Tag Archives: macbookpro

macbook pro volume settings are aware of headphone presence

Something very cool I just noticed on my MacBook Pro: There’s separate volume settings for headphones versus built-in speakers. I had the sound muted for external speakers last night. But, when I plugged my headphones in at work this morning, the volume jumped back to exactly where I’d left it yesterday. [...]

firefox and macbook pro oddities

Two Firefox / MacBook Pro oddities I’ve discovered: First is that Firefox’s popup menus appear on the wrong monitor, when I’ve got a second one plugged in at work. That includes everything from context menus to URL-bar suggestions. I can’t remember where, but I think I saw a bugzilla entry on this. [...]