Well I feel dumb

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 01/22/2015 at 23:47 • Filed to: None

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I was just chatting with an Apple-fanboy friend of mine saying really the only thing that bugs me about my Macbook Pro I got last summer is that sometimes when watching full-screen streaming video, the cursor doesn't auto-hide itself. Well, turns out it's stupid-simple to fix.

I watch a lot of streaming sports, and they all use some kind of Flash-based video streaming stuff. When I watch a youtube video, the cursor hides itself just fine. But these Flash sports sites the cursor sticks around when I watch in full-screen.

So in talking with my friend, I finally got the idea to google this issue, and discovered a solution: press the left arrow key.

That was simple. I still don't know why on a Mac there are some videos where the cursor doesn't auto-hide itself, but hey, at least I know how to hide it now.

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 01/22/2015 at 23:54

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On my PC I have two screens and just put the mouse on the screen that isn't playing the video.

Dsscats > Tohru 01/22/2015 at 23:57

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I have a 27" separate monitor for my 13" Macbook pro, plus a wireless keyboard/mouse combo. I literally just plug in 2 cords and it's pretty much a desktop setup. It's awesome.

Tohru > Dsscats 01/22/2015 at 23:58

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But for the cost of your setup I built my computer and bought two vehicles.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 00:01

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Well when I'm streaming sports (i.e. the stuff where the cursor doesn't auto-hide) on my MBP it's not a dual-monitor setup. Either I've got it in the kitchen while I'm cooking since my kitchen doesn't face my living room, or I've got it plugged into a tv and the lid's closed.

Up to this point I had just been sticking the cursor off to the rightmost edge of the screen so only the left edge of the pointer arrow showed. But hey, now I can make it go away!

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 00:02

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Ugh let's not turn this into yet another Mac vs. PC argument.

wabbalosthiskey > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 00:08

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I've got one employee who's a die hard Apple guy - He doesn't use a mouse, always the trackpad, which seems fairly typical of mac users in my experience. I constantly chastise him that he might actually be productive if he had a right mouse button...it's not entirely a joke.

:P

For Sweden > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 00:08

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"vehicles"

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 00:10

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Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

I didn't say my stuff was better, though. Just that I got more of it.

Tohru > For Sweden 01/23/2015 at 00:11

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they both count as vehicles in the eyes of the State of Wisconsin. They run and drive (for the most part).

Dsscats > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 00:28

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The whole setup was $200+MBP. EBAY, SON! Plus the Apple Cinema Displays are INSANELY overpriced, and not even that good.

Textured Soy Protein > wabbalosthiskey 01/23/2015 at 00:29

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I was exclusively a Windows user for 20+ years until this MBP. I couldn't stand Windows 8(.1) and made the switch.

The trackpad on my MBP is way better than any PC laptop I've used.

Right-click is very simple: just tap or click with 2 fingers.

wabbalosthiskey > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 00:33

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I'm not sure that most are advanced enough to figure it out.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 00:36

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in the eyes of the State of Wisconsin

You may want to include the fact that in Wisconsin, there is no vehicle registration safety inspection, nor any emissions testing (except in the 7 counties in the southeast corner of the state where they do have emissions testing—but you're not in those counties).

Textured Soy Protein > wabbalosthiskey 01/23/2015 at 00:38

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I'll admit, I didn't actually know about the 2-finger click when I got the thing. Oppo told me about it .

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Dsscats 01/23/2015 at 01:18

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So $1400?

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 01:22

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Details, details.

They are both legally registered as automobiles and neither one has been deemed not road-worthy when confronted with members of law enforcement.

Tohru > Dsscats 01/23/2015 at 01:22

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okay, so roughly the price of my truck. that's not as bad as I had anticipated.

ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 09:00

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Eh, don't feel dumb. You learned something. That makes you smarter than you were before.

Dsscats > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 01/23/2015 at 09:15

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$1200 all in. I7 too.

Textured Soy Protein > Tohru 01/23/2015 at 10:24

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Technically ...

Tohru > Textured Soy Protein 01/23/2015 at 16:48

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The officer didn't have it towed or the registration revoked* so technically it still counts.

*two of the warnings are because the registration isn't valid yet... But you can still drive on an MV-1!