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  1. tastelessfruit

    "Shared Software"

    it boggles my mind to spend hundreds of dollars only to find what i have purchased is crap or worse yet lacks the support needed to understand it! you live your life as you wish and i will do the same. This is a discussion board devoted to the whys and hows of software.
  2. tastelessfruit

    "Shared Software"

    thank you-Interesting point about permissions repair --if there is no reason to be alarmed then my question is answered , as the apps are just showing the warning after i have chosen to close them. by 'shared' i meant '[K]'
  3. tastelessfruit

    "Shared Software"

    24 hrs and not a word?
  4. tastelessfruit

    "Shared Software"

    it's only been a year or so since i discovered one might use this type of software and i must admit i've become addicted and feel i must at least take a look at a myriad of offerings. my question: when i do a permissions repair, instead of the dozen or so results i am used to, i now get many...
  5. tastelessfruit

    resetting admin p'word

    worked like a charm..................
  6. tastelessfruit

    resetting admin p'word

    thanks for understanding.... it's10.5.0 and neither of the first two seemed to accomplish anything. after rebooting the new p'word wasn't accepted. i assume at the end of each comand one hits return, yes? as to the 2nd approach, you are right i received different responses that would had been...
  7. tastelessfruit

    resetting admin p'word

    thanks, but i really didnt need the disc advice-all of that is quite obvious but not the point at hand, there is an alternate approach that i havent been able to execute successfully as well maybe someone can shed some light here for me please
  8. tastelessfruit

    resetting admin p'word

    im trying to follow these directions as i have no install disc
  9. tastelessfruit

    lost admin password-no install disc

    to make a LONG story short, I ended up with the MacBook and he got the couch! thing is we dont speak and i don't know the admin password. I've read the threads but sadly am still at a loss to understand. Can this be fixed without the original install disc? or will any MB 10.5 install disc do? If...
  10. tastelessfruit

    Using TV as Display

    ive found that i can run an av line from my imac 2.93 mini port to my 65" Rear Projection tv. it works great but my imac is definitely hot when I'm finished watching a file. Am i damaging it?
  11. tastelessfruit

    RealPlayer audio problems

    i've tried everything to listen to these streams from the NYT. Followed the advice of both NYT support and checked realplayer forum. pop ups is off/flash player is on/ on both safari 3.2, safari4beta and Firefox i get the same message: "some needed components were missing (test,html)" does...
  12. tastelessfruit

    Permissions Repair

    i ran MACSCAN 2.6 and found no trojans-i did find a dozen or so tracking cookies i'm happy to be rid of. so can i rest easy?
  13. tastelessfruit

    Permissions Repair

    no im not versed in the terminal and the apple discussion was way over my head. my last hd crashed, i had my data recovered by one of those apple certified places. i reinstalled my home library as best i could but did have some diffficulties. a guy at the upper level of Apple Support walked me...
  14. tastelessfruit

    Permissions Repair

    Hi Is this anything to be concerned about? thanks
  15. tastelessfruit

    SafariBeta4 + Concierge

    the new public beta keeps crashing leaving a window saying "caused by the 'concierge' plugin. i searched thoroughly and can only find traces of it as a folder in~/lib/ ap support/concierge. and a preference file. i have trashed them both repeatedly, restatred/rebooted/emptied the trash...
  16. tastelessfruit

    Display Deterioration

    i discovered the vent under my imac was covered in i/4 inch of nasty desert crud! now that i have cleaned it the deteriorations have stopped and so I surmise it was overheating--
  17. tastelessfruit

    Display Deterioration

    yes, it launched a hardware diagnostic as described. i ran it all night but found little had changed this am. there was a progress bar that hadn't moved and there were no discernible results. so, i guess i need some more guidance when someone has a sec---- thnks
  18. tastelessfruit

    Display Deterioration

    no i only have the one for leopard-i do have the two tigers that came with the box. ill try using that...........
  19. tastelessfruit

    Display Deterioration

    i only have one install disc and nothing seems to happen when i boot holding down the D key. shut down-power on-D down-wait fro grey screen & tone-release D CORRECT? anyway- i have disk warrior and tech tool both of which i ran the hardware test and passed. does that count?
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