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Q: Sleeping screen (Cinema Display) keeps waking up. How can I make it sleep until mouse is moved? I have my Mac Pro (Cyrus) configured not to fall asleep completely but to let the screen sleep when not used for half an hour. I also use the keyboard shortcut for forcing the display to sleep.
However, sometimes, for a few weeks the screen just refuses to sleep and the login alert box appears immediately after the sleep is supposed to start as if somebody violently moved the mouse or pressed a key. After a few weeks the behaviour changes again and sleeping works, for another few weeks. It's periodic.
How can I force the screen to sleep without waking up all the time?
A: I have discovered that 100% of the times that this happened to me, it was because I either had:
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*A USB (or Firewire) peripheral connected that was pooling the bus and for some mysterious reason caused your behavior.
*I accidentally moved the mouse (or the table where both mouse/key lie); small vibrations caused the mouse to register movement and that was enough to wake the box.
I don’t know if this is your case, but whenever you’re in the “it wakes up!” cycle, try to disconnect everything and use the keyboard shortcut with surgeon precision and softness and see if it changes.
Additionally you might want con check the Console Output of the logs to see if there’s an error going on while your invoke your sleep screen shortcut.
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Q: Black screen, perhaps from login/lock system, after 'closing the clam' I make use of the rather clumsy 'closed clam' mode of operation. I close up my macbook pro, bring it to work, and plug in a USB keyboard and a monitor.
80% of the time, all is well.
The other 20% of the time, things proceed as follows:
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*Unlock box appears on external monitor
*Enter password
*System unlocks
*30 second later ...
*Go to black screen with mouse cursor
It looks just like the 'unlock' environment, only, of course, missing the unlock dialog box.
I've also seen the system momentarily display the unlock dialog box. If the system was idle long enough to power-save the display, but not to go into lock, wiggling the mouse will sometimes result in my desktop reappearing with the unlock password box appearing, as well, and then disappearing.
Any ideas?
A: I'll take a stab at how to collect the data needed to come up with an answer as to what and why the system isn't waking up properly. The new unibody MacBook Pro have much more sophisticated modes of clamshell mode so I'll assume you have one of those for now.
The best place to see what is happening after the event happens is the console application (or logging into the mac remotely with ssh to tail the logs as you are debugging this issue).
Sleep / wake events get a lot of log messages and you will want to look over a normal sleep wake to get familiar with all the messages that happen in which specific order and what normal times to begin and end the wake from sleep take.
A lot happens when the machine wakes as it needs to detect what is connected, if the display is shut, which graphics mode to wake up - what the display options and layout are. Then it transmits that info to all the running apps and has to put it's stuff together.
One thing to simplify things would be to disable all sorts of screen savers, display time outs and such. I've seen my mac get confused and wake from sleep just to engage a screen saver which went missing because I didn't change it and don't normally use it.
There have been several firmware updates in the last two years to tighten up this process as there were (and potentially are still) situations when the system doesn't respond in time or at all correctly.
Lastly - a poor display cable contact or impending hardware failure could be a cause of this. Not likely, but worth checking if you really want to nail this down.
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Q: Downloading voicemail to my laptop How can I download my voicemail from the iPhone to my computer?
Technically, I know it is not voicemail on the iPhone - it is in ATT's phone system but you knew what I meant.
How can I download my ATT voicemail from the iPhone/iTunes to my computer?
A: I use an app called "iExplorer" (formerly iPhone Explorer). It basically lets you reach into the phone to download, modify, replace, or add a file in any (or almost any) directory within the file structure.
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/
A: You can't do it in iTunes, and you have to be jailbroken to do it. Here's a good tutorial.
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*Jailbreak phone
*Install OpenSSH from Cydia
*Install CyberDuck (or another SSH program) to your computer
*SSH into your iPhone from the computer (here's how)
*Navigate to /private/var/mobile/Library/Voicemail/
*Copy the desired .amr files
A: Or use Google voice and you can get them through the browser or emailed to you.
A: I use Phone View for this purpose and it works flawlessly. You do not have to jailbreak your phone for it to work.
A: There is another way. Per this instructables an iTunes backup of the iPhone contains the voicemail files in these folders:
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*~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Mac
*\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows XP
*\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Vista and Windows 7
However, the bad news is that these voicemail files are mixed in with a ton of other random files from your iPhone, and all the files have long, meaningless filenames with no extensions. To determine what the files are, use the file * command. Note that the backup must not be encrypted for this approach to work.
file * | grep audio
file * | grep GSM
(on Windows install Cygwin and use the Cygwin terminal to get the file command)
The two file contents that seem likely are
RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 8 bit, mono 44100 Hz
Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec (GSM telephony)
A: I have a Google Voice number that I just forward important voicemails to.
To do this in a typical voicemail system, you'd press 6 for more options, then 2 to forward it.
You can keep them in your Google account pretty much as long as you want, or you can simply download them at will.
I hope this is helpful.
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Q: Converting a PDF for use with DVD Studio Pro I have a client who want me to add PDF's to a DVD, so that people can view them through their televisions
Can it be done?
A: Sure. You need to convert the pages of the PDF into images and handle accordingly from there, much like a photo slide show. The primary concern I would have is whether the PDF is laid out so that it looks good on screen.
Acrobat (the full version, not Reader) can export all pages to a variety of formats. Acrobat costs good money, but Preview only exports the first page. Ghostscript via Terminal might have a free alternative, but the interface is the command line.
A: I would use PDF to Keynote, and then just export from Keynote as a QuickTime movie.
A: I know this is dated link, but for what is worth...
DVD Studio Pro allows you to create a Data DVD alongside the video DVD.
Check your DVDSP Inspector for DVD Assets. This is a great way to include files and images, even presentations that you wish clients to open and view.
There is also DVD@ccess which allows you to embed URLs into buttons that will cause the DVD player to stop (on a computer) and launch your browser.
Just FYI
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Q: Why don't my arrow keys work in vim under iTerm? They work just fine if I use Terminal and start a vim session, but under iTerm I have to resort to using H-J-K-L to do left-up-down-right movement.
In both Terminal and iTerm TERM=xterm-color. My .vimrc is quite lean and there are no key bindings set in there that would causing this problem.
iTerm v0.10.
A: The following worked for me.
In iTerm2:
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*Profiles -> Open Profiles...
*Edit Profiles...
*Keys tab
*From Load Preset... drop-down, pick Terminal.app compatibility
A: Try the following:
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*From the Bookmarks menu item, select Manage Bookmarks....
*Choose the Default bookmark and click the edit icon.
*Change the Keyboard setting to Global.
A: This is how I fixed:
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[A <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[B <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[D <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>^[C <Nop>
Note:
The "^[" characters must not be typed, instead you get them by doing: ⌃-V and pressing the corresponding cursor arrow position (up,down,left,right).
Tested with: iTerm2 (Build 1.0.0.20140629)
A: I was able to get this sorted out with iTerm2 Build 3.0.15 and the following excerpt from my .vimrc:
" Map alternate key combination for Esc.
noremap <c-[> <Esc>
" Map arrow keys for nomal mode.
nnoremap <silent> <Esc><Up>A <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <Esc><Down>B <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <Esc><Right>C <Nop>
nnoremap <silent> <Esc><Left>D <Nop>
HTH.
A: The fastest (and probably best) way to solve this is to switch iterm profile keymapping to "Natural editing" preset.
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*Go to preferences
*Go to profiles
*Go to keys
*Go to keymappings
*From preset dropdown select natural editing preset
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Q: What does no chime on boot mean? My MacBook Pro is having some issues. It boots. But the graphics card doesn't get detected. You can remote in to it but looking at the Displays dialog in System Preferences, no graphics card is shown:
I took it in to see if it qualified for the free mobo replacement because it does have the qualifying NVidia chipset and the repair shop said they couldn't run the diagnostics tool on it because it wouldn't chime on boot. And therefore wouldn't boot from their external drive to run their diagnostics. I hadn't noticed that it wouldn't chime on boot.
But what does that mean? What does the chime tell you? Why would the machine not chime?
A: You don't specify how old your MBP is, but some MBPs built a few years ago shipped with graphics cards that fatally crashed after a few years of years. That's what happened to mine and it was a warranty fix because a recall was done.
My understanding of the chime is that it is hard-coded into the motherboard. If it is not playing with the chime, then you probably have something wrong down to that level. It may be a simple fix, it may not, but only Apple will be able to tell you definitively.
(Answer edited per comments)
A: As an aside, the volume of the chime is governed by the operating system - the Mac will remember how you had your volume set when you last shut it down. If you made your Mac mute, you won't hear a chime on startup.
It might be worth plugging in a pair of headphones - it's unlikely that you would have set the volume 'with headphones' to be mute, and as the Mac remembers a level for 'normal' and a level for 'headphones', you might hear a chime.
Still, any decent Genius Bar staff would have known that you can make the chime go silent this way so I'm guessing it's more serious than this!
A: It usually means the Power On Self-Test failed. Look for an error code as tones, flashing LEDS, or whatever remaining means the particular computer has of communicating. There's a decent synopsis of the startup sequence here.
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Q: How do I use multiple webcams at once on Mac OS X? I have programmed a Flash app that makes use of several webcams at the same time. The app works great on Windows. When I try to use more than one webcam on Mac OS X, I find that each webcam I plug into the computer disables the previously attached webcam.
It appears that I can only have one USB camera working at a time. Is this correct? Is there any way of bypassing this?
A: There are Mac applications that can do this, although I don't believe that any of them run on Flash.
Here's some that I found:
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*Wirecast from Telestream
*BoinxTV from Boinx Software
*CamCamX from Black-Op
They're all commercial, but there's a wide range of pricing between the three.
A: I had a similar problem where one USB camera would work and the other camera wouldn't. After playing around with this I found out it was because I was using a USB-C hub and plugging both cameras into the same hub. Either the hardware or OS supported only one camera per Macbook USB-C port.
I put the cameras through two separate USB-C hubs and they worked fine.
I'm using a newer Macbook and was attempting keep it simple to plug everything through one plug, but if I really want to use the two cameras simultaneously it seems this is impossible.
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Q: Over-promiscuous bluetooth on Macbook Pro So I have bluetooth stereo headphones (Motorola s305), that, now with iOS 4.1 and AVRCP, are a delight with my iPhone 3GS, at least, unless I happen to turn them on when my Macbook Pro is around.
Then the MBP thinks it's a pairing request and the headset's command is lost (worse: this happens while the MBP is sleeping, causing it to wake). I think I once paired it with the MBP when I didn't have other headphones lying around, but I've tried to get the MBP to behave by
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*Disabling "Discoverable"
*Unpairing, then removing the profile of the s305 on the MBP
*Telling my MBP to NOT allow BT devices to wake it up
Short of disabling bluetooth (would not be desireable - I like my Magic Mouse), what can I do to get my MBP to ignore the headset?
A: I've had my Macbook Pro automatically connect to devices when they power up, but I've never seen a Bluetooth device automatically pair when it's not in the Bluetooth devices list.
I've never used Bluetooth headphones before, but it sounds like there's some sort of special case happening for audio devices, or at least this particular audio device. is "Prompt for all incoming audio requests" ticked in the Advanced options? It sounds like unticked would imply that audio devices would pair automatically.
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Q: What does the plus sign next to the price of an app in the App Store mean? There is often a plus sign in the upper left corner of the price button for an app. Even some free apps have this plus sign.
A: It means that it is a universal app, able to run on the iPad and iPhone.
A: It means there are in-app purchases available under that app. You can turn that feature off under your General Settings, Restrictions.
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Q: How can iPhone be used when wearing gloves? In colder weather wearing gloves is essential. Looks like iPhone 4 completely ignores touches of fingers in gloves. So I sometimes even see people controlling their iPhones by touching them with their noses.
What are the limitations of how iPhone can be controlled? How can it be used by a person wearing gloves?
A: Another solution is to use special stylus like this: http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
A: Here you'll find a list of 11 different gloves to use with your iPhone...
A: You can buy conductive thread and then weave the thread into any pair gloves that you own. There's a really overview of what conductive thread is and more information of the different types here: http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/conductive-thread-overview, and there is instructions on how to do this along with a video demo here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-A-Glove-Work-With-A-Touch-Screen/
A: I like these lambswool gloves by Dots. I imagine they use some sort of conductive thread woven in the fabric, and they're quite affordable at $15.50 to $20.
A: The screen is a capacitive touch device so it depends on a conductive item contacting it. A number of companies have produced gloves with appropriately conductive finger pads.
A: You could be like the South Koreans and use sausages.
