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Q: How do I add lyrics to a song in iTunes? How do I add lyrics to a song in iTunes so that it shows the lyrics on the iPod/iPad?
A: I own iClip Lyrics and I was fortunate enough to download it before they discontinued it.
(It still works even though they aren't developing it, and if you can find it online I highly recommend it)
All you had to do was play a song, it would search the internet, grab the lyrics, and automatically add them to the ID3 tag for the the MP3 file.
There are some other apps out there that do basically the same thing:
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*GimmieSomeTune
*TuneLyrics
*iLyrics
A: Right click the song in iTunes and choose Get Info. Second from the right is the section "Lyrics" where you can paste the lyrics of the song. The lyrics will show up on top of the album art when the song is played on the iPod. Tap the album art to show it if you don't have all the controls visible.
A: I've written a post on my blog to showcase my findings regarding this question. Check it out:
Software to add Lyrics to MP3 files ID3 metadata
A: you right click (control click on mac) on song and click get info. From there you press the lyrics tab and enter your lyrics. Hope this helps.
A: To add lyrics to a song, I use this dashboard widget: TunesTEXT
Very simple but very useful.
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Q: Where do my iPod's notes go when they're synchronized with my Gmail account? Where do my iPod's notes go when they're synchronized with my Gmail account? Where can I find them in my browser?
A: When you go to Gmail, you should now see a 'notes' label in gmail.
This will hold your notes, but you can not edit them in gmail.
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Q: How do I use AUNetSend in GarageBand '09 I found this thread, about how to use AUNetSend waaaaay back in 2005- http://www.macjams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=6;showtopic=28700
Double click on any instrument track in GarageBand to open up "Track Info" screen. Choose an additional effect from the area below "Compressor" (it should say "None") Go all the way down to your Audio Unit Effects and you should see "AUNetSend" and "AUNetReceive". Depending on who is doing wha,t if you are the sender, the other person has to pick the "AUNetReceive" option. Now since I don't have Tiger, this is were I get lost and don't know how this actually works from here, but if 2 people would like to experiment and fill in the blanks I'm sure a lot of people would really appreciate it!
How do I do this today? Well... should I say how do I do this a month ago, since I haven't upgrade to iLife '11 yet.
A: Assuming you’re using GarageBand ’09 (I think it’s the same in iLife ’11), you can still follow those very same instructions.
AUNetSend is an audio unit that uses Bonjour to send a stream of data in the format that you specify.
You can then modify the properties of the “send”:
The “listening” side should be using AUNetReceive…
I haven’t really tried this since the age of dawn, but assuming both Macs are in the same network, it would be more or less straightforward.
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Q: Why can't I delete messages from my IMAP account on my iPhone 4? I have an iPhone 4 and have set up mail with an IMAP account. When I delete a message a popup says Unable to move message - The message could not be moved to the trash folder.
How can I fix this?
A: Maybe the trash folder is not correctly set on your iPhone.
Depending on the email-provider, you may have to choose the correct "deleted" folder in your account settings on the iPhone.
(maybe the translations are not literally, i am using a German iPhone):
Go to "Settings" -> "Mail, contacts ...", choose your IMAP account, choose "account info", look at the bottom and choose "advanced".
Here you can choose which folder is your trash folder.
A: I was having a problem deleting an email that said "this message has not been downloaded from server." I couldn't move it to Trash either, even after affirming the prompt to "download message from server." I finally forwarded it to myself and was prompted to download message before sending. I answered yes. I then deleted the forwarded message and the original troublesome message and all is well.
A: I had this problem and the following fixed it on my iphone 6.
go to mail
then mailboxes
find "trash" and make sure the box is checked.
Solved my problem.
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Q: Unexpected files showing up with tar on OS X 10.6.4 When packing and unpacking a tar file on OS X today, I find myself looking at things like:
tar tzf ../tanuki-3.5.6.tar.gz
./._.
./
./._bin
I don't think I've ever seem these extra files starting with a '.' before. If I x the file, ls -a does not show them. What are they?
A: They're resource forks. The Mac's filesystem supports multiple forks, and some Mac files have two, a data fork and a resource fork. Most file systems don't support multiple forks, so tools will split the resource fork into a separate file prefixed with ._.
A: I think you'll find that those files (or directories) came packaged within the .tar.gz file. Not normal, but any file can go into a tar.
A: Behaviour
For the sake of clarity about the issue, the following MWE illustrates what is happening:
cas$ tar --version
bsdtar 2.6.2 - libarchive 2.6.2
cas$ mkdir o
cas$ touch o/a o/b
cas$ tar cv o > /dev/null
a ./._o
a o
a o/._a
a o/a
a o/._b
a o/b
So each file and directory has a ._ file added to the tar file in the same directory, as mipadi said. This tar, let's call it mactar, avoids collisions by ignoring files beginning ._ in the input, e.g, with:
mkdir p && touch p/._a p/._b
cas$ tar cv p p/._b > /dev/null
a ./._p
a p
the existence of the p/._a file is simply ignored by tar, and so is the p/._b file, even though that is explicitly included in the CLI invocation. Thus, no collisions can occur.
Controlling tar
If you have a Unix background, you likely are unhappy about this behaviour. The mactar lacks the expected documentation: the man page is for the regular Free BSD tar and does not mention this idiosyncrasy.
However, the generation of the files for the meta forks can be disabled by setting an environment variable, so: export COPYFILE_DISABLE=true.
History
I'm not quite clear on the timing, but OSX began with the regular Free BSD tar, then Apple circulated an additional utility, tar_hfs that was the ancestor of mactar, and then, I think with Leopard, changed /usr/bin/tar to be mactar.
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Q: What does "iTunes err = -3259" mean? I am downloading some iTunes U content in iTunes and am getting
stopped (err = -3259)
on a number of the downloads. I was hoping to find a list of err codes, but no luck. Found a lot of forum posts for other error numbers, but not that one.
Any help?
A: I turned off "Allow simultaneous downloads" and now it is consistently downloading without a problem.
A: As I search some I find that it happen because of antivirus:
What seemed to work for me was
disabling anti-virus software during
the load process. I killed my
antivirus and then hit refresh on all
of the podcasts that failed with err =
-3259 and they all finished successfully.
Long term I think we need to get apple
to resolve this issue, but in the
meantime you can temporarily disable
your anti-virus, complete your
downloads and then bring the
anti-virus back up.
And some where said that it because parental control:
Some of our users are reporting that
unchecking Podcasts from the Parental
Controls preference pane has resolved
the issue. For some of our customers,
simply going into: Edit - Preferences
- Parental Control and unchecking Podcasts
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Q: iPod Touch Updates Since I've upgraded from an iPod classic to a Touch, I've had a number of times when I've synced with iTunes and tracks have not been correctly updated, that is, they have not been marked as played that day, even when they have been played (all the way through).
Further, I've downloaded some tracks from a course on iTunesU, but they do not show in the playlist on my iPod Touch (despite being in the playlist on iTunes).
I'm running iTunes 10.10.54 and 4.1 of the firmware. Does anyone know if either of these are known issues, or has anyone experienced similar issues.
A: I have been asking the same question in other forums about resetting play counts when syncing.
One of the strong theories is that it is an iTunes bug caused when you recreate your library in iTunes 10 from a previous iTunes 9 file (which is what I did). Unfortunately though there is no obvious solution yet.
I have tried to solve to problem by installing a fresh copy of iTunes 9 on a separate PC and importing my existing library via the iTunes Music Library.xml file.
Unfortunately the trick for recreating the library by using the XML does not seem backwards compatible. Even if I modify the Application Version at the beginning of XML file it is not recognised by iTunes 9 and is overwritten by a new, clean iTunes Music Library.xml file.
It seems like a bug I'll have to live with until Apple fix the problem - I have submitted a bug report via their iTunes website.
Here is the thread from the apple.com forums - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2697318
*edit*
The latest version of iTunes (10.1.2) seems to have fixed the play count reset bug.
A: These should really be seperate questions - one for the iTuensU, one for the track playdate.
As for iTunesU issue, when you plug the iPod in there is a tab for iTunesU - you may need to check that the correct items are checked to sync.
A: For iTunes U: Make sure it's getting synced, (as Samuel said). Also, if they're videos, look for a Video Playlists section under Videos. That might let you play them from that playlist.
The reason you may have to do this: Apple wants to allow you to watch music videos/iTunes U videos without the video. This makes more sense for music videos: You get the song, and they video. You can play the song without draining the battery from the video.
A: It's generally a good idea to run the latest version of iOS unless you're a jailbreaker.
To check out iTunesU content, go into the iPod or Music app and select "More" on the bottom right-hand corner. iTunes U should be in that list.
(Why do people say right-hand, not just right? It's not like hands are any different than other things, direction wise. Oh well.)
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Q: Caps lock key response delay on Apple Wireless Keyboard I've noticed a semi-handy feature on Apple Wireless Keyboard: quick pressing the caps lock key won't enable the caps lock, it needs a determined push. Benefits are obvious, it prevents accidental all-caps text when you actuALLY INTENDED TO PRESS 'A'.
Is there a way to hack this around? Adjust it or remove it completely? I like the idea, but for me it is more of a speed bump than a seat belt.
I have checked the keyboard preferences and the usability preferences as well. Keyboard delay is off and repeat delay is at minimum. There are no delay on other keys (well, except the eject key, but it requires even more determined press), and there is no delay when turning the caps lock off.
I'm on a Snow Leopard Lion and the wireless keyboard came with the mid-2010 iMac.
EDIT: It seems like the functionality is in the driver rather than in the keyboard itself. When using the keyboard in Windows 7 the caps lock key works in a regular manner. The drivers that Windows uses are standard HID Keyboard drivers provided by Microsoft.
A: Sadly, ends up the delay is built into the keyboard hardware, so it’s still there even if you remap the Caps Lock key to some other function, such as Control.
A: My main answer:
Apple deems this a feature, as documented in their knowledge base. Apple does not document how to disable the delay.
In my experience, if you remap the caps-lock key on Mac OS X (in System Preferences .. Keyboard .. Modifier Keys), and e.g. map it to Control, then the delay goes away while I am logged into Mac OS X. So as koiyu suggests in the comments here, it seems like there is some variation available between the hardware and the keyboard driver.
Remaining questions:
My own problem is that the delay remains when I boot into Ubuntu Linux, and in that context, even when I remap the Caps Lock key to Control, the delay is still present. So the vanilla keyboard driver provided on Ubuntu Linux still suffers from the delay.
So my questions at this point:
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*How is it that the standard Windows 7 driver has no delay and the Linux driver does have the delay?
*How can one replicate disabling the delay in the context of a Linux installation atop the laptop?
A: If you have both a laptop and external mac keyboard, turning on the caps lock on both of them might work. That's because you'll trick the mac keyboard into thinking its turning the caps lock off, which has no delay. This is probably only useful if your caps lock key is something that's not caps lock, so you are always pretending to "turn off" the caps lock, when instead the key is remapped to something else.
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Q: How to backup data for Shazam app from iPhone 3GS NOTE : I just want to backup only the data associated with Shazam app, not the full iPhone backup.
Apple recently swapped my iPhone 3GS due to some issues on the speaker, but I am having issues with 3G and WiFi after the swap. When I go and visited the Genius Bar, he suggested to restore the iPhone and set it up as a New iPhone, and not to restore via a backup copy of iPhone.
But the real problem is all the existing data is lost when I do this. So I want to take a backup of Shazam app and when I setup new iPhone, I can put this data back into the app.
How can I do this ?
A: I think there is no way to achieve this without jailbreaking the device.
I've just checked the Apple developer tools, but they only allow you to get the content of apps that you developed yourself, not apps downloaded from the AppStore. And even with these you can only backup, but not restore :-(
I'm pretty sure it's possible on a jailbroken phone, but I have no expertise in that field, so I can't tell how.
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Q: Is it possible to know what changes have been included in an OS X Update? My computer just downloaded an OS X update. Is it possible to know what's been changed?
A: Apple provides support articles with a high-level overview of the changes in an operating system update. For example, here's the one for Mac OS X 10.6.5:
What's included?
General fixes and improvements
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*Improves reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers.
*Addresses performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture.
*Addresses stability and performance of graphics applications and games.
*Resolves a delay between print jobs.
*Addresses a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme.
*Resolves an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal.
*Addresses an issue in which dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide.
*Resolves an issue in which Wikipedia information may not display correctly in Dictionary.
*Improves performance of MainStage on certain Macs.
*Resolves spacing issues with OpenType fonts.
*Improves reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays.
*Resolves a VoiceOver issue when browsing some websites with Safari 5.
*Improves Bluetooth pairing with Magic Trackpad.
*Resolves performance issues with third-party displays that use InstaPort technology.
*Add SSL support for transferring files with iDisk.
*Resolves an issue when opening 4-up Photo Booth pictures in Preview.
*Addresses keyboard responsiveness issues in the Dock when Spaces is turned on.
*Resolves an issue syncing Address Book with Google.
*Fixes an issue when replying to a Mail message sent by a person whose name contains certain characters such as é or ü.
*Improves performance for users bound to an Active Directory domain.
*Improves reliability of Ethernet connections.
