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Re: Quick Question about backup software? 5,012 Views / 24 Replies  
Don't use it. Since OS X uses all sorts of hidden (.whatever) files, Backup makes it a point not to back those up. Which is a pain, since Backup never gets my .tcshrc, .vimrc, .ssh/, and several...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 18, 2004 at 06:41 PM, in macOS
Preventing screen sleep 4,544 Views / 42 Replies  
Since updating to 4.5, I've noticed that if I've got another computer connected to my powerbook streaming music, the screen does not go to sleep. I'm pretty sure it used to. If the song is long...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 4, 2004 at 07:00 PM, in Applications
Poll: I agree with this wholeheartedly. However, if I... 7,736 Views / 41 Replies  
I agree with this wholeheartedly. However, if I plan on still using this computer in 5 or 6 years and will want to run a Longhorn VirtualPC (assuming it exists), it could be an issue to someone. ...
Posted by clf8, on May 14, 2004 at 06:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
As far as DVDs go, you bought it, you should be... 9,402 Views / 70 Replies  
As far as DVDs go, you bought it, you should be able to do all the things you can with a CD you bought. TiVo gets a little tricky, but "fair use" should cover that too.

Even with that in mind,...
Posted by clf8, on Apr 30, 2004 at 06:13 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Not true in the 15" AlBook. I was smart when I... 2,259 Views / 21 Replies  
Not true in the 15" AlBook. I was smart when I ordered from the Apple Store and had them give me one 512MB stick instead of the (2) 256MB. Would like to get a gig, pricewatch has some for $180, but...
Posted by clf8, on Dec 23, 2003 at 04:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't think anything about this is stupid. ... 1,597 Views / 43 Replies  
I don't think anything about this is stupid. Notwithstanding all the "give me physical access and I'll crack it" comments, that doesn't mean it has to be easy. Ideally, OS X would follow user...
Posted by clf8, on Nov 25, 2003 at 06:01 PM, in macOS
Hit your Show All Expose button (is that F9, I... 1,709 Views / 37 Replies  
Hit your Show All Expose button (is that F9, I remapped mine).
Hit tab until your Excel windows pop up.

I don't minimize that often, I just keep main windows open. There's always a Terminal...
Posted by clf8, on Nov 25, 2003 at 05:49 PM, in macOS
SimCity 4 seems to have some drawing problems. I... 5,120 Views / 50 Replies  
SimCity 4 seems to have some drawing problems. I made sure to install the 1.0.1 patch, as it had problems under Jaguar initially also. Anyone else seeing anything funky with this?
Posted by clf8, on Nov 14, 2003 at 05:25 PM, in Gaming
Re: Re: Anyone create a "Swap" file in 10.3? 2,108 Views / 20 Replies  
Yes and no. If it's on the same disk but a different partition, you get ZERO benefit. If it's on a different physical disk, there is a point. But really, only do this if you have a clue (which I...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 23, 2003 at 07:57 PM, in macOS
Ummm, why not just plug the camera into your mac... 954 Views / 5 Replies  
Ummm, why not just plug the camera into your mac directly, since that cable is a lot smaller to carry around than a card reader. True, it would be nice if it had a USB connection to let it plug into...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 19, 2003 at 07:38 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
From Apple: "Customers who purchase a... 717 Views / 6 Replies  
From Apple:
"Customers who purchase a qualifying new Macintosh computer on or after October 8, 2003 that does not have Mac OS X Panther v10.3 included can upgrade to Mac OS X Panther."

So if you...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 19, 2003 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Quickly, please, an affordable OS X compatible phone! 983 Views / 7 Replies  
There's a wide variety of Motorola phones supported. They don't use bluetooth to communicate, so you won't need the adapter. Of course, you will need the USB data cable from Motorola. I think...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 17, 2003 at 06:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, it supports 6 different types of cards. ... 888 Views / 11 Replies  
Well, it supports 6 different types of cards. So, at very least you need 6 different slots of different sizes. Of course, I can't get a really good view from Apple's site and Belkin doesn't even...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 16, 2003 at 04:30 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Al 15" Sleeve.slip cover feedback 561 Views / 1 Replies  
I got the Waterfield slipcase (www.sfbags.com) and I'm really happy with it. I ordered the original 15" (I think it's their 15T size now) and it will fit the new Al Book, but the fit is really...
Posted by clf8, on Oct 15, 2003 at 04:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, this is definitely something to check. The... 1,735 Views / 34 Replies  
Yeah, this is definitely something to check. The Fkeys are pretty dim unless you jack up the keyboard brightness. The auto feature still works, it just changes the top end of the range.

