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spoonman
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| blackjaw wrote: | | mavherzog wrote: | | k3lso wrote: | | Is it just me or Safari is a lot faster with 10.4.2?? |
The only thing I ever used Safari for was to download Firefox...  |
i second that statement...sometimes safari opens up when i click on a link from my mac for help or something...i quickly close it |
You can fix that if you like... 
All you have to do is run Safari, go to preferences, and choose your default browser in there. Then it will always open Firefox or whatever you want instead of Safari.
EDIT: ooops, someone beat me to it... hehe
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: |
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yeah, it scared me when i was switching my default browser and i saw IE in there...shivvers up and down my spine
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| I'm hoping this will resolve issues I had connecting my mini to my Airport Express |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Scarpad wrote: | | I'm hoping this will resolve issues I had connecting my mini to my Airport Express |
FYI... There is another Airport update (Airport 4.2) that came out today (after Tiger 10.4.2) I'm not sure what it fixed, because Apple has not put a reference to it on their support site yet.
This does include new firmware for the access point.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Susurrus wrote: |
Any pix out there for those of us who don't have 10.4? |
You can run third party widgets in Panther with Amnesty.
http://www.mesadynamics.com/amnesty.htm |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I can also just view them in Safari, but that's besides the point. I want that extra Expose layer along with all of the upgrades that Tiger brings. I especially want the increased framerate that 10.4.2 brings, though I don't know if that increase is just from 10.4.* to 10.4.2 or from Panther to 10.4.2 as well.
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JahTS
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm confused. Are you running Panther or Tiger? |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| jah wrote: | | I'm confused. Are you running Panther or Tiger? |
Sorry, Panther. I'm going to be 10.3.9 for a while.
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blackjaw
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| Susurrus wrote: | | jah wrote: | | I'm confused. Are you running Panther or Tiger? |
Sorry, Panther. I'm going to be 10.3.9 for a while. |
why not switch to tiger?
i know my mac mini came with the tiger upgrade disk
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| blackjaw wrote: | | Susurrus wrote: | | jah wrote: | | I'm confused. Are you running Panther or Tiger? |
Sorry, Panther. I'm going to be 10.3.9 for a while. |
why not switch to tiger?
i know my mac mini came with the tiger upgrade disk |
One symbol: $
I was 3 days late for the Up-To-Date program for the Mini, mine didn't come with the upgrade DVD, I'd like the real install disc anyways, and I don't have $69 right now for the education version.
Money is not fun when you don't have much.
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blackjaw
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Susurrus wrote: |
why not switch to tiger?
One symbol: $
I was 3 days late for the Up-To-Date program for the Mini, mine didn't come with the upgrade DVD, I'd like the real install disc anyways, and I don't have $69 right now for the education version.
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i just graduated college in december and started real work in may, i know how it is to not have money...haha
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
just found that for those that bought a mini without tiger
EDIT- n/m...on further inspection it had to be postmarked july 9th...haha...it was a good deal though...
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject: Konfabulator |
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Susurrus,
You can download Konfabulator for free and run widgets. Go to www.konfabulator.com and get the OS X version. They have a bunch of third party widgets on their site too. Rumor has it that Apple stole the whole idea from them, actually.
Regarding updates, everyone. As someone with lots of experience in this (be thankful you never had to deal with the notorious 10.2.8 update) I always wait at least a week and check out the Apple discussion boards thoroughly for complaints before downloading a new update. The reality is, XBench scores don't matter - the stability of your computer does. These updates aren't like Microsoft's critical security patches - they can wait a week.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Konfabulator |
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| Dual G5 Fireman wrote: | Susurrus,
You can download Konfabulator for free and run widgets. Go to www.konfabulator.com and get the OS X version. They have a bunch of third party widgets on their site too. Rumor has it that Apple stole the whole idea from them, actually. |
I have Konfabulator for my PC, but I never really fell in love with it. The things widgets can do for Konfabulator is also greatly limited compared to those that use Dashboard. I'm not really desperate for widgets, so I'm in no hurry, but I would like to try them out. I've already done that for Konfabulator and I decided I wanted to move on. This is a good option for anyone who doesn't have Tiger but wants some to add some widgetness to their life.
Also, Apple never stole the idea of a small application that doesn't actually run by itself from Konfabulator. Back in System 1 I think it was, Apple had Desk Accessories. These were effectively the exact same as Konfabulator's Widgets, they just weren't based off of Javascript or MLs. Konfabulator was merely the first product that enabled the use of easily created small applications.
Sources: Kottke.org Blog Post
There are many other debates on this topic. There was a great one that was several pages long that talked about this issue, but I don't think I'll be able to find it.
| Dual G5 Fireman wrote: | | Regarding updates, everyone. As someone with lots of experience in this (be thankful you never had to deal with the notorious 10.2.8 update) I always wait at least a week and check out the Apple discussion boards thoroughly for complaints before downloading a new update. The reality is, XBench scores don't matter - the stability of your computer does. These updates aren't like Microsoft's critical security patches - they can wait a week. |
I agree. Not only have I been waiting for money for Tiger, I was also waiting for Tiger to mature so that any issues that I may have would be reduced. I would recommend this option for people who rely on a lot of hardware and software or that hardware and software is mission critical.
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