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Q: What are some cheaper alternatives to Airport Express that allow music streaming? I have a Windows desktop and laptop (no Macs) and an Airport Express for listening to music in the living room. I also have sets of speakers in two other rooms. I don't want to spend another $200 just to redirect sound to other rooms.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Airport Express that would allow me to stream music from iTunes (on a Windows computer) to these distant speakers?
(I intend to control the music playlist/volume remotely via a mobile device)
A: Unfortunately, there aren't any products other than the Airport Express that are compatible with iTunes music streaming (unless something new has come out recently). However, it's usually very easy to find a used model online for much less; I was able to pick up two of them on Craigslist for about $30 apiece. They may not be the latest model, but if all you're interested in is streaming music, then any model will work just fine.
A: Yes - there are all sorts of wireless systems that work by plugging a cable into your mac's headphone port. The griffin iMic and others let you add another output via USB. Don't overlook Bluetooth audio like Belkin and others make.
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Q: How can I turn off the photo preview when I plugin in my iPhone on my PC? When I plug in my iPhone 3GS into my Windows XP machine, it automatically opens up Word and displays a preview of all my photos from my phone.
I believe I may have accidentally selected an option to always do that. How do I turn it off?
A: *
*Connect your phone to the computer.
*In Windows, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Scanners and Cameras.
*Right-click on "Apple iPhone" > Properties.
*Click the tab "Events".
*Click the radio button "Take no action". Then OK.
Now when you connect the phone, nothing should happen.
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Q: Can you FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4? Can you FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4?
If so, can you FaceTime in following situations?
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*A initiates FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4. B is also on 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4.
*A initiates FaceTime over 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4. B is also on 3G with non-jailbroken iPhone 4.
*A initiates FaceTime over wifi connection. B is on 3G with jailbroken iPhone 4.
*A initiates FaceTime over wifi connection. B is on 3G with non-jailbroken iPhone 4.
A: Yes to all of your questions.
The Jailbreak app My3G tricks your iPhone into thinking it is on WiFi, enabling you to use FaceTime over 3G.
Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/02/facetime-over-3g-comes-to-jailbroken-iphone-4s/
A: Just to update an old question, this is now a carrier issue - most carriers either allow Facetime over cellular or have an option to pay for it.
A: 3G Unrestrictor does this as well, and it's available in Cydia, so you don't have to put Rock on your phone.
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Q: iPhone 3GS on T-Mobile Connecting to iTunes Question I just purchased iPhone 3GS. Currently it is running Version OS 4.0.1. Now if I update my iTunes on my Mac and plug then connect the iPhone to the Mac to sync it then will it brick or not.
I need the latest version of iTunes on my Mac for iPhone development but I don't want to push the latest version of OS to my iPhone or else there is a danger of bricking the device!
Can someone please enlighten me with this?
A: Upgrading iTunes will not force you to upgrade iOS on your 3GS.
Upgrade your iTunes with 3GS disconnected. And when you connect your 3GS to iTunes it will say that an update is available and ask you "Download?" or "Download and Install?" From here, you can choose to just download the new iOS upgrade and not install.
This downloaded file will come in handy when you want to upgrade to jailboken version of that new iOS.
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Q: Why can't I add or edit contacts on my new iPhone 4? On my new iPhone 4, I can add a new contact after talking to them (Add as new contact) but I cannot otherwise add new contacts, or edit existing ones.
It looks like a bug. Is there a way to work around it, or do I have to wait for Apple to fix their issue? The phone is not jailbroken.
A: You can use the Contacts application provided in the iPhone 4, and create/edit contacts in there.
A: What's preventing you from doing so?
The ability to add and edit contacts from the phone app is still available. I tested this just now on mine.
A: It seems that the problem occurs when adding contacts to these phones after updating to IOS 5 (the + sign on the corner right is missing). IOS 5 added iCloud and if your contacts are not turned ON from the iCloud settings, you won't be able to add, edit or delete contacts.
The Fix: turn ON your iCloud contacts settings from Settings > iCloud and you should see your + sign on the corner back again.
A: I had the exact same problem. Go to settings, then iCloud, go to the 'contacts' switch and set it to 'on' and it will fix your problem immediately.
A: just go to settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > if there is a accont (hotmail, g mail etc.) just delete the account and then automatically you can start adding contacts
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Q: iPhone 3GS, ATT MicroCell, iOS 4.0.1, failure to connect I was a very happy customer of my microcell until the upgrade to 4.0 and the subsequent patch. Now, at best, I can force an M-cell connection by flipping to airplane and back. I have completely reinitialized the M-cell. Is there way way around this except to whine to AT&T and wait for someone to fix something?
A: Try resetting your network settings. Many iPhone connectivity issues can be resolved with that.
A: I have had 3 MicroCells from ATT. The first lasted 29 days and then could not be re-synced, the second lasted 6 days and could not be re-synced. The third could not be re-synced from the outset. I finally took it back for credit. The serial numbers for all three were close enough together to be from the same manufacturing batch. I believe there is a component failre -- of the infant mortality variety -- in the cell circuit. In all three the GPS sync was not a problem.
A: Most recent advice from AT&T for iPhone 4 (assuming 3G, 3Gs, and 4Gs) and MicroCell connectivity.
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*Unplug MicroCell for 30 seconds.
*Plug it back in.
*Turn off iPhone for 30 seconds.
*Turn it back on.
*Reset Network Settings on iPhone. (Under Settings -> General -> Reset Network Setting) This will cycle the iPhone (turn it on and off automatically) WARNING: Resetting this will require you to rejoin your network (if wireless) and to re-enter your password for the network. Make sure you have it before you do this!!!
*Wait until Friday when AT&T will call me back and explain why the iPhone won't force connect to the MicroCell when I get back to my house. Or when a random 1 bar of edge network signal is picked up and permanently disconnects it.
At the end of the day, the only success I've had is putting your phone into Airplane mode for a second and then turning Airplane mode off.
Take it or leave it, this is the best I've got right now.
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Q: iPhone backlight blinks on then goes out. What are my options? This morning I woke up to find my iPhone dark. If I pressed the home button to turn on the screen, the backlight would flash on briefly and then die. I've turned it on and off, done a hard reboot (home+lock), and I'm in the process of trying a restore.
Has anyone ever seen a similar issue?
The phone was purchased last June with a contract from ATT from an Apple store. If I take the phone in, will they fix it or replace it?
What should I do next?
A: You should take your phone in. They will fix it if they can and it's cheaper for them than giving you a new.
If you try to fix it yourself they can put the blame on you, so don't touch the hardware.
A: It may be your proximity sensor. It's what causes the backlight to turn off when you put the phone to your face and turn back on when you move away. I was told that that's one of the few things Apple Care does actually cover.
But before you take it in, do you have a bumper on your iPhone? If so, it may be covering the sensor, which, while facing the phone, is just to the left of the earpiece. If your bumper (or maybe a dirty screen protector) is covering it, that may cause the screen to stay dark.
Hope this helps!
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Q: Is iOS 4.1 faster than iOS 4.0 on the iPhone 3G? There are numerous questions (and good answers!) about the fact that iOS 4.0 is horribly slow on an iPhone 3G.
How about iOS 4.1? Does anybody have any positive experiences to share? I'm staying on 3.1.3 for a long time still, or until any new v4.x isn't any slower.
A: The rumours are that it is much faster: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/07/27/does-ios4-1-fix-slow-iphone3g-units-yes/
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Q: How can I install .deb files for Cydia manually (without wifi)? as I already said here my wifi is not working so I need to install Cydia .deb files like SBSettings, Installous, Winterboard etc. manually...well I did, but they wont work properly. I got some .deb files from various website, added them on my device in the cydia install folder, so far so good. I restarted my iphone, the icons showed up (Installous, winterboard) but when I open up Cydia and go to the packages they have a redish background (something like "hey there is something wrong"). Is something wrong with the files or the manual install is not good?
SBSettings -> Respring works, "more" work, the toggle icons don't show up (wifi, bluetooth, openSSH etc).
Installous -> Added some .ipa files to my device, they show up on download tab on my device but no icons show up (they are blank). I hit install but i get an error like "Error building SBCache" then "Installed" but they are not installed.
Winterboard -> works.
So any solution to that problem?
3G 16GB - 3.1.2 - 05.13.04
A: You can add .deb files and install apps from apptrackr, etc.. using the app iFunbox. I actually just used it the other day to locally upload my custom sms-tone pack. So download your needed .deb files from online, then transfer and install them via the program iFunbox.
http://www.i-funbox.com/
A: This might be because certain Cydia apps have other requirements. When you download an app from Cydia it checks to make sure that you have the foundational files for that app to work installed, if not then it installs them itself. If you don't have those, some .deb files might not work properly.
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Q: How can I watch MegaVideo/DivX videos on my jailbroken iPhone 3G? I'm looking for a way to play megavideo (flash) and divx on my iPhone 3G which is jailbroken. Flash seems to require 3G S and above (like everything these days sigh)
Should I be able to do this, I will be able to replace my Sky box with my iPhone, as I can get live TV on there through TV catchup and access my iTunes library, I just need to be able to stream flash and divx and I'm set.
I've tried imobilecinema and that didn't play any audio or video and openstream (vlc4iphone) didn't work either.
A: Flash does not run on any version of the iPhone. You can try using a program like Air Video which will live transcode your DiVX files into a format the iPhone will play back using your computer.
As for playing it natively on your iPhone, VLC (Video Lan Client) is working on a native client but it's not available in the App Store yet.
A: You can try yxplayer on Cydia.
It's a pretty robust app which supports multiple formats.
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Q: Gmail on iPhone app : pictures broken The native Gmail iPhone 4 app on my phone behaves weird, it is not showing pictures that come as attachment, when I click on the picture it starts downloading the picture but it displays those classic picture not available pic with a question mark. I tried deleting account and adding it again still no luck..
Any clue?
I'm on iOS 4.1
A: I haven't found anything that officially says there's an iPhone file-size limitation, but I have noticed that over 3G, some larger pictures will not download to my mailbox. Try over WiFi or get 3G Unrestrictor and see what happens.
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Q: What can I do once my jailbroken iPhone gets a data plan attached by AT&T? I noticed my phone bill had a data plan attached this month to my jailbroken iPhone -- is there any way to get around this?
A: You're going to have to talk to AT&T and have them remove the data plan, unless you're under contract for a data plan (as all new iPhones are) they should be able to take it off your next bill. Jailbreaking really doesn't have anything to do with this.
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Q: Sand in iPhone 3G S The volume controls on my iPhone 3G S are pretty hard lately. It works, but I need to press very hard on them to change volume. I am afraid that some sand went inside, but I am not sure about that.
Any hint to fix it?
Thanks!
A: Buy a couple cans of compressed air, hold one right side up and spray into any areas you think sand crept into. See if that helps.
You could also try going to AT&T or an Apple store, maybe they would do a free cleaning?
If not you can hunt around Google for articles on how to open up your iPhone and give it a full cleaning. FYI, you can damage the phone and void your warranty doing this so just beware what you are doing.
A: DON'T press those volume buttons anymore until you have fixed the problem! Continuing to press the buttons will only make it worse, and you risk seriously damaging the electronics.
From your description it sounds like the hardware underneath the volume switch is broken. It will not get better, only worse over time. I'd suggest to have the phone serviced as long as it's otherwise still in good condition, or give up and replace it sooner than planned.
You could also try to repair it yourself by opening it up and cleaning that switch, but it might not even be possible, and worse: you risk breaking your phone. Have it serviced instead.
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Q: Can I buy songs from iTunes within my iPhone appplication? I'm new to iPhone development and sorry if my question sounds stupid. Just wondering is it possible that I can buy songs from the iTunes using my iPhone application I just saw some apps doing the same.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
A: As far as I know, no you can't. Buying music from the iTunes Store is limited to the iTunes application. You can use a link which will pass the user to iTunes to look at that particular song but they can't buy it from within your application.
