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D'oh or How NOT to Restore Deleted Mail In An iMap Account

Pink — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:54 GMT

Thursday night I set-up SpamSieve on a secondary, always-running computer so as to filter out spam from email when using the iPhone. I ended-up accidentally deleting all of the mail in my inbox which includes about 5 different accounts (mobile me, gmail, personal domains)

It took a few minutes before realizing my error. I looked to a 3 week old clone back-up as a way of possibly restoring the messages I had lost. I could see that these messages were still in the imapmbox in the Mail folder under the Library user folder. So I thought that I could just replace the current one with this one and it would give me an opportunity to recover.

Needless to say I was running in panic mode and didn't think to do several things like a. find another way to import the messages (Mail Import would not work on Imap inboxes!) b. turn of internet connection.

As a result this plan didn't work and more importantly it was doing something that I don't quite understand why but understand that it somehow deleted every new message that was coming in at that point. I didn't realize this was happening until about 5 hours later. So for 5 hours all my mail was going into the ether.

It turned out that I had to shut down Mail not only on the computers but also on the iPhone in order to remedy the problem. Somewhere along the line something was "corrupting" the IMAP server and any client accessing the server was causing problems.

It was a long night and it ended with starting over locally on all three devices. Importing mail from old time machine back ups and discovering that I only lost about a weeks worth of messages. No real big deal as a mass email to important people went out asking to resend anything pertinent that might have gotten lost.

I did discover EMLX Convert, which converts emlx messages, ie IMAP mailbox messages, to MBOX type messages which then means you can import them into mail (something that I couldn't do before and led me on the disaster road I chose.

I assume that the problem I had with IMAP was that I was presenting this old archive as how the mail should look and the discrepancy was too much and caused a problem.

A more upto date Time Machine backup would have helped too.

C'est la vie

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what is the latest word on Wifi N draft cards?

abjectphoto — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:25 GMT

Is apple planning to upgrade their wifi cards with the new certification?

If so does anyone think the swap out will be easy on a Mac pro, I have one for Mac pro 3.2 late 2008.

I never had the wifi extreme draft installed but would like the new N standard one which they haven't made, anyone recommend an aftermarket one?

How about the new intel cards designed for PC could we modified them to work with apple?

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The cult of Mac...

MickD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:09:21 GMT

A friend of mine recently made the following observation:

The computers may be useful (I have an old Mac) but the cult of Mac isn't at all. In fact, it's allowed Apple to release crappier and crappier products with little real criticism and pushed more affordable (and less gratuitously polluting) equivalents to ipods out of the market. Apple isn't socially conscious, it's yet another way for the socially self-conscious to feed their narcissism and live in an advertisement rather than the real world. It's amazing how it sucks in every single kind of narcissist, including people who consider themselves "radical" and "anti-capitalist" (but, hey, I've found many of these people who promote themselves this way are extremely narcissistic too...the marketing of "radical" and "anti-capitalism" has made it a hollow stance...it makes me sad that some of my friends have contributed to making "anarchy" into a branded product).

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Error occured while saving

Watchdog30306 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:31:45 GMT

I've posted an image in the gallery here that appears on my screen every so often. A couple of times a day recently Interestingly, I don't see it while saving, but after I've closed windows in programs I've had open, so I don't know what specific file it effects or what program caused it. I'm in and out of several. So far, everything I've saved seems fine. Only started in the last few days.

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MobileMe opinions

Milo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:01:15 GMT

My BF and I are about to switch over to iPhones... After years of being PalmOS users. I've been hating on MissingSync, and the idea of a device that "just works" is so nice.

My question for you iPhone users:
is MobileMe worth it? How necessary is it for keeping iCal and Address Book in sync across multiple machines?

Thanks!

xoMilo

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Apple TV v3.0 OS

jory — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:16:49 GMT

I updated my Apple TVs to the new 3.0 version and must say I'm rather disappointed. I like the new organization a bit better, but I'm unhappy with three aspects:

* The new UI requires that I see ads for movies to purchase/rent from the iTunes Store. Not only don't I want to see ads, but to add insult to injury, they often load slowly, forcing me to have to wait for them to load before being able to use the ATV. And you cannot turn those off. UGH!!!

* I store all my media on an server running iTunes. So I do all my watching via the "Shared Movies", "Shared TV Shows", and "Shared Music" sections. Previous versions allowed the loading of the Shared library once (whether it was Movies, TV Shows, or Music) and would retain the loaded library until I loaded a different shared library. Now, it must load my library every single time I navigate to the Shared section of each media type. And with my 2 TB library of media, this TAKES A LOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME. Hello? Apple? Anyone at the company actually *USE* this feature!?

* I really can't get used to the changed typeface. I wish they'd let me choose the font, rather than forcing that change on me. Obviously, that's a minor complaint, but it sure does change the experience of using the product.

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Snow Leopard Boot Drive

Pink — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:06 GMT

I'm trying to make a Snow Leopard Boot Drive and was wondering can I make a boot drive with an Apple Partion Map or do i HAVE to have a GUID drive?

I have a boot disk with Tiger and Leopard on it and want one that will boot the new computers too so i'd like to keep it all on one drive and not have a whole separate drive for just Intel Snow Leopard boot.

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Firefox 3.5.4

Mick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:58 GMT

this updated itself when i logged in, since then it has not opened even once. First it kept doing crash reports now it simply won't respond at all. any ideas?

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window just disappears

Ommanipadmehum — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:09:48 GMT

a few times the last couple weeks my internet window just closes which is a pain cos sometimes i can't remember all the tabs i had open.. and this is something i haven't haed to deal with with my MacBook before, just my PC somtimes.. and then a little box comes up saying ignore, report or relaunch.. but relaunching just opens up a fresh window.. what might be the cause of this?

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new window is too little

Ommanipadmehum — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:02:23 GMT

a few days ago i had a few windows open.. i made them all pretty small so i could see them all at once (i was checkin out a colour combination :D) and now evry time i command N the window is tiny.. how do i reset it so it's just a full-size window?

ps sorry for askin so many ignorant questions!! and thanks for all the advice i appreciate it x

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faulty battery?

Ommanipadmehum — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:30:26 GMT

today my Macbook battery isn't charging.. it's just sitting at 4% for hours.. what could be wrong?
i've also noticed the battery really only lasts like an hour and a half on its own.. and it is only like 3 months old too..

