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right on, exactly what I wanted to say!! check... 6,235 Views / 55 Replies  
right on, exactly what I wanted to say!!
check your calibration and gamma. The change in the gamma will give a sharper text, more luminous graphics too... more "TV-like".

SuperCal works great,...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 5, 2007 at 02:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
same problem here, I have a mbp core duo 2ghz,... 24,852 Views / 55 Replies  
same problem here, I have a mbp core duo 2ghz, fresh install, up to date, and won't fall asleep automatically. As stated here, the screen will turn off, the light will open but won't pulse. Can...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 14, 2007 at 05:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'd like to see the reincarnation of Sherlock... 5,069 Views / 22 Replies  
I'd like to see the reincarnation of Sherlock built into safari.. it would all make sens, some widget are not made to display listing of informations. This would allow a new kind of flexibility,...
Posted by Bouba, on Sep 3, 2006 at 12:41 PM, in Applications
depending on what machine! :) my ibook is soo... 17,687 Views / 50 Replies  
depending on what machine! :) my ibook is soo filled with stuff, that virtual memory has trouble working properly!! it's now very unsnappy....!!! And I don't see things getting better with larger...
Posted by Bouba, on Apr 8, 2006 at 01:31 AM, in macOS
The problem is that more and more stuff are... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
The problem is that more and more stuff are driven by databases: itunes, addressbook, iphoto, mail (to a certain extent) and can't be consulted (easily..) without some knowledge of the system... ...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 19, 2004 at 06:44 PM, in macOS
Millenium, I do agree and understand you point of... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
Millenium, I do agree and understand you point of view, and I am trying to find a way how this could be done to avoid the security problems that you mentioned.

I suggested earlier an option to...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 07:13 PM, in macOS
What I usually do, I open both machines take the... 892 Views / 10 Replies  
What I usually do, I open both machines take the HD of one and put it in the other one... my G3 doesn't have firewire so it is the fastest solution for me.
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:15 PM, in macOS
it's in reality a functional backup, a backup of... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
it's in reality a functional backup, a backup of your main computer that can be consulted with other computer in a better way... (While increasing the security of the data on the ipod) Some people...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:08 PM, in macOS
I could also have an entire copy of the system on... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
I could also have an entire copy of the system on the ipod and boot from it... and therefore having access to the exact same files in the exact same way with even more privileges (If you had admin...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:04 PM, in macOS
Anyways, the security of the computer is almost... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
Anyways, the security of the computer is almost nill if you have physical access to the machine. Just boot in single user mode and you can activate the root password, erase files, consult files,...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 01:36 PM, in macOS
Bingo. I totally agree with that answer. If... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
Bingo. I totally agree with that answer. If that user is granted guest access to that machine, it doesn't have any modification right to the other users/other files owned by others. Therefore,...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 16, 2004 at 02:32 AM, in macOS
You're right about your exemple with itunes. ... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
You're right about your exemple with itunes. It's the kind of stuff that needs to be fixed.
The kind of details that makes a system user friendly. I understand the basis that every drive under...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 13, 2004 at 08:46 PM, in macOS
Netinfo and UFS sure can do the job right now if... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
Netinfo and UFS sure can do the job right now if you have a system that is static. But what I was talking about it the ability to use your own account on a computer that you've never used before...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 13, 2004 at 02:26 PM, in macOS
I've indeed read the paper on HFS but I wrote the... 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
I've indeed read the paper on HFS but I wrote the core of this message prior to that reading ;)

I know that you can already have your home folder stored on a server (on mac os X server) and boot...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 13, 2004 at 10:09 AM, in macOS
Future of os X folder structure/filesystem 3,517 Views / 57 Replies  
I've read some articles about the possibility to log into macos X from a user folder located on an ipod. This made me think of the implications that such a feature would mean on the entire...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 12, 2004 at 07:03 PM, in macOS
Question: why are you switching between... 5,318 Views / 59 Replies  
Question:

why are you switching between consumption modes???

why aren't you just switching between presets made in the energy preference pane?

The latter would be more flexible.. and you...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 17, 2004 at 12:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You should go with a BSD liscence. 5,318 Views / 59 Replies  
You should go with a BSD liscence.
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 17, 2004 at 12:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Apple's technology on TTS is far more advanced... 1,823 Views / 14 Replies  
Apple's technology on TTS is far more advanced that we all think. Do you remember a couple of years ago, in the superbowl ad with Dave (2001: a space odyssey)??? The computer voice has been...
Posted by Bouba, on Oct 5, 2003 at 04:20 PM, in macOS
well.. it worked on my g3 on the internal modem. ... 1,000 Views / 15 Replies  
well.. it worked on my g3 on the internal modem.

