SweetMacTips

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April 2010

134 posts

clockworkmustard asked: Hi,
i can't stop keeping an eye on your tumblr, it's very helpful.
From some weeks ago my iMac (24"-2009) it behaving a bit weird. While using the screen "winks" a couple of times and everything freezes except for the mouse. After some minutes doing nothing everything comes back.
Any idea? I'm getting worried because there is no place near my town...

daniellechase asked: Somehow the keychain got setup on my computer and a popup comes up that asks for a password but I have no idea what it is..how do i get rid of the popups?

forbetaorworse asked: RE: the macbook pro for college. It's worth noting that Steam for mac is on it's way and should be out very soon. That's a big deal for Mac gaming.

thatdudedaniel asked: hey i was wondering if a mac mini would be the best mac to get as a first one for my graphic's and stuff i do. do you recommend?

Anonymous asked: My son is college bound. He is in the market for a laptop. We thought, no brainer, a MacBook Pro. But, no. He claims Macs are not 'gaming computers' and that her would prefer a Sony Vaio or something similar. We ultimately have the final say, but I would like to know what I'm talking about. Is this true? (BTW, yes we've had the discussion that this is a computer for school...

joy-ology asked: hey, i was wondering, what cases would you recommend for a unibody macbook? I'm planning to get the Incase hardshell, but wont that cause ventilation issues and stuff like that?

Nice site btw! Its very informative! :) Great job!

moon-and-snow asked: What's a good program to expand .rar files on?

edmundojr asked: Every time I install something with the Software Update I get this message on the end of installation (last time that happens was today installing iTunes 9.1.1 update):
"System extension cannot be used" (screenshot: http://cl.ly/fNp)
How can I fix this? Thanks!

Anonymous asked: hey I was wondering.. how do i get my dock to be placed at the side like this .. and at the right side, there's like a button of sort that says buddies and facebook.. how do achieve that? u are way awesome :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/zackshackleton/3366114028/sizes/o/

johnnash asked: I saw your comment on faxing wirelessly. How are you doing that?

Sweet App Sunday - Safari AdBlocker

Sorry it’s late again, but yesterday was construction day at the house :) Priorities people… So anyway, this week, I bring you Safari AdBlocker. It’s all kinds of awesome and all kinds of free. We all hate how much our favorite sites are taken up by ads now. Another problem is that sometimes your favorite site will hang up loading because it’s really waiting for an ad to...

Anonymous asked: Hello! I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.11 on my 13-inch MacBook I purchased back in August 2006. Every time I watch a DVD in DVD Player, the movie begins to "skip" and then I get an alert box stating "DVD Player encountered an error it could not recover from. There was an error reading from disc. It might be scratched or dirty. [-36]", and then DVD Player shuts down or...

benmarulloproject-deactivated20 asked: Hi! So, I made a movie using iMovie '09 about my camping trip. Im trying to upload it to facebook. Its a .mov file (quick time). Its about 7 mins. long. I try to upload it to facebook but it takes about 3 hours and at the end when it says its done it doesnt appear on my wall. The same thing is happening with my tumblr. MAC 911!!!

Anonymous asked: I apologize if someone's asked this before. I've looked back a few months and haven't seen anything so I figured I'd give it a shot.

The other night my Macbook made a sort of beep. I looked for an example on youtube and this, I'm fairly certain, is it: (It's only made this noise once so far and this was a few days ago.)

aquaticgiraffeproductions asked: Quick question, is there a way to lock the keyboard and mouse? Like locking the keyboard of a cellphone (hit this combo of keys and it will unlock). I don't like logging out of my computer because I then have to relogin to my wireless.

a-bit-of-a-technicality-deactiv asked: In answering benmarullo's question, you stated 'Need Word or Excel? Sorry."

Though the iPad may lack in Microsoft's productivity software, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are offered. They support a wide range of capabilities, and, as proven by their effectiveness in OSX, they can easily replace any dependence on Office.

Anonymous asked: so I've got a macbook, and over the course of last night something happened to keep the computer going crazy, the fans won't slow down, and according to the Activity Monitor my laptop is being completely maxed out. All I have open is Google Chrome, Thunderbird, Skype, Quicksilver, Google Quick Search Box, Adium Tweetie, a Safari.
Do you know what's wrong?

dougmacy asked: I cannot view the Desktop in list view. The window appear blank. I have no problem viewing in any other view (icon, columns, etc).

This issue existed forever in Leopard. In Leopard when I tried to view the desktop in list view the Finder quit.

I upgraded to Snow Leopard and moved my User account over with Time Machine. I now have a similar issue in Snow Leopard. The...

forbesgannon asked: Hello there :)
my safari works perfectly fine to browse the internet but it refuses to allow me to log into anything... do you know what might be the problem there?

Anonymous asked: What's your setup (meaning computers, etc.)

romelrj asked: When i went to disk utility there was the macintosh hd and 250.06 GB. is the 250.06 GB my hardrive or is the macintosh HD my hardrive?

ahmadfaridi asked: Hey,, great blog !
I am just wondering if there is anyway that i can run the iPhone SDK on tiger of leopard ... the thing is i am supposed to do some work on the SDK for my uni,, but the problem is that they will give me an old mac that has i think leopard installed...
thanks a million...

benmarulloproject-deactivated20 asked: Can the ipad be a good replacement to a macbook? Is it possible to run Mac OSX on it?

Anonymous asked: I know this isn't a hardware/software question, but you seem like you know a lot about computers so I figured I'd ask...

