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iPhone not appearing in Devices 2 144 (11/2/2010 3:59:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1 (8B117) is not appearing in iTunes 10.0.1 (22)'s device list. It does, however, appear in Mac OS X's System Profiler: iPhone: Product ID: 0x1294 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (... Steven

HP P1005 via AirPort 2 30 (10/24/2009 6:00:22 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Having some problems printing with Mac OS X 10.6.1 to my HP P1005 over an AirPort Express. Anyone have any ideas? Here's what's in the console cups error_log: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:54:54 PM Canada/Pac... Steven

Charge light on unibody MacBook 5 40 (7/12/2009 5:55:33 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Pardon a stupid question, but is it normal for the light on the MacBook magsafe connector to go out completely out from time to time? I'm assuming not, and I should take my charger in to get it replaced, but ... Steven

iMac DV yellow light 0 42 (5/9/2009 8:33:01 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Got a iMac G3 "DV" from a coworker to set up for a friend of mine. It was free, so if it works, great. It it's broken, I know where to recycle it... The first time I booted it, it got to the login screen. I ... Steven

AppleTV backup-after-purchase 1 20 (4/27/2009 3:05:37 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I bought a show a few months ago on my AppleTV, which copied automatically onto my Mac mini. Great! Today, I finally bought another show. The AppleTV doesn't seem to be backing it up, though. I think maybe i... Steven

External video distortion in unibody MacBook 0 24 (4/23/2009 8:07:54 PM) comp.sys.mac.system When I first bought my unibody MacBook, I never bothered connecting it to an external monitor. I didn't even own the appropriate adapter. But when I took my Mac mini in for repairs, I picked one up. My mini w... Steven

Simple things I'd love to see in Mac OS X 5 17 (2/5/2009 7:37:17 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I was just sitting here thinking of things I'd love to see in Mac OS X at some point in the future. Two things spring immediately to mind, and I think they'd both be simple and useful: * Memory monitoring. ... Steven

Screen saver #2 #2 2 53 (1/15/2009 5:33:17 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Left overnight, my Core 2 Duo Intel Mac mini recently has not been activating. I have looked at the logs for console and system and haven't found anything related to the screen saver. (Actually, I didn't find... Steven

Time Machine over AFP 6 23 (1/3/2009 8:21:56 AM) comp.sys.mac.system As I recall, this was not supported. There was a defaults write command that could be issued to show unsupported volumes, but that always seemed too risky to be sensible to me. However, today on a lark I dec... Steven

Screen sharing resolved on 10.5.6 0 39 (12/20/2008 6:42:59 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Some of you might recall I had a problem with screen sharing my Mini's screen on my MacBook, but not the other way around, even though they are on the same network and I had an Apple AirPort Extreme router. I... Steven

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No easy way to do slideshows in Snow Leopard? 27 32 (2/14/2010 8:01:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Unless I am mistake to sideshow a folder full of images SL has complicated the process (verses Tiger) and I need to go to the help menu, type in SlideShows, and do it that way. Or am I missing something? Jo... jwolf65894 (163)

Mac Book Pro turning self of 29 26 (2/15/2010 2:10:40 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife's MBP has decided to turn itself off. Completely. It appears to be doing that about every 10 minutes or so. It seems to be a close to when the power saver puts it to sleep. This has just started today... kurtullman (1561)

Cant open USB flash drive 4 31 (2/16/2010 2:36:14 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I have rebooted my Mac and still cant read my flash drive in SL. The light comes on s dont understand this. Mike? John -- Are there errors in the Bible? How should a church conduct its worship services? Is... jwolf65894 (163)

Leaving Mac On -- Advantages / Disadvantages 156 42 (2/16/2010 2:34:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Except when I have my MacBook Pro away from home I leave it continuously on, having the display go to sleep after five minutes of inactivity. Leaving it on during the night is so that the nightly maintenance... taliesinsoft966 (908)

Give me back my function keys!!! 22 92 (2/23/2010 8:16:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Please - how can I tell Snow Leopard to not intercept any function keys??? I've just switched to a Mac and still use WinXP and Linux and use emacs and xemacs on all three. I am used to assigning functions t... david9734 (117)

A quiz for all you Mac old timers 54 31 (2/23/2010 11:38:00 PM) comp.sys.mac.system In the original Macintosh System, Finder, Macwrite, and/or Macpaint, what did these keyboard shortcuts do? (Some of them did different things in different environments, though.) Command-P Command-W Command-... michelle14 (18453)

BETTER THAN IPAD!! 11 7 (4/3/2010 4:41:44 PM) comp.sys.mac.system These are better than the iPad: http://www.exopc.com/en/exopc-slate.php https://thejoojoo.com/ http://www.archos.com/products/nb/archos_9 ... abpp

Gizmodo on Android 40 205 (6/6/2010 4:10:30 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hum... It seems a lot is preaching in favor of Android. 10 Things Android Does Better Than iPhone OS 1: Android can Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time 2: Android Keeps Information Visible on Your Home ... Mark

Mac mini up and running. What's the antivirus and firewall software of choice? 35 100 (8/13/2010 6:53:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.system "Mac's don't get viruses" Or do they? ... Mike

General Rant, Not about Lion. 29 26 (6/16/2011 5:48:31 PM) comp.sys.mac.system i hate computers. The Principle reason that i hate computers, Is that they are Not on my side. They are constantly working against my best interests, And for no Good Reason. Why; For example, whenever i print ... thetranslucentamoebae (60)