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Q: 404s "tracker" for Mac OS X I'm looking for OS X software that can help me track 404 errors on my site.
A: What are you using to watch the stats on your website? Most stats packages that read the logs will give you a 404 report (eg. AWStats, Summary).
If you're looking for a program to run on your Mac to check that for you; Piltdown Link Checker, Integrity, WebLight or LinkByLink are all options.
A: If you want to track broken links, the best way to do it is checking the production/online site. I’ve used BrokenLinkCheck in the past. It’s free and it delivers. Your mileage may vary.
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Q: Can I "hide" the keyboard on my iPhone 4 the way you can on the iPad? When using my iPad to, for example, write an email, I have the option to press a button and hide the keyboard. This is useful for reviewing an email prior to sending it.
Is there a similar feature with the iPhone? If anything, this would seem particularly useful on the iPhone given its smaller screen.
A: Unfortunately not. I agree that this feature would be nice, especially since it's included on the iPad. The only way to review an email prior to sending it without having the keyboard on the screen is to save it as a draft, then reopen it. A little tedious, sure, but it might be worth it if it's a long email.
A: It's now possible with iOS 5. Tap into the Messages part of the screen and pull down the keyboard. Awesome.
A: In Messages, just hit "Edit" and don't delete anything.
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Q: What's the default Notes account setting used for on the iPhone? What's the default Notes account setting used for on the iPhone?
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Default Account (in the "Notes" section).
What does it do?
I couldn't find any documentation in the user's guide for this setting.
A: Each Mail account on your iOS 4+ device is able to sync notes. When you have it enabled for multiple mail accounts you're able to have notes stored in different accounts. The Default Account setting will be for which account the notes are associated with unless you say so otherwise (Identical to the Default mail account in terms of functionality). The screenshot below might help - namely showing the Notes app is like the Mail application - an All Notes (Mail) view and just viewing on the individual accounts.
(Source of Photo)
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Q: Can I change the action that occurs when I close my laptop's lid? Is there any way to change what happens when I close the lid of my laptop?
Do macs have the option of hibernating vs. sleeping like PC's do?
If so, which of these is the default behavior when I close the lid?
A: You can also leave the system to manage this automatically. It'll sleep, but hibernate in the background as it were, so it can wake quickly, but still survive a battery death.
Normally you'll find it was just asleep and waked immediately. If you the battery did die, then returning from hibernation you'll find the screen as you left it, but grey. It'll then load and colour up, until awake. Take only a minute.
The hibernation doesn't take that long, seconds anyway, and is the pause you see before the light starts breathing.
A: macs do have hibernate and sleep, the default on newer machines is a combination. the closing of the lid saves to disk for hibernate but on wakeup if the battery has not run out it wakes from sleep. Macworld explanation
You can change it from the command line
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
Or via preference pane
Apple docs
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Q: Why does 'uname -m' says 'i386' even if I'm on Macbook Pro on Intel Core 2 Duo? My Macbook Pro is running on Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz. OS - Leopard 10.5.8. My assumption is that all Core 2 Duo processor systems are 64 bit. But uname -m command outputs i386. Why is it so?
A: It's because, by default, Mac OS X boots in 32-bit, excepts some recent models.
Quoted from Apple KB Mac OS X v10.6: Macs that use the 64-bit kernel :
This Mac uses the 64-bit kernel by default in Mac OS X v10.6 :
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
These Macs use the 64-bit kernel by default in Mac OS X Server 10.6 :
- Xserve (Early 2008) and later
- Mac Pro (Early 2008) and later
- Mac mini (Mid 2010)
These Macs support the 64-bit kernel, but do not use it by default :
- iMac (Early 2008) and later
- MacBook Pro (Early 2008) and later
Here is a little software that can help you to boot in 64-bit if your hardware supports it.
A: uname is intended to be a very broad brush. It's of use to find out the continent on which you have landed soon after arrival on planet UNIX. Your kernel is 32 bit with that i386 answer.
system_profiler SPHardwareDataType and system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType are the tools for figuring detailed processor and kernel specifics at runtime.
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Q: iPod 2nd Gen Replacement digitizer not working So I just ordered a new digitizer and middle frame for my 2nd Gen iPod Touch, wired everything up, and the digitizer is not recognizing any finger swipes.
I have not snapped the frame into place yet as I want to make sure I don't have to tear this thing apart again. The video's I've watched show that the digitizer "should" work when not snapped in.
Is there anything I should be looking for before marking this new digitizer as defective?
A: Ended up ordering a new digitizer :-(
A: If you're sure that it's cable is in correctly and it doesn't come up after a hard reboot (hold power button, slide to off, turn on again) - chances are it is defective or not the the right type. Not sure about ipods but the digitizers on iphone generations are listed as not compatible on parts websites!
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Q: Where can I find replacement feet for my MacBook Pro? I've got a 2009 Unibody MBP, and the feet are starting to fall off. I've lost one and one I have kept in a safe place.
Does anyone know where I can get replacement feet? I looked on Ebay to no avail.
EDIT:
Well thanks for the answers so far, however nothing is turning up. I just got off the phone with the Genius bar at the local Apple store, and they said it simply doesn't exist. They want to sell me an entire "Lower Case" ... big $$$ for something so trivial.
Still looking for more suggestions.
A: I had an old Powerbook G3 that had lost 2 of it's rubber feet. Instead of trying to replace them with the same ones, I just went to a hardware store and bought the little rubber stick-on feet that you could put on the bottom of furniture or a TV stand or whatever. Cost all of about 99 cents and worked perfectly.
They looked something like this:
A: I just got back from the Genius bar and actually had the exact same issue. I had two feet fail, both having different attachment methods. The foot under the upper left of the keyboard was attached without any adhesive, the foot had plastic "feet" that "snapped" into a black metal piece attached to the bottom case. The foot under the lower left of the keyboard was attached with adhesive to the outside of the bottom case and further secured with an additional plastic ring running along the inside of the bottom case (this ring broke apart from the foot in addition to the adhesive failing on my machine).
I went to the local Genius bar and the cost of the bottom case ended up being covered by apple care. Even if apple care had not covered the bottom case, the bottom case was only $38.89.
A: You can find a set of 4 replacement feet (along with other Mac replacement parts) at PowerBook Medic
A: They sell the set of 4 here. You can also get a single foot.
http://www.pbparts.com/shop.php//0761398.html
A: You might be able to get some from Apple, I would try there first. Otherwise I do not believe there is an vendor for them.
You could consider molding some foam feet, or custom making your own. Otherwise just deal with it. I've seen several people who either made their own substitute or gone without.
A: It has been a few years since I had to replace any of the feet on my laptops (the current ones are pretty well attached), but they used to provide them for free at Apple retail stores if you asked at the Genius Bar. They probably have them now unless they are bonded to the bottom case.
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Q: Is there a way to always ignore a particular wifi network on your iPhone There is a certain wifi network that am around a lot. It is very slow and pretty much unusable. I would rather just never see it. As it is, it pops up every time asking me to join. Is there a way that I can have that particular network only never ask again.
A: The only way to do this would be to set "Ask to Join Networks" [sic] to OFF in your iPhone wifi settings.
I find this to be preferable. The main consequence is that, when you are in some place new, you'll have to manually select an available wifi network. But once you HAVE joined a network, it'll automatically join it when next available. And (more germane to your question) it WON'T ever join a network that you haven't explicitly joined.
A: You can set it to "forget" a network and not auto-connect to it, but I do not believe there is a way to completely ignore a network.
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Q: Where are the default system icons for folders and files stored? Where are the default/system icons for folders and files stored?
A: The default icons are stored in various locations inside /System/Library - is there a specific icon you're looking for?
Finder.app (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources) has the Smart Folder icons and the Burnable folder icons for example.
Most of the more known icons (eg. pictures for the default folders among many others) can be found at /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
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Q: Dashboard takes few seconds to update widgets I love the idea of the Dashboard, but there's one thing that pretty much kills it for me. When I activate Dashboard for a first time or after some extended period of time it takes it 3-15 seconds to update and actually show me things like time, calendar etc. I have a MacBook Pro and this is happening with default widgets (clock, calendar, calculator and weather). The entire idea of a dashboard that it's always one click away and the information should be available immediately.
So, does anyone know how to make OS X to update Dashboard widgets immediately or maybe somehow prefetch the data once every 15 min or so? Or does anyone else see this problem at all?
A: The solution comes from a System Preference pane called Dashboard Kickstart.
This application runs in the background and reacts to the starting or re-starting of the Dock. When that happens it initiates the starting of the Dashboard. This prevents the delay you'll experience when launching Dashboard the first time you want to use it.
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Q: Force a change to a program's key bindings Is it possible to force a change to a program's keybindings? E.g., instead of an menu action being invoked by Cmd-J it's Cmd-K?
The reason I ask is that Cmd-Q in Firefox drives me nuts. I occasionally hit it instead of Cmd-W (to close a tab) & I have to wait for my entire instance of Firefox to stop & then restart. I'd love to bind "Quit" to something ridiculous (or remove it all together).
My hope is this is in a resource file that's easily hacked?
A: No resource file hacking necessary; it's all built in to the GUI. And not only that, but Apple's even documented it:
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*Using global keyboard shortcuts
*Creating keyboard shortcuts for applications
(the above assumes you're on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, but everyone with a supported system should be by now.)
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Q: iPad case that blocks buttons Does anyone know of an iPad case that blocks access to the physical buttons. I would like the user to not be able to hit the homembutton or the sleep button.
A: there not cases on the market yet, I guess.
But you do can use your creativity and made the case yourself;)
For example like that:
http://carrypad.com/2010/04/15/how-to-make-an-ipad-booksafe-case/
A: BubCap home button covers block the home button and work with both iPhone and iPad:
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Q: iPhone 3GS screen repair I dropped my iPhone earlier today. The screen is now full of cracks but the phone still functioning. Is there any cases of DIY style repair being performed? Can anyone share their repair steps for this?
A: I went through this myself a couple of weeks ago. Stupid tile floor in my office wouldn't catch my phone at 9.81m/s2. I ended up taking my phone into a mobile repair shop and had them replace the screen (voiding my warranty in the process), but was a hell of a lot cheaper than doing it myself. Took all of about 15 minutes.
Your profile doesn't list where you live, but any Apple Authorized repair shop can do it for you (or send it away for repair if they can't do it in house).
That said, it is possible to do the repair yourself. iPhone 3GS glass replacement kits can easily be purchased on eBay and from any other number of resellers. The process for doing it yourself isn't easy, but depending on your own level of handiness, you could do it yourself.
There are some excellent video guides for DIY iPhone glass replacement on YouTube. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mboB8p-sdw
A: eBay is a great option for repair kits, you can get them sent globally no matter where you are. Unless perhaps if you are a Nigerian businessman....
Otherwise you can choose an aftermarket iPhone screen repair service, if you are in Perth then www.buddhaiphonerepair.com is a fantastic way to go.
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Q: Where is my crontab file? I want to edit my crontab file to schedule a script. Where do I find it?
A: It should be noted that if you aren't accustomed to using vim (the default crontab editor) then you can specify your editor as follows:
VISUAL=nano crontab -e
A: The OS X way is to use launchctl to run jobs at a time.
For ease of use there are GUIs called Launch Control and Lingon.
A: In Mac OS X Lion the user crontabs are stored in /var/at/tabs. In the past they were located in /var/cron/tabs.
You should use crontab -e to interact with these in general, but knowing the location is useful for when you want to restore them from a backup of your disk, or something similar.
Updated 2022-01:
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*/var is a link to /private/var/.
*/usr/lib/cron is a link to /var/at.
The real primary directory is /private/var/at with the crontab files being stored in /private/var/at/tabs
A: If you don't want to use launchd, you can edit your crontab as you would do on any unix systems :
crontab -e
Or, you can use a GUI software like CronniX.
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Q: How can I add some html to my Mail.app signature? I want to add my company logo and and some juice to my contact information in the signature part in Mail.app. How can I do that with little or no efforts?
A: It's not a huge effort to go through, but it does involve a little effort on your part. I haven't tried this myself (though will try it shortly just out of interest), but the basic principle seems to be to make a .webarchive file and drag it into the signatures preference box.
Worked example
eHow article
MacWorld example
I went and tried this and it does work in the current version of Mail.app, on Snow Leopard. The trick is essentially;
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*Create a .webarchive of your desired signature.
Bear in mind that any graphics you put in there need to be graphics that are out on the 'open web', rather than references to files on your own computer etc. I think it's this bit that catches a lot of people out.
*Go into Mail and go through the motions of creating a new signature.
In the Library/Mail/Signatures folder you'll see Mail creating a new file with a guid-like filename (eg 61F51203-5C18-4061-A8EF-F53B17C41476.webarchive). Make a note of this filename!
*Close down Mail, and replace the contents of that signature file
with your webarchive file.
