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Recommended preamp for electric guitar + Garageband? 4,847 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello. I'm learning to play the guitar and just tried hooking my electric guitar up to my Macbook with a .25" to 3.5mm adapter. As I was afraid, the levels of the guitar are way too low even with...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 29, 2009 at 09:53 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
You know you're right, it really doesn't make... 1,440 Views / 6 Replies  
You know you're right, it really doesn't make much sense to use root at all.

I'll just go with sudo, much simpler solution.

Thanks for the smack in the back of the head ;-).
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Sep 3, 2008 at 10:35 AM, in macOS
Ut-oh ... lost "su" password 1,440 Views / 6 Replies  
Hello, I'm hoping somebody can help me here. It seems that I no longer have my su password. I haven't switched to su in a bit in terminal and today when I tried I received the su: Sorry message.
...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Sep 3, 2008 at 09:54 AM, in macOS
Interestingly enough I did two things to "solve"... 778 Views / 2 Replies  
Interestingly enough I did two things to "solve" the issue (I hope its solved at least):


Removed Album Art Thingy from my Login Items. When I added-->kernel panic, removed-->normal boot.
...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 25, 2007 at 12:52 PM, in macOS
Kernel Panic at login screen (will boot in safe mode) 778 Views / 2 Replies  
Lucky me, my MBP is giving me a kernel panic at the login screen, however it will boot if I try to start in safe mode.

So far I've tried the following:

Zapped the PRAM
Removed RAM and tried...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 25, 2007 at 12:28 AM, in macOS
External speakers not working on MBP 543 Views / 1 Replies  
Anybody ever have an issue where external speakers don't get recognized by their MBP?

I know the speakers work fine because when I hook them up to my other machine (regrettably a PC) the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Oct 2, 2006 at 08:21 AM, in Mac Desktops
Cool, thanks guys. I'll be over there tomorrow... 838 Views / 3 Replies  
Cool, thanks guys. I'll be over there tomorrow and give it a shot.

I signed up for there phone, cable and internet package so you would think they would be a little friendly but I did go in with...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Aug 4, 2006 at 07:37 AM, in Networking
Do you use Comcast to get online? Is home networking possible? 838 Views / 3 Replies  
I am movin to an area with Comcast cable so hopefully you can help me with some growing pains. I have yet to move into my new place but had them setup cable before I got there. Here's what happened...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Aug 3, 2006 at 11:37 PM, in Networking
Wiring new house I am buying tomorrow. How does this sound? 613 Views / 1 Replies  
If all goes well I will be closing on a new place tomorrow that is a single family home with a basement.

My preliminary plans are to have cat6 cable running into the den, basement and master...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jul 30, 2006 at 05:00 PM, in Networking
Long URL extending table cell too far. Any way to fix? 757 Views / 2 Replies  
I have a table that is made up of about 10 columns of data that is being fed from a database.

The table's overall width needs to stay fixed and it does except when a long URL is dropped in the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on May 3, 2006 at 12:25 PM, in Developer Center
I see. The only bad commentary I've read or... 666 Views / 4 Replies  
I see.

The only bad commentary I've read or have found so far has been from the UK but its the ONLY thing I found.

I guess they are all the same company in the long run.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 24, 2006 at 10:12 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Foxtons, anybody ever use it or know somebody who has? 666 Views / 4 Replies  
My family is thinking of moving and we are looking into maybe giving Foxtons a try. I tried to dig up some information about people's history with Foxtons but couldn't find anything online.

Has...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 23, 2006 at 09:24 PM, in MacNN Lounge
There are no other user accounts :(. 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
There are no other user accounts :(.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 01:50 PM, in Applications
Yea, I can't figure it out. Of course my... 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
Yea, I can't figure it out. Of course my co-worker caused it somehow because nothing on the machine has changed and I can't even think what to type into Google to fix it.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 01:09 PM, in Applications
No its not and its strange when I option+drag the... 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
No its not and its strange when I option+drag the dual cursors do show up like its going to duplicate but once I release it does not.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 12:43 PM, in Applications
Here are the apps currently running: Quark ... 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
Here are the apps currently running:

Quark
PhotoShop
Extensis Suitcase
iChat
Distiller
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 12:34 PM, in Applications
Here are the apps currently running: Quark ... 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
Here are the apps currently running:

Quark
PhotoShop
Extensis Suitcase
iChat
Distiller
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 12:33 PM, in Applications
No, its not running. 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
No, its not running.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 12:27 PM, in Applications
Option+Drag and other shortcuts not working in Illustrator CS 1,219 Views / 11 Replies  
I'm having some issues with Adobe Illustrator CS where my shortcuts do not seem to be working anymore. Some examples of what is not working:


option+dragging to duplicate
shift dragging...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 16, 2006 at 12:24 PM, in Applications
Sure did, it led me to this: ... 845 Views / 6 Replies  
Sure did, it led me to this:

http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/doityourself/storage.html

Just what I need. Thanks.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 7, 2006 at 03:38 PM, in Mac Desktops
I just popped the side and do see 3 wires that... 845 Views / 6 Replies  
I just popped the side and do see 3 wires that are straight back and seem to go over the current hard drive. Not sure if one of those is what I need and would have power and SATA connection together...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 7, 2006 at 02:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
Some questions about adding a 2nd hard drive 845 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm going to be adding a 2nd hard drive to my dual-G5 tower. I peeked in there previously but don't remember seeing any of the cabling that would be needed to connect a new SATA drive to the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 7, 2006 at 01:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
Have a dual 2Ghz G5, running out of disk space! 768 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm begining to run out of disk space on my dual 2 Ghz G5 because while originally I didn't think I would be trying to do any video editing with it, it turns out that I do need to do some.

Does...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 7, 2006 at 01:02 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Cool thanks, k_munic some good ideas for sure. ... 911 Views / 4 Replies  
Cool thanks, k_munic some good ideas for sure.

Uncle, yes it doesn't . . . that's the first thing I tried :-).
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Feb 9, 2006 at 09:56 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
Any way to import PAL? 911 Views / 4 Replies  
Extremely beginner question, so please forgive me :D.

I'm working on a project where I need to combine a few videos into one larger video. Easy enough, I thought until I received one of the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Feb 8, 2006 at 06:08 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Efnet keynote coverage? 627 Views / 0 Replies  
Does anybody know of any channels on Efnet that are covering the keynote?

Thanks!
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 10, 2006 at 12:15 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Default Mail fonts and any way to format out going Mail fonts? 420 Views / 0 Replies  
I have a couple questions regarding Apple's Mail app. Let me preface them by saying that I had given up hope on using Entourage as my connection seems to drop unexpectedly way too often (about every...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jul 6, 2005 at 09:36 AM, in Applications
I'm using version 1.0.4. 511 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm using version 1.0.4.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jun 14, 2005 at 05:24 PM, in Applications
Firefox - DOM Inspector . . . where'd it go? 511 Views / 3 Replies  
The DOM inspector for some reason is no longer appearing after I installed Firefox on my new computer (used to be a menu item under Tools).

I wasn't sure if I did any type of customizations to...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jun 14, 2005 at 10:23 AM, in Applications
I'm not even that extreme. I'm pretty sure I... 1,013 Views / 9 Replies  
I'm not even that extreme. I'm pretty sure I could live just fine if I only had the a web developer type extension for either Safari or Camino.

Until then, I'll be using Firefox because it speeds...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on May 1, 2005 at 10:43 AM, in Applications
I was in fact using Camino (actually when it was... 1,013 Views / 9 Replies  
I was in fact using Camino (actually when it was Chimera) and was more than happy but once again the Web Developer extension and AdBlock are my primary reason for sticking with Firefox at this point.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Apr 29, 2005 at 08:32 PM, in Applications
Thanks I'll give that whirl. It definitely seems... 1,013 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks I'll give that whirl. It definitely seems to be a little strange though, right?

Its now much harder to resist Safari 2.0, if it wasn't for this Web Developer extension, I'd be using Safari...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Apr 29, 2005 at 03:52 PM, in Applications
Firefox & Tiger ~ Unhappy together??? 1,013 Views / 9 Replies  
So I have installed Tiger (received a few days early) and have had it running with pretty much zero hitches except for trouble with Firefox. I keep getting the "Application has unexpectedly quit"...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Apr 29, 2005 at 11:31 AM, in Applications
Firefox crashes continually for me or at least... 6,756 Views / 79 Replies  
Firefox crashes continually for me or at least Tiger is telling me it has crashed but it seems to be running fine I am still forced to have it quit.

