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Q: Reply button not working I have a MacBook Pro, which uses Safari as the web browser.
When I check my company's e-mail online, I cannot use the Reply button (it simply does not respond.)
I wonder what I should do to fix this problem. (My computer is new.)
A: Does anything else not work, or is it just the “Reply” button? A few things you could try:
*
*Restart Safari—or your computer. Sounds dumb, but it's amazing how often this does the trick.
*Use the menu item “Safari -> Empty Cache…” to clear Safari’s cache.
*Try to use your company’s webmail in another browser. There may be a subtle bug (or feature?) in the website’s code that Safari is not handling properly. Here are a few alternatives:
*
*Mozilla Firefox
*Google Chrome
*Opera
*OmniWeb
*Camino
*Internet Explorer, on Windows, just to check. Even in this day and age, some websites still only work properly with IE.
*Netscape Navigator (Yuk yuk yuk. Just kidding, don’t download this. For the love of God, don’t download this.)
A: Ok. I figured out. It is that the Block Pop-up Window that was checked.
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Q: Black background on iPhone 4? While I initially liked the ability to set custom backgrounds on my iPhone 4, I've come to find that I'm starting to miss the simple black background I had on my iPhone 3G. How can I set my background back to black?
A: Create a black image in your favorite image editor (even Paint will do if you're on Windows), save it as a jpeg, and e-mail or sync it to the phone. Then set that image as the background.
Since you're making it all black, I doubt the resolution is going to matter much, but you can always use 960 x 640 to use the iPhone 4's standard resolution.
Edit to add a black image that works:
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Q: Calendar Sync with Google Calendar Problem: Deleted Calendar Event still Exist I'm setting up my iphone so that all the mail, calendar and contacts are synchronizing with my Google service, according to the description here.
I find that mail and contacts are synchronizing all right; all the added, edited and deleted emails and contacts are appearing and disappearing as expected, both on the mobile and on Google side.
The problem lie with the calendar. Although the events that I add to Google Calendar does appear in iphone Calendar, but the events that I delete from Google Calendar don't get deleted in iphone calendar.
Anything I do wrong?
Note: What puzzles me is not the device unable to synch with Google Calendar, but rather the synchronization is not complete; it works for the adding of new events, but not the deleting.
A: Have you tried to make sure that the calendar is setup through: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139206
Also, make sure you setup as an exchange server and not a Gmail account.
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Q: Can I change the clock on the 6th gen Nano to digital instead of analog? Everyone wants a iPod Nano watch, right? All the videos I see are on an analog clock (you know, the one with hands.)
Can you change the clock to digital, rather than analog?
A: The 6th gen Nano can now be updated with a software update which introduced the features from the 7th gen, including 16 watch faces, some of which are digital.
Version 1.2 of the iPod nano software brings improved fitness features (which are better able to detect and track walking or running work outs), as well as the new single icon scrolling interface, which replaces the 4×4 icon grid. You can switch back to small icons or turn off home screen items altogether from the Settings menu.
Last but not least, you’ll get access to all the new iPod nano clock face options.
A: Digital clock is sadly not available as an option in the Clock app for the iPod nano. All you can change is the theme to black or white.
The only digital clock available on the iPod nano is the one in the top bar when navigating through the device.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_nano_6thgen_User_Guide.pdf
Cheers.
A: The iPod nano only can change the clock face from black to white. If you don't believe me, check if there is any option in the settings that says you're allowed to change your clock faces from the one you have now to a totally different one.
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Q: How to install the leopard OS? I have an apple laptop.But the OS is corrupted.I have a new one to use the apple laptop.But i have an licensed version.
What I need:
How to install the leopard os....
What are the steps am i should follow...
A: After backing up your system, insert your shiny OS X DVD into your Mac and restart the computer, holding down C, so that the Mac boots off of the DVD-ROM.
After a few moments, you will be presented with a installation screen and presented with a number of options.
A: What Apple laptop you have?
You can simple slide your CD and start the instllation program and it will check for compatibility and if your Laptop is compatible it will upgrade it.
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Q: Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file? Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file ?
I made very little image file for the web, but they weight 45 Ko ! I guess this comes from the preview icons
Edit : I've added a screenshot to show you the informations i've got. Preview.app seems to be the most accurate...
As you can see, i used 3 ways to get the size information :
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*from the finder, in the folder himself (45 ko)
*from the Get Info dialog box (45 ko)
*from the preview.app, General Info Box (0,5 Ko)
A: As mankoff said, the large size is probably a resource fork (with things like previews). To confirm this, use the Terminal command ls -l@ /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif -- you'll probably see something like this:
$ ls -l@ /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif
-rw-r--r--@ 1 www www 539 Nov 18 09:39 /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
com.apple.ResourceFork 40748
If it doesn't show a 40kb resource fork, report back so we'll all have a better idea what's going on.
As long as the image is just for web use, a big resource fork isn't really an issue, since the web server will only serve the data fork (which is just 539 bytes long). If want to compact the file anyway, use the command xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /Volumes/Database/WebFolder/imgs/confirm.gif to remove the fork.
A: The Finder preview data isn't stored inside the actual file, so that's not what's causing your size problems.
ImageOptim is a handy GUI tool for shrinking excess data. Also, if you're making a small image I'd recommend png or gif, jpeg is designed for photos.
A: Try deleting the resource fork. From the command line this could be:
cp /dev/null file.ext/rsrc
If you want to explore the resource fork more, use the DeRez CLI tool (from Developer Tools) or Rezilla.app (GUI)
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Q: Did I get a lemon, or does the ipod touch g4 come with a crappy usb cable? Really, I mean you shell out $300 for this thing you'd think the usb cable would be able to sync after two months of use.
I ended up buying one from China that works just fine (as opposed to the one that came with it!)
A: I believe that all current generation Apple devices some with the same sync cable. From my experience (almost everyone I know is an apple fan) some people wear through them pretty quickly (usually girls who wind them up and put them in hand bags etc) and some last forever (such as mine which just sits on the desk and only gets used every few days. its the original cable that came with my first iPhone a few years back and still works fine).
A: I noticed the new USB cable that came with my iPhone 4 was different than the older one with iPhone 3G, and even different than the one that came with my iPad. It was made with that new "rubberized" white plastic like the new ear buds, that seems springier.
Anyway, if the cable stops functioning under normal use after only two months, I'm quite certain it would be covered under Apple's iPod one year warranty. You should go to your friendly neighbourhood Apple Store or inquire about a replacement.
A: I've had mine for 2 months, throwing it in the bottom of my bag every day, and I've had no problems with it yet.
It's the same thickness as the previous iPod USB cable I have, though softer. That one is several years old and still working fine, though I haven't abused it nearly as much.
One nice thing is that, despite being Apple-proprietary, the cable itself is fairly standard across their products these days, so if you have a friend who upgrades iPods/iPhones a lot, they might have a spare (or three) they'd be willing to give you.
Also, FWIW, Apple's cable was almost certainly from China, as well. :-)
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Q: Deploying 10 identical iPads to 10 users with preloaded content that won't be wiped when connected to iTunes
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to pre-install apps on an iPad?
I am looking into deploying 10 iPads with identical content to 10 different people.
Each iPad needs to be set up for an individual end user before hand, with content on it and then be able to sync to their own iTunes if/when they connect it to their PC or Mac. Ideally I'd like to prevent the iPads from being wiped/reset when they connect to their iTunes - however I know this may be tricky.
Assuming each iPad will need it's own iTunes account - can it be set up with some content (video) and a few free apps, and then attached to an iTunes account when they connect it to their machine? Or is it not possible to load ANY content onto the iPad without an iTunes account first?
Can I set up one iPad as the master and then 'clone' it to each individual iPad? I assume I can do this through Backup/Restore, however they will then all be tied to the same iTunes account. I know that I can log out of the store on the iPad and then sign in with a new iTunes account to download apps on their own accounts - however I assume iTunes will give an error when connected to a different Mac/PC and require it to be wiped?
I know lots of schools/businesses are deploying these and it seems unlikely that they're require so much manual work on the users part to get it working/syncing.
I've taken a quick look at Apple's documentation on this, but a lot of it deals with enterprise security issues, which is not my concern: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/resources/
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Q: Cannot restore or recover ipod Classic 80gb I have an ipod Classic 80gb. It is currently stuck on the apple screen. I am unable to recover or restore the ipod. It is not recognized by windows as either a ipod or a mass storage device. When I plug it into my PC nothing happens.
It just sits there with the apple logo on the screen. None of the buttons respond with the exception of a reset. (toggle hold switch -> hold center + menu for 6 seconds.) A reset will cause the screen to go blank for a few seconds.
Nothing else I have found seems to work.
Let me know if you have any ideas
A: You can try to diagnose the problem with the diagnostic mode.
To enter the diagnostic mode, press the folowing key when the apple logo appears after a reset :
iPod 1G, 2G et 3G, press the keys for 5 seconds :
*
*"back"
*"next"
*"select"
iPod 4G, 5G, mini et nano, press the keys for 5 seconds :
*
*"back"
*"select"
In the diagnotic mode, you can navigate in the menus with the back/next keys and launch a bunch of test.
A: The hard disk has probably failed. If so, your options include:
*
*Buy a new iPod
*Buy a replacement hard drive on eBay (etc) and replace it.
*Find a used iPod somewhere and swap parts to yours until it works.
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Q: Cannot import video into iMovie I have an avi file that takes 350mb; I go into iMovie and i create a new project, then i create a new event and then i click on import video, i go to the right directory, to the avi file and click on import. The import window disappear and appear a loading bar that says something like "Optimizing the video..." and in 1 second it disappear (... i don't see the bar load). Nothing else happens, but the video is not imported.
Why?
More informations
I tried to uncheck the optimization option but another loading bar appear saying "Loading video", when the bar is completed another bar appear and disappear immediately. It doesn't change anything: my video cannot be imported.
Some more try
Downloading Perian and Divx codec doesn't solve the problem.
A: I think your problem has something to do with not having the right Codecs (the bit of software that translates one type of video to another type). @Martin is right - if you can convert your video yourself you'll solve your problem, but it would be even better if you can teach iMovie to convert it for you.
Try installing both Perian and DivX (I'm too new to post two hyperlinks, just Google DivX Mac - it's the top link) and then restart your computer - this will install extra codecs to allow you to covert between the different types of video.
A: Just to echo what another user said in a comment, if installing Perian and DivX didn't work you might try converting the video. Just download Handbrake and convert your video to H.264, then try importing that into iMovie.
A: Using the VLC player, use the Media Information or Codec Information commands in the Tools menu. This will tell you the original codec.
Chances are that the codec is not one of the ones in Quicktime, or Perian. I am guessing iMovie opens the file, goes through the codec list, can't find it, and fails.
If the movie plays on a Windows machine, iTunes for Windows might convert it if you select it in the iTunes library, and choose 'Create iPad or AppleTV Version' from iTune's Advanced menu.
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Q: How can I type Chinese on MacBook Pro? I would like to know how to type Chinese (simplified), using Pinyin, on my MacBook Pro.
I went to System Preference > Language & Text > Language, moved Chinese (simplified) on the list right after English, and then under the Input Sources tab, I check Chinese simplified and English.
After all these steps, I still have no clue how to type Chinese. (When I open TextEdit, I don't see any language selection.)
A: After select pinyin in your input language you can open any editor like textEdit:
when you start typing you see the box (like below box) and can select your desire word.
A: For this and other useful info, there's a whole site:
http://www.yale.edu/chinesemac
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Q: iMac wont startup and won't boot from CD My 24" 3.06Ghz iMac will no longer fully boot. It constantly gives me the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" half way through booting. At first I was able to boot into SuperUser mode and run an fsck which passed normally, but eventually after the constant rebooting fsk now reports:
Invalid node structure
The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely
I have also tried booting to my Snow Leopard install DVD but that just brings up the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" screen.
I assume now that my HD is toast (When using another Mac, I am unable to mount it in Target disk mode), but the inability to boot to the CD tells me there is something deeper at fault here. Is there any way that I can further diagnose the problem?
A: From what you describe, your internal hard drive failed, which will require a replacement; since you have an iMac, I suggest that unless you’re very comfortable using a variety of tools and have time, let Apple do it for you. In any case, what you can try to do is, connect an external USB/FW drive and try to install into that drive.
The fact that your drive doesn’t want to boot from the DVD is intriguing if anything, but the DVD may be crashing when reading the “broken” drive. It’s rare, but it could happen. Do you have any other Mac to “clone” into an external drive and try to boot from there?
Since it’s an iMac, your best bet is to remove the internal drive and proceed from there. The problem is that removing the drive is a painful operation.
Best idea: go to an Apple store or certified shop. They have the tools and the spare parts to better diagnose the problem.
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Q: Problem downloading iPhone/iOS upgrade, iTunes complains: "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" When trying to upgrade my iPhone running iOS 4.1 to 4.2, iTunes displays the error message saying:
There was a problem downloading the software for the iPhone "[Username]'s iPhone". You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.
I kept trying the upgrade process repeatedly, but with no luck. Everything else, including app and music downloads, works fine. I'm running iTunes 10 on MacOS 10.6. What do I do?
A: I found a fix on the Apple Discussions board:
*
*Go to ~/Library/ (i.e. open your home directory, then select the Library folder)
*Get Info (click File -> Get Info or type ⌘I)
*If possible, make sure the lock at the bottom right corner of the Get Info window is unlocked
*Make sure the Sharing & Permissions: section is visible
*Where it says "Username (me)" make sure the privilege is set to Read & Write
*In the little tool/wheel pulldown right below, select Apply to enclosed items (say yes, if it asks you if you know it can't be undone)
*Try the upgrade again
This worked for me. Hope it helps!
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Q: Will a "Mac format" iPod nano (2gen) work on a PC? I have an old 8GB iPod nano (2nd gen, I think). When I plug it into iTunes, one of the things on the status page is "Format: Macintosh".
I no longer use this iPod, so I'm thinking of giving it to my parents, but I don't think they have a Mac.
Will this iPod be able to work with a Windows PC?
A: No, but if you connect it to a Windows machine and restore the iPod using iTunes, it will reformat it to work with Windows. If you want to learn a bit more, read this Apple support article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1335?viewlocale=en_US
A: The answer is Yes : It will work with a PC. You just have to format it on that platform.
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Q: Problem with loading new emails on Mail Something started happening to one of my mail accounts on Mail one of these days.
When I press Get New Mail, it starts downloading, showing the KB/s of the Mail Activity.
The problem is, without even downloading the first new email, the KB/s starts dropping to 0 and no emails are downloaded... This only happens to this email account and has been happening for some days now.
Any ideas of what could be wrong?
Thanks
A: Try using Cmd-0 to bring up the more detailed Activity Window within mail. I've often been able to track down mail problems by looking in there.
A: right clicking the account in mailbox section of the left panel in Mail and clicking 'get account info' could help to see if it's connecting to the mailbox properly.
You could also try turning it off and on again - ie. right click account again then click 'take "[account name]" offline' and then repeating to 'take "[account name]" online' may help...
Failing that, see if you can connect to that account through a webmail client - if you have one available for that account to see if it's a problem with the email server rather than mail.
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Q: What is the best way to modify Apple keyboards for alternate layouts? I would like to permanently modify my keyboard's button labels to match the non-default keyboard layout that I have set on an Apple computer, so that others who do not touch-type can use the keyboard. How do I do this?
I have the "Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English)".
Why? I don't use the QWERTY layout on my US-bought Apple computer, and Apple does not sell anything except QWERTY keyboards. This is not a problem for me, as I touch-type, so the labels on the keys are basically unused by me. But other people (mostly children) use my computer, and I would like to allow them to "hunt-and-peck" with the system-wide keyboard layout.
