At the very least StarCraft and WoW are hybrid discs.
So that's at least three games that you can just install right off the disc. Someone also posted a guide on taking mac demos and making them full games with the data from the PC version's disc, so you should have plenty of options.
At the very least StarCraft and WoW are hybrid discs.
So that's at least three games that you can just install right off the disc. Someone also posted a guide on taking mac demos and making them full games with the data from the PC version's disc, so you should have plenty of options.
Very interesting. I do own WoW so I can give that a try. I'm going to have to find a list to see what other games are out there that fall into this category.
Anybody thinks that the Macbook line is going to get a revision for Leopard?
I'm gearing up to buy a Macbook, but I'm a bit paranoid about buying now before Leopard comes out.
I'm afraid I might pull a Leo Laporte (Something for all you Macbreak weekly listeners).
So after just finding out that new piece of information on waking/sleeping a MacBook w/the Remote, I wanted to find more on the Apple Remote on wikipedia, as I was really curious how you go about replacing the battery. You can "rest" the remote on the top left/right part of the monitor, wtf? I thought I knew my MacBook inside out, sheesh Apple, stop spoiling me.
So after just finding out that new piece of information on waking/sleeping a MacBook w/the Remote, I wanted to find more on the Apple Remote on wikipedia, as I was really curious how you go about replacing the battery. You can "rest" the remote on the top left/right part of the monitor, wtf? I thought I knew my MacBook inside out, sheesh Apple, stop spoiling me.
There's a similar spot on the right side of the iMac. I keep mine there. It can still hit the sensor, so it's very convenient.
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So after just finding out that new piece of information on waking/sleeping a MacBook w/the Remote, I wanted to find more on the Apple Remote on wikipedia, as I was really curious how you go about replacing the battery. You can "rest" the remote on the top left/right part of the monitor, wtf? I thought I knew my MacBook inside out, sheesh Apple, stop spoiling me.
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Image of the apple remote sticking to macbook via magnet
Holy crap. I thought you had just taped the damn thing on. Then I went a page back and had to try it myself. God damn, this is great. Now I don't have to lose my remote anymore.
Maybe you should remove a certain file before showing screencaps. This is a touchy subject here at the forums.
I don't know about other Blizzard games, but I know that Warcraft 3 and its expansion just have one disc for both versions, so if you own that you can install it on your new macbook just like you would on a PC.
Most of Blizzard's games have the OSX verisons on the disc. But make sure that you'll download the Intel patch otherwise it is running through slow-as-molasses Rosetta Emulation. ("Back then" Macs were PowerPC only)
For Diablo II you most likely need the alternative OSX installer. It might be that there is no universal binary for Diablo - but it should be smooth sailing even in an emulated environment.
A few quick questions:
Is there an application that will give me a HDD activity indicator? I had this on my PPC Mac like waaaay back when I was in design school...does this exist for a MBP?
Also, sorry if this has been covered in this thread already, but I'm at work and can't read the whole thing now...I find my MBP is running hot. I know this is a widespread issue. Right now it's at 56.0 degrees according to temperature monitor Lite. earlier today it got up to almost 70. I do run it pretty hard. Lots of apps open, big Photoshop files, etc. should i install a fan speed tweak? which one? what temp should it be running at?
one more thing: i find the system hangs for a while sometimes.... i cant confirm if this is due to overheating or not as i didnt have the temp monitor at the time. I also find sluggish performance sometimes too. thoughts?
MacBook Pro. C2D 2.33GHz, 2GB Ram
thanks.
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Also, sorry if this has been covered in this thread already, but I'm at work and can't read the whole thing now...I find my MBP is running hot. I know this is a widespread issue. Right now it's at 56.0 degrees according to temperature monitor Lite. earlier today it got up to almost 70. I do run it pretty hard. Lots of apps open, big Photoshop files, etc. should i install a fan speed tweak? which one? what temp should it be running at?
