Thumb drive previously used on a pc that may contain viruses, safe to use on a mac, or suggest buying a new one?
it was used while i was a college student and the thumb drive always says it has not room left even though I have barely anything on it.
You can use the free ClamXav on the Mac to scan and remove the infected malware on it or like said above, simply use Disk Utility to reformat the USB FAT32 and it will be fine for any use.
ClamXav (free anti-virus)
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Downloaded "flashplayer 13x32". A security message appeared from Microsoft "This is an executable file and may contain viruses or codes that will harm your computer". Question: If its corrupted, why did Adobe Website download it.??
"This is an executable file and may contain viruses or codes that will harm your computer".
The keyword is "MAY"...
NOWHERE in that does it say "This is a virus."
What you're seeing is a standard Windows warning about ANY executable file you can download.
Adobe isn't, and never has been, in the business of making malware. That said, there are literally millions of fake downloads of things like Reader, Shockwave and Flash Player.
Bottom line: If you don't trust the download... DON'T USE the download.
There are two sources to trust for Adobe freeware:
For Flash Player - Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe
For Reader - Adobe - Adobe Reader Distribution
You can bookmark those links and use them ANY time you get an update notification, to know you're getting the download directly from the source. -
when i bought my mac I used an old app account that i do not remember it's password, so i had to open a new one but i can't updates my programs, so what should i do !
Better to use the original Apple ID used when you set up your Mac.
Help here > Apple ID: How to find your Apple ID -
My itunes aacount was on my home computer that me and my brother both used. The computer died and we will need to buy a new one. We thought that if we just logged into our account from my laptop all the music would be there, it's not. Can anyone help us?
Go to the iTunes Store and select "Purchased" from the Quick Links side bar on the right. Go through all the tabs to download again for free
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My Ipad 1 quit working after 2 years. Was never dropped, abused, etc. Just quit the other night. Went to the Apple store, called the support line and they tell me that since the warranty is up I can pay 249.00 for a refurbished Ipad or buy a new one. Not happy at all. I want to know why it quit. The person I talked to at Support says he doesn't know what happened. He says it sounds like my hard drive crashed. ANyone else have this problem? I am so mad.
If the tech you talked to said anything about a "hard drive", he was completely ignorant or misspeaking rather badly. The iPads have no hard drive; the storage is all solid state. You may wish to talk to another technician, or make an appointment at an Apple Store if there's one near you, and confirm the diagnosis of a hardware failure.
If you've confirmed that it is indeed a hardware failure, then you can pay the replacement price, find an independent iPad service shop and see if they can do a repair for less, or buy a new iPad. If it were me I would put the money toward a new, or at least newer, iPad rather than pay the replacement charge. You can get some good deals on refurbished iPad 2 and third-generation iPads from the Apple Store, any of which will run the most current versions of iOS, something which the first-gen iPad will not, and would come with a full warranty (which could be extended to two years with AppleCare).
As to why your iPad failed, it's impossible to say with any certainty. The circuitry could have had a tiny flaw that finally failed, or the iPad could have received a static shock, something quite common in many areas in the winter when the air is dry. Sorry it happend to you, but anything can fail.
Regards.
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I have a 2007 Mac Book Pro and a Genius told me that it is "vintage" and that the "logic board" is bad and no longer supported. He removed the hard drive and told me to buy a "sled" to retreive the data. Is it worth trying to fix it so that I don't have to buy a new one? Where should I take it? Thanks.
djgornik,
if the Genius is correct and the logic board is bad, then replacing the logic board would be fairly expensive. What problems are you seeing with your MacBook Pro that caused you to visit the Genius in the first place? Whether it’s worth trying to fix it or not depends on your particular circumstances, such as your willingness to trade time for money in pursuing repair vs. replacement. -
Tried to perform the Apple Hardware Test by holding down the D key on restart - goes straight to my desktop. Was told to try using te original cds that came with the computer - can't find them. Can I buy new ones or what do I do?
Have the Mini's Serial# handy & call Apple Care, they usually have original replacement Discs available.
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Hello! I use the VSCO preset that was easy to download and use right away a few months ago. This morning I did the same thing and it downloaded successfully but none of the presets are listed under the new VSCO folder I bought. How can I fix this? Does Lightroom have a limit on presets?
Hello! I use the VSCO preset that was easy to download and use right away a few months ago. This morning I did the same thing and it downloaded successfully but none of the presets are listed under the new VSCO folder I bought. How can I fix this? Does Lightroom have a limit on presets?
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burner not working, 8.98 GB free, can this 2003/2004 imac model be cleaned for better use or will I continue to have problems? Do I need to just buy a new one? I remember with a PC being able to defrag.
You could buy an external dvd/cd drive.
Suggest other world computing.
You need to delete some files. Many posters to these forums state that you need much more free space: 5 gig to 10 gig or 10 percent of you hd size.
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Be careful when deleting files. A lot of people have trashed their system when deleting things. Place things in trash. Reboot & run your applications. Empty trash.
