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Need help streamlining a solution to copy iPhoto pictures 611 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a relative who isn't very computer savvy who I'm trying to help with a problem. They have an iMac and a MacBook Pro, he and his wife have an account on each. He has the "main" iPhoto library...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jan 3, 2010 at 03:19 AM, in Applications
Anyone else beachballing Safari a lot lately? 550 Views / 2 Replies  
Safari 4.0.2 has been beachballing like crazy lately. It seems to happen the most when I'm scrolling, or typing in the URL bar, search bar, or any other form. It's occurring to both my iMac and my...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 17, 2009 at 04:14 PM, in Applications
This sounds like it could be it, as gmail is my... 520 Views / 5 Replies  
This sounds like it could be it, as gmail is my email provider. Thanks for all the tips, folks.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM, in Applications
Synchronizing via IMAP between three devices 520 Views / 5 Replies  
I've got an iMac, a MacBook Pro, and a smartphone. All three are accessing mail via IMAP. The smartphone and the MacBook Pro see changes and apply them as needed. However, I'll get home at night and...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 15, 2009 at 12:43 AM, in Applications
Looking for a note-clipping app 655 Views / 10 Replies  
I do a lot of research online, and usually end up bookmarking dozens of webpages because they have a paragraph that I'd like to reference later. I'm looking for a really simple app that would...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 28, 2009 at 02:27 PM, in Applications
iPhoto: Entire event's photos turned to exclamation marks 975 Views / 1 Replies  
I recently imported some photos into iPhoto. All was well, I keyworded them, and burned a CD of them just fine. Then today, I open it, and all the photos in this particular event show just an...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jan 16, 2009 at 05:41 PM, in Applications
That's interesting...could you explain that? 700 Views / 3 Replies  
That's interesting...could you explain that?
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Dec 14, 2008 at 02:38 PM, in macOS
How to give R&W access to all users for shared folder 700 Views / 3 Replies  
My wife's parents have a Mac with an account set up for each of them. There are some files that they both want to be able to access. I showed them the Shared folder, and they started using that. The...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Dec 14, 2008 at 02:14 PM, in macOS
How to adjust Time Capsule network settings? 3,413 Views / 1 Replies  
My father in law has a Time Capsule connected to his network. He previously had an open network, but encrypted it last night, without thinking about what that would do to the Time Capsule. Now, of...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Dec 8, 2008 at 05:43 PM, in Networking
How to make Software Update install updates at night? 1,614 Views / 22 Replies  
My in-laws just made the switch to Mac, and they're having some problems with their satellite internet service's measly cap. They'd like to have Software Update do it's thing at 3 am (when they have...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 23, 2008 at 05:43 PM, in macOS
How can she get mail that's been saved on her Mac... 9,853 Views / 6 Replies  
How can she get mail that's been saved on her Mac into say, gmail?
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Aug 16, 2008 at 06:26 PM, in Applications
I recommended that to her, but the problem is... 9,853 Views / 6 Replies  
I recommended that to her, but the problem is that she stores a lot of archived mail on her Mac, not on the servers...she's trying to find a way to have it sync it all up.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Aug 15, 2008 at 10:26 PM, in Applications
How to sync up Mac Mail between two Macs 9,853 Views / 6 Replies  
My buddy has a MacBook with Mac Mail set to access three different email accounts. In addition, she's got a lot of stuff stored client-side and not on the server. She just got an iMac and wants to...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Aug 15, 2008 at 09:02 PM, in Applications
Ah, I wasn't aware of that difference. I better... 833 Views / 4 Replies  
Ah, I wasn't aware of that difference. I better play it safe then, get the iPod Touch, sell it and buy a classic.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 24, 2008 at 10:24 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
iPod classic with purchase of new Mac? 833 Views / 4 Replies  
Hey all,
I remember in last year's back to school sale, Apple permitted you to take the equivalent cost of a more expensive iPod rather than just get the nano free. When checking out the deal this...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 23, 2008 at 10:08 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yeah, I know it only adds the changed files...I... 546 Views / 3 Replies  
Yeah, I know it only adds the changed files...I just can't figure out why it's used space is actually getting smaller overall
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Feb 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM, in Applications
Why is Time Machine using less and less space? 546 Views / 3 Replies  
My apologies if this should be in the Mac OS X forum. Couldn't decide which it should go under. Anywhos, my time machine backup drive is slowly reporting fewer and fewer gigabytes in use. It's less...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Feb 7, 2008 at 03:17 AM, in Applications
Looking for a 'theme' for Final Cut Pro 467 Views / 1 Replies  
I very recently purchased Final Cut. The word 'theme' isn't really right, but I'm looking for a video of a storybook opening. A buddy of mine has some flimsy Windows software that he purchased a pack...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jan 17, 2008 at 07:07 AM, in Applications
I got this one: Black Friday Ads 2007 -... 7,150 Views / 4 Replies  
I got this one:

