Stupid n97 question
i know the n97 comes preunlocked but does it use regular sim cards? i was thinking of getting an n97 for tmobile was unsure of it thanks.
yep regular sim cards.
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IMovie and iDVD, Stupid Upgrade Questions, Sorry Must Ask
Okay, the deal is I have a PowerMac G4 Version 2.1 with a Combo Drive. I am upgrading to Mac OSX 3.0 so I can do certain things in iMovie and acquire a better browser. (My constraints on the iMovie project about which I've been inquiring are that at least 40 people have been waiting for copies of it for about a month and wondering why I don't come through with it--I sent a lengthy explanation to the guy who'll be duplicating it in case anyone asks. That's one reason I'm in such a hurry I have to ask urgent questions at forums and newsgroups and don't take the time to read every word ever written on every one of these systems and their various applications, abilities, and uses.)
I started out thinking I was about one step from having a completed project and the more I learn, the more grim the situation looks. Yet I've done ALL THIS WORK already to create beautiful titles and elaborately-edited outtakes. I HATE to ditch it all if any faint hope flickers into sight!
My Mac came with the following:
iMovie 3.0.3 -- which seems to be working fine, only problem is, due to deficiencies in other equipment, I'm having trouble getting my movie to DVD or into any other form where it can be played anywhere outside the Mac!
iDVD 2.1 -- My feeble brain, inadequate as it may be, has so far gathered the information that to go to DVD, a project can't be played in iMovie and sent straight to a DVD burner (can it?) There has to be some intermediary step. (Right?) People have argued the various merits of iDVD vs. Toast to accomplish this step. I hadn't opened my copy of iDVD because I am in no way near the point of being ready to make a DVD--I have not yet finished editing the project in iMovie. I made the hideous error of ASSUMING that since this came installed in my Mac, it would work fine when needed, just as iMovie did. When I tried to open it just to see what version I had, it wouldn't open and told me this:
System Requirements
iDVD 2 requires a PowerMac G4 computer with 256 Megs of RAM, a built-in DVD-R Superdrive and Mac OS 10.1.3 or later.
Stupid redundant bonus question #1: WHY would this come installed on a Mac which lacks the hardware to use it? (iMovie could still be used to edit, and then copy projects--if I had a digital video camera--which I don't. The only other way we've figured is to send it back through the Canopus ADVC110 converter I used to get the video in there, and play it out to a VCR--a cumbersome process I've been assured will result in crummy quality.)
Okay, here are the REAL questions:
1. I don't suppose there's any way the Canopus could be connected to the DVD burner and the information sent to a DVD that way? Just asking.
2. Obviously the upgrade isn't going to fix things to make iDVD work, as I'm already using Mac OSX 10.2.8, so I would assume its discontent stems from not having the Superdrive--at least, it was complaining something about inadequate hardware and I think that's what it meant. Will connecting a DVD burner via FireWire convince iDVD to work (either automatically or after some sort of tweaking), or am I stuck replacing the drive? I bought a DVD burner the minute I realized my drive was a Combo Drive and not a Superdrive (which is the first time I stuck a blank DVD in it and nothing happened) before learning details about this intermediary step and that there is more than one way to accomplish it.
3. Is it even worth replacing the Combo Drive with a Superdrive or is it more worth buying a whole new Mac? If I am FORCED to buy a new Mac, what should I do with the old one? (Not only am I ethically opposed to tossing a perfectly good piece of electronic equipment into the ravine, I might get fined for littering. Can a good home be found for it? For that matter it would be a pain as I've saved all sorts of stuff to the Hard Drive which would have to be transferred to the new one before I could get rid of the old one. So can I keep the old one...PLEASE?)
4. After making the system upgrade, will I be able to bypass iDVD entirely by using Toast, or does Toast also have all sorts of requirements my hardware does not possess so I'll still be SOL, stuck replacing drives or even the whole Mac, or going directly to crummy-quality VHS as there is NO OTHER WAY OUT?
5. After making the system upgrade, would I be ready for more advanced versions of iMovie and iDVD? Are any upgrades free, or does every improvement cost? Do I get them all at the Apple site, order some of them from some supplier or other the way I did with the Mac OSX upgrade, or what?
Thanks for helping to clear up my massive confusion!!!Wow, thanks. It's good to know iDVD is still an option, even if I don't buy the Superdrive (is that even possible, to get the Combo Drive taken out of my current Mac and a Superdrive put in? There's a question still unanswered.)
