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| Dropbox vs 1Password on new HD
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Hello,
I recently replaced the HD on my 2007 iMac. Now I am having a hard time getting it to sync with my other devices. I use 1Password. Any ideas on how I can get my replacement HD to sync?
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| Posted by Harvey, on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:38 AM, in Applications |
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| syncing iMessages
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I am unable to sync my ipad 2 with my iPhone 5. I believe they are both using ios6. Would like to receive responses on my iPhone for messages sent from my iPad. Unable to find the solution online.
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| Posted by Harvey, on Mar 29, 2013 at 08:44 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod |
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| iPhoto incredibly slow
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Hello,
My iMac copy of iPhoto is incredible slow. It will revert to a beachball for the easiest of commands (opening an event) and continue in this fashion for the duration. Is this a permissions...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jan 30, 2013 at 11:16 AM, in Applications |
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| Mail redirect spoof
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Hello,
For months now I have been receiving (bogus) emails using (not From) my contacts that have no subject, usually start by saying Hello Harvey, You will find this amazing . . . and a link to...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:40 AM, in Applications |
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| Great and thanks again
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272 Views / 5 Replies |
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I am up to date with Mountain Lion. Will give all of your helpful ideas a try. BTW: just noticed you are from the UK . . . spent a week in London last October . . .must get back . . . so much to see...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jan 15, 2013 at 07:28 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Incorrect clock and occasional beach ball
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272 Views / 5 Replies |
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My 2007 intel iMac was due for a Pram battery change (so I thought) when the clock was not keeping correct time. I did that last week while following an ifixit video and now I'm getting the same...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jan 12, 2013 at 08:43 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Incorrect imac clock
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My vintage imac (circa 2007) is having a tough time keeping time. I have reset it about 4 times in the last 2 weeks. Reading around the web I'm seeing that my battery may need replacing. I remember...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Dec 30, 2012 at 01:10 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Two iCloud ids for iCal
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My iCloud iCal Dav account on my desktop uses an @me.com account while my laptop calendar uses my @comcast.com account. I believe this is preventing the calendar on these machines from syncing. Is...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Dec 3, 2012 at 07:50 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| Still having problems. We are able to text, use...
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Still having problems. We are able to text, use audio and video yet his name on my Buddy List is grayed out and vice versa. Also we are still unable to share screens. Each of us has a gmail account...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Nov 29, 2012 at 04:11 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Trouble using Messages
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77 Views / 5 Replies |
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In our attempt to get my son's mac mini up and running (He lives out of state.)we have encountered a problem. We are able to exchange messages but nothing more. My hope was to screen share and help...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Nov 28, 2012 at 03:09 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| screen sharing with a mac mini
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349 Views / 5 Replies |
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My son just bought a mac mini and is looking for help with the mac's configuration. Can we do a screen share without a camera in his display. I am using a MB Pro. We have been able to message each...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Nov 20, 2012 at 06:36 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| Slow forever bouncing Safari icon.
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121 Views / 4 Replies |
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I am running a 2006 iMac which has given me almost no trouble. Lately some icons (Safari and Mail) have started to bounce and never boot. Firefox is NOT behaving in this fashion and continues to boot...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 11, 2012 at 09:17 AM, in Applications |
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| Installing Adobe CS5
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Can anyone tell me if installing Adobe CS5 on my ExpressCard Drive (24GB) is a smart idea. I have an older MacBook Pro 2.16 processor and 2GB of memory.
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| Posted by Harvey, on Nov 17, 2011 at 03:26 PM, in Applications |
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| Possible Fix?
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I read somewhere that my servers have been changed (hyjacked) or corrupted. So I changed them with the help of Open DNS. My old servers were: 85.255.113.117 85.255.112.135 68.87.71.230. I replaced...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Excuse me!!!!
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First, why would I fabricate such a story? Secondly, I was happy to note that I may have a trojan horse and not a virus . . . I think. I did go through all the the recommended tests; from Network...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 22, 2011 at 11:37 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Google redirect virus
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I am surprised not to find a single question concerning google redirect virus. I have been suffering with it on my iMac, my MacBookPro, and and wife's MacAir for months. I have tried MacKeeper and...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 22, 2011 at 07:14 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Tried the pencil trick . . . . hadn't noticed...
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Tried the pencil trick . . . . hadn't noticed that before . . . and made my edit. But when I did a cmd-s I got this:
This operation couldn't be completed because an error occurred.
You do not...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 8, 2011 at 02:30 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| I have used the Terminal in the past and I have...
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I have used the Terminal in the past and I have used sudo and know it to be dangerous if you are not careful. Could you give me a bit more details. Also, I was able to edit the above mentioned fill...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 8, 2011 at 01:47 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Trouble editing a hidden file
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I am playing around with Apache and php5 and need to make a slight change in a file called httpd.conf which I believe is hidden. Using Textwrangler allows me to see the file and make the necessary...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 8, 2011 at 12:14 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Forbiden
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Is there a software fix? Would a program like cocktail be useful?
