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Yeah, the hotmail account is fairly new, it uses... 537 Views / 3 Replies  
Yeah, the hotmail account is fairly new, it uses the new Windows Live stuff, and I don't think HTTPMail works in Mail.app in Leopard?!? Thanks tho...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Nov 5, 2007 at 11:36 PM, in Applications
Hotmail in Mail 537 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi all...

I have a basic (Free) Hotmail account (or Windows Live Mail, whatever you'd like to call it), and I was wondering if there is an easy way to receive mail messages from hotmail in the...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Nov 4, 2007 at 01:43 AM, in Applications
The F14 (-) and F15 (+) keys on your keyboard... 655 Views / 4 Replies  
The F14 (-) and F15 (+) keys on your keyboard adjust display brightness..
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 20, 2007 at 01:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'll try running disk utility and disk warroir... 574 Views / 3 Replies  
I'll try running disk utility and disk warroir...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 13, 2007 at 07:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
G4 Freezing during Data Transfer over Home Network 574 Views / 3 Replies  
I have an old PowerMan G4 (OS X 10.3.9, 500MHz, 640 RAM) and I was hoping to use it as a music server. Everytime I connect to it from my C2D iMac through my home network and try to send or retrieve a...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 8, 2007 at 09:58 AM, in Mac Desktops
Ok cool, I back up everything once a week onto an... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
Ok cool, I back up everything once a week onto an external firewire HD...so thats all good. Thanks again..
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 3, 2007 at 09:50 AM, in Mac Desktops
Well that definetly seems to have done the... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
Well that definetly seems to have done the trick...thanks again. Is that something that should be done on the month to month bases? or just when things get bogged down?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 2, 2007 at 11:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
It appears that I was wrong, after installing... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
It appears that I was wrong, after installing some updates and restarting my iMac, I got stuck with the long login times once again.... any ideas?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 2, 2007 at 12:15 AM, in Mac Desktops
That seems to have worked, thank you! Holding... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
That seems to have worked, thank you! Holding "shift" while doing anything on a Mac seems to solve all the problems...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on May 1, 2007 at 09:56 AM, in Mac Desktops
No, all i have are the following items that run... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
No, all i have are the following items that run at startup :

