iMav
The Devil's Advocate
don't know abt sennheiser, but ep630 was 800 last yearthanks, 1.2k
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aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
LOL @goobimama's signature! 
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Now, either I'm alone on this one and my Mac has a major problem with regard to optical media or my issues are indicative of a larger problem with Mac OS X in general.
I have already gotten the SuperDrive on my Mac replaced once in the past because it had started making a lot of grinding noises, was quite slow and used to create a lot of coasters. After getting it replaced, it worked just fine for a few months. I'm not sure though because I hardly ever use it.
In any case, it has become very unreliable again. It spits out my blank MoserBaer DVD-Rs after a couple minutes of spinning and has again started creating coasters out of my CD-Rs. Windows is very reliable in this field—you just insert a disk and use Easy Media Creator or Nero to burn it and it always works. Macs are not supposed to behave like this.
I'm not sure whether it is a hardware issue or a software one though. My Mac does burn some CDs successfully and I've even burnt a few dual layer DVDs in the past. I don't even have any Windows machine around that I can test my CDs on to make sure they're working, though there is no reason why brand new disks, straight out of the sealed packaging won't work.
I'm really frustrated. Does anyone have any tips to share? Is your Mac this unreliable too?
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Now, either I'm alone on this one and my Mac has a major problem with regard to optical media or my issues are indicative of a larger problem with Mac OS X in general.
I have already gotten the SuperDrive on my Mac replaced once in the past because it had started making a lot of grinding noises, was quite slow and used to create a lot of coasters. After getting it replaced, it worked just fine for a few months. I'm not sure though because I hardly ever use it.
In any case, it has become very unreliable again. It spits out my blank MoserBaer DVD-Rs after a couple minutes of spinning and has again started creating coasters out of my CD-Rs. Windows is very reliable in this field—you just insert a disk and use Easy Media Creator or Nero to burn it and it always works. Macs are not supposed to behave like this.
I'm not sure whether it is a hardware issue or a software one though. My Mac does burn some CDs successfully and I've even burnt a few dual layer DVDs in the past. I don't even have any Windows machine around that I can test my CDs on to make sure they're working, though there is no reason why brand new disks, straight out of the sealed packaging won't work.
I'm really frustrated. Does anyone have any tips to share? Is your Mac this unreliable too?
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preshit.net
ex3n1us m4x1mus
Didn't I have the same problem with my combo-drive some time back ? It did not read disks at times, didn't burn them successfully at times and used to make noises occasionally. After I got it replaced, it's been fine so far. *touchwood*
goobimama
Macboy
Get the drive replaced. It happens to PCs as well (although replacing them is not that easy). Have you tried different media? Sometimes the drive acts funny with certain media (mine had a problem with Sony). Anyway, getting it replaced is a sure fire way of solving the problem.
jamesbond007
MacManiac
@aryayush
If you don't have access to Windows, I suggest you to try Knoppix Live CD, which again means you need to have it on the first hand. K3B is my personal favorite burning program, it comes closer to Nero. All said and done yours seem to be a hardware problem. BTW K3B comes bundled with Knoppix.
If you don't have access to Windows, I suggest you to try Knoppix Live CD, which again means you need to have it on the first hand. K3B is my personal favorite burning program, it comes closer to Nero. All said and done yours seem to be a hardware problem. BTW K3B comes bundled with Knoppix.
preshit.net
ex3n1us m4x1mus
I was watching the stupid movie Salaam-E-Ishq and in it, Salman is shown to own a MBP. But apparently, it runs Windows Media Player that has a slide show kinda thing for pictures. LOL
Ankur Gupta
Wandering in time...
^^No, And I hate that.
preshit.net
ex3n1us m4x1mus
Hey guys,
Could anyone of you, who used iTunes extensively, put up a nice tutorial of sorts, specially about playlists.
Ever since my days of winamp 2, I have never bothered to create playlists. I would really appreciate some help here
Could anyone of you, who used iTunes extensively, put up a nice tutorial of sorts, specially about playlists.
