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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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Keychain Data, Resetting the Admin Password, and Controlling Menus From the Keyboard
This week we have questions about Keychain data, resetting your admin account, plus using the keyboard to control menus.

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Music File Formats, Changing Toolbars and Web Gallery Photo Resolution
This week we have questions about high resolution images in Web Galleries, Customizing Toolbars and iTunes Formats.

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Compatibility Doubts, .Mac Confusion and Launching Apps at Start Up
This week we have questions about PC compatible files, the value of .Mac, and how to have programs launch automatically.

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Converting WMA Files in iTunes, Locating a Photo in iPhoto and .Mac Groups
This week we have questions about converting WMAs to work in iTunes, getting your photos out of iPhoto and who can use .Mac groups.

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Getting Rid of the Side Bar, Buying RAM, and Moving Photos From Email to iPhoto
Don't like the Side Bar? Should you buy RAM from Apple? And how do you get your friends emailed photos into iPhoto? Let's find out!

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Upgrading to Tiger and Leopard, and How to Clear Up Disk Space

How do you upgrade with losing your files? And how do I make more room on my hard drive.

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Importing and Backing Up Pictures in iPhoto, and Playing with Camera Video
This week we have questions about selecting photos to import, backing up your photos and using that video that your digital camera shoots.

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Finding Tabs in Safari, Rotating Desktop Backgrounds, and Icon Previews
This week we have questions about rotating photos on the Desktop, Using tabs in Safari and see the preview of an image for it's icon.

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Maximizing Windows, Grouping Folders in Finder, and Sizing the Dock on the Right

This week we have questions about how to Maximize/Optimize your windows, Seeing folders all together in the Finder and getting your Dock sized right.

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Shut Down or Sleep, Faster Trackpads and Setting Entourage as the default email program
This week we have questions about making your trackpad faster, whether to shut down or put your MacBook to sleep, and how to get Entourage to launch as a default.

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Buying Older Macs, Dimming Screens and File Extensions
This week we have questions about buying an older Mac, why the laptop screens go dim and where files extensions have gone and how to get them back.

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Setting a Home Page in Safari, Closing the Lid on Your Laptop, and Viewing Windows Media Files on the Web.
This week we have questions about setting a home page in Safari, Closing the lid on your laptop, and viewing Windows Media files on the web.

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Force Quitting, Removing USB devices and Signing Up for iChat.
This week we have questions about Force Quitting, getting the warning about removing USB devices and signing up for iChat.

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This week we have questions about files left on the desktop after installing programs, where the "Programs" file is, and why the Mac gets bogged down.

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