(I do have an external drive that I use for back-ups) I've just been downloading a lot of stuff as of late and so my HD is down to about 850Mb free. I know, I gotta go through my stuff and throw some junk out...
Thank you all for all of your help and comments.
Last night I don't know what happened exactly, the first time I ran the update I ran out of space on my HD and had the grey screen "Dude, you need to restart your computer" written in the 14 different languages message. Upon reboot I tried installing the update again, it finished and seemed to work fine.
I have been using an old "still free" 2.1 version of Cocktail and I don't want to point fingers, but maybe it isn't 10.3.7 compliant (since it's from 2003). Anyway, after the problem with the no internet access I was running Disk Utility and Cocktail and then when I restarted I got the flashing OS9 folder thing with the question mark.
Ha HA!
Yeah, so at like 5am this morning I said screw it. Luckily I had backed up my 10.3.5 drive completely using SuperDuper before attempting to update to 10.3.7.
So today, I booted off of my OSX install CD, changed the startup drive to my plugged in backup drive (for some reason I still got the flashing OS9 folder thing even with my backup drive plugged in), and then ran SuperDuper using it to revert my iBook back to it's old behaving 10.3.5 self.
So yeah, think I'm going to hold off on 10.3.7... figure I'll just wait for Tiger which is due out in the next couple of months. Oh, and it sounds like it would be a good idea to replace my old Cocktail with Onyx...
Thanks again.
Thanks for all of your input.
HuronBob: I should've been more clear in my original description... I didn't need the ability to pick just one out of multiple minimized app windows; I had been thinking that if the app was the frontmost app, the hotkey would bring up any/all minimized windows (for that app).
tracicle:"I never minimise anything in OSX. I splat-H to hide programs, and splat-tab brings them straight back up.
Thanks, that sounds like a more efficient process. I always knew I could hide apps with COMMAND-H (or hide all other apps with OPTION-COMMAND-H), but always thought that I then had to click on them in the dock to bring them back up. (I only installed Panther about 2 months ago so I'm still getting used to the COMMAND-TAB app-switcher)
And, just a note, Expose is awesome. If anyone out there is using Jaguar and holding off on getting Panther... ...well, I was going to say 'go for it', but at this point with Tiger a few months away it might make sense money-wise to just wait for Tiger. Damn, I love Expose... never have the F9 and F11 keys on my 12" iBook seen so much use.
Yes, never voted for anyone in his family, but -- like the rest of the world -- stuck with him all the same; he's the global version of the abusive father.
I think I'd have to go with the "When I use this word I think I'm sounding smart" that is
paradigm
as in paradigm shift or just in general. Use of this word in meetings should get the speaker a gentle whack upside the head.
I have a friend who does improv and he revealed that the three words
Cheesy Monkey Pants
when said together hold a lot of power. If the clown broke out that trifecta, well, I 'spect he'd be splitting the kids like that guy in Dune splitting that rock...
Had a girlfriend who went to something like this... was like 3 or 5 days long, all day and into the evening. $500 with the promise that if you didn't think it was worth it at the end you could get a refund.
She wanted me to try it but no one would tell me what it was about -- they didn't wan't to "spoil it" for me.
You know, when people won't answer your questions... well, that's not a good sign in my book... I took a pass.
Can't remember what the thing was called although I recall there was a second or third level you could do called "The Wall".
-s
You know, maybe if they opened back up their new membership area they'd get more posts. I often would like to post answers to ask.metafilter or comments on metafilter, but always that memberships page is locked up tighter than the proverbial drum.
"Membership is again closed
While MetaFilter goes through another bout of growing pains, it's time to regroup and reprogram to better handle the crowds. During that time all new user signups are closed."
Yeah, that was the only Cage I could think of too, although I don't think he was on... hmm... oh well.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
Yeah, but what I am looking for is "Your move, Mr. Cage"... perhaps it's simply unknowable...
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Updated to Mac OS 10.3.7, lost net access"
(I do have an external drive that I use for back-ups) I've just been downloading a lot of stuff as of late and so my HD is down to about 850Mb free. I know, I gotta go through my stuff and throw some junk out...
