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hi - i just got an older canon sd100 digital camera, and i'm trying to use it as a webcam with ichat. i have canon's remote capture working fine (including the live viewfinder mode), which indicates that the camera SHOULD somehow be usable as a webcam. i've installed iChatUSBcam 2.2.3, and...

since the newest version of the flip4mac wmv plugin for safari came out, i've run into an annoying issue. if i navigate to another tab while a page with wmv video is open, the wmv will RELOAD (sometimes taking a long time, if its a large movie) when i go back to its tab. the only solution i can...

i recently got an ibook g4 running 10.3.9. i also have an imac g5 running the latest 10.4.x. unfortunately, i've misplaced my tiger install dvd that came with the imac so all i have are panther discs. even if i did have the dvd, though, i couldnt use it with the ibook as it only has a cd-rom...

i bought (cheaply) a used ibook 800 with the notorious gpu issue. ive managed to get it to work using the shim method (http://www.powerbook-fr.com/ibook/bricolage/repair_g3_video_en_article797.html) butim still having ussuesaround the dc in plug. sometimes the ibook refuses to recognize the...

anyone know why Finder wont recognize a blank cd-r to burn and toast (titanium 7) will? i assumed it was a defective disc, but then everything went fine with toast... thanks imac g5 1.8/1gb 10.4.7

I need a laptop for light work - email, word processing, etc. and i can only spend $100. anyone have an older ibook or powerbook? as long as it's working, i'll consider it.. thanks.

i assume this is a simple question, but i dont really know what im doing. a friend ripped me a copy of a film he's making (art school) and the file format (96 files) is .dvdr - for example, xpdvd-mymovie-dvdr.001 - which plays fine in VLC. how do i burn this to dvd? is there a simpler way than...

i'm attempting to burn a dvd of a subtitled .avi. the movie plays fine in VLC, but the subtitles do not appear in quicktime. i burned a dvd with toast 7, but the subtitles are not available. is there a fix? similarly, i tried to burn a dvd of an .avi that had a separate .sub file, and that...

my 500 mhhz g4 tibook is on its last legs...so heres the question: for roughly the same price i could get either a 1.8 ghz imac g5 with a 20" screen or a 17" 1.9 ghz intel version. anyone have suggestions? i'm leaning toward the larger screen since i dont run super intensive apps all that often...

i have a fantom 160 gb external firewire drive that ive used for the past year or so to backup and store music on (since my pb's drive is small). i bought my pb used a few years ago and didnt get system disks, so i have subsequently used my school's open licensed tiger discs to upgrade (whether...

i accidentally started to configure a vpn setup (in internet connect) and it put a vpn icon in the menu bar. even though ive disabled vpn in my network prefs, the icon remains..how can i get rid of it?

since i installed tiger safari has had a really hard time finding and loading websites. i thought it was my router (netgear), since i had upgraded its firmware at the tame time i added tiger, but now even running directly to my dsl modem safari gives me either a "'contacting' or 'connecting to'...

after installing tiger (with everything else working great) some web pages are unreadable due to letters being mixed up and substituted for each other. for example, activities reads as 'octivities', marketing reads as 'norketimg', etc. ive repaired permissions, resolved duplicate font issues...

so a couple days ago i started noticing a pretty obvious slowdown in my internet speed. according to bandwidth tests, all is fine, but im sure theres someting going on....any ideas? are there any obscure caches to empty that might help this?