I recently bought a MacBook Pro in November, I love it. It's my second Mac. Anyway, what do you suggest using to clean the screen (I have the Glossy screen)? The little cloth Apple gives you only goes so far. Thanks!

craigmriding-deactivated2013051 asked: I have a 3-4 year old MBP and some keys have started working erratically, namely the line with F5,5,t,g,b and the line with -,[,',/.. There was an accident with a cup of tea a while ago. I though I was lucky, maybe I haven't been, any ideas on a fix?

thegirlsailor asked: hello,first of all i am very grateful for what you have been doing here. My problem is about safari. For 2 days when i try to open a new tab, an untitled page opens and the former page becomes top sites page. my macbook pro is only 2 mounts old:(

Anonymous asked: what is an external hard drive that you can recommend for a 13inch Macbook Pro with 2GB?

thanx

reservoirpuppy-deactivated20101 asked: Hey, I just wanted to let you know that what you're doing isn't just "kind of awesome", it's just plain awesome. I got my very first Apple product (an iMac) a few weeks ago, and I'm sure I'll run into trouble eventually. And going back into your archives clued me into to some helpful tricks that have made my computer transition much easier. Thanks!

Anonymous asked: What internet browser do you recommend?

Anonymous asked: Hey, I just wanted to send you a little note of encouragement and happiness since I think what you're doing is kind of awesome. I'm sending this anonymously since I'm actually one of the phone agents for Applecare. In any case, I've been super impressed with everything I've seen so far and again I just wanted to say keep up the good work and thanks for encouraging good...

Anonymous asked: do you have a life?

So last night this little tumblelog hit 2500 followers. Since about 500 followers, I’ve been gaining 500 every 3 weeks which to me, is a wicked rate. Thanks!

Anonymous asked: Hi, sorry in advance. My girlfriend recently got her first macbook (yay!) but she has LOADS of bookmarks on her old laptop which she needs to transfer, problem is she can't access the program itself we only have the hard-drive to work off. Is there anyway I can get the bookmarks she had in firefox on her windows laptop to safari on her new macbook?

bluesourchicken asked: hey. how do i remove the lock in a folder so i can modify the folder.

chapleau-deactivated20100918-de asked: Not really a question. I have a MBP 17' and my son spilled water on the table which then proceeded to run into the back of the MBP, hard drive started spinning out of control, screen started flashing black and white, I thought it was going to explode, then it shut down. Apple store said water damage would be a $1300 repair so I bought a new 15" MBP right then and there. needless to say,...

Anonymous asked: Hi there!
I have a late 2009 MacBook Pro 13 2.26GHz with 2GB , I might be getting photoshop soon for my birthday would it be sufficient enough with my current mac? (would it work alright)
And what type of 'photoshop' software would you recommend for a newbie like me.

thank you

stefantueshaus asked: hey,

do you have tips for me regarding this?

http://stefantueshaus.tumblr.com/post/541199582/just-deleted-73-486-files-by-cleaning-out-my-mail

Anonymous asked: Can I record audio and video simultaneously with quicktime? by the way, the font printed on 'mac book pro' is not VAG rounded, it's Myrad Pro, same as apple's webpage and keynotes.

trincamckee wrote in: Hey mate, Seems ignorance to me when someone say Torrent people immediately think on illegal actions. Torrent is not illegal in any country in the world. Of course it can be used in a illegal way by downloading content that you are not authorized. Altho theres is still a lot of content which is legit. So… In my opinion was wrong how you replied to that Torrent guy...

Anonymous asked: Just wanted to say that I'm glad that you don't encourage stealing, what with the OS question and the torrent question earlier. It's cool of you to do.

keeperofyourmadness asked: Is there anywhere you know of that has the font on the MacBook Pro's keyboard for download?

Anonymous asked: So my sister has a three year old macbook with whatever os that was preinstalled at that time, and I have a new macbook with the leopard os, would it work for her to dl my leopard os onto her macbook? Would that erase any of her applications or documents? Thanks in advanced !

Anonymous asked: Not a question, just a note for you on AppleCare, in response to the current question: AppleCare CAN be auto-enrolled at a retail store (you will need to provide an email address at time of purchase). Also, while saving receipts is always a good idea, you can check coverage status on any serialized Apple product by going to support.apple.com and selecting the 'Check Your Service and...

Anonymous asked: I want to buy a new MacBook Pro for my cousin, I am planning to get AppleCare with it as well. Would the AppleCare be in my name or can I put it in his name? I don't want to go through a long warranty transfer process.

mareen asked: Hey, I have used the new Quicktime feature to record my destop screen actions. The file is really big, I »filmed« over 3 hours.
Now, I am trying to speed up that film to at least 10x the speed. But Final cut does not like the file (.mov) and if I display it fast (3x max) in QT, it does not export faster at all. What can I use?
I also want to make the file small for...

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macheadsunite asked: Ok I make a a lot of songs on Garageband, and when I export them to iTunes the volume is much lower than all my other songs in my iTunes Library..I have tried turning the master volume up when editing, is there anything else I can do?

timmargh asked: Hi! I've just stolen a MacBook Pro, but every time I turn it on it asks me for a password. How can I get around this ... ?

Heh, just kidding. Kudos on your answer to the torrent guy and please keep up the good work.

Sweet App Sunday - DeskLickr

This week, I bring you an awesome app called DeskLickr. Do you like beautiful desktop pictures but hate hunting them down? DeskLickr’s for you. What it does is use Flickr as a source for desktop pictures and you can tell it exactly what you want. What’s the result? This: DeskLickr ends up in your menubar (that little ‘r’ in the box up there) and you can give it some...