Living With RSD

I've read things like this before, probably here, too, but I thought it might bear repeating if it helps someone. I'm waiting on parts and the repair backlog to clear out at my local Apple Store so they can schedule a drop off in the a.m. pick up in the p.m. repair, saving me from several days of lost Mac. In the interim, I find that if I can get the MacBook warmed up and running in the mornings, I can roll all day without an RSD. If I don't sleep the MacBook at all during the day. This means waking the MacBook from sleep in the morning, waiting for the RSD that sometimes occurs within about 10 minutes, then starting it up. That second time usually does the trick. Restarts during the day seem to be okay, as the computer doesn't cool down much during a restart.
It also seems to help to shut down the MacBook overnight instead of sleeping it through the night. From a full start up as opposed to waking it, I seem to skip the morning RSD altogether. But this may be mere coincidence.
It won't hurt your MacBook to keep it from sleeping all day long -- definitely set the screen to sleep, and the hard drive if you want, but not the whole MacBook. Remember, though, if you're running on battery, you better stay near a mains outlet.

I bet you can get Starbucks every day
in Dallas if you want!
In Dallas I can get Starbucks every 15 minutes if I want -- and some days it almost seems like I do. There are a couple places here where there are two Starbucks in the same shopping center. There's also an intersection with a Starbucks on the west corner and another on the east corner. And they're both always crazy busy! That place is addictive. Like you, I miss it when I'm not in a region with Starbucks stores.

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Anyone here make a living with Photoshop?

Does anyone here make a living with PS (or close to it)? I don't really mean in combination with anything else (like a graphics arts degree, or "I use it along with these six other programs I'm an expert in, too").
From what I'm gathering, relying solely on PS for income would leave one starving, and I understand that an employer - if one isn't a freelancer - would want an employee to have multiple areas of expertise.

I'm 53 now so that made me 38 when I started using Ps. Not that far off from where you are today. All I can say is that it happened very gradually for me, first just playing around then trying to emulate what prepress houses were doing for my clients at the time on images I had shot, to finally doing small jobs myself, usually learning just enough at one time to figure out how to get that one project done.
Then after reading the early Real World books and later the Professional Photoshop series, I began to get a grasp of what it took to start to take on the responsibility of taking on projects where my contribution was a small part of a much larger budget - annual reports that cost a quarter million to print, large campaigns for public utilities that had billboards, busboards and ads all across L.A. I had to step up my game and not just be "as good" as those prepress and retouching houses that my clients used to use, I had to be significantly better. This involved not only being able to do anything they through at me but also saying yes when when they told me I could say no. It also involved learning as much as possible about digital color, digital color management and how to make digital images reproduce their best wherever and however the clients wanted to print. And that led to investment in hardware and software - tens or thousands of dollars in spectrophotometers and color management software that gave me a competitive advantage over my competition and tools that even though many print shops owned, very few knew how to use. It's that constant pushing forward and drive to improve your skills that keeps you interested in a very fascinating place in history.
There's room for anyone good, and even if you're just starting out, and somehow consider yourself mid-career, that's no reason to give up. Before you know it, you'll be able to offer services that others aren't willing to do for themselves and if you don't try to take on too much at once, you'll look back in a couple of years and ask yourself why you were so worried at the time.
There is so much more good information and better, less expensive tools readily available that it's easier today that ever before. Hell, I can remember participating in a Monday night live AOL chat where Chris Cox, the Adobe engineer was the guest and asking him when they were going to start supporting ColorSync and ColorSync profiles, to which he replied something on the order that that was not a very good direction to go in. My how things have changed.
I just finished what it probably one of the most difficult Ps jobs I've done to date - the 2010 Manhattan Wine Auction Poster - for Manhattan Beach, Ca. not Manhattan, NY. It really pushed the limits of my own capabilities, both in the actual shooting and certainly in the digital post production. Here's a link to their website which has the poster on the first page.
http://manhattanwineauction.com/
This was every bit as hard as it looks but most importantly, involved another helicopter ride, taking the doors off a Robinson 44 and hanging out over the ocean. There were three bottles of wine involved in what you see here - a bottle of two buck chuck from Trader Joe's that I drilled a 1/4 inch vent hole in to facilitate a smoother pour, an opened $400 bottle of wine for the open neck and a full bottle so it wouldn't be too transparent - all blended together to form one perfect union. The splash was from a rubber ball dropped on a fishing line into a washtub full of wine colored Kool-Aid and then the concentric ripples from a can of Dust-Off compressed air shot into the same washtube, all photographed with the Canon 1DsMKIII and a 90mm Tilt-Shift lens with a Broncolor strobe that had a 1/7500th of a second flash duration to stop the action. I populated the pier with people from alternate aerial shots and finally used surfing shots from Body Glove for the three surfers at the bottom. The final file was prepped for printing at Lithocraft in Anaheim using a custom profile I made for their press and the printed piece looked as close to what I saw I my screen as anything else I have taken to press.

