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Nope, "Disable Data Roaming" stops the iPhone... 12,637 Views / 10 Replies  
Nope, "Disable Data Roaming" stops the iPhone from sending/receiving any data when you're roaming (I know from personal experience). There's no exception.

Edit: Unless, of course, you're...
Posted by superlarry, on Sep 26, 2008 at 02:31 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
my reception at my apartment is back up to a... 915 Views / 4 Replies  
my reception at my apartment is back up to a solid 3 bars (with 3.4.1) instead of an intermittent 2 (with 3.4). this is with a 802.11g d-link router in the next room.
Posted by superlarry, on Apr 26, 2004 at 09:08 PM, in Networking
with apple's CHUD tool, you can turn it off.... 1,215 Views / 15 Replies  
with apple's CHUD tool, you can turn it off. can't change the amount, though.

http://developer.apple.com/tools/performance/
Posted by superlarry, on Apr 26, 2004 at 08:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
I've had the same problem with WD drives three... 1,135 Views / 5 Replies  
I've had the same problem with WD drives three times (both windows and OSX). I'll never buy one again, but that's just me.

All of them eventually worked. How? I don't know. In all cases, I...
Posted by superlarry, on Apr 26, 2004 at 08:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Re: ? for u guys. Wacky networking problem in OSX 544 Views / 3 Replies  
This isn't true anymore. The $ used to be required for hex** encryption keys, but now the airport software figures it out automatically. Also, some other routers support ASCII passwords (i.e. the...
Posted by superlarry, on Mar 26, 2004 at 12:09 AM, in Networking
for what it's worth: the Apple Macintosh II,... 1,060 Views / 17 Replies  
for what it's worth:
the Apple Macintosh II, premiered in 1987 at a whopping 16 MHz, had built-in graphics and 6 NuBus slots. you could put in 6 NuBus graphics cards to drive 7 monitors. Yes,...
Posted by superlarry, on Mar 8, 2004 at 11:19 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
do you have the newest update for appleworks?... 529 Views / 2 Replies  
do you have the newest update for appleworks? http://www.apple.com/appleworks/update/
the 6.2.9 update specifically fixes some serious printer issues (i.e. printing to my hp 932c would crash...
Posted by superlarry, on Mar 8, 2004 at 11:15 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: Re: Re: my modem crash's and i have too restart the machine why wont any one talk about this 1,005 Views / 16 Replies  
*than :cool:
Posted by superlarry, on Mar 8, 2004 at 11:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Got it... 649 Views / 7 Replies  
this has happened to me with three different WD drives (one mine, two friends'). once they starting working and we got the OS installed, we've had no problems, so i don't know what to think :cP but...
Posted by superlarry, on Mar 8, 2004 at 11:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
also, what would happen if you told a n00b to go... 1,245 Views / 11 Replies  
also, what would happen if you told a n00b to go to his/her home folder? they'd probably choose the one called "home," not the one with their username.
Posted by superlarry, on Feb 10, 2004 at 03:05 AM, in macOS
Poll: easy there, chief ;c) just because... 908 Views / 8 Replies  
easy there, chief ;c)

just because something's ridiculous doesn't mean it's not true.

take the profiles, for example (thanks for pointing me there). lots of the e-mail addresses are from free...
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 07:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: sorry, i'll try harder next time. i did a... 908 Views / 8 Replies  
sorry, i'll try harder next time.

i did a search but couldn't find it here on the forums.

if you look around the site, it's apparent that some genuine work has been put into it, and i'd venture...
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 07:12 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Poll: the pagan zealot thread 908 Views / 8 Replies  
http://objective.jesussave.us/propaganda.html#APPLE

the site has an article, with several addenda, describing why apple is an evil company. i've seen a lot of this before, but never taken this...
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 05:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge
i don't have an iSight or a firewire pc to test... 769 Views / 3 Replies  
i don't have an iSight or a firewire pc to test it, but there's a debian package "coriander" that might do the trick, for debian users not wanting to work so hard. from its apt description:
"...
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 12:37 AM, in macOS
it could be an interference problem - try... 650 Views / 6 Replies  
it could be an interference problem - try changing the channel on the base station. i hear 1 and 11 are the best to try because they don't overlap with any other frequencies.
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 12:07 AM, in Networking
it appears to use two channels at once to... 551 Views / 4 Replies  
it appears to use two channels at once to broadcast 54 Mbps x 2. the airport card doesn't support this - you need a wireless card that does, like a d-link pcmcia card (which you can only use if you...
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 12:05 AM, in Networking
1. what happened to it? 2. maybe somebody... 2,934 Views / 24 Replies  
1. what happened to it?

