Author Topic: The newbie apple thread (Read 36093 times)

WorldChampions · « **Reply #120 on:** March 22, 2007, 04:35:37 pm »

Is it possible to add a password to mail. Would like it to ask for a password before looking for new emails or trying to read emails. Or even a password for when you try and run the app

nidgemo · « **Reply #121 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:05:15 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on March 22, 2007, 04:35:37 pm

Is it possible to add a password to mail. Would like it to ask for a password before looking for new emails or trying to read emails. Or even a password for when you try and run the app

download thunderbird, get entourage, ANYTHING BUT MAIL!!!!

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #122 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:06:40 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 22, 2007, 05:05:15 pm

download thunderbird, get entourage, ANYTHING BUT MAIL!!!!

This guy is a madman - Mail 2.0 is awesome, so is Safari.

nidgemo · « **Reply #123 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:07:51 pm »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on March 22, 2007, 05:06:40 pm

This guy is a madman - Mail 2.0 is awesome, so is Safari.

Takes one to know one.

Firefox and Entourage are the best way to go

*Nidge in recommending microsoft software shock

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #124 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:14:56 pm »

Whilst that is true (takes one) - Mail is much better than either thunderbird or entourage, thunderbird is shockingly bad I found. Very cluttered and badly orginised.

anyway, to answer your question... no.

Ryde-On · « **Reply #125 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:25:10 pm »

Macs are the greatest thing in the world. amen.

I spent years slagging them off, smug in my virus infested PC World....anyway, i finally cracked when after storming out of the office after spending MORE TIME PRESSING 'OK' TO POP UPS INFORMING ME OF FAULTS than doing any work; i found myself in John Lewis, where a salesman (who must have had a blow to the head) offered me a Macbook Pro 17" for a grand. "Fuck it", I said, handing over my debit card.

Never looked back. Viva Apple.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #126 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:27:44 pm »

Quote from: Ryde-On on March 22, 2007, 05:25:10 pm

I spent years slagging them off, smug in my virus infested PC World.

Tends to be how it works in many cases

Quote from: Ryde-On on March 22, 2007, 05:25:10 pm

Macs are the greatest thing in the world. amen.

Sex is better than Macs, or so I heard.

mulfella · « **Reply #127 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:31:57 pm »

Quote from: Ryde-On on March 22, 2007, 05:25:10 pm

Macs are the greatest thing in the world. amen.

I spent years slagging them off, smug in my virus infested PC World....anyway, i finally cracked when after storming out of the office after spending MORE TIME PRESSING 'OK' TO POP UPS INFORMING ME OF FAULTS than doing any work; i found myself in John Lewis, where a salesman (who must have had a blow to the head) offered me a Macbook Pro 17" for a grand. "Fuck it", I said, handing over my debit card.

Never looked back. Viva Apple.

Did you ever trip over the power cable?

Ryde-On · « **Reply #128 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:32:19 pm »

Sex? You should see the size of my Hard Drive.

Ryde-On · « **Reply #129 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:33:25 pm »

Quote from: mulfella on March 22, 2007, 05:31:57 pm

Did you ever trip over the power cable?

yes, and it merely popped out of the side of my baby - no damage done to it or myself.

wonderful.

mobydick · « **Reply #130 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:35:20 pm »

Quote from: mulfella on March 22, 2007, 05:31:57 pm

Did you ever trip over the power cable?

After all my years of owning a Laptop I never tripped over the power cable once.

Had a Mac for a week and did it twice

(awaits geek type comments)

Ryde-On · « **Reply #131 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:36:48 pm »

if there's any complaints to be had re the power cable - it's too short.

mulfella · « **Reply #132 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:37:41 pm »

Quote from: Ryde-On on March 22, 2007, 05:33:25 pm

yes, and it merely popped out of the side of my baby - no damage done to it or myself.

wonderful.

Good, wouldn't want you ending up in a fucking wheelchair.

