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    VLC Hailed as Region Free Solution?

    The VLC software appears to be what everyone recommends to watch DVDs from another region, but it does not work for me (or any other likeminded players). It simply does nothing when prompted to open the disc, or gives the error "dvdread: read failed for -1/4 blocks at 0xf1c". I am getting...
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    iPod is crap

    I have an iPod mini, 4 GB, (first generation of iPod minis). The battery is crap, always was, and getting worse, but keep in mind that it's over a year old now. I think the advertised length at the time I bought it was 6 hours, but now it's capable of an amazing 3.5 hours. Fortunately I got...
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    .AVI playing on iMac G5

    I have to alternate between QuickTime and VLC almost weekly to play not only AVI's but MP4's and MOV's. It seems the video gets all choppy in one player and then the next week it works fine, while the other player seems to choke on everything, and then back to the other way around the next week.
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    pdf viewing

    I only used Adobe Reader for full screen PDF reading mainly, but I've found that pressing Zoom In a couple times while viewing a PDF in Preview is good enough. I haven't opened Adobe Reader in months, and considering how slow it is there's really no need to.
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    [FAQ] - RAM Specs

    I bought an iBook back when they still shipped with 256 MB RAM and it's pretty pathetic. I've got Firefox, iTunes, Mail, and Adium open all day usually. If I want to open something memory-intensive I'll usually have to close Firefox and maybe another program unless I want to deal with pretty...
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    Mac n00b.

    Instant Messaging: [x] Adium is the best free, open-source application for IM. It supports AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ, and other protocols. However, it's file transfer support may sometimes fail on you. Keep iChat as a back-up for file transfer over the AIM protocol (its file transfer...
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    Viruses On Os X

    I have a copy of Norton AntiVirus 9.0 that came free with my iBook (currently running 10.4.3). The iBook is my main computer but I occasionally use a USB drive to go between two other computers, one WinXP and one WinME. Obviously there are no Mac OS X viruses, but I got it free, so I was about...
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    Firefox 1.5 released

    I got it yesterday. Adblock works fine with it, too. No problems so far.
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    Audio .mov to .mp3 how to convert?

    I have some MOV audio files, since QuickTime Pro records audio in that format. I open the MOV in iTunes, right click the file in iTunes Library, and click "Convert Selection to MP3" (or AAC). Done.
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    Changing default web browser preference

    You can do it in the Preferences in either Safari or Camino.
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    Thoughts on Firefox 1.5

    I used to be an exclusive Firefox user. I guess I just kept on using it after I switched to the Mac this year (I was using it on Windows XP for nearly a year by then). These days, I usually only use it when I have to use the extremely useful Adblock extension- it's useful for retreiving the...
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    Flash: has it ever crashed for you?

    I have used the Macromedia programs briefly on a Mac once, and it was an extremely unpleasant experience. The browser plug-in is no better. Firefox stopped understanding SWF files embedded into pages after I re-installed the plug-in. (If you open a SWF file to view with Firefox, it will...
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    OSX vs. Windows

    Browsing is faster on Windows XP than Mac OS X [but the PC is 512 MB while the iBook is 256, so I don't know if that has any effect], but nearly everything else about Mac OS X is better now. I only turn on the PC when I have to burn a DVD or leave [something] downloading over night. It's such...
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    What apps do you have installed on your Mac?

    Address Book Adium Adobe Reader 7.0 AlcatelDiagnostics AppleScript Utility AppleWorks 6 Art Directors Toolkit Audacity Automator Calculator Camino Chess Cyberduck Dashboard Dictionary DivX 5.2.1 DVD Capture DVD Player EasyWMA 2.2.1 ffmpegX Firefox Font Book GraphicConverter...
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    WMA to MP3 converter software

    I'm glad I downloaded EasyWMA before it became payware (it used to be free, relying on a $2 donation)... wonder if it still works...
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    Do You Browse With Javascript Enabled?

    Yes; I have it enabled in both Firefox and Safari.
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    WARNING: Sony music CDs may install rootkits on Mac

    Good to see Sony working hard to promote piracy. As a side note, if you own one of these CDs and don't want to put it into your computer... all you need is QuickTime Pro, an audio-to-audio cable, and a CD player with a headphone jack. :P
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    Mac OS X 10.4.3 in Software Update

    Bah. Software Update keeps crashing. Screw 4.3.
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    Leopards rumours

    "iChat 4 is said to record video chats and save them as mpegs allowing users to play them back at a later date." That's pretty kickass, if true.
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    anyone got the latest keynote?

    The Akamai link never worked for me, even on Apple's site.
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