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Hooked up the 6-port Firewire hub (Belkin) I got off eBay last week to my Mac Pro. Works perfectly via my FW 400/800 adapter.
Originally the plan was to hook all the Cinema Displays up to it but I realized that actually getting to the ports on the back of the Cinema Displays was not going to be easy if I wanted to hook a device up. So, the hub is now sitting on top of my MP and I have one device (my iSight) hooked up to it.
Cost me $25.
Originally the plan was to hook all the Cinema Displays up to it but I realized that actually getting to the ports on the back of the Cinema Displays was not going to be easy if I wanted to hook a device up. So, the hub is now sitting on top of my MP and I have one device (my iSight) hooked up to it.
Cost me $25.
Worked on my 2006 and 2012 MBPs. I cleaned out the rather noisy fans in the 2006 MBP using some compressed air and while I did dislodge a big clump of dust, it doesn't make the fans any less noisy. Might try and replace them with the ones from my non-working 2006 MBP. I also attempted to fix the Python issues with PPCMC, but realized that I don't have the skills to do things like compile my own version of Python. What I did instead was follow post #4 of the thread from the PowerPC forum (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ppcmc-updated-with-python-3-11.2380642/) and followed cellularmitosis's instructions. I also replaced the Intel edition of PPCMC with the PPC Tiger one from my G5, which I copied over via TDM. That copy already had the updated files from alenu's zip file, since I had already updated my G5's PPCMC installation. I tested out both the downloading and file converting functions and now PPCMC is working again for me under Snow Leopard.
As for the 2012 MBP, the arrival of the M2 Mini in my collection has freed me to go older when it comes to OS X on this Mac and so I did. After much debate, I decided on using Lion on the 2012. I like having the 3D dock and Lion gives me a wider net of compatibility with older software compared to, say, Mavericks. For example, EyeTV 2 is broken under Mavericks, but runs fine on Lion. Even though I already run old apps like EyeTV 2 on multiple other Macs that are much older than the 2012, I enjoyed installing them on the 2012 and I like having the option of using them on that Mac. At one point I had a triple boot of Lion, Windows 10, and Ubuntu going on, but I fell out of love with Ubuntu when it prevented me from booting into Windows 10. Picking the Windows icon in the rEFInd menu would take me to a GRUB rescue screen. On top of that, the Wi-Fi issues reared their head again and I had a painful time trying to replace LibreOffice with OpenOffice. So, I deleted Ubuntu's Swap partition and formatted the partition that Linux once resided on, so I now have and empty 330 GB FAT partition. I had to boot from my Windows 10 installer USB and go into a command prompt to fix the boot issues caused by GRUB. I then used Windows for a bit and I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually prefer using it over Ubuntu on this Mac. I don't know what I will use the third partition for now, but I guess it's good to have on hand in case I ever needed to put a newer version of macOS on this Mac like Mojave.
As for the 2012 MBP, the arrival of the M2 Mini in my collection has freed me to go older when it comes to OS X on this Mac and so I did. After much debate, I decided on using Lion on the 2012. I like having the 3D dock and Lion gives me a wider net of compatibility with older software compared to, say, Mavericks. For example, EyeTV 2 is broken under Mavericks, but runs fine on Lion. Even though I already run old apps like EyeTV 2 on multiple other Macs that are much older than the 2012, I enjoyed installing them on the 2012 and I like having the option of using them on that Mac. At one point I had a triple boot of Lion, Windows 10, and Ubuntu going on, but I fell out of love with Ubuntu when it prevented me from booting into Windows 10. Picking the Windows icon in the rEFInd menu would take me to a GRUB rescue screen. On top of that, the Wi-Fi issues reared their head again and I had a painful time trying to replace LibreOffice with OpenOffice. So, I deleted Ubuntu's Swap partition and formatted the partition that Linux once resided on, so I now have and empty 330 GB FAT partition. I had to boot from my Windows 10 installer USB and go into a command prompt to fix the boot issues caused by GRUB. I then used Windows for a bit and I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually prefer using it over Ubuntu on this Mac. I don't know what I will use the third partition for now, but I guess it's good to have on hand in case I ever needed to put a newer version of macOS on this Mac like Mojave.
Wide awake in the middle of the night and unable to get back to sleep, I decided to see this through and create a PDF so that the images can be presented in a comic format within a single file. My ever trusty MBP 2011 with High Sierra and Adobe Acrobat DC made easy work of this.
Most of the following steps are self-explanatory, I reckon.
Mission accomplished! Better give the PDF a less generic title than "Binder1."