2. maybe somebody could update it to accurately reflect the current set of supported drives by default.
Posted by superlarry, on Dec 3, 2003 at 12:02 AM, in macOS
my portable cd player can't handle cd's burned... 745 Views / 6 Replies  
my portable cd player can't handle cd's burned over something like 8x. maybe your computer's too fast :c)
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 14, 2003 at 01:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
looks like there's a brand new way to configure... 816 Views / 8 Replies  
looks like there's a brand new way to configure for winxp and 2k:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120273

Airport Admin Utility 3.2 for Windows

it lists a wireless card in the...
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 12, 2003 at 10:32 PM, in Networking
how about changing network settings w/out... 2,237 Views / 23 Replies  
how about changing network settings w/out restarting?

or plug 'n play.. or basic stability..
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 12, 2003 at 02:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge
what you wanna do is hook the AEBS to the DSL,... 816 Views / 8 Replies  
what you wanna do is hook the AEBS to the DSL, then the pc and ibook to the AEBS (either with ethernet cables or over wireless). this is the physical setup of the system that you will keep, and it...
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 12, 2003 at 01:49 PM, in Networking
screenshots would be cool, if that's allowed 4,801 Views / 59 Replies  
screenshots would be cool, if that's allowed
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 12, 2003 at 01:44 PM, in macOS
doesn't work for me.. edit: except for in... 735 Views / 4 Replies  
doesn't work for me..

edit: except for in the terminal. neat!
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 12, 2003 at 01:41 PM, in macOS
for what it's worth, my rev. a 12" was reporting... 3,430 Views / 16 Replies  
for what it's worth, my rev. a 12" was reporting 533 MHz with sysctl (min and max cpufrequency). i did this reset, and it's up to 867 again (cpufrequency as well as min and max). maybe this'll speed...
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 11, 2003 at 04:31 PM, in macOS
Poll: i like them on the left because i'm right-handed... 516 Views / 2 Replies  
i like them on the left because i'm right-handed and use a mouse to the right of my 12". but i sympathize for the left-handed.
Posted by superlarry, on Nov 8, 2003 at 08:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
assuming people made the hardware and/or... 1,188 Views / 13 Replies  
assuming people made the hardware and/or converters for it...

i see the point of having a project, but it really doesn't do any good for the common user right now. that was my point - if you're...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 31, 2003 at 12:45 AM, in macOS
unfortunately, that's the behavior of X11 with... 959 Views / 6 Replies  
unfortunately, that's the behavior of X11 with expos�. it's all one "app" as far as OSX can tell.
closing the xterm window kills the program you ran from that window because it's in charge of cleaning...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 31, 2003 at 12:43 AM, in macOS
sounds like a good place to explain why people... 710 Views / 3 Replies  
sounds like a good place to explain why people should switch to WPA instead of WEP if their router supports it.
people like me would like to know :c)
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 31, 2003 at 12:37 AM, in Networking
when you're installing the developer tools,... 1,514 Views / 11 Replies  
when you're installing the developer tools, customize the install and add the CHUD tools. You'll get an extra system preference pane called "Hardware" which will tell you if your L2 cache is on and...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 30, 2003 at 02:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
what happens when you try to run telnet? you... 605 Views / 8 Replies  
what happens when you try to run telnet?

you might try reinstalling X11 from the third panther cd (it's an installable package on there).
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 27, 2003 at 01:20 PM, in macOS
panther: solutions for delete-key problems in terminal 496 Views / 0 Replies  
so far i've only had this happen while connecting to my linux box via ssh, but here goes:
when i'm running nano (text editor, copy of pico really), the delete key deletes the character to the...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 25, 2003 at 03:51 PM, in macOS
also, a bug i found: after creating a striped... 48,369 Views / 287 Replies  
also, a bug i found:
after creating a striped RAID of a usb floppy disk and a firewire hard drive, i got a system dump on the top left of my screen (didn't even give me the kernel panic). hehe. i...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 25, 2003 at 03:36 PM, in macOS
for those who don't know how: ... 48,369 Views / 287 Replies  
for those who don't know how:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 25, 2003 at 03:34 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: Name that noise. 878 Views / 6 Replies  
what does it mean? is it a "diagnostics passed!" sorta thing?
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 24, 2003 at 09:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
because an update install might not clean up all... 539 Views / 3 Replies  
because an update install might not clean up all the stuff it should (like 3rd-party additions) and that could mess up operations in the future. also it'll give you a clean set of preferences - bad...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 24, 2003 at 09:05 AM, in macOS
12" - 867 MHz to 1.0 GHz 15" - 867 MHz/1.0 GHz... 896 Views / 5 Replies  
12" - 867 MHz to 1.0 GHz
15" - 867 MHz/1.0 GHz to 1.0/1.25 GHz
17" - 1.0 to 1.33 GHz