Black Friday Ads 2007 - Western Digital 400GB Internal SATA Hard Drive at Staples (http://bfads.net/Western-Digital-400GB-Internal-SATA-Hard-Drive-at-Staples)

Still haven't had...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Dec 9, 2007 at 02:12 AM, in Mac Desktops
Best way to transfer to new internal drive? 520 Views / 3 Replies  
I just bought a new Internal drive for my iMac, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to transfer everything to the new drive. I do have an external that's big enough to hold everything. Should I...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 26, 2007 at 01:20 AM, in macOS
Installing new hard drive in Intel iMac 7,150 Views / 4 Replies  
I have a a 17" 1.83 Intel iMac, and I just bought a new 400 GB drive for it. I've heard it can be rather tricky to install those. Does anyone have a good guide that would show me whether I could...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 25, 2007 at 11:20 AM, in Mac Desktops
What hard drive for Intel iMac 578 Views / 1 Replies  
I have an Intel iMac 1.83 Core Duo. I'm looking to buy a new internal drive on Black Friday to have installed (either myself, or via apple store). I can't seem to find a definitive source that tells...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 21, 2007 at 12:49 AM, in Mac Desktops
How to make Numbers ignore empty cells? 514 Views / 0 Replies  
I have a spreadsheet that I'm making a line chart of. Going down the line, not every cell has a value, and the chart is interpreting those to be zero, drawing the graph accordingly. Is there any way...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 16, 2007 at 02:42 AM, in Applications
The spotlight window is misplacing itself as well... 410 Views / 1 Replies  
The spotlight window is misplacing itself as well

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Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 16, 2007 at 01:52 AM, in macOS
Icons randomly switch locations 410 Views / 1 Replies  
Anyone else having problems with their desktop icons shifting from the far right to the middle of the screen in Leopard? Clicking "arrange by such and such" simply realigns them in their new...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 15, 2007 at 11:58 PM, in macOS
Any way to see what Time Machine did? 384 Views / 2 Replies  
Is there any way to see a log of what exactly Time Machine backed up and when? It's sucked up a lot of disk space in the last day, and for the life of me I can't figure out what I'm changing.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 15, 2007 at 03:34 AM, in macOS
Curious Gmail/IMAP behavior 1,362 Views / 7 Replies  
Since switching to receiving my mail via IMAP instead of POP with Gmail, I've been experiencing a couple weird oddities.

1) Occasionally, when I send a message, a copy is saved in my drafts...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Nov 12, 2007 at 03:35 AM, in Applications
I have always used two backup drives. One which... 12,550 Views / 152 Replies  
I have always used two backup drives. One which is always hooked up to my iMac and receives frequent backups (to protect against hard drive failures), and about once a month, I clone that drive to my...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Oct 29, 2007 at 02:03 PM, in macOS
I ended up getting it to work by excluding enough... 1,179 Views / 4 Replies  
I ended up getting it to work by excluding enough things to JUST get it under the supposed limit it had set me, and now it has no problem, and seems to be reporting space correctly.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Oct 28, 2007 at 10:21 AM, in macOS
So messing around, I clicked on "Options" in the... 1,179 Views / 4 Replies  
So messing around, I clicked on "Options" in the Time Machine preferences to double check that my external was not being counted. It is indeed in the exclusion list, but here's the interesting part:...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Oct 28, 2007 at 05:12 AM, in macOS
Time Machine thinks I have more data than my hard drive has in capacity! 1,179 Views / 4 Replies  
I tried getting Time Machine up and running today, and was informed that I was trying to put 168 GB of data on, which exceeded the size of my external. I only have a 160 GB Internal drive. I have no...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Oct 28, 2007 at 03:51 AM, in macOS
I was the original one with this problem in this... 1,322 Views / 11 Replies  
I was the original one with this problem in this thread, and the only solution I eventually found was to reinstall Tiger.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Sep 13, 2007 at 02:37 PM, in macOS
iPhoto constantly wanting to rebuild 344 Views / 0 Replies  
I tried doing a search, but couldn't seem to get the search function to work for me, so if this is a repeat, my apologies.

