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The whine is definitely recongizable without... 7,647 Views / 81 Replies  
The whine is definitely recongizable without putting the ear on the keyboard, however, I realized that now it's only present while the power adaptor is plugged in, not on battery power. At least...
Posted by walter99, on Aug 4, 2006 at 05:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Whine reduced, but not gone 7,647 Views / 81 Replies  
Just got my MacBook Pro back from repair (only took one day at my local Apple certified service partner) and the whine is much better now - however, it's not gone completely. It also seems to be more...
Posted by walter99, on Aug 2, 2006 at 09:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Here's a link from another thread. These pictures... 6,476 Views / 75 Replies  
Here's a link from another thread. These pictures really demonstrate that there might be slight reflection problems due to the glossy screen... but decide for yourself
...
Posted by walter99, on May 16, 2006 at 02:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The glossy screen is a real deal breaker for me.... 6,476 Views / 75 Replies  
The glossy screen is a real deal breaker for me. It would have been such a great product, but the glossy screen must be the worst idea Apple ever had :(
I mean, what's next, switching to Intel and...
Posted by walter99, on May 16, 2006 at 02:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Does anyone have experiences with printing from... 13,956 Views / 128 Replies  
Does anyone have experiences with printing from within the virtual machine? The manual only talks about network printers, but then again, they mention that USB1.1 ports are emulated - so can I simply...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 11, 2006 at 01:46 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Could anyone check if they've made the Services... 40,275 Views / 280 Replies  
Could anyone check if they've made the Services menu also available in the contextual menu (which is the place where it would actually make more sense...) of text fields / text areas?
TIA

walter
Posted by walter99, on Apr 25, 2005 at 01:22 PM, in macOS
Just came across this Keynote2 review: ... 1,469 Views / 14 Replies  
Just came across this Keynote2 review:
http://macteens.com/more.php?id=604_0_1_0_C

Not answering all the questions, but might be interesting for some of you.
Posted by walter99, on Jan 26, 2005 at 03:45 AM, in Applications
Thanks - that's good news, finally we got... 1,469 Views / 14 Replies  
Thanks - that's good news, finally we got AppleScript support natively :)

Does Keynote 2 feel more responsive (i.e. while typing text) than Keynote 1.1, or did things get even worse?
Posted by walter99, on Jan 25, 2005 at 04:22 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the responses so far. Great to have a... 1,469 Views / 14 Replies  
Thanks for the responses so far. Great to have a coursor now during presentations!

Can anyone please check if it is possible to switch applications during a presentation without stopping it first?...
Posted by walter99, on Jan 24, 2005 at 06:30 AM, in Applications
Keynote 2 impressions? 1,469 Views / 14 Replies  
Hi,

there seems to be a lot of reporting about Pages but I haven't read a lot about Keynote 2 - especially the new features.

So, for example, can you now switch between applications while a...
Posted by walter99, on Jan 23, 2005 at 07:23 AM, in Applications
No licence key in new WebObjects trial? 618 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi,

just wondering if I'm blind or if anybody else also encountered this problem: I can't find a trial key for the new WebObjects-evaluation I just downloaded from the ADC-Membersite (man, this...
Posted by walter99, on Jul 5, 2002 at 02:10 PM, in Developer Center
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,298 Views / 67 Replies  
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Posted by walter99, on Jun 4, 2002 at 10:39 AM, in Applications
Hi, can anybody tell me if the new Office... 1,298 Views / 67 Replies  
Hi, can anybody tell me if the new Office supports services?

TIA

Walter
Posted by walter99, on Jun 4, 2002 at 09:02 AM, in Applications
Well, I just placed my order for a brand new... 803 Views / 47 Replies  
Well, I just placed my order for a brand new Ti667 at the Apple Store :) These were my reasons to get the 667 instead of the 800:
- lower clock speed promises less heat and therefore less noise...
Posted by walter99, on May 6, 2002 at 09:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Surfer made a good point here. To me the two... 620 Views / 11 Replies  
Surfer made a good point here. To me the two major points to get a notebook are 1)portable size, low weight and 2)long battery-life.
The combination of both makes the Powerbook in its current (or...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 28, 2002 at 08:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, I've been waiting for the next revision too... 1,153 Views / 65 Replies  
Well, I've been waiting for the next revision too and I surely don't like the idea, that a little speedbump should be all. But maybe there is a bit more to it than first meets the eye. What about a...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 24, 2002 at 11:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
OK, thanks to all - I purchased the... 809 Views / 18 Replies  
OK, thanks to all - I purchased the ADC-Student-Membership on sunday :rolleyes:
I'm sure it was the right decision.

walter
Posted by walter99, on Apr 23, 2002 at 02:01 AM, in Developer Center
ADC-Student-Membership worth the money? 809 Views / 18 Replies  
Hi, I'm looking forward to get an ADC-Student-Membership, but I'm still not sure, if it's worth the money.