15" got firewire 800 (only had firewire 400 before). all models got usb 2.0 (had usb 1.1 before).
17"...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 23, 2003 at 08:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
the shaking is done by java. here's a link to... 1,054 Views / 17 Replies  
the shaking is done by java.
here's a link to people that would like to hear the song w/out crashing their web browser :cP
http://users.belgacom.net/treets_reservesite/dubdub.swf
neat song.
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 23, 2003 at 05:51 PM, in MacNN Lounge
has anyone here tried this? if so.. why? 1,188 Views / 13 Replies  
has anyone here tried this? if so.. why?
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 23, 2003 at 05:33 PM, in macOS
in terms of product lines, the 15" is brand new.... 896 Views / 5 Replies  
in terms of product lines, the 15" is brand new. it's the first 15" aluminum powerbook. the 12" and 17" are each almost a year old but have been upgraded recently. i'm using one of the first 12"...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 23, 2003 at 05:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
edit: i should've read the whole post first to... 914 Views / 3 Replies  
edit: i should've read the whole post first to see it wasn't heat :c) but i still think that might be the case. make sure all your fans are working. what kind of upgrades are making this a...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 23, 2003 at 05:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
the requirements on maconlinux.com say: �... 640 Views / 4 Replies  
the requirements on maconlinux.com say:
� Linux/ppc
� A 2.2 or 2.4 kernel
which is discouraging, but I tried anyway with OSX. i could ./configure, but not make it. i get this error: unicode.c:61:...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 09:25 PM, in macOS
i really didn't have a price in mind, because... 496 Views / 5 Replies  
i really didn't have a price in mind, because i've just started looking. i don't think your price is unreasonable, because yeah, yamaha is a great brand. of course my sister would like to find...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 09:21 PM, in Marketplace
this is where a little nitpicking comes in handy:... 548 Views / 4 Replies  
this is where a little nitpicking comes in handy: it's 11 Mbps, not MBps. that's megabits per second. you have to divide by 8 (8 bits per byte) to get the speed in MB, and this is about 1.375...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 09:01 PM, in Networking
oh thanks, i didn't know that! :c) 1,055 Views / 18 Replies  
oh thanks, i didn't know that! :c)
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 08:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
sorry, not that much - i'm looking around for an... 496 Views / 5 Replies  
sorry, not that much - i'm looking around for an upgrade for my sister. i'm more curious than serious at this point. but hopefully someone else will take you up.
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 08:49 PM, in Marketplace
yeah could this be made less time, if only for... 735 Views / 20 Replies  
yeah could this be made less time, if only for those 0-result searches?
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 02:37 PM, in Feedback
oo neat what's your price? 496 Views / 5 Replies  
oo neat
what's your price?
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 02:33 PM, in Marketplace
when you burn a cd, it's just raw data.. the cpu... 1,055 Views / 18 Replies  
when you burn a cd, it's just raw data.. the cpu is hardly used at all. ripping a cd, even reading an audio cd as you play it, requires decoding that is done by the drive. some cd-rom drives that...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 02:23 PM, in Mac Desktops
i'm doing it right now - it's fine :c) of... 627 Views / 4 Replies  
i'm doing it right now - it's fine :c)
of course, that's in OSX. you'll have to switch between the two in OS9 in the TCP/IP control panel, i think.
in OSX:
if that network cable is going to the...
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 02:13 PM, in Networking
you can try posting in the network forum - there... 5,371 Views / 6 Replies  
you can try posting in the network forum - there are some *very* knowledgeable people in there that i think rarely browse the other sections of the site and will probably miss the question here.
Posted by superlarry, on Oct 21, 2003 at 02:02 PM, in macOS
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