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If you have a spare partition, do a clean install... 1,624 Views / 30 Replies  
If you have a spare partition, do a clean install of Tiger onto that, and use the migration assistant to migrate your data across by choosing "Migrate data from another partition on my mac". It has...
Posted by neoTony, on Apr 6, 2005 at 09:29 AM, in macOS
In theory, Gentoo OSX can't bust your setup... 1,066 Views / 12 Replies  
In theory, Gentoo OSX can't bust your setup because file collision protection is on by default. Of course, it's still being developed, and if you modify your config you can turn collision protection...
Posted by neoTony, on Mar 7, 2005 at 11:09 PM, in macOS
*sob* I remember... god I loved that little guy. 3,274 Views / 26 Replies  
*sob* I remember... god I loved that little guy.
Posted by neoTony, on Jan 18, 2005 at 04:55 PM, in macOS
mmm... no more arse-fugly drawers. One can only... 22,194 Views / 209 Replies  
mmm... no more arse-fugly drawers. One can only dream :)
Posted by neoTony, on Oct 4, 2004 at 10:59 PM, in macOS
yes, tar is an archival format, not a compression... 1,177 Views / 14 Replies  
yes, tar is an archival format, not a compression format. As sushiism stated, it is simply used to roll many files into one big file (it was originally used for deploying to tape - hence it's name -...
Posted by neoTony, on Sep 28, 2004 at 06:21 PM, in Applications
That's exactly why I signed up for Panic's usenet... 924 Views / 10 Replies  
That's exactly why I signed up for Panic's usenet service - best $12 I spend every month :)
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 30, 2004 at 05:39 PM, in Applications
err... without breaking my NDA (it's not... 3,798 Views / 50 Replies  
err... without breaking my NDA (it's not discussing specifics or unreleased features), I can say that you have at the very least a corrupt install or install disc, because SSL certs work fine under...
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 29, 2004 at 06:37 AM, in macOS
That was sort of the point... 1,424 Views / 32 Replies  
That was sort of the point...
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 18, 2004 at 03:49 PM, in Applications
Rick, thanks for the info mate - I was worried... 41,509 Views / 520 Replies  
Rick, thanks for the info mate - I was worried for a moment or two there (although I'm well aware of the fact that Omni's apps looked good pre-Matas). Aesthetics are so subjective :)
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 17, 2004 at 07:35 PM, in Applications
No, not wanting to bash the browser at all - when... 41,509 Views / 520 Replies  
No, not wanting to bash the browser at all - when Omniweb uses a later webcore, I'll be ponying up my $30 too. I just wondered - all the other pages have beautiful full-colour icons throughout, yet...
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 16, 2004 at 06:15 PM, in Applications
Yeah, but what is up with teh suck design of the... 41,509 Views / 520 Replies  
Yeah, but what is up with teh suck design of the icons on the omniweb homepage?
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 16, 2004 at 01:10 AM, in Applications
*sigh* Thanks for showing me I'm not teh "BEAT... 1,424 Views / 32 Replies  
*sigh* Thanks for showing me I'm not teh "BEAT YOUR SOLO DRUM" guys :)

I've never seen anything like the complete disregard to standards I just saw here... it was perverse in a "you're never going...
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 12, 2004 at 06:37 PM, in Applications
Re: OMNIWeb and Safari have one fatal flaws 1,424 Views / 32 Replies  
Dude, are you serious? Learn XHTML/CSS! -- HTML is so late 90's... there aren't even going to be display attributes like height on HTML tags in a years time.

And "all the sudden"????? Do you...
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 12, 2004 at 06:01 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: Re: Re: Tomato Torrent "Wraper" 1,659 Views / 32 Replies  
Azureus has the safepeer plugin - that should be reason enough for any discerning bittorrent pirate (like you'll be using it for legal downloads! hah!)
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 11, 2004 at 10:35 PM, in Applications
You will need to wait for Apple to release a... 588 Views / 4 Replies  
You will need to wait for Apple to release a reversioner or a specific patch for the update you have installed. I wouldn't risk installing the release version directly over a pre-release seed.
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 10, 2004 at 08:45 PM, in Applications
Have you tried enabling "Support non-conforming... 2,182 Views / 47 Replies  
Have you tried enabling "Support non-conforming phones" in the Bluetooth preference pane? It works fine on my original n-OhMyGodIt'sSoBloodyHuge-Gage.
Posted by neoTony, on Aug 10, 2004 at 08:43 PM, in Applications
Sticky: Are you serious? Perhaps to the untrained eye... ... 396,101 Views / 560 Replies  
Are you serious? Perhaps to the untrained eye...

