Has Apple changed the default? My MacBook Pro has always automatically gone into regular sleep unless the battery was on the brink of depletion. Then and only then would it go into the long, slow, laborious hibernate process of writing all memory to disk.

Every few weeks?! My blades go dull after just a few shaves. I typically have to use a new blade after just three or four shaves. How on earth do y'all make yours last a few weeks, let alone a month or more?!

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@katana (and others): AAC is actually a standard format. It is a part of the MPEG-2 and 4 standards (MP3 is also a part of the MPEG-2 standard). As such, it is not under Apple's control. (Incidentally, AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding, not Apple Audio Coding, as has been suggested elsewhere.) In fact, while…

@numbersix: However, if the installer has to run a script, you may end up with some files or other system changes taking place that won't appear in that listing (or in the lsbom listing, either)

Sounds like we need a lifehackerback for this one! ;-)

DeeJayQueue: It most definitely violates the DMCA. The DMCA prohibits the breaking of certain copy protection mechanisms, even if you would otherwise legitimately be able to copy the data, and even if the copy protection mechanism (in this case, the CSS encryption on the DVD) is poorly implemented.

There's also the free MacTheRipper. It might not be as slick, but I use it all the time to put a DVD on my laptop for transcontinental flights. It's a great trick to boost battery life, since it costs less power to spin the hard drive than to spin the DVD drive.

One of my favorite "map mashups" is Minard's map of Napoleon's March. It combines geography, troop size, temperature, and time to help prove the addage about invading Russia in Winter.

CLI Geek asks about customizing the prompt so it looks the same on all computers, but I actually prefer to have a slightly different prompt on each computer. I often log into different machines at home, the office, or the lab, so I make each one highlight its prompt in a different color. If I see a blue prompt, for…