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Hi, I have a pdf that is unnecessary big and I would like to make a "low resolution" version of it (it contains some photos that could be in lower quality). What I'm after is an easy/free way of shrinking it and the outcome should still be in pdf format. Any ideas? /Mans

Hi, I run a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo for Timemachine backups and I have intermittent issues with it. After some troubleshooting I realized that it is my VPN connection (Cisco AnyConnect) that dismounts the ReadyNAS AFP share and Timemachine finds no disk for the backup. If I disconnect the VPN...

Hi, I need a driver to use the scan function on an old Lexmark X75 all-in-one printer/scanner. The one I found at Lexmark site is for PPC only. Is there a driver around to be used on Intel? Thanks... /Mans

Hi, my company has some legacy web applications for time reporting, expense reporting and so on, and it used to work fine in Safari, with only minor issues (they are totally built for a Microsoft environment). However after the upgrade from 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 it doesn't work anymore, I get time...

Hi, I've got a RealPalyer audio file (.rm) that I'd like to play in iTunes and on my iPhone. Is there a way to convert it to something iTunes will play? /Mans

Hi, I've tried to make a backup with Apple Backup to a NAS drive, but it fails with the "computing checksum message" (yes, I know NAS drives aren't really supported with Backup). Now I have an uncompleted backup file on the NAS at 160GB that I need to get rid of, but when I try to move it it...

Hi, I've got a NetGear ReadyNAS drive I use for backups from my MacBook using Apple Backup, and I've set the Mac up to auto connect to the drive when it starts. However, if I move the Mac to my office network and then come back home, I would like it to reconnect to the drive. I now have to...

Hi, while in Fron Row I cannot access the Internet to watch film trailers for example. If I try I get the message:"Your computer is not connected to the Internet. Check your network settings and try again". I had this even before I upgraded to SL and now I'm running 10.6.2 on a MacBook...

Hi, I've recieved a Word document with an embedded Adobe pdf file in it. When I try to open the embedded pdf I get the message that it can't find the server application for AcroExch.Document.7-object. What does this mean? I have Adobe Reader 9 installed. If I try the same procedure on a...

Hi, work on a Wintel PC at work (sad to say...) and have recieved a .docx document. Can I see if this doc is actually created on a Mac with Office 2008 or if it's created on a PC and just saved with a .docx extension of some reason? /Mans

Hi, I have a Canon USB printer connected to my iMac running 10.5.1 with printer sharing turned on. I can then print from another Mac of mine on my home network. But how do I get this to work from my PC running XP? If I browse for printer in printer setup I cannot see the printer....? TIA...

Hi, recently wiped my drive and did a clean install of 10.5. I saved the things worth keeping on an external drive and reinstalled Backup from .Mac. Now, I had a backup plan for backing up my photo library to DVDs, the first full backup took some DVDs and the following incremental backups...

Hi, did a fresh install of 10.5 on my iMac G5 and reinstalled Sims 2 with Pets extension and copied the Sims 2 folder with the saved games to the affected users. Did some testing and everything seemed to be fine. It now turns out that every now and then Sims 2 fail to launch, the icon keeps...

Hi, I can't login to MSN using my @mac.com address anymore. I get a message telling me that the .NET-service has been changed and it affects my account. Then I get directed to a site to CHANGE my windows live ID!! I've used my @mac.com address in MSN for years and it's an established address...

Hi, just recovered from a system failure on my Mac and Sims can't be launched any longer (same as with many other apps that is...). I need to reinstall Sims2 and Pets and I'm fine with that, but how can this be done without loosing the saved games? TIA Mans

Hi, on my iMac G5 running 10.4.10 I have a severe problem. Almost all applications fail to lauch, only a few apps seem to launch (like IE 6 5.2, WMP, Adobe Reader, Terminal...) and System Preferences. The icon bounces a few imes or gets a tiny triangle at the bottom and then nothing happens...

Hi, an app I'm trying (SyncTunes) need a Phone/PDA volume to be mounted on the Macs desktop in order to to its job. I'm presently syncing my Nokia 6233 with the Mac successfully (needed the Novamedias iSync plugin though) but it's done over Bluetooth and no volume gets mounted. If I get...

Hi, a friend of mine has an Airport base station I've identified as a Airport Extreme with modem (round snow white, silver Apple logo, WAN,LAN,modem,USB ports) according to this site http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107908. It's about three years old she says. When she now has...

Hi, is there any way to run Sims 2 in window-mode rather than in fullscreen? As it is now, I can't even check my email without quitting the game, or am I missing something? TIA Mans

Hi, my Helpviewer quits unexectedly whenever I click on a link within it, and I tried to follow the instructions mentioned at Apples forums "Troubleshooting Help Viewer by Dr. Smoke". The part about reseting Helpviewer I understood but it didn't help I'm afraid. What do I try next? Running OS X...