Category Archives: Apple

Throwing A Spanner In The Works

By raishad | Published: January 13, 2006

If you ever need need a small set of screwdrivers for opening up the memory compartment in a Powerbook, Radio Shack is the place to go. I ordered a 1GB PC2700 SODIMM to replace the 512MB SODIMM I have in my notebook mainly because 1) MacOS X loves memory 2) the price of DDR is [...]

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Step Right Up

By raishad | Published: November 8, 2005

Did you know that MacOS X has faxing built-in to the OS? It’s true, take a gander at this page on Apple’s site. Like a chump, I’ve been going to The UPS Store or FedEx Kinko’s to do my faxing, and taking a hit of about $3 every time. It didn’t occur to me this [...]

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My First Applescript

By raishad | Published: October 31, 2005

Applescript! Never really used it before. Mainly cause I was afraid of it’s natural language syntax. But today, I decided that has to change. Since I’ve been forced to link the videos I’ve recently posted using Quicktime’s embedded player, I needed something to help me write the bit of HTML that makes the magic happen. [...]

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Let’s Talk About Scripts, Baby

By raishad | Published: October 25, 2005

Automator, touted as one of the big features of Mac OS X 10.4. Have you used it? Of course not, it’s rubbish. For one, the program itself is horribly resource intensive. You need a 4-way G5 with 4GB of memory for it to be useable. I don’t know what it’s doing, but the longer you [...]

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Laptop Day

By raishad | Published: October 18, 2005

Today is Laptop Day. Why? I got my laptop back. Surren got his new laptop, a Dell 600m. And Jenny got her Toshiba Monstrosity. So how did I celebrate? By getting my laptop back to the default “Raishad” state. What is the default “Raishad” state? Glad you asked. <li><a href=”http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/”>Quicksilver</a> – I can’t live without [...]

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Hyperspace

By raishad | Published: October 15, 2005

Let’s hear it for Apple’s Repair Service Here’s the (rough) timeline Oct 12: Called, got my repair request granted. Applecare said they’ll send a box. Oct 13: Got the box. Packed laptop, and dropped off at DHL. Oct 14: Apple receives the laptop, replaces the hard drive, and sends the laptop back. Oct 17: Received [...]

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When Yer 22

By raishad | Published: October 12, 2005

(from Joel Trussell) It has not been a good week for Apple (in my house). First the Powerbook thing, now iTunes 6 locks up my Windows Desktop. I’m not sure why, but I’ve conducted scientific tests. iTunes 6 => Windows Freezes iTunes 5 => A-OK! Also, talk about a waste of a version number. Apple [...]

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The Reckoning

By raishad | Published: October 12, 2005

I reformatted and reinstalled. S.M.A.R.T. says the drive is failing. Looks like I win. Update: They’re finally sending the box. I didn’t even have to beg.

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First Post

By raishad | Published: October 11, 2005

Yep. My hard drive has gone wonky. Yesterday, MacOS X would become slower and slower until it completely froze. Only the mouse would move. Running Disk Utility would result in a whole bunch of errors. After running Disk Utility, I would go into MacOS, and the same thing would happen. All signs point to hard [...]

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