suggestions

Why is there this rotating list of four people at the top of my iMessages when I click on Search? And there are numbers that are not in contacts, I have no idea where they came from but iMessage thinks I may want to send them a message. (see attached. the last number is no one I know). I also...

In a long-winded thread on the Software section I discuss issues with DiskWarrior. Blah . . . blah . . . blah everything is working fine--I even now like El Capitan--but now DiskWarrior says I have "bad blocks." Nothing else does. I am running a surface scan. However, it being Friday here, if...

One of my delicate children caused a relatively heavy door to fall over and strike the rear of my imac, causing it to then fall approximately 20" onto its face. The outcome is mixed and unpredictable. It will boot and operate as usual for several minutes, but then evidence of damage is...

My roommate (a Blazer dancer, so you get extra cool points if you help fix the problem :)) has an iBook G4 A1133 that's showing no signs of life. It started having problems two nights ago, at first just randomly going into sleep mode. I was usually able to press the power button then log on, but...

I'm a very experienced user and own several Macs. I just replaced my PowerBook G4 with a new MacBook Pro (MBP). I used Migration Assistant to copy all files and settings and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. But the MBP doesn't recognize my USB compact flash card reader when...

I clicked on a link on the San Diego newspaper website and the screen on the 15 inch powerbook G4 1.67Mhz I was using just went blank and the computer apparently shut down. When I attempt to power it on, I hear one chime, then the disk spins for a about 3 seconds, then the screen goes from...

I've been looking for an upgraded hard drive and really don't know which one I should be looking for. I've been to a couple of the main sites I know of. www.otherworldcomputing.com is the best I've found. These were the prices and descriptions. Ideally I'd like a 7200 RPM 120GB if they make...

Problem: When I try to sync from iMac to target iBook, the iBook freezes. When I try to sync from iBook to target iMac, SyncProX crashes. Qdea Technical Support Answer: Your system has something called "ape" installed from "unsanity.com". This third-party utility causes known and...

Hey guys, I'm looking to purchase a new trackball mouse. It must have three buttons plus so I can use it with Maya and Shake and work on Mac OSX. It needs to be VERY comfortable as I suffer badly from fibromyalgia and get a lot of pains in my hands and thumb from this. For the past few years...

I have been a PC user up until two weeks ago when I got an iBook. Most of my peripherals had drivers on the company web sites so I could transition from PC to Mac. Sadly, my laser Minolta printer, is not Mac compatible. Can any of you Mac veterans recommend the best laser jet printer out...

I have just bought the CS2 upgrade for the design agency that I work in. Most of the designers are going to be using InDesign for the first time, and jumping from Freehand to Illustrator. I really don't want to spend the next 6 months answering questions related to the new apps, so can...

I've got WMP9 on a PowerBook (OSX 10.3) and don't seem to be able to get it to connect to WM9 streaming media at any better than dialup speeds (46kbps) On the same network I have a PC with WMP10 that gets 232kbps ! It's very upsetting I've tried to use MPlayer, VLC and Real to access...

hey all.... I am looking foir suggestions for freeware/open src spreedsheet apps. I dont need anything like open office ... something small and lightweight would be cool. Thanks

Hi, --- :eek: I've come from about 18 years or so off the pc. I've done assembly, c/c++, pascal, basic, turbo basic, and even old cobol. Over the past 6 years I've focused on web development using Perl and that last 5 years PHP with heavy OOP (I run a web dev business). Ok, history...

I'm in the market for a new PDA and need some suggestions. The main thing it's got to have is bluetooth/isync capabilities. Also wanting to keep the price as low as possible. I'm not really looking for the whole cell phone/pda combo though if there was something out there that was good...

As the title says, I need some suggestions for a good USB Hub. I've got a crappy no-name one now and it's just that...crappy. Half the things I plug into it won't work. So, I'm looking for something with 6+ ports that's built to do it's job and do it well. Annnndddddd GO!