jp11801 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Posted January 25, 2014 anyone recommend a blue ray player/burner for a mac mini. I want to dump my sony blu ray and have all audio video play through my mini. Not sure if blu ray can be played on OSX but hoping someone here knows.
blessingx Posted January 25, 2014 Report Posted January 25, 2014 JP search for 'Buffalo' earlier in this thread for what we use at work. Sorry, on phone today so difficult to pull up in Tapatalk.
blessingx Posted January 29, 2014 Report Posted January 29, 2014 If you're trying to get your fix - The scent of an Apple product, sourcing the Macbook Pro fragrance. http://ow.ly/2aNY3v
HeadphoneAddict Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 Just bought my son a re-furbished current Gen 15" Retina MBP (8GB/512GB) to replace his 5 year old MBP. I still think the old MBP works fine with 8GB Ram and a 500GB Seagate Hybrid HD, but it's 2.4Ghz Core2Duo just doesn't handle the modern day games that he tries to play. His current MBP is too old to support mirroring the display to an Apple TV. And if he uses AirParrot to mirror the screen, or uses AirDisplay to use an iPad as a second screen, then it requires putting the old Mac to sleep and waking it up after every restart (otherwise you can't drag files around in the finder). For everything else the old MBP still feels faster and more responsive than a one year old 13" MBP with 2.9 Ghz dual core i7, mostly due to the much faster HD. But the two year old battery is giving less than 4 hours of battery life with constant use now, and while the battery is not swelling it's obviously going to continue to diminish over time. This is probably the perfect time to sell the old one.
Pars Posted February 2, 2014 Report Posted February 2, 2014 ^ Replace the battery? We were just at the Apple store yesterday looking at MBPs for our younger son. The guy that was waiting on us told us that the Retina display models could not be upgraded (RAM or SSD). After doing some reading online (Macbook Pro: Taking the Pro out of the equation), I'm having doubts about wanting to buy one of these. Didn't help that the sales guy kept saying that these were "solid state machines". I didn't realize they ever built any with tubes. Found a different sales guy. Apple is starting to look more like B&O in the audio world to me... Did look at the Mac Pro, and it is cool. The 2nd sales guy highlighted and launched every application that was installed on it in under 30 seconds... pretty cool. We did buy a Mac Mini (4Gb/1T 2.4G i7) from the refurb store on Friday night to replace my G5 PowerMac.
Riotvan Posted February 2, 2014 Report Posted February 2, 2014 Wish they'd hurry up with iOS 7.1 these low memory crashes on my air are starting to piss me off. Affects mostly safari though but that happens to be what i use most of the time....
Salt Peanuts Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Noticed that my monitor may be starting to give up the ghost, then I found the thread below - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=3090&tstart=0 I really hope it's my monitor and not my MBP. Either way, it looks like I need to start allocating my fun fund for this. Edited February 9, 2014 by Salt Peanuts
Pars Posted February 9, 2014 Report Posted February 9, 2014 Hmm, problems with lead-free ball grid array (BGA) devices? Hope you are lucky and this isn't it. RoHS should be repealed IMHO as I think it causes more landfill clutter (from people pitching failed devices) and the lead in electronics devices isn't nearly as much of a problem as they seemed to think at the time.
Salt Peanuts Posted February 11, 2014 Report Posted February 11, 2014 Noticed that my monitor may be starting to give up the ghost, then I found the thread below - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=3090&tstart=0 I really hope it's my monitor and not my MBP. Either way, it looks like I need to start allocating my fun fund for this. Well, it's been fine for the past two days so I'm hoping it was just a fluke occurrence. 1
Riotvan Posted February 13, 2014 Report Posted February 13, 2014 RoHS sucks. Agreed, i bought a heatgun once to fix the nvidia gpu in my laptop and it worked two times for a while and then i just said fuck it.
Salt Peanuts Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 So I realize this is an old issue, but just learned that I can't play HD-content I've purchased on my external monitor since it's not HDCP compliant. Stupid DRM.
Dusty Chalk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 That's not an issue specific to Macintoshes. Although (speaking out of my ass, so feel free to tell me to shut it) -- can't you thunderbolt -> HDMI -> TV?