I have tried using stickers to "relabel" the keys, but this is obviously not very durable and looks terrible and makes it difficult to touch-type since it obscures the little nubs on the "home keys". Most of the stickers have been worn off.
I am willing to disassemble the keyboard and reassemble it if the keys are physically separate from each other. But I am not willing to disassemble the keyboard to discover if this is true or not. I have looked at several Mac "tear down" articles, but none of them illustrate the keyboard mechanism. If I could simply re-arrange the existing buttons, I would have to remove the "home key" nubs on the "F" and "J" keys and add something to the "U" and "H" keys, but I think I can handle that.
I am also willing to use paint and/or chemicals to modify the labels, but I know nothing about where to start here. Are the labels painted on? Or are they a different kind of plastic somehow injected into the button plastic? Can I paint over the existing labels and then re-paint new ones? Or would I have to somehow dye the keys to be some single color and then paint on my labels? What would be a type of paint that is durable enough for a keyboard?
I am not willing to buy a third-party keyboard, unless it is nearly exactly equivalent to the Apple keyboard. I suppose I am willing to buy a second third-party keyboard and rotate them if that is simple to do with OS X. But ideally, I want one keyboard with labels that match the default layout, and touch-typers can use whatever layout they want, and hunt-and-peckers can still make do.
Are there any other options?
A: If you have a keyboard similar to the one described here, it sounds like you can just pop the keys off and push them back down in the new position.
A: Would one of the printed keyboard covers offered by companies like KBCovers do the job?
Since you have not stated what the actual "non-standard keyboard layout" you are using consists of, it's hard for us to understand what you need.
Furthermore, Apple does indeed sell keyboards in other layouts besides QWERTY. In the United States Apple Store, you can order an Apple keyboard layed out for US English, German, Belgian, Danish, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic.
A: I haven’t disassembled an Apple Keyboard (aluminium) myself, but I know it’s possible, albeit with a lot of complications to put it back.
Instead, I suggest to find a “real” keyboard from This Epic Keyboard guide. Some keyboards will allow you to remove the keycaps.
The different keyboard mechanisms are explained there. Apple keyboards use the scissor switch mechanism, which is not 100% friendly to reassemble, but possible.
Additionally, in a direct response to your question, here is a nice review of the Apple keyboard which shows a picture of a key removed and the scissor mechanism so you know what to expect if you still want to pursue the operation.
I guess the best way is to pull…pull…pull… (with caution) until the keys “get lose”. That’s how I did it on a laptop with scissor mechanism that had a few failing keys.
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Q: How can I view the full name of drop down items on iOS? For a dropdown list on a website, iOS shows only the first few characters and then ellipses for items with a long name. Is it possible to somehow see the full text of each item?
A: You could try selecting the item and then viewing the dropdown list in view mode, not selection mode. But As far as I know there is no way, in selection mode, to change how Apple presents the choices.
A: Other option is to turn your phone to a landscape mode...
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Q: iOS 4.2 on iPod Touch 2d Gen : is it worth it? Is there any advantage to upgrade the iPod Touch 2d Gen to iOS 4.2 ?
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*Is the tech specs enough for that new version ?
*Does it consume more battery ?
*Will it be slower ?
A: I'd say yes. I just upgraded a pair of 2nd gen iPod Touches to iOS 4.2 and it's been really solid so far - it hasn't slowed down the device or impacted the battery as far as I can tell. If you have an Airport Express or new Apple TV the AirPlay feature is very nice - this Thanksgiving I really enjoyed being able to stream music to a pair of speakers directly from the iPod in my pocket. (this will affect your battery as the device has to keep WiFi active to stream)
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Q: Is there a barcode app that works on pictures instead of needing to be connected to wifi for it to work? I've got a couple of barcode apps, but they all require that you have the item, the camera, and the internet connection at the same place.
Are there any barcode apps where you can take a picture of the item's barcode, store the picture, and then feed it into the app when you have an internet connection?
A: I use RedLaser and it has this capability. If RedLaser can't connect to the internet when you take the picture of the barcode, it will store the number and let you look it up later:
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Q: Problem with ssh agent I'm having a problem using ssh agent to make sure I don't have to enter a password each time a certain program uses my id_rsa private key.
I did ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa and it seemed to add an entry to my keychain
But it continues to prompt me. When I go into keychain under access control, it looks like maybe it's because it's not set
A: Double check your permissions in those files, if they are not like this, it won’t work:
-rw------- 1 martin staff 1675 Jul 27 2009 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 martin staff 403 Jul 27 2009 id_rsa.pub
UPDATE:
If you see that the files have an @, that means they have “extended attributes”.
You can see what they are by issuing:
xattr -l <filename>
A: Connect manually from Terminal using the verbose options to see where your problem lies, if it's a client-side problem. You might also want to check the error logs on the server to find out if your publickey is getting rejected. Permissions on the user folder, the .ssh folder, and the files within (like authorized_keys) need to have all group/other write permissions removed, on both the client and the server. SSH is very picky about permissions and will not use anything that is accessible to anyone other than you.
A: I had this problem as well. For me /usr/bin/ssh-agent shuts off after a while.
pgrep ssh-agent
/usr/bin/ssh-agent -s #should show you something like this
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-OYn3ShRY4l/agent.37715; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=37716; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 37716;
I even got irritated, and removed the OS X programs from the Access Control side and replaced them with up to date, modern MacPorts versions. All is fine, except that Keychain Accesss is a bit flaky. My version of ssh-add runs forever. You only need to run the 'ancient of days' version /usr/bin/ssh once to get your key into your keychain.
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Q: Why does changing "Open with" also change a files "Modification date"? Something I noticed a while ago. I use Carbon Copy Cloner for backing up my files and I noticed one day when I changed a video's "Open with" flag to always open a video file with Movist instead of Quicktime, and the next time the clone ran it copied the file again. Even though nothing was changed. Which made me realize that OS X changes changes a files modification date causing backup programs like Rsync (Which CCC and SuperDuper use) and Time Machine to re-copy the file, even if it's 10GB in size.
Why does it do this? Is there a technical reason or is it an oversight? Seems like a silly idea to me. Especially since changing a label doesn't modify the file and the color selection is duplicated without the whole file being copied.
A: Some experimentation using the xattr command shows this:
*
*Label information is stored in the com.apple.FinderInfo extended attribute, which every file should have by default.
*Custom application associations are stored in the com.apple.ResourceFork attribute, which not every file has.
*Updating the FinderInfo attribute does not cause the modification date to be modified.
*Creating/updating the ResourceFork causes the modification date to be modified.
The resource fork historically had a special place in Mac file systems. I'm not sure if the com.apple.ResourceFork extended attribute is the same as a resource fork, if the latter was superseded by the former or how else they are connected.
If there's a technical difference between an extended attribute and a resource fork, it may be "necessary" for a file to be modified when the resource fork is updated, but not when the extended attribute is written.
It may be that the (legacy) API for updating resource forks updates the file modification date in the process, while the extended attribute API doesn't. The latter possibly in error, possibly because of different philosophies.
Vague information, but it might give a little more insight. In the end though you're right. Some meta information modification causes the modification date to be updated, others doesn't. Whether there's a reason behind this or if it's just an oversight… only a few guys at Apple may know. :)
A: When you select a single file, open a Get Info window, and choose a different, non-default application, this Launch Services binding is saved in the resource fork of the file itself, in a 'usro' (User Override) resource. As far as I know, the format of this resource is private, determined by Apple, and is subject to change. (The all lowercase characters in the OSType name provide a clue, since Apple reserves file type, creator codes and resource types with all lowercase characters. For example, 'icns' (Icon Suite) resource type, 'ttxt' (originally from Teach Text, but is now the creator code (CFBundleSignature) of TextEdit.app), etc.).
This resource is created using the Resource Manager functions to modify the fork of the file, which in turn updates the file's modification date.
An example file which I just tried this procedure on is shown in the image below, opened in Resorcerer. (Special note: you will notice in the left column that there are 2 types listed: 'TEXT' and 'usro'. There is in fact only a single 'usro' entry; Resorcerer is showing that there's a 'TEXT' resource entry because it notices the content in the file's data fork is text based (a source code header file), and is therefore providing convenient access to it). The second image shows the contents of this resource, which basically contains a path to the target application I chose.
Since this 'usro' User Override resource is saved as part of the file itself, that explains why the Launch Services Programming Guide: Choosing the Binding Preference for a File claims the following:
Note: Explicit binding preferences for individual items are not user-specific but systemwide—that is, they continue to apply to the given item on that same computer, even if a different user logs in.
Now, to go one step further. If you now click the Change All button to make this a global override, Launch Services will remove the 'usro' resource entry and instead create a global binding which is stored in the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist (per-user preferences) file. Removing the 'usro' entry is done by using the Resource Manager functions, which will update the file's modification date. Note that while it does remove the 'usro' resource, it may not delete the entire resource fork. In most cases, 286 bytes will remain in the resource fork, which is basically the minimum amount of space taken up by the resource header and resource map.
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Q: Anti-virus comparison for Mac OS X This is not a "I use OS X, do I need Anti-Virus?" question.
I am looking at comparison and user opinion of existing AV products.
I know I can avoid most (if not all) threats by being careful on the sites I visit, and the emails I download. But I need an anti-virus, for a variety of reasons - mostly to prevent my Mac as a carrier for viruses. (Many friends' USB drives turn out to be infected).
I was looking for the "Best" of the anti virus software out there.
I am looking prominently at anti-virus. "Internet Security" and the like are not important, and would try to avoid them if it would save money or not make my mac slower.
By "Best" I mean the best combination of detect-rate (or whatever that is called) and performance.
I don't intend to run it always in the background. Maybe I would do a onetime scan of my system and hard drives, and then it would be mostly on a need basis, especially on USB drives/portable hard disks of friends.
So primary objective: High Detect rate
I have used Norton Antivirus for Mac and Virus Barrier (got this with one of those software bundles sometime before, not the latest version) and had problems with both. Both sometimes hog my CPU, and somehow "lock" my USB drives preventing me from Ejecting it (I had to force eject them or just pull them off from the port) (thought off late Norton seemed a little better)
Ok, thats a long one. But my question is simple: What anti-virus do you recommend for the Mac?
Thanks.
A: ClamXav
It is open source and low resource consumption, but is not free.
There is also a free command line version available in brew, fink, and macports under clamav (less ugly). There is some minor configuration, but there are decent guides on the ClamAV site and here, for example.
A: I've personally used Sophos (Standalone version) and found that it causes high-memory utilization and some other file-system issues. (Updates on this one will bring your internet speeds to minimum).
I find avast! much better. It's free and covers most basic of the environments. The only caveat is the the first scan takes longer (~55 min for me).
I've also tried Avira, and I rather liked it. I've been using this for some time now and I gotta say it's very fast and easy to use.
Check this study by http://www.av-comparatives.org/ for comparison between different programs. http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mac_review_2013_en.pdf (Published last year)
Almost forgot about the Bitdefender. It is one of the best rated AV tools.
A: The best free anti-virus software for OS X is Avira if you consider the software which has the least impact on system performance to be the best.
This is based off of a comparison of anti-virus softwares which was published on Sophos' website.
The original publication conducted by AV-Comparatives is available as a PDF download here. It is a test of the impact of internet security software on system performance, unaffiliated with any software publisher, making it an unbiased comparison.
According the the tests, there is 1 other application which is better than Avira; Eset, but they do not offer a free version of their software. They do offer a free 30-day trial and a yearly subscription service of $39.99 for one computer.
A: Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
A: 2015 edit: No longer accurate, see other answers.
ClamXav is hard-written to never scan some files such as mp3. This made it entirely useless for me, as I was scanning music downloads. I found (but do not currently use) Panda to be the best, on Mac and Windows. It's effective, and in tests is one of the least-bogging-down. Betas are often free, and cross platform.
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Q: Avoid having to select "Include Network Devices" every time when scanning in Preview I set up a wireless HP Printer for my mother, prints and scans just fine. The annoying thing is that every single time we try to scan in Preview, we first have to do the following:
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*Select File > Import from Scanner > Include Networked Devices
*Select File > Import from Scanner > Printer name
Is there a way to avoid having to do that first step every time? Didn't see a preference in Preview and obviously we aren't going to keep it running all of the time. :)
A: That answer is very well done, but an even better option is to use "image capture".
A: tell application "Preview"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Preview"
tell menu bar 1
tell menu bar item "File"
tell menu "File"
tell menu item "Import from Scanner"
tell menu "Import from Scanner"
click menu item "Include Networked Devices"
-- added a delay because the list of networked printers doesn't appear immediately. AH 11/21/11
repeat until menu item "Printer name" exists
end repeat
click menu item "Printer name"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
To use this, copy the script, open the the Script Editor application under /Applications/AppleScript/, and paste into a new script. I am going to guess that click menu item "Printer name" will have to be changed as I don't think the menu item really says "Printer name", I'm guessing it says something like "HP OfficeJet 6500". Make sure that all menu names match.
Save the script as either an application, which can be launched from the dock, or a script, which can be run from the AppleScript menu bar item.
Note, I believe that you must enable "Enable access for assistive devices" in the "Universal Access" preference pane of System Preferences for this to work:
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Q: Keyboard shortcut for launching Apps in Dock In Windows 7, Win
+ 1, 2, 3 ... 9 launches the first, second etc App in task bar.
Is there a similar keyboard shortcut in OS X in order to launch Apps that are in the Dock?
A: I don't know the exact solution but you can use control+fn+F3 after that you can navigate through Dock with keyboard arrow keys (→ or ←) and press enter on your desire app.
A: Just downloaded a 99 cent app from the mac app store called "Snap" that fixes this. Now I hit command-1 and the first app in my dock launches. Awesome!
A: As @Am1rr3zA said, you can use the default Control + fn + F3. You can then press Enter or Space to launch an app.
You can change the key binding in the Keyboard shortcuts menu in the Settings application.
A: This is a neat windows feature to want in the Dock, but if you like keyboard shortcuts, why not get a customizable application, like Quicksilver that lets you do a lot via the keyboard. Its not going to be easy / quick if you have a lot of Apps in your dock to remember a meaning less position number of a icon in a dock, when you could just ask for what you want directly. Something like Quicksilver will not only help you open stuff in the dock faster it will let you open stuff not in the dock at extreme speeds.
For example, after getting Quicksilver's attention via a configurable key command, I type "F" and hit enter to open Firefox on my setup.
A: Create a Hammerspoon script to assign shortcut keys. For example, this script assigns Option+C to Calendar and Option+M to Mail.
shortcuts = {
{"C", "Calendar"},
{"M", "Mail"},
}
for i,shortcut in ipairs(shortcuts) do
hs.hotkey.bind({"alt"}, shortcut[1], function()
hs.application.launchOrFocus(shortcut[2])
end)
end
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Q: Automatically open mounted volumes in Path Finder I may just be missing some simple setting, but if I mount a volume in Path Finder, it never switches to show me the contents of the volume. I have to manually click the volume in the sidebar. Is there a way to have it immediately switch to that volume after I mount it?
A: Not switching but show in a new window.
Preferences->Browser->Open mounted volumes in new Window
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Q: Is system maintenance software required? If so, what is the best? On Windows computers, people often use third party software like SystemCare in order to keep their system functioning at top performance.
Are there Mac equivalents that monitor startup, configuration and the like? How necessary are they? What is the best general purpose package?
A:
Are there Mac equivalents that monitor startup, configuration and the like?
OnyX, Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner, iTweax are some options.