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Q: Autotiling for Mac OS X I love the big screen on the iMacs, but having to shape the applications so they don't overlap is not optimal. Is there a way to have an autotiling feature, so that with the touch of a (configurable mouse) button the windows get tiled automatically ?
A: Although your question is not an exact duplicate, it basically covers Window Management, so I suggest you take a look at this and this.
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Q: Jailbreak iPhone for non-US country Am I able to get a new iPhone 4 for non US Country (India). My plan is someone coming from US can bring to one to India. Is this possible to do?
A: iPhone is being sold without any contract in any western european country that sells them, because they are now required to do so. In fact, Apple itself sells the iPhone 4 without a contract.
In the USA, however, things are different, and you have to have a 2 year AT&T contract.
In Spain, the Online Apple Store sells the iPhone completely contract-free, as you can read in this text (in Spanish), however they only ship within Spain. I assume other Apple Stores in Europe follow the same practice.
Regarding the Jailbreak, you should read this.
A: you must note that Apple produce iPhone in 2 way.
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*Normal Mode that @Martin told above.
*Unlocked Factory
if you tell your friend(family) that bought you "unlocked factory" iPhone for you yes it work fine for you in India. and if they bought normal iPhone if you jailbreak it, you must able to use it with other simcard.
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Q: How can I use my iPod touch as an external disk? I have a 2nd generation iPod touch (8GB), but I don't know how to make it work as an external disk. I think I saw a checkbox somewhere but I can't find it anymore.
I've searched the Web, but the way it should work (as a check box on the front page of iTunes when the iPod is connected) doesn't work for me...
Am I missing something or is this not possible anymore? I had an iPod nano that worked in the manner described.
Edit: I would like it to work with a Mac, a PC, the USB port of a DVD player, etc. (as with my good old nano)
A: I don't think it is possible using iTunes.
You can try iPhone Explorer, though (which is free), or Phone Disk
A: You’re correct that other iPods had the ability to “Enable Disk Mode”, however:
Other iPod’s have Disk Mode where you can use the iPod as a hard drive. However, the iPod Touch doesn’t have this mode. There is currently no way to get it to show up in the Finder on a Mac or on the Windows Desktop. You are only able to use the iPod Touch within the iTunes application. (source)
Not all is lost, as there are some utilities that may do it.
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Q: Where can I learn about programming my Jail broken iOS device? I'd like to do some R&D pushing the boundaries of iOS devices. Is there a how-to guide or private API documentation?
Is there a Stack Exchange site for this?
A: There is a Stack Exchange proposal but it's lacking support:
[...]for iOS developers who require
help and advice when using
undocumented iOS APIs. Developers who
discover private iOS APIs and need a
place to document them.
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/18154/ios-private-apis
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Q: Mac HDD Firmware for non-Mac-HDDs? First of all: I use a MacBook (white) 13.3" 2Ghz (It says it's a MacBook3,1).
There was an 80GB HDD (Hitachi) built in, which just turned out to be a little too...
Well, it's not enough anymore.
So I cloned the drive with Carbon Copy Cloner (can recommend it by the way) to a 250GB FUJITSU MHY2250BH.
Now it has been my understanding that I need a special Mac Firmware for the drive to use certain features, for example the HDD temp display the iStat dashboard widget usually gives me. Google couldn't come up with anything useful so far, so here's what the question actually is about:
Can I get the drive to be "fully functional", e.g. with some Firmware upgrade or something else?
If I am completely wrong with any of my assumptions – pointing that out would be an acceptable answer, too.
EDIT: Just to specify: The HDD itself works, but there are some minor inconveniences left:
The system boots slowlyer and iStatPro can't display the HDD's temp.
A: You do not need a special OSX firmware to use a different internal disk. Just plug it in and all will work.
A: When you say it boots slower, is it noticeably so? My guess might be a slower speed HDD or maybe just from accumulated cruft that you haven't noticed until switching drives? After using CCC your HDD is good to go, doesn't require anything else.
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Q: iPhone App for Displaying Email on a Locked Screen with Exchange Support I have an app, "mail notifier" that sends notifications to my phone when I get a new email, it does not support Exchange though.
Is there an app that is similar that does support exchange, maybe an app that does 'local' notifications so there is not a reoccurring cost?
A: iOS 5 has added this feature to operating system, and no app is needed to accomplish this task.
A: LockInfo
LockInfo gives you access to your information where you need it, when you need it. You can view your new emails, upcoming calendar events, unread SMSs, missed calls and much more on your lockscreen, SpringBoard or even within any application on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
A: You can try Boxcar.
You'll have to trust them, though, since the way to get visual notification for new mail is to forward all your mail to a @boxcar.io address generated only for your account.
Then, everytime you'll get a mail, it will be forwarded to your Boxcar address and pushed to your iPhone.
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Q: Why are the iOS keyboard settings changing on their own? I have an iPod Touch -- my first iOS device -- and I'm trying to figure out how to set up the keyboard layouts, because I'm going to be typing almost exclusively Japanese.
I went into the preferences, added the Japanese 10-key, added the Chinese (traditional) handwriting recognition, and removed all the others. (I'm indifferent to the emoji keyboard layout, since it doesn't ever seem to appear, even when it's in the list.)
After a few minutes of using my iPod, the keyboard settings will have automatically changed. The Japanese romaji keyboard will have been added, and the Chinese handwriting will have been replaced with the English keyboard.
I find this confusing and frustrating. If I add these extra keyboards myself, then it doesn't muck up my preferences, but then I have a bunch of extra keyboards I'll never use, including the default keyboard.
I've been trying for a couple days to find a pattern (a particular app or operation that causes the keyboards to spontaneously change), but I've not found a smoking gun yet. One symptom is that when the keyboards change, when I go into the preferences, it's back at the top of the main screen, instead of wherever I was last (regardless of whether I was in the keyboard settings or not) -- but I don't know the significance of that.
So a few questions about this:
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*Is this new in iOS 4 or 4.1? Is it the sort of thing that Apple would recognize as a bug and fix in 4.2 (or even 4.1.x)?
*Is there a workaround? (I'm completely new to iOS so I haven't figured out all the workarounds for the OS bugs here yet!)
*Is there a way to set the default keyboard? (This wouldn't be nearly as bad if I could make the Japanese 10-key the default keyboard, but whenever 'English' is in the list, it makes itself the default, no matter where it is in the preferences list.)
Thanks!
A: I bit the bullet and upgraded to 4.2. After upgrading, I removed all but the 2 'keyboard' layouts I wanted.
I've been running it for a whole day now, and it hasn't spontaneously changed my keyboard settings. I'm going to call this one a bug in 4.1 that got fixed in 4.2.
Yay!
A: Try resetting your settings (note just your setting, not setting & content) My friend's iPod Touch also kept resetting its music settings, resetting all settings solved that. Note resetting settings will remove any clocks you added to the clock app and remove any timers you had running.
Reset can be found in the settings app -> general -> reset (right at the bottom) -> reset all settings (the first one)
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Q: Switch between ringer and vibrate based on schedule? Certain times of the week I would like the phone to be on vibrate and other times of the week I want it to be on ringer. I would like to setup a schedule for these changes to happen automatically. Can this be done? If not natively is there an app that can do this?
A: Auto Silent on Cydia (jailbreak).
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Q: 8 GB on MacBook Pro (13", 2.26 ghz) The Apple specs say the 13" MacBook Pro supports up to 8GB of RAM. I have a 2.26GHz 13" one, and would really want to use this.
Has anyone tried this before? What is the maximum memory recommended, to be "safe"?
A: I have a 2.4-GHz 13-inch MacBook Pro, which is virtually the same as your model. It has 8GB of RAM. No problems thus far.
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Q: How do I get Google Notifier (Mac) to report the number of new messages in Priority Inbox? I'm using Google Notifier for Mac 1.10.6.879 and I want it to report the number of new messages in Priority Inbox. Previously, I had Notifier report the number of unread messages that had a certain label assigned to it (it was a quasi-Priority Inbox). I set up the notifier by going into terminal and typing:
defaults write com.google.GmailNotifier Label -string "LABEL"
When I substitute out LABEL for Priority Inbox, it doesn't provide an accurate unread count:
defaults write com.google.GmailNotifier Label -string "Priority Inbox"
Doesn't it make complete sense that Google Notifier and Priority Inbox should work together?!
A: I think that the label GMail uses for the Priority Inbox is "Important". Have you tried using that?
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Q: What causes the "Unable to download application" error on an iPod Touch? On some wireless networks, whenever I try to download or update an app I get the following message:
Unable to download application.
<Your App> will be available for download when you log in to the
iTunes store on your computer.
I assume it is some kind of firewall issue. Assuming it is, does anyone know what firewall ports are required to download apps via WIFI to an iPod Touch?
A: I had this twice on my iPod touch.
When it happened first, there was not enough free memory on the iPod.
The second time it was an app (yxplayer) not designed for the iPod. I even could not install it after I had downloaded it in iTunes. If I remember correctly iTunes told me that this app can not be run on an iPod touch. After i "upgraded" my iPod to an iPhone 4, I could install the app without any problems.
A: Try Settings > Store (near the bottom) > View Account. I think that if your Apple ID hasn't been recorded, then you will see the prompt to do so, otherwise, you'll just see "View Account" and "Sign Out".
UPDATE: The one other thing I think you should try is make sure your iPhone has the latest iOS it can support. There shouldn't be any need to open/close ports for the App Store on the network; it should just be like any other http traffic. I used to sometimes have the problem you are having, but I haven't in quite a long time and casual observation through other forums shows that you aren't the only who has had this problem, and an upgrade to the latest OS was the fix.
A: From the following source:
Have you ever had this error message on your iPhone while trying to download an application or a game: Unable to download application.
There is a pretty easy fix for this and here is how it works:
Simply double tap the icon of the application that gives you trouble and wait for a few seconds. It should then be available.
If it does not work, the problem may also be that the app didn’t get downloaded completely. So, remove it and try downloading it again. I found it much better to download app over wifi, rather than 3G.
A: It happened to me today when my app was approved and available in store. I got same message. The reason it was happening for me because i was using same Apple ID which i used for submitting app. I changed the apple ID and it downloaded without any issues.
A: I juSt received the same message when an app I was attempting to download required a newer version of iOS than I have. found another app that was compatible and had no problems. worth considering...
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Q: Script doesn't find file Suppose my_folder contains my_script and my_program. my_script tries to run ./my_program -myoptions. It works when I cd into the directory, but not when I double click on it.
Here is the output:
CasebashMac:~ chris$ /Users/chris/Programs/synergy-1.3.1\ 2/work_comp_server ; exit;
/Users/chris/Programs/synergy-1.3.1 2/work_comp_server: line 1: ./synergys: No such file or directory
logout
How can I fix this?
A: "./synergys" is a path relative to the directory which you are currently in. To fix this you will need to specify an absolute path, for example:
/users/chris/Files/synergys
Obviously change it to a path that actually exists :)
Might be overkill, but there is a wikipedia page about paths:
Path_(computing)
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Q: Migrating from MacPorts to Homebrew. Is there any specific advice in how to minimize disruption? I want to stop using macports, and use homebrew instead, I have been reading on their approach and it makes more sense to me.
Now, I don't care much about having to reinstall my packages, even if some of them might not exist yet -- apparently, creating a new formula is straightforward.
But I'm a bit concerned about data which is installed in system-owned directories, like the data in MySQL or PostgreSQL. I'd like a bit of advice on how to proceed so as to have the less amount of problems migrating data from one installation to another.
