Mac Systems

Quick Look Problem
Starting only a few days ago, when I use the "Quick Look/Slideshow" button at the top of a Finder window to view some images, everything works except for one thing: When I choose the "Index Sheet" feature, instead of thumbnails of the images I see generic "JPEG" icons. (Choosing Quick Look from the File menu ... 30 May 2010 17:35

iPhone: zero security
On 05/30/2010 01:12 AM, nospam wrote: In article<htsqac$f6q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Priam <priam(a)notsosure.com> wrote: "the expectation is because apple said it has hardware encryption." it doesn't matter. if someone has physical access, they can take all the time they want getting d... 30 May 2010 15:25

Journaling - any benefits for a MacBook?
I have been leaving journaling turned off for ages on my MacBook Pro, with nothing bad happening. Is journaling just a placebo? Mark- ... 1 Jun 2010 03:15

Acrobat Reader Authentication fails in OSX !
Helo, I'm trying to open pdf documents that require authentication in OSX 10.6.3 with AcrobatReader 9.3.2 . It doesn't work ! Adobe R. It tells me : "the computer must be connected to the network in order to open this document" Of course the computer is connected to the network ! I tried to open the same d... 31 May 2010 17:28

simple photo editing
Still relatively new to the Mac world, I'm trying to find a photo editor for simply tasks like cropping and rotating. Picasso and Preview don't seem to be able to do it and GIMP looks WAY, WAY over my head more like Photoshop. For example, I just got an attachment with four separate pictures combined into o... 2 Jun 2010 19:48

How to get the IP address of a telnet/ssh session ?
If I access my server from another machine via telnet (or ssh), I would like to have a script automatically obtain the IP address that originated the telnet (or ssh) call and do certain things (such as setup the DISPLAY variable, and add the address to my postfix config for instance. How does one obtain the ip ad... 30 May 2010 00:26

sometimes need to restart to get Mail.app to work
I have Tiger with DSL and accounts with 3 pop servers. Tonight I started my computer, loaded Mail.app, and clicked "Get Mail" Apparently I wasn't online until a moment later. The busy symbols for all three accounts kept spinning. Quitting and restarting Mail didn't fix it. Neither did logging off and bac... 28 May 2010 23:36

Do GPS systems work on a Mac?
In article <jwolf6589-43D49B.20111028052010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: Was thinking about buying a new GPS system, but not sure if it would work on a Mac. they are standalone devices. garmin has mac software for their gps units, but if the gps has maps already built in,... 31 May 2010 21:51

Is there a 3G Macbook on the horizon?
Anyone know? I'm not even sure if there're already PC laptops that have this, but I'm guessing there are.... Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- ... 1 Jun 2010 10:51

Strategy to record an audio stream
Thank for the respnses to this thread. Bought the ROgue Ameboa "Audio Hijack" and made initial tests and it seems to work fine. Didn't realise it had hooks into the application. Thoughgt it installed some driver that created a new audio destination that you could choose. Barring Mr Murphy next week, I should be a... 28 May 2010 20:22