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  • Obviously, they are doing well if they have 3 (THREE!!! ) editorial offices. Kinda almost like CNN \
    in MacOSRumors finally gone! Comment by costique July 2006
  • Disclaimer: I don't have a Mac in front of me to try it myself. Look here: Code: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin -bool true Alternatively, you might as well try making …
    in Tiger & diskarbitrationd: Automount volumes? Comment by costique July 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by 1337_5L4Xx0R A lot of the perceived slowness comes from the Finder... Copying files and deleting them are two examples where it wastes time. Doing the same commands via command-line is near-instantaneous. Try deleti…
    in Sun's ZFS file system may be coming to OS X Comment by costique July 2006
  • There is also that Mute key on your keyboard, if all else fails
    in I have an idea Comment by costique July 2006
  • Alright, anyone knows how to run iPodOS through gdb? Or at least set the __USE_ORIGINALLY_PLANNED_FEATURES___ to false?
    in iPhone clues in latest nano firware update? (+ weird findings) Comment by costique July 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Placebo I've decided that I'm too much of a hardware/games freak to keep on living with an overpriced system and an undersupported (game-wise) operating system. Quote: So long. Good luck \
    in I'm switching to Linux/Windows Comment by costique March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by FotNS Windows may be expensive, but you only have to pay once for the life of the OS, and Windows XP is going on 4 years. They don't charge for service packs. Apple on the other hand has charged full price for every Ma…
    in Vista Experience: ha ha ha ha ha Comment by costique March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Volox And Beethoven ripped off Mozart and Haydn... and Mozart ripped off Haydn... and Haydn ripped off Mozart and Beethoven... but he only did so after having being ripped off by Beethoven and Mozart... ...…
    in Microsoft steals yet another element from MacOSX Comment by costique March 2006
  • After looking at these photos for almost an hour I have to state that if it's a fake, it's the best photoshopped fake I've ever seen. I confess I like many subtle details on these photos. All in all, I don't know what it is. Yes, the form factor …
    in iPod AV? Comment by costique March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Aquatic Hm I suppose Command Option O F doesn't work eh? Then Command+Option+E+F+I should \
    in Running Windows Comment by costique January 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by michaelb I'm I alone in thinking the Xbench results are extremely ambiguous? Thread Testt198.3 (core duo) vs 49.75 (old iMac G5) - but it's a whopping 4x as good at threading? Yes, it looks plausible, given two C…
    in Macintouch has an iMac G5 Comment by costique January 2006
  • Ever double-click attachments in Mail?
    in "Recovered Files" in Trash Comment by costique December 2005
  • Yeah, I think it's all of the above:Apple is going to be very busy with the transition for several months more. Marketing hype, a new breed of bugs, customers' pressure for more UB apps will keep them fixing what was supposed to work according to RD…
    in Lack of 10.5 news? :( Comment by costique December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Reading from flash memory will be faster than reading from a hard disk -- especially one that you need to spin up and seek. It also draws enormously less power. There are plenty of things in the OS only ra…
    in NAND Flash Motivation Becomes Clear Comment by costique December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Anders So first you and your wife gets separate bedrooms to get better sleep and be more caring for eachother, but instead you use the opportunity to smuggle your secretary in through the Windows each night? Excell…
    in TREO 670... Runs... Windows Mobile?! Comment by costique September 2005
  • I admit I hate Norton for OS X, but several years ago I managed to rescue a couple of drives with Norton Unerase for Classic Mac OS. You may also try Drive 10 (incompatible with Tiger) or TechTool Pro.
    in Disk Warrior doesnt notice drives......what else can I use? Comment by costique August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by JordanEatWorld How would I go about doing this? If you don't know how to do it, you actually don't need to. SharePoints does the same thing in the same way without having you to open the Terminal. If you still want …
    in Sharing folders Comment by costique August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by JLL OK, so because some rely on (very) old software the computer business can't go forward. They are the reason why PCs still have legacy ports. Why can't they run their legacy apps on their legacy Macs? They …
    in Quick Transition or Slow -- Thoughts? Comment by costique August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by cj171 ok, after i tried all of those, it finally slowly logged in...then i copied my preferences folder back and rebooted..and it logged in fine again...so i guess it was the fonts folder? Possibly. At least, one br…
    in tiger hangs while logging in Comment by costique August 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy Does it show up in Activity Monitor? If so, double click it and see what files it has open. Maybe that will tell us where its preferences file is. Well, on my Mac it shows both in top and in Activity Monitor …
    in AppleSpell.service? WTF? Comment by costique August 2005