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hi gary i saw your video of scratch is there any other programme maker in which i can make a programme for my team and task allocation i saw omniplan but its too large and expensive for my need thanks — nirja ... (2 Comments)

So, I downloaded the Movie “Yes Man” for about 9,99€ in the iTunes Store. I wanted to watch it now, but it keeps saying, that I did not downloaded it with my Account. But in the Tab “Downloads” IS the “Yes Man” and I am logged in with my ... (2 Comments)

The space bar does not wake my mac up when in sleep mode. Tried all the keys, what else can I do? — Rusty ... (3 Comments)

Hi Gary, I noticed a hairline crack in the outer case of my MacBook. It runs from the center finger notch all the way to screw on the left side. I have been looking online for info on this (and Apple Care is scheduled to call me Saturday morning). Have you heard about this or ... (2 Comments)

what cables to connect a lacie to imac 2010? — Rusty ... (1 Comment)

I notice in your videos that your highlighted color is a purple even in some of the drop down menus. I know how to change the highlight colors in the system pref/appearance but how did you change the highlight color of your drop downs from the menu bar. Thanks — Glen ... (2 Comments)

hi, on the mac in login items there is ituneshelper, someone told me that it isnt needed so I took it away, Is it needed? When I connect my iphone I see that itunes doesnt automatically open anymore, Is that the only thing I need it for? And how do I get it back if I want it ... (5 Comments)

After waiting for months and finally pre-ordering in December, I finally downloaded this new product from Intuit. Cut to the chase…. It is so bad I can’t believe it!!!! It is totally useless and lacks 90% of the functionallity of the 2010 Windows version. I’m ... (5 Comments)

hi gary i have made a key note presentation but now i wish to divide it into 6 parts making each part a seperate slide show how should i do it??? thanks — nirja ... (1 Comment)

I have an 8gb thumb drive that I wanted to use to transfer video files from my mac to a pc. I’ve formatted the thumb drive with disk utility (FAT), and put the files onto it. When I plug it into the pc, it says the drive needs to be formatted. And if I try and format it ... (7 Comments)

I use dropbox to share my iTunes database (located on a Western Digital Sharespace NAS) between my Mac Mini and my wife’s MacBook. I tried it with iPhoto, but the performance was terrible. A colleague said that I could simply put the iPhoto library file on the NAS and run ... (4 Comments)

Hi Gary,I have considering buying at some point a Time Machine since it has all the requirements I would want except one, a way to stream music to various speakers like the airport express ability. Is there any product that has the same features as the time machine while also ... (6 Comments)

Gary, When I use the save or save as feature in Word or Photoshop, I can sometimes get the folder I want to show up in the drop down menu at the top of the window, but sometimes I can’t. I don’t understand how to get the folder I want to save things to to show up in ... (1 Comment)

Gary, how do you find the MAC Address for aMacintosh computer? — Rick Torchia ... (1 Comment)

Hi Gary, How do you stop the native MacMail on my Imac or Macbook to STOP asking for a “subject line” prior to sending out an email. How annoying is that? Thanks, PAUL — Paul ... (11 Comments)

Hi Gary, When I first got my mac I started to import all my photos into iPhoto but found that it doesn’t update itself when I add a new photo into the folder and I find it really tedious having to first download my photos into the desktop, then move certain files into ... (7 Comments)

Is there a way to change the mail folder icons within Apple Mail from the default blue folders to other icons? This was help speed up my processing of email and referencing folders. :) I tried searching online, but didn’t find any definitive answer. I have been able to ... (1 Comment)

I am trying to encode some of my videos for iTunes (HD & iPhone) and also for streaming to my Tivo. What is the best file format to use for this? And also, what would a reasonable size be for a typical two hour movie? I encoded one and it was like 20gb. That seems a bit ... (1 Comment)

Hey Gary, wondering if you heard anything like this… I had to turn my iPhone off, but I still use it like a Touch, anyway, when I am at home I have an Airport Extreme and I never get pushes. When I drive to work as soon as I get in range of wifi, I get all my pushes that I ... (4 Comments)

When I set my Mobile Me Sync preferences on my new Macbook, I see syncing to Entourage Notes as a setting. I don’t have Microsoft Office on this computer, although I *did* have it on my last Mac. Now that I’ve left Office behind, I’d rather not see the setting ... (3 Comments)