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The problem with that is now you've changed the... 7,488 Views / 103 Replies  
The problem with that is now you've changed the way the computer works for a certain subset of users. You're much better off teaching new users how things work rather than dumbing things down for...
Posted by johnpg, on Jul 12, 2004 at 12:56 PM, in macOS
Did any of you read through the WinFS stuff?... 7,488 Views / 103 Replies  
Did any of you read through the WinFS stuff? http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/ux/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaero/html/wux_topic_storage.asp

Two things stood out to me.
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Posted by johnpg, on Jul 9, 2004 at 04:11 PM, in macOS
Not working for me on my PC at work. Strange... 42,977 Views / 377 Replies  
Not working for me on my PC at work. Strange error message too: "Couldn't open the file "smart_folderlow.mov" because a bad public movie atom was found in the movie"

No, really, that's what it...
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 30, 2004 at 04:56 PM, in macOS
One more question for you Tiger testers. Is there... 42,977 Views / 377 Replies  
One more question for you Tiger testers. Is there any indication of a hotkey to activate spotlight (for instance like Launchbar uses command-space)?
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 30, 2004 at 03:56 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: Searching question 42,977 Views / 377 Replies  
Wow. So it will find the text content inside a PDF (for instance) that you downloaded instantly? That's amazing. Worth $229 let alone $129. Awesome!! Sorry, I'm a geek, but could post a screenshot or...
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 30, 2004 at 03:50 PM, in macOS
Oh and THANK YOU all for posting the screenshots... 42,977 Views / 377 Replies  
Oh and THANK YOU all for posting the screenshots and answering our questions. I for one really appreciate you taking the time.

Cheers,
John
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 30, 2004 at 03:33 PM, in macOS
Searching question 42,977 Views / 377 Replies  
For those of you who have installed Tiger on a second drive (or partition) I'm curious if Spotlight is picking up the files on your Panther hard drive? In theory Spotlight should search everything...
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 30, 2004 at 03:32 PM, in macOS
Can you post the build # for iPhoto? I'm curious... 1,201 Views / 8 Replies  
Can you post the build # for iPhoto? I'm curious if it's different than the one that was floating around on the net.
Posted by johnpg, on Jan 15, 2004 at 04:25 PM, in Applications
Or ask Fart Girl. http://www.pathetic.com/ 1,045 Views / 17 Replies  
Or ask Fart Girl. http://www.pathetic.com/
Posted by johnpg, on Jan 8, 2004 at 06:47 PM, in MacNN Lounge
So, any more "real world" experience from... 2,814 Views / 46 Replies  
So, any more "real world" experience from Macworld visitors?
Posted by johnpg, on Jan 8, 2004 at 06:00 PM, in Applications
That was very funny! Great job. That reminds me,... 878 Views / 12 Replies  
That was very funny! Great job. That reminds me, someone sent me a link yesterday to a very funny video at http://pathetic.com (http://www.pathetic.com/).
Posted by johnpg, on Dec 12, 2003 at 04:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: I'm a new switcher too 5,689 Views / 60 Replies  
There were some issues with the first Fink for 10.3. Do yourself a favor and remove /sw, download the latest Fink and go from there.



Panther now includes a color capable ls. See the man page,...
Posted by johnpg, on Nov 18, 2003 at 05:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sean, are you saying that your new Powerbook WAS... 1,313 Views / 13 Replies  
Sean, are you saying that your new Powerbook WAS able to read a DVD+R disc? If so then that's fantastic. Can someone with access to a DVD+R or +RW disc try and write to it in Panther?

John
Posted by johnpg, on Oct 15, 2003 at 07:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If this is all you have to complain about then... 1,228 Views / 22 Replies  
If this is all you have to complain about then you should really be thankful. :-)
Posted by johnpg, on Oct 15, 2003 at 02:14 PM, in GUI Customization
Mine seems perfect as well. No white spots, no... 1,700 Views / 38 Replies  
Mine seems perfect as well. No white spots, no dead pixels (although I haven't run one of the test programs to verify), latch is fine, etc. Trust me, after reading all of the complaints I checked and...
Posted by johnpg, on Oct 13, 2003 at 12:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A question about the "white spots" problem. 703 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi,

I've read a lot about the problems with "white spots" on the new Powerbook (15) screens. I noticed that on my screen (when it's sleeping) that directly in the middle there is a slight white...
Posted by johnpg, on Oct 9, 2003 at 01:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There's an easier solution, with only one small... 492 Views / 3 Replies  
There's an easier solution, with only one small problem.

In the account settings you can list multiple email addresses separated by commas. Then mail will let you choose from a dropdown list which...
Posted by johnpg, on Oct 2, 2003 at 12:09 PM, in Applications
This stuff makes me nervous. Does anyone know if... 719 Views / 12 Replies  
This stuff makes me nervous. Does anyone know if there are known problems with BUYERS scamming sellers? I'm selling my ibook on eBay right now and am a bit worried about all the scam talk. I've never...
Posted by johnpg, on Sep 25, 2003 at 05:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Great! Thanks. That's what I needed to know. I... 12,750 Views / 6 Replies  
Great! Thanks. That's what I needed to know. I really appreciate the responses.

