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    Should I back up my home DVD's to an external hard drive?

    I have 135 home movie DVD's (not all are full) and would like to put them onto one external hard drive for back up and ease of use. I'm using an Imac computer. I realize this would be very time consuming which I'm ok with. My thought is I could plug the hard drive and with each movie I could...
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    What's the best resource for mirroring my PC onto my IPad?

    What's the best resource for mirroring my PC onto my IPad? I know it's easy to AirPlay from Mac OS, but I'd like to use my Win 64bit PC, and use non-standard programs like Finale (music writing software) at my piano in the living room. Is this possible? And how much is it going to run me? Am I...
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    HDD not recognized

    About a week ago my mac stopped recognizing my external HDD, doesnt even show up in disk utility. It works perfectly on my windows PC. The HDD powers on and i can feel it soinning, but the computer just doesnt seem to recognize it. I have already tried with both USB ports. Thanks
  4. steven37

    Best OVERALL laptop for price

    I was looking at the $1,299 Macbook pro laptop. But I am not a HUGE fan of Mac OS, I am wanting to find the best computer for around the 1,000-1,300 dollar price range. overall meaning the best cpu, best everything for that price... I guess I am just wanting something equivalent or BETTER than...
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    Looking for a Laptop that can game/do video/photo editing and etc

    1. What is your budget? Up to $5,500 US dollars 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Something around 13 inches. I wouldn't want a laptop that's extremely heavy such as 10 pounds due to my daughter having to use it. 3. What screen resolution do you want? I don't...
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    Need feedback about MAC Book Pro

    Hi All, I want to purchase Mac book pro on Amazon which comes with Mavericks OS installed. Specs about the device can be found here , http:// Will there be any problems if I install Yosemite OS and upgrade this to 8GB ? Mainly I need this for my programming practice and iOS app development...
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    Problems With An External Hard Drive on Mac

    Before I start I know that I have a mac. Ok, so I have this Samsung external hard drive, Samsung s2 portable media 640gb. I have a lot of possible information on it. When I plug it in I can hear it running but it doesn't show up. When I open disk utility I see this Any Help Is Welcome. Thank You
  8. sparker781

    VmWare and Mac OS

    So if I use a legit copy of Mac OS X with a virtual machine can you run mac os as a virtual machine on a PC? I have a copy of Mac OS X that I was using to restore an old macbook.... Not sure if this is the right area so apologies if it isnt Thanks
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    WD External HDD Slow Read but Write Fast

    I convert my internal WD hard drive from my old laptop to external hard drive. I already format it writing speed really good about 30MB/s but read really slow about 2MB/s and im using USB 3 on Macbook air 2013. Already try in my friends laptop but still read speed is really slow. I already try...
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    Sophos anti-virus disconnected from primary server. Restore?

    My I-mac 10.5.8 has Sophos working well until today. Message says sophos failed because is was disconnected from the primary server and i have been unable to restore the connection. I have tried newly installing sophos again but it is not available to models earlier than 10.6 How can i restore...
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    help getting a good laptop

    hello guys,i can't find a good laptop that is not for gaming,i want a normal laptop,but i need it with an i7 extreme cpu and WITHOUT GPU bec it's not for gaming,i need 16 GB of RAM at 1600 mhz and 512 GB SSD(samsung 850 pro plz) and full hd 1080 p 15.6 inch screen atleast,but 17'' or higher is...
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    Macbook upgrade - can I simply swap my old hard drive into new machine?

    I have a mid-2010 Macbook Pro. I've done the disc-drive to 2nd hard drive swap out. I have the latest version of Mavericks installed on an SSD mounted in the disc-drive bay and a 1TB data drive mounted in the usual hard drive bay. I'll soon be upgrading to the latest version of Macbook Pro...
  13. garrettk4

    Looking to buy a new laptop

    Looking to buy a new laptop to replace my macbook pro. I don't like the Mac OS, I prefer windows. What I need: A laptop/ultrabook that has an i7/SSD 8gb+ memory Good battery life. & Good reviews What I will use it for: Heavy virtualization w/vmware workstation/sphere, light gaming here and...
  14. CherlynnLow

    Parallels Version 10 Lets You Run Windows on Macs

    The latest version of Parallels Desktop brings performance improvements and new tools to improve your virtual desktop experience. Parallels Version 10 Lets You Run Windows on Macs : Read more
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    Need help picking a laptop for my needs.

    My needs are pretty simple. I just want a laptop than can handle casual gaming (I don't really care if the graphics are maxed out or anything), programming, schools, movies, music. Not really anything hardcore, but I am on my laptop quite a bit, so long-lasting would always be nice. My budget...
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    Photoshop (Mac OS ML or Windows 8?)

    So I've built a Dual boot Hackintosh/PC and I've got Windows 8 on one SSD and Mac OS Mountain lion on the other. I'm not sure whether to get PS on Windows or Mac?? I know the differences will be zero aside from input.... Thing is I'm new to Photoshop and will be learning from scratch. What would...
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    Laptop? Tablet? Which?

    I am selling my old bulky laptop, and I am looking for a replacement. I have a budget of £400 give or take. I will use it for traveling, and will need to do homework, internet browsing etc. (at reasonable speed) I am not sure to get one which doubles as a tablet or to get a bog-stander laptop...
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    Which softwares does Windows OS support that Mac OS doesn't?

    Which softwares does Windows OS support that Mac OS doesn't? What are some examples of softwares that work on Windows but doens't work on a Mac OS?
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    Windows 8 with Mac ?

    Hi There , i would love to buy a macbook air, as i love the design, but do you know if i will have some difficulties to use Windows 8 with it ? thanks a lot
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    What could cause some mac keys to type wrong symbols_

    I upgraded my Mac OS X to 10.6.8 and now some keys type incorrect symbols!