Mac Systems

Does anyone here actually *use* automator?
What are your experiences? I mean, it's supposed to be intuitive to learn, but I find it really counterintuitive for the stuff I do. I've been a Macbook Pro user since 2004, and between the bash scripting, various shell scripting, and Applescript, I've been able to do everything from manage a > 10 GB database,... 10 Feb 2010 15:40

Buying a MacBook Pro
John wrote: I may wait a little to see if Apple will add more in their base MacBook Pro's. But for the moment I plan to add the extra RAM to make it 4GB, the 250GB hard drive, and Windows XP Home. Intel has just released updates to all of their CPUs, with a Nehalem update coming real soon now. "Cor... 12 Feb 2010 17:58

GPU is going out
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: Mac tech said latest Kernel panics indicate a failing GPU on iBook G4. Which would be a hardware problem, as you've been told repeatedly by quite a few people. No Mike its not RAM as I removed 1 GB RAM chip (leaving iBook with 256MB to run Tiger) and still got K... 9 Feb 2010 20:49

Can't sleep on old G4 running 10.4.11
In article <vilain-68F5CD.10370808022010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: A friend asked me why her system won't sleep any more. This is a very sudden occurrence apparently. Every day, she wakes her system, reads email, browses the web, then puts the system back to sle... 10 Feb 2010 20:13

Trouble updating to new version of iTunes
Just got a refurbished G4 Powerbook with 10.4.11 and the bare esentials. I decided to have Software Update check for new updates. It found 6-7 possibilities and I unticked them all except for iTunes 9.0.3. I wanted to download it only and install it later. So I clicked on Download Only under the Update menu. Th... 14 Feb 2010 07:22

share folder under multiple names?
I need some help on sharing folders in OS/X. I'm coming from PC/WinXP-Pro. I had a methodolosy in my network where I would share the same folder under different names. For example, I shared the folder with all my music files as "musc" and "music-write". The first was read-only and the second read-write. Thi... 12 Feb 2010 02:13

Auto-repeat key to change contrast?
Very few photos are posted that are truly exposed and processed correctly. The combination of Control-option-command with a comma or period [< or >] will respectively decrease or increase contrast by one step. Unfortunately, this combination will not auto-repeat. Is there a simple way to have this combination ... 10 Feb 2010 01:14

See Mike its software
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> posted: A panic.log without saying anything about itl Okay, you say it's software. I guess you determined that from the log somehow, which means you should also know exactly how to fix it. So, tell us, which software is it and how did you determine this? And how did you deter... 8 Feb 2010 19:06

Auto-repeat key yo change contrast?
Very few photos are posted that are truly exposed and processed correctly. The combination of Control-option-command with a comma or period [< or >] will respectively decrease or increase contrast by one step. Unfortunately, this combination will not auto-repeat. Is there a simple way to have this combination ... 7 Feb 2010 23:06

Preserving a dead person's computer personna
Short story: cousin died, leaving 2 kids, and a husband in jail. I know she had a apple laptop. Not sure what she had at home, but she would have a large collection of family photos, and probably lots of documents for her business etc. What would be the best way to preserve this so that the kids would be able ... 7 Feb 2010 19:49