How do I remove what appears to be a magnification window?

I some how activated what appears as a rectangular magnification box on my screen that moves with the cursor... Does anyone have and idea of how I might have turned it on and how do I get rid of this irritating feature?

Press the key combination option-command-8 to disable Zoom. If you're using an Apple wireless mouse, open theMouse pane in System Preferences and uncheck the box marked Smart zoom.

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I started to download Yosemite. After reading reviews changed my mind, my macbook is 2007. How do I remove what little yosemite downloaded. I cant get rid of the icon it just says "paused".

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I don't want yosemite. It only down loaded a small portion before I changed my mind. Still on the desktop even though i put it in trash and emptied trash. icon says "paused" MY mac is 2009 too old for yosemite. How can I remove what has been downloaded?

MY mac is 2009 too old for yosemite.
Yosemite will run on that computer. Try quitting the App Store and then control click on the installer - Move to Trash. The installer should be in your Applications folder.

How do I remove a Safari debug stress test "Uptime" window?

I used the Start Sampling option in the Safari Debug drop down menu in a attempt to solve a slowdown problem. A window then appeared on the desktop showing Uptime, Pages, and Resources which persists although I have stopped sampling, quit Debug, quit Safari, and restarted--and moving it to Trash won't work. (My slowdown problem has been solved.) How do I remove this "Uptime-etc." see-through window from my desktop? Nothing on the Debug drop down menu is checked and Sampling and Stress Test lines read Start---, not Stop---. Thanks for any help.

Under the BookMarks menu is "Show All Bookmarks". Open that, and then navigate to the "Popular" folder, then highlight the offensive bookmark, and hit the delete button. That's it.

How do I remove unwanted entries in the Profile Manager window?

Can anyone please explain how do you remove irrelevant entries in the Profile Manager dialog? Since I have both 4.0 and 3.6 installed,each with two profiles,I use to launch secondary profiles with the Profile Manager via a command line instead of a specific shortcut,and the dialog window always shows all four options,regardless of what path I enter : is it possible to clean up the dialog window,so that only the 4.0 profiles are displayed when entering the path to 4.0 profiles,and so on for 3.6,without actually risking to delete any profiles? BTW,4.0 profile folders are stored in a different directory than 3.6,and the 3.6 profiles were accessed with the Profile Manager window (no shortcuts to specific profiles at the time) before installing 4.0

The Profile Manager is for all versions of Firefox you have installed - every Profile that is listed in the '''profiles.ini''' file will appear there. The location of the Profile folders has no effect on what the Profile Manager dialog window shows. There is no way to set it up relative to one program installation.
Best thing to do is to have separate desktop shortcuts for each Profile / Firefox-version you want to use.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile

How do I remove an Adobe Flash Player pop up window?

While accessing a Yahoo home page news video an Adobe pop up window blocked the central portion of a video.
The pop up window states:
"Adobe Flash Player Settings
Local Storage
l.yimg.com is requesting permission to
store information on your computer.
Requested up to: 10KB
Currently used: 0KB
icon of 'folder'. icon stating 'Allow'. icon stating 'Deny'. "
How do I remove this Adobe pop window???

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.htm l
Websites might occasionally want to store information, such as your high score from a game that runs in Flash Player or what products you have purchased, to your computer. In the Global Storage Settings panel, you can control how much disk space websites can use to store information, or you can prohibit websites from storing any information at all. (If you prohibit websites from storing information, the website might or might not function as intended.)
Use this panel to specify the default storage settings for websites that you haven't yet visited. (To change settings for websites you have already visited, use the Website Storage Settings panel.) The following list explains the storage options:
If you don't want to let applications from any website save information on your computer, and you don't want to be asked again, select Never Ask Again. This action doesn't delete any information that is already stored. (To delete existing information, use the Delete options in the Website Storage Settings panel.)
If you want to decide on a case-by-case basis whether applications from a website can save information on your computer, move the slider to the far left (None). Each time an application wants to save information on your computer, you will be asked for more disk space.
If you want to let applications from any website save as much information on your computer as they need to, move the slider to the far right (Unlimited).
If you want to let applications from any website save information on your computer, but want to limit the amount of disk space they can use, move the slider to select 10 KB, 100 KB, 1 MB, or 10 MB. If an application needs more space than you have allotted, you will be asked for more disk space while the application is running.
(Flash Player 8 and later) If you do not want to let third-party content store information on your computer, deselect Allow Third-Party Content To Store Data On Your Computer.
When you visit a website, the address shown in the browser address bar is usually where most of the website is located. For example, if you visit a fictional website www.[hotel].com, most of the website is located at www.[hotel].com. Sometimes, websites combine content from different sources. For example, www.[hotel].com might display a reservations form in Flash that actually comes from [reservations.hotel].com. The content from the latter website is called third-party content.
Third-party content might try to store information on your computer. In the hotel reservations example, you might be willing to let [reservations.hotel].com store information on your computer, such as data about which hotels you prefer, so that you can make a hotel reservation. However, you might not be willing to let third-party content store information on your computer in other situations. For example, a car-rental company, www.[my-car-rental].com, might have a banner ad on www.[hotel].com, to track your website usage or to record your preferences.
To prohibit all third parties from storing information on your computer, deselect Allow Third-Party Content To Store Data On Your Computer. This option is available only with Flash Player 8 and later. Adobe recommends that you upgrade to the most recent version of Flash Player available.
(Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and later) If you do not want to store Flash components on your computer, deselect Store Common Flash Components To Reduce Download Times.
Flash Player lets you store common or shared SWF and FLV files and other components from different websites on your computer to significantly reduce download times and allow faster viewing. For example, www.[hotel].com and [reservations.hotel].com might both use the same Adobe components on their sites.
For an overview of issues related to storage, see What are storage settings? in the discussion of the Settings Manager.