(I think this is good to know--because part of my reasoning in asking the question was to eliminate one option or the other, and now I'm ending up with options of options, but hold on for Part 2 as I do have some questions concerning the capabilities of iDVD and Toast.)
Partly answering one of my own questions (although I'd appreciate confirmation from someone who actually knows,) if these Toast 7 requirements mean what I think they do, I don't see anywhere that it says the computer MUST have a Superdrive and CAN'T use an external DVD burner!
Toast 7 Titanium
Requirements:
* PowerPC G4 processor or faster (G5 recommended for viewing DivX files on your Mac)
* PowerPC G3 processor and Mac OS 10.2 users, see Toast 6 Titanium or Popcorn
* Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
* 300 MB of free disk space to install
* Up to 15 GB of temporary free disk space during usage
* QuickTime 7 or later
* CD or DVD burner and recordable media
If this is true (that I can use an external DVD burner) I like Toast already! My Quicktime Player is only version 6.5.2--is it going to be difficult, expensive, or both, to upgrade that? If it is or the other System Requirements are not met I can just go with Toast 6.
As far as those requirements, I promise you I don't understand a word of it but here is what my System Profiler says my Mac has. Maybe someone can make sense of it and help me decide which version of Toast to get or, if not, what to do:
System Profile
Software Overview:
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| System version : Mac OS X 10.2.8 (6R73)
(As I said, I'm upgrading to 10.3.0 soon, and obviously if I want Toast 7 gotta figure out the best way to go to 10.3.9 or higher.)
| Boot volume : Hard Drive |
| Kernel version : Darwin Kernel Version 6.8: Wed Sep 10 15:20:55 PDT 2003; root:xnu/xnu-344.49.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC |
Hardware Overview:
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| Machine speed : 867 MHz |
| Bus speed : 133 MHz |
| Number of processors : 2 |
| L2 cache size : 256K (times 2) |
| L3 cache size : 1MB (times 2) |
| Machine model : Power Mac G4 (version = 2.1) |
| Boot ROM info : 4.4.6f2
Memory Overview:
Location Type Size
DIMM0/J21 DDR SDRAM 256 MB
DIMM1/J22 DDR SDRAM 512 MB
DIMM2/J23 empty
DIMM3/J20 empty
Network Overview:
Built-in:
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| Flags : 0x8051<Up,PpoinToPoint,Running,Multicast> |
| Ethernet address : 00.00.00.00.00.00 |
| IP : 67.0.142.95--> 67.0.128.6 |
| Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0 |
| |
Devices and Volumes
PCI:
SLOT-1(AGP):
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| Card Type : NVDA,GeForce4MX |
| Card Name : NVDA,Parent |
| Card Model : GeForce4 MX |
| Vendor ID : 10de |
| Device ID : 172 |
| ROM# : 1121 |
| Revision : a5 |
| |
USB Information:
USB Bus 0:
Apple internal modem:
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| Product ID : 33282 ($8202) |
| Vendor : HCF USB V.90 Data/Fax Modem |
| Device Speed : Full |
| Power (mA) : 500
FireWire Information:
No FireWire devices found.:
(Unsure why it says this as the Canopus Converter is a FireWire device and it's connected, turned on, and has been working.)
Bus:
CD-RW/DVD-ROM:
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| Disc Burning : Fully supported.
(Obviously this means CDs only, not DVDs.)
Hard Drive:
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| Disk Size : 57.26 GB (1K = 1024) 62 GB (1K = 1000) |
| Unit Number : 0 |
| ATA Device Type : ata |
| Device Serial : VNC303A3L6AAHA |
| Device Revision : VA3BA52A |
| Device Model : IBM-IC35L060AVVA07-0 |
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Hard Drive:
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| Volume Size : 57.26 GB (1K = 1024) 62 GB (1K = 1000) |
| Ejectable : No |
| Writable : Yes
One thing which may really sway me in favor of Toast is, will it make possible burning 2-hour DVDs? Supposedly iDVD will not enable anything longer than 90 minutes, and when I get to the other big project for which I really want to use the Canopus ADVC 110 converter, that is, converting my home movies from either VHS or 8mm video camera tape to DVD--well, ALL of my tapes are two hours long, because that's the way they come!! I don't see being limited to making 90-minute DVDs as anything but another GIANT PAIN of which I'm already amply supplied! So if Toast will fix this dilemma I'm ALL FOR IT!
