This is something that's confused me ever since I got a Mac. Everyone talks about Option-whatever key stroke and it took me a while (a long while!) to figure out they were referring to the "Alt" key. So, Why the difference in naming here?
View 24 RepliesIm after the equivalent of Character map from Windows in OSX, I'm after certain characters for a project and cannot find anything in my applications folder.
yes im still new to mac after 3months of daily use...
How do I uninstall an app called fantastical? When I Click and hold and it wiggles there is no x to delete it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy Uncle gave me a IMac 3G running OS9.2. Every time I start it up i get this software called KidDesk and i restricts me from doing anything. How can i get rid of it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedUsing Daisy Disk I see a folder called .LD which is taking up most of my hard disk now.The path is Mac HD>Users>Me>.LD. Can and how can I delete it? What is creating it? When I drag it to the drop area to collect the files for deletion in Daisy Disk I get told they are needed by the OS.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIve deleted it countless times and it still reappears (in a different place in the file Structure) I'm running an AV but no sign of anything....Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
How do I uninstall a download called switch on my macbook? I am used to a pc.
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MacBook Pro
I would like to know if the mac mini 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (bought at U.K.) has a characteristic in the PSU called PFC and if it is active.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a fix for the new virus that hit apple computers called "FLASHBACK"?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI want to clear up some space on my MacBook.Â
Can I trash the folder called Crash Reporter? (It's in my Logs folder, which is in the Home folder.)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I reinstalled SL on my mac but when I did I got a file called incompatible software, should I delete it or keep it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI just bought imac g5 yesterday and i was window user for many many years so i'm completely new to mac!! I'm having problem to open dat file. I want to open a file called "AllGB18030-PinYinPlugin.dat". Before i have install a program called VLC and all the dat file will open by this program and VLC is for movies. So what program is mac originally support .dat?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI cant find the corrupted plist file. I have looked in library/preferences and it is not there at all.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
After clicking System Preference how do I get SCAN option to appear so documents can be scanned? Currently only the Print option is visible and having no problems with printing. Printer is a HP Laser Jet 300.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWell not so much a leak but since upgrading to Snow Leopard I've noticed that over time, a big chunk of my RAM is being siphoned off into a process called OSMServer. Does anyone know what it does and why? And more importantly how to stop it doing it? It's currently using over 1GB of my 4GB RAM and making the machine run like treacle.
The only way to clear it seems to be a full shut down and restart. Which is fine for a while until it fires back up and starts gobbling RAM again.
does anyone know what i can do with my mac os x 10.4.9 version, it keeps on saying that i need to restart it but then same thing happens all over again. it also says of stuff like debugger called panic and darwin kernel version-ish. which i have no idea with.rang mac and they say its a hardware problem.if anyone has encountered this before and have resolved it
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have never seen this before, to my recollection. It has no CPU activity, has 10 threads, 27.05 MB Real Memory, and 972.89 MB Virtual Memory.
View 13 Replies View RelatedI was playing COD4 when the computer locked and told me to force a restart. When I try to restart it, it takes forever then the force restart message comes up and it freezes again. There is computer language on the screen when this happens with the words "Debugger called:panic"
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MacBook Pro, Running Lion
I got my new-to-me macbook, I used time machine to get all my stuff from my powerbook. now my macbook's name (in the top of finder) is star's powerbook 12'.
It is a small thing, but can I change it to say macbook???
I ran my usual check on the mac drive via "Verify Disk" option. It came up with "needs repair"...etc., and told me to repair it. I did a command r during boot so I could do a repair, and the software told me "your mac drive seems to be ok"??? Some kind of glitch, or need I worry about it at all?
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27' iMac 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Sony VPCL116FX Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz 6G Ram 64b Win7
Where is it ?
Is it the fn button ?
