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One of the software apps I rely on just isn't... 6,173 Views / 156 Replies  
One of the software apps I rely on just isn't consistently stable on XP.
Posted by noisefloor, on May 29, 2003 at 11:21 AM, in macOS
No problems with 10.2.6 so far... 4,008 Views / 62 Replies  
No problems with 10.2.6 so far...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 12, 2003 at 10:53 AM, in macOS
Nope. I've only had the box a couple weeks, and... 783 Views / 5 Replies  
Nope. I've only had the box a couple weeks, and just standard audio apps.
Posted by noisefloor, on May 12, 2003 at 10:45 AM, in macOS
No, this is a real KP. Happens every time... 783 Views / 5 Replies  
No, this is a real KP.

Happens every time with certain discs, I've tried the same discs in two other G4's both running OSX, no problems.

These are older CD's, so no CP...the only thing funky...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 8, 2003 at 07:00 PM, in macOS
An update... 10.2.6 didn't help. The... 783 Views / 5 Replies  
An update...

10.2.6 didn't help.

The disks show up fine in other G4's.

It's not all CD's, just some (but a pretty high percentage).


Could this possibly be a bad CD drive? Any other...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 8, 2003 at 11:25 AM, in macOS
My camera doesn't show up in the finder...any... 785 Views / 3 Replies  
My camera doesn't show up in the finder...any suggestions?

(iPhoto and Image Capture see it fine)
Posted by noisefloor, on May 8, 2003 at 11:24 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
Image capture did the trick, dragging the files... 905 Views / 10 Replies  
Image capture did the trick, dragging the files myself would be preferrable, but it didn't work.

The camera didn't show up on the desktop (I have the finder set to show hard disks, removable...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 8, 2003 at 11:20 AM, in macOS
How can I get movies off of my USB still camera? 905 Views / 10 Replies  
I have a USB HP 320 still camera (works fine with iPhoto) that also captures movies.

iPhoto sees the camera and will grab the pix, but won't grab the movies.

What can I use? I had assumed that...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 7, 2003 at 06:05 PM, in macOS
Similar question... I have a USB still... 785 Views / 3 Replies  
Similar question...

I have a USB still camera (works fine with iPhoto) that also captures movies.

iPhoto sees the camera and will grab the pix, but won't grab the movies.

What can I use?
Posted by noisefloor, on May 7, 2003 at 05:57 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Kernel panic when I insert an audio cd??? 783 Views / 5 Replies  
I've been getting consistent kernel panics every time I insert an audio CD (or at least the ones I've tried).

Anyone else seen this problem? Why could this be happening, otherwise the OS is very...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 7, 2003 at 12:57 PM, in macOS
So do current machines support bigger drives? ... 1,985 Views / 34 Replies  
So do current machines support bigger drives? When did "big" drive support start?
Posted by noisefloor, on May 5, 2003 at 12:26 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the info. " 1. All of your... 2,285 Views / 21 Replies  
Thanks for the info.

" 1. All of your servers (including the replica that holds your user info) that you want to access must be running NetWare 5 (or up) and have an IP address."

Assuming this...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 5, 2003 at 12:24 PM, in macOS
So when is apple going to update to support these... 1,985 Views / 34 Replies  
So when is apple going to update to support these (will current machines be able to with a firmware update)?

"Big" drives are getting pretty common and cheap, it's a bit surprising that Apple...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 5, 2003 at 08:13 AM, in macOS
"Yes but his quesiton is, burning a file... 3,659 Views / 56 Replies  
"Yes but his quesiton is, burning a file *already* AAC to cd, then ripping it back *as* AAC. In this case, no, no data loss, because the format remains the same throughout."

No it doesn't. When...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 2, 2003 at 11:29 AM, in Applications
Actually, we've been using the Prosoft on our OS9... 2,285 Views / 21 Replies  
Actually, we've been using the Prosoft on our OS9 machines...just tried out the demo, and it doesn't see the tree, even with the exact same settings as our OS9 box. Any suggestions?

...
Posted by noisefloor, on May 2, 2003 at 10:32 AM, in macOS
What's wrong with Prosoft? I'm in a similar... 2,285 Views / 21 Replies  
What's wrong with Prosoft?

I'm in a similar situation. IT keeps telling us they can't get the Macs to work, and I'm a little hesitant to tell them how to configure their network.
Posted by noisefloor, on May 1, 2003 at 09:40 AM, in macOS
"ehy tooki .. wake up and smell the coffee" ... 4,164 Views / 19 Replies  
"ehy tooki .. wake up and smell the coffee"

Hey Samanoske...

