Tag: osx
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Maybe Get Some Coffee
I got this message when I was rebuilding my father-in-law’s 2007 iMac. It happened at one point when I was trying to install on OS on the boot drive. This might be the most realistic time-to-complete estimate I’ve ever seen in an Apple installer: (I haven’t talked about that computer. I got it a couple […]
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iMac Salvaged!
Mostly I’ve been blogging about my adventures in Linux-land. But I wanted to write a bit about my other project. About 9 1/2 years ago, we got an iMac, and about four years ago we replaced it with a Mac Mini. The iMac was a mid-2007 20″ model. (This was the first Aluminum and Glass version, […]
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VLC vs. DVD Player.app
Apple’s DVD Player.app has been broken for so long, I honestly can’t remember the last time I was pleased with it. It’s very telling that if you go to Apple’s web site, you can’t find DVD Player there. If I was them, I’d be ashamed of it too. I wouldn’t be surprised if Windows Media […]