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System (10.8 et al) stalling? 5 40 (10/16/2012 11:53:39 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Under OS 10.7.*, my MBP (late 2011) would occasionally stall -- just freeze up for 2-5 seconds, randomly. Now under 10.8[.2] it seems worse. For example, playing a 90 minute DVD, there will be 6-8 momentary... briang

Took the ML plunge 0 50 (7/30/2012 2:33:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I was planning to wait a few weeks for 10.8.1 or whatever, but after following this newsgroup for several days, it looked pretty good, so I took the plunge. MacBook Pro, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB, Late 201... briang

Problem with new disk - solved 3 41 (4/14/2012 2:27:21 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps I bought a new 1.5TB disk which was PC formatted, and got in trouble trying to reformat it for Mac. Eventually it froze the Mac (MacBook Pro), but Disk Utility could still see it if it was mounted after star... briang

Problemswith new disk 14 33 (4/7/2012 6:46:17 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I bought a new 1.5GB external disk, intending to use it with TimeMachine. I'm using a MacBook Pro, OS 10.7.3. The ad didn't say it was Mac compatible, but I figured, since Macs can do anything, it wouldn't b... briang

Happy Birthday? 2 61 (3/24/2012 4:42:05 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Doesn't OSX turn 11 today? No parties? -- | Brian Gordon -->briang@panix.com<-- brian dot gordon at cox dot net | + brianggordon@hotmail.com Bass: Lexington "Main Street Harmonizers" chorus + | ... briang

Native IE for Mac Lion? 27 57 (1/30/2012 12:10:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps When Microsoft dropped support for IE for Mac, it wasn't a big deal to me. I later understood that IE was back for Intel Macs. Now that I have one, running Lion, I expected to find it easily -- but I can't. ... briang

OS Lion: wallet shock? 77 32 (11/23/2011 1:51:09 AM) comp.sys.mac.system OK, so I buy a MacBook Pro, which is a walloet shock in itself. Now, how much software must I buy again? I've got a pretty typical collection -- Office '04, typical utilities and tools, etc. I use Terminal a... briang

Lost Safari Preferences? 1 48 (10/24/2011 5:46:04 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I'm running Safari 4.1.3 under OS 10.4.11. Both are the latest version available to me (G4 PowerBook @ 550 MHz). As of last week, when I open Safari Preferences, all I get is a box for AutoFill options, and n... briang

Reformat external disk (Tiger)? 3 29 (3/12/2011 11:41:14 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Somehow I "lost the magic". My external disk, used just for backups, has gotten flakey (e.g.will not dismount programatically). I don't need the current contents, so I'd like to just reformat it. Problem is,... briang

Re: Can 'calendar' work under 10.4.11? 2 41 (11/29/2009 8:43:33 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps >In article , > Michael Vilain wrote: > >> In article , >> briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) wrote: >> >> > When I try to run calendar, it fails with >> > calendar: /usr/bin/cpp: No such file or directory >>... briang

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Norton install ate my system :-( 69 29 (3/2/2009 9:55:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Keywords: Cc: Mac G4 Pismo, Mac OS 10.4.11 I installed the newest Norton Antrivirus as an u... briang (32)

Reformat external disk (Tiger)? 3 29 (3/12/2011 11:41:14 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Somehow I "lost the magic". My external disk, used just for backups, has gotten flakey (e.g.will not dismount programatically). I don't need the current contents, so I'd like to just reformat it. Problem is,... briang (32)

Native IE for Mac Lion? 27 57 (1/30/2012 12:10:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps When Microsoft dropped support for IE for Mac, it wasn't a big deal to me. I later understood that IE was back for Intel Macs. Now that I have one, running Lion, I expected to find it easily -- but I can't. ... briang (32)

Decent AV for Mac OS X 46 29 (4/5/2012 10:46:41 PM) comp.sys.mac.system [crossposted to comp.sys.mac.system and comp.sys.mac.apps) After reading about the Flashback thingy I wondered if I should look into some sort of AV for my MacMini (using Lion). I read something on Forbes on... ecphoric (293)

Suprised - CMD-backspace in trash puts the file back. 46 41 (4/27/2012 8:14:24 PM) comp.sys.mac.system By some unusual sequence of events, I ended up opening the trash folder (rare occurrence), pointing at a file that was in there and hitting CMD-backspace. The file was restored (in this case to the desktop)... alan.browne (4019)

Start up Kernel Panic 11 45 (5/9/2012 10:49:22 AM) comp.sys.mac.system A. Anyone else getting an irregular start up kernel panic with Lion? It symptoms are ... 1. Rebooting from Windows 7 2. Boots to desktop 3. Disk keeps thrashing away, and gigabytes of disk space are chewed up ... francisoconnor3 (25)

OT: A Higgs boson walks into a bar... 107 59 (7/5/2012 11:37:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system .... and the barman asks "what's the matter?" :-D and for the uninformed: Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe -- I just want to say that being chosen as this month's M... fmoore (1331)

Who's trhe culprit: Medicare or Adobe? 30 36 (10/7/2012 9:15:14 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps The medicare.gov contains the book "Medicare and You 2013" in pdf format. I downloaded it. It didn't work with my Adobe reader. So I downloaded and installed the most current Adobe reader (vsn X). It ... gary_w12 (55)

System (10.8 et al) stalling? 5 40 (10/16/2012 11:53:39 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Under OS 10.7.*, my MBP (late 2011) would occasionally stall -- just freeze up for 2-5 seconds, randomly. Now under 10.8[.2] it seems worse. For example, playing a 90 minute DVD, there will be 6-8 momentary... briang (32)

Why Do Some Apps Remain in Available Updates Window 2 41 (1/12/2013 4:10:01 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps It frequently occurs on any of my Macs that the icon of one or more iOS Apps will remain in the iTunes "available updates" window after it has been downloaded. Click "Get Update" or "Download All Free Updates... star (2975)