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

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Vortex - Oct 28, 2008 5:18:32 am PDT #7997 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I miss being able to fax. But with only mobile phones there's no line to plug in, which we had with Vonage.

you can always get an efax account. If you have a scanner, you're golden.

So, how does the phone deal with multiple e-mail accounts?

very easily. The only place it's combined is on the notification on the home screen. the little number next to the email icon tells you how many messages you have in total.


le nubian - Oct 28, 2008 5:31:18 am PDT #7998 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

maxemail is also good.


§ ita § - Oct 28, 2008 2:30:27 pm PDT #7999 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just checked my email from my phone and printed it to my new printer. God, I love technology.


Jessica - Oct 29, 2008 6:29:21 am PDT #8000 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is there a way to force-eject a DVD that's in use from OSX (Leopard)?

The shitty DVD software on the office workstation burned some corrupt files onto a DVD data disc I was using to transfer said files to my Mac, and now I can't get the disc out. The "stop copying" button in the dialog box isn't responding.

(The original files are fine and I was able to transfer them using a USB key instead, but I'd really like to use my DVD drive and I can't restart for another hour because I'm uploading in another window.)


tommyrot - Oct 29, 2008 6:33:32 am PDT #8001 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I don't have a Mac in front of me at the moment, but can't you do that from the Disk Utilities (is that what it's called?) program?

I suppose it's possible the copy program is still open and has a lock on a file. You might need to kill that process to remove the lock? Or just force-quit Finder?

Or maybe wait until someone who knows more about Macs to show up?


le nubian - Oct 29, 2008 6:43:23 am PDT #8002 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jessica,

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.


tommyrot - Oct 29, 2008 6:44:38 am PDT #8003 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.

Yeah, but she's doin' stuff and can't shut down for a while....


Jessica - Oct 29, 2008 6:49:41 am PDT #8004 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

if it isn't ejecting, you might try shutting down the computer and see if you can eject normally after restart.

What Tommyrot said - I'm wondering if there's an option that doesn't include restarting so I don't have to interrupt my upload (which still has another 45 minutes to go).


Tom Scola - Oct 29, 2008 7:08:37 am PDT #8005 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

If you go to Force Quit → Finder → Relaunch, it would probably free up the DVD drive, but I would advise against doing that since it could interfere with the upload in your other window.


le nubian - Oct 29, 2008 7:10:23 am PDT #8006 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jessica,

I'm sorry I didn't catch that. Can you wait until your upload is done?