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5.1 sound from Apple TV to Sony DAV-DX375	1,236 Views / 5 Replies
Okay, I have an Apple TV and a Sony DAV-DX375 DVD/stereo set-up. There doesn't appear to be any way to input 5.1 sound into the Sony DAV-DX375, but I'm wondering if maybe I'm overlooking something....
Posted by LittleBastad, on Mar 24, 2008 at 08:57 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/470689608_3c90d...	496,941 Views / 1,355 Replies
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/470689608_3c90d2d630.jpg View this on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clarkwoods/470689608/in/set-72157594455659650/) It's not a great shot, but I've been...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 24, 2007 at 09:37 AM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks for the note, DarwinX. I wasn't sure if...	831 Views / 9 Replies
Thanks for the note, DarwinX. I wasn't sure if they were the same thing or not. Hopefully I'll find something, though I've been looking for months in anticipation of getting the iMac, and I haven't...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 23, 2007 at 06:30 PM, in Applications

We went with the 17" with the SuperDrive, the...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
We went with the 17" with the SuperDrive, the stock configuration. We were thinking about a 20", primarily because of the bigger hard drive, but the money just wasn't there. And it turns out that the...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 23, 2007 at 06:21 PM, in macOS

Got the iMac over the weekend, tried to sync it,...	831 Views / 9 Replies
Got the iMac over the weekend, tried to sync it, and was denied. From what I've read, Verizon has disabled OBEX on my phone and only allows Bluetooth for audio devices. :-(
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 23, 2007 at 01:08 PM, in Applications

We finally got our iMac over the weekend, and I...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
We finally got our iMac over the weekend, and I just wanted to come back and thank everyone for their advice. We set it up with one user account for my wife and I to share, and two admin accounts...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 23, 2007 at 01:05 PM, in macOS

Ah, I think that's where I'm going to run into a...	831 Views / 9 Replies
Ah, I think that's where I'm going to run into a problem. Mine is a Samsung a950 (about 1 year old), and I think Verizon crippled the Bluetooth on that one. But we'll have to wait and see. I'm hoping...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 04:19 PM, in Applications

Really?!? I'm about to buy an iMac, and from what...	831 Views / 9 Replies
Really?!? I'm about to buy an iMac, and from what I had read I was pretty convinced that there was no way I was going to be able to use iSync with my Verizon phone. What model do you have? Any tips...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 03:12 PM, in Applications

I'll probably do what I said above: I'll have one...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
I'll probably do what I said above: I'll have one password-protected account that my wife and I share. My daughter is a little young to be using a computer right now (she's 13 months old), and I...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:06 AM, in macOS

Thanks, Sherman. That's the conclusion I'm coming...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
Thanks, Sherman. That's the conclusion I'm coming to.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 09:04 AM, in macOS

Thanks for the advice. Something I'm...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
Thanks for the advice. Something I'm beginning to wonder: Is it even worth it for my wife and I to have separate accounts/logins? She's already been resistant to the idea, since we've always just...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 07:56 AM, in macOS

I think my final decision is to keep everything...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
I think my final decision is to keep everything as is, and not do a custom install (assuming we ever find the money to buy the machine... this process is taking far too long for my liking). Once we...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 18, 2007 at 07:51 AM, in macOS

But I'm quite the opposite. I was feeling kinda...	9,939 Views / 181 Replies
But I'm quite the opposite. I was feeling kinda of crappy about the fact that I was going to have to buy a new machine only a couple months ahead of Leopard's release (my PC crapped out on me this...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 12, 2007 at 05:40 PM, in macOS

Thanks for the step-by-step, Dr. DDS. Now that I...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
Thanks for the step-by-step, Dr. DDS. Now that I see it spelled out like that, it doesn't seem like it'd be too hard. But I wish there were a definitive answer on how much space I'd actually be...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 12, 2007 at 08:34 AM, in macOS

Will the Customize button be there right when I...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
Will the Customize button be there right when I turn on the machine for the first time, or do I need to insert a CD or DVD? Please forgive my stupid questions...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 11, 2007 at 06:05 PM, in macOS

But how difficult is the custom install process?...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
But how difficult is the custom install process? And how much room is there for error? I have a bad (and recent) history of f'ing up my computer when I try to tinker too much.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 11, 2007 at 05:24 PM, in macOS

That's pretty impressive, Dr. DDS. Thanks for the...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
That's pretty impressive, Dr. DDS. Thanks for the tip. But was most of that GarageBand and its loops? Because I think I want to keep GarageBand around.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:39 PM, in macOS

