I'd settle for a little more OS X love from the Firefox people. Standard OS X stuff, like spell checking and auto correction (Snow Leopard) instead of using their own stuff, the dictionary. I just want Firefox to act more like an OS X program. And less than a Linux program that was ported to Windows then to OS X as an afterthought.
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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs
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Heidalloon
Member
SnakeXs said:
Flying_Phoenix said:
Seems like it is just gifs. I switched to Camino for now which runs much better. Thanks.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Heidalloon said:
Anytime. Enjoy automatic previous page booting.
Smiles and Cries
Member
looking for mac games
I am trying Eve Online but all the keyboard shortcuts on my Macbook just does the dim light or lower volume thing but not F1 F2 F3 as I need those keys in the game
I am not sure what I am doing wrong
now I have to go into bootcamp to try Drift City
I really need something on the mac side that I can play all the time without a huge learning curve for control options
I am trying Eve Online but all the keyboard shortcuts on my Macbook just does the dim light or lower volume thing but not F1 F2 F3 as I need those keys in the game
I am not sure what I am doing wrong
now I have to go into bootcamp to try Drift City
I really need something on the mac side that I can play all the time without a huge learning curve for control options
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
The Sims 3?
movie_club
Junior Member
Hey, i have not been able to read through this thread but i need to buy an External Hard Drive. I was wondering which brand i should buy, Should it have FW...do i want a portable one? (im going to college). Also how do i set it up with Time Machine? Can i also store certain files only on the hard drive, as well as use time machine on it?
And a unrelated question- I put all my photos in iphoto. When i go to photobucket or facebook to upload an individual picture i can never find the iphoto folder. What am i doing wrong?
And a unrelated question- I put all my photos in iphoto. When i go to photobucket or facebook to upload an individual picture i can never find the iphoto folder. What am i doing wrong?
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
movie_club said:
i do not know what brands might be good nowadays. but in my experience, FW is so much faster than USB. With FW you can also clone your whole harddrive to the external and then boot from that clone if there are any issues with your computer.
movie_club said:
there isn't a particular brand that sticks out for me and i generally keep one thing in mind: hard drives fail. consider getting two to clone your stuff. usb is fine for time machine, but like quadriplegicjon said, you can boot from a firewire drive. also, you will also be able to store files on that hard drive in addition to the time machine backups.
the way iphoto has stored pictures has varied with its different iterations, but you can always right click (control-click) a photo and select "Show File". this will bring up a window in finder where that picture is located and you can work from there.
The Western Digital MyBook Studio drives support FW800 (as well as USB and eSATA) and are awesome.movie_club said:
I'd recommend a separate partition for Time Machine. To my knowledge you can't set how much of the drive Time Machine will use, so sooner or later the Time Machine data will fill up the entire drive.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I love this threadsomnific said:
I am a noob
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Windows.Zanmato said:
movie_club
Junior Member
sorry...sneakernet? lolCharred Greyface said:
this is a n00b thread
You can also use Function Flip, it allows you to change some of the function buttons if that is all you need.Smiles and Cries said:I love this thread
I am a noob
http://kevingessner.com/software/functionflip/
Yes. Firewire > USB.movie_club said:
FW800: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001J4R7U2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
FW400: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P1NAMO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
And use whatever 3.5" internal drive with them.
XMonkey said:
SnakeXs said:
There's no need to convert.
Use this: http://blowintopieces.com/fluke/
I've been using it and it works flawlessly.
movie_club
Junior Member
yea i have been uploading full albums through iphoto that way, but when i jsut want to add one picture it never showsJal said:It's not a normal folder, go into your pictures folder and right click on the iphoto library icon
Then "show package contents".
You should be able to upload photo's to Facebook from within iphoto though.
Sneakernet! :lol just some fancy lingo for what you already knowmovie_club said:sorry...sneakernet? lolthis is a n00b thread
Man, this shit is ridiculous:
My friend and I had our iMac HDDs die on the same evening; I fixed mine myself because I'm out of warranty, but she has AppleCare on her white iMac, so she took it in for service.
Took her a _week_ to get it back, I came over about an hour after she got home with it and we notice that there is a small tear on the LCD panel. So she calls them, and the store she had to take it to gives her the number of the repair depot, and they say there's absolutely no way they could have done that. What a load of shit.
My friend and I had our iMac HDDs die on the same evening; I fixed mine myself because I'm out of warranty, but she has AppleCare on her white iMac, so she took it in for service.
