Mac Forum / General / General / May 2008

I'd like to know what the arguments of the system call SYS_read are,
in PPC assembly, to read in some typed characters from the terminal.
r0=3 to call sys_read
r3=1 for stdin

Apple working on its own Wiimote?
Posted by Mike Yamamoto
Microsoft may not be the only one looking to develop its own Wiimote-
like game controller. Apple is researching a 3D remote of its own,

Is there a way to stop a USB mouse from waking a sleeping Late 2007 MacBook
using Leopard?
TIA

For owners of an Air:
Have you found any issues with the CPU being too under powered for
heavyweight Excel files? Physical weight counts for a lot with me,
more than does the number of things/ports/gizmos which I wouldn't be

What does it means when the sleep indicator light is glowing steady (not
pulsing) on a Late 2007 MacBook?
TIA

I'm a newbie waiting on his first iMac to be delivered so please excuse me
if this is a dumb question.
Will running Parallels in addition to having a Bootcamp partition of Windows
significantly add to the hard drive space allotment required?

I have a new mac, and with it a time capsule.  Despite the wireless
capabilities of the time capsule, I'd like to just plug the thing into our
LAN here at work and do backups over the LAN.
However, I can't seem to get time machine to see the darned thing unless I

I have a LaCie Mini 250 which goes nicely with my Mac Mini. However
recently it has been inclined to do the occasional rattle, which from
comments made here indicate it's time to drop the violin and get in the
lifeboat.

I'll be adding a 24" iMac to our little network soon.  I don't do
intensive graphics using photoshop but I do like to play some games like
Neverwinter for instance.  So I was wondering if the 2.8 GHz with the
NVIDIA 8800 graphics upgrade would be enough to last a decent number of ...

I have a Powerbook G4 with fresh installed OSX 10.5 (Leopard).  Last
night the system reminded me there is new downloads available, I
choose "custom" and only selected "system" downloads.... then followed
steps to reboot the machine -- it became unbootable -- it only stays

IRWIN BLOCK, The Gazette
Published: 6 hours ago
Following two class-action lawsuits, Apple Canada Inc. is offering $45
credits to Canadian residents who own a new first-, second- or

Are there any good guides on writing software for OSX regarding
appearance and how to "comply" with the look that they applications
all tend to have?
Regards,

Just wondering what some of you recommend?  And if there are some to
stay away from.  Its a lot of trust we're putting in that program.

Getting a good deal on Ebay (and probably other auction sites as well)
is a 2 part endeavor.  First you need to filter out all the higher
priced items as much as possible, then you need to bid without anyone
else knowing your intentions (sniping or live if its convenient for

Hi. I was working last night in the bar i usually work in and because
at least 2 of the dj's there have macbooks i started wondering if they
leave their airport connection on when they are dj'ing. I mean with
more and more advanced phones available, do you think there is any