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Q: Can I develop iPhone apps in Windows? I would like to develop iPhone apps without using Mac OS X.
Is it possible to do this on Windows OS?
A: While you can't develop iOS apps on Windows using full-on Xcode, Objective C, and Cocoa Touch, there are some Windows alternatives that will allow you to develop apps. You lose the flexibility and power of the full programming environment and language, but it's no longer impossible.
Here's an article that lists a number of current options. It's not the route I'd go (nor the route I chose), but it's no longer impossible.
A: Not supported and borderline with piracy but if you dig on Internet you can find how to create a virtual machine with VMware that run OS X. I do not post the link here but using Google is quite easy to find a really well made tutorial about how to proceed with detailed instructions.
I did it before purchasing a MacBook Pro to test how a Web Application I have work on a Mac and so I also used it to install Xcode, if you have a powerful Windows machine the performance are not so bad, but it's useful just for testing and seeing how the different iPhone developer tools works, if you want to develop something business related your only real option is to purchase a Mac.
Regards
Massimo
A: No it is not possible for full development and submission unless you want to run OS X in a VM on your PC.
You can develop, to an extent, on other platforms, but as far as I know you need a Mac to submit.
A: Nope, you have to use a Mac. All the tools are on the Mac, as is the simulator program you'll need to test in.
Even if you could somehow finagle the whole thing running in Windows you still need a Mac to submit to Apple to get it on the App Store.
Cheapest scenario you're looking $699 for a Mac Mini and $99 for the iOS Developer Program (which you won't need until you want to run the thing on a real phone). You can go cheaper on the hardware if you buy it used but something to keep in mind is that it must be an Intel-based Mac running Leopard (10.5) or higher.
A: Depending on what you want to do, you can develop web apps that look pretty much the same as an actual application, start from the home screen and even hide the navigation and URL bars. Take a look at Glyphboard, for an example.
Native apps require Mac OS X, as far as I know.
A: Yes, you can. Check out this website called macincloud.com. Most people are trying to install Mac OS to PC hardware, sometimes it works, the drawback for that is newer mac updates often break the installation. macincloud.com actually allows you to rent a mac and access the Mac remotely. Therefore you always have the latest Mac OS and it is a good way to start developing iphone apps right away since you are actually using a native Mac system. Hope that helps.
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Q: Running .NET binary with mono When I have abc.exe generated from C#/Mono source, I use 'mono abc.exe'.
Is there a way to run abc.exe with 'abc.exe' not 'mono abc.exe'? I mean, when I run 'abc.exe', can I make 'mono abc.exe' called automatically?
A: See this link
Basically what you have to do is to use one of the Mono tools (mkbundle is a generic one while macpack is designed to work on Mac OS X) to link all your application executables, resources and dll in a single executable file that can be later run as a single app.
From the macpack doc:
macpack is a tool that must be used to bundle Cocoa# applications into Double-Clickable, Finder friendly, bundles on Mac OS X. It bundles static libraries and resources, as well as generates a basic info.plist into the .app bundle.
For example the following commands are used to build the CurrencyConverter.exe into an application bundle:
$ mcs -g -debug+ CurrencyConverter.cs -out:CurrencyConverter.exe -pkg:cocoa-sharp
$ rm -rf CurrencyConverter.app
$ macpack -m:2 -o:. -r:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/
libCocoaSharpGlue.dylib -r:CurrencyConverter.nib -n:CurrencyConverter
-a:CurrencyConverter.exe
The resulting CurrencyConverter.app is just another Mac OS X application as far as the Finder is concerned, and can be opened from Finder, or launched from Terminal using the open -a CurrencyConverter command.
A: Improving Calavera’s answer to allow you to do it with a parameter, the script should look like:
#!/bin/bash
mono $1
That way you can do:
./abc.sh name_of_the_app.exe
I would have added this as a comment, but the format would have been lost
A: I don't have a lot of experience with mono but you'll probably have to create an executable shell script that does the mono call for you. Something like:
$ vi abc.sh
#!/bin/bash
#abc.sh
mono abc.exe
:wq
$ chmod +x abc.sh
$ ./abc.sh
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Q: Why automatically adjust brightness doesn't work after I change the brightness Why automatically adjust brightness doesn't work after I change the brightness manually using the hot keys although it's set to do so in the displays configuration?
A: I have noticed a few times that if I turn the brightness up very high, the auto adjust is not nearly as noticeable as it is on lower settings.