I'm also curious about start scripts for daemons. Macports have complicated wrappers for launchd, but I don't know how homebrew manages that aspect. Can anyone clarify this for me?
Also, any generic advice you can provide regarding this migration will also be welcome. Things to look for, what to avoid, etc.
A: A bit off-topic but wanted to share my experience on this topic.
About 6month / a year ago, I decided to do some cleanup and uninstalled port and fink to the benefit of brew, which I prefer.
Today... Got the three again. Why?
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*brew as my main source
*port provides MANY more packages than brew and I needed some of them (like wireshark+nox11)
*fink for some rare packages (I think I only reinstalled it for some dpkg utils)
Just my 2 cents, not everyone needs these packages. But before uninstalling port, check twice the packages you need ;)
A: Moving data is dependant on the application that manages it, e.g. if it's a database you could do a dump and restore it on the new installation, if it's a configuration file just copy it, etc.
HomeBrew packages create the config files for launchd in the Cellar (read: formula's install dir) and at the end of the install process display an how-to install those files (the caveats method in formulas source) which generally is a simple cp and launchctl sequence.
Creating formulas is indeed easy, and the developers will happily accept your new or updated formulas. The process is,
In summary: fork, clone, create, commit, push, audit (new-formula)
Last but not least: take a look at the wiki.
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Q: Is there a functional Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 on an iPhone 3GS? I have an iPhone 3GS running 4.0.1 that is currently Jailbroken (using the Jailbreakme.com vulnerability a while back). While I don't care about any ability to unlock my phone - I'm quite happy with AT&T - I do have LockInfo and one or two other jailbreak apps installed that I quite like. I'd like to update to 4.1 for the new features like GameCenter etc., but as far as I know, I'll lose my jailbreak if I do this.
Is there a working easy jailbreak for 4.1 at this time? If not, is one expected soon?
A: My understanding is that there currently is not one, although rumours abound that one is coming up soon. The best place for "official" information is the iPhone Dev-Team. More direct/recent updates can be found by following various team members on Twitter. MuscleNerd is a good example. If other legitimate groups released anything solid, you will hear about it through them anyway (as is the case here: Chronic Dev Team seem reliable too). There are already fake sites springing up in anticipation of the next release; the important thing is not to use anything that hasn't been confirmed by them or that you have to pay for.
Additionally, if you have saved your SHSH blobs using Cydia on an already-jailbroken phone or The Firmware Umbrella, you can downgrade and jailbreak the old version. Normally this means you can upgrade using PwnageTool without losing your jailbreak, although I don't think the Dev-Team has released something compatible with 4.1 yet.
UPDATE
There is now a full jailbreak for 4.1 and later on 3GS. BigBoss maintains a jailbreak table which may be useful for updates at-a-glance. My understanding is that all current devices are now able to be jailbroken forever (greenpois0n/limera1n exploit), but iPhone 4 and later model 3GS are sometimes tethered on iOS new releases (as of this edit: not tethered on 4.1, but currently - hopefully not for long - tethered on 4.2)
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Q: How are images stored on the hard drive of an iPhone? If I were to examine my iPhone's hard drive, in what format would I find the images in the Photos app stored?
Are they in a big .sqlite database file? Or are they stored as individual files such as .jpg?
I'm looking for the extension used (e.g. .sqlite, .png, .jgp, etc.).
A: All the images are stored as jpegs in various locations. The camera roll, for example, is stored in /private/var/mobile/Media/ (unless they've moved it).
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Q: Can I use the iPad Camera Kit to move photos onto an SD card? Can the iPad Camera Kit be used to move or export photos onto an SD Card? I'd like copy photos from my iPad onto a memory card for a digital photo frame.
A: you can read this nice article of what can you do with such connector
in sum, you can:
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*Attach USB Keyboards
*USB Audio Devices (like an usb wireless headphones)
*Attach a USB Microphone
*Removing Items from a Camera or SD Card
*Importing Photos from your iPhone or iPod touch
*External Hard Drive Support (Jailbreak hack needed)
*USB Hubs - Multi-device hookup
A: Apple only allows importing files. You are not able to export to a SD card.
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Q: Using My Mac as a webserver for my VMware VM So, I have my Mac running VMware Fusion and I have a Windows XP VM running.
Currently the VM Network setup is NAT, my Mac is already setup as a web server.
I'd like to be able to access the Mac from the vm via the web browser (for some testing).
If the VM is set to use NAT is there a standard IP address I can use from the VM to get to the Mac regardless of what network I might be on? I might be at work and have an IP address of 10.1.. or I might be at home and have an IP address of 192.168..
What are my options?
Update:
At work I am on an AD domain
When I switch to Bridged networking I can see my Mac from the VM using my Mac's IP address.
I was hoping (and thinking) there would be an IP address that I could use regardless of where I am at.
A: Have you tried 'machinename.local?' (eg mymac.local)
I have a similar setup (and many many variations thereof) and usually the Windows VM can see the Mac via the address 'millie.local', where millie is the machine name.
If you go and look at the 'Sharing' tab of the System Preferences program, you should see what '.local' name your machine will appear as.
This doesn't work so well with Server 2003 (and presumably Server 2008) as .local has a different meaning with Windows AD networks, but it ought to be fine with XP.
A: This might be what you are looking for; originally found on this thread:
That is exactly what NAT does. It puts your virtual machine on
separate network, vmnet8. Go to Terminal and type ifconfig. You will
see the IP address for your host in vmnet8.
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Q: How do I change Mac OS X's sleep behavior with respect to USB plugging/unplugging? If a USB device is plugged or unplugged, my MacBook Pro wakes up from sleep. Can this behavior be changed somehow? That is to say, I do not want my Mac to wake up when a USB device is unplugged.
A: The reason why the Mac awakes is because the USB device is drawing power from the Mac’s USB port. When you disconnect it, there’s a change in the voltage and the Mac awakes (same goes when you plug one).
Curiously, there’s a way to do it in Windows.
According to the guys at Super User, this is not possible on a Mac. At least not that we’ve discovered yet.
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Q: How do I write a script to disconnect all network drives? I work in a windows environment with active directory. Just logging out doesn't disconnect (unbind) the network drives. I need something more forceful, and faster than shutting down and restarting. Because if my mac awakes in another network without connection to the windows shares it gives me the spinning beach ball of death.
A: Are these shares automounted?
You could use AppleScript, or even bash quite effectively to do this using a Log Out Hook (or running manually):
tell application "Finder"
if ((count of disks) > 1) then
set drives to disks
repeat with drive in drives
eject drive
end repeat
end if
end tell
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Q: Speeding up and improving directory listing from windows Servers? When I connect to windows servers (called PC-servers in OS X) getting the list of files in a directory is really slow (20-30s) in comparison to using a windows machine (<1s). Sometimes the files in a directory even disappear for a while! The network is not slow - copying files goes at 1Mbyte/s.
What can I do to improve this?
A: If you are using the Finder then try with another file manager or try run a ls in the terminal. Let us know if you are experiencing the same kind of delays using the command line.
Some good alternative file manager are muCommander and Midnight Commander. Try both.
A: I was able to speed up the directory listing by mounting shares via the command line, like this:
mount -t smbfs //user@server/sharename share
Where share is a directory in my home directory.
Somehow this is faster than mounting in the finder. Or is it ADmitMac slowing stuff down?
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Q: What are the pros and cons of using iTunes to manage my iPod? I've heard people talking about using alternative software to manage their iPods.
My iPod came in the post today and I was wondering what the pros and cons of using iTunes (as opposed to popular alternative) were.
A: Pros: All works. Easy to use. Easy to Configure. Does Backups of your data. Allows iTS purchases. Handles everything for you. And every other iTunes feature that you might consider important (AirTunes for example).
Cons: iTunes might be a “heavy” application for some machines with limited RAM. Even if all you want is a music player, iTunes is all or nothing.
A: Itunes is far more integrated than anything you could imagine if you haven't used it with a music device, but on the other hand syncing is hardly necessary any more, you can do most operations over the net.
If you just want to manually dump a bunch of songs and movies onto your iThingy once in a while it doesn't matter much what you use, but if you are into regular synching with your computer and want it to manage music, movies and apps (backup, etc) as well as backing up your entire iDevice regularly then iTunes is really the only choice.
I guess I'd go with the non-apple solution first, give it a try for a month or so, then go 100% itunes (let it sync music, etc) for a bit. Compare and contrast. Shouldn't hurt too much to switch.
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Q: What parts can you upgrade on a MacBook Pro? If I buy a MacBook Pro, what parts can I upgrade later?
Is it possible to upgrade to more memory? Is it possible to upgrade to another harddrive? e.g. to a newer SSD-drive? Anything else that is possible to upgrade?
A: In addition to Am1rr3za's answers (other than the CPU, which is soldered to the logic board), you can also convert the optical drive bay to a caddy which houses a second hard drive or solid state drive. This is a huge upgrade if you can stand being without an internal disc drive...
A: It depends on how much you care about your warranty.
If you want to keep your warranty valid, Apple says you can upgrade your hard drive and your RAM—and that's all.
To learn how to do it, here are Apple's user manuals and page references for the current (mid-2010) MacBook Pros:
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*13" (pages 37-48)
*15" (pages 37-48)
*17" (pages 37-49)
A: Yes, you can upgrade some parts of your MacBook Pro:
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*Upgrade your hard drive.
*Upgrade to more memory.
*You can also upgrade CPU and WiFi Card.
*You won't be able to upgrade the graphics card on the MBP. It's soldered onto the motherboard.
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Q: Apple Battery Charger - does not charge to 100%? I have recently purchased the Apple Battery Charger and immediately charged the batteries that came with it. A few days later (3 or 4) I placed the batteries into my mouse and noticed that they only indicate about 75% full. Is this correct? Is the value being read wrong (they are actually 100% full) or do they not fully charge?
A: It’s hard to tell with this new product, that is really a normal battery charger. Rechargeable batteries should charge all the way to 100% especially when they are new. If you’re not getting a full charge, try depleting them all and fully charge them, see if that works. Otherwise, batteries may be defective or it could be a mouse/software misinterpretation.
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Q: Can I use the same iTunes Library on both Mac OS and Windows? I'm running Boot Camp, and once in a while I'd like to listen to music under Windows too. Is there a way I can use the same library under both Mac OS and Windows? Just changing the "iTunes Music" folder in Windows iTunes' preferences won't do it.
A: If you have bootcamp 3.1 and install windows 7 with your bootcamp you can do it without problem but if you installed other type of windows I recommended you read this post.
Edited
1 trick is just dragged the iTunes library into the iTunes window on my bootcamp partition and left the files where they are on the mac disk and it works just fine.
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Q: HID Compliant TouchScreen for OS X 10.6 Does anyone know of an HID-compliant touch screen that will work straight out of the box with Max OS X 10.6 without requiring any drivers to be installed?
A: Google found a couple of possibilities; I haven't tried them myself:
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*NextWindow - Touchscreen 2700
*Planar Touch - Touchscreen LCD Monitor - PT1710mx 17" Monitor
There's the Wacom Cintiq; while I believe they need drivers I'm sure they'd be available close to day & date.
And an entirely different approach to take might be the Axiotron Modbook.
A: Would you be happy with an HID-compliant touchscreen running another OS (or OS X with drivers installed), and then a full-screen VNC to your driver-less OS X machine? You might not be able to tell the difference.
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Q: What is time machine backing up? Is there a way to find out what time machine is backing up?
My time machine has been running fine, but it suddenly started to back-up 20GB a few days ago when I have not changed that much since last back-up.
This morning it started to back-up 14Mb, but I have not used it since it's last back up at 00.01 am.
Thanks,
Linda
A: There are two tools I know of that do this: (1) BackupLoupe (which is a GUI application) and (2) timedog (command-line Perl script).
