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Wonder what this boss would think of Frutiger or... 2,128 Views / 21 Replies  
Wonder what this boss would think of Frutiger or *gasp* Futura?!
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jul 5, 2005 at 01:43 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Cocoa apps automatically handle services. Carbon... 588 Views / 3 Replies  
Cocoa apps automatically handle services. Carbon apps require more effort by the app developer. Most Carbon apps suck lemons when it comes to Services support. Some of that is probably due to...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Feb 9, 2005 at 04:01 PM, in Applications
uh, Dock? If there's one thing it's really good... 650 Views / 8 Replies  
uh, Dock? If there's one thing it's really good at, it's application launching. If you want access to all your rarely used apps, just drop your apps folder on the right side of the Dock. I wouldn't...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Feb 2, 2005 at 04:56 PM, in macOS
Most NeXT/OpenStep apps looked like Pages. There... 1,694 Views / 19 Replies  
Most NeXT/OpenStep apps looked like Pages. There were basically 4 parts of any app in NeXTstep: the menubar (vertical, movable, tear-off), the document window with a shelf and/or toolbar in some...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 30, 2005 at 02:13 AM, in macOS
If you really want a good page layout app and not... 3,962 Views / 52 Replies  
If you really want a good page layout app and not a word processor that's done in Cocoa with this kind of UI then there are apps like Create and MLayout out there with features like what you're...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 28, 2005 at 12:54 PM, in Applications
Boy, howdie! You can say that again. :) 5,831 Views / 98 Replies  
Boy, howdie! You can say that again. :)
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 21, 2005 at 11:41 AM, in macOS
For starters, I'm not surprised that the Finder... 5,831 Views / 98 Replies  
For starters, I'm not surprised that the Finder hasn't gotten a whole lot of attention in Tiger. With the introduction of Spotlight, combined with apps like iTunes, iPhoto, Font Book, and the Dock...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 18, 2005 at 11:51 AM, in macOS
I believe what Apple uses is something they... 994 Views / 13 Replies  
I believe what Apple uses is something they cooked up in-house. It's called something like DesktopButtons or somesuch.
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 8, 2005 at 09:51 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Maybe it's an old pic. Apple still uses that pic... 975 Views / 12 Replies  
Maybe it's an old pic. Apple still uses that pic of Steve hugging a bondi iMac for his official press pic I think. He's gained pounds, lost hair and gone through a few beards since then.
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 8, 2005 at 08:45 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: iWork(s?): MS Office killer / AppleWorks killer? 1,048 Views / 6 Replies  
1) Who believs the rumor?

Yes in general, but I the thing will be different from people's assumptions. As you've noticed, there's almost nothing specific known about it though Keynote is a good...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 5, 2005 at 11:24 PM, in Applications
Has nothing to do with it. They are looking out... 2,263 Views / 54 Replies  
Has nothing to do with it. They are looking out for themselves. Quite a non sequitur.
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 5, 2005 at 07:54 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I think one of these CS versions of Photoshop is... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
I think one of these CS versions of Photoshop is supposed to implement this idea. TIFFany had a ton of features well before PS did and still has some that PS doesn't.

I like the name...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 5, 2005 at 10:57 AM, in Applications
Interesting reading those reviews. A lot of the... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
Interesting reading those reviews. A lot of the neato tricks and ideas of these old apps are now commonplace features in even small developer apps, especially ones with a few versions out the door. ...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 4, 2005 at 03:26 PM, in Applications
What he's describing is called "Create"... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
What he's describing is called "Create" (http://www.stone.com/Create) :)

