does anybody know of any sort of .mov, .avi, .mp4, .etc (preferably freeware) palyer/software that, unlike quicktime, will allow you to actually reverse/step back/frame back without taking forever or hanging up?

eta: I, er, should specify this would be for Mac OS 10.4.ish

My computer is making a new and fabulous grinding noise. And by fabulous I mean "oh for frak's sake, didn't I just spend the summer going through hard drives like a coyote goes through three-legged rabbits ( Read more... )

Mal's home.

( computer yada yada, sparing the flist )

Computer update for the handful of you following along at home. Cut to protect all who couldn't care less.

( Ahh, silly Mal )

Today I broke the router. ahahahahahaha ( Read more... )

which is kind of sad, considering I love my computer and depend on it rather a lot. A lot a lot ( Read more... )

I'm all depressed now. I had to take Mal back to the Apple store because he was running unbelievably hot and was hanging up apps all the time. It's probably a bad system install, rather than the hard drive. Unfortunately, that means I lose my pretty, free upgrade to 10.3.9 and have to go back to 10.2.8, because I don't have a 10.3 disc or $130 to ( Read more... )

Hard drive failure. Mal is on his way to Texas right now. The Mac geek was good, he actually listened to me, and didn't assume that I was computer illiterate ("hard drives make noise, you know"), which helped tremendously. And I was right, which is really the only important thing. Oh, that and the fact that the service/repair is free (apple care!) ( Read more... )

Mal is down again. It was being slow as hell all day and finally just froze and refused to reboot off of any of the install or diagnostic discs. I finally got it to take them, but while they both say the computer is fine, it won't boot up at all sans disc. *gnash ( Read more... )

So, took Mal into the Apple Store, handily located not terribly far away. And Mal was a perfect gentleman. ARGH! Could not for the life of me duplicate the near-constant problems I've been having for the last thirty-six hours. The computer worked like a dream, all zippy and not hanging and not making a horrific grinding noises, clicks, and high- ( Read more... )