Cheers,
John
Posted by johnpg, on Sep 25, 2003 at 03:19 PM, in macOS
Hi Zack, I think what I'm asking is when... 12,750 Views / 6 Replies  
Hi Zack,

I think what I'm asking is when the person receives the iBook from me, and turns it on for the first time will they be presented with the registration screen? I know I have to wipe the...
Posted by johnpg, on Sep 25, 2003 at 01:25 PM, in macOS
Can you restore OS X on a system so it's "factory fresh" ? 12,750 Views / 6 Replies  
Hi,

I recently decided to sell my beloved iBook to help me save for a G5, or if I'm REALLY hit hard by the RDF a 12" Powerbook AND a G5. :-) Anyhow my iBook is in perfect condition and in my...
Posted by johnpg, on Sep 25, 2003 at 01:03 PM, in macOS
Hey! I made that video! I'm glad you liked it!... 23,297 Views / 191 Replies  
Hey! I made that video! I'm glad you liked it! :-) The guy you didn't know was Richard Thompson.

Cheers,
John
Posted by johnpg, on Aug 27, 2003 at 12:23 PM, in macOS
You can have multiple "from addresses" by comma... 831 Views / 22 Replies  
You can have multiple "from addresses" by comma separating them when you set up your account. When it asked for your emaill address enter:

[email protected], [email protected],...
Posted by johnpg, on Jul 29, 2003 at 02:11 PM, in macOS
Rendezvous doesn't enable filesharing, or any... 483 Views / 3 Replies  
Rendezvous doesn't enable filesharing, or any service, automatically. What it does (in part) is advertise the services that you have turned on. So if you turn on file sharing on your Mac, your wife...
Posted by johnpg, on Jul 25, 2003 at 04:00 PM, in macOS
I for one agree. The argument that you could... 937 Views / 8 Replies  
I for one agree. The argument that you could easily transfer the actual MP3 via iChat is a good one. Being able to open a stream wouldn't be nearly as bad.

I still stick to what I said earlier...
Posted by johnpg, on Jul 14, 2003 at 10:59 PM, in macOS
I wouldn't be surprised if they had this in mind,... 937 Views / 8 Replies  
I wouldn't be surprised if they had this in mind, but decided not to do it after the whole internet sharing fiasco came about.

It's a shame, it would be a very cool feature.

John
Posted by johnpg, on Jul 14, 2003 at 06:25 PM, in macOS
Apple Remote Desktop in sharing panel 83,035 Views / 470 Replies  
I see from one of the screenshots (from the .sit file) that Apple Remote Desktop is listed as one of the servers you can turn on in the sharing panel. I read somewhere (was it on this thread?) that...
Posted by johnpg, on Jun 25, 2003 at 05:11 PM, in macOS
Yes, Bank of America is NOT compatible with... 4,027 Views / 11 Replies  
Yes, Bank of America is NOT compatible with direct connect in Quicken, even though they still list it as such on their site. I bought Quicken because their site (intuit.com) claimed it was...
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 20, 2003 at 07:25 PM, in Applications
No, that's not the case. I was not talking about... 3,130 Views / 44 Replies  
No, that's not the case. I was not talking about this last keynote, I meant really all demos of OS X and apps for the last several years. You guys really should go back and watch some of the demos....
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 10, 2003 at 02:27 PM, in macOS
In case anyone thought otherwise I never was... 3,130 Views / 44 Replies  
In case anyone thought otherwise I never was suggesting that they were using 970's or G5's or Intel processors. I wasn't asking if there was a conspiracy, just if anyone had noticed the speed and if...
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 3, 2003 at 11:08 PM, in macOS
Turning off drop shadows dramatically speeds up iPhoto 2. 815 Views / 9 Replies  
I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but turning the Appearance prefence in iPhoto 2 to "No Border" makes a huge difference in zooming and scrolling speed. This is particularly obvious...
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 3, 2003 at 08:58 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the replies. Rickster, so I'm not... 3,130 Views / 44 Replies  
Thanks for the replies. Rickster, so I'm not crazy? I knew that they had to be doing something. The improved performance is evident in all the keynotes I've seen.

As for the specifics of DP4...
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 3, 2003 at 08:51 PM, in macOS
Why is OS X so fast during Jobs' keynotes? 3,130 Views / 44 Replies  
Last night I proved that I was a geek among keeps by seeking out, downloading and watching the entire quicktime video of Steve Job's MWSF keynote. No, not the one from last month, the one from 2000....
Posted by johnpg, on Feb 3, 2003 at 08:19 PM, in macOS
 
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