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I keep reading conflicting ways of doing this, please help! I have a brand new MacBook purchased in May 2009. I also recently purchased this exact tv: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9134901&type=product&id=1218054462391 I just want to hook the two together so i can watch...

Hi all I am thinking about bying a mac mini to replace my power mac G4, that has serious problems. My monitor is a: Apple Studio Display 17 (ADC) Display Connector: ADC Apple Display Connector port and it has that proprietary connection and does not require a power cord...

Hi all my old HD gave me an error message saying that it was failing, so I boiugh a new HD in a macintosh store, and came home installed it in my mac and now I am trying to boot from the CD but it only starts but does not read anything even pushing the C key. How can I boot from my CD...

Hi folks, I was wondering if there's a possibility to mount a LTO-drive like a removable hard drive? I'm only using it with my Retrospect backup software but now I need to open different tapes directly. I'm thankful for every information. BR, Eric

For about eight months now I've been using an external 1TB hard drive (OWC Mercury Elite Pro) as my Time Machine backup disk. This morning I discovered a couple of important files are corrupt and won't open, so I turned to my trusty Time Machine to recover them. Only to get a warning that "The...

I have a Panasonic HDTV screen, however, it doesn't have a VGA input. Only RCA (the three cables) and S-video. Is there any way I could connect my Macbook (not the latest generation, the one with a 950 integrated graphics card) to it? Thank you in advance!!

Hi, Classic situation: I have a Mac Mini attached to a KVM via DVI -> VGA, and a VGA LCD attached to the KVM. The KVM is preventing the Mini from detecting the LCD's resolution of 1680x1050 -- if I bypass the KVM, all works fine. The question is -- is there a way to force the Mini to use a...

This seems like it is a simple question but its so simple that i cant find an answer on this forum. I almost know nothing about Macs and the vocab (partition? no idea it is and why i would want it) I bought a new MyBook external HD 500Gb. Basically all i have done is plugged it in, my MacBook...

Guys, I've been at this all nite and I am fed up. Can someone please tell me how I can print a panoramic print on roll paper using CS2 on a MAC (so please now windows advice) using an epson pro 4000? I constantly get the message that the wrong paper source is selected. Roll paper is fed into the...

Hi everyone: I own a Pismo 400, running OS X10.4.11 with default CPU, 1 Gig of Ram, and 120 GB HDD, though it takes forever using the USB 1.1 to transfer files to external drive, I was wondering if there is any way to get full USB 2.0 support through an additional PCMCIA card (480mb). I...

When I installed Leopard, I opted not to install any printer drivers apart from the one for my own printer. Then my printer died and I got a new printer -- a Brother HL-4070CDW. I assumed I could download the proper driver from Brother's website. Nope! At the website it just says, "Mac OSX...

hello, need help on how to open case of imac intel-based to change failing hard drive. thanks and best regards. serge

My digital camera is set at 2048 (3:2).. I don't know what my daughter's is set at (she is abroad) but all the pix she emails to me always print out smaller than 4x6 and no degree of manipulation allows me to size it ... does the way the camera is set (image size... 2048x1536, 2048(3:2)...

I have the new Airport Express Base Station and am working it with my Embarq DSL modem. All my Macs are pre-intel based, iMac G5 and iBook G4. I am not getting the DSL speeds I am supposed to be getting. What procedures should I go through with my Airport and Computers to make sure I am...

My 2*1.8Mhz G5 tower (second version) shutdown two day ago and refuses to turn up again. I have absolutely no sign of life, not even the external white led or the internal red one. I'm trying to figure out whether it is the power supply of the start button which cause the problem. Is it...

I accidentaly spilled a small amount of orange juice on my track pad. Just a tiny bit and it dripped into the main mouse button. Now each time I click the button I get an annoying stick out of it on just one side. It doesn't interfere with the operation of it, but just makes a really weird and...

I am trying to make Star TSP800 receipt printer to print the text properly. By editing /usr/share/cups/model/C/tsp800.ppd.gz file so that the default paper size defined in the PPD file is 104mmx2000mm. But in Print & Fax, the default paper size does not display the receipt paper size. So, I...

In the other models one could simply remove the keyboard and there was the card, but I can't find where the card is on this model...does anyone know or can someone point me in the right direction please.

I recently put an airport extreme card into my G5 Powermac dual 2g. Problem is, I can't install the little T-shaped antenna on the back of the mac since the port for it doesn't actually line up with the card inside the computer (bought it used). At any rate, I'm looking for a way to perhaps hook...

Has anyone ever worked on a Toshiba laptop. I'm trying to open one to see if I can replace or repair the power jack. I have remover all the screws that I could see and it still will not open. Anyone?