*Systems with a Mac Pro RAID Card (Early 2009) installed can now be put to sleep. For more information, see Mac Pro RAID Card (Early 2009): Enabling system sleep.
*Improves reliability of fibre channel connections, resolving a potential Xsan volume availability issue.
*Adds RAW image compatibility for additional digital cameras.
*Security improvements; for information about the security content of this update, please visit this article.
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Q: How do I view a song's composer on my iPod touch? Is there any way of viewing the composer of a particular song in the Ipod Touch? I know you can sort songs by composer, but what I want to do is while listening to a particular album (classical music), view the composers of the different songs.
A: There's a small app you can find here
Don't worry, it's all Japanese. But the app works really fine and reads all (!) ID3 tags of the current song playing.
Since I am listening preferably to classical music, too, I hate iTunes non-existent ability to show all relevant tag information.
A: I don't think this is possible in the default 'Music' app which is quite simple and straightforward. The only solution would be to add the composer to the track's title but I suppose you already thought about this one...
Finding another app for paying music but with more options would be another solution. Are you open to having another application for playing music?
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Q: In iOS 4.2, how do you search within a web page in Safari? I already have it installed (the gold master), but I can't for the life of me figure out how to search a page.
A: Searching in a page has been added on to the Google (or whatever you use) search facility. Just tap the search field and enter your search term. Instead of launching the search, scroll down to the bottom of the suggested searches and there will be a section labeled "On This Page". Tapping "Find "___________"" will launch the in-page search feature.
A: An unofficial method is to use the "Find In Page" bookmarklet. Available here.
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Q: Is this nice extension of Mac OS 9 still available on OS X? There was an extension on Mac OS 9 system that I could not live without : This extension offered the following feature :
When a "Choose a file / folder" dialog box appeared, you were able to click on a "visible" opened window to make the selection box "jump" to that particular place in the tree structure of the disk (on the network).
Is there something like this on OS X ?
A: Not exactly the same but if you drag any file or folder to the dialog panel then it will jump to the location of the dropped item
A: You are looking for Default Folder X.
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Q: Run Command Line Script from Finder's contextual menu I have a shell script that deletes exif data from images.
I would like to right-click the folder with the images and execute the command from the context menu. How can I do this?
The Shell script is:
exiftool -all= -overwrite_original test
where test is the dir with the images
A: If you're using Snow Leopard, you can create a Service, and it'll show up in a submenu of the contextual menu (as well as in the Services submenu of the Finder menu). To do this:
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*Run /Applications/Automator.app
*Choose the Service template
*Set the Service Receives Selected pop-up (above the workflow column on the right) to "Files and Folders"
*Find the Run Shell Script action in the second column (the search field at the top can help), and drag it to the workflow column
*Set the action's Pass input: pop-up to "as arguments"
*In the template script that appears, replace echo "$f" with exiftool -all= -overwrite_original "$f" -- the script should now look like this:
for f in "$@"
do
exiftool -all= -overwrite_original "$f"
done
*Save the Service with some descriptive name
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Q: Changing sort options in icon view Is there any way to sort files in any way other than NAME while in ICON view? This is typically when in a file dialog (i.e. browser upload window) there are no options for sorting by Last Modified or similar, you have to be in DETAIL view for that.
Please see this screen shot as an example: http://cl.ly/0w0f3L0z3z0Q2n2E042F
A: No.
I would suggest heading to http://bugreport.apple.com and filing a bug there. Apple does base, in part, what they do on the number of similar bug reports they get. If enough people want this same enhancement and file bug reports, there is a good chance Apple will get it done.
A: File dialogs have had a pop-up menu for changing the arrange by mode since Lion:
There's still no way to change the sort by mode in icon view or column view. And the shortcuts for changing the sorting modes don't do anything.
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Q: How to back up Windows 7 on Boot Camp to a Mac-formatted external drive? I have MacBook Pro with latest Snow Leopard on it. I just bought an Iomega eGo external HDD for Time Machine backup.
I also run Windows 7 on Boot Camp partition and I normally use Parallels 6 to run it, but I noticed that Time Machine does not backup Boot Camp partition.
I went to Windows 7 Backup and Restore tool to see if I can backup Windows separately but it didn't recognize my Iomega HDD probably because it's Mac-formatted.
I discovered MacDrive that allows Windows to work with Mac-formatted disks. I'm wondering if that will allow me to use Windows Backup and Restore tool to backup to Iomega HDD.
Will it work?
What is your Boot Camp Windows 7 on-site backup strategy? I'd like to avoid buying another external HDD for Windows...
A: Using Snow Leopard Disk Utility, I made three partitions on an external hard drive:
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*HFS+ for Time Machine
*MSDOS, subsequently converted to NTFS, for Windows 7 backup
*EXFAT for shared media e.g. iTunes Library
I have not yet made a final decision about what backup package to use for Windows 7. At the moment, I'm using Microsoft's Windows 7 backup solution, with manual image files, and trying to keep any data files in the Cloud.
I do not yet have even 10 days experience with this setup.
A: I keep my documents on the Mac side as I'm pretty much only using Parallels to run my BootCamp install, so that way they're backed up. I don't really mind doing a fresh reinstall of windows if something goes wrong.
A: WinClone
Saves your whole Windows installation as an image that you can restore later. Excellent for backing up and restoring Windows bootcamp installations, but the developer is gone, but the software may still work though.
Some people say it works on Snow Leopard, while it doesn't. I'm planning on using it in a hard drive upgrading, but that's just me. Should work fine though.
A: I'm using iPartition and Disk Utility for this. Makes sparse images (i.e. doesn't copy empty space from Windows side). Could be more automated, but I'm pleased.
See my blog from 2/2011 on this:
http://openduck.blogspot.fi/2011/02/backing-up-boot-camp-partition-with.html
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Q: Safari has some strange colors now Safari has suddenly started showing some strange GUI colors on the bookmarks screen. They seem to have started shortly after applying the latest iTunes update, although not IMMEDIATELY after (a few hours, and only after rebooting my machine). This is what it looks like now (I have not changed any settings):
Is there a way to make it appear normal again?
EDIT:
I have uninstalled, rebooted, and even tried removing all apple settings from my "AppData" directory. Nothing is helping so far.
A: I don’t have a lot of Windows Expertise, but I assume that uninstalling Safari (and iTunes) and try installing them from scratch (after a nice reboot), might fix it.
A: I'm not a Windows 7 user, but I'd guess Safari is inheriting these colours from your appearance settings in your control panel, especially if you've deleted AppData/reinstalled.
Have a try playing with your Display Control Panel (especially the window appearance settings) to see if that fixes things, maybe Safari is using non-standard windows' colours for its bookmark background.
Windows XP's Advanced Appearance Window:
A: Its due the the color management profiles on various screens. A fix can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395
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*Click Start, type Color Management in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
*In the Color Management dialog box, click to select the Use my settings for this device check box.
*In the Profiles associated with this device list, click the color profile that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
*Note If you receive a warning message, click Yes.
*Close the Color Management dialog box and then restart the computer to apply the setting.
I also found if you just delete the other one, then re-add sRGB IEC61966 2.1, and set it as default, you don't even have to reboot and it just works. and it solved the same issue I was seeing in other Applications, but mostly Safari
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Q: Is it possible to upload files to a website from Safari on iPhone? I'm trying to upload a photo from my iPhone 4 to a website. However, the browse button to display the select file dialog is disabled. Normally this works fine on my Windows PC. Should I be able to select image files to upload from Safari on iPhone?
A: Specifically the browse button is disabled because there isn't a file browser (like Windows Explorer/Finder) on the iPhone. Most people don't notice that, because the iOS is designed around avoiding the need for a user interface to the iPhone's file system.
For simplicity's sake file management is turned into a programing problem instead of a user problem. For security's sake applications can't directly access the documents of other applications.
As Jawa mention, a lot of sites have iPhone applications to allow uploads.
A: No, uploading from mobile Safari is not possible. That's why about every other site that utilizes user uploads (e.g. Flickr, Facebook, Picasa) have either made their own upload app for the iPhone, or there are some apps that can handle many sites, such as Pixelpipe.
A: As of iOS 6, Mobile Safari now supports file (image) uploads, from the Camera Roll, albums, and photostreams. Note that iOS 6 is only available for the iPhone 3GS and newer.
A: You can't upload files using mobile Safari.
Even though, you can either use iCab Mobile browser which support file upload or can use native iOS applications which are seamless integrated with a webspage. Here are some of them:
QuickPic
Aurigma Up
A: You can enable the browse button in Mobile Safari using a Cydia App: Safari Upload Enabler.
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Q: Rhapsody + Mac OS X I've been using the music service Rhapsody for over a month now, and I really like it on my iPhone. Unfortunately, I spend most of my time in front of my computer, programming. I'm kind of so-so on the web client for Rhapsody, and I particularly would like to be able to download songs to my Mac. I don't have access to a (legally obtainable) copy of any version of Windows, so VirtualBox/Parallels/etc. is out. Wine doesn't really work with the Windows Rhapsody client. Has anyone else encountered and/or solved this problem? Switching from Rhapsody to some other service isn't really an option either, since so far, at least, no other "all-you-can-eat" music service has an iPhone app with downloading allowed.
A: Spotify has all that, but I’m not sure if you can use it in your country. Have you tried it?
UPDATE I found out that you’re in the USA, and Spotify only works in a few European Countries… unless you’re a “Premium” user; the catch is that you need to create your account from within Europe. I.e.: if you are european and want to travel, you can “take your music with you”… if you’re not a free user. Otherwise you can only use Spotify for 14 days until you return to your country. sorry about that.
A: What about Napster? They have an iPhone and a web client and their pay scheme and service is similar to Rhapsody:
Find your favorite music in Napster’s
catalog of 9 Million songs. Buy songs
on your phone, they will be sent to
your computer so you can transfer them
to your phone, MP3 player, or iPod®
Listen without downloading on any
connected computer—PC or Mac, desktop
or laptop. Get instant music at home,
at work, at a friends house, at a
party... you get the picture.
Pricing plans:
http://www.napster.com/index.html?darwin_ttl=1290019245&darwin=s1010B®flow_id=s1010B&naps_app_id=0
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Q: How Do I Transfer A Project File Created Using iMovie 7 To A Hard Drive? I've made a movie project in iMovie 7, but it's taken 3GB of space on my hard drive and I am lacking space right now, so I need to move it out onto a external hard drive.
How can I do this?
A: I’m not sure I understand you… you created a Movie Project in iMovie 7 (which if I’m not mistaken is the iLife ’08 version) and now you want to move it to an external drive?
You don’t mention your Mac OS X’s version but that shouldn’t really make much of a difference.
Ok should the above be correct, you have to locate your project in your hard drive. It will be probably located in your Movies folder. Assuming you have connected your external drive and the drive is ready to use (i.e. Partitioned and Formatted) for OS X, you simply have to open two Finder Windows (use CMD + N to open a new finder window).
After you have the two Finder windows, navigate one to where you see the project in your /Movies folder. and in the other Finder, go to your external drive.
Click in the iMovie project and Drag it to the other finder window (don’t release the mouse/trackpad button). When you reach your external drive, release it.
It will be copied, not moved. When the copy is over, simply drag the old one to the Trash. :)
I’m sorry if this sounds too simple (or too complicated), the thing is that the nature of your question could be as simple as “how do I copy a file in OS X” or as complicated as “I got a new hard drive and I want to use it”. Both things are not complex, but the instructions for each are completely different. :)
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Q: Apple TV (2nd generation) - video quality seems poor I thought I'd switch from a Mac Mini to the new Apple TV (2nd generation) as my primary video device.
Unfortunately I find the video quality disappointing: Text (menus, etc.) is shimmery, and video seems coarse, like broadcast TV. I've tried it with an iTunes rental, with Netflix, and with a movie streamed from a computer. The results were poor each time. I switched back and forth between the Apple TV and the Mac Mini to confirm, and the image is indeed much sharper on the Mini.
The Apple TV is connected via HDMI to a Sony KLV-S32A10 32" LCD with 1366x768 native resolution.
Is this normal?
A: The problem was with the TV settings - it has three "Picture modes": vivid, standard, and pro. It was set to vivid, which adds artificial sharpening. With this set to "Pro", it looks terrific.
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Q: Mute specific program Is there any way to mute a specific program? I want to be able to mute Firefox.
A: Here an answer from our friends over at SuperUser.
TL;DR: You can, but only with some extra software. They suggest AudioHijack Pro
A: AudioHijack is the only software I've found that can route application sound. If you are looking to capture/block sound from Chrome/Chromium you are out of luck though. AHP cannot handle that software yet due to the way Chrome's processes are spawned on the fly.
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Q: Textmate: removing sidebar on the left Is there a way to remove this sidebar from Textmate?
A: From the View menu, select Gutter, and click to uncheck all of the selected view options there, i.e. Foldings, Bookmarks, Line Numbers, and Soft Wrap Indicators. Once all of the above are unchecked, the gutter will disappear.
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Q: Easiest way to deploy a slideshow/video onto multiple iPads and have it play by clicking on 1 icon Looking to set up approximately 10 iPads for a presentation where each one has a single icon on the main screen that then immediately loads a slideshow/video.
