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    El Capitan Install Failed; Cannot Boot

    Thanks Cheryl, the machine does not respond to any attempt to boot into anything, what I get is a somewhat dirty white background with the Apple logo and the progress bar below that. When I try booting to the start up disk mgr, recovery or safe mode it always ends up with the screen I just...
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    Installing El Capitan

    I don't see any problem with running those apps in El Capitan. Are your external drives bootable? If so, you can run the apps from the ext HD but El Capitan should be able to run them, as well. It's not like a PPC app trying run on Intel processors.
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    El Capitan Install Failed; Cannot Boot

    My machine: mid 2007 24" iMac, 2 GB RAM Intel Duo, 667MHz, 2.8GHz, 500GB HD, superdrive, OS X 10.8 The install of El Capitan, at least what I thought was the installation, took a while. A screen shows up with the 10.11 logo stating to install click continue, agree to terms and install OS, I...
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    Slimline aluminum keybd some keys don't work

    The title says it all, the numbers row, starting with the "~"key to the number 5 or 6 do not register on the screen when pressed. It has a new battery, the keyboard is only 2 years old (+-), nothing has been spilled on it nor has it been dropped or abused. I plugged in the original...
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    Powerbook G4 upgrade to G5; How do I do this?

    so I cannot replace the processor?
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    Powerbook G4 upgrade to G5; How do I do this?

    I have an older G4 Powerbook, 17", 1.0GHz, 2GB RAM, OS 10.3.9, 55GB HD, Superdrive~~I have not found hack that will successfully install 10.4 or 10.5 plus when online I compete with a summer '07 iMac, 2.8GHz, 2GB RA that sucks up the bandwidth and my Powerbook slows down considerably when the...
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    Simple solutions?

    My G5 iMac is getting a new harddrive, meanwhile I had to fire up my older front, slotload IMac (G3), it has 10.3.9 installed and 250GB external harddrive. Unfortunately, this little iMac only has 30GB on board memory. Here is one of two questions: After the 10.3.9 install/upgrade I only had...
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    Anti Spyware Software

    I used mac scan in demo mode, it worked well in Leopard. Thanks to the Mac OS X all that was found was one tracking cookie (from the same source, 12 X's) and one spyware. My system does not have an ill effects due to the using Mac Scan.
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    iTunes, songs don't play

    I recently got a 24" intell iMac [2.8GHz,2GB RAM, superdrive, 10.5.5] and transferred all y data from my 17" ppc, G5 iMac. It seemed that some of my applications were still set up and/or running with the Tiger OS preferences. I transferred all my information off the 24" to a back up hard drive...
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    error code 8058

    iMac 24", Intel, 2.8GHz, 500GB HD, Superdrive, 2GB RAM, this machine was set up yesterday, the 17th. Burning images on a CD is a simple task. I have been doing it for years. I just got this iMac and am retiring (selling?) my iMac 17" ppc G5. Fresh out of the carton, I have work to submit on a...
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    iPhoto, GarageBand restore 10.4.11

    How do I restore iPhoto & GarageBand on Tiger 10.4.11? When I download software updates the message that these (valid) applications were not found in the 'Applications' directory, these updates were placed in the trash, etc. I followed the links at Apple for restoring individual software...
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    how can i change one extesion for software to all extension?

    QuickTime will play multiple files, VLC will play one at a time, If you have different versions of Flip4Mac installed, each will play a different file simultaneously, there are also these players available for Macs: Cellulo, MPlayer OSX PPC, NicePlayer, RealPlayer, RealOne Player and more. You...
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    trash won't empty--error 8062

    Imac 17", G5, 600MHz, 10.4.11, 1.8GHz, 512 RAM, combo drive, 160GB HD, 250GB LaCie external I try to empty the trash, error 8062 appears with the 'stop' or 'continue' button, I click continue, the empty trash prompt box disappears, the trash does not. there is a file in the trash which...
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    iPhoto unexpectedly quits, does not start up

    Any time I save a picture to iPhoto all that happens is: iPhoto starts with the message: uploading photos, the spinning wheel starts and eventually I get the application unexpectedly quit message. I tried updating iPhoto and get the message that a valid iPhoto application cannot be located...
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    Simple solutions?

    This should be an inactive thread, see the new thread: Safari: server stops responding
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    Safari: server stops responding

    I have not been able to solve this through the tech reps here, so here goes: Up until Tuesday I was able to access a website, Plentyoffish.com, since then the only way I can access it is on any other computer, whether Mac or PC. I can get on it with my username and password if I am am on any...
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    Simple solutions?

    My G5 iMac is getting a new harddrive, meanwhile I had to fire up my older front, slotload IMac (G3), it has 10.3.9 installed and 250GB external harddrive. Unfortunately, this little iMac only has 30GB on board memory. Here is one of two questions: After the 10.3.9 install/upgrade I only had...
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    Simple solutions?

    I had access to a website two days ago and then I always get a message, 'server stopped responding' through Safari. Now I can access the site on a PC or any other Mac, just not mine. I emptied the cache, reset Safari, removed all cookies. I can access the site with my username and password...
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    OSInstall.dist (10.4)

    This concerns the 10.4 dvd install disk(s) which came with my iMac G5. I control/click on the install dvd and then click 'show package contents', the contents show, then I do the same for the 'OSInstall.mpkg', again the contents arte shown, now I want to do the same for the 'OSInstll.dist' pkg...
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    iPhoto quits & will not reinstall, message says cannot find valid iPhoto in applicati

    iMac G5 PPC, 1.8GHz, 512 RAM, 10.4.8 I start iPhoto, the wheel spins while 'loading photos' is displayed, a few (?) minutes later the 'unexpectantly quits' message appears. I went to Apple for the update to iPhoto 6.0, when installing the message comes back that there is not a valid iPhoto...
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