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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs
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There is no registry. For the most part, apps are self contained.cabot said:
Just delete the app from the apps folder.
The most apps leav behind are perhaps uppity files such a an insignificant preference file in your preferences folder. Maybe some stuff in Application Support.
More complicated apps like Photoshop and microsoft office are more involved however.
I'd worried you can use apps such as appzapper that look for support files when you remove an app.
cabot said:
That's exactly what we're saying.
If you're super crazy neurotic about hidden 4kb files that merely retain the app's options and preferences so if you reinstall it it's back to where it was, you can use an app like AppZapper to find and nuke those files, too, but that's not at all necessary.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
There's apps that do startup stuff and other magic like installing a preferences thing, but I think they don't belong into Applications or the stuff in Applications isn't crucial to auxiliary tools' operations, so that's really all you do.
Actually, out of the big 3, only Windows keeps a registry, really. Well, there's package management that tracks installed packages on all 3 plats, but that introduces such an onslaught of benefits (something that isn't the case with the registry on Windows) that it's more than justified.
Edit: And there's task-oriented registries, obviously (GNOME shit and similar). But only Windows has a centralized registry.
Actually, out of the big 3, only Windows keeps a registry, really. Well, there's package management that tracks installed packages on all 3 plats, but that introduces such an onslaught of benefits (something that isn't the case with the registry on Windows) that it's more than justified.
Edit: And there's task-oriented registries, obviously (GNOME shit and similar). But only Windows has a centralized registry.
criesofthepast
Member
Got my 21.5 inch iMac refurb today in the mail.
Install discs scratched to hell with greasy finger prints all over. Keyboard and Mouse were dirty as well. About 12 dead pixels(I'm serious. Never seen anything this bad) and the yellow tinge on the bottom right half of the screen.
Getting a replacement sent to me. Only took 2 hours on the phone with the tech support noobs to get everything worked out.
They're sending me new discs as well which is nice. You think they could have at least made the accessories decent looking? I know it's a refurb but still.
Install discs scratched to hell with greasy finger prints all over. Keyboard and Mouse were dirty as well. About 12 dead pixels(I'm serious. Never seen anything this bad) and the yellow tinge on the bottom right half of the screen.
Getting a replacement sent to me. Only took 2 hours on the phone with the tech support noobs to get everything worked out.
They're sending me new discs as well which is nice. You think they could have at least made the accessories decent looking? I know it's a refurb but still.
thanks for the help.
i have another question.
so i open up adress book, and i want to sync my google contacts to address book. i click help and type in "syncing google contacts" and i find a nice little entry and it helps me do that, until i get to the point where it says "Click the Sync menu in the menu bar and choose Sync Now."
I have no sync menu on my menu bar....assuming that at the tope where it has the apple logo, address book, file, etc... is called the menu bar.
edit: n/m found it, the little sync icon is on the right hand side next to the bluetooth and wifi signal and all that good stuff.
i have another question.
so i open up adress book, and i want to sync my google contacts to address book. i click help and type in "syncing google contacts" and i find a nice little entry and it helps me do that, until i get to the point where it says "Click the Sync menu in the menu bar and choose Sync Now."
I have no sync menu on my menu bar....assuming that at the tope where it has the apple logo, address book, file, etc... is called the menu bar.
edit: n/m found it, the little sync icon is on the right hand side next to the bluetooth and wifi signal and all that good stuff.
Macho Madness
Member
Wow. I had some problems with a refurb 21.5 last month but everything looked brand new when I got it. I went through 3 replacements though until I gave up, asked for my money back and bought a new one from Best Buy though. I can not recommend refurb AT ALL.criesofthepast said:
MarkMclovin
Member
My Powerbook G4 has started to eject CD/DVD's without any error. It goes in, doesn't sound like it's struggling to read it, then spits it back out.
Someone told me to check the error console, but I can't seem to find anything there.
Any ideas?
edit : nvm. Took it apart, put it back together and it works like a charm.
*Touch wood*
Someone told me to check the error console, but I can't seem to find anything there.
Any ideas?
edit : nvm. Took it apart, put it back together and it works like a charm.
*Touch wood*
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Time for me to buy an iPod shuffle for the gym! Do you think they'll release any new ones?
StrikerObi
Member
Yes. Every September from now until the end of time.Mecha_Infantry said:
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
StrikerObi said:
ok that's not too bad since last sept has just past! Will buy one end of the month. But why do people hate the shuffle so much?!
Mecha_Infantry said:
Because its apple's ultimate case of of form over function. Its function is actually hampered due to having no buttons. Personally, I like it. It has a place. I do understand it is somewhat less functional. I love the stainless steel one and want to buy one, because I think Apple will get rid of this design.
Tony Rocky Horror
Member
I think my March 09 24" iMac is starting to crap up.. I'm just working in Photoshop, designing some 'basic stuff'. Just 5-10 layers of stuff so far and I'm getting beachballs all around. iTunes stops playing.
The ball keeps spinning for around 15-20 seconds and then everything is normal again. But after a minute or so, it happens again! It only seems to happen when I put 'some' load on the CPU/GPU.
What the hell is going on GAF? I'm afraid.
