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I read a Mac World article that stated Microsofts new version of RDP for MAC was going to allow PC users to connect to Macs via RDP... But, looking at Microsofts web site about RDP for Mac, it seems that the RDP software only allows Macs to...

I have the new MacBook Pro and have used BootCamp to install Windows XP on it then I inserted the Leopard DVD to install the drivers for XP and it went through a setup and I restarted the computer back into XP but the drivers are still not...

Hi There,

I have a mac address book with about 1000 contacts in and I need to import this into Outlook. After scouring the net I have tried several tools to convert it to .txt (tab deliminated) or .csv (comma seperated) and the import it to...

I have 3 Mac users all using Office for Mac 2011on Mac OS 10.6.4.  On one of them, Outlook for Mac crashes every couple of minutes, but the others are fine.  We haven't been able to narrow down any event that corresponds to the crashes.  Other...

I have a client using MAC OSX.  They are a offsite employee of a company that uses SBS2003 and exchange mail.  Is there an application for the MAC that operates like office outlook.  And If so what are the draw backs?

Also,  Does anyone know...

I have a Server 2003 R2 environment with two Server 2003 R2 DCs running AD.  I have an eSafe security device acting as my firewall/spam filter.  We have always blocked iTunes and Apple products but are embracing iPhones and iPads so I need to be...

i had setup a domain controller with windows 2003, is there a way to join the domain with mac 10?

I am looking to hack my new apple TV 2 to play Hulu and keep the rest of the functionality
Anyone hear where I can do this??

What are the differences between the IPad 2 and the New IPad 3?

I know that two ofthe differences are that the new IPad 3 has a much better display and it has a quad core processor.

What are the other differences?

I am new to virtual machines (VM). I am using VMWare Fusion for the MAC. I have a Windows XP VM that I want to export to a PC. It would be nice to export the VM and use it as an image that I can import to the PC. The PC does not have VMWare...

I have a Macbook with Windows XP on it, but it seems to be missing many drivers.  

Where are the drivers located?

( e.g., do they come with a cd/dvd that came with the Mac or is a specific website available)

is there any software that can find the product key used on Mac OS X Microsoft Office for Mac software?  i know there is one for PC that captures the product key number used for the software installed, but i am not sure for Mac.

or is there...

Hey im using mac OS and im trying to open .hqx files but it wont open. I tried downloading some decoders but they all come in .hqx format too!!! WOT SHALL I DO?? Plz help me!! thanx.

My questions are pretty simple, so here we go. I have been reading and I keep finding contradicting information.

1. Can Mac OSX 10.3 read a NTFS formatted HD?
2. If not, would it be possible to format it half NTFS half whatever mac uses?
3....

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I have installed MySql 5.5.19 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2

MySql starts correctly but when i try to setup a connection for MySql Workbench (Server Administration) I receive a error.  MySql works correctly and other parts of My Sql...

i have recently gotten jaguar, mac os 10.2, and am very happy with it. however, i cannot now and never have been able to figure out how to defragment my hard drive. I do not have the norton utilities on cd, i have downloaded them and tried them...

users were able to send email to few people on theirdomain.com except a user@theirdomain.com

the bounce back message contain this
said: 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command)>
But the tech on theirdomain.com   insist that issue...

Hey guys i am having big issues with my new Lion server and AD integration.

I am integrating a copy of 10.7.3 with Server 2008 AD infrastructure single domain.

I am able to get the Lion server integrated perfectly and i can see all the...

Any clue why Lion crashed.  I came back to my server and it says that the computer recovered from an error:


Feb  2 14:15:03 xserve kernel[0]: zalloc did gc
Feb  2 14:15:03 xserve kernel[0]: vm objects:      22297944
Feb  2 14:15:03 xserve...

We just purchased an HP Color Laserjet CP1215. Unfortunately, we are an all Mac shop and would like to use this printer. We have, in the past, been successful either using another HP driver or a PPA GhostScript type of solution. I cannot get this...

Son's school accidentally deleted some files.  They are now booting to Norton and attempting to recover deleted files.  During the process, norton warns that if they recover to the Mac HD it may possibly overwrite other recoverable files.
...

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I am trying to setup OSX Lion Server to authenticate the connection of W7 machines with pGina. I have tried this before a couple of years ago on Snow Leopard Server with not a lot of success. Although at the time I was reading that...

Is it possible to install the Mac Operating System on an Intel base machine?

Rumour has it that there is a version used 'internally' at Apple. And isn't there an open source version named Darwin?

Thanks.

My client has an Intel iMac 20" 2.16 Ghz w/ a 250 Gig HDD. He had recently been getting a message that the startup disk was almost full but he didn't free up any space and now the system consistently gets stuck at the spinning circle on boot-up....