Great! That's that. I put my insomnia to positive usage.
On a side note, I also used GIMP to blur a reference to McMillen's website on image #12 which was redundant given that he's deleted these versions from his site. Fingers crossed that doing this will keep me on safe territory if I decide to share the PDF with friends.
My friend! May I introduce you to the Good News… of… F.lux? XD
(Alternately, this has me thinking of “Wide Awake” by Frazier Chorus, 1995.)
and unable to get back to sleep, I decided to see this through and create a PDF so that the images can be presented in a comic format within a single file. My ever trusty MBP 2011 with High Sierra and Adobe Acrobat DC made easy work of this.
Most of the following steps are self-explanatory, I reckon.
Mission accomplished! Better give the PDF a less generic title than "Binder1."
Great! That's that. I put my insomnia to positive usage.
On a side note, I also used GIMP to blur a reference to McMillen's website on image #12 which was redundant given that he's deleted these versions from his site. Fingers crossed that doing this will keep me on safe territory if I decide to share the PDF with friends.
Nice quick project to get out of the way. That said, I am crying at just how bad the Acrobat UI has gotten — that all of this, cloud excepted, could be done without the kludgy, wizard interface, with Acrobat Pro 9 (which I still use, even in High Sierra). Adobe, wyd?
Thank you kindly! 😯
That was soothing. I'll have to investigate their other material. I love this community.
I used Acrobat Pro 9 for a decade. Towards the tail-end of my BA, I'd needed a program which would combine the various .doc based chapters of my thesis into one document that could then be printed (and also shared) - AP 9 was the perfect candidate: I loved the ease-of-use and its functionality. Whenever I needed to create a PDF, it was my default choice. I ended up migrating to DC because some of my PDF's had display issues and I thought that switching to a newer version might solve this - but to no avail.
Im running EyeTv 3 on Mavericks (unsupported) on my 2007 iMac 5,1
You may be also interested in this that I found today:
'..the necessary GRUB / kernel parameters to get gparted working in EFI mode also on older 32 bit EFI based Apple iMac computers'
at:
Making sure you're not a bot!
gitlab.gnome.org
This relates to macs made prior to 2012 ie iMac4,1, iMac4,2, iMac5,1, iMac5,2 and iMac6,1 and also corresponding Macbook, Mac-mini and MacPro.
With the help of my MBP 2011, High Sierra and VLC, I watched the fabulous documentary mini-series By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem - a companion piece to the crime drama series Godfather of Harlem. Entertaining, thought-provoking and informative from start to finish across four episodes. I even discovered a hitherto unknown-to-me Gil Scott-Heron poem.
Jobs had said that "you go to your TV to turn your brain off" and "go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on." Seeing as I watched the episodes on my HDTV as a second display, I managed to keep my brain on.
Jobs had said that "you go to your TV to turn your brain off" and "go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on." Seeing as I watched the episodes on my HDTV as a second display, I managed to keep my brain on.
Oh wow. I need to put this on my to-watch list.
Jobs had said that "you go to your TV to turn your brain off" and "go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on." Seeing as I watched the episodes on my HDTV as a second display, I managed to keep my brain on.
It’s a statement coming from the guy who made the tablet appliance ubiquitous.
These days, the “TV” is streaming content from pretty much anywhere — and which, alas, is much of why people use a computer or a tablet/phablet/phone.
It would not surprise me to witness in a few years a new generation of enthusiasts who will create a handful of DIY computers which are deliberately and permanently air-gapped away from the internet, so as to be engrossed by the singular experiences we took for granted when, in last century, we played and did stuff on a console or computer lacking a modem. Their reasons for doing to might be based in “fauxstalgia” and to have a more “pure”, intimate computing experience with what’s physically before them.
I have been told many times in my life that I am not normal - by a lot of assumedly normal people. This forum (but not necessarily this subforum) manages to reinforce my abnormalness quite often.
This is a prelude to my comment on the statement about TVs and computers. I go to the TV when I want to turn my brain on. Because I'm looking for shows that are going to engage me. Yes, I have the TV on for background noise a lot - but when I want to engage and turn my brain on, I pay attention. I go to the computer to turn my brain off.
I work with computers for my job, but since I hate working, a lot of the time the computer is simply helping me to pass the time by doing repetitive things until I clock out.
This is why I have a problem with the TV having serious/interesting/engaging content on when I am working. I have to turn my brain on for it and doing that when I am working is not anything I like to do.
