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Re: Win an iMac - design our logo!

ScottMac — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:38:30 -0000

A couple of ideas I had:
*A spring with a happy Mac face, somehow...
*Dual iMacs (G3 style) with a happy Mac guy standing atop them (think Baby Got Back video...), like this:
<img id="image62" src="http://babygotmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/picture-1.png" alt="picture-1.png">
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Re: 1/30 Apple event - desktop access from your iPhone?

ScottMac — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:20:50 -0000

Tivo or Slingbox Mobile, perhaps?

Re: What feature do you most want to see built into OS X?

ScottMac — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:39:21 -0000

Those of you choosing "Exchange compatible ‘all in one’ PIM app" should read the article here: http://babygotmac.com/a/133

Re: Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac

ScottMac — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:02:18 -0000

Ah, but when you use the screen saver hot corner, you have about 1.5 seconds after it starts to 'undo' it, so an accidental corner move can quickly be nullified.

And clicking the menubar item for Keychain access voids the 'without clicking anything' concept!
;)

Good tip though, thanks.

Re: What Mac do you use on an everday basis?

ScottMac — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:25:48 -0000

Those would be the 'Macbook' or 'Mac Pro', my friends.
:)

Re: Apple products in Movies

ScottMac — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:54:09 -0000

I enjoyed that movie far more than i should have.
:(
Steve being gangsta was pretty good stuff.

Re: iPod saves soldiers life

ScottMac — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:44:02 -0000

Hahaha, thanks Justine.
PS: Your vlogs are great. Keep up the good work!
:)

Re: Bizarre post-Leopard Macbook problem

ScottMac — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:27:15 -0000

Other than the jump from 10.4.6 to 10.4.8, I don't know. What's really frustrating is that if I hadn't had the other Macbook disc set handy, I'd have been out of luck...

Re: Ch-ch-changes

ScottMac — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:46:01 -0000

Thanks Nick. A few rough edges still, but I'll tweak it as I can.
:)

Re: Be Mays top commentor and win BGM swag!

ScottMac — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:25:13 -0000

Oh, I was just saying that it really is nice, not at all cheesy. The colors look SO good on the white. It's surprisingly high quality!
;)

Re: Be Mays top commentor and win BGM swag!

ScottMac — Wed, 09 May 2007 23:42:56 -0000

ac: feel free to visit http://www.cafepress.com/babygotmac_com and buy one or two or five.
;)

Re: Be Mays top commentor and win BGM swag!

ScottMac — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:37:08 -0000

Please post pictures of the thong in use...

Re: Parallels - a waste of space?

ScottMac — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:37:54 -0000

The bad part is a corrupt Windows requires a complete reinstall, unlike copying the VM file over.

The other bad part being that it requires actual hard drive space, instead of compressed. An 80gb VM only takes 20gb of Mac space, as opposed to an actual 80gb for BootCamp.
:)
Not to mention you lose the functionality to write to the Mac side from Windows (unless you use a 3rd party app).

Re: Macbook case cracks on wristpad

ScottMac — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:58:03 -0000

Yep, take it to your local Apple store -- the repair takes no time at all.

Re: Parallels Deal - BGM coupon code!

ScottMac — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:58:22 -0000

Is this version of Parallels compatible with Leopard?

Sure does, works like a charm!

Re: EEE & OSX - So close, yet so far away…

ScottMac — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:31:53 -0000

Not yet...haven't had too much time since to mess with it.
:(

Don't let it detract you from getting one though - they are awesome little machines.

Re: Leopard 10.5.2 update adds DVD sharing, better Stacks, translucent Menu bar and remote backup!

ScottMac — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:20:12 -0000

Incorrect, #14. See above post.

Re: Leopard 10.5.2 update adds DVD sharing, better Stacks, translucent Menu bar and remote backup!

ScottMac — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:52:26 -0000

Must have named it that out of habit when I got it, sorry.

Why is the graphic of the Airport Express actually an Airport Extreme?

Re: Leopard 10.5.2 update adds DVD sharing, better Stacks, translucent Menu bar and remote backup!

ScottMac — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:23:19 -0000

Anyone been able to verify Time Machine support for network drives? MacRumors is saying it ain’t necessarily so …

Please see the second and fourth screenshots, above.

Re: Leopard 10.5.2, Airport EXTREME and Time Machine

ScottMac — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:10:18 -0000

Did you try doing the first backup locally and then hooking the machine up via the network share (Airport Extreme) to do subsequent backups?

Yes, with no success.

I’ve been using Time Machine with my AirDisk via the Terminal hack smoothly for a few months now. Like on your machine it began by creating a sparse disk image in the root directory of the AirDisk (named by my computer’s shared name and its AirPort address). Yours seems to be failing at creating the disk image. Try fixing it by using Disk Utility to manually create a sparse disk image named sm_001b63b0891d.sparsebundle on the drive before selecting it as your backup volume.

Hmm. Interesting, I'll give that a shot and report back.

don’t you think they just did this on purpose to sell time capsule to people who already have airport extremes? If it works with time capsule, I see no reason why it shouldn’t work with airport extreme.

I do think it was some clever marketing to make Time Capsule seem more attractive. They underestimate the Mac nerd market though.
:)

“perhaps we’ll see the ability to use Time Machine with network/Airport disks”

Are you implying that network Time Machine backups are not working properly in 10.5.2? Or just that Air Disks still do not work?

Both?

Re: Leopard 10.5.2, Airport EXTREME and Time Machine

ScottMac — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:46:00 -0000

Hi Mattyohe.

I'll have to check on another machine tonight, but I seem to recall that the only way to backup to a shared drive is with a hack (either this line: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 or a method like this one: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/10/12595/ ).

Again, not positive and can't test right now, but it almost certainly doesn't work 'out of the box'. Are you sure you didn't use an app like iTimeMachine at some point?

Re: Macbook Air: Perpetuating the myth

ScottMac — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:10:45 -0000

AM: it's one heck of an expensive accessory, which is kind of my point: spending way too much for way too little gives credence to the elitist view of Mac users.

I'll be frank: if I had the extra money for something like this, I'd like to have it. But if it's just for casual use, I'm perfectly happy with my EEE and the extra cash.
:)

Re: iBush

ScottMac — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:46:13 -0000

Beatles, eh? He must be posting from a future where that is allowed by their label. Which means he stays past 08! Everyone, run and hide!!!