Recent content by Alf Torp

Interesting. Might be something wrong with mine then, because on YT, not even the thumbnails load.

There are some legacy solutions, fair enough. I don't particularly like them though :) The biggest issue the way I see it is that 3GB of RAM is more limiting in Mac OS X than it seems to be with some Linux versions.

I got my hands on this computer about 6 months ago, and I've been wondering what to do with it. I've got a basement workshop that I use for some woodworking as well as a place to make wiring looms for a guy who builds drop-in, plug-and-play replacement injection systems for vintage Jaguar V12...

...aaaaaand two more. 1 single processor 2.26 with hardware RAID built in and a battery that is dead, as well as an XServe G4. So, grand total of 5, and one XServe RAID. Now I just need 4 more RAIDS, a 25 U rack to put everything in and a sponsorship with the local power company.... :ROFLMAO...

Pretty much the next thing up from writing the 0's and 1's on paper and sending them by snail mail :) Fun times!

So true. There are times a bit of venting is needed, though. I think perhaps this was one of them. My daily driver needs to be reliable and comfy, and the GUI in Monterey was just too washed out, contrastless and glaring in light mode, and contrastless and too dark in dark mode, and the...

Reinstalled Catalina. Monterey is a total and utter disaster in my opinion/experience. It looks like I won't be buying anything too new to be capable of running Catalina. Monterey looks and feels like something slapped together at a christmas party at Fisher-Price in 1981. How it got the...

I tend to follow particular subjects and topics that interest me rather than people. Personally I find that people aren't really all that interesting (myself included) so forums work better for me. Many years ago I was on Facebook, but my interest in what people had for breakfast waned quickly...

I usually find that I will go to extraordinary lengths to turn things off that I don't want/need, including reinstalling older operating systems. After making the new install crash 17 times first, naturally. Personally I'm so fed up with fads, "features" and "look-at...

Good tip and I don't mind paying $16, but I'd rather just prevent Control Centre from launching at all.

I've kind of given up on all the chat things. There are too many platforms, too many choices... it generates a lot of "noise" because everyone and their grandmother seem to invent new platforms twice before lunch every day :D I stick to the forums. Far more structured.

I recently updated from Catalina to Monterey and I am really annoyed by not being able to remove Control Center from the menu bar. Thankfully, Apple has finally enabled the user to remove the Spotlight icon, but not so with the CC icon. I want it gone, because I never use it, don't need it and...

So... it's -18°C here today. Naturally, that prompted me to check the status of my Xserve RAID: It's in a small workshop room (2x7 meters) I have outside, and there is no other heat in the room than the Xserves and the RAID. Coolest RAID in tow....vill...comm... my place. Coolest RAID in my place.

I am guessing the power supplies are no the same as in the Intel Xserves? Just an idle question because I am too lazy to look it up right now.

....and another one. So now I am up to 3 XServes and 1 RAID. I really could use another RAID or two though. Because I can't keep the heat up in the workshop where I keep all of it when it dips below -10°C... :rolleyes: