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    HD mounted but not appearing in Finder

    You can relaunch Finder by force quitting it Command-Option-Escape You reset Finder/Sidebar prefs by trashing the pref files, you can find them in ~/Library/Preferences/ (probably named com.apple.finder.plist & com.apple.sidebarlists.plist) Logging out and back in may also help if you haven't...
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    problem with Mac the Ripper, please help...

    Check out FairMount , might sort out your problem.
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    Sound Files in Mac OS X

    Ah, I see. You can convert .aiff to .wav also In iTunes OS Xs' system sounds are in /System/Library/Sounds if you want to use those (remember to make a copy, don't convert the original). And probably the easiest way to search what audio files are on your hdd is to do a Spotlight search with...
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    Sound Files in Mac OS X

    Right click on the Thunderbird app icon and choose 'Show Package Contents', then in contents there'll be a 'Resources' folder, go into that and have dig around, the aiff files will most likely be in there or possibly in 'English.lproj' or whatever your native language is. If you replace a sound...
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    deleting locked files

    Probably the simplest way (that I know) would be get info on the locked file, Command-I and make sure it is unlocked. See image.
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    What will this newbie need?

    1. USB hubs are fine to use, make sure it's USB 2.0 2. SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner 3. Don't know much about it, but check out Cha-Ching 4. For syncing files and folders? Check out Rsync for the involved way or ChronoSync for the easier way. 5. Yes. Though note if it is formatted in NTFS you...
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    G4 Powerbook won't restart with out LCD

    When using the Sansui LCD TV/DVD, did you have it set up through System Prefs > Displays to have the Menu Bar on the external display? If so, this could be the problem, the Powerbook would be starting up ok, you just can not see anything. Start up with the external display plugged in, then go...
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    Expose question

    There's a "Show All' menu item, which you can set your own keyboard shortcut in System Prefs > Keyboard and Mouse.
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    Expose question

    What about 'Command-Option-H' to hide others?
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    I'm a fool can you help

    Mmm, have you tried deleting the preference files for those apps? Located in ~/Library/Preferences or /Library/Preferences Maybe it's some keychain issue though? Check through Keychain Help to see if you can solve your problem through that.
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    How to get rid of modem icon in menu

    Hold down Command key, then click, drag and drop it out.
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    Disk utility problem erasing a large external hard drive

    Seeing as nothing is on the drive, no need to erase it, right? You can rename it (and format) via the 'Partition' tab. If I understand right, you just need to give the hdd a name.
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    Converting Videos

    Try divxdoctor which I find to be quite quick at converting avi to mov. You can cue up files, not sure how many though.
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    Safari Skins/Themes for Panther: Where Do I Go?

    Try SafariStand It has an option to remove the metal texture of Safari with various shades of grey.
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    Excel has changed my component icons

    In /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ an also in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST at least half of my plug-in icons have a Excel icon on the little building block icon. I'd like them to go back to how they originally were and i'd like to know how excel does this with asking me. Any info about...
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    File Associations

    ok, there should be a button that says "change all" If that's there then click that. If not, it may be a 10.4 only function, I don't have 10.3.9 set up and I don't remember if it does have it or not.
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    File Associations

    In the get info window just below where you changed the default for that specific file, there's an option to change all files with the same extension.
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