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Ramasseur des pommes
SHJ,
Whereabouts did you find these files? I can't find anything similar on any of my Macs, so wonder if they are from a previous operating system build?
AppleMacster
Whereabouts did you find these files? I can't find anything similar on any of my Macs, so wonder if they are from a previous operating system build?
AppleMacster
Hellelujah!!! 
Do you know, I haven't the faintest.....seriously, though I think that i came across them using the 'WhatSize' programme and noticed that there were so many, either as .tif or .tiff. Now a great many are from various programmes within the OS, but masses were a web icon and the address of the website.
Perhaps if you were to just type .tiff into Inquisitor or the search box of the silver/grey Macintosh HD symbol on the desktop they would appear. Let me know what you think please.
Thanks
SHJ
Do you know, I haven't the faintest.....seriously, though I think that i came across them using the 'WhatSize' programme and noticed that there were so many, either as .tif or .tiff. Now a great many are from various programmes within the OS, but masses were a web icon and the address of the website.
Perhaps if you were to just type .tiff into Inquisitor or the search box of the silver/grey Macintosh HD symbol on the desktop they would appear. Let me know what you think please.
Thanks
SHJ
Ramasseur des pommes
SHJ,
I still can't find masses of web icons as tiff files. I'm running 10.5 and all the web icons appear to be stored in one 20Mb file in:
User>Library>Safari>Icons.db
It's a bit of a mystery. You could try the apple discussion forums where there are nerdier people than I:
Apple Discussion Forums
AppleMacster
I still can't find masses of web icons as tiff files. I'm running 10.5 and all the web icons appear to be stored in one 20Mb file in:
User>Library>Safari>Icons.db
It's a bit of a mystery. You could try the apple discussion forums where there are nerdier people than I:
Apple Discussion Forums
AppleMacster
Thanks for the reply AM
I'm on 10.4.11, philistine that I am
It would seem to be along this path >SHJ>Library> Application support>Inquisitor>IconsA>witches4you.com.tiff (as an example). Now I hve nothing against witches, but to my knowledge I haven't visited any witch
website in the last few days since I cleared out the cache. I suppose it depends which witch is which though....
Perhaps it's just in 10.4 ? It suprised me that there was a record of every website that i'd visited in the last few years and also a load that I didn't or would have little motivation to visit. Perhaps it is the way of Inquisitor to bring up several 'suggestions' as to what you might mean in your search and keeps these as records, but why only God (or Steve Jobs) knows!
Regards
SHJ
I'm on 10.4.11, philistine that I am
It would seem to be along this path >SHJ>Library> Application support>Inquisitor>IconsA>witches4you.com.tiff (as an example). Now I hve nothing against witches, but to my knowledge I haven't visited any witch
website in the last few days since I cleared out the cache. I suppose it depends which witch is which though....Perhaps it's just in 10.4 ? It suprised me that there was a record of every website that i'd visited in the last few years and also a load that I didn't or would have little motivation to visit. Perhaps it is the way of Inquisitor to bring up several 'suggestions' as to what you might mean in your search and keeps these as records, but why only God (or Steve Jobs) knows!
Regards
SHJ
Ramasseur des pommes
SHJ,
I've found them. In the IconsA folder where you stated. It's very strange that they didn't appear in the (usually infallible) Spotlight search. I just deleted all 12000 files to see what's going on, then reinstalled Inquisitor. It seems to cache icon images of all the pages which appear in the search results in Inquisitor. "Clearing History" in Inquisitor doesn't delete the cached icons, interestingly. Of course, caching the icons is one of the things which makes Inquisitor so swift.
There is an alternative to Inquisitor, which doesn't appear to leave detritus on your Mac:
Glims
To uninstall Inquistor, you need to delete it from MacintoshHD>Library>Input Managers
AppleMacster.
I've found them. In the IconsA folder where you stated. It's very strange that they didn't appear in the (usually infallible) Spotlight search. I just deleted all 12000 files to see what's going on, then reinstalled Inquisitor. It seems to cache icon images of all the pages which appear in the search results in Inquisitor. "Clearing History" in Inquisitor doesn't delete the cached icons, interestingly. Of course, caching the icons is one of the things which makes Inquisitor so swift.
There is an alternative to Inquisitor, which doesn't appear to leave detritus on your Mac:
Glims
To uninstall Inquistor, you need to delete it from MacintoshHD>Library>Input Managers
AppleMacster.
20 or 24 inch iMac?