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Total Mac Virgin with a stupid, simple question:
There are no stupin questions, just stupid people, so here it goes. I'm trying to post an image on MySpace from iPhoto. I rotated it 90 degrees and it looks right in iPhoto, but when I upload it, it's ****-eyed. Someone please help. I'm a GenX'er but I feel like a geezer having to ask for help.
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Oh yes, more questions about Nokia's infamous flagship phone the N97!
Background
I've had my phone little over 2 weeks now and at first I was very impressed - the specs are good and the feel of the phone is superb!
However like all N series Nokia's this too has had the same faults as previous N series phones! - my previous phone was the 5800 and although i liked this phone when the N97 was released I had to get it although in the back of my mind I was thinking it's going to be slow and crash all the time....
In comparison to the 5800 this phone is a lot slower at processing this (simple things like booting up and it's slower, slow tranistions and bugs with the new fancy widgets they have included)!
Question1:
When the phone is locked and I receive a call it comes up on the screen with the answer or unlock buttons (gifs)?
Recently I have missed a few calls because I have tried to answer the call by pressing the button on the screen (when the phone is locked) however nothing happens... then when I try to unlock it nothing happens meaning that I've missed the call!
Question2:
Is there anyway of having email automatically connected?
I use my personal email on my phone and obviously it doesn't come through unless I connect to it manually - is there anyway of changing this to make it automatic?
Thanks in advance
Solved!
Go to Solution.Q1
See the onscreen prompts when a call comes in.
To accept and answer the call follow the prompt, and swipe the green, flashing "Answer" ticker to the right (in the direction of the arrow).
To unlock the touch screen, so you can get more options to choose to accept and answer, or to reject the call, swipe the blue flashing "Unlock" ticker to the left (in the direction of the arrow).
Q2
I have my email widget on my homescreen.
With your email account on the screen, go to:-
Options
Automatic retrieval
Set it to what you want
Message Edited by 2bad on 13-Jul-2009 12:02 PM -
Questions:
1. how can i see al the phone and memory contenst through the PC Suite file manager when it seems all files are protected and hidden?
2. how can i move files from pc memory to mass memory so that i have more free memory on the phone? What files can be moved?
3. I am trying to install N-Gage but after installing the message reads to make a reboot: does this mean a switch off and switch on process or there is a reboot procedure?
4. how come N97 will not switch on if the sync cable is inserted in the phone?
5. how come i am not allowed to update to firmware 2..........?
regards
jimmy
Solved!
Go to Solution.Hi, I'll try and answer you
1-connect in mass memory/data transfer mode and set computer to 'show hidden files' then go into 'my computer; phone will show as seperate drives E/F
5-Drag and drop, but All Files cannot be moved, most apps can, facebook, accuweather etc, but you need to delete and re-install, and some things like maps (application) and nokia messaging will ONLY install on C so only install things you really want. Also in messaging-Options-settings-other, set memory in use to E
3-Reboot means turn phone off and on (like computer) but N-Gage is a waste of space and being killed off, all moved to Ovi
4-It's a trait of all nokia phones that they will not fully function when connected by usb (you can't sync music, mwssageing memory will resoert back to C) Normally happens in mass storage mode but occurs in PC Suite mobe also
5=Software updates are restricted on 'locked' phones or to certain product codes check Nokia web site for the latest software available for your product code or call your phone supplier.
Finally try the user search at top of page, loads and loads of advice and answers
Good Luck
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Were any questions asked about the poor functionality of the N97 at NW 09?? If so, what were the answers?
Thats nokia's way of shutting up N97 onwners who are complaining about their N97. Just think to your self why would they just all of a sudden give you a new feature on your phone now? This should have been added since first day the N97 launched.
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Symbian-Master -
Stupid security question answers.
I have read the "Rescue email and reset Apple ID security questions" article so many times and also added new rescue emails to my account, but I still can't change the security question answers. I have money on my account that just sits there. I have tried a few months ago and since then i still can't do anything but download free stuff. I have recieved no email about reseting anything and would like to get a better answer then the stupid apple one.
A rescue email address is not the same thing as an alternate email address - they are different settings/addresses, and a rescue email address can only be added by answering 2 of your security questions. If you didnt already have a rescue email address set up on your account then see if the instructions on this user tip helps younger the questions reset : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4551
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Hello. I appologise for the stupid question.
