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Could this be hardware or software? 447 Views / 2 Replies  
I pulled my MacBook Pro out of my bag and opened it a little bit ago and after coming out of sleep the display jumped around a big then I was presented with this:
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Posted by servo, on Aug 6, 2008 at 09:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You can use the older, bigger 85W brick wither newer MBP right? 581 Views / 7 Replies  
I just got a new MBP with the smaller 85W power adapter, but I have a spare adapter that is the larger version that originally shipped when I got a 17" MBP 2 years ago. They are the same specs so...
Posted by servo, on Jul 14, 2008 at 02:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
That's so stupid. 1,628 Views / 7 Replies  
That's so stupid.
Posted by servo, on Apr 1, 2008 at 10:09 AM, in GUI Customization
One of the advertised features of Leopard was... 1,077 Views / 7 Replies  
One of the advertised features of Leopard was that you were going to be able to sync the notes on your iPhone with the notes in Mail.app on your Mac. The page advertising that was changed shortly...
Posted by servo, on Dec 17, 2007 at 03:25 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Okay, I'm in the process of organizing mine and... 1,186 Views / 13 Replies  
Okay, I'm in the process of organizing mine and my wife's iTunes libraries into one large single library so when I get that back to the iMac I'll rebuild the spotlight database and hopefully things...
Posted by servo, on Oct 31, 2007 at 05:11 PM, in macOS
Leopard Spotligh as Application launcher? Really? 1,186 Views / 13 Replies  
I keep ready about how Spotlight is fast enough to act as an application launcher. On my brand new iMac at work (2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM) it seems pretty zippy. However, on my Macbook (2.16 GHz...
Posted by servo, on Oct 31, 2007 at 04:19 PM, in macOS
Are you saying you don't like getting your... 3,733 Views / 50 Replies  
Are you saying you don't like getting your threads locked or posts edited/deleted by MacThemes moderators if they decide they don't like your comments? Why is that? It is their kingdom and you are...
Posted by servo, on Apr 30, 2007 at 04:04 PM, in GUI Customization
17" MacBook Pro no longer sees speakers? 566 Views / 0 Replies  
My 17" MacBook Pro all of a sudden today decided to turn on the digital audio out. If I plug in headphones they work, but if I unplug them the red light comes out of the headphone jack and I get no...
Posted by servo, on Apr 25, 2007 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Prompted for Keychain password on login 370 Views / 0 Replies  
I recently bound my Mac to my organization's Active Directory domain and everything works fine except after entering my credentials the password prompt for my keychain pops up, before the login...
Posted by servo, on Feb 14, 2007 at 06:07 PM, in macOS
17" MBP hinge tension? 744 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a 17" MBP that the apple techs on campus are telling me is fine. If I have the display and tilt the keyboard to about 30 degrees the display swings down to almost completely shut. Basically it...
Posted by servo, on Jul 17, 2006 at 09:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Parallels with a MacBook? 2,729 Views / 5 Replies  
I just have a question about how well a guest OS would run. I'm thinking about upgrading my wife's mac and want to make sure she will be able to do what she would like to do.

She would need a...
Posted by servo, on Jun 25, 2006 at 01:48 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Some good points. I'm not using ShapeShifter... 2,276 Views / 34 Replies  
Some good points. I'm not using ShapeShifter right now due to the lack on an Intel version, but even if I was I'd have the same old themes to choose from. Most of the deelopers theme the Finder and...
Posted by servo, on May 19, 2006 at 10:36 PM, in GUI Customization
Anyone disassembled their MacBook Pro? 612 Views / 1 Replies  
I've got a slight bow in the metal right above the latch release button on my MacBook Pro. I'd like to remove the upper case and bend the bow back in. I followed the instructions on ifixit but by the...
Posted by servo, on May 17, 2006 at 11:28 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Unsanity does seem to be rather slow. Many of... 1,684 Views / 19 Replies  
Unsanity does seem to be rather slow. Many of their haxies took a while to even be Tiger compatible. The Intel change has been public knowledge for almst a year now, devlopment systems available...
Posted by servo, on May 16, 2006 at 10:17 AM, in GUI Customization
Call me crazy, but I would think any sort of... 5,562 Views / 45 Replies  
Call me crazy, but I would think any sort of electric discharge would be a bad thing with a laptop. You would be careful to be grounded when working on a desktop machine, like instaling a hard drive...
Posted by servo, on Apr 2, 2006 at 11:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Turns out the problem has something to do with my... 838 Views / 3 Replies  
Turns out the problem has something to do with my calendars when they are synced over. I'm going to try syncing one calendar to try and narrow it down.
Posted by servo, on Mar 3, 2006 at 12:37 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
5G iPod continually rebooting 838 Views / 3 Replies  
I got a 60GB 5G iPod this past weekend and today after copying a few movie files and updating podcasts it now continually reboots when ejected from my PowerBook. I tried reinstalling the 1.1 update,...
Posted by servo, on Feb 27, 2006 at 01:12 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Removing items from "Open With" list? 533 Views / 1 Replies  
I've finally had enough. Every time I CTRL-Click on an image and select "Open With" I get that long list of ".exe" options from Adobe. Is there a way to get rid of all those options. Here's a screen...
Posted by servo, on Jan 19, 2006 at 12:03 PM, in Applications
Nevermind. The Unsanity haxie, WindowShadeX seems... 659 Views / 1 Replies  
Nevermind. The Unsanity haxie, WindowShadeX seems to have been the culprit. Disable it for the WoW fixed the problem.
Posted by servo, on Dec 5, 2005 at 05:19 PM, in Gaming
WoW no longer going windowed with command-M 659 Views / 1 Replies  
I just reinstalled WoW and for some reason on my 15" PB command-M will not send it to a window, or back to full screen if I set it to windowed mode via the options. When windowed if I select "World...
Posted by servo, on Dec 5, 2005 at 10:40 AM, in Gaming
Reinstall Tiger on PB using Mini disks? 430 Views / 1 Replies  
I need to reinstall Tiger on my PowerBook and do not feel like running into the office on a Sunday night. I'm working from home this next week so I don't want to make the drive at all.