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Q: Rotated PDF Doesn't Save State? For some strange reason, when I rotate a PDF using the trackpad (Two finger multi-touch rotation gesture.), there's no option to save it and all changes are lost after I close it.
(The save button is grayed out.)
What am I doing wrong?
A: ... Never mind. Apparently rotating using the trackpad of a PDF in Preview is just for cosmetic purposes. You have to rotate using +L or +R or within the Apple-bar menu. Only after that, the save option will be available. :|
Strange.
A: Like you said, using + L and +R seems to modify the PDF in place.
But if you use the rotation gesture on the trackpad, and use Save As, it will save the PDF with the pages rotated.
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Q: Can I use my iPhone as a fax machine modem using the Bluetooth connection? I'd like to use my iPhone 4 as a bluetooth modem so I can send a fax using my Mac.
I can pair my iPhone to the mac and then add a fax from the Printer section of System Preferences and then, I can add to the Fax print queue from Preview. However, the print queue doesn't establish a connection to the iPhone.
I'm not interested in sending faxes over email and I'm not interested in downloading an app to the iPhone that will send faxes over the internet. I'm interested in using my iPhone as my fax machine modem and printing from my Mac.
Anyone know how can I do this?
A: I tried to find a solution to do this about a week ago, and found that if you're in the US with a non-jailbroken phone, you just can't.
Yeah, it annoyed me, too.
There are a number of different Bluetooth profiles; here's Apple's list of Supported Bluetooth profiles. No faxing on there, dammit.
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Q: How can I know which GUID represents which app in my iTunes backup of my iPhone? I backed up my data from my iPhone to my PC. This backup is not encrypted. When I open up the backup folder, I see a bunch of files named with long GUIDs. Each app that saves data (e.g. to a SQLite table will have a file here.
How can I find out which GUID represents a specific app I am looking for?
I used to be able to use findstr "app name" *.mdinfo and then find the corresponding *.mddata file, but as of iTunes 10, there are no *.mdinfo files. This makes it so you can't find the app's name in the files in plain text. So when I try to use findstr "app name" *.*, it doesn't find it either. The files have no extension, and if they are SQLite files, they are in binary format and after examining them, they have no information related to the app's name in them.
A: This used to be possible with Erica Sadun's mdhelper program. Unfortunately, it looks like something has changed in the way Apple stores backup files w/ iOS 4.2, and the program cannot achieve the same results (since it finds no mdbackup or mdinfo files).
On the bright side, a new tool named iPhone / iPod Touch Backup Extractor has emerged. It correctly translates the GUIDs to names in my iOS 4.2 backups, and allows the files for each app to be extracted together.
A: The whole iPhoneTracker kerfuffle has rasied some good information on python scripts and other code examples that can parse the most recent mbdb files.
See http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/#2 and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3085153/how-to-parse-the-manifest-mbdb-file-in-an-ios-4-0-itunes-backup
The stack overflow question has the goods on many tools and several good explanations of the technical details. I also have good things to say about the book iOS Forensic Analysis by Sean Morissey
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Q: "Not enough space" on partitioning? I have a 320GB harddrive with 95GB free. I boot to a 10.5 disk, open disk utility, and add a 40GB partition. Halfway through the progress bar, though, it tells me that there's not enough space. I'm not sure what it means- I'm just splitting my free space off to another partition- it shouldn't need any extra space.
Any ideas as to how I can partition my drive?
Clarification: this is my laptop's internal drive- the one I boot from. I can't boot normally and partition with /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app.
A: Ok, solution found on an old superuser question, posting here for posterity.
I just needed to defrag the thing
I got Coriolis iDefrag. I ran that on the compact setting (required restarting into it's own special mode, but no disk burning was needed). A few hours later I tried to resize the partition and it worked fine.
A: Assuming you're booting from the install disk and not your boot volume:
Try making the new partition even smaller the first time... like 20 GB. If it completes successfully, you can usually go back and resize the main partition again to a smaller size. So the second time, you would delete the new partition and add the final 40GB partition (shrinking the boot partition by an additional 20GB). Not sure why this happens, but I'm usually able to do it this way.
A: You may be getting the 'not enough space' error since there isn't enough space to hold some files while the reformat is going on. I think to be able to do the format like this, you would have to have at least another 125GB free (to basically store all the other data you are currently using)
A: Wipe free space, and then try repartitioning. I'm sure that's all the defrag did that mattered.
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Q: MacBook Pro Hang I bought a new MacBook Pro with a Core i5 processor; everything is very good but it hangs a lot. I changed its hard drive and used Apple's diagnostic test but neither helped.
Any ideas about what could be the problem?
A: It’s a new machine, if it hangs “out of the box” take it back for repairs, it’s under warranty. It could be the memory (RAM). Don’t change anything, let the Apple folks do it for you.
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Q: How to close apps in iphone 4?
Possible Duplicate:
iOS 4 - can I close and app without it staying open in the background?
From what I know, pressing on the home button on iphone 4 will merely hide the application, instead of closing it.
So how can I make sure that all the unwanted apps are closed, so that the memory can be reused?
A: You have two options to close an app:
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*With the application hidden (i.e. if you are currently at the home screen or are interacting with another app) you can double-press the home button, hold down any icon in the app switcher until they all start to wiggle, and press the minus icon in the top left corner of the app you want to close.
*With the application in the foreground, you can hold down the power key until the "slide to power off" option appears, and then hold down the home button until the the application quits.
The first option is faster.
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Q: Removing software that came from a pkg file? I can't find the uninstaller. I installed some service using a pkg file and now I want to get rid of it. How do I do that? I would prefer not to use lsbom and rm and stuff. It looks scary.
A: Not a direct answer to your question, but you can also use "Suspicious Package", a QuickLook plug-in for Finder, to see what files a package installed: http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/
Depending on what files were installed where, you may be able to find them in Finder and drag to the trash; otherwise you may have to go into Terminal and rm around.
A: For the most part, Mac applications don't have uninstallers because they're rarely needed. You can almost always just toss the undesired offender into your trash.
A: I recommend you try something like AppZapper ($) or
AppCleaner (Freeware). There are others that work similarly.
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Q: Make an iPhone appear as different model? Is it possible to have a jailbroken iPhone trick an app into thinking you have a different device than the one you're on (e.g., a 3G passing as a 3GS)?
A: Palm did this with the Pre: the device, like all devices, told iTunes it was an iPod and allowed only the syncing of non-DRM content over the USB connection. As to how the iPhone sorts out what it is to tell iTunes could either be hard-coded or come from a plist file somewhere in the OS.
Either way, this forum is really not the place the find the answer to that question(nor do I think SO is either). You probably should head over to one of the myriad iPhone jailbreak forum. Searching "iPhone jailbreak forum" in Google brings up a whole host of them.
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Q: The Battery Life Span of iPhone 4 I found that actively using my iphone for 30 minutes will take out 5-7% of the battery. Is it normal?
A: Yes, this is normal. If we assume that actively using your iPhone 4 for 30 minutes consumes 5% of its battery life, then you can use it actively for 10 hours. The iPhone 4 supports up to 10 hours of uninterrupted video playback OR up to 7 hours of talk time on 3G OR up to 6 hours of Internet use on 3G, for example. Your experience with your iPhone 4 sounds reasonable.
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Q: Seeking good quality DVD ripping software for PPC G5, 10.4.11 Subject says it all, but here are the requirements in full:
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*Power Macintosh G5 Dual 2.5 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 2 TB HDD (destined to become a media and file server for v1 Apple TV and home network)
*Mac OS 10.4.11, but will be upgrading to Mac 10.5 at a later date
*Surround sound support (Dolby 5.1, DTS)
*Movies are intended for use with an v1 Apple TV, so no disk images or VIDEO_TS folders.
Web searches reveal a lot of software out there but it all seems fairly random, so I'd like to see if anyone has had any experience with a particular application on older hardware and OS. Please note the Handbrake PPC build will not run on this particular machine (quits without error before loading is complete) and RipIt does not support anything before Mac OS 10.5.
I know I can go the route of Mac the Ripper to Handbrake, but that's doubles the process in time, space, and computers needed. I'm looking to avoid that if at all possible.
A: Use the RipIt App. Choose the Compress option and within the Applications preferences you can specify the output file format. I have to say they made the process simple and worry free. I am using it on Snow Leopard so my experience may not be the same as yours.
A: You want HandBrake. Does everything the apps in the other answers do, bit it's open-source and free.
The latest builds have discarded PPC support, but the version before the current (0.9.5) build does have PPC builds available. You can grab those here (Version 0.9.4).
It Explicitly supports AppleTV.
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Q: Monodevelop on OS X and Displaying UTF-8 Does using Copy or paste cause monodevelop to crash, or is it just me? If you have Monodevelop installed, please can you test this, I fount that both shortcuts and from the menus cause it to crash. I seem unable to find information about this on google, though would personally consider this quite a major bug.
And how can UTF-8 characters be displayed in monodevelop and mono programs? Although they output fine in Terminal. It is similar to this post , but none of the solutions seem relevant as 2.4 has now been released.
A: Since this is a duplicate, which still has not been closed, and the issues in question have been fixed, I will quote the accepted answer there:
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*Several common Mac programs have clipboard manipulation features that seem to corrupt MD's memory. It's a known issue and is documented here.
*Unfortunately my answer remains that same as my answer in the thread you linked: the Mac version of the Pango library that MonoDevelop uses for font rendering does not support glyph fallbacks, but you may be able to work around this by using a font that contains all the glyphs you need. If you could be more specific about the charsets and where you are seeing issues, we may be able to provide more specific answers.
[NOTE: both these issues have since been fixed]
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Q: iPhone 4 - photos are chopped off on the side I have been using my iPhone 4 to take photos on my holiday, and have been noticing that approximately 10% of the photos I have taken are chopped a bit shorter. I have only noticed it happening on landscape shots, and I have HDR enabled without the option to keep the original. Is this a known issue?
A: I don't think this is an issue at all. In the Photos app, all pictures are slightly zoomed in on by default to fill the entire screen. If you zoom out on each picture using your fingers, you will notice that they are all the same size.
A: The photos app takes pictures that are a little bit wider than the iPhone screen. Try zooming around the pictures and see whether it's just a positioning issue in the display of them.
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Q: iPod Touch /w iOS4 - Why do I have to have iTunes installed to charge? Do I have to have iTunes running to charge my iPod Touch? I mean, can't I just turn on my computer and have the USB port just charge the silly thing? All my other devices work like that; why does Apple have to be such a prima-donna?
A: You pretty much self-answered the question but, in any case and for future reference:
You don’t need iTunes to charge iPhones/Pads/Pods. iPhones come with a wall-pluggable charger that also happens to charge the other members of the family.
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Q: Is there free software for recognizing a song when it plays? I have few .mp3 file that have no name or have a wrong name(artist name and song name) is there any free software exist to recognized what exactly this song is(by playing the song and this software search their database and find similar signal wave)?
I see some similar app in iphone (if you play song and run this app after some second this app recognize the song)
And I Also use Tunatic in windows and it was a good software but I can't use Tunatic in OS X (Tunatic is available for MAC OS X too)
I know some software exist to tag music like TuneUP and MusicBrainz and ... but I want some thing else. I don't want answer like this one.
A: I'm not sure if you have a smartphone, but Shazam and SoundHound work well by using the phone's mic to identify songs while they're playing. And I know you said you don't want to use MusicBrainz, but have you tried the scan feature? It scans the song and tries to identify it based on a musical "fingerprint", not just by metadata.
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Q: Using Brushes (mainly dodge and burn) in Aperture 3 while in Full Screen Mode One of the reasons I went to Aperture from iPhoto was that I could easily dodge and burn my photos, which iPhoto doesn't let you do.
I have also been enjoying the full screen mode in aperture, where I will keep the HUD up for my edits.
While doing some edits yesterday, I noticed that the brushes control wasn't available full screen, unless I am missing something. I also couldn't find the red eye removal tool while in full screen either.
Doing searches online was not that helpful, since brushes and full screen were new in Aperture 3, so usually doing a search like 'aperture 3 brushes full screen' usually returns results listing the new features in Aperture.
A: In full screen mode move your mouse to the top of the screen, a toolbar will drop down which has the red eye tool. The is also a button for the inspector hud which is the same as the usual adjustment palette. Brushes work just the same.
A: In addition to Henry’s information, here’s a picture to make it more clear:
The “hidden Toolbar”
Don’t miss The Palette, it contains interesting options for these brushes:
UPDATE If you want the “Hidden Toolbar” to remain ‘pinned’ while working in full screen, simply touch this…switch onto the lock position:
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Q: Display pressed shortcuts as an overlay on the screen On this great Ruby on Rails screencast, every time a shortcut combination is pressed it shows up on top of the screen, and it shows up so often that I find it hard to believe it was placed by hand when editing the movie.
