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    Why does apple want to make life hard for me?!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by aan310, Jan 30, 2010.

  1. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mini display port. WHAT THE HECK!? I can't output audio to it?

    Ugh. :D

    And on that note too, why are external mice retarded on OSX?



    Other than that, so far so good
     
    aan310, Jan 30, 2010
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    os x does not seem to well implement mouse acceleration with external mouses. yeah, the minidisplay port seems pretty useless but hey, it's apple we're talking about. It's futuristic (remember the original firewire?).
     
    Luke1708, Jan 30, 2010
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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Because to love Apple, you have to be a masochist. ;) j/k About the mini display port, you can pick up an adapter from Apple for fairly cheap. I personally never had any trouble with external mice, maybe it's just me. :)
     
    talin, Jan 30, 2010
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    JonBook Pro Notebook Consultant

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    No problems here either.
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you mean a macochist?
     
    masterchef341, Jan 30, 2010
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    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    even better: buy the adapter from Monoprice for like $6.
     
    ajreynol, Jan 30, 2010
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  7. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    adapter is only video is the problem, because mini displayport ONLY outputs video.


    and as for the mouse, I fixed it, But just google "osx mouse acceleration" xD (that's the problem i was having).
     
    aan310, Jan 31, 2010
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Display Port and APples mini version are standards... and they do Audio and Video.

    Apple chose to not physically wire up audio to the port, so that their is only using the video capabilities.... why? who knows.... if your wanting to go to HDMI, you can get an adapter that hooks to the mini-DP and the audio out port, to HDMI.


    all external Mice I've used on OSX run great...
     
    doh123, Jan 31, 2010
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  9. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    yea, the only one like that I can find is $70 :( not so worth it for me i guess.


    And I fixed my mouse, just get a program that allows me to edit the acceleration, :D
     
    aan310, Feb 1, 2010
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