I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox, hoping to start over with add-ins. When I reinstalled, I got all my old bookmarks and add-ins!

I checked plugins, found RealPlayer was outdated. I clicked 'UPDATE' which had me reinstall RealPlayer. When done, RealPlayer was still listed as outdated.
Thought I could uninstall-reinstall. Backed up bookmarks, uninstalled (checked to remove all customization). Reinstalled, and found all my bookmarks already installed! Couldn't find RealPlayer but it looked like all my old plugins were still there. What happened? Can I get a clean install?

Uninstalling Firefox won't remove your Bookmarks unless you tell it to remove your private data. You can try a Reset [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]].
Also, plugins are external to Firefox (flash, java, etc.) and so you can't remove them from Firefox. But you can disable, which is in practice the same thing.

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When I downloaded firefox someone else's bookmarks and homepage are there, it is a used computer. How can I "start over" with firefox?

I have tried deleting firefox from my computer entirely (I have a macbook). Then when I download it again, much later, it still acts like it knows what bookmarks and homepage I want. These were obviously set by someone else, and I want it to be fresh, I want to start over with a new firefox. I bought the computer used, and apparently firefox recognizes it as having been downloaded before and automatically adds stuff to it. It is annoying!!

The simplest method will be to create a new profile and delete the old one. User information such as bookmarks is stored in a profile folder. You can create and remove profiles by using the profile manager. First use the profile manager to create a new profile, then use it to delete the old profile.
For details on using the profile manager see the [[managing profiles]] article. An alternative site that can help is http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

I have two Apple ID's and one is used for my iPhone, but I want to start using a different one. Will my library still retain the apps I bought or should I start over with a whole new iTunes library?

^^ that's the question... Want to delete the current and start over with the one I've already created, but want to keep all my songs and apps. Is it possible?

You can have apps and music from multiple IDs on your computer or your phone, but you will need the password for each one to install updates or to reload the content. You cannot merge the content from one ID into another, however.

I want to delete my old account: simon@s.dk and start over with my correct email-account: simon@fonsbo.dk, but every time, I try to by a plan or get a new membership, the site tells me, that Creative sui is not available in my country, the democratic repp

I want to delete my old account: [email protected] and start over with my correct email-account: [email protected], but every time, I try to by a plan or get a new membership, the site tells me, that Creative sui is not available in my country, the democratic republic of Congo!!!!, but I live ind Denmark. Hoew can I buy, and how doo I change my Adobe Id in my CC desktop. Ive tried for several days, but no matter which membership, I ask for, the answer (congo is the same. What to do???

Change/Verify Account https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1465499 may help
-http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/change-country-associated-with-adobe-id. html

HT1329 My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one. I was unable to save anything from the old computer. Is there anyway to get my music from my Ipod to my new computer without having to start over with the old cd's again

My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one. I was unable to save anything from the old computer. Is there anyway to get my music from my Ipod to my new computer without having to start over with the old cd's again

Hello cheech07,
The following article contains directions that can help get you back on track with iTunes. I'd recommend picking up at 'Part 5' of the 'External drive' section.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Cheers,
Allen

HT4796 will turbotax transfer from my broken hp laptop to a new mac or do I need to buy turbotax for mac and start over with my pc 2011 turbotax file

will turbotax transfer from my broken hp laptop to a new mac or do I need to buy turbotax for mac and start over with my pc 2011 turbotax file

You'd have to ask Intuit. They might give you a cross-license to download and install the Mac version.

