In comparison with OS X, Mac OS 8 and 9 were tiny and simple. Installing or replacing a component was a minor task; here is how we did it.
Category Archive: Macs
A friend is giving me a Mac LC 475, but when it is powered up the display shows a white floppy disk with a flashing ? against it. What does that mean?
There are techniques allowing you to leave firewall ports open, or for opening up ports from outside, whilst retaining security.
Can I install a 2.5” SATA hard disk in my Mac Pro and use that disk to augment the existing volume used as my Time Machine backup?
Email needs to be turned into a robust service, with accountability and standards. How about it, OFCOM?
When I set up my iPad WiFi, it asks for a password and a user name. How can I find out what my user name is?
Even the least money-motivated of us become tempted to play to the gallery, and their view statistics.
Any user paying attention to what is going on should not fall for the scam.
I often make notes of bridge conventions, for which I require easy access to the four standard symbols for the suits, clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. How can I insert these most easily?
I used to use Adobe’s Virtual Printer to batch print folders of documents to PDF. Can you suggest a suitable replacement?
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