vim still works the same
i've been running ML since the betas and when all this hubbub about Save As started kicking around, i was trying to think if i had ever even noticed the behavior ...then i realized that 90% of any document editing i do is in emacs
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 9 August 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
bring back suggest ban
― caek, Thursday, 9 August 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
cosign. that said, I never got my head around the whole save as/duplicate thing in lion whenever I was forced to use Word for something.
― toby, Thursday, 9 August 2012 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
Cosign also. Roughly half of my work is residing in local git/svn repositories anyway, so most of this just flew by me.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 August 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I guess I don't care about this "Save As" behavior...I'm happy to be able to skip the "Duplicate" crap of Lion & this behavior is compatible with the "always saved" file model of L/ML.
― Euler, Friday, 10 August 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
and if I want different versions of my CV?
― skrill xx (cozen), Friday, 10 August 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Create a separate one called "Inflated Lies," accidentally attach it to your next cover letter.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
Honestly is this so hard to figure out? Save As BEFORE you start making all your experimental horse changes
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 August 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
eh the reason I want to branch is that I've already been writing in a new vein & I want to be able to revert to things before I started f'ing with things
but as I said I can do that with versions so it's ok enough
― Euler, Friday, 10 August 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
i just noticed this in the itunes preferences and i really can't believe i've been listening to my music with this shit on for so long:
http://i.imgur.com/wczt4.png
do yourself a favor and turn it off if you use itunes
― diamonddave85, Friday, 17 August 2012 02:56 (eleven years ago) link
OK, I turned it off, nothing sounds different, what was it doing?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 17 August 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's just like a dynamic equalizing thing but I obviously could be wrong about that.
apple says: "If you select the "Sound Enhancer" checkbox, iTunes "enhances" the sound of your audio files by increasing the treble and bass response, depending on how you set the slider. Think of it kind of like the "Loudness" button found on an old home stereo system, but adjustable. If you move the slider toward the "high" end, iTunes boosts more of the equalization, meaning things will generally sound punchier and crisper. If you move it towards the "low" end, iTunes will decrease the same frequencies."
― Clay, Friday, 17 August 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
Christ, music's boring. never noticed before.
― Fizzles, Friday, 17 August 2012 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
Ah good, iPod headphone jack's going out in one channel. THROW IT OUT AND BUY A NEW ONE.
― reckless driving, abuse of small dogs, thirst for fame (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 August 2012 08:52 (eleven years ago) link
SO
a week after i get my RMBP my old santa rosa gives up the ghost
basically just a nasty clicking sound over and over again
so i want to keep it around and use it for:
1) guest internet / computer access
2) print server
3) file server (attached to external drives)
4) movie projection
5) ???
how big of one of these do i need?
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce/Solid_State_Pro/
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
5) weather station, seismograph, green house management
6) CO2 regulation for the, uh, greenhouse
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Macbook battery iz dead. time for wall tether sorrow
made all this with garageband though even with wallteather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u-ShK8ItJ4
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
I would go for 60GB
― your native bacon (mh), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
what other cool shit can i do with it? wireless printing / scanning and permanent wireless disk full of comic books, rpgs and dos games is gonna be sweet too, and serve as a temporary time capsule until i get one of those.
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
t0rr3nts?
― your native bacon (mh), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
i can do that with any computer
i mean like a hardware thing
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
i want it to use it to control a bunch of different types of hardware around the house
ah, I meant leaving them up on sites where you need to seed
private sites, obviously
― your native bacon (mh), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
man fuck a piracy ;-)
would consider free server for ILX djs
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
so for a while now iTunes tells me my ipad - besides audio, video, apps, etc - allocates a lot of space to "other" (4GB as of today). Apparently this is a common phenomenon but I can't find a solution to this online. I've tried rebooting, resetting, etc., but it keeps doing this. Pretty annoying and it seems the share of "other" just keeps growing.Can somebody help?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
it's app caches. EG: Spotify stores downloaded music on the device, and that goes in Other. You can see it on the device: Settings > General > Usage under "Storage"
― stet, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:24 (eleven years ago) link
aha! I always thought that stuff was integrated in the "apps" allocations (as is the case for videos with VLC or stuff in Cloud Reader)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, it distinguishes between stuff the app says it needs to keep around (videos etc) and stuff the app says is cache that can be removed if required.