Read your own post, it completely agrees with what tooki said.
Posted by noisefloor, on May 1, 2003 at 08:53 AM, in macOS
Unfortunately, most (all) finder windows don't... 2,048 Views / 29 Replies  
Unfortunately, most (all) finder windows don't update that often, I usually have to do some clicking to get them to update.

And yes, that's even on local hard drives.
Posted by noisefloor, on Apr 30, 2003 at 11:35 AM, in macOS
Drive 10 fixed this for me, no problem. Have you... 934 Views / 13 Replies  
Drive 10 fixed this for me, no problem. Have you tried this or DW? (and if you don't have DW, why don't you just get it, I guess your data isn't that important?)
Posted by noisefloor, on Jan 17, 2003 at 06:15 PM, in macOS
2nd quarter? Digi is saying by the end of the... 685 Views / 3 Replies  
2nd quarter? Digi is saying by the end of the year.

It's great that we'll finally see PT on X but...

Dual processor support will be lousy in 6.0, it's still won't be optimized for DP until a...
Posted by noisefloor, on Oct 9, 2002 at 01:48 PM, in Applications
"you guys have to be kidding.. 2 buttons are too... 3,516 Views / 105 Replies  
"you guys have to be kidding.. 2 buttons are too complicate for you?"

Not for us...for the other 99.4% of the world who aren't computer geeks.

"i just think of those poor switcher. they have a...
Posted by noisefloor, on Oct 3, 2002 at 01:10 PM, in macOS
Doesn't look like it. From stardock's site: ... 4,350 Views / 102 Replies  
Doesn't look like it. From stardock's site:

"having shadows and transitions enabled can cause noticeable performance degredation. "


Oops...
Posted by noisefloor, on Oct 2, 2002 at 01:53 PM, in macOS
Is there a way to do it via keyboard (no mouse)? 529 Views / 4 Replies  
Is there a way to do it via keyboard (no mouse)?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 30, 2002 at 04:40 PM, in macOS
On the machines I use, XP is even MORE dog slow... 2,506 Views / 59 Replies  
On the machines I use, XP is even MORE dog slow than X, believe it or not.
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 30, 2002 at 04:39 PM, in macOS
Well, whatever you want to call it, it's a major... 797 Views / 6 Replies  
Well, whatever you want to call it, it's a major annoyance. I don't want random windows interrupting me when I'm in another app. Is there a way to shut this off, or should we all email Aladdin?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 20, 2002 at 02:10 PM, in macOS
"iCal will run while not launched thru use of... 2,197 Views / 26 Replies  
"iCal will run while not launched thru use of iCal Helper in its Application bundle."

Not really true. The app isn't running, a smaller reminder program is. If iCal continued to run after it was...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 20, 2002 at 12:36 PM, in macOS
SCSI works fine here. Maybe SCSI isn't at 100%,... 1,666 Views / 19 Replies  
SCSI works fine here. Maybe SCSI isn't at 100%, but "no scsi" just isn't true.
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 19, 2002 at 02:30 PM, in macOS
Unfortunately, some of us are running OSX off of... 3,180 Views / 75 Replies  
Unfortunately, some of us are running OSX off of partitions (or drives) that don't have unlimited space. As a result, I have most of my apps on a drive other than the system drive.

Personally, I...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 19, 2002 at 01:13 PM, in macOS
On a comparable machine, I see a lag of about a... 1,911 Views / 47 Replies  
On a comparable machine, I see a lag of about a second PER KEY. So if I multiply two six digit numbers, I have to wait about TWELVE SECONDS to see the answer. You're telling me that's acceptable?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 16, 2002 at 12:52 PM, in macOS
"You cannot have multiple "Network Preferences... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
"You cannot have multiple "Network Preferences panes" open *at the same time*"

But there's no reason you couldn't, IMHO it would be much better if you could.

"Conversely, consider Finder or...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 13, 2002 at 01:09 PM, in macOS
>>Uh, I understood your comment perfectly well,... 3,181 Views / 89 Replies  
>>Uh, I understood your comment perfectly well, and I said it was stupid - why? Because the OS9 -> OSX transition is not comparable with the 6 -> 7, or 7 -> 8, or 8 -> 9 transitions....
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 13, 2002 at 11:59 AM, in macOS
Sure. Please explain why browser windows, finder... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
Sure. Please explain why browser windows, finder windows, and Sherlock windows are "documents"?

And if they are, why can't the pref panes be considered "documents"?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 13, 2002 at 11:43 AM, in macOS
I've had FTP in the finder *cause* kernel panics.... 5,206 Views / 79 Replies  
I've had FTP in the finder *cause* kernel panics. That's pretty serious, at the very least they should disable the feature if it's going to crash the whole machine (and including an FTP app with the...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 12, 2002 at 05:54 PM, in macOS
One, but like bewebste, I'd MUCH prefer to be... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
One, but like bewebste, I'd MUCH prefer to be able to open multiples.



