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If you recently upgraded to Leopard, you might... 900 Views / 2 Replies  
If you recently upgraded to Leopard, you might have a software issue. My MBP backlight sometimes failed to come on after a reboot after I installed Leopard. If I logged into my account (blindly), I...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 16, 2007 at 07:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
10.5.1 didn't fix the problem for me, although... 670 Views / 6 Replies  
10.5.1 didn't fix the problem for me, although the behavior is different. The Leopard machine did sync properly once, although it had the side effect of scrambling the calendars on the Tiger machine...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 16, 2007 at 07:12 PM, in macOS
I've been having problems with iCal syncing on... 670 Views / 6 Replies  
I've been having problems with iCal syncing on Leopard also. I have three Macs; the calendars sync just fine between the two Tiger Macs, but the Leopard Mac sees none of the changes. I have...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 14, 2007 at 11:00 PM, in macOS
Yep, I've had that happen also. I've read on... 875 Views / 1 Replies  
Yep, I've had that happen also. I've read on Howard Forums that there are serious bugs in the current firmware when moving messages between folders.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Oct 20, 2007 at 05:28 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I'd like to have the ability to search for music... 1,013 Views / 9 Replies  
I'd like to have the ability to search for music while on EDGE, and mark it for download when I'm at my computer or in Wifi range. Even better would be a widget that tells you what song is playing on...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Sep 6, 2007 at 10:40 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I got a 2.33 GHz C2D MBP for work, and it has... 2,964 Views / 25 Replies  
I got a 2.33 GHz C2D MBP for work, and it has rebooted after going to sleep twice in the last 3 months, both times in my bag. There were no howling fans or any other indication that it had not gone...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 14, 2007 at 08:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Got it - Thanks! 3,951 Views / 113 Replies  
Got it - Thanks!
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 2, 2007 at 03:41 PM, in Marketplace
deadmail at mac dot com 3,951 Views / 113 Replies  
deadmail at mac dot com
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 2, 2007 at 12:13 PM, in Marketplace
I have one of each - a personal CD and a work... 1,392 Views / 16 Replies  
I have one of each - a personal CD and a work C2D. The C2D is definitely more refined - it is quieter and runs cooler. The C2D runs at 2.33 GHz and the CD is 2.0 GHz, and I can't perceive any real...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've got Sennheiser active noise cancelling... 3,443 Views / 14 Replies  
I've got Sennheiser active noise cancelling headphones and they are great on plane flights. When you flick the switch on and off, you can hear a very significant difference. I haven't tried any...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Mar 12, 2007 at 08:52 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
You might want to read this... 795 Views / 3 Replies  
You might want to read this (http://macintouch.com/readerreports/consumerissues/topic2979.html).
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Feb 23, 2007 at 08:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You can add the following to your ad-blocking CSS... 580 Views / 4 Replies  
You can add the following to your ad-blocking CSS file to get GMail working again:

IFRAME[SRC*="mail.google.com"] { display: inline ! important }
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jan 1, 2007 at 02:28 PM, in Applications
The Security preference pane is notorious for... 608 Views / 2 Replies  
The Security preference pane is notorious for displaying incorrect settings, especially after system updates. If the "Require password..." box is checked, uncheck it, close the System Prefs app,...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 8, 2006 at 09:49 AM, in macOS
My Sony Ericsson phone has an option that allows... 822 Views / 2 Replies  
My Sony Ericsson phone has an option that allows you to copy numbers to the SIM and erase them from memory. Once the numbers are erased from memory, iSync will not be able to see them for syncing and...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 27, 2006 at 06:06 PM, in Applications
Anyone else having problems with PowerPoint on an... 908 Views / 4 Replies  
Anyone else having problems with PowerPoint on an Intel Mac after this update? Word and Excel work just fine, but PowerPoint crashes immediately after the splash screen. I have tried trashing its...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 12, 2006 at 03:41 PM, in Applications
My MBP battery has now done this also. Apple has... 2,377 Views / 15 Replies  
My MBP battery has now done this also. Apple has a replacement on the way.

