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Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
2nd Jul 2012, 21:18
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Italy threatens Apple with a higher fine for...

Italy threatens Apple with a higher fine for pitiful warranty period - The Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2188507/italy-threatens-apple-fines-pitiful-warranty-period)

cough......
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
11th May 2012, 20:43
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

NeoOffice was created when there was no...

NeoOffice was created when there was no Open/LibreOffice for Mac.

Used it for a while - pretty nice.

Now that Open/LibreOffice have Mac versions, little advantage and it costs.

Mac :ok:
...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
9th Jan 2012, 06:34
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Mac Time Machine & WD backup problem solved - tip

Mac backing up to WD World Edition automagically with Time Machine over network. Has worked fine for ages.
Casually had a look - no backups done for 2/12!!!

Time Machine simply says “Making...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
15th Oct 2010, 13:37
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

BlueHarvest

BlueHarvest - DS_Store, ._Resource Forks, .Folders. Keep it clean. | zeroonetwenty (http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/)

"BlueHarvest is the easiest way to keep your disks and file servers...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Aug 2010, 12:49
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

"A MS Office license would be a wise investment."...

"A MS Office license would be a wise investment."

Alas (sic.) no.

MS Office for Mac is less compatible with MS Office for Windows than NeoOffice/OpenOffice - as I have found to my disgust.
...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
27th Aug 2010, 07:38
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

For Outlook emails O2M is well worth the $10 for...

For Outlook emails O2M is well worth the $10 for ease of use - Little Machines (http://www.littlemachines.com/) - though you'll probably only ever use it once. But there are lots of other free...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
2nd Jul 2010, 18:21
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Anyone familiar with the problem of System...

Anyone familiar with the problem of System Preferences stalling/failing to start in OSX/Snow Leopard?

Suggested solutions found on Web include deleting assorted cache files from the user Library...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
3rd May 2010, 10:04
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Parallels requires a true-blue copy of Windows...

Parallels requires a true-blue copy of Windows which it runs in a virtual machine on the Mac.

CrossOver does NOT require a copy of Windows but seeks to emulate the Windows environment that...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
8th Mar 2010, 05:40
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

I bought a 2TB Time Capsule and I find it...

I bought a 2TB Time Capsule and I find it hideously slow even when direct wired to the network.

I later got a Western Digital MyBook World Edition (1TB) and it's far faster (and more flexible for...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
12th Feb 2010, 03:47
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Get him a top-of-the range Mac Mini :ok: ...

Get him a top-of-the range Mac Mini

:ok:

Mac
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
6th Feb 2010, 08:34
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Hmmmm...... Interesting..... My partition...

Hmmmm...... Interesting.....

My partition scheme does appear to be APS rather than GUID so firmware updates probably won't work.

On the other hand, current firmware is the latest - MM11.0055B08...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
5th Feb 2010, 16:34
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Hmmm. As far as I remember, I did! Don't have...

Hmmm. As far as I remember, I did! Don't have the machine here so I can't check.

I bought an external drive case and the 320GB drive, used Disk Utility to partition it into System (80GB) and ...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
5th Feb 2010, 14:16
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

I quite agree and all my big boxes have the...

I quite agree and all my big boxes have the system and data components on different drives (actually a lot of the common data is on a RAID 1 physically separate fileserver).

But for systems that...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
5th Feb 2010, 12:55
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

.....and just stuffed in a Western Digital 320GB...

.....and just stuffed in a Western Digital 320GB drive.

Cloning the original drive was simple with Carbon Copy Cloner.

Despite all the dire warnings I was able to move my home directory to a...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Feb 2010, 07:15
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

My old Mac Mini (Intel Core Duo at 1.66GHz) was...

My old Mac Mini (Intel Core Duo at 1.66GHz) was running s-l-o-w despite de-crapifying and checking permissions etc.

So just on general principles I doubled the system memory from 1GB to 2GB.
...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Nov 2009, 17:55
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Well, I run XP (for games), Mepis Linux and Mac...

Well, I run XP (for games), Mepis Linux and Mac for serious stuff and OpenSolaris for fun (oh and BSD for NAS) so I guess I'm pretty catholic!

"I read that hackers decided to make viruses for...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Jul 2009, 17:41
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Use RCDefaultApp - available free from 6....

Use RCDefaultApp - available free from 6. RCDefaultApp (file associations) (http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/LH-Top-10-Mac-utilities/1849939) or Rubicode - RCDefaultApp...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
3rd Jul 2009, 11:39
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

How much memory do you have? How full is...

How much memory do you have?

How full is your hard drive?

Had this problem with my old Mac Mini (in spite of 1GB of memory)
Repairing permissions helped, but the 60GB drive has only 10GB free...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
14th Mar 2009, 18:37
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

".....I'll have to invest in MS Office for...

".....I'll have to invest in MS Office for Mac....."

Why? NeoOffice (a version of OpenOffice for the Mac) - http://www.neooffice.org/ - is actually MORE compatible with MS Office than MS Office...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
3rd Dec 2008, 05:06
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

".....new MacBook Pro...." No Firewire/1394 ...

".....new MacBook Pro...."

No Firewire/1394

:(

Mac
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
31st Aug 2008, 06:32
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

"I will need a MASSIVE screen where I can lay out...

"I will need a MASSIVE screen where I can lay out multiple windows without having to constantly resize them."

You'll get more screen real estate by using two or three 19" monitors and its easier...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
16th Jul 2008, 17:16
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

No. Have to put my head near it to hear it. ...

No. Have to put my head near it to hear it.

:ok:

Mac
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
13th Jul 2008, 18:57
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

"....picking up a Mac Mini and using it on my...

"....picking up a Mac Mini and using it on my Apple Flat Screen. Anyone got one?"

Yes. Excellent little beast. Get the 2GHz one with a 160gig HDD and 2GB of memory. Only thing that lets it down...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
6th Mar 2008, 16:52
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Opel Corsa '81 Series III Landy :ok:

Opel Corsa

'81 Series III Landy

:ok:
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
6th Mar 2008, 08:49
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

'Cos you can buy 3 for the price of one and still...

'Cos you can buy 3 for the price of one and still have 95% of the functionality.

Don'r get me wrong - I'd love a Macbook Air, but it really is vastly overpriced for what it does, unless you're...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Mar 2008, 12:17
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

The Macbook Air really IS attractive but it's...

The Macbook Air really IS attractive but it's awfully expensive for what you get.

Have you considered an Asus eeePC?

:ok: Mac
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
1st Mar 2008, 11:30
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Outlook to Mac

LilleMachines O2M is a neat little app for exporting your Windows Outlook email, contacts, and calendar appointments from your PC to your Mac.

http://www.littlemachines.com/

Works very nicely....
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Feb 2008, 11:45
Replies: 1,259
Views: 189,462
Posted By Mac the Knife

Peter Borg's "Smultron" -...

Peter Borg's "Smultron" - http://smultron.sourceforge.net/ - is an excellent free text editor.

"...some of its features are tabs, line numbers, support for syntax colouring for many different...
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