Mac Forum / General / General / April 2006

I have an imac on which somebody has loaded OSX without running the
firmware update first and the graphics do not display properly. I
understand I need to run the update under OS9 or OS8.6+. I have
downloaded 9.0 and 9.2 which is in multiple files.

Is it possable to install Tiger (DVD disk) on a iBook (G3/500/192/10/CD
Drive) using my Powerbooks DVD drive linked to the iBook via Ethernet?. Or
can I copy the DVD and burn on bootable CD's using Toast 6?.

I am using OS X 10.4.5 and Safari 2.0.3. For a number of months I've
been having problems printing web pages directly from Safari. Usually
what happens is that the printer shoots out a blank page (or two) to
sart, and then prints only the top 3/4 quarters of the web page

I have a Canon Digital Camera that uses a compact flash card. Just
wondering if there is a way after uploading the photos from the card to
my PowerBook and making a few touch-ups to the images to then load the
altered photos on a compact flash card. I think I have a card adapter I

Anyone experienced problems loading mp3 files to a sony walkman
phone...???
According to Sony, there is true drag and drop functionality with their
Walkman phones(i have w800i) but every time I try to copy and paste mp3

I have an external USB (lacie) drive and due to the sensitive nature of the
files on it would like to password protect the files/folders. Is there a way
to do this? Am running OS X Tiger
TIA for any help,

I've been looking at Delorme mapping software and am impressed.  The
only problem is that it only runs on a Windows PC.  Does anyone know of
a comparable software for use on a Mac?  I'll be using it for planning
driving and camping trips around the U.S.  I'm planning on buying a

First let me say that I've always owned only Macintosh computers dating
back to the original, autographed 128k one.  
Yes, there are thousands of really great Mac software programs.  But
games is not the only category of Mac software that is lacking.  There

Hi eveyone ! I'm the kind of guy for wich "IBM" means "I'll Buy a Mac".
My problem is simple :
G3 Beige, 9.1
I use Pthotoshop 3.05 (I don't neeed more, simple, fastŠ). I have

If so, what are your thoughts? Any downsides I should be aware of? I'm
running 10.4 and have a WPA encrypted network. I'm looking to replace my
Epson C80 and this seems like it might be a good'un.
Specifically I need to know: does it play nicely with WPA? (A quick

I just got my new MacBook Pro and I am getting the following error when
I try to open bin files.
QuickTime cannot open the file: "WindowsMediaInstaller-1.bin"
it is not a file that QuickTime understands (-2048)

I need to capture small files from DVD to my G4 (OS 10.4.5) and save
them as mpg or avi so I can add my own music, to make composing demos.
Can someone please suggest a good way to do this--preferably with
freeware/shareware? Ideally, I'd be able to remove the sound from

  I'm using Panther, 10.3.9.  I haven't yet figured out how to move
something from junk directly "out", so I don't have to go to trash and
empty the trash to get rid of the 'trashed' junk I don't want.  Junk is
handy but I'd like to be able to bypass trash, if possible.

Trying to link my Airport-equipt MacBook to my Linksys (b) access point.
Linksys gives me the following choices:
         WEP 64 bit 10 hex digits
           WEP 128 bit 26 hex