OSX86

When you try to launch Google Earth on a Hackintosh Netbook with a resolution of only 600 px height , Google Earth just refuses to do so.

Here is a small workaround for this problem:

- Go to this URL and download the zipped version of "newscreen".
- unzip the small app into /usr/local/bin/
- make it executable by everybody: chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/newscreen
- open up scripteditor (/Applications/Applescript/scripteditor) and paste the following:

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/newscreen -v 768 -h 1024"
do shell script "open '/Applications/Google Earth.app'"
do shell script "sleep 10"
do shell script "/usr/local/bin/newscreen -v 600 -h 1024"

Save this as "StartGoogleEarth.app" for example .

Voila , Google Earth on 1024x600 Resolution

If you ever tried to run OSX on a 1024x600 Screen (like the MSI Wind) , you know that it is sometimes impossible to resize a window because OSX only allows resizing in the lower right corner of the Window.

The software sizeup looks like it can jump into this gap.
I'll give it a try and report here.

Any other suggestions for this Problem ?

Open a Terminal window and type :

sudo vim /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

and change the Timeout value to whatever you want.