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UPDATE... Ignore my post below - I think I figured it out. 'repair disk' and 'repair disk permissions' are different and hence the Disk Utily message 'to repair the startup disk boot from cd' doesn't apply when repairing permissions. ------------- After a recent 'disaster' incident...

Perhaps I missed something in the Apple Mail help files, but... How do I easily save my mail and prefs for easy re-install or move to another machine? With Outlook Express on OS9 it was simple to dive into the 'documents' folder and extract 'identities' - anything similar on Mail...

All the files/folders (except the HD) on my desktop have vanished. Just instantly gone. Suggestions appreciated. (And no, I don't have recent backup.) All the HD stuff is fine - just the work in progress on the desktop.

Clamshell iBook/10.3.8... After various problems, I reset PRAM and NVRAM through Open Firmware... Boot to OF (Command+Option+O+F at boot-Mike) 0 > reset-nvram Press Return 0 > reset-all Press Return Now won't boot past gray screen. When booting and holding down...

Having posted previously and read many threads I've not found a solution so I'm back here again with an update... I've a misbehaving iBook (clamshell G3/SE - now running 10.3.8). Was fine until a few weeks ago when updated from 10.3.6 to 10.3.7 and added new RAM. Within a few hours of...

Previously posted - no success so here again... I've a misbehaving iBook (clamshell G3 running 10.3.7/whatever's current). Apple mouse regularly stops working after a while - then fine again after restart. Also refusing to sleep - immediately wakes when slept. I...

Add-on to an earlier post... --------- G3 iBook/10.3.7 + Apple mouse... stops working after a while - fine again after restart. Routinely repair permissions and run Disk Warrior etc - problem returns. ------ Also recently refusing to sleep - immediately wakes when slept. Suggestions...

G3 iBook + Apple mouse... stops working after a while - fine again after restart. Routinely repair permissions and run Disk Warrior etc - problem returns. Any prefs I can trash? Suggestions appreciated. Please and thanks.

Swiching from OS9 to X... to date have used IE to save entire webpages with graphics/links intact in a single 'clickable' file. What's the best option for doing this in X and not using IE?

Odd one this... help appreciated. Please and thanks. Powerbook arrives and boots fine. Whilst downloading 10.3.6 and other updates it freezes and needs 'hold power button down' treatment. Then refuses to boot fully. 'Loading' rectangle appears... then thin black line extends across...

Odd and intermittent problem when burning audio cds with Toast and DragonBurn. I use iTunes to convert from mp3 to aiff and then either save playlist and import into DragonBurn or drag-and-drop into Toast. Then set track gap to zero. (My LaCie Firewire burner won't work with iTunes unless...

Regrettably looking for alternative to iTunes. Unless I set a 2 sec track gap, it won't burn audio with my new LaCie d2 Firewire cd burner. I don't want the gap as it clearly fouls album flow (example: the live albums I copy for use in the car). What else has the ease and flexibility of...

repair won't complete. Error message... unexpected error while attempting to repair overlapped files... restart from cd and try rebuilding again (2175, -47)

Just bought LaCie d2 Firewire cd burner. Won't work with iTunes 4 - shows as 'available' but refuses to burn. Works fine with Toast (which I don't like because of the default 2sec gap between tracks - which I keep forgetting to change before burning.) Suggestions appreciated. Please and thanks.

G3 Imac with failing cdrw drive. Need to run Disk Warrior etc from cd. Can't. Won't read. Can I boot iMac from iBook - and then run the DW already installed on iMac... which should be ok as it's not trying to fix the boot volume? I believe I could do it from firewire - if I could find...

When browsing with safari, I frequently get this message... 'safari wants access to keychain "[username]". Please enter your keychain password or phrase.' On dismissing the alert, it immediately re-appears then vanishes having been dismissed again. Why does it appear? And how do I stop it?

The cdrw drive on our snow iMac has failed - won't write and now struggling to read. If I buy an external firewire cdrw, will the mac boot from it for discs like Norton, system re-installs etc? Advice appreciated. Please and thanks.

One of our iMacs has developed the habit of 'being continuously active' unless it's put to sleep. The hd chatters away - seemingly reading/writing/plotting word domination - even when everything is quit. Advice appreciated. Please and thanks.

One of our Macs has an odd problem with Exporer 5.2.2 on OSX 10.2.8. Popups open with just the title+traffic light bar - nought else. Nothing in the 'view' menu has any effect. The other Mac behaves as it should. Suggestions appreciated.

Struggling - and failing - to get our two imacs and the iBook speaking to each other. All running OSX 10.2.8. The imacs are ethernet cabled to our ADSL router - they speak with each other fine. The iBook uses an airport card to connect with the airport (which is itself ethernet cabled...