The best way of doing that is;
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*Paste your webarchive file into the same folder (eg rob.webarchive), then highlight the new file that Mail created and press return - the filename should become selected for you.
*Press cmd-c to copy this filename, and then alter the filename (eg add 'old-' to the front of the name). Press Return to close the 'name editing' session.
*Now select your own webarchive file (eg rob.webarchive), and again press return to edit the name. Now cmd-v in the name you copied from the first file, and press Return to close the editing.
*When you restart Mail, the new signature you've made will be available.
Gotchas include;
*
*you're linking to images, CSS files or whatever that are not available on the internet,
*you're not composing your message in 'rich text' form.
But I've just been through this and even though I have no use whatsoever for a HTML signature, it does work. :-)
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Q: Is it possible to sync Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari? Is it possible to sync Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari?
A: Use Xmarks worked OK for me except for Firefox where it duplicated the book marks each time I used it.
Althougn now in Mavericks or because of a later version of Firefox it works
A: Another solution: on Windows machine install iCloud Control Panel (http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1455) and check option "Bookmarks" which sync your iCloud Safari bookmarks with Chrome, IE and Firefox.
P.S. Yes, for this solution necessarily need a machine with Windows
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Q: How can I change the country of an iTunes account? When I first set up my iTunes account, I didn't have a credit card, so I set it up as a US account, as this was the only way I could create one without a card (and thus use my iPod Touch).
The downside of this is that now that I am trying to add a credit card to my iTunes account, I can't, because it insists on a state and zip code for part of the address, which my Irish credit card obviously doesn't have.
So how can I switch the country of my iTunes account?
A: To change stores you can do so on the iTunes Store:
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*Click on your Account in the iTunes Store to go to your Account Page.
*Click "Change Country or Region".
*Choose your Country or Region:
Another alternative is to use Apple's Manage your Apple ID site and change your address - next time you use iTunes it will ask you to change your region and verify your address details.
A: I search some and find this video I think it is helpful but most notice it's not test on iTunes 10 you must try it yourself and tell the result.
here is the link of video
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Q: How can I check the model of my Apple computer? Is there a way that I check the model number of my Apple computer? (For example, iMac9,1.)
A: System Profiler
In the left corner of the top menu, pick the apple menu and select About This Mac.
In the About This Mac panel, click the More Info... button. This starts the System Profiler.
On the first page (Hardware Overview) there is a Model Identifier, which is the name you are interested in.
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Q: What are the key differences between the Shazam and Soundhound Apps? Both seem to do roughly the same thing. What, if anything, are the relevant differences?
A: Don't know if there are really major differences that set one far apart from the other.
One of the bigger differentiators is that Soundhound claims to recoginze songs that are hummed and/or sung by the user.
From a purely opinion oriented view, I've had better success with Soundhound at identifying songs than Shazam - but both do the job pretty well. Soundhound also seems to be quicker at returning results for me than Shazam. Again, that's just my own experience and I've, by no means, done exhaustive testing between the two.
Shazam seems to have better search but Soundhound can search by lyrics.
A: Here's a great video about SoundHound vs. Shazam that should help answer your question:
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Q: Adding MP3s to iTunes 10 doesn't work for some files I have recently upgraded to iTunes 10. I had some MP3 files which I would like to add to the library. In the past I have dragged the folder into the iTunes "Library" section which has added all the songs, but this time it only added the last two songs of a ~20 song album. Adding the files individually does not work either, and "File > Add to Library" does the same thing (only adds two of the songs).
Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround?
A: In many cases, improper tagging causes the files to go weird places. I suggest you create a smart playlist that shows you “new added” stuff:
I usually have the same problem with mp3 with dubious tagging.
A: Upgrading for me made iTunes forget where the music library was (I use an external HD)... putting back the directory fixed it for me.... goto advanced settings, iTunes Media folder location, change... select media folder "iTunes Library". If you don't know where your songs are exactly then right-click on a song and "show in finder", that will give you an idea.
I was able to add mp3's etc to itunes after that... :)
A: It seems like the issue was related to improperly encoded files. I'm not sure if it was the container layout that was malformed or if the audio was incorrectly encoded, or even if it was just in a format that iTunes could not understand, but re-encoding the files as MP3 allowed them to be read by iTunes.
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Q: How do you find the UDID for an iOS device? How do you find the UDID for an iOS device on Mac and Windows?
A: An alternative for those who don't actually run iTunes (yes there are alternatives) is to open the System Profiler, access the USB section, find the iPhone on the list of connected devices under the USB device tree.
On the iPhone listing there will be an entry that says serial number. This is not to be confused with the serial number listed in the General -> About section of the iPhone settings. The serial in the System Profiler is equivalent to the UDID.
Note that on Lion, System Profiler has been renamed System Information and you can get the the USB information from the hardware portion of the System Report.
A: This approach requires only a macOS device, the iOS device and the device's power cord.
If you have the iOS paired to the macOS device through wi-fi, you don't need a power cord and can skip steps 1 and 2.
This approach was based on macOS Catalina v10.15.5 and may not apply for other versions of the OS.
Steps
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*Connect the iOS device to an USB port of your macOS device.
*If the iOS device asks for permission to trust the macOS device, grant it (assuming it's a device you trust).
*Open the Finder app.
*Go to the iOS device in the Locations section of the sidebar. It should open the device's page.
*Click on the info section bellow the iOS device name on the top of the page until it displays the UDID.
You can copy the UDID by right clicking on it.
Source
A: You can follow the official how-to from Apple KB.
The same way works for iPhone, iPod and iPad.
The easiest way is to plug your iDevice, open iTunes, click on your device on the left panel of iTunes then click on the serial number. Your UDID will appear :
A: While all the methods described so far require the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad to be connected to a computer, there are a large number of free applications available in the App Store to find the UDID without needing to do this (and, thus, effectively working on Mac, Windows, and indeed anything else).
The one I use and generally recommend to remote clients is Erica Sadun's Ad Hoc Helper (screenshot, etc., at below link):
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ad-hoc-helper/id285691333?mt=8
Which extracts the UDID and places it in an e-mail ready to be sent to whoever needs it, but a quick search of the iTunes store for "UDID" reveals half a dozen or so apps all intended to do this and any of which would do the job.
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Q: Why can't I resolve machine names on my LAN to their IP address? I purchased a new ADSL modem/router last week (Belkin Share), and can no longer resolve machine names on my LAN to their respective IP addresses under OS X. My Windows machines and VMs are able to do this successfully. If I ping the IP address directly, it succeeds, but if I attempt to ping the machine name I get 'cannot resolve . Unknown host'. My previous modem/router (DLink DSL-G604T) did not have this problem.
If I look at the DHCP leases on the router, the list includes the machine name, and this coupled with the fact that the Windows machines can resolve IP addresses makes me think this may be an OS X config issue (although I'm not experienced enough with it yet to know exactly what). I tried removing and re-adding the Ethernet connection under Network settings, but that made no difference.
A: It appears the router doesn't support Bonjour at all (and Belkin support were totally clueless when approached about it), so I've returned it for a refund and am on the hunt for one that plays nicely with Macs.
A: My Airport Extreme does this too. Try adding .local to the ends of the names of the machines you're trying to reach. This uses Bonjour to look up the names instead of your router's DNS, which should work if the computer you're trying to reach is a Mac. If it's a Windows PC (and using .local doesn't work) try installing Bonjour and seeing if that works.
A: Just go to System Preference -> Network -> Ethernet/WIFI -> Advanced -> DNS.
Add in search domains ".local" Apply and done.
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Q: iChrono won't install I have tried downloading iChrono, unzipping and installing, but I get the following error message:
You can't install the file "iChrono
3.wdgt" because it isn't a valid widget?
The requirements are Mac OS X 10.4 or later, but I have 10.6.4. When I try to install, I get the following error message:
7/09/10 6:46:07 PM Widget Installer[327] Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/MultiClutchInputManager.bundle
After reinstalling the bundle by downloading MultiClutchInput, I stopped receiving error messages in the log.
I noticed that when I unzip the zip file, I receive the following message:
8/09/10 9:30:05 AM SIMBL Agent[108] warning: failed to get scripting definition from /System/Library/CoreServices/Archive Utility.app; it may not be scriptable.
8/09/10 9:30:05 AM Archive Utility[699] Error loading /Users/chris/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/megazoomer.bundle/Contents/MacOS/megazoomer: dlopen(/Users/chris/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/megazoomer.bundle/Contents/MacOS/megazoomer, 265): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Users/chris/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/megazoomer.bundle/Contents/MacOS/megazoomer: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Any suggestions on what to do?
A: Ok, so the problem seems to be that you don’t have the MultiClutch bundle in InputManagers.
Multiclutch allows you to assign custom keyboard shortcuts in a given app to a given gesture, for example if you wanted to “swipe” to change a tab in safari or similar.
It works by installing a simple input
manager that catches gesture events,
looks to see what shortcut you’ve
defined for it in the frontmost app
(if you haven’t defined anything, it
behaves in the standard manner), and
performs that shortcut.
I don’t know what iChrono does but you might try downloading MultiClutch (the free little app) because that will surely install the InputManager, if you later “remove” it (by dragging it into the thrash), the Input Manager will stay there and your widget should be able to use it.
Check that you have
/Library/InputManagers/MultiClutchInputManager.bundle
… and if you do and it still doesn’t work, try thrashing that bundle (save a copy just in case) and see if you can get a new copy.
UPDATE:
Could you create a new user and try to download + decompress + install from that user instead? Logoff and login with the new user.
There might be some weird or incompatible bundle sitting in your user.
UPDATE 2
As an added bonus, you can try to replace your Megazoomer’s SIMBL with the original one. I think you have an old version that somehow is not Universally compatible. To those effects a version was compiled by Mathias Meyer who forked the original version.
You can find his version here (links to zip). Download and uncompress the zip and drop megazoomer.bundle into ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins (overwrite it!)
I’ve taken this information from GITHUB: here
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Q: iPhone sync hangs on 1st generation iPhone I have a 1st generation iPhone which is suddenly failing to be able to sync with iTunes. It starts the sync process, but then part way through iTunes just hangs and becomes non-responsive. I have to kill the iTunes process to recover - even cancelling the sync on the phone leaves iTunes in a non-responsive state. The last status message in iTunes isn't consistent - sometimes it's copying an audio file from the phone, sometimes it's copying a video file to the phone.
Any tips for getting past or diagnosing the problem?
A: You seem to have tried all you can really do before proceeding to:
1) Put the phone in Recovery mode and go from there:
Disconnect your iPhone and turn it off by holding the “Sleep/Wake” button for about five seconds and then sliding the red slider. If your iPhone is already off, there’s no need to turn it on and then off again. Once it’s off, press and hold the “Home” button and plug your iPhone into a Mac or PC with iTunes installed. Keep holding the “Home” button until you see a dock cable pointing to the iTunes icon. iPhones running older software will display a yellow triangle and text which says “Please Connect to iTunes”. Once you see this image, you can release the Home button.
Open iTunes (if it’s not already open)
and you will be told that “iTunes has
detected an iPhone in recovery mode.”
Click “OK” and you will be taken to
the iPhone pane. Click “Restore” and
you’re done, it’s that easy! Depending
on the extent of your iPhone’s ills,
it may take some time to do a full
restore. Once you’re done, you should
again have a perfectly working iPhone.
2) If recovery mode doesn’t work, it’s time to go to DFU (Direct Firmware Upgrade) mode:
To enter this mode, plug in your iPhone and turn it off. Hold down the “Home” and “Sleep/Wake” buttons for about twelve seconds. You’ll briefly see the silver Apple logo and then your phone will appear to turn back off. Release the “Sleep/Wake” button but continue to hold the “Home” button until you see a message in iTunes stating that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Choose “Restore”
It would be good if you tell iTunes to not auto sync:
Another idea is perhaps start with a fresh Library. Start iTunes by pressing alt and create an empty library in another folder in your hard drive. Try to sync from there. please note that this may wipe your phone if you’re not carefully.
If after all this it continues to fail, you may need to go to a Genius bar, but if it’s a 1st gen iPhone, you may be out of luck.
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Q: What apps/programs/daemons on OS X use my ~/.ssh/id_rsa* keys? I recently started using Git with GitHub and thus discovered that I already have a generated pair of SSH keys, public and private. This leads me to ask: what applications/programs/daemons on my Mac might have caused this keypair to be created? I've never used SSH to log in to another machine.
A: Amusingly, your own question includes the answer. GitHub for Mac uses Git via SSH, and will automatically generate unprotected SSH key pairs (e.g. no passphrase) in order to push/pull contents between the remote repo and your local ones.
A: The program to create SSH key pairs is ssh-keygen.
Enabling the SSH daemon in the Sharing preference pane does not create a key pair for a user in ~/.ssh/ The SSH daemon only creates a SSH host key pair in /etc/ssh_host*_key*
If you haven't used ssh-keygen to create the keys, maybe some other program did it for you. I don't know which one does that but I haven't used git.
