The Official Mac Thread (Docs, Themes, Apps, Etc.)

[elnino4530]

Originally Posted by Food4Thgt

just joined the family..what are the must haves??

If you're big on music downloading get SkipScreen for Firefox
Ad Block Plus is another MUST HAVE add on

Other nice apps:
Burn - Burn music/movie/data disks
Handbrake - Rip movies (back up only of course) to your hard drive (then copy to disk using burn if you're nervous about scratching your original copy)
VLC - Movie playback
CandyBar - Customize your dock and icons (get the trial)
Coversutra - Easy access to iTunes (get the trial)

All are free

Also, feel free to copy the sig!

 

[jimmybeanz]

can anyone recommend a free program to change WMAs to Mp3s? i've looked but couldn't find any that were Mac specific. Thanks

 

[hic57999]

Can anyone post a download for a firefox icon that it black and red...everyone ive tried of websites have not worked for me....thanks

 

[elnino4530]

Originally Posted by hic57999

Can anyone post a download for a firefox icon that it black and red...everyone ive tried of websites have not worked for me....thanks

http://zach-ska.deviantar...x-black-and-red-67419391

 

[tsamshox]

?: Is the Apple Protection Plan worth it? I've had bad experiences with PC's before so i'm just wondering if it's worth buying for a MBP.Thanks.

 

[mein07]

Originally Posted by tSamShoX

?: Is the Apple Protection Plan worth it? I've had bad experiences with PC's before so i'm just wondering if it's worth buying for a MBP. Thanks.

buy it. i've had my case, hard drive and battery replaced all under warranty.

 

[non flammable]

my safari is running slow. it sometimes lags. how do i fix this?

 

[retroisback2008]

Originally Posted by non flammable

my safari is running slow. it sometimes lags. how do i fix this?

you should try either restarting the application, or restarting your whole computer.. that should have solve the problem..

btw, how many apps are you running when it lags?

 

[non flammable]

Originally Posted by Retroisback2008

Originally Posted by non flammable

my safari is running slow. it sometimes lags. how do i fix this?

you should try either restarting the application, or restarting your whole computer.. that should have solve the problem..

btw, how many apps are you running when it lags?

none. the only thing im running is safari.

 

[retroisback2008]

Originally Posted by mein07

Originally Posted by tSamShoX

?: Is the Apple Protection Plan worth it? I've had bad experiences with PC's before so i'm just wondering if it's worth buying for a MBP. Thanks.

buy it. i've had my case, hard drive and battery replaced all under warranty.

me too im covered till 2011, its worth it.

 

[retroisback2008]

Originally Posted by non flammable

Originally Posted by Retroisback2008

Originally Posted by non flammable

my safari is running slow. it sometimes lags. how do i fix this?

you should try either restarting the application, or restarting your whole computer.. that should have solve the problem..

btw, how many apps are you running when it lags?

none. the only thing im running is safari.

I would try uninstalling it, then reinstalling it.. if that doesn't work.. I think there is a add-on to make the memory usage of firefox smaller, so yourcomputer goes faster.

 

[non flammable]

Originally Posted by Retroisback2008

Originally Posted by non flammable

Originally Posted by Retroisback2008

Originally Posted by non flammable

my safari is running slow. it sometimes lags. how do i fix this?

you should try either restarting the application, or restarting your whole computer.. that should have solve the problem..

btw, how many apps are you running when it lags?

none. the only thing im running is safari.

I would try uninstalling it, then reinstalling it.. if that doesn't work.. I think there is a add-on to make the memory usage of firefox smaller, so your computer goes faster.

firefox isn't the problem. safari is the one thats lagging

 

[curious kevin]

Is it normal for iphoto to make a duplicate's of the photos that I transfered from my camera?

I was looking under "all documents" in finder and iphoto made duplicates that were sized 320x270 for each photo/video I took.

 

[stylez23]

got myself a cheapie mac mini (core 2 duo 1.83 for $350) as my media center... using plex as my media center home screen

 

[thegoogler]

sig check

500th post

 

[halftime718]

Is There anyway i can restart the computer without the disc?

 

[halftime718]

Bump.

 

[tbwsf]

was looking to get photoshop. but its kinda out of my budget other programs i can look at? My pm box is open. i want to make some dvd menus for toast. icouldnt find any menus on roxio.com or google. how hard is it to learn to use photoshop ?Also does anyone have a link to a black and red firefox icon for thedock? i cant find one. the only i did find was a jpg so i couldnt use it

 

[retroisback2008]

Originally Posted by Halftime718

Is There anyway i can restart the computer without the disc?

yes and no, depending what you exacting plan on doing with it. (reformat, make it seem brand new)*

 

[jimmybeanz]

hello? anybody there?

jimmybeanz wrote:

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can anyone recommend a free program to change WMAs to Mp3s? i've looked but couldn't find any that were Mac specific. Thanks

 

[da doc03]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

hello? anybody there?

guess not!

 

[cwrite78]

drag them into itunes, set it so itunes changes it from wma to mp3 instead of aac or w/e it's called and you're done

 

[redman]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

hello? anybody there?

jimmybeanz wrote:

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can anyone recommend a free program to change WMAs to Mp3s? i've looked but couldn't find any that were Mac specific. Thanks

Itunes can do it. Its under preferences.

 

[halftime718]

Originally Posted by Retroisback2008

Originally Posted by Halftime718

Is There anyway i can restart the computer without the disc?

yes and no, depending what you exacting plan on doing with it. (reformat, make it seem brand new)*

I just want to restart it all because its been going slow.

 

[stillmaticshay]

hey doc

when i am finding all these interesting docks and little things that i am changing with candybar, do i need to be saving them to my computer? or once i dragthem in the program they are copied there and it is not necessary to keep the files in another folder on my comp?

i pretty much save the icons in a side folder.

your thoughts?
thanks love.