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SnakeXs said:
What is so amazing about it now? what changed?
EDIT
just updated.
whoa. nice.
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What is so amazing about it now? what changed?
EDIT
just updated.
whoa. nice.
quadriplegicjon said:
Everything. It has the same "drop and zap" setup as before, but then it has a toggle that shows you all your apps (with tabs for other things, like plugins and prefpanes), and then it has filters to show apps you haven't used in the past x amount of time, and then you can sort them all by size or name or last used.
Now that's an amazing huge usability upgrade, but it's the polish and animations of it that blew me away. Apps reorganize themselves when you change the filters and sorting, the sliders fade in and out beautifully. It's also 64 bit, obviously, and Snow Leopard exclusive, per the upgrade changelog message.
It's seriously gorgeous, and I feel like a dork for raving about it, but it's honestly deserved.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Ugh jesus. Is there something wrong with my Macbook. The damn thing spikes up to 164 degrees F just having firefox open with 2 tabs and mail. It's probably flash but it seems ridiculous that flash and 2 tabs can make my fans go to 6000 rpm.
But thats not the worst of it.
With 3 tabs open in firefox, Matlab running, skype, word, and mail, my stupid CPU is reporting that it is operating at 194 degrees F. What the hell. How is this "normal" operation?
But thats not the worst of it.
With 3 tabs open in firefox, Matlab running, skype, word, and mail, my stupid CPU is reporting that it is operating at 194 degrees F. What the hell. How is this "normal" operation?
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
SnakeXs said:
Would you recommend it over CleanApp?
The_Inquisitor
Member
SnakeXs said:
Forgot that I was secure deleting something in my trash. It cooled back off to 144 F. But seriously is flash that bad that it causes macs to ramp the fans back up to 6000 RPM.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
The_Inquisitor said:
Yes.
The_Inquisitor
Member
DeathbyVolcano said:
...such bullshit. I am even freaking running the Flash 10.1 beta. I switched to using preview to read pdf's the other day, and I was amazed how much quieter my mac was.
How do you make a compilation album in iTunes? I want to make my own album from songs in my iTunes library.
This is what I do so far:
1. Make a new playlist
2. Drag songs in the playlist
3. Select all songs
4. Get Info -> Edit album name (this is where it goes wrong, because once I edit the album names, the original songs are edited as well)
I want the original songs to keep their info and settings, but I also want the songs to exist in another album.
Can anyone help me out?
This is what I do so far:
1. Make a new playlist
2. Drag songs in the playlist
3. Select all songs
4. Get Info -> Edit album name (this is where it goes wrong, because once I edit the album names, the original songs are edited as well)
I want the original songs to keep their info and settings, but I also want the songs to exist in another album.
Can anyone help me out?
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Saya said:
Select the songs you want to make for the compilation, right click and select Get Info.
On the last tab Options, switch Part of a compilation to Yes.
Particle Physicist
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I may be wrong. But if you want to edit the album name of the songs, and still keep the original where they are, you will have to make extra copies. What is wrong with keeping them in the playlist and just selecting that playlist whenever you want to hear it?
Macho Madness
Member
Just got my 21.5 inch iMac. Loving it!
I'm thinking of purchasing a Freeagent USB 2.0 Free agent go (640GB) Ruby Red, using SuperDuper! to make a clone, then ripping the HD out and putting it in my early 08 (non-Unibody) MBP.
Is there anything wrong with my plan? I don't think my Time Machine will work after that, so I may need to restart my backups from scratch. I believe it uses the UUID of the hard drive as an identifier. Any other common things that won't work due to a hard drive upgrade? Will I need to reauthorize iTunes with a new machine, resync iPhones, etc?
Any software that identifies by HD UUID?
Is there anything wrong with my plan? I don't think my Time Machine will work after that, so I may need to restart my backups from scratch. I believe it uses the UUID of the hard drive as an identifier. Any other common things that won't work due to a hard drive upgrade? Will I need to reauthorize iTunes with a new machine, resync iPhones, etc?
Any software that identifies by HD UUID?
GodfatherX
Member
finally got my rebate checks situated...thankfully
One less thing to worry about, thanks.btkadams said:
Another question: is it generally a good idea to takethe hard drive out and put it in a new mac? For example, I do this upgrade, then buy a new mac and just swapthe hard drives over. How much of the OS or other files on the HD are system specific?
Question.
I'm making a site with iWeb. It's a simple site, will have a blog, photos, a main page, etc. Nothing crazy.
Who do you recommend I host it through? I already have a domain name through godaddy. So i guess i just need a host? But MobileMe seems expensive at $100/year. How much space am I going to need, like what kind of plan should I go for?
This will be my first site so I don't know much...
I'm making a site with iWeb. It's a simple site, will have a blog, photos, a main page, etc. Nothing crazy.
Who do you recommend I host it through? I already have a domain name through godaddy. So i guess i just need a host? But MobileMe seems expensive at $100/year. How much space am I going to need, like what kind of plan should I go for?
This will be my first site so I don't know much...