As for using the keys, every program that uses SSH can use the keys. Some, like ssh, use the keys automatically, in some, like Cyberduck (SFTP), you have to select the key file manually.
A: To be honest the question is a little bit huge. Your ssh keys could have been generated if you activated the sshd (Remote Login) from the sharing preference pane; as to what could have used (or uses them), it’s any program (like Git, Subversion, SFTP, etc) that requires ssh access. Not sure exactly which one could have generated for you, but you can always remove them and see what fails (save a backup!).
A: Break out
fs_usage(1)
or
opensnoop(1m)
Both of these commands have options to watch a directory, or a path. Open a terminal and , well, watch ~/.ssh . See who actually accesses that path. If you find a program that is accessing that path illicitly, then tell us all. Please.
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Q: What is the best way to recharge an iPod Touch battery? I wonder how to handle the recharging of my iPod touch ? I've heard that there are some actions to have to be done regularly or actions that arms the battery (like memory effect etc...)
A: I believe that you’re looking for the info straight from Apple’s iPod Battery’s Page., which contains all the information that you need to keep your battery as healthy as possible.
In any case, as with any other modern battery, avoid excessive heat not only when recharging but also when the device is not in use.
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Q: Is it possible to use Time Machine on a shared USB Hardrive? I've a iMac with an external HD derserved to Time Machine. I also have a MacBookPro.
Is it possible to make this config :
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*Share the disk on the iMac so that the MBP sees it on the network
*Ask Time Machine on the MBP to use this shared disk for the backups
?
Note : Currently, I use this HD for Time Machine on both Mac, but I have to change the USB connection from one Mac to the other each time I want a backup to proceed.
I'll prefer just to have to mount the shared HD.
A: It should be possible, but it will not be able to use your existing MBP backup (you will need to start it from scratch). Just plug the disk into the iMac, make sure it is being shared, and then select it in Time Machine setup on the MacBook Pro and let it do the initial backup.
The reason you can't use the existing backup is that when you use a disk for Time Machine it uses that disk directly, since it is attached to the machine and the machine knows no other machine is modifying it. When you use it over a network it creates a disk image and puts the time machine data in the disk image (in essence, it is a poor man's version of thin provisioning. Migrating between these two configurations is possible, but non-trivial.
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Q: How to stop iPad/Safari from treating certain numbers as 'phone numbers'? I've got some pages on an intranet that show numerical rates to 4 decimal places, eg 147.1453. When these pages are viewed on an iPad, some of these rates appear underlined and clicking on them causes the iPad to offer to create a new contact, or add to an existing contact. Clearly it thinks that the text represents a phone number (which it doesn't really, as we're in the UK and phone numbers are not formatted with periods).
Is there a way to stop this happening - either with meta-data we can put in the web pages, or by changing some setting in our iPads?
A: In the <head> of your web pages, add:
<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no" />
There's lots more where this came from at Apple URL Scheme Reference: Phone Links.
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Q: Some process is slowly taking over disk space...how do I find out what this is and how do I deal with it? I have a Mac Book Pro, first generation. It is running 10.6.4. I usually keep it running. I put it into hibernation mode (i.e. it writes the state to disk and powers down) when I need to put it to sleep.
I have a ~100GB hard drive. Now I only have about 3.5 GB free. I've noticed that recently i get the low disk warning quite a bit and when I check sometimes it dwindles down to a few MB. I figured that it might have been my browsers (Chrome, Safari) caching stuff. I clear the cache and it frees up some space. But I never get back to 3.5GB.
So, I decide to shutdown and restart. Every time I do that I see that indeed I get back to about 3.5GB free.
My question is how do I figure out what is slowly eating up my disk space? Have people out there experienced these symptoms? What was the cause and how did you deal with it?
A: It’s a combination of the page file (virtual memory) and the hibernation file that gets written when you put your computer to sleep. Of course, other processes may also leave temp files that get deleted when you restart. There isn’t really much you can do to improve that without affecting your computer’s performance.
You can get a utility like WhatSize, Daisy Disk or similar to visually inspect the contents of your hard drive and see where is the “abnormal” file or directory.
You can also use Monolingual to reduce the size of your executables and remove unwanted languages and files.
Update:
The virtual memory file is located in
/private/var/vm
and the hibernation/sleeping file in
/var/vm/sleepimage
Please not that you can’t (and shouldn’t) delete the vm file while OS X is running.
A: That is an accumulation of virtual memory and caches. The system will gradually consume a decent amount of disk space to perform optimally. This is akin to the scratch disk in Photoshop.
The only way to reclaim it is to shut down and restart. I would not go deleting page files or cache files in use by the system.
You shouldn't be running with 3 GB free. Move some stuff around, compress things you use rarely, and delete stuff that is just taking up space. Try to run with at least 10 % free if possible.
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Q: Will my iPhone show me the date stamp of a photo? I'm I missing something basic or is there no way to see the the date stamp on a pictures taken with or synced to the iPhone?
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Q: How do you communicate to a Modbus device within an iPhone application? I would like to be able to develop an iPhone application that can communicate with Modbus devices, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Has anyone had experience with this or are there existing libraries out there for this purpose?
A: The big question is how you intend to physically connect to the modbus interface. If you are bridging to it via wifi or ethernet then the bridge will almost certainly have a command set specific to that bridge, and you would use that. If you have a serial bridge you want to connect directly to the iPhone you need to sign up for the Made for iPhone and sign some extra NDAs at which point Apple will give you the details necessary to interface with the USB port, then you build an adapter that has a USB-serial bridge and pump serial commands over it.
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Q: MobileMe on iPod Is it possible to change the default [email protected] address to by [email protected]?
I'm part of a lot of mailing lists with the "mac.com", but iPod seems to send email with "me.com" ...
A: If you had @mac.com before and have same name @me.com ->mac.com is aliases of your me.com account
If you have only @me.com account you cannot
A: If you set up that account with @mac.com in the Apple ID section - it will default to that domain rather than @me.com.
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Q: On an iPhone, how can I tell when an accurate GPS position has been acquired? When taking photos I like having my pictures geo-tagged.
How can I tell when an accurate GPS location is available?
A: Launch the Maps app and wait for the blue orb to pulse which indicates a full GPS lock. No other way to do this from within the Camera app.
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Q: Soft ring for earbuds is gone! The soft ring around the OEM iPhone earbud is gone, and now it is painful to use these headphones. These soft-rubber rings don't last long either.
The apple store suggested that I buy a new headphone for $30 to fix the issue. Genius!
Is there something available that I can glue in the place where the soft ring used to be? If not, how do I fix this?
My earbuds
New earbuds
A: This video shows how to replace the rubber ring using the end of a water balloon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5CMVrpKxrE
A: A very peculiar question. The rubber ring is often lost and I wonder if Apple does it on purpose. In any case, you will have more luck, searching for earbud caps. For example Full Silicone (designed for iPod headphones). If you google for Earphone Cap or similar, you’ll find a lot of colors/models/alternatives. Usually they are below 5 u$s.
Either of those will cover your earphone completely, preventing the annoying pain from the sharp plastic border exposed by the missing rubber ring.
Another small advantage of these things is that they prevent cerumen from going into your earphone.
A: I had the exact same problem within a few months of normal use. I had the headset replaced under warranty - twice! :-/
I now use the in-ear version instead because they can block out the surrounding noise and therefore allow me to turn the volume much softer - and get a better sound experience as well.
I'm not an audiophile; I know there are much more expensive headsets out there, but €70 is more than enough for my taste.
A: White foam covers might do the trick. I use black ones on my Sennheiser earbuds and they make them much more comfortable. eBay is awash with them — usually it's only a few dollars for 50 pairs — though you'll have to be patient as most come from China.
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Q: What is your favorite word processor for the iPad? I'm hearing some information about Elements and Pages, but I wanted to ask what you're using as a word processing app on your iPad.
I'm currently using the Notes app, but I'd like to be able to work on a document (mostly just text documents) and be able to save my progress, and then optionally pick up where I left off the next time I'm in front of my office Mac.
Dropbox doesn't seem to let me edit from the iPad, and Google Docs, to my surprise, will let me view word processing documents, but not edit nor create them. (!)
A: I use:
*
*Evernote: This is good if you want to edit a text document and sycn between computers.
*Pages: So far, the best document creation tool I've used on the iPad.
*Penultimate: Great for sketching ideas and mind-mapping.
For your situation, I would suggestion Evernote.
Good luck!
A: Pages
Its pretty good for a mobile app and can sync with the desktop and web app versions thru iCloud.
Download Pages
A: Plaintext is nice, as is its big brother WriteRoom.
But iA Writer also edits files from Dropbox (or iCloud!), and it has one big advantage over those two: smart quotation marks and smart parentheses!
That's right, instead of having to use different keys for open-paren or close-paren, you just tap one key and the app automagically makes it work.
Very Apple-like!
I also use Pages when I need fancy stuff like image support. And Storyist when I want to start with an index card outline of my document. But mostly I use iA Writer.
A: PlainText is a newer Universal (iPad & iPhone) text editor that is free with ads or $4.99 to remove them. Best feature of the app is that it syncs with your Dropbox and saves your docs as plain txt files.
A: I have Pages and use it for heavier lifting but for everyday writing I use Simplenote on iPhone and iPad and Notational Velocity on my Mac. It's reliable, fast, clean, and simple.
http://simplenoteapp.com/
http://notational.net/
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Q: How do I stop the "Are you sure you want to open it?" dialog box from displaying when I open an app? Every time I open the "Amazon MP3 Downloader" app (by downloading a new MP3 from Amazon.com in Safari) I get this dialog box:
I'm used to seeing this the first time after I open a new app I've downloaded, but usually I don't see the dialog box after the first time I press the "Open" button.
Is there a setting somewhere I can use to indicate that yes, I am sure I want to open "Amazon MP3 Downloader" without this dialog box?
A: If you need to do this manually on a file (or files) you can run the following command to remove the Quarantine flag:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /PATH/TO/FILE(S)
So in your case since the quarantine flag is not being removed you will want to run the command with sudo as the primary cause for the flag not being removed after hitting "Open" is because you don't have permissions to do so.
A: Create a file called com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist under Library/Preferences with the following:
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>LSRiskCategoryNeutral</key>
<dict>
<key>LSRiskCategoryContentTypes</key>
<array>
<string>public.item</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
Then log out and then log back in.
Instructions for Snow Leopard are a bit different.
A: Deeper would be a good choice but I would suggest you to use OnyX
OnyX provides a few more features than Deeper, allowing you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files and to delete caches.
A: if you use Deeper you can mark it in General tab.
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Q: Can Time Machine on a server use quota? We have enabled Time Machine on a Mac OS X server (10.6) with a big RAID drive. The server will be used by many users for their backup. How can we set quota so that every Time Machine backup takes up a limited amount of disk space?
We tried setting quota on the server with edquota but Time Machine on the client still displays all free space on the volume as "free" regardless of quota. Backup just fails on the client with a small message in the log file when quota is reached.
We also tried to set a fixed maximum size on the sparse disk image that TimeMachine uses but it gets reset to infinite size on every backup.
We don't want to partition and share the disk with one partition per user as that would mean hundreds of partitions (how many does OS X support? :-)
Any ideas?
A: Looks like you're trying all the right things. I do this with a Drobo for a small number of Macs now. I have a 2TB volume, but I don't want that to fill up with old TM backups so I just use the sparseimage trick and it works great.
It is unclear why this is getting reset for you. Perhaps you should try this again.
I found these instructions useful: http://www.somelifeblog.com/2009/02/fixed-time-machine-backup-to-network.html
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Q: Is there a way to remotely restart Finder (or wake-up the desktop) from SSH? Over the last few months I've found my MacBook Pro is getting increasingly unwilling to wake-up if it's gone to sleep of it's own accord - not when I put it to sleep deliberately, but when the machine is left for a while and it eventually goes to sleep itself.
I usually run it with the lid down, with a mini-DVI-connected 'main' monitor and then a USB-connected 'second' monitor. Sometimes no amount of keypressing, gently tapping the power button, disconnecting the external displays and lifting the laptop lid, plugging in USB devices, inserting and ejecting CDs - no amount of any tricks I've tried will 'wake up' the display even though the machine is running (shares available over the network) and I can SSH in.
I can sudo shutdown -r now on the machine, though obviously that's a bit drastic!. It got me wondering if there was any other terminal command I could use to wake-up the Finder (I guess) - it certainly seems that the desktop has gone to sleep and can't be tricked into waking up.
Can the finder be restarted remotely via SSH? If not the finder, does anyone know of any other terminal means of forcing the machine to completely wake-up and return to it's previous state?
A: This quits the Finder by sending it the "quit" AppleEvent, which is the same signal the system sends when logging out or restarting via the GUI:
osascript -e 'quit application "Finder"'
I (also) don't think quitting the Finder will fix the wake-from-sleep issue, though.