A: Theoretically it should, but it is all relative. The ambient light sensor turns the display brighter when its bright outside and dim when it's dark inside. The thing is, the Mac is designed to cater to the user, because supposedly a human being knows what it wants better than a little $.005 photo sensor, so the buttons on the keyboard (F1 and F2) override the ambient light settings for a set period of time, and then still until the light conditions change drastically enough to cause the auto-adjust to kick in again. Going from dark screen to bright screen is almost immediate, but the Mac will take a while to go from bright screen to dark screen except on opening the clamshell or waking from sleep. This kind of makes sense when you think about the real world situations where this would happen.
So try this with auto-adjust ON and make sure "dim screen after inactivity" in Energy Saver prefs is off:
*
*In a really dark room (no light except from computer), open the computer and manually raise the brightness to maximum, screen and keyboard backlight too if equipped.
*Hold a small headed, bright flashlight (Mini Maglight or smaller) to the ALS, which is located to the left of the iSight camera on glass-paneled macs or in the speaker grille on older macs.
*If the keyboard backlight goes off then the ALS IS WORKING
*Lower DISPLAY backlight only to 1 above minimum level (minimum turns backlight completely off)
*Put flashlight over ALS
*You should see IMMEDIATE increase in backlight to full level.
*Remove flashlight, display should readjust immediately to ambient level. Notice how after auto-adjusting the manual override is overridden so you can repeat steps 5 and 7 over and over again for entertainment ;)
If the steps above produce no results, restart computer and repeat tests. If still no results take to Apple certified repair center or Apple Store for repair which will likely be covered under warranty.
A: From my experience, if you put your head between the camera and the light the sensor will trigger the auto adjust no matter what.
A: After manually changing the brightness you need a way to trigger the light sensor. Just place your hand on the camera area, which will make the brightness dimmer and once you remove your hand, the screen brightness will automatically adjust itself.
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Q: How is a large, spread out company supposed to work with the iOS Developer Program? I work for a company which has several offices in various parts of the country (USA).
The division I'm part of wants to get an Apple iOS Developer Program license.
Another division (in another office/state) already has a license.
When we go to that division they said it would be better/easier to just apply for our own license, which made sense.
When we apply to get the license we have to use our legal company name.
Apple shot us down - because the other division already has the license under the legal company name. Which also makes sense.
Apple is being Apple in that it's basically impossible to get someone on the phone to discuss what we're supposed to do here. So my guess is that what we're going to have to do is piggy-back off of the license the other division is using.
Besides sounding like a big huge hassle (coordinating with coworkers in another office/state whom you've never met) I'm not really sure what the logistics are. Are we supposed to be able to use this one license on every Mac we own across the company? (which luckily there's not that many of) Or is there a seat limit? The end goal is the App Store, but should we have gotten an Enterprise license? If so, is there any way to "upgrade" to that if the other division just got the standard one? Is someone from the other division supposed to be the "admin" of the license? Or can we all be added as users to their license?
For a large, spread out company with divisions in many different offices and states, how are you supposed to work with the iOS Developer Program?
(I asked this on SO as well, and someone recommended I ask it here, too. Let me know if this is unacceptable)
A: A $99 "company" developer membership allows the administrator of the account to set up many "developer" accounts. You should get the administrator of that account (whoever set it up originally, most likely) to create accounts for each of your developers.
You might need to share the admin account for things like provisioning and app submission, but for most of your daily work, you can have your own login that shares the developer membership.
A: Since Apple has spoken that each "company" only gets one developer program, you will be forced to share or create a new company.
The initial burden of forming a wholly owned subsidiary for the purpose of establishing a legal entity is something that independent developers do for less than $500 and they get professional, but canned help.
You'll have to run this by your finance and legal teams to know how painful this will be for your company's particular situation. It's fairly simple for an individual to have an LLC or S corp fall under personal income tax and handling the filing paperwork with the state government is more of a light administrative burden. It could easily be more costly and complicated for a real corporation to set up a child company - but that's the direct route to getting your own developer account.
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Q: How can I remove pending downloads in iTunes? I have an update for the Dexter game on iPhone which is 400MB in size. Since I don't play this game anymore, I deleted the app. But iTunes still wants me to download the update and tells me I have "1 iTunes Download available".
I tried deleting it (pause then right-click-*delete*), but the download keeps coming back.
Is there a way to permanently remove those available downloads?
A: Is there a Downloads item in the Store area of the column on the left side of iTunes? If so then you can click on it, click on the stalled download, and delete it.
