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Spanning hack via AppleScript
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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This is the spanning hack that is used on iBooks?
How safe is it? I didn't think it would be possible without going into OF.
Who's going first? 
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Originally posted by dazzla:
This is the spanning hack that is used on iBooks?
How safe is it? I didn't think it would be possible without going into OF.
Who's going first?
It is supposed to work with iBooks, iMacs and eMacs, according to the magazine.
I'll buy the magazine today and see what they write to the script. If it's not too much text, I'll translate and post it later.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Sweet. They even have a version for closed lid operation without exchanging the kernel! The c't magazine is great.
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Stink different.
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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What does closed lid operation mean? Is it a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin thing? I'll be using an external TFT with my iBook.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chile
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can anyone elaborate on this "spanning hack" thing ?
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:: frankenstein / lcd-less TiBook / 1GHz / radeon 9000 64MB / 1GB RAM / w/ext. 250GB fw drive / noname usb bluetooth dongle / d-link usb 2.0 pcmcia card / X.5.8
:: unibody macbook pro / 2.4 Ghz C2D / 6GB RAM / dell 2407wfp - X.6.3
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, MN, USA
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Originally posted by Sarc:
can anyone elaborate on this "spanning hack" thing ?
After a brief Google search, it looks to be a hack to allow extended desktops on certain Macs which don't already allow it. Basically, it lets you use a 2nd display to have 1 giant desktop.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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:: frankenstein / lcd-less TiBook / 1GHz / radeon 9000 64MB / 1GB RAM / w/ext. 250GB fw drive / noname usb bluetooth dongle / d-link usb 2.0 pcmcia card / X.5.8
:: unibody macbook pro / 2.4 Ghz C2D / 6GB RAM / dell 2407wfp - X.6.3
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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I've run the hack via command line before and it almost killed my iBook. I'd say it's better to leave it as is then to be sorry later.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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How would setting a single OF-Variable kill the iBook?
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Stink different.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Well I've used the TV out dongle and watched a movie for about a half hour, then the screen went blank but you could still see the picture on TV. After I unpluged the dongle the screen still wouldn't show up, so I rebooted the computer and the screen started flickering. The flickering wouldn't stop for about 3-4 hours even though I've reset the pram. It returned to normal after being shut down for a while ...
Originally posted by stew:
How would setting a single OF-Variable kill the iBook?
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