The ball keeps spinning for around 15-20 seconds and then everything is normal again. But after a minute or so, it happens again! It only seems to happen when I put 'some' load on the CPU/GPU.
What the hell is going on GAF? I'm afraid.
No more Apple Care, forgot to buy last week.
Tony Rocky Horror
Member
It's all backed up already. How does one go about on replacing the HDD? I bet Apple has to do this?LCfiner said:
Just a week out of warranty. DAMN IT.
Banzaiaap said:It's all backed up already. How does one go about on replacing the HDD? I bet Apple has to do this?
Just a week out of warranty. DAMN IT.
oh, yeah. definitely Apple or authorized repair guys unless you like manipulating 24 wide sheets of glass with large suction cups.
I long for the day of ubiquitous SSd drives.
I had this happen, but my hard drive wasn't dead. The file system was just f'ed beyond repair (i.e., disk utility could not repair the disk, even from installation DVD). I had to format the drive and restore from backup. Then I ran disk utility from the installation DVD and this time disk utility was able to fix a few issues. Everything's been cool since.Banzaiaap said:
You may be able to skip the disk repair after restoring from backup, but for some reason I had residual problems. You'd want to verify the disk in any case.
BuggyDClown
Member
lol, not getting applecare on a imac when its pretty cheap esp for students is a big mistake.
Also anyone considering the new 27inch iMac go i7 or go Home. Thing is amazing, esp when paired with 8gbs of Ram 2 G Raid drives and a 2ndary monitor
Also anyone considering the new 27inch iMac go i7 or go Home. Thing is amazing, esp when paired with 8gbs of Ram 2 G Raid drives and a 2ndary monitor
Does anyone have any experience converting a PAL DVD to NTSC? I just got a homemade wedding DVD from some familia in Greece and alas it's PAL. No idea where to begin. Would I need to use MacTheRipper or handbrake to rip it and then use something else to reencode it or something?
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
So my girlfriend just updated to Safari 4.0.5 on her macbook pro. The thing took forever on the update screen, and now that it booted into OS X, it's just a blue screen with a cursor. Is the computer fucked? Can she reset it, or should she wait longer?
If it takes too long to boot, like longer than 15minutes to half an hour, I would just reboot it.quadriplegicjon said:
It's happened to me before (long restarts that I've given up on) and I've had no ill effects. Mileage may vary. In the end, if it's actually stuck, you don't really have any other option.
Do give it a waist though, because sometimes it will reboot twice like a reset in pram or something.
don't worry too much. As far as I understand, the files are installed at shutdown, and the reboot just make sure the new files are loaded and configured.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Thanks. She is on the phone with apple right now. They had her restart while holding down the Shift key.. It's going through some process.
There must be some conversion tool out there. I guess it depends if you have DVD menus or if you just have video files. Ripping and re encoding would work, but I imagine there may be some quality loss, depending on the original recording. NTSC is higher refresh, but lower resolution.SnakeXs said:
iDVD makes DVD player compatile discs for either pal or NTSC. It's possible you could make a new disc set it to NTSC an then add video files from that disc. Otherwise, just rip the files first.
Probably better ways out there, though.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
mrkgoo said:
Yeah, he had her do some stuff, she restarted normally and everything is working fine now. Yay applecare!
Parallax Scroll
Banned
I'll be buying a laptop soon, and it's probably going to be running Win7. There's one Mac-only productivity application I'll still want to use on it, so I'm thinking of setting up VNC or something similar on my home iMac so I can access that application from the road. Can anyone recommend a remote-desktop style application to host on Snow Leopard and access from Win7? Thanks!
Parallax Scroll
Banned
By the way, the biggest thing about Windows that I miss is the taskbar, and I recently found this shareware program "ubar" that does a pretty good job of providing taskbar-like functionality on Snow Leopard. I put my dock on the left and the taskbar (auto-hidden) at the bottom.
http://www.brawersoft.com/ubar/
http://www.brawersoft.com/ubar/
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Expose is the thing that tiles thumbnails of all your windows on the screen, right?luoapp said:
Parallax Scroll
Banned
What's an "application only window?"mrkgoo said:
Edit: I'm reading up on expose now. It sounds like I'm not using it to its fullest.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
F9, F10. I see. That's actually very useful.
My opinion may change once I've used expose a bit more, but I think the taskbar starts to trump expose for the way I work once lots (say, 10+) of applications and windows are open at once. With many windows open, the thumbnails shown by expose start to shrink, and it becomes harder to quickly pick out the one I want. With the taskbar, it's easy for me to remember that Word is the one all the way on the left, Chrome is the one next to that, and so on. So even with 40 or more windows open, I can very quickly click on the exact window I need.
My opinion may change once I've used expose a bit more, but I think the taskbar starts to trump expose for the way I work once lots (say, 10+) of applications and windows are open at once. With many windows open, the thumbnails shown by expose start to shrink, and it becomes harder to quickly pick out the one I want. With the taskbar, it's easy for me to remember that Word is the one all the way on the left, Chrome is the one next to that, and so on. So even with 40 or more windows open, I can very quickly click on the exact window I need.