Is there any application that does this?
A: Not sure which specific screencast you're speaking of, but they may be using Keycastr.
A: For the sake of completeness: Boinx Software's Mouseposé does this (and a lot more) as well ($17).
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Q: Should I use the adapter or the battery? I want to know when my MBP's battery was fully charged it's better to unplug my adapter and use my battery power or still let use adapter power?
I somewhere read that when MBP's battery was fully charged it's just use adapter for power and don't use battery, if it's true it didn't hurt adapter and reduce it's lifetime?
I have Macbook Pro 13" dual core(2.53)
A: Read what Apple has to say about notebook batteries:
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*Apple’s Batteries Page
*Apple’s Notebook Batteries Page
EDIT for the lazy(es) who don’t want to read the links:
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*lithium-ion batteries need to be fully discharged and recharged at least once a month. Go ahead and create an iCal reminder…
*Leaving it plugged won’t affect it, as long as you remember to do (1) every 30 days.
*If you have to “store” and put your battery away for more than six months, you should definitely store the battery with a 50% charge. Reasons are listed in the corresponding link.
*Pay attention to temperatures, they can damage and severely hamper battery operation.
I hope this makes everybody happy.
Now… as a final note: the new unibody stuff coming from Apple doesn’t have removable batteries, however, the battery design is the same… those are lithium-ion batteries, no matter how fancy they make it look. Macbooks do not have a nuclear core in there, so the same rules apply, except that… well, you can’t remove it for storage, so more than ever, remember the 30 day rule.
A: I think the rules regarding battery management are related to the model MBP you have. The new unibody MBPs have much better battery management, and those batteries don't fall for the same ills that plagued the previous pre-unibody models.
I've had a unibody MBP at work since they were first released, I keep it plugged in all day, every day, and the battery has been fine when I go my meetings throughout the week. I have a pre-unibody MBP at home and I've burned through two batteries in less than four years.
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Q: A standard way of dealing with a system crash / freeze Is there a best-practice way of dealing with a system crash or a system freeze? I know of the "force-quit" keyboard shortcut. But what if it doesn't work?
I just bought a MacBookPro and I am switching from Linux. In Linux there is a possibility to shutdown the X window system, and log in from a text console, or one can communicate with the kernel directly via magic SysRq-key, and for example, remount a hard disk read-only or reboot the system.
A: If force-quitting doesn't work you have a few options:
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*Sit it out and wait for the Mac to churn through whatever it is stuck on (this doesn't always work, but I've had beachballs go away over time).
*Trying opening Activity Viewer and see if you can kill the process there. Same caveat as above.
*Force-shutdown the Mac by holding the power button for seven seconds. This always works.
The relationship between Mac OS X and the Unix underpinnings aren't the same as they are between X window/GNOME and the kernel. It isn't nearly as open, so there is really no messing with the kernel near as I can tell in Mac OS X. I usually go the route I mentioned above and as long as I maintain the system properly and regularly I always seem to get back on my feet without any problems.
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Q: How to format the OS X installer USB stick that comes with MacBook Air? When you purchase a new MacBook Air they give you a mini-USB drive that is used to reinstall OS X and iLife '11.
How can I format this USB stick and put whatever I want on it?
The option to format is not available in Disc Utility and the USB stick mounts as a CD.
Note: I realize what the disk is used for and what Apple says on their FAQ. My question isn't "What do you think about formatting the USB?" it is "How can I format the USB?" The answer may be that it is impossible.
A: From Apple's MacBook Air: Frequently Asked Questions about Software Reinstall Drive:
Note: The MacBook Air Software Reinstall Drive is read only. You cannot erase it, reformat it, or reuse it as a general purpose USB storage device.
Honestly, thumb drives are dirt cheap these days—why would you want to lose your only way to reinstall your OS?
A: It most definitely is possible to reformat these drives and they are awesome 8GB USB ThumbDrives, once you do. However, I did it by accident, playing with the partition tables in Mac OS X Terminal (Command Line) and haven't replicated the process yet.
If this sounds too good to be true, check out this little video, I just posted to YouTube: MacBook Air Software Reinstall Drive - HACKED
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Q: Google Pinyin for iPhone Is there a Google Pinyin app for iPhone? Current pinyin on iPhone is really bad.
A: Currently, no. Google has only released the Pinyin app with support for Windows. A Mac OS X beta did come out last year, but it hasn't been released publicly, and as far as I know, there's no support for mobile devices.
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Q: Trigger an Automator action with a sound Is there any way to trigger an Automator action with a sound? I'd like to be able to record a sound and trigger an action every time my computer's microphone receives the sound.
A: Mac OS X comes with speech recognition (check System Preferences > Speech panel) but it can't easily recognize a generic sound, only built-in commands.
Now, it is possible to make an automator action or script that is triggered by an arbitrary phrase. However, if by "sound" you mean a beep, blip, crash or other sound that can't be recognized as a string of phonemes (ie. speech in english or possibly another language) then we're into serious Objective C programming territory here.
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Q: Group Contacts to Send Sms Instead of specifying each number one by one, is there anyway I can specify a group when sending sms?
For your info, I am using the contacts synced from Gmail, not the iPhone's built-in address book.
A: There's an app called Smart Group that might accomplish what you want to do.
A: When you create an SMS, you can specify the individuals to send to. Once sent you can see the group in your list of messages and send another message to that group. Unfortunately this is as elegant as the bundled functionality for grouping contacts gets without installing 3rd party apps.
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Q: Keychain prompt - Switch to other window via keyboard Whenever the Keychain prompt pops up, the window has the focus, and I haven't found a way to switch away from it via the keyboard. I know entering my password dismisses the window, but sometimes I'm just browsing the web, and Mail.app will trigger that window, forcing me to change focus.
Is there any way to switch out of that window via the keyboard?
A: I'm afraid as a security precaution it is not allowed to be switched away from the password prompt. Otherwise malicious apps will be given chance to record your inputs.
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Q: How can I download podcasts directly to my jailbroken iPhone? With a jailbroken iPhone 4.x, is there a way to download podcasts (about 60-100megs in size via an rss feed -- they are not in the iTunes store) directly to the phone without syncing?
Ideally, I'd like them to appear in the standard iTunes player on the phone with the other podcasts synced from my PC, but if this isn't possible, perhaps another app is available?
Similar question here, but I'm jailbroken.
A: Get safari download manager from cydia so that you can download it and ifile which lets you play it.
A: Instacast for iPhone is a great podcast subscribing and listening app.
It is available in the iPhone app store so there is no need to jailbreak your phone.
It allows over the air syncing either from podcasts available via itunes or directly using a rss feed.
Instacast
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Q: Is it possible to upgrade iOS without connecting the device to a computer? Is it possible to upgrade the iOS version and apps on an iPhone without connecting it to a computer and going through iTunes?
A: Devs still have to upgrade through iTunes, Xcode only lets you put other apps on your phone. So no, there really isn't another way.
A: Well, you can connect it to an Apple computer running Xcode and upgrade it there. But most non-developers would find that more horrible, not less.
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Q: What is the best iCharger that charges from AA batteries? I will be leaving on a vacation soon to a place where there are several days between power outlets. What charger should I use to charge/run my iP(ad/hone)?
A: I’ve had “decent” experience with this one with an iPhone 3GS.
I’ve brought that one after reading from someone who actually tested it; you can find his little post: Here.
I didn’t test with all those batteries, but I can say that a pack of 4 AA batteries will charge the iPhone from 10-20% to 100%, but the batteries were drained in the process. An expensive idea… but a life saver if you really need it.
But for long trips away from power
sources, non-rechargeable lithium AAs
are by far the best
A: Pre-built Mintyboost for iPhone. Takes two AA's, and will re-charge your iPhone 4. Will not charge the iPad, but if you go to the project page, they describe the method they used to reverse engineer how much power it takes to charge an iPad.
A: After searching the net for a while it seems like current solutions will not charge an iPad with AA batteries. The iPad battery is rated at 25Wh so anything less then that will not even give you 1 full charge. Folowing @Martíns link I found the Tekkeon myPower ALL Plus MP3450, rated at 50Wh. It is quite expensive (currently at $160), but it should provide 17 extra hours of use.
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Q: Second gen nano won't connect to computer I have a second gen nano that will not charge or connect to the computer. I see it charging when the screen is on, but when it goes to sleep, it stops charging. I've left the thing on overnight and it's on half battery life. Usually you'll see the little battery with the lightning bolt over it when it's sleeping and charging. That will come up once in a while but promptly go away again.
So I figure the thing's shot and I need to immediately get the music off of the ipod. I try plugging the thing into my Windows 7 computer and it tells me that the device driver cannot be found. I go through everything that Apple tells me to do (reinstall driver, a whole bunch of USB stuff) to no avail. iTunes won't recognize it unless the computer recognizes it so I can't put it into disk mode to get the songs off.
This is my last step before taking it to an Apple store; any suggestions?
A: You seem to have done everything you can before resorting to really trying to restore it (which will wipe it). Bear in mind that an Apple store will probably wipe it or (if under warranty) replace it.
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Q: Why are the iPad games Epic Citadel and Gravity HD crashing on startup? I've got 2 iPad games that crash (vanish from the screen) on startup. The games are Epic Citadel and Gravity HD. Both apps go through the loading sequence then the screen goes black and returns back to the main iPad screen. I have tried reinstalling Epic Citadel with no luck. I don't want to delete and reinstall Gravity HD as I would lose where I am up to. I have raised a support call with the latter game but have not heard anything (2 weeks ago). Any ideas on what to do?
A: Try rebooting the iPad to free up some memory. Hold the lock button until the "slide to power off" slider comes on, slide it, then turn the iPad back on.
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Q: Log out other user w/o first switching to that user My wife use separate accounts and quick user switching on a MBP running 10.6. Sometimes I want to log her out to free up some RAM, but I'd like to avoid logging in as her, logging out, then logging back in as me.
I have seen a terminal solution... is there a better way? Thanks!
A: I think the simplest way of doing it is :
sudo killall -9 -u wifes_name
A: Using the Terminal, you can kill her loginwindow process and any programs she has open will be closed... but this will cause her to lose any unsaved work she has! In fact, this is the very reason you need to log in as her to log out: When you log in as her, all her programs again have access to the GUI, so they can prompt you to confirm closure, save changes or take other action before logging out.
If you're sure that she only has things like a web browser, iTunes, etc open, not Pages, Word, Photoshop, or anything else with documents, then you could try from the terminal:
kill `ps awwwwux | grep her_short_username | grep loginwindow | grep -v grep | awk "{ print \$2 }"`
On OSX 10.10.4: (slight edit from last comment):
export pn=`ps awwwwux | awk '/her_short_username/ && /loginwind[o]w/ { print $2 }'`
sudo kill -9 $pn
A: You can use the Activity Monitor to log another user out by killing their login process:
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*Run Activity Monitor
*In the filter at the top-right, type loginwindow
*Click the row with the user's name in the User column
*Click Quit Process, then Force Quit, and type your password.
This is just a nicer(?) GUI version of Josh's answer.
Before step 2, you can review the other user's running processes to see if they are running any apps that might lose data on logout.
A: This command is simpler than the one suggested and it will have the desire result to kill all the user's processes (I had to run it twice)
sudo pkill -9 -u user
If you just want to kill the loginwindow process for that user you can do the following:
sudo pkill -9 -u user loginwindow
A: In my opinion, the possible loss of data far outweights the possible gain in RAM.
Moreover, it has been a long time since Unix was able to swap memory to disk when a process was idle.
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Q: What's a good iPhone app that will let me view files on my network? I'm looking for an app which provides functionality similar to Apple Finder's "SHARED" feature, or Microsoft Windows Explorer's Network Neighborhood. Basically, I should be able to use my iPhone to access shared files on computers that are on my same network. Any suggestions?
Specifications:
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*Doesn't require software to be downloaded/running on any of your machines. The only piece of software the solution requires is the iPhone App.
*You should only be able to access files that are shared on the network.
*You should be able to access files on network drives that aren't connected to computers (e.g. NAS).
*Doesn't require jailbreaking the phone.
Examples of things I'm not looking for:
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*A screen sharing solution (e.g. remote desktop, logmein, etc.), this violates #1 and #2 above.
*Far Finder: violates #1 and #2, possibly #3 as well.
A: I think NetPortal by Stratospherix may do what you want. I use their FileBrowser for iPad, but I haven’t tried NetPortal, which is their iPhone version. They also have a free NetPortalLite version.
(Sorry, I don’t have the rep to include more than one hyperlink.)