HT201365 I have forgotten my passcode for my iPad air and I have tried to erase it and start over, but I stuck!! I just got it and I'm just starting to activate it as a new iPad

I have forgotten my passcode for my iPad air and I have tried to erase it and start over, but I stuck!! I just got it and I'm just starting to activate it as a new iPad

How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
You may have to do this several times.
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just canceling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

Starting over with my 5 yo MacBook

I purchased an "entry level" MacBook back in 2006. It's still plugging away. However, it's 5 years old and I have never upped the Ram (took a lot of stuff off though). I had been getting notifications that my disk was getting full, but haven't lately.
I'm thinking of just reinstalling the system and starting over with it. I had installed Tiger when it came out and I'm wondering, if I reinstall, can I also do the Tiger updates or will my installation code have expired or reset since I'm reinstalling the entire thing??
If I didn't explain myself well enough, let me know.

jkesner:
I had been getting notifications that my disk was getting full, but haven't lately.
Running your computer with a too full HDD can result in irretrievable directory corruption and data loss. What is the total capacity of your HDD and how much of it is available disk capacity? (Select HD icon on desktop and Get Info (Command + I). This information will be helpful.
I'm thinking of just reinstalling the system and starting over with it.
Reinstalling Tiger is certainly an option. You might consider upgrading to Snow Leopard if your computer meets the technical specifications for Snow Leopard. However, before you undertake reinstallation of Tiger or upgrading the OS, I would want to be sure that your HDD is up to snuff, and is not too full.
You might also want to consider upgrading the RAM to 3GB, or at least 2GB.
Please post back with further questions/comments.
cornelius

I'm looking for some help connecting linksys IP Cameras to my home network to monitor my property when I'm travelling. I used to do this with linksys WAPS, but since I've discarded all my old linksys networking and standardized on airport, I can't get the

I'm looking for some help connecting linksys IP Cameras to my home network to monitor my property when I'm travelling. I used to do this with linksys WAPS, but since I've discarded all my old linksys networking and standardized on airport, I can't get these things working. I know that I have to identify my camera through the DHCP table and set up port forwarding and there is the problem.
My network consists of 4 base stations set up in a roaming network - same network name and passwords. I need to do it this way so I don't have to switch network when I move from one side of the house to the other, go to the cabana, or my shop in the barn. The network works pretty well since I went to a roaming set up. Good performance, yata, yata, yata.
However, the roaming network requires the AEBS's to be set up in bridge mode, rather than sharing an ip address. When the AEBS is set to bridge mode, you don't see a DCHP table or have the ability to identify your IP Cam through the AEBS - and hence, no port forwarding.
I am able to identify and set up my Linksys IP Cam by locating the ip address on my FIOS router, even though, it's plugged into an AEBS. I set it up, see the video, remove the ethernet cable from the IP Cam, restart - and I can't get to it from an AEBS. In researching this, it appears, I should be setting up the AEBS to "share an IP Address", going to the DHCP table and identifying the camera's IP address and setting up port forwarding. However, you don't see any of the DHCP or port forwarding options in Airport Network Utility when configuring in bridge mode.
I'm hoping I'm missing something here and that the solution isn't to set it up at the FIOS router level, but I'm beginning to think that's my only hope. What concerns me there is that I should be able to see the IP cam on the network without port forwarding since I'm not coming from outside, and I can't even do this unless it's connected hard wire.
I'd appreciate any insight into this that anyone might have. I've hit the wall with what I know.
Thanks.

In a roaming network, your "main" router is the device that would require port mapping/forwarding to be configured in order to access the IP camera from the Internet. This router is also the one that would be provide the private IP address for the camera which you will want to be a static one.
So as you described your network, the IP cameras should be getting an IP address or you assigned it a static one and this is the address that you would enter in the Private IP address (or equivalent depending on the router used) field when setting up port mapping.
If you are not able to access this camera from the local network, then this should be troubleshot first.

Starting Over with my macbook

I recently got a new macbook pro from work, and I have a macbook that is about two years old... runs great, but my wife is going to use my old macbook as her main computer (she has been using an old dell) while I use my pro as mine. I wanted to essentially start over with the macbook and give her a fresh computer, with none of the junk I had on it from work and school.
Is there a way to essentially start over and erase everything on my macbook hard drive? I want to do everything over, like when I booted it up for the first time... name the hard drive, redo settings, etc. Do I insert the startup disk and go from there? Any insight would be super helpful. Thanks!

