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Razer Barracuda AC-1 Sound Card work on MacPro? 527 Views / 0 Replies  
I would like to purchase the Razer Barracuda AC-1 Sound Card for use with their HP-1 headset on a MacPro when I'm playing games in Boot Camp. The specs say this card needs a PCI 2.1/2.2 slot and I'm...
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 29, 2007 at 10:05 AM, in Gaming
I've tried using Connect to Server using the base... 631 Views / 5 Replies  
I've tried using Connect to Server using the base station's IP address, but a dialog comes up Connection Failed.
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 23, 2007 at 08:10 AM, in Networking
The other computer is not local so I cannot make... 631 Views / 5 Replies  
The other computer is not local so I cannot make any adjustments to it :(
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 23, 2007 at 12:03 AM, in Networking
Connecting to a remote 802.11n base station 631 Views / 5 Replies  
Recently I purchased the new Airport Extreme 802.11n Wireless Base Station and set it up on an out-of-state Intel iMac. Before adding this base station to the Mac I was able to control it from...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 22, 2007 at 06:23 PM, in Networking
I would bet that Apple, or another company makes... 3,523 Views / 15 Replies  
I would bet that Apple, or another company makes a small adapter for the port. The adapters now are just too big.
Posted by madgreek, on Jul 5, 2007 at 12:41 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I bought the Belkin iPhone Headphone Adapter and... 3,523 Views / 15 Replies  
I bought the Belkin iPhone Headphone Adapter and a Radio Shack 3/32" Stereo Jack to 1/8" Stereo Plug Adapter for my Plantronics wired headset, but it added more than 4-inches to my iPhone. Very...
Posted by madgreek, on Jul 4, 2007 at 02:59 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
iTunes 7.2 always asks for password 4,970 Views / 103 Replies  
Ever since upgrading to iTunes 7.2 it now always asks for my name and password, then checks the store for purchases. This never happened before.
Posted by madgreek, on Jun 3, 2007 at 11:09 AM, in Applications
I was about to write about this same problem, but... 803 Views / 4 Replies  
I was about to write about this same problem, but thanks to JKT the problem is solved.

The reason why my iCal alarm alert went off screen is because at one time the alert came up when I was...
Posted by madgreek, on Jan 12, 2007 at 02:20 PM, in Applications
I've done that, but when I log in to another... 739 Views / 6 Replies  
I've done that, but when I log in to another computer and try to send a file to it I still get the same error.
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 24, 2006 at 07:20 PM, in macOS
When I try to put files in the shared folder a... 739 Views / 6 Replies  
When I try to put files in the shared folder a dialog states that I do not have permission to do that.
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 24, 2006 at 09:17 AM, in macOS
That's something I hadn't thought to try and it... 739 Views / 6 Replies  
That's something I hadn't thought to try and it does work well. I just wish there was a way to make all files put into the Drop Box have read/Write access because we share files all the time here.
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 23, 2006 at 08:39 AM, in macOS
Users cannot save files I send to their Drop Box 739 Views / 6 Replies  
At work we have more than 25 PowerMacs that are all connected on a network. The problems we are having is that when I send a Photoshop (or any other file) to a users drop box they can only open and...
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 21, 2006 at 11:58 PM, in macOS
Firefox v1.5.0.4 problem with Amazon.com site 532 Views / 0 Replies  
I've been having problems with the latest version of Firefox v1.5.0.4 and Amazon.com whereas it does not show all the buttons, specifically the "Place your order" yellow buttons.

I know it's not a...
Posted by madgreek, on Jul 15, 2006 at 02:49 PM, in Applications
Ahhh, so it sounds like it's our newer Macs doing... 1,757 Views / 9 Replies  
Ahhh, so it sounds like it's our newer Macs doing this. I'll be heading over to the Apple store today when they open to check on their drives on their Dual-core Macs and see if it's as noisy on...
Posted by madgreek, on Nov 27, 2005 at 04:09 AM, in Mac Desktops
Do you have one of the newer Dual-core Power Macs... 1,757 Views / 9 Replies  
Do you have one of the newer Dual-core Power Macs that came out in October?
Posted by madgreek, on Nov 27, 2005 at 12:15 AM, in Mac Desktops
Okay, thanks. I'll just stick with the SATA 300... 1,757 Views / 9 Replies  
Okay, thanks. I'll just stick with the SATA 300 since the price isn't bad. The noise I hear is actually the heads accessing as I've heard it on other drives before. It's just that our work Mac drives...
Posted by madgreek, on Nov 26, 2005 at 03:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
Cool, thanks! Now to figure out why this drive... 1,757 Views / 9 Replies  
Cool, thanks! Now to figure out why this drive makes grinding type noises when accessing the disk :(
Posted by madgreek, on Nov 26, 2005 at 03:01 PM, in Mac Desktops
Dual-core G5 and SATA 300 vs SATA 150 drives 1,757 Views / 9 Replies  
I just bought a new Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerMac and I have a question concerning the Serial-ATA drive.

