[glamchicdiva]

hi Mac users! i have a white 2.4GHz MacBook. i've been using it for 8 months and i'm lovin it.

but i have a problem here.

i installed Windows XP on my Mac, and i tried record my voice in Windows with a mic but it doesnt work. it only records voices from the built-in mic.
when i tried to record from the mic, there's only silence.

i also tried to record from GarageBand in Mac but it doesnt work too.

can someone pls pls pls help me here? i'm desperate >.<

[hiimpaulkim]

me love you long time

2.5 ghz macbook pro 2gb 250 gb hd


oh yea a good website to download macintosh software like office 2008 for free is macserialjunkie.com

you gotta register but it's kinda like z-degrees.net in terms of music and what not

actually it's more like warez-bb.org

[j00n]

people with macbooks and macbook pros, does yours get really hot when its sitting on your lap? like burns your leg kinda hot...

Yeah they can get pretty hot, but that's the same with pretty much all laptops i've used. I have a Macbook Pro and i can use it on my lap without burning (thanks Titanium case!) but it makes my legs sweat.

hi mac users lol.
im thinking of getting a macbook (never used one before, only randomly cus my friends' ones looked interesting and pretty haha)
i have a few questions; (warning:i am TOTAL MAC/LAPTOP NOOOB)

- Would i have to purchase microsoft office separately? (what word processing program does mac come with?)
- Whats the difference between "combo" and "superdrive"?
- In the 'specs' area, wat does it mean if it says "1GB/120GB"??? (and is the higher the better??)
- Do they break easily....? like freeze/ that horrible blue screen lol
- Is it compatible with any printer? (so if i plug in my HP printer into USB will it work?)

ANY advice would be greatly appreciated!

- Yes, MS Office is a separate purchase with any computer
- combo drive typically means a CD-RW/DVD-ROM. A "superdrive" is Apple's unique word to describe one drive that can play and burn both CDs and DVDs, including double-layer DVDs.
- i'm guessing it means 1GB RAM with a 120GB Hard Drive
- Macs do not get blue screens of death, and are much more stable OS than Windows because it's based on Linux/UNIX kernal.
- For the most part it should be compatible with any printer that uses USB, most HP printers come with a PC software disk and a Mac software drivers disk.

Thanks for the warm welcome and that helpful link!
So it seems, at least from your response, that macs are much more carefree than windows.

Of those programs listed on that site, you recommend only OnYx?
Have you any experience with some of the other ones: Spring Cleaning, Maintenance, and iTool are some of the few that caught my eye.

Also, I'm not assuming macs are immune yet, but if I was to accidently get a spyware, is there an all-rounded program I can use? I noticed my macbook working a bit strange yesterday, mostly likely from skimmng pages on photobucket. Strange as in: sometimes when I click the links on forums, such as 'reply' the screen automatically jumps to the very top. Another one is when I type in a keyword in the search engine on Photobucket. I completely ignores my search and refreshes to what seems like the home page- odd things here and there, is there a way to combat this?

Thanks

OnYx is the only one i've used...i don't have issues with spyware or performance so i rarely use these tools, but they all work pretty much the same. When in doubt try them all, it can't hurt.

There's a lot of different kinds of Spyware. It may not be spyware, it could simply be browser issues or malicious HTML code...a lot of sites do not program their sites to run well off of Mac versions of Safari or Firefox, and you will get a lot of quirky issues. Otherwise, if you're using Firefox simply use the "Erase Private Data" and that will clean everything out for you.

hi Mac users! i have a white 2.4GHz MacBook. i've been using it for 8 months and i'm lovin it.

but i have a problem here.

i installed Windows XP on my Mac, and i tried record my voice in Windows with a mic but it doesnt work. it only records voices from the built-in mic.
when i tried to record from the mic, there's only silence.

i also tried to record from GarageBand in Mac but it doesnt work too.

can someone pls pls pls help me here? i'm desperate >.<

Hi, in Garageband as well as in the system you need to manually set it to use your 3rd party microphone since by default OS X will try to use the built in first. To change this go under the Apple symbol and go to System Preferences. Click on Sound, and click on the tab Input. You should see your microphone listed there as well as "Internal microphone". Simply click on your microphone nd close the window. In Garageband it's basically the same thing:

Garageband>Preferences>Audio/MIDI

Choose under the drop down menu next to the Audio input your microphone.