Can anyone tell me, what are the exact benefits (yeah, I've read the benefits-pdf from...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 20, 2002 at 03:36 PM, in Developer Center
Nobody knows for sure when apple releases new... 584 Views / 3 Replies  
Nobody knows for sure when apple releases new products (well, maybe Steve) but the Macworld Expos are always good guesses. I personally think that the World Wide Developers Conference would be a good...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 9, 2002 at 12:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, I would see it the other way round.... 810 Views / 11 Replies  
Well, I would see it the other way round. GobeProductive is a ClarisWorks-Port to Windows and Linux. And as far as I can tell, at least the Windows Version is way ahead of the Original.

Walter
Posted by walter99, on Mar 29, 2002 at 09:17 AM, in Applications
Well, let's hope for the next update. These are... 504 Views / 8 Replies  
Well, let's hope for the next update. These are minor issues but nevertheless annoying ones.

walter
Posted by walter99, on Mar 28, 2002 at 05:14 AM, in macOS
Gobe Productive is the greatest office suite... 810 Views / 11 Replies  
Gobe Productive is the greatest office suite around (at least to me). It's all that AppleWorks could have been. I would not be surprised to see an apple announcement of acquiring Gobe in the not too...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 27, 2002 at 12:08 PM, in Applications
Well, maybe I'm just dreaming, but wouldn't it be... 1,608 Views / 53 Replies  
Well, maybe I'm just dreaming, but wouldn't it be great if Apple bought the hole Gobe-Productive-Team and let them port their Gobe Productive to MacOS X as the new AppleWorks? (BTW: Gobe was founded...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 27, 2002 at 11:58 AM, in Applications
setting grid in finder - how? 504 Views / 8 Replies  
Does anybody know a hack how to set the grid in the finder? The standard-setting of the distance between grid-points is way too high for me.

BTW: the finder seems to forget the positions of icons...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 27, 2002 at 11:38 AM, in macOS
Yeah, Dell does sell you replacement parts. But... 767 Views / 18 Replies  
Yeah, Dell does sell you replacement parts. But at least here in Europe they charge you about 500$ for a tiny little screw. That doesn't sound like a bargain to me though...

To all those people...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 23, 2002 at 04:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, that's great! :) Now, what about the... 647 Views / 11 Replies  
Well, that's great! :)

Now, what about the fan - does it come on during internet-surfing or projectbuilder-sessions (or other textediting)? I don't have the time to play 3D-games, so that's...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 17, 2002 at 10:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Do the standard hard drives (20GB,30GB) also... 647 Views / 11 Replies  
Do the standard hard drives (20GB,30GB) also feature liquid bearings or is this just the 48GB model?

TIA

Walter
Posted by walter99, on Mar 17, 2002 at 07:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
How quiet are current Powerbooks? 647 Views / 11 Replies  
I'm looking forward to get a Powerbook very soon. But after a terrible noisy harddisk in my original iBook I'm concerned that the harddisk in the Powerbook isn't much better - not to forget that...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 17, 2002 at 05:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Intercepting KeyDown-Event from NSTextField? 1,746 Views / 1 Replies  
Can anybody tell me how I can detect or even intercept a keydown-event from an NSTextField. I tried to make my controller a delegate for the NSTextField but nothing happens.

Any suggestions are...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 15, 2002 at 03:10 PM, in Developer Center
&gt; The one thing I'd kill for is an LCD that... 713 Views / 36 Replies  
&gt; The one thing I'd kill for is an LCD that you can use in the sun!

Well, I wouldn't say I'd kill for it but a sun-readable display would really be cool. And maybe a hardrive that doesn't sound...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 12, 2002 at 05:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Hey Rickster, thank you very much! Someday I hope... 657 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey Rickster, thank you very much! Someday I hope I'll get used to the AppleScript-syntax ;-)

Keep up the excellent work at OmniGroup! I just don't think that there's another software-company with...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 1, 2002 at 02:47 AM, in Applications
Applescripting OmniOutliner - how? 657 Views / 2 Replies  
Can anybody tell me how to make an AppleScript that inserts new items into an OmniOutliner-Document?

