Small Tech Support Questions - Mac

[BklynBruzer]

This is for all those little problems you Mac people (aka enlightened people) have that aren't worth their own thread.

(Note to Joe/Mods - Should this and the Windows topic be stickied?)

[Joe Beaudoin Jr.]

Thine holy thread is stucketh.

[BklynBruzer]

Thine holy thread is stucketh.

Thine Victorian language is teh sucketh. (Just messing with ya man.) :p

[Joe Beaudoin Jr.]

Thine Victorian language is teh sucketh. (Just messing with ya man.) :p

No worries. :D

[Sgt_Smiles]

Why the hell did they ever invent Mac OS 6.5? i was trying to transfer the files on an old g3 today when i came to tears upon seeing that any software for mac/windows networking is unsupported. doesn't help that the windows computer receiving it is a vista machine, but still mac OS makes me want to slaughter babies on the street.

[BklynBruzer]

Why the hell did they ever invent Mac OS 6.5? i was trying to transfer the files on an old g3 today when i came to tears upon seeing that any software for mac/windows networking is unsupported. doesn't help that the windows computer receiving it is a vista machine, but still mac OS makes me want to slaughter babies on the street.

Mac OS = bad.

Mac OS X = FUCKING HELL YES AWESOME WOO!

[Sgt_Smiles]

:tos-cylon: only cylons use Mac OS < OSX thats what was in the satalite that killed the cylon basestar. that and AIDS. and Fail.

[Spencerian]

There was never such a thing as "Mac OS 6.5."

The original Mac OS (made in 1984) wasn't even called by that name until version 7.0 arrived in the early 1990s. (Previous versions divided its versioning between two prime OS components: "System" and "Finder" and were generally known together as "system software".) This versioning continued until Mac OS version 10.0, which disposed of the original Mac OS code base in favor of a highly updated version of the NeXTSTEP OS (created by another Steve Jobs company after being kicked out of Apple).

Version 10.0 was adapted as a branding by Apple as "Mac OS X." The "X" was a play on words referencing both its version, 10, and its BSD Unix underpinnings.

From there, Apple changed its numbering of versions, keeping "Mac OS X" as the brand name but changing the version numbering as such: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. Version 10.5 of Mac OS X arrives this October.

And almost all heroes on TV and film use Macs to save the world. The Mark II Vipers weren't hackable because they used a parallel version of OS X. Baltar's CNP could have been called "Colonial Windows" for all its flaws. The Cylons just helped it along. :)

So, technically, 10.4 is more like "Mac OS version 15."

Windows has a more sordid history, rumored to involve sorcery, stolen code, clowns, and a bad case of jock itch, all bundled in shrinkwrap.

[BklynBruzer]

There was never such a thing as "Mac OS 6.5."

The original Mac OS (made in 1984) wasn't even called by that name until version 7.0 arrived in the early 1990s. (Previous versions divided its versioning between two prime OS components: "System" and "Finder" and were generally known together as "system software".) This versioning continued until Mac OS version 10.0, which disposed of the original Mac OS code base in favor of a highly updated version of the NeXTSTEP OS (created by another Steve Jobs company after being kicked out of Apple).

Version 10.0 was adapted as a branding by Apple as "Mac OS X." The "X" was a play on words referencing both its version, 10, and its BSD Unix underpinnings.

From there, Apple changed its numbering of versions, keeping "Mac OS X" as the brand name but changing the version numbering as such: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. Version 10.5 of Mac OS X arrives this October.

And almost all heroes on TV and film use Macs to save the world. The Mark II Vipers weren't hackable because they used a parallel version of OS X. Baltar's CNP could have been called "Colonial Windows" for all its flaws. The Cylons just helped it along. :)

So, technically, 10.4 is more like "Mac OS version 15."

Windows has a more sordid history, rumored to involve sorcery, stolen code, clowns, and a bad case of jock itch, all bundled in shrinkwrap.

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I feel markedly inferior. Your Apple geekery far outshines mine.

[Corelogik]

" Steve Jobs is my shepard,
I shall not crash,
he leadeth me beside aqua waters.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of Windows,
I shall fear no blue screen,
thy iMac and thy iBook they comfort me.

For thine is the style and the Finder forever,
AMEN! "

I used OS 9 for anout 20 minutes. I have used OS X exclusively for the past 4 years and don't regret one single minute of it.

[BklynBruzer]

Amen. Amen, indeed.

[Jonathan]

I have a query for the Mac Gods here. I have a new iMac, yes the new Aluminum one, with Leopard. I have an AHS 65 headset from Altec Lansing. I want to use it to podcast and record my audio with. I've plugged the mic jack into the rear of the iMac in the input that my instructions (for the iMac) say to.

But, it never picks up my voice. How do I remedy this? I've looked in the Sound properties in System Preferences and changed the input source to Line In but that didn't work either.

[Spencerian]

I have a query for the Mac Gods here. I have a new iMac, yes the new Aluminum one, with Leopard. I have an AHS 65 headset from Altec Lansing. I want to use it to podcast and record my audio with. I've plugged the mic jack into the rear of the iMac in the input that my instructions (for the iMac) say to.

But, it never picks up my voice. How do I remedy this? I've looked in the Sound properties in System Preferences and changed the input source to Line In but that didn't work either.

Hi there.

Sounds like you have the basics right. Like most I generally record from the built-in mike or while playing from a CD. What you might want to do is download the free Audacity sound recording app (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). From its preferences, be sure it also is using the line-in setting (see this link (http://www.macinstruct.com/node/131) for an example), then try to make a simple recording.

The Sound preferences should show any input from the line-in. But, as the link to the LP recording notes in its text, you might not have enough amplification with the mike as-is for line-in (the built-in mike likely has a pre-amp). You may need a pre-amp between the mike and Mac.

Again, sound recording isn't my forte. Try Googling a bit on "recording sound on a Mac", restrict posts to 2007 and later (OS X Leopard's time period) and there should be a bit more.

What software were you going to use to record?

[Jonathan]

I've been using GarageBand to record. I do an enhanced version of my podcast and need GarageBand for that. Overall I am a big fan of GarageBand.

I've never needed a pre-amp for my headset mic before but I used to record in Win XP.

Am I missing a step? I expected this to be plug and play.

[Jonathan]

No takers on this? It has me flummoxed but I've hoped that someone else has an idea.

[Spencerian]

Sorry there. Have you connected the mic and looked at the Sound preferences information under "Output"? There should be a line in level there so you can see if any input is recognized. I think GB has its own input settings that you may need to set, no matter the Mac's settings.

[genji2000]

Jonathan, you should use an external audio interface, something like the iMic (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic).

[laisan]

Does anyone know much about Adobe Flash CS3? I am having such a difficult time trying to resize an animation..[>________<]~grr..

[Prolescum]

Afraid not, Laisan...

Anyone ever set up a VPN with a mac as the server?

[stavrosg]

Anyone ever set up a VPN with a mac as the server?
MacOSX has a classic UNIX base, so something made for linux can probably work almost as-is with a mac.

You may even find it packaged here (http://www.finkproject.org/).

[Prolescum]

Yeah, I know the similarities...
I thought about trying a couple of open source solutions, but there weren't any instructions/walkthroughs for the mac. It's not my computer, so I didn't want to just start messing with it if you know what I mean. Was hoping someone could walk me through it...
Cheers for the link too, Stav.