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    USB 2.0 External Drive very slow!

    Hey gang. I've got a comstar 250GB external drive. I swap this between my mac and my pc. When i plug the drive into my mac, osx picks it up no problem, but when i try to write to it, it's very very slow. Even reading from it is awful. If i try to copy a 700MB video file to it, it'll be...
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    os x tiger busy desktop..

    i'm a recent pc > apple switcher, so i'm still pretty new to everything. i've noticed lately that my desktop seems to be hanging doing something. i know this because my mouse is steadily as the spinning rainbow circle thing...(i hope you know what i mean ha). i cant click the apple in the...
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    GarageBand.2... static pops during recording

    a few months ago i decided to switch to MAC, and buy a mac mini, mainly for recording music as everyone says it's best... using garage band, i get these loud POP's (repeatedly) while recording a track. funny thing, when i play back the track, it doesnt play, i only hear it while recording...
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    Video Playback

    Hello. I'm new to mac, i'm a recent switcher from PC, since the mac mini came out. My question today is around .WMV. I've got the windows media player from microsoft, however, the videos look TERRIBLE!. they're very blocky (all videos), is there a way to fix this or is it just that MS...
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    System Cleanup / Tune up

    What do you guys recommend for apps that will do a nice system tune up / clean up? I'm running Tiger, on a mac mini. I'm a PC convert, so that's why i'm thinking of tune up type utils... maybe macs dont even need that? i definately do notice a bit more 'lag' on the machine since i first got...
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    Flash not displaying properly in firefox

    G'day. Using the latest & Greatest version of Firefox. My problem is when i visit any site with flash, it loads fine, and i can see it, but as soon as i click in it, or move my mouse over it, it all disapears. all i then see is any 'motion' type parts of the flash that keeps refreshing, the...
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    Mapping Drives , Saving Passwords

    hello all. i'm a brand new mac owner. just got my mac mini a few weeks ago and am still getting used to it. i have two questions, somewhat related. Right now i've been accessing my shares on my pc by pressing the Apple button +K then putting the IP of my PC, then it asks me to authenticate...
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