For those with RSD: what is your Problem Description?

I just got the box by DHL to send my MacBook with RSD to Memphis. On the other side of the shipping label is:
Problem Description: No Power/No Light.
This obviously doesn't describe the problem. So, others with RSD that are sending your MacBooks to Memphis: what does your Problem Description say?
I found an old post (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2889831&#2889831) about this but that was made before this problem became widespread like it is now.

BOTH BOXES I've received in the last two months (one each for the TWO TIMES I've sent my MB in, once for RSD, second time cause it died completely with 15 minutes of getting it back from the RSD repair) said "No Power/No Light," but through my discussions (many) with AppleCare, they are aware of the actual problem.

What to do with RSD macbook

i've got a macbook suffering from RSD for about a month now, and i dont know if i can part with it for so much as a week, mailing it away, just to get one part replaced. will taking it to my local apple store be any faster? can they even repair it this problem?

Mine started the RSD after 5 months. I took it to the Apple Store in Toronto (Eaton Centre) on Oct. 24. They didn't ask any questions. Genius printed a repair order for heatsink replacement. I picked it up the next day. No problems so far.
MacBook 2.0 Black Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB RAM

LIVING WITH A W-540

Lenovo W-540 Review
Note: This review was originally written for the W-540 sales page, but it was way too long to be accepted. I am posting it here, hoping it will provide something of a guide for those interested in this computer. The intention is to post a short review on the sales page, with instructions for navigating to this complete version.
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INTRODUCTION
I’ve been using my W-540 for about five weeks now, so I think I have enough experience with it to make some comments. I decided on a W-series when the W-530 was current. I was happily using a T410i (my 4th Lenovo laptop) until increasingly heavy Photoshop work slowed it down to the point that I was falling asleep watching it crank away. The W-540 replaced the W-530 in the Lenovo line-up as I was considering what to do, so I started watching for reviews. At that time there were only 5 of them on the web site—most seemed to be from power users who had issues with…well...anything that was different from their favorite older model. I was surprised to see such inflexibility among professionals when it came to new stuff. On the other hand, it is not hard to understand resistance to having to deal with a new thought process in order to accomplish the same tasks that were coming automatically before.
While I am not a programmer or cad cam user, I spend much of each day in front of a computer keyboard. So, instead of pretending to be an expert, I will try to speak for those who just need a fast, configurable computer with a top-flight screen, and who are willing to deal with a learning curve to get used to it. This, then, will look at my experience with the computer in light of comments I read on the web—a review of reviews, so to speak. Later on, I’d also like to offer some advice for configuring the unit.
For reference, my W-540 has the i7-4800MQ chip, the K2100 video card, and the IPS high res screen (with the color sensor). It also has an SSD main drive, and a 500GB hard drive in the Ultrabay. I’m running Windows 7, with 16GB of memory.
THE CASE
It is clear that the current line of Lenovo laptops have as design goals light weight and compact dimensions relative to their screen sizes. They went with a “carbon fiber reinforced plastic” material, so I’m not surprised that it is thin and a bit more bendy in spots than the older units. This 15-inch computer (with a number pad) weighs only 4 oz. more than my 14-inch T410i. The guts of both are mounted to a magnesium structure frame. The lighter weight is welcome, and after a few weeks of traveling with the computer I am confident that it is a sturdy and robust design. The case surfaces at first feel a bit odd to the touch, and look to be thin, but the workmanship is excellent. The whole idea with carbon fiber is to add strength without needing thickness and weight, so what first concerned me is now a source of pleasure.
THE KEYBOARD
There are some gripes about the keyboard out there. Some can’t accommodate the reality that to include a number pad, the qwerty part has to be offset to the left. Just align your fingers to the ridges on the F and J keys, or to the eraser head, or two the ridge on the down arrow. In writing this review, I’ve gone from finding the off-set position to be slightly irritating, to not noticing it at all.
Key spacing and feel seem fine to me. I work with at least two different keyboards during an average day, so again, it’s just something you get used to. The Delete, Backspace, Home, and End keys are in very different positions from the T410i, which is taking some learning on my part. It could well be that these are the new “standard” positions for these keys on 15” Lenovos.
I read a review that downgraded the machine because the keys were sticking. The reviewer also mentioned that the end panel did not fit well. The fix for the sticking keys is on the web—just re-setting the position of the keyboard bezel. I have a hunch it got knocked out of place during shipping—probably the same event that knocked the end panel out of whack. No problem with mine.
NIGHT LIGHT
Older ThinkPads had a nice night-light mounted next to the camera on the lid. In contrast, the keys on the W-540 are lit from below. Either style serves the purpose, although I happen to like the lid-mounted light better, since it would also light the touch pad, and my fingers. That said, the characters “printed” on the surface of the keys now have to actually go all the way through the surface (and be translucent) to allow the light to come through from the underneath. Thus, I would imagine the key’s characters will never wear out.
FUNCTION KEYS
