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Still can't figure out why many of the...	1,189 Views / 6 Replies
Still can't figure out why many of the aftermarket solutions are using resistive touch screens as they don't perform nearly as well as the capacitive touch screens and the most likely customers are...
Posted by Laurence, on Jun 24, 2015 at 03:49 PM, in Tech News

Quicklook just shows a generic icon and nothing...	1,516 Views / 5 Replies
Quicklook just shows a generic icon and nothing more. The defaults read command is also giving useless info about the files in question… mac-pro:~ laurence$ defaults read...
Posted by Laurence, on Apr 9, 2011 at 04:36 AM, in macOS

Strange files recreated automatically (malware?)	1,516 Views / 5 Replies
A few weeks ago I received a warning in the Drive Pulse Event Viewer about three possible corrupt preferences. I deleted them but they keep coming back. Normally, I'd just assume that some program...
Posted by Laurence, on Apr 8, 2011 at 08:18 PM, in macOS

It's certainly not normal and really a bad...	892 Views / 2 Replies
It's certainly not normal and really a bad practice in general. Even so, there's no reason that a standard user couldn't write to some location inside of the Applications folder even if they don't...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 4, 2011 at 06:49 PM, in Applications

I have a Silicon Image SIL3132 chipset generic PC...	2,459 Views / 15 Replies
I have a Silicon Image SIL3132 chipset generic PC eSATA card and it works under 10.6.x. Try searching for the chipset instead of a specific manufacturer and you should be able to find something....
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 3, 2010 at 04:07 PM, in Mac Desktops

Sharing a NAS on a 2nd Ethernet port?	853 Views / 1 Replies
I have a NAS (Promise SmartStor N4300) and it works relatively well connected to my airport base station, however it seems a bit slow sometimes. If I connect to it wired speeds are drastically...
Posted by Laurence, on May 17, 2010 at 01:38 PM, in Networking

Another thing I'd like is for Quicktime to play...	7,780 Views / 177 Replies
Another thing I'd like is for Quicktime to play any file I download from anywhere withoug having to remove one codec and install a different one. I've had many times where there was no audio in a...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 5, 2009 at 05:46 PM, in macOS

Since all processes continue running in the...	7,780 Views / 177 Replies
Since all processes continue running in the background while switched to another user, it would seem that a lot of the support code to have a multi-user graphical interface is possibly done? It would...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 5, 2009 at 05:37 PM, in macOS

I am usually a supporter of Apple and think...	1,560 Views / 37 Replies
I am usually a supporter of Apple and think people whine about many unimportant things, however if Apple really doesn't have all the data backed up multiple times at multiple locations across...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 24, 2008 at 07:44 PM, in macOS

I have no idea why you can't change the...	829 Views / 4 Replies
I have no idea why you can't change the permissions on those files. I created files with the same names and was able to change the permisssions to 000 and then back to 777 with no issues. The @...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 24, 2008 at 07:34 PM, in macOS

Install Apps from multiple computers?	819 Views / 2 Replies
Although being a Mac user since 1984, I am new to the whole iPod/iPhone thing. I just got the iPhone 3G and set it up with my home computer (MacPro 8 core 2.8GHz). Everything seems to work great. The...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

I definitely agree with Shaddim, I have never...	1,312 Views / 27 Replies
I definitely agree with Shaddim, I have never heard of comcast blocking BT downloads, only seeding. If you want to verify whether its your router or ISP blocking something, just plug the cable/dsl...
Posted by Laurence, on Mar 1, 2008 at 03:20 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I've had one crash that seemed to be caused by...	1,415 Views / 13 Replies
I've had one crash that seemed to be caused by the video card drivers; the console had a bunch of lines about NVidia right before the crash, but this could just have been a random glitch. There is...
Posted by Laurence, on Mar 1, 2008 at 01:24 PM, in Mac Desktops

They are NOT throttling bit-torrent. They are...	1,312 Views / 27 Replies
They are NOT throttling bit-torrent. They are preventing seeding altogether. These things are very different. If they want to throttle any connection as bandwidth requires that is OK. If you read...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 28, 2008 at 03:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Which browser are you using? Have you tried a...	2,160 Views / 6 Replies
Which browser are you using? Have you tried a different browser?
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 28, 2008 at 03:23 PM, in macOS

I too have a Mac Pro with the 8800GT and it is...	2,518 Views / 10 Replies
I too have a Mac Pro with the 8800GT and it is completely silent unless the ridiculously loud Pioneer DVR-112D spins up. I have booted into WinXP and ran Crysis for hours on end and there was no fan...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 28, 2008 at 03:01 PM, in Mac Desktops

I do have all the Apple updates, including the...	4,150 Views / 6 Replies
I do have all the Apple updates, including the boot camp 2.02 update. Now that I think about it I believe Parallels was open both times the lockup occurred, although neither time was that the...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 25, 2008 at 11:25 PM, in Mac Desktops

