I know there is a joint Computer solving thread but the few Apple questions on there do sometimes get missed, so thought that I would set up a dedicated one for the Mac.

...Bye the way I am quite Computer illiterate apart from what I have picked up...so no point In asking me much -):

Ian,

I wonder If you could make this thread available on the Investors side as well please?

Is that right that i won't be able to use the old Mac monitor for the new PC unit? ie digital monitor to PC with a new lead.

Man at Maplin says I don't need anything, just swap over which I've done and it works..Bingo!

Been using the Camino browser for the last couple of weeks and find it faster then Firefox..and that's saying something. They claim that it's made for the Mac and I can see why. Also I can get Stopwatch on it to work as well as on Safari (using Panther10.3.9)..but with general surfing faster.

Any one used this one? http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ sounds handy for beating the BBC's 7 day rule.

Thought I'd post this for any holier-than-thou Mac users present :-)

Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs

Just wonder if anyone is camera savvy and can help me on this please?

I want to take my first step into Digital Photography by purchasing (second hand) one from the Ixus or PowerShot range.

I have been looking at the Ixus 80 (145 new) and the PowerShot A470 (70 new), and was hoping to pick either up for a lot less on Ebay.

Trouble is neither are Mac compatible in their specs.

So my question is do any of Cannon's early Digital cameras come Mac compatible.?

I've been on the Cannon website but of course they just want to sell their new stuff, I've also done some searches but not come up with any helpful sites.

Any helpful advice or website references would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Stan, which Mac have you got and which OS? If your computer has an SD card reader slot, the Image Capture programme or the iPhoto app should automatically pick it up. Alternatively you could buy a card reader to plug into a spare USB port. I can recommend the SanDisk MicroMate whih is very compact and you can quite often get it free with a new SD card.

Image readers are available from Canon at:-
http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010567.asp

You should be able to use the inbuilt Mac Image Capture though, I use a variety of cameras one of which is a Canon Powershot SX20IS. All are accepted by my Macs (iMac & MacBook Pro OS 10.6.1) without a problem. I recommend that you format the SD card in your camera before using it.

Good luck; once you get started you won't look back!!

Thanks for all the info Kim,

I'm using a Mac Mini running on OS 10.5.8.

Just bought a PowerShot A470 on Ebay and await it's delivery.

Once again thanks for the insight.

That's neat Stan! Image Capture should be in your Applications folder, so you should not have any problems there.

Oh good, It has to be logical and simple in operation for me, as I'm no camera buff -):

Not that we can't do the things that this clean-up piece of software provides, but it just keeps it in one place and will serve as a reminder (to me) to do some regular cleaning and not wait until the thing starts to get slower and slower.

Question is, are they a genuine outfit, and has anyone installed and run it please?

http://incrediblebee.com/mainmenu

Been using the above daily for nearly 2 years now and really happy with it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19200279

So how much are we Macs users getting? B*gg** all know dough -):

Flush DNS Cache, Crikey! doing that speeds things up when everything else has been cleaned.

I'm attempting to download the "Firefox Software Update" for Browser31, I then get a box saying "connecting to update server" and looks like its streaming but has been doing so for about an hour.

Question is? Is that usual that it takes so long or has it frozen.

I restarted the computer and am currently doing the same thing again.. with no difference.

Stan,

I'm on OSX 10.6.8 and did a Firefox update the other day - About Firefox shows 31.0, it took less than 5 minutes.

Cheers,
KidA

That's funny Kid I am also on OSX 10.6.8.. and it's still whirling 2 hours later.

Thanks for the info though, and back to the drawing board.

I've reset the browser but still no joy, sticking with the present one of 28 unless anyone has any ideas.

Anyone here down loaded and using the latest Apple OS Mojave on their desktop?

If so what do you make of it any hitches, theres only one thing that looks good to me.