I...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 29, 2003 at 05:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Closest I could find on Apple's pixel return... 1,415 Views / 32 Replies  
Closest I could find on Apple's pixel return policy: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=22194

I'm sure there are threads around here talking about it. I looked really closely when my...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 28, 2003 at 08:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
By 5pm today, effen Airborne Express. Oh well,... 32,167 Views / 513 Replies  
By 5pm today, effen Airborne Express. Oh well, I'll just not go to work until it gets here.
Posted by clf8, on Sep 25, 2003 at 01:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: boring sunday... need to spice it up with the following request: 1,220 Views / 13 Replies  
Posted by clf8, on Sep 21, 2003 at 07:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
They are pretty nice. You can get just the... 1,215 Views / 14 Replies  
They are pretty nice. You can get just the SleeveCase and use it with a bag you already have or their Cargo, Kozmo, or Vertigo bags. Sure, they're a little pricey, but if you you can get package...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 21, 2003 at 07:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
*raises hand......checks email again.....proudly* 32,167 Views / 513 Replies  
*raises hand......checks email again.....proudly*
Posted by clf8, on Sep 19, 2003 at 04:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Exactly what mine is, except I already have a... 32,167 Views / 513 Replies  
Exactly what mine is, except I already have a 30gig iPod.
Posted by clf8, on Sep 19, 2003 at 02:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: need advice on new PB HD 659 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm not planning on it. The only reason you might want to would be to keep Classic on a separate partition, but even the usefulness of that is limited. There's no point in partitioning for the swap...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 19, 2003 at 02:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: Re: Seconds thoughts after seeing new 15 inch 4,925 Views / 54 Replies  
I've got a 15" AlBook on order, taking it's time since I upgraded to the faster hard drive and went with a single 512MB chip instead of the 2 256MB. I was tempted to get the 12" because it's ultra...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 18, 2003 at 07:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It's also .2 inches longer. 13.7 instead of... 1,903 Views / 18 Replies  
It's also .2 inches longer. 13.7 instead of 13.5. Whooptie do.
Posted by clf8, on Sep 16, 2003 at 11:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Apple Store Purchase? 486 Views / 1 Replies  
I don't know if the Apple Stores will have any there to sell, but it never hurts to check. However, you probably won't be able to get any build to order options, like upgraded RAM or hard disk. ...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 16, 2003 at 11:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
LaTex for taking notes??? someone's on crack. ... 1,783 Views / 22 Replies  
LaTex for taking notes??? someone's on crack.
As far as computer science goes, the my old iBook 466 can do what you want, unless you start getting into graphics courses. Nothing you're going to be...
Posted by clf8, on Sep 4, 2003 at 09:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You can do that with ssh. If it's an X11 app,... 14,873 Views / 164 Replies  
You can do that with ssh. If it's an X11 app, you can even run it on that machine but display the window on yours. What you want is the ability to open an OS X app and have it display on the remote...
Posted by clf8, on Aug 23, 2003 at 07:50 AM, in macOS
I'm not pickin on you iWrite, just a little... 3,012 Views / 31 Replies  
I'm not pickin on you iWrite, just a little :stick:

You seemed to be espousing your wife's laptop a couple of weeks back. Did the Windows world finally get the best of you and piss you off?
...
Posted by clf8, on Aug 22, 2003 at 05:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A 15" AlBook will have built in bluetooth. A... 2,112 Views / 47 Replies  
A 15" AlBook will have built in bluetooth.
A 15" AlBook will most likely have a better video card.
A 15" AlBook will have firewire 800.
A 15" AlBook will have Airport Extreme.
A 15" AlBook will...
Posted by clf8, on Aug 2, 2003 at 11:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, there is one good reason for a swap... 1,923 Views / 28 Replies  
Well, there is one good reason for a swap partition. If your disk ever gets full, OS X will still have swap space since it's kept entirely separate. Be very careful of filling up your disk, as the...
Posted by clf8, on Aug 2, 2003 at 11:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
So, the stoopud question of the minute: If... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
So, the stoopud question of the minute:
If Powerbooks came out next week, would you get the free upgrade to Panther?

Secondly, and more stoopud, anyone waiting for Panther to get their new pbook,...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 31, 2003 at 06:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm speaking from iBook experience, but I'm... 4,987 Views / 86 Replies  
I'm speaking from iBook experience, but I'm pretty sure the Powerbook keyboards are the same. I wish the inverted T for the arrow keys was a block of 6 with page up and page down buttons. The...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 31, 2003 at 06:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
And, Simon was right that DVI carried the analog... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
And, Simon was right that DVI carried the analog signal, so it should be easy enough to do a VGA dongle. I would rather have DVI/VGA over VGA/s-video. Oh, I dunno.