Anyway, if...
Posted by servo, on Oct 2, 2005 at 10:09 PM, in macOS
Are new 17" revs coming? 489 Views / 0 Replies  
Sorry for this post but has anyone heard anything about rumors of new 17 PBs? I have the opportunity to upgrade my 15" and I am wondering if I should pass until next round or get one now.
Posted by servo, on Jun 1, 2005 at 04:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Loose battery fix? 386 Views / 0 Replies  
The battery on my 15" PB G4 is a little loose. Nothing big, it just has a tiny bit of wiggle. Is there any way to tighten things up?
Posted by servo, on Apr 29, 2005 at 09:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ctrl+alt+apple while opening System Preferences... 5,072 Views / 35 Replies  
ctrl+alt+apple while opening System Preferences is what does it I think.

Anyway, works for me on a 1.5 GHz. 15" PowerBook. Very cool.
Posted by servo, on Apr 26, 2005 at 11:46 AM, in macOS
Emerge Xautoconfig. It gave me a perfect config... 1,143 Views / 8 Replies  
Emerge Xautoconfig. It gave me a perfect config for my 700 MHz G3 iBook.
Posted by servo, on Apr 26, 2005 at 11:33 AM, in macOS
In System Preferences under Keyboard & Mouse... 1,602 Views / 20 Replies  
In System Preferences under Keyboard & Mouse there is a check box to swap out the function of the 'F' keys. I have it checked so Expose does not require the Fn key, but changing volume, display,...
Posted by servo, on Apr 24, 2005 at 09:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
RPG and CCG/TCG tools? 583 Views / 0 Replies  
I was talking with some people I game with weekly and one of them is on "The Geek Squad" at Best Buy, and hence he is a huge PC weenie. I work at a research center on a university campus and we are...
Posted by servo, on Feb 15, 2005 at 03:33 PM, in Gaming
Doing a search in the forum I found a sickeningly... 621 Views / 3 Replies  
Doing a search in the forum I found a sickeningly easy way to solve my problem. I copied the good resource fork to a file by doing "cp goodfile/rsrc resourcefile". Then copied the resource fork to...
Posted by servo, on Feb 12, 2005 at 10:33 PM, in Developer Center
resource fork problems 621 Views / 3 Replies  
I transfered a file using rsync and lost the resource fork. I've read that it is possible to strip a resource fork from one file and then merge that resource fork onto another file. I cannot find...
Posted by servo, on Feb 12, 2005 at 12:17 PM, in Developer Center
Where can I get those icons? 2,511,041 Views / 14,714 Replies  
Where can I get those icons?
Posted by servo, on Jan 9, 2005 at 10:24 AM, in GUI Customization
All gray! All gray! Or green, that'd be cool too.... 1,457 Views / 12 Replies  
All gray! All gray! Or green, that'd be cool too. I always liked the matrix icons with the previous Powermetal, something that would work with those icons. :-)
Posted by servo, on Jan 8, 2005 at 11:54 AM, in GUI Customization
Except some people might want the graphite... 1,457 Views / 12 Replies  
Except some people might want the graphite resources in their apps that do not have skins.
Posted by servo, on Jan 7, 2005 at 05:33 PM, in GUI Customization
I got mine during the day on new Years Eve at a... 1,275 Views / 21 Replies  
I got mine during the day on new Years Eve at a Best Buy. I had called around to probably 10 stores and none had it. I was running a couple errands and decided to stop at Best Buy. They were out of...
Posted by servo, on Jan 7, 2005 at 10:59 AM, in Gaming
Well, my digital camera could not seem to focus... 6,509 Views / 25 Replies  
Well, my digital camera could not seem to focus but you get the idea:http://homepage.mac.com/sterling_anderson/.Pictures/iPodHack.jpg
Posted by servo, on Dec 31, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in GUI Customization
Really cool, but ShapeShifter is still not ready... 1,502 Views / 18 Replies  
Really cool, but ShapeShifter is still not ready for black themes. Mail.app is completely unuseable. Which sucks, because the black Finder is awesome.

