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iWeb only allows png it seems. I initially tried... 2,271 Views / 20 Replies  
iWeb only allows png it seems. I initially tried placing a combinations of jpegs and gifs, lovingly optimised through photoshop, but it recreated them as uncompressed pngs. So i have found the only...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Feb 16, 2006 at 07:54 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
i have discovered that png files placed into iWeb... 2,271 Views / 20 Replies  
i have discovered that png files placed into iWeb move themselves to a central Images folder, unlike those made within iWeb, which create a duplicate for each instance of the image.
So i have taken...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Feb 16, 2006 at 05:05 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
I've tried to keep the navigation similar, but... 2,271 Views / 20 Replies  
I've tried to keep the navigation similar, but different between the Site area and the Folio area.

http://www.combustible.com.au
Posted by curtlivingston, on Feb 14, 2006 at 10:18 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Thanks for the comments everyone. I have made... 2,271 Views / 20 Replies  
Thanks for the comments everyone.
I have made some changes. Navigation mostly.
I've tried to maintain the minimalism though, so it might not make everyone happy, but i think it is a good middle...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Feb 14, 2006 at 09:20 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
looky. i made an iweb folio site. 2,271 Views / 20 Replies  
It took a while in the end, stuffing around with .png files and laborious navigation.
but for a first web-site, i am chuffed, and i don't have to force my friend to make it for me now.
...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Feb 14, 2006 at 02:36 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
dvi is alright 822 Views / 4 Replies  
the dim issue is only with vga.
dvi has no issues.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Aug 13, 2005 at 11:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
thanks 776 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the replies.
I bit the bullet and bought the mini, with 1gb ram.
There is no other mac option out there.
used g4 towers with half the processor speed cost as much,
and the g5 costs too...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Aug 13, 2005 at 11:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
want to buy a mini 776 Views / 3 Replies  
I have been comfortably using a G4/800 640mb ibook to run a 19" 1600x1200@85hz monitor. No performance issues for what i do (graphics, photoshop).

But now i have gone and bought one of those dell...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Aug 11, 2005 at 07:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
internal or external 649 Views / 5 Replies  
i was intending to get myself a new internal hdd to replace the 30g stock drive, that is way way too small.
but then i got to wondering, will an external 7200rpm firewire drive be faster? It would...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 16, 2004 at 04:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
if you were to assume that apple chose this video... 14,100 Views / 286 Replies  
if you were to assume that apple chose this video card for the sake of cost and cooling, could it be possible that one of those mac accessory companies might make a replacement back for the imac?
...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 11, 2004 at 07:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
i thought that games were for children. For... 5,826 Views / 140 Replies  
i thought that games were for children.

For the life of me i cannot understand the attraction of playing computer games on a machine that is designed for creativity.

also, i cannot store my...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 7, 2004 at 02:58 AM, in Mac Desktops
thanks peoples. 4,482 Views / 12 Replies  
thanks peoples.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jan 20, 2004 at 01:39 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
really, what i need to find out, is whether,... 4,482 Views / 12 Replies  
really, what i need to find out, is whether, inside the case, the hdd is is connected to the ide-fw bridge with a standard ide cable that can be pulled out (ie not soldered on), so i can add a newer...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jan 19, 2004 at 08:15 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
lacie porsche upgradable? 4,482 Views / 12 Replies  
i am quite taken with lacie's porsche drives. but when buying such a product for purely aesthetic reasons, i want to know whether i can upgrade it's innards.
does anyone have any first hand...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jan 16, 2004 at 06:19 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
i just upgraded from the stock 256 to 640. ... 962 Views / 7 Replies  
i just upgraded from the stock 256 to 640.
wonderful performance upgrade. i can launch and (more importantly) quit apps in two seconds rather than the 15+ it took before. the stock ram is only...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Dec 3, 2003 at 01:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i have a glow at the bottom of my screen (g4... 1,796 Views / 16 Replies  
i have a glow at the bottom of my screen (g4 12"). will be taking it to the store i bought it from next week, to see what they have to say about it.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Dec 1, 2003 at 04:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I had the same problem. Absolutely no disk images... 590 Views / 2 Replies  
I had the same problem. Absolutely no disk images woiuld mount. After much frustration, i did an archive and (re)install of panther, and no problems since.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 23, 2003 at 05:39 PM, in macOS
optic is not sound. it is a form of data... 3,948 Views / 6 Replies  
optic is not sound. it is a form of data transfer. much like usb or some such.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 30, 2003 at 06:26 AM, in Mac Desktops
getting idvd to work with that could be an issue.... 1,243 Views / 7 Replies  
getting idvd to work with that could be an issue. (i am lead to believe)
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 12, 2003 at 07:50 PM, in Mac Desktops
How about the TDK cd case & speaker in one? 664 Views / 5 Replies  
How about the TDK cd case & speaker in one?
Posted by curtlivingston, on Aug 27, 2003 at 01:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i've just been trying to resurrect a 40g drive... 1,002 Views / 8 Replies  
i've just been trying to resurrect a 40g drive that died painfully. It mostly refuses to mount and when it does says that it is 31.5g. Nortons in system 9 detected a partition block count error in...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jun 21, 2003 at 01:48 AM, in Mac Desktops
or, you can copy the app to another location, and... 647 Views / 3 Replies  
or, you can copy the app to another location, and the new icon will paste fine, and then copy it back, replacing the old one.
works for me.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Apr 9, 2003 at 04:15 AM, in GUI Customization
Thanks DrBoar I want this computer to last... 757 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks DrBoar

