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App to remove/uninstall apps? 290 Views / 1 Replies  
I know that on macs in general just trashing the app is sufficient, but I find they often leave "random" files around all kinds of places on my mac. Is there a software you all recommend, like a...
Posted by ero2, on Oct 7, 2012 at 09:22 AM, in Applications
Iphoto syncing... 490 Views / 1 Replies  
How do you guys have this setup? I have a folder in "my pictures" setup for syncing, but my pics I take on my iphone get synced to no where? Do I HAVE to sync them to iphoto? Are they...
Posted by ero2, on Jul 21, 2010 at 02:34 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Dumb question but wouldn't turning that off... 1,041 Views / 20 Replies  
Dumb question but wouldn't turning that off prohibit picture/video messaging? MMS and all?
Posted by ero2, on Jul 20, 2010 at 08:57 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Battery life has been fantastic, 2 days + no... 1,041 Views / 20 Replies  
Battery life has been fantastic, 2 days + no problem. I did not start to use wifi until last week, and it does seem the majority of my usage has stemmed from the first week to 2 weeks I had the...
Posted by ero2, on Jul 20, 2010 at 05:55 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I am going off of what the ATT site shows... 1,041 Views / 20 Replies  
I am going off of what the ATT site shows...
Posted by ero2, on Jul 20, 2010 at 05:52 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
A couple weird things I noticed... 1) I have... 1,041 Views / 20 Replies  
A couple weird things I noticed...

1) I have multiple "messages" in my text message breakdown that are 80+ megs????? How is that even possible?

an example... 07/07 11:10 PM phone ...
Posted by ero2, on Jul 20, 2010 at 01:16 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Contemplating return of my Iphone 4... 1,041 Views / 20 Replies  
I am what most here, and anywhere would refer to as an Apple Fanboy. Ever since I bought my first ibook years ago, nothing in my house would not be apple...I waited until the iphone 4 to get an...
Posted by ero2, on Jul 20, 2010 at 12:47 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
one of my major concerns is where almost everyone... 1,127 Views / 6 Replies  
one of my major concerns is where almost everyone talking about the new i7s is saying something about the GPU being crappier than current models, despite the processor boost? Think I interpreted it...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 22, 2010 at 09:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Possible new MBPs, gaming, and photoshop, need some help... 1,127 Views / 6 Replies  
So, I was tyrin to read through the thread below in regards to the new chipsets etc, and when we went to nanometer size of the chips etc, I got lost lol.

Ultimately, I play WOW and a few other...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 22, 2010 at 07:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The below quotes from their page after a little... 1,571 Views / 17 Replies  
The below quotes from their page after a little research would lead me to believe I have to update to the ENTIRE SL Box set...looks like I need to call Apple lol. Th discs that came with my comp are...
Posted by ero2, on Nov 28, 2009 at 03:19 PM, in macOS
Yeah, I'm one of those weird people who after a... 1,571 Views / 17 Replies  
Yeah, I'm one of those weird people who after a certain amount of time, random programs, and generally slowing down of the OS, feel like a full wipe is necessary. (for some reason LOL) So, I am good...
Posted by ero2, on Nov 27, 2009 at 05:47 AM, in macOS
upgrade to snow leopard without previous OS X on system? 1,571 Views / 17 Replies  
So, here is my question. Apple's page specifically says, UPGRADE to snow leopard for 29.00. Well, My 2.2GHZ MBP needs to be wiped and start over, which I can do. However, I don't have the original...
Posted by ero2, on Nov 27, 2009 at 05:13 AM, in macOS
Leopard and Boot Camp... 447 Views / 1 Replies  
So, tried to use BC to install vista the other day, got the error repair drive etc...did a million times and nothing. So, read around and found out I need to reinstall. Is there a way to reinstall...
Posted by ero2, on Sep 27, 2008 at 03:29 AM, in macOS
does time machine make a bootable backup? I.E.... 4,616 Views / 44 Replies  
does time machine make a bootable backup? I.E. my internal drive fails, can I plug my external with my time machine partition on it into another mac and boot from it? That is VERY important to me
Posted by ero2, on Feb 17, 2008 at 01:15 AM, in Applications
WTS 8gig iphone 420 Views / 0 Replies  
Have only owned my iphone for 3 months. It has seen light use, the screen is great but there are 2 very small scratches on the back of the phone. I have all original parts, accys, and box to...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 16, 2008 at 03:43 AM, in Marketplace
okay, so...now I am looking for a program that... 4,616 Views / 44 Replies  
okay, so...now I am looking for a program that does two way syncing... i.e. I have two or more computers, and a my documents folder on each. If I change something on A, B, and C, I want it to...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 12, 2008 at 06:45 AM, in Applications
nevermind LOL, I shut it off, and now the screen... 11,731 Views / 5 Replies  
nevermind LOL, I shut it off, and now the screen won't come back on...damn :(
Posted by ero2, on Feb 11, 2008 at 01:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
SO... interesting turn of events... while I was... 11,731 Views / 5 Replies  
SO... interesting turn of events... while I was playing around with my MBP last night pulling out the battery, charging it, trying everything before making the drive the Apple store today, I realized...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 11, 2008 at 01:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
great! I will call them first...any clue on... 11,731 Views / 5 Replies  
great! I will call them first...any clue on whether that backup method would work? Booting onto my macbook from my MBP, then using USB to backup the MBP to my external drive since firewire is in...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 10, 2008 at 12:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Macbook pro screen dead... 11,731 Views / 5 Replies  
So, I got home from work, went to turn on my pro, and keyboard backlights...no picture. Figure it's just being quirky, wait a while, still nothing. Reset the pram and the PMU, nothing...I firewire...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 10, 2008 at 11:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
just simple incremental backups to be honest. ... 4,616 Views / 44 Replies  
just simple incremental backups to be honest. BUT, I need to be able to trust the reliability of the product that if I need to restore my computer, I can do a restore and have it work just as well...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 3, 2008 at 02:16 PM, in Applications
Backup solution...time machine, ccc, super duper? 4,616 Views / 44 Replies  
Which is better? I have all three and just wondered what is more efficient at incremental backups, includes all data, etc?