(I just remembered that I plugged Create the other night in this forum too. I don't mean to spam the board, but it did...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 4, 2005 at 10:41 AM, in Applications
www.stone.com/Create if you don't want to spend... 1,277 Views / 26 Replies  
www.stone.com/Create if you don't want to spend $600 for a few more features. :D
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 3, 2005 at 11:19 PM, in Applications
BTW, Both of CaffeineSoft's developers work for... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
BTW, Both of CaffeineSoft's developers work for Apple now. They were involved with the CoreImage project. Also, they did update TIFFany to run on Panther (and snuck in some color space features)...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 3, 2005 at 02:39 PM, in Applications
I wouldn't want Apple to do any more projects... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
I wouldn't want Apple to do any more projects with what I would consider a political agenda. It just interferes with good design. I don't mean to be a Cocoa zealot, sorry if I came off as one. ...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 2, 2005 at 04:28 PM, in Applications
I would be curious whether Apple bought or made... 14,137 Views / 147 Replies  
I would be curious whether Apple bought or made some deal for the Lighthouse apps quietly a while ago, or whether they simply modeled their app on the look and feel of Lighthouse's efforts. If this...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Jan 2, 2005 at 02:38 PM, in Applications
Uh, I've never seen this, but then again I'm not... 1,912 Views / 50 Replies  
Uh, I've never seen this, but then again I'm not part of the "in" crowd, aka, an ADC member. That would say a lot about the direction of the Finder. Hope this doesn't derail the thread too much,...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 28, 2004 at 04:35 PM, in macOS
Poll: Actually, if I were to be objective about it,... 2,115 Views / 48 Replies  
Actually, if I were to be objective about it, ignoring the nostalgia and/or dogma in here, the icon and the name, "Finder" don't seem to describe the app appropriately. It's more of a file library...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 28, 2004 at 04:20 PM, in macOS
Seems that the reason they don't offer this is... 2,252 Views / 66 Replies  
Seems that the reason they don't offer this is because of the degradation in quality. I imagine that craptacular-sounding mp3 CDs don't reflect well on Apple's products that made the CDs in the...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 15, 2004 at 03:40 PM, in Applications
All of my banks work fine with Safari. Mozilla... 1,051 Views / 25 Replies  
All of my banks work fine with Safari. Mozilla and Internet Explorer can stand in if needed. I had one episode where one bank didn't let me in because I wasn't using IE, but it was fixed a couple...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 7, 2004 at 11:20 AM, in macOS
Yeah, it was something like that. The memory, it... 1,262 Views / 17 Replies  
Yeah, it was something like that. The memory, it fades. Thanks, Millenium and TETENAL. :)
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 6, 2004 at 06:24 PM, in Applications
The big reason some old files don't play on QT... 1,262 Views / 17 Replies  
The big reason some old files don't play on QT any more is that Intel once created extensions (the Classic OS variety) that made playing avi files possible with QT. Those extensions haven't been...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 6, 2004 at 03:25 PM, in Applications
bitter, bitter. It's not your company anyway. 3,701 Views / 60 Replies  
bitter, bitter. It's not your company anyway.
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 6, 2004 at 03:18 PM, in macOS
If you have Logitec's software installed, go to... 750 Views / 7 Replies  
If you have Logitec's software installed, go to the System Preferences under your Apple menu, and choose the Logitec preference pane. It should have an option to slow down the scrolling. If you're...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 3, 2004 at 05:01 PM, in macOS
Go to the System Preferences from the Apple menu.... 3,701 Views / 60 Replies  
Go to the System Preferences from the Apple menu. Then go to the Appearance pane. At the bottom, if it says "Standard (Best for CRT)," change it to "Medium (Best for LCD)."

For some reason, even...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Dec 3, 2004 at 04:57 PM, in macOS
Man, I first read this thread title and thought... 767 Views / 9 Replies  
Man, I first read this thread title and thought someone was trying to transfer their Windows programs to their new Mac. I braced myself for an ugly scene in here. :eek:
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 23, 2004 at 04:46 PM, in macOS
Ah, the magic of Rendezvous. :D I think what... 495 Views / 2 Replies  
Ah, the magic of Rendezvous. :D I think what you're seeing is a result of the built in Rendezvous technology which allows for sharing with other computers and peripherals with no configuration...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 15, 2004 at 05:41 PM, in macOS
Uh, isn't the $129 retail box always an upgrade? ... 1,036 Views / 22 Replies  
Uh, isn't the $129 retail box always an upgrade? Does anyone buy a retail box of the Mac OS who isn't upgrading? Everyone who buys it already bought a Mac and has some previous version of Mac OS X...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 14, 2004 at 09:56 PM, in macOS
Simple steps to general data backup in OS X: ... 689 Views / 7 Replies  
Simple steps to general data backup in OS X:

1. pop in a CD and if a dialog pops up, tell it to open in the Finder.
2. drag files in the Finder onto the CD icon.
3. rename the CD to whatever you...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 10, 2004 at 03:38 PM, in macOS
I can't believe I never tried that before either.... 792 Views / 7 Replies  
I can't believe I never tried that before either.

