Mac Forum / General / General / September 2007

Does anyone know of a way to tranfer informatino from my ipod back to
my macbook? I had my macbook serviced recently and didnt have the data
backed up..and sure enough they wiped my hard drive (hard way to learn
my lesson). Thanks-Jon

Periodically iTunes will for some reason or another, modify the
current mp3 being played (presumedly something to do with the id3 tag)
and will consequently change the "date modified" on the file.  This is
extremely annoying as I sort my music according to the "date

Hi. I have Mac OS X 10.4 running on a G4 PPC processor.
I also have the Mac Classic environment running. I'd like to know if
it's possible to run the Classic environment inside a window, rather
than in the root window. A program that I use runs in full screen mode

I had a problem which is now solved, by it is still baffling, I want to know
what went on, what went wrong and home I might forestall it in future. Basic
details: on a G3 Wallstreet PB with OS 10.2.8 installed, I use a Cisco
Aironet 340 series wireless LAN adaptor. It has performed ...

I trying to set up my Netgear WNR834B router for my OS X MacBook.
Airport locates the router, but it has limited conductivity.  (I have
it set-up with a simple 64-bit WEP encryption.)  I contacted the
manufactor and they walked me through setup up my wife Win Vista, I

Gee, I wasn't aware I was so popular. For instance, my thread entitled
"Leaking G5s: a fair solution", now has 95 posts. Wow, wow!
Out of which I posted 10... The 60 or so messages which have been
posted since September 23, 22:47 have nothing to do with the issue at

is their a "top" for the traffic on the memory bus?  kinda like
"netstat" for IP packets, but monitors the transfer rates to/from RAM
instead?
i'm trying to optimize the performance of a custom memory-intensive

using MacOS X 10.4.8 with a basic Mac USB keyboard that came with the
iMac and eMac - tested two keyboards and the problem must be in the
software - all of a sudden my numeric keypad doesn't work - the number
keys do something else like tab, select, etc but the plus minus

How do i get my music off my iPod and onto my Mac, if the music didn't
come from my original library?  I have music on my iPod from random
people/computers, but I'd like to get it all off my iPod and onto my
Mac.  I thought there was a download or a plug-in somewhere that

I'm seeking specific model recommendations in the $200 price range.
Originally I was going to buy the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 but I'm reading
posts on mac forums that "they don't work on Imac - are special
drivers required" etc. The speakers aren't for games, they're for

I just look on the Apple website to see if there was a new bluetooth
keyboard fashioned like the new keyboards shipping with the newest
iMacs.  WTF happened to the alternate keypads on the wireless model?
The new wireless looks like a version of the keyboard on my Powerbook.

Gang,
I'm using a G5 iMac, latest OS X (10.4.10), latest iTunes (7.4.2). I'm
trying to import a CD and it won't mount. About 30 seconds after
inserting the disk, it simply ejects. It makes a few faint whirring

In thread "Serious problem with G5's cooling system?", The New Guy wrote:

When Leopard was first announced, a feature describing "Sync all your
macs in your house" was most interesting to me. If I am not mistaken,
it talked about syncing directories, email, contacts, bookmarks,...
Bringing your macbook back from work, it will make sure your 24" iMac

I am using Macs and PC's and have them networked on Ethernet. No
problem with them until I have a PC with Vista. First of all Vista
does not have the option to "Add Network Place" which allows me to
type in IP of the Mac directly and is ususally the more sure fire way