Maybe something with my extensions is causing...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:04 AM, in macOS
Entourage Timestamps 1 Hour Late? 369 Views / 0 Replies  
Ever since daylight savings time happened here in NYC, my timestamps in Entourage are all off my 1 hour on emailes received. The clock on my Mac is fine and the same with the clock on the senders...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Apr 8, 2005 at 03:40 PM, in Applications
Here's the solution: 1. make a small change... 1,080 Views / 9 Replies  
Here's the solution:

1. make a small change in any of the entries

2. choose "Quit" under the Pastor menu

3. a dialog box will open, asking if you want to save the change, and
the top bar of...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 12, 2005 at 12:44 PM, in Applications
Unfortunately neither of those solutions worked. ... 1,080 Views / 9 Replies  
Unfortunately neither of those solutions worked.

The Dragon thing does work but once I move and close the file, it still tries to open itself under the menubar. I am trying to email the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 11, 2005 at 12:49 PM, in Applications
Application window stuck under the menu bar 1,080 Views / 9 Replies  
I use Pastor to store all my usernames and passwords and when upgrading my machine and opening up my password file, the application opened it with the top of the window stuck under the menu bar. I...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 11, 2005 at 11:58 AM, in Applications
Sorting by "threads" in Entourage? 503 Views / 1 Replies  
Is this possible? I have grown quite accustomed to this feature in not only Mail but also Outlook 2003 on the PC.

I see in Entourage I can sort by subject but that doesn't seem to have the same...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Mar 1, 2005 at 09:56 PM, in Applications
lol I'll check you out. I'm still waiting... 521 Views / 2 Replies  
lol

I'll check you out. I'm still waiting to get it fixed and am not sure what exactly is wrong with it at this point.

While TekServe said its the logic board for some reason I think it could...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Feb 25, 2005 at 12:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Sage extension for Firefox. 1,267 Views / 21 Replies  
Sage extension for Firefox.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Feb 4, 2005 at 03:21 PM, in Applications
I found that funny as well. The first... 640 Views / 5 Replies  
I found that funny as well.

The first thing I did was go and check for a Firefox extension but had no luck. Maybe I'll lurk around their forums and post my "suggestion". I'm not ready to start...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 26, 2005 at 02:57 PM, in Applications
I'm running Firefox. Any other suggestions? 640 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm running Firefox.

Any other suggestions?
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 26, 2005 at 01:17 PM, in Applications
OS X URL watcher? 640 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm looking for an application that will "watch" a web page and let me know when it updates.

Is there something like that out there?
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 26, 2005 at 01:08 PM, in Applications
I actually spray glued a piece of a manilla... 930 Views / 17 Replies  
I actually spray glued a piece of a manilla folder behind mine because I was still seeing keyboard marks on my screen.

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Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 14, 2005 at 01:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think it would make a lot more sense to not... 4,018 Views / 82 Replies  
I think it would make a lot more sense to not have it stream anywhere EXCEPT the Apple Store.

This way it would get people in the Apple Stores and make people who desperately need to see the...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 10, 2005 at 12:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Ahh not reseting by having it plugged into the... 966 Views / 4 Replies  
Ahh not reseting by having it plugged into the wall, only while plugged into the computer.

I'll give that a shot.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 10, 2005 at 12:17 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yes, I'm just connecting the firewire cable... 966 Views / 4 Replies  
Yes, I'm just connecting the firewire cable directly into the iPod.

Trying to avoid as many potential hangups as possible.
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 7, 2005 at 04:07 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
iPod freezes the moment its connected to firewire 966 Views / 4 Replies  
I ran a few searches and didn't seem to find anybody else who had this problem, which is probably a pretty bad sign.

I have an iPod here that was working completely fine and then at some point all...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Jan 7, 2005 at 04:01 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Does anybody reccomend a Powerbook repair shop? 521 Views / 2 Replies  
My 667 Powerbook is making some type of weird clicking noise on occassion. I had first thought it was the hard drive but after replacing it twice with the same ticking noise showing up on occassion...
Posted by shadybirdstan, on Oct 25, 2004 at 03:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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