Typically. Of course, my...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 23, 2003 at 04:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Playin with a 12" this weekend at Frye's, the... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
Playin with a 12" this weekend at Frye's, the thing really does get hot. There's a good chance the 9600 Mobility is too much for it.

As for DVI, I'll try and justify Apple's decision. Think of...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 22, 2003 at 12:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No Mobility 9600 in the 15"? Why support 3... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
No Mobility 9600 in the 15"? Why support 3 different video cards instead of just two, with 3 different motherboard layouts? Oh well, I quit trying to figure out Apple years ago.
Posted by clf8, on Jul 22, 2003 at 02:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Ok, then just use a lower resolution. 640x480... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
Ok, then just use a lower resolution. 640x480 anyone?
Posted by clf8, on Jul 15, 2003 at 02:22 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Hahahaha, that's funny. Sure, Cocoa implements... 7,821 Views / 87 Replies  
Hahahaha, that's funny. Sure, Cocoa implements all that, but that doesn't mean their implementation is the best. Is the more efficient. Works most ideal for the specific application. That's why...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 12, 2003 at 05:04 AM, in Developer Center
Re: how 'bout $PATH? 2,274 Views / 17 Replies  
I'm not 100% up on the ~/.login file (more info is in the tcsh man page), but I think that is just read for the login shell. Opening a new terminal window is probably not considered a login shell,...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 11, 2003 at 07:50 PM, in macOS
Eff that, give me an 80gig drive. Can't have too... 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
Eff that, give me an 80gig drive. Can't have too much drive space.



For real doh. Can't have too many pixels. If the text is too small, just bump up the font size.
Posted by clf8, on Jul 11, 2003 at 06:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ok, there's plenty of answers but no... 2,274 Views / 17 Replies  
Ok, there's plenty of answers but no explaination, so let me try.
The default shell the Terminal uses is tcsh (/bin/tcsh). tcsh is an extension of csh that gives you a few extra features. If you...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 11, 2003 at 06:06 PM, in macOS
Check BookEndz... 2,678 Views / 44 Replies  
Check BookEndz (http://www.photo-control.com/bookendz/) , they've got docking stations. None for the new 17" yet, but I'm sure there will be one for the 15" and 17" soon enough.

Is the 15" Al...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 10, 2003 at 02:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Using WireTap implies you've already got the... 892 Views / 14 Replies  
Using WireTap implies you've already got the computer playing sound.

Pick up an iSight, upgrade to Quicktime Pro and I think you can record the audio that way. Good chance it's overkill for what...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 9, 2003 at 02:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Install OS X on the new 12", create yourself a... 509 Views / 2 Replies  
Install OS X on the new 12", create yourself a user, then replace the home directory on the 12" with your original. There shouldn't be any libraries, applications, or anything other than data...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 8, 2003 at 01:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, MWNY (or whatever it's called nowadays) is... 4,303 Views / 30 Replies  
Well, MWNY (or whatever it's called nowadays) is next week. So, if there's nothing new tomorrow (7/8), I hope to see an update then. I've got the 1click all setup at the Apple Store waiting for...
Posted by clf8, on Jul 7, 2003 at 05:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Come on now, KDE and Gnome aren't bad window... 1,664 Views / 24 Replies  
Come on now, KDE and Gnome aren't bad window environments. And let me tell you, they're a hell of a lot more configurable than Aqua is. That said, lord knows how long you could spend tweaking every...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 30, 2003 at 07:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
They'll be updated Tuesday. The only question... 1,279 Views / 11 Replies  
They'll be updated Tuesday. The only question is, which Tuesday.
Seriously though, I've been waiting since about March. If you can hold out 2 more months, you'll probably be happy. If you need it...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 30, 2003 at 07:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Don't forget about the random thread to put in a... 945 Views / 8 Replies  
Don't forget about the random thread to put in a TV tuner.
Posted by clf8, on Jun 27, 2003 at 02:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: New 15" PowerBook prediction thread. (NOT PPC 970) 63,830 Views / 420 Replies  
My 2cents on the 12" Powerbook is that it's one of Apple's standard "crippling" to not destroy 15" sales. I think when you see all three in Aluminum, you'll see 2 speeds (1GHz and 1.25GHz or...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 27, 2003 at 02:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Not to be a d!ck, but how would a single proc be... 7,500 Views / 118 Replies  
Not to be a d!ck, but how would a single proc be crippled??
Posted by clf8, on Jun 25, 2003 at 04:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
I rolled by the Apple Store here and made a... 7,500 Views / 118 Replies  
I rolled by the Apple Store here and made a comment about the single optical bay. Their response, which I'm going to assume was informed and honest (sure, why not), was that on the MDDs, not many...
Posted by clf8, on Jun 25, 2003 at 04:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
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