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cool. i'm gonna try it. :) 2,314 Views / 28 Replies  
cool. i'm gonna try it. :)
Posted by SLam, on Jun 30, 2006 at 09:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i'm tired of the drama going on with increw.... 2,314 Views / 28 Replies  
i'm tired of the drama going on with increw. after multiple failed promises, they released a version that was no where feature complete as they have claimed. they finally released their source code,...
Posted by SLam, on Jun 30, 2006 at 09:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You can temporary disable the 2nd core to stop... 2,314 Views / 28 Replies  
You can temporary disable the 2nd core to stop the whine. Download the latest version of CHUD (ftp://ftp.apple.com:21/developer/Tool_Chest/Testing_-_Debugging/Performance_tools/CHUD_4.3.3.dmg).
Posted by SLam, on Jun 28, 2006 at 03:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
there's Mac-on-Mac (http://maconmac.bastix.net/).... 1,106 Views / 2 Replies  
there's Mac-on-Mac (http://maconmac.bastix.net/). It's based on Mac-on-Linux (http://www.maconlinux.org/)
Posted by SLam, on Jun 19, 2006 at 03:02 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
that's weird. whole screen flickers. when... 1,407 Views / 16 Replies  
that's weird. whole screen flickers. when dragging the window, the pixels appear yellow. funky. :eek:
Posted by SLam, on May 22, 2006 at 09:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It's the SMC Firmware update.... 2,155 Views / 28 Replies  
It's the SMC Firmware update. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookprosmcfirmwareupdate.html

Not sure if it works for the 17". I didn't notice much change after installing the firmware....
Posted by SLam, on May 17, 2006 at 11:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Initially I only had the whine while on battery... 501 Views / 1 Replies  
Initially I only had the whine while on battery power. Now there's a new whine while on power and the old whine + new whine while on battery. Probably the firmware update caused the new whine....
Posted by SLam, on May 13, 2006 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If you have the whine issue and are using the... 909 Views / 10 Replies  
If you have the whine issue and are using the Mirror Widget workaround, do not install the keyboard update. It nullifies the workaround. :( I haven't noticed any problems not using the update. You...
Posted by SLam, on May 12, 2006 at 08:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I used to use my PowerBook 12" lid closed on an... 671 Views / 8 Replies  
I used to use my PowerBook 12" lid closed on an iCurve with a 19" LCD and external keyboard/mouse. Now I just use my MacBook Pro 15" lid open with the same iCurve and keyboard/mouse. The screen is so...
Posted by SLam, on May 12, 2006 at 08:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There's a crew that's working on implementing... 1,598 Views / 18 Replies  
There's a crew that's working on implementing Enhanced Speed Step on OS X (http://www.increw.org/speedit.html). It looks promising. They got it down to 37°C under normal use and a max of 47°C...
Posted by SLam, on May 12, 2006 at 08:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
you can rebuild your spotlight. open System... 1,106 Views / 14 Replies  
you can rebuild your spotlight. open System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy. drag your hard drive into the list and then drag it out.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 18, 2006 at 01:44 AM, in macOS
Make sure the B&W G3 has a revB motherboard. The... 676 Views / 3 Replies  
Make sure the B&W G3 has a revB motherboard. The revA's have a faulty IDE chip that would lead to data corruption on hard drives larger than the original 6 GB, thus requiring you to purchase a PCI...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 17, 2006 at 01:30 PM, in Networking
For anti-virus, I use AVG... 712 Views / 11 Replies  
For anti-virus, I use AVG (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1). You can also try ClamAV (http://www.clamwin.com/). "Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner,...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 7, 2006 at 01:53 AM, in Applications
I think this is b.s. My serial starts with W8612... 1,310 Views / 11 Replies  
I think this is b.s. My serial starts with W8612 and I get the whine and dropped airport after sleep.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 4, 2006 at 04:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I upgraded from a PowerBook 12". I'm amazed about... 964 Views / 11 Replies  
I upgraded from a PowerBook 12". I'm amazed about how fast it is. The screen is so bright and big! The pb12 is so small that I lug it everywhere. I was surprised by how wide the MacBook is. It's a...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 29, 2006 at 01:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Mine too! It's traveling the same path. ... 108,844 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Mine too! It's traveling the same path.

SHANGHAI, CN -> ANCHORAGE, AK -> MEMPHIS, TN -> ANCHORAGE, AK (WTF???)