Yeah, I'm the guy that posted a while back about...	864 Views / 15 Replies
Yeah, I'm the guy that posted a while back about my computer dying. And now it's dead. And yes, it does suck. But I'm dealing with it surprisingly well, even after four days at home without any...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 11, 2007 at 08:56 AM, in Applications

Thanks, Big Mac. That's kind of what I wanted to...	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
Thanks, Big Mac. That's kind of what I wanted to hear. I really want to be able to get going once I get the machine. Of course, on an unrelated note, I just discovered that I won't be able to run...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 02:34 PM, in macOS

Mac OS X installation (saving space by not installing printer drivers & extra lang)	1,393 Views / 20 Replies
I have a question about setting up a new Mac. If all goes well and the money situation works itself out, my wife and I are planning on buying an iMac to replace our PC, which died a horrible...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 02:19 PM, in macOS

So brand isn't really an issue, and they'll all...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
So brand isn't really an issue, and they'll all do about the same job? Is there any brand you would absolutely avoid, even if the deal was amazing? We had a D-Link wireless set-up before it died, and...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 11:16 AM, in macOS

Thanks, Sherman. I just noticed your sig and was...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
Thanks, Sherman. I just noticed your sig and was happy to find that I'm taking advice from a fellow Masshole (and I use that term with great affection). Though I'm transplanted to NH now, I was born...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:59 AM, in macOS

I had a router that died about two weeks before...	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
I had a router that died about two weeks before my PC died. I'm not sure if we can afford a new router, in addition to the new iMac. Any recommendations on a brand? I was thinking about picking up an...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:29 AM, in macOS

Passwords for regular/non-admin accounts?	1,087 Views / 25 Replies
Hi, My wife and I are looking into buying an iMac after our PC crashed for good this past weekend. I'm trying to research the answers for a lot of my questions in advance, and I haven't found an...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:12 AM, in macOS

Thanks, everyone. I'm hoping to have the money...	864 Views / 15 Replies
Thanks, everyone. I'm hoping to have the money situation figured out by the weekend, but I'm not counting on it. So it may not be until next week or the week after that I get to make the purchase....
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 10, 2007 at 09:58 AM, in Applications

Thanks, peeb. I wasn't sure if it was a standard...	864 Views / 15 Replies
Thanks, peeb. I wasn't sure if it was a standard thing or if it was vendor-specific. I'll be sure to ask when we go to make the purchase.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 9, 2007 at 05:46 PM, in Applications

Quicken pre-installed on new iMacs?	864 Views / 15 Replies
I wasn't sure if this belonged in the iMac forum or here in applications, so I apologize if I've misplaced it. My computer crashed and crashed hard over the weekend, so my wife and I are looking...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 9, 2007 at 05:16 PM, in Applications

Well, yeah, but if I rate something when I'm on...	844 Views / 3 Replies
Well, yeah, but if I rate something when I'm on the go with my iPod then that rating gets transferred back to iTunes the next time I sync them up. At least that's how it's always worked for me in the...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 3, 2007 at 11:45 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

What will happen when I plug my iPod into my reformatted Windows PC	844 Views / 3 Replies
Hi, all. I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows on my home computer. I've got all of my songs back into iTunes, but somewhere along the line, because I didn't RTFM, I lost all of my...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Apr 3, 2007 at 10:23 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

I appreciate everyone's feedback. I feel as...	1,287 Views / 18 Replies
I appreciate everyone's feedback. I feel as though I have come across as stupid, though and that I haven't described my situation or my thoughts well. So I'm just going to step away and hope that...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 9, 2007 at 05:49 PM, in Mac Desktops

Well, we don't mind splurging when it's time to...	1,287 Views / 18 Replies
Well, we don't mind splurging when it's time to buy. We're already in debt, and we're not going to be out of debt anytime soon, so we might as well get the best computer for our purposes. I guess the...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 8, 2007 at 06:15 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks for the replies. I do realize that I can...	1,287 Views / 18 Replies
Thanks for the replies. I do realize that I can repair the current computer for far less dough. However, I've been regretting buying this computer since about two months after I bought it back in...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 8, 2007 at 12:08 PM, in Mac Desktops

So close, yet so far (probably not getting our iMac, after all)	1,287 Views / 18 Replies
Here's something I posted to my website about the situation with my present computer and my hopes to replace it with an iMac. I'm wondering if any of you have any thoughts on what I should do. ...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 8, 2007 at 10:53 AM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks!	530 Views / 2 Replies
Thanks!
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 7, 2007 at 08:30 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Length of Apple Keyboard	530 Views / 2 Replies
Here's a really silly question for you: What is the length of Apple's standard keyboard? I'm trying to figure out if both the keyboard and the mouse for the iMac we're planning to buy will fit on the...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 7, 2007 at 01:31 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

