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Bleargh. Not good week on many fronts. Tech too. I can't run Repair Disk on my Macintosh HD. The underlying task reported failure on exit.
Will fsck do anything for me that Disk Utility can't? How can I tell if this is hardware-related (ie don't buy Leopard and start from scratch)?
Any recommendations on cheap/free software to rip DVDs so I can watch my movies on my pretty new Nano? I'm on a MacBook Pro.
Will fsck do anything for me that Disk Utility can't?
Wouldn't hurt to try. At least it will give more verbose error messages.
How can I tell if this is hardware-related (ie don't buy Leopard and start from scratch)?
Look in /var/log/messages, (or use the Console.app utility), and see if there have been disk errors that have been logged.
Any recommendations on cheap/free software to rip DVDs so I can watch my movies on my pretty new Nano? I'm on a MacBook Pro.
HandBrake
Wow. Middle of the night x-post.
After Making a mini maglight into a working laser, what do you do for an encore?
Make a Star Trek Phaser prop into a Blu-ray-powered laser, of course.
MLB.com backtracks, after people made a big enough stink: [link]
MLB.com backtracks, after people made a big enough stink:
I figured that would happen.
I have a problem I hope someone here can help me with. In the last couple weeks when I read lj I frequently have computer freeze-ups or lose input from the keyboard(the mouse works fine). I don't know if it's a browser problem(I'm using Netscape 7.0 for the Mac) or a computer problem(I have a 6+ year old iMac running System 9.1).
If it's a browser problem, is there anything I can do about it, or are there any other/better browsers that will run on my computer?
(I really don't want to buy a new computer right now, as I've had a lot of expenses in the last few months that have eaten away at my bank account)