I'll be the naysayer here: I disabled swap on my late 2008 unibody macbook pro and it improved performance noticably: Less waiting, faster switching between applications.
Mind you, I keep an eye on my free memory and I have 6GB installed. The few times that I hit the memory limit, the system cra...
@IanC It's fun to play with a machine where you don't care it crashes.
@IanC I'm so ticked with the Apple SSD. On one of the iMacs I was seeing 5k iops for some tasks. Amazingly, blindingly, stunningly fast when you're used to spindles.
I could probably handle watching memory. It's got 8GB and I don't usually push that, but then again I have paging on to help with that. Mostly I want it to stop paging out and back in the wrong memory-mapped files for my DB app.
I have an SSD in there now but it's not my primary drive. I may make a second SSD my primary drive.
If I understand it correctly, you want to only be using your external display and have the internal display to be shut off. To achieve this, you want to put your macbook in clamshell mode.
To do this you must have your macbook attached to
a) an ex...
having a quick look at the comments to my answer you can tell I have spend some time trying to help the OP
since we've come to the conclusion that the question does not in fact reflect OP's problem, I moreover suggest the question be removed after the bounty's been assigned
Please note that I have not submitted an answer to this question -- this is not about competition for rep, who's "more right", or hurt feelings.
Here's the original title and text before I made minor edits (which you can view at the question page):
Ask a password to start an App ?
Is it...
In my humble opinion, the entire thread might be confusing to other users looking for a solution to an actual problem concerned with dual monitors/clamshell mode/whatever
the question is misleading, which results in answers dispersed among different topics
@Milosz Nice conversation on how hard it is to shape questions here.
I find one of two things work really, really well for community spaces like wiki and here is to be very clear about what role you choose for a particular question.
Role A) - shaper, editor, commenter
Role B) - expert answerer
When I try to do both, not only is it hard for me to figure out what I'm really trying to do without domineering the entire discussion (even when it's the last thing I'm trying to do and consciously take pains to not dominate) but it is confusing to others at best.
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When you see more questions like this one (and your criticism is very valid from my point of view so I encourage you to seek out more like this for improvement) - you can decide if you want to answer it or try to improve it as an editor.
Rather than answer the question, try to engage the OP, add clear, analytical comments to raise a discussion on it. Link to the question on chat and see what others think.
Often, having someone to shape a question is far more valuable than being one of ten people that can actually answer it.
@Milosz The comment thread indicates that OP does seem to be somewhat confused about what s/he is looking for, but the question itself is well-formed and on-topic. Whether the OP's question solves the OP's problem is a separate question from whether an answer to the posted question would be helpful to future readers. The answer to the second is clearly yes, so the question should not be closed or deleted, IMO. Also, while a bounty is pending, a question cannot be closed or deleted.
Despite some googling, I can't find any information on the hardware limits of the camera in the iPhone 4S. What ISO and shutter speeds are possible from the still camera?
I know the exposure is programmed and you can't choose ISO or shutter speed, but I'm looking to at least know what the ranges...
@daviesgeek That's so... original. I've never seen it before. Actually, I just came across the Leopard box in my basement and momentarily wondered what daviesgeek's avatar was doing in my basement.
@JasonSalaz It didn't when I was 10k - but you can type and start to see the interface. Even as a mod - @ @ pings don't work so well for me in practice.
@daviesgeek no way - who on earth would have made something so similar to your artful avatar?
But its still fun. Well worth the time I put into it, since there is something incredibly satisfyingly about hitting the "delete" button about 20 times a day.
I just got my SSD. What's the fastest way to get back up on running on 10.7.3 with a Time Machine backup (external disk via usb 2.0) and a Lion 10.7.0 DVD?
I just got an SSD for my White Unibody MacBook. What's the fastest way to get back up on running on 10.7.3 with a Time Machine backup (on an external disk via usb 2.0) and a Lion 10.7.0 DVD?
Can I restore directly from backup? Do I need to install 10.7.0 first? Do I need to run System Update aft...
If I understand it correctly, you want to only be using your external display and have the internal display to be shut off. To achieve this, you want to put your macbook in clamshell mode.
To do this you must have your macbook attached to
a) an ex...
Please note that I have not submitted an answer to this question -- this is not about competition for rep, who's "more right", or hurt feelings.
Here's the original title and text before I made minor edits (which you can view at the question page):
Ask a password to start an App ?
Is it...
