few years ago, when SoundJam was cutting edge(sniff). What's odd is that even some random junk I acquired (mostly...

I just received an iPod Mini a few days ago as a gift. Right out of the box, I loved the packaging and Mini itself, if not the documentation and speakers. I've never had an iPod before, so I took the time to follow the instructions and power it up via the wall jack before trying to load my...

Based on some of the info I received on this forum, I decided to set up my home mixed network of a G4 Dual 867, Dell Inspiron, and iBook G3 800 with a NetGear Wireless Router WGR614 rather than an Airport Extreme Base Station. So far, so good... I set up the NetGear router first with my...

I've run into a strange problem, and I wonder if anyone else has spotted this: After using guides to aid my retouching on a Photoshop file that I open in PS 7, I save the file out with the guides suppressed. If someone opens the file in Photoshop CS, the guides are automatically...

My girlfriend moved in with her Dell, and it makes me realize that I've got to get a wireless router that will allow both my systems and her PC laptop system to function under one roof. Her machine is a Dell Inspiron 8200 running Windows XP, and I've got a G4 Dual 867 Mirror Door running OS...

I've got to write this one down this time, as I've done it before but can't remember: I need to link my tentatively functioning iBook to my G4 via Ethernet cables through Appletalk. Yeah, I tried booting the iBook in FW Target mode to no avail. What should the network settings be at for both...