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iPod touch makes Apple Mail stop checking	950 Views / 1 Replies
(Apologies is this issue has been discussed before, I could not find it.) Here's the case. I use IMAP on both my Macbook under Leopard and on my iPod touch. Email's hosted on private server,...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 28, 2008 at 01:59 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

I lose my AirDisk every few days and it won't...	7,492 Views / 11 Replies
I lose my AirDisk every few days and it won't come back until after multiple attempts to restart AEBS, unplug USB disk, relaunching Finder etc. Then the other day I set up WAN disk sharing. And...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 27, 2008 at 10:10 AM, in Networking

No help from me, unfortunately, but I do have the...	7,492 Views / 11 Replies
No help from me, unfortunately, but I do have the same problem. I leave Azureus on while at work and when I come home all torrents are stopped because the AirDisk unmounted sometime during the day. ...
Posted by ursus, on Sep 11, 2007 at 11:42 AM, in Networking

Wasn't it always like that on the Macbook C2D? Or...	25,223 Views / 244 Replies
Wasn't it always like that on the Macbook C2D? Or have I waited all those halfseconds in vain?
Posted by ursus, on Mar 17, 2007 at 12:16 AM, in macOS

My BlackBook shows some oiliness on each side of...	1,772 Views / 21 Replies
My BlackBook shows some oiliness on each side of the space bar on the handrests, as well as where I put my hands when I close the lid. Nothing major, but it shows. So far, it's easy to wipe it clean...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 20, 2007 at 04:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Maybe I'm deluding myself, but I actually...	2,022 Views / 30 Replies
Maybe I'm deluding myself, but I actually experience better range when I'm leeching wi-fi from my neighbours (just moved and haven't had broadband installed yet) after enabling 802.11n on my...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 2, 2007 at 05:38 AM, in Networking

Hi, thanks for the reply! Yeah, I just...	562 Views / 3 Replies
Hi, thanks for the reply! Yeah, I just noticed that too, when the Front Row process started hogging 100% of one of the cores after I "quit" and disconnected the Firewire drive. Seems like...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 21, 2007 at 09:41 AM, in Applications

Front Row, external drive, can't eject afterwards	562 Views / 3 Replies
Hi all, I sometimes use Front Row to watch movies stored on a firewire harddisk and have come upon a problem. When I've finished watching and quit Front Row, I can't eject the firewire drive. OS X...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 20, 2007 at 12:46 AM, in Applications

Democracy, perhaps. http://www.getdemocracy.com/	5,279 Views / 19 Replies
Democracy, perhaps. http://www.getdemocracy.com/
Posted by ursus, on Nov 25, 2006 at 01:03 PM, in Applications

Actually, I'm in Shanghai. Should update my...	2,912 Views / 47 Replies
Actually, I'm in Shanghai. Should update my profile, perhaps. True, they seem to be an independent firm. But Apple's web page states that customers in Asia should contact their local ASP to get a...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 31, 2006 at 02:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Sigh... I went to the local Apple service...	2,912 Views / 47 Replies
Sigh... I went to the local Apple service center, hoping they would check my machine and send me off with a new battery. Instead, they wanted to keep my battery and then call me in 6 weeks to report...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 31, 2006 at 09:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I didn't even know you could send SMS from iChat....	1,434 Views / 6 Replies
I didn't even know you could send SMS from iChat. A very basic question: you do have clicked the bluetooth button in Address Book to connect it to your phone before trying to send an SMS? For...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 22, 2006 at 06:47 PM, in Applications

Didn't you get a manual when you bought VPC?...	7,503 Views / 9 Replies
Didn't you get a manual when you bought VPC? Strange...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 21, 2006 at 08:02 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems

Thanks all for the tips! I tried Tiger Cache...	798 Views / 9 Replies
Thanks all for the tips! I tried Tiger Cache Cleaner to, erm, clean the caches but to no avail. Finally resorted to deleting com.apple.sidebarlists.plist and after a logout-login, the sidebar in...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 19, 2006 at 05:52 PM, in macOS

Hmm... this is interesting. Ok, when I look...	798 Views / 9 Replies
Hmm... this is interesting. Ok, when I look in Finder prefs, the "Desktop" checkbox is unchecked. So I return to the Finder window and drag Desktop out of the sidebar. Back in the prefs, I click...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 4, 2006 at 03:58 PM, in macOS

Thanks for your replies! I tried to drag...	798 Views / 9 Replies
Thanks for your replies! I tried to drag the Desktop out of the Finder sidebar, and then adding it again but to no avail. Restarted in connection with 10.4.6 update, but the Desktop icons are...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 4, 2006 at 02:46 PM, in macOS

Triple "Desktop" icons in dialog boxes/sheets	798 Views / 9 Replies
First of all: sorry if this is a double post. I've searched, but found nothing based on the keywords I've come up with. Here's the problem (or visual inconvenience): Since I switched on...
Posted by ursus, on Apr 2, 2006 at 01:15 PM, in macOS