I only found out how to change the text of an item or cells (well, that ain't bad for a...
Posted by walter99, on Feb 28, 2002 at 12:02 PM, in Applications
Apollo in updated Powerbooks - when? 466 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi,

has anybody an idea when the new Apollo G4 will make it into the Powerbook? What advantages would that bring (clockspeed, less heat, longer batterylife?)
BTW: any hints on higher resolutions...
Posted by walter99, on Jan 13, 2002 at 09:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
How to adjust the desktop-grid? 424 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi,

does anybody know a way to adjust the desktop-grid the icons are snapped to?

TIA

walter
Posted by walter99, on Oct 25, 2001 at 01:59 PM, in macOS
I've found the problem myself :-)) After... 433 Views / 1 Replies  
I've found the problem myself :-))

After applying the September-ROM-Update to my RADEON it now works even better than in OS 10.0.4!

Nice OS-X time all together,

Walter
Posted by walter99, on Oct 24, 2001 at 10:31 AM, in macOS
Display-Panel crashes everytime (10.1)... 433 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi,

yesterday I got my MacOS X 10.1 Upgrade CD :-)) But soon after I've installed it, i ran into the first major problem.

I can't change any Display-Settings on my beige Powermac G3 with an...
Posted by walter99, on Oct 24, 2001 at 02:08 AM, in macOS
printers supported in 10.1? 492 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi all,

can anybody post a list of supported printers in OS X 10.1 please? Hopefully my Epson Stylus Photo 750 will finally print...

TIA

walter
Posted by walter99, on Sep 26, 2001 at 06:55 AM, in macOS
Anyone worked this one out in the meantime? I'm... 524 Views / 4 Replies  
Anyone worked this one out in the meantime? I'm having the same problems. Wouldn't it be great, if anyone who has mastered this task could make a simple installer for PHP with GD, Freetype and...
Posted by walter99, on Apr 8, 2001 at 04:21 AM, in Applications
Songs in 1st 2nd iTunes-iMac-Ads? 360 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi all,

does anybody know the song-titles and their interprets of the new iTunes-iMac-Ads number one and two (names of downloaded movies: iTunes_iMac1_... and iTunes_iMac4_...

I really like...
Posted by walter99, on Mar 2, 2001 at 10:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
Had the same problem. The easiest way to solve... 829 Views / 14 Replies  
Had the same problem. The easiest way to solve this is just to use MacOS9 with its Stuffit Expander to unstuff the downloaded file and then it will work.

There must be something wrong with the OS...
Posted by walter99, on Oct 15, 2000 at 05:57 AM, in Developer Center
change standard-app for document-type? 353 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi all,

is there anybody out there who can tell me how to change the standard-application for a specific document-type? For example, I would like to get OmniPDF started when I doubleclick a...
Posted by walter99, on Sep 24, 2000 at 01:19 PM, in macOS
Thanks to all, it's working now! 396 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks to all, it's working now!
Posted by walter99, on Sep 24, 2000 at 03:38 AM, in macOS
How to link an OS X Mac with an OS9 Mac? 396 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi all,

I tried to connect my beige G3 runnig MacOS 9.0.4 to my iBook running MacOS X using a cross-over-cable. What settings do I need to make on both machines in order to get a working network....
Posted by walter99, on Sep 23, 2000 at 10:54 AM, in macOS
I'm having the same problem, no one here who can... 427 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm having the same problem, no one here who can help?
Posted by walter99, on Sep 23, 2000 at 04:03 AM, in macOS
modem waiting for dialing-tone... 350 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi all,

today I got MacOS X PB and i must say, that I'm really excited about it. It's far better than one could think by reading some of the postings here.

Anyway, here's a problem I've...
Posted by walter99, on Sep 22, 2000 at 02:43 PM, in macOS
Is there anybody out there who destroyed his... 1,627 Views / 52 Replies  
Is there anybody out there who destroyed his iBook when trying to overclock it or did everyone succeed?

Just wondering.

Walter
Posted by walter99, on Sep 2, 2000 at 02:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Noisy harddisk in iBook 340 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm really lucky with my iBook SE, but there is one thing I don't like: the harddisk is extremly noisy and thus nerve-racking (sounds almost like a fan). I'm now thinking of replacing the harddisk....
Posted by walter99, on Aug 19, 2000 at 05:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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