How to spell "arch"?
I look at the logo and it looks like an arc, so I thought it colud be [ark]. But it seems more seasonable to me to say [arch] as a regular word, moreover I've heared someone sayng it that way.
Which is the correct one? Thank youhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch
oh, and i suppose you pronounce it the way it's written, so that's arch, not ark -
This proably seems like a stupid question but I am told you can use a PS3 Controller with my 2009 MBP, and I am also told that you can use a wired XBOX 360 controller or wireless if you have a reciever and the correct drivers, but XBOX uses IR when PS3 use bluetooth, so PS3 would work but so should the XBOX because my MBP has an IR reciever?
(If that makes no sense: can I use my WIRELESS XBOX contoller WITHOUT the reciever but WITH the drivers?
TIA, CallumMatt Fukushima wrote:
Can a virus in one of my computers infect one of my other computers just because they share the same wireless network?
potentially yes - if there were viruses for Mac. luckily there aren't any so you need not worry.
have a look @ this article: [_*Mac Virus/Malware Info*_|http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9400648&postcount=4].
JGG -
Hi,
I have a stupid question, are terminals bi-directional? That is, can a terminal
do input as well as output? How do I distinguish? If a sub vi has a numeric
INDICATOR wired to a terminal, that makes it an input, but if it is a numeric
control wired to a terminal it is then an output? I need to get data that
was set in a main panel into a sub vi in the diagram, as I said in my last
post, but I cannot seem to do it. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks
very much
JMHJMH wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a stupid question, are terminals bi-directional? That is, can a terminal
> do input as well as output? How do I distinguish? If a sub vi has a numeric
> INDICATOR wired to a terminal, that makes it an input, but if it is a numeric
> control wired to a terminal it is then an output? I need to get data that
> was set in a main panel into a sub vi in the diagram, as I said in my last
> post, but I cannot seem to do it. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks
> very much
>
> JMH
See my post to your previous question.
This input, output, control , indicator, business is confusing for new users.
A terminal (on the connector pane) will be can be *Either* an input or an
output (but not both at the same time). This is determined by what you
wire to it.
Now here is the tricky part. When you do this on SubVis the terminals
*APPEAR* to be the opposite of what you wire to them. When we talk
about these it is best to refer to the controls / indicators, as sources and
sinks.
One is the source of data , the other is the sink of the data. The role that the
control or indicator takes depends on where you look at it in the data flow chain.
Here is a simple example.
VIMain has Sub1 and Sub2 on its diagram.
Sub1 has a control#1, wired to indicator#1. Control#1 is on the left terminal
and indicator#1 is on the right terminal. Sub2 looks exaclty the same, except
the items are named Control#2 and Indicator#2.
I drop these on VImain and wire from the right terminal of Sub1 to the left
terminal of Sub2.
I set the value of control#1 , and run VIMain. Control#1 sources the value and
Indicator#1 sinks it.
Since this is tied to Sub2, Indicator#1 immediately *Sources* the value,
Control#2, sinks it.
Control#2 *Sources* the value and Indicator#2 sinks the value and all Vis stop.
If you always wire Controls to the left hand terminals and Indicators to the Right
hand terminals
it makes it much easier. Also turning on the help and passing the cursor over a
subVI will show
you what these terminals are tied to. If the wire goes to the left this is a
control and is the SubVIs *INPUT*
if the wire goes to the right it is tied to an Indicator and is the SubVIs
*OUTPUT*.
Hope this makes it a little more clear.
Kevin Kent -
Hi, there, I am thinking of buying a N97, but have the following questions want to know about:
1. Can I change the battery of N97? or it's like iPhone that battery is sealed?
2. can I remove the Facebook widget?
3. can I store the map for GPS in micro SD card? or it must be stored in internal memory?
4. can the email attachment be opened directly?
5. can N97 support extended office document types? such as .docx, .pptx, xlsx , can I create or edit such files?
6. I am using 6230, every time I change the battery or the SIM card, the time and date are reset to default and I have to correct them. Does N97 have this problem too?
7. can I connect N97 to an external bluetooth keyboard for easy typing?
I would appreciate any one can answer my questions. Thanks.metz2086 wrote:
Hi, there, I am thinking of buying a N97, but have the following questions want to know about:
1. Can I change the battery of N97? or it's like iPhone that battery is sealed?
It is removable.. like all Nokias
2. can I remove the Facebook widget?