Challenges/thoughts:
*
*Would prefer the video to be saved locally to the iPad so we aren't dependent on the video loading from a shared Internet connection.
*Preference is that they click an icon and the video autoloads full screen, would prefer not to have load/select a specific video file and hit play
*Ideally want there to be a custom icon on the desktop for this video : this, I assume may require a safari bookmark saved to the home screen (which requires the video to be hosted...)
*What is required to initialize 10 iPads at once? Each will need to be synced to iTunes I assume? Will they then need to be reset to work in the future with each individuals computer/iTunes?
*If the video is stored locally, I was thinking I would use oPlayer or VLC so that the file doesn't have to be synced via iTunes - it can just be stored within the iPad filesystem
A: For reference, the iOS SDK (in case you decide to create a small application that plays the quicktime video), can only read stuff that is:
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*Inside the Application’s bundle
*the “temp” application’s user’s document directory (not shared between apps)
*Use the APIs to read the user video/audio library.
Number 1 and 2 would require that you create an iOS app that includes the video as a resource (which will -depending upon the video’s size-, make it a huge app)
Also creating an APP and deploying it, requires an Enterprise Licensing from Apple (so you can deploy to your company iP/ads/ods/hones). So I don’t think thats a good (and cheap) idea.
Using option number three you could go with VLC or something but they would have to pick the video from a library.
what would I do?
I’d set up a wi-fi network, with a local webserver that hosts the page. Then create a webclip on the iPads. All hardcoded. The WebClip could point to a real webpage, but a DNS “forging” inside your closed network could point it locally while they are there. This way, when they leave, if they take the iPads with them, the link will continue to work when they regain internet, as the DNS will be correct and point to the “external” website.
If the network is “closed” you can set it up in advance. A good 11n router should handle that.
No syncing, no weird app, no need to tamper each individual’s ipods…
Any catches?
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Q: "Remove personal information" default save in Office for Mac 2011? Is anyone aware of a way of setting Office for Mac 2011 to automatically use the "remove personal information" option on every save?
A: The best way I can see of doing this is to modify or create a new blank template with the setting baked in.
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*File -> New From Template -> Blank
Document
*Make Privacy changes as
before
*Save as Word Template (This will normally appear under my Templates, but I presume you could overwrite the existing Blank template, wherever it is located).
*Then when creating a new document, use the new template you created.
Jonathan
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Q: How do I change the location of macOS screen captures? As a developer, I take a lot of screen captures. I often take screen shots to share with Stack Exchange members in chat.
The problem is my Desktop is so cluttered with screen captures that they're now overlapping! I'd like to save all screenshots in a dedicated folder or directory.
In macOS, how do I change the default location where screen captures are saved?
These are the screen shots taken with CommandShift3 or CommandShift4 keyboard shortcuts.
I would prefer a solution which doesn't require installing any software.
A: As of macOS 10.14+, you don't need any specific software or scripts. The default screenshot location can be changed in the Screenshot app UI:
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*Enter Screenshot mode:
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*Press Command+Shift+5
*Press the Touchbar's Screenshot button
*Go to the floating screenshots options window.
*Select Options > Save to > Other Location...
*Choose a new screenshot location.
Select "Options" here:
Now all screenshots will be stored at the chosen location.
A: According to this page...
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location <path>
Also, to turn on/off shadow:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool false
And to change file type:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type <format>
You'll want to
killall SystemUIServer
to make the commands take effect.
A: If you use TinkerTool you can change the location that screen capture will saved:
And also you can Add control to the two shortcuts above to place the screen shot on the clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop., and paste it in image Editor like Acorn.
A: I realize this question was asked years ago...
Nonetheless, I arrived here yesterday trying to fix the names (base filenames) of the screencapture PNG files.
Later I found the answer I needed, so I offer it here for future visitors.
If you hate the names looking like:
Screen shot 2011-07-05 at 5.38.53 AM
Then you can fix it in three steps:
First, run:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name "screenshot"
Or use any word you want as a replacement for the default "Screen shot."
Then (bust out your superuser/sudo privileges and) edit this file:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
If your computer is not localized to use the "English.lproj", then locate the appropriate lproj in that same Resources folder.
Here is what to edit in Localizable.strings:
/* Format screencapture file names */
/* "%@ %@ at %@" = "%1$@ %2$@ at %3$@"; */
"%@ %@ at %@" = "%1$@_%2$@_%3$@";
Keep the left-hand-side as "%@ %@ at %@" and alter the right-hand-side (after the equals sign) to your liking. In the above snippet, underscores are used where previously whitespace was used.
Lastly, of course:
killall SystemUIServer
I found this info on this webpage, and it works for me on 10.6.
A: Apple's answer:
Where to find screenshots
By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name ”Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”
In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361
A: Use the screen shots from Preview. You can save to any place you like, change the screenshot's name or file type. It is under Previews File menu.
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Q: How can I unmount a drive every time I reboot? As relates to an answer to a previous question, I'd like to unmount a built-in hard drive every time I boot up. (Or alternately arrange for it not to be mounted). How do I do this?
A: The following Hint on Mac OS X Hints details a way to do this. Basically you'll create (or modify) the file /etc/fstab and add a line similar to:
UUID=F0E430C1-5558-3BB3-9FA9-6904B663FEEA none hfs rw,noauto
The actual UUID will vary, you can find the UUID for your disk in system.log:
In Mac OS X Panther, Disk Utility and the diskutil command doesn't display the UUID value. But if you look in the system.log file, when the disk is mounted, you can see something similar to this (line breaks added for narrower display):
… localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs
77F3E84D-E0ED-3194-96A5-BED10893FFF4 FireWire HD
/Volumes/FireWire HD
… localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s10 hfs
F0E430C1-5558-3BB3-9FA9-6904B663FEEA Mac OS X Disc
/Volumes/Mac OS X Disc
The string before the volume name is the UUID for the disk.
A: Use a LaunchAgent (see Lingon) that runs at boot to unmount. If it runs too quickly, add a wait/pause/sleep. The action that unmounts can be in whatever you preferred scripting/automation language is (bash (hdiutil), Automator, AppleScript, etc.)
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Q: How do I enable the Java console in Firefox? I'm using MacOSX 10.5.8 and the default Java provided by Apple (e.g. /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java). My web browser is Firefox 3.6.12.
I'd like to view the Java console to debug some Java applets which I access with Firefox.
How can I enable the Java console?
A: This is not done via any Firefox configuration option, but an account wide Java setting:
Open the Java Preferences utility which you can find in Applications -> Utilities.
There, under the Advanced tab, and "Java console", choose "Show console".
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Q: How do you connect the new MacBook Air to the Cinema Display? The MacBook Air has the magsafe and a USB port on one side of the chassis and the mini display and another USB port on the other side of the chassis. Does the 3-port cable for the Cinema Display work, seeing as how the magsafe and the mini display are on opposite sides instead of all lined up like on the MacBook Pro? If so, is it graceful or ungainly?
A: Yes, it works, but it's not graceful, it's ungainly:
Source: Apple Insider
A: I didn't know myself, but a little google-fu revealed the
answer (hat tip: AppleInsider, scroll down for image on page.)
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Q: Driving down the road and GPS works on iPod? I was riding in the car today and the as I was traveling home, decided to pull up maps on the iPod. I know that GPS isn't used by iPod and uses wifi to triangulate it's position. However I wasn't connected to any wifi as I was traveling through town and my iPod kept up with my position? How?
A: I'm guessing, since I couldn't find any confirmation, but the iPods use the Skyhook network, which is basically a big database of wifi access points and their approximate location. Since you wouldn't have been connected to a network, (here's the guess) the geolocation service must've cached some amount of the database for your general area.
A: I don't think you have to have a WiFi connection for it to triangulate off of WiFi signals. As long as you have WiFi turned on, the iPod can see the WiFi networks within range. It doesn't have to be connected to any of them.
note: the following is mostly speculation
The iPod has a WiFi receiver in it that's on all the time (unless you purposely turn it off). The receiver is constantly listening for WiFi signals. If you open your Settings and look at WiFi you'll see a list of WiFi access points that are within range. Your iPod might not be connected to any of them but it knows their name (more importantly the unique SSID) and it knows how strong the signal is.
The iPod also stores a database of the locations of known SSIDs. Then it does some fancy calculations. So, if it knows that SSID A's signal is stronger than SSID B's signal it assumes you're closer to A. With enough signals around you, it can make a pretty good approximation of your location.
Even moving quickly, it can sense changes in signal strength as you move and recalculate your position. In a town/city you'll likely have a lot of known signals. Try driving out on a remote highway. You'll likely lose any position information.
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Q: iOS apps take up more space than advertised? I would like to download "RAGE HD" which the App Store says is "643 MB", but after clicking "BUY NOW" there is a message:
There is not enough space to download "RAGE HD". Please delete some photos or videos.
But my "About" screen says I have "898 MB" available. How much extra space should I need to be able to download this game?
A: You have to take into account that the exact number is an approximated value and that the device needs additional space to install the application. I’m guessing that although the application says it’s 643Mb, it really uses some more when it gets installed. You’re really pushing the limits of your iOS there :)
A: Due to the way items are synced to the iPod and iPhone, you need a bit more space than the size of the app. So although the app may only take up 643MB, you'll actually need more to sync it.
A: I don't know the answer to your question in general, but as far as RAGE HD goes (all numbers on my Mac):
Size shown in Finder: 779.7 MB
Size shown in iTunes (Library > Apps): 743.6 MB
Size needed to install on my iPad (Devices > my iPad > Apps): 1.18 GB
I think that's your answer, there ↑
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Q: User defined menu shortcut doesn't work with Safari I want to add a shortcut to "refresh" the web page in Safari (5.0.2).
I added a shortcut definition in the System Preferences.
I disabled the usage of the Fonction keys by the System.
I have "F5" shown next to "Reload Page" menu item. But, this does not work.
What went wrong ?
A: As other commenters have said, it works once the menu has been shown at least once. Safari seems to build its menus differently from other apps, and seems to do it dynamically when you open them the first time. Hence, the system has no way to know that such a Refresh menu item exists unless you've tried opening the menu once.
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Q: How to disable all notifications in MS Office 2008, Entourage? The subject says it all, but for further explanation, MS Office has this (what I consider annoying feature) of notifying me of pretty much anything that happens in Entourage—emails, calendar events, and the like. This is similar to the new "My Day" feature but the notifications pop-up in the lower-right corner of the screen.
I use one particular installation for developing scripts and I don't need to notifications. I don't even need Entourage, for that matter, but the install is managed by my IT department, not me. I've looked through everything I can think of to turn off all of the notifications, and the only way I have managed to completely stop them is to zip up the Entourage application. But that results in every other application in the Office suite to state on start up that there is a problem with the Office database (but then they work normally otherwise) and the update application won't allow updates to happen because it can't find the correct installation.
Does anyone know of a way to completely turn off all the little pop-up notifications that Entourage seems to foist on me?
A: If you remove the Microsoft Database daemon from login and do not open Entourage you should receive no notifications.
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Q: Is adding a GPS cradle to the iPod touch worthwhile? I am looking for a GPS that will guide me on hikes and travel from point A to point B without loss of signal in remote areas. I have found this accessory for the iPod touch that enables GPS location services. I am looking for other users EXPERIENCE (not opinions) of this accessory and their personal thoughts on using it or other solutions that I can use my iPod as a location/directional device.
My iPod touch is a 3rd gen, however I feel that this is something that would be desired for all gen's (at least for the 4th as well)
A: No info to report on the cradle you linked to, but several Bluetooth models work fairly well. Apple apps work the best but some third party mapping apps don't use the GPS as well as the onboard one for the iPhone. Others resist installing as the developers require iPhone or iPad with GPS to install.
It would be best to contact the developer of your mapping app of choice and see what they recommend.
http://www.gns-gmbh.com/ - tested that for a day so it worked but I can't recommend it for the field without more time with it.
XGPS 150 - this worked well but I ultimately sold it since I don't want a short days GPS but a whole weekend to a week so I'm back using my garmin that is all in one and takes AA batteries.
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Q: Does the iPhone support the camera connection kit in 4.2? I know that the camera connection kit accessory has so far only worked on the iPad. I assume that this is the case because the iPad was running a special version of iOS 3, but seeing as iOS 4.2 is now in GM for both iPhone and iPad, I'm wondering if Apple has extended support for this accessory to the iPhone as well.
A: You can use the CCK to export photos off an iPhone and import them to the iPad (which isn't new), but no one has yet been able to get the CCK to hook an iPhone up to anything else.
A: They are already working on the iPhone 4 (but only on the iPhone 4, not on previous models) as of iOS 4.0. I guess they are also compatible with the iPod touch 4G.
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Q: Spaces makes dialogs disappear I'll be working in a space, and then something starts bouncing in the dock (like Mail), so I switch to that space, and I see a dialog for a split second, but then it disappears. I try moving the main window, to see if the dialog went behind it or something, but it isn't there. While I can move the main window, I cannot interact with it because the dialog is modal. If I switch to a different space then I see the dialog again for just a split second.
