switchr92
Sep 23, 07:10 PM
I bought iWork '05 instead of Office X, and it can't compare. Word is just an easier, more powerful word processor to use. I prefer keynote to powerpoint, but not by much. I would definetely rate word higher than pages, and office higher than iwork. Powerpoint is definetely usable, but use mail+address book+iCal instead of entourage (way better).
Unspeaked
Oct 25, 03:35 PM
I'm an Apple fan through and through, but are you guys listening to yourselves?
It's fine when DVD John breaks Macrovision, but not ok when he messes with DRM?
Who's messing with the consumer more? A movie studio that offers you a phsyicaly DVD they have to package and distribute full of extras (sometimes more than one disc) for, like, $14.99? Or a record company teaming with Apple to charge $0.99 for intellectual property packed in ones and zeroes?
(If ever there were a less-of-two-evils situation, this is it!).
In any case, I think it's wrong and actually don't like seeing this happen to Apple, but I think it's just as wrong as messing with DVDs or or any other's companies products. They have a right to offer their produts with whatever protection they wish and lock out competitors, and if consumers don't like it, they shouldn't buy it.
As for the whole "how much does the iTunes make for Apple" debate, I think the person who calculated $1.5 million a year was way under. He assumed .5 cents per track, but I believe it's more like 2 or 3 cents per track Apple makes. Plus, saying $1.5 million is just a fraction of Apple's profit is a lame argument. How much do you think boxed copies iWork contributed to Apple's bottom line in '05? Less than that, I bet. Or how about the Mighty Mouse? Any one SKU in Apple's lineup isn't going to amount to much - when added together, it's what gives them their incredible sales figures.
It's fine when DVD John breaks Macrovision, but not ok when he messes with DRM?
Who's messing with the consumer more? A movie studio that offers you a phsyicaly DVD they have to package and distribute full of extras (sometimes more than one disc) for, like, $14.99? Or a record company teaming with Apple to charge $0.99 for intellectual property packed in ones and zeroes?
(If ever there were a less-of-two-evils situation, this is it!).
In any case, I think it's wrong and actually don't like seeing this happen to Apple, but I think it's just as wrong as messing with DVDs or or any other's companies products. They have a right to offer their produts with whatever protection they wish and lock out competitors, and if consumers don't like it, they shouldn't buy it.
As for the whole "how much does the iTunes make for Apple" debate, I think the person who calculated $1.5 million a year was way under. He assumed .5 cents per track, but I believe it's more like 2 or 3 cents per track Apple makes. Plus, saying $1.5 million is just a fraction of Apple's profit is a lame argument. How much do you think boxed copies iWork contributed to Apple's bottom line in '05? Less than that, I bet. Or how about the Mighty Mouse? Any one SKU in Apple's lineup isn't going to amount to much - when added together, it's what gives them their incredible sales figures.
Gokunama
May 1, 05:56 AM
IMDB. I check movie storylines, ratings. etc while at the video rental shop.
eawmp1
Sep 10, 04:43 AM
Ugh...I put things in my closets I don't want to see out. And as I a, somewhat of a pack rat, that baby's stuffed.
LordDixon
Nov 4, 11:55 AM
We need one of these. With all our traffic to other planets and all.
wordmunger
Nov 3, 12:09 PM
should redirects be put in (I don't care for redirects myself as they just make the index page twice as imposing).
Can't you do a redirect without a category -- just so all the old links aren't broken?
Can't you do a redirect without a category -- just so all the old links aren't broken?
simsaladimbamba
May 2, 09:54 AM
Maybe sell the parts (SSD an MBP) separately.
Mac2Sell (http://www.mac2sell.net), Gazelle (http://www.gazelle.com) or eBay (Việt Nam (http://chodientu.vn/ebay), T�rkiye (http://www.gittigidiyor.com/), Česk� republika (http://www.eim.ebay.cz/), Hanguk (http://www.auction.co.kr/default.html)) might be good price checkers.
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Mac2Sell (http://www.mac2sell.net), Gazelle (http://www.gazelle.com) or eBay (Việt Nam (http://chodientu.vn/ebay), T�rkiye (http://www.gittigidiyor.com/), Česk� republika (http://www.eim.ebay.cz/), Hanguk (http://www.auction.co.kr/default.html)) might be good price checkers.