MacBook Pro. C2D 2.33GHz, 2GB Ram
My fiance has a Revision B Macbook Pro (2GHz CD, 1GB mem) and it gets really hot like yours does. There was a huge thing last year when people were cracking the cases of their MBPs only to see that the Apple assembly plants were literally caking thermal grease on the processor. I can't remember if Apple responded to that specific claim, but the company did publish a support article on the website essentially saying that their notebooks (not laptops) should only be used on a hard, flat surface and not your lap because the heat generated by the machine can burn your skin.
Since "It's too hot" isn't covered by Apple's warranty, I have been using smcFanControl (linky) to change the speeds at which the internal cooling fans run on our MBP and regular Macbook. I have it set to run at 3000 RPM (it goes to 5 or 6K IIRC), which is twice as fast as the system default. Having the fans run faster does create more noise, but I can live with slightly louder fans more than I can with a laptop that is too hot to touch. On average, my machines run 10-15 degrees (Celsius) cooler with smc running, depending on the workload.
Also, sorry if this has been covered in this thread already, but I'm at work and can't read the whole thing now...I find my MBP is running hot. I know this is a widespread issue. Right now it's at 56.0 degrees according to temperature monitor Lite. earlier today it got up to almost 70. I do run it pretty hard. Lots of apps open, big Photoshop files, etc. should i install a fan speed tweak? which one? what temp should it be running at?
MacBook Pro. C2D 2.33GHz, 2GB Ram
My fiance has a Revision B Macbook Pro (2GHz CD, 1GB mem) and it gets really hot like yours does. There was a huge thing last year when people were cracking the cases of their MBPs only to see that the Apple assembly plants were literally caking thermal grease on the processor. I can't remember if Apple responded to that specific claim, but the company did publish a support article on the website essentially saying that their notebooks (not laptops) should only be used on a hard, flat surface and not your lap because the heat generated by the machine can burn your skin.
Since "It's too hot" isn't covered by Apple's warranty, I have been using smcFanControl (linky) to change the speeds at which the internal cooling fans run on our MBP and regular Macbook. I have it set to run at 3000 RPM (it goes to 5 or 6K IIRC), which is twice as fast as the system default. Having the fans run faster does create more noise, but I can live with slightly louder fans more than I can with a laptop that is too hot to touch. On average, my machines run 10-15 degrees (Celsius) cooler with smc running, depending on the workload.
Thanks for the reply. Luckilly I'm mostly using it on a desk or table. If I do use it on my lap, its only for the internets, and maybe light photoshopping, not major design work....however, the heat from the bottom isnt even my main concern...its the heat that radiates off the keyboard. My fingers will almost break a sweat if they are on there too long. Also, the strip above the FKeys. I can only touch that for like 5 seconds before I can't take it anymore....I will look into the link you provided. Thanks again!
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So Uno 1.5 is out. It's pretty sweet. A de-brushed and lightened Safari is glorious. Now if only it had Smoothstripes' progress bars... I wish I knew how to edit these things.
I can't send files. When I try, it tells me "9:32 PM THEOTHERPERSON cancelled the transfer of file.extension" The other person, though, says they are not canceling the transfer.
I can receive files just fine.
This is over the AIM network, if it matters.
What do I do to fix this? It's only been an issue for the last two or so Adium revisions, if I remember correctly. Before that I could send fine.
I can't send files. When I try, it tells me "9:32 PM THEOTHERPERSON cancelled the transfer of file.extension" The other person, though, says they are not canceling the transfer.
I can receive files just fine.
This is over the AIM network, if it matters.
What do I do to fix this? It's only been an issue for the last two or so Adium revisions, if I remember correctly. Before that I could send fine.
Adium was updated a few days ago-- do you have the most recent version? I could have sworn I saw in the changelog stuff about file transfers.
the macbook remote magnet thing is the coolest shit ever. just tried it
I haven't gotten adium to ever send a file. I have to log onto ichat to send files
So Uno 1.5 is out. It's pretty sweet. A de-brushed and lightened Safari is glorious. Now if only it had Smoothstripes' progress bars... I wish I knew how to edit these things.
Man, so damn hot. I just bought Pixadex too, thanks to some links from that site. I the plastic finder, and also the plasticy Firefox and Mail.
Hey lads, I've got an older PowerMac G4 that I'm working on here. It's got AGP video.