We don't need the 20 inch screen, but we do need...	1,119 Views / 19 Replies
We don't need the 20 inch screen, but we do need the bigger hard drive that comes standard with the 20 inch, and we like the added bonus of a bigger screen. Why do you ask? Have you heard bad...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 6, 2007 at 02:42 PM, in Mac Desktops

Can you somehow convert an old PS/2 keyboard and...	1,119 Views / 19 Replies
Can you somehow convert an old PS/2 keyboard and mouse over to USB? I think I've seen (and might even own) such an adapter. If that's the case, then I could use the keyboard and mouse I have from my...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 6, 2007 at 09:44 AM, in Mac Desktops

Any recommendations on USB2 hubs? I'm not sure...	1,119 Views / 19 Replies
Any recommendations on USB2 hubs? I'm not sure where to start (what brand, etc.). Since the budget is tight, I'd prefer to spend money on a couple of pieces of software that we'll need (Quicken,...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 6, 2007 at 09:36 AM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks, everyone. Well, it sounds like plugging...	1,119 Views / 19 Replies
Thanks, everyone. Well, it sounds like plugging the mouse into the keyboard will solve my immediate issue (because then I'll have two ports to play with), so I'll probably go with that for now. I'm...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 5, 2007 at 04:12 PM, in Mac Desktops

USB Port Options on iMac (We're about to buy our first Mac and need advice)	1,119 Views / 19 Replies
Hi, all. Though we can't really afford it, the continued downward spiral of our PC is giving my wife and I the opportunity to switch to Mac. We're going to buy the 20 inch iMac, but I have a...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Feb 5, 2007 at 02:51 PM, in Mac Desktops

I apologize if my last message came off harsh. HP...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
I apologize if my last message came off harsh. HP was giving away the MCE 2005 upgrade at one point when it first came out. You only had to pay shipping and handling. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 12, 2006 at 12:58 PM, in Mac Desktops

Well, call me crazy, but I don't think I should...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
Well, call me crazy, but I don't think I should have to pay for something I should have gotten for free. I'm not going to pay $80 to $100 to upgrade my present computer when I could be saving that...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 12, 2006 at 10:52 AM, in Mac Desktops

Well, I'd love to put MCE2005 on it, but HP isn't...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
Well, I'd love to put MCE2005 on it, but HP isn't sending out upgrade CDs anymore and I can't find one online. So it seems I'm stuck with MCE2004. I actually prefer downloading things from the...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 11, 2006 at 05:03 PM, in Mac Desktops

So, what do you think I could get for the PC...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
So, what do you think I could get for the PC then? Any ideas? I live in NH and work in Boston, so those are the markets I'd probably advertising to on craigslist.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 9, 2006 at 10:47 PM, in Mac Desktops

Well, it's a MCE2002 PC (upgraded to MCE2004 via...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
Well, it's a MCE2002 PC (upgraded to MCE2004 via XP SP2), so it's already a bit outdated. I don't know if that would make a difference.
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 5, 2006 at 12:34 PM, in Mac Desktops

I'm looking forward to that longevity. The...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
I'm looking forward to that longevity. The blessing/curse of my situation right now is that my PC is proving to have decent longevity itself. Sure, both of its DVD drives are failing nowadays, and...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 4, 2006 at 10:03 PM, in Mac Desktops

I think you mean Leopard and not Jaguar, right?	8,073 Views / 30 Replies
I think you mean Leopard and not Jaguar, right?
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 4, 2006 at 11:53 AM, in Mac Desktops

You have a 17" iMac that you received free, as a...	980 Views / 7 Replies
You have a 17" iMac that you received free, as a promotion? What promotion? Where do I sign up?
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 3, 2006 at 06:48 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks for all the advice. Refurb might be what...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
Thanks for all the advice. Refurb might be what we look at when there's finally some money to play with (which, hopefully, will be sometime later next year). For now, I guess I'll just have to be...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Dec 3, 2006 at 06:45 PM, in Mac Desktops

Yeah, the debt is what's killing us. We had...	1,793 Views / 31 Replies
Yeah, the debt is what's killing us. We had trouble getting pregnant, had to use IVF to finally do so, and the medical bills mounted when my wife lost her job in the middle of the pregnancy. Lots of...
Posted by LittleBastad, on Nov 28, 2006 at 07:00 PM, in Mac Desktops

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