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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Mini arrived last week (1.25GHz, 512 MB, 80GB, SuperDrive, Bluetooth, Airport Extreme with Apple Pro Wireless mouse and keyboa…
MacNNTroubleshootingby f1000Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 22:59
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Discotronic - did you mention setting up hotspots with 'Expose'? I think Expose really is a swish feature of the Mac (almos…
MacNNTroubleshootingby discotronicMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 22:30
"BTW - if Safari is so slow - why is it so lauded on the Mac? "
Well, if you're up to date on system updates, Safari is actually pretty snappy. It has some nice usability features…
MacNNTroubleshootingby CaptainHaddockMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 19:19
Thanks all for the corrections and advice in this thread.
I was getting ease of use mixed up with perfection - good point to make.
What I am reading here is that it seems to be …
MacNNTroubleshootingby Janaka CoorayMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 18:30
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Originally posted by scottiB:
Route 66 is kind of goofy in its install. Mine (Route USA) left an alias (shortcut in Windows terminology) of it on my Desktop--it w…
MacNNTroubleshootingby hldanMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 18:25
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Installed route 66 - only to find that the icon wasn't put in the 'Applications' folder or the Dock. I can see many newer use…
MacNNTroubleshootingby scottiBMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 17:25
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Thanks for the welcome Discotronic!
I agree with your statement that, in reality, any computer is challenging to use for t…
MacNNTroubleshootingby hldanMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 17:17
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
First you don't *need* to drag an application to the dock; you would do that for applications that you use frequently and you do w…
MacNNTroubleshootingby Pierre B.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:56
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
I do not see how the current download options of dmg, pkg etc and manual dragging of an application icon to the dock is 'easie…
MacNNTroubleshootingby Pierre B.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:48
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
That's why you have the F10 key, when your browser application is the front-most. Just learn to use Expose. It is quite trivial to…
MacNNTroubleshootingby discotronicMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:26
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
The download manager does come up - but I feel that sometimes it may be obscured by other windows
That's why you have …
MacNNTroubleshootingby Pierre B.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:19
Quote:
Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
It seems that the G5 ships with the bluetooth assistant set for startup - it seems the mini does not ship expecting to pair w…
MacNNTroubleshootingby Pierre B.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:11
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
PS As I'm typing this in safari, the Mac can barely keep up with my typing speed. I have a couple of other windows open and …
MacNNTroubleshootingby Pierre B.Mon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:07
Re: your typing question. the answer on this board to stuff like that seems to lie with teh RAM? so...could be a ram thing. maybe not though. you have 512...have you noticed it slo…
MacNNTroubleshootingby icibaquMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 15:05
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
PS As I'm typing this in safari, the Mac can barely keep up with my typing speed. I have a couple of other windows open and…
MacNNTroubleshootingby discotronicMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 14:52
Thanks for the welcome Discotronic!
The link for the SafariSpeed app - user comments report that it isn't compatibile with the version of Safari that I have though (1.2.4). Also …
MacNNTroubleshootingby Janaka CoorayMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 14:16
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Originally posted by KeilwerthSX90R:
Great setup. I've been looking for a larger desk, what kind of desk do you have and where did you get it?
Thanks,
Josh
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MacNNPowerPCby SimeyTheLimeyMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 13:52
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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey:
I just posted this in the lounge version of this thread. I guess it belongs here too. The new(ish) setup:
Quicksilver 2002 G…
MacNNPowerPCby KeilwerthSX90RMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 13:21
I never had a problem with my Apple wireless keyboard and mouse on my iMac G5. It was recognized without having to put a disk in. Hopefully Apple fixes this in the next update.
Th…
MacNNTroubleshootingby discotronicMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 13:15
With many people 'switching' from PC to Mac with the arrival of the mini, I wondered what these new computer-literate users make of the platform? Hoping to get a thread not biased…
MacNNTroubleshootingby Janaka CoorayMon, 28 Mar 2005 - 12:37
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Originally posted by CorduroyBoy:
Won't this mess-up sub-pixel rendering? -> because the bars of red, green, and blue are stacked differently.
Since sub…
My 20" Cinema display doesn't rotate (I know, I just looked at it) so how is 10.4 going to magically make it swivel 90 degrees? Am I missing something I should have read in the ma…