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No sound in online video 1 16 (1/25/2007 2:34:53 PM) comp.sys.mac I've seen this on 3 recent-model iMacs, including my own- both Intel and PPC, all with lots of RAM ,broadband Internet, and OS X 10.4.8. The symptoms are that sound works for system sounds, iTunes plays music... Alan

Mac battery recall 0 5 (8/25/2006 1:11:14 AM) comp.sys.mac iBook G4 and Powerbook G4 owners with laptops made between Oct 2003 and Aug 2006 should check with Apple at: https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/index.html to see if they have any of th... Alan

Unhiding the Desktop folder 6 9 (4/17/2006 5:38:10 AM) comp.sys.mac My Desktop no longer appears as a viewable folder within my home folder in the Finder. (It shows up when I click the Desktop icon on the left-hand of the Finder window without problem). This makes it awkward... Alan

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OSX on a G4 7 17 (9/15/2006 8:26:38 PM) comp.sys.mac Sorry to ask a question i should know the answer to. Will OSX 10.4 run on a G4 Powermac? I just tried to install and it refused. ... BusyGuy (18)

Do you need to pay to d/l album covers with iTunes? 3 20 (9/24/2006 9:36:02 PM) comp.sys.mac I recently d/l iTunes 7.0. I really like the coverflow feature, but I have very few covers to go with my music. There is an option to "Get Album Artwork", but you have to be registered with iTunes to use it.... no659 (20)

"Registering" a mac bought on Ebay? 2 7 (9/25/2006 10:38:51 PM) comp.sys.mac I have never bought a computer from Ebay, but am thinking about buying a used iBook G4 because my ibook G3 is just too slow. Some of the descriptions for the ibooks offered at Ebay boast that the item can be... no659 (20)

Shortcuts on the Mac? 21 16 (10/14/2006 9:35:36 AM) comp.sys.mac I have a couple of files that I would like to create "shortcuts" to on desktop. Is there any way to do this on the Mac? In windows it was reasonably straight forward - haven't worked it out on the Mac yet. ... 360

How to best store data with Parallels 8 10 (10/30/2006 1:27:49 AM) comp.sys.mac Well I get my first Mac on Tuesday, a C2D MBP. I'll be selling my IBM thinkpad as I convert from Windows to Mac. Yet there are some Windows programs I'll use for quite some time so I know I want to run Windows... markwco (50)

Mac to PC spreadsheet conversion 2 21 (1/1/2007 9:59:11 PM) comp.sys.mac Is there a Mac2PC conversion program for Mac Microsoft Works Spreadsheet to PC? My wife needs to port some spreadsheets from her Mac to her PC. Thanks Henry ... wa0goz (62)

HELP!! MacBook Pro OSX and Powerbook OSX Compatibility? 2 31 (1/11/2007 6:31:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc HELP!! MacBook Pro OSX and Powerbook OSX Compatibility? I have an external drive. I also have a MacBook Pro and a Powerbook Titanium. I want them both to boot and run apps from the same external drive (not a... na.na (52)

Mac newbie - some questions? 7 25 (2/8/2007 2:16:17 PM) comp.sys.mac Hi, After years of Windoze PC-ing I just got an Intel Mac Book with Tiger. It's great. But I have a few questions. 1. How to defrag the hard disk? 2. How to check for and repair hard disk errors? 3. Printing ... karen1215 (1)

MS Word on multiple computers 3 20 (2/21/2007 4:57:20 PM) comp.sys.mac Can anyone point me to microsoft info. on running Word on two of my computers? I can't seem to find the license info. anywhere. I bought Word & use it daily, now want to add it to a downstairs computer. I ca... nowhere4406 (15)

Free upgrades are gone for good right? 8 17 (5/12/2007 11:37:10 PM) comp.sys.mac I am not entirely sure if this is the most appropriate group to post to, so bear with me. I purchased one of the first iMacs, way back when (maybe five or six years ago). I was running OS 9 and OS X 10.1 or... maventheextrawords (72)