How necessary are they?
Not very. Any optimization that needs to be done is already built into the Mac OS X.
What is the best general purpose package?
Can't help you there, I don't use such utilities.
A: Let me correct your answer ;)
Unless you leave your computer on 24
hours a day, and completely shut it
down and restart it once a week, some
things will grow and grow.
Starting with Snow Leopard, OS X catches up on missed periodic routines (purging caches, updating indexes, other stuff that needs to be done periodically).
If you are really in doubt, run the following in terminal:
sudo periodic daily
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic monthly
This will run all the routines OS X runs daily, weekly or monthly to keep the system fresh and fast.
A: Let me extend ghoppe’s answer.
Not very. Any optimization that needs to be done is already built into the Mac OS X.
That is true, but could be misleading. Unless you leave your computer on 24 hours a day, and completely shut it down and restart it once a week, some things will grow and grow.
Despite the “customization” options that these tools provide (i.e. change the Dock’s minimize animation to name a trivial one), there’s a maintenance aspect in the tools, that can be handy.
I personally have Cocktail (not free) because I got it with a bundle years ago. I’ve used OnyX too, it’s very similar.
They are not a must, but Cocktail checks the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drives, executes the maintenance tasks in case you missed them too much, etc. The UNIX under the hood requires Unix maintenance. It’s true, the tools are not required but I’d have one (even if OnyX). Sometimes when you have problems, running the tasks (clearing caches, font caches, etc.) helps.
A plus is that Cocktail (and possibly others) also check for “existing” trojans (there are only a handful). It’s all about having a tool that you can easily use to keep things clean.
The rest of the options are merely a nice graphical user interface to existing OS X commands, plus the ability to search for corrupted preference files, remove locked files, etc. Most of these things you can do without any utility, but it’s way faster this way unless you know the commands.
I’ve used Cocktail for a few years (runs every Friday) and I restart my computer once a month (or when there’s an update) and never associated a problem with this.
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Q: What version of Mac Mini supports Leopard 10.5.8? Does Leopard 10.5.8 support the first-ever Mac Mini (M9686*/A, M9687*/A, I think)?
Or do I need one of the later ones?
I'm buying my first-ever mac this Christmas.
A: Yes Leopard supports all Intel and all PowerPC based machines over a minimum CPU speed and the original Power PC minus are in that ranges. Apple doc
Snow Leopard (10.6) only supports Intel based machines
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Q: Increasing fan speed of macbook pro is harmful? I wanted to know if increasing fan speed of macbook pro with applications such as CoreDuoTemp, smcFanControl or Fan Control is harmful or not. My macbook's cpu temp rises up to 80 degrees when I use ooVoo or mysql and I want to reduce it. Is it useful to use these applications to do that?
thanx.
A: I’ve used smcFanControl when I had a 1st Gen Macbook Pro 15’’. It’s not harmful in the sense that the fan is designed to be on, but of course, like any other mechanical device, the more you use it, the faster it wears out. If your Macbook Pro is getting too hot, try one of those utilities to see if it helps. In any case, getting a cooling pad is not a bad idea. Depending upon the type of work and conditions that you have, a Fanless may be enough.
I believe the “best” fanless was the iLap. And for cooling pads with a Fan, you’ll have to see and trust the power of Google Shop. These generally use a USB port to drive a couple of Fans. Among the best features you can look for are the provision of an extra USB (so you don’t lose your port), portability if you move and sound level of the fans, whether they can be turned on/off, etc.
A: yeah beacause gpu is located top left so... set fan controls default or manually spin up left fan 1.5X FASTER than right fan while playing games on windows 3100 for left and 4600-5000 is enough and really cool(heavy gaming ) else 4500 for game and right 2700rps should be enough!
A: Just to add to this post (several years later), I've heard plenty about fan controller software being bad for the MBP, but have yet to see any documented evidence of this. Would love to hear from anyone who has actually experienced fan breakdown from using a fan controller. I personally use a controller and it works great -- fan stays silent most of the time, but ramps up when watching videos or gaming and my laptop is about 10 degrees cooler when stressed (checked with iStat).
Also, I tried all of the highly rated laptop coolers (both fans and aluminum stands without fans) and did pretty rigorous testing with and without the fan -- no difference in temps at least for the MBP retina (probably because there is no large intake vent at the bottom like most laptops). Also tried the thermapak cooling pad -- this didn't result in any change in temps according to iStat, but definitely does absorb heat (you can tell just by sitting on it). I kept that just for novelty and maybe for sitting on at the beach.
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Q: Using a Magic Trackpad and a USB mouse at the same time I know that the Magic Trackpad is not good for a few things (I personally don’t like trackpads in general too much when I’m on a laptop). I tend to start looking for a mouse. (18 years of mousing around may be too much for my old brain).
However, there are certain things about the Magic Trackpad, that could be handy and that are virtually impossible with a mouse. I don’t like the Magic Mouse because you have to lift your “left button click finger” to perform a right click. (I’ve tried it for a while).
So I was thinking, has anyone connected a Magic Trackpad and a USB mouse at the same time, is it possible to have both (and working) and move the hand to either when needed?
Anyone experienced this?
A: Yes, this works. I have a Magic Trackpad and a Logitech MX Revolution (wireless, through a USB dongle) connected to my Mac at the same time and change between them at will. Have never had any problems with this setup - I even use it both at home and at work.
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Q: iPhone Jailbreaking and Unlocking What exactly does jailbreaking and unlocking doing to an iPhone?
I'm aware that hackers are using baseband crashes for unlocking, but how are they exploiting these crashes? Even if they inject their code into memory, how they are keeping it even after a reboot?
How these guys finding the crashes? Can I find the crash log too?
As an iPhone developer, I'm interested in some technical answers.
I've gone through some interesting links from here, but haven't found anything about how the hackers are doing it (especially unlocking).
Any references will be extremely useful.
A: Jailbreaking is the process of hacking the code signing mechanism to allow unsigned code to run on the phone. There are multiple tools used for this and they vary between both model and iOS version.
Unlocking is the process of hacking the 3G chip's baseband to allow SIM cards from other networks without an official unlock from the carrier. There's also an alternative method called Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) which creates a fake but slightly more authentic unlock from iTunes. I have never needed a hacked unlock (Australia has official carrier unlocks) so I don't know much more about it. Unlocking naturally needs a jailbreak to work, which is why the two are sometimes confused.
If you want a more technical answer you'll need to specify one or the other, as jailbreaking and unlocking are two entirely different types of hacks.
I'd also advise against trying anything you don't completely understand because if you don't know what you're doing you're liable to make irreversible changes to your phone, especially when tampering with the baseband.
A: Jailbreak allows installation of non apple approved apps.
Unlock allows you to use iPhone with another cell phone company.
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Q: Is there a file copy utility for OS X that's similar to TeraCopy for Windows? On Windows, I use TeraCopy for improved file copying. Are there any similar equivalents for OS X?
In particular, I'd like to see things like copy speed.
A: The best suggestions from this thread are:
*
*Pathfinder
*XFile
*UltraCopier
*MiniCopier
A: Since you mentioned “better” and in particular “copy speed”, I believe the only answer is Xfile. Other than that, nothing will beat cp ;)
The world’s fastest file manager for OS X
It’s not free, quite the contrary.
A: Try Ultracopier, looks a bit like TeraCopy and works on Mac & PC
A: While much more than just a copy utility, Pathfinder shows copy speed. Along with Launchbar, it's one of my must have utilities.
A: I know this question is nearly 12 years old and may be obsolete but there is actually official TeraCopy for Mac.
A: An app I developed, Ultracopier, fits your use case.
Here is a YouTube demo showcasing the PC version in action.
A: I looked around for something like TeraCopy a while back but everything I found was pretty horrid. In the end I decided to just use cp and rsync on the command line.
A: Have you first compared speeds between TeraCopy and the built in Mac OS X file copy? I hate to sound like a generic condescending Mac user, but what exactly is wrong with the built in one?
A: You may also consider Hedge for Mac tool. It's mostly for backup purposes and can be used to fast copy large files/folders. It has free version but most interesting features are to be paid.
A: There is one application that I found online that works similar to TeraCopy, and that, too, is for Mac OS X and named Turbo Copy Pro.
This is a multi-function application and you can view the copy speed and also pause and resume the copy process similar to TeraCopy. The only drawback it has is that it is not free.
I have tried and tested the trial version and it worked absolutely fine. Please have a look and post your review.
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Q: C++ code navigation on OS X I'm an OS X newbie. Other than setting up Emacs / Vim with ctags or cscope or both, are there alternatives to C++ code navigation of an existing code base? I used to use Source Insight on Windows and it worked for me fairly well. I know I can setup ctags or cscope but I was wondering if there is anything even better out there. The main functionality I am looking for is quickly find definition of variables and functions and places a function is being called.
A: Is Xcode not what you're looking for ? It's the Mac OS X IDE. It'sn't installed by default, but is present on your Mac OS X DVD.
A: TextMate and BBEdit have significant followings. I'm personally a big fan of Smultron even though development has stopped.
A: In Xcode:
quickly find definition of variables
and functions
Right-click the variable name in question, and select "Jump to Definition".
Command (apple button) + double click on the variable is a shortcut for the same thing.
quickly find places a function is
being called
Right-click the function name, and select "Find in Project" > "As Text".
A: I have used Eclipse for C++ programming on OS X.
Xcode will compile things but is not that good at dealing with C++ namespaces it is more of a C and Objectve-C tool
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Q: Is there an iPad app that will 'play' a large PDF file as a slideshow? I'm looking for an iPad app that will 'play' a large PDF file as a slideshow.
I've tried the major popular PDF apps, including GoodReader and ReaddleDocs, but none seem to have a 'slideshow' function.
I've also looked into a few Music Notation viewers, but they all seem to require a screen tap to advance to the next page.
Ideally, I want to be able to view a large, graphic-intensive PDF file and then hit 'PLAY' and have it auto advance it's pages. Bonus points if you can zoom, or flip back/forward a page and then after preset interval, the slide show resumes.
A: Presentations are meant to be presentations. If you're going to do the process that 3rdparty suggested, I highly advise that you convert the PDF into a presentation friendly format (jpgs are fine if you want to "fudge" it), but invest in Keynote for the iPad and use it!
Keynote iPad's presentation skills are really astounding. Digital Laser Pointer, private presenter's notes on the iPad and the external display you connect to displays the full screen presentation (requires the VGA video out cable or some equivalent products, the composite/component video cables might work too). Transitions, animations, rich media, everything.
It sucks that you already have it in a PDF, but if you do the work to convert it, the iPad will help you present it wonderfully.
A: One solution I've come up with may be to convert the PDF document to individual JPG images, then sync those 'photos' via iTunes.
They can then be viewed individually or as a slide show.
Caveats are:
*
*limited resolution once iTunes downsamples the photos for syncing
*slideshow stops once you zoom in or manually disrupt it: ideally would like it to automatically continue (hoping there is a better slide show app to do this...)
A: mobile document viewer,
mobile PDF notebook X1
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Q: How to get a list of all songs in iTunes? Is there an easy way to get a list of all my songs in iTunes into a text file?
A: You can get a nice pdf with the content of your music library: hit ⌘P to open the print dialog, select "Album list" (I'm using a not english version of iTunes, son I'm not fully sure of the label, I mean the third radiobox from the top) and the "Only text" theme (the first option on the select field). Click "Print..." and then Save as PDF.
The resulting document is really nice:
A: This is actually insanely simple:
Open iTunes and go into your music library. Click on a song to ensure focus is inside the song list, press ⌘a to select all your songs, then press ⌘c to copy them.
Open the text editor of your choice, anything should do, then ⌘v paste your songs!
Ét Voíla, all your songs listed in plain text.
A: You already have one - albeit an XML file. Default place is ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml
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Q: Stream iPad audio to other devices? I used to stream a music from my desktop to wdtv using VLC.
I would like to stream all the sound from my iPad to wdtv.
I googled about it, but I only found how to stream music from other devices to iPad.
A: The easiest way is to hook up an Airport Express with audio cables to your external multimedia player, or Apple TV. Then you can stream iTunes directly to either of these devices - the functionality is built-in to iOS 4 and works awesome!
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Q: Revert an account's "full name" back to the original I don't think this is a "short name" question. I changed my "full name" to include my last name, but I'd like to revert back to just my first name. When I try to change the full name entry under "accounts" back to "Richard" I can't, with the warning "Name is not available."
What gives? Is there a way to revert to my original short name? This is strictly cosmetic, right? The only place I see my full name is the right side of the menu bar (my short name has never changed from "richard"). Thanks!
A: The problem is that your short name is already richard, so your Users’ folder looks like /Users/richard.
If you want, you could change your short name (provided you’re in Leopard or Snow Leopard) or, not known to a lot of people is that you can create Aliases.
For example if your name is Robert De Niro Of The Great Canyon (wow!), and your account is robertdeniroofthegreatcanyon, you can create an alias to “robert”, to simplify.
To do that, in the Advanced Options screen, click the plus (+) button under Aliases and then type your desired account alias. (Do not make any other changes.) click OK and restart (just in case any service may be crazy).
This is easy and safe, but it doesn’t actually change your short name at all, nor your home folder among other things.
If you want to change your short user name, you have two different approaches. A less “intrusive” method (#1) and a full change (#2):
Option #1: Change your short name, don’t change your home folder’s name.
You basically change your account’s name, but you leave your filesystem alone. Everything will work with your new name, but the files will be under the “old name”’s folder.
This works fairly well, except that sometimes, programs insist on storing settings based upon your short username, which could lead to some issues with those programs.
Here’s how to do it:
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*Disable Automatic Login and FileVault if you have them (for the account you want to rename). You can later reactivate these.
*Logoff completely from the account and login with another account (create one if you have to, you can remove it later).
*ctrl + click on your account name, select advanced options.
*In the “Account Name” field, delete your username and type the new one. Make sure the “home directory” stays the same as it was before, don’t change it.
*Click ok. Restart. Login using your new short name.
Option #2 Change both short name and home folder
Bear in mind that this, like the previous solution, has problems with some settings in certain programs/services that may use your /Users/old_name). You’ll have to check the settings for each and fix it (possibly reconfigure it). After you save the new settings for the programs, things should work ok.
Warning: Time machine will go coo coo if you change your home folder and will have to backup every file again, because it tracks files using their paths.
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*Disable Automatic Login and FileVault if you have them (for the account you want to rename). You can later reactivate these.
*Logoff completely from the account and login with another account (create one if you have to, you can remove it later).
*ctrl + click on your account name, select advanced options.
*Like with option #1, change the name of your Account Name.
*Change the Home Directory from /Users/old to /Users/new, where new is the short username you typed in step # 4.
*Click OK and close all this, open a Terminal (/Application/Utilities/Terminal.app)
*Type the following command, all on one line, and then press Return; when prompted, provide the password of the admin account you’re currently using, and then press Return again:
sudo mv /Users/old /Users/new
(these are the names from step 4 and 5).
*restart!
Why all this trouble and where is the answer to your question?
So after all this, if you want to have robert in your “login menu” I believe you should simply tell it to show the short name and leave the rest of the settings alone:
In any case, if you REALLY want to have both “richard”, you’ll probably have to rename your shortname first.
A: I may be missing something, but I believe I have the direct answer that you are looking for. I, too changed my "Full name" only to find that I could not change it back.
Here's how to fix it in one simple step:
System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Options -> Network Account Server: Join -> Open Directory Utility ->
Select 'Directory Editor' and at the top left, select 'Users' next to Viewing, click the lock allow write access.