Augsburger Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Is it true that there is a SSL OSX/iOS security flaw identified on Friday?
grawk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 yes more specifically: immediately upgrade your iphone, and stop using safari on your mac.
Salt Peanuts Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Although (speaking out of my ass, so feel free to tell me to shut it) -- can't you thunderbolt -> HDMI -> TV? Probably. It's annoying but mostly a non-issue for me since I most of my media viewing on either iPad or through Apple TV. I'm certainly not buying a new monitor just for this, though I would like a nice, new monitor.
HeadphoneAddict Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) SSL bug is much worse than we expected: Would using my HotSpot shield VPN account on my Mac help? http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/23/apple-fixing-ssl-bug-other-apps-affected/ Apple Planning Fix for OS X SSL Bug as New Research Reveals iMessage, Other Apps Affected Sunday February 23, 2014 7:18 pm PST by Richard Padilla Apple has confirmed that it will issue a software update "very soon" to patch the security flaw found in OS X that allows attackers to capture or modify data protected by the SSL/TLS protocols in Safari, reports Reuters. The vulnerability of OS X to the bug was detailed by security firm CrowdStrike and a Google engineer last Friday, and came right after Apple released iOS 7.0.6 to fix the SSL-related issues on iOS. However, the security flaw, which has been termed "GoToFail" by security specialists due to the improperly used "goto" command that triggers it, may be affecting more than just Safari. Independent privacy researcher Ashkan Soltani has pointed out on his Twitter (viaForbes) that Apple's vulnerable SSL library is also used by apps including FaceTime, iMessage, Twitter, Calendar, Keynote, Mail, iBooks, Software Update, and more. A list of apps deemed vulnerable to the SSL bug found in OS X and iOS by security researcher Ashkan Soltani Soltani does point out that apps such as iMessage and FaceTime have addded security measures that weaken the effects of the security flaw, but also added that the initial iCloud login used to authenticate such apps may also be compromised. The researcher states that other parts of the protocol such as the handshake between a service and a device are vulnerable to an attack as well, and will need to be secured by Apple. Currently, users can check whether or not their computers are affected by the vulnerability by visiting gotofail.com in Safari. As users wait for a fix to the flaw, CrowdStrike recommends avoiding untrusted and unsecured WiFi networks while traveling. The site also recommends that users update to iOS 7.0.6 if they have not yet installed it on their iOS devices. Edited February 24, 2014 by HeadphoneAddict
agile_one Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 So I realize this is an old issue, but just learned that I can't play HD-content I've purchased on my external monitor since it's not HDCP compliant. Stupid DRM. That's not an issue specific to Macintoshes. Although (speaking out of my ass, so feel free to tell me to shut it) -- can't you thunderbolt -> HDMI -> TV? Dusty, you are correct. I have MBA > TB x HDMI cable > HDMI in on ViewSonic monitor with internal speakers, and get audio just fine. Todd, I may be missing something here, though, as I just do 2.1, not full on surround, so cannot verify that will work. I use this cheap TB/Mini DVI to HDMI cable from Amazon.
Augsburger Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 It's only bad if you're targeted. Well I am sure I am targeted, I even have the neatly dressed little old Watchtower ladies ringing my doorbell every Saturday morning.
grawk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 it's only bad if you use your mac for work, financial transactions, shopping, or email. Oh, or calendaring.
HeadphoneAddict Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Will using a VPN like HotSpot Shield help protect the Macs until Apple fixes this?
Dusty Chalk Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Will using a VPN like HotSpot Shield help protect the Macs until Apple fixes this? I wouldn't. Basically, encryption is broken. Sure, that's not the same thing as VPN, but they can still break into your computer, piggyback, and they don't have to worry about a thing.
shellylh Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Just saw this on Safe Mac and saw the following warning: "This is a very serious matter, and iOS should be updated immediately… but only while on a secured network! Do not update while on an open wifi network!" Unfortunately, I had already updated my phone while I was on the Sprint network instead of the home or work secured wifi network. Is there a way to know if this will be a problem?
Dusty Chalk Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 I think more hacks go through wireless than through broadband/3g/4g/cdma/gsm/whatever-you-want-to-call-it. Also, were you around anyone? Someone feel free to correct me.
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