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Expert Profile: George Derringer

Expertise: I know a great deal about Macintosh computers running the older Mac OS 9, considerably less about machines running OS X
I am the town crier in my home town, a newspaper editor by trade and a shortwave radio fan since, oh, about 1959.

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What do you like about this subject? My computer expertise is best with older Macs running OS9 and earlier

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? Anything I can

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 9336
Knowledge	9.86 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.93 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.93 Best of the best
Politeness	9.98 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		15
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		761

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	09/27/08
10	10	10	10	09/13/08
10	10	10	10	09/13/08
10	10	10	10	09/12/08
10	10	10	10	09/09/08

User Comments

I am in my office right now and my Mac is at home. I printed out the instructions and I will give it a try later today. Thank you for your prompt res
(Fred on 09/27/08)

THANK YOU! We will check with a different carrier.
(kristina on 09/13/08)

Yeah, got it! Found that the problem http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa? threadID=1234388 was with the Windows partitions (what else?). R
(Salvador on 09/13/08)

awesome
(Susan on 09/12/08)

Thanks, I'm gonna go drop it right now!
(Heidi on 09/09/08)

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Recent Answers from George Derringer

2008-09-28 Mac System: I assume you have a Mac OSX disk. Insert it and double click the Mac OSX icon. You should get a choice of disks on which to install the OS. It will take it a minute to find your hard drive. Now choose...

2008-09-27 Mac performa _can't print: This was one of the most persistent problems of OS 7, 8 and 9, believe it or not. What has happened is that your Performa can't remember the settings. Second thing to try is "zapping the Pram" which you...

2008-09-20 shockwave 10 for mac os 9: There is indeed and you can find it at www.versiontracker.com -- Click "Mac Classic" in the blue line, just above the banner ad, and then type "shockwave" into the search box. It will find Abobe Shockwave...

2008-09-13 G3 OS9: It depends on your DSL provider. Some work with OS9 and others at least SAY it won't work. Some people have managed to get to work, however. The key element is less OS9 and more having what is called "Open...

2008-09-12 Still paper in trash pt. 2: Aha -- one of those files, at least, is an alias. Try reading this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61540 It doesn't address the icon/list view issue, but maybe. Next idea:...