The Official Mac Thread (Docs, Themes, Apps, Etc.)

[adrian1221]

My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

 

[wanksta23]

any other programs similar to candybar that are free?

ive had mine for like 2 years and doesnt work anymore

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by Adrian1221


My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

what are your time refresh settings? You probably need to change those to be something more frequent. My geektool is set to refresh by the minute, so it takes that much time to begin after startup

 

[adrian1221]

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

Originally Posted by Adrian1221


My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

what are your time refresh settings? You probably need to change those to be something more frequent. My geektool is set to refresh by the minute, so it takes that much time to begin after startup

have them set to 0 it looks like

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by wanksta23

any other programs similar to candybar that are free?

ive had mine for like 2 years and doesnt work anymore

PM'd

 

[kickhead23]

^ I'm working with that same BG but mine has a blur effect on it, love it.
Also, info on he widget i the top left corner please?

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by Adrian1221

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

Originally Posted by Adrian1221


My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

what are your time refresh settings? You probably need to change those to be something more frequent. My geektool is set to refresh by the minute, so it takes that much time to begin after startup

have them set to 0 it looks like

that's your problem. Set your refresh to 60s

 

[adrian1221]

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

Originally Posted by Adrian1221

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

Originally Posted by Adrian1221


My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

what are your time refresh settings? You probably need to change those to be something more frequent. My geektool is set to refresh by the minute, so it takes that much time to begin after startup

have them set to 0 it looks like

that's your problem. Set your refresh to 60s

Thanks man! I also realized i had to click the enable button as well.

Thanks again

 

[streetballer23]

Stupid question, but I'm thinking about getting the iPhone 4, I have a iPod classic as well, and I'll still use my iPod Classic for most my music, but would there be any problems hooking both those devices up to iTunes, or would I have to like setup the iPhone to not do autosync songs? I don't want any problems and something gets erased totally.

 

[jrthumper85]

Originally Posted by Adrian1221



My current set up. How do i keep my geek tools (up on the upper left corner: Time, day of the week, weather, etc) up during start up. They never stay there and every time i turn my mac on i have to open system preferences and geektools to get this to show.

ANY HELP PLEASE?!

Where can I get that background pic?! thats amaaazing!

  

 

[thegoat121886]

Originally Posted by Streetballer23

Stupid question, but I'm thinking about getting the iPhone 4, I have a iPod classic as well, and I'll still use my iPod Classic for most my music, but would there be any problems hooking both those devices up to iTunes, or would I have to like setup the iPhone to not do autosync songs? I don't want any problems and something gets erased totally.

any device you use will be independent of any others you sync using itunes. You can set them to manually manage music/apps or autosync. You wont have any problems like how you're describing. I sync 4 ipods and countless iphones with no problem

 

[vancity74]

Originally Posted by Alchemist IQ

which macbook air model did you get?

Base $999 model.

Originally Posted by LiveMyReality

Nice. How do you like using the Macbook Air? I was thinking of getting one since I use a iMac for all my work.

I dig it. I use my MBP in my home office (and run a 22" external monitor off it), and I was getting really sick of unplugging the power cable and everything each time I wanted to go use my laptop on my couch/in bed so the MPA makes for a great coffee table unit. It's considerably slower on paper than my MBP, but since my MBP is so bogged down with apps and harddrive storage, they operate at nearly the same speed.

 

[streetballer23]

Originally Posted by thegoat121886

any device you use will be independent of any others you sync using itunes. You can set them to manually manage music/apps or autosync. You wont have any problems like how you're describing. I sync 4 ipods and countless iphones with no problem

Thanks for the answer man.

  

 

[adrian1221]

Originally Posted by JRThumper85

Originally Posted by Adrian1221


ANY HELP PLEASE?!

Where can I get that background pic?! thats amaaazing!

  

http://i41.photobucket.co...oltage1221/countries.png

 

[freshkrn]

i spilled gatorade on my macbook three days ago... and it still wouldnt turn on after drying it out.. SMH

anyone know a place where i could get it fixed for really cheap?

 

[vancity74]

Originally Posted by freshKRN

i spilled gatorade on my macbook three days ago... and it still wouldnt turn on after drying it out.. SMH

anyone know a place where i could get it fixed for really cheap?