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| Posted by Harvey, on Mar 19, 2011 at 07:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks |
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| Forbidden (prohibited) Symbol
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For 2 days running my MacBook Pro (circa 2008) has not booted and flashes the prohibited sign similar to no smoking or no entry. . . . the circle with a bar diagonally through it. My only recourse...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Mar 18, 2011 at 07:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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| Thanks to everyone
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Thank you all for your input. All of your ideas seem to work, but only temporarily. I have not tried the Flash Click yet . . . it does sound like a very viable fix.
Hereis the latest: you asked...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Dec 6, 2010 at 10:57 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Really?
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How can you say that. If I have learned anything in my 35 years in computing, it's that anything is possible.
She alternates between Firefox and safari. She can be reading or responding to her...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Dec 3, 2010 at 06:16 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Redirect Virus
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My wife's new MacBook Air seems to have acquired a "redirect virus" . She can be in facebook or reading email and out of the blue her page is redirected to some other random website. Has anyone come...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Dec 3, 2010 at 08:38 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Confusion downloading flip4mac and playing wmv
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I bought my wife an 11" macbook air on Sunday and have not been able to play wmv. More upsetting is the fact that every time I try to download flip4mac or similar microsoft downloads my wife's air...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Oct 31, 2010 at 09:50 AM, in Applications |
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| Ipod Touch and My VW Jetta
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Has anyone had trouble getting their iPod to work with their car radio. Mine will work . . . shows device connected . . . and allows me to use the folder or seek buttons on my radio. Good,but not...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jul 29, 2010 at 01:08 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod |
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| Parallels missing
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A number of months ago I downloaded Parallels5 as a free trial. Unfortunately I let it lapse and find myself with neither Parallels4 (bought and paid for) nor P5. What can I do to re-install P4.
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jul 28, 2010 at 10:00 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems |
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| Time Machine Full
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Hello,
I am using a 500 GB drive to house time machine which is currently full. I could be misusing the program and would like to ask a question or 2. Once my iphotos have been backed-up can I then...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Jul 28, 2010 at 09:57 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| Cleaning and speeding up
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447 Views / 5 Replies |
Hello,
My intel iMac will be 3 years old this Sept. It has recently become sluggish (pinwheel showing up more) and Parallels has become buggy(also takes forever). What is the best way of getting...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Mar 29, 2010 at 07:31 AM, in Mac OS X |
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| iPod Touch and My VW Jetta
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For some reason after I upgraded to the newest iPod Touch version my adapter in my VW glovebox stopped working. The radio shows it as Aux In but no sound. It will work from my console adapter which...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Nov 19, 2009 at 06:23 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod |
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| Eureka . . . Thanks
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Cured . . . Simon (and Fisher King, Cold Warrior) got me to try changing my DNS Servers. Did this on my iMac, my iBook, my wife's PowerBook, and my friends Mac. It worked on all of them. Now who is...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 29, 2008 at 09:42 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Not to beat a dead horse > > > >Well here is the...
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Not to beat a dead horse > > > >Well here is the latest. I reinstalled Leopard 10.5 in my iBook. This was a clean install. 24.9 GB of free space on a 40 GB drive. First link I go to from a totally...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 29, 2008 at 06:18 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| More on slow surfing . . .
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Hello:
First let me thank everyone who has taken the time to respond to my question on speed. The problem usually manifest itself as a "stutter" as the url is being processed in the address bar . ....
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 28, 2008 at 02:13 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Is OS X getting slower?
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Is it me (and a few of my friends) or is OS X getting slower with each new update. I recently updated to 10.5.5, as I am sure many of you have, and each and everyone of my bookmarks seems to labor to...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 27, 2008 at 02:29 PM, in Mac OS X |
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| Digg XP Redirect
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216 Views / 2 Replies |
Hi,
I keep having this recurring problem with Digg.com. Every time I go to the site I am redirect to a very annoying XP Security Center. I have tried to get info on it to practically no avail. I...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 19, 2008 at 01:58 PM, in Applications |
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| iBook mic
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237 Views / 3 Replies |
Hi,
My iBook mic has stopped working (due to a pinched cable). It will work fine if I close my lapbook about 90% of the way. Anyway, I bought a new USB mic and my Skype buddies tell me it is very...
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| Posted by Harvey, on Sep 9, 2008 at 01:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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| dying drive (maybe)
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I removed the update by reinstalling 10.5 from my Leopard disk. Everything has been back to normal - no delay, no hesitation. I don't doubt you analysis but now I am caught in the middle. My iMac is...
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| Posted by Harvey, on May 6, 2008 at 04:34 PM, in Mac OS X |
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