Scroll down to your user name (richard) in the left pane, then select the row in the right pane named 'RealName'. Finally, change the value of RealName in the bottom right pane:
Save, get out of system preferences and go back in -- Voila, fixed.
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Q: Is it possible to add a note to a ToDo in Mail.app How can I add a Note to a ToDo?
Or is there another way to add a paragraph or two to a ToDo to record progress.
The ToDo is linked to an email if that makes a difference.
A: The only feature I was able to find is that in the list of ToDo items one can add a Notes column and enter text into there for each ToDo.
To add the Notes column to the list, view your list of ToDo's and then select the Notes item from View->Columns
I couldn't find a way to view multi-line notes for a ToDo item, but I could type option-return to insert a return character.
A: No, this is unfortunately not possible.
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Q: Iphone 4G Wifi Password Issues I recently replaced my wireless router from Verizon. I kept all the settings identical, and all the other wireless devices in my home connect with no problem (a pc, mac, ipad, etc). However, my iphone is unable to connect. It correctly identifies the wifi network, and I'm prompted to enter my password. But even though I've entered the password correctly multiple times, it always returns "password incorrect".
A: You could try this:
Go to Settings -> common -> reset (at the bottom). On the next screen you can choose which settings you wish to reset. Choose "Network settings".
I assume the stored settings are deleted now, and after a re-connect the connection should work.
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Q: iPhone app submission process I've submitted my first app on the 20th November but the status is still "Waiting for review", has anyone had longer than this or similar waiting times?
A: The approval process varies and there’s no exact number. The factor that determines this is the number of apps in the approval queue. I don’t remember where I read that 95% of the apps where approved within 14 days. I believe this came in a “message” in the dev accounts. But it was more than a year ago.
You can see more information in your Developer Account by going to the approval page. (You need a paid account to access that).
I haven’t submitted an iPhone App but in my near experience, it’s around two weeks.
A: I waited for 8 days with my first iPhone app. It was incredibly fast IMO. I guess the approval times depends on the type of app you are making and how well your app is put together.
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Q: Is there a PDF viewer with a vertical split screen feature? I have a very wide PDF and I would like to find a PDF viewer which would allow me to split the screen vertically so I can keep the left side the same while scrolling the right side back and forth.
I found the application http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/, but it only allows one to split the screen horizontally.
Is anyone aware of such a PDF viewer on the Mac?
A: You can take a snapshot in Skim (File -> Take Snapshot), then using the wonderful ShiftIt move the snapshot and the main view of the pdf to the opposite sides of the screen (vertically) with just a few keystrokes. Or horizontally. Or to all four corners if you want.
A: A quick look suggests that this feature does not exist in any PDF reader.
One responder on this forum [ http://is.gd/i0R12 ] believes that there are no such readers.
Most of the links in this Google search [ http://is.gd/i0QQy ] are requesting such a feature be implemented in some reader, any reader.
A: PDFpen 11 seems to support vertical split view of the same pdf.
https://smilesoftware.com/pdfpen/entry/new-pdfpen-11-split-view-font-bar-and-for-pro-users-enhancements-to-interactive-form-creation-and-editing
A: Here is a decent workaround streamlined from the hints in the comments to this question. In this example I use the PDF viewer Skim, but it should work the same with any other app.
Open Apple's Script Editor that is in the Applications/Utilities folder, and copy the following code.
on run
do shell script "open -n /Applications/Skim.app"
tell application "Skim" to activate
end run
on open theFiles
repeat with theFile in theFiles
do shell script "open -na /Applications/Skim.app " & quote & (POSIX path of theFile) & quote
end repeat
tell application "Skim" to activate
end open
Save it as an application. Now every time you drag a PDF into the icon, a new instance of Skim will open. I like to use OSX's native split-full-screen view.
I found this script online a long time ago and I don't remember where. If anyone knows I'd be happy to give credit.
A: PDFexpert seems to be able to do just that.
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Q: Can I use a PC/Mac keyboard as a Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone? I'm wondering about the feasibility of using my iMac's built-in bluetooth as a source for keyboard input to my iphone.
There are times I want to type longer messages in my iphone, i keep a bluetooth keyboard around just to have a full sized keyboard to use on the iphone. I don't use the keyboard on my iMac because I have an ergonomic keyboard there that I much prefer. What I think would be great is to use that corded ergonomic keyboard as an input to the iphone via a bluetooth device that uses the iMac.
Any thoughts on this?
A: There are apps in App Store: iKeyboard ($9.99), Type2Phone ($9.99), 1Keyboard ($9.99) and Typeeto ($4.99) that allow to use your Mac's keyboard as Bluetooth keyboard. The obvious requirements are Mac with Bluetooth and recent OS X.
A: 2017 Edit: As mentioned in other (newer) answers, there are iPhone apps available that can act as Bluetooth keyboards from the Mac. I've been using Typeeto myself. My original answer should be considered quite out of date now.
I'd recommend using the dedicated Bluetooth keyboard if it's not too much hassle, as it's currently the most elegant solution.
If you really want to type from the iMac though, you'll need a Jailbroken iPhone. There is a VNC server called "Veency" available from Cydia. You'll then need a VNC client for the iMac (I use JollysFastVNC myself). The iMac and iPhone also need to be networked via either Wifi or Bluetooth LAN.
You'll want to ignore the video and just look at the iPhone's screen while typing, because it lags heavily.
I would love to have something more elegant to suggest, but other mouse/keyboard-only solutions like Synergy or Teleport are Desktop/Notebook only at the moment.
A: If your iPhone is jailbroken, you can install a BlueTooth driver that supports external keyboards.
A: Try 1Keyboard for Mac
Type on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV using your Mac's keyboard.
Turn your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard that works with all of your devices.
(source: eyalw.com)
A: I've just installed Typeeto today and it seems to work really well. It's easy to pair with multiple devices and then select which one you want to connect.
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Q: Can I change the label of an entry in the Finder sidebar? I have a couple folders in my Finder's sidebar. Since they're nested (on the actual file system), the names aren't very descriptive. Is there a way I can change the name of the entry in the sidebar without changing the actual name of the folder?
A: This was possible in Tiger (As far as I can remember or Leopard) but on Snow Leopard, the “alias” is automatically resolved.
If you create an Alias on your desktop for a folder XYZ and then drag the Alias onto your sidebar, it’s automatically resolved. So it doesn’t seem to be possible to override this.
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Q: Always show photos full-screen on iOS? In the Photos app on my iPod Touch, when I'm scrolling through photos, it always makes "up" = the orientation of the device, even if that doesn't match the orientation of the photo. So half the time, the photo takes up only half the pixels on the screen, and the other half are just black, and I have to rotate the device, and it takes a couple seconds to realize this and rotate the display.
Is there any way to make iOS/Photos always show photos full-screen, even when that doesn't match the current orientation of the device?
A: Simply put, no.
Sorry!
There may be some jailbreak hack for this issue that I am unaware of, but there is no way to accomplish what you are asking with Apple's iOS and the Photos app on the iPhone/iPod Touch.
A: What I tried was to rotate all the landscape pictures in portrait mode so they use all the screen.
The issue is that you then have to rotate your head as rotating the iPod will rotate the picture and you start again the same problem! :) Not very convenient then.
You have to find an application which will deactivate the automatic screen rotation and this should then work. It needs extra work upfront though.
As you already figured out, the best way would be to find a 3rd party application doing this automatically but, as Alex said, I'm quite doubtful it exists at the moment. Take some time to wander through the AppStore, who knows!
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Q: Dictionary app for ipod touch Is there a dictionary app that I can just click on a word anywhere (in any app) and it will automatically define it for me?
A: With the release of iOS 5, this is now very simple. Dictionary functionality is available in any app that allows you to select text. Just highlight the text as if you were going to do a Copy and you will see a "Define" option next to "Copy". Tap "Define" and you get a pop-up window with the definition from the same dictionary built in to iBooks.
A: Are you asking about a jailbreak app?
The official build of Apple's iOS does not support this functionality.
The best you can do is copy and paste the word and then search Google for the definition. Or paste the word into a dictionary app.
A: As mentioned by Alex, that is not a supported feature by iOS Apple, and I don't think there's any Cidya app that will add this functionality.
My favourite dictionary App is Dictionary.com:
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*http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dictionary-com-dictionary/id308750436?mt=8
There's a free version with ads, and an ad-free version for $2.99.
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Q: How to Listen For an Application Launch Event on Mac OS X I wrote an AppleScript to mount a bundled sparse disk image. I want this script to be executed exactly when Time Machine launches.
I can check if Time Machine is running with on idle statement,
on idle
....
return <interval>
end idle
but I'm pretty sure, it isn't a robust way to do that.
IMO making an event trigger for Application Launch event would be a better approach.
I appreciate if someone can help me.
A: You can use a LaunchAgent (see Lingon) to perform an action when a file is modified. Time Machine has some file somewhere that it modifies each time it starts.
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Q: Why does my MacBook Pro die without warning? I have a MacBook Pro (about 18mts old) which has recently started to inexplicably die without warning. I'm running it on battery and, yes, it's getting close to the bottom end (between 10 and 25%). In the past I would get to about 10 minutes of life left and the "Reserve Battery" warning dialog would pop up and let me know that I'd better get on the adapter.
Not any more.
Now it gets to about 25% and then plik! it's black screen and dead. Instantly. No warning, nothing.
Some details about the Mac
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*Hardware: 2.5Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 4Gb, 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
*Software: 10.5.8
*Model: 4.1
*Boot ROM: MBP4.1.00C1.B03
Following advice from @Alex, I've checked the system logs (Console) and disk verification tool (Disk Utility) but they both come up clean. Apart from the instant death at low battery, there are no other dubious intermittent faults.
Edit to cover suggestions so far
Many thanks to all who have taken the time to address this issue. I've summarised the answers so far:
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*Look at the battery cycle count (About this Mac | More Info | Hardware - Power - Battery Information) - @glenstorey
*Recalibrate the battery - @Lawrence Velázquez
*Check hardware (RAM seating, hard disk etc) - @Alex
Final result
The whole thing about battery cycles being guaranteed by Apple appears to be a myth (at least the bods at my Apple Store were unaware of it). So I changed the battery and all was fixed. Back to normal.
A: Check to see how many cycles your battery has done (System Profiler - Power - Cycle Count); from what I understand your battery will still be under warranty if it has less than 300 - more than 300 and it's on its way out. We have a whole bunch of MacBooks (Pros) here, and once in a while one of them does this exact thing when the battery gets old and tired, just like yours.
I've had batteries that have lasted 40 months, and some that have only lasted 18, the newer MacBooks with the non-removable batteries last a lot longer.
A: In addition to what has already been said, it’s possible that your battery may be miscalibrated. If true, this would explain why your computer runs out of charge, even though it thinks otherwise.
I would strongly suggest trying to recalibrate your battery before doing anything else. Instructions can be found in this Apple support article. In a nutshell:
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*Plug the computer in until it thinks the battery is fully charged.
*Let the battery rest in the fully-charged state for at least 2 hours.
*Unplug and run the computer on battery until the battery is exhausted and the computer goes to sleep.
*Let the computer sleep for at least 5 hours. I believe this is to drain the battery of its reserve charge.
*Plug the computer in again until the battery is fully charged.
You can use the computer during every step except #4.
If this doesn’t produce results for you, then resort to other options.
A: Is it under warranty with Apple Care? If so, have you tried getting your battery replaced to see if it's the battery? Personally, I wouldn't kill yourself troubleshooting this anymore until you have tested the battery and it's ability to hold a charge. Let me know!
Other things you can try are opening your MacBook and making sure your RAM cards are securely in place by removing them and setting them back in.
Also run a disk utility and make sure your drive is passing all tests.
MacBooks (and Apple laptops in general) are notorious for logic board failures. Make sure you review your system logs in the Console and the status of the disk utility to make sure everything is running smoothly.
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Q: troubleshooting connections issue between two macs I often want to move files between my MacBook and iMac, but its such an issue that I usually resort to failure. They will see each-other on the network (shown in Finder) but after selecting the machine and waiting a while there will be a message like "connection filed" or similar. The other MacBook in the house doesn't even show on this list at all. So I am wondering is there a secret to getting networking happening, or at least something I can use to troubleshoot these issues?
A: First, make sure File Sharing is on for both computers. Then connect an Ethernet cable directly between the two machines. Each machine should appear in the other's sidebar of the Finder. Connect to it by double-clicking (login using your credentials if needed), and then drag your files or folders across at 1Gbps!
Later,
Mike
A: How strong is your connection? I assume you're using wifi on the MacBook? I used to have a lot of issues with this kind of thing until I replaced my wireless router.
A: Either give them both static IP's on the interfaces that are linked with each other, or wait for them both to grab 169.254.x.x IP's. Also make sure firewalls are down or in a "half" state (in Snow Leopard, at least, there's a "firewall on" mode as well as a "block ALL connections" mode - firewall on works well for me, and still offers protection without hindrance.)
Failing that try pinging one from the other, and vice versa. Might have a hardware problem. I would also disable any other interfaces except for the ethernet ones that you're using to connect them to each other.
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Q: How to recover an iPod Classic that won't turn on and doesn't appear as a drive? A friend of mine asked for help with an iPod Classic that isn't working.
It is an 80GB iPod Classic, model A1238, that doesn't give any signs of still being alive. It won't beep or light the screen, doesn't matters what I try.
I have tried to reset it (turn the hold switch on/off and then hold the middle and menu button) but it did nothing, and so I couldn't put it in disk mode either.
Right now I'm trying to charge it from a power adapter, but I don't expect it to help.
I had already tried to charge it from a PC, and from a MacBook Pro.
Anything else I could try, before sending it to repair?
A: Here's something that worked for me:
*
*Put the iPod into a ziploc bag and seal it tightly.
*Put it in the freezer overnight.
*Take it out in the morning.
I thought that it was just an urban myth, but as the iPod was apparently dead, why not try it? I was (pleasantly!) shocked to see it start up again the next morning.
A: Assuming that you've tried resetting while the iPod is connected to a power source, there's really not much else that can be done. The Apple Store, or an Authorized Apple Service Provider, is pretty much your only option at this point.
Also, how long has the iPod been doing this? If it was subject to extreme conditions for an extensive amount of time, or if it suffered liquid damage, it may be broken beyond repair (or repair may be cost-prohibitive, assuming it's no longer under warranty).
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Q: Flash plugin crashes frequently In various websites, at random times and with no apparent pattern, the Flash plugin will crash. This has occurred in every browser, and I typically have at least one crash a day. According to Mozilla's plugin check I have the latest version of Flash (10.1.102.64)
This is a new MacBook Pro (17", 2010 unibody version) running fully updated Mac OS X 10.6.5.
Does the plugin just crash for everyone, or is this unique to me? How often does Flash crash for you? Is there anything I can check, or is there a way I can reinstall Flash or some other diagnosis I can run? I haven't been experiencing other issues with my computer or my browser.
A: There's a reason why Apple appears to onlookers to be so anti-Flash, and it's because Flash sucks on Macs (it may also suck on other OSs, but I don't use them enough to be knowledgeable).
What to do about it depends on what browser you use (your question doesn't say, as Mozilla's Plugin Check isn't FF-only):
*
*Safari - the answer is ClickToFlash. Honestly, C2F is something that should just come pre-installed on every Mac.
*Firefox/Camino - As Ken mentioned in a comment, you want the FlashBlock extension.
*Chrome - use the FlashBlock for Chrome extension.