The system came with a 250GB (WDC WD2500JS-41MVB1) SATA 300 drive and I am wondering if I...
Posted by madgreek, on Nov 26, 2005 at 12:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
AlBook with 23" Display problems when power goes out 440 Views / 1 Replies  
I have an Aluminum PowerBook G4 1.5GHz connected to a newer Apple 23" HD Display and am having a problem when the power goes out in my house. It seems when I have a power outage, the PowerBook goes...
Posted by madgreek, on Jun 2, 2005 at 07:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yes, it does a great job of getting back deleted... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
Yes, it does a great job of getting back deleted files as long as they haven't been over-written. I'm not sure "how" it finds the info, but if you contact their tech support <[email protected]>...
Posted by madgreek, on May 26, 2005 at 06:25 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the advice! I just purchased... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
Thanks for the advice! I just purchased ChronoSync.
Posted by madgreek, on May 25, 2005 at 06:27 PM, in macOS
Currently I'm just cloning my drives, but was... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
Currently I'm just cloning my drives, but was looking at Restrospect, but I don't believe that program would let me boot from a backup. Will ChronoSync let you also boot from the backup drive?
Posted by madgreek, on May 25, 2005 at 01:50 AM, in macOS
Hmmmm now that's something I haven't heard... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
Hmmmm now that's something I haven't heard before. I'll have to check with the drive manufacturers to see how they recommend storing backup drives and for how long they should be stored without use.
Posted by madgreek, on May 25, 2005 at 01:43 AM, in macOS
I hate to burst your bubble, but I am talking... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
I hate to burst your bubble, but I am talking U.S. Air Force. I should first state that we are a Multimedia section with still photography, video and graphics. In the grand scheme of things we are...
Posted by madgreek, on May 24, 2005 at 09:24 PM, in macOS
I appreciate all the information and assistance... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
I appreciate all the information and assistance from the Mac community!

Looks like I won't have to send my drive to DriveSavers after all, as today I was able to recover everything from my...
Posted by madgreek, on May 24, 2005 at 06:34 PM, in macOS
Funny you should mention Data Rescue, purchased... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
Funny you should mention Data Rescue, purchased it this morning and am now in the process of doing a Thorough Scan as they suggested in their FAQ when someone else accidentially initialized their...
Posted by madgreek, on May 22, 2005 at 11:50 AM, in macOS
The data is very important so reinstalling isn't... 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
The data is very important so reinstalling isn't an option unfortunately. At present, I am running TechTool Pro and trying their Recovery option.
Posted by madgreek, on May 21, 2005 at 06:44 PM, in macOS
Formatted Hard Drive by mistake :( 2,101 Views / 34 Replies  
I just acidentially formatted my hard drive by mistake. It wasn't a low level format nor did I zero the date. What is the easist way to recover this drive?
Posted by madgreek, on May 21, 2005 at 05:59 PM, in macOS
Ahhhh, that makes sense. I tried it and all is... 1,126 Views / 2 Replies  
Ahhhh, that makes sense. I tried it and all is well now. Thanks for the advice!
Posted by madgreek, on Jan 29, 2005 at 11:23 PM, in macOS
Can't change password in other account 1,126 Views / 2 Replies  
I am trying to change the password of another user account but every time I try it I get a message stating, "The keychain password for this user cannot be changed to the new account password. The old...
Posted by madgreek, on Jan 27, 2005 at 06:58 AM, in macOS
Internet Explorer, previous version needed 481 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm trying to help a friend find Internet Explorer v5.2.2. The latest and last version for Mac OS X is 5.2.3, but she needs access to a specific site that only deals with 5.2.2 or earlier. I cannot...
Posted by madgreek, on Jan 19, 2005 at 09:31 PM, in Applications
Ahhh, I stand corrected on the AirPort card...I... 832 Views / 9 Replies  
Ahhh, I stand corrected on the AirPort card...I forgot they're Extreme now ;-)
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 22, 2004 at 02:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Security and government regulations prohibit us... 832 Views / 9 Replies  
Security and government regulations prohibit us from even having such wireless devices in our computers. We're not worried about PowerBooks gone missing...trust me on that one ;-)

