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Beta of a new version of Skype released yesterday... 1,413 Views / 9 Replies  
Beta of a new version of Skype released yesterday is much less huge and hideous and has many more customization options. Of particular note is that there finally is an interface for switching the...
Posted by spambot, on Jul 26, 2006 at 06:33 PM, in GUI Customization
To answer the OP The L/R column indicates which... 1,810 Views / 28 Replies  
To answer the OP
The L/R column indicates which side the peer connection originated, Remote or Local. If you block BitTorrent's port(s) on your firewall or misreport your ip address to the tracker,...
Posted by spambot, on Nov 25, 2005 at 03:41 PM, in Applications
You can use Interface Builder (installed with the... 1,065 Views / 10 Replies  
You can use Interface Builder (installed with the Developer tools) to open
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ToolbarItems.nib
and just delete the search field from the...
Posted by spambot, on Nov 25, 2005 at 04:42 AM, in Applications
I did an ATX power supply conversion for my AGP... 3,618 Views / 3 Replies  
I did an ATX power supply conversion for my AGP G4. With 3 internal HDs, DVD burner, processor upgrade, Radeon 8500, and two bus-powered FireWire devices, the FW would die sometimes. :)

The wiring...
Posted by spambot, on Feb 8, 2005 at 02:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
do not get the samsung 173p... 3,918 Views / 33 Replies  
do not get the samsung 173p (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190704)
side note re:frumpy. there is a fundamental difference between samsung and apple in that apple products carry...
Posted by spambot, on Jun 14, 2004 at 10:32 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
the date on the application is november 5 2003;... 1,130 Views / 15 Replies  
the date on the application is november 5 2003; there was almost certainly a preliminary application a year before that (november 5 2002); any public disclosure by any party (issues of who was first...
Posted by spambot, on May 15, 2004 at 06:05 PM, in Applications
ok thankswhat we have been posting here are hex... 3,021 Views / 34 Replies  
ok thankswhat we have been posting here are hex offsets (aka 'addresses'. 'offset' essentially means distance from the beginning of the file). so in hexedit go Find>Go to Address..., then enter the...
Posted by spambot, on May 8, 2004 at 09:45 PM, in GUI Customization
still in itunes 4.2, a couple more and a couple... 3,021 Views / 34 Replies  
still in itunes 4.2, a couple more and a couple elaborations of ones clam mentioned
[if it is in fact possible that offsets are changed by prebinding, reality check with the digital color meter that...
Posted by spambot, on May 8, 2004 at 08:04 PM, in GUI Customization
CAREFUL! you can physically plug the atx power... 782 Views / 3 Replies  
CAREFUL!
you can physically plug the atx power supply's connector into your mac's mobo, but you will short the +5V to ground through the motherboard!