Hi,
 
 We have a Xerox WorkCentre 7335, I went ahead to disable the printing of the banner page by:

1.Press the "Log in/out" button on the control panel of the machine. Enter in your user ID and password.
2.Press the machine "Status"...

While attempting to upgrade the firmware on my MacBook (late 2006 model) the machine froze and the screen blanked. The MacBook will now not start. I have tried starting with various keyboard commands ("X" to force startup; "C" to force startup...

When I do an FSCK on a drive, I get the following.  Is this normal?  This is normally a boot disk but it won't boot, so we're trying to fix it.... (note that this is a raid-0 drive)

xserve:~ root# fsck -fy /dev/disk3
** /dev/rdisk3
BAD SUPER...

When I try downloading NetExtender on our new Macs, we get the message "problem loading the NetExtender JNI library" and something about not having correct version of Java. I have Java version 1.6.0_26.

Our VPN has always worked on our PC's...

I want to provide a link on the desktop to one of our linux samba shares, but we cannot correctly accomplish that. I want the user to have no interaction required, but just to be able to access that share with a simple click. Any ideas?

How do I set the Finder to show hidden files?  I know there are several system files that are hidden, and most importantly, my mp3 files on my iPod.  I'd like to be able to copy these files off my iPod, but since they are hidden, I can't select...

I have a client who runs a MAC, OS X.  The terminal service license on the client is expiring (for some reason it does not receive a permanent license).  I do have WINDOWS CALS available on my Windows 2003 Terminal Server.  On a windows client PC...

Hello Experts,
I have recently purchased a Netgear FVS318N router to connect to my small office (one server, three workstations) via VPN.  I have setup a VPN policy and am able to connect from my iPad, iPhone and MacBook (OS X Lion) and I...

When I try and open any jpeg using Preview on the iMac (OSX 10.6) I get the error message imac "the application preview can't be opened." -600.

Any ideas?

How do you delete photos on photostream in iphone 4 5.0.1

We recently got a new Ricoh Aficio MP C5501 and the Macs in the office are unable to see it or connect to it.  I am by no means a Mac guru, but I have set up several to print to other printers successfully.  All of the PCs in the network can...

Hi All,

Problem:  Our mac users Outlook 2011 keeps crashing on them multiple times per day at random times.

What we have done so far:
We have tried rebuilding the database, making a new Outlook identify, deleting all preferences on the...

I am running an OS X Server with Snow Leopard and in Server Admin I've recently been getting an error everytime I click on a different service saying, "The Service has encountered an error.  Try to refresh the view (DNSName/Servicename)....

Is there any way to downgrade my ipad os version from 5 to 4.3

how to reset password for user on imac. and what is the default password for root for imac.

We are a commercial entity with an app. This app will be used by our customers and will be available via AppStore for free. It needs login and connects to our servers for authentications. What we want to do is buy the devices, install the app...

Hello!
We have just installed a Bluecoat Security/Proxy system for our business.
Some of our end-users need to FTP through the Bluecoat for various reasons.  We have a solution for Windows users, but not our couple Mac OS users.

FileZilla...

I want to replace all on click events in html page with ontouchstart for touch screen devices. What is the jquery code to find all onclick events and replace it with ontouchstart event.

How do I enter the product activation key for Mac Office 2011?

I need to be sure that this program is registered and properly licensed.

How do i add static routes to the OS X lion vpn server?  THere are a few subnets in my LAN and I need to add some static routes so my VPN clients can see those machines.

I recently came into a used macbook that came with everything (cables, mouse, cds, etc).

Since it was used, I would like to restore it back factory settings (as if I just brought it brand new from the store).

I'm used to restoring PC back...

How can I do an Ipconfig  /release or renew on a mac powerbook? I have no idea where one might startbto look. I am a MS guy all my life.

I'd like to know from where can I download a free font called "Winsoft Pro" I've already have founds like "Winsoft Pro Bold" and "Winsoft Pro Med" on my PC but I'd like to have this font "Winsoft Pro" without any word after that.

I've looked...

I use Mac OSX as do the others in my office. We are all networked and therefore share our itunes music libraries.  I can listen to the music but cannot figure out how to copy songs to my hard-drive.  Any solutions? thanks!

i have a new imac (10.6.8) ,  installed logmein and unable to make it online.
it says offline.
i added a pc to the same account and was able to connect to the pc in the same network.
firewall disabled,

I have created word documents in MAC Office 2008 (which has tables), and when i try to open these documents in Windows Office 2003 I get the following window "File Conversion" I have attached the picture of what comes up and no matter which...