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Yet another Mail issue

nutbucket — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:19 GMT

There are a few people that send me email that I am unable to reply to
When I attempt to reply, mail.app flashes up a screen asking me to select another outgoing server.
of course, none of the other servers in the list work.
I am able to send those people new email, but not able to reply to their emails.

I suspect that there is something in the headers of the emails that they are sending me that is mucking up the works.

Funny, the companies whose emails I cannot reply to are both web dev companies that I work with.

I AM able to reply to the vast majority of email I receive.

thoughts?

thanks,
Jake

Stosher, don't bother suggesting that I sneaker net a reply

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Mail Delivery Failed

nutbucket — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:25:56 GMT

My mail works fine except when my girlfriend sends me email (save the jokes for later)
She gets a mail delivery error

We live together, and are on the same network/outgoing smtp (if that matters)

I am not sure where to even begin to locate the cause and solution to this issue

any help getting started is appreciated

thanks in advance
Jake

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When is a good time to buy a MacBook Pro?

imagebliss — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:35:31 GMT

According to this the MacBook Pro is in Mid product cycle.
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro
Anyone have any idea when the next MacBook Pro may be coming out?
Want to buy my wife one for Christmas this year,
but would hate to buy it in December & then a new version come out in January 2010!

Thanks!

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retrieving deleted bookmarks

Ommanipadmehum — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:23:51 GMT

hey i was just minimising iTunes when i noticed a cloud or puff of smoke appear and disappear. so i clicked around tryin to work out wher it came from and realised it happened when i dragged a bookmark down onto the page.. and subsequently deleting it. so after a few times of doing this i realised.. oh damn.. :/
how can i get them back? i didn't even pay attention to what they were

thanks!

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New Macs

jory — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:10:13 GMT

New Magic Mouse (Multi-touch!)
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

New iMac (27" and 16 GB RAM!)
http://www.apple.com/imac/

New MacBook (No FireWire. Fucking idiots.)
http://www.apple.com/macbook/

New Mac Mini (FireWire 800!)
http://www.apple.com/macmini/

New Mac Mini Server (No optical drive!?)
http://www.apple.com/macmini/server/

Free eval of Mac OS X Server (Must have at least 11 employees to qualify)
http://seminars.apple.com/contactme/SnowLeopardServerEvaluation/

Oh, and great earnings last night, so AAPL was up to $202! It's down at $198.93 right now (probably because of stupidity of Apple releasing a new computer without FireWire). ;-)

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Keyboard cleaning?

BobbyLove — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:13:04 GMT

I have one of the aluminum keyboards with white keys, and the keys are looking pretty ugly lately (2+ years old). Is there a safe way to clean them?

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imaging programme

Ommanipadmehum — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:47:29 GMT

hey guys what (free) programmes do you know of that do prtty much the same stuff as paint or photoshop.. you know, inverting images, flipping them.. copying pasting resizing.. as far as i can see there's nothin on my imac but iPhoto which is pretty limited..

cheers

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Core Audio not loading

Milo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:28:24 GMT

I run several Mac labs as part of my job. Currently they're G5 iMacs running Leopard. For some reason there's an intermittent problem where Core Audio does not get loaded. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 reboots to get it to catch.

Have any of you seen this? Is there a way to load the kext after the machine is up and running?

Thanks,
Milo

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Apple Studio Display and Mac Pro?

Pink — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:58:31 GMT

I got a G4 with Apple Studio Display. Can I run that display on a Mac Pro easily/inexpensively?

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file list?

friction001 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:12:54 GMT

Does anyone know how to make a file list? I have a hard drive full of thousands of mp3 & wav files that I would like to make a list of for someone, but I can't figure out how to just make a list of text names. Help.......please.......

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Airport instability issues, Airport Utility version 5.4.2

alanw — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:40:28 GMT

I'm wondering if anyone else here has had this issue, and if so if they have found a workaround:

I am running Leopard and recently ran an update. Now my wifi connection is very unstable, dropping out frequently to the point I just give up using it and have to switch to ethernet.

I researched this using keywords on both Google and in mac forums and have seen some discussion on this, but so far haven't found anything that has resolved the issue for me. Basically what I've seen discussed is Airport Utility's software update 5.4.2 having issues, as well as possibly the recent firmware update as well. I've downgraded my software to 5.3.2 but seem to be unable to downgrade my firmware which is seems to only be available by holding the option key down when you select check for updates from within the Airport Utility menu. Supposedly holding the option key down is supposed to bring up a menu that allows you to select legacy firmware installs but I've unable to make this happen.

I haven't been on Tribe in a while, but I instantly thought of this tribe and some of the very knowledgeable people here. I was hoping someone had experienced this, and had a solution for my problem.

Anyone?

Thanks in advance.

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Griffin iMic

Pink — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:36:52 GMT

I've been using Griffin iMic for years. It's on my MacBook which runs my iTunes and connects to my stereo. It gives a much better sound quality than the standard audio out headphone jack.

Yesterday, i was having problems with my Macbook getting hung with a spinning wheel of death. This AM I went through the process of trouble shooting (after repairing permissions, checking the drive, etc)

I took off all peripherals and step by step did what I normally do on that machine, run iTunes and Transmission.

All was good. When I put the iMic back in, the spinnning wheel started. I was able to get the Force Quit window and saw that all applications and the finder were not responding. So I've removed that from the equation and all seems to be working fine. It's possible that this device is broken but I think it might be more something to do with Snow Leopard.

I guess my question is what is so different about Snow Leopard that a seemingly unobtrusive device is wrecking such havoc?

Also, are there any similar audio devices that are compatible with Snow Leopard now?

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Bootcamp Backup?

Pink — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:43:47 GMT

What are peeps doing to back up the bootcamp partition?

Running Snow Leopard

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Screen Sharing latency/lag

Pink — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:26 GMT

My set-up:

Macbook running iTunes
Macbook Pro - my work computer.

Both are hooked into an Airport Extreme running 802.11n.

I Screen Share into the macbook to play my music. there is a huge lag and latency at times when controlling my macbook. The mouse moves around, but I have a hard time scrolling through my library. I figure that since we're on the same network that things would be much smoother and quicker. But that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's starting to get really annoying.

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Facebook log out, all the time

Pink — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:59:29 GMT

It's erratic, but every other day or so I get logged out of Facebook and have to log in again. This didn't happen in 10.5.

