Mac Systems

airport forgets wep key
I have an emac and imac (10.4) that will connect to my network only via Internet Connect. However, upon log out/in, the wep key (128 bit) is lost. The airport will associate with network, but not authenticate. I've tried deleting the locations, deleting the airport, deleting the network pref files, zapping pram, d... 23 Jul 2010 15:49

27" iMac HDMI-to-Mini DisplayPort limits display to 720p. Please feedback Apple.
27" iMac owners or prospective owners, especially those who THOUGHT they could use their 27" iMacs, with the proper HDMI-to-Mini DisplayPort Converter, as HD (1080p) TVs, PLEASE read this message -- at least the first three paragraphs -- and if you care about this problem, please send feedback to Apple. This mes... 23 Jul 2010 13:37

DU Can't Reinitialize/Reformat External Drive-Update & Question
In article C864A8C1.60F82%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid, Nick Naym at nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid wrote on 7/15/10 12:00 PM: One of my FW externals (used for SD! clone backups) suddenly began to behave badly: Wouldn't always mount and/or to dismount. Finally, SD! began to fail making c... 26 Jul 2010 18:16

Caps Lock light strangeness
I have a late 2009 iMac with Bluetooth keyboard. A few minutes ago I accidentally hit caps lock and noticed that although my typing was producing capitals, the green LED on the key was not illuminated. I tried toggling it a few times and still no light. When I pressed the power key on the keyboard it started wo... 24 Jul 2010 16:40

Transferring Mail Accounts And Saved Mail To Another Computer
I anticipate purchasing an iMac in the fall. I am using an early 2002 iMac G4 800MHz 15-inch running 10.4.11. It has old legacy files (mostly settings and unused fonts) on it that date back to PPC/MacOS 8.6 and even 68030/MacOS 6.0.3. I want to install all of my third party applications from the original i... 23 Jul 2010 21:19

Laserjet 4+
I'm trying to print to a LJ4+ with both X.4 and later, X.6. I found the HP driver package, installed it, set the static IP, and got nowhere.... The printer panel gives me a W2 Protocol error..... Should this combination work? BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer does not app... 24 Jul 2010 00:33

Mac OSX printer drivers for Dell MFP 1125
Do these exist ? I recently moved offices, and these (4 in number) are the only printers within walking distance. ... 13 Aug 2010 15:45

Installing a new internal HD on an Intel iMac - Questions!
I'm about to install a new internal HD on a 2.4Ghz iMac and I have questions. Lots of questions! 1). I do have a full Time Machine backup on an external albeit non-bootable hard drive,but I'm not clear if/how I will be able to import that onto a fresh HD with nothing but a Snow Leopard install. 2). The existin... 25 Jul 2010 16:12

Mathematica fonts and PDF on Macs?
The post is a query about a proposed workaround for resolving font difficulties with PDF documents produced using Mathematica and then accessed from other apps on the Mac. Details: It's commonplace for people to prepare graphics and even full documents using Mathematica on Mac OS X machines and then trans... 21 Jul 2010 20:13

Norton Internet Security for Mac?
My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac. I've been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC-- assuming that no protection was necessary. So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do? ... 23 Jul 2010 10:16