Was wondering if anyone had any advice on the difference and relative merits between the two iMac versions? My heart says get the 24 inch thing of beauty, but my head's saying that for roughly the same spec it's £200 more and the 20 inch is probably a more sensible size and less "in your face". I'm buying it for the family desktop as I'm thoroughly fed up of PCs, so we're not intending to use it for any swish developing or such like. Is the 24 inch too big?? I suppose it's a bit like going into Comet and comparing a 32 inch LCD with a 40 inch and buying the big one, getting it home and discovering it swamps the lounge...
The other possible driver is that I can put the saved money (if I buy the small one) towards a new Macbook (some serious persuasion to do yet on Mrs TSP though!)
Any help appreciated!
The other possible driver is that I can put the saved money (if I buy the small one) towards a new Macbook (some serious persuasion to do yet on Mrs TSP though!)
Any help appreciated!
I have a 20" imac - a friend has the 24" (admittedly the newer version with the glossy screen) and the bigger one is great. If you ever intend to look at photos the big screen is brilliant. It will look big for the first few days but It's what I'd get next.
We've got the 20" iMac - so as well as taking a slight pay cut, we forked out almost a grand for the "Ooooh, I like that" interface (quote from Mrs Fairy).
But - solid, dependable, and there's always VMware Fusion and BootCamp for the PC-only CDs/DVDs which Fairy Jr wants to play.
But - solid, dependable, and there's always VMware Fusion and BootCamp for the PC-only CDs/DVDs which Fairy Jr wants to play.
Scarlet
Don't buy the 20" - the screen is not a 20" version of the 24" - it's a lower quality unit. The 24" is a superb machine, and if you want a MacBook, well Apple are about reported to be about to announce a lo-cost MacBook...
N
Don't buy the 20" - the screen is not a 20" version of the 24" - it's a lower quality unit. The 24" is a superb machine, and if you want a MacBook, well Apple are about reported to be about to announce a lo-cost MacBook...
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Macworld | Review: 20- and 24-Inch Aluminum iMacs (2008 Edition)
Hopefully this should help a little. 24 inch every time if you have the money.
Hopefully this should help a little. 24 inch every time if you have the money.
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Well that didn't happen
And I dont think you should be using the words 'lo-cost' and 'Apple' in the same sentence.
Will be buying a MB-Pro as soon as they arrive in the sandpit - looks like Christmas will come early this year.
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No Firewire port on the new MacBook - only on the Pro version.
Could they be phasing out MacBook for an all new singing and dancing generation of laptops soon?
Could they be phasing out MacBook for an all new singing and dancing generation of laptops soon?
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Thought I would report this to you folks . . .
My iBook G4 HD would not boot up, so I assumed that I had had it crashing on me.
I went and handed it in to the local service provider -- who informed me that I had made it within the Extended Warranty by, literally, the foreskin of my teeth!! The warranty was to lapse on the 5th Oct, and I had carried it in on the 3rd!!
The ASP promptly placed the order for a replacement HD, which arrived with them in two days. But . . .
The tech-bod could not install the OS!
So, he told me that the Logic Board would need to be replaced -- but the lappy was now out of warranty! I spoke to the call centre here in India, who promptly put me through to a very sweet little lady called Michelle, in Australia. And when she was told that I had been using the Apple Mac now only for the last 20 years -- and she was just 21 years old!! -- she promptly said that she would authorise the LB replacement as being within the Extended Warranty period!
The LB turned up -- from Singapore, I believe -- in another three days.
The tech-bod felt that the extra RAM (1 gb) that I had installed was not OK and that was removed, too!
And then, he went on to install 10.5.5 on the lappy, in place of the 10.4.11 that I had had all this while!
So, here I am: with a lappy working perfectly with a new HD, a new LB and a spanking new OS -- for a possible cost of about USD 40 for the replacement of the RAM! (The lappy happens to be working very well indeed, thank you, without the extra RAM -- a tad slow, sure, but who cares!!)
I don't know about anyone else but I for one am now a hard-core 'swear-by' for the Apple Mac -- as also their Extended Warranty offer.
Hurrah and Hurray!!
Edited to add: I had backed up the ENTIRE lot of files of the lappy about 12 days before it crashed (or, whatever!) and as such, I lost just about a few odd songs etc that I had since then d/l!!
My iBook G4 HD would not boot up, so I assumed that I had had it crashing on me.
I went and handed it in to the local service provider -- who informed me that I had made it within the Extended Warranty by, literally, the foreskin of my teeth!! The warranty was to lapse on the 5th Oct, and I had carried it in on the 3rd!!
The ASP promptly placed the order for a replacement HD, which arrived with them in two days. But . . .
The tech-bod could not install the OS!
