Hello Mj: Your Spanish is commendable. I think perhaps Alex failed to correct my misspelling of the suggested drink. My commentary was based more on a lack of any sense of professional writing, such that the wonderful and apparently amazing fix was totally lost among the gibberish of the presentation.
I do appreciate your bring these things to my attention, and I certainly wish your good buddy the best in getting his Apple certification. Take care Carolyn On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Ben J Bloomgren wrote: > Carolyn, > > Regardless of any subsequent messages, this is the only message that you will > receive from me on this reply. I'm posting this solely on the merit of what > was suggested, not on friendship or enmity. > According to Chris, a former senior adviser who has been promoted to an > engineer has confirmed that this solution, though extreme, is totally viable > and works perfectly. I haven't tried this solution, as I'm a newby and I > don't trust that I wouldn't fowl something up, but I do trust his > credibility.Chris is working on his apple certifications. He has worked on > the Unix server side for at least ten years trying to write bash scripts. His > experience is with Unix, Linux, Free BSD, Open Suce and others. > This is not Unix, but Mac OSX is based on Unix under the hood, so that's why > it works. Is this solution daunting? Oh baby is it ever! If Chris crashes my > system due to a muck-up on his part, it's not the biggest deal due to my Time > Machine backup. If the logic board is fried, Time Machine ain't comin' to my > rescue! What he suggested is incredible in the best sense of that word! > > Frankly, I'm not sure why he doesn't go out to Cupertino to work for Apple. > > Carolyn, yo hablo español. Estudié en Hermosillo, Sonora, México por un > semestre, y gané un diploma universitario en lengua española. Recibí un > certificado en interpretación medical. Si usted va decirle mal a la gente, > favor de escribir bien sus palabras. No he oído hablar de "tiquila". Si usted > se refiere a la bebida alcólica, se llama "tequila". > > Carolyn, I speak Spanish fluently. I studied in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico > for a semester. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and a > certification in medical interpreting. If you're gonna cut people down, at > least spell your drinks correctly. I've not heard of "tiquila", but I have > heard of "tequila." In Chris's defense, knock it off! > > P.S. If either Chris or I are moderated or banned because of this subthread, > we are both leaving the list. He has confirmed this with me. > > Sincerely in Christ, > > Ben J. Bloomgren > > > > On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:39 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> This is ridiculous! Please apply with a grain of salt and at least two >> shots of tiquila!!! >> On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! This is not! going to be for >>> the faint at heart. It's all software-sided, you won't be taking things >>> apart, LOL! but it's still ***not!*** something I advise a nuby trying to >>> take on unless you follow my instructions to, a, T! >>> >>> Again, let's get a few things straight: I, nor any mods, nor any members, >>> nor Apple will be held responsible for anything that may occur from doing >>> th3e following process. You agree by doing this to hold everyone on the >>> list including myself as well as Apple totally blameless. Though I'm not >>> saying to do this, it's a sure fix. >>> >>> First of all, the problem at hand: >>> >>> I hate saying this, but after hours of research the past few days, I've >>> determined that it's the mds server daemon that is causing the over-heating >>> of up to 2 thousand rpm on the fan and about 85 degrees celcius, which is, >>> by the way, over twice! gasp! Yikes! what the fan temp, should be! >>> >>> I'm not totally sure why, but I tell you, it has to do with the way >>> Spotlight in Lion indexes things. for those who like Lion, I'll say this: >>> Fine! leave it on and don't do this procedure, but I'll also say, don't >>> come crying to me nor Apple when your logicboard fries from overheating. I >>> say this not to scare you, but, realisticly, if you're anything like me, >>> your fans will be running about twice as fast and your smc will be about >>> twice as hot. >>> >>> Mark, I'm sorry if I'm out of line by posting these directions, but as I am >>> saying again and again after again, You! do this soly! at your own risk! >>> >>> Let's get started! I'll say again, follow me to a T! If you don't, then >>> don't look at me if something doesn't work, or breaks. >>> >>> 1. Quick with command+Q every single app you currently have opened, >>> obviously except for Mail, so that you can keep reading how to do this. >>> >>> 2. Go to system preferences, then to Spotlight >>> >>> 3. On the search results tab, vo+right arrow over to the table, and >>> interact with it, then in the first column, uncheck every? single one! of >>> the boxes on each row. I know, you're going WTF! That's gonna disable my >>> spotlight! Yes. It will. You're correct. %That's the only? way we're for >>> now, until an update comes out gonna fix this. I'm sorry, it's either >>> this, or have an over-heating logicboard. >>> >>> 4. Now, go to the exclusions tab, and vo+Space on the add button. >>> >>> . In the browser window, interact with the browser, then hit >>> command+shift+C to go to computer. >>> >>> 6. locate Macintosh HD. don't! open it, just arrow to and select it. I >>> repeat: don't! open it, just highlight it. >>> >>> 7. Stop interacting with the browser, and go to the open/choose button, or >>> whatever it's called, can't remember exactly. >>> >>> 8. When told this could effect other applications from the search feature >>> working, just say yes/ok to add it to the exclusions list. Trust me, >>> you'll be fine. >>> >>> 9. Press command+W to close System Preferences. >>> >>> O? K! Now, for the really brutal work! I know I've said this before, but >>> I say again, follow me, to? a, T! >>> >>> 1. Open your Utilities folder with command+shift+U, then command+O on >>> terminal.app. >>> >>> 2. Disable the indexing of spotlight by typing >>> >>> sudo mdsutil -a -i off >>> >>> Then press return. >>> >>> Type your administrator password, then hit return. >>> >>> Great! Now indexing should be disabled. >>> >>> 3. Now, unload the spotlight daemonn by typing: >>> >>> sudo launchctl unload -w >>> /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata/mds/plist >>> >>> Then press return. You may again need to enter your password, but probably >>> not. >>> >>> If you get a message that the daemon already is unloaded, then you're done! >>> If not, that should unload things, at which point you're done, either way! >>> >>> Now, if you really wanna be a smart butt, and totally make the spotllight >>> menu bar item totally vannish for the time being, in terminal type the >>> following two commands. I should add all these commands are case >>> sensitive, so if you messed up above, it's ok, you didn't do any harm, just >>> go do 'em again. >>> >>> Here's the command to make the spotlight disappear. I'd not advise doing >>> this, but if you really? want to, here's what to type: >>> >>> sudo chmod 600 >>> /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search >>> >>> Then for the change to take effect, type: >>> >>> killall SystemUIServer >>> >>> And hit return. >>> >>> Then quit Terminal with command+Q. >>> >>> Boom! Congradulations, no more spotlight, and boom! no more hot computer! >>> >>> Once I've been notified that Apple has made an update to address this, I'll >>> write another e-mail post on how to undo all this crap. >>> >>> Again, I didn't say this was for the faint of heart, and if something blew >>> up in your face along the way, again, I didn't say! to do this! I said, do >>> it soly at your own risk. >>> >>> Chris. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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