----disclaimer----
i upgraded my agp g4 to...
Posted by spambot, on Feb 5, 2004 at 01:56 AM, in macOS
try DejaMenu... 873 Views / 4 Replies  
try DejaMenu (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21184). A keystroke summons the menu bar menus' contents in a CM.
Good on a 4th mouse button; great tied to InvisibleKey0 on a...
Posted by spambot, on Jan 5, 2004 at 04:51 AM, in macOS
in the 10-character permission string, the first... 1,456 Views / 26 Replies  
in the 10-character permission string, the first character is the type (d is for directory), the next 3 chars are the owner's permissions, next 3 group, then finally "other." r is read, w is write, x...
Posted by spambot, on Dec 11, 2003 at 02:49 PM, in macOS
those are some non-standard permissions there. i... 1,456 Views / 26 Replies  
those are some non-standard permissions there. i believe by default locally created users are in group "staff", which means that user fugu will be able to read and execute your desktop, write to your...
Posted by spambot, on Dec 11, 2003 at 01:26 PM, in macOS
I don't necessarily have a problem with "software... 2,166 Views / 6 Replies  
I don't necessarily have a problem with "software control" in theory. The fundamental difference between the Apple monitors and this Samsung is that with the Apple displays, you do have the software...
Posted by spambot, on Dec 10, 2003 at 01:34 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Samsung 173P - review 2,166 Views / 6 Replies  
Samsung's new LCD, the SyncMaster 173P (http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/nabc/product/b2c_product_detail.jsp?prod_id=173P-Silver) , announced in late September, finally started shipping last week. ...
Posted by spambot, on Nov 27, 2003 at 04:20 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
i am using stuffit deluxe 6.5, including magic... 778 Views / 4 Replies  
i am using stuffit deluxe 6.5, including magic menu, on 10.3 without problem, even for disk image mounting. i have never installed the 6.5.1 update, or any part of stuffit 7 or 8. sitx was a...
Posted by spambot, on Nov 23, 2003 at 02:29 PM, in Applications
for the record, MATLAB has been updated to work... 54,926 Views / 279 Replies  
for the record, MATLAB has been updated to work with Panther, and Apple's X11. among the niceties is that it now knows it can install/run with X11 (despite its claims of incompatibility, it did...
Posted by spambot, on Oct 29, 2003 at 05:57 PM, in macOS
The X.2 Internet.prefPane does work in X.3. it... 1,441 Views / 16 Replies  
The X.2 Internet.prefPane does work in X.3. it even blocks out the significantly less useful .Mac prefPane in the System Prefs application.
This change was a terrible idea. I should be able to...
Posted by spambot, on Oct 28, 2003 at 02:27 PM, in macOS
it definitely outperforms the software preamp of... 747 Views / 5 Replies  
it definitely outperforms the software preamp of iTunes' "sound check" feature. VL has none of the ugly distortion of the other. similarly, it produces cleaner sound than the built-in eq on the bands...
Posted by spambot, on Oct 15, 2003 at 02:05 AM, in Applications
does the machine say "safe mode" during boot?... 652 Views / 18 Replies  
does the machine say "safe mode" during boot? cause that can cause only the built-in ethernet to be available in network pref pane.
Posted by spambot, on Oct 14, 2003 at 04:23 PM, in macOS
Re: how to flash 11,849 Views / 149 Replies  
lol try searching these forums here ;)
Posted by spambot, on May 31, 2003 at 12:53 PM, in Gaming
this wouldn't give you any more security than... 1,002 Views / 17 Replies  
this wouldn't give you any more security than just dropping screen saver into your login items does: holding shift ("quiet login") keeps your login items from launching. if you have any concerns at...
Posted by spambot, on May 30, 2003 at 09:33 PM, in Applications
finally got around to installing and testing it... 658 Views / 4 Replies  
finally got around to installing and testing it out. sharing internet connection over FW no longer causes several minute delay during boot. mounting a disk image on two computers simultaneously no...
Posted by spambot, on May 30, 2003 at 08:46 PM, in Networking
ret, what you describe sounds not at all like an... 6,565 Views / 78 Replies  
ret, what you describe sounds not at all like an OS-level problem, but rather like a hardware level read error, eg due to a bad block. an attempt to read a file which occupies an unreadable block on...
Posted by spambot, on May 27, 2003 at 08:00 PM, in macOS
has anyone seen any details about what... 658 Views / 4 Replies  
has anyone seen any details about what specifically is changed? i downloaded the release notes from the ADC but they seem to contain no new information. i had serious problems with the first preview;...
Posted by spambot, on May 12, 2003 at 09:21 PM, in Networking
if you know what ports are going to be used a... 567 Views / 2 Replies  
if you know what ports are going to be used a priori (sounds like you do), and you want to see how your traffic is divided amongst them, use CarraFix...
Posted by spambot, on May 11, 2003 at 05:43 PM, in Applications
so it does. this is indeed curious behaviour... 35,638 Views / 14 Replies  
so it does. this is indeed curious behaviour (http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html).
Posted by spambot, on May 4, 2003 at 02:40 PM, in Applications
so i tried it out. this router is terrible. as... 2,491 Views / 57 Replies  
so i tried it out. this router is terrible. as in, it just doesn't work. :\
ah well. only one more month of this adsl junk.
Posted by spambot, on May 3, 2003 at 02:51 PM, in Applications
the Genre "list" is exactly every genre specified... 35,638 Views / 14 Replies  
the Genre "list" is exactly every genre specified in one of the files in your iTunes library (plus a dozen and half others which Apple deems "standard"). just fix all the tracks already in your...
Posted by spambot, on May 3, 2003 at 02:38 PM, in Applications
unfortunately the only modifier for changing the... 2,129 Views / 4 Replies  
unfortunately the only modifier for changing the check box selection state of multiple songs simultaneously is command-click, which extremely obnoxiously and unintuitively changes not just the...
Posted by spambot, on May 2, 2003 at 06:45 PM, in Applications
(assuming you are in OS X using the OS X patch... 863 Views / 7 Replies  
(assuming you are in OS X using the OS X patch for D2) just take your original Diablo2 CD (either the "Play" disc or the LoD disc if you have the expansion), stick it in your computer. launch "Disk...
Posted by spambot, on May 2, 2003 at 06:10 PM, in Gaming
i'm actually behind a NATing router with... 2,491 Views / 57 Replies  
i'm actually behind a NATing router with firewall, but have been running DC in passive mode. what happens in passive mode is that for all transfers dc has to connect out, and it does so on a huge...
Posted by spambot, on May 1, 2003 at 11:52 PM, in Applications
yup, the data packets (of your uploads) don't... 2,491 Views / 57 Replies  
yup, the data packets (of your uploads) don't allow through the negotiation packets for your downloads, and so the downloads don't progress. there is one program CarraFix...
Posted by spambot, on May 1, 2003 at 01:50 PM, in Applications
edit>>view options>>kind(second from top, right... 715 Views / 5 Replies  
edit>>view options>>kind(second from top, right column)?
Posted by spambot, on Apr 29, 2003 at 04:06 AM, in Applications
the "dynamic upload rate" feature is as you... 2,491 Views / 57 Replies  
the "dynamic upload rate" feature is as you describe it. my problem is that the upload rate limit is completely ignored. eg, i set it to 1 slot, 1k upstream limit, join a hub, and the first person...
Posted by spambot, on Apr 29, 2003 at 01:49 AM, in Applications
how is the dcgui upload bandwidth cap working for... 2,491 Views / 57 Replies  
how is the dcgui upload bandwidth cap working for you all? on my machine it seems completely ineffective.
i was interested in trying dcgui as a subsitute for the official client precisely because...
Posted by spambot, on Apr 27, 2003 at 11:26 PM, in Applications
Matlab can actually install using Apple's X11.... 780 Views / 3 Replies  
Matlab can actually install using Apple's X11. check out the last comment on this page (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030111082725302) for instructions.
don't apply the "jaguar...
Posted by spambot, on Apr 13, 2003 at 03:31 AM, in macOS
i had no trouble ripping the documentation cd... 941 Views / 4 Replies  
i had no trouble ripping the documentation cd with Toast 5.2's "Save as disk image". it threw an error message that there were problems reading the disk data, but allowed me to save the image anyway....
Posted by spambot, on Apr 13, 2003 at 03:21 AM, in Applications
 
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