As has already been said: you can get along fine on almost all sites without Flash. Here's some additional recommended reading, both of which are from John Gruber at Daring Fireball:
*
*Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It
*Masquerading as Mobile Safari to Get Websites to Serve HTML5 Video to Safari on Mac OS X
A: Flash on the Mac is the single-largest cause of Safari crashes. That's just the way it is.
A: Flash crashed so often for me, I have gone flash free and only use flash in Google Chrome browser. Google installs flash within that one app, updates flash behind the scenes and Safari hasn't crashed once in 6 months.
I would recommend three useful and stable Safari extensions if you disable flash in Safari:
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*YouTube5
*HTML5 Audio
*H.264 Flickr Video
A: I recently found FlashVideoReplacer for Firefox. It replaces Flash videos with native players like Quicktime when available. Flash is a CPU killer for me, so this helps.
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Q: Using a US-bought WiFi iPad in the UK with the AppStore? I'm looking to give a WiFi-only iPad to a family member as a gift this Christmas. However, I'm concerned that since I am located in the UK, and the device I purchase will be 'US' configured for the store, etc, I will be unable to configure it to work correctly as a UK iPad, with the correct iTunes store, etc.
Is the iTunes store (app, music, video) related to the device software, the network it's accessing from, or the locale of the iTunes account associated with that device?
A: The iTunes store is related to the locale of the iTunes account (which is determined by the credit card associated with the account). Several friends of mine have bought iPads in other countries (US and UK) and are happily using them in Sweden with the Swedish iTunes store.
A: Specifically, the locale of the iTunes account is determined by the country of your associated credit card (or gift card).
If you entered a UK credit card in your iTunes account, then iTuens will show you only content released in the UK. This is true regardless where the device was bought, and regardless what regional settings and UI language is used.
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Q: Application for managing a pdf document library I'm looking for an application that can help manage a library of pdf documents. I prefer open source (or just free beer), but that's not absolutely essential.
I am aware of calibre and use it often for my ebooks, including those in pdf format. However, I'd like something for more general purpose use, especially PDFs that are largely - or entirely - graphics based, or contain small amounts of text (like keyboard shortcut reference cards and the like, research papers, and the like).
Easy management of metadata, search and filter, and easy access to the files from an application interface are the other main requirements. I don't need any device-sync or transfer capabilities, all the documents in this library would reside only on my MBP.
Anything out there that would be useful in this context?
A: BibDesk (free)
is free, does everything you describe, and integrates well with LaTeX.
A: Papers2 ($79 for Mac and another 15$ for iPad extension)
Does what you want, but is not free, and does not have as good integration with LaTeX. Papers does have support for iPhone/iPad devices (at extra cost).
A: Yep (39$)
It handles the job of document management pretty well.
I have a license and it’s really good at finding all the PDF mess that I have scattered. Then the reading feature and the loupe are nice. They have a trial.
A: FingerPDF
It is particularly suited for PDF Technical Books, Magazines and Papers
A: DEVONthink
After a hundred years of research I decided on DEVONthink Pro Office for my academic workflow.
I recommend that you don't simply compare the features of the software listed here, but google around for how other people in your field use these apps. It will give you a better idea of what you actually want without trying them all.
A: Calibre (free/open-source)
Considering its price and features, Calibre should be #1 choice. Still I encountered two important limitations:
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*files are stored in a directory structure that you cannot control, root\Authors\Paper. This does make the sharing of this folder with solutions like Dropbox really hard to use.
*the GUI is ugly like ** and not so intuitive
Please remember that these were the bad points, in addition it has tons of "good points".
A: Evernote
It's free unless you need one of their premium features.
Sadly, doing an OCR pass on uploaded PDFs is one of their premium features, but there are a couple of workarounds: you can either OCR your PDF before uploading it to EN, or upload JPGs instead of PDFs (as Evernote OCRs JPGs).
And speaking from experience: even if you think that you'll only need your files at your MBP, you might be surprised how often it's darn handy to have them all available in the cloud.
A: Sente
Not free, but IMHO has far more functionality and customizability than Papers. (I've used both.)
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Q: Should I avoid booting my MacBook if it's really cold? As the title says; if my MacBook has been exposed to minus degrees, should I wait for it to reach room temperature before I boot it or am I just paranoid and have nothing to worry about?
A: It depends how “minus”. In general, li-on batteries live longer if you respect their acceptable operating temperatures. In the case of your Macbook Pro, Apple has a dedicated page with tips about Battery Maintenance.
If you observe the temperature graph on the left, the Minus degrees are not in the “I like this” zone.
Truth is, your MBP will get warm relatively fast, but if your MBP is at 0ºC, I’d wait a little bit. At those temperatures, depending upon the dew point and the humidity (among other factors) the risk of running moisture is higher, especially if the MBP will start heating fast when you turn it on.
Just let the machine heat for a few minutes at room temperature to be safe. Of course, if you have to use it one day, the battery is not going to die on you. Remember, extreme temperatures are enemies of batteries!
The cold Swedish tundra is not a friendly place for a Li-on battery :)
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Q: Where's iOS 4.2 image file? On Apple Developers portal, under downloads I get this:
Where are the iPhone 3G / 4 / iPad versions of the OS?
As I had beta 2 on my iPad (I'm have a iOS developer account), and I want to update to the new one, iTunes says iPad has version 4.2 (witch is right, 4.2b) and mentions, that there is no newer version.
A: got it here
http://tipsneeded.com/download-ios-42-ipsw/
weird that is not available in the Portal itself :(
A: 4.2.1 is the newest version, and it's no longer in beta. So that means you get it through iTunes, by syncing your device and clicking the "Check for Update" button. There won't be images in the Developer Portal until Apple decides to put the next version of iOS (4.3?) into beta.
A: An iOS image file (also called IPSW short for iPhone Software file) for publicly released version of iOS can be obtained unofficially from IPSW.
The OS images are signed and verified with Apple servers when attempting a restore via iTunes. Do note that Apple stops signing older releases sometime (usually a couple weeks) after releasing a new iOS update. Hence, this method can be used to restore an iOS device to latest public release of iOS in cases as the one discussed in the question.
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Q: Is reassigning or disabling short-key possible? The finder has the Command-H assigned to 'hide finder'. Can I reassign the key to something else? Or can I disable the Command-H short key to hide finder only through menu?
A: Yes you can.
Open System Preferences, Keyboard. Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab at the top. In the left pane, select Application Shortcuts. In the right pane, select Finder.app. Click the + at the bottom of this pane. For Menu Title, type the exact wording / spelling of the menu item in question: in this case Hide Finder. For Keyboard Shortcut, pick another keystroke combination to hide the finder (I use function key F1). Voila. Now go to Finder and look at the Finder menu; beside Hide Finder should be F1 (or whatever you chose).
A: You can also assign a shortcut to something like the NUL control character by editing the property list directly.
defaults write com.apple.finder NSUserKeyEquivalents '{"Hide Finder"="\0";}'
If a shortcut was assigned to nil, it would be shown as N in System Preferences and pressing L would trigger it in some applications like Audacity.
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Q: iPhone app that shows app usage statistics? I'm looking for an app that can tell me how much time I spend on each installed iPhone app. This would be useful for identifying apps I really should delete, and also "lite" apps I really should purchase.
I know such programs existed for Palm devices. They simply looked at the clock whenever the device was turned on & off and whenever a program switch occurred (because the OS provided easy hooks for this), then just calculated running times from these timestamps.
PS: I realize that such an app must by nature be in Cydia, because non-jailbroken devices don't reveal such useful information. --> This fact can't be a reason to close this question!
A: Cydia's App Stat does exactly what you've requested. As far as I can tell, it exists since April 1st:
New Tweak in Cydia, App Stat, shows you your app usage statistics, frequecy of use, use of time and recent use. Supports IPhone, IPod Touch, IPad running IOS 3.2 or later. Free on Cydia Search for it.
A: I did some research and I don't think an app that does this is available, even on Cydia.
The only information related to app usage stats that I've been able to find is the information that developers can get from their own apps, as explained in this question on StackOverflow
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Q: My apps are using 3.7GB of storage on my iPad, how can I check which app is using what amount? Is there a breakdown that can be viewed somewhere?
A: On iTunes itself, on the App section of your Library (top section in the left side navigation bar) you can see how big Apps are by switching to List view (iTunes menu bar -> View -> As List).
A: On the iPad If you go to Settings -> General -> Usage and a list of your apps will pop up right there, along with the amount of storage that they're taking up.
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Q: Differences between Snow Leopard Server and Desktop? I have a friend who is wanting to get a Mac Mini to do iPad development. He says the server version is cheaper than the desktop version. I've only ever used the desktop version. Is there any reason not to get the server version? What are the main differences between Server and Desktop?
A: First off he's wrong on all levels.
The Desktop Version is $29, the Server Version is $500.
A standard Mac Mini is $700 base. Mac Mini Server is $1000 base.
Second, the distributions are pretty much identical. The difference is that the Server Version ships the server applications, tools, and processes. Postfix, Dovecot, Jabberd2, OpenLDAP, the entirety of the /Applications/Server directory, and some of the things in /Applications/Utilites like XSan management and the RAID Utility.
If he's looking to do development for iOS, getting the server version makes no sense. If he's looking to do development for Web Services, it's still easier and cheaper to run it on the Desktop version.
If he's looking to run a server, trivially, for mail services, chat and calendaring services, MORE than just web services (web services are trivially easy on the Desktop Version), then he should get a MacMini Server.
Use a Server for a Server for the features it provides, otherwise, use a standard version.
[edit]
We have two versions of XServes, and two Mac Mini Servers (classic style body), I'd be glad to answer any additional questions you or your friend has.
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Q: Screen video capture application I am Looking for a program that let's me capture screen videos on Mac OS X.
I am requesting it for these two use cases:
*
*Capture of a webcam. It should allow capturing only the webcam App window.
*Creation of program tutorials. Ideally, it should allow mouse cursor magnification and visual click representation (like, making some visual effect when you click on anything).
A different program for each case use is fine if there is not a program that can do both.
A: I've found that "New Screen Recording" functionality in QuickTime Player combined with iMovie editing capabilities is enough for my needs. Maybe you can give it a try? Best of all, it's already installed on your Mac. Unfortunately, I can't compare it with Camtasia, as I haven't used it.
A: After some research I've learnt that for the second use case you can use a separate program that does mouse magnification and keystroke detection in conjunction with a regular screen recording program like Quicktime Player (included on Mac OS X). Mouseposé seems the most recommended one.
As for a standalone screen capture program that has more features than Quicktime Player, I've found four that are maybe the most widely used ones:
*
*ScreenFlow
*Camtasia for Mac
*iShowU
*Snapz Pro X
ScreenFlow offers mouse cursor customization, and iShowU offers keystroke and mouse action recording, for showing in the video. ScreenFlow, iShowYou and Camtasia are looking great. Snapz Pro X seems more focused to regular screenshot capturing, but does video as well.
A: There's a question about recording the screen of an OpenGL application without stuttering here at StackExchange.
A: My firsthand experience with ScreenFlow has been great for creating tutorials. It includes cursor magnification, cursor and window highlighting, etc., and a decent editor.
I agree that Camtasia looks great, too, but I've not tried it.
A: If it comes down to choosing between Camstasia for Mac and Screenflow, here's a side by side comparison: http://www.skillcasting.com/comparison-camtasia-mac-vs-screenflow/
A: Try Jing. Free version have no cam support, but if you really need it there's a pro version for $14.90 / year. Great app, mac style.
A: In 2018, Mojave introduced a new shortcut to do screen recordings.
cmd + shift + 5
In the options you can choose to show mouse clicks (or not).
And you can select a portion of the screen to record if you don't want it all.
A: I can tell you undoubtedly that there is one piece of software that is the cream of the crop when it comes to video recording on Mac. And it's FREE!
OBS Studio - https://obsproject.com/
I've tried many screen recorders, most of them have limited trials unless you buy the full version of the software.
And many of them (including QuickTime) save in .mov format with bad transcoding resulting in huge file sizes. OBS videos are tiny even in crisp HD.
What also makes OBS really great is that you can add different scenes with different video and audio sources and seamlessly swap between your monitor recording built-in auto and swap to your webcam using external microphone audio.
You can also live stream directly from OBS.
Did I mention it's FREE!
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Q: Can I transmit audio from iPhone to Mac via a Bluetooth A2DP profile? Is there any way to connect my iPhone 4 to my Mac Mini via Bluetooth so that I can play music on my iPhone and hear it on the speakers connected to my Mac?
When I try to connect to my computer via my iPhone's Bluetooth screen, it says "Connection Unsuccessful: 'My Mac mini' is not supported." However, if I take a look at the Bluetooth page in the system preferences of my Mac, I see that the following two services are listed for my iPhone: Audio Source and AVRCP Device (I had to enable the "Show More Info" option to see these).
A: While browsing the this site, I found a link to another answer that might be useful. So, it looks like a Sony Ericsson MBR-100 wireless dongle attached to the computer should do the trick. I've never used it (or even heard of it before today) but it sounds like it should work.
The reason the computer doesn't work is that both the computer support the A2DP profile but both as a server but not as a receiver. There might be a software solution to get the Mac to support A2DP as a client but I don't know of one.
Another option which doesn't quite do what you want but might be useful would be to use the Remote app on your iPhone to control your iTunes library remotely. This allows you to uses the iPhone as a remote control for your iTunes.
A: Airfoil now has this feature. Turn on Airfoil Speakers 4.5 or later on your Mac, with Wi-fi turned on on both Mac and iPhone. In your music player app, click the airplay button and choose the name of your Mac. Audio from your iPhone music player app will be input to your Mac.
A: AirFoil works fo this, although when I've used it there is a 1-2 second lag, making it impractical for realtime use, but good for streaming music.
A: Over bluetooth might be a little hard. But why not over Wifi (You can also have an Ad Hoc connection between your Mac and the iPhone)? Then you could even use an Air Play cilent on the Mac to 'push' content form your iPhone to the mac. I have tried AirPlayer with limited success, but I am sure the newer versions would be much better.
A: I use 5K Player, and this provides a Airplay receiver which you can run on your Mac to Airplay from iOS devices.
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Q: View metadata for song currently playing on iPhone Is there any way to view metadata (such as composer, genre, year etc) for a song that is currently playing on an iPhone?
If there is no way to do so, and no apps which can do this, does the iOS API allow access to this information (i.e. could I write an app to do this myself)?
A: Looks like many apps do this. Look at FlickTunes, for instance, which allows you to use gestures to control playback. Or TuneWiki, which tries to look up the lyrics for the current song. So I assume the API is there and you could write an app that displays this metadata.
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Q: How can I extract the audio from a video file? I have a video of a music performance that I downloaded online, and want to extract the audio so that I can store it as a music file. It's a MOV file with the Codecs - "XVID, MPEG Layer 3." What software should I use for best results?
A: I can't tell you about best results, but for some results:
VLC, FFMPEG, or MPLAYER
VLC has a GUI and a Wizard. ffmpeg and mplayer example here.
A: If it is a MOV file which you can open with QuickTime Player, open it QuickTime Player 7, an optional install in Snow Leopard, and then go to File -> Export, and choose Sound to AIFF for instance. The resulting AIFF file can me converted back to MP3 or AAC with iTunes, for instance.
A: Wound up using Audio Hijack Pro for this, was incredibly simple.
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Q: Caffeine taking up 2.88GB virtual memory
Caffeine is a small program. Why is it taking up so much virtual memory or am I reading this wrong?
Edit: persists across application and os restarts
A: So apparently I was reading it wrong. According to Thomas Franzén ( lightheadsw )
Virtual memory size is a meaningless
number for most uses. An application
having a big virtual memory size
doesn't affect you, because it's just
a virtual memory space. The column you
should be looking at is RSIZE. That's
the actual amount of physical RAM an
application is using.