I read some complaints about the row of function keys. A one-finger click now activates the icons on the keys (brightness, volume, Wi-Fi, etc.) You must press the Fn key to access the traditional F1 to F12 functions. It’s backwards to what I’m used to. The Fn key can be locked, though, giving you the standard one-touch access to F1-F12. A light shows on the key when locked, and the lock holds through a re-boot. So, if your software relies heavily on function keys, the computer can respond traditionally. On the other hand, there are some neat things available on the function keys. You have one click access to Control Panel, to the “computer” screen, to your list of active programs, and to the windows “search” function. For general use I leave the computer as is, with the icons on the function keys active. I use function keys frequently in Photoshop, so I lock the Fn key down when I boot that program.
HARD DRIVE ACTIVITY LIGHT
There is much hand-wringing about the lack of a light telling when the hard drive is spinning. When I read about it I was sure it would be a major irritation, but I’ve only noticed it once since working with the machine. It seems almost everything has some sort of “wait” graphic these days—a spinning circle, or something. Besides, this thing has an SSD for a main drive. It is very fast to accomplish things, so the value of a light to indicate that the computer is working (when nothing else is changing on screen) is questionable.
NUMLOCK AND CAPSLOCK
NumLock and CapsLock have icons that appear (and hold) on screen when those keys are activated. I suppose if you use software that is active in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, AND requires a lot of numeric entry there (or full caps text) it could be an issue. Someone in a review mentioned the icon covers part of the scroll bar in a particular app, but it is not one I use. Besides, if you use the touch pad as intended, you will never have to navigate to a scroll bar. Hard to figure why they didn’t just add little lights to the keys, though.
THE TOUCH PAD – OH MY!
Of all the features on the W-540 the touch pad has generated the most controversy, so I’d like to spend some time discussing it. There are five “button functions” now integrated into a single touch pad. The top three are for the eraser head, and the bottom two are for the touch pad. Having to tilt a big touch pad, as opposed to pressing a much smaller button, certainly takes more energy. It feels more clunky and noisy than the old system, which seems to be irritating the Lenovo faithful who were hoping the W-540 would be essentially a W-530 with the latest processors, and a cutting edge feature set.
For those preferring the touch pad, there are no markings where the buttons used to be. Even worse for traditionalists, the lower left corner of the touch pad is active for moving the cursor, so when you hit that same spot to left-click, the cursor tends to move about a half inch on screen—enough to get you the wrong menu item. The expert reviewers appeared to assume this was some sort of defect which rendered the W-540 unacceptable. I think they are missing the point. The new machine offers more inputting options through the touch pad than the old ones, so it has potential of being faster to work with—but only if the user is willing to learn a couple of new tricks, and to tailor the software to support them.
The larger touch pad has a nice feel to it, and a huge variety of adjustments in the “mouse” menu. You can left and right click in silence with one and two-finger taps on the touch pad. You can enlarge the screen image (or the reverse) with pinching motions as you would on a cell phone. You can also scroll with a slow, two-fingered swipe.   Finally, a double tap anchors the cursor for dragging. So, in use, there is no need for traditional touch pad left or right buttons, and, with silent taps, you can work unobtrusively. All of this works nicely with software like Photoshop. However, as delivered (and depending on the size and shape of your hands) word processing can be a problem.
I have read comments about the cursor jumping around. It happens when typing as your hands rub over the touch pad. This was not a problem with previous models. The touch pad on those was an inch narrower, so even larger hands missed it. It may take some experimenting to get rid of it, but you have plenty of tools to work with. There is a software adjustment to make the touchpad insensitive to something larger than a finger. Another adjustment varies the touch pad’s sensitivity to finger pressure. Still further adjustments allow you to desensitize the areas of the touch pad your hands are likely to activate—giving the same effect as a smaller touch pad. My large hands tend to hover across the top corners of the touch pad, so I’ve desensitized those areas with good results. Be sure you are using the latest driver.
Of course, all of this goes away with an external mouse plugged in, so there is a work-around as you figure out what’s best for you. Having one-touch access to the Control Panel (via the Fn keys) makes it easy to jump to the Mouse settings as you experiment. Having adapted to the new surface of the touch pad, I enjoy using it.
THE OPTIONAL HIGH RESOLUTION SCREEN
I read that a high-res screen would create problems with icons appearing small, and with some software being difficult to scale. In spite of assurances to the contrary by Lenovo sales reps, there have been issues. If you want to feel secure, search the web for compatibility issues between your favorite software and high-resolution screens. Photoshop CS5 editing tools were too small to use with the screen set on full resolution. Quicken was also not happy. On the other hand most any web content, and Office 2013 programs (at least Word and Excel) readily scale up and down to fill the screen.   Backing the resolution down to 1920 x 1080 brought the two errant programs back into range.
