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Check out the SMART status of the hard disk in... 1,094 Views / 5 Replies  
Check out the SMART status of the hard disk in Disk Utilty.

And make sure you have your data backed up (you do this anyway, right?)
Posted by pelorus, on Jan 4, 2007 at 08:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: IMPACT 12,706 Views / 69 Replies  
Uh-huh, right.

I see damaged powerbooks every week in work. The Mac user comes in, puts the powerbook case and moans about a dent or whatever. We take it, we fix it and they go away happy. Mac...
Posted by pelorus, on Mar 13, 2004 at 04:42 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Mac Halo Specs Announced 6,497 Views / 64 Replies  
Min is 733MHz. You have a 1.4 GHz Celeron. Some might debate you're skirting the minimum there.

You run XP. This is the most resource hungry of the MS OSen.

You have 512 MB of RAM - you don't...
Posted by pelorus, on Nov 28, 2003 at 02:44 PM, in Gaming
On your machine it would look the same or worse... 6,497 Views / 64 Replies  
On your machine it would look the same or worse because your GFX card is several generations old (it's GeForce 2 based).

Upgrade!

:D
Posted by pelorus, on Nov 28, 2003 at 10:35 AM, in Gaming
Re: Re: Re: Mac Halo Specs Announced 6,497 Views / 64 Replies  
Um, you have a 1.42 GHz Celeron (a slower and more cache limited version of the P4) and a GeForce440 (which is a MX). Your card is essentially minimum specification and doesn't support DirectX9...
Posted by pelorus, on Nov 28, 2003 at 10:32 AM, in Gaming
According to an interview, it was built on the... 2,577 Views / 53 Replies  
According to an interview, it was built on the PC. It was shown on Macs, but most of the work was done on PC. Many many moons ago.
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 30, 2003 at 06:09 PM, in Gaming
Except that the "boot volume" is the CD at this... 12,419 Views / 132 Replies  
Except that the "boot volume" is the CD at this point and no, you can't erase it.

I mean, Duh...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 4, 2003 at 06:12 AM, in macOS
Re: VPN in Panther 1,463 Views / 12 Replies  
There are only two ways to go with a Nortel solution.

1) Software (and the Netlock stuff is OSX compliant but is a pile of poo)

2) Hardware using their Contivity switched which works a charm...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 3, 2003 at 09:24 AM, in macOS
Oh for goodness sake... 12,419 Views / 132 Replies  
Don't believe everything you hear - especially if it comes to you from a Mac Genius.
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 2, 2003 at 01:41 PM, in macOS
tv 3,389 Views / 33 Replies  
I use an Eskape myTV/fm. It works. That's all.
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 16, 2003 at 08:28 AM, in macOS
unfair, bad hand! 3,509 Views / 48 Replies  
A bit unfair. They only GOT it in 1997 (actually Dec 20th 1996) and they shipped "Mac OS X Server 1.0" on March 16th of 1999. It took less than that to "port NeXT" as was evidenced by the Rhapsody...
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 2, 2003 at 10:49 AM, in macOS
Re: Panther might not be 64 bit 2,251 Views / 33 Replies  
Well, then, people might as well never put more than about 2.5 GB of RAM in those beauties because VM will make up for the rest very quickly and a 32-bit OS can only support 4 GB of memory (physical...
Posted by pelorus, on Jul 5, 2003 at 11:08 AM, in macOS
Linux miniscule market share 2,633 Views / 61 Replies  
Actually I'd be interested in seeing the proof of this.

OSX is installed on over 5 million consumer machines (those shipped since May 2001 when they were dual boot) plus god-knows-how-many copies...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 22, 2003 at 12:09 PM, in macOS
Re: Bluetooth update now conflicts with WIFI 786 Views / 3 Replies  
Change the channels you are running the base stations on.
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 7, 2003 at 01:26 PM, in macOS
It's all a bit of fun, yeah. I'm not complaining... 1,122 Views / 11 Replies  
It's all a bit of fun, yeah. I'm not complaining but it seems that our money isn't good enough. We still don't get iPhoto prints or books!