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maflynn
Apr 14, 09:30 AM
I've been spoiled with the ease of use of Time Machine and CCC. Since I'm running a windows partition on my desktop, what options are available that offer similar types of functionality.
I'm looking for a windows application to backup and/or clone my windows drive.
I used to use norton ghost back in the day but the reviews found on amazon are less then stellar.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
I'm looking for a windows application to backup and/or clone my windows drive.
I used to use norton ghost back in the day but the reviews found on amazon are less then stellar.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
ssdeg7
Mar 18, 06:41 PM
But I have another account with credit, I just use this account to download free apps because it is MY account and i've been downloading apps since a long time ago, I don't want to have money on it or a credit card.
I've sent an email to iTunes support, lets hope somebody does something about it, although I doubt it.
I've sent an email to iTunes support, lets hope somebody does something about it, although I doubt it.
iVeBeenDrinkin'
Mar 13, 09:28 PM
I cared. Geez, why so mad?
Can anyone give an estimate, based off of previous releases, as to how long it'll take for a public release? I can't be the only one itching to jailbreak my iPad2.
There might be an answer in the original thread posted.
Can anyone give an estimate, based off of previous releases, as to how long it'll take for a public release? I can't be the only one itching to jailbreak my iPad2.
There might be an answer in the original thread posted.
compuwar
Mar 15, 11:48 PM
Thank you Sir! I wil research this storage device. :D
Unlike lots of people, I'm not a fan of most RAID schemes other than a RAID-1 mirror set. Once you start putting your critical data across multiple drives, a catastrophic multi-drive failure (and I've seen *lots* of those over my career) makes recovering any of your data anything from challenging and expensive to impossible.
I've done a fair bit of computer forensics in my recent past, both for commercial clients and for law enforcement- recovering data off a RAID device is often not fun at all- even when you have all the right equipment.
My position is that if it's important data, mirror it on two drives- and have good backups. When your unit of storage is one hard drive, an off-site backup of one hard drive is an easy thing to make/store/ship. When your unit of storage is 3-5 drives, then backups become more of a challenge.
With RAID-1, you can simply pull the mirror, add in a new drive and let the mirror rebuild to back up- that's easy and if you have a drive failure, normal drive recovery techniques get as much of your data back as is possible as quickly, cheaply and easily as possible. It doesn't give you blazing performance, and you have to buy 2x the number of drives, but it's reliable and easy, and for critical data in my opinion those trump everything else.
Paul
Unlike lots of people, I'm not a fan of most RAID schemes other than a RAID-1 mirror set. Once you start putting your critical data across multiple drives, a catastrophic multi-drive failure (and I've seen *lots* of those over my career) makes recovering any of your data anything from challenging and expensive to impossible.
I've done a fair bit of computer forensics in my recent past, both for commercial clients and for law enforcement- recovering data off a RAID device is often not fun at all- even when you have all the right equipment.
My position is that if it's important data, mirror it on two drives- and have good backups. When your unit of storage is one hard drive, an off-site backup of one hard drive is an easy thing to make/store/ship. When your unit of storage is 3-5 drives, then backups become more of a challenge.
With RAID-1, you can simply pull the mirror, add in a new drive and let the mirror rebuild to back up- that's easy and if you have a drive failure, normal drive recovery techniques get as much of your data back as is possible as quickly, cheaply and easily as possible. It doesn't give you blazing performance, and you have to buy 2x the number of drives, but it's reliable and easy, and for critical data in my opinion those trump everything else.
Paul
redeye be
May 27, 09:40 AM
interesting.
My first thought: as long as they make it a racing game ;)
serious, the first thing i did was google 'ps2 folding', look what came up as the second result :). http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-23298.html
Anybody want to try this?
My first thought: as long as they make it a racing game ;)
serious, the first thing i did was google 'ps2 folding', look what came up as the second result :). http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-23298.html
Anybody want to try this?
CanadaRAM
Sep 17, 02:57 PM
Sorry to bump, but couldnt anyone help me?? someone must have tried RAM with heatsinks on there mac mini...The problem is so much RAM these days ships with the heatsinks fitted,
SHadOW
Three answers:
1) Don't do it, there isn't room physically
2) Any RAM you are considering buying with heatsinks is, by definition, not RAM sold with a guarantee of Mac compatibility. No Mac RAM is sold with heatspreaders. Buy from a reputable dealer who guarantees compatibility with the Mini. Don't put in random PC memory.
