Yeah, for third party devices and accessories. For Apple products or strictly out of the box you don't need anything.
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Yeah, for third party devices and accessories. For Apple products or strictly out of the box you don't need anything.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Can simply turn off Photostream from iCloud settings on your devices or the website, I think (I have not turned it on).
Deleting didn't use to be possible, but now is, apparently: iCloud: Resetting your Photo Stream (Apple KB)
CrudeDiatribe
Member
There's an iCloud system pref.
Thanks for the heads up on this one, l got the free trial yesterday and I've just bought it from the app store.
It seems to produce a sound more to my liking than itunes, more clarity and punch in my opinion. It must use a different decoder. Great app.
It runs at like 5fps.
Dreams-Visions
Member
how does it compare to Audrivana?
...but it runs
You see my point. What some people consider "requirements" is completely off the ball. That's why I couldn't stand the whole computer gaming thing during the late nineties and early 2000. It was such a crapshoot, and you needed a bunch of background about cards, drivers etc.
I dunno if it's any different now, but I've kinda gotten past that kind of thing for computers.
As for your issue of L4D running so poorly, who knows. There could be more to it. I don't really trust Mac OS X for gaming, to be honest.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Copy/paste?
TO be fair, not sure what you're asking.
What programs are you using, intention, quality of output required, etc etc.
I mean otherwise all one could advise is cut, open new document, paste, save.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Source games like L4D2 run a lot better than 5fps at 1920x1200 on my '06 Mac Pro. Don't know the settings, but have a Radeon 3800, and it is decent looking and enjoyable.
If you don't have iPhoto, open the "Image Capture" app and that will let you import. Or you could just browse the card in the camera directly through Finder and move the files out.
Hmmm, I can't seem to find it in the finder or in iPhoto.....
edit: and Image Capture says no device connected. WTH?
So it worked on the other USB port?
Treefingers
Member
Just wanted to mention that the developer of the awesome Unarchiver has released The Archive Browser that.. lets you browse archives. I bought it and it's very well made.
Yes it did.
cooljeanius
Member
Wish I had known about this before I went and bought that StuffIt thing that does pretty much what this does, especially considering how much cheaper this is...
lol I was about to say...
Yeah, HTML5 is great, but YouTube isn't using it properly. I hate the HTML5 player.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
So much easier to just use a plug-in or extension (YouTube5 for Safari) to replace the .flv with the .mp4.
I don't have Flash installed on my MacBook Air, at all, and that's what I use.
Meus Renaissance
Member
This is the sound my MBP makes when I tilt it side to side or backwards and forwards. What do you think is causing it?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12155394/Audio Recording.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12155394/Audio Recording.mp3
So I just got a Synology DS411J 8TB NAS and I have no idea where to start.
I need to install Synology Finder on the software CD apparently, but my MacBook Air doesn't have a drive. Wasn't there something about installing CD's from another Mac to the MacBook Air? Because I have a Mac Mini, and I'm thinking I could just install it on the MacBook Air through the Mac Mini? How so?
And how will I move my iTunes library from the external hard drive to the NAS? I can just drag and drop the whole folder right?
EDIT:
Nevermind, I found out how to use Remote Disc.
I need to install Synology Finder on the software CD apparently, but my MacBook Air doesn't have a drive. Wasn't there something about installing CD's from another Mac to the MacBook Air? Because I have a Mac Mini, and I'm thinking I could just install it on the MacBook Air through the Mac Mini? How so?
And how will I move my iTunes library from the external hard drive to the NAS? I can just drag and drop the whole folder right?
EDIT:
Nevermind, I found out how to use Remote Disc.
Fan or HDD?
Crazymoogle
Member
Sounds like something could even be loose in the case, too, like lighting LEDs from a backlit keyboard or just some screw or something. Either way it's worth taking to an Apple Store.
Does Time Machine back up Steam game data/saves? Going to be taking my MBA in to get it replaced at my local Apple store next week (trackpad issue isn't going away) and it would be great if I could just bring the new one home, plug it into my Time Machine drive and be back to just like before.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
If you haven't told TM to exclude ~/Library and you haven't changed the default location of your Steam stuff, then yes, I believe so.
When on your account, right click>get info on whatever folder, and scroll down to the sharing and permissions section. Just hit add her account from there, and whether you want to allow read&write or read only.
From there I guess you could make an alias folder and drop it somewhere in her users' folders (desktop, docs etc). Another way is to just go to Users>Shared and drop whatever files in that (shared) folder.
This seems to be the only way that I can get to work at the moment but if I copy my photos folder across its 13gb so this is going to take 13gb of hard drive space up just so another user can access it?
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Make a symbolic link (alias) to your Photos folder and drop it in the /Users/Shared/ folder. She needs to have at least read permission. This goes for the folder and for the individual files in it. Make sure she has read permission on those files.
Thanks for the help. For the minute there I thought I would have to take up lots of hard drive space up just so two different users could access the same folder.
blahblah...blah
Member
Recently, in Chrome, when I go full-screen, no matter the resolution, the frame rate is unbearably low, stuttering everywhere, etc. Doesn't seem to happen on Safari. Any ideas?
Hey guys, are those external Thunderbolt drives actually worth the premium price over USB 2.0 drives ?
I believe the 1 TB drive at the apple store costs around 300$~. Quite.. Expensive.
I currently have a 128 GB Macbook Air and I would like to have an external drive to store all my art assets, etc. for the game that I'm developing.
Are there any good wireless external drive ?
Thanks !
I believe the 1 TB drive at the apple store costs around 300$~. Quite.. Expensive.
I currently have a 128 GB Macbook Air and I would like to have an external drive to store all my art assets, etc. for the game that I'm developing.
Are there any good wireless external drive ?
Thanks !
Thanks.
I actually don't have an airport extreme. I was hoping that technology caught up and that wireless drives were common and efficient
Will we ever have drives that take advantage of the thunderbolt port ? From what I saw, even though the thunderbolt port allows for 10 Gb/s, the drives themselves only perform at around 180 MB/s.
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Is using CCleaner on my MBP (Lion OS) any better than just emptying the cache, history, and trash basket?
GAF, I have another question. Just a bit of background info, my windows pc died on me about 3 weeks ago more than likely due to motherboard failure. I knew it was on its way out but I really wanted it to last until the upcoming iMac refresh. So I bought a 2011 27inch iMac, I'm really loving it so far and I'm finding my way around OSX and trying to organize things the way I want them to be.
My question is regarding iTunes. On my old pc iTunes had 2 iPhones and an iPad synced to it and I know that when I connect them to iTunes on my mac I'm going to get the "this device is linked to another iTunes library" window.
The thing is l can access my iTunes folder on my old hard drive via an adapter cable I bought. Obviously using the migration assistant is out of the question but is there anyway I could drag anything of use from old folder to new folder that would help?
My question is regarding iTunes. On my old pc iTunes had 2 iPhones and an iPad synced to it and I know that when I connect them to iTunes on my mac I'm going to get the "this device is linked to another iTunes library" window.
The thing is l can access my iTunes folder on my old hard drive via an adapter cable I bought. Obviously using the migration assistant is out of the question but is there anyway I could drag anything of use from old folder to new folder that would help?
Treefingers
Member
So i'm having muilt monitor issues, when i have powerpoint up on my macbook it's really small and off screen on expose. I can't drag it back to the screen it just stays in expose. When i plug it in my monitor at home i can move it, but i soon as i unplug it goes back to off screen. But i had to plug my macbook into a projector over the weekend and same problem again with powerpoint being off screen.