iTunesHelper - Application
AdobeResourcesSynchronizer - Unknown
iCalAlarmSchedular - Application
Microsoft AU Daemon - Application
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 30, 2007 at 11:47 PM, in Mac Desktops
Very slow login... 1,304 Views / 9 Replies  
I have a 20" C2D iMac (2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 256MB Graphics). This computer boots up to the login screen very quickly, but after I log in (Name and Password, etc.) it takes a very long time to load my...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 30, 2007 at 10:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
There is software that will defrag your HD for... 1,369 Views / 3 Replies  
There is software that will defrag your HD for you. iDefrag is a program that I've used and I found that it worked quite well. Defragging a Mac is a little more complicated than a PC though. You have...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 21, 2007 at 07:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
Just to let eveyone know, my computer works now!... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
Just to let eveyone know, my computer works now! Probably because of a result of all your helpful advice, thanks. Also, when I thought it was fried I took it completely apart just for the heck of it...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 5, 2007 at 12:08 AM, in Mac Desktops
Hey, Me again. After having fiddled with it some... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
Hey, Me again. After having fiddled with it some more, it doesn't crash (Kernel Painc) as much as it used to. It lets me get about half way through the installer at that point I either get the nice...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 3, 2007 at 09:59 AM, in Mac Desktops
Um...I'm not much else, I can't really think of... 674 Views / 2 Replies  
Um...I'm not much else, I can't really think of much. Is your iMac up to date with all the latest updates and firmware? Which iMac do you have, intel or ppc? I believe there were some firmware...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 2, 2007 at 08:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
you could also try fiddling with the mouse... 635 Views / 2 Replies  
you could also try fiddling with the mouse settings in sys. prefs. You could try changing the sensitivity settings..
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Apr 2, 2007 at 08:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
You macbook has a Mini-DVI out plug on it. So... 47,908 Views / 8 Replies  
You macbook has a Mini-DVI out plug on it. So depending on your monitor you would need either a Mini-DVI to DVI or a Mini-DVI to VGA adapter. You can buy the Apply brand adapters from an Apple store,...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 29, 2007 at 10:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Well I know that it isn't the HD because I... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
Well I know that it isn't the HD because I installed another one and tried installing the OS to that one, and it also didn't work. During the OS "installation" the installer does it's disk check...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 28, 2007 at 09:56 AM, in Mac Desktops
yes, it was stable under tiger before, but then... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
yes, it was stable under tiger before, but then it crashed halfway through a 10.4.9 update, and wouldn't boot up, so i decided to do a reinstall of the OS, but that wouldn't work...something must...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 27, 2007 at 09:43 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well i don't have another PPC mac, but this... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
Well i don't have another PPC mac, but this machine has OS X (10.4) on it when it was given to me. So I know that it works. Oh well... The mother board must just be fried...because I've tried pretty...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 27, 2007 at 10:05 AM, in Mac Desktops
anyone have any other ideas? 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
anyone have any other ideas?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 26, 2007 at 11:38 PM, in Mac Desktops
haha no... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
haha no...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 26, 2007 at 06:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
I've tried many dif. Ram configs. It could also... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
I've tried many dif. Ram configs. It could also be my gpu, which I am fiddling with now...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 26, 2007 at 06:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
well the resetting the PRAM does nothing...so i... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
well the resetting the PRAM does nothing...so i suppose it could be the motherboard..?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 25, 2007 at 08:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
from what I can tell my GPU doesn't have a fan on... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
from what I can tell my GPU doesn't have a fan on it....but i don't think that over heating is the problem.
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 25, 2007 at 05:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
well, i got home, settled in, and then went to... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
well, i got home, settled in, and then went to try that G4 installation again. This time i removed all of the Non-Apple RAM. I put in my DVD it boots up and go to continue the installation. It...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 25, 2007 at 12:20 PM, in Mac Desktops
ok sounds good, give me a couple days (sunday... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
ok sounds good, give me a couple days (sunday eve.) i should be albe to try this. i'll post again then.
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 24, 2007 at 12:51 AM, in Mac Desktops
The install crashes at anytime between just... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
The install crashes at anytime between just having booted from the CD to about 20% of the installation being complete. I am trying to install OS X 10.4 onto the HD of my G4. I could try pulling all...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 23, 2007 at 12:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
i could, im out of town at the moment and it'll... 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
i could, im out of town at the moment and it'll take a couple more days for me to get around to that, but i will post them! thanks...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 23, 2007 at 01:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
PowerMac G4 constantly crashs/errors on OS install 1,234 Views / 27 Replies  
I have a fairly old G4 PowerMac, it has a single 500MHz processor and 640MB RAM. I was hoping to do an "erase and install" of OS X (10.4). This went well for the most part, but the system crashed...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 22, 2007 at 07:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
well thanks for the tips, but i'm worse off than... 1,883 Views / 8 Replies  
well thanks for the tips, but i'm worse off than that now....the hard drive is completely erased (no OS or anything) and when I boot from a 10.4 DVD the system crashes...but thanks for the tip, any...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 21, 2007 at 11:50 PM, in macOS
Progress?? 1,883 Views / 8 Replies  
So now my system boots beyond the gray screen (with spinning gear) and past the loading OS X screen...but before it can get to the user account/login window it gets stuck at a blue screen (also has a...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 19, 2007 at 07:32 PM, in macOS
Download Flip4Mac....this should allow you to... 660 Views / 3 Replies  
Download Flip4Mac....this should allow you to play your .wma/.wmv files in quicktime.
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 19, 2007 at 01:36 AM, in Applications
You could try resetting the open firmware...i... 621 Views / 2 Replies  
You could try resetting the open firmware...i can't remember exactly what it's called, but I had the problem once...you shut the machine down and disconnect everything including the power for 30...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 19, 2007 at 01:35 AM, in macOS
yeah, its pretty messed up, I don't really have... 1,883 Views / 8 Replies  
yeah, its pretty messed up, I don't really have any files on that G4 yet, as I was about to use it as an iTunes server. I'll suppose I'll have to get my hands on an OS X disc and reinstall. Thanks...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 19, 2007 at 01:21 AM, in macOS
I can't boot into safe mode or do anything. The... 1,883 Views / 8 Replies  
I can't boot into safe mode or do anything. The only thing I think I may be able to get away with is booting from a CD/DVD and reinstalling Tiger.

It hangs just after the spinning gear screen the...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 19, 2007 at 12:06 AM, in macOS
OS X 10.4.8/9 Won't Boot!! HELP! 1,883 Views / 8 Replies  
hey all...I have a PowerMac G4 (500Mhz, 640Mb RAM). I went to install the 10.4.9 upgrade and when i ran the installer all was going well, it gets part way through the installation and quits. I...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 18, 2007 at 05:28 PM, in macOS
Wow so many ideas.... Well as soon as i can get... 1,624 Views / 24 Replies  
Wow so many ideas.... Well as soon as i can get the time freed up i'll prob. turn it into a nice file server for my home...thanks for all the helpful suggestions..!
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 14, 2007 at 12:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sorry, but I don't think I follow you. I get the... 1,624 Views / 24 Replies  
Sorry, but I don't think I follow you. I get the idea of a file server, but whats the best way to go about setting this up?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 14, 2007 at 12:34 AM, in Mac Desktops
So is there a better way of doing that than just... 1,636 Views / 3 Replies  
So is there a better way of doing that than just adding music to iTunes and creating a shared library?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 13, 2007 at 09:55 PM, in Hardware Hacking
I've thought about the server idea before. Is... 1,624 Views / 24 Replies  
I've thought about the server idea before. Is there any particular server software that you recommend?
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 13, 2007 at 09:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
What to do with old PowerMac G4 500MHz 1,624 Views / 24 Replies  
I was just wondering if anyone could come up with what I could do with my old G4 tower? It still runs fairly well, 500MHz Single G4, 640 RAM, DVD-R, Zip Drive. Just a standard G4. So all suggestions...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 13, 2007 at 06:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
What to do with old PowerMac G4 500MHz 1,636 Views / 3 Replies  
I was just wondering if anyone could come up with what I could do with my old G4 tower? It still runs fairly well, 500MHz Single G4, 640 RAM, DVD-R, Zip Drive. Just a standard G4. So all suggestions...
Posted by shining-nickel17, on Mar 13, 2007 at 06:22 PM, in Hardware Hacking
 
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