I HATE APPLE

I've heard that dragging just one song the iPod can repair the database. Worth a try as well? Do backups first though.

so i spilled beer on my macbook keyboard last night--i turned it off immediately, turned it upside down, let it drain... just turned it off and its working fine (so far) except keyboard shortcuts seem to be totally messed up--some of them dont work at all (command-tab), some of them only work from one command key (command-n in safari). doesnt seem to be a weird system preferences thing so im worried its a bad hardware situation. any hope for me?

maybe let it dry (while off) for another 24 hours?

if the keyboard needs replacing you can DIY for ~100$/£

unfortunately i need it tonight

"oh well"

HOYL FUCKL

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Wrong thread, sorry!

external usb keyboard xxp?

external usb keyboard would def be a good temp solution

other than that you could try taking it apart and dipping the entire keyboard in 100% isopropyl alcohol

it's easy I do it all the time

yeah i dont have one lying around, and its not anything crucial, just annoying given how used to keyboard shortcuts i am. ill see if i can borrow one later, or just replace this bad boy. going on 4 years with this laptop anyway and my eye is starting to wander...

dont worry though ill keep this thread updated.

i rebooted my MBP and it hung at the grey screen - didn't get the ? indicating the hard drive dead, just a grey screen

came back later in the afternoon to see what was happening, still the same. cold booted it, same thing again - tried coldbooting it with the option key down to see if would boot off that, same thing - seems to be before that

on i think the 5th cold boot it booted up ok

my mbp from 2007 is fucked, it just makes the startup chime over and over when i turn it on. i think its the logic board >:(

old man yells at apple computer

i rebooted it again to see what would happen and its just rebooted fine - there's been no clicking to indicate a problem with the hard drive, and when it hung it seemed to be before it got to choosing which drive to boot off

maybe its just the time of year, i haven't really been at the races myself either

Sounds like time to back up all your stuff.

backed up w ccc on one partition and time machine on the other (then repeated with an offsite disk once a week ok month)

but the weird thing is...when it wouldnt boot...it wouldnt let me choose to boot from the external either, it hung before that point

(now it boots off both fine)

finally worked out how to wirelessly connect my MBP with my PS3. MAGIC.

why.... would you do that

probably to screen avi files from his laptop to his television (that's why I connected my MB to my 360)

you can also use your laptop as a floating hard drive and stream music through your tv. also wonderful.

is there anyway to screen share so we can watch hulu stuff or is it just folders and files??

just folders and files

lame

surely you can get a vpn client for a ps3, it is huge!

More of an "I LOVE APPLE" post, but...

I lost my iPhone a couple months ago, and assumed it was stolen, because I tried to call it immediately, and it went straight to voicemail. I ended up having to pay the "early upgrade" pricing to get a new one ($500).

Then, a couple of days ago, I got an email from the SF Apple store telling me that a good samaritan had turned in my phone, and that I could come in and pick it up any time. So maybe this is more of a "I LOVE GOOD SAMARITANS" post, but in any case... YAY!

So do you get your money back or do you just pointlessly have two phones?

I think my wife gets a new phone, or I could sell it, maybe?

can't you watch hulu via the PS3 browser? not ideal but should still work. I know iplayer does

anyone got a link to the chart showing how much apple stock you'd have if you'd invested in shares instead of buying their laptops on release

http://cdn.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/20110119-jgh61ps6d7ufqwm8b7b6cyxx7f.jpg

Bastard thing did it again. So it looks like every time I plug my ipod into my conputer it fucks up, loses all the songs and says it has to be reset to factory settings. Brilliant. The only upside is this model doesn't run out of battery very often.

yeah i dont have one lying around, and its not anything crucial, just annoying given how used to keyboard shortcuts i am. ill see if i can borrow one later, or just replace this bad boy. going on 4 years with this laptop anyway and my eye is starting to wander...

dont worry though ill keep this thread updated.

― max, Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:27 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what'd you end up doing with your computer, max? i spilled some whiskey on the right side of my macbook keyboard a few days ago and the A through L keys and the left option key (none of which were spilled on) are all dead. probably going to end up with permanent usb keyboard :-/

nothing. all my keys work fine individually, but the shortcuts that didnt work at the beginning still dont work. its a pain.

Whenever I try to log on to ILX on my iphone, when I type in my name (at the start of my e-mail address) the autocorrect keeps changing it to 'nanoscale'. Is there a way I can add my name to a dictionary of known words so that it won't keep trying to change it?

Settings > General > Keyboard > Edit User Dictionary

I don't get that option under Keyboard.

But my surname (along with other words I use) has automatically been added to the user dictionary, just from me having typed it a few times.

What's your iPhone?

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

I have a 3GS and I've got it. neener neener

iPhone 4, running OS 4.2.1

Jamie, you could try resetting the user dictionary under Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary (if you don't think it's added anything useful) and then try typing your name a few more times, refusing the autocorrect suggestion.

Weird. Mine's 4 with 4.2.1 as well. I've got three active keyboards, that might have something to do with it.

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

Same for me. I think maybe the problem is that I've never typed it in other text (e.g. in a text message or an ILX post), just when trying to log on to ILX, so it hasn't been added to the dictionary. Maybe I should just try typing it over and over and over.

Actually that seems to have worked. I have just sent my Dad a text consisting of my name repeated ten times, though.

NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY <send>

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 January 2011 10:29 (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

i didn't either, but i found that if you add an international dictionary (chinese simplified pinyin seems to do the trick) then tap back, the "edit user dictionary" option magically appears. it's what i love about apple, so intuitive.

ok, did it. my user dictionary says "No Words" which is wrong, i mean "jeez" and things like that go in fine with no autocorrection

is noone else just grossed out by this verizon iphone situation?