I want this computer to last me at least another year and a half, while I am still a student, and until my hopefully rewarding career provides me with enough disposible income to...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Apr 3, 2003 at 05:37 AM, in Mac Desktops
so, the few extra mhz and the L3 cache is worth... 757 Views / 4 Replies  
so, the few extra mhz and the L3 cache is worth it?
i kinda feel silly upgrading from 800 to 1.2 (limitation of my machine - can't go to 1.3)

is the graphics card even an issue?
i play no games.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Mar 31, 2003 at 06:48 AM, in Mac Desktops
upgrade path 757 Views / 4 Replies  
i have a quicksilver sp800 with 1gig of ram and, realistically, it drags it's feet.
i like to use photoshop, indesign and flash at the same time, and i often am frustrated at huge waiting times.
...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Mar 30, 2003 at 04:45 AM, in Mac Desktops
de-metal itunes 1,377 Views / 21 Replies  
i was looking at itunes skins over at resexcellence, and soon realised that they all looked like they were built over the top of the brushed metal.
i just want a plain, vanilla style itunes.
is it...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Mar 8, 2003 at 08:23 PM, in GUI Customization
it will slow down the rest of your ram to 66mhz... 722 Views / 5 Replies  
it will slow down the rest of your ram to 66mhz too.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jan 19, 2003 at 11:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
the LG combo drives are cheap here (in Aus). ... 600 Views / 2 Replies  
the LG combo drives are cheap here (in Aus).
AU$160
65 pounds or so

they work real good too.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Jan 14, 2003 at 09:10 AM, in Mac Desktops
I never had the stability i wanted with X until i... 597 Views / 3 Replies  
I never had the stability i wanted with X until i got 10.2.
It is much faster and way more stable.
I recommended to my friends to stay with 9, until 10.2 arrived and now we all run it on G3/350...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Dec 19, 2002 at 02:23 AM, in macOS
I have found that copying an application to the... 1,186 Views / 11 Replies  
I have found that copying an application to the desktop (or anywhere) will allow you to paste a new icon over apps like itunes. then just drop it back where it belongs and 'replace'.
this also helps...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 18, 2002 at 09:13 AM, in macOS
RAM vs HDD 676 Views / 5 Replies  
Will I get a more impressive speed-bump from a new 8mb cache hard-drive or another 1/2gig ram chip?

I figure the hard drive will be faster and allow my original drive to be used somehow for...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 15, 2002 at 09:59 AM, in Mac Desktops
i need more (i think) 526 Views / 0 Replies  
i have filled my G4/800 with as much ram as she can take, but i still am having difficulty when compositing high resolution image files (bitmap and vector). i guess i might be asking too much of her....
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 7, 2002 at 06:57 AM, in Mac Desktops
ATI radeon 7500 drivers? 1,028 Views / 5 Replies  
ati does not seem to acknowledge the existence of my radeon 7500 that came with my g4/800.
are there driver updates for jaguar?

and, what is a reliable benchmark utility? (freeware/shareware)
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 5, 2002 at 10:48 PM, in Mac Desktops
i used this to turn my upgrade disks into install... 623 Views / 4 Replies  
i used this to turn my upgrade disks into install disks

1.Insert your MacOS X 10.2 Update CD
2.Fire up "Disk Copy" from /Applications/
Utilities
3.Select from the Menubar "Image | New
Image...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 5, 2002 at 10:03 PM, in macOS
canon osx scanner driver page (waiting...) ... 987 Views / 14 Replies  
canon osx scanner driver page (waiting...)