FedEx doesn't make sense... :rolleyes:
Posted by SLam, on Mar 25, 2006 at 09:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Mine says the same thing. Shipment exception.... 108,844 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Mine says the same thing. Shipment exception. Wonder what it means.
Posted by SLam, on Mar 24, 2006 at 03:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Mine was stock. I wasn't expecting it till April... 108,844 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Mine was stock. I wasn't expecting it till April 7th. The original order email said: Estimated Shipped By: APR 07, 2006 Estimated Delivered By: APR 11, 2006...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 22, 2006 at 03:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ordered: 3/17 (dev store) Estimated Ship Date:... 108,844 Views / 1,213 Replies  
Ordered: 3/17 (dev store)
Estimated Ship Date: 4/7
Shipped: 3/22 :eek: WOW :)
Posted by SLam, on Mar 22, 2006 at 05:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
It appears to be normal. I had my new HD replaced... 392 Views / 1 Replies  
It appears to be normal. I had my new HD replaced because of the clicks. The replacement HD did the same thing. I noticed my friends' powerbook did the same thing.
Posted by SLam, on Mar 18, 2006 at 07:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It's not. I did however found a free converter... 1,875 Views / 9 Replies  
It's not. I did however found a free converter for Windows. Videora iPod Converter (http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/). It seems to work fine. It even has the option of shutting down the...
Posted by SLam, on Dec 17, 2005 at 06:03 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
/. (http://slashdot.org/) MacInTouch... 1,669 Views / 49 Replies  
/. (http://slashdot.org/)
MacInTouch (http://www.macintouch.com/)
Google (http://www.google.com/)
Netflix (http://www.netflix.com/)
Wired (http://www.wired.com/)

I usually view them through...
Posted by SLam, on Dec 17, 2005 at 05:57 AM, in MacNN Lounge
that's how to turn on the old NeXTSTEP interface.... 1,615 Views / 29 Replies  
that's how to turn on the old NeXTSTEP interface. I think it only works with 10.0 and 10.1.
Posted by SLam, on May 26, 2005 at 11:04 AM, in GUI Customization
If you're looking for Apple's Palatino, you can... 1,244 Views / 3 Replies  
If you're looking for Apple's Palatino, you can find that with any old Mac OS 9-System 7.x installation. Look in your PowerBook G4 Software DVD for Classic. It's located in the following path:
...
Posted by SLam, on May 17, 2005 at 02:29 AM, in macOS
Wow. That's a nice hard drive. When I had my new... 887 Views / 7 Replies  
Wow. That's a nice hard drive. When I had my new HD installed, I called a couple of places and they range from $45 to $110. I had mine installed for $45 (without data transfer). Unfortunately, the HD...
Posted by SLam, on May 13, 2005 at 01:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm still waiting too. Hopefully it'll arrive... 1,677 Views / 29 Replies  
I'm still waiting too. Hopefully it'll arrive sometime this coming week.
Posted by SLam, on May 7, 2005 at 03:25 AM, in macOS
Senuti (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/14982)... 2,113 Views / 5 Replies  
Senuti (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/14982) is a good app. I was able to transfer all my music to the pb when I had a new hard drive installed.
Posted by SLam, on May 2, 2005 at 04:20 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
What kind of game do you like? If you like... 609 Views / 1 Replies  
What kind of game do you like? If you like role-playing games, you can try World of Warcraft (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/). It's brought to you by the same makers as Starcraft. The game's highly...
Posted by SLam, on May 2, 2005 at 02:07 AM, in Gaming
You can try the diff command. It's very fast. ... 666 Views / 4 Replies  
You can try the diff command. It's very fast.


diff -r folder1 folder2
Posted by SLam, on May 2, 2005 at 01:47 AM, in macOS
Tiger and Speech 450 Views / 0 Replies  
Does Tiger come with any new speech voices? The voices with Panther are showing their age and aren't as life-like as the voices from AT&T Natural Voices (http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/) or...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 04:15 PM, in macOS
I would recommend getting insurance on it. I'm... 912 Views / 4 Replies  
I would recommend getting insurance on it. I'm using SafeWare (http://www.safeware.com/) and they seem pretty good. I dropped my other iPod a few times and it cracked on the side where the white...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 04:08 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
When you stick it into a USB port, it acts as a... 1,335 Views / 8 Replies  
When you stick it into a USB port, it acts as a USB flash drive. To listen to your music, you have to unplug it and use that shuffle as a portable music player by using the headphone port.