Eventually if I switch spaces enough times the dialog will stop disappearing. I haven't found any pattern that works reliably. Another solution is to disable spaces, close the dialog, and then enable spaces and move everything back to the correct windows again.
It is rather annoying. It happens with multiple applications too. I've tried selecting the application by clicking on it in the dock, or switching to the space, and I get the same behavior.
The question is: Is there an easy way to get to the dialog box, or to keep spaces from doing this? Thanks!
A: A bit better of a workaround is to hide the app with the dialog, then showing it again. That typically puts the dialog on top of the z axis, I noticed. Still annoying. The OS-X window manager is the worst PoS I've ever worked with. And just because Steve "believes" in the 1983 Mac window policy...
A: I've reported this bug at the Genius Bar at my local apple store, where I was told it was a known issue, to which they had no good solutions. I wish they would fix it. :(
The best I've come up with so far, and it's risky, is to use apple script to tell the application in question to quit. That causes another modal dialog to pop up, and when I dismiss that one, the one that first came up shows up next. The risk is that the app will just quit. (It might also just ignore it... results seem to vary by application.)
To tell an application to quit via Apple script do this from a terminal window on the same space as the application:
osascript -e "tell Application \"NameHere\" to quit"
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Q: How can I make VLC output its sound through USB headphones? Whenever I plug-in my earphones with a round connection into my MacBook Pro, the sound automatically switches to them. Whenever I plug my headphones with a USB connection (Logitech USB ClearChat Comfort Headset) and I am playing sound in iTunes, the sound automatically switches. Whenever I plug in my headphones and VLC is playing, the sound continues to play through the speakers. Is there any way to make VLC work with my USB headphones?
Update: It seems that the headphones don't work properly with Skype either.
A: VLC can't switch audio interfaces on-the-fly. You either have to stop playing media entirely, and go into the preferences and change it, then start playing your media again; or, the slightly easier way:
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*Kill VLC
*Plug in headphones (and ensure they become the primary output sound device, hold option and click the sound icon in your menu bar, select usb headphones if necessary)
*Start VLC
Assuming VLCs preferences are still set to use the Default Audio Device for output, then it'll use them when you start playing content again.
A: Ask and you shall receive...
I logged this as a bug on VLC and they delivered within 2hrs!
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9231
A: Since you're getting iTunes and system sounds through the headset, it should be set as the default audio device, but check the the Sound Preferences pane to make sure. After this, try restarting VLC to get it to use the new default audio device. This should also work for Skype, however Skype should have options in the preferences menu that will let you choose the audio output/input device. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any similar option in VLC.
A: Exiting VLC player, and then changing the default Sound Output to Logitech USB Speakers worked for me. So long as the Logitech speakers are plugged in before you open VLC player and System preferences are set correctly then VLC should play through the Speakers.
I know a lot of people use VLC player instead of Quicktime, because some Windows files don't play sound on Quicktime, but work perfectly on VLC player. Although this may have changed since Snow Leopard and the latest version of Quicktime.
Hope this helps.
Toria
A: Hmm, I can switch audio devices in VLC on the fly without problems:
It defaults to the device defined in the system settings on startup.
A: I've just solved the problem like this (without killing the app): I went into the Bluetooth settings (long click on the main icon in the main settings of my smartphone) and saw that "Media audio - Connected to media audio" was checked. I unchecked it, checked again, and yey, the sound is coming from the loudspeaker, finally :) I hope I won't have to do this every time though :/
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Q: Decreasing Image Size with Minimal Quality Loss? I have a few scanned in images of some some pages that I need to digitise. They're each roughly around 5.1MB with 600 DPI, but I can't really afford to have scans so large because I only have around 16GB to last for another 7 months.
I want to decrease the image size but I need to have minimal quality loss of the image. Can this be done?
A: Just use Preview, and select Adjust Size from the Tools menu.
A: Are you referring to the dimensions of the image (ex. 400px x 600px) or the size of the file?
Some image formats use smaller file sizes just because it's in the nature of the format. For example, PSDs tend to be larger then PNGs, etc. I personally use the PNG format for my images, since the images still look nice without being too bulky in size.
A good tool for resizing images or converting them to different types is Image Tool (http://mac-free.com/download/Image-Tool.html) and it's free as well. Hope this helps.
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Q: How do I change the playback speed in iTunes? On the iPhone I can speed up the playback of podcasts to 2x.
Is there a way to do the same in iTunes?
A: There is a Mac menubar app, that allows you to change the playback speed in iTunes. http://wetfish.de/
A: This is not natively possible in the Mac version of iTunes (nor Windows for the matter). You don’t mention if you have OS X or Windows. If you have the former, you have two choices:
1) If the podcast is an MP3 file, you can convert the file to an AAC file in iTunes (with an extension of m4a.) and then change the extension to m4b; the file becomes an audiobook which can be played faster if I am not mistaken.
2) Another alternative is to hear it in Quicktime, which has speed controls: Right click the file in iTunes and choose "Show In Finder”. Option-click the file (right click) and select “Open With…”, select QuickTime. Once in Quicktime option-click the "Accelerate" button to change the playback speed.
A: The way I did it was (windows 7 not sure how it would work on mac) copy and paste the podcast from itunes into my doccuments and then open the podcast in VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html) i assume there is a download for Mac as well. VLC has speed controls and plays every type of file as far as im aware. Under the playback options it has a speed setting.
NB VLC also good for vidoes with out of sync A/V as has sync settings.
A: You can use Winamp or Windows Media Player and the Chronotron plugin to change tempo or pitch.
A: Soundforge nits free and it will change tempo without changing pitch. It works well.
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Q: "not supported on this architecture" error (git) I'm trying to install the Gitx Git client on my friend's mac and it seems to install fine but when I run it I get the following error:
You cannot open the application "GitXStable" because it is not supported on this architecture.
Ideas?
A: Intel application on a PowerPC Mac. Or vice versa. See if you can find an "Universal Binary" version of the application, which will run on either platform.
This link has a Universal Binary version: http://frim.frim.nl/GitXStable.app.zip
A: I recommend you to use this version of GitX. Here is the direct link to download.
Supported architectures are ppc7400, i386, x86_64.
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Q: Boot MacBook Pro into non OS X operating system from external harddisk I have a MacBook Pro and an external HDD with Ubuntu, I can use this HDD to boot other machines into Ubuntu but no amount of pressing option would make my MacBook Pro think that the drive is bootable.
Is there a setting or an option that I have missed?
A: The problem is that “other machines” (namely PC computers) use BIOS and Macintosh computers use EFI. Rather than boring you with the details, let’s just say that in order for your “EFI” to find your Ubuntu partition, you have to perform some magic.
The instructions for doing that are everywhere, (for example: here). I believe that you need to install rEFIt in order to have an “EFI” compatible bootloader.
TL;DR version: A Mac won’t boot directly into another operating system’s boot (GRUB/LILO/WINLOADER/ETC), you need an “EFI” compatible loader (enter rEFIt).
I hope this points you into the right direction.
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Q: Why does Microsoft Messenger 8.0 crash when I open a new chat window? Microsoft Messenger For Mac 8.0 crashes sometimes when I try to open a new chat window.
Moreover there is no any error logged in Console.
My system is Mac OS X 10.6.5 at a Mac Book Pro.
Find the screenshot showing the problem here:
Any suggestions?
A: It’s a typical BAD_EXEC. This could be related to two main things:
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*A bug in the program. The Mac programming framework (Called Cocoa) and the programming language used to develop most Mac programs (Objective-C) are very tricky with memory handling. A simple mistake could lead to unpredictable and unexpected crashes that seem to follow no “pattern”. It’s very common, it happens in the best software shops and until the vendor fixes the memory leak, there is nothing you can do (other than send them the bug report and pray).
*If this behavior is exhibited by more software, there might be a problem with your hardware memory (RAM). Faulty RAM sticks are know to have caused this type of errors in a more or less unpredictable way. Programs start crashing and with time, new ‘problems’ arise, until the machine might eventually become almost unusable.
What can you do?
A simple test may be conducted by creating a new blank user in your computer, restarting your computer and using Messenger from the new user. This will rule any possible software problem with your user. If Messenger works fine under the new account, then further analysis of yours will lead us to try to find what’s interfering with MSN.
If it fails to work under the new account too, then the problem lies either in the MSN, Your OS X in general (weird but possible, usually a new user fixes 90% of the problems), or, worst case scenario, in your Hardware.
I suggest you try to above and take an action course. As a last resort, don’t hesitate taking the machine to an Apple Store/Genius Bar for further analysis. They will be able to provide you with much more information that what we could from here.
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Q: I forgot the passcode for my iPad restrictions. How can I disable them? I added restrictions to my iPad and I forgot the passcode for them, now what? Is there a way to remove it without resetting the device?
A: The short answer is no.
The long answer is wipe the device and then start over. If you have a backup, hopefully it's from before the restrictions were set.
A: There's a tool that can recover the restrictions passcode from a device backup, called pinfinder. Download the tool at the pinfinder github page, make an unencrypted backup and follow the instructions.
A: According to Apple:
If you lose or forget your Restrictions passcode, you'll need to erase
your device and then set it up as a new device to remove the passcode.
Restoring the device won't remove the passcode.
So apparently restoring from a "pre restrictions" backup won't help either.
A: Alternatively one can use Forgot iPhone via iCloud to Erase their phone if the problem is similar to this
This will wipe your entire data and you can setup your iPhone as new.
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Q: How do I get my books on the iBook store? How do I get my books on the iBook store?
A: There is a portal on iTunes Connect which allows you to publish your books. There is a bit of a writeup about the process here.
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Q: OS X Package Management I'd like to know if anyone out there has done a comprehensive comparison of the various package manager solutions available for OS X.
More specifically, I'm looking for:
*
*A list of all the major package managers (ie. MacPorts, Fink, etc)
*A pros and cons list or comparison matrix (either self-written or a web link to one)
*Information about any caveats for particular systems
*Information about possible incompatibilities or reasons for not having multiple package managers installed simultaneously
*Subjective reasons why you think one is better than another
Update Nov 29, 2010
Chiggsy gave a great answer but I would really love some more input on this. I've been using MacPorts recently and it seems to be pretty well done. I like that its command line options work in a similar fashion to subversion and that it has an interactive mode.
A: Homebrew
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*Easy to use
*Always up-to-date
*Easy to extend (Github-based)
A: Good question:
For me, macports is the one.
Why? I'll bypass a lot of stuff and cut right to the chase:
The party is over with regard to malware, trojans and the like. Paging through the last security update, there were some vulns that were from the summer although the cure only came last week. Redownload the developer tools, recompile your macports install, and you have a functioning toolchain that is not dependent on Cupertino, since the Dev Tools from your install disk will serve. Who uses an old version of Openssh? Now it does take some care and feeding, like running port selfupdate every day, and the big tip is to check
port variants
so if you have a python dependency, you can run
port install python +no_tkinter
and avoid the agonizingly long Tk install, which would be most unwelcome on a Quartz architecture anyway.
With this, you can freely run software update and not have your stuff break, since it does not depend on anything but the compiler from apple. I've used it for a long time, and although I tried some others, namely Homebrew, I think that depending on apples versions means inheriting their security flaws. Remember that PDF hole on the iphone? I deploy on Linux anyway, so for me, macports tree is the 'office' and my budding MacOS dev career is 'home'
Just an opinion, but the separate tree for all the code is a big plus for me.
A: The dark horse package manager for OS X is of course:
*
*darwinup
It's seldom used and sparsely documented, but it does ship from Apple and managed packages on OS X/Darwin.
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Q: What tools allow for creation and editing of a PDF document on OS X? I would like to create a PDF document with images, text and table of contents.
I have also other PDF documents that I would like to merge in this new PDF.
Do you know some tools/software for creating PDFs?
A: You can actually merge multiple PDFs right from Preview.app. Just open two PDFs in two separate windows, turn on the sidebars, and drag pages from one sidebar to the other. This won't provide you with a table of contents, but you can always just make something in TextEdit, export it as a PDF, then add it to the beginning of the document.
A: I use Adobe InDesign for this kind of thing... more flexible than AcrobatPro. Allows total control over what you import into the pdf (text,images, other pdfs, etc.) and the ability to create clickable TOCs. If you are going to do a lot of this, or a lot of print, it is worth the investment.
A: PDFPen and PDFPenPro from Smile Software have many capabilities and are quite affordable.
A: fast free way:
*
*Print each file as PDF:
File->Print->save as PDF
*
*Use this free utility to merge PDF's to one PDF file
http://lifehacker.com/279571/merge-multiple-pdfs-with-combine-pdfs-21
Otherwise use Adobe Pro for Mac
A: Microsoft Word 2011 does a solid job of creating content and saving to PDF.
File > Save As then change Format to PDF.
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Q: RSS reader for iphone I'm looking for an RSS reader that has push notifications but I can also filter the RSS feed, like there's an RSS feed I need to subscribe to but I only want to be notified about posts that contain a certain word in the title.
A: The suitable named Push Reader app seems to be what I'm looking for, it has push notifications that we filtered by keywords, not exactly sure where the keywords are used to filter (like body or title etc) but as far as I can see it's pretty good.
