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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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esse - Apr 11, 2007 11:18:59 pm PDT #1261 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Almost everything I torrent plays in qt, and if it doesn't there's usually something wrong with the avi. Stuff like mkv, flv, that stuff I can't play in there and play in vlc or mplayer. But given the memory limits of my powerbook, it's a better player generally than the other guy.

I use Synergy whenever iTunes is open. Growl and Little Snitch are also indispensible to the way I use my computer.


Gris - Apr 12, 2007 1:02:25 am PDT #1262 of 25496
Hey. New board.

I don't use Synergy, because I find setting global hotkeys with Quicksilver is by far my favorite way to control iTunes.

Growl is awesome.


esse - Apr 12, 2007 1:22:56 am PDT #1263 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Well, I generally use the shuffle feature, so it's easier for me to just click the skip button in the menu bar than do a key combination. But they're both powerful.


Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 3:38:56 am PDT #1264 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Help again!

I put a blank DVD in the drive, pressed ignored when it asked me what I wanted to do, and now there's no icon on the desktop so I can't eject it, and I can't figure out how to burn something.

Being an IT professional who suddenly doesn't have a clue what he's doing is distressing.


esse - Apr 12, 2007 3:47:01 am PDT #1265 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Did you press the eject key?


DCJensen - Apr 12, 2007 3:47:18 am PDT #1266 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Hit f12, for two seconds.

More OSX keyboard commands: [link]

Unfortunately it seems to be remapped to Dashboard on my mac.


DCJensen - Apr 12, 2007 3:57:33 am PDT #1267 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Unbent paper clip, if you have the little hole...?


esse - Apr 12, 2007 3:59:56 am PDT #1268 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

it is on all macs, daniel, but the fn (function) key makes the command work.


Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 4:08:05 am PDT #1269 of 25496
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

There's an eject key? I didn't even realise. At work at the moment so I'll fiddle when I get home. Thanks all!


DCJensen - Apr 12, 2007 4:09:50 am PDT #1270 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

it is on all macs, daniel, but the fn (function) key makes the command work

Is that a Tiger change? Hmmm.