Posts by fjpoblam

Quote: Originally Posted by Superbass It is vital for Apple to sue these terrible companies. Otherwise apple might lose the ability to charge $120 for for a replacement power adapter, $30 for a mini-displayport adaptor, $70 for an...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You would start from your system disc and open disk utility. Use erase and then options > zero data. Just use a single pass of zeroes or you'll be there for ages. Then reinstall the OS. In the...

I have a two-year-old 15" MacBookPro. Inasmuch as we have two newer 13" MBPs which are entirely sufficient for our needs, I'm gonna put up the 15" MBP for sale. My question is this. I'm aware from past experience that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by KiltedGreen That's my take anyway. As I said in another thread: "If it works, it's obsolete" I hear you there... I suppose I'm weird enough to hope that progress won't make a new computer...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H It sounds like you're an experienced Picasa user, why not just use that instead of iPhoto? Whether we like it or not, iPhoto is designed from the ground up to be the only way you manage your photos;...

We have 11,000+ photos, organized into 11 yearly folders. Picasa can monitor folders, and detect both deletion of a photo from a folder and movement of a photo from one folder to another. Can iPhoto be persuaded to do the same, without...

Quote: Originally Posted by Realistic It will be interesting to see what Adobe charges for 5.5 Quote: Originally Posted by deurbroucq This is what I would like to know. Yep...as if I'd pay $1500 for a piece of software on a $600...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil One computer, infinity devices. One device, one computer. That's how it works. Can't sync to more than one computer, but one computer can sync to infinity devices. Okay, that's reassuring....

When iPad2 comes out, we're thinking also to get one for my mother-in-law. Will I be able to sync (or, should I say simply, maintain and download apps for) my iPad, and hers also, on my MBP? (As you might guess, I'd prefer not to go to...

I have two CDs for which this has happened. (FWIW, I tried trashing the albums and re-importing: no luck.) One of the albums is "So Far" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. The other is "Works" by Chick Corea. With...