How to fix screen appearance for the Mac

How do I fix my screen it was centered and now is off to the right

Hmmm, does changing the Display rez & back fix it?
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when complete, test again.

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Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems: <b>View > Zoom > Reset</b> (Ctrl+0 (zero); Cmd+0 on Mac)
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Use... I realized that i spent my 27 years for using (fixing) computers. Because the Mac was perfect. After iMac, i was really fine with my computer... But after something, that doesn't bother me, happened. The screen started to get cloudy and black... An

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My name is Turgay and have been using computer since 1982... 2 years ago, because of my friend's advice, i bought an iMac... It was the first Mac that i use... Till that, i was using normal PC's...
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Here is a list of Apple contacts; there is no email address - you will need to write a letter to their corporate headquarters or call them:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
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etresoft:
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
That info is exactly what I was looking for.
I tried it and it worked like a charm.
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I knew that some smart and caring person would answer my plea for help.
Thanks again.
Tom

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