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Well, hate to shoot you guys down, but this is... 943 Views / 7 Replies  
Well, hate to shoot you guys down, but this is actually happening in Firefox, and its not through emails, its when downloading .DMGs from an actual website (as in, its a program designed for mac from...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 30, 2007 at 09:45 AM, in macOS
Old excel icon 943 Views / 7 Replies  
Sometimes when I'm downloading a .DMG file instead of the standard blank page icon for the partial DMG (dmg.part) OS X displays an old excel icon (like, windows 95 old). any ideas about what's...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 29, 2007 at 11:56 PM, in macOS
I have tried the 'show duplicates' option in... 610 Views / 7 Replies  
I have tried the 'show duplicates' option in itunes, but they doubles don't show up in itunes, only in the finder folders. it wouldn't matter that much anyway because my library is close to 62 GB...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 29, 2007 at 12:01 PM, in macOS
Doubles in finder 610 Views / 7 Replies  
I recently got a blackbook (an upgrade from my powerbook g4) and when I dragged all my music across firewire onto the blackbook it integrated into itunes fine, but i discovered today that in my...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 29, 2007 at 11:40 AM, in macOS
Ipod in disk mode and won't power down? 924 Views / 2 Replies  
I decided to start using my ipod as an external HD today, and everything went fine with it until i unmounted it and tried to turn it off. As far as I can tell, it just doesn't seem to be able to...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Dec 6, 2006 at 12:36 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Update: After confirming that my ipod was in... 751 Views / 1 Replies  
Update: After confirming that my ipod was in fact broken, and that it was a hardware issue, I thought to myself "Well, nothing else has worked, why not?" and hit my ipod on the desk a few times.
...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Nov 14, 2006 at 06:32 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Ipod Repair 751 Views / 1 Replies  
I recently flew on an airplane with my ipod and i'm pretty sure it was damaged on the flight and now has hardware issues. Its got the sad-faced ipod picture when i turn it on, and i can't force it...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Nov 14, 2006 at 03:56 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
if nothing else, i can run it on my friends PC... 6,959 Views / 5 Replies  
if nothing else, i can run it on my friends PC and then send myself the new .avi
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 2, 2006 at 11:14 PM, in macOS
i just want to use it to fix an audio delay for a... 6,959 Views / 5 Replies  
i just want to use it to fix an audio delay for a quicktime file
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 2, 2006 at 11:12 PM, in macOS
gah, i have no idea how to use this. oh... 6,959 Views / 5 Replies  
gah, i have no idea how to use this.

oh well, its not that big of a deal.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 2, 2006 at 11:00 PM, in macOS
.bat files in Mac OS? 6,959 Views / 5 Replies  
is there any way to run .bat files in mac OS?
Posted by fr33daddy, on Mar 2, 2006 at 10:39 PM, in macOS
oh, awesome, thanks, i really appreciate your... 551 Views / 5 Replies  
oh, awesome, thanks, i really appreciate your help.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 14, 2005 at 06:37 PM, in macOS
umm, i honestly have no idea if i installed it... 551 Views / 5 Replies  
umm, i honestly have no idea if i installed it correctly.

its working fine for me, but i have to do a spotlight search for it every time (i.e. its not in my applications folder, im not sure...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 14, 2005 at 03:27 PM, in macOS
Placing shortcuts in dock 551 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm very new (read: started yesterday) to Mac OS, and I'm used to the Windows setup.

I installed firefox on my powerbook and I'd really like to be able to put an icon for firefox in my dock...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 14, 2005 at 02:44 PM, in macOS
awesome, thanks. i think air stumbler is... 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
awesome, thanks.

i think air stumbler is what i was thinking of
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 13, 2005 at 07:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ok, so, much to my (extremely pleasant) surprise,... 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
ok, so, much to my (extremely pleasant) surprise, the fedex guy showed up this morning at 930 with my powerbook (sleeve, printer, and ipod are coming later today). i wasnt expecting it till...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 13, 2005 at 12:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
scottiB- my Powerbook is due, according to... 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
scottiB-
my Powerbook is due, according to FedEx, before 1030 AM on Thursday, so you guys will definitely be hearing my impressions after that.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 13, 2005 at 09:14 AM, in Mac Notebooks
thank you all, im really excited about my mac,... 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
thank you all, im really excited about my mac, now if it would just GET here.

the suspense is killing me.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 10, 2005 at 03:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
well, i graduated from high school in may 2004... 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
well, i graduated from high school in may 2004 and got a PC as my graduation present. at that point i didnt really know much about macs and hadn't ever really been exposed to one. shortly after i...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 9, 2005 at 07:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
FINALLY switched to apple 1,341 Views / 25 Replies  
after a solid year's worth of waiting and researching, i ordered a 12" PB yesterday.

ive been reading the forums for a while, and posting, but it will be nice to finally be able to read and post...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 9, 2005 at 06:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
haha, very funny. 670 Views / 4 Replies  
haha, very funny.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 8, 2005 at 02:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
are you sure it was just a rumour? i mean, i... 670 Views / 4 Replies  
are you sure it was just a rumour? i mean, i know not everything on the internet is true, but there were a bunch of different sites talking about what they though the july 7 apple press conference...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 8, 2005 at 01:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Apple Media Event Today 670 Views / 4 Replies  
Did they still have it today, or did they postpone due to the london bombings?