Macs' built-in modems don't support voice although
Posted by Bouba, on May 21, 2003 at 07:07 PM, in Developer Center
I've got a couple. One that could listen on... 1,000 Views / 15 Replies  
I've got a couple.

One that could listen on the phone line for incoming calls, get the number, and broadcast on the network to the registered computers the info. That computer will then map the...
Posted by Bouba, on May 13, 2003 at 02:01 PM, in Developer Center
The one at school also use encrypted.. I get... 801 Views / 9 Replies  
The one at school also use encrypted.. I get connected but the connection is unstable and I get disconnected after a couple of seconds.
Posted by Bouba, on Apr 8, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in Networking
It should have been in the player for years but... 1,593 Views / 17 Replies  
It should have been in the player for years but it should also be in the plugin like in WMP...

I can see this coming since they have separated the full screen from the present movie option in...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 24, 2003 at 05:12 PM, in macOS
iCal helper is the app that display the messages... 658 Views / 14 Replies  
iCal helper is the app that display the messages or that will execute the event set.

It will not get activated if you do not launch iCal first. That means that if you want to have the events,...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 7, 2003 at 08:14 PM, in macOS
My guess is that the files have been muxed, that... 533 Views / 5 Replies  
My guess is that the files have been muxed, that is the audio and the audio are in one track. To figure out, load the movie in quicktime player and go to activate/desactivate tracks, you'll probably...
Posted by Bouba, on Mar 7, 2003 at 08:00 PM, in Applications
I had a great idea for a call id software. A... 656 Views / 5 Replies  
I had a great idea for a call id software.

A server, that runs in the background sending the information to the client application on some other computers. The info would be linked to the address...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 19, 2003 at 07:04 PM, in macOS
There should be a way to trick itunes in thinking... 893 Views / 7 Replies  
There should be a way to trick itunes in thinking that the songs are actually from a cd... Maybe a disk image with a link to the actual files in it would do the trick. I know that iTunes sees disk...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 19, 2003 at 05:14 PM, in Applications
Ways to improve quicktime. 515 Views / 1 Replies  
Hey guys, Quicktime is neat but I think it needs some more improvement to integrate it in a better way in the system.

-the interface should be modifiable and we should have the ability to set the...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 16, 2003 at 05:36 PM, in Applications
If they want to cut on developper time and... 887 Views / 17 Replies  
If they want to cut on developper time and resources, they should just make a quicktime plugin for their codecs and then everyone will be happy.

I mean, do we really need WMP if we can decode all...
Posted by Bouba, on Feb 16, 2003 at 05:06 PM, in Applications
that sux. 599 Views / 2 Replies  
that sux.
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 28, 2003 at 11:24 PM, in Networking
could you make a .pkg to install it? I've... 1,857 Views / 30 Replies  
could you make a .pkg to install it?

I've installed the developper tools, fink, etc, but I can't get it to compile properly...

I'm really new to this kind of stuff!!!
thanks for you efforts...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 25, 2003 at 01:05 PM, in macOS
I use the vpn software in internet connect, I can... 801 Views / 9 Replies  
I use the vpn software in internet connect, I can connect to my school server, i have the connection for a couple of seconds then I get disconnected...

Their servers are windows XP...
I don't...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 18, 2003 at 01:31 AM, in Networking
apple should make the full screen available to... 1,193 Views / 20 Replies  
apple should make the full screen available to every version (and keep the present movie to the pro version) and it should be able to play movies in full screen from the plug-in like windows media...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 18, 2003 at 01:23 AM, in macOS
hey guys, why don't you use netinfo to do all of... 541 Views / 3 Replies  
hey guys, why don't you use netinfo to do all of that?!?!?!

That's what I did, went to users, selected my name, changed its link to a partition of its own!
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 18, 2003 at 01:07 AM, in macOS
Poll: Who still have Explorer on their system? 1,163 Views / 29 Replies  
I was going over my apps and I realized that I haven't use explorer since chimera is decent enough to be use everytime. Now since the release of safari, I feel no need to keep Internet Explorer even...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 16, 2003 at 03:06 PM, in Applications
Is it me or they have started to add... 1,249 Views / 17 Replies  
Is it me or they have started to add interoperability between apps of the iLife package, which is really good, It should be good to see a wider adoption.
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 15, 2003 at 12:43 AM, in macOS
Time for OpenDoc 1,249 Views / 17 Replies  
Apple, in its history, has always released stuff before its time: newton, opendoc, etc...

