Search results

Encoding stuff on a Mac is a pain in the ass right now. Mencoder and FFMpegX make it a little easier, but both of them have their downfalls, and I have trouble getting them to work consistently. Here's another thread that talks about using ffMpeg instead; it might do what you're looking for...

I'm using the beta drivers and trying to get a MicroTek ScanMaker 4 to work with 10.2.4 on a 1.25 GHZ DP Mirror-Drive-Door machine. The scanner is hooked to an adaptec 2906 SCSI card. Apple System Profiler sees the scanner and correctly detects the SCSI ID, no problem. However, on login, the...

I applied the SR1 Update to my copy of Office. The update went smoothly; the installer didn't ask for any new ownership information. Prior to the update, everything ran fine. However, after it, Word, Excel and PowerPoint all "quit unexpectedly" after about two bounces. Entrourage gets a...

I'm want to use Postfix on my 10.1.3 machine to set up disposable mail aliases to control spam. I installed it with fink; I got it configured for my domain and can receive mail for root and my main user account just fine, but I can't seem to get aliases to work. I'm trying to follow this...

Did anything to Mac OS Rumors? I've been unable to access the site since mid-last week. Did they suddenly go out of business, or are they just having trouble with their provider? Sure, many of the rumors aren't true, and thinksecret gets updated much more often, but it's still fun to read...

A feature I've been waiting for, but it took procrastinating for a big test and a project to finally get me to sit down and figure it out. This makes use of AppleScript and Cron. It also assumes you have a playlist that opens by default in iTunes. First, open Script Editor and type this...

If I were to drop a western digital caviar 80 gig drive into my Blueberry iMac 333, would it run a bunch hotter than the stock 6 gig drive that came with it? What kinds of problems would I be seeing if it were running too hot? What could I do to check to see if were specifically related to...

I'm desperately trying to get syntax highlighting under VIM 5.7 working, and any help anyone could give me would be appreciated. I have a working copy of X11 and sawfish, so if anyone can help me get get color through that route, that's great; otherwise, vim color in Terminal.app would be...

I'm not really that Unix literate...has anyone had any luck installing the Unix Fortune program? Source available here . I'd really like to be able to get this to run, and I have a feeling it involves just tweaking the makefile...could someone post instructions if you've been able to get it...