My son Cavan has an old iPod, original design. The backlight is stuck "on" all the time, not just with the timer. Any suggestions to turn it off? Is this a...
<http://tinyurl.com/5d3rx> Apple CEO Jobs Says Has Cancer Surgery SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs has had successful...
Gerry, ... That is why it was set up in the first place. You can now join or renew using PayPal, and one person has done so already. Merry...
Merry Perry
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Aug 7, 2004 4:54 am
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Paul I have a piece for the newsletter but can¹t find your email address. Send it to me off line. Thanks -- Gerry Wiseman Westminster, MD Paul spenard Paul I...
Thursday, August 12, 2004 Airport Express crypto broken by DVD Jon Jon "DVD Jon" Johansen has cracked the Apple Lossless encryption used by the Airport Express...
Bonnie and Charlie have thrown a wet blanket on our picnic. Even though it might not be raining now, the predictions are for lots of precipitation. Right now...
Thanks Paul, Does anyone know how to 'unlock' itunes such that the sound files can be inserted into other song sequencers and sampling software such as Live or...
... I was thinking how miserable it might have been, and wasn’t so sure I wanted to take a computer that could get wet. Now I can go to another picnic I was...
Merry Perry
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Aug 14, 2004 12:32 am
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I like that idea ... how about it ?...
Ron Borowy
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Aug 14, 2004 12:38 am
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Can someone help me with this one. I'm using 10.2.8 on a G4 imac ... My computer has slowed down to a crawl. With no other programs running when I use...
Ron Borowy
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Aug 16, 2004 9:33 pm
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Same thing happened to my iMac. The culprit was a HUGE file from apple. 59GB and counting. It just kept downloading an iPod updater until the disk was full. I...
Ken Kinard
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Aug 16, 2004 10:05 pm
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... When in doubt, repair permissions. Use Disk Utility for this. If that doesn't work, boot from OS X install disk and repair disk from there. I love my Mac...
... Message for all: When you download a system/security update, be sure to repair permissions BEFORE installing the update, and then run the Disk Utility to...
Betty, how long does it normally take to repair permissions. I did that earlier today and it took over an hour ... is this par for course ? It didn't help. can...
Ron Borowy
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Aug 17, 2004 4:37 am
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Ron, Occasionally my G4 tower starts to slow down. I have not found the cause but I have found a cure - restart it! Repairing permissions, looking for large...
Ron, When you log in as a different user, does the same thing happen? Rebooting can help, but you need to consider that OS X is a UNIX system, originally ...
Thanks Betty, I always leave it on at night but it goes to sleep. I'll have to find the setting to have it stay on. I'll get one of those utilities asap cause...
Ron Borowy
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Aug 17, 2004 3:16 pm
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... Set up a second user. It can be handy in an emergency. Be sure you have the security updates. There's a trojan horse that can potentially disable the user...
The OS can get bogged down by logs, cache, history, etc.. In fact, it is a good idea to go into Safari and open the AUTOFILL preferences, then edit what you...
Hey Dan! Yasu to you too! Enjoy the Olympic games! That's a comprehensive description for repair. Could be good for a newsletter article. THX, Betty...