A: Mobile Time Machine and Time Machine in Lion: using Terminal to view activities
At any time
A command such as this will present a lightweight overview:
tail -f /private/var/log/system.log | grep -E 'backup|mtm'
During a backup
A command such as this will present detail:
sudo fs_usage cmd backupd
When you have finished
To interrupt a running command:
controlc
tmutil
From the manual page for tmutil in Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511), the description:
tmutil provides methods of controlling and interacting with Time Machine, as well as examining and manipulating Time Machine backups. Common abilities include restoring data from backups, editing exclusions, and comparing backups.
Expect Apple to publish that manual page, and others for 10.7, at:
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*API Reference: Mac OS X Manual Pages
A: TimeTracker is a quick-and-dirty application that displays the contents of your Time Machine backups, and shows what's changed since the previous backup.
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Q: "Winclone has been discontinued". Now what? I just replaced my old 320Gb HHD on my MBP with a 240Gb SSD and I did not wanted to transfer the hole drive as it would not fit, as I have more than 60Gb of music and 110Gb of Photos and HD Videos.
So I started "blank" and, might say, did a good job :o)
but I really want to have my Bootcamp partition on my SSD instead hooking up the HHD all the time, and was searching for a tool...
Carbon Copy Cloner sounded great but:
then searching the forums I got Winclone and that was exactly what I wanted, but ... again
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*website is no longer available
*Goggle cache page reported: "Winclone has been discontinued"
What are my options now?
A: Good news is that CNET Downloads still have the file on their own server so, we can easily get it form there
Winclone 2.2 on CNET Downloads
and after that the beauty come to us!
Unfortunately, WinClone will not work under OSX Lion...
A: Winclone 3 is out. $19.99. Works with Windows Vista or 7. XP unsupported, but sometimes works. OSX 10.6+
http://twocanoes.com/winclone.php
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Q: Spelling correction on iPod Touch How do I keep iOS from replacing my typing with something else when a correction is proposed? If I do nothing (i.e., don't choose the proposed word) and continue typing, it replaces the word I typed!
Is this possible to have the opposite behaviour—that is, to have to do something to have what I typed modified?
A: Take a look at Apple's iPod touch iOS4 User Guide. In particular, page 31 has two helpful tips:
*
*To reject the suggested word, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x” to dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPod touch becomes more likely to accept your word.
*Turn auto-correction and spell checking on or off: Choose General > Keyboard, then turn Auto-Correction on or off. Auto-Correction is on by default.
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Q: Mouse recommendation for iMac I have a 20' aluminum iMac (the one that came with a Mighty Mouse).
The not-so-mighty mouse started to fail, and I'm tired of trying to clean its wheel.
What's the best mouse that looks good with an iMac? It can be either Bluetooth, or USB (a short cord would be great).
My current choice is the Magic Mouse, but its lack of middle button, to open tabs in Safari, may be a deal breaker.
A: The Magic Mouse.
Coming from a Mighty Mouse you will probably miss the side buttons and middle click (who wouldn't), but you are getting gestures on your mouse and no scroll ball to screw up.
There are even some 3'rd party apps to add extra gestures, and you might even be able to get your middle click back :-)
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*MouseWizard
*BetterTouchTool
*sesamouse
*Multiclutch
A: I will answer here and not the topic mentionned by Dori because the OP specifically said "that looks good with an iMac?".
I'm using the Pro|Click mouse from Razer. Bought it a couple years ago. I fits nicely with the aluminium keyboard and iMac.
The photo I linked above gives you a more realistic feel for its color, it's not as white as the photos on Razer's site.
After two years use I can say I'm very happy with it. The fabric on the body is great, it's a little shiny and perfectly smooth. The wheel and sides give off a nice bluey light. Coincidentally I'm using the Creative Gigaworks T20 external speakers, which also have a bright blue led on the front. So in the evening, they go rather nicely together ;)
My only complaint is the fabric of the buttons. There are yellowish patches where I place my fingers. EDIT: Which can not be easily cleaned, I precise ;) Unfortunately because the buttons are made of a different type of plastic, slightly rubberish. Personally I don't understand why they use rubbery buttons like that, but it's not a big deal.
The mouse is also very good for gaming, which is something to consider if you have gaming sessions with bootcamp.
A: I'm not so sure about "looking good" but if you want a mouse that "works good" I'd suggest something that gives back some control over the acceleration of the cursor on the screen.
The Kensington Expert Mouse (yes, I know it's a trackball) Is I think one of the best options around. And as mentioned above it gives you fine control over acceleration.
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Q: iHome Mouse drivers for OS X I have an iHome wireless 5 button laser mouse model iH-M130ZR and I can't find any drivers to be able to program the buttons. By default, left/right/scroll clicks work, but I can't get any response from the other buttons. Does anyone know of a program or drivers that will let me take advantage of these other buttons? Even to just be able to use the side buttons for back/forward in browsing would be great.
A: I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard good things about USB Overdrive. While the name of the utility implies that it's USB-only, it also works for devices connected via Bluetooth.
Another possible option is SteerMouse.
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Q: How do I calibrate the colors for two monitors for web development? I have a Mac Pro with a dual setup running an Acer P243w and Samsung SyncMaster B2430. I have attempted making my own profile but have difficulty matching them.
Is there any better way to make my monitors match color wise? Do you have any tips?
My problem is that I am creating interfaces and the coloring appears to be 'off', between the two.
A: There some hardward-based display calibrators that usually cost $80 and up. Some names are "Datacolor Spyder3Express", "LaCie Blue Eye", "PANTONE huey".
An important issue with calibration for the web is to:
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*Calibrate with gamma 2.2. If you're on Snow Leopard, especially if you started with it on the Mac when you bought, then it will be gamma 2.2 already. But if you use Leopard or calibrated on it, you might have gamma 1.8, which is not standard for web (and doesn't fit Windows, which also has 2.2).
*Learna about sRGB color profile, which was build for CRT monitors back in the day. Many browsers don't support embedded color profiles for images (Safari does support, though), which means they'll render uncalibrated, which means they'll be rendered in your (and other visitors') monitor' profile, which might be close to sRGB.
*You should preferably export all your graphics without profile or with sRGB profile for them to display most propertly with all brosewrs.
*Calibrating with Mac OS X build-in software calibrartion is possible but might require several iterations to get right. If your display has non-LED backlighting you should let it work for about 10 minutes before calibrarting or otherwise judge its colors, while the lamp warms up.
*You're better off try to compare some images that have embeeded sRGB profile and the same that isn't and see if the colors match in browser.
Resources:
*
*A good place to test your monitor (but not calibrate color profile) is: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
*sRGB and other color profile information: Has great tests with hover-switching images to see how different profiles and no-profile images display on your monitor. http://www.gballard.net/psd/srgbforwww.html
*The above website has specific instructions on calibrating a Mac: http://www.gballard.net/photoshop/hardware_calibrate_monitor.html
*Calibration theory and some test images (even though more photography oriented): http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
*Some Mac OS calibration process tips at http://www.khulsey.com/monitor_calibration.html
Also, S-IPS panel monitors have more consistent color reproduction at different viewing andles. If you have regular TN monitors, you might have a problem see them both at the same color from the different angles that you see them, even if each one is calibrated 100% when viewed hean-on.
And yes, it might take huge amount of time and a lot of disappointments, so be patient.
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Q: Spaces and Expose Overview using the 2nd Monitor I have two monitors, and 9 (3x3) virtual desktops. When I invoke the Spaces overview mode of expose, everything gets pulled onto the primary display. It creates one overview with 3x3 desktops, although each desktop is a weird shape of two rectangles touching and offset, representing the two monitors.
I would much prefer to have both desktops used for this view, with a 3x3 display of the primary spaces on the primary display, and a 2nd 3x3 display of the secondary desktops on the second display.
Does anyone know of a defaults command or 3rd party app that supports this?
A: As far as I know, it’s not possible to show the Spaces Overview on both screens. It will always be shown in the primary display and the other will fade to black. I haven’t come across any utility that does that. Hyperspaces is nice, but it doesn’t do that. Although if you really use spaces, I’d recommend you give it a look. Read their blog and possibly ask the author if such thing would be possible for future versions. He’s working on version 2.0 at the moment and you never know… :)
A: Mission Control does this in Lion!
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Q: How can I stop iTunes 10 launching when pressing the Play/Pause buttons? When I'm watching a movie and I press the "play" button, iTunes 10 launches. How can I keep this from happening?
A: Just found this on Lifehacker. I think it's exactly what you're looking for. The post talks about a patch called MMFix, which changes the media control daemon to stop exactly this from happening. Apparently, it comes with a one-click installer.
And, if some reason you would like to remove the patch, just run the one-click installer again and the original rcd daemon will be restored.
(Works on OS X 10.7 Lion, too!)
A: MMFix hasn't been updated for Mountain Lion yet, but I did find this solution to work, run
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist
in the Terminal.
A: iTunesPatch did the trick for me on OS X Yosemite.
Description from website:
The application will patch the Remote Control Daemon to prevent it from starting iTunes whenever you press the play button on the keyboard or an external remote control. This will only prevent iTunes from starting, all other functions (like play/pause while iTunes is running) will continue to work as before. The original file is backed up in case you would like to restore the original functionality.
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Q: What is the "Personal Photo Letter" intended for? Pages on the iPad has as one of its defaults the "Personal Photo Letter". What is the intent of this type of document?
A: As its name implies, the Personal Photo Letter, is a personal letter, that is, a letter written to a specific person, that also includes your photo along with your name.
It is like any traditional personal letter, only it has your photo in it.
There’s no real “intended for” situation where you must use that letter. Only when having your picture in it makes sense. I don’t know or I’m not aware of cases where using this type of letter is considered a requirement.
Sometimes when writing a resume you might want to include a presentation letter. Putting your picture there allows the reader to associate your face with the resume or CV. Other than that, I wouldn’t include a picture of me in a personal letter.
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Q: Will a cloned hard drive function exactly as the original? If I buy a new hard drive and clone my original onto it (using Carbon Copy Cloner or something similar), will my computer function exactly the same as it did before? Will things like licensed programs not work properly? (I can't think of any reason they wouldn't, but you never know.)
A: Short answer: Probably
Long answer:
Technically speaking CCC and similiar tools do not make bitwise exact copies of volumes. There are detectable differences (for example, each disk will have different UUIDs). Having said that, I have never seen any software that depends on something like the disk UUID, but it is possible someone uses it as a part of a copy protection scheme or something.
One exception is Time Machine. Time Machine uses the UUID to identify the source disk. So in order for time machine to incrementally continue on your previous backup, you'll have to use the command sudo tmutil associatedisk -a.
A: As has been said, everything should work. It is easy to test this. Simply put the drive in an external enclosure, clone the current drive, then use Startup Disk utility in System Preferences to boot off of the new disk. This will allow you to verify that everything works as intended. If your original disk is mounted, you probably want to eject it to ensure the system is picking anything up off of that disk.
A: Yes, everything will work the same if you use software such as Carbon Copy Cloner and choose to move the entire hard disk to the new (or "other") one.
It is a great way to have a backup disk that will just work immediately in case if failure of the internal drive (this is how I do with my MacBook Pro), and it's a good companion (not substitute) of Time Machine.
A: Yes. I swap out drives all the time... it's basically transparent on a Mac. I've even booted my MacBook Pro's drive on my wife's MacBook Pro and vice versa. It takes a minute longer to boot as it reconfigures itself but once it starts you can't even tell the difference.
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Q: Battery or power adapter problem? I have a problem charging my battery.
When I plug my power adapter into my MacBook Pro, the power adapter's light turns green (it doesn't change to orange) and my monitor light turns on (which means the laptop is getting power from the adapter)—but the battery wouldn't charge.