TV/visual content is a different kind of attention-command, in that it is singular and designed to be engrossing for at least two senses, simultaneously (or, I guess, three, if one has a home theatre set up with fat subwoofers). I think that’s what comes to my mind when I describe it as “turning off” my brain.
As with you, I can’t work on things whilst letting a screen play video at the same time (though I can fall asleep quicker when a screen is playing). I can, however, get a lot done when just letting music play — ideally, music I know intimately and can, in select instances, leave on single-song repeat (which can help me become more productive, more focussed, more engrossed, and even time-blind). In this sense, the music becomes a kind of neural pacifier for my visual brain (as in, I have music-visual synaesthesia), letting my brain concentrate on the work before me.
This is also why I do not own a screen appliance, my old af phone excepted (and which I’ve disabled video applications): the presence of a tablet exists as an a TV/visual content delivery and/or entertainment device.
If I want to watch visual content, I can stop what I’m doing and switch to that, but on my computer (since I’m no longer doing work).
If/when you watch it, please send me a PM and we can discuss it. I thought that it was a great series but the segment examining James Brown's impact would've taken an entirely different angle had they spoken to Cornel West during the research phase and I'm surprised that Chuck D wasn't included as a talking head.
It’s a statement coming from the guy who made the tablet appliance ubiquitous.
I'll repurpose this snap of Jobs and Gates to express my (supportive) amusement.
Quite - to be free of everything that has come to define the supposed modern computing experience: adverts, alerts, prompts to download updates, prompts to upgrade your OS version etc.
F**k what they think. Most of the people who impart those asinine judgements are bubbleheads. I'd rather go against the grain than be a clone. I march to the beat of my own drum and I'm all the more happier for it.
In a good way, I hope.
Have you watched the George Clooney directed Goodnight and Good luck? I think you'd enjoy it. At one point I watched it near religiously and came to have a great regard for Edward R. Murrow and quoted him in my academic work. In particular, the following:
LOL. One of those persons was my sister.F**k what they think. Most of the people who impart those asinine judgements are bubbleheads. I'd rather go against the grain than be a clone. I march to the beat of my own drum and I'm all the more happier for it.
And she meant it.
What they think has never mattered (in this regard at least). I long ago learned to adapt and not being 'normal' means you're unpredictable, which often works to my advantage. Normal people don't often know how to deal with or respond to 'not' normal.
I practiced 'malicious compliance' long before that became a thing. Ask my dad!
As to here, no not in a bad way. Not in a good way either - just confirmation of something I already know. I'm comfortable with that. My identity isn't wrapped up in being like everyone else.
I'll have to check out the Clooney thing, thanks!
There is another thread on music I posted in here (Community section). With the stuff I like, it drives emotion and it's often emotion that drives my inspiration and creativity. Visuals also help with me and when both align strongly I am influenced. But that again, requires my attention.
See the No Man's Land scene from Wonder Woman for the type of thing I mean.
I dont watch traditional TV either really. The broader internet really is my source of information these days. The majority of my time is spent researching and fixing stuff, gardening and general putzing around. I do watch Mandalorian with my younger sons who are both into the Mandoverse.
Posted from my 09 MBP running Ubuntu.
Posted from my 09 MBP running Ubuntu.
Wow, this looks awesome. I definitely need to check this out as this is right up my alley.
Holy crap, this is great. It's a shame it was taken down, though a cursory Google search turned up other copies easily enough. I don't suppose I could trouble you for your PDF?Wide awake in the middle of the night and unable to get back to sleep, I decided to see this through and create a PDF so that the images can be presented in a comic format within a single file....
From here on I'll always include the IMDB info of whatever I'm watching courtesy of my early Intel Macs so that other members can investigate them if they're interested.
Holy crap, this is great. It's a shame it was taken down, though a cursory Google search turned up other copies easily enough. I don't suppose I could trouble you for your PDF?
Check your inbox.
i got sick of needing a stupid usb audio interface with my Retina MBP to plug my guitar in, so i've dusted off my Late 2006 MBP running snow leopard and i'm just using that now. still works fine for that.
What does the 06 MBP have or do that makes it superior for connecting your guitar?
Sorry, I've meant separate Sound-In for the guitar and have a separate Sound-Out for the headphones/speakers etc.
With a combined Sound-In/Out-Socket, You'll need some interface ...
(To be honest, my first simple-minded thought was, the Retina-MBP wouldn't sport any Audio-socket at all ... 🤭)
Sorry. I was backing up/supporting what you wrote.
By “dedicated”, I meant “dedicated, discrete” ports for audio input and output.