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Ejecting a Stuck Disk, Changing Your Account Name and Faxing From Your Mac

Ejecting a Stuck Disk, Changing Your Account Name and Faxing From Your Mac

Faxing straight from your Mac, 4 ways to eject a disk and where to change your account name.

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Opening All Folders at Once, Emailing Calendars and Getting Rid of the Finder Side Bar
This week Chris answers your questions about opening all folders in a click, emailing a calendar and dealing with the Finder Side Bar.

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Sharing and Saving Pages Documents and Saving Internet Images to iPhoto
This week Chris answers your questions about Sharing and Saving Pages documents and saving internet photos to iPhoto.

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Macs and 64bit WEP, Changing Your Mail Files Location and Using a HP LaserJet 1600

This week we have tricky questions like using 64bit WEP wireless security that can be done with a little diligence.

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Printing Text From a Web Page, Fuzzy Text and Using an Airport Express for iTunes Streaming
This week Chuck answers your questions about printing text from a web page, fuzzy text and using an Airport Express for iTunes Streaming.

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Using an External Drives, Sharing iTunes on One Mac and Fixing Firefox
This week Chuck answers your questions about using an external drive, sharing an iTunes library and fixing Firefox

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Exporting Photos From iPhoto, Finding Clip Art and Auto-Mounting Your External Drive
This week Chuck answers your questions about transferring photos to a digital frame, getting clip art and automatically connecting to an external drive.

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Getting Your Computer’s Name Back, Alphabetizing Bookmarks and Finding a Scanner Program
Chuck answers your questions about getting your computer's name back, alphabetizing bookmarks and finding a scanner program.

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What to do with WMAs, Trash Trouble, and Replacing Hard Drives
This week Chuck answers your questions about transferring protected WMAs, Trash that won't empty and repairs under warranty.

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Syncing Mail Through IMAP, Changing Your Default Email App, and Choosing a Video Camera
Chuck answers your questions about using Mail with phones, changing your email app default and how to find a camera that works with iMovie.

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Questions About Buying a Mac From a Reader Who Doesn’t Know Anything About Macs (Yet!)
This week we have a reader who is asking the basic questions about buying a Mac. What to get, what else you'll need, etc.

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Mac Maintenance, Installing Older Systems and Using PC disks
Do you need regular maintenance? Can you use a PC disk? Find out in our Q&A

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Installing Firefox, Printing Web Page Text and Using Mini-DVDs
This week we have questions about that big Firefox install box, How to print text from a website and what to do with mini DVDs.

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iMac Airport Strength, Cellphone Syncing and Using Mail for Gmail
This week we have questions about getting the best Airport signal from your iMac, using iSync to sync your cellphone with your Mac and accessing Gmail through Mail.

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Print Screen, Non-Apple Displays, and Stopping Apps from Automatically Opening
This week we have questions about the Mac version of Print Screen, using a non-Apple display and stopping apps from opening at login.

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Resetting Your Admin Password, Cleaning Your New Mac and Viewing VCD Files

What to do when you've lost your Admin password, how to keep your Mac clean and playing VCD files.

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Finding Your iPhoto files, Moving Protected WMA files into iTunes, and Using Favorites on Your Mac
This week we have questions about transferring protected WMA files, finding iPhoto files and using Favorites on the Mac.

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Target Disk Mode, Dual Displays and Non-Apple Keyboards
This week we have questions about using other keyboards, connecting 2 Macs in Target Disk Mode and using 2 displays on 1 Mac.

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Deleting Widgets, Installing RAM and Setting a Custom Color for the Desktop
This week we have questions about getting rid of unwanted widgets, deciding whether to install RAM, and creating a custom desktop color.

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Hard Restarts, Uninstalling Applications and Launching Programs on Schedule
This week we have questions about what to do when your Mac is frozen, uninstalling programs you don't want and how to make a program launch on cue.

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iLife ‘06 vs ‘08, Sending iTunes Tracks and Cleaning Your Screen
This week we cover whether you should upgrade to iLife '08, how you can email music to a friend and how to clean our screen.

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iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder

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