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I did know this. But I want 100% of my money, not... 168 Views / 9 Replies  
I did know this. But I want 100% of my money, not 96.5% of it.
Posted by l008com, on May 17, 2013 at 12:48 AM, in MacNN Lounge
That sounds like it would be the most complicated... 168 Views / 9 Replies  
That sounds like it would be the most complicated solution of all. I want to be able to write up an invoice in as few finger strokes as possible. Editing a rich text document on my tiny phone screen...
Posted by l008com, on May 16, 2013 at 04:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge
iPhone Invoicing App 168 Views / 9 Replies  
I'm looking for an app to send invoices to customer from my phone. I'm posting here because my guess is that the most common job among macnn users is "computer consultant" :D

So right now, I write...
Posted by l008com, on May 16, 2013 at 11:17 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Didn't hit the reserve so now it's for sale, not... 266 Views / 1 Replies  
Didn't hit the reserve so now it's for sale, not auction:
2010 Chevy Camaro - 2LT - 312HP - 29MPG - 21,750 Miles - Stoneham (http://www.menulizard.com/2010camaro/)
Posted by l008com, on May 9, 2013 at 04:54 PM, in Marketplace
FA: 2010 Chevy Camaro 2LT, Red, Manual 266 Views / 1 Replies  
I posted my old car on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2010-Chevrolet-Camaro-2LT-6-Speed-Manual-312HP-29MPG-/161017278891?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item257d60b1ab)
It's a V6 Camaro, 312 HP, 29mpg...
Posted by l008com, on May 4, 2013 at 09:08 AM, in Marketplace
The original CPU is long gone. And I'm not going... 253 Views / 10 Replies  
The original CPU is long gone. And I'm not going to part it out. It's enough of a pain in the ass selling one thing. If I break it down and try to sell the individual parts, I'll end up stuck with...
Posted by l008com, on May 3, 2013 at 07:58 AM, in MacNN Lounge
[Price Advice] Heavily Upgraded Mac Pro 253 Views / 10 Replies  
Just wondering what you guys think I should be asking for my old Mac. I have a number in mind but I want to make sure I'm not leaving money on the table :)

Here's a basic rundown. It's a first gen...
Posted by l008com, on May 3, 2013 at 04:46 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Left/Right Channel Swap 176 Views / 2 Replies  
Due to the layout of my desk, my right speaker has to be to the left of my monitors, and my left speaker has to be to the right. Googling quickly found me the Apple MIDI setup solution, but that...
Posted by l008com, on May 2, 2013 at 01:05 AM, in Mac OS X
Disappearing Post 198 Views / 1 Replies  
So I found a thread that was a little old. It was exactly, 100% the same question I had, but the solution was no longer working. Rather than start my own thread, I figured I'd just reuse this...
Posted by l008com, on May 2, 2013 at 01:00 AM, in Feedback
I'm hoping for a lot in the upcoming desktops,... 266 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm hoping for a lot in the upcoming desktops, like I always am. But I'm always disappointed. And with newer versions of 10.8 getting buggier and buggier on my Mac Pro 1,1 ; i just got tired of...
Posted by l008com, on Apr 30, 2013 at 08:28 AM, in Mac Desktops
My New Mac mini Setup 266 Views / 4 Replies  
So I picked up a refurb 2.6ghz Mac mini. It's a quad core with hyperthreading, so 8 logical cores. I put an OCZ SSD drive in it, so it has a 256 GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD. Not a fusion drive, I manage...
Posted by l008com, on Apr 30, 2013 at 05:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
Microsoft Store 186 Views / 2 Replies  
So I ordered a new Mac mini online, and had it shipped to the Salem NH Apple Store. (FYI it was a quad core 2.6ghz mini, which i took apart and immediately added a 256 GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM to. It...
Posted by l008com, on Apr 30, 2013 at 03:04 AM, in MacNN Lounge
My signatures are not big or elaborate. My... 345 Views / 4 Replies  
My signatures are not big or elaborate. My biggest signatures are two short lines of text. But still, I have many different websites, a mac repair biz, and lots of other stuff. Its nice to have these...
Posted by l008com, on Apr 13, 2013 at 01:05 PM, in Applications
Apple Mail Signature Disaster 345 Views / 4 Replies  
I just sat down to get all of my email signatures in sync between my Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iPad and iPhone.

WHAT A ****ING DISASTER!!! Both the iOS and OS X mail apps are terrible at this.