So, the obvious question is: Why bother with the high res screen? The standard screen is 1920 x 1080. The answer is that this is an IPS type screen—the same technology used in preferred stand-alone monitors. The blacks are really black, and you can view images from most any angle with reasonable fidelity. So, this is a beautiful screen, even when not taking advantage of its full resolution. Photos look wonderful, so I’m very comfortable at the lower resolution setting. Besides, from the Windows Desktop, a two-fingered click on the pad brings up a submenu that gets you directly to the “screen resolution” function. You can switch it around in a few seconds if necessary, although your desktop icons may shift to accommodate. One other thing: The screen surface is not a glossy finish, but neither is it as “matte” as other Lenovo screens. I mention this because there is conflicting information out there. Finally, I have a hunch that “standard” screens will become more high-resolution as time goes on, and the software developers will find ways to take advantage of it. Thus, the high-res screen is something of a hedge toward keeping the W-540 current for a longer period of time.
For what it’s worth, I have not used the standard screen, so I cannot comment on it, other than to say that other reviewers seem to like it.
COLOR CALIBRATION
The screen calibration device (Color Sensor) is well worth it for those who want to be sure their photographic prints match what the screen is showing. It is far easier to use than external devices. Calibration needs to be done regularly (especially with a new monitor). You can set your preferred interval (days or months) in the software. The software pops up at the specified time, you close the top and listen to it softly chirp for a little over a minute, and it’s done.
ODDS AND ENDS
This computer has no latch. I’ve carried it around a bit, and welcome the ease of opening. I don’t see a downside.
The power supply transformer on the power cord is huge relative to my older Lenovos, but about the same size as a friend’s earlier W-series. Lenovo shows no DC adapter for this computer. I suppose you could use a DC-AC inverter if you need to use the computer in a DC environment, but I asked the question on the Lenovo web site and did not get a useful answer.
I am not qualified to evaluate the microphones, camera, or speakers, other than to say that the built-in audio set-up seems quiet and robust compared to the T410i. There are lots of adjustments in the Dolby Home Theater software. Speaker output comes from slots on the front/bottom surface of the case, so, in addition to the software options, the quality of the sound can be changed by moving the computer closer or farther from the edge of your desk or table.
The left-side USB ports (one type 2 and one type 3) are close enough together to create physical interference if both are used at the same time. There are two more on the right side—spread farther apart, so it’s not a big deal.
The audio output is a single jack meant for a headphone/mike combination. My T410i is also like that. I’ve come to recognize this as appropriate for a business-oriented computer. A regular set of headphones works fine, but I’d be cautious if you intend to use a plug-in, external microphone with the unit.
CONFIGURATION SUGGESTIONS
If you are in a hurry, take Lenovo’s advice and buy one of the more standard packages. You can easily find them on line at Lenovo retailers. Expect an unpredictable wait time if you go outside the norms. In my imagination, the Lenovo people in the U.S. had a bunch of parts which they assembled to order. As it turned out, my order was “sent to manufacturing,” where the unit was built to spec. There were a couple of revisions to the estimated delivery date, but finally I received notification that the unit had been shipped….from Shanghai, via Alaska. Exact delivery predictions at the time of ordering for this sort of thing must be difficult.
This is my first computer with a solid state drive (SSD). It boots from cold in about 30 seconds, and does a restart cycle in well under a minute (including log-in with the fingerprint reader). Fully waking up from sleep is only a few seconds. Back-ups are satisfyingly fast through the USB-3 ports. This sort of speed, along with the typical on-screen parade of graphics during the process is why a light to tell you the hard drive is spinning is of questionable value. But yes, I’d still like to have one—just because I’m used to it.
ULTRABAY IN NAME ONLY
The Ultrabay set-up on the W-540 (and T540p, for that matter) is different than earlier computers that feature a release latch on the bottom of the unit. Instead of a latch, Ultrabay components for the W-540 are secured to the computer with a tiny screw. The screw can only be accessed by removing the large hatch cover (two screws) underneath the computer. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic hatch cover is thin, and a bit finicky to work with.   The sales staff at Lenovo thought there was an external catch, but there is not. They were misinformed, and I actually called to correct them once I had my computer. Thus, no matter what anyone tells you, you CANNOT buy a W-540 and think you will easily swap a DVD drive with, say, a second hard drive.   It’s minor surgery, best done with a jeweler’s screwdriver and some fine needle nose pliers.
Be sure to read the User Guide to keep from breaking the hatch cover. When I ordered mine, they shipped the Ultrabay carrier and the hard drive from the US, so they arrived early. I had to install them myself and found manipulating the tiny screws and pulling the hatch cover to be a bit scary.
……Not exactly what you would call “convenient.”
CONCLUSION
When I first started looking into a photography-optimized computer, the question was whether to custom build a desktop, or to buy a top-line laptop. The W-series laptops offered the processing speed and graphics card that I needed, in a portable package. When the W-540 came out, it offered an IPS screen, which sealed the deal for me. Now that I’ve used it as intended—processed some photos with it, done some writing, watched a movie or two, and carried it around—I’m convinced that Lenovo’s compromises were good ones for my uses. They have done their job of providing a modern PC, with an eye toward conservative design, modern materials, and with a touch pad that reflects the direction software developers are going. I needed to do a little catching up, reprogramming my fingers to feel comfortable with the new keyboard set-up, and tailoring the touchpad software for my hands. It was a small price to pay to make the most of what the W-540 offers in speed, monitor accuracy, and portability.
And I no longer fall asleep waiting for Photoshop to complete a task.

