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Yukon-- My pointers are listed above in the... 701 Views / 9 Replies  
Yukon-- My pointers are listed above in the thread. My buddy has the MS Intellimouse Explorer 2 (with side scroll click wheel)

And for Awspaas-- I notice it happens more when my processor is being...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Feb 20, 2005 at 05:08 PM, in macOS
Yeah I just tried a test (been tryin to think of... 701 Views / 9 Replies  
Yeah I just tried a test (been tryin to think of a way to do this repeatably (ie scientific method) for a while.

This kinda works (I got it to happen once in 3 minutes of trying)

Make a new...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Feb 20, 2005 at 02:28 PM, in macOS
I dont think its the pointer because I have the... 701 Views / 9 Replies  
I dont think its the pointer because I have the stock mouse (which has less than 20 hours usage) and a Kensington TurboMouse (with hours & hours of usage).My budy has a wireless Intellimouse and the...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Feb 20, 2005 at 04:26 AM, in macOS
Yeah, I know the same thing about drag & dropping... 701 Views / 9 Replies  
Yeah, I know the same thing about drag & dropping text... In fact it seems as if the finder has that same delay (only 1/4 second or so) when grabbing & moving files in icon view.

Here's another...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Feb 19, 2005 at 09:00 PM, in macOS
Slow response to mouse clicks 701 Views / 9 Replies  
I don;t see anyone raising this issue, but I have a hard time with moving stuff around because I seem to click-select-and-drag way faster than the OS can keep up.

As a long time Mac User I am...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Feb 19, 2005 at 03:13 PM, in macOS
I didn;t know GC was in the Services Menu. I will... 568 Views / 4 Replies  
I didn;t know GC was in the Services Menu. I will have to look when i get home tonight...

As a side note: How does one add/remove stuff from the Services menu? I;ve got a few entries for programs...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 3, 2004 at 09:38 PM, in macOS
Mac Help maxing out processor 514 Views / 3 Replies  
I've asked this in the Apple forums and never really gotten a good answer....

When i start Mac Help my processor maxes out.. and stays maxed out until I quit Mac Help.

Sometimes I just get the...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 3, 2004 at 08:46 PM, in macOS
That's all fine & good, but I have yet to notice... 1,549 Views / 29 Replies  
That's all fine & good, but I have yet to notice any slowdown due to processor lag, except when i boot up MacHelp. Even editing photos, encoding DVD & surfing at the same time i still have RAM...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 3, 2004 at 08:36 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well I bought a single 1.6 G5 & I love it. i use... 1,549 Views / 29 Replies  
Well I bought a single 1.6 G5 & I love it. i use it at home for everything from surfing to digital photo editing to DVD creation to iMovie to gaming & i love it.

The problem is that most of the...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 3, 2004 at 07:35 PM, in Mac Desktops
OS X performance on old machine 1,188 Views / 10 Replies  
I had 10.2.8 running with 756MB RAM on a 366mHz G3 Beige tower (6MB VRAM) and it was stable, if a bit sluggish on its response. I fould a few freeware items to speed things up a bit, and it worked...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 3, 2004 at 06:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
I fell in love with Macs because of the System... 6,875 Views / 110 Replies  
I fell in love with Macs because of the System Restore disk in Syustem 7 on an LC II back in 1993.

After using Apple II's thru college in the late 80's & not using 'puters till 1993 I was totally...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Dec 1, 2004 at 08:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
======== i am very courious about the OS X, but... 657 Views / 3 Replies  
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i am very courious about the OS X, but i don't have a mac yet. and i am cheap! i was thinking of getting a older iMac, G3 or G4 upgrading the hard drive and adding more ram, possibly a new...
Posted by AlaskaBoy, on Nov 30, 2004 at 09:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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