Go after large files that you have created & know what they are. Do not delete small files that are in a folder you do not know what the folder is for. Anything that is less than a megabyte is a small file these days.
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Run
OmniDiskSweeper
"The simple, fast way to save disk space"
OmniDiskSweeper is now free!
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/download/
This will give you a list of files and folders sorted by size. Go after things you know that are big.
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This will save you a gig of space.
Monolingual is a program for removing unnecessary language resources from Mac OS X,in order to reclaim several hundred megabytes of disk space. It requires at least Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and also works on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). It worked for me on 10.4
http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/
A detailed write-up on how to use Monolingual:
http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/monolingual.html
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These pages have some hints on freeing up space:
http://thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
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Buy an external firewire harddrive.
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Buy a flash card. -
I had an HP laptop with Itunes on it and kept my library on an external hard drive. I had a 160gb classic Ipod.
My computer died and i am buying a new one (mac is out of budget)
When I get my new computer, obviously I will download Itunes. My Ipod still has all the music on it and the external hard drive is ok.
I don't want to "erase" or lose any information when I sync with a new itunes that is "empty"
What are the steps? After I download Itunes and set the folder location to my external harddrive what is next? Will Itunes recognize my IPOD? Will it load the music/list from my ipd or external into itunes?
Thanks in advanceThe following user tip is worth checking through:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device -
I have an iPhone 5 from India. I am going to USA for studying. Can I use the same iPhone over there or I will have to buy a new one?
If officially unlocked, you can purchase a sim from one of the two nationwide GSM carriers, AT&T or T-Mobile. However, AFAIK, none of the carriers in India offer unlocking for the iPhone. Thus, if your phone is carrier locked, the only way it will work in the US is roaming...that would cost a fortune.
So, if you have a carrier locked iPhone, leave it home or sell it before you come to the US, then purchase an officially unlocked iPhone, from Apple, when you get to the US. You'll be able to use that phone in India when you go back. -
i set up my new computer using the apple ID i always use, and then later migrated all my files from my old mac book to the same new one, but under a different user (same apple ID). how do i consolidate the two users on my new mac book?
Well if you use the Finder Go menu to Computer, a window opens up double click on your boot drive and then on Users folder, open the other user folder and open Public and drop your files into DropBox
When you do this it will copy them and change the permissions and user assigned to it, so log into the other user and place them into your respective normal folders.
Once you have all your files over and don't need the old user, use System Preferences > Accounts to delete it if you wish, however it's good two Admin accounts on the machine in case something bad happens in the other. Some people for security reasons on use a Standard account for most uses and a emergency Admin account.
One can still do most Admin things in Standard user. -
My iPhone 4 screen shattered so I had to buy a new one. I backed up my shattered iPhone to iTunes so that I could restore my new one. When I went to restore it, it said that I had an incorrect password although I know it was right. I tried changing the password and it still told me that I had an incorrect password. So now my new phone has lost all its pictures, its music, its apps.... is there anything I can do to get my phone to restore?? PLEASE HELP!
If you can't get the password correct, you CANNOT restore from that backup.
However, if you've been using your phone as recommended by Apple, there should be minimal data loss.
Your iTunes library is on your computer, so you can synch all your apps, music, movies, ringtones, etc, on to your new phone.
Similarly, contacts should be synched to Address Book, Outlook, or a cloud service for you to easily synch back to your new phone.
Pictures taken from your old phone and not synched to your computer are lost, but you would have been synching those photos to your computer frequently as recommended. Other photos that you synch TO your iPhone are still on your computer.
You won't be able to get text messages back. -
i can'use firefox automatically,in my computer i have got write arima in my start autimatically.what's the meaning?since 22june i got message mozilla firefox 3.6.4:executable files may contain viruses or other malicious code that could harm your computer.use caution when opening this file.are you sure you want to launch firefox setup 3.6.4.exe?after i click yes,i got answer:file is corrupt?What is the meaning?what happened with mozilla add ons ie8,windows,yahoo toolbar?can you help me to choose match for my programm 2010 and install automatically with flashget the lastest?i got permission from licensi yahoo to use it for ie8 and google,for ie8 i never try it.thanks
== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== when i got programm 2010,install 3.6.4 from yahoo.tollbar2(YM9),i tried it last week.I did some googling and found alot of topics from you on this issue, to me it simply seems like on of the connectors is broken or loose.
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New internal optical drive : please suggest me a new one
Dears all,
since i discover my internal drive is faulty ( i am discovering right now ) and i am not the only customer encontering the same problem ( some dvd readed some not ) .
Please suggest me a new one to put inside my Mac Pro 2.8 late 08.
Thanks in advance.
The faulty drive is : OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A 1.NCThe Optiarc drives are Sony (NEC dropped out of the Optiarc consortium) and they're the ones that are failing!
Lost the NEC controllers?
I hadn't seen a connection between Optiarc and Sony (here in Japan).
'Spose it is another Apple crippled firmware scenario like the Pioneers of old?
Get rid of the Apple firmware and Pioneers just keep on burning......
Anyhow, thanks for the heads up!
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