(The system will empty those caches in extremis, it changes the icon and marks it "Cleaning..." when it's doing it. Have only seen it happen a few times)
― stet, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone know if there is a way to have wifi automatically turn off when plugged into a thunderbolt monitor (or even to a network hard line)
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.controlplaneapp.com/
― caek, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
fwiw though, even if wifi is "on", it shouldn't actually use it for data if it has a real network connection
― caek, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
While I'm hatin on Apple, I've now got a Nexus 7 and tho I don't think it's better than the iPad, it shows up the how bad it is that iOS doesn't have proper background running for apps.
It's pretty nice how I can get on the Tube with no reception, take my nexus out of my bag where it's been left all day, and Pocket, Google Reader, GMail, Kindle, Spotify and Twitter having automatically updated themselves via the office wifi. No manual intervention required. The iPad in the same situation would be so out of date as to be useless.
Would make the iPod Touch and the non-3G iPads way better if they had this too.
― stet, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:44 (eleven years ago) link
agreed
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:46 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
apple is in serious danger of falling massively behind, especially in phones (yes I know it's coming, no I don't think it'll hold a candle to the galaxy iii)
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:48 (eleven years ago) link
I saw someone looking at their Windows phone last night and God the UI looked beautiful compared with tired old iOS.
― Alba, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
(I am not saying Windows phones are better than iPhones, just that some the design is gorgeous)
― Alba, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
― stet, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 6:44 AM
That functionality is built into some newer apps and some services, like the recently upgraded BBC iPlayer, but yeah it would be nice if it were OS- or system-wide.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeh, that's cool about iPlayer, but it's not quite what I mean: even with apps that do support using them offline like Reeder or Instapaper, you have to open the app so it can grab new content. I end up doing this stupid dance before I leave work of opening Reeder, waiting, closing it, opening Pocket, waiting, closing it, opening Sparrow, waiting, closing it, and so on and on.
With Android, you don't even need to open the apps -- they just do their thing in the background.
― stet, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
sparrow doesnt support push?
― max, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
I'd consider an Android tablet if only there were a decent selection of apps for it (designed for the larger screen of a tablet, not a phone). Android phone apps are plentiful, but because of the slow adoption rate of OS upgrades of Android users compared to iOS users, and because of the wide number of disparate Android devices that need to be supported (both by Google and the devs), it seems Android developers tend to write for the lowest common denominator to make sure their apps will run on most Android devices, rather than iOS developers which generally assume you have iOS 5 by now. And even then, the iPhone app usually arrives first.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:06 (eleven years ago) link
i'm gonna have to look at some of these new windows phones... at least with Android I still haven't really seen anything that's at the level of iOS in terms of elegance smoothness, snappiness, ease of use, etc.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link
oh wait, this is the hate thread... my bad
Again, i'll pass on Windows phones until or unless the apps arrive. Most stuff right now is Apple and Android only, maybe Blackberry.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
I'm thinking the iPhont 5 will have some kind of PowerNap type functionality.
― shaane, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, Sparrow tried to support Push, but Apple rejected it for misusing the multitasking API. They were trying to come up with some other method, but then Google bought them.
Apple should really sort something out, though -- it's unfair and lame that Apple apps like Mail/Reminders/Notes can do this and others can't.
― stet, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
WEill Ipad survive 80$ android tablets influx - Ghost of Jobs says yes
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/apple-kegerator.jpg
― Sweet Yin Yang ☯ (Latham Green), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670760/will-apples-tacky-software-design-philosophy-cause-a-revolt
― caek, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link