Possible issue with NVidia 8800GT drivers?	4,150 Views / 6 Replies
I recently purchased the new 2.8GHz Mac Pro and in its first two weeks I've had two lockups. The strange thing is that the mouse still moved, but the interface was completely dead otherwise. The...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 25, 2008 at 02:14 AM, in Mac Desktops

Strange... The ambrosia site says the...	1,733 Views / 15 Replies
Strange... The ambrosia site says the following... "NOTE: escapepod is no longer needed (or functional) under MacOS X 10.3 and later; Apple built the functionality in escapepod into the operating...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 18, 2008 at 04:20 PM, in macOS

Why doesn't "Force Quit" always work?	1,733 Views / 15 Replies
On a windows machine I can hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and get to the task manager and kill off errant processes if necessary. Why is it that on every version of Mac OS X there is no equivalent. No matter how...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 18, 2008 at 03:07 PM, in macOS

Well, I figured it out, however the procedure...	930 Views / 2 Replies
Well, I figured it out, however the procedure seemed kind of risky. I had to change all the parameters at once on the NAS and then apply the settings. Once I did this I could not connect to the NAS...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 17, 2008 at 02:27 PM, in Networking

What IR Receivers do Apple use?	1,169 Views / 0 Replies
I recently got a Mac Pro and since I'm used to having the remote that came with the iMac I'm getting rid of I thought I'd just add the IR receiver to the Mac Pro. It would seem a simple task as there...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 17, 2008 at 02:22 PM, in Hardware Hacking

How to connect NAS to 2nd Ethernet port (DHCP?)	930 Views / 2 Replies
I have a NAS storage unit I've been using in the past connected directly to my router. Now that I have a Mac Pro with a 2nd Ethernet port I thought I'd take advantage of this by connecting the NAS...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 16, 2008 at 06:47 PM, in Networking

Best Hard Drive for Mac Pro?	6,999 Views / 12 Replies
After looking at a bunch of reviews it seems like the raw data transfer of the new 1TB drives (Samsung, Seagate, Maxtor) seem to be similar to the WD Raptor, but the access time is much better for...
Posted by Laurence, on Feb 1, 2008 at 12:24 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks for the quick responses, and even though I...	677 Views / 10 Replies
Thanks for the quick responses, and even though I didn't realize that it was a software thing we're waiting on, that makes it seem even more ridiculous. Apple had to know months in advance what video...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 29, 2008 at 07:55 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Why does it take Apple over a month to install a GPU?	677 Views / 10 Replies
I ordered a Mac Pro the day they were released and it still estimates that I will receive the machine around February 26th. Does anyone know why Apple is so slow and do you think it effects overall...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 29, 2008 at 04:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I kept trying to figure out a way to use the \| or...	524 Views / 2 Replies
I kept trying to figure out a way to use the \| or > but didn't know about xargs... I'm looking at the man page now and that's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 24, 2008 at 01:08 AM, in Developer Center

Simple UNIX scripting question?	524 Views / 2 Replies
I think this is probably very easy, but since I couldn't find a solution I thought I'd ask here... I know how to use the locate command to search the locate database for files and I know how to...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 24, 2008 at 12:36 AM, in Developer Center

If you have a RAID 0 array and one drive fails. I...	3,033 Views / 38 Replies
If you have a RAID 0 array and one drive fails. I would recommend replacing all the drives in the array before restoring from the Time Machine backup. If the array's been running for a few years and...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 20, 2008 at 10:10 PM, in Mac Desktops

I recently got a 42" Westinghouse TV (1080P) and...	1,451 Views / 9 Replies
I recently got a 42" Westinghouse TV (1080P) and thought I'd use it as a second monitor for mainly watching videos, however once I realized how good the picture looked I sold the Dell 24" Monitor I'd...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 12, 2008 at 01:12 AM, in Mac Desktops

Can't say for sure, but they pretty much have to...	635 Views / 1 Replies
Can't say for sure, but they pretty much have to be. Both optical bays have PATA cables in all the pictures I've seen and you'd have to have SATA connections for those bays as well on the motherboard...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 10, 2008 at 12:38 AM, in Mac Desktops

I've always believed that it's better to do a...	1,096 Views / 11 Replies
I've always believed that it's better to do a complete format and install on my home machines, however I've upgraded most of the machines at work with no issues. I say most because there has been one...
Posted by Laurence, on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:50 AM, in macOS

Open Disk Utility and choose the external drive....	470 Views / 1 Replies
Open Disk Utility and choose the external drive. Then go to the "Partition" tab and choose "1 partition" and format it Mac OS X Extended. After that go into Time Machine and choose the drive again....
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 24, 2007 at 12:37 AM, in macOS

Thanks for the quick reply, but I actually...	580 Views / 3 Replies
Thanks for the quick reply, but I actually understand the RAID levels reasonably well... What I don't understand is how, if one drive is missing in a RAID 5 array you can take the "parity"...
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 23, 2007 at 11:54 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