Edited to add
There are a couple of places you might check after quitting iTunes. The first is
/Users/yourUserName/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/Downloads/
Make sure it's empty, and if not, remove what's in there (set it aside so you can put it back if it confuses iTunes later).
The other place is:
/Users/yourUserName/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/
and look for the file Dexter.ipa (or DexteGame.ipa or whatever the game is called). Delete this file -- it's the actual now-outdated game that iTunes is trying to update.
Otherwise iTunes has the need to download it stored in its database and doesn't care about files.
I take it that agreeing to the download doesn't help?
A: Go to the file,
Slide slowly to the left on the download icon until you see a Delete button in a red box.
Try it few times if it doesn't work.
A: I had the same issue w/ two apps that I did not want to download. I finally downloaded both apps and then deleted them.
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Q: DVD Upscaling on OS X "Full Screen" mode in OS X doesn't look as good as my PS3's DVD upscaler. Is there a good way to play DVDs in OS X with high-quality upscaling zoom?
A: It seems that VLC can do that, but I can't find a good howto to send to you.
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Q: Command-line voice recognition with Mac OS X How can I do voice recognition on Mac OS X from the command line? Details:
% When I look in ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items, I see many files,
like "Tell me a joke", whose contents are:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
<plist version="0.9">
<dict>
<key>BuiltInCommandID</key>
<integer>105</integer>
<key>semanticCategory</key>
<string>globalTellMeAJoke</string>
<key>alternativeSpokenFeedback</key>
<string></string>
<key>suppressSpokenConfirmation</key>
<string>yes</string>
<key>alternativeFeedback</key>
<string></string>
<key>DefaultCommandName</key>
<string>Tell me a joke</string>
</dict>
</plist>
% How does OS X know when to invoke this file? When I say something,
does it look for a matching filename?
% How does OS X know what command to run? I see nothing in that file
that says what command to run ("Tell me a joke" is not a command-line
command).
% I know there's some osacompile magic going on, but can't figure out
what it is.
% How can I get OS X to listen for the string "s" and run the program
"cmd" in response? I'd prefer to do this purely from the
command-line, but if I have to open up a graphical program, I will.
A: You might be interested in reading Apple's documentation on Speakable Items, but the relevant part to your question, "How can I get OS X to listen for the string "s" and run the program "cmd" in response?" is:
You can add an item to the Speakable
Items folder to make it speakable.
To open something using a spoken
command, just add it to the Speakable
Items folder. You can use a command to
open anything you can open by
double-clicking, including
applications, files, and Web sites.
You can also write scripts and add
them to the folder.
In regards to "How does OS X know what command to run? I see nothing in that file that says what command to run?", the relevant portion of the file you posted is:
<key>BuiltInCommandID</key>
<integer>105</integer>
<key>DefaultCommandName</key>
<string>Tell me a joke</string>
This is saying, when the spoken command "Tell me a joke" is received, run the internal command ID#105, which is the "Tell me a joke" command.
In this case you're looking at an internal command to the speech system. But you can add AppleScripts or shell commands to the speakable items folder as well.
This article on Mac OS X Hints may be helpful as well.
EDIT: After some research I am not sure if you can run shell scripts directly from there, but a little AppleScript wrapper would be easy enough to write, and you could even write it so it can be duplicated and renamed, and it would just run the corresponding shell script from /scripts or something.
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Q: Can I upgrade my 2008 Mac Pro completely? Hey everyone, I have a 2008 Mac Pro/2.83hzXEON(8)/8800GT512mb.
Is it possible for me to upgrade this machine to newer hardware, since it is Intel based? What would it entail to put a newer processor, ram and video card in this machine? Is it worth it?
Thanks
A: I purchased a 2008 Mac Pro (3,1) with single quad core processor (Intel Xeon E5462 @ 2.80 GHz
1 processor, 4 cores), and 4GB of RAM running at 667 MHz. It produced the following GeekBench 3 results:
Single Core: 1559, Multi Core: 3927
I performed the following upgrades in stages and re-ran GeekBench 3 to get a base-line of what each upgrade offered in incremental performance.
*
*Upgraded RAM to 8GB to populate slots 1 & 2 on both memory cards. Result was a single core score of: 1647, and a multi core score of: 5743 (pretty substantial increase in memory read/write speeds).
*Next, I upgraded the CPU to 2 Intel Xeon E5472 @ 3.00 GHz (2 processors, 8 cores) which resulted in a single core score of: 1740 and a multi-core score of: 11638
*Next, I upgraded the memory to 800MHz and 16GB, again populating the first two memory slots on both cards with the same memory resulting in the following pick up: Single Core score: 1778, and Multi-Core score: 12441.