Hi there,

I have got two Dell laptops and there is one MAC Desktop that is coming too (no idea what OS version) - we need to share the ADSL connection between all three computers using a Wireless ADSL Modem Router, is there an inexpensive...

I have a Snow Leopard install disks with a second disk of utilities that came with the PC. Running Lion, I am having trouble getting Xcode to install properly. I had real difficulty downloading it and getting it to complete the installation, from...

I have Snow Leopard (10.6.2) running Adobe Illustrator CS3 running on a Mac Pro.   When I open a file on a shared network drive and try and save it, I get this error: "Can't save the illustration.  The file is locked or in use.  ID = -54"  The...

I am not familiar with Apple.  The boss now has an IPad and he has let me look it over.  Do the apps just stay open all the time or is there some trick to close an app when you are done with it? If it stays open, does this not wear down the...

this is an iMAC computer, i do not know MAC at all

On a PC, you can use WINIPCFG or IPCONFIG to check/renew IP and check MAC address, how can do the same thing on a iMAC?

Thanks

Anyone know if you can connect a Mac to Remote Web Workplace in SBS 2008?

I am receiving "Mailer-Daemon" emails stating that an email that I tried to send (which I didn't) from my .mac account, had fatal errors in delivery to the following recipients...(people I have never heard of, and sometimes the first part of the...

Hello Experts.
In our company we have a multifunction printer/copier Ricoh Aficio MP-C6000 attached to our network. Our environment consists primarily of windows xp and windows 7 and theres no problem at all.

Recently we bought an iMac (Mac...

I am attempting to upgrade the iPad software when in came up with the following error:
The iPad "iPad" could not be restored.  An unknown error occurred (2003)
I have tried the restore process several time with no luck.  Other forums suggested...

Hi Experts,

As another Apple n00b i want to ask a few questions. I got an iBook G4 12-inch it is the 1.2GHz, 256MB, 30GB.

When i power it on it gives the MAC fanfare sound every other time but the screen stays black, from time to time i...

What would be the best way to transfer all Mac Mail data including email, contacts and calendar to Windows PST file for use in Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007?

I have a new Microsoft 2008 R2 Terminal Server.  I have found many issues with using Easy Print.  I changed my policies to use real drivers first, then Easy Print.  This works fine for Windows clients, but not for Mac clients.  At first no...

I'm having multiple, sometimes 6-10 Kernel panics a day after updating to Lion. It's been going on for a while. After weeks of troubleshooting I went to an Apple Store and the Genius there told me to reinstall the OS. I went ahead and did that,...

Hi Experts,
We have a Macbook that has an issue shutting down.  When telling it to shutdown, it goes to the solid color screen but the white circle seems to spin forever.  This happens on almost all attempts to shut down or restart lately.  Can...

I have roughly about 200 machines where users login as local users.  They are all admins to their machines.  

This is a pure Open Directory environment running on Mac OS X 10.7.2.  

Their local login name is firstname.lastname.  I would...

How can I convert a NTFS drive to be usable with my Mac? What filesystem does Mac use?

Hi,

I work in a small business - we've recently purchased a number of imacs. We also have a Develop Ineo 253 printer/scanner/fax. What I'm wondering is if anyone knows whether or not its possible to scan onto the mac from the printer/Scanner...

I have setup a 1.8Ghz PowerPC G5 running on 10.5.6 Server Edition that I want to have as my NetInstall server. I have already created the images (which are from an Intel Leopard Mac Pro and Intel Leopard iMac) and they are enabled and the...

I have an excel file that is quite large (635K) with several workbooks and several columns
I already tried saving it as .txt file and it turned out messy. I tried converting to PDF and I lose too many columns.

Copying and pasting contents...

Hi There, I am currently implenting a Remote Desktop Secure Gateway. My question is, is there a Remote desktop client for Mac that supports to the Remote Gateway feature ? We have a handfull of macs that would like to connect through the secure...

HI
    i have a IMAC 27 , preveiously i have instaleld windows 7 by partitioning a disk Through boot camp  and after a sucessfull isntall i can see all teh partitions of snowlepord also in windows senev while going in MY Computer .
now i...

I'm trying to check if an image exists using the fileExistsAtPath method of NSFileManager :

 

But this method always return false even if files exists in the project. Files are at the root of my project and placed in a groupe...

Hi Experts,

I was hoping someone could help me out with some problems I've been experiencing on my Mac. It seems that my default settings (for any program) aren't saving. Here are a few of my troubles:

1. I would like to Bcc: myself every...

Is there anyway to get eyefinity to work ( like it does in windows ) in OSX Lion?  It would be great to be able to not have to dual boot into windows so i can run Eyefinity.  

Is it possible to use a citrix web interface on the iPad, or install the citrix online plugin so that we can access our published citrix applications over the internet from the iPad?

