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I would almost classify OS X's networking as 'buggy'. I see so many weird issues with it. When you see link down/up in the logs it's usually something like the cable being disconnected and then re-connected right way, like with a bad cable or power cycling of the switch/router. If you're 100% sure the router is still up and it's not getting rebooted because you're running a torrent or something that would crash an older router, it's probably some dumb poo poo reason that the OS itself is restarting or reconfiguring your interface. Have you ever used Internet Sharing on your machine?
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Ok I'm having a problem with bootcamp. It hosed up while rebooting from OS X into Windows 7, and went to a blank black screen. Everytime I Restart it it'll do the mac start up chime before going back to that black screen, and holeing down option or F8 does nothing. Any ideas?
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jihad_jain posted:Ok I'm having a problem with bootcamp. It hosed up while rebooting from OS X into Windows 7, and went to a blank black screen. Everytime I Restart it it'll do the mac start up chime before going back to that black screen, and holeing down option or F8 does nothing. Any ideas? SMC reset. Then this may/may not be relevant. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173
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In doing some more testing, I've narrowed it down a bit more. At first I thought it was any big file that lasted more than a few minutes would make it disconnect, but it seems to be more related to speed. If it goes over a certain DL speed, that's when the disconnect happens. I was able to download a 500 mb file for an hour at 100kb with no problems, so maybe that helps pin down the cause? japtor posted:Got Windows installed on it by any chance? I've heard of networking being messed up in OS X but ok in Windows...but I can't remember what the issue or solutions were whenever I've read about it I'll be installing Windows later in the week, and if everything works fine on that I might just switch my iMac to a permanent Windows machine ;[ quote:So what's the entire setup? Just basic modem-router-computers? What's the network configuration on the Mac? I guess check to make sure there's no funky extra settings input in there. And how did you rule out the router? Did you try connecting directly to the modem? Yeah it's just a plain old router connected to the iMac via ethernet. My PS3, iPad, iPhone, and Windows laptop have all been able to download large files at high speeds with no problem today. I tried the iMac on Wifi instead of ethernet and still got disconnected when downloading. I tried the iMac plugged in directly from the modem to rule out the router, still had the same problem. I tried a few different cables too (both from the modem to the iMac, or from the router to the modem, or switching ports, etc). My settings for the network config are all default/auto. Bob Morales posted:Have you ever used Internet Sharing on your machine? Nope This is really perplexing since it's a rock solid connection doing anything else and it seems like all the hardware issues have been ruled out.
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flavor posted:Don't get too specific with descriptions, links or anything. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3468869&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=177#post402843136 Blizzard support: quote:Bear in mind that the beta has its own FPS issues simply because it's a beta; Diablo III won't be optimized until release. My custom-built gaming system can't play the beta smoothly either, but it will be fine on release. Blizzard betas are genuine betas, unlike the glorified demos that some companies refer to as a "beta". Seems pretty clear that predicting performance right now is pointless.
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Apr 22, 2012 00:42
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Yeast posted:SMC reset. It didn't do anything. I must've tried that key combo six or seven times. I've scheduled a genius bar appointment for Wednesday.
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Apr 22, 2012 01:38
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Mr. Onslaught posted:This is really perplexing since it's a rock solid connection doing anything else and it seems like all the hardware issues have been ruled out. Are transfers over the LAN ok with it? And did you check the extra network settings under Advanced? Another thing to try would be to just delete the interfaces from the prefpane and re add them (assuming the plus and minus buttons are still there at the bottom of the list). No clue if that'd actually do anything but it's worth a shot at this point.
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Apr 22, 2012 01:42
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jihad_jain posted:It didn't do anything. I must've tried that key combo six or seven times. Have you tried using an alternative keyboard? So what you're saying is that the machine doesn't give you the option to go to the boot manager, it auto-bots to Windows? edit: try putting in an OS X disc and then booting to the disc, it may give you the opportunity to break the cycle.