That is it for the Geek Bench measurable results. Above should give you a pretty good guide on the increases you can achieve in your system just by changing the RAM config, or upgrading your CPUs.
For two other upgrades I would have to turn to Nova Bench to show the details.
*
*Upgraded video card from NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT GPU to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285. The 8800 was scoring at 405 fps, and scored a 139 on Nova Bench, whereas the GTX 285 scored 627 fps and a score of 191. The GTX 285 doesn't have EFI support and therefore doesn't show the Apple logo during startup, but the cost/value savings of not showing that is good enough for me to forgo watching the Apple logo during startup. The card is a 1GB DDR congif and just works (I had to add an extra power connector to power it, but the Mac Pro logic board has two and supports this card's power requirements stock).
Probably the most significant increase that I noticed was the addition of an SSD; unfortunately this isn't going to GeekBench or NovaBench a score that adequately demonstrates the perceived speed increase that I see. I believe this is likely the most significant improvement one can make to any older system to see immediate and meaningful improvements. I added a 500GB SSD, and turned it into a Fusion Drive using instructions I found using Google. The load time for the OS went from 50 seconds to 21 seconds, and launching of some applications is instantaneous vs. 5 to 10 seconds. Everything appears to be a bit faster. This is so much the case, I purchased a bunch of 128GB SSDs for about $70 and moved ever computer in the house to use them for the startup partition and virtual memory manager utilizing a secondary hard disk for larger applications and data.
Here are the specs reported by NovaBench for reference:
Drive Write Speed (read speeds are going to be significantly higher on the SSD):
Stock Hard Drive: 44 MB/s
7200 RPM Hard Drive: 75 MB/s
Fusion Drive: 180 MB/s (the SSD by itself was the same as MacOS manages the SSD to always have free space available which should result in SSD drive speeds for writing data; data reads will toggle between SSD and hard drive speeds depending on whether the data is on the SSD or hard disk when being read).
That is it on my upgrade. I used the guides on FixIt for the take apart on the Mac Pro CPU upgrades, and everything else I already knew how to do.
Total cost for my new computer is about $900 and includes the cost of two 24 inch displays + my time to do the work.
A: I concur with your observations. I was ready to toss this 2008 dual 2.8 Quad Core machine as it seemed deathly slow compared to my PC. As a last ditch effort to save it I upgraded to Yosemite, threw in 12 GB of 800MHz DDR2 Ram, a 500 GB Samsung SSD boot disk, and an nVidia GeForce GTX770 which I bought on eBay. The machine once again rocks. I couldn't be happier with it. It is like a new machine and responds as well as my fast PC.
Don't listen to all the bad reviews about Yosemite: it seems to have a very good handle on optimization for older machines. The total cost for my upgrades was about $800 and was a steal compared to the cost of a new Mac Pro.
A: Certain upgrades are possible, but it’s not that simple.
*
*Accelerate your Mac is a nice source of information, you can find them here.
*ANandtech did change the CPU of a Mac Pro.
*OWC Mac Sales does have memory upgrades (there are others).
*Video card: Unless you want to experiment with modified firmwares, your only choice in that model is the ATI 4870, which is considerably faster than the regular NVidia (it’s very noticeable in x-plane and 3d applications) but still lagging behind the “latest offerings”.
According to Wikipedia: "The Mac Pro, as with other Macintosh platforms, requires Mac OS X firmware. That is to say, a PCIe video card designed exclusively for other operating systems will not work properly under Mac OS X without appropriate drivers and/or firmware”
Sadly, no other video card has that, other than the Apple’s offerings. But If you google around there are some posts about people who managed to make other cards work.
*
*Forget about upgrading your Motherboard, as it’s a custom design.
*Hard drives/SuperDrives are generic and can be replaced, as you may have already guessed.
*Any other component is probably “custom” designed for a Mac Pro (the power supply for example) and you won’t be able to get away with it…
Is it worth?
I have an early 2008 Mac Pro with 2x4 Intel XEON 2.8 and 10GB RAM. I’ve upgraded the RAM (from the lame 2GB to 10 @ OWC liked above), and I ordered the machine with the NVIDIA card (8800? I don’t remember), which was the only option other than the stock ATI2600 or something lame like that.
