What's an "i-mac"? :dunno:

Took care of one of my previous questions in setting up the new iMac, but I still need help on these:

Quoted from "Chivalrous basically"
1. My playlists are gone. But they are on my iPod which I don't want to sync because I have a feeling it'll wipe them off the iPod instead. Air sent me a link for a program that was supposed to get them off, but it kept crashing. Any other suggestions? 3. Is there a way I can leave the wire going to my stereo plugged into the computer and still be able to switch between using the stereo or internal speakers? Right now when I go to Preferences, it always gives me only one option for sound output, depending on whether it's plugged in or not. 4. I've noticed in Word that the measurements seem off. That is, when it says "Size = 100 ", one inch on screen is really about 3/4 inch. Is that a Word issue or possibly a mac/monitor issue? The help menus in both have been decidedly unhelpful.

Wisefolly suggested that last one is a Word issue, but I still haven't found anything about that. I keep forgetting to see if it does the same thing on InDesign or Photoshop, which hopefully I'll remember to try tonight.

Detour has been retired, and there is no Intel version.

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/posts/News/detour-retirement-2005-10-14-10-00

This isn't reflective of the Mac, per se, but it does reflect the race of technology.

At buy.com, you can get a TERABYTE hard drive for about 230.

Wow.

Well, the thing's about the size of a shoebox, but what the heck.

Quoted from "Bigg_Al"
This isn't reflective of the Mac, per se, but it does reflect the race of technology. At buy.com, you can get a TERABYTE hard drive for about 230. Wow. Well, the thing's about the size of a shoebox, but what the heck.

Buy.com isn't letting me do any searching, but if it's the 1 TB MyBook, I have that drive and I like it so far. Pretty spiff.

Yeah, see, I use mine FOR backups :)

Quoted from "Just Jesse"
I was looking through the thread, but I couldn't find it yet and decided to just ask someone. On PC's you can get the drop-down menus to appear by doing Alt-F (for the File menu) Alt-E for the Edit menu, and so forth. Is there any equivalent for the Mac? I've been searching websites for a while now, but no luck. It would make my life so much easier if I found out.

Hi Jesse, Perhaps it is time for you to go to one of the free workshops at the Soho Apple store like this one:

Getting Started for PC to Mac Workshop Interested in switching to a Mac? Find out how it can improve your life, how easy it is to make the change, and how compatible Mac computers are with Windows PCs. Sign up or drop in. (Workshop)

or this: PC to Mac Workshop - on the first floor Learn the basics of the Mac operating system in this hands-on workshop. You'll see how your current Windows environment will look on a Mac. We'll also answer all your questions, dispel common myths, and show you how your applications will look on a Mac. Sign up or drop in. (Workshop)

here is the link http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/week/20071021.html

So, I was helping a friend with some web stuff on a mac laptop (I believe a G4 Powerbook). She got frustrated and tossed it at me (I caught it gently). A little later on it froze up while trying to open a browser and after trying to quit the program with no luck she force quit it using the power button. [Almost every Mac I get near I crash...it's a gift or something. This was the first one that had some physical encounter beforehand but hey, I'll take credit.]

A little while later she tried starting it up and it wouldn't - a little computer icon appeared in the middle and cycled through some symbols (a few ?s and some others I don't remember).

Fubared?

Quoted from "Air"
So, I was helping a friend with some web stuff on a mac laptop (I believe a G4 Powerbook). She got frustrated and tossed it at me (I caught it gently). A little later on it froze up while trying to open a browser and after trying to quit the program with no luck she force quit it using the power button. [Almost every Mac I get near I crash...it's a gift or something. This was the first one that had some physical encounter beforehand but hey, I'll take credit.] A little while later she tried starting it up and it wouldn't - a little computer icon appeared in the middle and cycled through some symbols (a few ?s and some others I don't remember). Fubared?

Boot up the computer, hold down the Command and S key at the same time. This will bring you into Single User mode. At the Unix prompt, type:

fsck -f

Then hit the return key.

When it is done checking your disk, type:

reboot

If it doesn't boot into Single User Mode, have her bring it to the Apple store.