A: You are going to need an AFP or SMB client then - thats what the machines themselves are doing. I don't think there are any AFP or SMB clients in the app store - therefore you may have to jailbreak your phone to use one - and after a few searches, still don't know if there are any available (I do however find a lot of options for mounting your iPhone on your Mac).
A: You can try LogMeIn. It's a service for the Mac that sits in your menu bar and an application for the iPhone that gives you VNC/RDC-like access to your Mac. I've had great success with it in the past and the free service is really easy to use.
A: Remote file browser, works well.
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Q: In OS X is it possible to specify which network connection an app uses? My ethernet connects to the LAN, my airport connects to a different network (it's another mac sharing a VPN connection). I want all apps except the iPhone Simulator to connect via the LAN.
Is this possible?
A: The main way you would have to go about this is probably using ipfw command line, although I really don't have much experience with it. You could make custom routing rules to do what you need to do.
Some other options:
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*If the app was trying to use something specificially on that network, it should route that way. As in, if you local network is 192.168.x.x, and your remote is 10.0.x.x, if you try to access something on 10.0.x.x, it should route that way.
*Another idea that comes to mind (Which really just jumps around the problem) would be to have an applescript that changed the order of interfaces when you needed it. Your mac should be using whatever is at the top of the list as its primary network in preferences. If you drag airport up, it would use that as the main network. Maybe scripting this would be easy to do and a quick change when you need to test something in simulator.
A: You might want to try Little Snitch.
I'm not sure it has this feature since I haven't used it in a while, but it's worth the try.
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Q: Changing yahoo messanger's status using mac terminal Does anybody know how I can change my yahoo messenger's status using a command in mac terminal !? Or anything except the regular way to change it !?
thanx
A: You could try to see if "Automator" would allow you to automate it, but I don't see any cmd line parameters to messenger on the mac.
A: Yahoo Messenger doesn’t provide an automation mechanism, however not all is lost. You can set set a keyboard shortcut for the statuses (they are in the menu) so you could do this:
Go to System Preferences, Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, then from the list select “Application Shortcuts" then click “+” to add a new one.
Select Yahoo Messenger and type the name of the command exactly as it appears in the yahoo statuses menu. It is case sensitive. A simple typo will cause the shortcut to fail.
I.e.: “Busy" is not the same as "busy”.
Then set a key combination:
Look at mine:
DRAWBACK: You need to have Yahoo active (i.e. focus) so the menu displayed belongs to yahoo. That means is not a “global shortcut”.
PLUS: This method is useful for any other application/Command.
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Q: What Are The Signs of RAM (Slot) Failure? I've recently attempted to install 2 sticks of 2GB RAM into my MacBook Pro, but unfortunately had jammed one stick in the lower RAM compartment (Apparently I forgot to enter it at 45°) and had a rough time getting it out.
The RAM stick is busted and had to replace it, but I'm quite sure the slot might suffered a bit.
What are the signs of RAM failure?
A: A hosed slot (other than the obvious visual short circuit if the metal connectors are in contact with each other) will possibly cause the machine not to start.
It can as well damage the memory stick (short circuit) when the computer is turned on with a stick in it.
If the voltage mess is big enough, in theory it could damage more than that (i.e the board).
Electricity in electronics is very delicate and if the wrong current or voltage flows to the wrong place, bad things happen.
Or… maybe nothing happens. Use a magnifier to see if the pins are aligned. If you see some in contact, it’s best to remove the battery and unplug the laptop and try to separate the pins that are in contact, even if you have to sacrifice the slot forever.
Repairing that is probably expensive (800++ u$) because you need to change all the mother board.
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Q: How to view Adobe Photoshop PDFs on my iPad I'm attempting to deploy a PDF I created in Photoshop on my iPad using the PDF Pro app. When I view a text PDF, everything works flawlessly - however, when I put my image-loaded PDF on the device, it fails to load (and, if it matters, displays a completely wrong file size next to it). I'm willing to use other means, but I need to be able to view PDF's with images ASAP for a company meeting tomorrow.
How am I able to get this to work?
A: Photoshop PDFs are a bit wonky even outside the iPad, and I have found it best to flatten and place them in InDesign and output a PDF from there. Even so, the iPad's PDF support is limited and searching the web for "iPad PDF viewing" yields a lot of reviews for PDF-reading applications.
In the end, however, it would be best here to have a Plan B (i.e., laptop and projector) if this so important. PDF support for the iPad still has a long way to go.
A: You can now get Adobe Reader for iPad. It is the best software for displaying everyday PDFs.
However as @Philip Regan has pointed out, Photoshop PDFs are a bit funny outside Photoshop
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Q: Where do the Notes associated with Gmail accounts get synced to on iPod touch? I noticed that notes, like Calendars, get synced with a Gmail account on the iPod touch.
But where do they get synced to? Where can I access them online?
A: There's a difference between syncing with iTunes and over the air sync.
If you set up your Gmail account to use over the air sync then when you open up the Notes app (on the iPod), you should notice a back button on the top left that allows you to change which account you use for notes. If you choose your Gmail account and start creating notes, you will start seeing them appear in your Gmail account, under the "Notes" label. This sync happens automatically once you press the "done" button on each note (as long as you have an internet connection).
This has nothing to do with iTunes sync.
You will only see notes that you create under this account in Gmail. You will not see all of your old notes. For that, see this question.
A: It syncs the notes from the Notes application on your iOS device to the Notes using a special mailbox on the Mail Accounts you have enabled (eg. your Gmail account here). They should appear in the Notes section in Mail.app on your Mac or in a label called "Notes" on Gmail.
A: add notes to your email address
ex : if your email is [email protected] just type [email protected] and send it
then you can filter it in your inbox with label NOTES
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Q: Can I install Windows 7 on a MacBook Air without a SuperDrive? Is it possible to install Windows 7 as a second OS on a Macbook Air with no access to a superdrive? And if it is, how?
A: The most straight forward method to actually getting this done is to get your hands on an external DVD drive that connects via USB but is not the point of your question.
Yes it is possible; you'll need to get your copy of Windows 7 DVD put onto a USB thumb drive. (There are several guides available online - I've not done it myself so I can't recommend one)
Another alternative requires a lot of extra work and is really designed if you're planning to image or install on multiple MacBook Airs; it's possible to NetBoot your MacBook Air using the USB Ethernet adapter. (Source) This requires either a rigged out version of Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server handy. With DeployStudio you can install a pre-made image of Windows 7 that way.
A: I created a bootable USB stick with my Windows Vista DVD. I followed the instructions on Install Win 7 on MacBook Air from a USB drive.
A: Even better way is to use VirtualBox to install windows or other OS on mac book.
You can always delete it when you want. With a little loss in speed, you gain a lot.
See : http://www.virtualbox.org/
I had blogged on how to install ubantu Linux with VirtualBox. Installing windows is no different.
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*http://pyfunc.blogspot.com/search/label/VirtualBox
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Q: Can I set OS X to automatically open ICS files in iCal? Can I configure OS X so that the default open action on an ICS files is to open it in iCal?
A: If you highlight the file in the finder, press command-i to open the file info dialog. Change the entry "Open with" to "iCal" (select "other" and browse for iCal if it is not listed). Press the button "change all" to make "open in iCal" the default action.
A: Take a look at this Apple StackExchange question and answer.
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Q: Photos not appearing on iPhone I have an iPhone 3G, whenever I add a photo into a folder in iTunes, and then I sync it to my iPhone, the photo doesn't appear at all in the folder on my iPhone.
Why is it doing this? The image is JPEG image type.
A: There could be any number of issues here; not enough room on the device, corrupt image(s), adding photos in the wrong place... Since I can't know what your exact issue is without more details, I will offer up a suggestion for a "flow" that works for me.
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*I sync photos from various cameras (including iPhones) to iPhoto
*In iPhoto, I have setup a Smart Folder that has at least a Date filter of Last X Months where X is something you can specify depending on how far back in time you want to sync over to your iPhone
Once it is setup, iPhoto will show you the photos that match that filter
*Finally, in iTunes, you will connect your iPhone, select it in the iTunes window and using the tab bar at the top, select Photos. Turn on Sync Photos from iPhoto, select Selected albums, events and faces, and automatically include no events (note: include whatever events you want there, I include none). Then scroll down in the Albums list until you see the Smart Folder that you created in iPhoto and put a checkmark next to it.
Then the next time you sync your iPhone with iTunes, it should sync over all the photos in that Smart Folder. If it is too many, you can reduce the time frame that you pull photos from or use tags in iPhoto to mark some pictures to exclude and then include that information in your Smart Folder setup (telling that folder to exclude those tags).
If this is not the kind of information that helps you, then post some more info about the issues you are having so we can try to answer those specific issues directly.
Good luck!
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Q: Suggestions for an iPhone app for contacts I am looking for an iPhone app for our sales team that would allow them to do the following:
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*Group contacts into custom groups
*Add meeting notes against a contact
*Locate contacts on a map (optional provide directions from current location)
*Store extra images such as business card against a contact
*Doesn't screw up Outlook contacts
A: Here's one that appears to do what you want, and happens to be free:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ycontacts/id340140852?mt=8
A: You might need to use something like Bento or FileMaker.
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Q: Voice memos not being deleted from iTunes I have iTunes (10.0.1) syncing with my iPhone (4.1) with the Voice Memos option enabled.
I created a single voice memo. I synced the phone and the voice memo transferred correctly. I then deleted it on the iPhone and synced again. iTunes still has the voice memo in the "Voice Memos" playlist. Additionally, when I click the iPhone's "Voice Memo" playlist in iTunes, I see the one file there, but it has an exclamation mark near the number.
I have 2 questions:
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*What does this exclamation mark mean? There seems to be no way to get more info about it.
*How can I get iTunes to delete the voice memos when I delete the on the phone?
A: A workaround that I found, is to go to iTunes Music library, find the voice memo, and then manually delete it from there. After you sync, the Voice Memo playlist will be deleted from underneath your iPhone (in iTunes), so you won't see that file that had an exclamation mark anymore.
A: Right click on the mouse and you should be able to see delete.
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Q: Can I hide the "All on My iPhone" option in iPhone's Contacts app? I'm using Gmail for Contacts, Notes, Calendar, and Mail sync.
Since I only have one account, most of these apps don't have the top level selection page which let's you choose which account to use. They always use my Gmail account, which is exactly what I want.
The one exception is Contacts, which allows me to tap "Groups", and then has an option "All on My iPhone". I want to disable this feature, so that I don't accidentally add contacts that aren't synced with Gmail. The Notes and Calendar apps do this perfectly... I can only add notes and appointments to my Gmail account, not to the phone itself.
I'm using Gmail's Exchange sync, by the way.
A: Unless you manually go to that "All on My iPhone" section and add a contact, contacts would be created by default on the account you're viewing, i.e. Gmail. Just keep the Contacts app viewing only the Gmail contact list and you should be fine.
iOS5 now has a Default Account option under Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Contacts (section) (Credit to Peter for the update)
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Q: Search tool for Safari I'm using Keywurl now, but since Safari 5.0.1 there are also supported extensions for search. I'd like to add any search url format and assign it to a shortcut.
e.g. g macbook air is google "macbook air", w ipod is google "site:en.wikipedia.org ipod" etc.
Any good suggestions?
A: I know what you want because I had that in Opera a long time ago, but then I switched to Mac full time and dropped Opera. Safari lacks in that aspect.
I don’t know if there’s a specific extension for that, but you might want to take a look at tools like LaunchBar ($$) or Quicksilver (Free).
I use Launchbar and I type ‘goo’ and then whatever I want to type and enter. I Have searches for StackOverflow, Wikipedia, Amazon, etc. You can add whatever you want.
After some time doing that, it becomes extremely much more natural, because you can invoke either of those from anywhere in the system. You just invoke Launchbar, goo + xxxxx and you’re done.
Give it a try, I believe is a much more natural workflow than having to find safari, going to the search box and typing there.
A: Glims, a Safari plugin (not to be confused with an extension), will do what you want and more and allow you to customize the experience.
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Q: How do I get a refund on an iOS app I just bought? I just bought an iPhone app knowing that it may or may not provide the feature which was the entire reason for me buying it. I figured I could always get a refund if it doesn't do what I want. It doesn't. But now I've realized I don't know how to get a refund. Is it possible?
A: In iTunes, go to Store ->View My Account ->Purchase History. Select Report a Problem. Fill out the form explaining what happened, and Apple will get back to you with information about whether your refund has been approved or denied.
A: I have not had success with "Reporting a problem," because my requests have been ignored in three different cases now.