I verified with ObjectAlloc and it seems like it is using only 8MB or so.
A: On my machine, it's using 30.2 MB, so you're right that yours is doing something out of the ordinary.
When you reboot, does it start at a lower number, or immediately jump to this level?
Do you usually have it clicked? (I don't)
Is it adding any messages to your console log?
What version of Caffeine are you running?
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Q: Is the 3G data rate slower when reception is poorer? At work, my iPhone gets only limited 3G signal. The "3G" indicator is there, but the signal strength is only 1 or 2 out of 5 bars. Is the download throughput less under these circumstances, compared with the full 5 bars?
A: Short Version: Yes but it largely depends.
Why?: 3G networks travel through air and are subject to interference (as any microwave, radio wave, etcetera). Just like a Wi-Fi network, the principle is the same (only 3G requires a stronger signal from the iPhone, hence why 3G drains more battery, the distances in 3G are measured in miles/Km), as opposed to the limited range of a 11n network). When you are far, the distance for the wave to travel is more and therefore is subject to signal degradation, interference, etc.
All these nuisances in the signal travel, cause more packages that need to be resent, which increases the response time and the amount of information that must be transferred.
Say you request an image, the server gets the request and starts sending data. The signal is low, so the reception is bad, your iPhone keeps saying: what? say again… I didn’t hear the last part…
To put a real life example: If you’re talking 5 feet away from a person, you can understand hear him ok, provided the ambient noise is low. Now add some noise… you need to talk louder and sometimes you need to request for the other person to repeat because you didn’t hear.
Now put that person 50feet away…
You’re starting to get an idea.
Now we have to add another real factor:
3G towers could be a few miles away from you, and there could be a few, so the phone must try to find the strongest one, this process is also time consuming and it causes so many packages to be dropped. When something is dropped, it must be resent…
All in all, it really depends. You might have a low signal, but a decent throughput, but think that the weakness in the signal is making it harder for your phone to communicate.
Think that wireless connections, need to be as stable as possible to work, and in order to do that, they reduce the speed on purpose. I.e.: send less, but stronger.
Now I don’t have graphs or numbers (nor the real knowledge to be honest) to explain you how the whole 3G works and what is really involved, but having worked with a driver for a wifi modem, I know about the compromise of the stack to “slow down” when the strength of the signal is bad. You have a limited bandwidth and a limited strength, you have to balance. Wireless prefers strength over speed (which I understand) ;)
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Q: Should I use 32 or 64bit Mac OS X apps? I have a 64bit Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. A lot of times, software that I want to use is offered in both 32 and 64 bit.
What version should I prefer?
I know that even some Apple's apps are not yet 64bit - I guess this means something. I also have read that there is no big difference except for maybe driver software. What do you think?
A: You should go for the 64bit version. Apple is more and more leaning towards 64 bit adoption.
In the end, unless it's some heavy processing application, you won't even feel the difference with the 32bit version. But at least you'll be ready for the future :)
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Q: Swap X and Y axes in Numbers? I'm taking an economics course, and for whatever reason economists create graphs with the independent variable (price) on the Y axis and not the X axis. If I only have 1 dependent variable to graph, it's pretty easy just to swap the two, but I need to create a graph with price as the independent variable on the Y axis with multiple dependent variables on the X axis. Is this possible in Numbers?
A: I’ve noticed a button you don’t have. What version of Numbers do you have? (I have 09)
Look at this:
That swaps the columns in the graph (exactly like you describe). I’m not really very good at Numbers.
Do you have that? One thing I’ve done, is used the price as a “column” but maybe that’s why you don’t have it?
My graphic looks awesome (sarcasm)…
(btw I hadn’t saved it and had to do it again)
A: You can build your own transpose function using the index command:
The transpose cells all contain this:
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Q: How do I disable Ping? Although I do like and enjoy using iTunes, I'm not a fan of the new Ping service that Apple has embedded into it.
Is it possible to disable the Ping link under "Store", the Ping sidebar, and the Ping buttons next to each song? If so, how?
A: You can also restore the old arrow functionality
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows 1
I also suggest the following:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks 1
This setting switches the default
behaviour of the arrow links. By
default (well, by default in iTunes
10.0.0 and before) the arrows would send the user to the corresponding
page in the iTunes Store, but you
could also hold down Opt and click to
be redirected to the corresponding
list in your own library.
Now, to reset it all to Apple's
defaults... you can either do the same
lines as above but replacing '1' with
'0', or you can delete the settings by
changing "write" to "delete" and
removing the 1 from the end:
defaults delete com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar
defaults delete com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown
defaults delete com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows
defaults delete com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks
restart when done.
I blogged about this when I read Tom Gidden's article
A: In iTunes 10.1, there’s a setting for that:
Additionally you can set a parental control that also disables Ping.
A: If you dont like playing with the command line, I advise you to install Secret.
With this Preferences pane, you'll have access to hidden settings for a lot of applications (from Apple and third parties).
Then, all you have to do is go to the iTunes section and search for "Ping", like so:
If you know your way around Terminal.app, here are the commands:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE
and
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar 1
Switch to -bool FALSE and disablePingSidebar 0 to if you want the default value again.
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Q: Where can I download old iOS versions from Apple? I need to test my app with older version of iOS and can't find exactly where to download them from Apple.
Anybody know the adress?
A: As far as I'm aware Apple doesn't offer the links directly, but iClarified has a complete list of iOS downloads for all models of iPhone available here. It came in handy when I downgraded my old 3G back down to 3.1.3
A: Go to https://ipsw.me Here you can download so many .ipsw
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Q: Apple Mail app search bar This may seem like a strange request (and I really hope it doesn't get closed) but I need some info on the iPad Mail app as I don't have an iPad.
On the inbox there is a search box at the top, if you scroll down a bit and then scroll up fast so that the table bounces. I need to know if the search box bounces with the table or if it sticks to the navigation bar at the top.
If this question is considered off topic, then please don't close it, I'll delete the question after an answer.
A: The search bar sticks to the top of the mail items and "bounces" with them when scrolled past the top.
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Q: Installing Python 3.0 on my Mac I'm using built-in Python 2.6.1, however, I need to run Python 3.0 from time to time.
*
*Is it OK to install Python 3.0 on my Mac? Is there anything that I need to be cautious?
*How about the easy_install? If I have 2.6 and 3.0 on my Mac, where to the library for easy_install is installed?
*Is there any easy way to make python point to 2.6 or 3.0?
A: There are several ways to install Python and which way affects the later answers.
In all cases you should install a later Python 3 version - 3.1.3 is the latest released version. For choosing which to run I would call python3.1 or python2.6 to be explicit as the language differs enough that the code is specific to the 2.x or 3.x branches. In fact much code starts with the #!/usr/bin/env python line but is 2.x specific. I would say that having the python executable on your path being linked to python3.1 would be a problem Apple scripts that use python always look for /usr/bin/python so will always find the Apple version and not a properly installed other version.
easy_install is from an external package setuptools and you can tell setup.py where to put it.
Simplest is install from the python.org installer This will give a python3 executable in /usr/local/bin (and possibly python as well). In this case I would create a python symbolic link in ~/bin (pointing to the apple python or python3 and you can switch where it points as you require without sudo which a link in /usr/local/bin would require.
In this case I think easy_install for python3 will by default end up in /usr/local/bin and the apple one is in /usr/bin
I use macports versions and they install in /opt/local and have a script port select that will switch /opt/local/bin/python between the 3.1 or 2.6 versions (or any others you have installed) - unfortunately not does not do this for easy_install which is in /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin (or 3.1 etc)
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Q: Navigate through application that have windows shortcut cmd+tab navigates through all open applications.
Some Apps can have no windows at all e.g. firefox, finder.
Is there a shortcut for navigating through only applications that have at least one window?
A: The closest built-in option in OS X is to launch Expose which shows all open windows, then hit the tab key to cycle through all open apps. It will still select those with no open windows, but is a quick alternative nonetheless.
A: Do you mean cycling through all open windows within a specific App?
⌘tab to switch between different apps and ⌘`(backtick) to swap between windows in that app.
Witch is an app that also does the trick more elegant if that’s what you want.
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Q: Is there any way to specify "not" in iTunes search? Whenever I want to listen to songs from a particular band in iTunes, I'll just type the name in the search box, select shuffle, and start playing. For most bands this works very well, but I've run into a few situations where I'm unable to narrow it down to a single band due to the fact that the name of the band I'm looking for is a subset of the name of a different band. A classic example is "The Who" - every time I type "the who" in my search bar I get "The Guess Who" as well.
I've tried some of the basic tricks like using quotes or minus symbols but nothing seems to work. Is there a way to do this, or do I have to create special playlists for these problem bands?
A: iTunes doesn’t seem to exhibit any sort of smart searching built into the search box. Possibly, the best way to deal with these things is to use an external tool.
In my case, I have Coversutra (not free), that allows you to press “tab” (can be changed) to select different things:
I know there are free alternatives that can possibly do the same thing.
An additional alternative could be using an AppleScript and Automator to “ask” for the values… but that might be too much.
tell application "iTunes"
activate
set results to (every file track of playlist "Library" whose name contains “some track" and artist contains “some artist")
repeat with t in results
play t
end repeat
end tell
Something like that, if you can make automator (or the script) to ask you for the two “some” values, you’re set.
My opinion: iTunes should support spotlight like search strings!
UPDATE Ok, you’re right about that one, Coversutra (and others) all use iTunes “syntax” which is… no syntax.
Spotlight, however, is a different beast.
In trying to replicate your scenario, I’ve found that I have two “artists” that are similar in name: Metallica and Metalium. They both contain “Meta” in their names.
So when I search for artist “meta” I get both, which is annoying, because I really don’t like Metalium that much…
So I have two solutions for you:
a. Use Launchbar (or quicksilver), to quickly find the artist (this is a nice way to do it and what I really use most of the time when I want to find a song or an artist, it works faster than anything else). I use Launchbar. Pressing enter there creates a temporary playlist (called Launchbar) that contains all the tracks in question, but you could have dig a little bit more if you wanted an album or song. Very easy.
b. Use Spotlight:
This brings both bands:
kind:mp3 author:meta
but this excludes the unwanted one:
kind:mp3 author:meta NOT author:metalium
Not the best but… what can we do :)
A: I'm not aware of any way to do that type of boolean searching in iTunes (and neither is this poster), I use smart playlists to do this (sorry if you're already aware of these, just fyi).
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Q: How can I set up an alternative X11 window manager in Mac OS X 10.6? I've tried to install an X11 window manager in Mac OS X 10.6.5 such as ratpoison via fink, but I can't get it to start.
I am also thinking about getting xmonad to work in 10.6.5, does anyone know how to set up such a window manager?
A: The Xmonad help page on HaskellWiki has brief instructions for getting Xmonad running on Snow Leopard. You may need to read through the instructions for older versions if some problems arise.
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Q: How do I show the hard drive on the desktop My hard drive used to display on the desktop. It's gone missing, how do I get it back?
A: Go into Finder, then go to the menu bar and click Finder -> Preferences. Select the "General" tab and check "Hard disks" under "Show these items on the desktop":
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Q: How do I change the name of the hard drive Right now my hard drive is called "Macintosh HD." How do I change it to something cool like "Death Killer"
A: You can rename a file or a drive by selecting it by clicking on it, pressing "return", typing the new name, and pressing "return" again to set it. There are a few restricted characters, like :, but for the most part you can name it anything you want.
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Q: iPhone dropped from the top on my Desktop I have a desktop that I put on the floor. I put my iPhone on top of the desktop, and accidentally I stumbled on the desktop and the phone dropped to the floor.
When I picked it up the screen was OK, the phone was still functioning as normal. And it appeared as if it never dropped. But what I worried is that it may suffer internal damage that I can't see from the surface.
Is my fear warranted?
A: The inside of an iPhone is all solid state and can tolerate being dropped. That said, you should thoroughly test the hardware on your phone to see if anything broke. This includes the screen, case, the touchscreen (make sure that touch and multitouch still works everywhere), the headphone jack, all the buttons, the camera and flash, and the dock connector. A bump could have misaligned or disconnected any of the above hardware.
A: Honestly my phone started acting up now and I've had it since they came out . I love my phone and I've had this bad habit of laying it my lap and forgetting about it as I get out of my truck . I've done this at least 10 times and it still functions properly
All I have to say is as dainty as I thought this phone would be it survived even my rugged harsh lifestyle.
And the thing I respect about it is that at least it breaks down bit by bit instead of leaving you with a brick after the first fall
A: What kind of floor did it land on?
Carpet: no worries, the fall was too short to cause damage IMHO.
Hardwood: no worries but check to be sure (see Kyle's).
Concrete: potential damage. Check thoroughly.
A: FYI
I dropped my iPhone 4 the day before I got my free case... The back glass shattered.
What a lame design I thought.
Apple store charged me 29 to put a new non breakable backside, and my receotion is better.
If I wasn't a stock holder I would have raised my voice, as others reported, and got it free. The shattered phone, worked fine, though a full half of the back was shattered, but didn't lose any of the glass.
A: I've dropped an iPhone 3G onto concrete from pocket height, two separate times. It miraculously survived both encounters with only superficial scratches. It's still running fine. Apart from the glass, those things are pretty solid.
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Q: What does a CUDA driver do? I've heard talk of installing a CUDA driver for the new unibody mac (Nvidia 330M) to possibly resolve graphics problems (though it seems it actually doesn't do so). I'm not having problems but I was wondering exactly what the CUDA driver does, if it supplements or replaces the default graphics driver, and if it gives better performance. Please explain!
A: Nvidia offers a CUDA driver and OpenGL driver, for use with their APIs. The application would need to be recompiled with these options for the .app to use the cuda driver.
Here is the latest info, from a last month...
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda_3_2_downloads.html
Scroll down to Mac OS X section for some good non-programmer - adv programmer info.
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Q: Application DRM I wanted to know if there is a standard way of making licenses on Mac OS 10.6. For exemple, if I am creating an application and I want to create a licensing system, do I leave a file somewhere in the system that my application can read/write?
A: Mac OS X Applications, tend to be limited due to the UNIX “open” nature of the operating system. Contrary to Windows for example, where one could bury an entry into the Registry under any name, provided you’re given Admin privileges (which is very natural in Windows).
Under OS X, applications are forced to use dedicated locations for storing settings and preferences. ~/Library and /Library.
With that being said, this doesn’t stop some applications to use other mechanisms in conjunction with that.
I cannot name them all primary because I don’t know all of the existing ways, but I can tell you some common forms:
Serial Number / License Key: These are the typical. The program stores an “encrypted” copy of these values in its preferences (sometimes even unencrypted), usually located in:
*
*~/Library/Preferences or /Library
*The Application Bundle itself
*Some value in the user’s Home folder (possibly hidden by a .)
The problem with these are obvious, the serials get published/shared/copied and you have no way to stop it. Some applications have a “blacklist” of serials that although perfectly formatted, are internally hardcoded to be bad.
Online Activation: Less common (and usually more annoying), these require the app to connect to an online host to “activate” or “validate” the license. This prevents a lot of fraud and usually ends with the application cracked by some genius, where the code that does the validation is simply modified to always return “ok” making the application believe that the internet stuff went ok. Read: Adobe Products.
In any case, the program has to store the value somewhere, and the usual locations apply.
Tied with Hardware ID This is common too, they extract your drive’s serial number and some other parameters (Network card MAC Address for example) and they create a serial number that checks for those. So even if you “copy” the license, the new machine won’t have the same values and it will fail. This is annoying because if your hard drive crashes and you boot from a backup, you’ll have to re-register.