A couple of years later, the NVIDIA died (the Apple guy told me it had bugs and used to fail), so I got the new ATI 4780 512MB (it was 100€ less expensive than the out of warranty NVIDIA apple replacement). The difference was really noticeable in 3d apps.
I haven’t thought about upgrading the CPUs because getting faster XEONs (I wouldn’t be able to upgrade to Nehalem or anything new) won’t really make a big difference for me.
I use a SSD and 4 Hard Drives in the bays, if that counts as an upgrade (my original drive was 750gb, up from the stock 500).
I brought it with the Bluetooth/Wifi module (it was optional back then) and tho I haven’t used it a lot, it came in handy in a few occasions.
OS X Doesn’t support SLI/Crossfire for using more than 1 video card in parallel (you can install more than one, but it’s not the same thing), so forget about getting two super video cards for running crysis y super-top-ultra-maximum quality.
Conclusion
Yes, if you upgrade the RAM to something other than the 2GB and yes to the video card if you do 3d intensive stuff. Exposé will work fine on the NVIDIA8800 you have, but X-Plane (among other 3D things) will be noticeably faster with a new video card.
A: My 2008 Mac pro 2.8 8 core 16g ram has been upgraded with PCI-e bus ssd's (2x500gb) and a 2 gb gtx 680 video card. 4 bays have 1tb or 2tb sata drives. driving 3 23 inch apple monitors.
With El capitan its stable and fast. maxing out black magic disk speed tests across the board.
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Q: Transferring contact list from Iphone 4 to a Windows 7 PC and vice versa I would like to transfer the contact list from my iPhone 4 to my Windows 7 PC. How can I do that? Which software should I need?
After I transfer all my contacts to the PC, I want it to copy back to another iPhone 4.
A: You can do it with iTunes! You can sync iPhone contacts with Windows address book, Yahoo! contacts, Google contacts or Outlook contacts... And after that you could sync it with another iPhone...
Also, you can use Apple's mobileMe service (which is NOT free). They have a sync tool for Windows (me.com)...
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Q: Can Disk Utility format an SD card with FAT32? In the pulldown for "Format", there are only the following options (other than various Mac OS Extended variations): MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT.
A: Selecting "MS-DOS (FAT)" will automatically format as FAT16 or FAT32 depending on the target's size.
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Q: Can I get the Media browsers from the File Open dialog in the Finder sidebar? The File Open dialog has three very useful Media entries in the sidebar (Photos, Movies, Music). They are backed by the various iLife applications, so that you can select, for example, from your iPhoto albums.
The Finder windows have a "Search For" section in the sidebar, but the "All Images" entry there is just a smart folder that contains all image files from your whole hard disk with no further categorization.
Can I get the Media libraries to show up in the Finder as well?
A: A software alternative that provides a media browser from anywhere:
http://www.karelia.com/imedia/
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Q: How Many Hours of Game Playing can Iphone 4 Support? iPhone 4 supports:
*
*up to 6 hours of 3G
*up to 10 hours of wifi
But how many hours of game play can iphone 4 support?
I've been playing Angry Birds recently and it seems to me that the iPhone can only support 5 hours of Angry Birds. Is this normal?
A: Playing games on your iPhone uses a lot more processing power than 3G or wifi. The higher the cpu usage, the faster the battery drains. I'm actually surprised you get as much battery life as you do, that seems pretty good to me.
A: Using a high resolution game that requires a lot of computing power (like R Racing or Infinity Blade) in 3 or 4 hours the battery should be completely drained, 5 hours it's a lot...
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Q: MacBook Air (1st gen) running really slow, basic apps crash and no internet MacBook Air was working fine yesterday. Switched it on this morning and it wouldn't boot, just hung on grey screen.
Eventually got the MacBook Air to safe boot, now MacBook Air boots normally (but very slowly). Once logged on (not through safe boot) AirPort is connected with IP Address but Safari will not connect to internet.
Basic apps like Finder, System Preferences > Security, Transmit and AirPort Utility keep crashing.
Have tried the following:
*
*Verify Disk is okay.
*Repair Disk Permission ran.
*Tried removing and adding AirPort.
*Reset PRAM and SMC.
*Unable to run AHT, can't remotely attach disk because MacBook Air can't be found on network by other Macs.
The current installation of OS X is only about 6-8 weeks old and has all the latest updates.
What's wrong? My thoughts are corrupt OS or RAM. I can't reinstall the OS with being recognised by another Mac and I can't test the hardware for the same reason. Am I missing something?
Rich
A: Have you run the Apple Hardware Test that came with the MacBook Air?
