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    time machine won't restore from back-up

    My HD crashed today, the third in four years :( My day started with a grey OS Utilities screen. I'm running 10.91 on an imac, booted from an external drive (well until it crashed) Ok the good news is I have Time Machine back-up (and it last did so last night). I can view my files and...
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    can't drop pins on google maps

    I'm sure that this has a very simple solution, but I use google maps quite a lot and have never been able to drop a pin on my IMAC (running 10.85). It says 'right click' to drop a pin but it won't work for me. (I do know that Ctrl click is a right click!) Is this cos Google want me to 'sign...
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    "Proxy printer" no queue no list of jobs no printing

    Im running 10.83 and ever since the last update or two my Epson SX525 printer has been misbehaving. It was working Ok last week, but following a crash it won't print at all now. The wifi link is there, but whenever I try to click on any doc at all I can't get the queue, it won't show me that...
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    F11 key won't work

    After 3 years my F11 key has packed up so I can't reduce volume. I have been into System Pref keyboard mouse, restored default, tried lots of suggestion on web but still no go. f12 and all other f buttons work fine. i have not changed any hardware/software at all recently! imac using 10.58...
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    missing photos in Iphoto

    I have just realised that a whole year of pictures and video is missing from iphoto. My 9 year old son has started using iphoto on my computer (he doing a photog course), so he might be to blame :). But the weird thing is that I still have 6 years of pics, just last year missing. I have...
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    mac mail files

    I've mistakenly worked on a Word doc sent to me through Mac mail, I believe i prob never moved it out of the mail application, and when I turn on computer next morning nowhere to be found. I know name of file and it's not in recent docs, and Spotlight is no help. any clues? many thanks! I...
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    cd won't show on desktop

    when I put a blank cd in imac no icon is shown on desktop or itunes. It spins for a while then goes quiet. I have checked the system preferences saying - open itunes when insert a black cd. any clues?! using imac 2.8GHz running 10.56
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    how repartition a external HD

    I have a 250GB Lacie HD. I want to repartition it from five 42GB drives to two. (I can delete everything in present HDs, as have copied over to new mac) Despite a Google cannot find info. Any clues?
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    apps cancelling shut down

    NO idea how this is happening but when i try to shut down computer various apps are refusing to let Mac (imac 2.8ghz running 10.56) shut down, including quick time and firefox. Even though they are not actually open. When I go to force quite menu there are no 'not responding' apps there. any...
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    itunes library fault

    last night I got a message saying something like 'error itunes library can't be saved' and itunes refused to quit. I have backed up all music files on an ipod but today itunes seems to be working fine. thanks for any help Iain
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    setting up wireless router with Mac

    I have been sent a wireless router from Virgin, with no instructions or disc. To cut a long story short they now tell me they have no support for Mac users (thanks!). A guy in India did try to help to no avail. I'm sure it's not that difficult, what steps do I have to take?
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    best mac p 2 p

    been using Acquistion for years but recently it's gone off the boil and comes up with v few files. Downloaded latest Limewire which failed to mount at all, despite 3 efforts. Any good new software out there??
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    find message in mail

    apologies for the slightly dumb Q, but I'm totally fed up after repeated searches and the less than brilliant nature of mac mail. I recently switched to a new imac, which is great and imported my mailboxes from old mac 10.39. This just grouped all old message together under an 'On my Mac...
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    Disc drive fails to recognise CDs/discs

    I have an emac running 10.39, and have been experiencing problems when I insert discs (CDs or otherwise), drive just fails to recognise them at all. Have tried several different discs to no avail. I can still burn the odd blank disc using itunes, but this is very inconsistent, sometimes...
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    Trash Crashes

    strange one this. I, or my wife, may have mistakenly copied my HD. When I turned on emac 60GB today there were two untitled folders on desktop, opened them and both contained copy of my complete HD with icons of docs and applications etc. Dumped both in trash and emptied. Just before trash...
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