I have a client that has publishing data, about 250 gigs worth, on a Mac formatted firewire 400 only, external hard drive, give to her by her creative art person. The client needs the data to be used by her PC. So, I am trying to move the data from the firewire drive on to a new USB external that the client can access. So far, I can't find a format for the USB drive that will allow the Mac formatted files to be seen on a PC. I’ve tried Fat32 and Mac OS Extended with out any luck. Anybody have an idea?

If your Mac is freezing, not starting up correctly, or behaving in another odd way, you could be looking at several possible causes. For example, a hardware failure, software glitch, or corrupt file might be to blame. To help narrow down the possibilities and perhaps just gain access to your files again, Safe Mode is a good place to start.

iPhone Explorer lets you use an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad as if it were in disk mode or a Flash Drive. iPhone Explorer is an iPhone browser for Mac & PC that lets you browse the files and folders on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad as if it were a normal USB Flash Drive or pen drive. You can use the easy drag-and-drop methods to add or remove files and folders from the iPhone. Compatible with all iPhones and iPod Touches including the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4 firmware.

I love Keyboard Shortcuts, they are great time savers and once you learn them they just become an automatic thing.

If you are a new user of Mac or perhaps forgotten some of the Mac Keyboard Shortcuts here is a printable guide so that you can have them right in front of you for reference.

The Screen Capture shortcut is very useful

⇧ ⌘ 3 Screen to file

The "Hide App" (Application) Shortcut is awesome

⌘ H Hide app

What is Disk Utility?

Disk Utility lets you configure and manage disks (hard drives) on your mac.

Using Disk Utility, you can:

OK, so i wasnt sure on where to post this one because it jumps through about 4 different categories. Hardware, software, windows, mac. I have a macbook with windows xp lite installed on it. and i cannot find no drivers in xp form that would help work the mac hardware. i know xp can be put on mac, but i guess the drivers is where they stick it to ya for trying to cross platform. the mouse lags, the keybaord lags, the resolution is low, theres no windows startup sound. other than that its fine. runs good, boots ok, ideas?

So we all know how staunch Apple lovers can be, well now they will have their own dating website Launching in June 2010 cupidtino.com is a place where you can meet and date a fellow Apple lover. The site will only launch on Apple platforms of course, no PC's allowed. Ridiculous? or does it make total geek sense?