The ironic twist is that a coworker had mentioned this issue to me yesterday morning; I told him that I hadn't had any...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jun 23, 2006 at 10:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Check here (http://hpc.sourceforge.net/).... 828 Views / 3 Replies  
Check here (http://hpc.sourceforge.net/). gfortran has been built for Intel Macs.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jun 2, 2006 at 05:47 PM, in Developer Center
My MacBook Pro would not go to sleep either. I... 1,106 Views / 10 Replies  
My MacBook Pro would not go to sleep either. I just reselected the "Normal" setting in the Energy Saver system preference, and that seemed to fix it. Since then, I have been able to restore my custom...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 31, 2006 at 08:11 AM, in macOS
I'm almost positive there used to be a "Wake... 1,607 Views / 22 Replies  
I'm almost positive there used to be a "Wake machine on opening" preference in the Energy Saver system preference back in the Jaguar days. My guess would be that the option is still there, but the...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 21, 2006 at 01:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've had two original Airport cards that... 585 Views / 2 Replies  
I've had two original Airport cards that exhibited similar behavior. I believe that it's a thermal cycling issue - there's a cracked trace on the Airport board somewhere that separates after the...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 12, 2006 at 06:06 PM, in Networking
Yes, Cmd-Esc will bring up Front Row as well. 1,020 Views / 6 Replies  
Yes, Cmd-Esc will bring up Front Row as well.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Mar 4, 2006 at 03:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Don't - I think that this is a poor... 580 Views / 3 Replies  
Don't - I think that this is a poor implementation in the Mail program. I learned this the hard way when my elderly grandfather did the same thing, only he lived 1000 miles away and was describing...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jan 18, 2006 at 03:21 PM, in Applications
See the little dot in the middle of the bar under... 580 Views / 3 Replies  
See the little dot in the middle of the bar under your highlighted box? Click and drag it upwards.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jan 18, 2006 at 08:42 AM, in Applications
I did exactly what you are thinking about when I... 1,110 Views / 4 Replies  
I did exactly what you are thinking about when I first got my laptop two years ago without any adverse effects. My main working account is 501 and is a non-admin account, and I added a 502 that is an...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Dec 29, 2005 at 06:34 PM, in macOS
I have the same machine, and my hard drive just... 735 Views / 3 Replies  
I have the same machine, and my hard drive just died a couple months ago. If you have Panther or Tiger, run the Disk Utility program and select your hard drive in the left pane (make sure you select...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 14, 2005 at 12:23 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I've had this happen with previous updates.... 713 Views / 6 Replies  
I've had this happen with previous updates. Uncheck the checkbox, close system preferences to save the state, reopen the Security pane, re-check the checkbox, and close system preferences again. This...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 2, 2005 at 06:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hold down the Command key and drag it off the... 688 Views / 5 Replies  
Hold down the Command key and drag it off the menu bar.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Oct 28, 2005 at 01:03 AM, in macOS
Open a Finder window, and make sure you have the... 767 Views / 6 Replies  
Open a Finder window, and make sure you have the drive/folder bar showing on the left. It should have "iDisk" in there as one of your drives. Next to "iDisk" are syncing arrows; click them to force a...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Oct 19, 2005 at 04:14 PM, in macOS
For me, the fix to the crash during exchange rate... 630 Views / 8 Replies  
For me, the fix to the crash during exchange rate update was removing the ICeCoffEE extension input manager. I had the old version, before it was an APE program.

The problem was repeatable; I...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Sep 12, 2005 at 07:59 AM, in macOS
I have the same problem as m.brown with my System... 7,969 Views / 21 Replies  
I have the same problem as m.brown with my System keychain. If you change your Airport password, it will get updated so something in the system knows how to access it. I've tried my administrator and...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Sep 1, 2005 at 04:56 PM, in macOS
Check here... 717 Views / 11 Replies  
Check here (http://www.apple.com/support/imac/g3/doityourself/). This Apple support site has HTML and video.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Aug 19, 2005 at 03:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have had the ever spinning gear start happening... 1,030 Views / 3 Replies  
I have had the ever spinning gear start happening in the last few days on my 1 GHz TiBook. Eventually (after 30 minutes or so), it will start up and the system will behave normally. After the third...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 30, 2005 at 06:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Does anyone have a preferred Airport network that... 8,664 Views / 115 Replies  
Does anyone have a preferred Airport network that uses LEAP authentication? Whenever I add a LEAP network in the Airport pane of the network control panel, it shows up as WEP and will not...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 17, 2005 at 12:14 AM, in macOS
Almost the same deal here. I have found one... 439 Views / 1 Replies  
Almost the same deal here. I have found one search term that will produce some results, but it doesn't show all the events that match that term.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 14, 2005 at 07:55 AM, in Applications
I have a 1 GHz TiBook, and the fan runs far more... 1,831 Views / 26 Replies  
I have a 1 GHz TiBook, and the fan runs far more often than it did under Panther despite the CPU utilization being lower. The fan will often come on when the CPU is 97% idle in a cool room. The...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Jul 2, 2005 at 11:54 AM, in macOS
I have 768 MB. My 1 GHz TiBook (with 1 GB RAM)... 3,036 Views / 48 Replies  
I have 768 MB. My 1 GHz TiBook (with 1 GB RAM) seems much faster than the iMac G4, even when running on battery at 667 MHz.