3) If you already have a piece of RAM that you are bound and determined to try then just take off the heat spreader - it's like, a $2 piece of aluminum held on by two spring clips... :rolleyes:
SHadOW
Three answers:
1) Don't do it, there isn't room physically
2) Any RAM you are considering buying with heatsinks is, by definition, not RAM sold with a guarantee of Mac compatibility. No Mac RAM is sold with heatspreaders. Buy from a reputable dealer who guarantees compatibility with the Mini. Don't put in random PC memory.
3) If you already have a piece of RAM that you are bound and determined to try then just take off the heat spreader - it's like, a $2 piece of aluminum held on by two spring clips... :rolleyes:
quagmire
Oct 4, 08:53 AM
This freakin sucks if it is the last album ever. Hopefully it is like Top Gear at every end of the season and just speculation that it is the last one......
ucfgrad93
Oct 19, 11:38 PM
I sa this earlier today. Very sad as he was a great actor and a good person.
lifeguard90
Apr 20, 04:10 PM
We will continue to innovate on all fronts throughout the remainder of the year.
that is a great statement from Jobs, can't wait to see what turns out besides osx lion & ios 5.
hardware wise, imac & macbook need upgrades. and since mbp was released in feb, perhaps a new one will be out by christmas , being 10 months ( max time ever between cycles) if not i bet the all new design, blade ssd, new enclosure and Ivy Bridge will debut in jan. whatever happens, apple has a lot in store
that is a great statement from Jobs, can't wait to see what turns out besides osx lion & ios 5.
hardware wise, imac & macbook need upgrades. and since mbp was released in feb, perhaps a new one will be out by christmas , being 10 months ( max time ever between cycles) if not i bet the all new design, blade ssd, new enclosure and Ivy Bridge will debut in jan. whatever happens, apple has a lot in store
savar
Oct 26, 09:52 AM
Wow. Let's hope it looks better than that diagram. Anyways this would be the ultimate iPod (Could be a 4 or 5 inch screen). Of course, the screen needs to be more scratch resistant than previous generations. And they have to bump up the resolution on their iTunes store. But I'd be surprised if we see this anytime soon.
Judging by the size of the fingers, this thing is at least 5x7. :D
If the entire surface of the ipod isn't more scratch resistant than previous generations I probably won't buy one. I have my cell phone in my pocket all day and it is barely scratched after months of daily use. My iPod 5G got those fine scraches on it just from sliding it into the case that *Apple included with the ipod*.
Judging by the size of the fingers, this thing is at least 5x7. :D
If the entire surface of the ipod isn't more scratch resistant than previous generations I probably won't buy one. I have my cell phone in my pocket all day and it is barely scratched after months of daily use. My iPod 5G got those fine scraches on it just from sliding it into the case that *Apple included with the ipod*.
Freg3000
Jan 1, 07:20 PM
Originally posted by mkjellman
after looking at the new version I felt that it was great but the ads just really killed it. The space at the top was really hurtful of the overall design. I forked over a whopping $20 for a year and got the member version and look at how nice it looks! Plus think of how good the money can be used by Arn to make this an even better site!
Well, I paid nothing and the "largest" ad problem has just disappeared. Am I special :).....or did Arn just change it?
noads.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/freg3000/noads.jpg)
btw. every single time I want to upload a picture to MacRumors within a reply, it is always over the limit, and I can never get it down. Tried exporting it in Preview in low quality, tried to do the same in photoshop. Nothing. how does everyone else do it?
after looking at the new version I felt that it was great but the ads just really killed it. The space at the top was really hurtful of the overall design. I forked over a whopping $20 for a year and got the member version and look at how nice it looks! Plus think of how good the money can be used by Arn to make this an even better site!
Well, I paid nothing and the "largest" ad problem has just disappeared. Am I special :).....or did Arn just change it?
noads.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/freg3000/noads.jpg)
btw. every single time I want to upload a picture to MacRumors within a reply, it is always over the limit, and I can never get it down. Tried exporting it in Preview in low quality, tried to do the same in photoshop. Nothing. how does everyone else do it?