Very good write-up. I've had my W540 for almost a week. My thoughts:
The Case: The screen feels a bit flimsy to me, I think that's due to small hinges mounted near the edges.
The Keyboard: I don't mind the offset keyboard, my current and previous Dells have had these, but they were 17.3" and 17" screens. I'm in engineering so I'd much rather have the extra numbers keypad than a centred keyboard. Although I don't like the CTRL and FN keys being the other way around.
Night light: Haven't really noticed not having one as I haven't had one in the past. My Dell has backlight keys.
Function keys: Don't particularly like this but once I found they could be locked on using the FN / Esc combo I just use this. It stays locked even if I reboot which is handy.
Hard drive activity light would be handy, as would numbers and caps lock. I've disabled the on-screen notification, that was just a pain. Sort of cr*p you would expect from Microsoft and all their silly tips, etc. that I disable as well.
Touchpad: I've commented elsewhere that this is the worse I've even seen. Absolutely useless. I've disabled both the touchpad and touchstick (again, useless) and just use a mouse.
Screen: Dreadful! I've got the 1920 x 1080 LCD. The icon size is ok, I've got it set to the smallest I can. However the screen looks washed out at the bottom. Again, I've posted about this before.
Mine doesn't have a SSD and only has 4 GB of memory, so I find it very slow. This is not a workstation unless you go for all the bells and whistles, otherwise it's ok for MS Ofifice and the internet but not for serious work. Forget programs such as AutoCAD and the like, too slow and the screen is too poor.
Anyway, thats my opinion, I'm sure others will love this unit and disagree with me.

