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External monitor = crash 609 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello all,

a friend's MB (black model) is showing a strange behaviour: if he connects an external LCD, after some minutes (around 5), the machine goes down, with frozen screen, and the only...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 22, 2010 at 09:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Mail - Snow Leopard - Can't download messages 579 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello everybody,

I have stumbled into a strange problem after formatting & snow-leoparding:
I have 2 mail accounts (yahoo & gmail), and keep my old mail there.
Now, from gmail Mail was able to...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 11, 2009 at 02:48 AM, in Applications
Start applications already iconized 461 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello everybody,

I can't seem to find a way to launch applications at start-up, but already iconized.
I want to have Things and ICal running at login, but don't want their windows cluttering up...
Posted by lorenzo, on Jun 19, 2009 at 03:18 AM, in macOS
Suspected that... 659 Views / 3 Replies  
ah well, I'll need to get myself "listened to" in the shop then :censor:
Thanks, Simon, now I only need to go there and bang my hand loudly on the counter (that's such a niiice and poshy apple store...
Posted by lorenzo, on Apr 22, 2009 at 10:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
MPB Santa Rosa: Screen flickers when moving lid 659 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello everybody,

I'm experiencing some flickering every once in a while when moving the lcd screen.
I had the mainboard replaced out of warranty (but still for free, Geforce problem) and after...
Posted by lorenzo, on Apr 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Contact Management Application? 367 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello everybody,

I'm looking for an application able to create a "network" of people I know with information about them.
Sort of Addressbook, but with the addition of connection between people,...
Posted by lorenzo, on Mar 2, 2009 at 02:06 PM, in Applications
Hard crash MBP 766 Views / 16 Replies  
Hello everybody,
just want to share that after the failure of my macbook pro at the beginning of this week, I took it to a apple center, and they confirmed my (our... friends of the forum helped! :D...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 6, 2009 at 03:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Logic board replaced - MBP 473 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello everybody,
just want to share that after the failure of my macbook pro at the beginning of this week, I took it to a apple center, and they confirmed my (our... friends of the forum helped! :D...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 6, 2009 at 03:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ok... where do I start from? :-) last freeze... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
ok... where do I start from? :-)
last freeze happened like this:

skype froze it's window, some glitches on the screen, then audio went on like 1, 1.5seconds, then hard freeze.
The, the dreaded...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 3, 2009 at 04:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
guess so... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
I'm scared to death by costs... my mbp is over 1 year old, and this means no warranty.
Good call... already a broken battery, now a broken logic board. Loving macosX asks for sacrifices...

Thanks...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 3, 2009 at 03:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
it is WORSE... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
:brick:
What seemed erratical behaviour turned out to be a lot worse... it crashed again yesterday with the "old" (default) ram. And again, it didn't want to restart.
But popping MacosX disc inside...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 3, 2009 at 03:36 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I'll do that 766 Views / 16 Replies  
I've recovered the old ram, and I'll stick it in the mbp this afternoon after work.
Then I'll try some torturing with aperture and such.
Optionally, aperture and skype, which seem to be the two...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 2, 2009 at 07:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
this is getting frustrating... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
Run aperture from brand new account.
Closed it.
Had a 1h videocall on skype, and bang, hard freeze... :brick:
Now, it had happened also another time (2?) that I had the crash while skyping (and...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 1, 2009 at 06:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
hw test done... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
...and everything is fine.
I've run the complete test (took more almost 3 hours), and no error reported.
I'm inclined to believe it's really aperture frying my mac.
I'm trying it again, but am a...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 1, 2009 at 08:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
will run it... now! 766 Views / 16 Replies  
I'm running AHT now that I'm going out, so it can chug along without me sipping tons of coffe... :)

Will update once it's finished, thank you.

Lory
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 1, 2009 at 06:23 AM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for the answer. My mbp has always run... 766 Views / 16 Replies  
thanks for the answer.

My mbp has always run fine. Even with the new dimms, it's been able to stay turned on for days, running multiple programs at once using all and more of the 4gb, and never...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 1, 2009 at 06:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Hard crash MBP 766 Views / 16 Replies  
Hello,

I've experienced 3 hard crashes in a day on my mbp...
It's a 2.2ghz version, upgraded to 4gb of ram. It never had any problem, and after the update I carefully run many a times memtest,...
Posted by lorenzo, on Jan 31, 2009 at 08:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Seems what I'm looking for... 424 Views / 2 Replies  
...thanks!