RESOURCES
I assume you want to continue reading about this, so instead of believing me, follow these links:
*
*How should my Cocoa application store the user’s license key?
*What is the best way to protect a Cocoa shareware application from software piracy?
*MAKeyedArchived
*Using OpenSSL for keys (good read!)
*AquaticPrime: the famous secure registration framework (free, accepts donations)
*Golden % Braeburn: The not free method used by the famous Delicious Library (among others).
A: There is no set "standard way", you would have to either build your own from scratch or use one of the online store frameworks.
It sounds like what you want would be best suited by the Mac App Store. You'll need to join the Mac Developer Program to get access to it. It's $99 a year.
A: DRM is handled by apple automatically if you use the appledev store submittal.
The DRM apple uses is extremely kept information, obviously the record labels and video studios demand this, as apple would love to not deal with it, per Steves frequent emails and other public letters.
I need more info regarding what you want to DRM, type of content, iOS app, or perhaps you need a simple license /registration procedure, for an OSX.app.
Please be verbose
Tefrota Ho
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Q: Having Remote Desktop in Full screen view Is it possible to have Remote Desktop running in Full Screen mode ? Like it is possible to have with Real VNC, for instance.
A:
In 3.3.2 you can have it running full screen by clicking the fullscreen icon; but the client will only appear in full screen mode if it has the same resolution. Smaller resolutions will be surrounded by a black box.
I haven't tried this: but clients with higher resolutions will probably full the screen if they have the same aspect ratio, but they might look a bit funky.
A: As an aside - "Screen Sharing" actually is just a VNC client. You can a different VNC client to connect to the remote Mac as well, doesn't have to be screen sharing.
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Q: How can I keep track of twitter usernames in Address Book? I want to add twitter names to my contacts in Address Book. But I cannot find an obvious place to do so.
The best fit would be as instant messaging username, but twitter is not listed among the services. I there a way to add a service here? Does anyone know where they are stored?
I could add a new "twitter" label, but I can't stand the "AIM" or "Yahoo" behind it.
Any ideas are welcome.
A: iOS 5.0 and Mac OS X Lion have native support for Twitter integrated into the Address Book app. On OS X, to add a Twitter field to a contact, select the contact and choose the Card > Add Field > Twitter menu item.
A: You could add an URL to the Twitter home of your contact and label it Twitter.
A: Thanks to the comments on Ipacheco's answer, I ended using a new url labeled "twitter" with a format of "tweetie:@someone" instead of the http:// link to the twitter homepage. This opens up tweetie for Mac and iPhone (now named twitter) whenever you click the link.
A: modify your adressbook template as per this post:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderwal/3629218638/
then add a little prefpane called MoreInternet as per this post:
http://www.macwrite.com/critical-mass/protocol-helpers-and-mac-os-x
use e.g. twitter: as "protocol" ... so for me you'd add twitter:@trox in a twitter URL field
configure the prefpane to recognize twitter as a protocol and tell it which app to use (your preferred twitter client -- works only if it has a "creator code", so I wasn't able to use TweetDeck :-o)
you're all set
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Q: Is too much charge time bad for your iPhone?
Possible Duplicate:
Can I safely charge my iPhone 4 overnight on a regular basis?
Is leaving the phone on the charger overnight really really bad for your iPhone?
A: Nah. Electricity is PULLED to devices that use it, not PUSHED from the plug. The phone is smart enough to stop pulling when its battery is full.
EDIT: However, an adapter can provide incorrect voltage for a device. Don't take what I said there and wire your iphone power adapter to a 220 source, for instance. You can OVERDRIVE a device with too many volts, but you can't send it "too much" of the right voltage, because the amperage is a function of the device's draw. I know I just said that assuming that you understand the difference between volts and amps, but there it is; they're different.
A: No, leaving it charging overnight will not have any adverse effects. All you need to do with the iPhone's lithium battery is be sure to drain it once a month for longevity.
Read Apple's iPhone Battery page.
[Similar answer for Apple's lithium laptop batteries, iPad batteries, etc.]
Also see Apple's Lithium-Ion Batteries page for more info.
A: The answer is it's just like an laptop: If it's left plugged in all the time, then the battery WILL eventually die. So the answer is yes, it's OK to leave it plugged in, but not all the time.
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Q: Use the power of the graphic card on a MacBook? Is there a way to use the processor of the graphic card on a new MacBook Pro to do some long and repetitive calculations?
A: Have you looked at CUDA (nVidia only) or OpenCL to do just this? Both technologies are made to leverage the GPU.
A: Running computationally expensive tasks on the GPU is something that is coded on the development side. This is not something an end user can do directly. If this is something you intend to do from the development side, it should probably be posted on Stack Overflow.
Wikipedia: GPGPU
A: There are a number of programs written to use the GPU to help users run through various calculations more quickly than with their processor.
There is an OpenCL directory here of math programs claiming to use the GPU:
http://opencl.name/top/Science/Math/Software/
You'll have to sort through which ones run on OS X.
There are OpenCL tutorials on the net, though, and Xcode is inexpensive. If you understand rudimentary programming principles you should be able to modify the examples/tutorials to do what you want. When you get stuck, Stack Overflow is there to help.
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Q: Application for Scheduling Tweets There seem to be several Mac applications that will send tweets scheduled in advance, but I'm having a hard time figuring out which is good. The bulk of the Google results are more than a year old.
Does anyone have any firsthand experience, and can you recommend something?
A: Hoot suite for the iPad. But I'm not a heavy user.
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Q: Browsers performance in OS X This is to collect the UI performance experiences we have with browsers in OS X.
I don't care about the benchmarks I care about how fast the UI responds to the user's actions.
I have come to the following conclusions:
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*Chrome tab switching is the fastest.
*Safari sometimes is unresponsive (shows the waiting cursor) even for simple HTML pages with out having a lot of tabs open. This has never happened in Chrome.
*Safari's Javascript Cancvas drawing is the fastest.
*Safari's location bar recommendations is the fastest.
I expect your own observations.
A: Lifehacker actually did an article on this with hard data:
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Q: What is the best way to use two 27" monitors on your desk? In my work environment I have three smaller monitors and love the productivity benefit. At home I have two 27" displays (the iMac and an external cinema display), but am having trouble laying them out on my desk so I can effectively use them without neck strain. What's the best layout for ensuring most of your work involves you staring straight ahead at your work, while still letting your work spread out over all those lovely millions of pixels?
EDIT: responses so far have focused on having the monitors at the right level, i.e. at and below eye level. But the problem I'm having is that just one monitor nearly fills my field of vision, so I end up turning my neck or chair dramatically to work on the other.
A: You don't say what you'll be using them for. I'm (among other things) a programmer, and for me being able to see a tall vertical area in my text editor is of primary importance. Thus, given 2 widescreen monitors, I'd set them up vertically, next to each other.
I'm not unique here: when I visited Google, most of the programmers I saw had this layout too.
I would think this could help with your neck problem, since it makes the display area closer to a square, and not a really wide rectangle. Alternatively, you could keep them horizontal, and stack one right above the other. Depends on the shape of the things you're going to be looking at most, I guess!
A: Honestly, I've been using 2 24inch monitors for years (one 24ich connected to my 24inch iMac). I personally think using two monitors is not necessary anymore, if you effectively use spaces/virtual desktops.
I now only use my 24inch iMac as my only display, and basically just got used to the new setup, while mastering the keyboard shortcuts. I don't need to move my head, the OS does it for me.
I say ditch the other monitor and get use to using cntrl+arrow keys, just my opinion.
A: Make sure both are at the same height, if you still have neck strain, then you are not sitting at the right level:
(image courtesy of this link).
If you put them higher or lower, you’ll have to adjust with your neck, thus causing strain.
An excellent blog post about that was written by our own creator…
LCD Monitor Arms. Good old school post.
A: Ergonomics in a nutshell: The heuristic is to have your eye line be about 1-2" below the top of your monitor. That should allow your arms to be roughly parallel to your desk and your back perpendicular to the base of your chair.
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Q: What is Best Practice when storing MacBooks for over a month? We have a pod of 30 MacBooks and MacBook Pros that don't get used over the holidays.
What's best practice to store the laptops for 6 weeks? I know that when you store laptops for long periods at half charge, unplugged in a cool place is a good idea, but in practice I've just put them plugged-in in the storeroom! Could anyone share their best practice methods when storing these sort of devices?
A: That's what I think Apple suggests when you need to store you MacBook for longer periods:
*
*discharge your battery to 50% and keep the laptop in a cool place
*if you plan to not use the computer for more than 5 months take the battery off the laptop
*you will probably need to charge the battery every 6 months to better preserve it.
A: Power it down and make sure it's somewhere where there is no chance of it getting wet.
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Q: Why is the wireless connection between my MacBook and AirPort Express so unstable? The wireless transmit rate of my MacBook Core 2 Duo is extremely unstable. That is, when I connect to my AirPort Express the transfer rate is good for about one minute and after that it suddenly drops (option click on the AirPort icon shows a transmit rate of 1...).
The strange thing is that when I then click on the AirPort icon next to the clock and new networks are being searched, the rate gets normal again for about 10 seconds. Then again all running downloads and page load stop until I click again.
I use the same network with a MacBook Pro without any problems. I've googled this issue, tried to switch wireless channels, switched back to 802.11g mode (it runs on n and g compatible mode normally) but nothing helped so far.
Any ideas what could cause these transfer rate drops?
Update
Not sure if that's of any use but in the AirPort Utility it says Signal -24, Noise -95 and Rate 1 (it raises when I click the AirPort icon).
Update II
One solution seems to be to switch to 802.11n only 5 GHz (2.4 GHz does not help). The downside: iPhone and many older notebooks don't support it...
A: Something to try is to turn off IPv6 support in your networking preference control panel for wireless, and even for ethernet if you are hardwired.
Mine would drop connections randomly and I'd have to mess around and eventually would pull its power and let it restart to restore sanity. Then, I read somewhere it was a problem with IPv6 support, and turn it off on our Macs. Now it's very stable.
I stopped using it for my wireless router, and now use it for AirTunes. Very seldom will it lag, and when it does it'll sync up again by itself. I really can't remember the last time it "weirded out" on me, even though some days I'll be playing music through it for most of the day.
A: Just in case you're still experiencing the issue. I've been having that happen with my early 2008 MBP for two years now. I seem to have found two half-solutions, see below. Please see if they work for you.
To recap:
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*Rate is usually good (54)
*drops after minutes, sometimes hours
*rate is good in most all other networks I happen to be in
So, the first thing I noticed is that when I alt-click the airport icon the rate rises from 1 to a rate somewhat higher, maybe 2 or 4 or 8. It then usually drops again. When I alt-click several times in quick succession, I can get the rate to rise up to 48. But again, only to see it drop again.
My first half-solution is this: I found out that whenever I experience the rate dropping I can change the channel in my router from, say 1 to 6 or 11, which will usually resolve the issue. After I reconnect to the network things will be fine for a while (minutes, hours, sometimes a day or two).
My second half-solution is turning off all other wireless clients in the network. Whenever I'm alone at home and my laptop is the only computer running, everything's fine. I seem to be having the dropping-rate-problem only when other clients are in the same network, especially when one of them is using the network intensely. I'm almost certain about that now. Please try and see if removing all other clients "solves" your issue.
Whenever it is not avoidable to have other clients in the network, I try the first half-solution (sometimes 2 or 3 times) and it usually does the trick.
Incredibly annoying though!
A: Your wireless card in the computer need replacing. I have 2 Mac Books. an old 2008 Core Duo that does exactly what you describe. And a new Mac Air. The Mac Air works all over the house and has a transmission rate upwards of 300 depending on were it is located. Bottom line wireless cards get weak and die a slow death. The are not hard to replace if you are at all good with a screwdriver.The can be found all over the net and on ebay as well as Ifixit.
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Q: Using Hauppauge HD PVR and Mac Mini to Stream Game Video I recently acquired a Hauppauge HD PVR which my Xbox 360 is currently plugged into. I can record media from it using HD PVR Capture or use it as a TV Recorder via EyeTV. Unfortunately, I want to take the raw video stream, and hook it into something like a Justin.TV or LiveStream ProCaster for live streaming purposes, but I can't figure out how.
The PVR is not listed as a "video device" like a camera, so I cannot choose it as a video source. Since this is a MacMini, there are no registered video devices listed in any app on the Mini (say for example, iMovie's "Import From Camera" section).
How can I take the video feed going into my Mac Mini via USB, and re-use it immediately for any video-like purpose?
A: Argh, I wish I had seen this in time for the bounty.
I do broadcasts using Camtwist. Camtwist will become a video source and it does things like just broadcast the desktop. So if you have EyeTV maximized and Camtwist broadcasting the desktop and your flash broadcasted using camtwist as a source, you should be set! If you want audio, soundflower is good for that, but not quite as straightforward as Camtwist. Might have to play with it. But there are lots of good tutorials on this online, give it a google.
A: As far as I remember, HD PVR Capture can show a preview in VLC Player while recording. Did you look into the 'streaming and transcoding options' in VLC Player?
Maybe you will find a solution in the VLC forum. CamTwist is probably easier.
You can stream to Twitch with HDPVRCapture, OBS and SoundFlower
or ffmpeg.
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Q: I downloaded iTunes 10 but now it won't update my iPod Touch software I downloaded the newest version of iTunes because it said it couldn't update the iPod Touch to 4.2 without it, but after the download I went to update my iPod Touch and iTunes said it couldn't contact the update server. This happened when I downloaded iTunes 9 and tried to update, but I never fixed it. Any help would be appreciated!
A: Is there a error number associated with this error?
Did you check to see if you have an internet connection?
Did you restart your computer?
Did you wait a while and try back later? Apple could be experiencing a downtime when you tried to access their server.
Do you have a firewall on? Is the port open for iTunes?
It could be any number of things...Let me know if this helps!
A: Would be helpful in narrowing down the cause:
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*Win or Mac OS X?
*Current version installed? (btw, the latest version is now 4.2.1. A last-minute fix caused the version number to revise)
Things that come to mind off-hand:
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*iTunes version you downloaded is 10.1? (the latest at this moment)
*Firewall? Antivirus?
Worst case: Use the links from this page, or a page like this, to download the image for the new OS manually and perform a backup-and-restore using the image. WARNING: Not for novices!
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Q: List of iPhone voice commands? (prior to Siri / iPhone 4S) Is there a list of possible voice commands anywhere?
A: via http://atmac.org/iphone-voice-commands
Phone Commands
Call a contact
“Call” or “dial” plus the person’s name or nickname as entered into your address book. Optionally add the phone number type at the end, such as “home”, “work”, “mobile”. For example, “Dial John Smith Work” or “Call Mum”.
Call a number
“Call” or “Dial” plus the number, just as you would recite it usually. For example, “Dial 555 9592″.
Make a correction
Say “not that one”, “wrong”, “nope”, “no”, or “not that”.
Music Commands
Start music
Say “play” or “play music”.
Play from a specific playlist
Say “play playlist” and the name of the playlist. For example, “Play playlist gym songs”.
Play from a specific album
Say “play album” plus the name of the album. For example “Play album Dark Side Of The Moon”.
Play from a specific artist
Say “play artist” plus the name of the artist. For example, “Play artist Pink Floyd”. The alternate “Play songs by” plus the name of the artist has also been reported to work.
Pause music
Say “pause” or “pause music”.
Skip to next song
Say “next song”. The shorter “next” has also been reported to work.
Go back to previous song
Say “previous song”.
