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    I'm a PHP noob and I'm getting an error

    You might also want to look at the Apache error.log (or error_log, I can't remember) file. It may give some hint as to whether it's a problem in your PHP setup or in your PHP coding.
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    I need help on burning cds

    It sounds like OSX is not recognizing the disc as being a blank recordable disk. What type of disc are you using (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, etc)? Also what type of drive are you using it in (a 3rd party recorder or an official Apple ComboDrive or SuperDrive)?
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    Problem with Roxio Toast

    It would help to know what version of Toast you are using and what OSX version you use. What codec to those AVI files use? Do they play okay in Quicktime or VLC? Also, have you tried using a different brand of DVD-R disc to see if that helps with the errors?
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    Newbie to MacOSX

    On a side note, PC users who have gotten used to 2 and 3 button mice can rest assured that 2 and 3 button mice will also work in MacOS X. The Control-click mentioned is just another way of saying "right click" (or to put that another way, the right click under MacOS is a shortcut for...
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    The PC-Mini?

    Ha! Love the NES-PC. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. I'd buy something like that.
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    Firefox growth stalls?

    The idea that a 0.9% increase compared to a 1.4% increase the previous month is a "stall" is the same mentality that says earning $26million in profit one year versus $27million in profit the year before is a loss... it's a common business foolishness that tries to pretend that making less...
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    iMovie & iDVD

    First and foremost, be sure you've dragged your videos to the timeline (at the bottom) in iMovie. If they're just sitting in the library (right-hand side) they're not really being used -- they're just available to be used. You need to arrange them the way you want them in the timeline as if...
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    Help this switcher please.

    The saddest part of that is that in the late 80's and early 90's, MS and IBM co-developed a PC operating system that was able to install to and boot from any drive letter (yeah, they still used drive letters, but you were not restricted to C:) and MS still hasn't brought that power to its own...
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    New iMac hints, what possible configurations for the next iMacs?

    The whole idea of the iMac line was simplicity, not upgradability. GF FX5200 may be crummy by modern standards, but it's good enough for Average Joe's all-in-one system that will probably never be upgraded anyway. Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition cards have come down in price recently. For most...
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    New iMac hints, what possible configurations for the next iMacs?

    But who wants a pidly small 23" display to watch HDTV in their living room? That's what 36" and 52" TVs are made for. 23" is smaller than my (non-HD) TV. Best to get a PowerMac and 30" LCD or just hook up to a real HDTV as your display in a living-room-Mac.
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    The PC-Mini?

    Well just for the sake of fairness, Apple didn't exactly invent the design for the G5 iMac. Years ago there was a PC called the Monorail -- system components housed behind an LCD screen, slot loading CD-ROM (or CD-RW maybe). Apple seems to have its fair share of original designs but it does...
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    200gb Maxtor Drive shows 127gb. lost 60gb

    And if the Mac is older/does not support large drives over 127GB, there's always the option of getting a new UDMA (aka. ATA, IDE) card (assuming of course you're not using an iMac or eMac whcih have no PCI slots). The newer cards will support large drives as long as your OS version supports them.
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    A iDVD Question.

    Don't most people normally make their slideshow in iPhoto and export it (Share) to iDVD? I don't know; I've never used iPhoto but do enjoy iMovie and iDVD. Just seems that iPhoto is more suited to the task of a photo slideshow than iMovie is.
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    Received iLife

    The big question (big in terms of time spent waiting for iDVD to do its thing) is: Does iDVD 5 make any use of CoreVideo-level GPUs to speed up the encoding of menus and such? With just a handful of chapter menus, iDVD 4 on a dual 1.25GHz G4 can take 20 or 30 minutes just doing that one...
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    Why make the jump to Mac?

    Hear hear! I've never seen software install and uninstall so easily! I mean c'mon, installing an app in OSX involved nothing more than dragging one file into your Applications folder! It doesn't get any easier! Uninstalling those kinds of programs is also as simple as dragging that one file...
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    My three MacOS X wishes I can't find software for

    What I did was set one of my screen corners (lower-right in my case) to the Display Desktop effect of Espose. I don't have to play with all the F-keys, I just start dragging a file, drag it to the lower-right corner, Expose clicks in to show me the desktop (or if already at the desktop, to...
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    VNC to a PC over gigabit or ethernet-over-Firewire?

    I am looking for anyone who has working knowledge of running a VNC viewer on MacOS X (Panther here) to access a Windows PC running VNC server over either a Gigabit ethernet or a Firewire connection such as FireNet. I already have my Win2000 VNC server (UltraVNC, which is able to refresh the...
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    Can iDVD be sped up with faster video card?

    Thanks guys. I knew it was a long shot, but since there's not much upgrade room for CPU speed in the G4 line, I had to ask; and even at its high price, a Radeon 9800 would be a lot cheaper than a minor CPU upgrade (1.25 to 1.4) from Sonnet. I guess my next task is to learn patience. :)
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    What have you named your mac?

    I have to admit to having a goofy sense of humor -- when I bought my first Mac this past summer, I named it Chili (ie. chili mac). :P
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    Can iDVD be sped up with faster video card?

    I've only recently begun to work with iDVD 4 and it takes ages upon ages to render and burn a disc. My question is, does this speed up any by upgrading the video card? I don't know how much iDVD (or iMovie for that matter) rely on the GPU for processing and encoding video. Currently I have...
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