However, when I use my friend's power adapter, my battery does charge.
Is there a problem with my power adapter or something else?
A:
PS: when I use my friend's magsafe it
charges my MacBook Pro.
Sorry if this is too obvious, but if your friend's magsafe charger indeed charges the battery without any problems, then it certainly seems like the problem is in your charger. (Somewhere in it; the cord, magsafe adapter, or some other part.)
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Q: Installing mc (midnight commander) without root access? How do I do that? The normal installers (with .pkg files) ask for an admin password. It is possible to run normal mac software without admin access, but how do I run and install this shell software?
A: You can compile it yourself or use HomeBrew, that doesn't require root access.
A: Compile it elsewhere on a Mac where you do have the necessary tools installed. Move the binary over to the other machine.
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Q: iPad: getting back to initial screen after watching podcast I use the iPod application on my iPad to watch podcasts most days, but after watching a podcast it seems impossible to get back to the initial screen (which shows when the app is launched) without quitting the app and starting it up again. Is there some sort of secret to getting back the the initial screen?
A: You don't specify if it's an Audio podcast or a Video podcast.
in a Video Podcast, the iPod App quits and Video app lunches with the selected Video Podcast, so when you press the DONE button you are in the Videos app
iPod-app
on tap on the Podcast, opens in Videos app
Videos app http://www.balexandre.com/temp/2010-09-22_0911_001.png
so, you can't go back because you are actually in other app... though the new iOS 4.2 makes that easy ;)
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Q: How to convert iOS backup from 4.0 to 3.x Is there a way to convert an iOS 4 backup to format that was used in iOS 3.
I have an iPhone 3G and iOS 4 runs really slow on it. I have succesfuly downgraded the firmware back to 3.1.3 but now I can't restore data backup because the backup format is only for iOS 4. Any ideas?
Thanks!
A: No, there is no way to exchange backups for each major versions.
but you can give that a try, first you need to downgrade the firmware, and for the moment you can't downgrade from 4.x to 3.x as it already updated the baseband and there is nothing you can do now unless using hacker tricks that you need to find in specialized forums.
Then after update the device with the firmware, you just chose "restore backup" on your first connection to iTunes and pass the activation (if an iPhone)
Remember one BIG thing:
iPhone 3G runs iOS 4.0 really slow, but iOS 4.1 is sooo much faster! you should upgrade! I did and I was impressed with the speed, though now wife has it as I bought the 4th version of the iPhone.
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Q: How do I cancel a download in iTunes on the iPad? I have selected to download a few podcasts in iTunes on my iPad but have decided that I don't want them anymore (they're audio only and I would prefer to listen to them on my laptop instead). Is there any way of terminating/cancelling the download?
I have tried tapping, holding, and various other things in iTunes on the iPad but no luck.
Am I doomed to have to download the files and then delete them?
I ask because I'm in a country that does not have unmetered download internet plans.
A: you should be able to swipe from left to right along the item to get a delete button. The same way you used to have to delete on the iPhone before they added in multi-item delete.
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Q: Is there a way to remove the artist name from a large number of titles in itunes? I have a few hundred mp3's which are labeled, e.g., "Rush - 01 - actual title of song". Is there a way to automatically remove "Rush - XX - " form the title names?
A: Try Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes . I think This one does it if not there will be something similar
A: On the payware (but excellent) side, you have Song Genie which will do all that for you.
A: MusicBrainz Picard can do file renaming and/or moving as it tags.
A: if you want pay some you can use Tune UP it's also compatible with iTunes.
and other choice for you is to use jaikoz.
A: A Better Finder Rename is a commercial product (US $20) that can, among many other features, batch-modify ID3 tags in your iTunes files. You can download a trial version and try it on a few files.
A: Another option might have been to use TriTag to assign new titles based on the names of the files.
Or run a temporary script like this in AppleScript Editor:
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with t in selection
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " - "
set name of t to text item 3 of (get name of t)
end repeat
end tell
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Q: When I put events on my MobileMe calendar, syncing causes numerous duplicates to appear Anyone encounter this, or know how to prevent it?
I'm syncing two MacBooks, an iPad and two iPhones.
Each entry appears one to five times once it syncs.
A: For each of the devices remove the MobileMe account and opt to delete all the data when asked (it usually asks if you would like to remove the data associated with that account). Then add back again and see if it continues.
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Q: Decompressing .sit file I have recently downloaded a .sit archive file.
Is there a way to decompress it at the command line?
A: The Unarchiver
Includes a commandline tool. Can unpack some SIT files. I think I have experienced problems with a few SIT files though.
A: I’m sure that Stuffit Deluxe has two command line utilities called stuff and unstuff (they're in /usr/local/bin) as far as I can remember. But you need the Deluxe payware version.
If paying is not your idea, you could technically do the same using the free Stuffit Expander. You have to invoke it from the Terminal with something like:
osascript -e 'tell application "StuffIt Expander" to expand posix file “/path/to/full/file/compressedfile.sit”’
It might not be the best, but it should work.
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Q: External disk stalls iMac I have a weird problem with an external disk connected to my 27" iMac running OS X 10.6.5.
It is a 1TB LaCie d2 Quadra and it is connected through Firewire.
I use this disk primarily for Time Machine backups, which works well and fast.
The problem is that when this disk wakes up, it locks up the complete iMac. While I hear the disk spin up my iMac is unresponsive. Then when the disk is ready, the iMac comes back to life.
What is going on here?
A: What is going on is that OS X (actually it’s the Finder and the I/O subsystem) is “waiting” for the drive to be readable.
Truth is, is not the “whole mac” but the Finder (and any Finder application) what freezes. For example, a Save/Open dialog, Time Machine starting, a Finder window, etc. However you can always cmd-tab and perform other actions.
There isn’t much you can do, except to tell OS X not to sleep your hard drives (or wait for the drive to spin up):
. Beware with that option, because it will mean that your hard drives are on all the time, thus degrading their lifespan.
I’m not 100% sure if that option affects Firewire/USB external drives, but I think it does.
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Q: Installing applications from disk images - what about the resources? I know that the way to install an application on Mac is to drag the icon from the disk image onto applications. Often these folders don't just contain an application but resources (such as a readme as well). How do I then access these resources later? Do I have to save the disk images as well? This seems kind of silly as then the default instructions for installing the application mean that you can't easily access the readme later (as the disk image has probably been saved to the downloads folder where it will eventually end up being deleted).
A: What I do in these cases (which I seem to run into fairly often lately) is create a new folder in Applications, and then drag everything from the disk image into that folder. It's one extra level, but it works just fine for almost every application.
A: As you have correctly guessed, those resources won’t be available unless the application provided an installer and/or a folder (for example World of Warcraft is a big folder with lots of things in there).
If the application is just a bundle you have to drag (like most), if you want to access any resource in the disk image at a later time, you will have to save it. There’s no other automatic way.
On the other hand if the application is a simple bundle you have to drag, there isn’t much “install instructions” you really need. When you don’t need the application anymore, you drag it to the trash.
Some applications include more stuff in the Disk Images, generating this type of confusion, but most software doesn’t have this problem, because it either has a pkg installer or a simple icon you have to drag and nothing more.
A: Things alongside the .app are sometimes aliases, sometimes duplicates of things within the .app
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Q: iPhone App for Weather Push Notifications Is there an app that sends weather alerts push notification to the iPhone? I have seen similar apps on Andriod but haven't seen one for the iPhone.
A: Yes... WeatherBug. I don't use it on my iPod but it works great on Android. Their product description page mentions the same functionality on iOS as on Android, i.e. National Weather Service (NWS) alerts.
On my Droid it pops up with a red triangle in the notification area when there's an alert.
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Q: Is it possible to hide the scrollbar in Terminal? In the 10.4 or maybe 10.5 versions of Terminal.app it was possible to hide the scrollbar completely. Does anyone know if this is still possible in the 10.6 version of Terminal.app?
A: As of OS X Lion 10.7 scrollbars can be hidden system-wide, including in Terminal, with
System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars
If you have a “touch” input device, like a trackpad or Magic Mouse, they are hidden by default.
A: You can copy the Terminal application from a previous version of the Mac OS X, or (if you are able) alter the file containing the user interface definition (the file ending in .nib or .xib).
A: There is not an easy way to remove the scrollbar from Terminal.app in 10.6. Your best option is to download iTerm which allows you to remove the scrollbar, and also gives you a bunch of other options that Terminal.app does not have.
A: Try LionScrollbars. It's the only thing that worked for me. Works like a charm under 10.8.2.
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Q: Mail: Separate unread counts (badges) on dock icon for different accounts I have multiple accounts configured in Mail and I would like to see the separate unread counts in the dock icon.
I was looking at dockstar. When I google I see that another plugin Mailbadger is also available (the homepage is down for quite sometime now, and the download available via macupdate and others seem to be outdated)
Is there another/better app/plugin for customizing Mail's dock icons?
A: For all the software I searched and see the detailed specs, Dockstar is the best choice for the feature you are requesting.
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Q: What is the best key remapper tool? I use international keyboards which have ` (~ with shift) next to Z key. I'm used to having `/~ key next to 1 (currently, this key produces § or ± with shift, which I don't use at all). My goal is to remap §/± key to `/~.
I have found several key remapping tools for Mac OS, so I want to ask which one do you have best experience with. (I use Mac OS X 10.6)
A: great question... I've been looking for a tool that will allow me to emulate TouchCursor for Windows on the mac for a long time. Tried Ukelele, DoubleCommand, and some others that I can't remember right now :) KeyRemap4Macbook seemed to be closest to what I needed, but I could never get around to configuring it how I wanted it. Your mileage may vary.
Check out this page that gives some of the aforementioned programs and start playing :)
A: Ukelele
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Q: How can I allow incoming SSH (SCP) connections? How can I allow incoming SSH connections on my mac (Mac OS X 10.6.4) from other machines on the same network?
Every time I'm trying to scp something on the machine I get a Connection refused error.
A: In order to allow SSH incoming connections to your Mac, you need to enable Remote Login in Sharing Preferences pane.
Here’s a picture:
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Q: What's the trivial difference between the 15" and 17" versions of the MacBook Pro? What can I ask on the phone to a Mac user who has a MacBook Pro (Alu), but doesn't know if it's a 15 or a 17 one (and don't have a tool to measure the screen)
What can I ask him to look at to tell me what version it is?
A: In the left corner of the top menu, pick the apple menu and select About This Mac.
In the About This Mac panel, click the More Info button. if you hover your mouse on Hardware you can see the general info about your macbook pro such 15" or 17".
As Dori said in comment above solution for before 2007 now choose Graphics/Displays from the left column, it does display the screen resolution.
A: If it's the unibody MacBook Pro, I believe the 15" has an SD card slot, and the 17" has an ExpressCard/34 slot. Also, the 15" only has two USB ports, whereas the 17" has three.
A: Might not be that Trivial, but the size between the side of the computer and the keyboard is larger in a 17’’ model:
MacBook Pro 15’’:
15'' http://www.sunsetmac.com/images/6615244.gif
MacBook Pro 17’’:
If the user fails to find the information as described above, you can tell him to count the number of holes (no measure required!) ;)
A: Max screen resolution in Displays preferences.
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Q: Make iTunes delete old listened podcasts (after a while) I would like iTunes to automatically delete the downloaded file after I had listened to it. Ideally I would like to be able to keep them for a few days after I had listened to it but it's not necessary.
Is this possible?
A: The way to control Podcast longevity is built into iTunes (although the options are limited).
Select “Podcasts” in iTunes and the Settings button should be visible in the lower part of the iTunes window:
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Q: Italian language dictionary for Safari Is there a way I can add the italian language to Safari's built in spelling support?