Ted13
Apr 12, 12:04 PM
I wonder how these companies got access to Apple's database. Why doesn't Apple keep better watch on it? And couldn't Apple just find out who's been accessing the database, and not allow connections from that source anymore? This all seems shady to me.
Most likely they didn't, and there is no DB breach. Numerous foreign carriers will unlock iPhones they sell to comply with local laws or to please their customers. They are probably going through one or more legit foreign carriers.
Most likely they didn't, and there is no DB breach. Numerous foreign carriers will unlock iPhones they sell to comply with local laws or to please their customers. They are probably going through one or more legit foreign carriers.
Wicked1
Apr 27, 11:30 AM
I know it is an old way of doing it but it works effectively for me
I go to www.amazon.com and select music, then search by song or artist and it will pop up the artwork, simply save it to your iTunes Artwork and add it to your music.
The one thing I absolutely can not stand is music in my itunes with no artwork, it drives me insane.
I go to www.amazon.com and select music, then search by song or artist and it will pop up the artwork, simply save it to your iTunes Artwork and add it to your music.
The one thing I absolutely can not stand is music in my itunes with no artwork, it drives me insane.
fly75
Mar 16, 01:49 PM
If the majority of this forum (not adressing or insulting you) would take of their Apple glasses, they would see the reality or at least the potential of the Windows Phone. I love my mac, but I am not biased to some cult.
Windows Phone launched in November, since then they managed to deliver 10k+ apps (and no, 70% of them aren't spam) ! Faster than both iOS and Android app growth rate when they launched. Of course, Microsoft needs to play catch up right now but they surely DID deliver an almost bug-free system right out the box.
Add that (apparently) they managed to sell around 600K+ phones only in February and the total is now around 2.5 million .. NOT bad for a starter, eh ?
Microsoft spent half a bilion only on advertising. They also "bought" Nokia for 1 billion. They basically bought the best hardware manufacturer (IMO, a smartphone in 2011 with a price of >400$ made of plastic is a cheap joke! No wonder about that 500$ laptop Steve quote ..) thus being able to penetrate markets worldwide much faster. Nokia is still #1 in terms of popularity at least. Agressive to say the least..
Have you actually used a WP? Every single time someone watched mine or played with it they went totally wow. Updates are coming and scheduled already.
Joe Belfiore (the "chief" of WP department) was invited to AllThingsD and while being bashed by that old man Apple fanboy he kept his calm and also stayed totally pro also providing a 2-year time to become a big player.
Android is now where it is because of the time they hit, not because of providing a better experience than iOS. They were the first to fight iOS while others were still cooking their own OS or were still using Symbian lol. It's still a laggy OS even with dual cores for crying out loud.
I am not saying WP is going to beat iOS in 2 years, no way but I see it as Microsoft most ambitious project since 360. And look where that got.
That's one way of looking at it.
Another would be that Microsoft managed to fumble away a substantial foothold in the mobile marketplace before delivering WP7, while watching Apple and Google stake their claims.
Windows Phone launched in November, since then they managed to deliver 10k+ apps (and no, 70% of them aren't spam) ! Faster than both iOS and Android app growth rate when they launched. Of course, Microsoft needs to play catch up right now but they surely DID deliver an almost bug-free system right out the box.
Add that (apparently) they managed to sell around 600K+ phones only in February and the total is now around 2.5 million .. NOT bad for a starter, eh ?
Microsoft spent half a bilion only on advertising. They also "bought" Nokia for 1 billion. They basically bought the best hardware manufacturer (IMO, a smartphone in 2011 with a price of >400$ made of plastic is a cheap joke! No wonder about that 500$ laptop Steve quote ..) thus being able to penetrate markets worldwide much faster. Nokia is still #1 in terms of popularity at least. Agressive to say the least..
Have you actually used a WP? Every single time someone watched mine or played with it they went totally wow. Updates are coming and scheduled already.
Joe Belfiore (the "chief" of WP department) was invited to AllThingsD and while being bashed by that old man Apple fanboy he kept his calm and also stayed totally pro also providing a 2-year time to become a big player.
Android is now where it is because of the time they hit, not because of providing a better experience than iOS. They were the first to fight iOS while others were still cooking their own OS or were still using Symbian lol. It's still a laggy OS even with dual cores for crying out loud.