Really? I was just eyeing the 1gb memory module...	905 Views / 9 Replies
Really? I was just eyeing the 1gb memory module at Crucial for my PB 1.5GHz. Could installing on of those affect the (already quite crappy) wifi reception on my PB? (Currently, I have 768mb total RAM...
Posted by ursus, on Mar 6, 2006 at 08:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: Well, they said they'd have to trust the ASP's...	1,740 Views / 21 Replies
Well, they said they'd have to trust the ASP's judgement. So I went by another ASP than the one I went to the first time and he took one look at it and said it was a warranty repair. Sigh. Well,...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 15, 2006 at 01:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: So there might be hope for me. Apple said they...	1,740 Views / 21 Replies
So there might be hope for me. Apple said they would get back to me with a verdict on Tuesday. Here's hoping they decide to overrule my local ASP :P
Posted by ursus, on Feb 12, 2006 at 06:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: Second that. I'm always envious of my friend's...	1,740 Views / 21 Replies
Second that. I'm always envious of my friend's VAIO laptop. X-Brite... sigh My PB is a 1.5GHz, btw. That makes it a Rev D, right?
Posted by ursus, on Feb 12, 2006 at 08:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: The ASP technician took a two-second look and...	1,740 Views / 21 Replies
The ASP technician took a two-second look and concluded that the lid had been "exposed to pressure" and suddenly the burden of proof lay on me, even though my PB is in mint condition. This is...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 11, 2006 at 12:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: Is your PB12" exhibiting white spots?	1,740 Views / 21 Replies
My 12" PB (1.5GHz) have during the past six months steadily been developing white spots. As Apple seems to be totally unaware of the problem ("I've never heard of white spots on a 12"", said Apple...
Posted by ursus, on Feb 10, 2006 at 09:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Some more information...	647 Views / 4 Replies
Shift-login makes no difference, neither does removing the only program (a Dashboard widget) I've installed recently. Is there anything I can do regarding fonts? Shall I replace the ~Library/Fonts...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 5, 2006 at 02:16 PM, in macOS

Oops, shows how much I understand from log files....	647 Views / 4 Replies
Oops, shows how much I understand from log files. Thanks for your reply, I will try the shift-login. Here's the details from Thread 0: Thread 0 Crashed: 0 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 5, 2006 at 01:37 PM, in macOS

Finder crashing, restarting, crashing etc...	647 Views / 4 Replies
This morning when I woke my 12" PB from sleep, I found something seriously wrong: The Finder kept restarting, crashing, restarting and so on. Console says: Jan 5 15:56:06 Fafnersbane...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 5, 2006 at 11:16 AM, in macOS

I like the fact that it no longer takes 3+...	14,992 Views / 243 Replies
I like the fact that it no longer takes 3+ seconds of harddisk swapping before the (tiny remains of) water ripple appears when dropping a new widget on the dashboard. Edit: Funny, I'm actually...
Posted by ursus, on Nov 1, 2005 at 03:28 PM, in macOS

OSXVNC and Chicken of the VNC dropping connection	647 Views / 0 Replies
Hi all, I'm using OSXVNC and Chicken of the VNC to administer my parents' Mac mini. The problem encountered is that after a few minutes (not sure if it's time or clicks, though) the VNC connection...
Posted by ursus, on Sep 21, 2005 at 06:49 PM, in Applications

Thanks for the replies! chris v: My widgets...	1,916 Views / 39 Replies
Thanks for the replies! chris v: My widgets take up on average 200Mb of VM. I keep 16 of them running and they're mostly the ones that came with Tiger. And yes, I should probably free some more...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 5, 2005 at 12:01 PM, in macOS

I have similar problems. After say, 10 days...	1,916 Views / 39 Replies
I have similar problems. After say, 10 days uptime I reach around 11Gb of VM. Pageins and -outs are usually around 1-3 million. The thing is that I usually just have around 3Gb free space on my HD...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 5, 2005 at 07:18 AM, in macOS

I have had the same problem, but with no apparent...	696 Views / 2 Replies
I have had the same problem, but with no apparent reason. Sometimes (it has happened a few times since I installed Tiger) hard disk free space just starts disappearing during normal operation....
Posted by ursus, on May 7, 2005 at 09:26 AM, in macOS

It would be nice to be able to customize...	2,376 Views / 31 Replies
It would be nice to be able to customize Dashboard a little more. Personally, I'd like to skip the ripple effect, it is actually quite choppy on my 1.5GHz 12" PB. As for background updating: I...
Posted by ursus, on May 2, 2005 at 12:24 PM, in macOS

Thanks! I'll look into it! Cheers, marcus	527 Views / 4 Replies
Thanks! I'll look into it! Cheers, marcus
Posted by ursus, on Mar 21, 2005 at 08:06 AM, in Networking