A: Safari will use the language(s) that you have installed when you installed you operating system and it will try to automatically determine the language you’re typing in (provided a dictionary exists). Since you’ve mentioned Safari, I assume you are having a lot of red underlines when typing in forms in Italian.
Make sure you have Italian in your system (do you use the operating system in italian?) Do your applications open in Italian?
If you right click on a textbox in Safari and open the Spelling and Grammar palette:
You will get this:
Notice the “Automatic by Language”. I have italian there, and in fact, that list is ordered by the order of the languages in Language & Text preference pane.
Now if what you want to do is modify the built in Dictionary app to support other languages, I’ve done that in Leopard (added spanish) and I haven’t tried to do it again in Snow Leopard, but here is a very nice tutorial on how to do it.
A: Use cocoaspell to install spelling support for any language that is not preinstalled in your Mac.
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Q: Is it possible to redefine what Keynote interprets as bold and normal for a particular font? When working in Keynote I like to use medium and light fonts instead of bold and normal. This causes me a problem because when I hit apple-b to embolden something I want the font to be switched to medium instead of bold, but the default is the bold font. Is there someway for me to either a) redefine what a particular presentation interprets as bold and normal or b) assign a different shortcut key to switch the font between medium and light?
UPDATE: An option c) occurs to me too: could I copy the whole font somehow and play around with its definition to replace normal with light and bold with medium?
A: To answer directly to your two questions:
a) No, you can’t redefine what is bold and what is normal as far as I know, Medium and Light are different styles than Regular and Bold and there isn’t a keyboard shortcut to set them (nor a menu item for that) and because of the latter, you can’t set a keyboard shortcut.
b) Because of (a), you can’t really do this.
A (lame) alternative is to use Copy Style cmd+alt+c and paste style cmd+alt+v. But that requires that you find a piece of text that has the same size/font.
Also having the Formatting bar visible makes it easier (albeit with the mouse) to change that: shift+cmd+R.
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Q: How to unlock an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.1? I have an iPhone 3G with 3.1.3 firmware. I want to upgrade it to 4.1, but I can't find information on how to then jailbreak it (I want it to work with any mobile provider).
Is there a way to jailbreak iOS 4.1?
A: There is not yet a readily available iOS 4.1 jailbreak. Your best bet is to jailbreak using jailbreakme.com and stay on 3.1.3. With the baseband in 3.1.3, you can still install ultrasn0w (required to unlock and work with any GSM provider)
Once the iPhone Dev Team has published an update to pwnagetool that works with iOS 4.1, it will be safe to upgrade. You can currently unlock iOS 4.1 with redsn0w, but that DOES NOT allow for unlocking via ultrasn0w.
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Q: Is there a cheaper alternative to cinema displays? Apple displays are great, except for the price.
I'm looking to replace my LG 19" display with a 24".
I can't find any screen that isn't overly widescreen, it's ridiculous ! Wide is good but too wide isn't useful, Apple 24" displays have the screen estate I'm looking for.
Dell used to do nice 24" (2408WFP) but they don't sell them anymore.
Is there any display out there which shares the ratio of Apple's cinema displays but also cheaper ?
A: How about Dell U2410. I use one at home and it is a great monitor.
A: Samsung P2770HD
27" and a resolution of 1920x1080. However only 16bits per pixel, so color banding is very visible. I recently bought one cheap. Happy about the size. Not too happy about the colors.
The Cinema displays can go up to 2560x1440 and has 24bits per pixel, so this Samsung display can only compete on size and price.
A: I'm not sure what you mean by "overly widescreen" - are you looking at these screens in person or on the web? How can you tell they're overly wide?
I'd be far more concerned with display quality than display sizing. The Dell screens I've used in the past have always been terrible at getting the color quality that a macbook pro screen has.
I'm currently using a Samsung 2333HD next to my MBP and it's a serious competitor to the apple display quality, in my opinion. To be fair, it's just under your specs at 23" but it's more than enough extra screen real estate for me and you'll surely be impressed if you're upgrading from a 19".
The newest apple display is 19.35"x25.7"x8.15" (and that's for a 27" screen) whereas the 2333HD is 16.5"x21.8"x8.5" (for 23") so very close to the same depth and 3"/4" less height/width for 4" less screen size. It's the same 16:9 aspect ratio, so you probably won't be disappointed by the width and, again, you definitely won't miss out on quality. Seems like it runs around $200 these days, I got mine for $150 on sale so you could probably search around a bit for a better price.
A: DELL U2410 is a good choice and new U2412M which use LED as backlight cost less energy.
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Q: Is there console mode in Mac OS X? Is there something like Linux console in Mac OS X? Like "terminal", but without running graphics environment.
A: Yes. At the login screen, login as >console with an admin password.
To get the user name field, open the Login Options in System Preferences and change the default login window display option:
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Q: What is jail breaking
Possible Duplicate:
What are the benefits of iPhone jailbreak?
What is jail breaking? Why do people do it? What is the advantage and disadvantage?
A: IOS_jailbreaking
Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to install homebrew applications on their devices by unlocking the operating system and allowing the user root access. Once jailbroken, iPhone users are able to download many extensions and themes previously unavailable through the App Store via unofficial installers such as Cydia, Rock Your Phone and Icy Installer. A jailbroken iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch is still able to use the App Store and iTunes.
It is mostly done to escape the restrictive nature of the App Store. Once you have jailbroken an iPhone you are free to install a lot of software that apple would not normally allow. Such as modifying the lock screen to display useful information, or enabling multitasking on an iPhone 3G.
A: Jailbreaking is to break out of the "jail" that Apple runs normal software in so you can do unauthorised modifications such as install your own applications or alter system components. Jailbreaking is often done by exploiting security issues in iOS and such are closed with the next software update.
If you jailbreak your iOS device the device is unsupported. While it's not illegal Apple has explicitly stated it's entirely your problem for any issues you cause. (The Genius bars won't touch a jailbroken phone unless it's been restored and the problems exists on a non hacked version of iOS).
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Q: How do I Convert FLAC files to ALAC for iTunes? I have a pretty large music library in FLAC, and I need to import it to my iTunes library somehow. I want to use the ALAC format to keep everything lossless so I can transcode to different lossy formats later if I need to.
A: I'm a fan of XLD and since the original question was posed it gained the drag-and-drop folder capabilities that the person asking the question as after. No need to install Growl to get it to work. It also handles embedded images in FLAC files when doing the conversion and will keep them in the ALAC output files.
A: Have a look at Max. Freeware and Open source. Has a GUI.
A: You could also use ffmpeg:
for f in *.flac; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -c:a alac "${f%flac}m4a"; done
find . -name \*.flac | parallel ffmpeg -i {} -c:a alac {.}.m4a
It preserves common tags, but it doesn't currently preserve artwork.
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Q: Performance hit of installing a new hard drive in a MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro 5,3 with a 7200 rpm 500 GB hard drive. I am running out of space and I have been considering upgrading with Western Digital's 1 TB laptop hard drive. I am just curious if I am going to get a big hit to my performance.
This is the hard drive I am looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545
A: ATTENTION
You do not specify a MacBook pro, but mine (pre-unibody) it ca not take those drives as you can read it has 12.5mm height and the maximum of a MBP Drive is 9.5mm
That is why several 500Gb drives did not fit MBP's and the one you are mentioning will never fit your laptop.
added
Currently, the max capacity on a 9.5mm Hard Drive is 750Gb (WD Scorpio Blue 5400rpm), and SSD is 480Gb (OWC SSD Extreme Pro) --> I bought mine here but 240Gb, it's superb!
to learn how to swap them (unibody, late 2008 models), see this OWC video and if you want to check the performance from an SSD and a HHD, please check this video.
my own SSD:
A: If the new drive is also 7200 rpm, what you’re going to get is usually a faster drive, more modern with (possibly) more internal cache which could lead to a slight improvement. In any case, the difference between 7200 and 5400 rpm is not that much. There is a difference and you will notice it in certain things, but there are other factors that will affect performance way before the disk in a day to day usage. Unless all you do is write/read files from the disk, get the bigger disk you can afford. Of course you can always get a 2TB external FW drive and store all the junk there, while still having plenty of room in the internal drive.
Or you could get a smaller 128/256 SSD super faster drive and store most of your stuff in your external 500rpm drive (in a USB External Enclosure for 10 bucks), but leaving your OS in the internal super fast SSD.
Options… options… :)
In any case, always get as much ram as you can afford.
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Q: How to sync two iPhones to the same Mac and to Nike+? The two iPhones appears in iTunes but the run data is not synced with Nike+
A: Humm, this is weird, mine does ok, but I never tried with both on iTunes... always one of a time.
I did found several forum discussions regarding the out of sync with Nike Plus, and this is from Aug 26th and already have 8 pages :o
it describes plenty of out of sync workouts (maybe it's an app bug)
http://forums.nike.com/thread.jspa?threadID=28016
probably is a good idea to post on Nike forum as well.
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Q: What to do with broken iPhone 3G? A friend order an iPhone 4 to replace his iPhone 3G which has a cracked screen. He offered it to me.
I have AT&T on a family plan with no text or data. What should I do with the phone?
I'm open to suggestions, but I'm considering...
*
*fixing the screen and then selling it. I'd put that money towards purchasing the iPhone 4 with a data plan.
*fixing the screen and keeping it.
*selling without fixing the screen.
I guess I could keep it without fixing the screen too, but...
A: You can buy very cheap screen replacements on ebay (about AU$30). I have fitted one of these myself, it is not too hard.
A: I sold mine without fixing it and got a nice price on ebay.
A: use it as a External HardDrive.
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Q: How to find songs on iPod I recently downloaded a YouTube playlist, ripped the audio, and added it to my iPod/iTunes library. Currently the songs are in my "Recently Added" playlist, but once they disappear from there, I don't know I'll find them.
I've checked if the name of the playlist (also the name of the directory the files are stored in) is being used as either the album name or artist name, and it's not.
A: Choose the track in iTunes and choose get info (cmd-I)
The summary tab gives a description of the track including album, artist etc and the full path in the filesystem
The info tab gives the details of the album, artist, album artist ie what artist appears in the iTunes listing
The sorting tab might also be of interest for this issue
These artist and albums will also be the ones used on the iPod
Also you can change the recently added playlist to include more tracks by changing the number in the definition of the smart playlist
A: Your best bet is to create a Smart Playlist called “Recently Added” (or similar) with the following rules (adjust to your likings):
note: the “media is not podcast” is my own thing, you can remove that, but it’s pretty straightforward.
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Q: Disconnecting an iPhone from Exchange while preserving data If an iPhone is configured to sync with Exchange, what's the best way to break that connection while preserving all the contact and note data on the phone? Is it enough to remove the Exchange account and then sync with Outlook directly? Or are there other gotchas with that?
A: You can't; Exchange is an all-or-nothing deal. The only way to keep the data would be to export it to another service (e.g., MobileMe, Yahoo, Gmail, whichever works), break the connection, and then reimport the data into your regular contacts.
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Q: How do you prevent an iPod Classic (and other iPods) from losing ratings on sync On a number of occasions I have synced my iPod after several months of ratings only to have all of my meticulously applied stars get erased from the iPod Classic.
I switched from the more convenient Manual mode to Automatic management but it still seems to wipe my ratings. The ideal behavior would be to have iTunes sync the new stars back to my library. Why wouldn't this happen?
A: Im not sure this is default behavior. I use stars and smart playlists to actually help manage things (smart playlist to delete songs, and then rate things with 5 stars that need to be 'processed'). I sync usually once a week, and it always syncs these changes back and forth.
Its supposed to sync all the songs in recently played to update their metadata (like playcounts) as well. Maybe if you don't sync for months, that playlist doesn't show everything, and therefore looses some of your ratings?
