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So Apple has a double standard for files in Finder (another reason to FTFF). The icons it shows is based on the file extension, but it's being opened because of a resource that says to open via Terminal.app. Here are a few things I think they can …
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Quote: Originally posted by Cedd The 15" Powerbook has now been deleted from the on-line Apple store. You're right. Just checked the Australian site, and it no longer exists. Last week a local reseller had taken it off it's website for a d…
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Quote: Originally posted by Towel Edit2: Number 2 might be specific to how the file is ZIP'd. If I ZIP the script using Stuffit or gzip, the file is opened in Preview (as you'd hope and expect). What zip program also adds the hidden resource…
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It was found that the resource fork for this 'jpeg' was assigned to being Terminal.app. A flaw in Mac OSX is that if the file set to run in Terminal has a shebang (the #! line at the top) then it will prompt the user if they want to execute the fil…
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Quote: Originally posted by lundy Yes, but somehow the associated application gets set to "Terminal.app". This is the part I am still trying to figure out. Not sure why a .jpeg is being launced with Terminal.app but I think the OS should be g…
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Quote: Originally posted by ukieboarder But isn't OS 10.5 supposed to be 64 bit? Remember Tiger is 64bit for PPC but it runs on G3's and G4's, which are 32bit. Apple will just allow developers to create mega-fat binaries: 32bit PPC, 64bit P…
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WTF? Another 2GB v 1GB comparison!!! No wonder the numbers aren't impressive
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Quote: Originally posted by swimer15715 I still think mac mini DVR would be best fit for their b-day. I'd be buying one! I don't know where the money for that, my MBP or my new DSLR are going to come from, but I'd buy one.
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So we have this event, probably some small gadget like an iPod. April 1st, for the 30th anniversary, hopefully a TAM will be released. Then WWDC in what June or July. This is going to be a busy year.
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Quote: Originally posted by MacsRbetterthanPC The price cuts may make way for Intel's 2.33GHz Core Duo processor, dubbed the T2700, to take over the $632 price-point. The chip is expected to debut in the third calendar quarter of the year, about …
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me You should put Mail into training mode for a fortnight or two. If you do this, you will get very few, if any, false positives and you will see few, if any, spam messages. The take away message is that Mail's spa…
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Quote: Originally posted by JavaCowboy I use Thunderbird daily and am totally ignorant of Mail.app. I could be pursuaded to switch. Which is better? I'd love to hear your opinions. I never used Thunderbird on a Mac, but am using it on m…
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WOW! Looks cool mate. Makes my photo iPod look like a dinosaur
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Quote: Originally posted by skatman It's time to move the website off shore... simple as that! No, that won't work, the American government is having a hard time trying to realise where their borders end when it comes to the internet. I thi…
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Quote: Originally posted by Elixir so what do they currently run on? Elixir, I think you're thinking that Win3.1 used to have to be started from DOS. The Win9x/ME line still did this but in the background, ie a DOS-like command shell was l…
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Quote: Originally posted by palter Nope. NT begat 2000 which begat XP. NT and its descendents are not DOS based. They do however have a DOS-like command line, that can run DOS bat files. I'm not sure a bootable floopy can read NTFS, b…
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I think just the Dual Core part will put MBP over the edge, however in the short term the PPC has alot more 3rd party native apps (i.e. Photoshop). The processor bump is just going to open the gap more. Photoshop is still going to run slower for a…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ichiban_jay wow that article was highly biased (not to mention this thread's title)... Yes, let's all blame the inanimate object and not the person using it! It could have just as easily been a Discman or a Creative Ze…
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Quote: Originally posted by pyr3 He wanted his iMac specifically for newsgroups? If he is using Entourage for newsgroups, introduce him to Unison. It's a really good Usenet app (and I believe that it's 100% Cocoa as well). His iMac was a 4…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me Just because Entourage 2004 is a big, bloated, fee-based application from Microsoft, don't make the mistake of thinking that it is any good. It gives more people more trouble than any other mail client on the Ma…