Quoted from "Wexie"
Type Control-F2 to activate the front-most application's menu.

This is great. I was wondering how to do that too and although the command is at the link below, I didn't realize that "Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu" referred to this. :oops: Now it makes sense. There are some additional useful keyboard shortcuts here: Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts from Apple

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Apple now the most valuable computer maker in the world Tuesday, October 23, 2007 "It s official. Apple is the most valuable computer maker in the world," Saul Hansell reports for The New York Times. "In the wake of the company s better than expected earnings in the quarter ended September 30th, Apple s shares rose by nearly 7 percent, making the company s total market value 162 billion," Hansell reports. "That edges out IBM, worth 155 billion, and Intel, worth 156 billion. Apple also surged past Nokia, the most valuable cellphone maker, which is worth 150 billion." Hansell reports, "Indeed, Apple is now the fourth most valuable technology company, after Cisco ( 189 billion), Google ( 208 billion), and Microsoft ( 290 billion)." "For an investor, one question is whether Apple can capitalize on its momentum to catapult itself to a business that doesn t depend so much on each successive product introduction," Hansell reports. "To do so, Apple will increasingly find itself battling with the three other companies at the top of the tech totem pole. Microsoft, of course, thought that it had defeated Apple in the operating system a decade ago, only to find its rival has revived, stronger than ever." Full article, in which Hansell inexplicably fails to mention the very real possibility of Apple strategically teaming with Google and/or Cisco on various projects, here.

I need help playing an .avi file in Quicktime using the Xvid codec.

I downloaded an .avi file (Star Trek New Voyages pilot episode) and tried to play it in QuickTime Player 7.2.0 on my PowerPC G4 running Mac OS 10.4.10. I got the message that I needed additional components and the Show Movie Inspector option indicated that it was made using the XviD 1.0 Codec, so from Apple's addon page, I downloaded that component from here: http://www.xvid.org/Software.83.0.html

The instructions were to " just drag the File "XviD_Codec 1.0 alpha.component" into Library/QuickTime". I did this, but when I attempt to play the video, Quicktime just plays a white screen for 3 seconds.

Any idea what's going on and how I can fix it?

I need my scifi fix. :crash: :(

I almost picked it up today, but I figured I'll get it sooner or later, I didn't need it right away, and I might just buy a new Mac soon anyways, so I passed.

I decided to be a geek and get it yesterday - first time I've stood in line for something in a LONG time!

I did a Clean & Install, and I'm happy with things so far. Of course there are a few "luxury" programs that that haven't been updated to 10.5 yet, but nothing that really causes any concern.

I concerned about a few small things that'll get sorted out eventually, I'm sure.

1. My fan seems to come on and stay on much longer than usual.
2. Using MenuMeters, I've noticed that my RAM usage is huge.
3. The QuickSilver icon won't come off the Dock.

I like the web clipping feature - I created on of the Yehoodi Active Topics, and I can click on the topics I want to read.

I'm waiting for a buddy to get finished dealing with Apple Support (he has an iMac and just installed 10.5 and it crashed) so we can try out screen sharing and the new fun features with iChat. I hope/wish iChat starts allowing other services like Yahoo! Messenger, as I'd love to have some of iChat's functionality with other friends.

Quoted from "snazzyuserid"
I need help playing an .avi file in Quicktime using the Xvid codec. I downloaded an .avi file (Star Trek New Voyages pilot episode) and tried to play it in QuickTime Player 7.2.0 on my PowerPC G4 running Mac OS 10.4.10. I got the message that I needed additional components and the Show Movie Inspector option indicated that it was made using the XviD 1.0 Codec, so from Apple's addon page, I downloaded that component from here: http://www.xvid.org/Software.83.0.html The instructions were to " just drag the File "XviD_Codec 1.0 alpha.component" into Library/QuickTime". I did this, but when I attempt to play the video, Quicktime just plays a white screen for 3 seconds. Any idea what's going on and how I can fix it? I need my scifi fix. :crash: :(

Make sure you have Flip4Mac installed. Also install VLC player. It will play many video file formats that Quicktime cannot, even with Flip4Mac. (Also, install Divx as part of your standard.)