Nick Jitkoff, the author of Quicksilver was honestly surprised when I told him I generally only used QS to launch apps. App launching is not the...
Posted by neoTony, on Jul 29, 2004 at 08:05 AM, in Applications
:hmm: ... *shudder* 972 Views / 17 Replies  
:hmm: ... *shudder*
Posted by neoTony, on Jul 11, 2004 at 10:39 PM, in macOS
The ripple appears if you have the right... 42,755 Views / 377 Replies  
The ripple appears if you have the right hardware. Go look at www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/ for info on supported video cards...
Posted by neoTony, on Jul 4, 2004 at 03:37 AM, in macOS
Too early to tell. Remember, this is a DEVELOPER... 580 Views / 1 Replies  
Too early to tell. Remember, this is a DEVELOPER preview, not a public preview - Tiger won't look even remotely like what was released to developers.
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 30, 2004 at 06:46 PM, in macOS
What would be the point of a DB-based FS? The... 626 Views / 4 Replies  
What would be the point of a DB-based FS? The content indexes are stored in SQLlite by the looks of things... storing files in databases would not necessarily give any performance gains at all.
...
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 28, 2004 at 09:25 PM, in Applications
*WHAP* [insert adium kneejerk reaction and... 3,171 Views / 34 Replies  
*WHAP*

[insert adium kneejerk reaction and torrent of proteus vs. adium vs. fire vs. MS office comments here]

Or not.
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 23, 2004 at 08:27 PM, in Applications
The files/folders construct of computing damages... 2,257 Views / 44 Replies  
The files/folders construct of computing damages itself - by the time MS implements WinFS, and Apple with the next revision of it's filesystem, I think we'll see people start to recognise that we...
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 18, 2004 at 02:09 AM, in macOS
Who says that piles was supposed to be a purely... 2,257 Views / 44 Replies  
Who says that piles was supposed to be a purely graphical representation of arbitrary files? I'm going to make a leap here and say that piles were actually intended to be groupings of similar...
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 16, 2004 at 10:34 PM, in macOS
My 17" has exactly the same problem, plus the... 1,396 Views / 7 Replies  
My 17" has exactly the same problem, plus the hand rest corrosion, plus a slight "squashing" of the lid, so the plastic rim sits below the metal of the outer screen when it is open. I've treated this...
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 16, 2004 at 07:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
*sigh* Lucky bastards... I was looking for a way... 21,420 Views / 416 Replies  
*sigh* Lucky bastards... I was looking for a way to properly utilise my new 17" PB... Helps to have friends in high places, no?
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 1, 2004 at 12:36 AM, in Gaming
Well, without some form of site management, this... 3,129 Views / 72 Replies  
Well, without some form of site management, this really isn't possible - there needs to be a point of reference. Dreamweaver does this by virtually defining a certain directory on your HDD to be the...
Posted by neoTony, on Jun 1, 2004 at 12:29 AM, in Applications
Longhorn! :D Oh... wait... you wanted... 797 Views / 14 Replies  
Longhorn! :D

Oh... wait... you wanted something that worked well now... *runs away in fear*
Posted by neoTony, on May 24, 2004 at 09:44 AM, in Applications
I use Proteus. I would use Adium if not for that... 2,834 Views / 58 Replies  
I use Proteus. I would use Adium if not for that fscked up duck. *shudder*

It's just so... duck-ish... WTF does a duck have to do with instant messaging?

Edit: Whoever started this topic needs...
Posted by neoTony, on May 24, 2004 at 09:30 AM, in Applications
Picked up my 1.5Ghz 17" PB yesterday afternoon.... 19,824 Views / 396 Replies  
Picked up my 1.5Ghz 17" PB yesterday afternoon. Stock 4200rpm, 64Mb Radeon, and 1.5Gb RAM - it's sweet.

I was really concerned that the 4200 rpm drive wouldn't be fast enough for me - I needn't...
Posted by neoTony, on Apr 29, 2004 at 06:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I ordered a Rev B 17" PB about 4 weeks ago... 19,824 Views / 396 Replies  
I ordered a Rev B 17" PB about 4 weeks ago through a local retailer - I still have absolutely no idea when the (now Rev C) PB will get here. I've had some quite heated conversations with the manager...
Posted by neoTony, on Apr 28, 2004 at 04:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I put in an order for the top-of-the-line 17" PB... 2,150 Views / 49 Replies  
I put in an order for the top-of-the-line 17" PB a week and a half ago. Apple lists the model as "Awaiting Shipping Information" and "Constrained" - there is no 17" Powerbooks in australia at all.
...
Posted by neoTony, on Apr 14, 2004 at 11:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
17" Availability? 474 Views / 0 Replies  
I've just ordered the top-of-the-line powerbook (which I didn't deliberate on at all - I need the screen space on the go), but I've been told (after laying down the money) that there are no 17"...
Posted by neoTony, on Apr 6, 2004 at 06:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No idea dude - I bought a firewire drive for the... 697 Views / 6 Replies  
No idea dude - I bought a firewire drive for the first time on the weekend, and haven't seen any issues (apart from the choppy cursor during copies on builds before 7F43). Can you get more specific?
Posted by neoTony, on Mar 18, 2004 at 02:18 AM, in macOS
Yes, it was listed in the seed notes specifically... 697 Views / 6 Replies  
Yes, it was listed in the seed notes specifically - it is fixed.
Posted by neoTony, on Mar 16, 2004 at 11:16 PM, in macOS
Don't listen to a word he says! Slava is evil!... 930 Views / 13 Replies  
Don't listen to a word he says! Slava is evil! EVIIIIILLL!