Edit: it filters by keyword at least in the title. I just got a push notification telling me I have homework ;)
A: There are no RSS readers for iOS which match your feature set yet, however there might be some in the future.
A: you can try Pulse app for iPhone. here is the location http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pulse-news-mini/id377594176?mt=8
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Q: Pages for iOS won't let me insert or replace pictures (images) When i click on the "insert stuff" button, the window pops up with the tabs that let me pick pictures, shapes, tables, etc.
If I select a table, shape, or anything but a picture, I can pick a specific one, and it appears in the doc, as it should. But if i pick pictures, I get to pick from my albums, images, etc, but when I select one, nothing happens - the thumbnail gets darker to reflect that I clicked it, but the app just hangs - no image appears in the doc.
The same thing occurs if I use a pre-made template with a pic in it - I can click on the embedded image icon, and get to my images to pick one to select the generic one, but nothing happens when I pick one.
Any ideas? I already tried a reset.
A: Either Pages can't read the type of image file you are trying to use, or there will be a bug fix in later update. Try holding your'e finger over the screen and moving it about, the image might be there just pulling a little trick on you.
A: Another possibility is a corrupted plist file. Quit Pages.
Go to Preferences in your Library folder and delete com.apple.iWork.Pages.plist and relaunch Pages.
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Q: What's the little plastic clip on the headset good for? On my iPhone headset (the one that came with the device, as well as the in-ear buds) there's a little piece of plastic that slides on the cable to one earbud, and can clip onto the other cable.
*
*It's not large enough to accommodate the headset cable below the split, so it can't be used to somehow hold the cable in place when it's curled up.
*It's not tight enough to stay in place if I slide it nearer the earbud, so it can't be used to essentially move the point where the cable splits closer to the earbuds.
*It's not tight enough to really hold on to the other earbud cable. It takes nearly no effort at all to pull the cables apart.
What in the world is it good for?!?
A: It's good for avoiding tangles when you're not using your earbuds, or when you are using them, from preventing you from tearing your earbuds. (When you're jogging or whatever.) That extra clip is the first thing to give when you pull them apart. If that wasn't there, the next thing to pull would be the splitter. Then you'd have half a pair of earbuds.
A: The usages you described are the correct ones. The Headphones ones are really lame, but it does its job on the Macbook’s power bricks. I made a pic for you:
I can’t find my iPhone earbuds, but the idea “is more or less the same”.
A: I actually find it very useful to clip around the buttons on my dress shirt. Depending on the amount of slack I want, I can pin it around different buttons.
It creates enough slack in the lines/wires that go to the ears:
*
*reduction in cord noise carrying up into ear-buds
*the mic in the right wire stays away from your body (better pickup and less noise
*if the earbuds fall out of your ear, they don’t drop all the way to the floor
It works perfectly (see yellow arrow in picture):
A: The little clip holds the headphones, if gently, to your head notwithstanding some head movement. It has a more secure feel and holds the microphone closer to your throat for better sound on the other end. I do wish, however, that the clip held the opposing cord more firmly.
A: I have the same question, but I found another use just now, I clip that on the left earpod so it would be easier for me to pick next time…
A: You can use the little clip to hold the end of your earphone, when you wind it up.
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Q: Is there a way to number list items in reverse order in Pages '09? I want to create an ordered list in Pages '09 with decreasing numbers, like:
4. Most Recent Item, 2010.
3. Another Item, 2009.
2. An Old Item, 2008.
1. Oldest Item, 2007.
But it looks like there is no option to do this, but prefix items with numbers manually myself.
Does anyone know how to do this automatically with Pages '09?
A: Nope, you can only tell Pages to start at a number, and it will add +1 to that number. Pages ’09 doesn’t have the option to perform a reverse numbered list.
However, a “workaround” exists by using an old school table.
*
*Click on the table icon on the toolbar to create a table.
*Resize the table to your preferred size (Inspector > Table > Table: for better control on the cell’s size).
*You will need two columns, the first column will be for the “numbers” and the second one will be the item itself.
*Type the highest number in the 1st column/first row and the next number in the first column, second row. (see image)
*Drag the little white dot downwards and the sequence will be automatically completed.
*Modify the table properties in the inspector to remove the borders.
*Silently grin because nobody will know this is a table… you can make evil sounds too.
If you need more rows later, you can add them, modify the first two items in the “sequence” and re-drag to regenerate the new sequence, for the same price.
Additional Info
This “automcomplete the secuence” magic also works for other datatypes, for example: Letters (try a, b, … drag).
8. Don’t forget to profit!
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Q: I wish I could get a new Finder window launched if I double-click the Finder icon in the dock. Is this possible? I wish I could get a new Finder window launched if I double-click the Finder icon in the dock. I'm not sure if this would be possible with an Automator script, or if I would have to try to program some type menubar software or something. Any ideas?
thanks!!
A: Hyperdock will let you do something similar. It doesn't seem to support double clicking, but I have my system set up so a middle-click on the finder icon opens a new window.
It's also an awesome dock enhancement, and brings the dock much closer to the usability of the windows taskbar (i.e. you can switch to a specific other window without having to use expose or alt-tab).
A: The following AppleScript does what you want:
on run
tell application "Finder"
make new Finder window
activate
end tell
end run
Open Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript folder, and paste the above in to a new script. Save it somewhere as a "File Format: Application" with "Stay Open" not checked.
Then drag that application to your Dock. When you click it, the Finder will be brought to the front and with a new finder window.
The disadvantage is, this takes about 1.5 - 2 seconds to run on my machine. I could probably tweak it by making the script stay open and watch for being brought to the front... You might also get better performance by saving it as a normal script in your "Scripts" folder and putting it in the scripts menu.
A: All you're trying to do is open a new Finder window, yes?
Why not just right-click on the Finder icon in the Dock and choose "New Finder Window"?
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Q: Looking for a good iPhone photo viewer I'm looking for a photo viewer that would sync with multiple (sub)folders on my computer HD (some of which are not in my MyPhoto folder), and would have a feature to do a slideshow on the iPhone.
A: Have you considered Dropbox?
It allows for any folder structure you like, and has a decent photo viewing and slideshow capability. And it's free up to a certain size, although depending on the size of your library, you might need to pay.
It's great at a Ton of other things, too.
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Q: When will Endnote X4 for Mac be compatible with Word for Mac 2011? In the meantime, how can one manage?
A: According to their website:
EndNote X4 is not compatible with Word 2011. The compatibility of Word 2011 with EndNote X4 will be addressed in a free update. Please register your software to be informed when EndNote X4 is compatible with Word 2011.
On their message board, this message says:
The schedule has changed since then so I cannot provide a firm ETA, other than we're now targeting the first quarter of 2011.
From the later comments in that thread (and other threads in their forum), there appear to be a lot of unhappy customers.
Your other options appear to be:
*
*Use X4 with MS Word 2008 (and thankfully, you can run 2008 and 2011 apps at the same time)
*Use X4 with Pages '09
*Use X3 with MS Word 2011
*Apply to beta test the Word 2011 version of X4
*Don't use Endnote; instead just use Word 2011's built-in tools
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Q: Constrain Columns of Files in Finder to only 3? I like how in Finder, they only have 3 columns of files before the files wrap to a new row. However, when I lend out my USB to some friends, they don't have "Snap to Grid" enabled, which causes them to "add" in the 4th column, which messes up the view of the USB. Every time this happens, I have to manually drag everything back. This is quite time consuming and fine if I only have to do this once. However, I lend out my USB multiple times every week. It's quite a headache.
Is there a way to force Finder to constrain the columns of files to only 3 columns?
A: The setting your refer to, is stored in a hidden Finder file called .DS_STORE
This file is obviously overwritten by your friend’s Mac who obviously uses different settings.
As far as I know, there’s no way (other than perhaps making the file .DS_STORE read only in the USB so your friend’s Mac cannot write the “new annoying settings” to it).
You’ll need to jump into the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
Connect your USB Drive, open Terminal.
In Terminal, type:
cd /Volumes
ls
You should see your own Macintosh HD (or whatever name your internal drive(s) have) and the USB drive (with the name it might have).
Cd into the USB drive like:
cd MyUSBDrive
if the drive has spaces in its name, you must enclose it between quotes
For example:
cd “My Strange USB”
Once in there, you can perform an ‘ls’ to view the contents of the USB. Do that to make sure it’s the right one. Else go back to cd /Volumes and start over :)
Now adjust the settings in the finder the way you want them.
Done?
Now to change the permissions in the USB drive:
sudo chmod 444 .DS_Store
NOTE: The above command might ask you for your password, that is ok. The password won’t be seen when you type it. Just type your password and press enter. Remember the commands in Terminal are case sensitive.
What does that do?: chmod is a command that changes the permissions of files and/or directories. In this case, since the file is a hidden file from the finder, we have to do the job from the terminal (which can always see hidden things). The numbers (444) are read only for everybody.
If you don’t know what chmod does or how it works (or why 444) I recommend you take a look at the help (man page) for the command. In Terminal type:
man chmod
Will this work?
To be honest, I don’t know. I believe it will, but I’m not sure if ACLs are preserved in USB devices. If the USB is formatted with FAT32 (they usually are so Windows can read/write) the above might not work.
Other than that, there’s no magical way to tell finder do this, and do it this way. Because if there’s a .DS_Store file, Finder will read settings from there.
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Q: Why 3G Consume More Battery than Wifi? From what I can recall, both 3G and Wifi should consume about the same about of battery when in operation. However, my field testing seems to indicate that 3G is more battery consuming than Wifi.
Is this result general? If yes, why this is so?
A: First of all, all wireless systems use the most power when transmitting, ie actively powering the antenna to upload data.
Now, just think of the ranges the different systems have to bridge. WiFi works well for like 30 meters, or 100 meters outdoors. Usually, the nearest cell tower is considerably farther away than those 100 meters, therefore, 3G needs more power than WiFi.
Add to this that 3G is capable of opening multiple connections at once, and the fact that 3G autmatically boosts power output on weak signals, 3G needs more power.
A: RotHorseKid is mostly right, however it's not quite as simple as distance — the operating frequency and bandwidth also affect the power usage.
The wikipedia page on dBm provides some approximate power levels for various transmitters, including:
*
*Maximum output from a UMTS/3G mobile phone as anywhere from 125 mW to 2 W (for various power classes — I'm not sure where the iPhone 4 fits, nor any of the iPhones)
*Typical laptop wifi transmission power of 32 mW (and I'm fairly sure the iPhones are below most laptops) with a maximum allowable power of 200 mW
*Bluetooth output is 1.3 mW, 2.5 mW or 100 mW depending on range (1m, 10m 100m)
Now it's not quite that simple, since the transmitters won't be 100% efficient, and there's associated electronics required for the communications to work (on top of the EM transmissions). Such electronics tend to use more power when they run at higher frequencies, and higher potential bandwidth will require a higher frequency (i.e. the supporting electronics of wifi probably uses more power than the supporting electronics of 3G, which in turn probably uses more power than the supporting electronics of Bluetooth).
At a guess, I'd say the supporting electronics would use between 10-100 mW (perhaps someone knows the actual comms chips and can provide specs?), so depending on the power class of the iPhone, it'd be comparable, but I'd still expect 3G to use significantly more power than wifi (and, anecdotally, my iPhone gets hotter when using 3G compared to wifi, which backs this up too).
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Q: How can I change the VoiceOver language for a song on my 6th gen iPod Nano? Is it possible to change language used for reading song album/artist/title for certain songs? I.e. when I use slovak as default iPod nano language, but I have songs with english titles, I would like to hear those in english. I think this was available for previous iPod nanos, but I cannot find it in iTunes when syncing songs to 6th gen nano.
Update: This is how Options panel looks when I right-click on song stored on my iPod Nano (6th gen):
VoiceOver language is not there :-(
A: Right click on the song (you can select more than one), select "Get Info", choose the Options tab, and pick English for the voice over language.
If you don't see this in your info panel it means that the VoiceOver Kit is not installed: Follow the instructions on this KB Article to download and install it.
However those instructions do work on the Shuffle and the 5th generation Nano, but I just tried my daugther's 6th generation Nano and the check box is not there. Sorry.
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Q: What's a reasonable approach for managing apps, associated with one iTunes account, on several iOS devices? I have an iPhone 4, an iPad, and an iPhone 3G repurposed as a "touch" for a little one. The short of it is, there are apps I have on my iPhone 4 that I don't want on my iPad, and some on the old 3G that I don't want on either. What's one to do?
I've tried managing by hand which apps sync on which device, but this information gets lost periodically, which means a huge app dump across the iPad and iPhone 4.
What would seem most effective is, while the "purchased" app pool would be common, each device would have a derived subset of this pool (so they wouldn't have to re-purchase), and so would/could never inadvertently sync apps from another device pool.
I suppose the checkboxing of each app approximates this, but it's very frustrating when this information is lost.
Any help for this? Thanks!
A: You can uncheck "Automatically sync new apps" in iTunes. This will avoid the situation where iPhone apps that you don't want to use on your iPad wind up getting synced over. Other than that, the only current solution is to manually check off each app you want on each device.
