This Apple Discussion tells how to fix the slow boot issue. Copying the text from the web page may introduce odd spaces, so you can copy from here: sudo cp /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin Then reboot twice.
Author: Steve Riggins
Pictures from Haunted Mansion Hollywood
I’ve posted some pictures from the fun evening at Haunted Mansion Hollywood! The event was a lot of fun and as soon as they get around to sending us our photos, I’ll have one of me as the Bride!
Screw napster
“PC Only” “Windows media Player” Damn, talk about selling out. What crap! Screw em.
Why oh why?
Can I just ask why oh why does Installer Vise’s installer for Photoshop Elements take ONE HOUR to install on my G5? What a lameo installer. Don’t engineers use their own software?
Hey I’m still here!
Yep I’m still here, single, geeky, same old me. I created a DVD for my brother’s birthday – that was fun. It involved some lip syncing to a couple of tunes and some special appearances by Bozo The Clown. Seeing as I had never used makeup before, that was an experience. Rit dye is also… Continue reading Hey I’m still here!
Go Jen!
Congratulations to Jen for her wonderful performance in Santa’s Workshop, the first ballet i have attended! I am sure hubby Lucien is very proud! The children were so darling – I’ll post some photos tomorrow. The ballet was about Santa’s toys waking up to play after Santa had gone home, sprinkled with other dances to… Continue reading Go Jen!
Holy crap look at this Apple Japan line!
You won’t believe this!
Alternator noise cured
I am using a Belkin Auto Kit to power my 3G ipod and get audio out. I was getting alternator noise in the signal though. Cure? Had a local deal re-wire my Magellan GPS. Apparently the original guys did a shoddy job and wired it through the fuse box instead of the battery. Now, all… Continue reading Alternator noise cured
Bluejacking
Or the art of sending someone a message to their phone via anonymous bluetooth. Spam or sexual harassment is on its way. ugh. BluejackingQ Followup: This sends a vcard to the remote phone, so putting the text in the name field makes it seem like a message to the receiver. I was able to do… Continue reading Bluejacking
Bluetooth R/C Car
And people say I have too much time on my hands, check out the latest craze: Hold on, I need to stop my car!
Mac Eye for the Windows Guy
Thanks to Roger for This gem
A Fix for crashing iChat and other audio issues on Panther
Found this on the Apple Discussion Board, thanks to Ron for this! Somehow the line out rate got st to 32,000. “I found this in the Panther forum, and changing my sound out rate WORKED! “Find your way to the Applications folder and open “UTILITIES” OPEN THE AUDIO MIDI SETUP APPLICATION SET YOUR LINE IN… Continue reading A Fix for crashing iChat and other audio issues on Panther
Sleep well, Alex
A friend and neighbor of my parents and friend to me passed away this evening from a sudden, seemingly family related heart failure. He was in his early 40s and leaves behind a wife and two children. Don’t take today for granted. Update: Alex’s scouting troop put up a tribute.
Apex AD-2600 DVD Player
I bought a Apex AD-2600 DVD Player for $60 (shipped) because a site said it could play DVD-RWs and my $1500 Toshiba SD-9100 could not. Not only can it play DVD-RW, but it plays DVD-RW with video and data on it, something my Toshiba choked on with just DVD-R + data. There is a tad… Continue reading Apex AD-2600 DVD Player
DVD Studio Pro tips
I have been making some DVDs with DVD Studio Pro 2 and Final Cut Pro 4. I had noticed that DVDSP was getting slow, and then it crashed as soon as I started using M2V’s from Compressor (MPEG-2 encoded files) It turns out several issues were happening: Always encode your audio with A.Pack – Use… Continue reading DVD Studio Pro tips
The Haunted Mansion movie (spoilers!)
What I thought about the movie……..
Security hole in OS X – Read this
Read this article at MacSlash to learn how to secure your OS X 10.3 or 10.2 Directory Access is an Application in /Applications/Utilities/
Welcome, Foolish Mortals
I posted some pics of some pictures I printed from The Haunted Mansion movie site See the pictures!
Sometimes bending the rules helps, except when you are egomaniacal jerks…
Due to the fact that it is clear these jerks were just out to get their name out, I have removed the post about the guys who made the anti-ipod battery video. They are not out for the consumer, just out for their own limelight. They never posted the info on how to fix the… Continue reading Sometimes bending the rules helps, except when you are egomaniacal jerks…
Ahhhhhh Even Macs can suck time
So I made a movie in Final Cut Express and went to burn it in iDVD. Two days later, four kernel panics, 100 failed burns, crashes, etc, iChat getting corrupted and crashing when sounds were played, I have done a Archived Install from the G5 discs, installing jaguar, then upgraded to panther, and now I… Continue reading Ahhhhhh Even Macs can suck time