So are you working on GUiPod now? :D
Posted by servo, on Dec 21, 2004 at 01:05 PM, in GUI Customization
Panic and The Iconfactory probably reached a deal... 1,648 Views / 24 Replies  
Panic and The Iconfactory probably reached a deal with Aspyr for distribution. I doubt Aspyr would want to take over upkeep and support for a couple little shareware apps.

It's really not that...
Posted by servo, on Dec 21, 2004 at 12:58 PM, in GUI Customization
Not a huge fan of the updated look, but I am... 2,511,041 Views / 14,714 Replies  
Not a huge fan of the updated look, but I am extermely excited about about getting an updated "original" version. Are you going to update GUiPod? That theme is the reason I bought Shapeshifter last...
Posted by servo, on Dec 17, 2004 at 05:15 PM, in GUI Customization
The fan comes on right around 63C and unless I am... 943 Views / 7 Replies  
The fan comes on right around 63C and unless I am doing some big compiling are off pretty quickly.
I spoke to the Mac product manager on campus and he's going to get a replacement fan in and...
Posted by servo, on Dec 16, 2004 at 11:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Wow, sounds like you have a real winner. It'll be... 2,578 Views / 47 Replies  
Wow, sounds like you have a real winner. It'll be another black theme that looks good until you actually need to use your computer.
Posted by servo, on Dec 12, 2004 at 04:04 PM, in GUI Customization
I'm not questioning the fact that my Al book got... 943 Views / 7 Replies  
I'm not questioning the fact that my Al book got hot or that the fan turned on. My worry is that there is an issue with the fan possibly. With the processor working when the fan really kicks in it...
Posted by servo, on Dec 12, 2004 at 03:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Forget the possibility of new PowerBooks. I'd be... 728 Views / 15 Replies  
Forget the possibility of new PowerBooks. I'd be pretty damn pissed if some ass hole pulled their eBay auction 1 minute before I was about to win. If you are not sure you will be selling you PB then...
Posted by servo, on Dec 12, 2004 at 12:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Brand new PB 15" 1.5 MHz G4 noisy fan 943 Views / 7 Replies  
I just got a new 15" PB. It's the top of the line model. 1.5 MHz G4 with SuperDrive. This is actually my second. The first one had a fan that was slightly noisy. I am sitting here typing this and...
Posted by servo, on Dec 12, 2004 at 10:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
From the release notes: Fixed the iDisk... 1,661 Views / 14 Replies  
From the release notes:

Fixed the iDisk sidebar icon. May require deleting com.apple.sidebarlists.plist.
Posted by servo, on Dec 9, 2004 at 09:12 AM, in GUI Customization
This theme is really nice. Since it is still... 5,968 Views / 88 Replies  
This theme is really nice. Since it is still "beta" technically do you have a list of items to be fixed? I'd like to point out a few things but not if you already know about them.
Posted by servo, on Dec 5, 2004 at 10:48 AM, in GUI Customization
I looked into hacking the color a while ago and... 1,135 Views / 29 Replies  
I looked into hacking the color a while ago and in Apple's header files for the code that brings up the display it is referred to as "French Blue", if that helps at all.
Posted by servo, on Dec 1, 2004 at 09:52 AM, in GUI Customization
Swiz is such a hack. It is so obvious now. He... 1,197 Views / 20 Replies  
Swiz is such a hack. It is so obvious now. He downloaded the leaked version of Halo 2 off P2P then copied the look to make label'o's.

Ostrasize him.
Posted by servo, on Nov 15, 2004 at 11:23 PM, in GUI Customization
That's really interesting, but instead of telling... 717 Views / 3 Replies  
That's really interesting, but instead of telling everyone in the forum why don't you start by telling the icons creator.

+1
Posted by servo, on Nov 8, 2004 at 10:04 AM, in GUI Customization
http://homepage.mac.com/sterling_anderson/multimed... 2,511,041 Views / 14,714 Replies  
http://homepage.mac.com/sterling_anderson/multimedia/desktops/thumbs/20041029.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/sterling_anderson/multimedia/desktops/20041029.jpg)
Posted by servo, on Oct 29, 2004 at 09:53 AM, in GUI Customization
Re: Re: SS 2.0 Bug? 6,900 Views / 105 Replies  
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm glad you know about the issue and it's not just me.
Posted by servo, on Oct 27, 2004 at 09:03 AM, in GUI Customization
SS 2.0 Bug? 6,900 Views / 105 Replies  
In my Finder sidebar my iDisk icon is not sticking. Last night it took on the System Preferences icon and this morning it is the original Preview icon. I've reverted to defaults and reapplied the...
Posted by servo, on Oct 27, 2004 at 08:34 AM, in GUI Customization
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