tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post2691277204189424403..comments2024-03-13T01:50:29.516-04:00Comments on A New Mac Tip Every Day: Disabling the Front Row shortcut!Frederic Tremblayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217907875517130801noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-21761921445961179422012-04-02T18:03:17.058-04:002012-04-02T18:03:17.058-04:00That's always bothered me - today enough to Go...That's always bothered me - today enough to Google for it! Thanks for the quick tip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-48402548360190613682011-07-15T16:53:03.166-04:002011-07-15T16:53:03.166-04:00thank you. was soo anoyingthank you. was soo anoyinganatolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01743089572962749645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-72119048582212294982011-02-01T20:31:16.511-05:002011-02-01T20:31:16.511-05:00Thank you for posting what a real nerd might consi...Thank you for posting what a real nerd might consider to be obvious info. When you (I) set that stupid thing off for the 6th time in a row, you're (I'm) too incensed to think of the solution on my own. A lifesaver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-83438056683612969682011-01-07T10:31:41.981-05:002011-01-07T10:31:41.981-05:00Excellent, thanx!Excellent, thanx!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711373749625832248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-2816501179569071792010-12-17T13:33:52.864-05:002010-12-17T13:33:52.864-05:00Thanks for sharing this. Yes it is/was extremely a...Thanks for sharing this. Yes it is/was extremely annoying.Sridhar Sarnobathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02943304671347594964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-78361389299250599192008-05-02T12:57:00.000-04:002008-05-02T12:57:00.000-04:00Great tip. I find the Front Row shortcut SO ANNOYI...Great tip. I find the Front Row shortcut SO ANNOYING! I disabled it immediately after reading your tip!Dominic P. Tremblayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017100655992586141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-22525133549030727282008-04-30T09:59:00.000-04:002008-04-30T09:59:00.000-04:00Hahaha - ok. Glad we got that straightened out :)...Hahaha - ok. Glad we got that straightened out :)<BR/><BR/>So now you can go rename your remote, though it is very useful for Keynote/PowerPoint Presentations I must admit.<BR/><BR/>And yea, I totally agree that the subtitle toggle switch should be incorporated in F.R. for little old ladies.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397738014376208325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-38198450629879194362008-04-30T07:55:00.000-04:002008-04-30T07:55:00.000-04:00Ah, now I see the problem: I always thought Front ...Ah, now I see the problem: I always thought Front Row was simply an interface, like a service layer, between the user and the application the user needed to run. I didn't realize it was actually spinning the disk itself. So, in my mind, FR was <I>disabling</I> the mouse, preventing me from using the mouse to interact with the underlying "DVD Player" application. But, in fact, F.R. doesn't <I>Yellow Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190026929194132174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-51875355870757073442008-04-30T01:07:00.000-04:002008-04-30T01:07:00.000-04:00Yea wow, sorry to hear about that. I never quite ...Yea wow, sorry to hear about that. I never quite understood the good aspects of Front Row either. True, it is a super easy way to just pop in a dvd and go, full screen; or to watch your iMovies, or see a slideshow of your Paris trip with music to it, but unless your computer is hooked up to another monitor or TV, I also don't really see the use for it. And yes, as you now know, mice don't workUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397738014376208325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-1860993843371012072008-04-30T00:57:00.000-04:002008-04-30T00:57:00.000-04:00Speaking of Front Row, is your mouse supposed to b...Speaking of Front Row, is your mouse supposed to be disabled when Front Row is running? I just killed my mouse last night for what I am beginning to think was really a Front Row issue (which is not to make light of my complicity in the matter): I was using the Apple remote from my kitchen to watch a movie, when, as sometimes happens when watching movies from one's kitchen, I wanted to turn on theYellow Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190026929194132174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-79715844411173743802008-04-30T00:53:00.000-04:002008-04-30T00:53:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yellow Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190026929194132174noreply@blogger.com