I HATE APPLE

what's the difference between the ds store and the app store?

.DS_Store is simply a Finder "cookie" used to remember folder view settings so that the OS doesn't have to maintain an unwieldy and prone-to-bugs universal view settings database. Close a folder, delete. DS_Store, and reopen it if you want to see .DS_Store remembers.

The app store is where you buy apps.

What is it with .DS_Store!?!? I understand what it does (see above) but why does Apple think it's okay to alter the contents of my drives (in my case flash cards) without asking me just to _look_ at them?!?!?

I had a virus which does almost exactly the same thing!

Weird it doesn't do it for me either, any more!

libcrypt the problem with your last post is that the Finder doesn't remember per-folder view settings as of Leopard.

So - what the hell is .DS_Store for anymore

why does Apple think it's okay to alter the contents of my drives (in my case flash cards) without asking me just to _look_ at them?!?!?

Almost every file system ever has been doing this since the 1980s.

Sure it still remembers per-folder view preferences. Apple-J, muck around with settings, come back, and it's all as it was. (xp)

oh shiii-- good tip, libcrypt

libcrypt ah yes true but you have to explicitly tell the Finder to remember those preferences, otherwise it's won't even attempt to. blech!

(and you have to set these prefs in EVERY FOLDER!!!!!!!)

All it takes is one button

http://www.latenightpc.com/img/windows-explorer-folder-options-dialog-view.png

srsly

If you want to use a set of prefs for all folders that don't have their own prefs manually set, click the "use as default" button at the bottom of the control-J window.

OOOOOOOH

that's nice.

what i would like, though, is that when i awitch to list view, IT REMEMBERS. WITHOUT ME DOING CMD-J FAFF.

You have a point, TH.

Myself, I've just gotten handy with cmd-1, cmd-2, and cmd-3 (and now cmd-4) for quick switching between views (icon, list, NeXT, and cover flo).

The new Macbook Pros only come in glossy?

FUCK YOU APPLE.

Removin' Firewire from the standard Macbook is a bad sign...

I have a MacBook, which has bluetooth. I have AirPort. I would like to be able to have my MacBook in my office and be able to play songs on a set of portable speakers that I could have in my kitchen, bedroom, wherever. Do these exist? I looked online and could only find one or two things labeled as "wi-fi speakers" and they were a little pricey and I was worried because there weren't many options. Then I found Bluetooth speakers but there seem to be some reports that the Bluetooth signals don't go through walls very well. Any thoughts?

n/a i use my airport express to stream music wirelessly... it has a speaker jack, you can use itunes to stream it.

any thoughts

https://www.krcs.co.uk/images/library/products/300/apple_m9470.jpg

right but then i have to move the express around to whatever room i want to have music in or buy another express for each room

+ move the dsl modem around too

it would just be nice if portable wi-fi speakers existed but they don't really seem to

but if you're planning on moving the speakers around then going through walls shouldn't be an issue...

ps airport express doesn't need to be attached to a modem if you're just using it for musics - just set it up as a device on your existing wireless network

oh that makes sense i guess. i just couldn't be online and playing music at the same time

unless i plugged the computer directly into the modem blah blah blah

so wait... do you currently have wifi set up?

you could buy another one! probably for a decent price on ebay.

if you're moving the speakers around, moving the airport express shouldnt be a biggie.

yah your airport express for musics doesn't replace anything youve got currently - but if you're on 802.11g you can pick uo that model used for mad cheeps

it's gonna be awesome

ok cool well i just moved my airport into the living room to use with my stereo so i get that concept now. i'll look into getting a used dealy. thanks.

i need to do this. my airport express and modem are right next to the stereo. or at least where i envision a stereo, because i still don't have one :-/

i'm just griping because we don't have any way for me to listen to music in the kitchen while i'm washing dishes. i need to get a boombox with a line-in jack and then i'll be set.

Do you have an iPod? If so, wouldn't it be easier/cheaper/simpler to get a decent portable iPod dock/speaker system? I like my Logitech mm50 speakers: very portable, decent sound, and they have a rechargable Li-ion battery so you can even take them outside for grilling or picnicking or whatever.

If you have an iPod touch or iPhone, you can use http://www.simplifymedia.com/ to stream anything from your iTunes to your phone. Also good for streaming to work computer

Not really a suggestion, but I use one of these for wireless music:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2048/imageuploadimagezt3.jpg

There are a bunch of things like it, but the SoundBridge has digital out, so you can use whatever expensive DAC you want to go analog, if that kinda thing suits yr audiophile proclivities.

^^^ This talks to iTunes on a remote computer, so you don't actually have to be near the computer with the tunes to play music. It reads yr playlists, etc., and also does Internet radio.

I also have one of the Soundbridges and it's very nice.

that thing looks perfect, to me. does it work even if the computer isn't logged on and itunes isn't running?

Yeah, it works fine as long as it has network. Obviously you can't listen to yr iTunes music if iTunes isn't running, but there are a zillion Internet radio stations it can tune.

i really love the airport expresses. they're about $20 cheaper refurbed from apple.com, too.

this thread has inspired me!

pulled out my old 802.11g airport express and went to radio shack for a mini-to-RCA cable. Sorted. Awesome.

I have the Squeezebox which is like the above soundbridge but better (hah!).

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html

^ I have a hardon for the squeezebox duet and its insanely hawt remote (though Apple's new remote setup for iPhone/iPod Touch is now a viable alternative), but I think I'm good for at least a generation.

I'm not sure that the squeezebox has > $120 MSRP more features than the SoundBridge. Does it do WPA2? I'd (have paid) $120 more for that, perhaps.

I wish these things had a slightly better display; showing cover art would be great. I feel like I saw something that did that

I still think that, unless you want to be able to play internet radio stations in other rooms, you'll get better value for the dollar with a good portable iPod speaker/dock setup.

at about 3pm today i started installing fucking windows on my lovely iMac. (i can get a one-year licence for SPSS from the university library for £10 ... windows version only, though. "oh, yes, we used to do the mac version. but only seven people wanted it. in two years." says a lot about mac-using social scientists, that. so: needs must.)

anyway. by about 3.45pm it was done: internet access, sound and all. i am astonished by how straightforward this was. many cheers for boot camp.

NO CHEERS AT ALL for windows itself, though, which is an absolute fucking horror. i know this; i'm not sure why i'm surprised. i think it's the fact i now have it sitting being ugly on my desk. ugh.