A: You can restart the Finder from SSH using the command:
killall -HUP Finder
I don't think this will help the wake from sleep issue however.
A: this answer just cover your last question to wake your system compelety up.
you need do it with Wake-on-LAN protocot, it has sme GUI also.
and also see this example:
Waking up:
There are several utilities for waking up computers over the LAN. A cross-platform utility is WakeOnLAN.You'll need the MAC-address of the computer you want to wake up:
% wakeonlan XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
To get the MAC-address, ssh into your OS X machine or start the Terminal and
% ifconfig -a
here is the source.
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Q: How useful is spotlight? Personally, I am happy with Spotlight in the sense I just use it for finding something. But, I'm also not happy with Spotlight, as I sometimes feel it slows down my Mac pretty much. Even, I can find all the files that I need to find using PathFinder, LaunchBar, and even with find command.
*
*Is there some case that Spotlight shines over other search tools?
*Is there a way to (safely) disable spotlight? I googled to find some tips, but they all require some system change. I prefer some turn on/off method to speed my computer up by turning it off, and make use of the tool by turning it on.
A: Very useful as a task launcher - I use it much more often than I use the dock.
A: Spotlight shines over more traditional file search utilities because it collects and searches the metadata on files all over your computer. A Spotlight search can look into your email messages from Mail (or other clients if they support Spotlight) while also looking into the contents of a PDF you downloaded and the file names in your Documents folder at the same time. Another example is that you could search on your computer for any image that was taken in a certain location (if you have photos with GPS EXIF data) or say taken with a certain camera.
Turning off Spotlight can be done with some GUI tools (eg. Onyx or TinkerTool System) or directly from the command line using the command sudo mdutil -i off /PATH/TO/VOLUME (eg. sudo mdutil -i off / to turn off Spotlight for your startup drive).
A: Personally, I disable it in favor of Quicksilver.
A: I think Deeper can cover some of setting you want. if you mean by turn off that you don't want indexing if you have other notion with turn spotlight off then this answer is useless.
A: Spotlight will be much useful if you extend it using Spotlight Plugins. Some implementations can be found here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/spotlight/ or here: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Spotlight-Plugins---Utilities/
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Q: What's the best way to sync Chrome bookmarks to iPhone? I use Google Chrome on my Mac as my browser, and I'd like to be able to have access to my bookmarks on my iPhone. Safari provides bookmark syncing automatically, and Mozilla has an app that provides that functionality, but I the only thing I can find is Xmarks which is a) paid, and b) synchronizes with a third-party service, instead of utilizing Google's existing bookmark sync for Chrome. Are there any other solutions?
A: You could give Xmarks a try. Works fine for me.
You install it as a plugin for Chrome, and as a pref pane for your Mac. Your Mac will be synchronized to your iPhone.
I didn't try the mobile app yet.
A: Since I don't have the reputation to comment, I have to put this in an answer.
I can second the XMarks service as a great way to sync bookmarks between browsers, especially Internet Explorer (IE) and Safari, and especially if you want to sync your iPhone bookmarks with Firefox. There are problems with duplicates from time to time, but that is mitigated with a Duplicate Detector plugin for Firefox.
However, the XMarks service will be shutting down as of January 2011. There is information in this blog post as to how it might live on.
http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1945
A: Chrome bookmarks on iPhone are possible with help of ChromeSync app.
Details are at www.chromesync.mobi
A: Just download the free (!) Google Chrome app on your iPhone and then you can simply share and sync all your desktop bookmarks to your iPhone/iPad.
A: I've been looking for a similar solution, and would definitely recommend Xmarks! It will sync your bookmarks on any browser that you install the plugin.
A: You can synchronize everything with Synchromium. It does not require installation of any Chrome extension or transfering your data to third-party services.
A: I won't use XMarks because you have to subscribe ($12 a year - AU?), plus, last time I had Xmarks and Chrome sync, they never worked well together when I had multiple browsers (Firefox, Chrome) on multiple computers.
I won't trust ChromeSync either yet - look at the notes for it in iTunes (currently at 1.2). It uses a proxy and there are no ratings for it yet.
What I want is the equivalent of ChromeMarks (from Android) which was brilliant. It kept my Chrome bookmarks separate i.e. not in mobile Safari - because I want my 'mobile' bookmarks only in Safari.
A: It costs $12 a year to use xmarks. As a result it is not free to sync across platforms.
A: I love Dolphin for smartphone instead of chrome.
with dolphin you can easily sync bookmarks between chrome and push link between them....
tryi t for a while you wont regret.
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Q: Why my Time Capsule shared drive keeps refreshing? I use my Time Capsule to share files across my machines.
On my MacBook, when I open the shared disk in Finder, and expand some folders, it starts to "refresh" after a few seconds again and again.
If I click on a file, it loses the selection, and the directory tree disappear and appear, like being unmounted and mounted quickly.
Edit: I realized that what was causing that was some folders with accent in their names (like: Música). Once I removed the accent, this behavior stopped. Is this a known bug?
A: It seems to be a known (or at least widely observed) bug with the Finder trying to display files with non-latin characters in their names on an AFP server (like the Time Capsule) -- see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2426415 for example.
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Q: Should I get the new Apple TV if I don't have a digital TV? I have been considering buying the new Apple TV. Maybe the biggest reason is for Netflix streaming. However, I do not own a digital TV, and the only output on the Apple TV is HDMI. I could get a box to convert HDMI to analog RCA but the only ones I can find are more expensive than the Apple TV itself.
I could use a new DVD player, so I'm thinking maybe I should get a Blu-ray player with analog outputs and Netflix streaming capabilities as an alternative.
What do you think? Would it be worth it to buy a converter box, just so I can get the fancy new Apple TV? Or would it be better for me to invest in a blu-ray player?
Update: I decided to go with a Visio blu-ray player. It works pretty good. If I didn't need a DVD player, I would have gone with a Roku player instead.
A: I don't think it'll work. According to the Apple TV's tech specs, playing protected content (which I imagine means the one you'll get from iTunes rentals and Netflix) requires HDCP, so using a converter box probably won't work. At least the ones I've found online after doing a quick search specifically say they won't work with HDCP.
A: The Apple TV really won't work with any TV that doesn't support high-definition HDMI input capable of displaying 720p 60/50Hz. Additionally, everything will work through a converter unless the converter doesn't support HDCP (most don't). All protected content (which is most video and some music bought through iTunes) will not play through HDMI without HDCP.
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Q: When will the iPad get threaded email messages? I use my iPhone and iPad to check emails, and would really like to have the threaded email functionality on my iPad the same as it is on my iPhone? Will this be available in iOS?
A: That's one of the features of iOS 4.2, which will be released in November.
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Q: Is there a way to disable web page auto refresh in Safari? I'm new to Safari ... and would like to know if there is a way to cause Safari to inhibit the auto refresh function that a lot of pages seem to use these days.
Fwiw, my rationale is to stop large websites - being refreshed regularly - and hence consuming my download quotas. This is common with a number of news sites in Australia - eg. www.news.com.au
I know there are ways to do this in Firefox, but I'd like to use Safari.
A: Sadly (it happens to me too), most of these pages use either a Meta
<meta http-equiv=”refresh”>
or some form of Javascript to accomplish the reload every XX seconds.
For the former case, Firefox (not Safari) had an option to disable it (Tools >> Options >> Advanced >> General >> Accessibility -> Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page).
However that option not always works, specially with newer sites; also that is a Firefox option only, which apparently you already knew about.
In the latter case (Javascript) there isn’t much we can do. As far as I understand, no CSS trick can prevent that (which would be the only tool we could have at the moment). I’m sure that at some clever (and bored) coder will create an extension that captures that and tries to prevent it.
In the meantime, you (and the rest of us) are out of luck while using Safari.
The ideal would be those sites to implement an AJAX form of communication that informs the user that there’s new content. All in all, it’s a series of hacks over a static protocol that maintains no “session” by design.
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Q: Prevent "Sleep / Stand by" in iBooks Does anyone know how to prevent the iPad from going to sleep / stand by when in the iBooks app?
I'm using the iPad as a music stand with my charts, but while I'm playing the song, the screen goes black... this (as I'm sure you can imagine) totally blows.
A: I'm not sure how to prevent sleep only in the iBooks app, but if you find yourself in a situation where you don't want your iPad to go to sleep, go into Settings -> General -> Auto-Lock and select "Never". With this option selected, the iPad won't go to sleep without user input.
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Q: Tools for making Finder easier to use? I need the following tools for Finder.
*
*Launch a Terminal from Finder.
*Copy a path information from Finder.
*Make a new file from Finder. (not a new directory)
Any hints?
A: FilePathCM. FilePathCM is a contextual menu and menu bar item for copying the:
*
*POSIX path
*Server afp URL
*Abbreviated (Tilde) POSIX path
*POSIX path for Terminal.app
*HFS path
*Full name
*Display name
*Extension
*Windows style path
of Finder items (files, folders, volumes) to the clipboard.
To create a new file, see this link: http://www.webmonkey.com/2007/03/how_to_create_new_files_in_apple_s_finder/
To launch a terminal, I like answer from neoneye but I also use DTerm.
A: I have no idea how to create a new file from within the Finder, however..
cdto
Opens Terminal and cd's to the current Finder dir.
cdff
cdff allows you to open the current Terminal dir in the finder.
A: I would suggest you to use Path Finder
It is not a free application but you have 30 days to try it out. You can see a screencast here.
It enables you to do the following from your requisites:
*
*Launch a Terminal from Finder.
*Copy a path information from Finder. (I don't know what you mean with this but it sure does the job).
*Make a new file from Finder. (not a new directory)
and any more...
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Q: Can I see my CPU and memory usage meters in the menu bar? I'd like to be able to view my cpu and memory usage in real time. Not as a desktop widget or window application, but as a widget in the menu bar. Is this possible?
A: I made a simple app that displays cpu and memory usage on menubar, free and open sourced. Feedback is welcome.
https://github.com/ningt/iStats
A: I created a free app that shows percentage on the menu bar:
You can download it from here:
https://github.com/joelmora/macos-activity-monitor
A: I use MenuMeters for this functionality, and have a hard time living without it. How do other people know when their web browser is finally done downloading a page, or YouTube stalled out, or iPhoto still working, or ...?
MenuMeters is freeware, but well worth the donation.
The original author has stopped maintaining MenuMeters, but someone new has taken over for El Capitan.
A: I prefer SystemPal. iStat itself consumes too much CPU and RAM. SystemPal is quick, tiny, configurable, neat, and powerful. It's available on Mac App Store.
A: Not sure how long this has been a feature, but it's possible to replace the Activity Monitor dock icon with a graph showing CPU usage, CPU history, network usage, or disk activity.
For example, showing CPU history turns the icon into this little graph:
A: iStat Menus has the functionality you are asking for. It is available starting at USD$14.39 for a single license or $17.99 for a family pack (up to five different Macs). It's also included with a membership to SetApp.
A: Check out iGlance it's open source.
A: A free open source solution is CpuInfo on GitHub (shows cpu only)
A: I really liked eul. Slick design and great configuration ability. Widgets are also available.
brew install --cask eul
or install from Mac App Store.
A: One that hasn't been mentioned yet is Stats, which describes itself as a
Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar
It's an excellent open source project (https://github.com/exelban/stats) that can be installed via:
brew install stats
On big sur, after downloading, open launchpad, search for 'stats', and open it. It will start showing up in the menu bar.
A: Or you can try some geeklets from the internet (or make one yourself) on Geektool. I find it more customizable than menu bar apps, and prettier when I get to use the fonts and sizes I like.
A: Haven't seen this one mentioned yet: Menu Bar Stats 3
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Q: Desktop customization application Are you customizing your Mac desktop? If yes, do you use a 3rd party applications for that? I would like to know which applications you use.
Rule:
*
*One application per answer
*A link to the developer is necessary
A: GeekTool
GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Mac OS 10.5. It let you display on your desktop different kind of informations, provided 3 default plugins :
File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow.Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like "df" to check space left on filesystems, "uptime" to monitor load of your machine... Finally, Image mode helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU loads, memory availability of your server, via tools like MRTG
A: DateLine
DateLine displays a linear calendar on your Mac desktop which provides easy access to iCal and your events. The appearance of the DateLine is endlessly customizable and themeable.
A: CrystalClear Interface
CrystalClear Interface is a gorgeous user interface for those who think completely different. It's for who wants to change the Mac theme, without needing to code, and you still can create your own theme.
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Q: Recommended way to remotely control your Mac Mini from your Macbook Pro at home My configurations to access Mac mini (Leopard) from my MacBook Pro (Leopard) at home are:
*
*Mac mini: Apple remote desktop enabled with VNC viewers flagged
*MacBook Pro: Jollyfast VNC
I find this configuration too slow for my cabled LAN (100Mbit) and I'm searching for a better software solution.