Making a living with Dreamweaver; where's the beef?

Circumstances have put me in a situation where I need to put my Internet design/development skills to work as a self-employed person. My previous experience has always been in the corporate cubicle environment. For those of you here who are successfully self employed, where are some good places to look for information about making the right decisions and avoiding the mistakes? I found some highly recommended books for sale at Amazon, but noticed they're written for bricks-and-mortar entrepreneur types, not nerds with a service to offer. Tips?

Murray has offered some good suggestions. Here's a few more:
Register a domain and start a website for your nascent company. Make it as good as you can make it. Get business cards printed and spend a bit of time either getting a logo (having a great designer design it) or by doing it yourself. Find yourself a very good hosting company that answers its tech support phone 24/7 and prepare to set up a VPS with that company. VPSs tend to run $400 - $500 annually, but you can put loads of websites on them and charge the going annual rate for an hosted website for each one, pocketing the profit.
Join your local Chamber of Commerce. Go to Chamber meetups and, especially multi-chamber events. Hand out your business card and follow up. Learn to do a 30 second commercial about yourself and your company and tell people at these meetups exactly what you are looking for (eg: "This week, I'm looking for restaurants that need to put their entire menu on-line so that they can entice more to reserve").
If you don't own a copy of Dreamweaver, get one. Also get a copy of Photoshop. Experiment with your own website. learn to do things faster. I literally live in these two applications and do websites for small businesses.
I would try to learn either one server-side language (that is supported by your hosting company) or one client-side language (which ususally means Javascript) in the next year along with HTML and CSS. Be disciplined about learning new stuff.
Keep good books. I realize that you will find that your earnings are depressing at first and you'll want to not even balance your checkbook. Don't give in to that temptation. Every purchase you make for your business is a tax-deduction. Every mile you drive to see a client is, too. Record everything and keep everything together. See a CPA this fall to set yourself up to save money come tax time in April. You might consider using either Quicken or Quickbooks Pro -- but you should get a categories list from a CPA that you will use next year so that he or she will be prepared for the kinds of things you are spending money on.
Do not do a templated website and then do the same website for every client you come across. Make sure that what you do can be adapted to any kind of look you might want.
Realize that Dreamweaver "plugins" will save you lots of time, but never directly charge a client for one. Any plugin you purchase needs to work for several clients and one client ought not have to pay for the entire purchase, which is supposed to make you faster.
Realize that any technique done in any plugin also lives out there on the Internet. this includes drop-down menus, jQuery effects, image rotators, accordions and so on. The advantage of a plugin is to save you time so, if you are pressed for time, buy what fits your client's needs and try to make it pay you back with the next several clients.
Keep track of your hours spent on each client so that you know how long it takes to do a website. Then make sure you're making more than minimum wage when you quote one.
Do not do any website without a contract. Consult with a good attorney and set up your company and design a standard contract that you will have everyone sign before you start work. Always require a deposit for your work. Always insist on payment in full before you launch a website. I like my work, but I like my work for free not at all. My company is an LLC and that keeps anyone from going after anything I own, like my house, my car and so on. I have to pay an annual Business Entity Tax in my state, but it's an insurance policy that is more than worth it.
Now, I am certain my suggestions have all ready bankrupted you in purchases and fees. But I have fewer headaches because I set things up before I really knew what I was doing.
Now that I know a little more, I am very pleased to show it off a little.
-Mark

Living with the new Fora

Ah, the new fora. Still getting used to them. Here are some reflections on the Pros & Cons, as I see them with IE7:
Pros:
The formatting is nice, as is the ability to attach files.
Being able to add a link quickly, to open in a second browser window is nice.
The indentation of replies, to other than the OP.
Cons:
Sometimes really slow, but could just be server overload, or maintenance.
The slight color differentiation between read, (updated) and unread could be much better.
The loss of the "red flags," is greatly missed.
The "New" banner is greatly missed.
The expansion of all replies, when opening an older thread is bothersome.
Learning to NOT use Back, once I’ve posted, is coming along slowly.
When a forum has multiple pages and you are past #1, going back to "Discussion" always takes me back to page #1. There has got to be some navigational trick that will get me back to page #X, regardless of whether I’ve posted, or am just reading.
The loss of many stickies, especially some of the FAQ’s and instruction on posting good questions with proper info.
Just some personal observations, with more in the works, as I explore.
Hunt

JerryK,
Yes, we are all in similar boats, regarding learning to live with the new fora. You guys just have the extra tasks of doing any modifications.
As to the "Previous/Next Page" issue. I do not think I was clear on my "problem." That, or maybe I misunderstood your reply.
To clarify *my* problem:
Say that there are multiple pages on a particular forum. I am now reading articles on Page 2. I read the article, and hit Back (browser), or mouse button (left side for me), to get back to the discussions. I always get Page 1, and have to now hit the "2," or "Next" to get to Page 2 to move onto the next article. In all other fora, that I am familiar with, if one is on Page 2 (in my example) of the forum article list, and they read an article on that page, when they choose Back (however they choose it), they are taken to the article list page, where they were, not to Page 1, having to then navigate back to Page 2, or whatever. It is the seeming inability to get back to the article list page, that there were just on, without having to navigate to it, always from Page 1. It's the same if using the "Discussions" link from either location - goes back to Page 1 regardless of where one was in the page numbering scheme.
It's like having a sub-Menu in Encore, where you make scene selections and never being returned to that previous Menu - only back to the Main Menu and having to navigate back to the sub-Menu every time. It's like the End Action (the Back on the browser) defaults to the "Main Menu," and never to "Previous Menu."
Once one gets to about Page 5, they not only have to navigate back to Page 5, but also remember that they were on Page 5.
I hope that it's just OE on my part and there is really an easy way to go about reading all of the articles on Page 2 (or whatever) and not having to re-do the navigation after every article.
Thanks and good luck to you fella's.
Hunt
PS on IE7, if that makes the difference

