Windows "Paint" equivalent for Mac?

If you've ever used Windows, you have to know about the Paint program. It's pretty easy to use and can do pretty much any basic/simple things on it. What would be the equivalent of this on a Mac. I need to do some things that I used to do on Paint, but don't know what to use.

There are numerous applications. Go to MacUpdate or CNET Downloads and search for "paint" or "draw."

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My phone is not showing up in itunes. I want to sync it. I have a MAC and I have restarted the phone, it's charged, I have the most current version of itunes. What do I do now? It says to reinstall itunes if you have windows but not for mac. Help!

My phone is not showing up in itunes. I want to sync it. I have a MAC and I have restarted the phone, it's charged, I have the most current version of itunes. What do I do now? It says to reinstall itunes if you have windows but not for mac. Help!

With your phone plugged in, open Image Capture and see if the iPhone shows up. If not, you are having a sync problem. If it shows up in Image Capture, but not iTunes, I'd delete iTunes and reinstall it.

Problems with Windows Media Player for Mac's

Is it safe to download and opperate Windows media player for Mac's to view video on the web ?
Anybody has experience with it ? What are possible problems that may be encountered ? Thanks for any input or feedback.

"Is it safe to download and opperate Windows media player"
Sure, why not?
You should know that's it's discontinued, and no longer developed by Microsoft, and therefore will never be native to Intel Macs. You should look to the free Flip4Mac QuickTime plugin from flip4mac.com

I talked to your guys yesterday about installing correct version of Lightroom 5 which I legally owned, and your guy provided me a download link (different from Creative cloud account), but somehow it was for Windows version not for Mac version. I would ve

I talked to your guys yesterday about installing correct version of Lightroom 5 which I legally owned, and your guy provided me a download link (different from Creative cloud account), but somehow it was for Windows version not for Mac version. I would very much like to download a Mac version, so please send my correct web link. By the way my s. number for Lightroom 5 up is [removed], and I also have s.number for 4 up and 3 full.

The latest non-CC version of LR 5 is 5.7.1 and download links are available on the Adobe Updates page:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/
Both Mac and Win links are there.
If you are asking for a LR 5 CC link, which wouldn't require a serial number, please be more clear about that.

Is there any diffence in rendering websites with safari for windows and safari for mac os, or are both equal?

Is there any diffence in rendering websites with safari for windows and safari for mac os, or are both equal?
So is it necessary to buy a mac to guarantee that a website acts like it should, or is the Safari for Windows enough?

So is it necessary to buy a mac to guarantee that a website acts like it should, or is the Safari for Windows enough?
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Conflict with Windows Media Player for Mac

I´ve installed parallel desktop on my mac (MacBook Pro), then Windows so I can run a PC only program. The conflict is this: When I want to play a video on WMP (for mac), for example: when I receive an email with a video clip to be played and I double click it, Parallel Desktop starts up automaticaly to play it on windows. I´ve right clicked and tried to specify that WMP on my mac should be the one to open videos by default; but it´s not working, or I´m doing something wrong.
Any wisdom? Thanks in advance.

select a .wmv file and enter command+i. in the resulting popup go to "open with" section, select the default application you want (not a Windows Media player for Mac which is extinct) to use and click "change all". see if it sticks now.
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Any one have any luck convert peachtree windows to quickbook for mac? If yes easy, difficult, or any words of wisdom that can save me hours of frustration would be greatly appreciated. thk gary

Any one have any luck convert peachtree windows to quickbook for mac? If yes easy, difficult, or any words of wisdom that can save me hours of frustration would be greatly appreciated. thk gary

You need to contact Intuit, from this page: http://quickbooksonline.intuit.com/questions-answers.jsp
There's a link there for converting data from Peachtree to Quickbooks, which requires you to contact them; clicking on that Contact Us link for that FAQ item takes you to another page where you select which product you have, so they can address your needs.

MS Access equivalent for Mac

Hi there,
Does anyone know if there is a decent MS Access equivalent for Mac ... and please do not say FileMaker as it has a different interface and table management logic that I do not really understand (Is it good enough to make it worth trying to learn?)
If there is something that works like access (queries, multiple tables, relationships etc.) I would be very happy to take a look at it.
Cheers

Hi,
start from here:
http://guide.apple.com/
and search Software>Productivity and Utilities>Database and similar items
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HDD Health: How to check it? HD Tune Pro equivalent for Mac?

hi all, i was just wondering if there's a Mac equivalent for HD Tune Pro. it's a Windows app i use to check for errors on hard drives. i want to check if an externall 1TB HDD has any bad sectors on it before i use time machine to backup my work. i want something that'll check for any small error -- i don't want something that'll just do a basic scan.
thank you

ThunderCon wrote:
but there's software that can do it on Windows so there must be something on the Mac.
DiskUtility, DiskWarrior, TechTools, Genius, etc. etc. just do a google search. Most are paid apps except DiskUtility which is already built in and can be accessed from your reinstall partition. I personally don't bother with any except DiskUtility, but do keep a copy of DiskWarrior on hand just in case.
Developers will convince you that you need all sorts of programs to check and repair most often manufactured disc ailments, but if you are one of those happy to pay, then that is your choice.
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Pete

Excel equivalent for Mac OS/X?

Hey everyone,
Is there a similar database program for Mac like Microsh*t Excel?
If anyone can point me in the right direction, they'll have this question "solved"!
Best,

Excel is a spreadsheet, and exists in a Mac version (in fact, the Mac version predates the Windows version). Do you instead mean Microsoft Access?
If so, there's no direct equivalent, but there are a number of Mac databases, including Filemaker Pro (probably the most popular), OpenBase, MySQL, FrontBase and others. Or you can run Windows through Boot Camp or Parallels Workstation and run Access.

Windows Media Player for MAc and other issues

I just bought a mac a week ago.
Decided to do the switch since the person at the store told me I could use the win XP interface. Anyway after installing the win xp, i realised my laptop doesnt not recognise the drivers.I got no sound, no airport. I am not too sure if the service pack is the issue. I am using service pack one.
Since I need to listen to some online lecture recordings and my xp doesnt have sound, i have to use it on MAC OS. But as the problem is the site kept telling me to install Internet explorer 5.5 and above and after install IE for MAc 5.1, it ask for Windows Media player. I installed flip4mac and media player for mac ..it still doesnt work...
I am truly sad to see the difficult in using a macbook and i kinda regretted getting it. It just getting on my nerves....
can someone please guide me or do you have any similar problem?
Thanks

sound, no airport. I am not too sure if the service
pack is the issue. I am using service pack one.
Yes the service pack is an issue if you're using Boot Camp to run XP. If you don't have SP2, you can try running Parallels Desktop (http://www.Parallels.com) which doesn't require SP2.
Since I need to listen to some online lecture
recordings and my xp doesnt have sound, i have to use
it on MAC OS. But as the problem is the site kept
telling me to install Internet explorer 5.5 and above
and after install IE for MAc 5.1, it ask for Windows
Media player. I installed flip4mac and media player
for mac ..it still doesnt work...
Some streaming media sites are not compatible with Mac OS X. Are these online lectures for school? I would simply ask the person running the class to help you get support. They can tell you pretty quickly if it's possible to listen with a Mac. If it's not, you should be able to do it from XP with either Parallels or Boot Camp (provided you have an SP2 version of XP).
I am truly sad to see the difficult in using a
macbook and i kinda regretted getting it. It just
getting on my nerves....
There are times that using a Mac (with 5% market share) is frustrating because many websites don't follow standards properly. If the web designers blow it off and only support Windows, 95% of the users are still happy and don't complain. That's lazy and infuriating but it happens quite a lot. There's even a name for it: Mac Marginalization.
So you will run into this from time to time. The best solution on the Macbook is to get one of the Windows environments up and running properly. But you should still complain LOUDLY to the people who set up the bad website. The only way this will change is if users let lazy site administrators know that they are MAD about it.
G5-B Dual 1.8, Blackbook, PPC Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Windows Media Player for Macs Problem

Hi. I realize this is not a direct iMovie question however I (along with alot of other iMovie users) have to occasionaly deal with WMV files by converting them to a format to be imported by iMovie.....therefore I thought some other iMovie users may have encountered this problem. I recently got an iMac G5(0S10.4) and have been transfering some info from my old Mac(iMac G3(OS10.2.8)) to the New Mac. With the new Mac....every time I try to open a wmv file with the Windows Media Player 9 for Macs...I get a message...."This file may not play correctly because it was compressed by using a codec that is not supported".The file will open..the video will play...but theres no audio. The same message appears for wmv files transfered from the old mac, taken from a CD, or downloaded from the net. However these same files will play on the old Mac with audio using the same WMPlayer. I tried re-installing the WMPlayer...but did not make any difference.The strange thing is....a few days ago when I first tried this ....the wmv files would open and play with audio on the new Mac however now the message comes up with all wmv files preventing me from converting them with audio to a format for iMovie.Is the problem with the new Mac, the WMPlayer or the wmv files. Any suggestions to remedy this would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi. Strange things still happening. This afternoon when I tried opening the wmv files with Quicktime "flip4mac" all the wmv files were "greyed out" in the "open" window preventing me from opening them. I just tried opening one with the WMPlayer and viewing the "Show movie Info".....it reads...WMVideo-9.0, WMAudio-9.1.....which makes me wonder if the WMPlayer 9.0 will play WMAudio-9.1 but then again the same player plays it on the old mac. Then......just to double-check...tried opening one again with the Quicktime Flip 4 Mac. This time the wmv file opened and played with audio. I'm wondering if the problem the 1st time was that a "restart" was needed after installing the flip4mac software the 1st time (even though I dont recall the installer telling me that). The "Show movie info" this time reads...WMVideo-9 standard and the WMAudio-9 standard. I would prefer if the WMPlayer could open the files (as its a bit more convienent to just double-click and open files then go to Quicktime/menu/file/openfile/wmvfile/open) however I'm glad that I have the option now to use the Flip4mac player.Thanks. P.S.-(Dawn.....if your logged in...the "post new topic" link appears in its usual place for me at the top of the discussions page)

Swapping between windows in Word for Mac 2011?