I've just installed a wireless card in one of the PCI slots - no matter which slot I use, it won't show video on the screen. If I pull the wireless card, I've got video. Any ideas?
I went ahead and installed Uno, even though I'm deathly afraid of my original Aqua theme becoming borked somehow...
It's very nice. For those of you that install it, make sure you try out Uno Shade, because the Default Uno was a little too bright-whitish grey for me, but Shade is much improved.
So how do I find out what program is using a certian file? because I got a file on my lappy that won't get emptied out of the trash can becuse it says it's in use but I can't figure out what is using it.
Fire up Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/) and double click on the process you want to examine. In the window that comes up select "Open Files and Ports" tab and you're golden. A lot of times people don't realize they're running an application off of a disk image and then try to delete that disk image. This may be happening to you. If you've got a disk image on your desktop (it looks like a white floppy drive by default) and are running a program from inside of it you need to drag that application to /Applications or somewhere so you can unmount the disk image and delete it.
I went ahead and installed Uno, even though I'm deathly afraid of my original Aqua theme becoming borked somehow...
It's very nice. For those of you that install it, make sure you try out Uno Shade, because the Default Uno was a little too bright-whitish grey for me, but Shade is much improved.
I favor the lighter one myself, with original aqua for non-unified and iTunes. I found that Safari in particular had readability issues with the darker Uno. Always did hate how dark brushed metal was anyway...
Does anyone know if there is a way to access yahoo mail with the mail.app, without upgrading? From google searching, it looks like it used to be possible but may not be anymore?
edit: And after I come here, I finally get a few hits. Found YPOPS and MacFreePOPS. Anyone have other suggestions?
Does this thread still function as an alternative iPod thread? If so, I have a question: How do the modern iPods recharge? Do they just sync with the computer via USB port? Or do they have a new power adaptor that lets them plug into a normal outlet? I'm asking because I got the 4th gen iPod (the click wheel, no photo/video one,) in 2005. It uses the USB to sync/recharge or a FireWire and adapter to recharge elsewhere, but for the second time, my FireWire wore out, and now I am having a hard time getting the FireWire replaced with my service plan. Is there any alternative to using one? Or are people never recharging away from home anymore? The sudden disappearance of what I considered a crucial piece of hardware for a device less than two years is baffling to me.
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Does this thread still function as an alternative iPod thread? If so, I have a question: How do the modern iPods recharge? Do they just sync with the computer via USB port? Or do they have a new power adaptor that lets them plug into a normal outlet? I'm asking because I got the 4th gen iPod (the click wheel, no photo/video one,) in 2005. It uses the USB to sync/recharge or a FireWire and adapter to recharge elsewhere, but for the second time, my FireWire wore out, and now I am having a hard time getting the FireWire replaced with my service plan. Is there any alternative to using one? Or are people never recharging away from home anymore? The sudden disappearance of what I considered a crucial piece of hardware for a device less than two years is baffling to me.
Newer iPods come with a wall wart that the USB cable plugs into AFAIK (my finace's nano came with this, anyways), the same way that the firewire cable plugs into the wall wart that came with the 4th Gen (same model I have, though I've never had a cable "wear out").
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So that's at least three games that you can just install right off the disc. Someone also posted a guide on taking mac demos and making them full games with the data from the PC version's disc, so you should have plenty of options.
Very interesting. I do own WoW so I can give that a try. I'm going to have to find a list to see what other games are out there that fall into this category.
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I'm guessing we'll see an update this summer.
Can't you like hold play or something to wake it up? I know you can put your Mac to sleep his way.
There's a similar spot on the right side of the iMac. I keep mine there. It can still hit the sensor, so it's very convenient.
You can do that with the Macbook?
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Holy crap. I thought you had just taped the damn thing on. Then I went a page back and had to try it myself. God damn, this is great. Now I don't have to lose my remote anymore.
Second rule of Teacher Club: You DO NOT touch the kids.
But damn, what a fluke :P
Handy. Didn't know that.