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/osx/scanners.html
Posted by curtlivingston, on Nov 4, 2002 at 08:22 AM, in macOS
Thanks guys. 681 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks guys.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 31, 2002 at 12:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
eMac user slot, apple slot? 681 Views / 3 Replies  
hello

i have a friend whose imac dv 400 just died and he wants to get an emac as a replacement. he wants to pull the ram from his imac, and put it in the emac.

but i am getting very confused....
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 30, 2002 at 11:46 AM, in Mac Desktops
have you repaired permissions? that seems to... 656 Views / 8 Replies  
have you repaired permissions?
that seems to help the illustrator 10.0.3 shift-key problem
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 30, 2002 at 11:40 AM, in macOS
it works. ignore the dialog that says you cannot... 545 Views / 3 Replies  
it works. ignore the dialog that says you cannot install 9 over X.

i did it, and a lot of others on this forum; no problems that i have found in 9 or X.
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 29, 2002 at 05:35 PM, in macOS
i encountered this problem, and so decided to get... 693 Views / 6 Replies  
i encountered this problem, and so decided to get a friend's version of the downloaded packages, and then discovered that i could not successfully run any installer.
it would freeze at the end of...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 18, 2002 at 07:37 AM, in macOS
10.2.1 installer disc 546 Views / 1 Replies  
I have copied my Jaguar discs, and, as it was an update version, and as i wanted it to be nice and fresh, removed the "check for osx" file. This is because i like neatness, and for things to work the...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 11, 2002 at 10:03 AM, in macOS
i've just upgraded from an imac to a tower, and... 1,095 Views / 10 Replies  
i've just upgraded from an imac to a tower, and so, at present, am rather biased. bathing in the glory of the ability to install three hard drives and even considering putting a floppy drive in, for...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 11, 2002 at 09:52 AM, in Mac Desktops
hello, it's me again. i have one (G4-800) ... 842 Views / 5 Replies  
hello, it's me again.

i have one (G4-800)
i don't think of it as loud. it is a lot quieter than the PCs i have heard lately.
it is a constant quiet hum that i personally find very easy to not...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 10, 2002 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
there is no question. GET THE POWERMAC cheap... 1,095 Views / 10 Replies  
there is no question. GET THE POWERMAC

cheap and easy storage upgrades, (IDE)
cheap and easy sound input options, (PCI)
cheap and easy USB 2 and Gigawire, (PCI)

and, if you need DVD burning,...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 10, 2002 at 08:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
i had that problem, but as i had upgraded to 10.2... 3,079 Views / 8 Replies  
i had that problem, but as i had upgraded to 10.2 only a couple of days previously, i cleaned my system out and re-installed everything again from scratch on a zeroed hard drive and everything has...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 10, 2002 at 08:24 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
i just helped a friend install jaguar on her imac... 730 Views / 6 Replies  
i just helped a friend install jaguar on her imac (same model as yours but with 384mb ram).
we zeroed her hard drive with the 9.2 install disk, and installed a bare bones os9 and then 10.2.
(you...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Oct 9, 2002 at 05:51 PM, in macOS
there is never any need to format. if you... 597 Views / 4 Replies  
there is never any need to format.

if you have osx already, you should upgrade with an archive & install.
(retains all system settings and replaces all system components)

jaguar is good. get...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 29, 2002 at 09:47 AM, in macOS
i installed jaguar from scratch. i wrote down... 908 Views / 7 Replies  
i installed jaguar from scratch.
i wrote down all my settings and burnt backups and formatted the hard drive.

photoshop is running at 50% memory, and the only applications running in the...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 27, 2002 at 06:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
in 10.1.5 everything was flying very nicely... 908 Views / 7 Replies  
in 10.1.5 everything was flying very nicely indeed.
I could have all the Adobe design collection running at once, editing 100+mb photoshop files.
it was all so good.

do you think it might be...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 25, 2002 at 04:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
slow as buggery 908 Views / 7 Replies  
i got myself a nice 800mhz last month, and was running 10.1.5.
it was pretty comparable in speed to my old imac dv with 9.2.
then i got all jaguar-ed up, and the system speed blew my small mind.
...
Posted by curtlivingston, on Sep 25, 2002 at 09:45 AM, in Mac Desktops
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