I wonder if apple was to release opendoc again if it would be widelly adopted?!?!

Anyways, it would...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 14, 2003 at 02:43 AM, in macOS
could you include multi-lingual support for the... 922 Views / 12 Replies  
could you include multi-lingual support for the soundtracks?!

if it is a .mov mp4 movie, it is possible to include several soundtrack to a video, which is really great if you watch movies in...
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 10, 2003 at 06:49 PM, in macOS
Hey I fixed my problem with os 9! I can now... 2,712 Views / 19 Replies  
Hey I fixed my problem with os 9! I can now print in both systems!

(It was a problem with my apple USB drivers... so I redownloaded the kit from apple and it fixed the whole problem!)
Posted by Bouba, on Jan 3, 2003 at 02:14 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I just did, and it works! Well, the advanced... 533 Views / 1 Replies  
I just did, and it works!

Well, the advanced features are not there but I must say that I wasn't able to get the Samsung official drivers to work...

I think os X is really cool. If the...
Posted by Bouba, on Dec 26, 2002 at 06:07 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I too have problems with the queue... I... 2,712 Views / 19 Replies  
I too have problems with the queue... I installed the drivers from linuxprinting and it worked flawlessly. Although I don't have the same settings as I have in os 9. (However, I haven't been able...
Posted by Bouba, on Dec 26, 2002 at 06:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for the advice!! I'll look forward to get... 1,653 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for the advice!! I'll look forward to get it! :)
Posted by Bouba, on Dec 6, 2002 at 02:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I got the iBook, it's brand new, there no traces... 1,653 Views / 6 Replies  
I got the iBook, it's brand new, there no traces of keyboard on the screen, it has run for less than 20 hours...

Still on waranty!


I plan on adding an airport card, they've put some wireless...
Posted by Bouba, on Dec 4, 2002 at 07:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
How much for an Ibook 500 CD? 1,653 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm about to make a final offer for an iBook 500CD

This is the base model, apparently in very good conditions.

However, I can have the brand new 700mhz for 980$US

The guy would sell it to me...
Posted by Bouba, on Dec 2, 2002 at 05:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
TIFFany from caffeine software seems to be really... 1,260 Views / 9 Replies  
TIFFany from caffeine software seems to be really great (by the way, it was design for next-step). Although the interface is quite different from other apps, it tends to be really productive once...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 13, 2002 at 07:00 PM, in Applications
I remember Rickster discussing their rendering... 1,556 Views / 33 Replies  
I remember Rickster discussing their rendering engine a couple of months ago. People were asking why they do not switch to the gecko engine. He answered that in fact, they only had a part of their...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 13, 2002 at 06:43 PM, in Applications
Omnidictionary - a serice that let you get the... 2,323 Views / 51 Replies  
Omnidictionary - a serice that let you get the definition of any word in a cocoa application by typing command-= (from omnigroup)

Proteus - with is latest version, 2.2a11, a really cool and...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 7, 2002 at 07:00 PM, in Applications
Gnutella 2! 1,475 Views / 13 Replies  
If you look at the version 1.7b of shareaza (www.shareaza.com) it supports gnutella 2!!! This is a huge improvement over gnutella 1, in fact, it is even better than kazaa!!!

Go and try it!
The...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 6, 2002 at 01:19 PM, in Applications
humm.. I was not able to see online mac.com... 1,295 Views / 4 Replies  
humm.. I was not able to see online mac.com buddies... but does it tells us anything??!?! I doubt.

unfortunatelly, I don't have any AIM buddies to try what you've said...

It might... remember,...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 6, 2002 at 01:16 PM, in Applications
I think it means that the cache folder gets... 2,269 Views / 15 Replies  
I think it means that the cache folder gets constipated with time...

Somebody could write an app with applescript studio to deblock it!!!
We could call this app Mac OS X-Lax!!! :D

I'll try...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 6, 2002 at 12:37 PM, in macOS
Log in AOL using ICQ UIN 1,295 Views / 4 Replies  
I was able to log in AOL using my ICQ UIN using proteus. Official versions seem to analyse the login name and is actually expecting a name instead of a number and it doesn't work.

I was...
Posted by Bouba, on Nov 6, 2002 at 12:33 PM, in Applications
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