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Americas: Service Certification Training and Testing Centers

Apple authorizes the companies listed in this article to train Apple Authorized Service Providers, dealers, and customers, to repair Apple products.
The Apple Authorized Training Centers (AATCs) deliver training and administer tests within the Apple Certified Service Technician Program, using Apple developed training materials and certification tests. Apple recommends using these AATCs to train service technicians for the Apple Certified Macintosh Technician exams.

iDisk: One or more items can’t be copied message

If you try to upload a file to your iDisk, you may see the following message:
"One or more items can’t be copied. Do you want to skip them and copy the remaining items?"

About the security content of Safari 4.0.5

This document describes the security content of Safari 4.0.5.
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see "How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key."
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see "Apple Security Updates."

iDVD 7.0: Burned DVD has interlacing, pixelation, or image quality issues

You may discover that a DVD burned in iDVD has poor image quality, pixelation, or interlacing issues when you play it in full-screen mode on your HDTV or Apple monitor. This may occur even if the video looks normal in the iDVD preview window.

Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

Aperture libraries stored on non-Mac OS X Extended volumes may behave unpredictably.

Apple Computers: Powering a peripheral through USB

USB based peripherals come in a wide variety; many have unique power requirements. Learn more about the power available via USB on Apple computers and how to use peripherals that may require more power than is available through the USB port.

How to tell if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor

Learn how to find out if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit Intel-based Mac.

iPod nano (5th generation): How to copy your recorded videos to a Mac

You can copy your recorded videos from iPod nano (5th generation) to your Mac using iPhoto or iMovie to view, edit, or share.
Note: This article discusses copying recorded videos to a Mac. See this article if you are using a PC.

Mac OS X v10.6: Printer and scanner software

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard includes software for many printer and scanner models.  This software can be installed from the Snow Leopard Install DVD, and installed or updated by using Software Update (some models have software available through Software Update only).  
This article lists software provided for printers and scanners as of 15 Dec, 2009.
To view the complete list of printers and scanners that are supplied with Snow Leopard Install DVD and by Software Update, see below or use your browser’s Find feature to look for a specific name or model number. If you cannot find a driver for your specific model, check the list to see if a driver is available for a series of printers that may include your model.  For example, a printer with the model number 5070 might use the driver for the "5000 Series".
For more information about setting up and using printers in Snow Leopard, see this article.
For information about troubleshooting printer setup issues, see this article.

iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot run because it detects an issue with QuickTime

You may see an error message when attempting to open iTunes 7.7 or later stating that "iTunes cannot run because it detects a problem with QuickTime."

If this issue occurs with iTunes 7.0.2 – 7.6, customers may instead see this error message:
"iTunes cannot run because it has detected a problem with your audio configuration"
If this occurs with iTunes 7.0 or 7.0.1, customers may instead see a -200 error when opening iTunes 7.