I don't see any settings that would effect that and the computer just sits at my desk.

Anyone else experiencing that?

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i can't send mail

Ommanipadmehum — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:30:26 GMT

i just set up mail and i can access my Hotmail inbox but when i try to SEND amessage it says

"cannot send message using the server Hotmail
the sender address cali@hotmail.com was rejected by the server smtp.live.com"

what's wrong?

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CD mp3 Technical Difficulties

Rocky — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:55:43 GMT

I am unable to copy mp3 files from a CD to my desktop, or add them to my iTunes library.
Working on an iMac G4 with OS 10.4.11, and iTunes 9.0.1, when I try to drag copy files
from the CD to the Desktop, I get an error message that says "The Finder cannot complete
the operation because some data in "(mp3 file name)" could not be read or written.
(Error Code -36)"

In iTunes, when I try to add the file to my library with a command O, I get an error message
that says "Attempting to Copy to the disk "(Hard Drive Name)" failed. The disk could not be
read from or written to."

For some reason, I can only play iTunes files that are already on my playlist.

The hard drive passed a Disk Utility inspection with no problem, and when I had a friend
bring files from the CD into his system and play them, it worked fine.

Someone suggested trashing Preferences, but there are a few things named "Preferences"
on the computer.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

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Ever since I installed Snow Leopard...

nutbucket — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:08:10 GMT

"Bold" in address book and mail has been replaced with "italics"

anyone else experience this?

any ideas on how to change this

Jake

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moving an app

Cat — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:00:55 GMT

I want to move my iPhoto app to my MiniMax 1T ex-HD but I can't figure out how to do it. I tried by opening my internal HD, opened applications, clicked on the icon and dragged it to the ex-HD icon. All that did was copy it. I want the iPhoto off the MacBook because I fill it up much too quickly .( I might move my iTunes there too....)

Also, how do I find out what my FTP Server is? I need that for my on-line back ups. Help isn't helpful, been thru Killer Tips and even though I don't have it with me I'm sure OS X for Dummies won't have it. The MiniMax manual is on line and I haven't had a chance to download it yet.

Thanks, folks!

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Apple TV!

troy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:44:36 GMT

I am getting one for free as a gift. What should I be excited about? I like how it will suck in all my photos, music and videos from our 2 Mac desktops, right?

Web browser on the TV should be cool. Maybe I need a wireless keyboard?

I also like how it will sync up music playing on another mac's itunes.

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Strange pop up java virus warning-fake or real?

tarot_readings_by_jeannie_san_francisco — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:05:30 GMT

I was visiting a website that I clicked on through my aol email...tarot.com a site I've been to many times before. This strange and obnoxious "java"warning pop up showed up on the screen saying that I had viruses on my machine and then it directed itself to another screen saying that I had trojan virus and should download their virus program....

Never seen anything like this. Seemed fake to me because I kept trying to close it and it kept sending me more and more pop ups....

Is it fake?

I had to force quit aol to get out of it.

I just recently upgraded to tiger am now wondering if there is a built in virus detector on os x?

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Question on mac OS account pictures

heliosboy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:08:00 GMT

OK this is going to sound ridiculous but this is what I have done.
I went to my system preferences, then chose Accounts under the systems menu, clicked on the picture to change it and went into edit picture, I then chose a picture i downloaded from the web as my account picture.
So my question is this how do I delete this picture from my account edit pictures?

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Transferring files from iMac OS X to Windows XP laptop

Enrika — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:26:14 GMT

I have some enormous files that I want to transfer from my iMac to my Windows XP laptop. I use an external hard drive for backing up my iMac with Time Machine, so I thought that maybe I could copy the files from my iMac to my external hard drive, and then connect the external hard drive to the laptop and copy the files to the laptop from the hard drive, but when I connect the hard drive to the laptop with a USB 2.0 cable, although it says that the hard drive is found and ready for use, when I go to My Computer on the laptop, the external hard drive doesn't display. I'm kind of assuming this is because the drive is formatted for OS X and not for Windows. Is there a way to do this? I have Parallels installed on my iMac to run a virtual Windows XP machine... can I connect the iMac directly to the laptop with a USB cable and use Parallels to transfer the files somehow? Or is there no easy way to do this and I'm basically screwed?

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Mac Mini shutting itself down

ShawnMan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:24:30 GMT

Long time no post, but glad that you are all still here. I have a Mac Mini that has been shutting itself down occasionally (usually on hot days, but sometimes not) and almost always lately when trying to use Handbrake to rip a DVD.

I am using a laptop chill mat (fan) that has been keeping it cool, but am wondering if this might be a hardware problem in need of service.

Anyone else experience an issue like this and have a solution? I am running 10.5.8.

Thanks in advance!

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Computer died - motherboard or something reparable?

debrakate — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:45:37 GMT

My computer stopped working, and I'm wondering if anyone has any insight.

It was in sleep mode. When I opened it up, the screen stayed black. I turned it off, and when I turned it on again, I got a gray screen (no icons or text on it), but it didn't boot any further. Now, it won't even give me a gray screen anymore. When I push the on button, it makes it's usual sound for that, but I don't hear any of it's other regular sounds, including those of the drive moving. There's no chime, but I could have turned off the sound the last time I used it. It won't turn off, but if I leave it on, the fan comes on really loudly even though the laptop is not warm. Then, in order to turn it off, I have to take the battery out.

A service person at the local store that sells macs told me that he suspects it's the motherboard, To check for sure costs 60 Euros (around 90 dollars). I'm wondering if any of you think it could be something else, which is reparable, such as a loose connection, or if you think it's a goner. In which case, I need that 60 Euros for a new laptop. If it's dead, I'd also like to take it apart and pull out the drive, but if there's hope for it, I don't want to go in there myself, in case I end up doing something that makes it unreparable. It's an ibook G4 running 10.4.11.

I've been saving up to get a new laptop in the spring, so if I could spend a few hundred now to give me those extra months, that would be great (also, I'm hoping that if I wait long enough, there'll be a matte screen option on the 13" macbook pro and a processor with lower power consumption).

Thank you for any input!