Here's my workflow that has worked for me each time:
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*Purchase App
*Find something wrong with App
*Report a problem (it will be ignored, but do this just to say you did)
*Contact credit card provider and dispute the charge with your reasons (mine are usually "software did not work at all" or "as promised")
*Wait 3-5 business days
*Credit card provider resolves dispute, issues refund
*Apple disables AppleID due to "security risk" of account access
*Contact apple support by emailing or asking for a phone call
*Wait 1-2 business days for response
*Kindly explain what happened, they respond by following a walkthrough of re-enabling your account after verifying security questions
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Q: Is there an app that will make my (jailbroken) iPhone vibrate when a call is answered? I have an jailbroken iPhone and I want it to make a little vibration when the other participant answer the call so I don't have to hold it near to my ear while the phone is dialing.
I found this feature in MCleaner app from Cydia but it costs too much and have a lot of other features that I don't need. Is there a better way to do that?
A: As someone who is involved in some iPhone developing, I can tell you that you can’t do that with the official SDK, so unless you find another Jailbroken app, there’s no “official” way to do it.
A: Get Phone Buzzer from Cydia, it works brilliantly, and its free.
A: Hey make sure in your settings that you have a vibration selected.... I thought I had the same issue until I realized that a type of vibration wasn't selected.
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Q: Why does my iPhone 4 get so hot during charging? My iPhone 4 gets hot as the battery is charged. To compound the issue, I think I bought a cheap case that traps heat, which in turn makes the phone even hotter -- you can feel the heat if you hold it in your hand while it is charging. When you stop charging it, the excess heat goes away.
My question is: does this damage the hardware? Also, to reduce the heat, I put the phone on the floor (which is cooler) and I found that the device was not as hot as before (previously I had put the phone to charge on a wooden table). I am unsure as to whether my measure helps in elongating the battery life and protecting the electronic components.
A: FYI, iPhone 4 does have heat sensors and if it gets dangerously hot it will show a black screen with a yellow warning sign and shut down. It's perfectly reasonable to be concerned and take the measures you have to increase heat dissipation, but batteries warming on charging is quite normal. I wouldn't worry unless the iPhone displays an overheating warning consistently.
A: The charging process heats the device (phone/laptop/or any other battery), make sure that it’s relatively acceptable. If in doubt take it to an Apple Store together with your charger to compare with others. If you live in a very hot place, it might be safer to help dissipate heat by using the floor or any other metal surface.
If it gets too hot, the battery will not be happy and will “last less”.
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Q: Anyone have any experience installing Corsair CM3X4GSD1066 memory on a Macbook Pro mid 2009? Is the memory compatible for use in the mid-2009 aluminum unibody MBP?
Reference: http://www.corsair.com/products/valueselect/default.aspx#notebook
The specification is compatible, but from my research, there are at least two conflicting user reviews on this matter:
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*Amazon product page, which said that it is compatible, but failed after five months.
*newegg product page which says that it is not compatible, however it does not specify the MBP in detail.
Sorry I can't provide links for newegg & amazon page, don't have enough rep.
Thanks in advance.
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Q: iPhone 4 requires recalibrating the compass almost every time I use it My iPhone 4 asks me to recalibrate the compass by using a figure 8 motion almost every time I use it.
I'm wondering if this happens because my phone is defective, or if other people are having the same issue.
A: According to an Apple support article:
After updating or restoring your device, you may notice that the recalibration alert appears more frequently. This is expected behavior, because the calibration database is being recreated. The frequency diminishes over time as you calibrate the device for various locations.
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Q: How to Repair 15" Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16 Ghz That Won't Power On? I'm attempting to revive a non-working 15" Core 2 Duo Mac Book Pro purchased early 2007. The laptop suddenly powered off (or so I was told). Attempting to power on gives only a few signs of life.
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*Magsafe lite works when power cord plugged in
*Hard drive spins up when power button pressed
*No chime, no back light, no power button light, no fans
*Holding the power button for 5 seconds will spin-down the hard drive
*After drive spinds down, hitting power will turn it back on.
Please give me your best suggestions on getting this system booting again.
In attempts to fix, I've reseated the RAM and most internal connections. I'm willing to replace any internal components if economically viable.
Update: a reset of the system mgmt controler brought the fans back online
A: In the absence of “chime” there are three things to blame: RAM, GPU or Board/CPU.
I know because I had the same problem throughout the years with different Macs (and even Powerbooks). Try removing some RAM and putting some other modules, also remove the battery as suggested by Philip in the comments.
Using an external display may help identify screen problems too.
And finally an Apple Store, even if it’s out of warranty, will diagnose the box (sometimes for free, it depends) sometimes for a small fee. Bear in mind they will always go for the brute force route: “you have to replace X,Y,Z”, 1000 u$s. Thanks for Coming, Bye. ;)
A: In order of desperation:
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*Press Cmd+Alt+power for 3 seconds to start it. If you get a chime you're back in business.
*Reset the pram: Turn on the computer and immediately press Cmd+Alt+P+R. Keep it pressed until you hear two chimes.
*Reset the System Management Controller: Unplug power, remove battery, press start button for 5 seconds. Put the power back on, press the power button. You should have a chime or a series of loud beeps.
If nothing works, you have a motherboard issue. Loud beeps indicate a number of issues depending on the number of beeps. A chime and nothing displayed is most likely a display issue.
Reminder: The Altkey, also called option key, is the one with the mark ⎇ and the label Alt. The command key has the mark ⌘ and is labeled cmd.
A: The thing can't get through post and not giving audible signals?
I would say RAM is on the lowest end but remove it and check if it starts beeping and flashing sleep LED?
If no then it is usually water damage or more usually X1600/GF8600 GPU problem.
No sense to go to Apple Service Provider with that. You might try local repair shop though if quote on finding a short on LB or reballing/replacing GPU be moderate.
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Q: iPhone picture privacy app I am looking for a picture privacy app supporting the following features:
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*Unlimited number of "vaults" (note: only one vault is bad, one real vault plus one fake vault is bad as well, only an unlimited number really allows to hide vaults and to use the app with several groups of people)
*Folder support per vault
*Full screen mode
*Picture zoom
*Picture slideshow and manual forward/backward with low decoding delay
*Mass upload
*Great, well designed, visually appealing user interface
Do you have any idea or recommendation?
Thanks!
A: If you're looking for privacy, I've heard about an app called Ben the Bodyguard that's going to be released soon. Judging from their intro page, it will probably meet your "well designed UI" requirement.
Apart from 3rd party apps like that one, iOS is not really designed for multiple users. Use a lockscreen PIN and don't share the phone if you want privacy in the meantime.
A: I believe My Eyes Only Photo matches your list.
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Q: Double contacts after syncing with Outlook I have duplicate contacts in my iPhone, not knowing their source or how to safely delete them.
I synced my iPhone contacts with Outlook via iTunes. I have 220 contacts in Outlook. I estimate 100 of these are duplicates in the iPhone i.e in both the Contact and Phone app. They are apparently exact duplicates.
The strange thing is that the duplicate ones do not get synced to Outlook so there are no duplicate contacts there.
I don't know which of two contacts is linked to the respective Outlook contact, so I fear that simply deleting one contact may delete it in Outlook as well, which would be bad.
Does anyone have any ideas on the cause and cure for this behaviour?
A: I fixed this by manually setting the "middle name" to "A" on all Outlook contacts, then synced with the iPhone, then manually deleted all contacts without an "A" middle name on the iPhone, then removed the "A" middle names in Outlook and then synced with the iPhone again.
Drawbacks: lots of manual work and loosing the middle name content (luckily not used in my contacts).
Using the middle name is good because it is shown in list view on the iPhone, so one can quickly see what must be removed without looking at details.
A: I encountered the exact same problem but with Address Book, to the point where I had duplicate contacts both on the phone and in Address Book. To get around it, I went through Address Book, deleted all of the dupes (and they were all exact duplicates), and then synced Address Book for the iPhone with Address Book on my Mac such that it deleted all of the contacts on the phone and just started fresh. I still have no idea how it happened so I'm not sure how to prevent it from happening again beyond tying the contacts to Address Book from now on, though that's not how I like to handle things. Syncing is a hard thing to program, but I would think Apple would be better at it than this.
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Q: Prevent disk reordering on boot I have 3 physical drives in my Mac Pro with OSX 10.6.4. Occasionally after rebooting the machine, the disk numbering changes such that the /dev/disk# does not reference the same drive as it did before the reboot.
Example
/dev/disk0 -> 64GB SSD drive
/dev/disk1 -> 640GB Hitachi
/dev/disk2 -> 160GB WD (BootCamp)
After rebooting the mapping might be
/dev/disk0 -> 160GB WD (BootCamp)
/dev/disk1 -> 640GB Hitachi
/dev/disk2 -> 64GB SSD drive
Even more confusing is that the remapping is not consistent. For most stuff this is irrelevant. However I also have Parallels installed to allow access to the BootCamp partition from within OSX. Parallels uses the /dev/disk# path in it's configuration file so, after rebooting OSX I launch Parallels and it tells me that the disk is no longer present.
Is there a way to tell OSX to always assign a given drive to /dev/disk0?
A: There does not seem to be a way to specify a device for a given drive. Your best bet might be to not auto-mount, then use a LaunchAgent to mount them in the order you want with a pause between each mount, and see if it works that way. This method might get messed up if you have a USB key or something else that auto-mounts available to the system when you boot.
A: One trick I've used to solve your Parallels use case is to have the config file point to a symbolic link file, and then update the symlink to point to the correct device before starting the vm.
If you're comfortable writing scripts, you could use a shell script like this to determine the device name and update the symlink based on the volume name:
BOOTCAMP_DEVICE=`mount | grep BOOTCAMP | cut -f 1 -d ' '`
ln -f -s $BOOTCAMP_DEVICE path_to_symlink
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Q: How can I print a PDF X-1A from a iWork Pages document? In order to use my university's printing shop, they said they need a PDF x-1a format.
I noticed in Pages that I can print as "Save as PDF-X" but a little googling says this is not exactly the PDF x1a format, but another one. Googling did not turn up exactly how to get the x-1a format.
A: If they can take PDF-X1/a, then they can take any of the others as well; you shouldn't have any problems.
PDF-X1/a was simply the first in a long line of iterations of a new PDF schema that basically does a lot of preflighting for you (it's one of the best things to happen in the printing industry in a long time). It means your document is "press ready", which mainly applies to SWOP presses but can apply to small printers as well.
As a footnote to all of that... You can also output press-ready PDFs using the Mac OS X-supplied "Save as PDF" button in the print dialog box from just about any application.
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Q: What is the most classic keyboard shortcut for switching between input sources (languages)? What is the most classic/used keyboard shortcut for switching between input sources (languages)?
Except for cmd+space of course which is used by Spotlight.
A: If you want your shortcut don't interfere with spotlight you can use option + cmd + space or something else.
but as you said cmd + space is really good as myself use this and replace control + space for spotlight, and use option + space for QuickSilver.
A: I use option
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Q: iTunes: Prevent store from loading on start? I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and iTunes 10.0.1.
When I start iTunes, iTunes loads the iTunes Store. How can I stop iTunes from loading the iTunes Store upon start?
Note: I still want to have access to the iTunes Store.
A: iTunes loads the most recent view on startup. Selecting anything other than iTunes Store or Ping in the left sidebar before closing iTunes means that the store will not load on startup. The store will then first load when you select iTunes Store or Ping.
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Q: iPod headphone jack only driving one side - is there an easy way to fix this? My iPod is out of warranty (30gb older model) and recently one side of the audio dropped out.
If I manipulate the connector I can get both sides. The phones are not the issue - they work on all other devices.
The local Apple store was unhelpful.
Has anyone else had this issue and been able to fix it?
It appears just to be a mechanical connection in the jack.
it is the 5th gen ipod with video/color
A: I believe your iPod’s audio jack might be failing. If you really like your iPod and want to “repair it”, you can. Google for iPod 5th gen spare parts and you’ll find tons.
For exmaple: This one has a iPod 5g 30gb Audio Jack for $35. They also have the “right tools”. I have no experience with either, but I know people who has fixed iPhones and stuff like that by simply buying the pieces.
They claim:
Is the audio port / headphone jack of your 5th generation iPod Video only working out of one channel or the other? Are the plastics cracked or broken and your headphones held in place with duct tape? Order this part to replace your connector or open a repair order below and let our qualified technicians repair or replace your connector to get you back in stereo!
And they also offer a service where you can send the iPod and they will do it for you.
Of course, there might be others that do the same.
A: You can always order an actual new headphone jack replacement piece. That is how I fixed my first connector issue. However, the connection went back to only one side (maybe a year and a half later). I opened up the ipod and left it running with the headphones in the jack. The wires leaving the jack inside the ipod were the actual problem. I simply moved the wires until the audio played from both headphones and taped it into place. As of yet it is still working. It might be worth giving it a shot if the only other options are replacing the jack or the whole ipod.