Ever since my days of winamp 2, I have never bothered to create playlists. I would really appreciate some help here
iMav
The Devil's Advocate
^^ itunes has this good playlist feature wherein u can define filter parameters and it will automatically add songs to that playlist (smart playlist) the list of parameters is quite extensive, other than that there is nothing drastically different in itunes
and thanks for the info, sad but not surprised
and thanks for the info, sad but not surprised
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aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
I'm pretty sure he knows what smart playlists are. He wants to know how to effectively use them.
I think this is good blog fodder for our resident iTunes and tutorials expert: Milind.
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Seriously, there is probably no other company on Earth that knows anything about software design other than Apple. I was having a problem with Penned Thoughts. It was loading the iPhone specific interface even on my Mac. To ensure that it wasn't a problem specific to Safari, I loaded the site in Firefox and it showed the same mobile theme.
So I deactivated and reactivated the plugin and reloaded the site in Safari. It showed the normal theme. To ensure that it was showing the same theme across all browsers, I loaded it in Firefox again and it was showing the mobile theme. I even deactivated the theme and loaded it in Firefox and it was showing the same theme. I even went so far as to relaunch the browser but there were no changes.
Firefox sucks! Safari loads stuff from the cache. If you want it not to do so, you just hit reload once and it reloads everything from the server, so you get the most updated version. I don't know how Firefox does it but it just does not seem to have any clue.
I think this is good blog fodder for our resident iTunes and tutorials expert: Milind.
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Seriously, there is probably no other company on Earth that knows anything about software design other than Apple. I was having a problem with Penned Thoughts. It was loading the iPhone specific interface even on my Mac. To ensure that it wasn't a problem specific to Safari, I loaded the site in Firefox and it showed the same mobile theme.
So I deactivated and reactivated the plugin and reloaded the site in Safari. It showed the normal theme. To ensure that it was showing the same theme across all browsers, I loaded it in Firefox again and it was showing the mobile theme. I even deactivated the theme and loaded it in Firefox and it was showing the same theme. I even went so far as to relaunch the browser but there were no changes.
Firefox sucks! Safari loads stuff from the cache. If you want it not to do so, you just hit reload once and it reloads everything from the server, so you get the most updated version. I don't know how Firefox does it but it just does not seem to have any clue.
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iMav
The Devil's Advocate
i was just saying that other than smart p[laylist theres nothing greatI'm pretty sure he knows what smart playlists are. He wants to know how to effectively use them.
I think this is good blog fodder for our resident iTunes and tutorials expert: Milind.
sorry to doubt ur intelligence presh!tfirefox on windows has ctrl+F5 for total reload
preshit.net
ex3n1us m4x1mus
I'm not sure how many here use GrabUp, but I just wrote something about it today. If you're not already using it, you might wanna read.
GrabUp: ScreenShot sharing made easy
GrabUp: ScreenShot sharing made easy
jamesbond007
MacManiac
How do I change the permissions on a disk partition. I have looked up in Mac Help and this is what I got ( the right ). I don't see a lock anywhere :
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HD2 is the disk I need to set permissions on
*img151.imageshack.us/img151/4945/picture2eq9.th.png
HD2 is the disk I need to set permissions on
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aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
66% of all computers above $1000 sold in the United States are Macs.
This is quite astonishing. Since the Mac Mini is the only sub-$1000 Mac the company sells, it means that they're the market leaders in the price segment they compete in.
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There's an iPhone Windows Vista skin doing the rounds. If any of you guys decide to inflict this torture on your poor phone, please do us the courtesy of posting screenshots, so that we can point and laugh at you.
This is quite astonishing. Since the Mac Mini is the only sub-$1000 Mac the company sells, it means that they're the market leaders in the price segment they compete in.
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There's an iPhone Windows Vista skin doing the rounds. If any of you guys decide to inflict this torture on your poor phone, please do us the courtesy of posting screenshots, so that we can point and laugh at you.
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preshit.net
ex3n1us m4x1mus
So, anyone seen the iPhone 2.0 render by the case maker ? If that turns out to be true, that sure is an ugly design.
*img.skitch.com/20080520-p8ndc57iepnn6kg91dwhqrusq5.jpg
*img.skitch.com/20080520-p8ndc57iepnn6kg91dwhqrusq5.jpg