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Can repairing disk permissions effect a USB port on an external drive?

debrakate — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:06:33 GMT

The USB port didn't work on my external drive. I tried it with various cables and in different computer ports. I was getting ready to send it in to be repaired, and I thought I'd try again before I wiped the drive and packed it up. This time, I jiggled the plug right after plugging it into the drive, and it started up. At first, I figured it was a loose connection that finally made contact. Jiggling it more didn't seem to make it lose contact again, but maybe my jiggling was only half hearted, since I didn't actually want to unmount my drive improperly. Then I remembered that I've repaired permissions on that drive since the last time I tried to get the USB working, so maybe the jiggling wasn't the cause of it mounting. Could the permissions be the reason it wasn't working and now is, or should I send it in anyway? The plug is USB mini-B, if that makes a difference. Thanks!

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skype and microphones

nurseman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:29:03 GMT

I have a 3 year old IMAC. Do i need to buy an external microphone in order to use skype?

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Upgrade to Snow Leopard

windhorse — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:24:01 GMT

My upgrade was $39 from Apple. It was a very slow delivery compared to other things I've ordered from Apple. - about two weeks.
I loaded the disc.
My computer is a MacBook Pro, and I was running the previous version 10.55
A sign came up with a progress bar. 49 minutes for upgrade.
The progress bar was accurate, and it did in fact take 49 minutes.
After the upgrade, you have to restart.
I was happy to see that my old desktop choice came right up,,
you more mature users know how disconcerting it is, when you upgrade an OS, and your background pic didn't make the cut!
Then, there was a bouncing new software update notice from Apple in the doc.
So, I updated, and restarted again.
Then, I checked out some functions. The computer was noticeably quicker! Yeah!
Safari is way faster! Everything you've heard.. True. Expose very cool.. When you open icons in finder the enlargement is faster.
Our school district's tweaky Java-based grading program still functions, so Safari's Java functionality passes that extreme test.
Fetch works fine! So I can still update my website.. That's nice.
Quicken needed Rosetta, but you just load that once.
Some of my favorite functions and programs didn't make it though.
MPEG Streamclip and Handbrake had question mark icons in the doc.
My printer (Canon Pixma 620) worked, but it no longer recognized the computer when I attempted scanning. It gave a red warning that the scanner driver was not on my computer!
It would however scan to a flashdrive, then I could load the pics on my computer.
I downloaded the latest version of MPEG Streamclip, there's a new beta for SL which can download Youtube vids..
Haven't tried anything with Handbrake yet since it's not that important to me right now.
I sent an email query to Canon about SL incompatibility with their drivers. And Immediately got a response!!! Go Canon!
Just downloaded new drivers for printing and scanning.. Now they work beautifully!
Another thing I wanted to try was Silverlight and Playing Netflix movies. I had heard from a friend who worked at Apple that it wouldn't work anymore with SL.
Well, that may have been true early on in development, but when you go to a movie - I tried to resume one I had started before - Silverlight notices that you have SL and sends you to an upgrade sight. You download the latest version of Silverlight, and you're off to the races!
I did a time machine backup, and it didn't take forever like some had mentioned. It was done this morning after starting up last night..
One caveat is the old backups no longer show up.. It is not a problem for me since there is no data lost that I need to go and recover.
But, if you were doing things with let's say Mp2 files and I've heard many other "older" technologies, you may find that drivers you once had aren't in your computer! I read some things from the MPEG Streamclip site, and they speak of ways to recover your old drivers from Time Machine backups, and since your first TM backup cancels out all your previous backups, be forewarned that you shouldn't backup UNTIL you have tried all your "older" technologies and patches first! You may need to dig back in time. };-D

Overall, Good stuff, and worth the small amount of trouble with upgrading my favorite programs! IMO

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Can't open multiple files at once in Snow Leopard and another bug.

Pink — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:50:15 GMT

I got two computers running Snow Leopard, one and upgrade the other a clean install.

If i select multiple files of the same kind, MS word docs, and i type Command+O or double click or drag them to the app icon in the doc it only opens one of them.

Also, I've lost the ability to open image files from dragging them from Safari to the Photoshop icon in the doc.

I found a post online that someone had the same problem. Was wondering if I could get an amen from the SL users out here?

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starting over with iCal

MickD — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:45:40 GMT

So I'm moving forward with the migration from Entourage to GyazMail and iCal (and address book, I guess).

I did the export/import thing with iCal, and it didn't come together the way I wanted. I did delete the four different calendars within iCal, but want to start over. How do I get iCal to think it's starting from scratch? Is there a library file or something I can trash and begin anew?

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Where's the Mac dictionary.

Watchdog30306 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:38:17 GMT

This has been posted here before I think, but search indicated the topic is no longer here.

I accidentally added a word that I meant to correct by right-clicking spell check. For the life of me I can't remember where to locate the dictionary so that I can remove it.

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New iTunes

Krampus — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:20:04 GMT

Anyone know how to change the thumbnail view background back to black in the new iTunes?

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Speaking of "Mail" --Pause on unread messages.

Watchdog30306 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:28:13 GMT

It was probably some Microsoft mail program at a job I had, but I got spoiled on its ability to wait a moment before marking a new message as "read" if you wanted to skip it and move down your list. Very often I want to leave a message as unread and get back to it later. With Mail, it seems that as soon as you land on it, it's "Read." and you have to go through the motions regularly to re-mark it as "Unread."

Since someone brought up a feature they didn't know existed (spam handling), I wondered if there might be another hidden preference for my issue.

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Basic os x question

tarot_readings_by_jeannie_san_francisco — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:34:25 GMT

I have a mac mini os x 10.3.9

Can I upgrade my operating system without having to buy anything new....ie. over the internet?

In order to be able to navigate a website I wanted access to, I was recently told I should upgrade to osx 10.5 so that I could use a newer version of firefox (currently only able to use 2.0).

Thank you....

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I need an opinion

Zen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:45:13 GMT

Has anyone checked out Peoplestring? http://www.peoplestring.com/?u=pono

It's free to sign up and offers all kinds of features that I (and probably most of us) use anyway. It seems to be a new startup social network / e mail service and a few other things that pays a percentage of the ad revenues to it's users. I did some searching for someone complaining about it, but I can't find any. Does anyone have any experience with it? Positive or negative.

posted in Mac OS X - 1 reply

Switching away from MS Office...

MickD — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:30:02 GMT

Been using Entourage for several years now with no problem. But as I'm not keen on buying the new office suite, I've been thinking about moving over to iCal and Mail.

