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There's a utility for Jag that lets you have a...	23,296 Views / 191 Replies
There's a utility for Jag that lets you have a clear dock. He's probably just using the same thing on Panther.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 28, 2003 at 10:07 AM, in macOS

To all those who helped, thanks very much. All...	648 Views / 5 Replies
To all those who helped, thanks very much. All done now. As soon as I opened up Disk Utility I realised just how obvious the answer was. :) Me dumb.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 6, 2003 at 03:31 PM, in macOS

Yes, help on this would be appreciated. Having...	648 Views / 5 Replies
Yes, help on this would be appreciated. Having just downloaded the latest ADC seed (yes, I'm an ADC member) and not being able to burn it. I'm trying to do this from within Panther, where I don't...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 6, 2003 at 02:57 PM, in macOS

The build is solid. Not a single crash in two...	34,051 Views / 400 Replies
The build is solid. Not a single crash in two days and only one noticeable bug.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 27, 2003 at 06:16 PM, in macOS

Thanks. Only been a registered developer for a...	83,005 Views / 470 Replies
Thanks. Only been a registered developer for a few weeks, so I don't know how these things normally work. :)
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jun 27, 2003 at 12:45 PM, in macOS

Does anybody know if this is going to show up on...	83,005 Views / 470 Replies
Does anybody know if this is going to show up on the ADC download page for Select members? Since not all of us could make it to WWDC. Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jun 27, 2003 at 10:33 AM, in macOS

Well Panther sounds great. I'm all for some...	83,005 Views / 470 Replies
Well Panther sounds great. I'm all for some speed. Now if only Apple would post it on their ADC Seed Download page, I'd actually be able to download it. It's amazing that people can grab the...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jun 25, 2003 at 09:54 AM, in macOS

www.smugmug.com Cheap, friendly.	1,049 Views / 16 Replies
www.smugmug.com Cheap, friendly.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jun 16, 2003 at 02:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'd go back to IE if it was faster. Tabs would be...	5,796 Views / 131 Replies
I'd go back to IE if it was faster. Tabs would be nice as well, but I'm mainly in it for the speed. Even in the current version it has some advantages of Chimera (which is what I do use).
Posted by Richard5mith, on Dec 29, 2002 at 01:11 PM, in Applications

You can tell the eyeTV software to wake your...	969 Views / 8 Replies
You can tell the eyeTV software to wake your machine up in a specified number of seconds time. So you tell it to wake the machine up in 30 seconds, put the machine to sleep and 30 seconds later -...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Dec 27, 2002 at 07:31 PM, in macOS

Re: Capturing RealMedia Streams	530 Views / 4 Replies
There is a program for Windows that does Real streams called Streambox. No idea about the Mac though, the only one I've found is StreamripperX and that's for MP3 audio, like iTunes radio stations.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Dec 16, 2002 at 03:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Applescript for Applications isn't that good...	595 Views / 4 Replies
Applescript for Applications isn't that good unless you happen to have the applications it tells you how to script. The first few chapters describe how the language works, there's some information...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Oct 21, 2002 at 03:28 PM, in macOS

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/10/s...	537 Views / 3 Replies
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/10/sendmail.html
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 14, 2002 at 12:28 PM, in macOS

Well firstly, UBB is terribly inneficient. It's a...	834 Views / 15 Replies
Well firstly, UBB is terribly inneficient. It's a well known server killer, so that's probably the first reason you see your CPU shoot up. Secondly, why isn't mod_perl for you? You install it as...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 1, 2002 at 09:12 AM, in macOS

Goto the Sharing tab in System Preferences and...	628 Views / 4 Replies
Goto the Sharing tab in System Preferences and select "Remote Login" to start the SSH server. SSH is a secure version of Telnet (telnet is insecure because it sends the password in plain text over...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 1, 2002 at 09:08 AM, in macOS

Doesn't having to configure them all to be on the...	1,222 Views / 17 Replies
Doesn't having to configure them all to be on the same subnet somewhat defeat the purpose of Rendevous?
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 25, 2002 at 02:46 PM, in macOS

In the Users panel there is an option for whether...	406 Views / 1 Replies
In the Users panel there is an option for whether or not the user is allowed to access the account from a Windows machine. Try that. I can create a new account and login to the Mac using it, but I...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 24, 2002 at 09:01 AM, in macOS