Hi SlickRick321,
You can do an erase & install of the HD and a clean install of the OS from the System Installation disc(s) that came with your computer. That will wipe everything out and startup the computer as though it was brand new (when the installation is completed).
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545

Starting over with Users

I'm trying for various reasons to make my ibook and mini config match. I did this with a G3 and the IBook previously, but screwed up when setting up the mini.
What I need to do is recreate the ibook accounts in the same order on the mini. Is there away to just start over with brand new user accounts?

The long term goal is to have to computers on the network, with identical accounts and identical permissions, so that a user on one has the same accounts on the other, and can log in. This means the netid db has to be the same on both. I'm trying to replicate what I was told to do in this topic.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1330775#1330775
Where you'll see according to that poster I need to have the accounts have identical names, be created in the same order before I can migrate them to get the results I want.
My understanding is also that using the accounts in system preference you can't change the first account created on the machine.
So what I think I'd like to do is trick the OS into thinking I haven't set up accounts and go through the procedure again.
If cloning would acheive this, I need to know how to do it. Do I replace the Users folder? Something higher up?
Thanks

I want to delete folders in the email I want to start over with new folders

I want to delete the folders that appear on the left side column next to the email window..... I don't know how else to describe it. I saved folders that I now want to delete, or re label into new folders
Gene

you are correct, I am using an email program...Yahoo!
I had created folders that line up on the left side of the page, next to the email inbox that is open with all the emails showing....I wanted to delete the folders and start over with new folders, without emptying them, or renaming them......
I kept trying, and found out that selecting the folder, and actually hitting the delete button on my keyboard.....and it worked!!! what do you know!...I thought there must have been a super secret keyboard trick...and I feel ashamed I didn't think of that(''selecting and typing the delete key'') before posting the question...I want desperately to reorganize my email, with customer names, before starting over with new folders.
thanks for your quick response...anyway.

HT4915 How to I completely delete my music in iCoud so I can start over with new play lists? I get the message that my files aren't music files. Can I see what is in my iCloud file?

How to I completely delete my music in iCoud so I can start over with new play lists? I get the message that my files aren't music files. Can I see what is in my iCloud file?

Thank you Csound1, ok I guess I did manage to delete it but now when I copy new mp3 files they come as mpeg and iCoud won't accept them? Why? Do I have to convert them all now or can I set it somewhere to take them as mp3's. Appreciate the help. Have a great day! Cheers Steve

Starting over with imatch

I want to start over with iMatch - how do delete my existing library then statt again

Hi,
Two options:
1. Select all tracks , ctrl click and select delete from pop up. Check delete from iCloud and the select keep rather than sending to trash. Next hold shift key whilsts turning of match. When you turn back on match your iTunes library should be empty apart from previous iTunes Store purchases. You can now add all your tracks. The process should be quicker than starting from new as match will remember previous matches and uploads. You will lose all previous play count and playlists data using this method.
2. If you want to keep play counts and playlist, you could try this. Create a new library by holding option key whilst opening itunes. Turn on match and select add this computer. When process is complete, you will see all the music that you have in the cloud. Select all tracks and delete - you will get message that you are removing tracks from cloud.
Once done, close iTunes. Reopen itune holding option key and select the original library. All your music whilst still be there but the iCloud status will now be "Removed". To see status, in song view go to menu> view > view options and tick.
You can now select what you want to put back into match. Do this by selecting the track, ctrl click and from pop up select add to cloud. Match will ignore those tracks with "Removed" iCloud status.
Jim

Steps to start over with time capsule?

i need to start over with time capsule, completely. what are the steps necessary to do this?
erase the TC (I can see how to do that)
remove from Time Machine list (i can see how to do that, too).
reset to factory defaults? would that clear name and password. do they get reset to something?
is this step necessary.
what else is needed?

On an iPad or iPhone.....
Tap Settings on the home screen
Tap WiFi
Under the heading of Setup a new AirPort Base Station, Tap Time Capsule
The setup wizard will guide you through
On a Mac running Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Other WiFi Devices
Click Time Caspule
The setup wizard will guide you through

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