I think he meant the download. When it almost complete, Safari will report an error saying connection reset by peer or something similiar, I can't remember, I used to get this problem for ffmpegx download.

Yep, that error. I'm not sure what is it but I tried to download twice. Same error. And I downloaded MPEG Streamclip but QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component is needed. And I'm not sure where to get it. Thanks!

been using visualhub, not free, but very nice.

Thanks a lot! =)

Anyone know which software can control the power management for MacOSX?
I want to connect the screen to my LCD TV and want the screen remain active when the top closed
Thanks ya

My guess is you want to use your notebook with external monitor, with your notebook closed, right?

You dont need any software to do that, with that intention in mind I suppose you already have external keyboard & mouse?

All you need to do is close your notebook with your external monitor connected, let it go to sleep, then wake it up with your external keyboard or mouse.

This post has been edited by civic98: Jul 4 2007, 03:32 PM

Actually you can just plug in any USB device, it should wake the Mac.

thanks civic98 and wei

You guys should really try this. VERY VERY USEFUL, just exactly what I was looking for. Got it yesterday and it worked flawlessly.

http://www.caseapps.com/sofacontrol.html

It lets you control major applications just with the Apple Remote and it controls the mouse cursor too, with clicking, double click and right click abilities too!

This post has been edited by civic98: Jul 6 2007, 12:04 PM

Wei.. Wanna trade my Macbook + Apple Remote with your Mac Pro??

can... u top up cash lar

anyway, for those older mac/ mac pro users, can try Mantra TR1 to get IR support.

Just thought of sharing PhotoInfo 2.0.1, it's a simple app that you can use to change the date/time embedded in the EXIF data of your digital camera photos, in case you didn't set the time correctly on the camera.. I found it useful, coz i accidentally changed the camera date without realizing it and the arrangement in iPhoto's library went crazy...

i have found an useful links for all recommended software - Link

A FREE and very useful software to trim iPhoto:

http://www.rhythmiccanvas.com/software/iphotodiet/

iPhoto Diet is a utility that helps to slim down your iPhoto library by manipulating your photos in the following ways:

- eliminate duplicate photos created internally by iPhoto or imported by yourself
- remove iPhoto's backups of rotated or modified photos
- strip the thumbnail icons of your photos
- remove thumbnail photos that have become mixed up with your high resolution photos
- identify photos which have not been added to albums
- weed out unnecessary folders and files from the library
- and more!

How do we type mandarin character using hanyupinyin in Mac? Does Mac has this built in like XP? We just need to add input language? Or we need third party software?

It's built in. Much better than WinXP if you asked me.
Go to System Preferences > International > Add Chinese to your languages.
Then in "Input Menu", enable the chinese. And check "Show input menu in menubar".

Select the chinese from menubar when you want to type chinese.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106484

This post has been edited by wei: Aug 1 2007, 11:46 AM

Wah, good. Thanks wei for the answer.

I am still undecided... to fork out 5K for a Macbook or just 3-4K for other brand.

This post has been edited by vivienp: Aug 1 2007, 01:28 PM

Worth every cent if you ask ANY of us. Hehe..

i use PinYin on mac to type chinese character, but it still not as good as windows xp's
xp can detect 我們 if you type 'wm' only, and spacebar to insert those characters. however you will need to press return button in mac os x to insert a word, one more . must type 'wo' return then 'men' return to have 我們. take longer time.

if anyone found a solution tell me