To use Apple Hardware Test on your
MacBook Air:
*
*Disconnect all external devices from your computer except the power
adapter.
*Restart your MacBook Air while holding down the "D" key.
*When the Apple Hardware Test chooser screen appears, select the
language for your location.
*Press the Return key or click the right arrow button.
*When the Apple Hardware Test main screen appears (after about 45
seconds), follow the onscreen
instructions.
*If Apple Hardware Test detects an issue, it displays an error code. Make
a note of the error code before
pursuing support options. If Apple
Hardware Test doesn't detect a
hardware issue, the issue may be
software related.
If AHT found no issues, run a memory test. Download memtest86+ and burn that to a CD, and boot the MacBook Air from the CD. I have personally had RAM issues which AHT didn't find but memtest did.
EDIT: Sorry, I only just not noticed that you said you're unable to run AHT, presumably because you don't have an external optical drive. I'd recommend taking the MacBook Air in to an Apple store. Or by using a USB Ethernet Adapter you could probably get it to boot AHT from the network.
EDIT2: Have you tried booting from a USB drive? You could use another Mac to install a fresh copy of OS X to a US disk and see if the Air can boot that. or, you might be able to copy the Mac OS X Install DVD to a USB disk and try to run AHT off there...
Ultimately, a visit to the Apple Store is probably your best bet :-(
A: Turned out to be a HDD fault. Apple Store is replacing HDD as we speak.
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Q: Does Skype work for the Guest login? Skype works fine when I launch it on my Login. When I switch to the Guest login, though, Skype launches but does not connect after 90 seconds. Does it eventually connect if I give it more time, or is there some architectural obstacle that prevents using it as Guest?
A: You say that you 'switch' to the Guest login. Are you using fast user switching and leaving Skype running on your other account? It may not be a problem with the Guest account, but with trying to run multiple instances of Skype on the same machine.
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Q: AppleId, language always changes On https://appleid.apple.com/ I changed the preferred language to French at least 10 times now, but it always comes back to German. Not immediately thus I see I can save the French language preference, but then I receive the next mail in German, I check my account and language is set to German. I live in Switzerland and thus our languages are French German and Italian...
A: I have experienced inconsistencies at times in the language used in communication received from Apple. I am not sure there is a clear answer. While a single Apple Id may be used to authenticate separate systems (e.g. Developer, iTunes, MobileMe) may handle languages differently.
From my experience, the following appear to affect the language used in communication from Apple.
*
*The language of the device that
initiated an interaction using an
Apple Id
*The language of the
country for which you are registered
*The language in the preferred
language setting
For example, when purchasing from iTunes on my iPhone (Spanish), I received a receipt in Spanish. But when ordering from my Mac (English) I received a receipt in English.
To isolate the problem it may be worth reviewing which systems you use with Apple and in which languages to see what may be causing the change. If you are near an Apple Store, with this information, they may be able to help you sort our what is causing the change. Or perhaps report it as a bug in there system.
A: From the Apple support forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26685508#26685508
Go to appleid.apple.com, click "Manage your Apple ID" and log on.
On the left, select "Language and Contact preferences" (or whatever it is in German, it is the last choice), and try to select the language to what you prefer.
If it already displays your preferred language, change it to something else, then change it back.
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Q: RSS feed for new AppleTv titles? Is there perhaps an RSS feed or some other method of being notified of new AppleTv titles as they become available?
A: There should be, but almost all I found were people complaining that there wasn't one.
Given that, one or more of these might help:
*
*Apple TV Junkie has a feed of at least some new movies.
*Apple has an iTunes RSS Generator
While it doesn't do new movies, it will give you top movies and top movie rentals.
*If you felt like getting into the code, here's the iTunes search API.
*This URL launches iTunes and goes directly to the "New Movies to Rent or Own" section of the iTunes store.
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Q: Preview problem on "iPhoto imported" clips in iMovie I've a strange problem with iMovie : I can preview movie clips that I've directly imported into iMovie, but the ones that have been imported from my camera by iPhoto have a problem : the displayed preview when I do a "mouse-over" is showing another movie clip (always the same, for every movie clip)
Is there a way to ask iPhoto or iMovie to "rebuild" this previews ?
EDIT : Is there a way to rebuild the cache of iPhoto ?
A: Hold cmd+opt while launching iPhoto. Good luck! :-)
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Q: How can I keep bugs out of the MacBook Pro's hinge vent? I've noticed that some flying bugs have an irritating habit of crawling into the hinge vent on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009).