What is a recommended way to remotely control your Mac Mini from your Macbook Pro at home?
A: Is your Mac Mini Intel-based? If so, then it, along with your MacBook Pro, has gigabit ethernet. My suggestion would be to get some cat 5e or cat 6 cables and a gigabit switch. Still, I personally use Apple's "Screen Sharing" remote desktop client and server built into Mac OS X, and it works fine, and has acceptable performance even over wifi (or remotely through Mobile Me).
A: I found VNC to be fast enough for all I wanted. What exactly do you want to do on the remote machine?
For a more-remote-than-LAN scenario the points to consider are:
*
*color depth and encoding: try to use 16-bit color or less and/or "tight" encoding on the client.
*security: you should not use "plain" VNC authentication that sends the password in the clear on the internet. Use either Apples Remote Access authentication or tunnel VNC through SSH (you can set compression on the SSH tunnel).
I regularly use either OSX "Screen Sharing" without VNC password with the OSX Screen Sharing client (Cmd-K vnc://my.host.name) or VNC tunneled through SSH with Vine Server set to localhost-only and Jollys Fast VNC as client.
A: why not installing LogMeIn Free?
I work with it and it's lovely, not only I can access my Mini from home as well I can get it from anywhere in the world.
install LogMeIn Free in your mini, and they access it through Firefox.
I hope it helps
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Q: Shortcut keys mapper viewer/checker available? Is there a tool or method to check what shortcut key is mapped to what?
I used Command-Space for special purposes, after installing this and that, and changing this and that, when I click Command-Space, I see some black screen showing 'No items selected'. It seems that the Finder or something hooks the key, but I'm not sure.
Any idea?
I find that Key Cue shows the assigned shortcuts for everything. I wish, I can get the same information.
A: Try System Preferences->Keyboard and look at the Keyboard shortcuts tab
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Q: How do I handle HDR photos in Aperture 3? What plugin do you guys use to handle HDR photos in Aperture 3 ?
A: There are two choices available right now:
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*Photomatix
*Hydra
You should try both and see which matches your “taste” better :)
A: Photomatix seems to be the most well-regarded.
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Q: How do I send multiple photos from my iPhone camera roll in a single email? I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but:
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*From the camera app, I can select a photo, and then hit the send button to create an email with that photo in it.
*From mail, I can't find any way to add an enclosure without having started in the app that owns it.
I want to send multiple photos in a single email.
A: since software update 3.0 you can select multiple photos copy them and paste it as email body, in iOS you can SHARE it as email.
A: [I posted this answer to address a followup question that appears to have been subsequently deleted. I will leave my answer up as it does add a more complete details than the prior answer, which was correct albeit terse.]
You can mail multiple photos, but not an unlimited number. I assume to limit the overall email message size, as there could be limits on some mail gateways.
Open Photos app, select "Camera Roll" (or other album) from your albums. Touch the "Edit" button, and the screen heading should change to "Select Items." You can then select multiple photos, then touch "share" and select "Mail". If you don't see "Mail" as one of the options, then you have selected too many photos to attach to a single message. Try just two to see what it should look like. On my phone just now I was able to choose 5 and still have Mail as an option, but if I chose 6, then Mail was not an option.
A:
From mail, I can't find any way to add an enclosure without having
started in the app that owns it.
You can now do this in iOS 6. In a new mail message, tap and hold in the message body, then tap the right arrow in the overlay and tap "Insert Photo or Video."
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Q: Whats the last OS X that supported Power PC? I still have an old Power PC machine and was wondering what the latest OS X build I can install on it?
A:
Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) is also the
first Mac OS release since the
introduction of System 7.1.2 that
does not support the PowerPC
architecture, as Apple now intends to
focus on its current line of
Intel-based products.
Thus OS X supported PowerPC up to and including version 10.5 (Leopard).
A: 10.5 Leopard is the last to support PowerPC as far as I know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
A: Snow leopard does support PowerPC applications, this function was dropped with Lion. I base this on one MacBook with Snow Leopard on it works fine with Microsoft Office X, Quake II (OS XVersion), Halo, Roxio Toast Lite 5.2.2.
However on my upgrade MacBook running Lion they are tomb stoned and when you try to run them the message you receive is PowerPcC no longer supported!
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Q: What is the latest version of iTunes that will run on a PowerPC-based Mac? What is the latest iTunes that will still run on a Power PC based Mac?
A: as long as iTunes 10 (newer version of iTunes) need OS X 10.5 (Leopard) as it's minimum requirement and you can install leopard on your Powerpc then latest itunes that was supported by Powerpc is the last one iTunes 10.
A: The current version (iTunes 10) will run on a PowerPC machine but it has some small limitations (primarily it can not play High Definition video from the iTunes Store)
System Requirements:
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 processor
Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor is required to play Standard Definition video from the iTunes Store
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor is required to play HD video, an iTunes LP, or iTunes Extras from the iTunes Store
Mac OS X version 10.5 or later
Source (iTunes Download Page)
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Q: Is there an iPad app like Snagit for marking up screenshots or pictures with arrows, callouts, dropshadows, torn edges, etc.? I LOVE Snagit.
I know that captures can only be done in iOS with the built in Home-Power screenshot function.
But I'm looking for an app that will allow me to edit those shots and add arrows, shadows, edges, callouts, blur, freehand circles, etc.
Is there something that does this well, with a focus on annotation? (So I get that I can do this in Keynote an other apps, but since they're not made for it, it's painful, they can't export the picture back to the photo roll, etc.)
A: I you are looking mainly for annotation then Skitch could be worth a look.
It lacks the more fancy features you asked for (torn edges, blur, etc.) but for basic annotation (arrows, text, freehand) it is quite good.
Although it was acquired by Evernote it is possible to save the annotated image back to the camera roll.
A: I've been using a combination of Pages, PS Express and Strip Design. They each have unique features. It would be nice to have an all in one app that did it all.
A: I was using Grafik Note, this is designed for iPad
*
*Import photo from gallery or by camera
*Drawing line, segment with/without arrow.
*Drawing free curve with/without arrow.
*Drawing outlined/filled rectangle, oval, round rectangle.
*Highlight color.
*Free text.
*Drawing speech bubble with rectangle/oval/ round rect
*Enable to change outline and fill color, editable dash style, enable to change line width
*Enable styling text color, font, size and alignment.
*File manager which supports create folder/rename/copy/paste/move.
*Sharing your annotation photo with the world via email, Facebook, Twitter ...
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Q: Make a link to login items? In the course of installing some app, I came across the following.
Put a link to it in your Login items to have it start up automatically when you login.
How can I do that? How to make a link to login items with Mac OS X?
A: To add an item to your Login Items:
*
*Open up the Accounts Preference Pane in System Preferences
*Click on your Account and the click on the Login Items tab on the right hand side of the window.
*Click the '+' button to navigate to the application or document you wish to open up on login.
*If you wish you can check off the "Hide" checkbox to hide the application by default after it launches during login.
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Q: Can I open the menu with keyboard? With PC, alt-something opens the something in the main menu.
Does Mac have similar function? For example, is there a way to open View menu as if I click it?
A: Try CtrlF2 - that should highlight the Apple-symbol on the main menubar.
edit: The cursor keys and Enter then allow you to navigate, drill-down and ultimately select an item - just as you can on Windows.
also - can't claim credit for this, I learnt it here on the site! What are your favorite Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts?
A: There are two approaches to try: Control ^F2 or Command ⌘Shift ⇧Slash /
Advantages compared of both solution:
Feature
Control ^F2
Command ⌘Shift ⇧Slash /
Starts on menu side
Left side
Right side
Starts on menu item
Help
Menu state is
Highlighted
Opened
Hand to use
Left hand
Right hand
Closer to arrow keys
no
yes
One hand operation
no
yes
Personally I prefer the second solution since it is closer to navigation arrow keys →←↑↓ and the menu is already opened and only one hand, ie. right hand ☜ is involved into the operation.
Note: Some menu options are altered while holding the Option ⌥ key!
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Q: Are there any significant differences between two Apple products of the same name but different part numbers (particularly FC371LL/A and MC371LL/A)? I was going to buy a refurbished MacBook Pro 15" but when I compared it to a regular one added in the shopping cart for reference, I found that they had different part numbers: FC371LL/A and MC371LL/A. I was not sure if the old model had something wrong, so I haven't ordered. Does anyone know any particular fixes Apple has done to the new MacBook Pro line?
Also, are Apple products of the same name but different part numbers significantly varied?
A: The refurbished one probably has a different part number because it is refurbished now new.
It won't have anything "wrong" with it, but it is refurbished. Check the specs and compare it to the current production model. Typically they will say "late 2010 model" or something of the sort to indicate if this is different (hardware wise) from the current one.
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Q: Can I SSH pictures directly to the iOS Camera Roll? I want to upload a picture directly to my iPad (without syncing or downloading from email). I want to SSH into my camera roll (/private/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE), upload an image there, and be able to see it in my Photos app (Camera Roll). When I do this, the pics do not show up. I even followed Apple's naming convention (i.e IMG_001.png).
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Thomas
A: Your going to have to change some sort of index file that the iPad uses to keep track of what photos are in the camera roll. The file is probably in some sort of proprietary Apple format, the details of which are not available to the public. You might look in to the format of the file that controls the music library, which is also not public but the details are available around the internet thanks to persistant hackers. I bet the Photos file format is similar, with Albums swapped out for Playlists. But I'm mostly guessing.
Good Luck!
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Q: With Pages '08, can I add a top border to a title? I'm writing my resume with Pages, and I'd like to know if (and how) I can add a horizontal line across the page before every text segment with a certain style (namely, "Header", though that shouldn't matter).
Will I necessarily have to draw a straight line myself, and move it around each time a section enlarges?
A: This is possible in Pages '09, so it probably works in Pages '08 as well.
*
*Select a heading in your document
*Open the Inspector (in menu bar click View -> Show Inspector)
*
*Select the Text section
*Select the "More" tab
*Under "Borders & Rules", click the dropdown that says "none" and select the line you want to use
*Below the dropdown select the icon depicting the line above the content
*Open the Styles Drawer (in menu bar click View -> Show Styles Drawer)
*
*Since the text is still selected, the heading you're using should already be highlighted
*Click the arrow beside the style
*Click "Redefine style from selection"
Now everywhere that you used that heading will now have a horizontal line over it, and it will automatically appear whenever you insert new headings.
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Q: Run an AppleScript by using a keyboard shortcut I need to run an AppleScript using a keyboard shortcut. How can I do that?
I think about
*
*Save AppleScript in textual format.
*Use Keyboard Maestro to launch 'osascript' to run the script when the matching keyboard shortcut is called.
What do you think? Is there better way to go?
A: A program like Keyboard Maestro can do exactly as you said, but instead of saving the AppleScript as just regular text you can save it as a script (.scpt) and just pass the path to osascript.
A program that I've used off and on that is designed to do this specifically is Red Sweater Software's FastScripts. It's free for up to 10 keyboard shortcuts. Otherwise I've just used LaunchBar (while others would recommend other app launchers)
A: I do it with Quicksilver to launch a script that opens a Terminal window at the same place the foremost Finder window is.
Triggers -> [+] -> HotKey, then select your script, and choose the "Execute" action.
It's probably similar to using Keyboard Maestro, and said software might be simpler. Though, I already had Quicksilver installed when I did this, so reusing it was better.
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Q: iOS 4 - Can I close an app without it staying open in the background? I am aware that after closing an application (pressing the home button) you can enter the multi-tasking tray, hold your finger down on an icon and close an application properly. But is there an easy way to perform this series of actions with one command? Sometimes I close an app and know I will not be using it again any time soon and would not like it to remain open in the background.
A: If your iPhone is jailbroken, you can set an override in Backgrounder to disable multitasking on the particular app so that when you press the home button, the app terminates (even though the icon will still show in the multitasking bar).
A: Not presently.
iOS multitasking however is quite different than say the multitasking in Android or Mac OS X. The app unless it specifically is using one of the 7 methods to run in the background is "frozen" and won't consume any resources until it's brought back to the forefront. Essentially the fast app switching feature as part of iOS 4.0 is a large part of why you saw so many apps being updated to work with iOS 4.0 multitasking.
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Q: un-sync iPhone and iPod Touch I bought an iPod touch first. I registered it with iTunes, gave it a name, etc. All was well, it synced when I connected it, made backups, etc.
Eventually I got an iPhone. I didn't need to register it with iTunes, it found my iPod touch data somehow. I don't think it ever asked me to give it a name. And the most annoying part, is that it syncs all the apps I put on the iPod Touch with the iPhone, and vice-versa.
How do I separate these two devices?
A: If the two devices are named the same it will backup/restore the same items. My recommendation is to rename one of your devices and a new profile will be created for it.
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Q: Can I import my old podcast MP3s into iTunes? The title pretty much says it all.
If I have 25 podcast MP3s, how can I associate them with the podcast in iTunes?
