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post #21 of 33
10/25/07 at 10:58am
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Originally Posted by FearlessFozz View Post
I just checked it out and you can make encrypted disk images quite easily.

- Open disk Utility
- choose new image
- give it a name and under encryption choose AES-128
- Choose a size and imput the password

When the image is open you can put stuff into it. Close it and it locks and to open it again just input the password again.

interesting. is that feature part of 10.5 only? or has it been there? anyways, thx for the info!
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post #22 of 33
10/25/07 at 12:11pm
been there for a while.
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post #23 of 33
10/25/07 at 4:19pm
The only thing different in Leopard is that you now have 256bit AES encryption as an option, in addition to the 128bit already offered in Tiger.
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post #24 of 33
10/29/07 at 4:32am
thanks for the answers.

i have another question. in windows, I have the "classic menu" and setup a series of folders above the "programs" folder in the start menu, since windows automatically use the first key of the folder or item name as the shortcut, it creates a very quick "program launcher" for me. So for example, ctrl-esc, I, M starts mozilla firefox; ctrl-esc, I, I starts IE; ctrl-esc, D, P starts photoshop.. I hope some of you mac users at least use windows sometime during your normal day so you'd understand what i'm talking about.. heh heh.

anyways, i'm wondering, is there something like this in mac? or something that i can configure to use keyboard only to start applications (that does not interfere with any applications already in the foreground) ?

thanks again!
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post #25 of 33
10/29/07 at 4:36am
Well, there is Quicksilver, which in Tiger is apparently the preferred way to launch apps via the keyboard, however, Spotlight in Leopard is greatly improved, and you can use it as an App launcher.
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post #26 of 33
10/29/07 at 4:38am
Command + Spacebar is the keyboard shortcut for spotlight. Just type the name of the application and hit enter when its found.
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post #27 of 33
10/29/07 at 11:56am
Heh yall just need a decent commandline integration

Seablade
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post #28 of 33
10/30/07 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by seablade View Post
Fuse seems like it would do it quite well. Seablade
MacFuse works wonders! http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
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post #29 of 33
10/31/07 at 4:13am
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Originally Posted by triadone View Post
i haven't used the following as i move files via the network, which allows me to read and write through my respective machines. when i get a new external drive i'll probably play with it and see how it works. MacFUSE Extra Info
empty, i would agree with you, and myself. ;p
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post #30 of 33
1/2/08 at 9:28pm
Now that sound pretty cool.

Anyone tried to use the MACBOOK PRO w/o OSX on there and just plan XP or Vista?

I like the Mac design, but prefer Windows since I am used to it.
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post #31 of 33
1/2/08 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by smilepak View Post
Now that sound pretty cool.

Anyone tried to use the MACBOOK PRO w/o OSX on there and just plan XP or Vista?

I like the Mac design, but prefer Windows since I am used to it.

Its possible. But people don't like to fork out the extra money if you're just gonna use Windows XP or Vista on it.
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post #32 of 33
1/3/08 at 12:32am
Lots of people do similar.

Seablade
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post #33 of 33
2/2/08 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by abf View Post
should be fine. keep in mind that bootcamp is basically a bootloader + drivers package... in other words... it will run xp as just about any other computer. keep in mind there are really no hardware differences between apples and non-apples anymore except for bios vs efi.
that is true. but apple does a nice job of protecting the hardware inside the units. they take a little bit of patience to work on but they are well built units. those motherboards do not flex inside there at all!
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