A: The real question would seem to be - how does that information get lost? I sync between three devices, an iPhone, iPad, and Touch also - I've not had it lose track of which apps were on which system. How does that happen?
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Q: Is iOS 4.2 faster than 4.1 (iPod Touch)? I've read that iOS 4.2 is faster on the iPhone 3G -- they're making a big deal out of this.
Is this performance improvement limited to the 3G? I have an iPod Touch 4gen and I'm wondering if I'll see any difference.
There's no features of iOS 4.2 that interest me, so I wouldn't bother with the upgrade, but if it also gave me improved performance, I might.
Thanks!
A: Having used 4.2 GM on my iPhone 4 for a couple of weeks now I personally find it much much better at managing and minimising memory usage (regular checks using iStat). This should translate to better performance on older devices with limited RAM as less RAM to flash swapping will be required.
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Q: How can I see the system status during boot? I would like to monitor the messages generated when I boot my Mac, similar to what you on a *nix box. Is there key-combo to press/hold that will let me do this?
A: You have to press cmd + v upon startup to see the boot output. Press this right after the chime.
If you want to make that permanent, you should probably do something along the lines of:
sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
To undo the above:
sudo nvram boot-args=
in the Terminal. (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)
note: I haven’t tested the above commands, but I’m sure a google query will help you there if you want to make it permanent.
A: If you want to see the boot messages after the boot occurred, log in and run sudo dmesg in Terminal.app.
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Q: Mail.app doesn't delete the draft email after I have sent it I use Mail.app to access my Gmail account and it doesn't delete the draft email - which is created automatically - after I have sent it. How do I correct this?
A: See point #18 on this TidBITS article on making Mail.app and Gmail IMAP co-exist happily -- hopefully it will help?
(I have not yet taken all the recommendations they give, but the longer I go on using both, the more I turn back to this to help file off the rough edges.)
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Q: Does upgrading iOS change my IMEI? Does upgrading iOS change my IMEI? I was told not by AT&T not to remove my SIM card or certain restrictions that they had placed on the iPhone, at my request, would be lifted. I want to know if upgrading my iOS is like removing the SIM card. I think this was because the IMEI number changes when the SIM card is removed from the phone.
Does upgrading iOS change this number?
A: The IMEI is kind of like a MAC address for the cellular network only. It is nearly impossible to change it, you can only spoof it on a software level. So the answer is, No, your IMEI will never change unless you really really want it to. Removing the SIM card shouldn't change the IMEI either...
A: The IMEI shouldn’t change when you upgrade the phone, at least here in Europe. Mine is still the same.
Update: Upon some reading around, it turns out that if you “hack” your phone, (maybe in the past), an update would change some IMEIs, and AT&T would therefore invalidate the SIM. Be careful with what you do :)
A: No, upgrading the OS doesnt change the IMEI by default, there are hacks available to do it, but its illegal and hence, not recommended.
A: No. Upgrading iOS won't change the IMEI of your iPhone.
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Q: Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G? I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G?
A: From the iLounge article
Thus far iOS 4.2 appears to perform as
well as iOS 4.1 did under similar
conditions. Performance even on older
devices such as the iPhone 3G is the
same as iOS 4.1 and thus far we
haven’t observed any significant
changes in battery life.
A: It actually seems faster than 4.1 to me on my 3G.
A: My iPhone 3G has become slower in some occasions with iOS 4.2 especially when pasting an address from Mail to Maps.
A: I have an iPhone 3G that I use for testing. 4.2.1 seems insanely slow on it, but maybe that's just because I've gotten so used to the speed of the 3GS and iPhone 4 over the past two years and forget what the "normal" speed of a 3G should feel like.
A: IOS4.2.1 is better than 4.1 for sure!!! I did not use yet the 3gs nor the iphone4, and got through every iOS "upgrade" available starting 3.1.3 , 4.0 , 4.0.1, 4.1 and probably yhe last one for the 3G 4.2.1 ! almost as fast as the 3.1.3 ,and with all the advantages of the 4.x ( folders, ibooks, faster maps, faster jawa, geo-tagging new caracters for notes, easier copy paste ((i think...)), etc. deffinatley a good option to upgrade! you will not be sorry!!!
A: My wife's 3GS which has 3.1.3 runs much faster than my 3GS with 4.3.5(BL1). However I cannot backup her unit in newly purchased MacBook Pro with Lion, but I can backup mine. I see it as Apple's way to force us to upgrade to their latest iOS even if that means to sacrifice performance. I don't like that at all, therefore I chose to backup 3.1.3 to a WinXP machine.
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Q: whats the volume slider in the multitasking bar for? I have just upgraded to iOS 4.2.1 and I don't have an Apple TV so there's no Airplay button, however I still have a volume slider in the multitasking bar?
What volume does that change, and whats the point of it, I can just use the hardware buttons. (I'd much rather it was a brightness slider like there is on the iPad)
A: The volume changes the volume of the audio on your device, just like the hardware volume buttons do.
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Q: iOS 4.2 - What's there for the iPhone 3GS? I have looked at iOS 4.2 wrap-ups and all I can see are features for iPad.
Besides AirPrint (which does not work with my printer), is there anything for the iPhone 3GS there?
A: Among other things:
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*Free “Find my iPhone” (don’t need MobileMe) —> this requires an iPhone 4
*Safari allows you to search inside the page
*You can assign different SMS/MMS/ALERTS to different phonebook contacts
*AirPlay / AirPrint?
*A volume slider control in the Multitaskbar
*New icon for Voice Memos
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Anything else?
UPDATE: There’s a trick to use the Find my iPhone in a 3GS or similar. I found out that if you create everything from an iPhone 4 (and/or presumably an iPod TOuch latest gen), you can later go to your 3Gs and enter the same data and it will work. :)
A: new Calendar application with among other things, new birthday icon
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Q: What devices can I Airplay to? With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?
A: Yes.
Airplay is really a technology platform that allows for streaming media on a local network. It isn't concerned with the type of device that is producing the media or consuming it.
To start with, support may be limited and may not come from Apple. However, certainly that will change with demand. For example:
*
*There is an iOS app called AirPlayer which allows streaming of media to an iPhone/iPod/iPad.
*There is a Mac proof-of-concept app also called AirPlayer which allows streaming of media to a Mac.
A: Looks like Banana TV is a currently shipping Mac app (not just a proof-of-concept) that will play Airplay video or images from your iPhone/iPad.
(TUAW review)
A: Airserver allows you to stream Airplay audio and video from your iOS device to your Mac. Works great.
A: You can Airplay to Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire using Reflector 2. It claims to support sending rom iOS 9 devices also (but I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet).
Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android.
It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent AirParrot app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video from Windows and Mac to AirPlay and Google Cast).
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Q: What has changed in iOS 4.2? iOS 4.2 has just been released, and I am wondering what exactly has changed? Can I assume that the changes are different for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad?
A: There were quite a few changes.
The biggest is that this is the first version of iOS 4 for the iPad, which brings multitasking, folders, unified inbox, air print, air play, and more.
This is also the unifying iOS so that the iPad and iPhone and iPod Touch are running the same OS now.
You can find an entire list at http://www.apple.com/ios/
A: Rene Ritchie, from the TiPb, has been posting really nice walkthroughs for each new iOS version, exploring the new features. I recommend them.
I bundled the walkthroughs for iOS 4.2 for iPhone/iPod and iPad here: http://j.mp/exr6un
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*Multitasking on iPad
*Folders on iPad
*AirPrint
*AirPlay
*Find My iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. (free)
Taken from iOS 4.2 Software Update site.
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Q: iPod Touch (4gen) camera: video same resolution as still camera? I want to take a photo of something (an arm injury!), and I think it'll be hard to hold the camera in just the right place while I hit the touchscreen-shutter. But I could put it in video mode, and then pick out a good frame later.
Does the video taken by the iPod Touch have the same resolution/quality as a still frame captured by its camera?
A: It's a bit crazy, but on the 4th gen iPod touch the video is actually higher resolution than the still pictures:
Cameras, photos, and video
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*Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio; still photos (960 x 720) with back camera
720p video is 1280x720, whereas the photos taken are only 960x720.
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Q: How to make new certificate recognised? We have a large number of Mac Minis that are running a piece of software that we have developed and have been distributed to various clients.
We recently updated our code signing certificate as the old one had expired. However, when we put a new version of the application which is signed with the new certificate on one of these machines, it pops up asking to 'Allow Once', 'Allow Always' etc.
Since we have to remotely update these machines, it is not practical to click 'Allow Always' and type in the password on all these machines. Is there a command line way to make the new certificate recognised so that if a machine is updated with a version containing the new certificate, it will run straight away?
A: Copy the certificate to the client (in DER or PEM format), then run:
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d /path/to/certificate
At least, that works for SSL certificates; I haven't tried it for code signing. You might need to add -p codeSign or something similar. Also, this sets a trust policy for the certificate, but doesn't actually add it to the system keychain. If you want it to appear there as well, you also need to run:
sudo security add-certificate -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain /path/to/certificate
A: Turned out it wasn't a problem with the certificate after all, it was that the application signature used by parental controls changed when the certificate changed. This was fixed by manually editing the parental controls file to contain the new signature.
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Q: Should I Do Anything Extra to Protect IPhone After Going to Beach? My friend told me that the salt in the air on the beach will reduce the lifespan of iPhone.
Is it true? If yes, is there anything I can do to "clean up" the salt in my iPhone?
A: I think your friend is confusing sea shanties with reality. What old mariners call "salt air" is really just the smell of decaying seaweed and dead fish.
Salt, being a solid crystal, can't evaporate, so if there's any "salt in the air" it would be in the form of salt rocks flying around. I imagine that's probably a lot less likely than "sand in the air", since there's typically not a lot of unsequestered salt at the beach. Also, I put salt crystals in glass all the time (e.g., measuring cups), and have yet to see the salt scratch the glass at all, so I think the chances of this hypothetical "salt in the air" causing damage to an iPhone are practically nonexistent.
I would worry more about a seagull pooping on it.
A: Well, you iPhone is pretty well sealed. Unless you dropped the thing in the sand or ocean, you can probably just clean the outside with some safe cleaning product. (i.e. all purpose pledge, works for electronics, just spray onto rag first, then wipe phone).
A: While its true that cars and many other metal objects will rust faster near the ocean, the salt is hardly relevant for your iPhone unless you plan on leaving it exposed on the beach for a few months straight.
The oils/sweat from your hands and the general movements in and out of your bag/pocket/etc will clean up the minute amount of residual salt that might be on it (:
On top of that, I'm pretty sure its well sealed enough that, unless you actually had water spray directly on it or dropped it in the ocean, the insides will be fine and salt free.
Finally, the metal on the outside is stainless steel, which is very resistant to rust...
In short, "she'll be right mate".
(The first gen iPhones did have speaker/mic holes in the case that were perfectly sized to trap sand in the holes and you'd lose volume/clarity, but that's about the only real beach worry I can think of, and not an issue from the 3G onwards with their finer mesh on the speaker/mic).
A: Put the iphone in an unlubed condom. Navy Seals do this for their electronics. Works great.
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Q: AirPlay for 3rd Party apps The experience I see thus far for AirPlay with 3rd party apps, on both iPhone and iPad, is that only the audio is output to the AppleTV but not the video. This is great for Pandora but not so good for any video app. Is this a bug with AirPlay or do the developers need to update their apps to support it properly?
A: According to John Gruber, this is not possible, unfortunately:
AirPlay is the killer feature for Apple TV. But perhaps we’d better keep that in the future tense for now: it’s going to be the killer feature for Apple TV. After installing today’s various software updates for iOS devices, the only apps I’ve seen where AirPlay works for video are the built-in iPod app (a.k.a. “Video” on the iPad and iPod Touch) and YouTube. In other apps, AirPlay is audio-only.
A: Word from the future: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#releasenotes/General/WhatsNewIniPhoneOS/Articles/iOS4_3.html
You'll note right up top that it's now totally possible for 3rd-party apps to spit video over AirPlay (as of iOS 4.3; been this way for some time now.).
A: Jobs stated in an email it will be available in 2011:
Q: [...] I just purchased
Apple TV and was wondering are you
ever going to make airplay video work
for videos in safari and 3rd party
apps? [...]
A: Yep, hope to add these features to
Airplay in 2011.
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Q: What are my options for full system (or at least home directory) encryption? I own a MacBook Pro, which is obviously a Laptop, so I want to protect myself in case it ever gets stolen.
On Windows I can use TrueCrypt to do a full system encryption, but would that also be a choice on Mac OS X?
I think that OS X contains a built-in encryption, but when it was released (10.2? 10.3?) I heard it had some really bad flaws that made it unusable.
Is that still the case? What are my options to encrypt either the full drive or at least my home directory?
A: Mac OS X comes with FileVault for encrypting your home directory. There isn't a whole lot of customization for it, but it does its job. There are a few downsides, though:
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*FileVault does not play well with Time Machine backups. Time Machine can only back up the FileVault encrypted disk image when the user is logged out.
*As FileVault runs it tends to slowly consume disk space. This space is reclaimed at logout, but it can cause problems if your drive is nearly full.
These downsides are the result of FileVault being implemented as an encrypted disk image that is then mounted at login. However, as long as you make sure you regularly log out of your machine they shouldn't present that much of an issue.
