IMic, Garageband, and I'm ready to throw this thing...

Sorry ya'll, for the threat of violence against this expensive piece of machinary - but I'm seriously at the end of my rope...someone help?
I have a new MacBook Pro. Woot. I've got Garageband 3.0.4. Ok. I want to record. Nothing crazy - just a Griffin iMic, a Shure 58, and an acoustic guitar.
Problems I'm having:
1. hum. WAY too much hum on the iMic. It sounds like I'm recording onto my old GE tape recorder. This is unacceptable. Either the iMic is crap (not my particular one, but the product in general), or I'm doing something wrong. I have it plugged in to the USB port, and into it I've got a Shure 58 connected to an XLR - male 1/4" at the other end, which is made into an 1/8" via an adapter to plug into the iMic (seriously, why can't anyone get smart and realize that ALL REAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT USES XLR OR 1/4" and STOP with this 1/8" nonsense???).
2. If I follow the instructions for the iMic, I should have the toggle put toward the 'input' side. Thing is, if I do that, the recording level is ridiculously low. So I turn it toward the 'output' side. Could this have something to do with the hum? I saw another post about 'grounding the iMic' - how the heck do I ground something in a plastic case????
3. I also have a nice Digidesign MBox. Problem is, my computer won't recognize it. What's up with that? I saw somewhere else, in response to another post I left, that with 10.4.10 people have been having problems with USB audio interfaces? WHAT? What does that even mean? How do I fix this problem?
Thanks to anyone willing to try to answer these questions, I'm seriously, seriously frustrated. I bought this thing thinking I'd finally be able to record decent, bedroom-recording style audio with no fuss. It's been nothing but fuss.
So again. Thanks. Hope someone out there can help.
Paz,
Robby

I tried that set up for a while and all the fiddling didn't help. You've got a kick butt mic (same as mine) and you want to get real sounds. Do yourself a favour and get something like the Line 6 TonePort UX-1. It has an XLR for a mic input. It has proper amp & pre-amp options for the mic and the guitar through it's GearBox software. If you ever break down and get an acoustic electric it's got instument in (and it's wicked for electric guitar). It's not expensive and will make your headache go away overnight (and crank your fun up big time).
The notes below are accurate. You have a line level problem and a grounding problem. I like the iMic, I just don't use it much anymore.

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