Lory
Posted by lorenzo, on Dec 19, 2008 at 07:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Option key on Santa Rosa MBP 424 Views / 2 Replies  
My girlfriend treated herself to a brand new macbook pro.
After the initial drooling over the machine, I ended up loving mainly two things: the glass covering the screen, and the option on the right...
Posted by lorenzo, on Dec 19, 2008 at 08:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Stop autoconnect on login 445 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm going nuts over my mbpro suddenly (since yesterday) deciding that he wants to connect to another mac here (a second mbpro) as soon as I login.
If the other mac is on and around, I get a "insert...
Posted by lorenzo, on Dec 15, 2008 at 07:02 PM, in macOS
worked as a charme! Incredible as it may seem... 472 Views / 3 Replies  
worked as a charme!
Incredible as it may seem (I had fumbled with dozens of combos, had read so many forums and was sure I tried this too, but obviously...) it's working!
Thanks a lot, seanc!
I'm...
Posted by lorenzo, on Oct 22, 2008 at 05:29 PM, in macOS
Can't boot from cd anymore... 472 Views / 3 Replies  
Black macbook had a failed hard drive...
Switched it for a new 320gb unit, but must have done something silly at install, I can't figure how to log in (no, have no idea what this can be).
But the...
Posted by lorenzo, on Oct 22, 2008 at 04:54 PM, in macOS
Safari refuses to launch 372 Views / 2 Replies  
It's a little cry for help: safari all of a sudden refuses to launch, the icon bumps forever, and it only understands a "force quit"... :confused:
Permissions have been repaired, and osx is 10.5.5....
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 23, 2008 at 03:16 PM, in Applications
cycles 519 Views / 5 Replies  
should be around 80. As far as I remember, it should have between 50 or 60 cycles, in 16 months or so of life.
Even now, it light up 3 leds out of five, but if I stick it into the mac, it will power...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 7, 2008 at 11:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Recall, but... 519 Views / 5 Replies  
While checking online, I've seen that the recall was ended on July the 25th! :brick:
But I would have never ever had checked this hadn't the battery failed, because on the recall, they wrote "some...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 7, 2008 at 11:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Battery dead?! 519 Views / 5 Replies  
My mbp dies out of the blue while running on battery and listing still almost 2h of running time...
It happened 3 days ago, and once again today.
It feels so bad, considering that I hardly used it...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 5, 2008 at 05:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Software to check/diagnose USB external hd? 518 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello everybody, and happy easter!

I'm fighting with a exernal drive, a LaCie Rugged 250Gb. The drive (partitioned it in 2, 70Gb dos and 170 Mac for time machine) works perfectly and reliably when...
Posted by lorenzo, on Mar 23, 2008 at 08:10 AM, in Applications
...the same for me... 2.2 Santa Rosa MBP. I'm... 747 Views / 6 Replies  
...the same for me...
2.2 Santa Rosa MBP.
I'm starting to believe those who define early adopters guinea pigs :)
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 14, 2008 at 08:25 AM, in macOS
It did the trick!!! Thanks a lot! (it's still... 3,277 Views / 9 Replies  
It did the trick!!!
Thanks a lot!
(it's still not as transparent as I'd love, but it is indeed, and checking "translucent" in menuprefs works).

Very happy again! ;-)

Lory
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 12, 2008 at 08:07 AM, in macOS
...and menuitems... 3,277 Views / 9 Replies  
I've found out that my pull down menus are more solid now (like i'd say 95%) :confused:
is this also update related?
even more confused :)
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 12, 2008 at 07:39 AM, in macOS
Restore menubar transparency - 10.5.2 3,277 Views / 9 Replies  
Hi everybody,

I'm looking for some help in restoring the transparency of the menubar in Leopard! :rolleyes:
Problem is, some weeks ago I disabled it (but cant remember how! :confused: and now I'd...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 12, 2008 at 07:31 AM, in macOS
New MBPs - keyboard question... 418 Views / 2 Replies  
Is it possible Apple will fit a bette/newer keyboard on the next gen macbookpros?
I own a SR2.2, but... to confess... I'd sell and buy a new one if they gave me at least a nice macbook like keyboard...
Posted by lorenzo, on Feb 8, 2008 at 10:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
What about a nice keyboard like the one of the... 825 Views / 5 Replies  
What about a nice keyboard like the one of the MacBooks?
It has grown on me so much, plus, it's the stock keyboard also for the iMacs (just some extra keys)... I find it amazing, and a hell of a lot...
Posted by lorenzo, on Dec 8, 2007 at 10:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Expose and Spaces SLOW 1,535 Views / 4 Replies  
Now, I know this'll sound like the usual nutcase's rant, but they are slow, and I hate that!
I hate having spent almost 1800€ on my mbpro (it's the basic santa rosa model), and see that spaces and...
Posted by lorenzo, on Nov 16, 2007 at 09:09 AM, in macOS
Ahem... hand-deleted /sbin/mount_ntfs 976 Views / 0 Replies  
It feels very stupid, but I was fighting with MacFUSE, needed to write access a NTFS partition, when decided to dismiss the effort and "clean" the mac.
I checked the package contents in finder and...
Posted by lorenzo, on Nov 11, 2007 at 10:59 AM, in macOS
Font sizes in the OnScreen Keyboard 368 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello all,