A: In iTunes it's possible to label items as Podcasts. To do so:
*
*Import your items into iTunes if not done already
*Select them all and choose Get Info from either the contextual menu or the File menu
*Go to the Options tab and set "Media Kind" to Podcast
*It will then appear in the Podcasts section using the Album name as a group
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Q: Putting a PowerPoint and Video together What is the easiest way to take a powerpoint or keynote presentation and a video of me giving the presentation and put the two together so that they can always see the slides and my video of me giving the presentation.
It would be nice if I could zoom into each and shrink the other has I wanted to focus on the slide or the presentation, but just being able to put the two side by side would be good enough!
A: You have several possibilities.
The easiest for you would be probably be using Screenflow. It allows you to record what happens on the screen (the presentation) AND the camera input. It also allows you to do some simple post-production, like focusing on the screen or on the camera.
A: I don’t know if you can do that with the presentation itself (a Keynote document being “played”) but if you can make a movie (hint: in Keynote you can record your presentation) of the slides (so they become a Quicktime movie and not a set of slideshows), you can later use any movie edition software (not iMovie) to create the desired effect.
An expensive but very powerful one is BoinxTV. It’s really powerful and easy to use, but doesn’t support using a keynote as a source, only different types of images, sound and video.
Of course Final Cut (pro and express) would be able to do that too.
As good as these solutions may seem, they are not real time, in a sense where you can be giving the presentation while you receive a live video feed of you being recorded and dynamically decide to “zoom” into the slide. That is much more complex.
Now if you can edit and post-produce the slides and you giving the presentation, those tools will probably suite you.
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Q: How can I insert symbols on iPad or iPhone? How can I insert symbols like copyright or degree symbols?
A: The above answers are all correct. However, in iOS 5 there’s a new way of quickly inputting special characters.
Simply go to Settings → General → Keyboard → Shortcuts, and tap the + button to add a new keyboard shortcut.
Basically, this is the same functionality that OS X’s System Preferences → Language & Text → Text → Symbol and text substitution offers.
So, get any symbol you want as described in the other answers, copy it, then add it as a new keyboard shortcut this way.
To give you some inspiration, here’s a screenshot of (part of) my text substitutions:
A: For many symbols or characters with diacritics (e.g. accents) you can press and hold a related key to insert variations.
*
*º - For the degree symbol, press and hold the 0 button (on the mac you can press Option+0[zero, not letter o])
*© - For the copyright symbol, on the mac the shortcut is Option+g. Unfortunately pressing and holding g on the iPhone/iPad doesn't provide an option for the copyright symbol.
As an alternative, you can use glyphboard, or copy and paste the symbols from a note, email that you create on your computer.
A: *
*Go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> International Keyboards.
*Activate the Japanese keyboard (whether you speak Japanese or not).
*Open a text box in Messages, Mail, or Safari (or whatever).
*Hit the globe button until it switches to Japanese (Kana not Qwerty) keyboard.
*On the left hand side hit the second button from the bottom that says "ABC" until it switches to "*123".
*Your keyboard should now have symbols on it.
A: For a Pi symbol on iOS go to Settings → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add, then add a Greek keyboard.
A: there's also another hardware keyboard that you can use. you have to do the same at the above and go to international keyboads.
once you get the international keyboards list, look for the one called Emoji.
then, whenever you need any miscellaneous symbols, tap the the globe until you get this keyboad with smilies.
you can swipe it to chose from the icons available, and if you need the © or ® (registered symbol), go to the one that shows "!?#", and it's all the way in the back.
the other icons in the bottom are for other icons for example the flower shows things of nature, while the bell shows other miscellaneous stuff you can find anywhere.
And there you have it!
A: I have copied the text here and entered it into my keyboard shortcut as phrase and made the text to equal uhh - Ə ə æ
A: install < pictokeyboard > from Cydia
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Q: Can I use an iPad charger with my iPhone 4? Is there any harm in using the iPad charger for iPhone 4?
A: The iPhone simply won't draw as much through the charger as the iPad would. Certainly shouldn't cause a problem at all (and my money's where my mouth is because we just have the iPad charger plugged in these days, using it for our iPad as well as our 2 iPhone 4s - we've been doing this for about 5-6 weeks now without any obvious ill-effects).
A: No harm; you can use it. Straight from Apple (although last updated Oct 2011, so maybe not there when the question was originally asked and answered):
The iPad USB Power Adapter is a 10W charger. While designed for use with the iPad, you can use the iPad 10W USB Power Adapter to charge all iPhone and iPod models by connecting them using a Dock Connector to USB cable.
A: When purchasing a mobile car charger for my iPhone4, I was told that iPhone4's and iPad's can share newer chargers with no problems.
A: The rule of thumb on interchanging charging units is that the rated wattage for a given charger is considered the maximum that the charger can safely deliver, and not what it will deliver all the time.
You can have a thousand watt charger and so long as your phone needs less that that it all that it will supply it happily.
Where you can get unstuck is doing it the other way around. If you charge your iPad over an iPhone charger, it will max out the circuitry as the iPad will want to draw more than the charger can safely do. The charger should remain safe, but it will be operating at or close to maximum capacity, and this may shorten it's life, although so long as you are using an proper Apple one and not an eBay special the protection circuitry against overheating/overvoltage etc should stop it from burning your house down.
A: I prefer the 10 watt charger that comes with the iPad for my iPhone (4 and 4S) because it charges them faster than the small iPhone charger. I've been charging my iPhones with the iPad charger since getting my first iPad (1) a year and a half ago and not only is no harm done to the phone, it charges many times faster. I bought an extra 10 watt Apple charger that travels with me and bought one for my wife to use on her iPhone in her office at school. All work perfectly and quickly on both iPhone and iPad.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC359LL/A?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjA
A: yo can charge an iphone using an ipad charger but it will charge quicker and ultimately reduce the battery life
Best advice is use the supplied charger that was with your device
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Q: How can I make my first generation iPad's battery last longer? What are some of the things I can do to make my iPad (Wi-Fi) battery last a long time once it is charged?
I have the first generation iPad and run iOS 3.
A: Additionally, your iPad’s battery life will eventually last longer if you follow the Apple’s Advice, specially regarding battery’s temperature.
A: Turn down screen brightness, don't play games, turn off bluetooth. Standard battery life increasing tips.
How much longer do you need it? I understand that the battery life (even with WiFi) is fairly decent on the iPad.
A: Killing apps manually will not affect battery life without effecting user experience.
Apps that stay active in the background typically do so for a limited time because they have a specific task that needs completing (like completing a download, or sending a mail message.)
iOS manages background processing aggressively in order to ensure that no extra battery is used unnecessarily.
A: If you don't need to connect to a network turn off WiFi. You will also want to go into the Settings:
*
*turn down the brightness (Brightness & Wallpaper)
*turn off Bluetooth (General)
*turn off "Push" and set mail to fetch manually (Mail, Contact, Calendars) / (Fetch New Data)
*turn off sounds (General)
*turn off location services (General)
*Turn off Notifications
*and check any apps to see if any poll wifi (if you keep it on)
For additional help, I wrote up an article here with pictures:
http://www.squidoo.com/prolong-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-battery
In the end, it really depends on how you use your iPad. Good luck!--
A: If you're running the beta of iOS 4.2, killing multitasking apps can also impact battery life.
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Q: Change from Windows Import to Picasa Whenever my iPhone is plugged in, my Windows7 laptop imports the pictures and videos from it. I want to change this to using Picasa because the Windows importer creates a folder based on the date and time pictures are imported vs. the date and time pictures are actually taken!
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*How do I change my iPhone default importer to Picasa?
*Are there any issues using Picasa for the picture and video import?
A: When you plug the device into Win 7, you should be prompted with an AutoPlay box. Click the "View more AutoPlay options in Control Panel". This will give you the ability to change the defaults for the device (you'll see iPhone at the bottom). Next to Apple iPhone is a list of applications that windows will auto load when the device is plugged into the USB. Good luck.
A: in Vista (and probably in 7)
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*Click on the Start button in the lower left hand side of the screen.
*Type "AutoPlay" in the search bar and click on it when it comes up.
*In the AutoPlay window, down near the bottom under Devices should list your iphone. If you're using the latest version of Picasa, it'll say "Picasa3 using Picasa3" (and also choose every action you want and any application you want to be your default).
*click save to exit.
A: It's worth mentioning that as of the latest release (3.8) Picasa running on Windows 7 and Vista does not import video from the iPhone. It still works fine in XP.
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Q: How do I stop iCal from always asking for a password? I have several (webcal) subscription calendars on my iCal. Two of them require passwords stored in my keychain. At regular intervals, iCal will ask for my keychain password. Is there a way to set up iCal so that it behaves the way Mail.app does, that is, one types the password once when the app is fired and from then on it just uses it?
My keychain is set to unlock when I log in; the webcal items in the keychain are set to allow any application to access the item.
A: Have you seen the following menu in Keychain Access app?
Open Keychain Access app (use spotlight!), select your login Keychain and in the Edit menu:
select 'Change Settings for Keychain “login”…’
This brings you the following screen:
If you have either of those, iCal will find the Keychain locked when it tries to sync.
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Q: How do I flush the DNS cache on a OS X 10.6 machine? Trying to flush the local DNS cache. How is this done on Snow Leopard?
Using System Preferences and using the terminal?
A: dscacheutil -flushcache
A: Use
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
or
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
In 10.6 the handling of Unicast DNS is now managed by mDNSResponder - dscacheutil -flushcache now just tells mDNSResponder to restart (the second command above).
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Q: Anyone have experience with the Netgear DGN3500 or Linksys WAG320N? I need to replace my aging ADSL modem/router, and am considering the Netgear DGN3500 or Linksys WAG320N, as they both appear to have all the features I require (802.11n, ADSL2, Gigabit ethanet). I recently purchased a Belkin Share which also had all these features, but I had to return it as it didn't support Bonjour, meaning my iMac and Macbook Pro were not playing nicely on my LAN.
Does anyone here have experience with the above modem/routers, and can tell me whether they will work well in a LAN consisting of OSX and Windows based machines? I also have a variety of wireless devices (iPod Touch 2nd Gen, iPhone 4, PS3, PSP) that will need to integrate into the network.
A: I had a Linksys very similar to that one and many other modem/routers (in fact a few days ago I had to get a new one and found a DLink) and never had any problem with Bonjour “not working” or being unsupported. What do you mean by “didn’t support Bonjour”? Bonjour is a local protocol and unless you have different subnets within the same place and have a bridge/router in-between them, Bonjour is just like any other protocol inside your internal network.
I’m sure that either the Netgear or the Linksys are going to do the job fine. We have Window XP, Windows 7, OS X and Linux in our network.
If you expand your question to indicate what is your Bonjour’s problem maybe we can help.
A: I purchased the Netgear DGN3500, and so far so good. While its setup software only runs on Windows, its browser based interface has a setup wizard that does simplify configuration somewhat.
On the LAN side of things, everything appears to be working as expected, with no special config required. I am able to successfully resolve IP addresses via machine name, and AFP appears to be working. Other Bonjour driven features such as printer sharing and shared iTunes libraries also work. These are all things the Belkin Share wouldn't do (which is ironic, considering it DID come bundled with Mac software).
Network performance is excellent, and is a definite improvement over the 10/100 LAN connection of my old modem/router.
In summary, this appears to be the Mac friendly modem/router I was looking for.
A: I can confirm that the Belkin Share, Surf and Play routers do not support the Bonjour service, I have an email from Belkin support to that effect. The impression I got was that there was a hidden firewall that was suppressing the Bonjour multicasts between computers.
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Q: Consolidating music from three drives to one I am trying to consolidate my music and videos on my Laptop. It is in 3 places:
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*C:\Users\RajMore\Music
*D:\Entertainment\Audio
*E:\Entertainment\Audio
I want to put all the music in a single location C:\Users\RajMore\Music so that I can carry a single laptop and not have to worry about taking my External HDD or having to remove the D drive to put in my DVD drive.
I have just about 60 GB of music. 10 GB on C, 20 G on D and 30 GB on E. I have 86 GB free on C, so space is not at a premium.
Metadata is the stuff about the music / video that is not stored in the music / video item - it is stored in ITunes. For example: Start of song, end of song, rating (I use this when for good songs to DJ), video start time and end time etc.
How do I do this and not lose metadata regarding the music and videos?
A: Under Prefs > Advanced set the Media Folder to your chosen location on C:
Then, File Menu > Library SubMenu > Organize Library.
Select "Consolidate Files".
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Q: Play music from iPhone on MacBook using iPhone 4 dock? We have an iPhone 4 dock (the official apple one, and not the universal one) which I noticed has a headphone connection on the back. Is it possible to connect that to a Macbook (Pro) and play music from the iPhone through the laptop speakers?
A: While it's theoretically possible to take the sound output from the iPhone dock and run it through a 3.5" cable into the input jack in the computer, it's much easier (and better quality) to simply fire up iTunes 10 and play the media through the computer directly.