Some more info: I've tried using another...	527 Views / 4 Replies
Some more info: I've tried using another account on my machine, but same problems. I've tried using my friend's iBook (also 10.3), and successfully accessed the web page. I'm totally lost...
Posted by ursus, on Mar 20, 2005 at 08:19 PM, in Networking

Fuzzy network problems/web browsing	527 Views / 4 Replies
Hi all, I have a strange problem and have been unable to find a solution. Here's the deal: My web-browsing works fine, except for these symptoms: - When I try to access a specfic web site...
Posted by ursus, on Mar 20, 2005 at 07:20 PM, in Networking

Keynote 2, shadows on inserted Quicktime movie	483 Views / 1 Replies
Hi all, I've been trying out Keynote 2 for a few days and found a bug (maybe): I insert a Quicktime movie on a blank page and add a shadow to it. I then want the movie to appear ("Build In") with...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 30, 2005 at 07:54 AM, in Applications

You sure? Wouldn't this require Airport being...	960 Views / 8 Replies
You sure? Wouldn't this require Airport being connected to two channels at the same time? Just a thought, my iBook is still in the evil repairman's hands, so I can't try it myself...
Posted by ursus, on Jan 17, 2005 at 04:26 AM, in macOS

Poll: Half-Cube ---- this signature is 100%...	1,923 Views / 39 Replies
Half-Cube ---- this signature is 100% hand-made
Posted by ursus, on Jan 12, 2005 at 10:39 AM, in Mac Desktops

Ok, so I finally returned the iTalk. When I was...	754 Views / 6 Replies
Ok, so I finally returned the iTalk. When I was talking to the guy at the store, he mentioned that my problem could be due to the iTalk having a "line-in" input as opposed to a "mic" input. As I've...
Posted by ursus, on Nov 4, 2004 at 10:01 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Thanks for the replies! I actually have a 3G...	754 Views / 6 Replies
Thanks for the replies! I actually have a 3G iPod, so that's not the problem. I'm returning the iTalk and going back to my trusty Minidisc recorder. Too bad I can't backup the audio files on my...
Posted by ursus, on Oct 29, 2004 at 12:17 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

iTalk experiences?	754 Views / 6 Replies
Hi all, I just bought an iTalk from Griffin Technologies. I chose it partly because of the ability to plug in my Sony external microphone that I previously used with my MD. I figured it would do a...
Posted by ursus, on Oct 28, 2004 at 04:35 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Did you really have no use for it whatsoever...	1,374 Views / 47 Replies
Did you really have no use for it whatsoever during the last year? :P
Posted by ursus, on Oct 19, 2004 at 02:24 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Mine too... Bothers me a bit though. As well as...	879 Views / 18 Replies
Mine too... Bothers me a bit though. As well as the wonky spacebar. It kind of ruins the otherwise very neat design. In fact, my entire keyboard feels a bit loose :hmm: And, is that the character...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 14, 2004 at 11:13 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I have the same problem as Rastatero (briefly...	808 Views / 12 Replies
I have the same problem as Rastatero (briefly discussed here (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212497&highlight=ursus)) and have still to find a solution. It's annoying because when...
Posted by ursus, on Aug 14, 2004 at 06:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I always unplug the ethernet connection and shut...	1,236 Views / 13 Replies
I always unplug the ethernet connection and shut down Airport so there's no network activity. Mail goes into offline mode, so that can't be the case. The only thing I can think of is Poisoned and the...
Posted by ursus, on May 25, 2004 at 07:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Use computer as loudspeaker phone via Bluetooth?	550 Views / 0 Replies
I know this has been discussed previously, but I'm curious to see wheter someone have actually gotten this to work. What I want to do is to be able to place or answer a call on my computer and...
Posted by ursus, on May 17, 2004 at 12:43 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Update on the problem: I tested iSleep and it...	1,236 Views / 13 Replies
Update on the problem: I tested iSleep and it worked fine, ie it put the machine to sleep. So why won't it go to sleep by itself?
Posted by ursus, on May 16, 2004 at 07:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Thanks for the tips, but no change so far. There...	1,236 Views / 13 Replies
Thanks for the tips, but no change so far. There are no USB peripherals connected to the iBook and the PMU reset didn't help... Any ideas on daemons or processes that might keep the computer...
Posted by ursus, on May 16, 2004 at 07:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Thanks. Putting the machine to sleep via the...	1,236 Views / 13 Replies
Thanks. Putting the machine to sleep via the Apple menu or by closing the lid works without problem. The thing is that it won't sleep with the lid open. I tried trashing the Energy Saver preferences,...
Posted by ursus, on May 10, 2004 at 01:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

iBook G4 won't sleep	1,236 Views / 13 Replies
Hey all, I've recently noticed that my otherwise perfectly functioning iBook G4 won't go to sleep. Energy Saver preferences are set to sleep in 5 minutes on battery power and I disconnect ethernet...
Posted by ursus, on May 10, 2004 at 05:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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