[Xarthan]

or you can use Open Office which works just like word and its free

or google docs!

[blooies]

oh okay..icic. i wish i gotten an illuminated keyboard. thanks for everyones replies!
which do you prefer? pages, word, open office...

[semi-fly]

oh okay..icic. i wish i gotten an illuminated keyboard. thanks for everyones replies!
which do you prefer? pages, word, open office...

It doesn't matter what we prefer it's what you need. If you need to use Microsoft Office then you'll need to pick it up. If you can do without certain features found in the office suite you could always try Open Office. Just be aware that you can't do everything with it that you can with Microsoft Office.

[_dax_]

Normally I have no problem taking pictures with my webcam through the photobooth application.

However recently opened photobooth and the capture screen only shows up as a solid green hue.
I am able to photograph this green screen, but I'm wondering why my webcam isn't working?
The green led light above is on so it should be functioning I assume.

I double checked - all applications have been shut down
Cleaned my internet cache and cookies

I was searching around google and found an artical that sometimes a hacker is able to
gain the function of your webcam and see you sitting at the monitor - I am hoping this is not the case.

If anyone has any advice, most appreciated.

Edit: for now I just put tape over the led area - slightly paranoid from that article,
and I have deleted all of my photos off my laptop

Edit: restarted a few times, no impact

[Xarthan]

Normally I have no problem taking pictures with my webcam through the photobooth application.

However recently opened photobooth and the capture screen only shows up as a solid green hue.
I am able to photograph this green screen, but I'm wondering why my webcam isn't working?
The green led light above is on so it should be functioning I assume.

I double checked - all applications have been shut down
Cleaned my internet cache and cookies

I was searching around google and found an artical that sometimes a hacker is able to
gain the function of your webcam and see you sitting at the monitor - I am hoping this is not the case.

If anyone has any advice, most appreciated.

Edit: for now I just put tape over the led area - slightly paranoid from that article,
and I have deleted all of my photos off my laptop

Edit: restarted a few times, no impact

Sounds like your webcam is busted and is a Hardware issue, take it into an Apple store if you can or call Apple Support.

[_dax_]

I was afraid that may be the case - Pretty disappointing since my macbook is fairly brand new

[hellotiffy]

Normally I have no problem taking pictures with my webcam through the photobooth application.

However recently opened photobooth and the capture screen only shows up as a solid green hue.
I am able to photograph this green screen, but I'm wondering why my webcam isn't working?
The green led light above is on so it should be functioning I assume.

I double checked - all applications have been shut down
Cleaned my internet cache and cookies

I was searching around google and found an artical that sometimes a hacker is able to
gain the function of your webcam and see you sitting at the monitor - I am hoping this is not the case.

If anyone has any advice, most appreciated.

Edit: for now I just put tape over the led area - slightly paranoid from that article,
and I have deleted all of my photos off my laptop

Edit: restarted a few times, no impact

i think that happened to me a couple of times. restarting didn't do anything, but when i shut down and turned it on again, it was gone. it hasn't happened for a while now.

[_dax_]

Thanks for the suggestion hellotiffy. I tried but the light was still green. I guess it's a bit of trial and error.

Asked around some classmates and found this worked:

Turn laptop on

Before the grey start up screen appears hold down the keys:
Command
Option
P
R

The laptop should automatically restart again.
The volume resets to loud etc

I peeked under my taped webcam and the green light is gone and photobooth works!

[yumidoma]

Hello, I am a mac user too

I got MacBook Pro 15" 10.4.11
2 GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB

I have a question.
For Background.. how come mac doesn't allow GIF. pix...

[nightfire]

Does anybody know a good application to convert .rm and .rmvb files to other formats like .avi? Thanks

[semi-fly]

Hello, I am a mac user too

I got MacBook Pro 15" 10.4.11
2 GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB

I have a question.
For Background.. how come mac doesn't allow GIF. pix...

No particular reason, OSX & Windows have generally only supported *.BMP & *.JPG/*.JPEG for years. If you really want this picture to be your background image just convert it to *.JPG

Does anybody know a good application to convert .rm and .rmvb files to other formats like .avi? Thanks

Try: http://appleclinic.wordpress.com/2008/04/2...-avi-ppc-intel/

[j00n]

Thanks for the suggestion hellotiffy. I tried but the light was still green. I guess it's a bit of trial and error.

Asked around some classmates and found this worked:

Turn laptop on

Before the grey start up screen appears hold down the keys:
Command
Option
P
R

The laptop should automatically restart again.
The volume resets to loud etc

I peeked under my taped webcam and the green light is gone and photobooth works!

That is to force the computer to "Purge RAM" hence the P & R.

[ehytee7]

is there a software that would run windows and mac applications at the same time?? like you don't have to switch to different OS back and forth..

[Xarthan]

is there a software that would run window and mac applications at the same time?? like you don't have to switch to different OS back and forth..

parallels or vmware

[ehytee7]

parallels or vmware

thanks.. i'll look into that..

[melvbot]

Cool, theres a Mac thread. iBook G4 with Leopard for me. Im in the middle of changing a lot of stuff as Ive only just got Leopard back on my book after installing it on release day and having major issues.
Anyone here using Pathfinder instead of Finder?

[trophy_wife]

Does anybody know a good application to convert .rm and .rmvb files to other formats like .avi? Thanks

You can try squared5 but I'm not 100% sure.

[Xarthan]

Cool, theres a Mac thread. iBook G4 with Leopard for me. Im in the middle of changing a lot of stuff as Ive only just got Leopard back on my book after installing it on release day and having major issues.
Anyone here using Pathfinder instead of Finder?

I just looked at it and it is awesome! But I have to pay for it haha i'm a cheaparse.

[L1L_M1Z_SUJ1N]

okay so ive tried to burn a .avi file dvd cause it said that it "encodes" the movile so i thought that ment that it converts the file so that it is watchable but afteri burned it i found out that when i play the movies they like start speaking really fast and the screen is black does that mean i still have to convert the .avi to dvd and is there a good program to do that? i know i asked this already but since im trying to watch it on my lcd tv the roxio toast wont work so well

:edit:
so i converted my movies to .mov using divx doctor 2. so when i add it to idvd and play it, the sound is normal but the screen is black. now what?

[Goombi]

Has anybody installed windows 7 beta onto their mac? I'm thinking of upgrading mine from xp