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Q: Create bookmark folders on iPhone or iPad? Is it possible to create a new bookmark folder using iOS? I share my bookmarks between four devices (using MobileMe) and it would be useful to be able to structure them in a useful way.
A: Here's how you do it in iOS 4.1:
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*In Safari, hit the bookmarks icon
*Press the "Edit" button in the lower left
*In the lower right, a "New Folder" button appears. Press it.
*Type in the name of the folder and hit "Done" on the keyboard.
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Q: Review site specifically for Apple products? I am wondering if there is a product review site specifically for apple products?
A: Do you mean reviews of Apple-produced (and only Apple-produced) hardware and software? Or reviews of software and accessories by anyone for Macs, iPods, iPhones, iPads, etc.?
If the latter, there's always Macworld's review section.
If the former, you could combine the RSS feeds for Macworld's Mac reviews + iPod review + iPhone reviews + iPad reviews, I guess.
A: For Apple's mobile products, http://www.ilounge.com/ is quite good.
A: As far as software goes, MacUpdate is pretty good. They have lots of user reviews, and the ability for users to suggest similar software is awesome. I've found many a free alternative to a poorly reviewed commercial app that way.
As a side note, alternativeTo is another great way to find alternates.
A: There's always ArsTechnica. Yes, they do review other stuff besides just Apple stuff, but I fail to see how that should disqualify them, especially given the quality and depth of the reviews. And with a couple of clicks, you can specify Apple reviews:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/
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Q: Using Spotlight to play iTunes songs causes another song to play after resuming from pause Spotlight allows you to play songs from iTunes. Unfortunately, when I pause the song and resume, iTunes goes back to playing what it was playing before I used Spotlight.
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*Is there any way to fix this behaviour?
*Are there any alternative methods of playing an iTunes song which I already know the name of?
iTunes Version: 10
OS X Version: Snow Leopard
A: Unfortunately there’s no ‘fix’ for the described behavior that I’m aware of.
However, there are a lot of free/paid utilities that will not only do what you need, but also improve the experience overall.
I could list you a dozen utilities but instead I will let you do your homework and decide what’s best for you. This list contains an important amount of utilities for iTunes controlling.
I can tell you which ones I use and my experience with them.
1) Coversutra: It’s a very well designed paid application. You can check their website for a more comprehensive summary (and a trial). The developer (Sophia) reads the suggestions and bug reports.
Pros: It’s very good for searching, very good. Think of a spotlight music dedicated. You can easily switch between playlists, songs, artists, etc. All from the menubar. (I activate it with shift + cmd + space. It also has a controller where you can define your keys for showing album art, define song rating, next, prev, pause, etc. The typical controller stuff. You will rarely need the keyboard.
Cons: Although it has been optimized several times and results come extremely fast, scrolling the results is not as fast as one would expect. Sometimes certain actions might need a “click”.
All in all, it’s a product that works fantastically for me.
2) Launchbar: I use Launchbar for everything, and sometimes for music too. Since it has iTunes support, you can easily type the name of a song/artist/list and will happily play it. What it does is create a playlist called Launchbar and whenever you make a selection, it adds the relevant songs to that list, therefore when you pause/play, things work normally. You can also do the same things (pause, play, next) from launchbar.
Pros: It’s also very fast and it does a lot of things (can’t live without it!)
Cons: Might be overkill for a song launcher/iTunes controller only.
A: The solution is quite simple. Quit iTunes before you start using Spotlight to control it. Then it won't have anything else it was playing before to go back to.
A: Why not just use the search that's built into iTunes to find the song by name? It's much faster than Spotlight, and doesn't have the problem you describe:
If you have your heart set of continuing to use Spotlight, then my best guess is that when you 'pause' the song, you're actually stopping it. Next time you play a song through Spotlight, open up the iTunes window and see if the button is to pause the playing media, or to stop it.
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Q: iPhone mismatch between settings showing connection to Wifi SSID and 3G in Top left hand corner showing not connected Sometimes the settings page will show I'm connected to a particular Wifi network SSID, but the 3G logo in the top left hand corner still appears and I still appear to be downloading via 3G.
What's going on here - is this a caching issue? A wifi connectivity issue? Is this a feature?
--
edit
This is on an iPhone4 with 4.01 - although I've seen it in the past on an iPhone 3G on 3.01.
A: This has always been a slight quirk with various models of the iPhone. What version of the iPhone are you running, both hardware and software?
I've experienced this exact issue previously on the iPhone 3G. It seemed that, when the phone is but to sleep, it powers down the wifi to preserve battery, and upon wake, the Wifi indicator doesn't immediately update. There may also be a short lag in reconnecting to the Wifi after wake as well. I've actually taken the phone back and had it replaced to try and resolve this issue on one handset that suffered from it particularly badly. The replacement was better, but still showed some of this behaviour.
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Q: xD card is really slow to read in Mac OS 10.6.4 I am having a bit of a problem transferring pictures off my Olympus 850SW digital camera (maybe it being pink has something to do with it).
When using the camera
When connecting the camera to the computer I chose PC>MTP and iPhoto opens and starts indexing thumbnails. It would sit there (iPhoto says "Loading Photos...") and nothing has happened. The LED on the camera is still flashing.
If I chose PC>Storage then the computer does not react at all.
When using a card reader.
If I use an xD card reader similar thing happens. Doing import from iPhoto takes ages for one photo, browsing the car in Finder is equally slow. I can actually transfer files but it's painfully slow - takes about 6 minutes to transfer 50 MB.
What can I do to fix this issue? It strikes me as a system issue (i.e. OS dealing with the memory card), rather than the camera or the card reader.
When using either camera or reader with a PC
Both work fine and photos get transferred pretty fast.
A: Have you tried opening “Image Capture” and see if it works from there? I’ve had similar problems in the past with my Kodak.
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Q: iPhone crashes Dlink DI-624 router regularly I've got an iPhone4 running 4.01 that is connecting to a DLink DI-624. I'm getting intermittent connections. Sometimes these are resolved by rebooting the router, sometimes not. Sometimes rebooting the phone fixes it, sometimes not.
Do people have similar problems with Apple products? What solutions have you found?
A: You should upgrade to iOS 4.1 as it has several bug fixes, maybe you are experiencing a know problem that has been fixed in the latest release.
All reports from the new iOS 4.1 (made publicly available yesterday through iTunes Update), they always say it's much better, even on my iPhone 3G it's fantastic!
A: While upgrading to newer iOS releases is not a bad idea, this is not going to solve your problem.
Over time, I discovered that there are many routers that are blocked or crashed by Apple devices. This is not Apple fault, it the bad router software and the ONLY solution is to upgrade the firmware or change it to an open-source alternative firmware.
Another alternative is to buy another router, preferably a better brand than Dlink. So far I prefer to pay double for a Cisco/Linksys router than loosing time due to a cheap one.
I tried cheap ones, and all I got was a lot of lost time.
A: Despite the good Upgrade to iOS 4.1 suggestion, bear in mind that certain routers are less resilient than others to a lot of traffic or odd situations (double DHCP servers, ip conflicts, etc).
I’d make sure that the router has the latest firmware. A local device (a PC, a Phone, etc.) should never crash a router. If your internet connection is being affected, blame the router 1st.
A: If you are using WPA, a lot of routers of that era had incomplete and broken WPA implementations. I had the same issue with an iPhone 3G back then. I had to bin the router as it had no updated firmware.
Try switching to WEP or no encryption for a short time to see if that stops the disconnects.
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Q: Can I bulk delete songs no longer on my hard drive from iTunes? Does anyone know how to do an iTunes windows bulk delete of files for songs no longer on my hard drive?
A: Ipod Cleaner did the trick.
A: This link may help you:
http://paulmayne.org/blog/2007/11/how-to-remove-broken-or-dead-tracks-from-itunes/
A: As already said by ghoppe, if you want to delete files that are present in your iTunes application but do not exist in your hard drive (they have a ‘!’ next to them), you can follow his link.
For what is worth, I’ve had success in the past using Doug’s Script. It’s very easy to use, just copy to your [username]/Library/iTunes/Scripts (if the folder doesn’t exist, just create it), go back to iTunes and in your iTunes script menu, you’re going to have this:
A: Use the Comments field.
Write something in the Comments field. Commit the change. Only files found will be updated. Sort via the Comments field then delete the ones without your Comment.
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Q: How can I sync mail older than two weeks on my iOS 4.1 device? In the settings for my exchange account I only see options for syncing up to two weeks back, not more. Is there a way I could sync mail that is more than two weeks old?
A: The reason for this is that the Exchange Administrator has used the iPhone Configuration Utility on the server to adjust how many weeks of mail you are allowed to sync. It is not possible to override this value on the phone itself without jailbraking.
A: The limit is set by the Exchange administrator, it can be up to one month.
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Q: Sync iCal on iPod Touch Is this normal that the events I add in my calendar on my iPod doesn't show up on the calendar on my MobileMe account ? Do I have to do something on the iPod to not only be sync from the MobileMe Account but also push the new events on the could ?
Note : I have Mail set up with my MobileMe information on the iPod. This works fine.
A: Depends what calendar you're adding the events to. In the Calendar app, in the top left, there is a Calendars button which lists all the calendars on the phone. You should hopefully see your MobileMe calendars in there, labelled as such in their own section. The theory goes that you should see any events on MobileMe that you've added to the calendars listed under the MobileMe section of the screen.
I would guess you're adding the events on the iPod touch to the wrong calendar, but it could be there's a separate issue. You'll need to check what Calendar is selected on the Event screen when you're adding or editing the event.
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Q: iPod energy saving I wonder if there is a difference in battery consumption between these two cases :
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*I shut down the iPod with no app on.
*I shut down the iPod with an app on.
Is the app really paused, or is it still consuming power while "hibernate" ?
A: It should be close to the same; when you “suspend” your iPhone/Pod/Pad, all applications are suspended and only minimal services remain on (like Push, music player helper in case you press play from a headphone control, alarms if you have calendar, etc.).
But 3rd party applications are stopped, unless they have a service using the multitask API. But say you have X-Plane running and you suddenly turn the device off (suspending it). The app is automatically saved to “memory” and the process is stopped. No additional battery should be used until the iPod is powered up again.
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Q: Equivalent to alt-. in terminal I am curious as to whether there is an equivalent to the Alt-. command on Mac. On my computer it inserts the following character: ≥, instead of showing the preceding lines final parameter.
A: ESC + . inserts the last argument, quite similar like Alt + . on Linux
see https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/85152/31470
A: You have to change the Terminal’s behavior to the alt key acts as a meta key (like in X11 Terms). After you check that, everytime you press alt + ., you’ll get the last argument from the previous command. (You can repeat that command n times)
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Q: What cool things can you do if you hack EFI I think I'm right in thinking Intel Macs use EFI.
I heard rumours that you can create low-level password protection and even install a shell. Info is sparse and limited.
Have any power users hacked their Mac EFI? If so, what did you do and how?
A: Yes, you can install a shell. You can also setup a firmware password, though you generally use utilities that run under Mac OS X to set it up (Apple include's Firmware Password Utility on the install DVD, but does not actually lay it down on the system partition).
EFI is probably less interesting from an hobbyist perspective than OpenFirmware was. Even if you install an EFI shell, you only have access to a limited scripting environment (basically akin to bash), unlike OpenFirmware where you could actually write substantial things directly in Forth (up to and including writing boot drivers directly at the console without a separate OS and toolchain).
In order to do anything serious with EFI you need to build a cross compile toolchain to compile to native code or EBC, and once you do that you might as well just compile a standalone binary and make it look like a boot vector and just have the firmware boot your code like an OS.
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Q: How can I embed an image in an Apple Mail signature? I use Apple Mail daily, and up until recently I could have images inside my mail by referencing an external source. However the external source has since become unavailable, so ideally I would like to embed the images into my mail signatures. I am pretty good with creating the signature in HTML and create the webarchive for it, however have no idea where to begin as far as embedding the images are concerned.
Has anyone actually done this, or know of a very good resource that I can use to figure it out?
A: You can simply drag an image file into a signature in Mail.
This will embed the image with in the email so all your future emails will include an attachment.
I sugest using a PNG as they are quite light-weight.
A: *
*Once the Mail program has launched, open the Mail application Preferences. This can be done by selecting it from the Mail menu bar option or by using the "Command - ," keyboard shortcut, which simply consists of pressing ⌘ + , at the same time.
*Choose the "Signatures" option of the Mail Preferences window.
*Add a new signature profile by clicking on the "Create a Signature" button located under the second pane within the Signatures Preferences window. This button is represented by a square containing a plus (+) sign. See accompanying image.
*In the third pane located within the Mail Signatures Preferences Window, type the text of your email signature. You can also paste your text from another application, like Microsoft Word, Apple Pages or Apple TextEdit. Pasting from another application will maintain the text's font, size and style, if that is something you need or desire. Keep in mind that some fonts may not display properly on the email recipient's computer, depending upon the fonts you use and the fonts they have.
