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John Allen

U.S.

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Expertise

I can answer most Mac and related questions. I still use OS 9 from time to time as well as OS X 10.4 through 10.7. Let me know me what model Mac you use and what version of OS X you use since many times it is helpful to know (10.5/Leopard, 10.7/Lion, etc).

Experience in the area

I've been a Mac fan since 1990 when I first got a Mac SE/30. Been using Macs at home and at work ever since.

Organizations

None at this time.

Publications

None. Just ran across this Mac tutorial application for Mac users running OS X 10.7 or later: http://tinyurl.com/boqqog7

Education/Credentials

I've been working for the last 12 years as an Macintosh I.T. administrator at an advertising agency.

Awards and Honors

I did take a Apple certification test 5+ years ago.

Past/Present Clients

Help neighbors with their PC's and Mac's. Ran a Macintosh bulletin board system for many years. I've lately been asking a lot of questions to the AllExperts linux gurus, and thought I would try my hand and give back by answering questions about Macs.

Average Ratings

Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
David	05/16/12	10	10	10	Thanks for the tip - it worked .....
Nenad	05/13/12	10	10	10
terry	05/07/12	10	10	10	Polite,Prompt,andothepoint Much thanks, Aloha, Tery .....
Missy	05/06/12	10	10	10	Thank you so much for your prompt .....
Nenad	05/05/12	10	10	10

Recent Answers from John Allen

2012-05-22 phpMyAdmin errors:

Hi Paul. I've used phpMyAdmin a few times but not enough to answer your question. Try asking one of the Unix/Linux people here on AllExperts your question. They might be able to answer. Here is

2012-05-15 dock:

Ah, good question. One way to get so you can see and drag the Applications folder is to start with what you did - Go to the "Go" menu and go down and choose "Applications" and that will open the Applications

2012-05-12 dock:

So you just need to add the "Applications" folder to the dock? You can drag the "Applications" folder to the dock where it used to be with your mouse. For example: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/adding-and-removing-dock-icons-in-mac-os-x

2012-05-07 G4 MDD wont shut down:

No, you won't damage your Mac. It's not that hard on it. You can still keep using the Mac and doing your "power button 10sec shutdown". But keep looking for a OS X 10.4 Install disc. And maybe rather

2012-05-06 Used Cocktail and Clean My Mac and Messed Up Some Functionsh:

If you wanted to work around the problem, I think you could download the Zip download of the program Pacifist located here: http://www.charlessoft.com/ Since I think it can open .dmg files I read.

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