I noticed the "Citrix Receiver" is available for iPad, but...

I'm looking to increase the font size in Apple's iCal application. There are no preferences in iCal that I can see to change/increase the size of the fonts in the calendars themselves. Apple forums proved to be a bust. I'm thinking there may be a...

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I have a  48TB storage server set up by the supplier, we have just upgraded from MAC OSX 10.4 to MAC OSX 10.6 now none of the MAC's can write to the storage server, all other systems can write Windows and Linux, but not the MACS, have I...

Can we download iOS 5 SDK for free including XCode 4 on OS X Lion if we don't have apple developer program or Is there any possibility to test/develope apps by purchasing the iOS 5 SDK with XCode 4 from iTunes/App Store without having the apple...

Setting up auto archive in Outlook 2011 with Macs

I am trying to setup several macs to autoarchive emails that are 6 months or older to a mapped drive that I created on the network. The mapping of the drive is all setup and works, however when...

Hello,

I have set up Apple VPN for a small office. All connects OK.

In other installations, I train users to use Go - Connect to Server to connect to sharepoint over VPN (as the servers and clients do not broadcast over VPN)

However,...

Hi Experts,

I have the need for inter-operating questions to find a way to mount a USB (FAT FORMATED) LUKS encrypted volume (created under Mandriva Linux OS) on MAC OS X.
Those LUKS encrypted volumes can easily be mounted on WINDOWS OS by...

What is the status with iPad printing? I know they added airprint in iOS 4.2.1, but I can't find very much information about it. From what I can see it includes a very small group of HP printers.

I need a portable printer to leave in a truck...

Q1:
I have been using xcopy / Robocopy (fr MS) to take differential / incremental
backups (ie for files modified or created since a specific date :
  xcopy/D:m-d-y src destn    OR
  robocopy src destn /MOT=1440 (or /MIR ?)

Is there a...

Dear All

Is there in which i can enable remote management via terminal?

Thanks

Lyon

I get the following error message on my iPad when either trying to redeem a gifted app or when trying to complete an app download.  

"Quick Office Connect Mobile Suite will be available for download when you log in to the iTunes store on your...

I have heard eBay is where you get the cheapest SSD drives for the Mac. Is this the best place to buy it? Are there any reasons to pay more somewhere else?

Would I violate my warranty if I installed it myself? Os can I bring the SSD drive to...

I'm using Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) 3 to control my Mac Network.

I also have a SBS 2003 Server and several XP clients.


Which VNC software should I use on my Windows Machines to allow them to be controlled by ARD 3?



Paul.

Hello,

We have a mixed Mac and PC network based on Server 2003 and whenever the mac's browse the network they leave a trail of .DS STORE files. From what I have heard, there is no way to stop the finder from doing this. When I was doing...

I have a macbook A1181 who won't boot until 10 or 15 attempt.

The led in front is open, I can hear some noise inside but very few. As if almost nothing worked.

The screen is black. Nothing else, not sound from the boot (but when it start...

Anyone know of a website that offers a strategy worksheet or checklist or outline for developing an iPad App?

I've seen worksheets for websites like this:
- who, what, when, how (toy firm, sell toys, eCommerce)
- what tools (HTML, CSS,...

I would like to connect an iPhone to a USB peripheral, and control that device. Is there a legitimate way to do this? Is there a way to do this?

Hi, I got this issue with my LG-NAS, I have used it for my Windows systems, and that works fine.
But I just got a MacBook Air, with OSX Lion, and it don't allow me to use network drives on the LG-NAS.
I can use the ajaXplorer - but I wold like...

What is the Windows ipconfig /flushdns equivalent in Mac OS X?

I've tried iTunes and to be blunt I don't like it.  I know this is heresy,  but it strikes me that iTunes is just a way of Apple selling music through their website.  IMHO it is definitely not "the best music player" as Apple would have you...

I have a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4 GB that I've been using for work (with Windows PCs, of course) for the past bit, and recently I bought a Mac Book Pro and am trying to figure out if there is a way to get it to work with it.  The thumb drive comes...

I have version 11.2 citrix client on Mac OS X 10.5.8, I am receiving the following error:

Degraded Display - Your windows will be displayed in 256 colors because your System Administrator has restricted the video memory for your session.
...

OK, I know this issue with Safari and Lion is out there in the tech forums like a weed. Everybody and his brother is complaining about this. But I figure if I'm going to find a solution anywhere, it has to be here!
THE ISSUE: Safari ver.5 (and,...

Hi,
1) I have a MacBook air
-The OS is Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2
2) The company's domain is boba.com
3) I want to join it to the above domain
4) Any help?
5) Thanks

tjie