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Q: Office '08 Can't Read Chinese Characters in Windows-Created Docs? One of my friends had recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" and had been astounded to find that he couldn't read some of his old documents that were in Chinese in Office 2008.
All the characters had been reduced to little square blocks like [].
A: He needs to make sure that he has the correct fonts installed—Office is trying to display the document, but couldn't find the necessary characters.
It's possible that the previous owner of the MBP deleted fonts he didn't use, or that those particular documents used a font that didn't come with the OS.
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Q: Mac or Macintosh Commercially speaking they are the same, as stated by Wikipedia, but what should be the correct way to name our precious personal devices?
A: Im pretty sure Mac is the preferred term now, and usually when they are being discussed, the type of Mac is usually mentioned (iMac, Mac Pro, etc). Professionally they are usually addressed as Macs vs Macintosh as well. Either way you would be right.
Though, on some of the newest packaging, my new iMac box said 'Apple Macintosh' on it. And in some of the paperwork, they use Macintosh and Mac interchangeably.
A: The Menu says "About this Mac", but the default name for the primary drive installed in the machine is "Macintosh HD" (even on machines with SSDs), so Apple hasn't completely done away with the term "Macintosh".
A: In the October 4, 2011 Special Event, Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the sales figures for computers by calling it the Macintosh (source: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2011/). He subsequently referred to it as the Mac, but if the company CEO still uses the term "Macintosh" I'd say the name is not defunct.
A: Mac or Macintosh are the same thing. I’ve got a Mac Computer or I’ve got a Macintosh Computer are the same. As long as you don’t use MAC instead of Mac. You can also say I’ve got an Apple computer.
A: Apple no longer calls them Macintosh, just "Mac" for the entire range of devices, and "iMac" "MacBook", "Mac Mini" etc for the specific devices. So, unless you're talking about an old model that actually has "Macintosh" in the name, I'd say "Mac" is to be preferred.
A: I have noticed for many years that people who do not own or use a Macintosh (and aren't quite sure what one is) refer to them as a "MAC" in all capital letters, whereas people who actually use one always refer to it as "Mac".
This is an easy way to tell whether or not the person whose article or post you are reading has any idea about what they are saying.
"MAC", on the other hand, is an acronym for "Machine Access Code address" and refers to the unique hardware identifier of every Ethernet and WiFi network card in the world. So every (networked) computing device has its own MAC whether it's a PC, a Mac, an iPhone, or something else.
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Q: How hard can it be to add a "rotate" action? Can you guys teach me how to rotate an image so that when sent by email we actually send it in the right rotation?
A: Edit: As of 2016 this functionality is now part of iOS's native photo app
The following information pertains an iPhone, but I assume the iPad is identical in terms of features.
Short Answer: You can’t rotate photos in the default iOS’s Camera Software; you need to install a third party utility, like PS Express (recommended and free):
A: You can do this in the iOS photos app by tapping on the edit button on the toolbar at the bottom when viewing a photo, then choosing crop/rotate, then rotate.
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Q: Which songs in my iTunes library are DRM protected? Is there an easy way to obtain a list of all songs in my iTunes library that are protected by DRM?
A: If you want to see this information without excluding the other songs, you can modify the view options
and add the "Kind" information column.
In this column you will see the information you need.
A: Create a smart playlist and use "kind contains protected" as the first rule.
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Q: Is it possible to show multi-level threads in Mail.app? I like the threaded view for mail.app, but it only groups the messages per thread. In other words, there's only two levels: the original messages, and all the replies that came after that.
Is it possible (perhaps via plugin?) to show a multi-level view of the e-mail thread in mail.app?
A: I'm sorry; that's not possible.
A: As an alternative to the lack of Mail features (good threading being one of those), you can try any of the following, which I’m sure you already know:
*
*Postbox: Lots of features, multiplatform, not free.
*Thunderbird: Very decent mail client, free and also multiplatform.
*Mailplane: If you like Gmail but don’t want to lose OS X features, Mailplane is a very decent alternative combining the best of gmail with a respectable OS X integration.
*Sparrow: A new alternative (only for gmail) that is growing in popularity for its ease of use and iPad-like interface. Although it only works for gmail, the plan is to expand it. Still very beta. Still free. Worth to follow around and check every now and then.
*There may be others but these are the most known/used (excluding Mail.app of course). Eudora is also popular, but I believe it’s a little bit outdated.
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Q: Reduce colors from Millions to Thousands I was trying to run a Keynote presentation on a secondary display and Keynote told me that I didn't have enough video RAM and either needed to reduce the resolution or number of colors from Millions to Thousands. I know how to change the resolution, but how do I change the number of colors?
Thanks!
A: For some reason, the option to change color depth was removed in Snow Leopard. SwitchResX can still do it I think, but that's shareware (10-day demo).
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Q: Run Keynote Presentation in a Window Is there a way to run a Keynote presentation in a window instead of fullscreen? I changed the resolution to one smaller than my display, and it displays it centered. I need it in the upper left corner of the screen to record it with Camtasia.
A: The latest update of keynote allow you to do play the presentation in a window.
Upgrade your keynote to 10.1 and simply play your slideshow via play-> play slideshow in screen.
10.1Jul 9, 2020 • Use the new “Play Slideshow in Window” option to have access to other applications while presenting locally or via
video conferencing.
A: You can export it as a QuickTime movie and choose the Manual Advance Playback mode. It will behave exactly as a Presentation (click to advance and so on) and you will not loose any of the effects (animations, transitions, etc).
Once you have it in Quicktime then you can just present it in a window. Make sure you select Full Quality so you get the best possible movie out.
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Q: HDR photos on iPhone 3GS with iOS4.1 I've just installed iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 3GS, and want to try the new HDR feature in the Camera App... But it doesn't seem to be available.
Is it possible to use it in the 3GS? Do I need to do anything else?
A: Sorry, the HDR feature added in iOS 4.1 only works on iPhone 4.
Take great photos that capture a wider range of light intensity using the new high dynamic range (HDR) setting on iPhone 4, which automatically combines multiple exposures into a single HDR image.
If you want to take HDR photos on your 3GS, there's an app for that: Pro HDR.
A: The HDR feature is for the iPhone 4 only. I believe it requires the higher-quality camera of that version.
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Q: Where can I get install discs for OS X 10.5 to max out a Powerbook G4? Over the past year, my dad's Powerbook G4 (OS X 10.3) lost the ability to run any usable version of firefox or other end of life PPC software. Apple customer service wouldn't sell him a copy of 10.5 and told him to search ebay for copies of OS X 10.5, 8 months after releasing 10.6. We've been watching ebay and the price just keeps climbing above the original price.
I told him to buy a copy of 10.6 and the license should allow for installing older versions. He took it to a 3rd party Mac dealer and they said they couldn't install 10.5 if he doesn't own a 10.5 license (which no one will sell anymore). Does the OS 10.6 license cover older versions of OS X? Can 10.5 be obtained for the original price anywhere?
A: Firstly, I'm not sure where you heard that 10.6 shipped less than six months ago. It actually shipped in August 2009, making it over 12 months old.
Old system software tends to sell at a premium. I'm not sure why, but it may be at least partially because Apple no longer produces them. However, as Apple only sells 10.6 as a stand-alone OS (that is, it doesn't sell upgrade versions, just full) you can legitimately buy 10.5 from anyone with a copy who has since upgraded to 10.6.
There are plenty of places to buy 10.5 if you're willing to shop around. Keep an eye on this search and this search and see what turns up. For instance, this eBay sale is currently going for $40.
A: No the 10.6 license doesn't cover 10.5, and no, you won't find it anywhere for the original price.
I'm assuming his powerbook is running 10.4? To be perfectly honest, 10.5 runs like crap on a G4. I have a 1.67 PBG4 and firefox runs so slow that it's unusable. Take a look at the PPC optimized builds of firefox at http://firefoxmac.furbism.com/. Or try Opera, it's been much better for me.
Stick with 10.4, 10.5 will slow him down even worse!
edit
Since apparently I can't read, this answer may not have much relevance. However, I'd still advise against moving up to 10.5. If you can get your hands on 10.4, I think that would be the way to go. Firefox and most other apps are still supporting 10.4.
A: So Apple will actually sell you a copy of OS X 10.5, Leopard, for $130 through 1-800-MY-Apple. They just tell you to look at eBay first, and will push back a few times before relenting and offering to sell you the upgrade.
Not everyone you talk to at Apple may know this, so you may have to talk to more than one rep. One of the leads at the local apple store knew this.
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Q: How can I burn a CD from iTunes and include CD track names and cover art image I want to burn a CD from iTunes and include a picture of my own as the cover art. So then when people stick the CD into their computer, it shows a picture in iTunes in the cover art section.
A: You can't.
CD do not contain any image anywhere. What happen when you insert the CD is that iTunes looks at the number of songs, their length, the length of silence between song and derives a number from it. It then asks the iTunes Store to find if a CD with this pattern exists. If it does the iTunes Store returns the cover art and all the metadata about the CD (Artist, album name, song names...).
For CDs you burned yourself you can't provide this information to iTunes just from the CD. Unless you find a label to release your CD to the masses and then Apple will add it to its list.
A: There is a format called CD-Text that allows you to include track data (but not cover art, AFAICT), and iTunes lets you enable that format as an option. In the screenshot bmike posted, you can see "Include CD Text" as an option under Audio CD--that's how to enable this. I just tried it on my machine and the option is grayed out--apparently not all drives can write this format.
This wikipedia article has more information and lists a number of programs that can burn the format.
Whether the recipients of the disc can do anything useful with the extra information is another question.
A: If you burn the songs as a Data Disc or a MP3, iTunes includes the music files with the correct tags. If your songs have artwork embedded into the song files, your friends will get all the information and artwork you have prepared for them without needing iTunes to retrieve the artwork as a second step.
There are many tutorials and scripts on the internet to help you through the process. Just embed, and change the export options to keep your artwork with the music.
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Q: How can I get boot details when booting from Snow Leopard DVD? I'm running into a situation where I need to repair my main partition but I can not get my machine to boot off the Snow Leopard DVD. It will boot up, let me choose my language, then go to the "Preparing Installation" (I think that's what it says) screen just before you get to the install wizard and utilities. After that the screen goes gray and then the machine cuts off, black screen, no lights, no power.
Also I seem unable to boot into an Ubuntu install cd (which seems to hang up) or into Safe Mode via holding Shift at startup (which gives me folder with a question mark in it).
Does you guys know any way I can get details about what's going on to see what the problem is? The disc I'm using is the 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD when it first came out (no idea if newer burns have updated versions).
Specs:
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*2008 unibody MacBook Pro 15" 4 gb
*1067 DDR3
*2.53 Core 2 320 gb HD
*10.6.4 OS X (upgarded install from the original 10.5)
I'm tempted to just try installing 10.5 fresh and see if I can do the upgrade, or find out how to get a detailed boot from the Ubuntu install disc.
EDIT: Just as a note, I can boot fine off my 10.5 install disc that came with my laptop originally. I'm just not sure if any changes between then and 10.6 would make using those disk utilities a bad idea. I know the versions are different. Also the memtest utility was successful off the Ubuntu disc, but it just sort of hangs up during the boot process.
A: There should be a point—after you choose the language, but before it starts trying to install the OS—where you see a Utilities option in the menu bar.
Do you get to this point? If so, what happens when you choose Disk Utility?
There's more information about this at Using Disk Utility to Repair a Disk (University of Wisconsin).
OK, now it's a different question, so here's my different answer:
If repairing your main partition is what you want to accomplish, why not just run Disk Utility off the 10.5 system disk?
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Q: What do I need to connect a second monitor to my MacBook Pro? I would like to use my MacBook Pro with a second monitor. What do I need to be able to do this?