Yes, yes, and yes.




AGAIN, if command-N isn't appropriate to open the window in SP, what IS the appropriate key...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 12, 2002 at 04:44 PM, in macOS
"What happened to the "Users" option in system... 968 Views / 18 Replies  
"What happened to the "Users" option in system preferences?"

It's now called Accounts. (am I the only one who has trouble trying to find things in those panels?)
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 12, 2002 at 01:23 PM, in macOS
Classic WILL run, you just won't be able to boot... 3,181 Views / 89 Replies  
Classic WILL run, you just won't be able to boot into 9. Since classic will still work, I doubt that the hardware update will be too radical (intel etc).
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 12, 2002 at 01:08 PM, in macOS
Sherlock, every browser, and as you pointed out,... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
Sherlock, every browser, and as you pointed out, the finder. How many apps are there that use a command OTHER than command-N to open a window?

And again, if command-N isn't appropriate to open...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 12, 2002 at 12:56 PM, in macOS
"Cmd-N has never been used to open a closed... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
"Cmd-N has never been used to open a closed window."

It's New Window. I want a New Window in System Prefs.

It opens a new window in most other apps, why not SP?

So if it shouldn't be...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 05:36 PM, in macOS
"you gotta admit that Sherlock 2 is an app and... 3,152 Views / 70 Replies  
"you gotta admit that Sherlock 2 is an app and has always quit when the window closed"

Which is a perfect example of terrible UI. Sherlock isn't even a single pane app! Plus it has always taken...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 12:10 PM, in macOS
So who wants to write a config app for WebDAV? 3,087 Views / 38 Replies  
So who wants to write a config app for WebDAV?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 11:27 AM, in macOS
PT is supposed to be out by the end of the year... 3,181 Views / 89 Replies  
PT is supposed to be out by the end of the year on X (although no official announcement yet). I say it's about time Apple did this, I'm sick of companies like Digi dragging their feet, they could...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 10:47 AM, in macOS
Here it works fine on 10.2. 519 Views / 5 Replies  
Here it works fine on 10.2.
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 10:23 AM, in macOS
DJ, thanks for the utility, it's very cool. ... 7,735 Views / 90 Replies  
DJ, thanks for the utility, it's very cool.

Unfortunately...I still can't get it to work.

Now my XP box can browse the workgroup and see the printer attached to my mac, and select it and...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 11, 2002 at 08:04 AM, in macOS
"And where do you see this exodus from the mac... 8,120 Views / 182 Replies  
"And where do you see this exodus from the mac into the PC world?"

Besides market share, look at all the reports there have been of corporations, schools, audio/video/multimedia production...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 6, 2002 at 02:17 PM, in macOS
"Had Apple really been in competition with... 8,120 Views / 182 Replies  
"Had Apple really been in competition with Compaq, Dell, etc, we would see a mass exodus"

There HAS been an exodus of users from Mac to PC over the last few years. How about that, I guess apple...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 6, 2002 at 12:05 PM, in macOS
Originally posted by Brazuca: "Why don't... 8,120 Views / 182 Replies  
Originally posted by Brazuca:

"Why don't people switch? Because it could "cost" more to do so given their tastes and preferences. Hellooo?? Don't you get this point?"

So now your "argument" is...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 5, 2002 at 05:41 PM, in macOS
I don't have an eject button, I'm using a beige... 740 Views / 5 Replies  
I don't have an eject button, I'm using a beige G3. Plus I'm controlling the mac remotely anyway. Is there an equivalent to pressing this key?
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 5, 2002 at 03:22 PM, in macOS
Stupid question: close CD door? 740 Views / 5 Replies  
Seems like there should be an easy way to do this...in apps like toast, there's an option to eject the CD, but I can't find any way in software to tell the computer to close the CD door. It's a bit...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 5, 2002 at 02:53 PM, in macOS
See this constantly, very annoying. I've also... 1,207 Views / 10 Replies  
See this constantly, very annoying. I've also had problems where I try and grab an icon on the desktop and instead get the select box (that lasso thingy whatever it's called).
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 5, 2002 at 12:14 PM, in macOS
Great post, boondoggle. Or you can... 8,120 Views / 182 Replies  
Great post, boondoggle.



Or you can make imaginary divisions that don't exist. You still keep ignoring the fact that you make it possible to see EVERY product/company as a monopoly.


...
Posted by noisefloor, on Sep 5, 2002 at 08:47 AM, in macOS
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