Mac Forum / General / General / November 2007

I have an .avi movie (about 700 mb) and would like to trim out some
stuff.  iMovie and iDVD didn't seem to be geared for this but perhaps
I missed something.  So I want to trim out things like opening
credits, ending credits, etc to maybe bring it down to about 680 mb.  

I need to buy, for a local tutoring program, an inexpensive monochrome
laser printer that can work on a wireless network with Macintosh
laptop computers.  I've tried a Samsung ML2510 connected by USB cable
to an Apple AirPort Express base station.  The printer works when

Hi all new to this news group idea thingy. Been told I can DL from
here but am a bit bewildered by it all looking for someone to maybe
help or guide me through the ins and outs of news groups and
downloading from them.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071115135215262
Use this terminal command:
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer
'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 1

I was lying in bed. I turned it 90degrees and it started coverflow
(when I didn't want it to cos my head was on the pillow)
if I go jogging, will it mess up the accelorometer?

i like monkeys

Igot the leo family pack and after successfully upgrading my Powerbook I
tried the MacMini but that one simply does not accept the DVD.
Do I need a new drive or could this be something else. Single Layer DVDs
can be read.

It is emergency situation, all my office application stop working,
each time I try to open them, there will be a warning about the
application launch failure followed by message: The application
"Excel" could not be launched because of a shared library error:

Tried to install OS X from 10.4.7 CDs that came with the Intel Mini. When
installer gets to the "Select a volume" pane, I select a volume/partition and
I'm told: "You cannot install OS X on this volume. OS X cannot start up from
this volume." Both volumes/partitions on the ...

Based on lessons learned the hard way do not use the OSX Software
Update.  Get the MacOSXUpd10.5.1.dmg from Apple.
If you have already used the Software Update and have some weird
messages when you try to Repair Disk Permissions using the Disk Utility,

When trying to verify or repair permissions on a new MacBook Pro (using
Disk Utility from the startup volume), the progress bar shoots up to
20% and then hangs forever - while the text feedback insists that the
job will be done in under 1 minute.

I'm having trouble copying old archive files from 2000. The copying seems to
be going well but when I click on the folders in the copied file, they all
show as 0 KB, and appear to be empty, as if nothing got copied. But then if
I try to copy the files again (copying the individual ...

srlsly Y are apple cutting corners all the time?

My Safari Dock icon under Leopard spontaneously (as far as I can tell)
changed to a folder icon (actually the Download folder icon). I dragged
the wrong icon out of the Dock to make it disappear, and attempted to
replace it with the real Safari clock icon. When the Safari clock ...

All of a sudden, when I open the widgets, I can click on the + in the
lower left to produce the "Manage Widgets" button but when I press it,
nothing happens! It used to work, but not anymore. Any ideas?
I'm running Leopard on an Aluminum Imac.