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This is a 15-inch, Early 2011 MacBook Pro. I just disabled hardware acceleration, it didn't do anything. If there's an active Chrome window open, gfxCardStatus shows it immediately switch to the discrete GPU. Currently using Chrome Version 23.0.1271.95
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I'm sure this gets answered every week, but what is the best MS Office replacement I can use on Mac? OpenOffice?
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Dec 6, 2012 01:23
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PaganGoatPants posted:I'm sure this gets answered every week, but what is the best MS Office replacement I can use on Mac? OpenOffice?
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Dec 6, 2012 01:47
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PaganGoatPants posted:I'm sure this gets answered every week, but what is the best MS Office replacement I can use on Mac? OpenOffice? I'm not sure "OpenOffice" and "best" even belong in the same paragraph. I've actually had really good luck with Office compatibility and the iWork suite.
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Dec 6, 2012 01:54
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io_burn posted:I've actually had really good luck with Office compatibility and the iWork suite.
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Dec 6, 2012 01:56
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Define "MS Office replacement." If you just want a productivity suite, then people are generally going to say iWork. If you want 100% Office compatibility, then use Office. If you want free, I don't know. LibreOffice I think it's called now? Well for now I'm not doing anything complicated with Office stuff just the occasional excel file etc.
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Dec 6, 2012 02:05
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iWork stuff is alright, at least Pages and Numbers. Pages is a capable word processor. Numbers is a barebones, but capable spreadsheet app. Keynote is awful.
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Dec 6, 2012 02:52
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PaganGoatPants posted:Well for now I'm not doing anything complicated with Office stuff just the occasional excel file etc.
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Dec 6, 2012 03:07
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ConfusedUs posted:iWork stuff is alright, at least Pages and Numbers. What? Keynote is widely regarded as significantly better than PowerPoint.
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Dec 6, 2012 03:30
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Another option is Google Docs, not the greatest by any means but works ok enough. I use a combination of iWork and Office (just cause I have to occasionally, for reasons mentioned already). Used Open/LibreOffice for a bit too for stuff iWork couldn't handle...and it wasn't much better, which led me to getting Office finally.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:04
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ConfusedUs posted:iWork stuff is alright, at least Pages and Numbers. I disagree. Keynote is great, at least in my opinion.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:11
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Ethereal posted:What? Keynote is widely regarded as significantly better than PowerPoint.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:12
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Ethereal posted:What? Keynote is widely regarded as significantly better than PowerPoint. Has Keynote gotten an update in the last couple of years? Because I quickly gave up on it in like '10 or so.
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Dec 6, 2012 05:25
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iWork stuff is still old, outside of iCloud integration nowadays. ...but Keynote was praised even at 1.0 and considered superior even back then.
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Dec 6, 2012 06:34
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Is there a way to stop iCloud coming up as the default save location for everything in iWork?
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Dec 6, 2012 07:23
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Anmitzcuaca posted:Is there a way to stop iCloud coming up as the default save location for everything in iWork? Paste this into Terminal and run: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false Changes the default behavior for everything that uses NSDocument. Oneiros fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Dec 6, 2012 |
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Dec 6, 2012 07:30
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I'm curious if there's a system wide default I can set for the default location thing. edit: Thanks
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Dec 6, 2012 07:31
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I know that 3 years is dead and buried in software years, but Pages isn't broken and doesn't need fixing. It is a great option for $20 or whatever it costs. Of course, I'm still on snow leopard and have no plans to upgrade because of all these other incompatibilities it would introduce in the software I use.
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Dec 6, 2012 07:36
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I'm sure this absolutely futile: Is there any way for me to apply Exchange rules to my email? Outlook for Mac: You can only apply local rules. You can create/edit Exchange rules, but it does not let you apply them. OWA: Same as Mac client. You can create/edit rules, but not apply them. Mail (10.8): Like Outlook for Mac, it only lets you apply local rules. Do I really need to load a Windows virtual machine just to apply a rule?
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Dec 6, 2012 15:18
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Xenomorph posted:I'm sure this absolutely futile: I used to think Exchange was this awesome service. Then I realized it was just a bunch of half-assed poo poo that they make work magically with Windows. IMAP, CalDAV and LDAP are more than adequate for most people's needs.
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Dec 6, 2012 15:32
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I've seen variations on this problem, so hopefully it's general enough for help in this thread. I'm trying to setup the Apple Service Toolkit on my 10.8 server. I've got everything installed, but I have a problem when I go to the Netinstall settings. I can see the AST images listed, but when I go to make ANY changes to the settings for them I get this error: An error occurred on the server while processing a command. The error occurred while processing a command of type 'writeSettings' in plug-in 'servermgr_netboot.' This definitely didn't happen in 10.7 and I've seen people on the Apple boards complain about this error for other stuff in the server.app. I've fixed permissions and the disk. Any ideas or am I boned until they fix this thing?
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Dec 6, 2012 16:04
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ConfusedUs posted:iWork stuff is alright, at least Pages and Numbers. Wow, yeah, I've had Powerpoint users be really jealous of Keynote presentations.
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Dec 6, 2012 16:13
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AlternateAccount posted:Wow, yeah, I've had Powerpoint users be really jealous of Keynote presentations. In my office, apparently we only use Keynote. Word Excel Keynote I don't know why, actually. Someone had started using it some time back (I don't know how old it is), and so everything is set up in Keynote format now. I have a script set up to extract PDF files from the Keynote presentations and copy them to our web site to make it easy to share some of our presentations. Does PowerPoint automatically save PDF embedded in its file?