How do I remove annoying black box surrounding icons and windows...

I hate to think that this something very simple but I can't figure it out.
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Whole in iTunes it surrounds the main window with the list of music.
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enter command+F5. this will turn off voice over which you've accidentally activated.
That's a handy shortcut but if you want to check this and related things you can accidentally activate, open System Preferences > Universal Access

How do I update what appears on my homepage (I don...

I see old updates from contacts on the home page and don't want to see this. Can't seem to get rid of them.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Philip.Bradbury wrote:
I searched this forum to find a way to personalise the contacts pictures that appear at the top of my Skype home page and you have given me confirmation that this cannot yet be done.
These pictures are large and can be seen by anyone passing the screen. It is a bit embarassing if Skype randomly choose the wrong girlfriend! I use this hypothetical example to illustrate my point. Maybe Skype will sort this out ASAP.
Philip
not really a solution but just a suggested workaround, you can just choose to run Skype in Compact View, where the Skype Home window will not be displayed.
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How do I change what appears on my New Tab?

My default "new tab" page (with the tiles) disappeared and became about:home|about:newtab, which brings up a "the address isn't valid" error. How do I make the new tab page just about:newtab?

Your System Details list show:
*browser.newtab.url: about:home|about:newtab
So you need tho modify this pref on the about:config page and set its value to about:newtab.
*about:config page: browser.newtab.url = about:newtab
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar.
You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
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How can I stop what appears to be a virus in my e-mail sending out e-mails

Hi,
I keep getting undeliverable messages from my service provider. It seems I have some virus that keeps sending out some spam about winning money. It is going out to addresses I do not have in my address book or have ever dealt with. I'm not sure what to do or what software I can use to make these stop. Any help would be appreciated.

My machine sends them immediately with a prefix in the Subject line saying <RE: hi > then the original email title.
And you have verified that they are indeed being sent by your computer based on an analysis of tcpdump logs or Wireshark logs running on another "believed clean"computer on the same LAN? I would strongly encourage you to submit excerpts of these logs to the likes of Intego, MacScan, etc., if so. You haven't downloaded any freeware from sites of unverifiable integrity, right? Is your DNS settings directing you to the DNS servers that you think they are (perhaps rerouting your sent mail to a rogue smtp server)? In Terminal, type scutil⏎ then type show State:/Network/Global/DNS⏎ and make sure you recognize the IP addresses of the reported DNS servers. (type exit⏎ to exit scutil)
Spammers in Africa can't send their results immediately. Looking at the long headers of a spam returned to me, it's got the same routing info as me and was sent at the same time.
Why not? I doubt that there is some guy sitting there manually doing this with email messages, it is automated, and would probably take milliseconds to duplicate your email, append the canned spam message, and shotgun it back out onto the internet. I live in Colorado and I picked a random server in New Zealand and pinged it (don't trust even pinging anything in some locales). The results?
myOldMac:~ jv$ ping {hidden}.org.nz
PING {hidden}.org.nz (202.6.116.6): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=168.514 ms
64 bytes from NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=167.807 ms
64 bytes from NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=167.624 ms
64 bytes from NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=167.954 ms
--- {hidden}.org.nz ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 167.624/167.975/168.514/0.333 ms
That's only one-sixth of one second ... that's pretty fast.

I want to be able to use the ebay time zone app so I am using nightly builder version and I don't like it. What version can I use and still get my ebay thing, and how do I remove what I have? Thank you

what version supports ebay time zone

Sorry, but if your phone is locked to AT&T, there is no way to get your phone officially unlocked. AT&T will not unlock an iPhone for anyone for any reason. Sell it before you move & purchase a phone when you get there.

BlackBerry Z10 Internet Browser pops up 8 preview windows - how do you pick what is in the 8 preview windows ?

In main Home Display, I click Browser and it pops up 8 preview window panes for me, which is most helpful. I have some there I use frequently such as a traffic site. But, my 8 preview window panes have no button I can click which allows me to add a window to that, nor any way I can see to remove 6 of the 8 I have no interest in ever seeing again, ever.
How do I delete 1 of the 8 preview window panes in Internet Browser, and replace the 8 with what I want to show-up there please ?
Thank you.
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I deleted the Bookmarks for the 6 of the 8 I never want to see again. They still fill-up 6 of the 8 slots. I have no interest in those 6 and cannot figure out how to get rid of 6 of the 8. I have 6 others I definitely do want to have with the 2 of the 8 I already have in there, like the Traffic.
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How to completely remove Macintosh partition and assign it to Windows partition?