It does appear that TrueCrypt is available for Mac OS X, but I've never used it and don't know how well it works.
A: PGP whole-disk encryption supports OS X (10.5 and 10.6, Intel CPUs only), including the boot disk.
A: The new Mac OS Lion supports whole disk encryption with the new Filevault2.
A: According to http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/sys-encryption-supported-os you can't use TrueCrypt to encrypt the OS partition on macs. No idea whether it can encrypt the user directory.
A: truecrypt 7.0a works like a champ on os x 10.6.6. It even works with etoken pro 64k! You can encrypt any container (basically like a disk image). However, I don't see any way to get it to encrypt the user directory.
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Q: After update (to 4.2) iOS says I have 723 songs, but iPod.app says "No Content" I have just updated to 4.2, and the space for my music is still taken according to iTunes, and the device "About" screen says I have 723 songs, but I cannot see it in the iPod app. I assume that another sync is required to activate the content again or something to that effect?
iTunes can see the content on my phone and even allow me to play it. I will attach some images to illustrate the issue. My photo library was updated and seems to work. I have also tried closing all apps, which did not help.
A: I am speculating, that this is what happened: I did the update on another computer (not the one my music is synced to), which invalidated the copy protection of my music library, so when I plugged my phone back into the machine where my music library is stored it did the deed for me. That is what seems to have happened anyway.
A: While Martin's answer is correct to bring back the songs, but here the songs are not lost/ disappeared from iPhone. There is a way to fix this.
After upgrading to 4.2.1, the songs are still there, but by somehow the songs are not shown in iPod.app. All I did is plug-in the headphones and click the middle button to play the songs. And it did worked.
No need to re-sync the songs.
A: To add to your own answer, you will have to re-sync with your library or reset some contents (via the correct iTunes).
A: found the answer with the second suggestion here.
A: Re-start touch (Hold home and off/on buttons) and sync again with iTunes, bingo!
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Q: I have a 2009 MacBook Air, bought a year ago - will I notice much of a performance improvement if I buy the latest version (Late 2010)? Does the SSD make that much difference? The processor is not much beefier, what are the other factors I should consider/which have an impact? Anyone made the same upgrade and happy with a significant improvement? Or am I just wanting a new shiny thing?
A: The flash storage makes a huge difference (a fresh system boots in about 15 seconds, apps will start instantly etc.), and the new MBA does not need to throttle the CPU when it gets hot. So you will probably notice a big improvement. See Macworlds benchmark results, for example.
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Q: How secure is it to allow Safari to remember passwords on my iPhone? What key does it use to encrypt the stored passwords? If it uses the phone's unlock code, what key does it use for phones that don't have one set up?
If someone had access to the hard drive contents (e.g. by connecting it to a Linux machine), how easy would it be for them to decrypt the saved passwords?
A: Not a direct answer but I too had similar concerns. With IOS 4.2, they have enabled the remote wipe ability for all iphone4 users via MobileME. So at least, if you lose your phone, you can have it wiped out remotely.
A: According to an article on Yahoo News, there are known exploits for Apple's keychain, which would allow an attacker to gain access to passwords stored on the iPhone. I believe that Safari uses keychain to store the username/passwords you tell it to remember.
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Q: PDF Searching/Http Syncing on iPad I have two requirements with handling PDFs on an iPad, but I can't seem to find one app that will solve the problem. I was hoping the iOS 4.2 update would address this, but it doesn't.
Here are my requirements:
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*I need to be able to search for words in a PDF.
*I need to have this PDF sync to a HTTP url. That is to say, I want my PDF on my iPad to be the exact same (the latest revision) of my PDF on my HTTP server.
The ideal solution would be able to just use Safari and open up the PDF via Safari. However, with Safari, I can't search for text within a PDF.
Any thoughts on how I can solve my problem? Any apps out there that will do this? iBooks or Goodreader don't.
Thanks in advance.
A: DropBox and iAnnotate, and since iAnnotate supports DropBox you really only work with one program as requested.
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Q: How do I boot into the EFI firmware shell? I'd like to experiment with the EFI shell on a MacBook Pro 2010 model. I am unable to find the keyboard sequence to hold on boot. Does someone know what the sequence is, do I need to boot from my Snow Leopard CD instead to access this or has the EFI shell been left out (I read that Intel makes it an optional component) ?
Thanks,
Scott
A: Yup, apparently it is missing and you have to install EDK to get it.
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Q: How do I "copy image address" in iOS? On desktops, when web browsing you typically right click on an image and choose an item from a contextual menu to display/copy the image URL. In iOS, when you tap and hold down an image, an action sheet displays asking if you want to save the image, copy to the clipboard, etc. But what if you just want the URL?
If safari doesn't offer this functionality, is there a 3rd party browser that does? Specifically, one that works on the iPad.
A: Neither iOS Safari nor Opera Mini support this option. However, you can install the 'view source' iOS bookmarklet, as explained here:
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*http://fettig.net/weblog/2007/07/02/view-source-for-safari-on-iphone/
And use it to look for the image link within the source you are visiting.
This may be cumbersome using older iOS versions, but it is much easier on iOS 4.2, using the 'Find text on webpages' feature which allows you to search for text using Safari's Search field (right of the navigation bar) to look for image extensons like .jpg, .png and .gif.
A: Tap, and hold the image; then choose "copy," open a new browser window, and paste into the address bar.
A: Tap and hold, and the 2nd option will be to open it in a new page. Tap that, and you'll get a new window. Tap the URL bar, and Copy.
A: [Note: this has only been tested on iOS 5.1.1 on iPad]
For a simple image, you can tap-and-hold it and select 'Copy'. This will copy the URL of the image which you can paste wherever you need it.
However, when the image is being used as a link to another URL, this method copies the linked URL only.
A method that always works is to use the Show Images Bookmarklet (from here - a useful resource any time you want a bookmarklet on iOS).
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Q: How tell Safari to open new tab instead of a window How do I tell Safari to always open links that want a new window in a new tab?
I know I can use cmd-click to do this but that's not what I want.
There has to be a setting somewhere?
A: You can use Safari preferences (⌘ ,) to change this setting, you can use automatically or always for opening pages in new tabs instead of new windows.
A: In safari preferences (command + ,) on the "Tabs" tab you can set this options.
Or you can right click the link and choose the option you want. Or depending on your current configuration command + click on the link could open the link on a new page or a new tab.
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Q: Is there any way to watch Hulu (or Hulu Plus) on the new Apple TV? I was hoping Airplay might do this, but when I turn it on in the Hulu Plus app, it only streams the audio to the ATV.
A: Unfortunately, it seems that AirPlay is audio only for third-party apps for the time being, and there's no other way to get Hulu Plus on the Apple TV.
A: When AirPlay support for Safari is added (supposedly in 2011 - see below), you may be able to do this.
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/30/steve-jobs-airplay-video-streaming-coming-to-safari-and-third-party-apps-in-2011/
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Q: Keyboard rubber spacer broken I bought a wired aluminum keyboard in May this year. Today one of the rubber spacers pressed into the case and I can't get it out. As the keyboard is now extremely loud while typing and not even anymore, I'd like to have it replaced/repaired by Apple. Does anybody have experience with that problem? Is it a pain to get it repaired?
A: I don’t have experience with Apple Keyboard problems specifically, but this seems like a problem which Apple would fix by simply replacing your keyboard. Assuming that the spacer broke during normal usage, and that you are still within the original warranty period for the hardware, it’s far easier for Apple to replace the keyboard than to attempt to repair it.
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Q: Best resources on data recovery from corrupted OS X HFS+ partitions My Macbook Pro won't boot from it's hard disc. If I boot it from CD, the drive will only mount sometimes. Where should I go to get hints and tips on data recovery? What are the best tools that should be in my toolbox?
A: The best free solution I've found is TestDisk. I have no personal experience with it, but I've heard rave reviews.
You can also try Data Rescue 3, a paid solution. I've used an older version in the past with good results. Problem with this sort of solution is that they can only recognize certain formats of files. But there is an extensive list of files that it can recover.
Of course, the best tip I can give you for data recovery is keep regular backups -- especially for laptop computers!
A: I've had good experiences with DiskWarrior, both for file structure repair and data recovery.
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Q: Reply button not working I have a MacBook Pro, which uses Safari as the web browser.
When I check my company's e-mail online, I cannot use the Reply button (it simply does not respond.)
I wonder what I should do to fix this problem. (My computer is new.)
A: Does anything else not work, or is it just the “Reply” button? A few things you could try:
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*Restart Safari—or your computer. Sounds dumb, but it's amazing how often this does the trick.
*Use the menu item “Safari -> Empty Cache…” to clear Safari’s cache.
*Try to use your company’s webmail in another browser. There may be a subtle bug (or feature?) in the website’s code that Safari is not handling properly. Here are a few alternatives:
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*Mozilla Firefox
*Google Chrome
*Opera
*OmniWeb
*Camino
*Internet Explorer, on Windows, just to check. Even in this day and age, some websites still only work properly with IE.
*Netscape Navigator (Yuk yuk yuk. Just kidding, don’t download this. For the love of God, don’t download this.)
A: Ok. I figured out. It is that the Block Pop-up Window that was checked.
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Q: Black background on iPhone 4? While I initially liked the ability to set custom backgrounds on my iPhone 4, I've come to find that I'm starting to miss the simple black background I had on my iPhone 3G. How can I set my background back to black?
A: Create a black image in your favorite image editor (even Paint will do if you're on Windows), save it as a jpeg, and e-mail or sync it to the phone. Then set that image as the background.
Since you're making it all black, I doubt the resolution is going to matter much, but you can always use 960 x 640 to use the iPhone 4's standard resolution.
Edit to add a black image that works:
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Q: Calendar Sync with Google Calendar Problem: Deleted Calendar Event still Exist I'm setting up my iphone so that all the mail, calendar and contacts are synchronizing with my Google service, according to the description here.
I find that mail and contacts are synchronizing all right; all the added, edited and deleted emails and contacts are appearing and disappearing as expected, both on the mobile and on Google side.
The problem lie with the calendar. Although the events that I add to Google Calendar does appear in iphone Calendar, but the events that I delete from Google Calendar don't get deleted in iphone calendar.
Anything I do wrong?
Note: What puzzles me is not the device unable to synch with Google Calendar, but rather the synchronization is not complete; it works for the adding of new events, but not the deleting.
A: Have you tried to make sure that the calendar is setup through: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139206
Also, make sure you setup as an exchange server and not a Gmail account.
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Q: Can I change the clock on the 6th gen Nano to digital instead of analog? Everyone wants a iPod Nano watch, right? All the videos I see are on an analog clock (you know, the one with hands.)
Can you change the clock to digital, rather than analog?
A: The 6th gen Nano can now be updated with a software update which introduced the features from the 7th gen, including 16 watch faces, some of which are digital.
Version 1.2 of the iPod nano software brings improved fitness features (which are better able to detect and track walking or running work outs), as well as the new single icon scrolling interface, which replaces the 4×4 icon grid. You can switch back to small icons or turn off home screen items altogether from the Settings menu.
Last but not least, you’ll get access to all the new iPod nano clock face options.
A: Digital clock is sadly not available as an option in the Clock app for the iPod nano. All you can change is the theme to black or white.
The only digital clock available on the iPod nano is the one in the top bar when navigating through the device.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_6thgen_User_Guide.pdf
Cheers.
A: The iPod nano only can change the clock face from black to white. If you don't believe me, check if there is any option in the settings that says you're allowed to change your clock faces from the one you have now to a totally different one.
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Q: How to install the leopard OS? I have an apple laptop.But the OS is corrupted.I have a new one to use the apple laptop.But i have an licensed version.
What I need:
How to install the leopard os....
What are the steps am i should follow...
A: After backing up your system, insert your shiny OS X DVD into your Mac and restart the computer, holding down C, so that the Mac boots off of the DVD-ROM.
After a few moments, you will be presented with a installation screen and presented with a number of options.
A: What Apple laptop you have?
You can simple slide your CD and start the instllation program and it will check for compatibility and if your Laptop is compatible it will upgrade it.
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Q: Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file? Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file ?
I made very little image file for the web, but they weight 45 Ko ! I guess this comes from the preview icons
Edit : I've added a screenshot to show you the informations i've got. Preview.app seems to be the most accurate...
As you can see, i used 3 ways to get the size information :
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*from the finder, in the folder himself (45 ko)
*from the Get Info dialog box (45 ko)
*from the preview.app, General Info Box (0,5 Ko)
A: As mankoff said, the large size is probably a resource fork (with things like previews). To confirm this, use the Terminal command ls -l@ /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif -- you'll probably see something like this:
$ ls -l@ /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif
-rw-r--r--@ 1 www www 539 Nov 18 09:39 /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
com.apple.ResourceFork 40748
If it doesn't show a 40kb resource fork, report back so we'll all have a better idea what's going on.
As long as the image is just for web use, a big resource fork isn't really an issue, since the web server will only serve the data fork (which is just 539 bytes long). If want to compact the file anyway, use the command xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif to remove the fork.
A: The Finder preview data isn't stored inside the actual file, so that's not what's causing your size problems.