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KingEup posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3468869&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=177#post402843136 Your link to the SA thread only leads to somebody saying that there's a "crippling Mac specific bug" without that person backing that up in any way, so your link is worthless. It's not like I'm trying to uphold the honor of the Mac at all cost (I'm not averse to playing on my PCs), it's just that I'd be interested to have some more info on that because PC and Mac work the same for me for this game. You're right that you can't predict performance based on that beta yet. But it's all we have and it's probably going to be better than the beta. So it's kinda relevant that even the beta works better when you run it for a while and it gets all its content in place.
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Yeast posted:Have you tried using an alternative keyboard? it auto-boots to windows no matter what, and gets hung up on a black screen. i've tried taking out the hard drive and starting with a backup drive with the same results. i'd try the disc idea, but i just have a snow leopard disc and i already tried to put my windows disc in it.
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Apr 22, 2012 03:30
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Mr. Onslaught posted:In doing some more testing, I've narrowed it down a bit more. At first I thought it was any big file that lasted more than a few minutes would make it disconnect, but it seems to be more related to speed. If it goes over a certain DL speed, that's when the disconnect happens. I was able to download a 500 mb file for an hour at 100kb with no problems, so maybe that helps pin down the cause? Download Ubuntu on one of your other machines, boot from the CD and see if you still have the problem.
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japtor posted:And did you check the extra network settings under Advanced? Another thing to try would be to just delete the interfaces from the prefpane and re add them (assuming the plus and minus buttons are still there at the bottom of the list). No clue if that'd actually do anything but it's worth a shot at this point. Dang I did this and thought it fixed it for a minute, I jumped the gun though quote:Download Ubuntu on one of your other machines, boot from the CD and see if you still have the problem. I can try this after I see if Windows has the same issue
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Does anyone know why my Mac Pro insists on mounting network volumes twice? It's kinda annoying. FWIW, both are AFP shares. One is a Mac Mini running Lion Server and the other is a FreeNAS 8 box.
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Apr 22, 2012 09:36
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Having a bit of a frustrating time trying to get some 1080p camcorder footage running well on a mac mini. It's a mid 2011 i5 mini so I assume it has the horsepower to cope, but both VLC and MplayerX are having problems with playback. MplayerX isn't playing at the right framerate and causes the sound to get ahead, VLC plays back very choppily. I'm trying with test clips from here, specifically that first Indy GP clip. Are there any other recommended multi-format media players? I don't know if there's an equivalent of Media Player Classic + codec pack from the windows world but I have zero understanding how codecs are handled on OS X. edit - Grabbed Movist from the App Store - plays these clips back perfectly 
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Apr 22, 2012 16:42
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It is possible to install Windows 7 onto a macbook air from an SD card? I have a big SD card, but boot camp assistant is insisting I use a usb drive, which I don't have. Google has not helped, other than to imply that I might be out of luck :/
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What's the best option for a Twitter client these days? I was using an old version of TweetDeck, apparently, and now it's awful.
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explosivo posted:What's the best option for a Twitter client these days? I was using an old version of TweetDeck, apparently, and now it's awful. Twitterific is pretty good, and I have also heard good things about Hibari.
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I rather like Echofon, but that's largely for the unread tweet synchronization between my computer and phone. It doesn't do the whole multi-pane thing of TweetDeck, which I thought was sometimes handy, though.
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Twitteriffic looks great, thanks for the suggestions!
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Kaluza-Klein posted:It is possible to install Windows 7 onto a macbook air from an SD card? I have a big SD card, but boot camp assistant is insisting I use a usb drive, which I don't have.
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Kaluza-Klein posted:It is possible to install Windows 7 onto a macbook air from an SD card? I have a big SD card, but boot camp assistant is insisting I use a usb drive, which I don't have.
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Brock Landers posted:Buy an 8gig USB stick for $10 and use that. MS has a tool for windows that will take a win 7 Iso or cd and turn it into a bootable USB stick. Does that tool work on a Mac? I was looking around the web and couldn't find it.
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FlashBangBob posted:Does that tool work on a Mac? I was looking around the web and couldn't find it. The MS tool doesn't work, but the Boot Camp Assistant for Macs without an optical drive will make one for you and add the drivers too.