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Q: I uninstalled an app. How do I get it back?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I find out which apps I have already downloaded on my iPhone?
The knowledge base mentions that you get to reinstall the app for free... once you find it again on the store, which is no easy task. There are dozens of apps, all alike the one that was installed.
Is there a way to have a list of apps you have bought? At what point of the purchasing process does this dialog appear? Does a price tag appear for already purchased items? If so, does this message appear after you single tap on the price tag, or do you need to risk a double tap?
A: On iTunes, under iTunes Store > Account > Purchase History, you've got a list of all your iTunes Store purchases.
If you already bought an app, it still appears with the price on the Store. Last time I checked, I had to risk re-buying to see it was free since I already bought it.
Hope that helps!
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Q: iPhone Case program It was my understanding that iphone case program closed on 30 September, however I downloaded the app for it anyway, and ordered a case just to see if it would work, and well it let me login (I had the wrong email address entered in so I never got the email telling it been dispatched) and select a case and well it arrived today.
So is the case program still on or is it just luck.
A: The free case program is valid for iPhone 4s that were purchased before or on September 30, 2010. The customer is required to apply within 30 days of his or her iPhone 4 purchase. This means you will have been able to order a free case after September 30, as long as you purchased your iPhone before or on September 30, and ordered the case within 30 days. You must have had good timing. For customers who purchased an iPhone 4 on September 30, October 30 should be the final day it is possible for them to order a free case via the case program app. However, Apple is still offering to provide users experiencing antenna issues with a free Bumper case if they call AppleCare.
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Q: What is the data type of background images in a Pages template? I am trying to teach myself graphic design. The templates in Pages are really nice, but I want to be able to make my own. I was stripping apart a brochure template ("Elegant Brochure"), and found that most of everything on the page was a text box or an image. Once I removed all of those elements there was still a pattern in the background. When I clicked on it, I noticed "x's" on the corners that were immobile instead of the usual white boxes for manipulating images or text boxes. I clicked on the inspector and noticed that these were actually jpegs, but I don't know how to remove them, or in the case of wanting to make my own brochure layout, insert background pictures like that that will stay immobile.
A: After flipping through "iWork:The Missing Manual" and digging a little deeper, I discovered that those watermark style background images were immobile because they were "Locked." So I clicked "Unlock" in the Arrange menu, and then I could delete or manipulate those images.
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Q: Watch a video while it downloads in iTunes 10 Previously when downloading an iTunes U video I could double click it and the video would start playing while it is downloading. But now after updating to iTunes 10 it doesn't seem I can do that? Is it just me or have Apple gone backwards on this.
A: As of iTunes 12, you cannot watch a movie while it is downloading. This is a pretty recent change, but has been proven and is 100% reproducible. You have to wait for the movie or TV show to finish downloading. (Trying to play before it finishes downloading shows a black screen, until download is finished -- then play begins as usual). This is a real shame and makes no sense, given that an Apple TV can actually play while streaming... but, guess that's different software. (Netflix for the win!)
A: I'm not sure whether this was available for iTunes U items before, but it definitely isn't available now. As a compromise, you can stream an iTunes U item directly from its listing in the iTunes Store. And yes, you would still have to download it separately if you want to keep it.
A: You was previously able to watch while downloading, not to mention it takes over a couple hours to download even with top notch internet.
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Q: How can I write files to iPod's internal disk on Windows? when trying it I get the "can't do that" icon
How can I copy new photos to the iPod?
A: Got it
I used iPhoneBrowser and I could easily add photos to iPod Touch Library :)
But there is a problem, with this, I don't get the photos/videos on the PhotosApp on the iPod Touch :(
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Q: How to recover a deleted file on Mac OS X? We have tried Boomerang but it does not find the deleted file.
The file was deleted 3 days ago. I would think it is recoverable, but Boomerang does not show it.
Any help would be appreciated.
A: PhotoRec is the best tool I've found for recovering files. It does have some baffling limitations however, like the fact that it can't recover .dmg files. It's a command line program but still very easy to use. And it's free :)
This step-by-step guide on their wiki makes it even easier.
A: I use Data Rescue software for when there isn't a backup. It's not scammy, it does the job (very well IMO), and doesn't damage drives like some other tools will do.
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Q: Can I print to an Airport-shared printer from Linux? from iOS? I'm considering buying an Airport Express for wifi in my house. I'll plug my printer into the USB port, so I can print from my Mac over wifi.
Two related questions:
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*Will I be able to print from my Linux box, which is connected via ethernet to the same router as the Airport Express will be? (In the past, I've just plugged the USB cable into whichever machine, Mac on Linux, needed to print, so it certainly does support the printer.) My thinking is that, if I can reach it over the network, I can print to it, but it's not clear from the documentation if it allows printing from the ethernet port, or if it only uses that for WAN communication.
*Will I be able to print from iOS 4.2 from my iPod Touch? There's not much AirPrint documentation yet -- really just a press release. But it's not clear to me what it allows. It says you can print to any shared printer, but then says HP's new printers will be the first to support it. Which is it? Can I print to my HP printer that's shared over an old-fashioned Airport Express?
Thanks!
A: I found a document called the "AirPortExpressSetupGuide.pdf", which has an answer to the first part of my question:
All of the compatible computers on
the AirPort network, both wireless and wired, can print to it.
So there seems to be no restriction on where you can print from.
iOS seems to have removed the ability to print to any printers except the 2 new ones HP is selling, so that's out. Oh well.
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Q: Do I need a serial number to reinstall Mac OS X? I need to reinstall the OS but here's the issue: I don't have the original disc that came with the computer in question. However, I have a disc that came with another computer. Is it possible to install Mac OS X on the first computer using the disc I have? Do I need a serial number for this?
A: The only Mac OS X that does have serial numbers is Server versions 10.6 and earlier. They know are licensed for 10 or unlimited users.
The only problem you may run into is that if you are trying to do the reinstall with a system disk rather than a plain old Mac OS disk.
Say that other computer is a iMac and you are using the system disk from that one (one of those gray disks). The installers do have a little bit of code in them that check machine types, and may not let you install. Or, you may be able to install the OS, but none of the other applications (mainly iLife, etc).
This is not to hard to get around, since the main installer is what is checking - if you dig down on the disk, you can find the actual installer, which should work.
A: Mac OS X doesn’t have (nor had in the past) Serial Number or “Legit Purchase” mechanism. You can buy/borrow/lend/steal/copy a copy of Snow Leopard (or any other edition) and install it on any number of Machines.
Technically this is possible, however, according to the EULA and all the legal stuff, you can’t; in any case, the operating system doesn’t have any copy-protection mechanism.
EDIT: Bear in mind that a plain OS X Snow Leopard disk is not the same as a recovery disk. Although a recovery disk contains the OS, it is usually tied to a particular model, so if you try to recover a Macbook Pro with the iMac recovery disk, that might not work. (This has happened to me in the past trying to recover the other way around, a friend’s iMac’s HDD failed and he replaced it but couldn’t find his recovery disk. We tried to use my Macbook Pro’s disk but it wouldn’t work. The same with my Mac Pro.
Going to an Apple Store will possibly help in that case. In the end I found my Snow Leopard’s original disk and we used that to install his iMac.
A: There's no serial number to enter when installing Mac OS X.
A: No you don't need a serial number to do a re-install. Just your login information for your Apple account.
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Q: How to edit a text file on an iDisk using the iPhone? Are there any apps which allow me to edit text files on an iDisk? I don't need anything fancier than a notepad with the ability to open/save iDisk files.
I understand that Notes.app is basically the same thing, and it might be considered if nothing better is available.
A: Notes.app stores its messages on a mail server, basically as a specially formatted mail message.
If Apple ever brings Pages to the iPhone, then you may be able to do this. Im pretty sure with the latest update for Pages on the iPhone lets you open and modify items on your iDisk.
QuickOffice for the iPhone may let you edit docs, it says that it can save to your iDisk, so you may be able to open the files there and edit and save back to iDisk.
There are quite a few apps that do let you edit text files and save them to a Dropbox account, which (outside of mobile me) is much more popular. I have used a few of these, and would recommend an application called PlainText.
Finally, one of the nicest and most straightforward note apps for the iPhone I think is Simplenote. Its now free, and syncs notes to its server. You can then edit these online, on your mac, etc.
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Q: Equalizing volume of different songs in itunes I have enabled the option to equalize volume but it doesn't seem to do anything. Neither does it work for itunes, nor for the songs on my ipod. Is there some option/setting I am overlooking?
A: I use an external tool (MP3gain) for this. It works fine without touching the mp3 coding. The linked one is windows only, but there is also a Mac version, if I remember correctly.
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Q: Free tool to create a screencast to upload on hosting video platforms I would like to make a small video tutorial of a web application I deployed recently.
Could you recommend some free programm to record screencast easily, ready to upload to video hosting platforms like youtube?
A: For some reason, it was difficult to find this question, but I'm glad sentinel pointed out the solution I ended up using as well, which is QuickTime Player.
What I'd like to add is how to capture system audio as well. This is in Mountain Lion (10.8).
There's a free, open-source tool called SoundFlower which creates a virtual input/output audio device. After installation, go into ‘System Preferences’ -> ‘Sound’, and from the ‘Output’ tab select the ‘SoundFlower (2ch)’ device. (If your application allows it, you may also change the output device just in the application you're recording.)
Now, in QuickTime Player, open a new screen recording, and click the little down arrow on the right side of the window. From this drop-down menu, also select the ‘SoundFlower (2ch)’ device. Now record as normal.
The only problem with this solution is that you won't hear the application's sounds anymore, even though they're now being recorded. But there's a solution for that too: a multi-output that outputs to both your normal output and the virtual SoundFlower device.
Launch ‘Audio MIDI Setup’, either using Spotlight, or look in /Applications/Utilities/. Click the plus-button at the bottom left of the list of audio devices, and select ‘Create Multi-Output Device’. Now, with the new device selected, check the ‘Use’ boxes for your normal output device and the SoundFlower device.
On the left, expand the ‘Multi-Output Device’ and make sure there's a small clock icon next to your normal output. If not, right click it and select ‘Use this subdevice as the master clock’.
Now you can set this device as your output, either straight from Audio MIDI Setup by right clicking it and selecting ‘Use this device for sound output’, or by selecting it in ‘System Preferences’ -> ‘Sound’ from the ‘Output’ tab. You'll both hear and record system sound now.
A: This can be accomplished with QuickTime Player in Snow Leopard. From the File menu, select New Screen Recording. When you have finished recording, the video file will be opened for playback and from the Share menu, you can select YouTube....
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Q: How can I choose to unrar with the default application? I recently installed unrar for Mac Os X but i found it useless sometimes and bug-full.
So i uninstalled unrar. Now if i open a .rar file, another application (VLC) open it.
But i want the default unrar application to manage .rar files. How can i do that? If i select the "Open with" options and i look for that application in the applications folder i cant find it.
A: There's no default application to handle .rar file on Mac OS X.
You might want to try The Unarchiver. It can open many format besides rar files.
Then once you installed it, open its preferences and select all the file format you want him to manage.
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Q: Is there a way to snooze the reminder for a calendar event on iPhone? Is it possible to snooze a reminder for a calendar event when the reminder shows up? I have my calendar set up through an exchange server and would like a snooze feature so I can be reminded of the event 2 or 4 hours after the original notification. If this is not possible is there a good app for recurring events with push notification?
A: This is not supported by the default calendar app at the moment. An app called Calendar Alarm from the App Store might be what you're looking for. Its listed features include:
*
*Works seamlessly together with all
iPhone supported calendars (Google
Calendar, CalDAV, Outlook, Exchange,
iCal).
*Snooze function with intervals of your choice.
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Q: Bluetooth Not Available? Mac OS X 10.6.4, MacBook Pro, Apple Magic Trackpad.
The trackpad is unresponsive. Right-clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar shows me gray text that says "Bluetooth not available".
I don't see a system preference item in which to fight with this, but I don't see anything relevant.
A: According to this article, resetting the System Management Controller might to the trick.
Here's how to Reset the SMC on Apple's support site.
A: Under System Preferences there should be a bluetooth preference pane. Make sure it's set to 'on' and 'discoverable'.
A: In terminal, also remove the com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist files from ~/Library/Preferences.
cd ~/Library/Preferences
rm com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist
rm com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist
Then restart.
That fixed it for me.
