Andy's Un-Official Unsolicited Mac Advice Thread

Andy

JohnR wrote:

I prefer iChat to Adium. Tried it way back when and still prefer iChat.

For those who want it, my ID on there is jbr123064

yabbut - can ichat linky uppy to aol, yahoo, msn, jabber folks? that's why i use adium, i need to be able to chat with folks on all sorts of ims.

DavidTO

JohnR wrote:

I prefer iChat to Adium. Tried it way back when and still prefer iChat.

For those who want it, my ID on there is jbr123064

I prefer the fact that file transfer actually works in iChat, but it's a screen hog, so I spend most of my time in Adium, since you can make it very screen efficient.

JohnR

I used to use Yahoo, ICQ and MSN, but gave those up awhile ago.

Andy

JohnR wrote:

I used to use Yahoo, ICQ and MSN, but gave those up awhile ago.

:nono i think you're missing my reason: i need to chat with people that are on all those services - and so, adium let's me do that.

Andy

new resolution on 15" powerbook
so, my new 15" pbook arrived - very cool, 1440x960 screen rez, i'm diggin it. other than the faster hd (7200rpm) it's the same box as before....

colourbox

andy wrote:

it's the same box as before....

I believe they added digital audio in and the ability for the 15" to drive the wallet-draining 30" Cinema Display, didn't they?

I have the original 15" and am lusting after the upgraded screen resolution.

Mike Lane

andy wrote:

so, my new 15" pbook arrived - very cool, 1440x960 screen rez, i'm diggin it. other than the faster hd (7200rpm) it's the same box as before....

Noticed any performance benefits with the faster drive yet?

Andy

Mike Lane wrote:

Noticed any performance benefits with the faster drive yet?

not yet, just installing cs2 - will edit some photos later and see -

Andy

acidsearch
david sent me a linky to a pretty darn cool safari plug-in, called acid search it's darn cool.

jmathew

Quicksilver
Not sure if anyone has posted this or not, but Quicksilver is a very cool app!

DavidTO

jmathew wrote:

Not sure if anyone has posted this or not, but Quicksilver is a very cool app!

Cool. I may have to check that one out. I fixed your URL, you had two http://'s in it. How's the transition to Mac going for you?

DavidTO

Removing Cached Recipients from Mail.app

For when you need to remove bad addresses that mail has cached and keeps offering you as an option for email.

Andy

Dave,

I have questions about how "sleep" mode works - do you have any comments or links?

Andy

uh, Dave, I'm waiting......

Andy

The responsiveness in this thread is dog slow, can I request an upgrade

DavidTO

andy wrote:

Dave,

I have questions about how "sleep" mode works - do you have any comments or links?

Well, if you're having problems with waking from sleep, there's this article from MacFixit.

The new Powerbooks have a mode called SafeSleep, which it is possible to hack into older books, but no guarantees. That article is here. I viewed it this morning, but it's currently not loading. Looks like it's a site-wide problem for Mr. Escobar, so if you can't get it, try back in a day.

Andy

got up from ur nap i see...

DavidTO

andy wrote:

got up from ur nap i see...

Uh, yeah.

Hey, if you want to toggle open windows within the active application, hit cmd~

Works in Safari, Mail, etc.

It does NOT work in PS.

colourbox

DavidTO wrote:

Uh, yeah.
Hey, if you want to toggle open windows within the active application, hit cmd~
Works in Safari, Mail, etc.
It does NOT work in PS.

In Photoshop, use Ctrl-Tab.

Andy

So, I was in SmugMugville for the past few days, came home, and there was a big box from Apple Can't wait to see what this thing does with Photoshop

jimf

andy wrote:

So, I was in SmugMugville for the past few days, came home, and there was a big box from Apple Can't wait to see what this thing does with Photoshop

Heh. Mine is on a truck somewhere in the middle of the country, due to show up at my office while we're all off for Thanksgiving. I whimper about that whenever I start a "run all night" set of image conversions in Capture One on the laptop....

Andy

This time, I did things right. I bought a UPS, finally - I get power spikes about 1x per month, and maybe 3-4x a year the power goes out. Orderly shutdowns!

Andy

andy wrote:

tiger seems faster for photoshop

i ran this test and it came in in 48 seconds flat. bt, before tiger, the test ran in 58 seconds.

cool!

Old system (G5, dual 2.5Ghz): 48 seconds

I ran the same test again on my new Quad G5. 22 seconds.


Hiya 'Gus!!!

gus

andy wrote:

Old system (G5, dual 2.5Ghz): 48 seconds

I ran the same test again on my new Quad G5. 22 seconds.


Hiya 'Gus!!!

Thats Fantastic..totally unbelievable.

...i met a bloke the other day whom had just bought a Ferrari & was having a winge at all the happy campers in '68 VW's passing him in traffic cause they picked a better lane.

Andy

Humungus wrote:

Thats Fantastic..totally unbelievable.

...i met a bloke the other day whom had just bought a Ferrari & was having a winge at all the happy campers in '68 VW's passing him in traffic cause they picked a better lane.

Bloody Nora, have a butcher's at this!

gus

andy wrote:

Bloody Nora, have a butcher's at this!

Jan '00. Im on a flight to Sydney & picked up a comp mag at the airport. I was about to buy a 500 Mhz intel proc & in there was an article (dont ask me why i remember this) on how they were actually running a 1 Ghz overclocked intel processor with a refrigeration unit mounted under it & piping chilled water past it to cool it.

You are aware that others will poke fun at you for not buying it just as much as some will for buying it mate...you cant win here so just drop the card out let it happen my friend.

Andy

Humungus wrote:

You are aware that others will poke fun at you for not buying it just as much as some will for buying it mate...you cant win here so just drop the card out let it happen my friend.

I was wrong on the timing on that test -- I ran it again, it was 21 seconds

pathfinder

SO you sold your 2xG5 for the quad G5 at what cost?? And it saves you 27 seconds. Hmmmmm. How much per second was that cost??

Andy

pathfinder wrote:

SO you sold your 2xG5 for the quad G5 at what cost?? And it saves you 27 seconds. Hmmmmm. How much per second was that cost??

:nono you are missing the point completely it's NEW, pathfinder!

Well, that and this thing eats up files in Adobe Bridge like Harry with a plate of ribs at Virgil's! It opens up 5D and 1Ds Mark II raw files in the blink of an eye - 1 second, maybe 1.5 secs to open up in ACR, then 1.5 sec to open in photoshop as a 16-bit file. That's where the difference is, for me. Processing time for filters - well, that's fine for benchmarking but it's not the difference maker for me...

Oh and the sale on the dual - hardly enough to worry - and after all, I used it for 8 months, so I got plenty of value there. I think the buyer, a dgrinner, is quite happy with the deal, too.

David_S85

I'll bet you can run all of smugmug on just a partition with that monster from your study.


Honestly, it looks like a fun toy. Makes my new Pentium D 830 look like a mere can opener.