As in a laptop.	4,394 Views / 84 Replies
As in a laptop.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 16, 2002 at 04:00 PM, in macOS

Quartz Extreme effects don't work on an external...	4,394 Views / 84 Replies
Quartz Extreme effects don't work on an external monitor, such as fading background pictures.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 16, 2002 at 12:54 PM, in macOS

Testing with the switching background pictures, I...	5,305 Views / 48 Replies
Testing with the switching background pictures, I have since found that on my Powerbook I get all the nice extras of QE until I hook it up to an external monitor. Then the external monitor doesn't...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 15, 2002 at 04:05 AM, in macOS

I ordered 10.2 the day the release date was...	3,081 Views / 63 Replies
I ordered 10.2 the day the release date was announced. But I couldn't wait any longer so downloaded it a couple of days ago. I'll still hapilly pay for my copy when it turns up on the 24th.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 14, 2002 at 02:38 PM, in macOS

I could really confuse you all. Initially,...	5,305 Views / 48 Replies
I could really confuse you all. Initially, my background faded when the background pictures changed, now they just switch. I have a cursor shadow. I can't see DVD's playing through a transparent...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 14, 2002 at 02:05 PM, in macOS

I didn't bother formatting, I just did the...	1,558 Views / 22 Replies
I didn't bother formatting, I just did the upgrade, and the speed difference is still noticable on both my old style iMac and my Powerbook G4. I found OS X really slow before and the moment I started...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 14, 2002 at 01:35 PM, in macOS

Is elements worth it? I'm always tempted, because...	1,169 Views / 16 Replies
Is elements worth it? I'm always tempted, because the price is reasonable, and I'm not a big fan of GraphicConverter. But I don't want to buy it to find out that I can't really do much with it...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 14, 2002 at 01:33 PM, in macOS

LDAP appears to be one available in Directory...	1,102 Views / 17 Replies
LDAP appears to be one available in Directory Manager and enabled. But there's no editor for that, still the netinfo one. Hence why I had to edit the /etc/services file. So they now have...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 14, 2002 at 06:48 AM, in macOS

10.2 Netinfo Confusion	1,102 Views / 17 Replies
I've just spent the last couple of hours trying to change my FTP port (as my ISP blocks the usual one) in Jaguar. As many of you know, to do this in 10.1 you simply loaded up Netinfo, went to...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Aug 13, 2002 at 05:21 PM, in macOS

Games are one of the biggest motivating factors...	778 Views / 44 Replies
Games are one of the biggest motivating factors in PC speed increases today. You think people are buying 2Ghz machines to word process faster? Or Nvidia and ATI are battling out to see who can...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 29, 2002 at 06:33 PM, in macOS

Games are one of the biggest motivating factors...	1,402 Views / 53 Replies
Games are one of the biggest motivating factors in PC speed increases today. You think people are buying 2Ghz machines to word process faster? Or Nvidia and ATI are battling out to see who can...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 29, 2002 at 06:33 PM, in MacNN Lounge

There has always been three things on that page....	400 Views / 4 Replies
There has always been three things on that page. Including the one you mention.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 29, 2002 at 02:23 PM, in macOS

TCP and UDP are both protocols that run along...	514 Views / 8 Replies
TCP and UDP are both protocols that run along side the IP protocol (hence TCP/IP). TCP is a "connection" protocol. One computer connects to another via a specific port. TCP includes things like...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 27, 2002 at 07:19 PM, in macOS

I also find this strange in iTunes, because I'm...	745 Views / 27 Replies
I also find this strange in iTunes, because I'm used to sorting things into folders myself. But what we are seeing here with both iTunes and iPhoto is a different abstraction of the data you're...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 27, 2002 at 06:55 PM, in macOS

It looked originally like it wasn't being hosted...	474 Views / 10 Replies
It looked originally like it wasn't being hosted through Akamai's servers like the normal Apple site. Probably still that way. What's weird is that at one point I saw a totally different homepage...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 20, 2002 at 06:43 PM, in macOS

Yes, it's not the best sentence in the world, but...	603 Views / 13 Replies
Yes, it's not the best sentence in the world, but it's not grammatically incorrect. "easy" and "powerful" are being taken to whole new levels when "chatting with and finding your online friends"...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 20, 2002 at 06:40 PM, in macOS