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
Thank you all for all of your help and comments. Last night I don't know what happened exactly, the first time I ran the update I ran out of space on my HD and had the grey screen "Dude, you need to restart your computer" written in the 14 different languages message. Upon reboot I tried installing the update again, it finished and seemed to work fine. I have been using an old "still free" 2.1 version of Cocktail and I don't want to point fingers, but maybe it isn't 10.3.7 compliant (since it's from 2003). Anyway, after the problem with the no internet access I was running Disk Utility and Cocktail and then when I restarted I got the flashing OS9 folder thing with the question mark. Ha HA! Yeah, so at like 5am this morning I said screw it. Luckily I had backed up my 10.3.5 drive completely using SuperDuper before attempting to update to 10.3.7. So today, I booted off of my OSX install CD, changed the startup drive to my plugged in backup drive (for some reason I still got the flashing OS9 folder thing even with my backup drive plugged in), and then ran SuperDuper using it to revert my iBook back to it's old behaving 10.3.5 self. So yeah, think I'm going to hold off on 10.3.7... figure I'll just wait for Tiger which is due out in the next couple of months. Oh, and it sounds like it would be a good idea to replace my old Cocktail with Onyx... Thanks again.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Curious George - hotkey to un-minimize a window in OS X"
Thanks for all of your input. HuronBob: I should've been more clear in my original description... I didn't need the ability to pick just one out of multiple minimized app windows; I had been thinking that if the app was the frontmost app, the hotkey would bring up any/all minimized windows (for that app). tracicle: "I never minimise anything in OSX. I splat-H to hide programs, and splat-tab brings them straight back up. Thanks, that sounds like a more efficient process. I always knew I could hide apps with COMMAND-H (or hide all other apps with OPTION-COMMAND-H), but always thought that I then had to click on them in the dock to bring them back up. (I only installed Panther about 2 months ago so I'm still getting used to the COMMAND-TAB app-switcher) And, just a note, Expose is awesome. If anyone out there is using Jaguar and holding off on getting Panther... ...well, I was going to say 'go for it', but at this point with Tiger a few months away it might make sense money-wise to just wait for Tiger. Damn, I love Expose... never have the F9 and F11 keys on my 12" iBook seen so much use.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Mellifluous George"
"Co-Ed Prison Sluts" in Chicago back in 1989.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Deserving?"
Yes, never voted for anyone in his family, but -- like the rest of the world -- stuck with him all the same; he's the global version of the abusive father.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Imperious George!"
I think I'd have to go with the "When I use this word I think I'm sounding smart" that is paradigm as in paradigm shift or just in general. Use of this word in meetings should get the speaker a gentle whack upside the head.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!"
I have a friend who does improv and he revealed that the three words Cheesy Monkey Pants when said together hold a lot of power. If the clown broke out that trifecta, well, I 'spect he'd be splitting the kids like that guy in Dune splitting that rock...
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Curious George - Am I being courted for a cult?"
Had a girlfriend who went to something like this... was like 3 or 5 days long, all day and into the evening. $500 with the promise that if you didn't think it was worth it at the end you could get a refund. She wanted me to try it but no one would tell me what it was about -- they didn't wan't to "spoil it" for me. You know, when people won't answer your questions... well, that's not a good sign in my book... I took a pass. Can't remember what the thing was called although I recall there was a second or third level you could do called "The Wall". -s
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In ""
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri - a Pulitzer Prize winning collection of great short stories.
posted by strawberry 19 years ago
In "Dog finds significant other cheating"
I kept waiting for the final shot of the passengers shooting through the windshield after going from 60 to 0 in about 5 feet.
posted by strawberry 20 years ago
In "Doctors remove worm from woman's brain."
I hope the doctor let her keep it so she could put it under her pillow and get a quarter from the dead-parasitic-brain-worm-carcass fairy.
posted by strawberry 20 years ago
In ""
You know, maybe if they opened back up their new membership area they'd get more posts. I often would like to post answers to ask.metafilter or comments on metafilter, but always that memberships page is locked up tighter than the proverbial drum. "Membership is again closed While MetaFilter goes through another bout of growing pains, it's time to regroup and reprogram to better handle the crowds. During that time all new user signups are closed."
posted by strawberry 20 years ago
(limited to the most recent 20 comments)