What's the deal with the lack of a 4GB option? I would think this would be a no brainer for a Pro ultra portable like the air... I'm really surprised they still don't offer it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat not sure what exact term is for the question box... but I'm trying to find out the keyboard shortcut to select the second option in a question box. [URL]. What's the keyboard shortcut to select "Add" rather than the highlighted "Don't Add?" Right arrow doesn't work, pressing "a" doesn't work, Tab doesn't work. What is it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI cannot start up my Mac Pro 2008 without holding down the Option key.My Snow Leopard internal hard drive failed, so I replaced my failed internal drive with a brand new one and put the cloned backup onto it. I also have other internal drives and partitions with systems 10.5.6, 10.7.5, and 10.8.4. I briefly added a Mavericks partition, but removed it.Â
I THINK the problems started after the HD failure, but I'm not sure. I added no peripherals recently, although I did add 4 gigs of RAM which were faulty and I had to replace them. But they test fine with a memory test. If I Restart, the Mac comes up with a grey screen and won't boot into any system.
If I Shut down, then Start up, I get the gray screen. In System Preferences, I can see every single possible Startup Drive, but no matter which one I select, the same gray screen happens on boot up. However, if I hold down the Option key (from startup or restart), then I can choose any startup volume and it starts just fine.Â
I've run Disk Utility many times for Repair Disk and Repair Disk Permissions on every volume. I've run Disk Warrior. I've zapped the SMC/PRAM, etc. I've tried starting up from external firewire drives and USB drives. No matter which drive I select in StartUp Disk Preferences, it's the same grey screen. I've tried starting up with ZERO peripherals attached except for USB keyboard and mouse. I've taken out all startup and login items. I don't mind using the Option key every time, but I'm worried it's a sign of impending problems.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Early 2008, Radeon 5770,
I never thought I'd say it, but after decades of PC use I am finally seriously considering switching to the world of Mac, which would entail a pretty massive data migration. Anyone know if there's a way to just link up my ATA hard drive from my PC to a Mac via USB or firewire or something, and just transfer the data (word docs, photos, music - obviously not apps) to the hypothetical new Mac? That would be a heck of a lot easier than burning a jillion CDs in order to transfer the data, which is my current best option.
Also, and this is more obscure, and might not even be possible, but I figure I'd ask - I've been using Eudora as a mail client for years (really old version, 3.0, still works under XP believe it or not). I would love to be able to migrate my mail. Eudora 3.0 stores the mail as text in these files marked ".mbx", but of course, it's not that simple, because to actually index them, the app has to refer to corresponding "table of contents" files with a ".toc" extension. I could transfer the .mbx files to a new mac easily enough - I mean, they're just text - but it would be lovely, so lovely, to keep the indexing. Anyone know of a converter out there that could carry that all over into a mail client, any mail client, for Mac OS?
i noticed that while in my harddrive and whichever programs when i go to save a program desktop is not an option. what happened to it? how do i get it back?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've been having lots of problems with Bluetooth lately. It would randomly go out and the icon at the menu bar would say "Bluetooth: Not Available" and I won't have the option to turn it off or on. I use it for my Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard and they both have good batteries.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have a bit of an odd situation. I purchased a Microsoft Digital Media Pro 3000 keyboard today (great boxing day sale for $14.00!) and noticed that in System Preferences I now have an option for Ink - this wasn't there before and it disappears as soon as I unplug the keyboard, does anyone know why this happens?
View 13 Replies View RelatedIt's not seldom that I go to sleep but my Mac is still downloading for one or two hours, or Time Machine is backing up wirelessly. I remember I've seen the ability "shutdown when ready" in a (very) few apps (could be Windows ), but isn't there some general function for it?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI posted this in the graphic design section but only had 2 replies... Sorry for repost, but I need to choose something soon.
I do a lot of graphic design work; I use Adobe CS4's Master Collection and I mean I use it all. I am running it on my MacBook Pro and it's been great but I want to get a serious machine; aka Mac Pro.
I also use Final Cut Studio 2 once in a while for Final Cut Pro, Motion and Color specifically.
What machine do you think I should look at. I'm looking at getting a machine that will last me a long time.
I want one of the current Mac Pro's. Reason being is used / refurbished machines anger me due to many many problems I have had in the past.
So what are your thoughts on the configuration. You think the "low end" Mac Pro should work find considering I will rarely, if ever, use the power of an 8-core machine?