On...
Posted by l008com, on Apr 13, 2013 at 02:35 AM, in Applications
So I got the set from amazon and went right to... 512 Views / 8 Replies  
So I got the set from amazon and went right to work with them. They are cheap drivers that aren't even labeled, so you don't know which is which. But they did get the job done. Whia got back to me...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 26, 2013 at 06:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I really don't want bits at all. I'd much rather... 512 Views / 8 Replies  
I really don't want bits at all. I'd much rather have real full drivers, than interchangeable bits.
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 08:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If i'm going to order more tools online, I want... 512 Views / 8 Replies  
If i'm going to order more tools online, I want them to be high quality tools like these: Precision Technicians Micro Screwdrivers (http://www.wihatools.com/pro_Precision.htm)
Not sure why they...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 07:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I haven't done comparison tests, but my laptop... 352 Views / 10 Replies  
I haven't done comparison tests, but my laptop has a 500+MB/sec SSD drive, so I betcha netbooting is faster. But the speeds are probably pretty close anyway, since the installer copies itself to the...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 06:47 PM, in Mac OS X
I haven't timed it but I have been doing this for... 352 Views / 10 Replies  
I haven't timed it but I have been doing this for years, and I do know that it takes much longer. When someone is having problems, you'll occasionally do the install then migrate, instead of a full...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 06:37 PM, in Mac OS X
Milking the clock is good for short term gains,... 352 Views / 10 Replies  
Milking the clock is good for short term gains, not so good for long term relationships.
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 06:31 PM, in Mac OS X
Creating Recovery Volumes? 352 Views / 10 Replies  
So for many years now, the procedure for upgrading a hard drive for has been to physically install the new drive. Then connect the old drive externally. And use CCC (or Disk Utility, or whatever) to...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 06:02 PM, in Mac OS X
I returned the garbage set the day i got it, a... 512 Views / 8 Replies  
I returned the garbage set the day i got it, a week or two ago. I have nothing now. I already ordered a kit from amazon but next day shipping still doesn't have it being delivered until tuesday. If I...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 05:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Need a Pentalobe ASAP 512 Views / 8 Replies  
I don't have a pentalobe driver in my primary tool kit, but I have an iFixit mini toolkit that has a few pentalobe sizes in it. Come to find out the ifixit kit has GIANT bits that don't fit any Apple...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 22, 2013 at 05:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't think that would be necessary. I think... 304 Views / 5 Replies  
I don't think that would be necessary. I think setting up the proxy in system preferences would be enough. I don't think any users even know what a proxy is. Plus with a per-user history browser,...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 14, 2013 at 02:04 PM, in Networking
It just occurred to me, that I think I can set up... 304 Views / 5 Replies  
It just occurred to me, that I think I can set up all of that right in apache. Except for the browser, I'd have to make that myself. But that's easy enough.
Posted by l008com, on Mar 14, 2013 at 01:00 AM, in Networking
Yeah that seems like way more overkill than what... 304 Views / 5 Replies  
Yeah that seems like way more overkill than what I'm looking for. I was thinking more along the lines of a simple passthrough web proxy that logs all http requests to say a mysql database. And then...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 14, 2013 at 12:59 AM, in Networking
Blacklisting the worlds biggest email provider... 275 Views / 5 Replies  
Blacklisting the worlds biggest email provider that doesn't let you report spam from it's system, IS a good idea. In fact it's a great idea, and more mail server admins should do it. Realtime...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 14, 2013 at 12:55 AM, in Networking
LAN Browser History Tracking 304 Views / 5 Replies  
So I have a customer that has a small office of Macs. Each user sometimes uses Safari, sometimes uses Firefox. They've had issues with people deleting their browser history and other things. They...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 13, 2013 at 04:13 PM, in Networking
Blacklisting All of Yahoo. 275 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm so sick of shit from Yahoo. It's bad enough that free email providers are spam-havens, but yahoo doesn't even ACCEPT spam/abuse reports any more. You can only report spam if you are a yahoo user...
Posted by l008com, on Mar 9, 2013 at 08:19 AM, in Networking
It's been 7 months not 17 years people, tone it... 435 Views / 19 Replies  
It's been 7 months not 17 years people, tone it down! Hows about a small stuffed animal, a fancy pair of craft scissors, and dinner at an indian restaurant that I don't like but she does.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 21, 2013 at 11:50 PM, in MacNN Lounge
2010 Chevy Camaro 2LT / Red / Manual / 306hp / 29mpg 217 Views / 0 Replies  