Ryde-On · « **Reply #133 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:41:20 pm »

that's a very strange remark.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #134 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:41:24 pm »

Quote from: mulfella on March 22, 2007, 05:37:41 pm

Good, wouldn't want you ending up in a fucking wheelchair.

That advert is NEARLY as laughable as the one from Microsoft about security.

You don't seem to get the advert, it isn't the user that is in the wheelchair - it is the computer. Many laptops end up with fuck off big dents in them from power cable yankage, nothing wrong with having a new magnatised power cord, infact it's a great idea.

PaulF · « **Reply #135 on:** March 22, 2007, 06:17:34 pm »

Do we get to see one where a mac user trips, falls in the bath and the electric cord follows him in there?
No? Damn

mulfella · « **Reply #136 on:** March 23, 2007, 08:55:08 am »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on March 22, 2007, 05:41:24 pm

That advert is NEARLY as laughable as the one from Microsoft about security.

You don't seem to get the advert, it isn't the user that is in the wheelchair - it is the computer. Many laptops end up with fuck off big dents in them from power cable yankage, nothing wrong with having a new magnatised power cord, infact it's a great idea.

I see your point about the advert, but I've never used a laptop yet, and believe me I've used a lot, where the power cable doesn't "Pop right out".

nidgemo · « **Reply #137 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:06:33 am »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on March 22, 2007, 05:41:24 pm

That advert is NEARLY as laughable as the one from Microsoft about security.

You don't seem to get the advert, it isn't the user that is in the wheelchair - it is the computer. Many laptops end up with fuck off big dents in them from power cable yankage, nothing wrong with having a new magnatised power cord, infact it's a great idea.

No, it's not a great idea. Not by a long shot. In fact, it'll not be a great idea for about another 5 years, when it becomes common in PC's. Then it'll be the best idea ever, grounbreaking.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #138 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:08:19 am »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 23, 2007, 09:06:33 am

No, it's not a great idea. Not by a long shot. In fact, it'll not be a great idea for about another 5 years, when it becomes common in PC's. Then it'll be the best idea ever, grounbreaking.

Then it will be an innovation bought to the masses by the Messiah that is Bill Gates.

PaulF · « **Reply #139 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:11:21 am »

It's not a great idea, but then it's not a bad idea either.
Xbox I think introduced the idea of a 'separator' bit on the controller to prevent people yanking them out. Although I'll conceed that's more likely that tripping over the power cord, it's still designing for the lowest common denominator.

If Apple can put instant removing power cords on their equipment at no extra cost then I don't see why we should lambast them for it.

The only downside I can see is if there is negligble resistance on the apple cord and it's too easily knocked out (and drops the power to the machine). The cords behind my desk are prone to being kicked

Bullan · « **Reply #140 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:20:57 am »

To all you geniuses on mac.
Have a question , running a eMac thingie , and when I install Firefox on it , after a restart firefox dissapears completely, anyone have an idea why this might happen?

nidgemo · « **Reply #141 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:31:30 am »

I'm guessing that it's the disc image mounted on the desktop disappearing.

Go to your hard drive, into applications, and see if firefox is still there. If it is, before starting it, drag it to the dock - from then on it will always appear there.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #142 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:41:26 am »

Those sort of power cords have been on things like deep fat fryers and the like for a while. Good idea to extend it to laptops.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #143 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:47:25 am »

Quote from: PaulF on March 23, 2007, 09:11:21 am

It's not a great idea, but then it's not a bad idea either.

It's a superb idea. The MagSafe cord is going to save people shit loads of money on repairs to cases etc.

Can't say I can find or have ever seen a deep fat fryer (or any device) with that design of cord on it.

nidgemo · « **Reply #144 on:** March 23, 2007, 10:59:14 am »

Next question - Boot Camp or Parallels?

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #145 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:10:17 am »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 23, 2007, 10:59:14 am

Next question - Boot Camp or Parallels?

Depends what you're doing - I use bootcamp and I would use that method if I had 512 RAM - running both at the same time isn't great on the RAM.