Anything I should be aware of before I do this? Will it prove to be easier to use? I assume the functionality is essentially the same?

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

RE: Mail - How long has that feature been there that i've always wanted

Pink — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:04:33 GMT

I started using the spam intercepting software Spamsieve (http://c-command.com/spamsieve/) the other day and it's working great.I'm on demo right now but I am definitely going to buy it.

It collects spam into a mailbox called Spam and when I went to look into that box to see all the imprisoned spam, I notice that the emails in this mailbox were color labled. I've been needing that feature for years and it was something that I assumed Mail didn't do as there was no Label menu item like there had been in Eudora, the previous email client I used eons ago. But here it was infront of me. I searched the menus, right-clicked but found nothing. For a giggle I tried the Show Colors from the Format menu, changed the color to red and low and behold! it changed the color of that email heading line in the mailbox!

Is it just me and have people been doing this for years and not telling me? When did this feature kick in?

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Finer Things in Mac

jory — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:39:04 GMT

Nice blog with simple information and tips about Mac OS X:

http://finerthingsinmac.com

posted in Mac OS X - 0 replies

100% CPU ultilization with Firefox 3.5

merpimp — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:24:25 GMT

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm not sure if it is Firefox, but lately I've had this issue where I get the beachball, sporadically, for a second or two, and everything kind of stutters before resuming again. If I'm typing something, it will hang up and then 4 or 5 words just appear. One recent item I've installed is the MLB.com nextdef player, which (unfortunately) seems to be resident in memory whether I am watching a game or not. I can see in activity monitor that the CPU is pegged at 100% during these hiccups.

I've searched and can see that others are complaining about CPU usage by Firefox.

My copy of Snow Leopard should be here next week, so we'll see if that speeds things up.

posted in Mac OS X - 39 replies

. c o n v e r g e nce •

stosher404 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:26:48 GMT

. .All,
Q : Does n e one run Adobe® Air ® on a Macbook ® Air ® in here ?
What is Adobe Air ® ? This is an example ;
http://www.earthbrowser.com
. .Dana might . . .
We'd be interesteed to know your impressions of it as a . .
whateverya'wanna'callit
mac tech support tribe
∞

posted in Mac OS X - 1 reply

Yahoo Messenger problem

tatchak — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:08:53 GMT

Just a few days ago my yahoo messenger stopped working, when ever i try & sign the window shows up for a while, & in the middle of the window, there's this round circle that just keeps spinning.

I tried erasing the yahoo messenger download, & i checked out the disk utility "nothing really i could do there" and I think if i can't get the problem solved by tomorrow... I'll just call up apple and see if they know what's going on.

Any suggestions on why my messenger isn't working?

posted in Mac OS X - 4 replies

SyndicationAgent wants permission to use the twitter.com item from your key chain

βμηηy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:22:26 GMT

Do you want to allow this?

WTF? This keeps coming up and I see no SyndicationAgent in my applications.

Thanks in advance ....

βμηηy

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

QT 10 Screen Recording

the rev — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:12:45 GMT

Is there an easy workaround to screen record both video AND audio in QuickTime 10 without having to merge files?

posted in Mac OS X - 5 replies

Using 'still' pics in iPhoto.....

stefographer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:10:43 GMT

So i took a bunch of photos with the continuous shooting option...

What i wanted to do was import them then into iPhoto- and have each one play for a sec, to somewhat mimic film....
But when i imported them- each pic came in with a 5 sec length...

Can't seem to spot where to change this....

Is what i want to do possible...??

Thanks all u smarties....

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Snow Leopard Ready!

88_is_here — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:31:50 GMT

Pre order yours today. It'll be in your hands on 8/28.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MAC_OS_X_SNGL?mco=NzgxMDc2NA

posted in Mac OS X - 88 replies

Restart

nutbucket — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:47:38 GMT

Hi all

I can't remember a time (on this computer anyway) that I have been able to simply restart my machine and have it work.
When I attempt it, it always hangs because programs are open.
Specifically, Suitcase Fusion really mucks things up
I always have to jump through hoops, force quit programs, etc to get the computer in a place where it will even consider restarting
and...half the time that doesn't work, and I am forced to hold the power button until the machine shuts down

I have repaired permissions several times in the normal process of maintaining my machine and OS, but this never seems to help.

any practical advice, or good places to look for the source of this issue?

thanks,
Jake

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Google Cute

Pink — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:58:33 GMT

If you got a minute:

Go to http://google.com

Search "ascii art" and check out the results logo!

posted in Mac OS X - 1 reply

Snow Leopard and App bindings

Milo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:16:43 GMT

I haven't upgraded yet, so I've not seen this, but the article (and comments) are kind of interesting.

http://db.tidbits.com/article/10537

-M

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

I tunes question

nurseman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:58:38 GMT

Hi folks,

I was in the middle of downloading an album on itunes when the power went out. Only 3 songs had finished downloading. How do i restart the download? Im thinking Itunes is going to charge me for the whole album even though it didn't complete.

posted in Mac OS X - 5 replies

QT white screen export

tedward — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:03:34 GMT

okay, two files in a row, Quick Time exports them with a blank white screen. I got both movies from wildly different sources, so the chance of one maker screwing up a bunch of them drops like a stone.

So, has anyone else noticed this, or am I dealing with a coincidence?

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Iphoto editor

St4eve — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:00:06 GMT

Who knows what software is available to manage the Iphoto Library? My problem is duplicate photo's in the library.

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

Safari, Firefox, Facebook

Shambhalanath — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:50:34 GMT

I'm wondering if anyone has had this problem and if they've found any solutions.

For some time, when using Safari to fool around on Facebook, I have a problem: if I'm making a post or PM of more than four lines or so, Safari freezes, I get the spinning beach ball o' death for about 20 seconds, and Safari crashes.

I don't have this problem using Firefox, but some of the images don't show and the text doesn't appear correctly.

I'm using the latest version of Safari & Firefox. This has happened throughout OS X 10.5.x as well as with 10.6.

Any clues?

TIA.

posted in Mac OS X - 4 replies

DVD players

MickD — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:36:49 GMT

I see the native DVD player software on my OS 10.5.8 machine. Any other new stuff that might, maybe, let me play DVD movies at 1.5 times speed?

posted in Mac OS X - 4 replies

m4a to mp3 QLab question...

