Magic Trackpad swu hanging

2010-07-28 Thread Andy Lee
I got a Magic Trackpad, paired it, ran the Software Update, and rebooted. I've been looking at a blank blue screen for a few minutes. I force-rebooted and that didn't help. Anybody else seeing this? Do I just need Okay, I was literally about to type to be more patient? when my normal

Re: Magic Trackpad swu hanging

2010-07-28 Thread Kevin Callahan
On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Andy Lee wrote: I got a Magic Trackpad, paired it, ran the Software Update, and rebooted. I've been looking at a blank blue screen for a few minutes. I force-rebooted and that didn't help. Anybody else seeing this? Do I just need Okay, I was literally

Re: Magic Trackpad swu hanging

2010-07-28 Thread Andy Lee
On Jul 28, 2010, at 2:48 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote: On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Andy Lee wrote: I got a Magic Trackpad, paired it, ran the Software Update, and rebooted. I've been looking at a blank blue screen for a few minutes. I force-rebooted and that didn't help. Anybody else

Re: Running a command-line app from the Finder

2010-07-28 Thread LuKreme
On Jul 27, 2010, at 18:00, Benjamin Esham bdes...@gmail.com wrote: This behavior isn’t destructive or anything, but it is annoying. Is there a better way to create a double-clickable launcher for a command-line program? I use a shell script with a .command extension. All it does is launch

Re: Running a command-line app from the Finder

2010-07-28 Thread John Musbach
On 7/27/10, Benjamin Esham bdes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I regularly use the slrn newsreader, which runs in a Terminal window. I created a Terminal preset to open a big window and run slrn, and I saved this as a *.terminal file by going to Shell Export Settings. Opening this file opens

Re: Magic Trackpad swu hanging

2010-07-28 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
Wow, I like this product. From the Apple store page: Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one on any Mac computer — even a notebook. Does it work with PPC (10.5.8) machines? Or is this excessive advertising hype? ___ MacOSX-talk mailing

Re: Running a command-line app from the Finder

2010-07-28 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
I think most people have found using a *.action extension has been the most effective for such desired functionality. .action? Naturally, google can't tell me anything of interest (gets '.action' confused with 'action'). ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list

Re: Magic Trackpad swu hanging

2010-07-28 Thread Andy Lee
On Jul 28, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: Wow, I like this product. From the Apple store page: Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one on any Mac computer — even a notebook. Does it work with PPC (10.5.8) machines? Or is this excessive advertising

Re: Running a command-line app from the Finder

2010-07-28 Thread John Musbach
On 7/28/10, Michael_google gmail_Gersten keybou...@gmail.com wrote: I think most people have found using a *.action extension has been the most effective for such desired functionality. .action? Naturally, google can't tell me anything of interest (gets '.action' confused with 'action').