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    Disk Permissions problem- locked out of some apps

    Here's the story- I inherited a 3+ year old MacBook (2GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM) that was working fine until I dropped it! After that, it was very slow to start up and wouldn't open some applications, so I bought a new hard drive and reinstalled the OS and now it's back on its proverbial feet...
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    How to reinstall OS9 on a computer already running 10.4

    I have a Quicksilver G4 that is running 10.4 and I need to replace the OS with OS9 and I'm trying to a clean install (this computer is running a piece of equipment that needs software that only runs in OS9 and running it in classic mode won't work). I'm trying to boot from the OS9 CD but the...
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    Leopard issues with Office and Adobe Suite and other apps

    My coworker inherited a white MacBook 2Ghz with 1GB Ram that was running Tiger. We cleared out the whole hard drive to eliminate the previous user's data, installed Windows XP using bootcamp on one partition and upgraded on the other partition to Leopard (and did all the appropriate software...
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    Clone a dual-booted Mac?

    I've cloned lots of hard drives with out any problems in the past using Carbon Copy Cloner (wonderful piece of software!). Now I want to clone a dual-booted (XP/10.5) hard drive. I've never done one of these before - any advice? I found one utility that looks like it might work (and looks a lot...
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    10.4.8 update causing battery problems?

    This might be a major coincidence, but I updated from 10.4.7 to 10.4.8 last week on my 15" Titanium, and ever since my battery has only had about 30 minutes of life left in it. In addition, the battery life indicator is totally off: when just running off of battery power (fully charged at 99%)...
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    Hard Drive Insulator Sheet?

    Does anybody know the reason for the insulator sheet on the hard drive on the powerbooks (I'm specifically referring to the Al. PB, but I've seen it on the Titanium PBs). I'm replacing a hard drive, so I want to make sure I don't leave out an important part. Thanks!
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    Universal No Symbol at startup after failed 10.4.6 update

    I tried to update a G3 Pismo Powerbook with 10.4.6 (already running 10.4.5) and the install failed. Nothing worked after that, so I tried restarting and got the Universal No Symbol where the Apple icon normally is on the grey startup screen, and now the computer won't start at all. I tried...
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    Disk Utility keeps fixing the same permissions?

    I ran Disk Utility a few times and tried to Repair the Disk Permissions. Every time I run it, the results are the same - i get a bunch of permissions fixed, but they keep coming back again. Is this normal?
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    Mouse/Keyboard freezes with G3 B&W running Tiger

    I have a G3 B&W with 350 MHz processor (Rev 1) that's running Tiger. It has an internal 6GB hard drive (Maxtor?) that came with it and an external 80GB Western Digital HD that's in a MacAlly Firewire/USB case, hooked up via firewire. It seems to run OK, but when left alone for an hour or so, the...
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    Tray-loading G3 iMac 333MHz - new Hard Drive?

    I just installed a new 80 GB Western Digital 7200 rpm hard drive into a Tray-loading iMac (no easy task!). Now I've read that 7200 rpm might be too fast (and too hot) for the tray-loaders. Anybody have any experience with this? Is it true? Should I be worried?
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    333MHz Tray-loading G3 iMac firmware?

    I want to make sure I don't mess this up. What firmware version should I have on a Tray-Loading iMac before I install OSX? I tried version 1.2 but when I went to install it, I got a message saying that the firmware update couldn't be recognized because I may have a newer version. Version 2.4 did...
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    New Hard Drive won't boot after formatting G3 B&W

    I just got a new Western Digital 80 GB HD for a G3 B&W with 350 MHz processor and 768MB RAM (Rev 1). I formatted the hard drive by using a Hard Drive cloner (Iomega, I think) on a G4 via firewire, and installed Tiger. Once I put the hard drive back in the G3, the computer would not boot. I...
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    Upgrading two G3's- any ideas?

    I have been put in charge of upgrading two old G3's - one iMac 350 MHz with a 6GB hard drive, 256MB RAM, running OS 10.2.8 -one Blue and While G3 350 MHz with a 12GB HD, 320 MB RAM, running OS 10.2.8 I want to put a 512 MB RAM chip and a new 80 GB hard drive in the iMac. For the B&W, I...
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    Os 10.2.8 On G3 350mhz

    I installed OS 10.2.8 on a G3 iMac (350 MHz processor) yesterday and the install was successful. Everything was working fine, and I installed Office 2004 and Acrobat Professional 7.0. When I turned it on this morning the screen was too dark. I tried customizing the screen settings in System...
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