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10.4.11 my keyboard layout is wrong (see previous thread) How do I restore it? it seems I am locked out from authentication.. thanks mike

flat panel Imac 10.4.11 a few weeks ago I downloaded some shareware (already forgot what)- it did not work properly and I used their uninstall to get rid of it. Since then my system was acting funky (couldn't wake the computer from sleep without rebooting, Software update did not work, Ichat...

Hi 10.4.11 Anybody know while file controls wake from sleep- I get the beachball if I put the computer to sleep and then try to wake. If I log out first (or log on from my other "safe" account) it works fine.I just cannot put to sleep without logging out first. Not a tremendous nuisance, but...

Can I reinstall 10.4.11 over my current 10.4.11 without losing data to try to solve a problem with my mac not waking from sleep ( the spinning beach ball)? thanks mike

hi- is there a preference or other component which could have been corrupted and not allow my iMac to awaken- I did all the usual disk verify/repair etc. I think something is corrupted- when I log on from my other user name, the machine wakes without a problem. thansk Mke

Hi flat panel iMac 10.4.11- recently would not wake up from sleep. Had to power off (got the beachball). Anyway, ran disk utility to verify the disc and it found overlapping allocations which it could not repair. put in the cd and booted from it and still could not fix. then i ran disc warrior...

My digital camera is set at 2048 (3:2).. I don't know what my daughter's is set at (she is abroad) but all the pix she emails to me always print out smaller than 4x6 and no degree of manipulation allows me to size it ... does the way the camera is set (image size... 2048x1536, 2048(3:2)...

Hi recently when emailing word documents, the recipients are reporting that the document opens in gibberish- actually, it opens in text edit format and will not convert to word. when I email said document to myself (the same computer), the doc. opens properly- any thoughts? help.. 10.4.11...

is there a way to revert to the previous version of QT- I recently did a software update and now my Flip audio does not work- flip and apple are aware that the update killed the audio on the Flip (mini video camera)- Ihave the most recent update of QT running on 10.4.11 thanks mike

Hi flat Panel iMac g4 10.4.10 since I plugged in a self powered usb hub (for photo printer, webcam) I am running very slowly- did all the basic maintenance stuff. Can the hub or the peripherals attached to it be causing the problem? Can software associated with the webcam (icecam by...

My mother in law's point and shoot digital (sony) was set to 3.1M- when I transferred the pictures to my computer and tried to print them to 4x6 borderless, they all came out small. I remember having this same problem in the past with my camera, and on subsequent uses I switched my camera...

Hi I am interested in adding a webcam to my desktop Imac (power pc)- Isight is no longer available- an option that I found is the Ecamm Image- but apparently it is USB and not firewire and it will only run with high speed usb- how do I know which type is on my computer? I checked system profiler...

and how and when do I use them? They show up in the drop down menus with different apps... I am sure they are useful ( to those that know how to use them). thanks Mike

Mac 10.4.10 is there a way to password my mail account to keep it away from prying eyes? I know I can password the computer- but if I just wanted to prevent someone from opening apple Mail... possible? thanks Mike

Hi- flat panel Imac- 10.4.7 but in prior versions as well- I have noticed that many web pages start to load- then stop- I get the beach ball but as soon as I hit the stop button and then refresh, it loads instantaneously. In essence, I have to click, stop and click reload for way too many...

how are fonts organized in OSX? I have downloaded linotype fontexplorer- some fonts that it detected are neither in my font list for MS Word or Apple Works.. Do they come from system or adobe or other apps? can I put a font from AppleWorks into a word document? I did not honestly realize how...

help- I was able to get old vhs to the computer using my video camera as analog-digital pass through. actually looks pretty good- but I was only able to save it as a QT movie. idvd did not seem to work- I have iMovie 4.01 and I am not sure what version of iDVD- but I get the message that I need...

wasn' t the upgrade to 10.4.4 supposed to allow disc verification from hard drive/start up disc rather than from the cd/dvd? I know it cannot repair the drive, but I thought that one would be able to verify it... thanks Mike

has anyone found any third party apps or shareware/freeware not working in 10.4.3? is there a web site anywhere with this info? Mike

it just stopped working- at about the same time 10.4.3 was placed on the apple site. I repaired permissions, disk utility, disc warrior, preferential treatment, macjanitor and trashed the corresponding plist- all without success. Has anyone found a way to get software update working again...