Parallels is more convenient though and the new version can use the bootcamp partition to boot from, so you can have the best of both worlds.

nidgemo · « **Reply #146 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:40:40 am »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on March 23, 2007, 11:10:17 am

Depends what you're doing - I use bootcamp and I would use that method if I had 512 RAM - running both at the same time isn't great on the RAM.

Parallels is more convenient though and the new version can use the bootcamp partition to boot from, so you can have the best of both worlds.

Bootcamp it is, then. It's free, and I'm only putting in in for when some pretentious dickhead goes "but it doesn't have windows" so I can go "actually..."

PaulF · « **Reply #147 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:47:18 am »

You're going to fork out for a windows license just so you can be smug?

??

Paul · « **Reply #148 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:49:46 am »

Maybe you should look at VMWare Fusion for virtualization. They have DirectX 8.1 support in their current beta, so they are aiming themselves at gaming / 3D from the start.

Parallels don't plan to add this till later down the line

nidgemo · « **Reply #149 on:** March 23, 2007, 12:04:09 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on March 23, 2007, 11:47:18 am

You're going to fork out for a windows license just so you can be smug???

pay for a windows licence. Good one.

wacko · « **Reply #150 on:** March 23, 2007, 08:53:41 pm »

Can Parallels and Bootcamp run Linux, too?

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #151 on:** March 23, 2007, 08:56:18 pm »

Quote from: wacko on March 23, 2007, 08:53:41 pm

Can Parallels and Bootcamp run Linux, too?

I know bootcamp can - no idea about Parallels though. Not sure how many driver issues would crop up either

iSmiff · « **Reply #152 on:** March 23, 2007, 08:59:16 pm »

Quote from: Paul on March 23, 2007, 11:49:46 am

Maybe you should look at VMWare Fusion for virtualization. They have DirectX 8.1 support in their current beta, so they are aiming themselves at gaming / 3D from the start.

Parallels don't plan to add this till later down the line

clearly aimed at gaming indeed, from about 4 years ago, 8.1 *chortles*

i suppose thats about the level most mac graphics cards can support anyways

GinKop · « **Reply #153 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:22:35 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo 3.11 on March 23, 2007, 11:40:40 am

Bootcamp it is, then. It's free, and I'm only putting in in for when some pretentious dickhead goes "but it doesn't have windows" so I can go "actually..."

Bootcamp has worked out great for me so far. If you can get past the having to reboot whenever you need to switch.

Having been mac for a few months now though, I rarely have to use Windows. OSX can do everything I need to do, so much better.

Viva OSX 10.4.9!

WorldChampions · « **Reply #154 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:34:43 pm »

I use Parallels, only reason is for times when i need to use sopcast etc

Works fine on a gig ram

Mudface_ · « **Reply #155 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:38:58 pm »

I've never needed to use Parallels or Bootcamp.

GinKop · « **Reply #156 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:44:39 pm »

I had a problem with my Parallels, if anyone can shed any light on it.

I installed the copy of Windows that came with my windows laptop, used the Product Key for that. All installed fine until I had to verify it. Had to install an SP2 crack to get around the verification issue, but after 30 days of it being installed, when I logged on I got a message saying that I needed to verify Windows. When I pressed OK to verify, it told me that I had already verified the windows I was running and then proceeded to log me out. When I logged back in again, took me back to that same "you need to verify windows" screen. Press OK > already verified > log out etc.

The only thing I could think of was that I used an SP2 crack on an SP1 version of windows, but as it worked for 30 days I thought nothing of it.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #157 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:47:16 pm »

At a guess, your problem is that you're using a Mac. Please contact Apple for help, and see how far you get.

iSmiff · « **Reply #158 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:49:50 pm »

buy a pc, they are great value in comparison to macs

Mudface_ · « **Reply #159 on:** March 23, 2007, 11:50:40 pm »

You can run Windows natively and everything.