Thanks in advance!
Posted by ero2, on Feb 3, 2008 at 12:23 PM, in Applications
I reset safari and they were still there...I used... 547 Views / 4 Replies  
I reset safari and they were still there...I used onyx and they were still there...then I deleted them, went to a web page, reset safari and they were gone?

Is that normal LOL?

And THANK YOU :)
Posted by ero2, on Jan 11, 2008 at 05:51 PM, in macOS
A little spotlight help... 547 Views / 4 Replies  
So, I just proposed and am looking at honeymoon places, but want it to be a surprise to my fiance...so, I am deleting my cache to safari (resetting safari) every time I exit, yes I lose EVERYTHING,...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 11, 2008 at 04:33 PM, in macOS
if in the house I have also a brand new imac with... 511 Views / 3 Replies  
if in the house I have also a brand new imac with leopard...can I connect it to thsat to set it up, then swap the CPUs that are hardwired to it? (setup using imac, switch out to G4 after the router...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 4, 2008 at 08:02 PM, in Networking
Do I NEED 10.4 for Airport Extreme router? 511 Views / 3 Replies  
Or will it function with 10.3.9? It looks like it would work to me, but the software would not? Can you manually log onto the router like a linksys or netgear and manually configure it?
Posted by ero2, on Jan 4, 2008 at 07:46 PM, in Networking
SO... I always heard no viruses on macs...why? 1,024 Views / 16 Replies  
Title says it all, I heard about the trojan, and the Office macro back in the day, but besides low market share which is quickly moving up...I heard there was a reason because of the base system and...
Posted by ero2, on Nov 12, 2007 at 10:00 PM, in macOS
Does leopard include Ilife 08? 1,111 Views / 1 Replies  
I am pretty sure it does, but wanted to double check...
Posted by ero2, on Nov 9, 2007 at 03:49 PM, in macOS
Possible to tab out of games like on a pc? 544 Views / 3 Replies  
So, I have been a mac user for a while now, but never really gamed until I discovered wow, lol. So, on the PC if I am having trouble with a quest I can alt-tab out, look it up on thotbot then go...
Posted by ero2, on Jun 13, 2007 at 05:43 PM, in Gaming
Mac user to PC for work...back to mac :) 388 Views / 1 Replies  
So, I bought a PC because I recently started playing WOW pretty hardcore (a lot LOL, like the south park people) and everyone told me that it would look better, play smoother, etc on a PC, and my...
Posted by ero2, on May 11, 2007 at 02:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Lost install discs that come with MBP... 653 Views / 1 Replies  
Can I get another free set from applecare (I know sometimes companies will hook you up with one free set) can I order them? I can't be the first one to have lost them. I am freakin out a bit as...
Posted by ero2, on Apr 11, 2007 at 09:16 PM, in macOS
Need an alternative to .mac for email... 759 Views / 7 Replies  
Gmail is out for bad syncing with my Q. I would like something imap if possible, I want to be able to delete an email from my phone, sync, and then go home and log into my computer based email and...
Posted by ero2, on Apr 8, 2007 at 03:41 AM, in MacNN Lounge
is it a problem with my USB ports? It seems that... 1,174 Views / 4 Replies  
is it a problem with my USB ports? It seems that it shows up next to kernel info in the report, and seems to also only happen when I am using 1 specific USB port I believe...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 19, 2007 at 05:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Grey screen, hold down power button...help! 1,174 Views / 4 Replies  
So, several times in the last month I have gotten the grey screen that says hold down your power button to restart your system. Is this a kernel panic I presume? Here is what the system told me...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 19, 2007 at 05:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I now have weird boxes around my back icon, and... 25,075 Views / 244 Replies  
I now have weird boxes around my back icon, and where I type username password into a webpage etc...no clue where they came from...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 15, 2007 at 01:46 AM, in macOS
Question about closed lid mode... 600 Views / 2 Replies  
I posted this in gaming but wanted to ask here and get more exposure and opinions...