I recently added about 1500 pics to my iphoto library from vacation, and...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 14, 2007 at 12:42 PM, in Applications
JKT, nope, no crashes for the Dock. 1,322 Views / 11 Replies  
JKT, nope, no crashes for the Dock.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 5, 2007 at 12:54 PM, in macOS
Sounds similar to that problem, except that the... 1,322 Views / 11 Replies  
Sounds similar to that problem, except that the only solution to mine is to kill the dock, or log out and back in. It gets annoying having to do that several times a day, so I was hoping there might...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 3, 2007 at 08:29 PM, in macOS
Weird dock behavior in Tiger 1,322 Views / 11 Replies  
I am having an odd problem with my dock. I'm running 10.9.10. The dock seems to "halfway" freeze. By that, I mean that if the dock is hidden, I can't access it. If I turn off "auto show/hide the...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jul 3, 2007 at 04:41 PM, in macOS
Ah, that was my problem. I didn't know that IDE... 644 Views / 12 Replies  
Ah, that was my problem. I didn't know that IDE was the same thing as ATA. Just to make sure before I order here, the one I'm looking at says "For IDE to USB1.1, USB 2.0,1394A, SATA and SATA to SATA...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 22, 2007 at 11:32 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
To clarify, I ask, because the picture of the box... 644 Views / 12 Replies  
To clarify, I ask, because the picture of the box of the second drive mentions SATA, and I wasn't sure whether I could use that enclosure with my ATA drive as well.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 22, 2007 at 12:20 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Ah. But is there a way to know whether they work... 644 Views / 12 Replies  
Ah. But is there a way to know whether they work for sure with an ATA drive as opposed to a SATA drive? Or would they work with both?
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 22, 2007 at 12:18 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for those recommendations! How do I know... 644 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks for those recommendations! How do I know for sure if my ATA drive will work in those enclosures? I can't seem to find anything mentioning that. The only reference I see is IDE. Excuse my...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 21, 2007 at 08:52 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for that link. I'm unsure exactly what I... 644 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks for that link. I'm unsure exactly what I need to get. Could anyone recommend me a cheap enclosure for my G4 Mini's drive? It's an ATA drive, 160 GB.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 21, 2007 at 05:02 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Using Dell laptop as enclosure for 2.5" mac formatted drive? 644 Views / 12 Replies  
Hey all,
I have some data that I need off of an 2.5" ATA drive. Where I live, I'd have to drive a ways to get a hard drive enclosure, and I'm rather broke anyway. My fiance has a dell laptop with an...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 21, 2007 at 12:56 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Mac, Windows, and Linux matching drive icons? 904 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey all,
I recently got an Intel iMac, and threw up Windows and Ubuntu to play around with on separate partitions. I'm looking for some icons that would match each other for each partition.

I've...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Jun 7, 2007 at 02:37 AM, in GUI Customization
160 GB drive for Macbook? 928 Views / 14 Replies  
A friend of mine's hard drive just went out in her Macbook, so she's taking the opportunity to upgrade. She's looking for a 160 gig drive. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Apr 12, 2007 at 11:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Update: We got it to start from the CD, and Disk... 9,825 Views / 8 Replies  
Update: We got it to start from the CD, and Disk Utility doesn't show the hard drive at all.
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:49 AM, in macOS
Folder w/ flashing question mark...tried everything! 9,825 Views / 8 Replies  
We have a Macbook that is having a problem that seems to be unfixable, so I thought I'd employ the advice of you folks.

When starting up, it does nothing for about 45 seconds, then a folder with a...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:41 AM, in macOS
For the gurus out there, I'm still having this... 1,205 Views / 13 Replies  
For the gurus out there, I'm still having this issue, and I'm noticing that when it's really bad, Windowserver is hogging up to 90% of my CPU. What could be causing it to need that much? Any fix?
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Mar 12, 2007 at 01:22 AM, in macOS
Personally, I don't hide Mail, I just close out... 843 Views / 8 Replies  
Personally, I don't hide Mail, I just close out the window
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Mar 9, 2007 at 03:31 AM, in Applications
Try this in Script Editor: tell application... 843 Views / 8 Replies  
Try this in Script Editor:

tell application "Mail" to activate
tell application "System Events"
set visible of process "Mail" to false
end tell

Save it as an application, then have that run...
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Mar 9, 2007 at 03:26 AM, in Applications
Also, Activity Monitor shows nothing hogging the... 1,205 Views / 13 Replies  
Also, Activity Monitor shows nothing hogging the CPU each time I take a look at it, with the possible exception of WindowServer...which always seems to be hovering at the top between 10 and 30%
Posted by JazzCatDRP, on Mar 5, 2007 at 05:04 PM, in macOS
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