A: Your MacBook Pro could have various display ports depending on its vintage:
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*Dual-Link DVI for the oldest models
*Mini DisplayPort on the 15" from late 2008, on the 17" since early 2009
Both can drive a monitor in analog mode (via a VGA port on your monitor) or in digital mode (via a DVI port). Most monitors, except really ancient ones, have both connectors. The quality of the image beeing better with a DVI connection I recommend you go this route.
All monitors are shipped with a DVI/DVI cable, if not go get one at your nearest cheap PC place. For old MacBook Pro that's all you need. For more recent models you need to add a adapter. Apple has one, but I don't like it: It's really short and put pressure on the port when the computer is used on a support. Not to mention ugly. I bought on ebay a 6 foot Mini DisplayPort/DVI cable for cheap, it's all digital so you don't need huge shielding and "super copper wire balanced to give you the best image". Around 10 quids.
Note: Smaller models like the MacBook and the Macbook Air came with different ports: A mini DVI or a micro DVI. For the people reading this with a non "pro" model, make sure you check for those as well...
PS: You can find pictures of the various ports by searching for their names on Wikipedia. I wanted to put the links directly, but apparently I do not have enough reputation to post more than one link:(
A: What MacBook Pro do you have?
Chances are good that all you'll need is:
*
*another monitor
*a Mini DisplayPort adapter cable
If the monitor has DVI in, that adapter needs to be Mini DisplayPort to DVI. If VGA, it needs to be Mini DisplayPort to VGA—and so on. But that should be all you need.
Edited to add:
Apple has some good pages:
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*Monitor and Display Adapter Table
*How to identify MacBook Pro models
They should help you identify what you have and what you need.
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Q: How often is Shift, Control, Alt or Command combined with the secondary click? One option I have for activating expose is to combined Shift, Control, Alt or Command with a secondary click. I am wondering if any of these combinations are likely to interfere with any useful commands on the Mac. Do any of these combinations already do anything useful?
A: Interference depends entirely on the application you are in when you use that combination of keys. Based on my experience, the only applications that get into that deep of a combination of keys (shift+control+cmd+[...]) are very robust like those found in Microsoft Office and the Adobe Creative Suite.
A: I've never seen those combos used in a Mac application, and I pay close attention to keyboard/mouse shortcuts. I think you're safe.
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Q: What does "Sound Check" in iPod settings do? On my iPhone (though I'm sure it's on iPods and iPads as well), under the iPod settings, there's a toggle "Sound Check". What does it do?
A: It enables what basically is just normalization. It scans the library for track volume information, and updates the normalization metadata if necessary. It also honors it, of course.
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Q: Sync iTunes U between 2 Macs via an iPod Is it possible to download lectures (from iTunes U) with iTunes on Mac A, sync an iPod to Mac A, then carry that iPod to Mac B, and finally watch them on Mac B?
That's what I have been doing with my previous iPod (not an iPod Touch) because it allows me to use it as a USB hard drive. Now that I'm using an iPod Touch (which doesn't allow me to see what's inside), I wonder if I can use syncing to do the same job.
A: Actually, there is a way you can sync your device to more than one iTunes library in different computers. The trick is making the device believe that it is the same library.
Each library has an associated identifier. By modifying one of the libraries and putting the id of the other, you will accomplish that.
In order to do so, select one of the computers, the one that you are currently syncing with, and find out its identifier. Look for a file called iTunes Music Library.xml. In a Mac, this file is in the ~/Music/iTunes directory (though I think it can vary depending on what version of iTunes it was created with). In a PC, I guess it must be somewhere under the My Documents folder.
Open it with a text editor and find out a line which reads like
<key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</string>
where the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will be the identifier for that library.
Now, on the second computer, find out the same file, and, after making a backup (just in case), and making sure iTunes is not running, copy the identifier to a new document, because we'll need it shortly, and then replace it with the identifier from the first computer. Now, we're halfway done. The following step is the difficult one.
With a hex editor (which is an editor that allows editing the bytes of a binary file; my PC using mates recommend Ultraedit, while I on the Mac like HexFiend), open a file called iTunes Library in the same directory (remember, make a backup first), and do a search for the same string (or rather, byte string) that you copied and replace it with the new one from the first computer.
After performing these steps, you should be able to sync both computers with the same device without problems.
A: It won't let you sync, but you should be able to connect the iPod touch to Mac B and still see the iPod under devices in iTunes. If you hit the expansion triangle (twistie? whatever it's called) it should show you the playlists on that iPod and let you play them through iTunes.
A: Syncing an iPod/iPhone to iTunes is a one-to-one relationship between the two. Syncing on iPod with an iTunes install essentially ties it to that iTunes. Syncing later to a different iTunes install invariably results in the "delete all data" dialog.
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Q: Lilliput USB mini Monitor & Mac monitor limit I love the idea of the Lilliput 7" USB mini Monitor (found via the Stack Exchange API Contest).
However, I already have a 'normal' second monitor connected to my Macbook, would the Lilliput break the 2 monitor limit and not work? Or is USB different?
A: I also have a second monitor attached to my MB Pro (big 25" Cinema display), and there's no conflict between it and the Lilliput. However, the only Snow Leopard driver I've found so far is beta, and the Lilliput gets all sqwinched up in portrait mode. Also, haven't found a touch driver yet. :P
Otherwise, works great!
A: Assuming the drivers work/exist as per "Compatible with certain Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later (Intel CPU only), Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7" then "No extra video card required: the Lilliput USB display has a built in video card that runs over any USB 2.0 connection"
It should theoretically become a second or third (Nth) monitor depending how many are already hooked up.
A: MacBooks can drive more than two monitors. The "two monitor limit" is because there is 1 attached to the laptop and 1 additional physical port.
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Q: Create a bookmark to a webpage through non safari browser? Is it possible to create a shortcut or bookmark to a webpage directly from an iPad's main page
which opens in a non-Safari browser.
i.e. Readledocs or GoodBooks?
A: As I know, now there is no way to do this
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Q: Can I manually re-calibrate the iPhone 4 compass? My iPhone 4's compass is off to a significant enough degree that it's annoying... is there any way to manually re-calibrate the compass?
I have, of course, done the "figure 8" (whatever action that was supposed to elicit) when I first set up the phone, and again whenever the phone prompts me to (which is very rare). What I'm looking for is a setting/menu/option by which I can call up that re-calibration interface, instead of waiting for it to prompt me.
A: There is no setting in the standard iOS that allows this. The easiest way to bring that recalibration screen back up is to briefly put a magnet near your phone.
A: Update:
You don't need to wait to be prompted to do the "figure eight thing". You can do it any time to recalibrate the compass.
The compass is really sensitive to outside influences. For example it is useless in my girlfriends BMW. It is consistently off by 135 degrees and doing the figure 8 doesn't make any difference. It's more of a toy than something you would want to depend on.
A: It may be better to get the real compass and not depend on smart phones. This is because all smart phones (iPhone, Samsungs, and others) all have same issue.
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Q: How can I run an application full screen on a second screen? I want to run games on my additional screen, how can I do this? By default they run on the built-it screen.
I'm using a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.
A: Real FullScreen applications will normally run on the Primary Display and they will rarely allow you to configure that. Some applications, however, are running in a “false” full screen, and are just “maximized” applications on top of everything, including the dock and the MenuBar. Some of the latter can be moved by applications like SizeUp and similar (note the usage of the word ‘some’).
In order to change what your primary display is, you have to go to System Preferences -> Display and the click on the “Arrangement” Tab. And then you have to click and drag the white menubar to the display you want to make primary. Take a look at the attached picture. Remember you have to click on the white square representing the Menu Bar and drag it to the other.
The consequences of doing that is that your Dock and your Menu Bar will be moved onto the other Display.
A: use your external monitor as main
apple-> system Preferences-> Displays
Make sure red border pointed to external monitor
and you should good to go:)
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Q: How can I check via software if my iPhone is unlocked? I have a carrier-unlockable iPhone. That means they sell it locked but will unlocked upon request.
As is generally the case with carriers, mine is a sack of incompetence. I requested the unlock and got many different responses and directionless guidance in the process. I have reason to believe it may be the case that they did attempt to unlock it at some point.
I'd like to know how I can check wether my device is still carrier-locked or not.
I'm on a Mac, and I'm enrolled in the iPhone developer program. It would be of more general use to have an answer that doesn't depend on the latter, tho.
While "just pop in a SIM card from another carrier" is a technically feasible answer, I'd rather have one that doesn't involve my getting off my chair.
A: So in the end I had to do the SIM card dance.
In fact, it seems what the carrier does is mark your phone as allowed for unlock.
Then, the first time you put a SIM card from another carrier, you must connect to iTunes, which will then perform a series of annoyances and alerts and whatnot, and only then your device will be truly unlocked. You need an internet connection for this process.
I know this is a terrible answer to my own question.
A: As far as I can tell there's only two was to do this:
*
*Put a SIM card in from another network.
*Call your operator and trust their answer.
The Google doesn't offer much more help than this either.
A: How many Apple devices do you have? If you have 100+ iOS devices or 50+ Macs you can apple for an Apple Direct Service account which would give you access to GSX (Apple's service platform for 3rd parties) to check the activation profile (and whether it's locked or not) of iOS devices. It even comes with an API.
Apart from that, no. There isn't a way to determine in with software only.
A: Check (1P) Part No. on the box
Locked
Germany - T-Mobile
MC603DN/A – 16GB Black
MC605DN/A – 32GB Black
Japan - Softbank
MC603J/A - 16GB Black
MC605J/A - 32GB Black
Spain - Movistar, Orange, Vodafone
MC603Y/A – 16GB Black
MC605Y/A – 32GB Black
United States - AT&T
MC608LL/A - 16GB Black
MC610LL/A - 32GB Black
Apple
MC318LL/A - 16GB Black
MC319LL/A - 32GB Black
Unlocked
Australia
MC603X/A - 16GB Black
MC605X/A - 32GB Black
Canada
MC603C/A - 16GB Black
MC605C/A - 32GB Black
France
MC603FB/A - 16GB Black
MC605FB/A - 32GB Black
Hong Kong
MC605ZP/A - 32GB Black
MC603ZP/A - 16GB Black
Italy
MC603IP/A - 16GB Black
MC605IP/A - 32GB Black
New Zealand
MC603X/A - 16GB Black
MC605X/A - 32GB Black
Singapore
MC603ZA/A - 16GB Black
MC605ZA/A - 32GB Black
Sweden
MC603KS/A – 16GB Black
MC605KS/A – 32GB Black
United Kingdom
MC603B/A - 16GB Black
MC605B/A - 32GB Black
A: Now there are online portals which tell you if your iPhone is locked or unlocked that too for free. All you need is to put your IMEI number and check for details. One such place to find the status is http://iosbasics.com/iphone-operator-check
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Q: Is there a way to export my highlighted bookmarks in iBooks? I don't see any native functionality to export highlighted notes made from within iBooks
Is there a third-party tool that will allow this?
A: yes there is, if you have a mac.
Get iExplorer here
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/
plug in your iOS device and use iExplorer to
look in the books file and drag the following files to your desktop.
iBooks.plist and iBooksData2.plist
and this app
https://github.com/lgoss007/BookmarkExtractor
put the files in the appropriate spot and you can get your highlights
A: Sorry, but (at least currently) there's no way to do this.
A: 3rd party app Digested - does exactly what you need: "Quickly import bookmarks and notes from iBooks on iPhone, iPod, iPad, export to PDF and Evernote..."
A: You can do this on a per-book basis from within iBooks:
*
*Open the book
*Press the "list button" to bring up the Table of Contents
*Switch to the Notes tab
*Press the Share button
*Select Edit Notes
*Select All
*Share via email or some other app.
See this other question for how to do it on macOS.
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