A: Resetting the NVRAM as described here solved the issue for me:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
A: Had this problem since 2015 and I have tried just about everything suggested by this thread similar ones. The only solution I have come across that works 100% for me is by going to System Preferences -> General -> unchecking Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices
It has been a month of observing this problem that occured daily and never had an issue afterwards. Hope this might help some of you out there.
A: I fixed it by
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*shutting down the machine
*removing battery
*keep power button pressed for 10 sec
*start machine again
A: I have fixed by the same method as above. shut down, remove battery, hold down power button for 10 seconds, replace battery and re-start
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Q: Is there any known problem of using SIMBL? As the title, is there any known problem of installing SIMBL on my Mac? For example performance degradation, security problem, or anything else.
A: Your question is too generic if anything. SIMBL have been the cause of past problems, specially when Snow Leopard was out; the infamous “blue screen of death” that made Windows very famous, affected OS X for a little bit on some machines that had “hacks” like SIMBL (But it was usually caused by APE if I am not mistaken)
With that said, it’s possibly “impossible” to measure if there’s any performance degradation or “anything else”.
I’ve used SIMBL for a few years and I have no idea if I had run into issues that wouldn’t have been caused should I not have it, however, for the most part it performs ok. There are a lot of plugins already written, one of them being the excellent Total Finder by BinaryRage. I’d say that if there’s a problem with SIMBL, it would be most of the times, caused by a bad plugin that is doing “more than it should”.
With that said, I doubt Apple likes it when it’s time to diagnose a problem. ;)
When you create a Plug-in using SIMBL, there are a few recommendations that a lot of developers do not follow and that is what usually causes the problem. Most notably is the Version Checking. You are “entitled” to make sure that the version of the application you’re going to “hack”, is compatible with whatever you’re going to do. A lot of developers never did this in the past and the results were headaches for everybody.
Suppose you’re patching Safari 1.0. A software update comes and it’s now Safari 1.1 and your plug-in doesn’t work. You shouldn’t try to patch that version of Safari until you fix your plugin. Failure to perform that check caused innumerable failures and rage wars :)
You can try it and if you detect issues, removing SIMBL later is pretty simple.
But after a few long years of having it, I can tell you that it’s relatively safe; with that in mind, understand that SIMBL allows other applications to “inject” code into other Cocoa applications. A malicious user could attempt to cause damage though it.
You should keep an eye in the SIMBL Bug List to make sure you don’t come across something that affects you and -of course- use known plug-ins and not something that came from “p0rn.com”. ;)
Now if you’re super worried about all you install and do, then stay away from it. :)
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Q: Why won't Netflix play videos on my iPad? Go to watch any video instantly. Click on play video. It'll say that it's preparing to load. Then it switches to the video screen for half a second, then back to the preparing to load screen, then dumps me back to the browsing for instant videos screen. So the video never played at all.
Any idea on how to fix this?
A: I managed to resolve this by changing my DNS server to Google's 8.8.8.8. Not ideal, but it worked. Still, any ideas why this is happening?
A: This happened to me when I upgraded my router to dd-wrt firmware. If you did this, then you have two choices.
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*Change your ipod (ipad) DNS settings to Google as suggested above with 8.8.8.8 or
*Disable dnsmasq for both DHCP and DNS. This could cause you to be vulnerable to a rebind attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_rebinding
Here is a post on the dd-wrt forum
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=481907
Good luck
A: Development versions of DD-WRT now include an option to disable the dns-rebind protection in DNSMasq. This solves the problem. OpenWRT has the same problem as DD-WRT, since it uses the same DNSMasq package.
In OpenWRT, you can edit the /etc/ppp/options.pptpd file and remove the stop-dns-rebind line, or just comment it out with a #.
Note that while you will still be vulnerable to a dns-rebind attack, so are almost every home and small-office router on the planet, so you will be in good company! :)
A: I haven't seen this issue myself, but perhaps the iPad app is behaving strangely under 4.2.1 in regards to multi-tasking? Try "killing" the app in the recently used apps menu, and see if that fixes it.
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Q: Is there a good application for Mac to manage subscriptions billings? Is there a good software for mac to manage subscriptions billings ?
I need to be payed regularly by my customers.
I need warnings service sending emails to them and me.
And I need to automize the payment process.
A: It’s not 100% clear what is the meaning of “automatize the payment process” but a very popular Mac application for billings is called… Billings.
There are a few “comparison” reviews out there and you will not have a hard time finding there. Some are more extense (and outdated) and others are short and concise. There are also some round-ups about invoicing apps (which are usually married with billings apps).
I personally use GrandTotal ($) because I needed an Invoicing app for my little company. You can try most if not all of the applications for a few days before deciding which one is for you (or usually which one is “the closest” to what you want, because they all have stuff you don’t need and lack something you wish they had…).
A: Probably the best solution would be something online like toggle.com.
Personally, I would say your best bet, however, would be MarketCircle Billings. It's an nice app that has an iPhone companion. It's about $40 online and you can get it from the Mac App Store.
A: I use Billings reoccurring invoice feature, but it doesn't integrate payment solutions.
Some Googling found these two links:
http://www.the10most.com/entrepreneurs/10-easy-recurring-billing-solutions.html
http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/15-great-apps-for-your-business-subscription-needs/
JBilling, though complex, could run locally on Apache on your Mac if you so desired, or hosted elsewhere and seems that is has lots of cool features.
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Q: CheckPoint VPN for Mac OS X Has anybody been able to use a VPN connection to CheckPoint from a Mac?
My test until now:
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*Tried the standard Html page to login, no success because the java applet cannot be loaded
*Downloaded a full featured Checkpoint client, no success (connection not made)
*Tried IPSecuritas, same results
Until now the most interesting result were installing the SNX client from CheckPoint and then creating a .snxrc profile, after that snx is able to connect like so
snx
Check Point's Mac SNX
build 800005012
Please enter your password:
SNX - connected.
Session parameters:
===================
Office Mode IP : 192.168.1.173
DNS Server : 172.16.0.190
Secondary DNS Server: 172.16.0.191
Timeout : 12 hours
Problem is that at this point it seems to connect (because IP address are correct and also because if I provide a wrong password it give me the correct unsuccesful logon message) but if I do a ifconfig I see that the interface created from Checkpoint do not have an IP address and also if I try to add one using ifconfig I'm not able to ping any machine on the remote network
ifconfig en7
en7: flags=8862<BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1350
ether 54:55:43:44:52:00
Check Point Virtual Network Adapter
Any idea about I can assign a proper IP address to the interface so that I can use the remote network?
Regards
Massimo
A: I was able to run the client making some modification to the wireless router configuration:
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*The DHCP server now gives addresses that start with 192.168.2 instead of the old 192.168.1
*The subnet mask of the local IP address is now 255.255.0.0
*You run OSX in 32 bit mode keeping the 3 key pressed during boot
After these changes the subsequent call to SNX (configured as described above) was able to associate the proper IP address (that in my configuration was 192.168.1.33, last number changes from connection to connection) to the en7 interface created by SNX and so I've a valid IP address for the router on the 192.168.2 network and one for the office on the 192.168.1 network.
I'm still convinced that something can be done using also the ifconfig command to properly assign IP address, but for now having a connection it's enough for me, I'm posting the result of ifconfig if someone can describe me how to proceed:
en7: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1350
ether 54:55:43:44:52:00
inet 192.168.1.33 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
Check Point Virtual Network Adapter
See also http://www.phillo.it/?p=13
Regards
Massimo
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Q: MacBook keyboard mod? Is it possible to mod the MacBook keyboard to be backlit? Is there any website or business that can help or would do it for me?
A: you can always try to find yourself from this FlickR Photos and set it up :)
Flickr SET
Flickr SET SlideShow
How I used the backlighting from a macbook air, to give my white macbook a backlit keyboard.
You couldn't just change the whole keyboard, they're not compatible, but the lighting sheet fits.
Then you have to get nearly 16 volts from a step-up-converter to power the 5 white LEDs and add some electronics for switching it on/off and regulate the keyboard-brightness by the screen-brightness.
If you wanna have a backlit keyboard and think about doing it on your own: forget it and buy a new macbook with integrated backlight.
You would almost destroy your macbook in the process...
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Q: Why does iTunes ask me to verify an email account that's already verified? I recently changed my email address that I use as my apple ID to log in to itunes. So I got an email to verify it by clicking on a link, which I did.
And it seems to have worked, sort of: on my ipad and iphone, I'm in business, and can buy apps, etc.
But on my mac, when I try to login to the store in itunes, I get this:
When I click ok, it takes me to the verification page, but the page seems to imply that I both need to verify my address and that it's already verified:
Any ideas? I'm not sure I can go much longer without Ke$ha's latest.
A: Well, I haven't figured out what was causing the problem, but did find a way to solve it:
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*Go to the my account page for your Apple ID Account and click "Change Account Information".
*Change your email address from the one you want to use to any other address (to be safe, it's probably preferable to use one you can access, but it's not crucial, as long as you can remember it easily, because you're going to change it right back.
*Once it confirms that it's changed it, go right back in and change it back to the one you started with.
This will essentially "clear" the previous verification for the address, eliminating the disconnect where itunes wants you to verify, but you can't, because all the other apple clients know that you already have. You'll get a fresh verification email, and (at least in my case) you'll be back in business.
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Q: Is decreasing speaker volume of my iMac a Hardware Problem My iMac is just less than 1 year old. I have ran the diagnostic that came with Apple Care and found no problem. Recently, I notice that the max speaker volume of my iMac decreased after I switch on the machine on for quite some time. If I leave the iMac off a few days, the volume will sort of reset again but it is not as loud as before. I believe this problem has nothing to do will software settings in OSX as I have tried all those settings. Any recommendation, send the iMac back to Apple?
A: I recommend you make sure it’s not a perception issue and that the sound you’re using to test the volume is always the same.
Perhaps making a short “video” with another device of both moments (when it’s high and when it’s not), might help you make sure that this is not a crazy thing on your part. If the camera is left in the same place and the conditions are more or less the same, you should be able to clearly hear both videos and see a volume difference.
If you are sure that the volume tends to “go down” and is not a software issue, then take the machine to Apple as soon as possible, because I’ve never heard of decreasing speaker volumes. :)
A: I've seen the same thing on my MacBook. Unfortunately it's getting old and certainly out of warranty so it'd probably cost more to repair it than to just buy a new one (which would be faster/thinner, to boot).
I assume it's a hardware issue, because I can't imagine this being caused by software. I figure maybe somebody dropped a crumb in the keyboard and it landed in just the right (or wrong) place.
If you have a spare bootable hard disk, you could try booting from that. Otherwise, yeah, have Apple take a look (er, listen) at it.
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Q: Quick Look won't play sound of .avi files When I want to use Quick Look to quickly check if an .avi file is corrupt, or if the quality is alright, it does not play the sound anymore.
Is there a way to enhance Quick Look with "proper" divx capabilities, to prevent mishaps like this?
On a related note: I would enjoy .mkv-support, too, if anyone has an idea how to integrate that.
EDIT:
jmlumpkin got it right, Perian solved the problem. I can now quickcheck .avi files again, properly.
Thank you for the quick answer, I would upvote, but it says I need 15 rep first :/
A: Quick Look won't let you do this. Mainly because the core audio/video stuff behind quicktime doesn't support it.
The easiest way to do this would honestly be to use VLC. This supports both file types you mention.
The other way is to check out Perian, which gives you a bunch of extra codecs.
Personally, I would try the VLC way first. You won't be able to view these items with quickview or preview.app, but VLC handles pretty much any file type I have ever thrown at it.
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Q: iPad calendar only sees 2 of 4 GMail calendars, what have I configured wrong? I have 4 calendars in my GMail Calendar account, two of these have been imported, they are shared by other people.
Basically, I have this:
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*My personal calendar
*Week numbers for norway (since GMail Calendar doesn't show week numbers)
*One imported from an organization I have some work for
*One with TV Shows I follow every week
When I connect my GMail account on my iPad, the first, and the third, is shown, but not the second, nor the fourth. I'd like the fourth as well on my iPad.
I've looked through the configuration for all the calendars on my GMail account, but I can't see anything that differs from the one that is listed, and the one that isn't.
What else should I look at?
A: You can set up a CalDAV account to sync all your Google calendars. The following information is provided by Google and can be found here:
To sync with your device, follow these steps:
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*Open the Settings application on your device's home screen.
*Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
*Select Add Account...
*Select Other.
*Select Add CalDAV Account.
*Enter your account information:
*
*In the Server field, enter [ google.com ]
*In the Username field, enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.
*In the Password field, enter your Google Account or Google Apps password.
*In the Description field, enter the name you'd like to appear on the account.
*Select Next at the top of your screen.