I don't know what possesses them to go in there, maybe it looks like an inviting hidey-hole, but they obviously end up dying from the heat. I'm paranoid they'll eventually clog something. Bless the designer for the nice design, but it's next to impossible to fish dead bugs out of there! Ironically, because of the silent design there's also no huge gust of hot air to persuade them not to try climbing in there.
The problem is made worse when there's a light above the table drawing them in, but even without it the screen is a bright enough draw. I've seen them crash into the screen (or fall from an above light), and then make a mad dash straight into the vent. It's infuriating!
Has anyone else experienced this problem with bugs and that hinge vent? How did you de-bug yours? My only workaround so far has been to surround myself with tons of other lights on to keep them as scattered as possible...
Edit: Looking back at this question I'm disappointed that I forgot to include any regional info. At the time I was in a house in the country in Queensland, Australia. Bugs inside the house are the norm rather than the exception. I may have to wait until Summer again (in December) before I can actually test to see if this was a seasonal thing for the bugs, as I haven't been bothered by them again since then.
A: Hmmm....I have a pc and it's bug free.
[non-troll answer]
Ok, ok....you might try flushing the vent openings with canned air while the computer is off. Turn the can upside down so that you can actually get that super cold dangerous liquid in there. Maybe there's some kind of scent that's drawing them in (is it the same species?).
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Q: Automatically marking junk mail as read Is there any way to automatically mark junk mail as 'read' in OS X (10.6.5) Mail? A free or shareware utility would be nice.
My mail provider supports junk filters that automatically moves selected messages to the junk folder, but does not mark them as read. OS X Mail picks them up (IMAP) and displays the headers in the Junk folder as unread.
I would like to continue to use my mail provider's filters instead of just the 'Rules' in OS X Mail because otherwise I show tons of messages in my iPhone inbox, since it does not support filtering.
A: Go To Mail -> Preferences -> Junk
When junk mail arrives, say:
Perform Custom actions
Click on the Advanced button at the bottom, which just turned up to be active.
Then say "Mark as read" in one of your actions:
A: The link in the accepted answer is dead. I've been able to solve this using the following AppleScript:
using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages theMessages
tell application "Mail"
set read status of messages of mailbox "Bulk Mail" of account "Yahoo!" to true
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
Using Script Editor, edit the above with the name of your Junk mailbox and account. Save it as "Mark_Junk_Read.scpt" in ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.mail. Then, in Mail, go to "Preferences", "Rules", "Add Rule". Make the rule apply to "Every Message" and tell it to run your script, like so:
A: You could add a Mail.app Rule that mark every new mail in the "Junk" folder as read.
A: You could create an AppleScript that does this.
I haven't looked into it much, but this link appears to have a promising solution.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8350917
A: I don't really trust SPAM headers. I've seen messages from mail-lists I subscribed to be labeled as SPAM and end up in that folder where I don't see it for ages.
As a result I bought a copy of SpamSieve which, after training, does a much better job filtering out the garbage.
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Q: Optimal method to test an external hard drive? I've got an HFS+ formatted external drive that is starting to act a bit funny, mainly causing my mac mini (finder) to freeze up on occassion when accessing it.
Fearing imminent failure, what is the most comprehensive way to determine the health of the physical drive and the file system?
Verify in Disk Utility indicates the disk is fine, but weird behaviour would indicate otherwise.
A: Apple's Disk Utility doesn't have false positives but it can miss some errors.
Although it's not cheap Disk Warrior is magic for these sort of problems, in my experience it's fixed all non-physical-damage errors that I could throw at it.
If you're not keen to spend money, and if you've got the hard disk space, copying the contents off, repartitioning your external drive and copying back on on might clear up your problems. Copying the whole disk's contents (starting with what is most valuable to you, in case it dies while you're copying) is probably a good idea anyway, in case your disk is on its death bed.
A: Yes, Drive Genius allows to check surface for bad sectors even in demo mode:
There is also option to perform an "Extended Scan" which checks disk for read and write ability of a disk (burn-in test for drives).
It also supports block remapping "Spare bad blocks" option but you should backup your data before doing this.
There is related question where some more utilities may appear in answers.
It's hard not to mention MHDD which gives much more information about what's going on with you disc while it scans it (instead of showing nice visualisation):
Here is video from Youtube.