ImageOptim is a handy GUI tool for shrinking excess data. Also, if you're making a small image I'd recommend png or gif, jpeg is designed for photos.
A: Try deleting the resource fork. From the command line this could be:
cp /dev/null file.ext/rsrc
If you want to explore the resource fork more, use the DeRez CLI tool (from Developer Tools) or Rezilla.app (GUI)
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Q: Did I get a lemon, or does the ipod touch g4 come with a crappy usb cable? Really, I mean you shell out $300 for this thing you'd think the usb cable would be able to sync after two months of use.
I ended up buying one from China that works just fine (as opposed to the one that came with it!)
A: I believe that all current generation Apple devices some with the same sync cable. From my experience (almost everyone I know is an apple fan) some people wear through them pretty quickly (usually girls who wind them up and put them in hand bags etc) and some last forever (such as mine which just sits on the desk and only gets used every few days. its the original cable that came with my first iPhone a few years back and still works fine).
A: I noticed the new USB cable that came with my iPhone 4 was different than the older one with iPhone 3G, and even different than the one that came with my iPad. It was made with that new "rubberized" white plastic like the new ear buds, that seems springier.
Anyway, if the cable stops functioning under normal use after only two months, I'm quite certain it would be covered under Apple's iPod one year warranty. You should go to your friendly neighbourhood Apple Store or inquire about a replacement.
A: I've had mine for 2 months, throwing it in the bottom of my bag every day, and I've had no problems with it yet.
It's the same thickness as the previous iPod USB cable I have, though softer. That one is several years old and still working fine, though I haven't abused it nearly as much.
One nice thing is that, despite being Apple-proprietary, the cable itself is fairly standard across their products these days, so if you have a friend who upgrades iPods/iPhones a lot, they might have a spare (or three) they'd be willing to give you.
Also, FWIW, Apple's cable was almost certainly from China, as well. :-)
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Q: Deploying 10 identical iPads to 10 users with preloaded content that won't be wiped when connected to iTunes
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to pre-install apps on an iPad?
I am looking into deploying 10 iPads with identical content to 10 different people.
Each iPad needs to be set up for an individual end user before hand, with content on it and then be able to sync to their own iTunes if/when they connect it to their PC or Mac. Ideally I'd like to prevent the iPads from being wiped/reset when they connect to their iTunes - however I know this may be tricky.
Assuming each iPad will need it's own iTunes account - can it be set up with some content (video) and a few free apps, and then attached to an iTunes account when they connect it to their machine? Or is it not possible to load ANY content onto the iPad without an iTunes account first?
Can I set up one iPad as the master and then 'clone' it to each individual iPad? I assume I can do this through Backup/Restore, however they will then all be tied to the same iTunes account. I know that I can log out of the store on the iPad and then sign in with a new iTunes account to download apps on their own accounts - however I assume iTunes will give an error when connected to a different Mac/PC and require it to be wiped?
I know lots of schools/businesses are deploying these and it seems unlikely that they're require so much manual work on the users part to get it working/syncing.
I've taken a quick look at Apple's documentation on this, but a lot of it deals with enterprise security issues, which is not my concern: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/resources/
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Q: Cannot restore or recover ipod Classic 80gb I have an ipod Classic 80gb. It is currently stuck on the apple screen. I am unable to recover or restore the ipod. It is not recognized by windows as either a ipod or a mass storage device. When I plug it into my PC nothing happens.
It just sits there with the apple logo on the screen. None of the buttons respond with the exception of a reset. (toggle hold switch -> hold center + menu for 6 seconds.) A reset will cause the screen to go blank for a few seconds.
Nothing else I have found seems to work.
Let me know if you have any ideas
A: You can try to diagnose the problem with the diagnostic mode.
To enter the diagnostic mode, press the folowing key when the apple logo appears after a reset :
iPod 1G, 2G et 3G, press the keys for 5 seconds :
*
*"back"
*"next"
*"select"
iPod 4G, 5G, mini et nano, press the keys for 5 seconds :
*
*"back"
*"select"
In the diagnotic mode, you can navigate in the menus with the back/next keys and launch a bunch of test.
A: The hard disk has probably failed. If so, your options include:
*
*Buy a new iPod
*Buy a replacement hard drive on eBay (etc) and replace it.
*Find a used iPod somewhere and swap parts to yours until it works.
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Q: Cannot import video into iMovie I have an avi file that takes 350mb; I go into iMovie and i create a new project, then i create a new event and then i click on import video, i go to the right directory, to the avi file and click on import. The import window disappear and appear a loading bar that says something like "Optimizing the video..." and in 1 second it disappear (... i don't see the bar load). Nothing else happens, but the video is not imported.
Why?
More informations
I tried to uncheck the optimization option but another loading bar appear saying "Loading video", when the bar is completed another bar appear and disappear immediately. It doesn't change anything: my video cannot be imported.
Some more try
Downloading Perian and Divx codec doesn't solve the problem.
A: I think your problem has something to do with not having the right Codecs (the bit of software that translates one type of video to another type). @Martin is right - if you can convert your video yourself you'll solve your problem, but it would be even better if you can teach iMovie to convert it for you.
Try installing both Perian and DivX (I'm too new to post two hyperlinks, just Google DivX Mac - it's the top link) and then restart your computer - this will install extra codecs to allow you to covert between the different types of video.
A: Just to echo what another user said in a comment, if installing Perian and DivX didn't work you might try converting the video. Just download Handbrake and convert your video to H.264, then try importing that into iMovie.
A: Using the VLC player, use the Media Information or Codec Information commands in the Tools menu. This will tell you the original codec.
Chances are that the codec is not one of the ones in Quicktime, or Perian. I am guessing iMovie opens the file, goes through the codec list, can't find it, and fails.
If the movie plays on a Windows machine, iTunes for Windows might convert it if you select it in the iTunes library, and choose 'Create iPad or AppleTV Version' from iTune's Advanced menu.
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Q: How can I type Chinese on MacBook Pro? I would like to know how to type Chinese (simplified), using Pinyin, on my MacBook Pro.
I went to System Preference > Language & Text > Language, moved Chinese (simplified) on the list right after English, and then under the Input Sources tab, I check Chinese simplified and English.
After all these steps, I still have no clue how to type Chinese. (When I open TextEdit, I don't see any language selection.)
A: After select pinyin in your input language you can open any editor like textEdit:
when you start typing you see the box (like below box) and can select your desire word.
A: For this and other useful info, there's a whole site:
http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac
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Q: iMac wont startup and won't boot from CD My 24" 3.06Ghz iMac will no longer fully boot. It constantly gives me the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" half way through booting. At first I was able to boot into SuperUser mode and run an fsck which passed normally, but eventually after the constant rebooting fsk now reports:
Invalid node structure
The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely
I have also tried booting to my Snow Leopard install DVD but that just brings up the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" screen.
I assume now that my HD is toast (When using another Mac, I am unable to mount it in Target disk mode), but the inability to boot to the CD tells me there is something deeper at fault here. Is there any way that I can further diagnose the problem?
A: From what you describe, your internal hard drive failed, which will require a replacement; since you have an iMac, I suggest that unless you’re very comfortable using a variety of tools and have time, let Apple do it for you. In any case, what you can try to do is, connect an external USB/FW drive and try to install into that drive.
The fact that your drive doesn’t want to boot from the DVD is intriguing if anything, but the DVD may be crashing when reading the “broken” drive. It’s rare, but it could happen. Do you have any other Mac to “clone” into an external drive and try to boot from there?
Since it’s an iMac, your best bet is to remove the internal drive and proceed from there. The problem is that removing the drive is a painful operation.
Best idea: go to an Apple store or certified shop. They have the tools and the spare parts to better diagnose the problem.
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Q: Problem downloading iPhone/iOS upgrade, iTunes complains: "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" When trying to upgrade my iPhone running iOS 4.1 to 4.2, iTunes displays the error message saying:
There was a problem downloading the software for the iPhone "[Username]'s iPhone". You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.
I kept trying the upgrade process repeatedly, but with no luck. Everything else, including app and music downloads, works fine. I'm running iTunes 10 on MacOS 10.6. What do I do?
A: I found a fix on the Apple Discussions board:
*
*Go to ~/Library/ (i.e. open your home directory, then select the Library folder)
*Get Info (click File -> Get Info or type ⌘I)
*If possible, make sure the lock at the bottom right corner of the Get Info window is unlocked
*Make sure the Sharing & Permissions: section is visible
*Where it says "Username (me)" make sure the privilege is set to Read & Write
*In the little tool/wheel pulldown right below, select Apply to enclosed items (say yes, if it asks you if you know it can't be undone)
*Try the upgrade again
This worked for me. Hope it helps!
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Q: Will a "Mac format" iPod nano (2gen) work on a PC? I have an old 8GB iPod nano (2nd gen, I think). When I plug it into iTunes, one of the things on the status page is "Format: Macintosh".
I no longer use this iPod, so I'm thinking of giving it to my parents, but I don't think they have a Mac.
Will this iPod be able to work with a Windows PC?
A: No, but if you connect it to a Windows machine and restore the iPod using iTunes, it will reformat it to work with Windows. If you want to learn a bit more, read this Apple support article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1335?viewlocale=en_US
A: The answer is Yes : It will work with a PC. You just have to format it on that platform.
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Q: Problem with loading new emails on Mail Something started happening to one of my mail accounts on Mail one of these days.
When I press Get New Mail, it starts downloading, showing the KB/s of the Mail Activity.
The problem is, without even downloading the first new email, the KB/s starts dropping to 0 and no emails are downloaded... This only happens to this email account and has been happening for some days now.
Any ideas of what could be wrong?
Thanks
A: Try using Cmd-0 to bring up the more detailed Activity Window within mail. I've often been able to track down mail problems by looking in there.
A: right clicking the account in mailbox section of the left panel in Mail and clicking 'get account info' could help to see if it's connecting to the mailbox properly.
You could also try turning it off and on again - ie. right click account again then click 'take "[account name]" offline' and then repeating to 'take "[account name]" online' may help...
Failing that, see if you can connect to that account through a webmail client - if you have one available for that account to see if it's a problem with the email server rather than mail.
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Q: How can I view the full name of drop down items on iOS? For a dropdown list on a website, iOS shows only the first few characters and then ellipses for items with a long name. Is it possible to somehow see the full text of each item?
A: You could try selecting the item and then viewing the dropdown list in view mode, not selection mode. But As far as I know there is no way, in selection mode, to change how Apple presents the choices.
A: Other option is to turn your phone to a landscape mode...
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Q: iOS 4.2 on iPod Touch 2d Gen : is it worth it? Is there any advantage to upgrade the iPod Touch 2d Gen to iOS 4.2 ?
*
*Is the tech specs enough for that new version ?
*Does it consume more battery ?
*Will it be slower ?
A: I'd say yes. I just upgraded a pair of 2nd gen iPod Touches to iOS 4.2 and it's been really solid so far - it hasn't slowed down the device or impacted the battery as far as I can tell. If you have an Airport Express or new Apple TV the AirPlay feature is very nice - this Thanksgiving I really enjoyed being able to stream music to a pair of speakers directly from the iPod in my pocket. (this will affect your battery as the device has to keep WiFi active to stream)
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Q: Is there a barcode app that works on pictures instead of needing to be connected to wifi for it to work? I've got a couple of barcode apps, but they all require that you have the item, the camera, and the internet connection at the same place.
Are there any barcode apps where you can take a picture of the item's barcode, store the picture, and then feed it into the app when you have an internet connection?
A: I use RedLaser and it has this capability. If RedLaser can't connect to the internet when you take the picture of the barcode, it will store the number and let you look it up later:
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Q: Problem with ssh agent I'm having a problem using ssh agent to make sure I don't have to enter a password each time a certain program uses my id_rsa private key.
I did ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa and it seemed to add an entry to my keychain
But it continues to prompt me. When I go into keychain under access control, it looks like maybe it's because it's not set
A: Double check your permissions in those files, if they are not like this, it won’t work:
-rw------- 1 martin staff 1675 Jul 27 2009 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 martin staff 403 Jul 27 2009 id_rsa.pub
UPDATE:
If you see that the files have an @, that means they have “extended attributes”.
You can see what they are by issuing:
xattr -l <filename>
A: Connect manually from Terminal using the verbose options to see where your problem lies, if it's a client-side problem. You might also want to check the error logs on the server to find out if your publickey is getting rejected. Permissions on the user folder, the .ssh folder, and the files within (like authorized_keys) need to have all group/other write permissions removed, on both the client and the server. SSH is very picky about permissions and will not use anything that is accessible to anyone other than you.
A: I had this problem as well. For me /usr/bin/ssh-agent shuts off after a while.
pgrep ssh-agent
/usr/bin/ssh-agent -s #should show you something like this
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-OYn3ShRY4l/agent.37715; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=37716; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 37716;
I even got irritated, and removed the OS X programs from the Access Control side and replaced them with up to date, modern MacPorts versions. All is fine, except that Keychain Accesss is a bit flaky. My version of ssh-add runs forever. You only need to run the 'ancient of days' version /usr/bin/ssh once to get your key into your keychain.
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