After you've completed setup, open the Calendar app on your device and syncing will automatically begin.
By default only your primary calendar will be synced to your device. You can sync additional calendars by visiting the following page from any web browser:
*
*https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect
(Google Apps users can go to https://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/your_domain/iphoneselect, replacing 'your_domain' with your actual domain name.)
Select the calendars you'd like to sync, and click Save. The selected calendars will display on your device at the time of the next sync.
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Q: Keeping music only on iDevice and not in the iTunes Library it syncs with Is it possible to sync music onto the iPhone and then delete it from the iTunes Library to save hard drive space, without having it be automatically removed in a later sync?
A: Yes. When you have the device plugged in, click on its icon in the navigation bar on the right, then in the main part of the window turn on manual management for the various types of content as shown across the top of the window.
It is, however, a very good idea to have some kind of a back up of your iDevice's content somewhere in case something bad happens with the device. External Firewire and USB hard drives can be had very extremely cheap.
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Q: iPhone - "Edit User Dictionary" is missing Initially I had 5 keyboards
English
Spanish
Emoji
Japanese (Ten Key)
Japanese (Romaji)
I added a couple words to my User Dictionary. Later I realized that I do not use the two Japanese ones very much, so I removed them. After doing that, the "Edit User Dictionary..." option completely disappeared from my Keyboard Settings menu. When I put Japanese (Romaji) back on, the option reappears.
I tried deleting the few words I had entered and removing the unwanted keyboard again, still the option does not appear. I am thinking the dictionary database may have been built to correspond only with the keyboards I had when I initially edited the dictionary, and now it won't rebuild or something.
Anyone else seen this?
Thanks!
Thomas
A: Womp womp...that was easy. Maybe next time, I'll read my search results BEFORE hitting submit on SE sites. Well here is the answer. Hope this helps someone. Apparently, "Edit User Dictionary" is only enabled for certain languages...with English not being one? ::shrugs:: whatever.
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Q: Open iTunes when iPhone is connected on a Mac I remember that during the installation of iTunes (while I was upgrading it on my Mac) it asked if I want to install an application so that iTunes can be opened when my iPhone is connected. Initially I didn't want this so I answered "No". Now I want this behavior, but have no idea where that option is.
How can I get iTunes to start up when my iPhone is connected?
I tried disabling/enabling the option "Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected" in my iPhone's Summary page on iTunes, but it doesn't help. I believe it needs that application it wanted to install initally.
The option to disable auto sync was enabled in the settings, but now I disabled it.
A: Go to System Preferences → Accounts, and view your Login Items. One of them should be
iTunesHelper.
If iTunesHelper is missing from Login Items, here's how to add it:
iTunesHelper is located inside the iTunes.app bundle, at
/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper.app/
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*Navigate into the iTunes.app package; in Finder, Right-click iTunes.app and select Show Packaged Content to get inside it. (Or use Terminal to navigate and then open Finder with open .)
*Locate iTunesHelper.app, and drag it to the Login Items pane.
*Logout or even restart may be required for changes to take effect.
Whew, that was weird. I'm glad I got it added back too. :-)
(Alternatively you could reinstall iTunes, but the above is much quicker and easier.)
These forum threads were helpful:
*
*How to prevent iTunes from opening when iPhone connected
*iTunesHelper is gone in login items...
A: You could try turing the option on in the summary panel when you have your iphone selected under devices. Otherwise uninstall and reinstall probably will work. On windows you might have a registry entry but I have not dug around in there looking for itunes prefs.
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Q: VMware: Shared folders on mac not updated on the virtual machine I'm using vmware on mac to emulate Ubuntu.
When I change shared folders files on OSX I don't see the changes (automatically updated) in Ubuntu...
When I added the folder, everything was visible and it perfectly worked, but when I edited some files, these become red in the Ubuntu terminal, and I cannot see the new versions of them (even if I restart Ubuntu, I guess the only way is to remove and add the shared folder again).
Any help ?
A: I've solved. The problem was that I was using symbolic links applied to the files instead of the parent folder.
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Q: refresh Preview from command line I have a workflow (LaTeX editing in Emacs) which produces PDFs that I then examine in Preview. Preview is smart enough to re-load the PDF when it changes, but it only does so when I click on the application and bring it to the foreground.
Is there a way to tell Preview to re-load the document (and stay in the background) using the command line?
Edit: To follow up, I'm perfectly happy to do a little AppleScript hacking or whatever (I've never used AppleScript, but it can't be too hard).
A: No simple solution that I can think of.
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*You can switch to using Skim, or another PDF previewer that supports the behavior you seek.
*You can "open file.pdf" to refresh and bring Preview to the foreground, and then another command to bring your editor or terminal in front of it (open file.pdf; open -a Terminal.app).
A: If you want to use Applescript to bring Preview to the front, then all you need is this line:
tell application "Preview" to activate
You could also use the osascript command in the command line to run that script as well. There are specific things to look out for (escaping quotes and handling multiple lines). Examples on its exact use abound and it has its own man page.
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Q: My iPod touch takes gigantic videos; how come it takes such tiny photos? Is there any way to take higher resolution pictures with it? The videos are massive!
A: No, you can't currently.
Im assuming this is a 4th gen iPod Touch - since its the only one with a camera. It can do 720p videos, but it looks like they also limited the picture size to be about the same. This was a large complaint when the new Touch was announced, since the iPhone now has a 5mp camera.
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Q: Is there a simple way to compare apps in my iTunes library with those actually installed on my iPhone? Thanks to the appshopper.com RSS feeds, I've downloaded a lot of free apps: some good, many forgettable. Is there a simple way to see a list of uninstalled iPhone apps so I can re-evaluate and delete a lot of the duds?
I've seen programs that scan my iTunes library for apps (though some of them miss a lot of results), and IIRC it's possible to read an iTunes-managed iPhone backup to see which apps are installed there.
So, are there any existing utilities that do this? Failing that, I'll upvote/accept an answer that points me in the right direction to create such a utility myself.
A: Two possible answers...
Assuming you've not actively deleted them from iTunes as well as from your iPhone...
*
*Upgrade to iTunes 10.x if you haven't already
*Plug your iPhone into your Mac, open iTunes, sync it.
*Click on the iPhone in the side bar and go to the Apps tab
You'll see that some apps are checked and others are not. This is an indicator of whether or not they're installed on the device.
Pretty sure this got introduced in iTunes 10.x (hence the first step)
Assuming you don't delete your old emails... (e.g. Archive in GMail)
The iTunes store should have emailed you summaries of the apps you've purchased (even the free ones) shortly after their 'purchase', so, if you have an email account where you've kept those emails, you could search through them to get a list of each app you've purchased from the iTunes store.
A: drfrogsplat hit the nail on the head. Some other things of note are:
*
*If an App in is iTunes but not on your iPhone, you can delete it from there without ever having to bother your iPhone. As far as the iPhone is concerned, that app already doesn't exist.
*If an App is synced to your iPhone, if you delete it from either one when not connected for syncing, then it will be copied back across during the next sync. I've had a lot of apps "come back from the dead" in this fashion. If you want to delete apps that are synced the easiest way to be rid of them for good is to connect the iPhone to iTunes and then delete it from the App tab, then sync.
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Q: Switching between windows with cmd-tab
Possible Duplicate:
Best app to switch between all open windows (Witch alternatives)
In Microsoft Windows Alt+Tab combination switches between all windows from all applications. In Mac, Cmd+Tab only switches between applications, and when you want to switch between windows in single application, you have to use Cmd+`. I'm used to Windows behavior and I like it more. Is it possible to configure Cmd+Tab to switch between all windows from all applications?
A: There is no built-in way to do it, but Exposé (Wikipedia link) is pretty good.
Alternatively there are some third-party apps which are might help.
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Q: adjust battery-warning-level of magic mouse How can I adjust the level at which Mac OS warns me about the battery of my magic mouse?
I always have a lack of batteries, so I would prefer if the battery warning comes up at 15 or 20%, so I could work the rest of the day with the almost empty batteries and put them in the charger before I go to sleep.
Right now, if the warning occurs in the morning I have a problem.
I tried to steal the batteries out of my girlfriends camera or her wireless keyboard, but she does karate and defends her batteries.
Buying another set is not an option.
A way to get the battery level via applescript, shellscript, automator, whatever would be applicable too.
A: This thread has some scripts that can help you.
It seems that you wrap the results of this shell snippet in a nice AppleScript:
ioreg -c BNBMouseDevice | grep BatteryPercent
A: In my macOS Sierra 10.12.6, there is no BNBMouseDevice. Script which works for me is:
ioreg -c AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService -r -l | grep BatteryPercent | sed 's/[^[:digit:]]//g'
Source: Check the battery level of connected bluetooth headphones from the command line
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Q: Where does OS X store the profile photo it takes when you first create an account? When you first create your OS X login account it takes a picture of you. Where does that picture get stored? I can't find it in ~/Pictures or ~/Library.
A: Unless your account is a network account from a server such as OSX Server using directory services (or AD on Windows or LDAP on *nix), then it gets stored in the plist file that stores the local directory services data on your Mac.
Before Lion, these files were simply text formatted xml files stored as shortname.plist in the directory /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/users
The image is encoded as a JPEG file under the key:
<key>jpegphoto</key>
<array>
<data>
/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/4QBARXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgAAYdpAAQA
AAABAAAAGgAAAAAAAqACAAQAAAABAAACAKADAAQAAAABAAACAAAAAAD/2wBD
If you selected a stock picture instead of a custom one, you may be able to locate that file with the following command:
dscl . -read /Users/shortname Picture
The system also caches more than a handful of previous pictures so you can usually go back to a favorite picture using the system preference graphical tools. If your plist is stored in binary format, you may use a command like this to dump a xml version of the binary file to /tmp:
plutil -convert xml1 shortname.plist -o /tmp/shortname.plist
A: The photo can be found in the /Library/Caches folder, if you haven't cleared this folder yet.
Otherwise, I recommend typing:
dscl . -read /Users/short_username JPEGPhoto | tail -1 | xxd -r -p >
/PATH/TO/accountImage.jpg
on one line in a Terminal window, from Chealion's brilliant answer here. In the above example, a JPEG copy will be saved to /PATH/TO/accountImage.jpg.
A: take a look in ~/Library/Images/iChat Recent Pictures
A: open finder, click: command,shift,G
type:
~/Library/caches/com.skype.skype
then click the folder that is titled as your user name.
then click the SKAvatar Cache folder.
it should be the first image.
Good luck!
A: Get image from profile
*
*Open new terminal window
*Add the following command
dscl . -read $(pwd) JPEGPhoto | tail -1 | xxd -r -p >
$(pwd)/Pictures/profile-photo.jpg
Put image into profile
*
*Open the “Users & Groups” preference panel as usual
*Drag and drop an image file into the existing profile picture thumbnail
*Adjust as necessary and click “Done” to set the image as the profile picture
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Q: Is it possible to restart an application using AppleScript? I want to restart Safari and reopen it with some tabs that I specify.
A: An alternative method is to use Safari's built-in "Reopen All Windows from Last Session" feature:
tell application "Safari"
quit
end tell
delay 2 -- Wait for Safari to close
tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click menu item "Reopen All Windows From Last Session" of menu "History" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
A: To save windows/tabs from a session and be able to reopen them, there's a solution here: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030913153245341
Be sure to read the comments, apparently there have been several updates to the scripts. Edit: Just use Chealion's answer, much smoother.
If you just want to open a certain set of tabs, you can use this script:
tell application "Safari"
set urllist to {"http://google.com", "http://stackoverflow.com", "http://apple.stackexchange.com"}
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in urllist
set URL of document 1 to item i of urllist
if i is less than number of items in urllist then
my new_tab()
end if
end repeat
end tell
on new_tab()
tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click menu item "New Tab" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
end new_tab
Just list the addresses of the pages you want to open between the {} on line 2. Each address within "" and separated by ,.
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Q: New folders are created in root instead of currently selected folder When I click on a folder and choose File->New Folder the folder is created in the root directory of my current view instead of the currently selected (highlighted) folder.
How do I make it so when I create a new folder it will create the folder inside of the current highlighted directory?
A: You can't. Finder creates new folders in the folder currently being displayed, not the folder you've highlighted. First you have to display the folder you want the new one in - double click it, then create the new one.
A: Open the folder you want to create the new folder in first (double-click). Then choose File->New Folder or Shift-Cmd-N.
A: There's no built-in way to do that in Finder (as of macOS 12 Monterey, 2021), but you can create a custom Automator action instead. This will provide a right click menu item, as well as a keyboard shortcut, to create a folder under the selected folder in Finder.
See the detailed steps at this answer.
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