I have a 5 year old Imac. it does not pick up the wireless internet signal in the same location that my new laptop does. Is there anything I can do to it to fix that?

I have a five year old Imc that does not pick up a wireless signal in the same area that my laptop does - is that just because it is old? Is there a card widget I could add to the IMac?

Hello,
Do any black bars show on the Airport icon at all?
I have a 2007 iMac that can barely see my Base Station 4 feet away, an older eMac 7 feet away sees it great!
On my iMac I use one of these...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP2802GU2/
And a USB extension cable can give even better range/speed.

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We have a 4 year old iMac 24 inch. My hard drive died and we have a new hard drive now, but all that the fixit shop put on it was the Snow Leopard OS; can I ask Apple for a download of our other many software programs to reload them? Does it cost to do

We have a 4 year old iMac 24 inch. The hard drive died and we had a new hard drive installed. They only installed the Snow Leopard OS on it, and there were many software programs that came with the iMac originally.. now missing. Does anyone know whether Apple will resupply these? I do have an Apple installation disc but have upgraded from the original Leopard to Snow Leopard... so the OS is not quite the same. Ideas? Thanks!

No bootable bakup/clone or Time Machine backup? No initial install discs? If no to both of those, call 1-800-MY-APPLE and request replacement discs for that machine. They're available for a nominal S&H charge.

I have a one-year old iMac and Safari will NOT remember bookmarks I try to add. Any suggestions?

I have a one-year old iMac and Safari will NOT remember bookmarks I try to add. Any suggestions?

Launch the Terminal application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Copy or drag -- do not type -- the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
ls -Oel Library/Safari
Copy any lines of output that appear below what you entered and paste them into a reply to this message.

Have a 2 year old imac and the email will not send as it is stuck on drafts file

have a 2 year old imac and the email will not send as it is stuck on the drafts file -- any ideas please?

As Stated... The iPad 2 does not offer this Feature.
iOS System Requirements > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574
Understanding > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4517

HT204053 Is it possible to have two (or more) different icloud mail accounts (not alias) under the same apple id? If not what is you best advice for all family members to have their own e-mail and still share the purchases under the same apple id. Thanks

Is it possible to have two (or more) different icloud mail accounts (not alias) under the same apple id? If not what is you best advice for all family members to have their own e-mail and still share the purchases under the same apple id. Thanks

mannyace wrote:
Thanks for the response.
So I basically won't run into any trouble? I
There should be no issues. Its designed to work like that. You don't change Apple IDs just because you get a new device.
mannyace wrote:
Thanks for the response.
Is there any chance that the phones can fall out of sync?
Unlikely. But nothing is impossible. Though I don;t see how that would happen. As long as both are signed into the Same Apple ID / iCloud Account they will be N'Sync. (Bad Joke)
mannyace wrote:
Thanks for the response.
If I get a message or buy an app or take a photo on the iPhone 5, how do I get those things onto the iPhone 6?
If you buy an App, you have 2 ways to get it to the iPhone6: If Automatic Downloads is enabled in Settings->iTunes & App Store, it will automatically download to the iPhone 6 when you buy it on the 5 and vice versa if you buy it on the 6, it will download to the 5.
Alternatively, you can simply go to the App Store App->Updates->Purchased and look for the App there and download it. Purchased Apps will not require payment again. i.e They'll be free to download to the iPhone 6 once purchased.
SMS Messages will sync over using Continuity as long as they are on the same Wifi network. Otherwise, restoring the iPhone 5 backup to the iPhone 6 will transfer all messages received up until the backup was made onto the iPhone 6.
Images, can be transferred either through Photo Stream
My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support
Or any Cloud service you want such as Dropbox, or One Drive.
mannyace wrote:
Also, something i forgot to ask initially: Should I update the iPhone 5 to iOS 8 first or does that not matter?
If you want the Continuity features as explained above you need to update the iPhone 5 to iOS 8. Otherwise its not all that important.

I've just upgraded to the Iphone update and now battery life of the poor is very poor (3 hours). Is there anything I can do to fix this?

I've just upgraded to the Iphone (4) update and now battery life of the poor is very poor (3 hours). Is there anything I can do to fix this?

there is wifi encryption password and appleID password and then your imap or pop3 password

3 year old iMac running very slow, freezing all the time. Advice?

My three year old iMac - 2.4Ghz processor, 2GB RAM, running Lion - is becoming almost totally useless. For many months it has been very slow, with multiple freezes, and then "force quits" on iPhoto and other applications.
First, I tried to free up some space - i now have about 44GB free. Then I ran disk utility etc, Then I ugraded to Lion.
But still I'm getting the same problems. Any suggestions?

It sounds like your problems are more serious than a 'hardware upgrade' issue. My late 2008 MacBook 2.4GHz with 2GB RAM runs applications (and iPhoto) fine. In addition I have run OS X operating systems with little more than 5GB free hard drive space with no issue (being able to run advanced applications like Photoshop).
My advice- if you have simply upgraded to Lion keeping all your systems settings and files intact then you may want to perform a 'clean install', you'll backup your important data/files in order to transfer them back again into Lion. You could even create a Time Machine Backup and use this to move only your data and applications back into your clean install of OS X Lion.

The top part of my screen is dim, is there anything I can do myself to fix it?

I have a 20 inch early 2008 iMac that has been perfect for me, up until now. 95% of the time when I now start it up, the top part of my screen goes dim. I play with it and put it to sleep and wake it up immediately, and sometimes that will work and it will stay lit up. The computer is clearly out of warranty...is there anything I can do to help this? How much would a repair like this cost without a warranty? I'm so frustrated.

iMac's are about the worst computer in the world value speaking to buy becaues of their "closed" nature.
Your only choice seems to be to call a online Mac repair shop or Apple, send it to them and get a estimate.
Consider a MacPro for your next desktop machine, at least with that you can run out and get another monitor, or hard drive, or video card, or power supply, or ...and install it yourself.

I have bought lightroom 5 and loaded it onto my lap top but i want to buy a new lap top will i be able to load the same software onto my new laptop using the same serial number

Can I use the light room 5 software I have bought to install it on my new laptop using the same serial number as before

Yes, the Lightroom license key is single user/owner.
It can be installed on two computers at the same time with one in use at any point in time.
Mac & or PC.
There is no deactivate process just uninstall from one and install on another as many times that is necessary.
The link below gives a detailed procedural procedure.
http://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/

I have a 2 year old Imac running OS X 10.5.8.

I want to upgrade to Snow Leopard and then Lion. Apple won't help me unless I pay, so hoping someone will help me with this issue. Very afraid of screwing things up.

Does your iMac have 2GBs of memory and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor?

My iMac will not boot up. I have a 3 year old iMac running Lion. When I push the power button I get the Apple logo, then the circular thing made up of small lines revolving iin a clockwise direction, then a progress bar which never fills in.

The progress bar then disappears and the system never boots up. How can I get this machine to boot without a start-up disc?
Are there any keyboard shortcuts available?

I think you'll need those grey original install disks as it sounds like your harddrive is corrupted.

My 5 year old iMac's hard drive is at the point of failing. I'm trying to save al files on it, but it wont allow backup via Time Machine to an external hard drive. How can I keep from losing all the files and programs if the hard drive fails?

I'm concerned that my iMac, purchased 5 years ago, is about the crash and I can't back up my files and programs to an external hard drive via Time Machine because the computer freezes after only a couple hundred MB and gets nowhere near the required amount.
How can I save these files and programs if the computer hard drive fails or has to be replaced without the backup being able to be done? I need to do something quickly, but I'm not sure what I can or should be doing.

Get an external hard drive, some good ones that I like are the OWC, http://www.macsales.com Mercury Elite Pro drives...they are very good and reasonably priced.
Get the drive, connect via USB or FireWire, then use Disk Utility to format the new drive as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled), and then use Disk Utility to Restore the current drive to the new drive. Restore actually clones the drive so you will have a bootable backup on the external drive.
After you have formatted and named the external drive, click Restore in the main Disk Utility window, drag the name of the old hard drive to the Source box, and drag the name of the new external drive to the Destination box. DU will make an exact clone of the internal drive on the external drive.
That clone will be a complete backup of the operating system and all of your data.
You can test it by restarting the iMac and hold the Option key. That will give you a grey screen showing all bootable drives. Just click the external drive, then click the upward pointing arrow under it and the iMac will boot from that drive.

Just recently, Firefox has not allowed my Hotmail to open without first showing a banner that says Firefox will not open my program and I must hit the "Allow" button to get this open. Is there anything I can do about this?

I have been using Firefox for years with Hotmail as my e-mail provider with no trouble. Now I am getting messages that say some script is running; do I want to continue or cancel and then a brown message bar will appear asking me me manually allow the opening of Hotmail. A minor annoyance yet one I have not encountered until a few months ago and would like to fix.

See: [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences Tools > Options] > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"
* [[Options window - Advanced panel#General_tab]]
See also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
* [[Troubleshooting plugins]]

My iPhone 4 doesn't want to charge is there anything I can do to try to fix it?

I know my charger and the cord work.

Clean the iPhone charging port with a clean dry toothbrush. If still problem, and you have Warranty or AppleCare, make Genius reservation and take iPhone to Apple for resolution. If no coverage, use a small amount of Isopropyll Alcohol with the toothbrush and clean the charging port

My ipod was sitting out in the heat covered and now doesn't work is there anything i can do to fix this?

I was camping this weekend and left my ipod in the heat and now it does not work. is there any way i can fix this or do i need to send it in to get fixed'?

- Try here first:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
- It could be only the battery since high temperature can destroy the battery.
- I would make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store to see what your options are.

I have a 5 year old Imac. it does not pick up the wireless internet signal in the same location that my new laptop does. Is there anything I can do to it to fix that?

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