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Post your Tiger LCD backlight problems! — #1

Ok, I've been seeing some subterranean mentions to problems with LCD backlighting after installing Tiger. Some say they touch the brightness buttons and the backlight turns off, ot…
MacNN Software by tigas Wed, 4 May 2005 - 19:06

Funny... nothing is showing in my software update. — #4

well I have a 20gb 4G iPod so I guess I don't need the newest one since it was just for the iPod photo. but i'm not sure about the bluetooth update (1.2 or something?). i don't t…
MacNN Software by MrForgetable Sun, 1 May 2005 - 15:22

Funny... nothing is showing in my software update. — #3

Have you connected either device yet? Maybe Tiger is finally (thankfully) doing better checks on what it needs to download, and won't check for iPod updates unless you have actual…
MacNN Software by Drakino Sun, 1 May 2005 - 14:57

Funny... nothing is showing in my software update. — #1

Is this normal? I had an iPod updater and Bluetooth that I was looking to install after I installed Tiger, but they aren't there anymore after installing Tiger. Thanks in advance
MacNN Software by MrForgetable Sun, 1 May 2005 - 12:24

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #23

If you do a simple upgrade, you still have stuffit. Alternately if you did an archive & install you can search for all items that contain "stuff" in your archived system and r…
MacNN Software by themexican Sun, 1 May 2005 - 10:42

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #22

Yes, that is what threw me. I understand Apple in under NO obligation to include Stuff Expander in the OS. BUT, and here is the clincher, because IT WAS included in previous iterat…
MacNN Software by neverwind Sun, 1 May 2005 - 06:47

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #21

Correct. SIT/SITX expansion was _never_ part of of any iteration of the Mac OS Finder. In previous releases of Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X, Apple did however install Stuffit Expand…
MacNN Software by mactropolis Sun, 1 May 2005 - 06:22

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #20

Quote: Originally Posted by neverwind I guess I expected sit file expansion to be a part of the OS like it was in previous iterations... Just for the record, SIT expansion …
MacNN Software by Chuckit Sun, 1 May 2005 - 03:52

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #19

Quote: Originally Posted by neverwind In help search for "Using Windows files on a Mac". Yes, I know SIT is NOT a win format but the info is found on THIS page nonetheless. I t…
MacNN Software by eevyl Sun, 1 May 2005 - 03:32

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #18

Quote: Originally Posted by lngtones I just went and downloaded Stuffit Deluxe from MacUpdate and it was downloaded as a .stix How helpful... Exactly. How bone-headed of…
MacNN Software by alphasubzero949 Sun, 1 May 2005 - 02:13

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #17

Quote: Originally Posted by lngtones I just went and downloaded Stuffit Deluxe from MacUpdate and it was downloaded as a .stix How helpful... Download StuffIt Standard. T…
MacNN Software by CharlesS Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 22:27

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #15

Quote: Originally Posted by Geobunny While it does handle resource forks, I don't trust it. Last time I used Panther's Finder to zip up some Quark XPress jobs, the printer I se…
MacNN Software by OwlBoy Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 22:08

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #14

It looks like OS X will now natively extract tarballs too, and I believe gzipped/bzipped files too... nice
MacNN Software by besson3c Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 21:27

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #13

Yeah, only the built in .zip stuff in OS X will put the resource forks back properly. Sending a file to an OS 9 or below user would still need .sit.
MacNN Software by Drakino Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 18:25

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #12

Quote: Originally Posted by Drakino Tiger and Panther both have built in .zip compression/decompression. This is the preferred way now, as it also handles resource forks if nee…
MacNN Software by Geobunny Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 15:14

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #11

Drakino, that's what I would have thought, but I swear, after clean installing Tiger, double clicking on both .sit and .zip files (and there were lots since I was reinstalling eve…
MacNN Software by tuqqer Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 13:58

Tiger CANNOT open .sit archives? — #10

Tiger and Panther both have built in .zip compression/decompression. This is the preferred way now, as it also handles resource forks if needed. To make a .zip right/context clic…
MacNN Software by Drakino Sat, 30 Apr 2005 - 13:55
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