*Assuming that you have an image that you wish to add to your new signature, just drag the image from its location on your Mac (using the Finder) and drop it in the same pane where you just typed or pasted your new signature text. The image should appear next to or below your text. Make sure to use only web compatible images - JPG, PNG or GIF.
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Q: Is there ANY way to edit, or at least view a MobileMe gallery on iPad? So I have a MobileMe account. (Yes, I know that there are free alternatives; my wife hates change.)
So I post galleries of photos on MobileMe, and then from a computer I can either:
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*Log in to my MobileMe account as the owner, where I can see my gallery, and edit it (delete photos, etc.)
*Go to the public, shared, gallery url, which allows me to view or download pics, but not edit the gallery, just like the folks I share the link with can.
But from my iPad, I can't really do either:
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*If I try to go to login to MobileMe (at me.com), the MobileMe site sees that I'm on a mobile device, and won't open, routing me instead to the app store to get the mobileme gallery app, which is for the iphone, and scales pictures in a totally ridiculous way on the ipad. There is no option to open the "normal" full website.
*If I try to go to the shared gallery url from my iPad, I can see the pics, but the thumbnails on the side use some kind of web tech that the iPad doesn't have, so I cant scroll. I can only open the pics from the thumbnails that fit onto the ipad screen. (Yes, I tried two finger scrolling.)
Any ideas?
A: MobileMe Gallery App is now an universal app.
A: MobileMe Gallery App for iPhone, iPod, and iPad
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Q: How do I copy PDFs onto my iPad and read them there? I've amassed a collection of books in PDF format (through occasionally buying the O'Reilly Media Deal of the Day), on my MacBook Pro. I'd like to get them on my iPad, where they'll be more convenient to read. How do I do that? Should I look at Dropbox, and download a PDF reader app? (Do you have one to recommend?) Or is there a better way?
A: I either use the iTunes to iBooks method that Kyle Cronin suggested or use Dropbox if I'm not near my computer or I can't be bothered plugging my iPad in. Dropbox has a send to iBooks command.
A: For finding how to transfer your PDF to your ipad can use this method. but if your number of PDF is not too much can transfer it to your ipad with mail attachment and use safari to view them.
I think
GoodReader for iPad is best pdf viewer for ipad.
A: I'm a big fan of GoodReader but you can use iBooks. Drag the files to iTunes (and you have to have the newest iBooks first) and then sync them like you sync everything else. Biggest downside is the titles of the pdf's are not shown so if the first page isn't the title you have no idea what you are looking at in iBooks. Beside seeing the filename and being able to read docs from all over the place the other feature about GoodReader I love is that you can lock the zoom in for every page and the text is a readable size and there isn't a lot of waisted space on the margins.
A: iBooks has built-in PDF reader support. Just download it for free from the App Store, then drag the PDFs that you want to copy to your iPad into iTunes. The PDFs will be listed under the "Books" section. Sync your iPad, then when you open iBooks, tap the "PDFs" tab and your PDFs will be listed.
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Q: LaunchBar/Quicksilver as a replacement of Spotlight? I asked about the usefulness of spotlight here, as I don't like the drag that spotlight causes all the time.
What I found useful in Spotlight is those two.
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*word lookup : spotlight opens 'Dictionary' App automatically when it can look the word up.
*search for PDF
And one of the answer that I got is from 'Dan Ray' saying "Personally, I disable it in favor of Quicksilver.".
I don't use Quicksilver, but LaunchBar, but it seems to me that LaunchBar doesn't look up the pdf. And, furthermore, it has an option to search in Spotlight.
and My questions are
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*Can LaunchBar can do the two things? Look into Dictionary, and pdf search?
*Can QuickSilver can do the two things?
If one of the tools can do that, I guess I just disable Spotlight, and enjoy the speedup.
A: QuickSliver has Spotlight plugin and Dictionary (which can fetch definition from dict.org plugin.
The spotlight plugin allows you to search for a string in either Finder, Window or a command window.
A: Unrelated answer, but you may want to try Alfred. An actively developed alternative to Quicksilver.
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Q: Disable podcast chapters on iPhone? I like to listen to podcasts on my iPhone, and there's one feature that really bugs me: when a podcast has chapters, it's impossible to see how far you are into the podcast, how much is left, or to scrub between chapters. Is there a way to disable this feature?
A: The button just to the right of the podcast title will show you all the chapters, let you jump between them, and show the length of time in each.
The only way I know to show how much time is left in total is to hit the Back arrow, which brings you back to the podcast listing. This screen will show you how much time is left in the podcast.
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Q: Opening emacs from TextMate I want to launch emacs from TextMate, I tried the method with OTC in here, but it would be great if I can learn other methods that I can launch emacs from TextMate.
A: You can make a Bundle with a Command that launches emacs.
Or
You can install the GITMate plugin, that adds Git badges and an Open With… menu in the drawer.
A: I could make a commands to run emacs as follows.
Bundle → Bundle Editor → Edit Commands
It runs emacs with Command-Control-Option R
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Q: Running Time Machine only 1 time a day at 02:00am? I must say that Time Machine is pretty useful, and it saved me a couple of times. The problem is it seems running all the times, and slowing the system down pretty often.
Is there a way/tool to run Time Machine only once a day, say 02:00am. And, it would be better if the Time Machine wakes the Mac up and after it's done with the backup, go to sleep again.
ADDED
I installed and ran the 'Timemachine Editor' as advised, but it doesn't work. I mean, even though I set the timemachine to run 02:00am, it just runs every hour.
I use Snow Leopard 10.6.4. Is there anything that I missed?
A: As you said that Time MAchine Editor didn't work fine for you then I search in web and find : TimeMachineScheduler it disables the automatic backup function of Time Machine and installs its own launchd daemon.
Time Machine Editor (free software) allows you to specify a schedule for Time Machine to run. it changes the one-hour interval of Time Machine backups. You can change the interval or decide to make daily, weekly and monthly backups.
A: Use Carbon Copy Cloner instead. It uses the same underlying stuff as Time Machine.
You can set a scheduled task for 2am that does an Incremental Backup with the "archive deleted or modified files" option checked.
Here's what mine looks like... create something like this:
Then click save task. It should look like this in the saved tasks window:
A: Time Machine Backup Scheduler does scheduling backup:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/time-machine-backup-scheduler/id668331139?mt=12
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Q: How can I share a Time Capsule connection? I have my Time Capsule connected via wi-fi, and I want to share that connection with my other 2 computers via their ethernet. So basically, share the current wifi connection that my Time Capsule has and make sure that my other 2 computers can connect to the internet via that Time Capsule's ethernet ports. Thanks in advance.
A: Yes you can. Since the Time Capsule is an Airport Extreme with an internal hard drive it's relatively easy to convert it into a wireless to wired bridge assuming you already have it set to hook up to the wireless network.
*
*Open up Airport Utility and start Manual Setup on your Time Capsule
*Go to the Internet section
*Under Internet Connection be sure Connection Sharing is set to Bridge Mode
If bridge mode is turned on it will share the connection and essentially act like a switch.
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Q: Why are Firefox and Safari having problems with certain PDF files on the web? I'm having fits with a certain web PDF document using both Firefox and Safari. Basically the document in question doesn't consist of one big pdf file; rather it consists of a bunch (20 or so) smaller files, one for each chapter or section, and the main page has file links to each of them. In Firefox on a PC, clicking on the link for section 22 simply opens that PDF in the existing in-browser window. In Safari or Firefox on Mac... it doesn't do anything - I can't navigate to or view section 22. Similarly, downloading the individual files and saving them doesn't seem to work very well either, though I am thinking of downloading them and trying to re-create locally the directory/file structure the links seem to expect - still kind of a PITA.
Link to PDF document
Does anyone know of any browser add-on or other tool that could be used to view something like this on a Mac?
A: Adobe's Safari plugin for their PDF Reader doesn't work in 64 bit mode (and they don't supply a Firefox/Mac plugin at all!).
Try this Adobe kb article to see if setting 32-bit mode for Safari will work for you. I had similar isses a while back, and I had to reinstall Reader (after upgrading to Snow Leopard) after doing this tip.
A: There are some PDFs that the built-in PDF viewer can not handle - mostly using newer features available in Adobe Acrobat or linking to remote content. (This does not appear to be the case)
One option is to download and install Adobe Reader for Mac OS X which can handle these PDFs correctly. It will also install an Internet Plug-in to hand off handling of PDFs to the Adobe Reader program but you will notice a significant delay in the loading of PDFs.
The other workaround is download the other PDFs directly from the following URL:
http://www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/HPR/hpr-w##.pdf (replace the ## with 01 through 22 for each section and the ## with "Illustra" for the Illustration page and the w## with "apdx" for the appendix).
A: I think the issue is the way the Mac PDF viewers display links to files vs. links to URLs.
I opened your PDF in Acrobat Pro X and can see the links have an action of opening a file instead of a URL.
Modify the link properties to specify an action of "Open a web link" instead of "Open a file" and the links should work in the browser.
I modified your hpr-index.pdf and changed one of the links to open the URL: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/HPR/hpr-w03.pdf
Viewing the file in Safari using the native PDF viewer opened the correct file when clicking the link in the PDF.
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Q: How can one invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript? I need to invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript code, later to be used as a startup item (i.e. the alternative to having to press something at every log in).
A: For example, you can do :
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "c" using command down
keystroke "v" using {option down, command down}
end tell
To press : cmd+C and then cmd+alt+V
A: I get the impression that what you're trying to do is a copy command (i.e., ⌘C)—am I right?
Here's an example from one of my scripts:
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to activate
tell menu "Edit" of menu bar item "Edit" of menu bar 1 of process "Microsoft Entourage"
click menu item "Select All"
click menu item "Copy"
end tell
key code 123
end tell
That is, I script the menu command instead of scripting shortcuts.
You might also take a look and see if you have /Library/Scripts/UI Element Scripts/Key Down-Up.applescript, which should give you alternate ideas of how to emulate keyboard actions.
And of course, there are a lot of examples in /Library/Scripts/ and ~/Library/Scripts/, many of which are worth a look in general.
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Q: Mac OS X Application to Float a Window in Front of Others It would be nice if it was a button you could press on the top right that 'tacked' the currently selected window in front of all other windows permanently (until the button is pressed again).
Does something like this exist?
A: Not built into the OS, but you should take a look at Afloat from Infinite Labs.
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Q: iTunes: Can I show all of my podcasts in one view, so that I can sort by date? I have a few podcasts that I just subscribed to that I would like to listen through in order by date.
Is there a way to show all podcasts in one list view? If not, is there a way to sort my podcasts by the oldest unwatched episode?
A: *
*Make a Smart Folder with "Media Kind is Podcast".
*Add a column (CTRL+click on column headers) for "Release Date".
*Sort.
A: You can do this with a Smart Playlist.
*
*Click File -> New Smart Playlist
*Configure the rule so it reads "Media Kind is Podcast"
*Make sure the "Limit to" box is unchecked, and that the "Live updating" box is
*Click OK
Once this is done you will have a playlist with all your podcasts. To sort by date, right click the column bar at the top and check "Release Date". Click on the Release Date column to sort your podcasts by date.
The only downside to this view is that this view does not provide the blue dot that indicates whether or not a podcast has been listened to. You can, however, add the "Plays" column and use that instead, as podcasts that have not been listened to will have a play count of "0". You can also have the smart playlist automatically remove played podcasts from the list by editing it and adding the rule "Plays is 0".
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Q: Checking multiple mail folders in MobileMail MobileMail checks my IMAP Inbox periodically and that works fine. But I also file emails automatically on the mail server side to some sub-folders of the Inbox. Is it possible to make MobileMail check those too so that I get notifications when new email arrives in those folders?
A: AFAIK. No.
MobileMe only has push mail enabled for the Inbox itself, and even then it still doesn't support live updating the way Exchange does. Ie. If I delete the email on MobileMe or even in Apple Mail or Outlook, the iPhone doesn't get notified of the change. It will only pick up the change on the next push notification for an incoming mail.
However, they are actively trying to improve the MobileMe platform, so I foresee this becoming possible in the near future.
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Q: Software update never completes I have an eMac (PPC G4) with 512 MB RAM, running 10.5.8. When I run Software Update, the "Checking for new software..." process never completes. I have tried deleting my /Library/Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/Cache.db and running Software Update again, with no luck. I have also tried Repairing Disk Permissions from Disk Utility, and that hasn't worked either. Both of those suggestions I got from here
Any suggestions??
A: Try moving the contents of /Library/Receipts somewhere else. I have seen some weird problems caused by corrupted files there a couple of times. Also make sure apps like Little Snitch do not intervene in the process.
A: Do it the CLI way:
sudo softwareupdate -i -a
this may help to get more verbose output.
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