Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Actually, there was a Powertoy in XP (Virtual Desktop Manager) that let you do that. Poorly.Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
Ya, but I'd like both. I don't see the reason why you can't do like mac where you can choice either or instead of having to pick one over the other. Somethings I like more on a clean desktop rather than as 10 windows. Some tasks make me want to use one and some tasks make me want to use another.
Phobophile said:
I've never heard of that so I'll have to look into it.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I've got another question, is there a way to change the file menu across the top to finder from whatever program you are currently using without having to click the desktop. Possibly some sort of shortcut to do it?
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Try getting used to app-switching using cmd+tab. It goes to the last used program, but you can left/right to the one you want.
Also it uses four-ginger gesture swipe left and right (and tap again with four fingers). If finder was your last program you were using, then these are basically shortcuts.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
mrkgoo said:
Ah, I forgot you could do that. I'm so used to swiping four fingers down I forgot you could switch another way. Thanks again.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
That's what Microsoft is trying to do. To differentiate Windows from OS X.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Flying_Phoenix said:
Ya, but it's not just OS X that uses it. I understand why but I don't have to like it.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Jasoco said:
There is nothing "small" about Snow Leopard's updates. The updates given by Snow Leopard are essentially for developers so they can truly take on OS X by the horns.
midwestern_stylings
Neo Member
Hey guys, on friday I will be ordering a new hard drive for my new macbook pro, I've been thinking about getting the WD Scorpio Blue 500GB hard drive.
After a bit of research a few people are complaining about clicking noises coming from the hard drive. I wondered if anyone has had any experience with this hard drive?
After a bit of research a few people are complaining about clicking noises coming from the hard drive. I wondered if anyone has had any experience with this hard drive?
midwestern_stylings
Neo Member
That's good to know, but there does seem to be a few people who are noticing it, well from what I have gathered from this thread http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=665941&page=3
Though I don't know if I would ever notice it if there was, that and it could be just a select batch with the clicking.
Though I don't know if I would ever notice it if there was, that and it could be just a select batch with the clicking.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Quick question. If I run Windows through Parallels (particularly 7 if anyone has tried this with the RC) how much of a performance hit would I get in Windows compared to if I just would have used BootCamp?
Phobophile
A scientist and gentleman in the manner of Batman.
Yeah I can't shift+click or CMD+click multiple playlists.Kal said:How do I delete multiple playlists from Itunes? I have a ton of playlists I want to get rid of but I don't want to delete them individually. Thanks
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
scorcho said:
Ehh?
scorcho said:
Well I have 4GB DDR3 so I think I should be more than covered. I'm essentially just going to use it for the occasional indie game as well as those instances where I need to use a specific program that isn't available on Mac (had that run in yesterday actually).
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
scorcho said:
Ahh so in short it's more so the software itself that is holding me back, and I will have to wait for the next entry of these virtual machine's to be optimized for Windows 7?
I mean I'm not doing anything heavy on it. Just indie games like Machinearium and Fan Translations like Policenauts and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 - Soul Hackers.
I second this.mrkgoo said:
I need to get one, because this week my poor 2007 white MacBook decided she doesn't want to live well anymore. The fan is dying, there might be something wrong with the processor. And it's only a little over 2 years old... but I didn't get AppleCare. And that was my mistake. The one time I bought AppleCare I never had a problem with the computer. This has taught me a lesson, that I must always buy AppleCare, ALWAYS. Either right away, or within the first year.
But at least it means I can replace it with a new MacBook Pro 13" eventually... when I can afford it.... thank goodness I'm going to be working again soon.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
scorcho said:
Wow, it can't even run aero? That kind of blows, I've gotten used to that...
from what i remember none were able to run aero with a Vista VM, and win7 introduced a more advanced WDDM that would need to be supported by the virtual machines.
losing aero's the only thing that makes running vista/win7 in a virtual machine a chore, since the interface is much snappier with the HW acceleration.
losing aero's the only thing that makes running vista/win7 in a virtual machine a chore, since the interface is much snappier with the HW acceleration.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
So in short I should just use bootcamp when Windows 7 is released?