Other...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 03:57 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Mine came with 1.1 firmware and had that icon. I... 1,747 Views / 15 Replies  
Mine came with 1.1 firmware and had that icon. I lost my icon too when I enabled disk use. My friend's shuffle was using the 1.0 firmware and lacked the icon. (Strangely we bought the ipods at the...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 03:27 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yes, please... I read the title as B7 87. I was... 1,878 Views / 21 Replies  
Yes, please... I read the title as B7 87. I was asking myself, who would name their software in hex.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 03:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The AVI is probably in some form of MPEG4 (DivX... 839 Views / 10 Replies  
The AVI is probably in some form of MPEG4 (DivX or XviD, etc) and will need to be converted. Here's a guide (http://homepage.mac.com/major4/divx_svcd.html) on how to convert it to a SVCD.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 26, 2005 at 03:05 PM, in Applications
I just got that too... twice in the last few... 839 Views / 6 Replies  
I just got that too... twice in the last few minutes.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 22, 2005 at 04:19 AM, in MacNN Lounge
You can use Carbon Copy Cloner... 1,267 Views / 8 Replies  
You can use Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html) to make a clone of your Mac OS X partition. Format your hard drive and clone the clone onto the non-partitioned hard drive....
Posted by SLam, on Apr 20, 2005 at 03:54 PM, in macOS
The 12" come with a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200. It... 1,463 Views / 11 Replies  
The 12" come with a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200. It runs WoW decently. I'm getting around 10-20 fps with the settings at low.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 18, 2005 at 05:24 AM, in Gaming
If you're using a Powerbook/iBook, It might be... 1,443 Views / 12 Replies  
If you're using a Powerbook/iBook, It might be worth it to keep FileVault. You should move your Music, Movies, and Downloads out of your home folder and just create an alias to them.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 15, 2005 at 03:57 AM, in macOS
Re: where to put Apple apps to smooth Tiger install 1,202 Views / 17 Replies  
I used to move my apps around too, like putting internet applications in a folder called Internet, etc. But after a few Mac OS X updates, I realized that the Installer/Software Update doesn't check...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 12, 2005 at 04:58 PM, in macOS
Re: How Would I Burn This? 610 Views / 2 Replies  
It's all dependent on the iso file and how it was processed/ripped. It will only function as a normal DVD with menus, chapters, etc if it had them to begin with. Maybe your DVD file contains only the...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 10, 2005 at 05:35 PM, in Applications
To get a setting to stick try the following.... 1,231 Views / 20 Replies  
To get a setting to stick try the following. First close all your Finder windows. Open a new window (File > New Finder Window). Try not to select/click on any folder/document/etc item. Now select...
Posted by SLam, on Apr 10, 2005 at 05:59 AM, in macOS
Re: > How do I get rid of menu items? how do I get rid of menu items? 445 Views / 2 Replies  
Just drag them out while holding down the command key (apple key).
Posted by SLam, on Apr 9, 2005 at 09:02 PM, in macOS
The dock is divided into 2 sections: Applications... 1,231 Views / 20 Replies  
The dock is divided into 2 sections: Applications & Files/Folders. You need to drag them to the 2nd section. It is after the divider and before the Trash.
Posted by SLam, on Apr 9, 2005 at 08:59 PM, in macOS
That's strange. With your new virtual pc, insert... 733 Views / 9 Replies  
That's strange. With your new virtual pc, insert the Windows XP install cd first and then start it. It should boot from the cd and start installing.
Posted by SLam, on Mar 27, 2005 at 07:28 PM, in Applications
If you're going to upgrade Windows 2000 instead,... 733 Views / 9 Replies  
If you're going to upgrade Windows 2000 instead, then double click on My Computer. You should see your Windows XP install cd as drive D: or E:. Right click on it and select Autorun. This should...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 27, 2005 at 04:44 PM, in Applications
Re: Installing Windows in VP6? 733 Views / 9 Replies  
It's best that you create a new virtual pc setup. Look in the Virtual PC List window, there should be a New button on the right hand side. It will go step-by-step through the creation of a new...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 27, 2005 at 04:37 PM, in Applications
Re: Safari CPU Usage - Is This Normal ?? 1,125 Views / 21 Replies  
I notice this problem with those Flash banners. Like right now, while composing this, there's a flash banner which causes the CPU usage to go up to 70%.

I usually get fed up and switch over to...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 27, 2005 at 04:17 AM, in Applications
iTunes refers to this as a compilation. Highlight... 639 Views / 5 Replies  
iTunes refers to this as a compilation. Highlight all the tracks in the album, and press Command i (or File > Get Info). In the Get Info window, set Part of a Compilation to Yes. Now in Preferences...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 20, 2005 at 03:26 PM, in Applications
Re: Mac newbie here: DVD copy software? 3,620 Views / 32 Replies  
Backing up your DVDs require 3 steps and (maybe) 3 separate applications. 1) Ripping, 2) Compressing and 3) Burning.

For ripping, MacTheRipper is best. For compressing, I suggest using DVD2one...
Posted by SLam, on Mar 16, 2005 at 03:37 AM, in Applications
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