Macho Madness
Member
https://www.lithiumhosting.com/hosting.html should do you just fine. I've heard good things about their service. Dirt cheap too.NJ x Falkor said:
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Yes, quoting an old post, but relevant to my current situation. I was going to do the scenario I posted about (buy 640GB enclosed Seagate HD, use SuperDuper to clone, rip it out and swap drives). Reading up more on TIme Machine, I understand there IS a system restore, which is, as you say, close to clone, although I understand you do have to reauthorise iTunes, and IMAP mail needs to rebuild its database among a few other things that aren't in the TM backup.
So what's the verdict, aside from 'ease', is the better way to put a new hard drive in? I want it to be exact as possible, so kind of want to go the cloning route, but at the same time, a 'sanctioned' method via Time Machine might be preferable (I stick to first party stuff as much as possible, and have found it mitigates many issues).
criesofthepast
Member
For those of you who use Bowtie - it is getting an update on the 13th. Finally out of beta and releasing 1.0. Looks like it's been totally revamped. Search was taken out, which kind of sucks. Last.fm seems to be fixed, though. Hopefully this fixes a lot of the bugs.
http://13bold.com/articles/bowtie-releases/
http://13bold.com/articles/bowtie-releases/
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
criesofthepast said:
fucking FINALLY. Bowtie is awesome but it's been so buggy for the past half year that I've just gone back to Coversutra.
My computer took about 7 hours to index.
It feels a bit sluggish with the new drive. A little less responsive. Xbench tells me that I have a huge increase in sequential read/write but also a decrease in random read/write. I guess it is normal. But having 640gb on my laptop feels pretty good. I'm ready for aperture. Hopefully my computer picks up some responsiveness as I get better cached.
It feels a bit sluggish with the new drive. A little less responsive. Xbench tells me that I have a huge increase in sequential read/write but also a decrease in random read/write. I guess it is normal. But having 640gb on my laptop feels pretty good. I'm ready for aperture. Hopefully my computer picks up some responsiveness as I get better cached.
Jet Grind Radio!
Banned
So what programs do you guys recommend making GIFs with. I need something I can import a video file, different formats, select the range, edit it, and make it into a GIF. I already have the CS4 Design Suite, but since they integrated ImageReady into Photoshop, I feel lost.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Anyway to copy the path of a file (i.e. to paste in terminal) quickly?
ABOUT TIME! I was literally about to get rid of it and go back to something else.DeathbyVolcano said:
My biggest gripe is it forgetting iTunes is running occasionally, even though it is, forcing me to quit BowTie and relaunch it.
Though my question is why do we need an iPhone BowTie? It's a remote to control BowTie which controls iTunes. Why the fuck not just use Apple's own iTunes Remote? It's free! And doesn't need a middle-man.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Jet Grind Radio! said:
Follow these directions.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335931
^_^
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or not..
woahitsreeo
Member
Jasoco said:
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite. It's an app that allows us to control our iPhones/iPod Touches from BowTie in OSX. I guess for those who have 'em plugged to a speaker system or to a speaker dock. Don't take my word for it though.
The_Inquisitor said:
wait, you switched to preview from what to make it quieter? adobe reader?
mrkgoo said:
what harddrive did you get and what did u upgrade from? my friend and i just upgraded the 160gb hitachi from our unibody and neither are as quiet. he got the 500gb WD blue and i got the 320gb black.
i get why my black would be loud, but thought the blue would be quiet. im not complaining though because the Hitachi was a piece of shit. my computer would beach ball all the time, and i didnt want to pay up for the ram. black is so fast, but the thing sounds like the case fans at 3-4000 rpm and does vibrate. oh well
criesofthepast
Member
Any idea what my asking price should be for my Macbook Pro Early/Mid 2008 model? Not the unibody.
15"
2.4 ghz
4gb ram
200gb drive
snow leopard
I use it mainly as a desktop and want to get an iMac instead. Having trouble trying to price it.
15"
2.4 ghz
4gb ram
200gb drive
snow leopard
I use it mainly as a desktop and want to get an iMac instead. Having trouble trying to price it.
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between a quark and a baryon
mrkgoo said:
Do you know what specific hard drive was in there?
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
quadriplegicjon said:
...Seagate? :lol
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OneEightZero said:
durrrrrrrrr. i meant the model number.
Macho Madness
Member
I had a bit of a scare this morning. I turned on my Mac, got the chime and white screen and no apple logo. After a few seconds I got an error about "Can't find startup disk, press any key to continue." Pressing keys did nothing and I found via my phone that the solution is to hold down the option key on boot and select your hard drive. It worked and then I just had to select it in System Preferences and it won't happen again.
My question is: What triggered it? I don't remember playing with my Startup Disk settings so I'm confused.
My question is: What triggered it? I don't remember playing with my Startup Disk settings so I'm confused.
SnakeXs said:
i just updated, and its nice but its missing a huge feature that AppCleaner has, imo.
With AppCleaner, you dont even have to turn on the program. you simply drag the program to the trash bin and it automatically does the search and shows which files are associated and that it will delete. is there an option like this for AppZapper?
mrkgoo said:
i have the same sound as well. i thought that "head parking" was when its being moved around? mine makes the sound when its just sitting there. thinking of telling dell to give me a new one
im surprised ur drive is so quiet...but according to a quick google it seems to be a very "green" drive with low power consumption. nice
Macho Madness
Member
So no one else has had this issue before? Weird.thewesker said: