Ronda As i said before it is a 10.6.6 iMac intel core i3
Adrian On 10/03/2011, at 8:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > As Peter has mentioned, we need to know what OS your are running. > Also is the iMac an Intel or older PPC? > > On 10/03/2011, at 8:30 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > >> >> On 10/03/2011, at 7:01 AM, Adrian Stevens wrote: >> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> I have finally bought my first iMac! I am pretty familiar with the Mac >>> anatomy but is there any smart tips or shortcuts I might need? >>> >>> Also, if there are any apps or programs that manage homework that would be >>> great (just started high school) >>> >>> And I promise, no more windows questions! >>> >>> I have 2 problems (I know, "thats not like mac!!!"): >>> >>> I have a HP deskjet all-in-one F370 printer (also with scanner and copier). >>> My mac will recognise it as a printer but not a scanner! I have tried >>> downloading drivers, but all it says is "CANNNOT CONNECT TO PRINTER". >> >> What version of Mac OS X are you running? HP seem to have all the current >> drivers (v 10.3) for this device available for Snow Leopard. There may be >> issues with earlier versions. Perhaps someone who has one of these units may >> be able to help. >> >>> My external HDD can be viewed on the mac, but cannot be edited, written >>> over or changed! >>> >> >> This s most likely because your external drive is probably formatted as >> NTFS. Current versions of Mac OS X can only read NTFS -formatted volumes, >> but cannot write to them without extra help. There are several shareware >> solutions to the problem available. If you Google "ntfs on mac os x" you >> will come up with some answers. You can also go to www.macupdate.com and >> search for "NTFS". One of the more popular choices (and free!) is MacFUSE, >> but there may be better options as well. > > > If you are only going to use this external drive on a Mac, you need to format > it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and depending whether it is an Intel or a > PowerPC. > GUID Partition Table - for bootability on Intel-based Macs > Apple Partition Map - for bootability on PowerPC-based Macs > > If you wish I can send you “offlist” my Tutorial showing you how to re-format > the drive correctly. > It has screen shots so you can follow the instructions easily. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