I've just installed Word for Mac 2011 on my new Mac Mini, and somehow the Command+` keyboard shortcut for switching between open Word windows is not working anymore. I've tried to find the answer online, but everyone states to use Command+`, which is exactly what's not working anymore for me. Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!

Hi there,
Thanks for the response. I guess my request wasn't clear: what I was trying to indicate is that the very thing you are suggesting is not working. One important note though is: you mention Command + Tilde, which would mean the key sequence would have to be Command/Shift/Tilde-key, and it appears that the support page you linked indicates that also. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work either in my Word app (it does work with other apps, so either Command + ` (accent grave) and Command + Shift + ~ works to switch between windows. On all of the Macs that I have owned so far, the keyboard shortcut to switch between windows in the open app is Command + ` (accent grave, i.e. same key as the tilde, but used without Shift). This currently works just fine between windows of any app (Chrome, Safari, Finder), but not with Word. It's driving me nuts! Any other suggestions of what may be causing this (and how to fix it?).
Many thanks!
Elena

Windows and Office for Mac in a MacBook Air?

I am planning to buy a new notebook, but I am having trouble deciding between the Macbook Air with 256 GB or 500GB and the MacBook Pro 13''. I am tired of carrying my heavy MacBook Pro 15'' so I want a real shift in portability and I will be running Mail, Safari, Calendar, Contacts, Office for Mac and Windows in Parallels for Explorer, Visio and Project. The issue is that with less money I can buy a MacBook Pro with 750GB but it is heavier and the HD is not solid state. And I am not sure that if I go for the Macbook Air with 256 GB (which is affordable) I will be able to run everything I need.
Someone that may help me decide?

Applications do not take up that much space. Here is a partial list of apps on one of my computers:
And there is more. This Applications folder is about 20gB. There are other files that come with these programs, but they take up much less space.
In sum then, you will be fine with 250 gB, of which you will take away say 30 gB for Parallels and its contents.

Migration from Eudora for Windows to Eudora for Mac

Has anybody within the sound of my keystokes ever migrated Eudora from the PC to Mac?
I have to use Eudora for my work, and while I know I can run it in my Parallels XP Window, I really want to run as little software in Windows as possible so I'm trying to get Eudora to run in OSX. I downloaded the software and it works fine but I have not been able to import my many e-mailboxes from the Windows installation to the Mac.
The problem actually looks very much like the result I got when I tried to import Eudora folders and mailboxes into Apple Mail: the folders showed up, but none of the messages.
With the Eudora/Win to the Eudora/Mac import, none of the mailboxes or individual messages showed up.
Maybe somebody who's reading this has some idea what a simple fix might entail. I'm impressed with how quickly responses show up here, so I've got my fingers crossed.
Thanks,
--PS

OK, here's a variation on the same idea.
Inside the My Email folder on the PC, are there individual mailbox files, and are they where the actual content of your past email is stored? To check on the latter question, duplicate one of those files on the PC (so you won't have to work with the original file) and open the copy in a text editor such as WordPad. Does the content of the messages in the mailbox appear?
If not, then Eudora for Windoze apparently keeps its mailbox files quite differently from Eudora for Mac, and I don't know what to suggest or where on your PC you might look for the message content. If this proves to be the case, I guess I'd have to suggest that using Eudora for Windoze in Parallels may be the best way to go.
If the content is there in the mailbox file, Quit WordPad without changing the file at all. Try copying that mailbox file (not the whole enclosing folder) over to the Mac and putting it into Eudora's Mail Folder. (Make sure first that it doesn't have the same filename as any of your existing Eudora Mac mailboxes.) Then open Eudora and see whether that mailbox appears in the mailbox list, and whether the messages in it can be displayed.
If that doesn't work either, you may want to compare the structure of the Windoze-based mailbox file with the structure of Eudora for Mac's mailbox files, and see whether there's some relatively simple modification(s) you could make to your Windoze files so they'd conform to Eudora Mac's expectations of a proper mailbox file. I would open both files in separate windows, side by side, in a text processor such as TextWrangler (free, fast and enormously powerful, with terrific Find/Replace capabilities), and see what it would take to put the Windoze file into the same form as the Mac file. The comparison with be greatly simplified if you create a new mailbox on your PC, send yourself two or three short test messages, and save them in that mailbox. Then do exactly the same thing on the Mac. Copy the Windoze file to the Mac, and use those two files — which should be as similar as they possibly can be, given the two different platforms — for the comparison. I'll be interested to hear the results.
BTW, it has taken me something over an hour, what with waiting through nine-minute Discussions page loads this morning, to reach the point of clicking the Post button for this reply. I may not be able to help you in the end, but it isn't for lack of persistence.

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