So, he told me that the Logic Board would need to be replaced -- but the lappy was now out of warranty! I spoke to the call centre here in India, who promptly put me through to a very sweet little lady called Michelle, in Australia. And when she was told that I had been using the Apple Mac now only for the last 20 years -- and she was just 21 years old!! -- she promptly said that she would authorise the LB replacement as being within the Extended Warranty period!
The LB turned up -- from Singapore, I believe -- in another three days.
The tech-bod felt that the extra RAM (1 gb) that I had installed was not OK and that was removed, too!
And then, he went on to install 10.5.5 on the lappy, in place of the 10.4.11 that I had had all this while!
So, here I am: with a lappy working perfectly with a new HD, a new LB and a spanking new OS -- for a possible cost of about USD 40 for the replacement of the RAM! (The lappy happens to be working very well indeed, thank you, without the extra RAM -- a tad slow, sure, but who cares!!)
I don't know about anyone else but I for one am now a hard-core 'swear-by' for the Apple Mac -- as also their Extended Warranty offer.
Hurrah and Hurray!!
Edited to add: I had backed up the ENTIRE lot of files of the lappy about 12 days before it crashed (or, whatever!) and as such, I lost just about a few odd songs etc that I had since then d/l!!
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Apple Service have a habit of removing RAM that hasn't been supplied by them, stating "It is not compatible" or "It is faulty". They are additionally naughty in not returning it either, even if they don't refit it. I would ask for the RAM back, saying that if the RAM is faulty you want the opportunity to return it to the supplier for refund. You bought it after all! 
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Hmmmm . . . .
The RAM had been duly returned to me by the ASP and I got the systems people in my office to install it back -- it only took a few minutes to do that. After working well for 24 hrs, suddenly the laptop went berserk, ending with the rectangular black screen notice about keeping the start button pressed for about seven seconds etc!!
So, I promptly removed the RAM -- by now, I knew how to do that! -- but the laptop would not boot up.
After doing a start with the DVD (Command-c-d pressed) I carried out a hardware check, which, fortunately, turned out now to be OK.
Tried a normal restart, without the DVD -- and it started up fine -- and has been working OK now for the last 36 hrs -- albeit slow, since the RAM is only the in-built one of 512 mb.
Thought I would update you folks on what is what!
I know I must have it kicked up: so, intend to pick up a new 1 gig RAM in the next couple of days.
If someone reading this knows: Can you tell me if the RAM chips are the same for the PC and the Apple? The PC systems guys in the office told me that they are the same, but someone else mentioned that they are not.
The RAM had been duly returned to me by the ASP and I got the systems people in my office to install it back -- it only took a few minutes to do that. After working well for 24 hrs, suddenly the laptop went berserk, ending with the rectangular black screen notice about keeping the start button pressed for about seven seconds etc!!
So, I promptly removed the RAM -- by now, I knew how to do that! -- but the laptop would not boot up.
After doing a start with the DVD (Command-c-d pressed) I carried out a hardware check, which, fortunately, turned out now to be OK.
Tried a normal restart, without the DVD -- and it started up fine -- and has been working OK now for the last 36 hrs -- albeit slow, since the RAM is only the in-built one of 512 mb.
Thought I would update you folks on what is what!
I know I must have it kicked up: so, intend to pick up a new 1 gig RAM in the next couple of days.
If someone reading this knows: Can you tell me if the RAM chips are the same for the PC and the Apple? The PC systems guys in the office told me that they are the same, but someone else mentioned that they are not.
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There we go!! 
My caution in the last post has been fully justified! The lappy has gone belly-up again!
This time, I am not even trying to repair it myself -- shall march into the office of the ASP tomorrow and demand attention!
Is this something to do with the Leopard? Because, my Tiger NEVER did crash all this while whereas the Leopard has done it now abut eight times over a period of just ten days!!
I can tell you -- I am one unhappy/ angry bear right now!!
My caution in the last post has been fully justified! The lappy has gone belly-up again!
This time, I am not even trying to repair it myself -- shall march into the office of the ASP tomorrow and demand attention!
Is this something to do with the Leopard? Because, my Tiger NEVER did crash all this while whereas the Leopard has done it now abut eight times over a period of just ten days!!
I can tell you -- I am one unhappy/ angry bear right now!!
Apple eMac blowout
I have an eMac from 2004 (same as an iMac really) and it has probably accumulated it's fair share of dust and ****e in there judging by the look of the fan from the back.
I have noticed it is slightly slower than it used to be so is it:
Worth stripping the case off to blow all the crap out or no?
I know I have to beware of the voltages from a CRT display
I have noticed it is slightly slower than it used to be so is it:
Worth stripping the case off to blow all the crap out or no?
I know I have to beware of the voltages from a CRT display