Recent content by roph

Good suggestion. However running repair disk "in the background" doesn't let you see the result of running the repair disk function. You might try booting your computer while holding down the "C" key to force it to boot from CD-Rom. If that still fails, and you think it's the CD that's bad...

Howdy. I'm looking for a software-only solution that would offer equivalent functionality to pointing a firewire camera at a section of a screen. So... * For input I'd like to Designate a portion of my display for real-time screen capture, much as I would using a program such as IShowU...

Repairing the disk permissions was a good move. I wouldn't worry about the messages it displayed. The more important thing to do as well if you haven't yet is to use the "Verify Disk" button, and if it reports any errors then for sure use the "Repair Disk" button -- both of which you will...

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This may be due to the means of authentication being used -- by the STMP server you are sending to and/or the authentication options selected in your Entourage setup. Mail servers commonly establish restrictions based on authentication to restrict who can send mail through them as a means of...

So we've got a true mystery here, eh? What I'd do at this point is to use a process monitor to figure out where the processor time is being spent in the two cases. As I mentioned, the process monitoring in Activity Monitor is a good place to start. A much better tool for this is a little...

Open the "Energy Saver" panel of the System Preferences window and check to see if the same options are checked for when the machines is running on Battery power as when running with the Power Adapter. If not, that could be a source of the difference in performance. Also worth trying...

If that's "2.0 GHz" processor speed, then you should have a Mini-DVI output connector capable of generating VGA, Composite and S-video based on which adapter you choose to use. So the next questions is... what are the options available as inputs on your TV? Best option for quality image would...

Excellent. Now that you've got a good backup on a DIFFERENT drive, the next priority you may want to pursue is to either repair the drive or have it replaced. If you just bought the laptop NEW 2 months ago and Apple's own Disk First Aid program won't repair the damage you might get some help...

It is possible this is happening because at some point a Mac using a shared drive such as "1_TB" got disconnected, perhaps while some running program was still trying to use that drive, and later when the drive was reconnected the Mac had a dilema... The drive it now sees available has the same...

Try using the free download trial of "Mercury Mover" to see if Mail is creating a window that's on the virtual desktop screen but beyond the range of the portion you can see of it on your display. Get it working first for windows you can see, then the next time the missing window annoyance...

If you plug an external hard disk into your mac via USB or Firewire, then you should see it show up in Disk Utility - period. If it does not show up in disk utility then there is likely a problem of concern with either the Mac, the external drive, or the cable you're using to connect them. If...