MickD — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:45:03 GMT

A friend of mine asks:

Do any of you audiophiles/theater tech folks out there have a sane solution for converting m4a files to mp3 files that can be played in QLab? I'm going crazy trying to figure it out.

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Problems with localities after upgrading to OS X 10.6

Tim — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:43:47 GMT

Hi everybody,

I've jumped the gun and upgraded to OS X 10.6 and now i've run into a very small but highly irritating problem.

I like to use spotlight (command space) a lot to open various apps, saves using the mouse, going to apps folder or stack. Since the upgrade I've found that applications such as calculator, activity monitor, text editor, terminal and so on all appear in a foreign language. First of all I thought that spotlight couldn't find these apps, then I noticed the applications icons further down the list with foreign characters. In the past I have removed unwanted languages using system preferences > international.

The problem however only seems to be with my user account. My girl friends account on the same laptop is fine, no foreign characters under her spotlight searches at all. New accounts created also have no problems.

My User account is quite old, Its probably the same User directory I've had since running panther on my imac G4. I've since had an intel iMac and now running on a MacBookPro. My girl friends account is not as old and was created under tiger.

The bottom line is that my account is set up just how I want it. I don't really want to be playing around creating a new account and then setting everything up again. I have tried creating a new account and then copying my preferences folder to that accounts library and I get the same result.

I guess I'm asking does anybody know which plist in preferences do I need to get rid of so spotlight displays all its searches in english?

I've also tried removing the spotlight plist and logging back in.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Regards,

Tim

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Weird password bug 10.5.8

AlexXx — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:53:57 GMT

Hi folks, Just done a clean install of Leopard and upgraded to 10.5.8, now (amongst many other things) I'm having a weird password issue - anyone seen this one before?

After firing up my nice new system, I go to system preferences, clicked the lock, type in my password to authenticate and it says either

"You must type an administrator's name and password to make changes to System Preferences."
or
"Sorry you entered an invalid username or password"

- whatever I try!

So I restarted off the boot CD, selected English as the language, go to the utilities menu, reset password, I choose the same password, restart off the hard drive again, go to system preferences, and.............. once again it tells me I have the wrong password.

Ok while I'm on a roll - anyone ever had problems with restoring drives from a Carbon Copy Clone? I tried to restore onto my laptop (after reformatting its internal drive using target disk mode) and when I power up, I get the grey "no entry sign" on startup.

Is it me or is it just one of those bad computer days? ;) I've been battling this sh*t since yesterday and I'm just spinning my wheels here.... got a client tomorrow.....

AN

posted in Mac OS X - 14 replies

password for G4 powerbook

heidski — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:00:56 GMT

I've had this item since 2005. At that time I didn't think I needed to use the native email program. I may have tried to set it up when I first got it, I'm not sure. Now I think I'd like to use it. I tried Apple Support, reading the Mac Bible, etc, but I can't figure out how access the Mail program, and I can't figure out/remember the correct passwork/ID. I'm way out of warranty. Any suggestions? Any recommendations for a super Mac guide which anwers all of my questions?

Thanks

posted in Mac OS X - 12 replies

What's MS really saying?

tedward — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:09:56 GMT

So, while MS is doing backflips about their new Polish ad, a few folks took another good long look and came up with more between-the-lines info:
http://mutedrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/whats-microsoft-really-saying.html

posted in Mac OS X - 5 replies

changing wallpaper in new leopard book pro

smilez — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:21:20 GMT

OK so call me a blithering idiot but i cannot find where to change my wallpaper, or screen saver etc.

last I remember the option was in "system preferences" (as well as a "set as wallpaper" option for right click).

Please help before my laptop becomes a poor example of an anger management exercise.

Cheers!!!

P.S. I am using the administrator acct.

posted in Mac OS X - 13 replies

...SNOW leopard? really?

smilez — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:52:06 GMT

Anybody have any insight on the new OS?

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

netflix

MickD — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:03:06 GMT

Any of y'all use the "play now" feature on netflix? Any problems using it?

posted in Mac OS X - 18 replies

iCal automatic log on

DR — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:23:41 GMT

I'd like to get iCal to open automatically when I turn on my Mac. I've searched FAQ, and other resources and found nothing. Yahoo messenger has an option in their preferences, but not iCal that I could find.

running a MacBook, 1,83GHx Intel Core Duo, with Leopard 10.5.7.

Any suggestions? Thanks

posted in Mac OS X - 7 replies

Mac OEM fan control code

Ulita-Ass — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:25:12 GMT

Can anyone tell me where the mac oem fan control code is and how to change it. I run 10.5.8

Story is...
I took apart my mbp to clean out the fans and replace the thermal grease. (I know run about 50 degrees C less, YAY!) but now for some reason my fans run consistently at 6k rpm. My temp is about 40c, so no need for 6k rpm on the fans. I have smcfancontroll but it will not change the fan speed. I think something went wrong and i would like to replace the oem fan control code with a copy of new code that i know works.
Can anyone help me. Thanks

posted in Mac OS X - 11 replies

iPod touch 2nd gen frozen

smilez — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:15:59 GMT

I was messing with the weather app. checking weather in random cities. I then got the whirling wheel of doom in the top corner. I tried exiting the app and it somehow forwarded me to my music, which i then could not exit.

I then tried holding the top button down( thought it would force restart)...nothing.

then press/hold top and pressed main button on bottom. this gave me a bright white screen. which is where i am stuck now.

hooked it to my mac book to see what that would do. i successfully transferred all apps from the iTouch but still have the stark white screen of doom.

any way to force restart?
any suggestions?
please help

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Keyboard only compatible with 10.5.6?!?

mrcurtain — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:31:33 GMT

Apple says that their new keyboard only works with 10.5.6.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB869LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg&mco=NDE4NjI4Mg

How true is that? Does it not work at all? That seems bizarre.

Or is it just that some of the function keys only work with the new OS?

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

file compression software

dontIMme — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:16:16 GMT

What do y'all recommend for file compression freeware? I need to be able to send files from my mac to mom's pc. Stuffit's only free for 30 days. Is Bezipped any good?

posted in Mac OS X - 8 replies

. Who says Apple® doesn't get viruses ¿

stosher404 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:55:13 GMT

. .
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

National Cyber Alert System

Cyber Security Alert SA09-218A

Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: August 06, 2009
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

* Apple Mac OS X versions prior to and including 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5.7
(Leopard)
* Apple Mac OS X Server versions prior to and including 10.4.11 (Tiger) and
10.5.7 (Leopard)

Overview

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.5.8 / Security Update 2009-003 to
correct multiple vulnerabilities affecting Apple Mac OS X and Mac
OS X Server. Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to take
control of your computer, access your sensitive information, or
crash your computer.