[huunna]

i own a mac for about 10 months and i love my mac hehe

but i have a problem, it easily gets dirty

[_dax_]

OnYx is the only one i've used...i don't have issues with spyware or performance so i rarely use these tools, but they all work pretty much the same. When in doubt try them all, it can't hurt.

There's a lot of different kinds of Spyware. It may not be spyware, it could simply be browser issues or malicious HTML code...a lot of sites do not program their sites to run well off of Mac versions of Safari or Firefox, and you will get a lot of quirky issues. Otherwise, if you're using Firefox simply use the "Erase Private Data" and that will clean everything out for you.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll try OnYx before I venture out.

I restarted my laptop, cleared my history, emptied the cash and 'reset safari.'
It seems to be working fine now, so it might have been of what you mentioned.

I always assume the worst since I'm still accustomed to a PC.
Mac's are for the most part, self-cleaners, that makes things more convenient, but do you find an antivirus program necessary for macs?

[tachichan]

i JUST got my macboook and im soo not used to it yet X______X

so what is the equivalant to ms word? i only see a textedit program.....
thanks for the help!

i bought the mac book b/c it came with an itouch....lol

[_dax_]

^
Microsoft Office, but doesn't come with it.

That was your only reason? lol

Oh and if anyone knows a program similar to cutePDF except compatible with macs.
(A virtual printer that creates PDFs from any program)

[drawkcab]

I hope someone can help me out with this...

I have a Mac Pro and want to reboot/upgrade my computer, like new. I currently have four internal hard drives with three and a half terabytes. Can I keep the main hard drive in and take the other three out and reboot my computer and put my hard drives back in without losing any data, or will I need to reformat the hard drives which will wipe them out clean =/

Thanks in advance =)

[Millou]

I'm having problems with installing my printer on my MBP. I know I can use my printer on a mac environment, because it worked fine on my G5, but for some reason I can't add it in system preferences...

[Xarthan]

I hope someone can help me out with this...

I have a Mac Pro and want to reboot/upgrade my computer, like new. I currently have four internal hard drives with three and a half terabytes. Can I keep the main hard drive in and take the other three out and reboot my computer and put my hard drives back in without losing any data, or will I need to reformat the hard drives which will wipe them out clean =/

Thanks in advance =)

Yes, you can actually leave them in.

I'm assuming the 4 drives you have, 1 is the main Macintosh HD?

If so note which drive it is, re-boot with ur OS X DVD, and follow the on screen instructions. Make sure you select the right drive.

If u are a bit wary about it, you can remove your other 3 drives, then do the install, then plug them back in.

The only drive that will be totally wiped clean will be the drive with the OS X.

[drawkcab]

Yes, you can actually leave them in.

I'm assuming the 4 drives you have, 1 is the main Macintosh HD?

If so note which drive it is, re-boot with ur OS X DVD, and follow the on screen instructions. Make sure you select the right drive.

If u are a bit wary about it, you can remove your other 3 drives, then do the install, then plug them back in.

The only drive that will be totally wiped clean will be the drive with the OS X.

Thanks a lot Xarthan. I'll give that a try.

[orangeorange123]

Do you any of you guys have problems using Yahoo!messenger on your MACs? I do. At school I can never log in, but at home i can. I dont know why. I just bought my MAC and I just installed in Microsoft office that took up like 1.2G of my space and my MAC only comes with 2G. Should I add more space? Especially since i'm downloaded more applications like Firefox, Yahoo, and AIM?

[j00n]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll try OnYx before I venture out.

I restarted my laptop, cleared my history, emptied the cash and 'reset safari.'
It seems to be working fine now, so it might have been of what you mentioned.

I always assume the worst since I'm still accustomed to a PC.
Mac's are for the most part, self-cleaners, that makes things more convenient, but do you find an antivirus program necessary for macs?