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	1,381 Views / 109 Replies
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by dwishbone: <strong>they...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 19, 2002 at 03:22 PM, in macOS

I can understand people's opinion, but why do you...	1,381 Views / 109 Replies
I can understand people's opinion, but why do you think that by charging you $49 Apple is just out to make a quick buck? As Phil Schiller has already said, they're basically covering costs with this...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 19, 2002 at 02:52 PM, in macOS

Hmm, this is interesting actually. If you goto...	1,624 Views / 99 Replies
Hmm, this is interesting actually. If you goto mac.com, click support, then click email on the bottom left one of the options is... "Converting your .Mac trial account to an email-only account" ...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 06:37 PM, in macOS

Yes.	583 Views / 10 Replies
Yes.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 02:34 PM, in macOS

This was an easy question to get an answer to. ...	521 Views / 9 Replies
This was an easy question to get an answer to. Out August 24th, full product, $129. No upgrade unless you buy a Mac between now and then.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 02:24 PM, in macOS

Didn't either of you watch the keynote or visit...	607 Views / 39 Replies
Didn't either of you watch the keynote or visit the Apple site before posting? It's August 24th, it's a full blown product, it's $129. Order today. I have.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 02:20 PM, in macOS

I can fully understand Apple charging, as...	1,624 Views / 99 Replies
I can fully understand Apple charging, as somebody who runs a free service themselves (www.chatbear.com) I know how giving stuff away can't last forever and will be charging myself soon. I am however...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 01:05 PM, in macOS

MPEG4 should be better over any connection,...	1,294 Views / 73 Replies
MPEG4 should be better over any connection, better image quality at a lower bitrate.
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 17, 2002 at 08:51 AM, in macOS

Why do you need TechTV when Apple themselves are...	610 Views / 22 Replies
Why do you need TechTV when Apple themselves are broadcasting it online? <a href="http://stream.apple.akadns.net/" target="_blank">http://stream.apple.akadns.net/</a>
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 15, 2002 at 06:18 PM, in macOS

To me, what this, and all the other Dock...	4,021 Views / 57 Replies
To me, what this, and all the other Dock replacements fail to offer (as well as the dock itself, of course) is a list of currently open windows. A window is much more important than an application...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Jul 4, 2002 at 11:50 AM, in macOS

We better. :)	3,033 Views / 211 Replies
We better. :)
Posted by Richard5mith, on May 6, 2002 at 03:37 PM, in macOS

So basically the top of the line Powerbook I...	4,413 Views / 306 Replies
So basically the top of the line Powerbook I bought 5 months ago for a silly amount of money, that can play Quake III (also OpenGL) at 40-50fps, can't use Quartz Extreme because it only has 16mb...
Posted by Richard5mith, on May 6, 2002 at 02:30 PM, in macOS

Powermac G4 867Mhz, GeForce3 (UK)	384 Views / 0 Replies
Here's the offer of the month. A Powermac G4 867Mhz (one of the new ones) with a GeForce3 graphics card, CD-RW, 384Mb RAM and a 40GB Hard Disk. Boxed, with all the manuals and software it came with...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Nov 18, 2001 at 04:26 PM, in Marketplace

I checked the Australian Trademark DB myself, and...	4,599 Views / 255 Replies
I checked the Australian Trademark DB myself, and yup, Apple did indeed register the iPod name this month. No images filed with it unfortunately. First question would be - why Australian Trademark...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Oct 22, 2001 at 06:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm in Scotland, which means there is no Apple...	648 Views / 14 Replies
I'm in Scotland, which means there is no Apple store to go to. So it better not just be them. Otherwise I need to fill in a stupid form and post it off along with my proof of purchase coupon just to...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 25, 2001 at 03:28 PM, in macOS

I just have to jump in here and say, I like file...	1,678 Views / 101 Replies
I just have to jump in here and say, I like file extensions. I'm a Windows user at work, but after 5 years sold my home PC and bought myself a G4 which I use with OS X full time. And coming from...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 8, 2001 at 10:17 AM, in macOS

I just moved to Mac OS X full time after being a...	425 Views / 3 Replies
I just moved to Mac OS X full time after being a Windows user, and this is my biggest annoyance at the moment. I view a lot of video clips (game footage, movie trailers etc) and having a version of...
Posted by Richard5mith, on Sep 1, 2001 at 08:27 AM, in macOS

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