can someone suggest a way to increase the size of the fonts displayed on the on screen keyboard?
I'm using it to type russian on an italian keyboard but... the thing it's tiny in my...
Posted by lorenzo, on Nov 5, 2007 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
Entouraged... but entourage collapsed :) 1,720 Views / 8 Replies  
I have many Vcards (a collegue made them), but when I drag&dropped the a vcard on entourage, the impot started, but the database process of entourage entered in a death spiral.
I had to kill...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 12, 2007 at 11:23 AM, in Applications
Export Address Book... 1,720 Views / 8 Replies  
I feel the solution can't be too difficoult, but...
How do I export the addressbook?
I need a windows import it, and I have no idea...

Tried exporting in .vcf, but Entourage on Mac's not able to...
Posted by lorenzo, on Sep 12, 2007 at 09:55 AM, in Applications
SO STUPID was I? Sigh... ehi, thanks a lot... 525 Views / 4 Replies  
SO STUPID was I?
Sigh... ehi, thanks a lot Tetenal, it just worked...
I go hide myself right now for some time in deep embarassment... :(

A too stressed Lorenzo in Moscow
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 27, 2007 at 01:30 PM, in Applications
Ohhh... I just checked under Parallels, and even... 525 Views / 4 Replies  
Ohhh... I just checked under Parallels, and even the standard XP preview is able to show the many pages.ouch!
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 27, 2007 at 01:28 PM, in Applications
Open MultiImage TIFF files 525 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi everybody,

I was given a Tiff file containing many images together (47), but under my Mac I only see the first one.
Does anybody know of mac programs suited to open multi-image containing tiff...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 27, 2007 at 01:15 PM, in Applications
Actually... after closer inspection (today, when... 1,224 Views / 9 Replies  
Actually... after closer inspection (today, when I'm colder...) the damage looks very very minor.
It's doubtful a non extremely close inspection of the machine would show it up at all; and now it's...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 22, 2007 at 02:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
S**t! 1,224 Views / 9 Replies  
Ok, I know it's rather unpolite to yell it, but I need it as a catharsis... S**T!
My MPB fell out of my poorly closed backpack in Moscow's metro (courtesy of a wonderful moscow girl smiling at me...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 21, 2007 at 12:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm using ImageWell for that (ImageWell, the Free... 618 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm using ImageWell for that (ImageWell, the Free and Lean Image Editor (http://xtralean.com/IWOverview.html))
makes scaling and cropping very quick, and allows to save them on the disk or to a net...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 11, 2007 at 07:58 AM, in Applications
I see. I just replicated Mail's behaviour... 689 Views / 4 Replies  
I see.
I just replicated Mail's behaviour though, pretty easy.
Search something on Google Images, click on a image who belongs to a website.
the website opens, and from there u can drag and drop...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 11, 2007 at 07:45 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the answer! Althugh a expecteb... 689 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks for the answer!

Althugh a expecteb behaviour, I didn't find it very consistent: sometimes drag and dropping causes the image to go straight into mail instead of the link.
This happens when...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 10, 2007 at 06:40 PM, in Applications
Drag'n drop images from Safari to Mail 689 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi all,

I was trying to drag pictures from safari to a mail message window (love the idea to do everything quick & simple with mac :)
but had almost no success.

Behaviour is weird.
If the...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 10, 2007 at 06:36 AM, in Applications
Checked it. Had one in system library and one... 427 Views / 2 Replies  
Checked it.
Had one in system library and one in home folder's library, they were Serenity screensaver and Toast.
Now it seems to work!
Keep my fingers crossed :-)

Thanks for the suggestion!
...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 9, 2007 at 08:48 AM, in macOS
Finder crashing all the time... 427 Views / 2 Replies  
I am running into a very strange problem:
Finder locks up every time I right-click on the desktop...
I have to force quit it and make it restart... :eek:

Everything works wonderfully, but put it...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 8, 2007 at 06:33 PM, in macOS
iPhoto '08 492 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, if it's a feature of iPhoto 08, I'll gladly get it... love to keep my mac experience on steroids ;)

And... yes... neither front row or my fingers are quick enough to fool the eyes of my...
Posted by lorenzo, on Aug 8, 2007 at 02:55 PM, in Applications
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