I am not saying WP is going to beat iOS in 2 years, no way but I see it as Microsoft most ambitious project since 360. And look where that got.
That's one way of looking at it.
Another would be that Microsoft managed to fumble away a substantial foothold in the mobile marketplace before delivering WP7, while watching Apple and Google stake their claims.
kingtj
Oct 4, 09:59 AM
Hype often makes a good product look worse upon release. Nothing new there.... But why would people get excited over Apple releasing a cellphone, despite having no real info on the details of it yet?
Simple! Most of us are frustrated with the horrible user interfaces on cellphones, and the lack of usability. I've owned several that made dialing numbers on the keypad too much of a chore. My Razr I use now is decent, but even it has horrible engineering flaws - like putting small buttons down the side that always get pressed accidently when the phone is on a belt-clip. You end up accidently changing the settings for the ringer, etc. My Treo 650 had serious problems with call volume being too low. Almost every Treo owner had to pay extra for a shareware program called "VolumeCare" just to fix that! I'm just hoping Apple can overcome a lot of that, and build a cellphone with an elegant but logical UI!
You are going to be so disappointed when they announce the phone and you realize that they just released a phone. Yes, the phone is designed by Apple and has a nice UI, maybe one somewhat unique feature, but you're essentially going to be getting a fairly regular phone with a feature that most people would never use often.
I realize that it hasn't been released yet, but the iPhone will never live up to the hype. The number of people who have said they're waiting for it to be released in order to buy it is staggering.......and a bit scary. I wouldn't be waiting for a product when I haven't seen a photo of it, when I haven't seen a features list, a technical specs page, or even a release date. That's crazy.
Simple! Most of us are frustrated with the horrible user interfaces on cellphones, and the lack of usability. I've owned several that made dialing numbers on the keypad too much of a chore. My Razr I use now is decent, but even it has horrible engineering flaws - like putting small buttons down the side that always get pressed accidently when the phone is on a belt-clip. You end up accidently changing the settings for the ringer, etc. My Treo 650 had serious problems with call volume being too low. Almost every Treo owner had to pay extra for a shareware program called "VolumeCare" just to fix that! I'm just hoping Apple can overcome a lot of that, and build a cellphone with an elegant but logical UI!
You are going to be so disappointed when they announce the phone and you realize that they just released a phone. Yes, the phone is designed by Apple and has a nice UI, maybe one somewhat unique feature, but you're essentially going to be getting a fairly regular phone with a feature that most people would never use often.
I realize that it hasn't been released yet, but the iPhone will never live up to the hype. The number of people who have said they're waiting for it to be released in order to buy it is staggering.......and a bit scary. I wouldn't be waiting for a product when I haven't seen a photo of it, when I haven't seen a features list, a technical specs page, or even a release date. That's crazy.
Kwill
Mar 22, 03:24 AM
I've seen a similar thing happen once. Circumstances were a bit different though because I received a Word document that displayed the text substitution you are seeing. The client was using a scientific font on their PC. They were able to save documents as PDF so I could see what was supposed to be there. I then purchased a corresponding font for the Mac and duplicated what was depicted in the provided PDF.
Adobe Acrobat only embeds valid fonts. I suspect the font being used to generate the PDFs is a bit wonky (not Adobe or Postscript). I suggest replacing the font and making certain that the option to include the font is enabled.
Adobe Acrobat only embeds valid fonts. I suspect the font being used to generate the PDFs is a bit wonky (not Adobe or Postscript). I suggest replacing the font and making certain that the option to include the font is enabled.
Bloodstar
Apr 30, 05:36 AM
You can use your MacBook's HD, just not as an internal... only an external.
If you have a proper enclosure (Remember, MacBook HDs are SATA, iBooks are IDE!) you can use it over USB or FireWire.
As for RAM, though, you're out of luck. Gotta grab up a 1GB stick of DDR, which is unfortunately expensive. A 512 would also help, in a pinch.
If you have a proper enclosure (Remember, MacBook HDs are SATA, iBooks are IDE!) you can use it over USB or FireWire.
As for RAM, though, you're out of luck. Gotta grab up a 1GB stick of DDR, which is unfortunately expensive. A 512 would also help, in a pinch.
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