Took her a _week_ to get it back, I came over about an hour after she got home with it and we notice that there is a small tear on the LCD panel. So she calls them, and the store she had to take it to gives her the number of the repair depot, and they say there's absolutely no way they could have done that. What a load of shit.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
pjberri said:
a week?
my girlfriends harddrive crashed.. she brought it in, and it was ready the next day. this is also an extremely busy apple store. those people were slacking like crazy in your store.
quadriplegicjon said:a week?
my girlfriends harddrive crashed.. she brought it in, and it was ready the next day. this is also an extremely busy apple store. those people were slacking like crazy in your store.
sounds like they didnt even do it in store. i would call Apple directly and complain. definitely keep complaining. i think they are supposed to check the products before accepting it for repair arent they? they did for my laptop. if it came back with a dent that wasnt listed on the sheet then its their responsibility. like renting a car
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
SnakeXs said:
Oh shit. Thanks!
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Deleted member 30609
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pro-tip guys:
the disk drive in MBP's are not like Wii disk drives. Don't stick mini-DVDs in them. I learnt that the hard way.
=|
the disk drive in MBP's are not like Wii disk drives. Don't stick mini-DVDs in them. I learnt that the hard way.
=|
So the Snow Leopard release has finally been announced. August 28th. All you n00b's with shiny new Macs with shiny new Intel processors, make sure you order this puppy or show up at any Mac retailer or store that sells Mac software and get your $29 upgrade copy. (Unless you were eligible for Up-To-Date and already signed up.)
GodfatherX
Member
guessing with the 28th release date, I should wait until after that to order my MBP right?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
GodfatherX said:
At this late in the game I would. What's less than a week?
GodfatherX
Member
not a big deal really, just got my student loan approved but won't actually get the money for another week or so anyway...mainly just want to get in while the student promo for the free ipod is going on (end 9/8)Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
GodfatherX said:
Ya, if you don't have the money yet anyhow I would just wait then. But try to do it ASAP or stay on top of it so it's not out of stock, unless you don't mind they shipping it to you. I always like going to the store to get it instantly but that's just me.
Battlezone
Member
Okay, if I may interrupt the SL love for a sec, I have a question.
I have an Airport Express as well as an Extreme. For some insane reason, the condo I just moved into does not have a cable hookup in the second bedroom that I am using as an office, so my cable modem is in the living room. I bought the Airport Extreme so that I could network my hard drives and printers through it, but obviously, I don't want all of that hanging out in the living room. So I'm currently using the Express as a bridge, but I can't connect hard drives to that, only printers.
So my setup is such:
Cable modem > Airport Extreme > Aiport Express (bridge) > Printers
What I would like to do is this:
Cable modem > Airport Express > Airport Extreme (bridge) > Printers/Hard Dicks
Is this possible? Everything seems to suggest that it should, but I can't find any documentation to back that up.
Edit:
I should note that I did, in fact, try this, and it didn't work. So I'm trying to figure out if it's a limitation of the hardware or user error. I think it might be the latter, but before I wipe everything and start fresh, I figured I'd ask.
I have an Airport Express as well as an Extreme. For some insane reason, the condo I just moved into does not have a cable hookup in the second bedroom that I am using as an office, so my cable modem is in the living room. I bought the Airport Extreme so that I could network my hard drives and printers through it, but obviously, I don't want all of that hanging out in the living room. So I'm currently using the Express as a bridge, but I can't connect hard drives to that, only printers.
So my setup is such:
Cable modem > Airport Extreme > Aiport Express (bridge) > Printers
What I would like to do is this:
Cable modem > Airport Express > Airport Extreme (bridge) > Printers/Hard Dicks
lol
Is this possible? Everything seems to suggest that it should, but I can't find any documentation to back that up.
Edit:
I should note that I did, in fact, try this, and it didn't work. So I'm trying to figure out if it's a limitation of the hardware or user error. I think it might be the latter, but before I wipe everything and start fresh, I figured I'd ask.
Hellsing321
Member
Ok I have a problem. I just got a new MacBook Pro and I want to sell my old one but before I can I need to restore it to its factory settings. The problem is I've lost the OSX install disc that came with the MacBook. Is there a way to restore the MacBook without the disc or is there a way to burn a copy of the disc without having the original disc?
I'd call your local Apple Store/Mac retailer and ask them. I'm thinking probably not, at least with non Apple Store retailers. Maybe real Apple Stores would. Maybe.ThePeacemaker02 said:
Give them a call. Whoever is closest to you.
If not, you'll just have to wait a day or so for it to arrive in the mail unless they ship them to coincide with release day.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Quick question. I know to display my Macbook on my HDTV I just use a Mini-DVI to HDMI connector, but what if I want to display sound?
I've been looking on Google but all I can find are questions about displaying video.
I've been looking on Google but all I can find are questions about displaying video.