I am located just north of Boston so if you're interested, you need to come get it. Selling my low milage v6 Camaro. It has 21,738 miles on it right *now*. It's got leather, heated seats, sunroof,...
Posted by l008com, on Feb 21, 2013 at 11:11 PM, in Marketplace
I like where your heads at. Pun. 435 Views / 19 Replies  
I like where your heads at. Pun.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 20, 2013 at 01:41 AM, in MacNN Lounge
She has a bike and i'm trying to get her into it,... 435 Views / 19 Replies  
She has a bike and i'm trying to get her into it, but shes not into it like i'm into it, and probably never will be.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 19, 2013 at 01:13 PM, in MacNN Lounge
It's like your speaking a foreign language. For... 435 Views / 19 Replies  
It's like your speaking a foreign language. For my birthday, I hope she gets me a 3-ride pass to Highland Mountain Bike Park :D
Posted by l008com, on Feb 19, 2013 at 12:52 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Gift Ideas for Girl Friend's Birthday 435 Views / 19 Replies  
My GF's birthday is next week. I can't come up with any great ideas. We've been dating for about 7 months. For Christmas I built her an awesome bike rack, and got her a toaster oven. Yes I'm a...
Posted by l008com, on Feb 19, 2013 at 02:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I had an iBook out side in my shed for two winter... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
I had an iBook out side in my shed for two winter seasons. I don't know what kind of battery it had, but when I put it out there, it lasted about an hour reliably, then it would randomly shut off at...
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 05:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Also why are we talking about sigs and not frozen... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
Also why are we talking about sigs and not frozen macs?
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 05:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Any rules regarding intentionally broken images... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
Any rules regarding intentionally broken images in sigs?
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 05:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't know exactly what the rules are. I looked... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
I don't know exactly what the rules are. I looked and couldn't find anything. So I made my sig subtle enough, it just stacked the images vertically instead of horizontally at first.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 05:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
... I don't know why they're bunched up like... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
... I don't know why they're bunched up like that, they're supposed to be in a 40 pixels tall row.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My trick is to leave it running the whole time.... 1,078 Views / 22 Replies  
My trick is to leave it running the whole time. The cold seems to have little effect on the computer if you never shut it down.
On-Site Apple Mac Help, Repair & Consulting, Boston & Eastern...
Posted by l008com, on Feb 18, 2013 at 03:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm pretty sure she's not. But I ought to replace... 494 Views / 15 Replies  
I'm pretty sure she's not. But I ought to replace my sig links with icon links instead, that might look cool.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 3, 2013 at 03:24 AM, in Applications
Reality's a bitch 494 Views / 15 Replies  
Reality's a bitch
Posted by l008com, on Feb 3, 2013 at 02:37 AM, in Applications
Doesn't iDisk not exist anymore? 494 Views / 15 Replies  
Doesn't iDisk not exist anymore?
Posted by l008com, on Feb 3, 2013 at 02:26 AM, in Applications
And to return the favor, I shall alert you that... 494 Views / 15 Replies  
And to return the favor, I shall alert you that the image in your signature is broken.
Posted by l008com, on Feb 2, 2013 at 04:18 PM, in Applications
So that actually worked :D I didn't even know... 494 Views / 15 Replies  
So that actually worked :D
I didn't even know you could do that in iPhoto. They really should make those options a little less hidden!
Posted by l008com, on Feb 2, 2013 at 04:03 PM, in Applications
Javascript charts are worse to set up than flash... 1,742 Views / 100 Replies  
Javascript charts are worse to set up than flash charts. I'm trying to use Google Charts because people say those are the easiest to set up, and even those are brutally absurd to set up. I do have...
Posted by l008com, on Feb 2, 2013 at 03:22 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I'm shocked that no one has responded? Doesn't... 494 Views / 15 Replies  
I'm shocked that no one has responded? Doesn't anyone use iPhoto anymore?
Posted by l008com, on Feb 2, 2013 at 03:16 AM, in Applications
But isn't the on screen image still being... 1,742 Views / 100 Replies  
But isn't the on screen image still being rendered when I connect for screen sharing?
Posted by l008com, on Jan 29, 2013 at 03:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
It's back online! On-Site Apple Mac Help,... 1,742 Views / 100 Replies  
It's back online!
On-Site Apple Mac Help, Repair & Consulting, Boston & Eastern Massachusetts (http://coldmac.macfixer.com:8888)

I was given an old iMac to recycle. It has on screen artifacts and...
Posted by l008com, on Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge
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