Mac Systems

Canon printer and Snow Leopard
I'm going to upgrade to SL soon, but I'm trying to get all of my ducks in a row first. <g> I have a Canon Pixma MP800, which I currently have hooked to the USB port in my Airport Base Station, allowing both my MacBook and my husband's MacBook (in a different room) to print wirelessly, though I must connect dire... 10 Sep 2009 13:36

Imac in one room, speaker(s) another
Would it be feasible to string a cord from my late 2006 Imac into another room, where one or more speakers would play music broadcast by music stations on the Internet? The distance would be about 40 feet from the computer in one room to the speaker or speakers in the other room. Robert ... 13 Nov 2009 18:52

One prime reason I try to popularize MacSpeech
In article <hr-C8AD64.09462807092009(a)news.supernews.com>, Hamish Reid <hr(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: In article <mbreslau-7DCDD7.09110907092009(a)news.speakeasy.net>, Michael Breslau <mbreslau(a)speakeasy.org> wrote: Mark, I am one who follows and appreciates your postings for what they are. Keep up ... 8 Sep 2009 09:11

Snow Leopard and AppleJack 1.5 compatibility
In article <jollyroger-65C138.08551302092009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: In article <arkay-F0B412.08224502092009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, aRKay <arkay(a)qsl.net> wrote: Since applejack 1.5 does not work with 10.6, should it be removed before installing 10.6? ... 5 Sep 2009 16:31

imac G5 powerpc power supply needed
Anyone in the philly or bucks county PA area have an old G5 lying around and interested in selling your power supply. I'm hesitant to spend the $90-$100 for a new power supply when I'm not 100% sure that this is my only problem. Let me know...other consideration is trading this in for a newer mac. Where's a good s... 4 Sep 2009 01:06

bootcamp update 2.1 woes - help - msiexec how to?
I unsuccesfully tried to update bootcamp to version 2.1 both automatically through software update in windows xp and manually. It gave the dreaded errors occurred while installing ... error. I finally found this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1845 When I enter the command as follows: msiec /update ./BCUpdateXP.msp... 26 Dec 2008 07:41

Momentary Blue screen- Additional Stuff I should have included
10.4.11 on MacBook Pro. Please forgive the initial oversight JR, et al. I know better but just forgot. Mea culpa (grin). In article <kurtullman-1F3662.08134517122008(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Last couple of days, I am busy working on my computer w... 17 Dec 2008 08:24

Momentary Blue screen
Last couple of days, I am busy working on my computer when the screen goes to this really neat light blue for a second or two and then comes right back up. I always pick up right where I left off. It doesn't seem to happen when I am doing anything consistent. One time I was just typing away on Word, another t... 17 Dec 2008 15:35

10.5.6 update causes wake from sleep problems
Ever since I installed the 10.5.6 update on my alu iMac it frequently fails to wake from sleep and has to be hard rebooted. I googled and it seems no one else has this problem. Am I really the only one? ... 25 Dec 2008 17:30

How to stop Brother Control Center from launching?
I want to prevent the "Brother Control Center" v2.3.1 (BCC) starting ever time I log into the non-administrator account on my machine. BCC even starts up every time I switch to the non-administrator account even if the user is already logged in and had previously quit BCC. The BCC application does not appear ... 16 Dec 2008 13:48