Take it to an independent Mac specialist. I spilled beer all over my MBP one night and even after drying it out, it wouldn't turn on or anything. I was expecting like a $800 bill, but it was fixed completely free of charge under warranty because the beer never reached the "sensors" or whatever inside the computer that tells Apple that there was water damage.

 

[freshkrn]

Originally Posted by Vancity74

i spilled gatorade on my macbook three days ago... and it still wouldnt turn on after drying it out.. SMH

anyone know a place where i could get it fixed for really cheap?

Take it to an independent Mac specialist. I spilled beer all over my MBP one night and even after drying it out, it wouldn't turn on or anything. I was expecting like a $800 bill, but it was fixed completely free of charge under warranty because the beer never reached the "sensors" or whatever inside the computer that tells Apple that there was water damage.

I took it to the apple store, and they were about to send it in but this other deuchebag came and he was like let me take a look at it and took it to the back and i guess he looked inside...

and he said that he found an evidence of spilled liquid....

and by independent mac specialist, do you mean local authorized mac stores? or just a store where they fix it?

 

[tj detweiler]

Originally Posted by freshKRN

Originally Posted by Vancity74

Originally Posted by freshKRN

i spilled gatorade on my macbook three days ago... and it still wouldnt turn on after drying it out.. SMH

anyone know a place where i could get it fixed for really cheap?

Take it to an independent Mac specialist. I spilled beer all over my MBP one night and even after drying it out, it wouldn't turn on or anything. I was expecting like a $800 bill, but it was fixed completely free of charge under warranty because the beer never reached the "sensors" or whatever inside the computer that tells Apple that there was water damage.

I took it to the apple store, and they were about to send it in but this other deuchebag came and he was like let me take a look at it and took it to the back and i guess he looked inside...

and he said that he found an evidence of spilled liquid....

and by independent mac specialist, do you mean local authorized mac stores? or just a store where they fix it?

I accidently spilled water in mine. I took it to the apple store and they said he looked inside it and saw some water stains and it wouldn't be covered and had to pay about $950 to get it fixed. What I did was went home, opened it up and cleaned the inside of the computer with rubbing alcohol and some q-tips where ever I saw the water stains. Then the next day went to another nearby Apple store and tried it again, and they sent it out to apple and got it back fixed in 3 days.


On a sidenote, because that happened I ran with a case on it but the case is trash now(speck see thru satin). Anyone got a nice looking case? I see one I might pull the trigger on but just coming here for alternatives.

 

[ginzo]

Can someone reccommend me a 1TB external hard drive?
I have the mypassort studio 500gb, 22gb left

.
Must have firewire 800.
Also for those of you who have HDs just for backups how often do you back up your stuff?
Won't backing it up often kill your HD?
Much thanks NT.

 

[letitshine24]

whats the difference between a macbook and macbook pro

 

[kickhead23]

Originally Posted by Ginzo

Can someone reccommend me a 1TB external hard drive?
I have the mypassort studio 500gb, 22gb left

.
Must have firewire 800.
Also for those of you who have HDs just for backups how often do you back up your stuff?
Won't backing it up often kill your HD?
Much thanks NT.

This. I need to catch one on sale on BF. And also anyone got any tips on the best deal on a MBP for black Friday? Dude that was supposed to sell me one flaked

 

[mr718]

Originally Posted by LetItShine24

whats the difference between a macbook and macbook pro

One gets you vagina and the other doesn't.


Side note:  I'm copping the 13" Macbook Pro and the 21.5" iMac on Black Friday, where's the best deal so far?

 

[remarqable23]

Debating between an iMac or a second MBP.....not sure which one to get.

 

[davizzy]

does anyone know if i can use this external harddrive for a mac and a pc? It says for mac users, but any way i can reformat for a pc and a mac?
http://www.macmall.com/p/...dpno~8055835~pdp.gaichhe

 

[SVNTI]

Gonna be getting a 15" i7 MBP soon. Do the people with the glossy screen find it annoying as hell or is it ok? I'm leaning more towards the glossy because I noticed the Matte screen kind makes the colours look a bit dull and faded. I'll be doing Design and Photography work so proper colour is important.