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How does Apple expect most of their users to reinstall the OS on new Macs which don't have an optical drive?

So I backed up my Opera Bookmarks rigorously in case the Mac died. Well it died. And since I'm using a WinXP machine for the time being I'd like to bring those bookmarks over to the PC. The problem is they are in a .hqx format and I don't know how to extrat it. I tried WinRAR and 7zip...

I use the latest Transmission on the latest Leopard and was trying different settings since my horrible ISP changed something after doing significant work on the system. Before I would get varying rates of speed and it didn't matter if I limited my upload speed. After the work my speed was...

I've been assembling a want list for features wanted in a MP3 player. Unfortunately Apple comes up near the bottom offering almost nothing that I need. So I'm looking farther afield. Just to get this out of the way, some of the reasons Apple doesn't make the grade - what I'm looking for in a...

Firefox has interesting possibilities but they have chosen to use some unconventional keyboard shortcuts. I'd like to be able to change or create them to match other browsers. Is this possible? Or is there a utility that I can use to do this? Particularly turning Javascript on and off...

Suddenly some of my keyboard shortcuts are all wrong. I have no idea what happened. Anyway now F6 is closing windows and F11 is Save. Where would these setting be? Nothing is changed in Sys Prefs, Kb/Mouse, Shortcuts. I only use 3 of them - all others have been disabled so they don't...

If there is anyone there that is familiar with Console messages in Leopard please let me know. Also the best way of copying the messages over....just copy and paste? Or is there a way of uploading an entire file of messages. And what area of Console should I be paying attention to. I have...

This happens about once a day. This is the error message. Maybe somebody there can point me in a direction so I can understand this. And fix it eventually. Question: Is there anything below that could compromise my security or privacy? Could I post this on a public forum for help without...

If there is anyone there that is familiar with Console messages in Leopard please let me know. Also the best way of copying the messages over....just copy and paste? Or is there a way of uploading an entire file of messages. And what area of Console should I be paying attention to. I have...

I disabled Spotlight as per this: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071102215912892 Does this cause problems for Time Machine? I use EasyFind (far preferable to Time Machine and doens't eat resources) so I never need Spotlight. I would love to banish this app completely but...

I thought that once I have sized my windows/columns in Finder it would remember them. But its not. Just updated to 10.5.5 today. Is this normal? Surely I don't have to resize the Finder windows every single time I open one.

This is directed to somebody that may work in the industry (with Mac Pro's of course). I was looking into assembling a Mac Pro and there are some significant hurdles. But perhaps not insurmountable. I need to keep the cost down and don't need cutting edge stuff. Do many socket 771 Xeons...

I wanted to upgrade the CPU in my Intel 1.5ghz Mini. I've heard that there are several options available but was hoping that somebody that really knows might be able to fill me in. These are possibilities I think: T2300 1.66 Core Duo T2400 1.83 2MB SL8VQ Yonah, MA608LL/A...

How do I undo the last delete in iTunes? Where is the iTunes trash? Can I view it?

When I move on to the next picture (on a fast 10000rpm Sata hard drive on the Sata bus, not Firewire or USB or a card reader), there is a lag of about 2 seconds before the picture becomes sharp. I thought this was to initially load it but its happening on pictures that have been viewed a few...

Surely I must be doing something wrong. I create a new document in TextEdit, copy some text in it and save it. I have 4 options in saving. Rich Text Format (RTF) HTML Word Format Word XML Format. Obviously I don't want to use HTML. NONE of the other 3 open in TextEdit with a whole bunch...

I've tried this on 10.4.11 without success. Does it really work? Can I really access a free Yahoo email account via POP?

So I create a whole bunch of folders in Mail. Everything is fine. I'm moving and organizing things. Then suddenly I get this pop-up message: The message “Job” could not be moved to the mailbox “Jobs — On My Mac” I can read it. Why wouldn't it move...

I want to do this with VLC. I'm use the streaming wizard and the help files say to input the start and stop times in seconds. Huh? Why wouldn't I use the counter on the video? When I tried to pick a start and stop in seconds it didn't seem to have any bearing on the real time counter on the...

I use an audio player called Play. I'm setting some keyboard shortcuts in its Preferences. I want to use Cmd_P as its a standard shortcut for the Play function and Cmd_. for Stop. But it tells me this: The key combination "Command + P" couldn't be used, because it's already used by the...