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prob. with eCamm Call Recorder for Skype 0 15 (2/27/2013 10:34:42 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I purchased eCamm Call Recorder for Skype but got no answer from them on a minor problem. Perhaps someone here has some insight. I am observing an Italian language class via Skype. For the benefit of s... Wes

Strange things, part .... lost count 5 24 (2/26/2013 2:50:34 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Everything worked fine yesterday. Everything works fine today--except Terminal. Window opens up, but prompt never appears. Anyone ever seen that before? Nothing has been installed this week, and the... Wes

Recording from screen/audio 17 17 (2/3/2013 7:52:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Anyone have experience, rants, or raves with an app to record both audio and video from a Mac or just from Skype? I need to record a language lesson to pass on to a NON-technical Windows user. The teach... Wes

[off-topic] Skype adopts Microsoft tech support model 5 17 (2/3/2013 6:58:32 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Now that Microsoft owns Skype, they have imposed their tech support procedures, i.e., 1. Do not read customer's e-mail; that takes time and hinders productivity. Remember the customer doesn't understand... Wes

App store Annoyance 6 22 (1/15/2013 1:06:00 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps I log in to my computer and am told that the app store has updates available. I log out, and log into the admin account. Same notice of course. I want details: I could click the little button, but I la... Wes

Somebody stop me! 2 19 (1/7/2013 4:32:12 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I have absolutely no need to blow a thousand-plus on a new Mac. Even the fact that I happen to have the cash can't make me waste it. But the availability of a rationalization--a friend with a broken Win... Wes

enabling 'write' on a mounted filesystem 9 30 (12/22/2012 7:06:25 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I recently started using a ThermalTake BlacX SATA dock connected by USB. Seems to be flaky. At first, it would frequently (without being touched) induce OS X to complain about unplugging without ejecting.... Wes

djbdns and Mac 0 36 (12/15/2012 3:45:31 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Anyone using (or know of decent documentation for) djbdns on 10.8 ? Best thing I've found so far is for 10.4 and I don't trust it. -- Wes Groleau A pessimist says the glass is half empty. An opti... Wes

New "feature" 25 26 (12/9/2012 6:43:31 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Not sure when this change happened. Login window used to always have focus. Now, if the screensaver kicks in over the login window, the login window loses focus. To login, I used to type the first letter... Wes

Who's banging my disk drive? 13 25 (12/6/2012 5:00:46 PM) comp.sys.mac.system External drive that AFAIK is used only for Time Machine. I was getting ready to shut down when I noticed it was chattering frantically. Time Machine icon was not cycling. Opened TM preferences, and no ... Wes

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Microsoft Is Even MORE Consumer Friendly! 6 15 (2/22/2013 4:22:43 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Microsoft: Office 2013 license is for just one PC, FOREVER Can't be transferred, even to yourself Microsoft has clarified the licensing for retail versions of its Office 2013 productivity suite, confi... fmoore (1307)

Strange things, part .... lost count 5 24 (2/26/2013 2:50:34 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Everything worked fine yesterday. Everything works fine today--except Terminal. Window opens up, but prompt never appears. Anyone ever seen that before? Nothing has been installed this week, and the... news31 (6411)

Command C on startup 22 22 (3/2/2013 1:31:12 AM) comp.sys.mac.system If you have multiple operating systems on the same computer(different internal harddrives), will command C on startup allow you to pick the system to start with? Thanks Lyndon ... lyndon6968 (12)

USB Memory Stick unmounts spontaneously 7 14 (3/4/2013 8:55:11 AM) comp.sys.mac.system L.S. For more than a year already I use a 16GB memory stick (manufacurer unknown) on my MacBook Pro running MacOX X 10.6.8 "Snow Leopard". Now for the very first time, I encountered this problem: I inser... geert.vdh (9)

=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CI?= was so touched I almost =?UTF-8?Q?cried=E2=80=9D?= 241 16 (4/1/2013 9:27:37 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This is not an April Fool. http://elliott.org/blog/i-was-so-touched-i-almost-cried/ April 1, 2013 GuoZhongHua / Shutterstock.com LuAnn Ezeonu’s son is a United States Marine deployed in Afghanistan.... michelle14 (18417)

iSteve review 4 13 (4/18/2013 12:55:51 AM) comp.sys.mac.system The conclusion of this movie review: This movie is easily the worst possible story that could have been done in the name of Steve Jobs. Many people believed that the biopic starring Aston Kutcher would b... michelle14 (18417)

New vintage Mac group created 18 7 (4/25/2013 12:26:15 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Well, it took awhile, but now it's here. This newsgroup should see some good activity once it spreads around this week. ... dog_cow (952)

MacBook Best 'Doze Machine! 7 3 (4/25/2013 4:18:41 PM) comp.sys.mac.system MacBook Pro declared 'best performing' Windows laptop A PC services company placed Apple computers in the No.1 and No. 6 slots as the best performing Windows laptops. HaHa, HoHo, & HeeHee -- Mi... fmoore (1307)

Questions about Sound input 22 13 (4/26/2013 4:20:49 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi. Lately I've been experimenting with Skype and using it to make VoIP calls to regular phones. Today I was talking to a friend — I was using Skype and he was using a phone — and there were some instanc... nothingtoseehere (128)

The return of 10.8 104 8 (4/27/2013 8:53:15 AM) comp.sys.mac.system ....on my system, anyway. I was on 10.6.8 for the last several months because I really didn't care for the 10.8 front-end. However, as expected, software started to complain about the version, so now I'm ... howard578 (1956)