Come on Apple....we want to give you money!!!!!!
Posted by pelorus, on Apr 28, 2003 at 07:21 PM, in macOS
Well...it's okay...but.... 813 Views / 4 Replies  
It's a bit light on the detail so caveat emptor. Pop along to a good bookstore first.
Posted by pelorus, on Oct 4, 2002 at 05:44 AM, in macOS
Re: Nice 1,027 Views / 9 Replies  
Different sizes of windowlets would indeed be useful.

Could it be set to minimise by 25% on each click of the yellow button. It would then be like...de-emphasising the importance. By shift click...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 20, 2002 at 05:57 AM, in macOS
not quite 1,169 Views / 17 Replies  
Clarification:

Although these files are hidden in Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, SCO, Tru64, all the BSDs and even Mac OS 9, they're obvious in Windows.
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 20, 2002 at 05:54 AM, in macOS
Try this: 938 Views / 10 Replies  
Create a calendar.

Now the calendar is physically located on your disk. It's in the ~Library/Calendars folder.

Take this Calendar and put it in your public area of .Mac or...anywhere that can...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 18, 2002 at 11:00 AM, in macOS
Re: Crazy OS X screwup 942 Views / 8 Replies  
Don't forget that Potatoshop still uses it's own screwy VM system as well. Scratch files littering the place...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 18, 2002 at 10:39 AM, in macOS
Re: How do you ssh? 590 Views / 5 Replies  
Open terminal, type:

ssh username@ip_address.of.computer
Enter your password

You are now on the commmand line of that computer, I recommend reading the manual.

for more info, open Terminal...
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 2, 2002 at 07:57 AM, in macOS
Re: Speedstream in Airport 679 Views / 6 Replies  
Speedstream is a brand name of a type of DSL router by Efficient Networks.

It could be that there's a neighbour who has a wireless DSL router in range? What happens when you connect to it?
Posted by pelorus, on Sep 1, 2002 at 01:46 PM, in macOS
Have you done a disk repair? I had an external... 1,105 Views / 24 Replies  
Have you done a disk repair? I had an external firewire disk that refused to mount because of damage to the disk. First aid run two or three times on the disk fixed it rightly.
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 28, 2002 at 08:40 AM, in macOS
Re: jaguar breaks firewire target disk mode 1,105 Views / 24 Replies  
Target disk mode worked for me under 10.2. Booted a TiBook550 from a QuickSilver HD. Mounted a Pismo HD on a Yikes G4.

Haven't seen any problems with it. Might explain why not many people are...
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 27, 2002 at 11:12 AM, in macOS
Re: Anyone: SMB Browsing On Large Network? 676 Views / 7 Replies  
Unless you use WINS properly you will need a domain controller on every subnet. We have over 40 000 machines worldwide and I'm certainly able to see the nearest 20 resource domains both onsite and...
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 27, 2002 at 11:10 AM, in macOS
Um. Get better networking hardware. ... 4,965 Views / 71 Replies  
Um. Get better networking hardware.

Communicating here at 100 base-T full duplex just fine.
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 26, 2002 at 04:55 AM, in macOS
Re: Jaguar and Windows XP 2,930 Views / 45 Replies  
As you're sitting there on the P3, I question your allegiance as well :)

I have the "opportunity" to use Windows as an employer-supplied tool but find it severely lacking in its ability to...
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 7, 2002 at 05:45 PM, in macOS
Re: A Few OS X Server 10.1 Questions 775 Views / 10 Replies  
What type of network do you have? Which hardware?
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 7, 2002 at 01:21 PM, in macOS
doesn't work for me 2,663 Views / 35 Replies  
did as you said. The Finder did hang but other apps are still working.

Not a crash.
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 7, 2002 at 06:23 AM, in macOS
Re: Networking Issues, didn't know where to post em 613 Views / 9 Replies  
I'd say you should double-check your DNS first.

Why would it be stuck with forms..Oh Oh Oh!!!!!

Is it secure websites? Maybe something wrong with your https transport setup?

