ThunderSkunk
Oct 19, 04:33 PM
I love wolfram alpha.
I just wish it didn't make me feel stupid every time I use it.
I just wish it didn't make me feel stupid every time I use it.
Silentwave
Oct 23, 09:57 PM
hrm...might as well encapsulate it then implant it subcutaneously!
SyncToGreen
Nov 14, 03:14 PM
Thanks for the tips so far. After reading that the Performa 6290cd was one of the worst Macs ever made, I immediately bought one !! Not here yet, but if operational, I'll use it to test the software. If successful, I'll know that powerpc models aren't out of the question and maybe grab a few old, inexpensive Macs to toy with this project.
Other than a couple of Minis I have around here from the past couple of years, this is also gonna be good for filling in my knowledge of Macs from the mid years.
Being mostly from the Windows world, tearing this thing apart will be fun.
I found a guy selling internal scsi burners for Macs. From Apple docs, it appears I can lift the case and replace the internal cd-rom drive with one of these burners. Any tips on those- brands etc that may work with the old Macs?
Also, am I right that I should be looking for Toast 4 to possibly burn backups to cd if the burner works ? Old versions of Toast seem very hard to find.
This 6290cd is loaded with about every card option Apple had at the time and I know this thing was aimed at the Sears crowd etc. This one even appears to have the dedicated vga option as well as the standard Apple display type connector. Owner says os 9 is on it but the restore cd will be 7.6 or 7.5. Think I'll start with an immediate restore to that. Any opinions on how this model handles os 8? By the way, it has a gigantic 48mb of ram (ha ha)
Will also explore networking once I add an ethernet card to the comm or ld port, but those projects are for another time.
This is a cool place !
Other than a couple of Minis I have around here from the past couple of years, this is also gonna be good for filling in my knowledge of Macs from the mid years.
Being mostly from the Windows world, tearing this thing apart will be fun.
I found a guy selling internal scsi burners for Macs. From Apple docs, it appears I can lift the case and replace the internal cd-rom drive with one of these burners. Any tips on those- brands etc that may work with the old Macs?
Also, am I right that I should be looking for Toast 4 to possibly burn backups to cd if the burner works ? Old versions of Toast seem very hard to find.
This 6290cd is loaded with about every card option Apple had at the time and I know this thing was aimed at the Sears crowd etc. This one even appears to have the dedicated vga option as well as the standard Apple display type connector. Owner says os 9 is on it but the restore cd will be 7.6 or 7.5. Think I'll start with an immediate restore to that. Any opinions on how this model handles os 8? By the way, it has a gigantic 48mb of ram (ha ha)
Will also explore networking once I add an ethernet card to the comm or ld port, but those projects are for another time.
This is a cool place !
Ommid
Apr 23, 04:09 AM
I'm going to agree here, MBP+cheap PC would likely be the best all around solution.
me three.
me three.
FooArk
May 6, 02:54 PM
Feels very sticky. Hard to double click or drag and select text, etc. Scrolling works fine but its the clicking issues. What can I do?
wrldwzrd89
Mar 21, 07:31 PM
This isn't very easy to do. You can't do this when you're logged in to your primary account - you'll need to create a temporary administrator account to do this; you can delete the temporary account afterward. Once you're logged into the temporary account, open the Terminal.
First, copy your current home folder to the new location:
sudo cp /Users/(your user name) (destination)
Replace (your user name) with the short user name of your primary account and (destination) with the destination. The destination will be of the form:
/Volumes/(external HD name)/(subdirectory)
where (external HD name) and (subdirectory) are placeholders.
Second, delete your old user folder:
sudo rm -r /Users/(your user name)
Third, create a symbolic link that connects the old user folder to the new user folder:
sudo ln -s /Users/(your user name) (destination)
Fourth, verify that the symbolic link works as intended:
cd /Users/(your user name)
pwd
The destination directory should display after you execute the pwd command. If it doesn't, or you got an error when you tried the ln command, reverse the order of the directories:
sudo ln -s (destination) /Users/(your user name)
and repeat this step.
Finally, close the Terminal, log out of the temporary account and log in to your primary account. Check if everything works as expected.