No. I used Macs since the early Apple IIgs as well as PC and i have never gotten a virus on a Mac. The whole mentally of writing a virus, worm, or trojan is to infect as many systems as possible. Since the Mac OS is still a relative minority in the overall personal computing market, most of these guys don't feel it's worthwhile to write two sets of virii. I'm not saying that will never change, and personally since Mac OS has changed to intel based chips running DDR RAM, i think it only makes it easier for these guys to start writing PC/Mac compatible virii in the future. But for now, i wouldn't bother with it. I've generally round McAfee and Norton's to be utterly useless in their Mac versions. I Googled for "Mac anti virus" and came across ClamXav. Might wanna check it out, it's free and could give you that extra sense of security. Glad I could help!

i JUST got my macboook and im soo not used to it yet X______X

so what is the equivalant to ms word? i only see a textedit program.....
thanks for the help!

i bought the mac book b/c it came with an itouch....lol

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx

If you're in school ask for the school discount, and get the Office 2008 for Mac
Home and Student Edition as it will be cheaper.

Yes, you can actually leave them in.

I'm assuming the 4 drives you have, 1 is the main Macintosh HD?

If so note which drive it is, re-boot with ur OS X DVD, and follow the on screen instructions. Make sure you select the right drive.

If u are a bit wary about it, you can remove your other 3 drives, then do the install, then plug them back in.

The only drive that will be totally wiped clean will be the drive with the OS X.

Yeah to expound on what Xarthan says. Your OS is installed and runs from one hard drive. That's why you can upgrade/format without it touching the other drives. Windows also works this way. If you have multiple partitions or hard drives and you reformat or reinstall Windows on your C:\ drive the other drives will be untouched unless you reformat them manually.

I'm having problems with installing my printer on my MBP. I know I can use my printer on a mac environment, because it worked fine on my G5, but for some reason I can't add it in system preferences...

You're going to have to give us more information.

- What kind of Printer is it?
- Is it networked or plugged via (USB) straight into your MBP?
- Do you have admin privileges on the MBP?
- How are you trying to connect the printer?
- Is Mac OS giving you any kind of error messages?

[ehytee7]

Do you any of you guys have problems using Yahoo!messenger on your MACs? I do. At school I can never log in, but at home i can. I dont know why. I just bought my MAC and I just installed in Microsoft office that took up like 1.2G of my space and my MAC only comes with 2G. Should I add more space? Especially since i'm downloaded more applications like Firefox, Yahoo, and AIM?

i actually encountered the same problem yesterday. brought my laptop in school and tried to log in to yahoo messenger, and i wasn't able to get in. i tried logging into my Skype account and it worked. i thought yahoo was acting up on me again, but i guess i wasn't alone.

if you really want to use yahoo messenger in school, you could use meebo.com and log into your ym account.

[pyunghwa]

Does anyone here know how to unlock locked files and folders? This has been driving me insane since I can't delete these files.

EDIT. Never mind, I fixed the problem.

[seoulmusic]

So who else is waiting for the (hopeful) new MBP's in October? 14th according to Macrumors. I just really want a MBP without those overheating nvidia 3d cards. And a speed/hard drive bump would be nice.

[kiki]

I can't seem to turn off my laptop.
It's been on sleep for the whole day.
Whenever I try to turn it off, this is what it says.


Why won't it turn off?

anyone?

[Xarthan]

So who else is waiting for the (hopeful) new MBP's in October? 14th according to Macrumors. I just really want a MBP without those overheating nvidia 3d cards. And a speed/hard drive bump would be nice.

o o o, me me me!

[<yiboy>]

o o o, me me me!

Same HERE!!!! I resisted the URGE to buy one over the summer. They better come out with a whole line of upgrades for all the macbooks!!! haha lol. IF ONLY!!!

I have the original 1st gen. macbook...it's about time for an upgrade.

[svetlaella]

i'm waiting for the new macbooks as well. i'm fed up with windows dying on me so i'm converting. let's see how long i like apple for haha