Shuffle the current playlist
Just say “shuffle”.
Turn on Genius feature
Say “Genius”, “play more like this”, or “play more songs like this”.
Get information about the current track
Say “what’s playing”, or for more specific information say “what song is this”, “who sings this song”, or “who is this song by”.
Misc Commands
Ask the time
Say “what is the time” or “what time is it”.
Cancel voice control
Simply say “cancel”. With iOS 4 you can also say “stop”.
Get help
Say “help”.
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Q: Can Safari remember my tabs from last time? I want my previous browsing tabs to be restored when restarting Safari. I can do this in Firefox and Chrome. Is there a setting or an extension for this?
EDIT: So it turns out I was killing (word choice?) the Safari browser (and the Chrome browser for that matter). When I just Quit the browser my previous browsing is always maintained... So rather than get an extension or anything I believe the solution is just to Quit the browser?
A: I have been using SafariRestore from Safari Extensions. It works quite well.
A: Just reopening after quitting Safari doesn't seem to restore the windows for me. (Or anymore?)
So to summarize:
*
*History — Reopen All Windows from Last Session or History — Reopen Last Closed Window
*SafariRestore, Sessions or SaveTabs
*Glims or Saft
*Bookmarks — Add Bookmark for These ␣ Tabs...
*In Lion there's Safari — Quit and Keep Windows (⌥⌘Q)
A: May I suggest, the free extension, Sessions. It restores last session and even saves sessions for later retrieval. It's stable with useful features like search, export, remove duplicates, micro-management, KB shortcuts & startup behavior settings.
A: After starting Safari, you can go to History -> Reopen All Windows from Last Session to have Safari reopen the windows and tabs that were open when you last used it.
There's some additional info in this question: Is it possible to restart an application using AppleScript?, including a script (Chealion's answer) that can be modified to start Safari and call that menu automatically.
A: There are lots of Safari Extensions here... Some of them are Session Managers which will sure do what you want ;-)
A: Not automatically, but you can click "Bookmarks \ Add Bookmark for These 3 Tab" which will create a folder containing bookmarks for all the currently open tabs.
A: As mentioned in the edited question, the solution seems to be to just Quit (command+Q) the browser rather than killing/restarting etc.
A: Glims will remember the history of your previous session, like Firefox and Chrome do. None of the other suggestions here will do that. They'll only show the last page you looked at in those tabs.
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Q: Can the built-in OS X "Location" feature auto select locations based on wireless networks? My home network is very secure, but my school's wireless network is open, which makes it vulnerable to wireless sniffing (e.g. with Firesheep). I just discovered the Location feature and I think it's really neat, but it doesn't make obvious a way to automatically switch Location based on which wireless network is currently connected.
Is this something which it is capable of, and if so then how do I set this up? Otherwise I guess I will use a program like NetworkLocation to do this; I'd just like to avoid paying for a program if possible.
(I'm using the latest Snow Leopard 10.6.5)
A: Since you mentioned Firesheep, let me put in a plug for Sheepsafe:
Sheepsafe was built to automate the task of switching your network configuration to use a SOCKS proxy whenever you join an untrusted network.
Sheepsafe works by keeping a configuration of known safe wireless networks. When you join an untrusted network, Sheepsafe switches to a network location that has a SOCKS proxy configured and starts a SOCKS proxy by SSH'ing into a remote server, thus protecting your browsing traffic from FireSheep and other snoopers on the local network. When you switch back to a safe network, Sheepsafe switches back to the default, trusted location and shuts down the SOCKS proxy.
A: There are a number of location switch apps that work along with the Location feature such as NetworkLocation and LocationX. A more recent release you could also try is Airport Location
A: The Location function doesn't let you automatically switch to the
right network configuration.
You have to know that the original Automatic location configuration is a real security hole since it lets all you network interfaces up and doesn't give you a correct information of which one you are riding on.
You can always check by looking at Apple > Location > Network Preferences...
This Automatic configuration is also one of the nightmares of any network engineer.
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Q: What is the function of the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard? What does the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard do? When it is paired to a MacBook in clamshell mode, does pushing the power button put the MacBook to sleep, wake it up, or have some other effect? Is the power button strictly limited to turning on and off the keyboard itself?
A:
Is the power button strictly limited
to turning on and off the keyboard
itself?
Yep. The wireless keyboard software detects inactivity and will go in sleep mode where it reduces power consumption, however it's probably better to turn it off if you know you won't be using it for a while. You must press that button for a few seconds. The light will show, then it will disappear while you are still holding the button. Then you know it is off.
When you turn it off that way it should display a notification on the OS X desktop, that the bluetooth device was turned off.
I'm not using one anymore. When I did, I would often forget to switch off the keyboard.
Now that I think of it it would be nice if there was an option for the computer to tell the keyboard to power off. That way when you shut down your Mac it would power off. I don't remember seeing such an option :(
A: The power button only powers ON/OFF the keyboard, it doesn’t power off the computer.
To power off your computer using the keyboard, you might want to use any of the following:
Reference:
*
*⌘ (Command key) - On some Apple keyboards, this key also has an Apple logo ()
*⌃ (Control key)
*⌥ (Option key) - "Alt" may also appear on this key
*⏏ (Eject)
*⇧ (Shift)
⌃ Control + ⏏ Eject : Show shutdown dialog
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Put the computer to sleep
⌃ Control + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then restart the computer.
⌃ Control + ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + ⏏ Eject : Quit all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open documents), then shut down the computer.
⇧ Shift + ⌃ Control + ⏏ Eject : Sleep the display, but not the computer. (thanks to VxJasonxV)
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Q: How to configure OS X 10.5 to always open .WAV files with QuickTime? I use iTunes to listen to my music, all of which is in .mp3 and .aac files. I periodically want to listen to .wav files, however these are never music. Most often, they're voicemails sent to my by our VoIP system, but also my camera records audio notes in .wav files. I do not want these to open in iTunes, because then they get added to my library, and iTunes doesn't have the best interface for listening to files like this. I'd prefer to open them in QuickTime Player.
In the Finder, I did "Get Info" on a .wav file and chose "Open With" "QuickTime Player". I then did "Change All..." and clicked "Continue" in the "Are you sure you want to change all similar documents to open with" window.
I've done this numerous times. However the change doesn't stick, presumably because iTunes 9 is re-registering itself for the application of choice to open .wav files. How can I make this change stick under Mac OS X 10.5?
A: You can use RCDefaultApp, it's a freeware System Preference Pane that works in Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger and Panther.
You must go to "Extension tab" and find .WAV in the list and change the Defallt Application.
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Q: Most reliable way to mirror large number/size files/folders between drives & computers Often I find myself shuffling large directories (20 GB+) of data between computers or drives. What is the most reliable way to ensure that all data is being exactly mirrored with permissions/dates intact?
Bonus points if it's wrapped in a GUI rather than a terminal command.
I saw this question regarding copy utilities for OS X, however the answers were skewed towards speed. My concern is ultimately file/data integrity.
A: rsync has proven to be very stable and effective throughout its years of Unix service. It’s included in any OS X since Tiger and it’s relatively easy to use.
If you want the bonus of a GUI, you can use Arrsync, a free utility better described as:
A Mac OS X graphical front end for the utility rsync.
If, on the other hand you want something more “easy to use” I can recommend you take a look at the two winners:
SuperDuper! ($)
Carbon Copy Cloner (Free, Donationware).
Either will allow you to clone entire drives or folders or anything you can imagine.
Their reliability to copy permissions, ACLs, and that stuff has been proven throughout the years.
A: As an alternative to CCC or rsync, you could check out ChronoSync; I've been using it for years and it's just rock-solid.
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Q: Where on my Mac are my iPod Touch photos stored? I took some photos on my iPod Touch, and I want to use them on my Mac. I've synced the devices, but I don't know where the photos are.
*
*I looked in iTunes (since it seems to want to manage everything about my iPod, even the things which aren't "tunes"), but I don't see a photo section there.
*I looked in ~/Pictures/ but they're obviously not there.
*I looked in ~/Music/iTunes/ (since my mobile apps are stored their, strangely), but no luck.
Where are they hiding?
A: The photos aren't automatically transferred when you sync in iTunes - you have to use iPhoto or Image Capture to get the photos on your computer.
A: You should be using iPhoto (or other digital camera software) to copy these photos onto your Mac, but just for sake of completeness, they are included in the backups that iTunes makes.
Those backups can be found in ~/Library/Application Support/Mobile Sync/Backup, but you need a special program (iPhone Backup Extractor) to be able to read them (and that only works if they are unencrypted).
You can find your camera roll after extracting the area called "iOS Files" in /Media/DCIM.
A: Normally iPhoto handles them. iPhoto stores images within the package ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library, but it's easiest to browse with iPhoto.
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Q: Considering 27" iMac. Can I use it as a TV? I may be considering to get the iMac.
I don't own a TV, but I would love to be able to use it as such. I understand it has a DisplayPort input for these types of purposes.
What would I need to get to get my Wii and analogue TV (PAL) hooked up to this?
A: The best way to get TV hooked up to a Mac is through a TV Tuner. The best TV Tuners for Mac are by far the EyeTV tuners. The TV tuner could also be used to hook up to your Wii, however that is a bit impractical. Instead consider buying an adapter from RCA to Mini-Display Port to use your iMac as a Monitor for the Wii.
A: I don't believe that is an input, but only an output, for a second monitor.
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Q: StarCraft II minimises itself after opening Whenever I try to open up StarCraft II, the updating screen appears for a few seconds on 50%. The window then disappears, but it is still shown as open in the dock (light is on under the icon). How can I fix this problem?
A: Have you tried a full re-install of StarCraft? Have you ensured that you have all updates, particularly graphic driver updates, are installed?
Additionally, you can also find several troubleshooting steps at OS X Daily which includes a few close descriptions of the issue you described.
A: I would add this as a comment but I don't have the privilege yet, but I would suggest also asking here.
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Q: Page down in terminal How can I "page down" in the terminal?
A: In order to send a page up/down keystroke to the application, as opposed to scrolling Terminal's window, hold down the shift key while pressing your page up/down keys (or fn-arrows as appropriate for your keyboard).
A: There are two answers to this question.
The first is globally useable. I'll assume you're on a narrow/laptop keyboard. In those instances, Fn+Down ▼ acts as Page Down, and just to expand that thought out entirely:
*
*Fn+Up ▲ = Page Up
*Fn+Left ◀ = Home
*Fn+Right ▶ = End
This will not work properly in some applications. Those that come to mind are things like vim, less, screen, and other "full screen/ncurses menued" programs. The above keystrokes scroll the terminal window, but if the terminal window has not been paged, then scrolling won't accomplish anything.
The second half of the answer is one that I can't answer without more detail.
Example:
*
*In less, the spacebar or ctrl ^+f will page down one screen full.
*In vim, ctrl ^+f will page down one screen full.
*In screen, you will probably never have to Page Down, but if you scrolled back in copy mode, ctrl ^+f works there too.
If I haven't answered your question, you will need to elaborate on it, heavily.
A: In addition to VxJasonxV’s answer (which is correct), if you want to modify your terminal behavior so using up or down does a pageup/pagedown in vim (and others), you can go to:
Terminal -> Preferences -> Click on the Settings Toolbar, then the Keyboard Tab.
Add a new keys like this: (showing one example below)
*
*Page Up: \033[5~
*Page Down: \033[6~
*Home: \033[4~
*End: \033[1~
Here’s an example with the “Cursor up”:
Now you can press Up/Down and it will do the pageup/down. I suggest you add a modifier (like Control). Sadly, you can’t use the “Fn” key as a modifier.
Note: By default, Control + Cursor Left is delete until the end of the line and control+cursor right is insert (in vim at least), so you can use another modifier if you don’t want to change those.
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Q: iPad navigation for South Africa Is there an iPad app that will give me turn-by-turn instructions for south africa, or do I need to use an iPhone app and the 2X button?
A: I'm not aware of any iPad specific apps for South African turn-by-turn navigation.
But, ALK Technologies, Ltd has iPad software for North America and Europe, and iPhone apps for South Africa - so I think your best bet would be to write to them or facebook them and ask when the South African version is coming out. If you're on safari and fleeing from lions and elephants I don't know if the iPhone version will be big enough to see clearly!
NB: Apple.StackExchange.Com takes no responsibility for Lion or Elephant related accidents.
A: NAVIGON MobileNavigator for South Africa is what you're looking for.
It's a universal app running both on the iPad and the iPhone/iPod touch.
A: HERE WeGo supports turn-by-turn navigation. The app is iPhone only and you will have to run it on an iPad and use 2x scaling. This USP of the app is that it supports offline downloading of maps on per country basis.
You won't need active Internet connection on your iPad while navigating, but the app uses GPS to locate you, hence it will work only on Wi-Fi + Cellular variant of iPad as it contains the necessary GPS hardware.
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Q: Fastest way to transfer a bunch of photos TO iphone camera roll? what is the quickest way to transfer a bunch of photos (and videos) that come from an iphone to another iPhone's camera roll?
*
*Sync with iPhoto/Aperture is not an option: they wouldn't end up in the camera roll
*Opening from email or dropbox one by one and saving them is not an option: too many!
*A big email is not feasible
AirSharing and Dropbox apps are apparently of little help, since I couldn't find a “save all” command.
Any suggestion is welcome, third party apps too!
A: Phoneview - is a great option. It's fast too. Connect iphone, copy the files to your desired directory, disconnect. Connect other iphone, copy files to desired location on iphone. Boom!
Drag n drop ease. Free download, and cheap too. edit: it allows you to see entire disk media folder :)
A: You can use " PicBack - Photo Transfer App " it works with a regular USB cable, which is 3x faster than WiFi transfer and there is absolutely no third-party software to install
it imports photos and videos directly To camera roll and it can also find duplicated photos , very handy and very easy to use, you can find it at the app store
"https://itun.es/i6BG5cC"
Give that a try ;)
A: The app GoodReader can save videos to Camera Roll. Simply transfer files to GoodReader via iTunes, then in GoodReader select "Manage Files" -> "Export" -> "Save to Photots".
A: there is another free way to transfer one photo or many photos from iPhone to computer. That is, you can use Apple's Wifi Photo Transfer to do it. The only disadvantage is that your iPhone and computer should on the same Wifi networks.
A: One way to transfer photos to your camera roll:
Send the photo via email to yourself.
When you open the email on your iphone tap the photo once; camera roll message appears you tap on the camera roll icon and voila! it's transferred to camera roll.
A: Check out an app called Folder Plus.
Very minimalist design, easy to understand and packed full of useful functionality. Seriously it is one of the best apps when it comes to working with files on your phone. Photos, music, videos, and even incompatible files can be stored and/or passed through the app to their destination. I think there is a free version and a paid version on the Apple App Store.
And there is a free OS X companion app that really makes quick work of any files you want to move onto or from your phone called Folder Plus USB. It requires Mavericks or later to run on your Mac.
For the record: I have no affiliation with the maker of this app in any way. It really is just a great little program that has gone under the radar for a long time.
A: Use AirDrop!
There's an (admittedly non-obvious) way to "select all" images in camera roll.
Follow the description given here: https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/use-trick-quickly-select-all-photos-videos-your-iphone-bulk-delete-share-0312925/
Basically select at least the two newest images by sliding over them with a finger. Then without lifting this finger, use another finger to tap the top of the screen. The screen will immediately jump-scroll to the oldest picture and all pictures will have been selected by this process.
Now you can AirDrop them as usual.
A: Bump https://bu.mp/ can do this.
Also try PhotoSync.
A: You can use Rollit to import your photos and videos into to the camera roll.
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