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I have a friend who purchased a Mac Mini due to budget restraints, and would like to be able to use a web cam with it. However, he does not want to invest in the $800 cinema display. I looked online and found http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS665VC/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5NQ&mco=MTI5Njg0NzI - however the reviews I've seen all over the place are mixed, especially if it will not work properly with Snow Leopard, which is what he is using.

Does anyone have this same situation, and if so what webcam are they using that would work with SL 10.6.2?

Thanks and Happy Holidays.

Do any of you use it? I've been trying, on and off, for awhile now to try to justify its existence by finding some type of application for it, but I've been largely unsuccessful.

The only possible niche I've found for it is to run informational widgets to conglomerate a lot of ready-to-display information (e.g. weather, CPU usage, etc) on the screen at once and quickly without having to launch full-fledged applications or visit a bunch of web pages. I'm also trying it out now for lightweight versions of one-shot applications, i.e. applications I'd launch to use once quickly and then quit (calculator, dictionary, thesaurus, and stuff like that).

What do you all think?

I am a photographer in Portland, OR. I have two 1.5 TB drives I use to store my clients' files. They are set up to be redundant backups of one another so that if one drive fails (or if I have a studio fire), I can get the backup from home and still have everyone's wedding safe and sound.

This would be a simple process if I only used one drive for my actual work, but I like to work both at home and at the studio. This means that high end edits of certain files are created on one drive without being created on the other. Base files are easy -- I just dump my CF cards to both drives at the same time, creating the base redundancy.

My question is this: is there a program that will automatically detect differences between the two drives and tell me where they are, or, better yet, merge the differences so that I can at least have a report of what needs to be moved where?

ETA: I'm not looking for another backup solution. We've got that. These are our working drives but they need to be mirror images of each other so we always have access to all the files. I need software that will effectively point out where the differences are so I can fix them.

Anyone have a lyrics importer that they like to use?

I've done a little googling but some of the widgets/apps/importers seem to be malware of some sort, so I thought I'd ask here...

I've got a MacBok running OS 10.4.11

Thanks!

My wife had an iMac at work and a PowerBook G4 at home. She now has a new MacBook Pro from work. Her work set up her iMac account on her MBP, but we also want to transfer her PB account to the MPB and have two separate accounts; one for one, one for home/personal use. Before I get it going, does anyone know if Migration Assistant will have a problem putting an account on a machine with a main account already set up. We'll be using the same user name from the PB on the MBP for the personal account.

 I want to let you know that I have created a few communities (because I couldn't decide on what spelling to use) that are meant to seed discussion about the relative merits and weaknesses of Apple products and acknowledge that while no human construct is perfect, we choose to spend our time, money, and attention on these devices and software.

All are welcome, except those who can't play nice.

Feel free to join the community on the user profile pages, and get to discussing!

Pick your favorite spelling or more:
apple_critic 
applecritics 
critics_of_aapl 


And to be honest, if none of these go anywhere, I'm not too upset.  I just thought that while outsiders, noobs, and die-hard PC users may deem any Mac user as a "Mac Lover" which may be true, but it doesn't mean we "hate" everything else.  I myself use Windows and Linux on a daily basis, and each has it's merits and finesse that are unique.  And other platforms adopting those elements is not a failure of adoption, but a win for all users!

So, if you happen to like Apple products and you've got something you want to share, a cool feature, a point of frustration, come share it with us.  Maybe someone can help out or you can help them out!

If you think you want to help moderate one of these communities, I'm welcome to help too.

(cross-posted a bunch of places)