First, copy your current home folder to the new location:
sudo cp /Users/(your user name) (destination)
Replace (your user name) with the short user name of your primary account and (destination) with the destination. The destination will be of the form:
/Volumes/(external HD name)/(subdirectory)
where (external HD name) and (subdirectory) are placeholders.
Second, delete your old user folder:
sudo rm -r /Users/(your user name)
Third, create a symbolic link that connects the old user folder to the new user folder:
sudo ln -s /Users/(your user name) (destination)
Fourth, verify that the symbolic link works as intended:
cd /Users/(your user name)
pwd
The destination directory should display after you execute the pwd command. If it doesn't, or you got an error when you tried the ln command, reverse the order of the directories:
sudo ln -s (destination) /Users/(your user name)
and repeat this step.
Finally, close the Terminal, log out of the temporary account and log in to your primary account. Check if everything works as expected.
Black Diesel
Apr 26, 11:57 AM
I had a computer crash and then I changed systems and I'm trying to consolidate several external HD's files onto one drive and get rid of all the dupicate files. I know for sure there are tons of duplicate files and we are talking several hundred gigs of data so I can't do it manually. What is the best program to identify/delete duplicate files on a MAC? (photos, excel, word, pdf's, etc.)
I'm using a 2008 iMac with 10.5.x
I don't care if i have to pay for a program as long as it's really easy to use. The file names might not be the same, so I'm looking for a program that can identify the files are identical even though the file names might not be the same.
Thanks
I'm using a 2008 iMac with 10.5.x
I don't care if i have to pay for a program as long as it's really easy to use. The file names might not be the same, so I'm looking for a program that can identify the files are identical even though the file names might not be the same.
Thanks
imacintel
Oct 25, 08:14 AM
I truly hope that's a finger....
emw
Oct 19, 09:50 PM
Completely agree with Paul on the Goo Gone. That stuff is like magic! You only need a little bit to get things off.
Stella
Jan 31, 06:28 AM
Despite posting impressive sales of the iPad last quarter, Apple saw its tablet market share drop from 95 percent to 77 percent as shipments of Google Android-based tablets chipped away at the company's tablet dominance, a new report says.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/31/apples_share_of_tablet_market_slides_to_77_android_rises_to_22.html
( Bit of a dramatic title by Apple Insider, 2.1 million Android tablets were sold to bring down the iPad marketshare to 77% )
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/31/apples_share_of_tablet_market_slides_to_77_android_rises_to_22.html
( Bit of a dramatic title by Apple Insider, 2.1 million Android tablets were sold to bring down the iPad marketshare to 77% )
jent
Jan 19, 12:13 AM
Anyone know under what conditions the MacBook Air wouldn't sleep? I never had any problems.
SimonBS
May 5, 02:17 PM
I would like to see the start up time (not that it matters that much, honestly, but it's always interesting) Also, it would be cool if you could do some performance tests with Xcode and Photoshop.
What about some general speed? E.g. start up time of applications.
What about some general speed? E.g. start up time of applications.
decksnap
Mar 14, 04:12 PM
No, it was not vague. However, it is possibly illegal. M4V is MP4 with Apple iTunes DRM as an option. The OP is asking about breaking DRMed files.
I simply don't think that is the case here. Handbrake DOES generate m4v files. He isn't talking about apple DRM, which is only one feature of m4v.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4V
I simply don't think that is the case here. Handbrake DOES generate m4v files. He isn't talking about apple DRM, which is only one feature of m4v.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4V
mrockm01
May 5, 06:37 PM
Yup, my replacement is 5k
e-coli
Jun 30, 12:26 PM
Since 10.6.4 I've experienced...Aperture 3 freezes and beach balls
AMEN. Aperture 3 is an unusable wreck. And it wasn't just the 10.6.4 update. It wasn't even close to being ready for prime-time when it was released. Any image over 10MP results in app-crashing beach balls when using the rotate tool (almost 100% of the time), even on the newest MBP. Over 10MP in RAW...forget it altogether in my experience.