Most of Blizzard's games have the OSX verisons on the disc. But make sure that you'll download the Intel patch otherwise it is running through slow-as-molasses Rosetta Emulation. ("Back then" Macs were PowerPC only)
For Diablo II you most likely need the alternative OSX installer. It might be that there is no universal binary for Diablo - but it should be smooth sailing even in an emulated environment.
Is there an application that will give me a HDD activity indicator? I had this on my PPC Mac like waaaay back when I was in design school...does this exist for a MBP?
Also, sorry if this has been covered in this thread already, but I'm at work and can't read the whole thing now...I find my MBP is running hot. I know this is a widespread issue. Right now it's at 56.0 degrees according to temperature monitor Lite. earlier today it got up to almost 70. I do run it pretty hard. Lots of apps open, big Photoshop files, etc. should i install a fan speed tweak? which one? what temp should it be running at?
one more thing: i find the system hangs for a while sometimes.... i cant confirm if this is due to overheating or not as i didnt have the temp monitor at the time. I also find sluggish performance sometimes too. thoughts?
MacBook Pro. C2D 2.33GHz, 2GB Ram
thanks.
PSN: BuckySuperJew
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My fiance has a Revision B Macbook Pro (2GHz CD, 1GB mem) and it gets really hot like yours does. There was a huge thing last year when people were cracking the cases of their MBPs only to see that the Apple assembly plants were literally caking thermal grease on the processor. I can't remember if Apple responded to that specific claim, but the company did publish a support article on the website essentially saying that their notebooks (not laptops) should only be used on a hard, flat surface and not your lap because the heat generated by the machine can burn your skin.
Since "It's too hot" isn't covered by Apple's warranty, I have been using smcFanControl (linky) to change the speeds at which the internal cooling fans run on our MBP and regular Macbook. I have it set to run at 3000 RPM (it goes to 5 or 6K IIRC), which is twice as fast as the system default. Having the fans run faster does create more noise, but I can live with slightly louder fans more than I can with a laptop that is too hot to touch. On average, my machines run 10-15 degrees (Celsius) cooler with smc running, depending on the workload.
Thanks for the reply. Luckilly I'm mostly using it on a desk or table. If I do use it on my lap, its only for the internets, and maybe light photoshopping, not major design work....however, the heat from the bottom isnt even my main concern...its the heat that radiates off the keyboard. My fingers will almost break a sweat if they are on there too long. Also, the strip above the FKeys. I can only touch that for like 5 seconds before I can't take it anymore....I will look into the link you provided. Thanks again!
PSN: BuckySuperJew
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I can't send files. When I try, it tells me "9:32 PM THEOTHERPERSON cancelled the transfer of file.extension" The other person, though, says they are not canceling the transfer.
I can receive files just fine.
This is over the AIM network, if it matters.
What do I do to fix this? It's only been an issue for the last two or so Adium revisions, if I remember correctly. Before that I could send fine.
I haven't gotten adium to ever send a file. I have to log onto ichat to send files
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I've just installed a wireless card in one of the PCI slots - no matter which slot I use, it won't show video on the screen. If I pull the wireless card, I've got video. Any ideas?
It's very nice. For those of you that install it, make sure you try out Uno Shade, because the Default Uno was a little too bright-whitish grey for me, but Shade is much improved.
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my 24" iMac came today. 2.13ghz, 2GB ram, Nvidia 7600....
It is glorious.
WoW (OSX), BF2 (Vista), and Vanguard (Vista) never looked so good. This screen is totally amazing.
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I favor the lighter one myself, with original aqua for non-unified and iTunes. I found that Safari in particular had readability issues with the darker Uno. Always did hate how dark brushed metal was anyway...
Wait, how easy was it to BC Vista? mean wanting to do it for somew time, but not if it'll work worse than XP cuirrently does.
edit: And after I come here, I finally get a few hits. Found YPOPS and MacFreePOPS. Anyone have other suggestions?
The new version of Bootcamp (1.2?) released yesterday has full Vista support, including drivers (even the Apple remote has drivers!).
That strikes me as odd. What about at work or on trips or vacations? Or are laptops so common among the iPod set that must just use those?
Work: Plug it into your computer.
Trips or vacations: Well, if you don't have a laptop or a computer of any sort, yeah you can just buy the wall charger.