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Jools
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Do you have a firewall built-in to your router? If so, that should do the job as long as its configured correctly.
Otherwise you can use the one that's built-in to Mac OS X.
Go to the Apple menu > System Preferences
Click on 'Sharing', then 'Firewall' then click 'Start'. There's different things you can allow access to if you need to. The default settings should be enough.
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Ok so i tried playing what i thought was an avi video in quicktime which did not work, so i went into the properties/info tab and this is what came up:
So thinking it is an xvid codet i needed i googled and found this site and downloaded the top file from it:
http://n.ethz.ch/student/naegelic/download/
I opened it up and this is what i get it is like a foreign language can you help me out as to what to do please?
I did try using VLC but it is very buggy and won't play the video properly.
Thanks
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Jools
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It looks like you downloaded the source code rather than the program itself. The link you need is this:
XviD_Component_Bin_v0.5.1
I'm not entirely sure whether this is written for Intel Macs yet, so it may not work.
Have you tried the DivX Player 1.0b2 for Intel Macs?
You could also try MPlayer 2.0b8r5 which is for Intel Macs
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haynesycop
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Oh lol i wondered what the hell all those files were, thanks, i just downloaded divx player, its just a pain having to have so many different programs for different formats.
Cheers
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remo74tg
Joined: Jan 15, 2003
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Joolsg4 thanks alot for all your help..Another question..How can I uninstall widgets..Also where can I get the phone book, Flight Tracker and Stocks widgets listed on Apple's site (link Below).
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/ |
Jools
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To uninstall widgets bring up dashboard, click the + in the bottom left of the screen and click 'Manage Widgets'
The other widgets you're looking for should be in there too - click the tiny left and right arrows at the left and right of the panel at the bottom of the screen to see more widgets.
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haynesycop
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I just had to do a clean install after cocking something up. I reinstalled fine and put all my bookmarks back on the safari toolbar and then downloaded some updates. After i restarted the following happened:
1. All of my boomarks disappeared and i have had to put them back one by one.
2. In finder the icon for documents, movies, music and photos has gone instead of the being a symbol it is just a blank folder for each of them.
Just wondered what could have caused this?
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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a virus lau? 
hehehe
all being well my imac turns up today! w00t w00t 
fatreg
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haynesycop
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WTF! A virus please tell me you are kidding right? Now i need anti virus?
There doesn't anything wrong apart from that? Jools any ideas? Also is there anywere i can get the icons from and a recommendation for virus protection etc etc.
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Luke-the-magic-man
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Miss c. I think fatreg is just messing about. And im sure Jools is just going to tell you there is no need for virus protection on your mac as he has done to me so many times lol. Apparently most of the virus software for macs just searches for windows viruses on them to stop them transfereing them. ALso to install a virus on a mac would be done by user negligents (cant spell) as to install anything which could potentially damge your mac you would have to enter your system password then give it the ok to do all the bits (i belive this is along the lines of what jools told me)
I say don't worry, you probally did something wrong lol
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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i was indeed jokin miss c!
i really need to grow up 
fatreg
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fatreg
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i've just hada horrible thought
my 60g photo ipod that is full of songs is stored on a windows formatted ipod!!
as soon as i connect it to my mac surely its going to wipe it??
is there any sw i can use that will rip my songs from my windows ipod into mac itunes on a mac?
please please please say yes, or im doomed! some songs on my ipod i will never ever ever get back again stuff ive recorded that was on my old hdd ive formatted!
please help me over come my horrible thought!
fatreg
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Luke-the-magic-man
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oo something I can achually help with. Ok I myself have just done the same thing (using a windows lappy for some work as well as me mac). ok first if you have your pc still then you can just copy the itunes music folder accross to the mac and import all the music (you can do this by hard disc or dvd etc) thats what I did. or you can wipe your ipod and use it as rmovablle media and transfere it that way, though again that relys on you having the music on your pc though. If either of those dont work or are not viable then i recomned you go to mac update.com and seach for ipod. Under the apps avalibe is one called ipod dick, which allows you to browse a ipod and then copy all the songs from it onto your hd. One thing is it will ask you when you plug in the ipod do you want to join this libery... it will wipe yur ipod clean if you say yes so make sure you say no lol
Luke
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fatreg
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im gonna need that ipod dick then,
my pc has nooo music on it i want!!
surely dont wanna get caughty short or im gonna cry!
ive been told about a progam called iRip or something that basically knicks all the music off the ipod and dumps in in itunes n a mac!?
might see what i can find out about that too.
fatreg
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Luke-the-magic-man
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lol, my typos always turn out bad lol. Ipod DISK is basically what your saying irip does, but I gota say I have never used irip before, sounds very similar though
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