Oh, and so is orkut, but evil in a pick up chicks sort of way...
Posted by neoTony, on Mar 1, 2004 at 06:43 PM, in GUI Customization
Sorry to be the devil's advocate (of sorts), but... 1,963 Views / 31 Replies  
Sorry to be the devil's advocate (of sorts), but nothing's broken here... I'm running on fairly old hardware (DP533 G4), and I've yet to experience a lockup (or beachball) that didn't recover itself...
Posted by neoTony, on Feb 25, 2004 at 03:34 PM, in macOS
gorickey/et al are right - APE isn't even loaded... 1,011 Views / 7 Replies  
gorickey/et al are right - APE isn't even loaded for the login window... it's user level only. If you suspect that any of Unsanity's products are causing the problem, collect the crash logs and send...
Posted by neoTony, on Feb 18, 2004 at 08:29 AM, in Applications
PubGuy: I know what you're talking about, but... 1,009 Views / 16 Replies  
PubGuy: I know what you're talking about, but unfortunately there isn't anything under Mac OS X that does this. OS 9 used to have an extension that would give you virtual display space (such as under...
Posted by neoTony, on Jan 28, 2004 at 10:38 PM, in macOS
So download it and compile it yourself - I did -... 3,845 Views / 52 Replies  
So download it and compile it yourself - I did - the transitions are sweet. Obviously a few bugs to work out, and the need for new graphics and icons is pretty clear, but I like! Version 0.5 is going...
Posted by neoTony, on Jan 20, 2004 at 08:39 PM, in Applications
Works fine here on campus at my Uni. I can browse... 2,890 Views / 45 Replies  
Works fine here on campus at my Uni. I can browse the windows domains and machines (the ones that allow smb browsing). At home is the same - the Network vfs works fine for me (it gave me trouble in...
Posted by neoTony, on Jan 20, 2004 at 07:51 PM, in macOS
Photoshop 2.5 is still my favorite release... It... 904 Views / 19 Replies  
Photoshop 2.5 is still my favorite release... It was so damn fast - even on a Duo 210. Sure I had to wait for 5 minutes everytime I chose a zoom blur, and forget working at high resolutions, but it...
Posted by neoTony, on Jan 14, 2004 at 07:07 PM, in Applications
...And PathFinder has nothing whatsoever to do... 591 Views / 6 Replies  
...And PathFinder has nothing whatsoever to do with metadata. The new finder isn't perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. And IMO, PathFinder has always appeared to be a hodgepodge of...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 13, 2003 at 08:50 AM, in macOS
Has anybody actually covered what the problem is... 3,186 Views / 54 Replies  
Has anybody actually covered what the problem is and where it lies? AFAIK, the incompatibilty is caused by Samba 3.x...

Sure, apple needs to take responsibility for products they choose to...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 11, 2003 at 06:57 PM, in macOS
You could try setting up oPhoneX... ... 1,030 Views / 8 Replies  
You could try setting up oPhoneX...

http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/

I've not used it, but it's supposedly compatible with NetMeeting on Windows, and works with firewire input devices (such as...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 6, 2003 at 06:45 PM, in Applications
Reclaiming space on FileVaults does seem to... 768 Views / 1 Replies  
Reclaiming space on FileVaults does seem to corrupt data on the disk image.

It has nothing to do with the keychain - if you lose the keychain, but remember the password you used when creating the...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 6, 2003 at 06:43 PM, in macOS
WTF? Different technologies dude. Voiceprint was... 866 Views / 4 Replies  
WTF? Different technologies dude. Voiceprint was a security/password authentication mechanism (you could write one for the as an authentication mechanism on Mac OS X if you wanted to), not a...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 3, 2003 at 11:19 PM, in macOS
Were you using FileVault? Did you tell it to... 687 Views / 5 Replies  
Were you using FileVault? Did you tell it to reclaim unused space?

Unfortunately, if you answered yes to either of those, things are not so easy to fix...

Here's how I fixed it the three or...
Posted by neoTony, on Nov 2, 2003 at 08:05 AM, in macOS
Not sure as to the status of Evolution - I was... 1,389 Views / 11 Replies  
Not sure as to the status of Evolution - I was updating the port of GNOME to fink (which would've made the latest evolution compile without too many problems), but why don't you check out Panther?...
Posted by neoTony, on Oct 29, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in Applications
Or to http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/ That... 1,475 Views / 24 Replies  
Or to http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/

That client rocks!
Posted by neoTony, on Oct 25, 2003 at 12:00 AM, in Applications
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