IM MSGR FOR I-MAC HELP QUESTION
Tryied yahoo msgr with my new Imac osx 10.4.9 didnt work
I have msn msgr installed, it tells me the service may not be available or I am not not online...I am online fine..
tech told me there might be a "plug in" software by a 3rdd party company that would make my msn msgr work...
...brand new I-Mac I cant isntant msg people...that is hard pillow to swallow
any suggestions???
Does I-chat not work or is it just me..is it limited??
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I-Mac Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Since Messenger is not an Apple product, you'll get better response if you use a forum dedicated to Microsoft's Mac products such as <http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33607053> rather than an Apple forum, as they only provide support for Apple products.
Be sure to search the forum first in case someone has already had a similar question answered. You'll get your answer faster this way. Post your question in the forum if you don't find anything that helps you.
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Building for iOS essentially requires you to learn Obj-C, which hopefully you know is a superset of C. Building for iOS also requires knowledge of other tools, such as Cocoa, a framework built by Apple. Additionally, you should be familiar or be prepared to be familiar with XCode, Apple's IDE. You'll also need to review guidelines for publishing to the iOS App Store.
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If I wait for Office 2014 - do we know if this we have a better/ different sky drive function?
Please help!According to your requirment, Office 365 for small business or higher plan suits you. We don't need to wait for ' Office 2014 for Mac' but join family of Office 365 for now.
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iv unistalled flash, iv checked plug ins it just wont work,It would have been a great help to know precisely what Mac you have, so some of the following may not apply:
You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS. Note that version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users*. The latest version,10.3.183.23 or later, is for Intel Macs only running Tiger or Leopard, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform. Version 11.4.402.265 or later is for Snow Leopard onwards.
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http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/909/cpsid_90906.html
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications (including Safari) first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.
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When you have installed the latest version of Flash, relaunch Safari and test.
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Use the FULL installer for 12.0.0.44: Flash Player 12 (Mac OS X)
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please help me ,i forgot the synchronising password for my mac pro lion backup disk
If the backup volume is encrypted, and you forgot the password, then you'll have to erase the volume and start a new backup. There's no way to recover the password.
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You need to upgrade OS X.
Upgrading to Yosemite
You can upgrade to Yosemite from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Yosemite can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
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OS X Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
Upgrading to Lion
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Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
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Redemption Code Help
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/redemption-code-help.html
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