I've been a mac user for over 4 years now. I own a Macbook Pro (early 2008 model). I had leopard running until a month ago when I decided to upgrade to meet with the system spec demands of many applications. I first installed Snow Leopard. Snow leopard used to auto log me out. (This is a known bug. Check google). Then I figured I must install Lion. But Lion freezes at login screen a million times. And next I upgraded to Mountain Lion. It does not boot up at all!
So, I have Windows 7 on my bootcamp partition but now I want to ONLY have windows on my macbook and remove mac os completely. How can I do that without reformatting/reinstalling anything?
Thank you.

You can do that but it is not suggested. Why because Apple writes drivers, or supplies driver, that you really can't get elsewhere and sets up the system to work better with Windows then installing Windows all by itself
The thing to do is install OS X Clean, whatever flavor you like but the newer versions of OS X is recommended, and Nothing But the OS. No other program from Apple or any other Mac software writer. Then use Boot Camp to assign all remaining HDD space to a Boot Camp partition, leaving 10-20GBs over what OS X is using. Then install Windows.
Then all you have to do is NEVER boot back into OS X.
The only problem with that is the way Apple sets up the Windows partition system. Once setup you really can't fool with the BC partition, like splitting it into 2 partitions, as that may cause Windows to fail.
Or you could just retire your old and aging Mac and buy a brand new Windows notebook. Faster, more HDD space, more memory and included a new warranty.
Just sayin.

I tried the 1.4 update, would not install.How do I remove it? I am used to windows.

I am new to macs. Had pcs.I tried to down load the 1.4 update for my 13 macpro.It didnt finsish said it wouldnt install, contact the manufacturer, what?. But now it says I cannot remove it, what? How can I get rid of it, why would I need it if it doesn't even install correctly? I am beginning to miss windows.

I think you must be referring to a laptop and not a workstation.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
http://support.apple.com/downloads/
http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html
I can't tell for the life of me what you are talking about, seriously.
Be concise.
When you need support, there are product support pages with help and tech articles, information.
http://www.apple.com/support/macbook/

How can I remove livesearch from the Mozilla Firefox browser window?

Somehow I got the live-search malware embedded into the Firefox browser window. I have tried to remove it using SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot-S7D, and Malwarebyte. Plus ran AVG. Did all four of these several times. But I still have livesearch.
How do I get rid of it? Will uninstalling Firefox and the reinstalling it work. If I uninstall Firefox and reinstalling it, will I loos all my bookmarks?
Please Help!
Thanks,
Naturewoman

Generally speaking, uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox doesn't solve most problems unless you remove all your personal settings, which I definitely do NOT recommend.
These kinds of infiltrations can take some effort to remove. To make it easier, Firefox now had a "reset" feature which preserves your bookmarks but strips away custom settings and extensions, which are the source of most problems.
You could try manually removing the "Printing Helper" extension and resetting your search settings first. If these don't help, then try the reset.
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Extensions category
Then run the Search Reset extension from here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/searchreset/
More info on reset: [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]]
Any luck?

How do I remove/delete another email address in the window where I have to type in my Apple ID? The email address in there is not mine. Help please

When I go to enter my Apple ID ( to update an application ) there is another email address entered which is not mine. So, even when I type in my correct ID , obviously my ID does not match this other email address. How did this 'other' email address get there and how do I get this other email address deleted ? Than you for any advice.

You installed a hacked app, originally from the Mac App Store. It contains the receipt for a different app, downloaded using an account that you don't control. You need to identify and remove the hacked app.
Important: The app you need to remove is not necessarily the one named in the App Store alert. For example, the App Store could prompt you to update "Angry Birds" or "Twitter," but the hacked app could be "Final Cut Pro." Don't make any assumptions about which app you're looking for. To find it, you must carry out a systematic search with Spotlight.
1. Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt=1
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
2. In the Finder, press command-F to open a search window, or select
          File ▹ Find
from the menu bar. In the search window, select
          Search: This Mac
from the row of tokens below the toolbar. Below that is a popup menu of search criteria, initially showing Kind. From that menu, select
          Other...
A sheet will drop down. In that sheet, select
          Raw Query
as the criterion, then click OK or press return.
Now there will be a text box to the right of the menu of search criteria. That's where you enter the raw search query. Click in that box and paste the text you copied earlier by pressing command-V.
3. The search window will now show all the App Store products that are installed. Compare those search results with the list of your purchases from the App Store. To see the complete list, you may need to unhide hidden purchases. If any apps were download from the App Store using other Apple ID accounts that you control, sign in to the store under each of those ID's and check the purchases.
4. At least one of the apps in the Spotlight search results is not among your purchases in the App Store. Move each such item to the Trash, after quitting it if it's running. You may be prompted for your administrator password. Empty the Trash.
5. Quit and relaunch the App Store. Test.
If you find these instructions confusing, ask for an alternative method.

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