Mac Forum / General / General / August 2006

I have a son who is starting college in a multimedia major.  We have
all used only Windows XP programs and know nothing about Macs.  Well
it turns out we find out today they use Macs exclusively so we're
planning on buying a Mac for him.  Actually we are looking at the new

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this but I have a online
e-commerce business and want to start selling mac products.  I am
looking for information on how I can become a reseller or how I can
find distributors for mac products.  Thanks in advance

I'm at a company that only supports Windows machines, but have managed
to keep a Mac on my desk for 10years.  Each replacement cycle I have to
justify this.  My hope was that with the new Macs being able to run
Windows, that task would be easier.  I want to be able to use OSX most

I can mount and view my Sony (alpha) DSLR-A100 slr camera on my G4
runing OSX 10.4.7 however after I log off I am unable to shut down my
computer. I must push the reset button on my computer to restart the
computer. Upon restarting all of the hard drives mount (external and

I can mount and view my Sony (alpha) DSLR-A100 slr camera on my G4
runing OSX 10.4.7 however after I log off I am unable to shut down my
computer. I must push the reset button on my computer to restart the
computer. Upon restarting all of the hard drives mount (external and

I have a son who is starting college in a multimedia major.  We have
all used only Windows XP programs and know nothing about Macs.  Well
it turns out we find out today they use Macs exclusively so we're
planning on buying a Mac for him.  Actually we are looking at the new

my finder it is driven crazy
...look http://pilla.info/federico/screenshot1.jpeg
http://pilla.info/federico/screenshot2.jpeg
what has happened?

I have piles of bank statements etc. I can throw away.. but should keep
just incase
Scanning takes FOREVER
Is there anyway of automatically assigning document names like

I have a Mac Book pro, and was wondering if there is any thing I should
delete before re installing Tiger.  I will choose the "erase and
install" option and was thinking maybe it will still save some
information from the previous install.  I am new to this OS and just

I have been asked to look at sorting problems with an neighbour's iMac.
(OS8.5?6?) Symptoms seem random: will start up and run OK; crash; shut down;
will not start; start run for a few days/ hours crash etc, etc.
Any pointers to help me become the resident guru? <g>

Trying to copy fonts from our G4 (OS 9) to new G5 (OS X/Panther).
Old Mac is mounted over the network via AFP. No problem browsing its
folders or copying files.
When I try to drag (copy) a font suitcase from the old Mac's System

I know it's a little silly but I accidently deleted a file called
libgcc???.dylib. Now my system cannot boot. What should I do to rescue
my system?

I have an old version of Windows XP - missing all the nice patches.
(It is a legal copy - I just found it in the cellar).  Will there be
any dramas down loading the patches and updates for this once I have
added it to my Power Mac ?

I just opened a gmail account in Firefox.  I would like to send
pictures from my iPhoto files using WiFi at my local library.  It is
asking me for POP and IMAP or Exchange account type and the outgoing
mail server -- SMTP -- where do i go for information about these?

Just out of curiosity, is there any real functional difference between
closing the laptop and putting it to sleep and just letting time pass
until it shuts itself down automatically?