Yes, it is installable and removable like all widgets on the system
3. can I store the map for GPS in micro SD card? or it must be stored in internal memory?
The ovi maps application (or ovi-suite) allows maps to be downlaoded to the device either the SD card or 32gig internal.. but not both
4. can the email attachment be opened directly?
text/html/png/jpg/media yes..
HTML emails are not displayed automatically and must be opened as an attachment
5. can N97 support extended office document types? such as .docx, .pptx, xlsx , can I create or edit such files?
quickoffice provides read only access to recent micosoft formats and write/create with a paid for update. the quick office bundled with my device did not work at all.. it was a mistake to have had it included.. Any updates (including updates to make the viewer work) will eat valuable "C:" storage..
6. I am using 6230, every time I change the battery or the SIM card, the time and date are reset to default and I have to correct them. Does N97 have this problem too?
I've not seen it do that, but I don't remove my sim very often.. This problem seems to occur on OLD handsets.. My 7710 handset started doing this about 3 years ago!
7. can I connect N97 to an external bluetooth keyboard for easy typing?
The S60 driver can be installed, but it is not bundled with the device... look up su-8w for driver info
I would appreciate any one can answer my questions. Thanks. -
Probably a stupid display question
I shoot with a canon xh-a1 edit with a mbp 15". What im wondering is if I wanted to edit on a bigger screen then my laptop and do some coloring, would it be stupid to think that using a lcd tv as a display would work? The reason I ask is I could go the apple display route for 1500 or I could take advantage of the extremely low tv prices get an 28" hdtv for 800? I know i'm missing something what would be wrong with going that way? Also I am not a professional and its not for broadcast just for dvd and maybe eventually blueray.
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I just bought a Gateway 22" widescreen for my PowerMac. Max resolution is 1680 by 1050 which is the default the Mac set it to (DVI connection btw). I was messing around playing UT2004 with this new display. My question is this...would the display or increase in the resolution somehow AFFECT actual gameplay? Specifically I noticed that once in a while, my character will stop moving forward, I have to let off on the key and press it down again to get my character moving again. I only noticed this AFTER upgrading my display, I used to have a Samsung 17" LCD display. BTW, my keyboard is a MIcrosoft Wireless Mac desktop. Like I said, didn't have problems until the display was upgraded. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?
Cliff Notes: upgraded display to 22" Widescreen, Graphics cart is a Radeon X800 XT, try to play UT2004, character stops moving forward intermittently. Didn't have problem before...any relation? Thanks.There should only be issues if you have also increased the resolution in the game itself (because the graphics chip has to work harder). Are you able to check (or lower) the resolution within the game?
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Probably a stupid Newb question....chkconfig
Hi all,
This is a very nice distro, especially if you wanted to learn linux, not just use it with a pretty GUI, and it has met ( sometimes exceeded ) my expectations.
The searching the forums, using google extensively, the wiki have made the experience most worthwhile. The first distro was mandrake, which lasted about 1 month because I could not learn anything with it. Anyway on to the question at hand.
What is the Arch linux equivalent of chkconfig? Or does one have to download the package itself via pacman?
The reason I ask is that I would like to turn off all unneeded services ( I am a bit of a security hound, at least with a windows box ). The Linux box will just be a workstation for myself, to do email, web surfing, maybe some online buying and eventually development. No remote access to the machine is needed for myself ( as it is off, when I am not using it ).
Hopefully, I phrased the question correctly!
Thanks,
BobLBobL wrote:
Thanks for the follow up Phrakture. However, I did not quite follow when you said that chkconfig is a wrapper for make calls. I thought it merely listed running services. I did check on the make command and I cannot find how chkconfig even relates to what you mentioned. Then again the article was mentioned in the context of a RedHat article. So perhaps I am switching terms between different distrubutions....probably not a good idea.
I do know what "wrapping" is...with the programming background I have, I just didn't follow your context.
oh, crap - I mixed it up with checkinstall... my fault :oops: :oops: :oops: -
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Thanks.If I understand your question, your "friend" wants to install it on a non-Mac Intel chipped box. It can't be done without violating the EULA agreement and it can't be done without a long series of hacks. Violating the EULA will result in Steve Jobs taking your first born child, the hacks will result in a Frankenmac.
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