So I really want to hook my MBP up to my 32" LCD and run WOW In closed lid mode, but am concerned as my MBP...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 5, 2007 at 02:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
so if I end uo not liking a mod I install I can... 7,594 Views / 22 Replies  
so if I end uo not liking a mod I install I can always go back and delete all of the folders except these 3. Make sure the ..\AddOns folder doesn't contain anything but the 13 default Blizzard AddOns...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 5, 2007 at 02:53 AM, in Gaming
Will my MBP C2D explode if I play WOW in closed lid... 654 Views / 2 Replies  
So I really want to hook my MBP up to my 32" LCD and run WOW In closed lid mode, but am concerned as my MBP already kicks on the fan immediately as soon as I start playing WOW...is this a bad idea? ...
Posted by ero2, on Mar 4, 2007 at 05:54 PM, in Gaming
** server can't find SITE: NXDOMAIN I... 537 Views / 5 Replies  
** server can't find SITE: NXDOMAIN

I substitued SITE for the address I am trying to connect to because it is our corporate server. Does this help figure it out any?
Posted by ero2, on Feb 26, 2007 at 01:52 AM, in Networking
just tried that my friend, no luck, but thank... 537 Views / 5 Replies  
just tried that my friend, no luck, but thank you, any other thoughts? :)
Posted by ero2, on Feb 25, 2007 at 09:34 PM, in Networking
Having a big networking issue... 537 Views / 5 Replies  
So, I have had 3 routers in 3 months and each router will pick a website or two that it just won't access. I always call time warner and they always say it's the router...I've swapped the router 3...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 25, 2007 at 08:01 PM, in Networking
So let's say Leopard is released the 20th... 2,014 Views / 21 Replies  
And I bought my MBP on the 29 oth January...would I be entitled to a free upgrade to Leopard? Or does it have to be within 14 days? I assume they woudn't ACTUALLY make you return the computer and...
Posted by ero2, on Feb 5, 2007 at 01:18 PM, in macOS
Few MBP vs. MB questions 621 Views / 3 Replies  
So I have been debating long and hard about MBP vs. MB. I do a lot of photoshop, some aperture work, and other than that am a simple internet, word etc user. I shoot with a D200, and shoot RAW, so...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 31, 2007 at 11:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Migrate to new MBP or reinstall everything? 525 Views / 2 Replies  
I am just curious if I migrate everything over to my new MBP, do I get all the old plists and crap files that are leftover when you install and then remove software? Or does it just transfer over...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 26, 2007 at 11:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thank you so much Peter, so if I am not a... 13,751 Views / 27 Replies  
Thank you so much Peter, so if I am not a "hardcore" gamer I probably won't even notie a difference, right? Also, can I push a bigger LCD with the MB...22" samsung or a 32 Aquos LCD? I may just go...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 21, 2007 at 02:51 PM, in Gaming
That would be phenominal if you could try it out... 13,751 Views / 27 Replies  
That would be phenominal if you could try it out for me tomorrow and let me know. I have heard it plays pretty well on the MB even with the lower graphics card. You then, sir, will be my deciding...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 20, 2007 at 01:41 AM, in Gaming
oh, and which card is recommended for the MBP or... 541 Views / 4 Replies  
oh, and which card is recommended for the MBP or MB? I found 1 that appears to work for mac, but want to make sure I get one that is tested and works well with the OS. Thanks!
Posted by ero2, on Jan 19, 2007 at 08:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
so I could use the USB 2.0 cable to make y... 541 Views / 4 Replies  
so I could use the USB 2.0 cable to make y bootable backups, and my e-sata to do any consistent backing up and synchronizing of files, folders, etc? So I could use 1 drive for both purposes? That...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 19, 2007 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
MBP and e-sata 541 Views / 4 Replies  
So I have read that utilizing an external sata will not allow me to make bootable backups, which as fine as long as it will allow folder synchronization, i.e. itunes folder 1 is different than itunes...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 19, 2007 at 03:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Macbook with 2 gigs of ram and WOW 13,751 Views / 27 Replies  
How would a macbook with 2 gigs of ram play WOW? Just curious, I really want to get in on the wireless N and a little bit more portable notebook, so I am going to sell my macbook pro and go with a...
Posted by ero2, on Jan 18, 2007 at 10:16 PM, in Gaming
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