JackClark

... and very nice it is too.

I need to go out and buy some white trousers and a Mini Cooper to complete the Metrosexual look.

Markus

Intel iMac or G5 iMac?

JackClark

Intel. Setup was sooo easy and after a couple of hours I now have all my media and applications that I used to use on my PC moved over - MSN, Skype etc. Just Google Earth to go. Oh and I have to plug in my iPod, see how that likes it. Loving it so far.

Danny B

I miss my Mac, it's been 3 weeks since I sold it and I can feel myself going back very soon..to an Intel 20" iMac

Markus

Jack, is your iPod PC or Mac format? If it's PC then you might find it a bit slower in iTunes as it'll be FAT32 rather than HFS+ format. If you plan on moving between PC and Mac then it might be best to keep it FAT32 (unless you want to fork out for something like MacDrive). If you have all the music on the Mac already then just restore the iPod and copy the music back on, otherwise, use something like Podworks to copy the music from the iPod onto the computer, then restore it and then add the music back on.

Just been playing with Google Earth, it's rather nice, not sure if it's a universal binary though, if it is, then it'll scorch along. One downside of the Mac version though is that the subscription modes are supported yet

JackClark

I copied my music from my PC to my Mac, imported it into iTunes then plugged in the iPod. All worked fine, but then iTunes spotted an update for my iPod which would only work for Mac format drives, so I factory reset my iPod and loaded the tunes again at at least twice the speed.

The speed on Google Earth is totally acceptable, but not blazing so I'm thinking it's not universal yet. Shame about the subsription modes, I like to download tracks from my GPS, I can wait.

Quick off topic question, what are the drive looking things that appear on my desktop when using MSN Messenger and Skype? I can't seem to do anything with them and can delete them once I close the applications, but they come back again.

mattbeef

jack what you do is drag the application inside the drive to your applications folder then eject and delete the drive.

Thats how you install stuff on your mac

welcome to real world of computing

JackClark

Aha! That would explain why there was no MSN Messenger this morning!! I take it once done the drive won't be back again?

Markus

When you download an application, some of them are disk image files. Safari usually automatically mounts these, hence the drives on the desktop. You can sometimes run the apps from the drives, as you have been able to do, but as matt said, it's best to drag the application icon into your applications folder, then simply right click on the drive icon and select "eject".

The drive won't come back again unless you double click on the disk image file to mount it.

JackClark

Mmm, iTunes has hung twice now. Most likely doesn't like MSN, Skype or Google Earth. Bit of a black mark on an otherwise white system.

mattbeef

get rid of MSN its pants

www.adiumx.com is what you need

JackClark

I'll give that a try later, thanks for the link, it'll be handy that's for sure.

The problem with iTunes - which reports as not responding, and requires a hard reset of the Mac - goes away if I pull my iPod out of the dock! Most strange!!

mattbeef

which ipod have you got?

JackClark

I don't know for sure, but it's got the four touch buttons and the touch wheel jobbie, 40gig.

Markus

OK, that's a third generation iPod then. What version of iTunes are you running? Latest is 6.0.2. I've not heard of your specific problem though. Have you tried force quitting iTunes (Go to the Apple Menu, select "Force Quit" then select iTunes).

Have a peek at macintouch.com and macfixit.com and see if there is any mention of your problem, or mention of problems with 10.4 and firewire drives.

JackClark

>(Go to the Apple Menu, select "Force Quit" then select iTunes).

Tried that and it wasn't having any of it. Just sat there. Holding the power button for a while was the only way out, well until I found out about undocking the ipod. Thanks for the links, I'm sure they'll come in handy.

One more thing whilst I'm here, is there any way to resize .jpg's? Looks like that function's another thing I have to download and probably pay for.

RichB

graphic convertor is a good tool if you dont have photoshop.

KiwiGTI

iPhoto will resize jpgs

JackClark

How? It's not mentioned in the help file.

JackClark

Found it on the export menu.

Mossman

Jack, If you send the photo / photos to the Mail programme, you can choose small, medium or large and this is very quick / easy.

Cheers,

Mossman

Markus

Graphic Convertor is another very nice and cheap application, with a lot of functionality, including resize.

rich101

So has anyone worked out how to close a mail message with the Esc key and yes I know Opt-W does the same thing.

But old habits die hard !

If want a good laugh get along to the Apple store on Regent St. it's like something out of Friends ! Sooo Sooo sensitive

rich

Markus

You could probaly go into System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts and change the option for Close Window from command + W to Escape.