Help me before i shoot my mac please
i have way to many questions to ask to a forum/discussion group & finding out how to learn a mac system is not easy, all i want to do is understand this computer, how it works & why it does the things that it does because overall i think i hate mac's. is anybody aware ofa class or a program SOMETHING that i can learn my macbook pro on?? i have no idea how or what so many things do from terminal to stacks too the whole computer. i just want a good source that really teaches me my computer indepthly not surface deep tutoral that is outdated & really does not apply.
thanks for listening
Hi Rich,
I would suggest that you download the user manual. Also, every window has a Help selection on the toolbar. The Apple website (this very one) has a Support tab that has a Search window. I have had excellent success using all three of these resources to answer quetions I have about my devices and apps.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
GB
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com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
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com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
The following procedure will help whether your system has been modified. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
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com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.lacie.desktopmanager.service.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
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com.wdc.WDDMservice.plist
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Switching from a PC to a MAC please help me get online!
okay so i just got my macbook and i am used to getting online from my PC. i used to just connect to my wireless network in my house, and then open up "broadband" connection, type in my username and password and i was connected, i cant quite find out how to do this on my mac please help me
also what is PPPoE?Make sure airport is turned on. There should be an icon in your menu bar that looks like an antenna or fan. Most of the bars should be black. Click on that and select "broadband" from the menu.
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Please can you help me? I have a Mac Book Pro with OS X 10.7.4 and my FaceTime doesn't open anymore. It appears this sentence:"the server detected an error during the elaboration of the registration. Please try later". What happens??
Start the computer from the installation disk and perform Repair Disk and Repair Permissions using Disk Utility
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Was it AA X Std that you had these options in (sorry, I only have Pro)? If it was the trial (that is Pro), it may be that Std does not have to feature. Under XI at the Adobe site, there is a comparison of features between Std and Pro that might give you a hint.
There is also an option to turn on or hide many tools. For me there is a small icon just above the tools...comment titles. If you select that it give a list of tools you can display. Often, several are not displayed by default. How you lost them is another things, but it is getting them that is the basic question. -
I loss the serial number for my Final Cut Pro. I just traid instaling before that upgrade my Mac G5 2004 Computer. Could anybody help me?.
These are user forums. You are not speaking to Apple here. You may contact them:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support visit online support site.
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