Originally Posted by Razormac

None of the membership here is paid, and most take the goal to provide a community of support and fellowship for Mac Users very seriously.

And, I find myself continually amazed at the patience exhibited by many of those same members who see the same question (with very little variation) asked for the 100th time.

If you have spent any length of time here (and I know that you have) you will realize the number of members who actively respond with support is not all that large. And, even if it is a relatively simple question to answer, it takes time and we all have day jobs and there are a lot of questions.

So, ask yourself this, which is more reasonable?

a) For the relatively small number of "helpers" to spend time answering multiple times the same question

or

b) For the larger number of help seekers to spend a little of their time to look through the Forum threads to see if their question has already been answered