Living with virtual pc 7

I've recently running a failure in my virtual pc 7 running on my imac g5. sin that it is, i need this product to access my quickbooks online business software.
lately i've received the following error message (unrecoverable processor error has been encountered.) from here, it asks to be restarted. the same message appears every time i attempt to use virtural pc. i've uninstalled and reinstalled the program several times to no avail. other than this, my mac work as well as it ever has...flawless.
does anyone have any other suggestions, whether it is with virtual pc, or how to work around quickbooks online prejudice attitude? any and all suggestions are appreciated. thanks all.

Are you saying that Quickbooks for Mac OS X doesn't do what you need it to do?

Living with the Mac OS 9

Hello every one, I have another question, I am truely a Mac fan now. Ok, So I want to live with Mac OS 9 when I get the PowerBook G3, I think Mac OS 9 looks really good and runss really good on the 400MHZ and 256Mb PowerBook, minimun requirements only require 30MB of ram, wich is not alot. Ok, I want to download car pcitures of the net, wich are high res, and I want to browse the web without problems and I want a light weight media player that can read the latest formats (if possible), a 100% working Email client, and a very light weight picture viewer that can open almost all kinds of picture files. And one more, a video editing software that works good, I keep looking at this PowerBook commercial and it shows video editing software on it, really nice. And the only issue with this is that I would like all this apps to be free, or low value...
So does any one know how to live with the nice Mac OS 9?

Web browser: WAMCom Mozilla 1.3.1 (free)
Image viewer:JPEGView 3.3.1 (free)
Email client: Eudora Lite 6.1.1 (free)
Media player: QuickTime 6.0.3. You won't find a player for OS 9 that can handle all the currently popular multimedia formats.
Video editing: If you want to do any serious video editing, you should be thinking about a much faster Mac.

Living with a small SSD Boot Drive on New Pro??? Migration?

Hi Folks, I am seriously considering moving to a new mac pro from my 2008 tower. Aside from peripheral issues, my main concern is how to use the smaller SSD boot drive vs. my now current 2T drive? I've been a mac user since 1985 and my user folder with gigs of mail, documents, pictures (iPhoto and Aperture) and videos, etc., plus my application folder, is much larger than a 512 SSD. I now use a 3T drive as a separate movie/video FinalCut drive, so I've stored that separately. It just seems that if I try to do a migration of my current mac to a new one, I'm going to be creating major headaches and problems.
Before I buy something like that, I need to have a good strategy for a move.

You should try your cyrrent system and clone the OS to a 250GB SSD and 2-3TB data drive
The difference is nothing but remarjabke znd easy to do.
The 2600xt really should have been retured already and confivurd your system with 16GB RAM or more
Might be able to get more out if your Mac and get another year or more
Using one drive only is never a good idea.
System - data - projects - media - scratch - time machine
And putting scratch and system on multiple SSDs and on PCIE controller card
And then a GTX 680 or AMD Mac 7950 graphic card
The nMP is faster but it still needs work and yiurs isn't dead

I've lived with it for a while and I'm really starting to get annoyed

How do I send apple an official bug notification for iTunes?
Because, every time that you hide (click the red x or cmd h) and you re-open the window, all the category names (artist, album, play count, etc.) look like an alien was trying to translate them. I can't read them and my iTunes looks like an alpha build of a ****** piece of software... not a high quality mac product. This is especially annoying since a) I use expose' all the time and don't want more windows open at once than I have to, and b) I use sizzling keys to control the simple things in iTunes and so only need to have the window open to fuss with occasionally. So when I do need it open, I appreciate it when it doesn't look like ***.
It looks fine when I first launch and when I re-launch. Its just after its been hidden that it feels like it can wash its makeup off.
MacBook (Core Duo) Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

Week 48 macbook with RSD?

My macbook arrived today. I used it for about 8 hours - normal wear, lots of installing, no stress tests. I wasn't doing anything particularly stressful at the moment it happened - IMing a friend and downloading Inquisitor X - when my computer restarted itself. I log in, get back on IM, and the computer restarts again before I can get a message off. The time between restarts has decreased to the point that I can't log in any more. Booting from CD doesn't work, the gray loading circle just keeps spinning. I've gotten Hardware Test to run twice, and it hasn't found anything on either test.
I know the RSD problem was fixed weeks ago, and I had run Software Update first thing when I started the computer, so it should have the SMC update on it.
Ideas?