Alo'ha,
Ω mac tech support tribe

posted in Mac OS X - 14 replies

replacing the trackball

MickD — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:30:27 GMT

I've had one of these for about six years:

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~eugenem/rsi/lmm.jpg

It lives in my backpack. I use it because it doesn't require a big footprint for using. It's finally malfunctioning and must be replaced. Got any "portable" suggestions?

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Jelly Visualizer workaround for Tiger?

spencer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:10:56 GMT

Hi Guys,
I was looking to integrate the new Jelly, Lathe and Stix Visualizers into my Itunes on Tiger, does anyone know if this is possible / is there a workaround? Apple's official answer is no.
I've already seen this issue addressed once here but it was alittle ambiguous as to whether folks got it working. I downloaded the .qtz files from a third party site (possibly corrupted?) and had to create a Compositions folder under System/Library as per the previous threads suggestions (should it have already been present?) Needless to say still nothing new showing up in itunes. Even tried downloading Ivisualize and putting the .qtz's in its folder but it only shows the first frame of each visualizer static (not much to look at.) Would love your feedback if you've gotten these to work on your Tiger System! My email is lunareye@gmail.com
Thanks!

posted in Mac OS X - 0 replies

Any way to get Leopard's iTunes "Jelly" Visualizer for Tiger?

timonkey — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:20:37 GMT

So, I'm still on Tiger and probably will be for a long time, but I covet the new "jelly" visualizer on the Leopard version of iTunes. It's the best I've seen. Anybody know if you can load the visualizer file onto a Tiger machine?

posted in Mac OS X - 9 replies

EQ on Output of Mac?

daudude — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:20:41 GMT

hi, is there any way to set an audio EQ on the out put of the macbook pro or is there a downloadable program for that? of course itunes does this but when i am on the web i need to be able to adjust the EQ for my room accoustics.
thanks.
david

posted in Mac OS X - 2 replies

Png transparency issues using Internet Explorer...

tarot_readings_by_jeannie_san_francisco — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:22:55 GMT

Hi,

My website works perfectly on Firefox, however the png background image that's utilized for my flyout menu's background doesn't look the same in IE. I don't have IE so I can only go by reports. Also I believe the rollover effect for the menu itself may not work in some versions of IE.

url: www.tarotreadingsbyjeannie.com

They say that a block appears and they can't see the text, the transparency is not there, and the shape of the box isn't the same as firefox. IE 8 may have resolved some on the png issues, but again I'm not sure since I can't see it. The Firefox version of my site is the way I want it to look.

Are there fixes for this? I'm on Godaddy. Am just learning html. But would love to resolve this issue since 50% of my hits are IE.

Wasn't sure if this was the best tribe to post this on (other recommendations?)...but, I know there are a LOT of brilliant people here,,, ;-)

Thank you,

Jeannie

posted in Mac OS X - 13 replies

Audio Volume Keys?

Milo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:18:46 GMT

My dad has a Mac Mini running 10.5. He's also got an old USB keyboard with no volume up/volume down/mute keys. He was wondering how to control the volume other than getting a new keyboard. I thought we could make custom modifiers in System Preferences ---> Keyboard&Mouse ---> Keyboard Shortcuts, but I don't know what command to put in. Any thoughts?

posted in Mac OS X - 4 replies

Software Recommendation

Krampus — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:08:42 GMT

Does anyone use bibliographic management software such as Endnote X2 with cite-as-you-write features? My department is considering purchasing Endnote or Bookends. I can't find very many independent reviews. Any recommendations, suggestions, etc.?

posted in Mac OS X - 3 replies

Clicking noises from my PowerBook

BabeSoDelicious — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:46:46 GMT

Earlier this month Apple replaced the logic and sound boards on my Oct. '05 G4 PB. Now it's noisy as heck -- clicking, chattering and whirring all the time. Plus now the PB generates so much heat and of course the fan kicks on.

I've scheduled another Genius Bar appointment soon. Still I'm just wondering what metallic moving parts, maybe in the logic or sound board, might cause so much noise and heat buildup.

Thanks.

posted in Mac OS X - 19 replies

mobileme's web email client, sucks so bad

troy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:14:28 GMT

I have to use it at work for my personal mail, but it just sucks so bad. Write a message, try to send it, doesn't work. Slow, lots of failures, etc.

I have tried it on multiple browsers and it is all the same.

I want to complain to apple and threaten ending my account, but I can't even find a feedback email address for them.

Anyone know the best way I can file a formal complaint to Apple?

-troy

posted in Mac OS X - 9 replies

Using VirtualBox on Mac

maxineastorga — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:12:06 GMT

Hi !!
I´ve got a Macbook and I ´m getting my webpage done..I´m doing it myself and I´m gonna use a program called incomedia websitex5 and says I need to use virtualbox to be able to run it on my computer.
Has anybody installed VirtualBox on a Mac and has your experience using it been good...or have you had problems?
Any feed back is very appreciated !!!
Gracias !!
Maxine

posted in Mac OS X - 7 replies

I Photo HELP

1beadQueen1 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:21:36 GMT

My photo outline show up but the picture's do not appear how can I fix this

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Notes recovery - Apple Mail

Mister — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:49:30 GMT

Hi All...hope you All are well & doing well ; - )

I'm having an issue with recovering my notes (Apple Mail) after a recent crash & reinstall of Leopard.

I use Time Machine for my back ups.

The backstory is that my Macbook Pro was having issues booting up. Each morning I would have to go through PRAM resets before it would actually boot up. After going through these motions three days in a row, I opted to erase & re-install - which wasn't a difficult decision, being that I was *sure* that Time Machine had a full back up of everything.

Now I'm not so sure that TM had everything, as the note section (as well as enumerable emails) is gone. Well, to be specific, the note section is there - it's the notes that I had entered prior to re-installing that are missing.

I've gone through the Apple forums & have searched this forum with no success on a way to relocate and recover this data.

Are my notes gone forever? Is there a specific cache somewhere in the library that these are stored?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated...

Have a fantastic day...

