VMware Fusion 5 vs VMware Fusion 4: impact on OS X performance
I'm wondering whether to upgrade to Fusion 5. I run a Win 7 64bit VM using Fusion 4 on a 2009 MBP running OS X 10.8. It does not run too badly, but improvements in the impact of the VM on the host...
View ArticlePreview 5.5.3 on OSX 10.7.5 stuck in a loop
hi GF was resizing photos (170+ at 4K) in preview, it slowed the competer considerably and I force quitted before it completed the job. That was a couple of days ago, today I opened preview and it is...
View ArticleHow to Perminantly delete Preview history
This is what i did.Opened Preview>clicked file>opened recent>cleared menu. Then i closed Preview. This did nothing.BTW: Why do i need Preview anyway?
View ArticleiMovie and Siig Video Capture Adaptor
I would like to copy a few VHS tapes I have into iMovie (or any program really), I tried going from a vcr to a Siig video capture adaptor to my macbook pro's usb, but iMovie doesn't recognize it, It...
View ArticleAccess to iTunes Store
This morning I was on the phone to support for the department that assists with Itunes account access, to reset the password and account information. The account rep cleared out the verification...
View ArticleiPhoto vs Aperture Question
Hi, I have a quick question about Aperture. I have been using iPhoto for a little while and I am still trying to get out of the windows mentality. I am also a very organized person. One thing that bugs...
View ArticleHow to automatically open files downloaded from Safari?
When I download mp4 files from Safari, I'd like them to open automatically once they have been downloaded. How can this be done? Safari Preferences->General->Open "safe" files after downloading...
View ArticleBest Automated DVD Ripper?
I need a recommendation on the best available DVD ripper software for the Mac that can automate the process as much as possible. Specifically, I have a bunch of DVDs with TV Show episodes on them that...
View ArticleVideo quality issue using Skype
Model Name - iMac Model Ident. - iMac7,1 os x ver. - 10.5.8 processor - 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory - 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM camera - Built-in iSight Software fully updated speedtest.net results:...
View ArticleiTunes and Podcasts
I have a problem with my podcasts episode dates being always 01/01/2004. Basically the date with my episodes imported are wrong. I can't edit the release date field and it is messing up the orders on...
View ArticleOffice 2008 for Mac
I just bought an iMac, running 10.8.2 Mountain Lion and installed Office 2008, which ran just great on a PowerMac G4. 2 issues I can't seem to resolve in Excel 2008: 1) when I just type "2", it shows...
View ArticleIPhoto & IPad problem
I have IPhoto on my IMac and IPad. When I attempt to sync photos from the IMac to the IPad not all my photos make it. I've got a couple that are stuck on the IMac and refuse to move to the IPad. I've...
View ArticleApp usage pattern?
Here's a quick poll to gauge how users use apps, for lack of a better way of phrasing. Basically, are you the type of person to try to take care of as many tasks as possible with as few apps as...
View ArticleWriting a 50 page thesis on a Mac?
Hi guys, I need to write a 50 page thesis for my course, and this also includes images, graphs, tables etc. There won't be too much math in the course, so I won't be needing any formulae features. I...
View ArticleCrashPlan + (Cloud based Back up)
Not sure if this is the place for this thread so Mods please move where you see fit. I'm backing up my Photos and home movies (iPhoto Library) to the Crash Plan service. I thought i'd go into the...
View ArticleItunes library playlists and app
Using Mac OS 10.6.8 on a 2010 macbook pro 2.3 i5 Itunes version - 11.0.1 I would like to move all my itunes to an external drive including all songs which are in the itunes folder, all meta data and...
View ArticleDisk Utility erased my partition bug.
Not sure if this is the right place for this thread, if it isn't would the mods move it to th e right sub-forum? So, I have a 256GB SSD in my Retina Macbook 15", My OS X partition was 120GB, my Backup...
View ArticleiTunes 11 and playlist updating on iPhone
Hi I have been using itunes 11 for a while and got used to the new function and layout. But I wanted to have clear and good playlist - so i decided to remove all my playlist on iPhone and only have...
View ArticleBlogging Software for a Specific Need
Greetings all, I'm brand new to the Mac - just purchased a 13" Air, and I love it. But there's one piece of software that keeps me using my Windows PC every day - Windows Live Writer, that little free...
View ArticleLooking for a cloud synching app for osx
I just downloaded Top Files for iOS and was wondering if anyone knows of a similar app for OSX? Top Files centralizes your Dropbox, Skydrive, and Google Drive files and syncs them on your iOS device....
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