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Stability - the OS itself has been very stable...
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Stability - the OS itself has been very stable and I've done things that would have killed 9.1. No panics. But IE and OW have both crashed a few times.
Speed - 10.0.1 is fast enough to work in...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 21, 2001 at 02:23 PM, in macOS |
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IE and quicktime
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I keep on getting a quicktime error in IE under OS X. Does IE have quicktime plugins? It's almost as if it doesn't have the plugin and can't use quicktime in OS X.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 18, 2001 at 04:47 PM, in Applications |
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All I can say is that OS X, with the update, is...
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All I can say is that OS X, with the update, is usable for me and the only area that's still too slow is in application launch, but even here I can deal with it. Honestly I don't care what anybody...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 17, 2001 at 02:21 PM, in macOS |
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Speech commands
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Has anybody tried using the speech commands? It's pretty cool. It's not perfect but I was surprised by how well it works. You can find it in the Speech Preferences.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 16, 2001 at 05:58 PM, in macOS |
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The only problmes I had (both in 9.1 and X) were...
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The only problmes I had (both in 9.1 and X) were with my screen going dark, green, or gray, however, I installed the firmware update and those problems went away. The 10.0.1 update did work for me...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 14, 2001 at 12:27 PM, in macOS |
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The update had a few tense moments, but things do...
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The update had a few tense moments, but things do seem quite a bit faster and nothing bad has happend. But my iMac has been much more stable since I applied that new firmware update everybody had...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 14, 2001 at 02:22 AM, in macOS |
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IE and Java
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I've noticed that IE does not deal with Java well under OS X. Applets are all over the page and never seem to load correctly. Is there a problem with Java under OS X?
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 13, 2001 at 06:50 PM, in Applications |
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I had problems with my monitor too when I...
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I had problems with my monitor too when I upgraded my DVSE to 9.1 and OS X. The screen would get gray, dark, green, or warped on startup and restart. I had no idea what caused it, but installed the...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 12, 2001 at 10:02 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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compositor?
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Is there a program in OS X called the "compositor"? I'm not sure if I spelled that correctly, but I saw a guy from Apple use it at a MacUser group, however, when I got home I wasn't able to find it....
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 11, 2001 at 06:13 AM, in Applications |
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Gray, green, dark screen?
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Since installing 9.1 and OS X on my iMac SE (400) the screen will sometimes look green, gray, or dark upon startup. If I restart the computer the screen will go back to normal and I'm not sure if...
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 4, 2001 at 02:31 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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The update is either not done or they are waiting...
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The update is either not done or they are waiting to include CD-RW in the update. Since CD-RW is supposed to come in April it would make sense to do it all at once. Hopefully we'll see it soon.
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 3, 2001 at 11:53 AM, in macOS |
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The update is either not done or they are waiting...
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The update is either not done or they are waiting to include CD-RW in the update. Since CD-RW is supposed to come in April it would make sense to do it all at once. Hopefully we'll see it soon.
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Posted by chrisml, on Apr 3, 2001 at 11:53 AM, in macOS |
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It will be different for different people...
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It will be different for different people depending on what software you use and when it's carbonized. Some may run only in OS X come summer and others may have to wait for the winter.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 30, 2001 at 11:15 PM, in macOS |
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anybody notice in mail.app?
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Anybody notice in Mail that the example name they use in the account set up section is "Steve"? I just thought it was funny. I wonder if they just picked the name or if they picked it for Jobs?
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 29, 2001 at 10:17 AM, in macOS |
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I wish I knew what the heck it was. This morning...
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I wish I knew what the heck it was. This morning the screen wouldn't even come on at all, but I think that might have been because I reset the pram and didn't do my screen settings. Is this a known...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 29, 2001 at 10:05 AM, in macOS |
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Weird. I had the same kind of problem with my...
