Mac Systems

"Smarter" Sleep?
I'm always surprised my MacBook Pro goes to sleep at inopportune times, such as in the middle of an upload (sometimes breaking the upload), in the middle of recording a video, in the middle of transferring files, etc. I'd think a modern computer would be smart enough to tell itself, "hey, I'm uploading a file-... 9 Mar 2010 20:22

FireFox acting Bizare with PDF files
On 1 Mar 2010 17:55:08 GMT, "John Varela" <newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote: [snip] "Bailey also said that these preferences may stem from a desire to show superiority or elitism, which also has to do with IQ. In fact, aligning oneself with "unconventional" philosophies such as liberalism or atheism may be ... 5 Mar 2010 11:40

Best way to open Adobe Illustrator files...?
Would value any suggestions about the best way for me to open for editing some relatively old Adobe Illustrator files that doesn't involve using Adobe Illustrator... One option presumably is to convert the files to some other format via a converter. Another would be to use an application that can read the fil... 3 Mar 2010 17:32

Column Width Setting In Mail?
I'm using Mail in Tiger 10.4.11. When I compose a message, I type a hard carriage return around the fifty column location (I estimate) to improve the readability of my messages. I searched through the Mail Preferences for such a setting, but I couldn't find one. Does Mail provide this capability? Thank you.... 5 Mar 2010 20:43

Parallels desktop DOG SLOW with 2GB RAM
In article <jwolf6589-09C1ED.23240226022010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: This is a very nice idea but I recently uninstalled it because of the snail speed it was running. I need 4GB's to run this. Nospam was right all along! Sadly the uninstaller did not remove everything so... 7 Mar 2010 07:25

CFP: ITBI-10 (12-14, Nov. 2010; Nagpur, India)
CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd International conference on IT and Business intelligence (ITBI-10) 12-14, Nov. 2010; Nagpur, India Websites: http://imtnagpur.ac.in/itbi10/ ... 26 Feb 2010 23:06

Itunes Movie Rental Question
The Itunes faq says that rented movies can be watched on a TV through an Apple TV. Does this mean that I can't rent a movie and watch it on my TV which is connected to a MacBook Pro through its DVI and sound ports? Thanks -- Meerkat1 ... 3 Mar 2010 01:49

529858 Reserch anything, nerw content up to date all sites 61
I fell in love with the net and all the compuiter teahcnology in the very early years and have loved it ever since, I have an IT Degree and Communications degree and will be working on my doctorate for the next five years, in bwetween I design websites, databases, Multimedia Produxction or anything that wil make me a p... 25 Feb 2010 23:48

Using spotlight in time machine
Hello all What I have to do to search my time machine 320 Gb external drive using spotlight, in Snow Leopard? Greeting from Portugal. ... 25 Feb 2010 10:15

SheepShaver in Full Screen
In article <jwolf6589-8ED577.06002724022010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: I just cant get it to work in Full Screen and have tried the prefs which do not work. Has anyone had success? I never tried "full screen", but ISTR trying to get a higher resolution when I was setting ... 26 Feb 2010 20:54