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Dec 6, 2012 16:24
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Okay, I take back everything I said about Keynote. I guess I really am the only one who hated it. I'll give it another shot if it's supposed to be that good. I have an open mind and a bit of free time this week. 
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Dec 6, 2012 16:39
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I use Chrome as my main browser, and a Chrome incognito window for local web development (easier to get rid of cookies, etc). The problem with this set up is that the incognito window is often the most-recently-used chrome window, and as such, is the place where links opened from IM, email, etc get deposited. This is a pain in the rear end as I usually want that to open in my non-incognito tab if it's a site that relies on being logged in. Is there a way to force OS X or Chrome to disregard the Incognito windows for external links?
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Dec 6, 2012 17:00
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Xenomorph posted:Does PowerPoint automatically save PDF embedded in its file? Yes, I do believe PDFs inserted in a PowerPoint are not linked but embedded in the file. If that's your question?
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Dec 6, 2012 18:24
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Lexicon posted:Is there a way to force OS X or Chrome to disregard the Incognito windows for external links? There is an extension that does exactly that, called Un-incognito. You will have to set up a list of website that you want to open in "normal" mode with regular expressions (but it's not hard at all) and Chrome will switch back and forth between you incognito and non-incognito windows automatically.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:44
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noskill posted:There is an extension that does exactly that, called Un-incognito. You will have to set up a list of website that you want to open in "normal" mode with regular expressions (but it's not hard at all) and Chrome will switch back and forth between you incognito and non-incognito windows automatically. Thanks!
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Dec 6, 2012 20:14
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decypher posted:Yes, I do believe PDFs inserted in a PowerPoint are not linked but embedded in the file. If that's your question? Maybe he meant the PDF that comes free with the pre-generated preview thing? If so, I don't think Powerpoint does that.
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Dec 6, 2012 20:38
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decypher posted:Yes, I do believe PDFs inserted in a PowerPoint are not linked but embedded in the file. If that's your question? In Keynote, when you save, it can be set to save the presentation in two formats at the same time. Think of making something from scratch in PowerPoint, hitting the Save button, and it creating a PPT ~and~ PDF file. Instead of two files, it's a single file. We're not embedding a PDF, the program is creating a PDF. This lets us make one presentation and then load it up on a computer or web browser. The PDF version lacks animation/sound/etc, but it matches a static presentation perfectly.
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Dec 6, 2012 22:12
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I haven't been able to find anything searching the Internet. Is there an app or instructions that describe how to uninstall anything associated with Adobe? I already ran the CS 5.5 uninstaller (which left supporting apps installed) and Flash uninstaller. Adobe Reader XI doesn't appear to have an uninstaller or uninstall directions yet.
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Dec 6, 2012 22:57
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ConfusedUs posted:Okay, I take back everything I said about Keynote. I guess I really am the only one who hated it. No, I hate it too. It's terrible.
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Dec 6, 2012 23:42
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For the last half year my Air's fan has been going nuts after about 30m of iTunes, Safari, and Twitter. I've checked Activity Monitor, only to find that the dock is using anywhere from 80% to 160% of the CPU. About two minutes after I end it, my computer acts normally. Any ideas what might be causing this?
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Dec 7, 2012 04:35
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Joe Don Baker posted:I've seen variations on this problem, so hopefully it's general enough for help in this thread. Also, if you came by AST legally, why ask here and not the Apple team specifically for AST questions? They're good guys, and are pretty honest when things won't/can't work for some reason.
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Dec 7, 2012 06:03
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Wow new iTunes has been so buggy for me. 1.) Spacebar no longer plays/pauses songs. 2.) I just can't import random mp3s anymore. I drag and drop them on the library and also go "Add to Library" in the file menu and nothing happens. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. 3.) I can't change "Media Type" to Podcast anymore. I change from Music to Podcast and click OK and nothing happens and as soon as I Get Info again it's reverted to Music. I like the look but screw this. This is the first time in my like almost 20 years as an Apple user that a product I use everyday has been hosed up so badly for me in an update.
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Dec 7, 2012 06:16
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Abel Wingnut posted:For the last half year my Air's fan has been going nuts after about 30m of iTunes, Safari, and Twitter. I've checked Activity Monitor, only to find that the dock is using anywhere from 80% to 160% of the CPU. About two minutes after I end it, my computer acts normally.
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Dec 7, 2012 06:30
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io_burn posted:This is a 15-inch, Early 2011 MacBook Pro. I just disabled hardware acceleration, it didn't do anything. If there's an active Chrome window open, gfxCardStatus shows it immediately switch to the discrete GPU. Currently using Chrome Version 23.0.1271.95 Chrome changed how it runs Flash fairly recently, from NPAPI to Google's Pepper API (PPAPI). I've had some GPU related crashes recently while watching flash videos, and switching Flash from PPAPI to NPAPI in chrome://plugins stopped them. That may fix your issue, too.
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Dec 7, 2012 08:47
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Is there any way to set Skype to open to my contacts list instead of Skype Home?
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Dec 7, 2012 10:30
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Laserface posted:Is there any way to set Skype to open to my contacts list instead of Skype Home? I believe it's the default now for version 6.0.0.2968.
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Xenomorph posted:In Keynote, when you save, it can be set to save the presentation in two formats at the same time. Keynote can also dump out a video file with predefined pauses at the slides, so you can just hit play over and over and get basically the full experience. Used to always make one as a backup in case whatever machine didn't have Keynote or something wasn't working right.
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