Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

I know

*sulks

iwork any good? if so what at?

never used it, but it doesn't have to be that good to beat office that's for sure

yeah thats what i figure... fuck powerpoint.

204 Pin SO DIMM DDR3 PC3-10600 1333MHz 2x2GB (4GB)

this is from a new macbookpro, it will fit in a imac if it's DDR3 1333 compatible so basically a 2010 or 2011 model.
if you have a 2010 imac with 4gb you have 2 slots spare for this extra 4gb.
about £35 on t web £20 posted or possibly collected from farringdon, tooting or central.

check the specs of your machine and if you have 2 spare slots and 1333 not 1066 compatible

will not be available until end of the week when my 8gb turns up.

I've got a 2.66 ghz i5 imac... will it work on mine?

if so, dibs :D

undibs (sorry again)

won't work with mine.

I got a mac and think its the dogs bollocks...(good)

yeah thats what i figure... fuck powerpoint.

if you need a good presentation app, keynote is miles and miles better than powerpoint

I got a mac and think its the dogs bollocks...(good)

now get back to the nursery

SlideRocket, haven't looked back.

Tedious: Any way to buy iDVD these days? Doesn't seem to be a part of iLife any more so can't get it from the app store, nor do I seem to be able to buy it on its own.

Answers on a postcard.

Or just post them here.

Can I ask what may be a basic question... I've got an old Powermac G5, a little while ago strange things started happening with my keyboard.. essentially lots of its functionality wont work... for example....

CAPS LOCK - doesn't turn its self on
and
I can't tab between things on websites...

Any ideas what it is and how i sort it? I imagine its really obvious...

The keys have stopped working and are in the same region of the keyboard so it's likely to be dirt/spill related, try cleaning/replacing your keyboard?

iWEB and iDVD are still a part of iLife11

info here:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC623Z/A/iLife-11?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

So if I download the entire thing from the app store I can get it? Or is that just the boxed edition. In the download version it didn't make it very obvious so I didn't want to risk 46 quid only to find it had iMovie, iPhoto and Garageband, 3 programmes I probably wouldn't use.

If you only want a DVD composer then I'm sure there's some other stuff out there that can do as good a job as iDVD. Granted I haven't used it for a fair few years, but I doubt much has changed. £46 will probably get you a lot too!

It looks like they don't make a song and dance about the programs because they haven't updated them.

Unfortunately it's specifically iDVD that I've been asked for. I personally use a mix between Encore and DVD Studio Pro. But there's a template in iDVD which an irksome colleague is obsessed with and wants. If there were a way of installing the template from iDVD to DVD SP then I'd be up for that but can't figure it out for the life of me - so thought it would be sensible enough to just buy iLife and have done with

But did you not get iLife with your Mac when you bought it?

iDVD hasn't changed in years, so any version of iLife should have you covered, no?

Second hand :)

Ok, trying to install XP via bootcamp on MacBook pro, I create a partition in OSX allowing 60 GB for windows and the remaining 190ish for the Osx partition.
When I restart with the windows disc in the blue screen it says there is only one partition, and that it's 130gb. What's that all about?

Ok, so Logic on the mac has just turned a bit shit. If you are running logic 9 on snow leopard at 32 bit which you pretty much have to as most plug-ins have not been upgraded to 64 bit, you are only allocated 4G of RAM, which means if you load a RAM heavy plug-in like Omnisphere, Trillion or Vienna, you constantly get 'you have no memory left' messages. Memory doesn't seem to refresh if you remove plug-ins, so I'm having to restart Logic all the time just to audition patches. Am I doing something wrong?

Ok, trying to install XP via bootcamp on MacBook pro, I create a partition in OSX allowing 60 GB for windows and the remaining 190ish for the Osx partition.
When I restart with the windows disc in the blue screen it says there is only one partition, and that it's 130gb. What's that all about?

Is the 60gb partition formatted in fat32? If its still "mac os extended" windows won't recognise it.

Use Boot Camp Assistant. It will set it all up correctly

I've been using BCA, drive is formatted fat32. Still no joy despite being awake most of the night trying to figure it.

It's this basically:

http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternative-operating-systems/364269/windows-installer-does-not-see-recognize/2/

I've just cycled into work to pick up an XP sp3 disc to see if that'll help then I'll try again.

Ok, so Logic on the mac has just turned a bit shit. If you are running logic 9 on snow leopard at 32 bit which you pretty much have to as most plug-ins have not been upgraded to 64 bit, you are only allocated 4G of RAM, which means if you load a RAM heavy plug-in like Omnisphere, Trillion or Vienna, you constantly get 'you have no memory left' messages. Memory doesn't seem to refresh if you remove plug-ins, so I'm having to restart Logic all the time just to audition patches. Am I doing something wrong?

i feel your pain - sometimes i get that message even when running simple (sub 20 track) mixes, amd basic plugins... still beats pro tools though