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Just got my MBP, have a couple of questions...
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I still cant figure out how to mount this Drobo as a device instead of a shared drive.
Also, I downloaded Handbrake as well as the iPhone SDK. When I installed Handbrake and the SDK, they both mounted on the desktop like a regular drive does. Is that normal. Does it have to be there to run the program themselves?
Can I eject that mount and still run the programs??
Also, I downloaded Handbrake as well as the iPhone SDK. When I installed Handbrake and the SDK, they both mounted on the desktop like a regular drive does. Is that normal. Does it have to be there to run the program themselves?
Can I eject that mount and still run the programs??
I think I just figured out something. I selected preferences in Finder and checked show connected servers on the desktop and BAMMM, my Drobo is there. It still wont let me configure Time Machine to backup to it. But at least I got it this far!!
I believe the downloaded files are .dmg files which do exactly what you describe, mount on your desktop like a drive. If you open the drive there should be an application in it. Simply copy the application to your app folder. Then you can un-mount the drive (control-click then select eject) and you should be able to run the programs from your app folder. I know this is all true for handbrake, I have never used SDK.
Very good tip, I had no idea about that one.
I just noticed something else dont know if everyone already knows about it. I was watching a tutorial on apple.com and I dragged 2 fingers straight up while the mouse was over the video and the video went frame by frame forward. Down and of course, slow mo backward. Very nice.
On newer keyboard's it the one labelled "ALT" & "OPTION"
Also.. there's these combos:
Control+Shift+Eject = SLEEP DISPLAY
Control+Command+Eject = RESTART*
Control+Opt+Command+Eject = SHUTDOWN*
*Be very careful when your using them, they will force quit most applications.
Though if you have open work, it will give you a chance to save!
I'm sure it's meant as a usability feature for people with vision problems, but it probably gets used the most by kids in the Apple Store thinking that they'll screw with the employees, or more advanced Mac friends freaking out their friends that have never seen that before. "Oh, crap, your monitor blew!"
I'm sure it's meant as a usability feature for people with vision problems, but it probably gets used the most by kids in the Apple Store thinking that they'll screw with the employees, or more advanced Mac friends freaking out their friends that have never seen that before. "Oh, crap, your monitor blew!"
i have to try that now in the apple store
Thanks to all for the tips and tricks. I cant get the negative color thing to work though. Is it just for pictures?
Also, How does one go about burning a DVD to a blank DVD? I downloaded Handbrake and was able to rip a DVD for my iPhone but didnt see an option for burning the DVD. Ill have to perform a search now, Im sure its somewhere here on the forum.
Also, How does one go about burning a DVD to a blank DVD? I downloaded Handbrake and was able to rip a DVD for my iPhone but didnt see an option for burning the DVD. Ill have to perform a search now, Im sure its somewhere here on the forum.
the negative colors thing takes a few tries to hit it right
oh and u can just drag to a blank disc or use iDVD
So lets say I decrypt a commercial DVD using MacTheRipper which I just downloaded. Now I have a folder on my desktop that says Juno Title 1. Within that folder is an m2v file and a video TS folder with nothing in it. So should I just pop a blank DVD in and drag the entire folder to the DVD? Or do I just copy the m2v file?
I just did a search on the topic and it seems like there are a lot of different options for burning a DVD. I just want something simple and fast. So far, MacTheRipper seems simple and fast, now I just have to get it on a disc.
Thanks
This is why I started coming to this forum, so many good people who know what they are talking about!
So I downloaded FairMount and DVDRemaster to attempt to burn a DVD. FairMount is awesome how it just shows the folder contents on the DVD without having to rip the DVD. So I then attempted to copy the Video_TS folder to my desktop in order to use DVDRemaster to copy it to a blank DVD. Well it is telling me estimated time 4 hrs! Thats not gonna cut it. I wonder if I am doing something wrong here.
I didn't see this mentioned, but it's worth noting with regards to switching windows.
OS X is an application-based operating system. That means you're working in one application at a time, i.e., using Safari, Mail, etc. This is reenforced by the Menu Bar at the top of the screenit displays the commands for the active application, of which there is only one at a time. So Command-Tab cycles between applications, not windows. You can think of windows as children of the application; an application can have multiple windows open. If you want to cycle through the windows of the active application (like if you had three or four Safari windows open), use Command-` (The key just below the escape key). And just like with Command-Tab, holding Shift will reverse the direction of the switching.
Congrats again on the MBP!
OS X is an application-based operating system. That means you're working in one application at a time, i.e., using Safari, Mail, etc. This is reenforced by the Menu Bar at the top of the screenit displays the commands for the active application, of which there is only one at a time. So Command-Tab cycles between applications, not windows. You can think of windows as children of the application; an application can have multiple windows open. If you want to cycle through the windows of the active application (like if you had three or four Safari windows open), use Command-` (The key just below the escape key). And just like with Command-Tab, holding Shift will reverse the direction of the switching.
Congrats again on the MBP!
Wow - Thanks!
I'm not a newbie, but I didn't know the Command-` thing.... thats great. Thanks!
I'm not a newbie, but I didn't know the Command-` thing.... thats great. Thanks!
I didnt know that was even an option with commercial DVDs. I thought iDVD was for burning home movies and stuff like that to a DVD.