When I run top, there is nothing sucking up CPU and there is usually...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 29, 2005 at 11:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
Here's the contrarian point of view. I won a... 3,036 Views / 48 Replies  
Here's the contrarian point of view.

I won a 700 Mhz iMac G4 in a raffle, and it has been the most disappointing Mac I have owned. It replaced a 400 MHz G3 iMac DV as my main home machine. From...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 29, 2005 at 09:34 AM, in Mac Desktops
Since the 10.4 upgrade, the fans in my 1 GHz... 952 Views / 8 Replies  
Since the 10.4 upgrade, the fans in my 1 GHz TiBook have been staying on even when the processor activity is very low. According to top, my machine's CPU was 97% idle for over 15 minutes, and the fan...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 17, 2005 at 06:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
All the Office v.X work fine for me also. On... 1,192 Views / 12 Replies  
All the Office v.X work fine for me also.

On the Expose thing - if all the windows are the same height and width and the tops of the windows are level, Expose will put them in a row regardless of...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 11, 2005 at 07:11 PM, in Applications
When you first install OS X it prompts you for... 624 Views / 4 Replies  
When you first install OS X it prompts you for your main language, and that is what your login screen gets.

Try enabling the root user, logging in as root, and changing the the International...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on May 1, 2005 at 09:40 AM, in macOS
Did it work under Panther? I had to install a... 1,441 Views / 11 Replies  
Did it work under Panther? I had to install a firmware upgrade (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bluetoothfirmwareupdater12.html) for the D-Link before headsets were supported under Panther.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Apr 30, 2005 at 09:00 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Option + Left Arrow moves back a word, and... 2,947 Views / 34 Replies  
Option + Left Arrow moves back a word, and Command + Left Arrow moves to the beginning of the line.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Apr 28, 2005 at 09:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
If you need to move Outlook mail, you might want... 808 Views / 7 Replies  
If you need to move Outlook mail, you might want to check this (http://www.littlemachines.com/) out.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Apr 17, 2005 at 01:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
There are two program to transfer files and do... 564 Views / 2 Replies  
There are two program to transfer files and do limited conversions to Psion Series 5 and up listed on Versiontracker. I don't have any experience with either of them. Just type "Psion" in the search...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Mar 9, 2005 at 07:50 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Check your Security preference pane, and make... 722 Views / 4 Replies  
Check your Security preference pane, and make sure the "Log out after [60] minutes of inactivity" box is unchecked.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Mar 8, 2005 at 07:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I have the battery from the above link. It looks... 1,036 Views / 7 Replies  
I have the battery from the above link. It looks and fits just like the original Apple battery, and the battery life is very good. In my 1 GHz TiBook, I get close to 4 hours of usage with processor...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Feb 25, 2005 at 12:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I had been using Windows 2000 under VPC 5 on my 1... 1,512 Views / 31 Replies  
I had been using Windows 2000 under VPC 5 on my 1 GHz TiBook with 1 Gbyte RAM, and it was truly painful due to VPC 5's extension conflict with Panther. Under VPC 7, it actually is not too horrible. I...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Feb 24, 2005 at 11:59 PM, in Applications
Unfortunately many web sites are coded to support... 989 Views / 12 Replies  
Unfortunately many web sites are coded to support the quirks of Internet Explorer and do not render or behave properly on other browsers.

My family was visiting over Thanksgiving, and my brother...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Dec 22, 2004 at 05:12 PM, in Applications
In Office vX you need to select "Turn Off Office... 902 Views / 6 Replies  
In Office vX you need to select "Turn Off Office Notifications" from the Entourage menu or the daemon will restart and add itself to the login items every time you restart Entourage.
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Dec 13, 2004 at 06:32 PM, in Applications
My 1 GHz TiBook just froze like this for the... 99,466 Views / 815 Replies  
My 1 GHz TiBook just froze like this for the first time ever this evening. I had updated to 10.3.6 on Saturday.

I had just awakened it from sleep, and activated LaunchBar to change my network...
Posted by Raining Down in Texas, on Nov 8, 2004 at 08:24 PM, in macOS
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