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You Am I posted:It will be way too slow, sorry dude. Either invest in an external USB or Thunderbolt HDD. Sorry to confuse, I don't want Win7 installed on an SD card, I want to use it as the installation media. I ended up having boot camp assistant write the win7 install iso to an external usb hdd. Good bye, osx.
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New iTunes security questions:   Just shut down post-Jobs Apple. Just shut it down.
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So all the computers at my work are iMac G5's running 10.4 at the speed of sprinting through molasses. Everyone complains all the time and I figure 10.5 should run faster and generally be better. I can't for the life of me figure out how to buy 10.5 from the Apple store and I'm under the vague impression that Apple doesn't give a poo poo about these old releases. They barely even care about Snow Leopard and Lion piracy; I think they're happy just to have people using their OS and therefore dumping dollars into their app store. I am not trying to get all  up in here because I'm not talking about pirating software. I literally CAN'T pay Apple any dollars for 10.5. Of course, if I am skirting the line, please let me know and I will just edit out this post.That said, is 10.5 basically free at this point? Can I just find an iso somewhere and just upgrade all these Tandy 5000 motherfuckers from stone age to bronze? Edit: By the way, I am teaching at a private high school here so, if it isn't free, is there an educational version I can get at a discount or anything? mellowjournalism fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Apr 23, 2012 |
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marmot25 posted:New iTunes security questions: While you're at it, shut down the Apple discussion forums.
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yellowjournalism posted:So all the computers at my work are iMac G5's running 10.4 at the speed of sprinting through molasses.
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Education, dude. If it's some computer lab at a high school they're probably not about to drop on a set of new iMacs.
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I have no experience at all but I heard single-G5 computers run better with 10.4 than 10.5.
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I am pretty anti-10.5 but G5s ought to be fine, it's G4s that really trend to struggle with it especially if they have low spec CPUs or minimal amounts of RAM. AFAIK the guy is going to have to pirate it if he wants it though. 10.5 is expensive enough on eBay without having to get multiple copies of it.
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KingEup posted:The Diablo 3 thread indicates there is still a crippling mac specific bug. From my experience, it helps to reduce shadows to Low and all the sound settings to their Minimum. It still takes a little while, but it eventually smooths out pretty well.
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The little lady and I played through the whole thing over the weekend and never encountered that issue; we have desktop machines though so I'm wondering if it is something to do with laptop-class hard disks or perhaps GPUs with too little VRAM.
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marmot25 posted:New iTunes security questions: People like to make things out to be more difficult and dramatic than they really need to be.
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One of the problems with security questions is that they can sometimes decrease the security of someone's account. If you pick a poor question and answer it honestly, in many cases the answers to these questions are easily guessed by doing a little research about the person. Most security professionals suggest you give random answers to these questions, but as we all know, most people aren't going to do this. What these companies need to do is INCREASE THE LENGTH of people's passwords by encouraging people to use pass "phrases" not pass "words". Length is the most important thing you can do to make your passwords more secure, it's better than adding numbers or symbols or anything of the other junk people think makes passwords more secure. https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm for more info on the password length thing.
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I (and so many of you as well) never been kissed so that automatically drops out one of those questions and decreases the search space for cracking my account. Thanks for the constant reminder of my crushing loneliness, Apple.
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Yeah, it's not that I'm against security questions in general, but those are some of the worst I have seen. If I answer them truthfully and specifically (beyond, say, 'city name' for places) they become answers I'm not going to reliably reproduce. My bank asks for the last name of my second grade teacher--a decent question as these things go--as it likely has only one format of answer (barring misspellings). I also spent several minutes reflecting on my life while trying to figure out my absolute favorite/least favorite teacher. If I can't come up with a simple answer in-the-moment, how am I going to do so a year from now? Since I have to keep the results in 1password anyway, I just made up random strings.
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I think they're so obscure because they're not likely to overlap with other site's security questions, or be something you could easily data mine from social networking.
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unruly posted:Maybe my sarcasm detector is off this morning, but why are security questions a problem? Fill them out, put them in your password locker (KeePass, 1Password, etc); Problem Solved.
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