If they did have it, was there any news on a PB revision?
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jul 8, 2005 at 12:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
well i mean, i can wait for a little while. im... 761 Views / 5 Replies  
well i mean, i can wait for a little while. im leaving for school in august, so id like to get the PB around late july/early august at the latest.

i just dont know if any revisions would come out...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 30, 2005 at 03:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
July 7 Press Conference 761 Views / 5 Replies  
I was planning on purchasing a 12" PB tomorrow, but when I told my friend about my plans he told me that Apple was going to have a press conference on July 7 and that rumors are going around that it...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 30, 2005 at 02:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
how does the GPU in the 12" PB compare to a... 938 Views / 9 Replies  
how does the GPU in the 12" PB compare to a GeForce4 MX??

ive got the GeForce 4 MX in my pc and i know what it can do, so im trying to gauge what the PB im about to order will be able to handle.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 24, 2005 at 01:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sticky: I am about to order my first Apple computer, a... 760,691 Views / 1,155 Replies  
I am about to order my first Apple computer, a 12" PB, and am in need of a case. As of right now, I am planning on getting the STM Small Alley messenger bag, but the picture on the apple site and...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 23, 2005 at 01:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
sadly, i cant afford a PB, and i really dont want... 1,519 Views / 19 Replies  
sadly, i cant afford a PB, and i really dont want to deal with windows ever again.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 2, 2005 at 02:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
oh, i plan to get as much ram as i can,... 1,519 Views / 19 Replies  
oh, i plan to get as much ram as i can, preferably from Crucial or NewEgg.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 2, 2005 at 01:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, maybe i should have said practical speed... 1,519 Views / 19 Replies  
Well, maybe i should have said practical speed freak. or even better, speed whore. all i know is that i run an ungodly amount of applications at the same time and have very little patience when it...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 2, 2005 at 01:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
PowerPC vs. Pentium 1,519 Views / 19 Replies  
I'm a total speed freak when it comes to computers. I've been looking at buying an iBook for a long time, as i will be transferring to a 4 year college this fall and need something portable (i...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Jun 2, 2005 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Financing my iBook 630 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm a poor college student in need of a laptop (well, really, an iBook) and I don not have the cash to pay for it. So, i'm considering getting a loan, but there are a TON of different loans out...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Apr 20, 2005 at 02:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
yea, i doubt ill regret it, but its still hard to... 746 Views / 16 Replies  
yea, i doubt ill regret it, but its still hard to make myself take that plunge into thousands of dollars of debt any earlier than i have to.
Posted by fr33daddy, on Nov 22, 2004 at 05:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
im constantly tempted to go ahead and buy it, cos... 746 Views / 16 Replies  
im constantly tempted to go ahead and buy it, cos i know im gonna have to use my student loans either way to buy it. so, its kind of like, if im using loans either way, why NOT buy it now...but i...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Nov 22, 2004 at 05:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
any harm in buying it later? 746 Views / 16 Replies  
ok, so, ive pretty much decided that im GOING to get an ibook sometime in the next eight months. I start college in fall 2005 so I will definitely be getting it before that. Now, my question is...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Nov 22, 2004 at 04:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
New Generation? 785 Views / 3 Replies  
Does anyone know when the next generation of powerbooks is supposed to come out? I'm really poor but i'd LOVE to get a powerbook G4, so im assuming that when the next generation of powerbooks comes...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Sep 14, 2004 at 11:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
wait, how does having an external firewire drive... 1,131 Views / 18 Replies  
wait, how does having an external firewire drive make the machine run faster? and how much do those usually cost?
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 16, 2004 at 12:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
alright, i am in dire need of a gmail account. ... 10,527 Views / 313 Replies  
alright, i am in dire need of a gmail account. why, you ask? because i still have an AOL account. yea, it sucks.
[email protected]
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 12, 2004 at 12:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge
wow, thanks, i really appreciate all the input 1,131 Views / 18 Replies  
wow, thanks, i really appreciate all the input
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 12, 2004 at 12:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
if you do want to copy a DVD you won't be able to... 836 Views / 7 Replies  
if you do want to copy a DVD you won't be able to get the full DVD on there, because when you decrypt the DVD you also get rid of some of the compression as well, and usually any DVD will be bigger...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 11, 2004 at 12:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
wow, thanks, i'll definitely go for the ibook... 1,131 Views / 18 Replies  
wow, thanks, i'll definitely go for the ibook then!
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 11, 2004 at 10:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
which do i buy? 1,131 Views / 18 Replies  
ok, now ive got about 1300-1400 dollars to spend and i need to find a laptop that will run really well, not give me a lot of trouble, fulfill all of my student needs, but still let me do some cool...
Posted by fr33daddy, on Aug 10, 2004 at 10:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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