I'm sure it makes you want to throw things out windows, or at least shake people very hard.
Fortunately for my blood pressure, I've become fairly numb to the quirks of this company's corporate IT policies.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
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Jessica - Dec 13, 2006 9:00:08 am PST #9802 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2006 9:11:56 am PST #9803 of 10003
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Real player can handle MPEG4 files. The clients might not notice the difference.
dcp - Dec 13, 2006 7:46:42 pm PST #9804 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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Thanks for pointing that out, Jon. It's fun.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2006 5:10:22 am PST #9805 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I am now the proud owner of a Mac Mini. It's so cute! I got a decent deal on eBay. It came with Parallels loaded on it which is very cool. As this is my first Mac, I'm sure that I'll have lots of questions going forward, but there's one that needs immediate attention.
I've got it set up in my living room, attached to my HDTV via its DVI input. The problem is that all four edges of the computer display are outside the edges of the TV screen. This is most annoying at the bottom, where the dock is out of view.
Is there any way to "shrink" the display at the Mac end so that I can see the edges of the screen? Because it's a DVI input, I can't change it on the TV end. Simply changing the resolution at the Mac end doesn't help either.
tommyrot - Dec 14, 2006 6:27:46 am PST #9806 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Simply changing the resolution at the Mac end doesn't help either.
Huh. I had my Mini hooked up to my TV via DVI and changing the Mac's screen resolution worked fine. What happens when you try?
(Of course, mine's the older Mini, and I think it has a different graphics card.)
Also, Parallels is teh awesome!
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2006 6:31:01 am PST #9807 of 10003
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It's a rear projection TV, right? You ought to be able to adjust the screen size from the TV.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2006 7:24:10 am PST #9808 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
changing the Mac's screen resolution worked fine. What happens when you try?
I'll try again tonight and let you know exactly what happens. My hazy memory from last night is that the screen gets filled up no matter what the resolution.
It's a rear projection TV, right?
Yep.
You ought to be able to adjust the screen size from the TV.
It doesn't seem like you're able to if you're using the DVI input.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2006 4:42:49 pm PST #9809 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Heh. Googling in search of an answer to my problem above, I found this: [link]
Hopefully, he found a solution and will get back to me.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2006 4:57:56 pm PST #9810 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hmmm... A later post on the same blog does not bode well....
Jon B. - Dec 16, 2006 4:20:55 am PST #9811 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Success! A mysterious clue at Apple Support (see the Picture Zoom section near the bottom), led me to look again at the Display Preferences pane on the Mini. On the Options tab, there was a checked checkbox labeled Overscan. I unchecked the box and abracadabra -- I can now see the whole screen! Huzzah!!
This may be something that was added to Mac Minis this year, since the Apple Support page is titled "Using Mac mini (Early 2006) with a television". The guy I linked to above who blogged about it was using a 2005 Mini. My guess is that enough people complained so that Apple fixed the problem.
Anyhoo.... Huzzah!!!