M
Posted by pelorus, on Aug 5, 2002 at 04:12 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 671 Views / 41 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 gralem:
<strong>Watson is...
Posted by pelorus, on Jul 18, 2002 at 12:09 PM, in macOS
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</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 Cipher13:
<strong>The old...
Posted by pelorus, on Jul 15, 2002 at 09:11 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 577 Views / 7 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 kman42:
<strong>It would...
Posted by pelorus, on Jul 12, 2002 at 06:03 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 577 Views / 7 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 kman42:
<strong>it looks...
Posted by pelorus, on Jul 11, 2002 at 07:19 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 490 Views / 5 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 evidal:
<strong>Yes I...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 15, 2002 at 05:02 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 488 Views / 10 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 gorickey:
<strong>Various...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 14, 2002 at 07:48 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 438 Views / 3 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 swiftp:
<strong>I am...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 12, 2002 at 08:54 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,881 Views / 118 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 TNproud2b:
<strong>I...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 8, 2002 at 09:13 AM, in macOS
6C48 Panic 357 Views / 2 Replies  
Got an email from a close friend within a certain fruit company who said that the kernel panic screen has changed.

Rather than a page of gobbledigook the screen now dims and a white notice in...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 8, 2002 at 08:52 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,881 Views / 118 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 aaroncsmith:
<strong>I...
Posted by pelorus, on Jun 7, 2002 at 04:45 AM, in macOS
To be fair, Watson co-opted some of the ideas... 2,268 Views / 80 Replies  
To be fair, Watson co-opted some of the ideas already present in Sherlock and extended them. Credit where credit is due.
Posted by pelorus, on May 13, 2002 at 12:05 PM, in macOS
*looks at his Powerbook keyboard* Either... 536 Views / 16 Replies  
*looks at his Powerbook keyboard*

Either you're wrong or you're a jackass?
Posted by pelorus, on May 12, 2002 at 07:21 PM, in macOS
As a matter of interest, what about going the... 463 Views / 27 Replies  
As a matter of interest, what about going the other way? What does a "Brushed Metal" OS look like.

P
Posted by pelorus, on May 11, 2002 at 08:19 PM, in macOS
Notice the difference in the cursor between... 1,689 Views / 125 Replies  
Notice the difference in the cursor between Carbon and Cocoa apps. Hmmm...to be fixed?
Posted by pelorus, on May 10, 2002 at 01:58 PM, in macOS
Or what? Oh dry up. 436 Views / 16 Replies  
Or what?



Oh dry up.
Posted by pelorus, on May 6, 2002 at 05:22 AM, in macOS
When you say you "deleted all X files", did you... 614 Views / 27 Replies  
When you say you "deleted all X files", did you really? Including /etc and /usr and the rest...the hidden UNIXy ones?

To me it sounds like in the many attempts, you may have banjaxed NetInfo but...
Posted by pelorus, on May 5, 2002 at 06:28 AM, in macOS
One thing is, heck you'll never delete that file... 614 Views / 27 Replies  
One thing is, heck you'll never delete that file again...

What stage are you at? Is it up and working or still having problems. If I'd seen the thread earlier I could have got you to download my...
Posted by pelorus, on May 4, 2002 at 04:40 AM, in macOS
I don't see this at all. The people that will... 842 Views / 49 Replies  
I don't see this at all. The people that will want X11 won't think twice about downloading it. Heck, it was easier to configure X11 on my Powerbook using the nice XDarwin 1.1 installer than it was to...
Posted by pelorus, on Apr 26, 2002 at 10:11 AM, in macOS
Nonsense. The consumer market won't know any... 842 Views / 49 Replies  
Nonsense. The consumer market won't know any different and for those who do want X11 apps, Apple gives download links to FREE point-and-click installers. such as XDarwin and the wonderful OroborOSX...
Posted by pelorus, on Apr 25, 2002 at 04:33 PM, in macOS
I agree with the gaming. I find the unreal PR3 to... 718 Views / 39 Replies  
I agree with the gaming. I find the unreal PR3 to be "cleaner" looking as well as loading faster. There remain some cursor issues and some odd pauses but while Os9's Unreal was faster overall, I...
Posted by pelorus, on Apr 16, 2002 at 10:40 AM, in macOS
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