Russ

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Disable Time Machine processing?

Enrika — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:12:01 GMT

I posted a thread in the Mac Tech Support tribe about my *hideous* iMac speed, and someone replied, "my PPC slowed way down after I used Time Machine." So supposing the problem *is* Time Machine... I don't even have the external hard drive attached to the iMac at the moment. Is there any way to disable whatever processing Time Machine is doing in the background when I'm not actually trying to use it? I may only want/need to hook up the hard drive and do a backup a couple of times a month. I don't want Time Machine doing all its overhead crap in the meantime.

Here's the original post. Any ideas, anyone?

http://mactech.tribe.net/thread/0db89341-367c-44f7-b00d-9fa7bec5eccc

I have a 24" iMac. I bought it maybe a year and a half ago. When I bought it, the first thing I did was install the maximum amount of RAM it would take (at least that's my understanding). But Jesus Christ this thing is slow!! If I click on the menu bar for Finder or whatever program I'm running, it can take a good five seconds before the drop-down menu will pop up. Then I can slide over maybe five or six menu items that pop up instantly, then when I hover over the next one, it will take another five seconds before the drop-down menu will display. When I'm scrolling through something, I can get through several lines or maybe a screen, and then it will freeze for maybe five seconds before it resumes scrolling. The same thing when I'm just typing text into a window (like this one). A couple/few times a minute, the typing will just freeze for a few seconds, then a bunch of letters will appear all at once. And God help me if I'm actually trying to click on web links. Of course, nearly every time any of these things happen, I get the rotating rainbow circle telling me that it's *trying* to do something. It just can't do it fast enough. It's WAY slower than any of my crappy old Windows laptops. It feels like it's always grinding along, never able to keep up with even the simplest tasks. Is there anything I can do about this? Do I need to defrag my hard drive or something? What the hell is going on???

Here's my hardware info:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version: 1.21f4

Any thoughts, anyone?

posted in Mac OS X - 31 replies

News Adobe Flash version out--supposedly patches huge security flaw...

timbo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:45:19 GMT

And in this corner...! Surprise, the last version just wasn't good enough. Supposedly, this lastest version fixes that massive security bug that folks have been trashing Adobe Flash over for sometime...

Anyone having any additional problems with the latest flash version? They just released 10.0.32.18 for Mac. If you have a later version than that we'd also like to know...it's so easy to figure out...

I haven't installed it yet on my main system but I guess I should so I can see how badly it fails since I don't use my secondary systems for much these days...and they're on Leopard already anyways...

You can download the installer from here if you're really, really keen on participating in..."The Experiment".

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10074404

Happy flashing?

(NOTE: There is a parallel update to Adobe Acrobat that stops a similar exploit that came out today--I've upgraded to 9.1.3 myself and am testing that out right now. This apparently fixes the problem where the only way to block this in Windows previously was to disable one of Adobe's dependent dll files...)

posted in Mac OS X - 1 reply

Email clients for Mac

songflowermari — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:18:52 GMT

I'm looking for a good all-in-one email client similar to The Bat! program that my husband uses on his PC. Any good ones out there?

posted in Mac OS X - 11 replies

Safari 4

mrcurtain — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:49:34 GMT

You guys convinced?

I'm a firefox user, who's considering giving Safari 4 a try. What do you guys think?

posted in Mac OS X - 44 replies

Alternative to Addressbook that syncs with MobileMe/.mac

Pink — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:32:29 GMT

Problem: my girlfriend needs to access her bosses Addressbook on her computer. He has MobileMe and for the time being she is syncing the addressbook only through MobileMe.

This means that she can't have her own contacts on there and sync her iPhone.

The boss doesn't want her to access his MobileMe account through the web browser because he wants to keep his email private. I know, it's silly. But he's over 30 and doesn't get it.

Any alternative address apps that sync with Mobile Me?

posted in Mac OS X - 5 replies

Search not turning up a file that's there.

Watchdog30306 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:25:49 GMT

What's up when you search for something in the finder, using "home" or your "computer" and it appears not to be there. I've even gone to where I know it to be, copied and pasted a folder or file name into the search field and ZIP. NADA. What strange voodoo am I neglecting to use?

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies

Angry Mac Bastards

crarko — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:06:35 GMT

Just because they are. :)

http://www.angrymacbastards.blogspot.com/

posted in Mac OS X - 0 replies

Did the techs mess up my wiring?

βμηηy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:01:54 GMT

I have an old Macbook G4 using Tiger. I think the DC-in thingy has been bad from the git-go. I've purchased 1-2 power chords a year since '05... .the part that goes into the old DC-in always got fried. I tried addressing this when the warranty was still good, but got nowhere.

Finally, I told them to put in a new DC-in ... which solved the problem, but now my touchpad and keyboard freeze. Took it back and they said a wire was loose; they said they fixed it .... well it worked for an hour. So no now ... it freezes intermittently! So, I'm gonna have to get a usb keyboard and mouse.

Keyboard and mouse aren't a huge deal, but I think these guys were sloppy and screwed with the innards of my laptop. I've been super loyal to these folks ... driving an extra half hour each way .... and turning all my clients on to them. I'm underwhelmed .... and may send them packing.

posted in Mac OS X - 5 replies

MS Office Database Repair

Chr1spy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:40:22 GMT

Anyone know how this can be done? Someone in the office is having problems with Entourage and gets messages saying some of their email is corrupt. They never backup nor do they ever clean out their email. God only knows how large the DB is.

Thanks

posted in Mac OS X - 19 replies

RAM woes on Macbook (pre aluminum early 2008 2.2ghz one) Completely sure they were seated right.

paulsmith — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:15:51 GMT

So tonight I've been trying to install new RAM in my Macbook, and it's....not quite working.

It does the initial disc revving sound, no Apple dinnnnng, black screen. I can feel the vibration of the disc doing something.

I am 100% that I thoroughly seated the RAM. Yes I pushed it in the little bit more then one might think it's supposed to. They were throughly in there.

Tried reversing which one went in which. Same result.
Switched back. Same result.

Took them out, put in the old RAM. No problem!

The only difference I can see is that these are "dual channel" and have 8 blocks of RAM goodness, rather than 4. I looked at the original RAM, and the new RAM, both say they're 667mhz PC2-5300.

Any idea what's up here, what I can do/try?

posted in Mac OS X - 6 replies