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Sorry I don't mean to ask yet another question in this thread. But when my Macbook Pro has sudden shakes and is playing music, the music skips. It usually only happens the first time a shake occurs, but it still is annoying at times.
Again not to be a pest but I want to see if this is an issue before my warranty expires.
Again not to be a pest but I want to see if this is an issue before my warranty expires.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
It has a sudden motion sensor in it to stop the hard drive if you're shaking or dropping your laptop.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Ahh I see. And why does it do this? (I would assume to protect the hard-drive, I know that sounds obvious but I wouldn't see too much need for this)
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_SensorFlying_Phoenix said:
"The system disengages the disk drive heads from the hard disk platters, preventing data loss and drive damage from a disk head crash."
Alucrid said:
Indeed I misunderstood you. Soz.
As far as I know, nothing truly secures it. They are just sort of a deterrent. The MBPs have a standard kensington lock slot. Personally I use a targus one, but not because it's any good (I hear you can slip a sliver of metal in to work out the comibnation), but because it was the only one around at a lower price. I went combination because I'd lose a key.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Ahh I see. Thanks.
Eh? It's actually useful?! I thought it was put in to enable the Smackbook...Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
When did OSX stop including a custom Comics folder for the user (alongside Music, Photos, Movies, Documents and the rest)? How do I get it back? Especially the icon it displays in the sidebar when added there in a Finder window?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Probably when they stopped bundling that comic creation app.
I asked this in another thread but I'll see if anybody in this thread knows how to fix it.
When I play Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat on my MacBook, certain environments and squad members are made up of black textures.
On the whole it runs okay but I do get black textures quite frequently.
How can I fix that?
MacBook early 2008 version: 2.1Ghz Core 2 Duo, Penryn. 4GB Ram, Intel GMA X3100 graphics card.
It is the Mac version that I'm playing under OS X (not the Windows version via Boot Camp)
When I play Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat on my MacBook, certain environments and squad members are made up of black textures.
On the whole it runs okay but I do get black textures quite frequently.
How can I fix that?
MacBook early 2008 version: 2.1Ghz Core 2 Duo, Penryn. 4GB Ram, Intel GMA X3100 graphics card.
It is the Mac version that I'm playing under OS X (not the Windows version via Boot Camp)
Kal said:How do I delete multiple playlists from Itunes? I have a ton of playlists I want to get rid of but I don't want to delete them individually. Thanks
I don't think you can, you can just keep hammering the delete key, makes it a bit faster than right click delete (unless you're already doing it that way).
Ok, can someone tell me what the hell is going on here:
I am at work, where I need to get data off a Windows NT machine. There is no network, the USB ports don't have drivers, and I cannot use the floppy (too many files, no floppy on my Mac).
It has a CD-burner. Ok, so I have use some crap program to burn, but I do so (CD ez creator or something).
But I have tried three times, and each time, the CD seems to read fine from a my Mac, but when I copy files over, it mixes up the file names, it refuses to copy some and so on.
Is there somethng about the CD format that essentially makes it so I can't copy the files?
The error is vague, like "Cannot copy file".
On teh disc, I double click file #11, and it opens file #52 and other weird stuff.
What gives? I try exporting the folder as a Disk image and mounting and it gets some of the files, but not all.
I thought they got rid of compatibility issues for this sort of thing. Can Macs not read iso9660 Joliet or something?
Other computers seem to read the disc fine. Or is my disc drive borked? Why would it do craziness like that though? Is the path directory or something on the disc just not compatible?
edit: BUAHAHA, I am going mad. Now this un-writeable CD has just lost file #11 and has two file #52.
Haha, all the file names are changing when I "get info".
DOuble edit: Wait, does this have to do with file names? It seems like the wires are all crossed for the files and their names.
I am at work, where I need to get data off a Windows NT machine. There is no network, the USB ports don't have drivers, and I cannot use the floppy (too many files, no floppy on my Mac).