RAID 5 question?	580 Views / 3 Replies
Does anyone have an explanation or even a good link as to how RAID5 works? I know that the array has the total space of N-1 drives assuming all drives are equal size. How does this really work? It...
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 14, 2007 at 12:57 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I was connecting using AFP, it also does...	2,242 Views / 3 Replies
I was connecting using AFP, it also does SMB/CIFS, FTP, and "Unix" which I assume is NFS. I'll try the other protocols, but as long as what speeds I'm getting aren't off by an order of magnitude I'll...
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 12, 2007 at 01:53 AM, in Networking

iMac repair at the Apple Store?	632 Views / 1 Replies
I have an iMac 1.83 C2D and a few weeks ago it showed that the network cable was disconnected. Since I connect wirelessly as well as wired I didn't notice it right when it happened, but soon...
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 10, 2007 at 02:59 PM, in Mac Desktops

Typical NAS speeds?	2,242 Views / 3 Replies
I'm new to the whole NAS thing so let me know if my thinking is incorrect here... I recently picked up a Promise NS4300N Gigabit NAS unit and a couple WD "Green Power" 1TB drives. I realized that...
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 8, 2007 at 10:58 PM, in Networking

You can always put an alias to the mounted drive...	2,636 Views / 7 Replies
You can always put an alias to the mounted drive in your login items and then it will auto-mount. There are other ways to get a NAS to auto-mount as well and they are all relatively easy to set up....
Posted by Laurence, on Dec 8, 2007 at 10:46 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Does anyone know how much extra cost would it add...	45,029 Views / 565 Replies
Does anyone know how much extra cost would it add to have a bootable hardware RAID 5 on the motherboard? I don't really know enough about the hardware details, but it seems odd that you can get $100...
Posted by Laurence, on Nov 16, 2007 at 03:02 PM, in Mac Desktops

There may be a better way to do this in Leopard,...	8,538 Views / 14 Replies
There may be a better way to do this in Leopard, but I just edited the hosts file just like you'd do on any other OS... its at /etc/hosts You can use vi or pico to edit it from the command line or...
Posted by Laurence, on Nov 1, 2007 at 12:34 AM, in Applications

It really depends on what you're going to do with...	1,584 Views / 16 Replies
It really depends on what you're going to do with the set... If you plan on ever hooking up any computer to the screen then 1080P will be much better. If you're just going to watch movies then it...
Posted by Laurence, on Oct 28, 2007 at 12:13 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I've been thinking that since its been such a...	1,448 Views / 17 Replies
I've been thinking that since its been such a long time since there's been any update at all to the pro line, maybe it will be a more major update than might be expected. I realize that ZFS will not...
Posted by Laurence, on Oct 6, 2007 at 02:06 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks! I found UrlRunner (Part of...	699 Views / 6 Replies
Thanks! I found UrlRunner (Part of "Searchlight") and it works... It is exactly what I was looking for... Now I'm wondering if you have any idea how it works? I ran it and then quit it. There...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 26, 2007 at 12:06 AM, in Networking

I realize that this would never be a good idea on...	699 Views / 6 Replies
I realize that this would never be a good idea on a public web site, however we have many images that employees need to access quite often and many of them are several gigabytes in size. Having...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 24, 2007 at 07:08 PM, in Networking

AFP links on web sites?	699 Views / 6 Replies
I'm creating a small internal web site for my company and I'd like to be able to link directly to .dmg files on our server. I thought there was a way to mount a .dmg file over HTTP, but I couldn't...
Posted by Laurence, on Jul 24, 2007 at 06:08 PM, in Networking

I seriously don't think anyone who doesn't know a...	3,701 Views / 51 Replies
I seriously don't think anyone who doesn't know a great deal about versioning is going to be confused. If I asked my parents what version of OS X they had installed they'd just say "the newest one"...
Posted by Laurence, on May 23, 2007 at 12:27 AM, in macOS

I'm not sure why people seem so confused about...	3,701 Views / 51 Replies
I'm not sure why people seem so confused about the versioning... Windows XP's version is 5.1.2600 and no one seems to think anything is wrong with that. Windows 95 was version 4.00.950. These are...
Posted by Laurence, on May 22, 2007 at 01:52 AM, in macOS

Actually if you are thinking about buying a new...	1,154 Views / 9 Replies
Actually if you are thinking about buying a new machine in the near future its not a bad deal at all. I believe you still get one discount on a hardware purchase which works out to around $500 if...
Posted by Laurence, on May 22, 2007 at 01:41 AM, in macOS

From the man page... sudo ipfw disable firewall...	729 Views / 2 Replies
From the man page... sudo ipfw disable firewall I don't use this one so I can't guarantee it works, but it seems like it would! --OR-- sudo ipfw flush This will flush all rules, thus for all...
Posted by Laurence, on May 22, 2007 at 01:40 AM, in macOS

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