AMEN. Aperture 3 is an unusable wreck. And it wasn't just the 10.6.4 update. It wasn't even close to being ready for prime-time when it was released. Any image over 10MP results in app-crashing beach balls when using the rotate tool (almost 100% of the time), even on the newest MBP. Over 10MP in RAW...forget it altogether in my experience.
blackwind
Apr 26, 09:05 AM
I dont have the ipa, but i know the creator. His name Cl�ment Vasseur
Not sure why apple pulled it out (maybe too good to be free)
Anyway he published the zip and all the code on his developer's site.. He created AirView and AirSpeaker apps. Linky
https://github.com/nto/AirView/
If any one (developers) here has time to take alook and distribute the files into ipa would be appreciated.
THanks
Not sure why apple pulled it out (maybe too good to be free)
Anyway he published the zip and all the code on his developer's site.. He created AirView and AirSpeaker apps. Linky
https://github.com/nto/AirView/
If any one (developers) here has time to take alook and distribute the files into ipa would be appreciated.
THanks
1dahlia1
Apr 6, 03:12 PM
How in the world did this happen?
I was trying to send to trash the final clips of an event and then imoive crashed. when I started it up again there were no longer any clips at all in the events folder.
In the imovie video cache however are lots of files, including a quicktime file that plays the full event, but with no sound.
How can I put this movie back together again in imovie? help!!
I was trying to send to trash the final clips of an event and then imoive crashed. when I started it up again there were no longer any clips at all in the events folder.
In the imovie video cache however are lots of files, including a quicktime file that plays the full event, but with no sound.
How can I put this movie back together again in imovie? help!!
EasyB
Mar 24, 02:13 AM
I have my home dir on a separate drive. It's really easy, there's no need to create filesystem links of any such thing. There is a field in NetInfo manager which is the path to your home dir. Just change the path and then copy your dir to the new location.
You won't be able to delete your current home dir until after you reboot.
So this should work as a temporary solution to my problem.
1-Copy my user file off of my powerbook to a FW drive
2-Send my PB in for repair
3-Add a new user on my friends mac
4-go into NetInfo Manager and redirect my location to my FW Drive
5-When PB gets back, copy user folder back to PB.
Will that work?
You won't be able to delete your current home dir until after you reboot.
So this should work as a temporary solution to my problem.
1-Copy my user file off of my powerbook to a FW drive
2-Send my PB in for repair
3-Add a new user on my friends mac
4-go into NetInfo Manager and redirect my location to my FW Drive
5-When PB gets back, copy user folder back to PB.
Will that work?
monke
Dec 19, 07:14 PM
The Stocking full of surprises.
applegeek13
May 29, 10:15 AM
I could build a pc, but that's not my point. And I had a dream about one last night, so the gods have spoken.
GraceMolloy
Apr 3, 09:11 PM
the Dreamcast did better that most people think. it outsold the PS2 at launch and it was starting to outsell the PS2 when they pulled the plug (not total units sold) but it Sega would have not pulled the plug it would have started to gain on them. what killed the Dreamcast was the over hype of the PS2 and its ability to play dvd's , and the Dreamcast lack of good 3rd party developers and sega was hurting for money thanks to the failure of the SEGA cd, 32-X, and saturn, and could not keep up with the Dreamcast.
The DVD player was a big part of it. PS2s were selling like hotcakes in Japan b/c it was one of the least expensive dvd players on the market there.
Damn you Sega and your proprietary disc types!! /*cuddles her Dreamcast*/
The DVD player was a big part of it. PS2s were selling like hotcakes in Japan b/c it was one of the least expensive dvd players on the market there.
Damn you Sega and your proprietary disc types!! /*cuddles her Dreamcast*/
Maclicious
Jul 22, 11:20 AM
Originally posted by Gus
Maybe there's a problem with the iBook's Power Manager Unit (PMU). Look here for directons on resetting it. It's worth a try, as it will not hurt anything.
Regards,
Gus
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
That did the trick, thanks!
Maybe there's a problem with the iBook's Power Manager Unit (PMU). Look here for directons on resetting it. It's worth a try, as it will not hurt anything.
Regards,
Gus
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
That did the trick, thanks!
joecool85
May 25, 09:46 AM
See...I've never used linux, but I'm a complete computer geek, so I really should lol. I've been thinking Red Hat would be a good starter...I dunno. I was going to run Gentoo on my PB till I realized I would have to format my drive to partition it etc etc.
WhatAmI
May 6, 05:38 AM
666MB once again - I'm holding off...:cool:
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