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Thanks bobw, that got me booting into the Install Disc. Disk Utility identified a "minor" problem with the boot volume's header, and fixed it. The Apple logo now appears in about 2 seconds rather than 30 :) However, I just checked and the Option key is still not being recognised when I...

I have a MacBook CoreDuo 2.0 with 1GB of RAM with Tiger 10.4.10. Recently it has started booting very slowly - it can take up to 30 seconds from the initial chime to the Apple logo appearing. Tonght, I decided to do a Disk Repair, so placed the "Install Disc 1" in, shut down, held down the...

Having said that, I notice that BootCamp 1.3beta has improved international keyboard support. Tempting...

UK. Thanks for the update - I'll skip BootCamp for now then!

Hi Frye, thanks for the reply. Actually, after I posted I realised that I had not tried the "Exhaustive Scan" option on the software side - It picked it up OK at that point. Quality is not great, but good enough for now. I'm trying to find somebody who can lend me an S-Video VCR though, to see...

I have just bought an Elgato Hybrid (European model) to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD via iMovie. The problem is that my VCR is quite old and only has a coaxial-out connection. No S-Video or Composite (hope I'm using the right terms here!). According to the Elgato help file, this should still...

I am attempting to install WinXP SP2 Pro on my MacBook 2Ghz Core Duo, using Bootcamp 1.2 under Tiger. I have nothing plugged in except the power cable, yet when Windows gets to the screen asking me to press Enter to install, R to repair or F3 to exit, I get no response from my keyboard at...

Thanks Doug - I had indeed installed it on the G5 and it runs fine (although some options from the Windows version seem missing - nothing I can't live without though). But as macbri points out, it does mention OS X specifically and so I hoped that it might work on a MacBook under Rosetta. But...

Hi, Did you get anywhere with the installation of AOE2 onto your MacBook. I was in the States for a few weeks recently and picked it up cheaply there, but as suspected it won't install on my MacBook ("File 2 not found" or similar is the error message) I also have an G5-based iMac. If...

Hi, My network icon has disappeared in Finder when I click on the Computer name. The word "Network" is still there and I can click on it, but the picture itself is gone. The icon does appear in the sidebar, but not in the right-hand pane where drives, files etc appear When I click on...

Quick update: it's now working fine. This model needs a 4 to 6 pin firewire cable. I was a bit stumped when it came to actually downloading content to iMovie, until I realised that the Camcorder must not be set to "PC" as I expected, but rather to playback (Small right arrow). After that, it...

Thanks for the advice guys. Yes, I'd rather not have to go through the process of setting up all my preferences again, hence the approach I suggested.

Hi, Like I guess many people new to OSX, I created my main account as an admin account. Now, after nearly 2 years I have decided that really I ought to listen to the advice of people who know better and change my main account to a standard user. I suppose the steps are: 1. Using my existing...

OK, well after a little more investigative work searching online, it turns out that the camera actually has a DV out port, tucked away where I never noticed it before. So I should be able to connect by Firewire.

Hi, I have a Panasonic NV-GS75 and was hoping that there may be some way to use it with OSX (Panther). Is this possible? So far I've only found a Firewire/USB patch for Webcams. Is something similar available for camcorders? Many thanks.

Thanks guys. I'll pass on the info to her.

Does anyone know of the steps required to fully remove Abiword for OSX? My sister is having a bit of a nightmare doing so. She lives 3 hours away, so I can't go over to investigate further: She has: Mac Mini G4 OSX Tiger (up to date I think) I'm not quite sure which version of Abiword...

Thought I'd just report back to let anyone else in the same situation know that I simply deleted the Mouse pairing in the Bluetooth pref panel. THis worked fine, although I did get a few "Lost Connection" messages with my k/b, probably because I had paired the mouse and keyboard with trhe Mac at...

Right, thanks. I wasn't aware that using my OEM disk was illegal - I assumed because the Dell was dead I could reuse it elsewhere. Is there some debate over that, or is that fixed in stone, btw? I'm in the UK, and I vaguely remember reading something about that not being enforceable here...

THanks for the info. The only reason I want to use Windows 95 over XP is that while I only want to run the one app, it's going to handle some big datasets, and I want the OS requirements to be as light as possible. I only have 512MB of RAM in the first place. Are you sure about 95 not being...