What I would adive you is to get it replaced as you're still in the 15 days period to get it replaced. Because it seems that you got a defect unit, as it looks like you are the only one to have this issue, at least the only one I've read recently on this forum.
But before unsure that you tested everything from resitting the RAM, going through reseting PRAM, PMU..etc to a full hardware test. Of course if one of these measures solve the problem there is then no need to ask for a replacement.

[SOLVED] gtk3 living with gtk2

I am using Xfce, and after updating today I noticed that the Gnome applications I have installed that are now running under gtk3 look like crap. I followed the instructions in this thread (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116451), but there are two major issues. First, I must set my Xfce theme to Adwaita, which ends up looking like Clearlooks. Second is gtk3 applications look completely different from all of the gtk2 applications, since even though Adwaita looks like Clearlooks in gtk2, it looks completely different in gtk3.
As applications get ported over to gtk3, I fear that my desktop will get steadily more and more inconsistent. Is there any way to get gtk3 and gtk2 playing together nicely?
Additionally, whenever I start a gtk application, I get the following error message:
(gvim:24151): Gtk-WARNING **: GTK+ module /usr/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so cannot be loaded.
GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported.
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Since this happens with gvim, it gets very annoying...
Last edited by akb825 (2011-05-15 20:29:58)

All I really want is for GTK3 apps to look like my GTK2 apps.
I'm very, very happy with my GTK2 theme and love the way the widgets look. The widgets as drawn by GTK3 (with Adwaita) look like garbage. Having CSS support for themes is great, but it means that lot more work has to be done if you want to modify it.
If I could somehow use the Clearlooks GTK2 engine with GTK3, I could at least give GTK3 apps something that doesn't look terrible.
The upcoming GNOME3 release is what made me switch to Xfce a number of months ago (I hated the way it looked), looks like they got me in the end with GTK3. >:-(
GTK2 widgets (which I love) on top, GTK3 on bottom:
Last edited by MkFly (2011-05-02 04:25:53)

Who is living with their gradient?

I just decided to take the plunge and pick up a new 24" imac after I returned my old back in November one due to the unevenness of the colors.
Well, I picked up a new one from best buy and sure enough, there's a little bit of gradient and a very slight yellowing in the middle. No bad pixels though.
I'm starting to wonder though, I'm really tired of being so anal about this. I'm not a graphics person.
My question is, is there anyone else out there who is in my position, where you exchanged a few of these alu 24" imacs just to keep getting the same problems? I still have 14 days, but I'm sure I'll just end up with another one. It honestly doesn't really bother me that much and I sure as **** know I'm not the only one with it. Thanks.

I will most likely keep mine, only because I tested 5 at the apple store and 1 at best buy and all had the same exact issue. Granted, it seemed better than my old one, but every single one I have seen has had the slightly lighter left side. I've seen this consistently and yet to see one that is even on both sides.
My guess is that, for the money, this is still excellent. Again, it doesn't bug me. If it gets worse though, I'll refund it, as the same apple rep who sold me this imac sold me the last imac that I returned (for the same reason and a broken DVI port) as well as my first macbook, and he knows of the issue himself.
The screen is gorgeous though :-D I thought my Samsung screens at work were nice, until I came into work this morning and realized how crappy they are in comparison to my imac :-D

Happly living with windows 8.1

Other then testing setups, I have not had to restore, setup or repair windows 8.1 since the bata of windows 8. First ever OS I've tested that caused me no additional setups to fix a broken version of a windows bata or first release. However I have no confidence
in windows defender. Avast seems to be the choice for me.

Good post.
I find Win 8.1 perfectly stable too. Like you I also prefer Avast! antivirus, with just the shields and the software update checker on (I've deselected the rest of the "fluff" tools they're bundling).
However I had the same experience with XP x64, Vista x64, and Win 7 x64 (no reinstalls after the initial setup), so I'm not really sensing a difference there.
I've been running Windows 8.1 on one bootup continuously between reboots mandated by Windows Updates or installs, and I don't baby it - sometimes I open up a LOT of stuff and crunch a LOT of data. Nothing's
failing short-term or medium-term, which I cannot say about XP x64 - it needed a reboot every week or so. Vista x64 started out kind of balky but got more stable a year or so after its release, and I never had any problems with running
Win 7 long-term.
Contrary to lore, a Windows installation can be run essentially forever and maintain all its performance - IF you're a bit conscientious about what you install and you occasionally clean up after yourself. In fact, I was noticing my
overall performance and responsiveness has actually improved a little since first putting in Windows 8.1.
I like that it's this stable. It lets me concentrate on my work. Glad to hear yours is working well for you too.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options

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