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Weird. I had the same kind of problem with my DVSE too. Sometimes I'd get a green screen and some times a gray screen but a restart would fix it. I'm not sure what causes it.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 28, 2001 at 01:48 AM, in macOS |
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Enlarge or reduce iTunes-you can
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I'm not sure if people noticed this or not, but you can still make the carbon iTunes window smaller, as in 0S 9, by simply clicking on the Green button. I just wanted to share that because I know...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 27, 2001 at 04:50 PM, in macOS |
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It's a good start and I agree that the new...
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It's a good start and I agree that the new finder is a lot better than the classic one. Plus in icon view it does work like the classic one and I find column view works quite well. It might not work...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 27, 2001 at 03:41 PM, in macOS |
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April update?
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I was just wondering what everybody thought might make it into the April update besides CD-RW support? I know a lot of stuff won't appear until 10.1 comes out in the summer, but I think Apple has to...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 27, 2001 at 03:07 PM, in macOS |
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OS X and uMax scanners
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I just got a email back from uMax about OS X and when they plan on supporting their scanners in it.
"Support for UMAX scanners and digital cameras on Mac OS X:
We are sorry; UMAX will not...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 26, 2001 at 11:00 PM, in macOS |
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OS X Feedback forum
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I think it might be nice to have one place to post the suggestions you made to Apple about OS X. If you like a suggestion you could send feedback to Apple about it. Thanks.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 26, 2001 at 03:48 PM, in Feedback |
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Here's what I like:
1. No crashes. I've done...
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Here's what I like:
1. No crashes. I've done things that would have killed 8.6 and 9.1.
2. The "look". The graphics are great and it's a cool looking OS.
3. The finder. I can't understand why...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 26, 2001 at 03:43 PM, in macOS |
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rebooting into 9.1 from X
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When I reboot from X into 9.1 I get the "this computer was not..." warning and my hard drive is checked. Somebody suggested on a different forum that a fix to that was to shut down classic before you...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 26, 2001 at 11:40 AM, in macOS |
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Every issue people talk about are things Apple...
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Every issue people talk about are things Apple can and I'm sure will address. The only problem I had was with the registration where that app took a long time to connect to Apple. I think part of the...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 26, 2001 at 11:08 AM, in macOS |
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My install (400 iMac DVSE, 256 MB) went quite...
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My install (400 iMac DVSE, 256 MB) went quite well even though I had to upgrade twice 9.1 and OS X. At first it took me some time to get my barings and to get things set up the way I wanted. Speed...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 25, 2001 at 12:05 AM, in macOS |
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Unreal. I really wish he would just say "I don't...
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Unreal. I really wish he would just say "I don't know what I have" and wait for Saturday. The final has become like Bigfoot. Lots of big footprints and "experts" to explain them but no body.
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 20, 2001 at 03:12 PM, in macOS |
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What the hell are you trying to prove with that?...
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What the hell are you trying to prove with that? You can't get around the fact that things are imperfect. And besides what does perfect mean to you? Very subjective idea. It's a 1.0 release.
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 19, 2001 at 09:33 PM, in macOS |
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There is no such thing as 100% bug free software...
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There is no such thing as 100% bug free software or OS. Humans are imperfect and therefore things we make are. That's life get over it.
Chris
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 19, 2001 at 09:21 PM, in macOS |
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This FAQ is great! Thanks. I have a few...
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This FAQ is great! Thanks. I have a few questions. Thanks.
1. Once I install OS X and organize my files in it and then boot into 9.1 (to run some program) will things be harder to find in 9.1?...
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Posted by chrisml, on Mar 10, 2001 at 09:37 PM, in macOS |
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Well you can get the:
$899 model which comes...
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Well you can get the:
$899 model which comes with: 400MHz G3, 64MB SDRAM,10GB Ultra ATA drive, CD-ROM, RAGE 128 Pro w/ 8MB10/100BASE-T Ethernet, 56K internal modem, Two USB ports, and Two FireWire...
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Posted by chrisml, on Feb 24, 2001 at 01:12 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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You can't go by the builds. We don't know in what...
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You can't go by the builds. We don't know in what context they were made or what Apple was using them for. Remember those builds were pirated. As far as promotion Apple can't really until there are...
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Posted by chrisml, on Feb 22, 2001 at 01:21 PM, in macOS |
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