It has a CD-burner. Ok, so I have use some crap program to burn, but I do so (CD ez creator or something).
But I have tried three times, and each time, the CD seems to read fine from a my Mac, but when I copy files over, it mixes up the file names, it refuses to copy some and so on.
Is there somethng about the CD format that essentially makes it so I can't copy the files?
The error is vague, like "Cannot copy file".
On teh disc, I double click file #11, and it opens file #52 and other weird stuff.
What gives? I try exporting the folder as a Disk image and mounting and it gets some of the files, but not all.
I thought they got rid of compatibility issues for this sort of thing. Can Macs not read iso9660 Joliet or something?
Other computers seem to read the disc fine. Or is my disc drive borked? Why would it do craziness like that though? Is the path directory or something on the disc just not compatible?
edit: BUAHAHA, I am going mad. Now this un-writeable CD has just lost file #11 and has two file #52.
Haha, all the file names are changing when I "get info".
DOuble edit: Wait, does this have to do with file names? It seems like the wires are all crossed for the files and their names.
Are you sure that you closed the session on the CD? Is Mac OS up-to-date? Are you using a custom Kernel (i.e. running on a non-Apple machine)? Have you tried rebooting?mrkgoo said:
Other than that, no clue. Could be a faulty drive, or a faulty installation. Except my age-old drive not reading certain kinds of DVDRs (+ or -, I forget) I haven't had any problems with Mac OS and (re)writable optical media.
Maybe you can have a look at the Console (what a misnomer) in Apps->Utilities. If there's anything funky going on, it's probably gonna leave logs in there.
Heidalloon
Member
Got a 13" MacBook Pro today. It's my first Mac and so far things are going smoothly, except that I'm having some issues with Safari. Normally, it loads web pages quite fast, but GAF seems loads much slower than it did on my PC and most of the time it doesn't completely load avatars. I've updated everything and am using Safari 4. Does anyone know how I can solve this problem and make Safari load faster? I'm pretty sure it's not a problem with my connection.
Heidalloon said:
Is it gifs? Avatars are usually small, but Safari as it stands has some issues with gifs. They play slow, and larger ones really slow down and chug and can hit the browser as a whole.
I'd wait for Snow Leopard, it's supposed to be perfect, if not much better there. If it's still an issue then I'd dig further.
layzie1989
Member
does anyone know of any free mac data recovery programs? My friend is goin to be screwed if he cant recover a ton of photos he lost. Basically in 10.4 tiger he shut off his laptop while it was in the middle of a filevault secure erasing. This caused a massive loss of data, basically everything on his desktop, where everything was stored. We've tried a couple of things, but they decided to wait until they indexed the entire volume (like 2 hrs) before telling us we needed to buy the software before recovering his files!!!!!!!!!!!!
any help would be very very VERY appreciated...
any help would be very very VERY appreciated...
You already modified too much, I'm afraid. Every single byte written after the damage is done complicates things a thousandfold. Don't touch a stinking thing on the friggen box when you notice that something is amiss. Don't log out, don't install stuff, don't even fart in the general direction of the computer.
Plus, it's an encrypted filesystem. That complicates things considerably.
If he's really screwed otherwise, go to some data recovery specialist. It's gonna cost a bit of money, but maybe they can still get something back. Doubt it though, to be brutally honest.
Plus, it's an encrypted filesystem. That complicates things considerably.
If he's really screwed otherwise, go to some data recovery specialist. It's gonna cost a bit of money, but maybe they can still get something back. Doubt it though, to be brutally honest.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Heidalloon said:
As Snake has said it's probably just Safari chugging on gifs.
Try downloading Camino if you want an OS X specific as well as a fast browser, and it's by Mozilla the people who create Firefox. Oh and it has a really cool feature that when you quit the application and open it up again, it reloads all of the pages you've previously visited.
However if you want something less buggy and being OS X specific isn't a problem than I'd recommend Firefox. Don'y know if it has that cool feature Camino does though.