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  • RATS!   I tried the method you suggested and the ElMedia player went away and the files could be opened. I worked with a few files earlier and everyone I tried opened and worked.   A few minutes ago, I tried to work with another one of the files and…
  • Thanks Tallest Skil,   You saved me from pulling the rest of my hair out.
  • I see that it is an old thread, but colleenamareena asked the question 1 day 12 hours ago. I was answering that post.  Wrong answer, of course.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by colleenamareena    But is there any way to delete the icons that come with the ipod? Like "newsstand" and "facetime" and others that are not apps that I put on there? Thanks! On an iMac, this works. Right click on the …
  • I have had a bunch of similar problems after upgrading to Mavericks.  One thing that has helped occasionally (but not permanently) is 'Force Quit' (command - option - escape) and then relaunching 'Finder'.  So every time I have a problem, I take a f…
  • Methods described in Help and online & drag and drop / copy and paste, FAILED to import old contacts into Mavericks’ Contacts. As I needed those contacts, I was determined to keep hunting for a solution.   Eureka! I found one.  I ‘Exported’ Addr…
  •   I don't think there is a problem leaving an external drive on provided it is spinning down appropriately, but I would be more concerned about the reluctance to mount or eject, which may suggest a controller problem. Presumably you don't mean tha…
  • Thanks.     Another question, but don't feel you must answer if you're uncomfortable doing so -    For the present, I'm using my external backup as my main HDD. It's a new WD black caviar 2TB HDD in a Rosewill enclosure w/fan.  It doesn’t mount the …
  • I accept your chastisement; however, in my defense, I’m in my 80’s and this old dog probably can’t be taught very many new tricks. At one time, years ago, I taught (command line) DOS, dBase II, WordPerfect, Lotus123, and later, Fortran at a local co…
  • Then, why doesn't Apple explain how to do it?  If a user is supposed to RTFM, what manual? I switched to a Mac after twenty some years of using a PC because it was supposed to be more intuitive. At one time, I thought it was, but now everything seem…
  •   It's another example of where a simple Google or Apple Support search would immediately have yielded the answer. The directory structure hasn't changed - the Library directories are just hidden by default.   From the Finder, in the "Go" menu, ch…
  • That probably would have worked in another OS X; however, there is NO users' Library in the Mavericks that downloaded.  If it's hidden, I don't know how to unhide it.   In this copy, the only items that appear under Users are Desktop, Documents, Dow…
  • Belay that last request. Although the vCards wouldn't import from a backup, I was able to import them from my ISP address book.  
  • Next problem:   How do I import Contacts from a backup?  I found this: Import contacts from an archive file Importing an archive file replaces your current contact information. Choose File > Import. Select the archive file, then click Open …
  • Thanks. That worked.  How do you learn things like this?  When I bought my first PC in the early 80's, it came with a stack of manuals about 8" high. Now, Help, Searchlight, etc. gives many answers to questions that weren't asked, but nothing about …
  • Too expensive. Well, I have the framework from Time Machine (as of last week).  I could rebuild the file if I could get into my internal HDD.  Apple, in it's infinite wisdom, chose not to provide access to that HDD since I did a clean install of Mav…
  • I have a whole slew of new problems since doing a clean install of Mavericks.  The most pressing is that the internal HDD doesn't show up in the Finder. I was able to mount the externals with Disk Utility, but the internal HDD 'Mount' is grayed out.…
  • Belay that last request.  Safari seems to be behaving - for the nonce.
  • Unfortunately, Time Machine wasn't up to date; however, it did have week old info which helps considerably. Thanks.   Is there any other way to retrieve what was trashed? I would like last week's info, too.
  • So far; so good.  Safari is working and goes to the URL.  It isn't draining memory quite as much as before.  However, every time a URL is accessed, it takes up about 120 MB which doesn't quit when the site is left.  Each one shows up in the Activity…