<smacks hand on forehead>

Gracias!
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 10, 2004 at 01:22 PM, in Applications
This will probably be moved into the Software... 792 Views / 7 Replies  
This will probably be moved into the Software forum. Only two ways of doing what you want AFAIK are to uncheck the songs or to create a playlist that doesn't include these songs and play that...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 10, 2004 at 11:42 AM, in Applications
I get ya. But them's the brakes. I mean, what... 42,329 Views / 403 Replies  
I get ya. But them's the brakes. I mean, what else would happen aside from turning it off somehow altogether? Or is that what you're arguing for: some way to turn Spotlight off completely? Did I...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 4, 2004 at 05:33 PM, in macOS
No, what I think people don't get is that the... 42,329 Views / 403 Replies  
No, what I think people don't get is that the Spotlight Store on your local drive does not keep tabs on the metadata about files on other drives or shares. That drive or share has its own Spotlight...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 4, 2004 at 03:15 PM, in macOS
I said that it indexes the whole volume once,... 42,329 Views / 403 Replies  
I said that it indexes the whole volume once, then, it's done incrementally. By incremental, I mean that when a file is changed added or removed after that initial indexing, it indexes only that...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 4, 2004 at 01:01 PM, in macOS
People have to realize that the pulsing and hours... 42,329 Views / 403 Replies  
People have to realize that the pulsing and hours of indexing happen one time only, then everything is done incrementally. You won't see any pulsing Spotlight icon or have your CPU locked up by...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 4, 2004 at 10:43 AM, in macOS
I got it on sale, and I don't like the action of... 1,543 Views / 30 Replies  
I got it on sale, and I don't like the action of the buttons. Nice IMO on the outside but cheap on the inside.
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 3, 2004 at 06:07 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
To make a long story short, Mac OS X writes to... 1,346 Views / 28 Replies  
To make a long story short, Mac OS X writes to the largest block it can find for the file to begin with, it doesn't scatter files into fragments nearly as much as Windows and has a kind of "hot...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Nov 1, 2004 at 11:24 AM, in macOS
People, how else would you organize your iPhoto... 2,387 Views / 53 Replies  
People, how else would you organize your iPhoto library? What names could it make up for the folder structure? It doesn't knnow that this roll is your vacation to Tahiti unless you go out of your...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 27, 2004 at 04:57 PM, in Applications
straying further off-topic, clippy was the last... 22,302 Views / 209 Replies  
straying further off-topic, clippy was the last vestage, along with the search dog, of Microsoft's failed "Bob" OS for consumers.

There are plenty of things Apple and Microsoft have" stolen" from...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 25, 2004 at 03:29 PM, in macOS
Seems to me if some asshat wanted to, they could... 13,476 Views / 175 Replies  
Seems to me if some asshat wanted to, they could tuck it in with some disguised freeware app bundle, people will download it, and when on first run, it asks if this is OK (the new...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 22, 2004 at 10:49 PM, in macOS
I use Create (http://www.stone.com/Create) from... 1,749 Views / 12 Replies  
I use Create (http://www.stone.com/Create) from Stone Design. It's sort of a poor man's Adobe Illustrator, GoLive and InDesign in one. It does drawing, print layouts and web layouts. I like it...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 18, 2004 at 03:14 PM, in Applications
Best tutorial evar!... 737 Views / 6 Replies  
Best tutorial evar! (http://brad.project-think.com/tipinfo.php?ID=2) (Check out the movie (http://brad.project-think.com/movies/uninstalling.mov).)
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 18, 2004 at 01:36 PM, in macOS
I got the same message as well in webmail. I... 725 Views / 7 Replies  
I got the same message as well in webmail. I think something's busted with their html in that newsletter, not that Mail can't display the html under normal circumstances. (Not sure that made sense...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 15, 2004 at 02:43 PM, in macOS
I think what you're seeing is the beginnings of a... 22,302 Views / 209 Replies  
I think what you're seeing is the beginnings of a revised Aqua appearance, not a fourth appearance. For the three different appearances, they all pretty much act the same, save the draggable areas...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 12, 2004 at 09:45 AM, in macOS
pictures are postedin this AI thread too: ... 3,053 Views / 31 Replies  
pictures are postedin this AI thread too:

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46949&perpage=40&pagenumber=2

Notice also that not only is Aqua looking a bit more like metal...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Oct 6, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in macOS
Palm no longer supports Macs, and neither does... 22,302 Views / 209 Replies  
Palm no longer supports Macs, and neither does Microsoft's Pocket PC architecture. The answer is that The Missing Sync supports both platforms, and, I'm guessing, will very likely tap into the...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Sep 29, 2004 at 10:27 AM, in macOS
...or restart and hold down the mouse button... 1,082 Views / 17 Replies  
...or restart and hold down the mouse button during startup. :D
Posted by BuonRotto, on Sep 28, 2004 at 04:40 PM, in macOS
It's not as bad as on Windows because the Mac OS... 2,332 Views / 61 Replies  
It's not as bad as on Windows because the Mac OS has a greater tolerance for what it considers a stationary mouse pointer. If the cursor moves even one pixel in Windows, which is common when your...
Posted by BuonRotto, on Sep 23, 2004 at 01:36 PM, in macOS
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