Mac Systems

Apple does it again!
Apple just introduced a new Mac Mini and it's quite a breakthrought! For hardly 20$ more than the PC I bought a year ago, it has: Half the HD capacity Half the memory One less core, both cores at .4 GHz less The day I'll scrap my PC because of old age, I'm sure Apple will offer a Mastic Knife Mini with abo... 11 Jul 2010 01:51

10.6.4 RESOLVED
On 2010-06-16 10:03:17 -0700, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> said: On 2010-06-16 09:10:21 -0700, Michael Siemon <mlsiemon(a)sonic.net> said: In article <2010061607471716807-not(a)dotcom>, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> wrote: On 2010-06-16 04:57:23 -0700, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> said:... 16 Jun 2010 15:28

10.6.4 install FAIL RESOLVED
Combo update worked. On 2010-06-16 07:49:54 -0700, thepixelfreak <not(a)dot.com> said: Anyone else see this? I tried the 10.6.4 update last night and it goes about its normal duties, logs out and starts the install and then a popup says "Install Failed", on reboot (thank god it works) I see in t... 16 Jun 2010 15:28

MobileMe Scam
I just now received an email, supposedly from Apple, that asserts that my MobileMe account will be suspended for 48 hours unless I respond to the mail by clicking on a URL and then updating my account information, er uh credit card and such. I would suggest that anyone else receiving the message also ignore it.... 18 Jun 2010 13:32

Top 10 iPhone apps
There are literally hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps, many of which are free to download. So what are the best ones? It depends on what you like to do with your iPhone, but these are 10 of the most popular (and useful!). Read more : http://www.onechap.com/news/top-iphone-apps/top-iphone-apps-10_9.html ... 16 Jun 2010 14:22

Huge CPU usage by USB WiFi adapter
I recently installed a Ralink USB WiFi adapter on a 1.25 GHz G4 Mini. According to Activity Monitor, the Ralink driver is sucking between 15 and 25% of the CPU (no wonder the Mini is sluggish). Is that to be expected? Do other WiFi adapters behave a bit more reasonably? Isaac ... 16 Jun 2010 14:22

10.6.4 install FAIL
Anyone else see this? I tried the 10.6.4 update last night and it goes about its normal duties, logs out and starts the install and then a popup says "Install Failed", on reboot (thank god it works) I see in the install log the following. Install Failed: (null)\nError Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=103 U... 19 Jun 2010 05:52

Using Mail
In article <fHWRn.6504$hw5.2178(a)newsfe04.iad>, John Wolf <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: I have been using Entourage for AGES. It syncs with my Gmail and other accounts. I get to see the IMAP folders and all and everything looks good. Only issue is that under SL Entourage is slower (due to Rosett... 16 Jun 2010 19:56

My X11 application does not render to the screen.
I have an X11 application whose graphical display fails to render to the screen for some reason. The error I get is: Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display "/tmp/ launch-4gaNW3/org.x:0". Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-4gaNW3/org.x: 0". Xlib: extension "XFree... 15 Jun 2010 15:23

Trouble cutting and pasting into an X11 application
Hi, I'm using Mac 10.6.3. I'm running an application named StarTeam (a version control client) that runs through X11. I notice when I copy something from another application and try and paste it into the X11 app, the cut and paste doesn't work. I'm not sure if this is specific to the application running withi... 16 Jun 2010 17:42