On a positive...
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 22, 2004 at 02:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Since they are standard I'm not sure if Apple... 832 Views / 9 Replies  
Since they are standard I'm not sure if Apple will take them out, I'll have to give them a call to see.
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 22, 2004 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Can BlueTooth be taken out of PowerBook? 832 Views / 9 Replies  
Our office wanbts to buy some AL PowerBooks, but we cannot have either AirPort cards or BlueTooth capability. Since these are now stardard in the PowerBooks can the BlueTooth hardware be taken...
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 22, 2004 at 12:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
iTunes Fast Forward & Rewind capable? 451 Views / 0 Replies  
I've been listing to a lot of Audio Books lately and there are times I want to rewind them becaused I missed something. But I can not find any way to do this with iTunes.
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 12, 2004 at 01:10 PM, in macOS
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!! ... 746 Views / 2 Replies  
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup, it was OFFline and I have no idea how it got that way since I never went there and told it to do that. At least I now know what to first look at....
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 6, 2004 at 05:39 AM, in Applications
Mail.app not receiving email 746 Views / 2 Replies  
All of a sudden Apple's mail.app is not getting e-mail. I was last able to receive e-mail on Dec. 3. My POP settings were never changed and I checked with Comcast to see if there was a POP server...
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 5, 2004 at 04:18 PM, in Applications
I too had a problem scheduling a recording only... 770 Views / 3 Replies  
I too had a problem scheduling a recording only to find out it wouldn't record. Since I hadn't restarted my computer after installing the program I restarted the computer and it worked as advertised....
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 5, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
iDisk e-mail storage problem 439 Views / 0 Replies  
When I upgraded my iDisk account I allotted 80MBs of space to my @mac.com e-mail account, though when someone tries to send me a 10MB file it gets rejected by the server stating that the SMTP server...
Posted by madgreek, on Dec 4, 2004 at 08:54 AM, in Applications
Toast 6.0.7 folder View settings not copying over 489 Views / 0 Replies  
I've been using toast for years on the Mac and currently am using version 6.0.7. The problem I always end up having is that before I burn my CD I'll set up a number of folders with different folder...
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 18, 2004 at 04:59 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the info, I'll check these out. 573 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the info, I'll check these out.
Posted by madgreek, on Oct 2, 2004 at 07:10 AM, in Applications
Desktop Resetter type utility for OS X? 573 Views / 3 Replies  
A few years back there was a utility program that I found indispensable, and one of a few reasons I took so long to upgrade from OS 9 to OS X -- the utility was called Desktop Resetter.

It's...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 29, 2004 at 05:35 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the quick responses! After reader your... 617 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the quick responses! After reader your posts I realized what I did wrong, I didn't select the other USB Buses in the device tree :(

After I checked out those other buses the light came...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 26, 2004 at 03:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
AlBook USB states 2.0, but System Profiler says 1.0 617 Views / 3 Replies  
I just noticed today that the Apple System Profiler states my new PowerBook G4 1.5GHz USB bus speed is rated "Up to 12 Mb/Sec. How can this be as both USB ports are advertised as USB 2.0 -- e.g. 480...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 26, 2004 at 01:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
iboy, 1GB should be more than enough. Make sure... 861 Views / 11 Replies  
iboy, 1GB should be more than enough. Make sure you have all the latest updates to the OS and then see what background tasks may be eating resources. You can check this by going to Activity Monitor....
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 14, 2004 at 09:49 PM, in Gaming
Slow? No, not at all. I have the 128MB graphics... 861 Views / 11 Replies  
Slow? No, not at all. I have the 128MB graphics card and 2GBs of RAM so those items are probably helping a lot.

This game is actually very good, but once all my previous campaigns were somehow...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 14, 2004 at 01:34 PM, in Gaming
The 15-page manual, err booklet really, that... 861 Views / 11 Replies  
The 15-page manual, err booklet really, that deals with single player games doesn't explain a lot.

Joystick for flying is a good point :D
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 14, 2004 at 12:24 PM, in Gaming
iloop, it sounds like you think I'm playing this... 861 Views / 11 Replies  
iloop, it sounds like you think I'm playing this game on-line? I want to learn the game first playing the AI.

iboy, I don't mind finding my own way, but if I don't know what the commands are and...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:39 AM, in Gaming
Battlefield 1942 Deluxe Strategy Guide? 861 Views / 11 Replies  
I searched high and low on Amazon for a strategy guide book for Battlefield 1942 Deluxe but have come up empty. Does anyone know of such a book or one with hints?

I ended up deleting all my...
Posted by madgreek, on Sep 13, 2004 at 10:49 PM, in Gaming
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