Recent content by minckster

Go into Time Machine, select the item that you want to delete from backup, select the Tools icon, which is the one that looks like a cog, and then select either "Delete Backup" or "Delete All Backups." Time Machine preferences in System Preferences is the place to prevent an item from ever...

You may want to go into Finder's preferences (Apple-,) and select "New Finder windows open" to "Home". It's under the General tab. That way, Finder windows will start from "nick smith", your Home. You'll see that puff of smoke if you drag something off your Dock too. (Isn't there sound too?)...

The "nick smith" folder is still there. It's Macintosh HD > Users > nick smith. Just drag that back to your left-hand column. Welcome to Mac! You'll love it. Btw, it's "Finder", not "(Windows) Explorer".

Those are Hebrew characters (oddly with the vowels, which are most of the dots above, below, and within the letters, and which usually aren't indicated in Hebrew).

From Apple Support: How to Uninstall QuickTime on a Macintosh. Unfortunately that article only refers to QuickTime 3-6, but I'd try reinstalling QT 7.1+ and while you're doing so, look to see whether the installer still has the Uninstall option. Edit to add: Ah! I read your second paragraph...

Here's a script for pushing a button in System Preferences. It may be useful as a starting point. Good luck! It took me a lot of trial and error to get this little snippet working. -- Stop and restart TiVo Desktop (starts it if it's not already running) tell application "System Preferences"...

I tend to quit things (habit from my Windows days?), so running in the dock are only: Finder Mail.app Firefox Vienna iCal Address Book iTunes TextEdit Terminal Activity Monitor

Sorry for the delay in replying. For some reason I didn't receive an email about a new post in this thread. Three thoughts: 1. In MacTheRipper, are you selecting "Full Disk Extraction" under "Mode"? That choice seems to be the best for ripping problematic DVDs. I never select "Full Disk...

When I get that message, I've had a lot of luck with opening the problematic .vob file(s) with MPEG Streamclip (free) and selecting Edit -> Fix Timecode Breaks. I then usually Export the corrected file, which re-encodes it, although "Save As" may be sufficient.

You'd select "Ta bort" with the space key or "Avbryt" with the return key. The tab key changes the action done with the space key. I remember the difference by thinking that the space key selects the highlight with the empty space within it.

You'll want to take your XP disk, download SP2, and "slipstream" them together into one new DVD (CD?). Here are instructions: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp You can Google "slipstream sp2 xp" for other guides if that one doesn't suit you. Edit to add: If you...

To get the main feature in a single .vob file, select the "Mode" tab and select "Title Only Extraction" from the pull-down menu. MacTheRipper will select the longest feature as the main feature ("MP"), although you can select other features. You can rename the resulting .vob file as an .mpeg...

I'm not alone! :) I finally posted the issue at discussions.apple.com and already got responses from people with the same issue. I feel better just waiting now, but if someone comes up with a solution that's even better.

Fryke, Thank you very much for checking! Yes, I can view the available videos, rate them, save them as favorites, or report them as inappropriate. Scrolling to the bottom of "Most Recent", my Apple TV reports that 20,500 videos are available. Do you have more than that? I'm going to try a bunch...

Perhaps I'm not being clear. If I go to "Most Viewed" or "Top Rated" there is literally a blank screen under "Today". I don't mean there's nothing interesting, or nothing I want. I mean not a single, solitary video whatsoever. ("Today" isn't my search term. It's a built-in category of everything...