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Q: How can I bulk-edit Address Book, in particular to split the contents of First Name into First Name, Last Name? Following a MobileMe import of a Windows XP AddressBook legacy, there are hundreds of entries in the Mac Address Book like this:
First: Harry Potter
Last:
First: Fred Flintstone
Last:
It appears that what happened is that both the First and Last names in the Windows XP Address Book migrated to the Firstname field in Mac Address Book.
Is there a way to bulk-edit these? Going through the GUI means click on first name, highlight tail, cut, click on last, paste, next. It would be nice to do that in a text editor or with a wee perl script.
Can the Address Book be exported as structured text and subsequently replaced by modified structured text?
A: If you are comfortable with AppleScript, you should be able to get it done using this web page as a starting point: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070813135408868
Otherwise, you can export one or more cards in the vCard format, open that up in a file editor and it looks like a properly separated name field looks like this: "N:Smith;Joe;;;" so if yours look like "N:Joe Smith;;;;" and you are comfortable with regular expressions you should be able to work out a search and replace that would look for 'N:(word1) (word2);' and replace it with 'N:(word2);(word1)'. I think that would give you the right number of ';'.
A: You can export from inside AddressBook to vCard format which is ASCII, or use the contacts program to dump your AddressBook to plain text. Find the problematic entries, reformat them using your favorite scripting/programming language, or use Google Refine if you are not a programmer, create a new CSV file, and then re-import. Check it works, then delete the originals.
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Q: How should I set up my coding environment for PHP, mySQL, and JavaScript development? I'm having trouble finding a coding environment that is comfortable and I'm hoping anyone has had the same problem. On my windows box at the office I've found my ideal coding environment that I really dig. VS2010 or Eclipse, Notepad++, WinScp, Fireftp is often everything I need.
On my macbook pro however, I've not yet found that environment that just says "click".
What I'm looking for is a solution that can handle "intellisense" with php, ssh browsing like WinScp and snapping windows over halv the screen like Windows 7.
I've found one solution for the last point, but it had a lot of bugs so it got disabled. For some reason I find Eclipse to be a bit slow on my mac, and I haven't found a nice way of integrating a browser for the remote server via ssh either.
I'm making this community wiki since I'm really looking forward to seeing how everyone sets their environment up. I'm sure there are some gems to be found.
On my mac I mainly do PHP, mySQL, javaScript development.
A: I have about 7 years of experience coding in a Windows environment before I got my first mac early this year. So I know exactly what you're talking about. I was very used to the combination of Visual Studio for c++ and .net, Notepad++ for .bat and other scripting and lightweight tasks, and the occasional bit of Eclipse for java.
When I first started using my Mac, I was frustrated by what I saw to be a lack of equivalent software for OS X. I tried different IDEs and text editing solutions (Eclipse, Aptana, Textmate, Smultron, Fraise, etc), but like you said, nothing really 'clicked'.
However, at some point I stopped looking for replacements and started using the tools that were commonly used on *nix machines. Particularly vim. I've found that once my expectation of finding software equivalents to everything I had used on Windows dropped away, my horizons broadened. I feel like my interest in coding has been renewed because I'm learning a completely different way to work and think about the process. I'm using the command line way more than I ever have in the past, and this has translated into new techniques even in my Windows development (like using powershell and command line versions of tools rather than the gui).
I was in a huge programming rut before I started using my mac, but I'm finding that being forced to look at my process and tools in a different way is really bringing out talents and interests I didn't know I had before. I'm coding in python and c++ rather than javascript and c#, in one of the oldest editors in existence, and I'm loving it.
A: I my self use variant of IDE for coding:
When I did PHP I mainly use Zend Studio that was eclipse based.
Beside that I use Eclipse itself (but I hadn't your problem about it's speed), or use NetBeans (it was really good).
And some times use Vim or MacVim.
A: I've found TextMate with a PHP completion bundle and an ftp+ssh bundle to be pretty solid. You get everything you're asking for except for the window management, and as @mankoff noted, there are lots of choices for that. Not listed by him is HyperDock, which handles both window-snapping and window previews from the dock.
A: Jetbrains PHP Storm
A: If Vim is being given as a solution - I think Aquamacs should also be considered. It is a version of Emacs configured to be more OS X like. (Note the usual vi/Emacs arguments)
Emacs includes several modes supporting programming.
Emacs does not have the vi split between inserting text and text manipulation whch might be a point in Aquamacs' favour if that is the reason you use nano.
A: For window arranging:
*
*SizeUp http://irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
*Divvy http://mizage.com/divvy/
*Breeze http://www.autumnapps.com/breeze/
*ShiftIt http://code.google.com/p/shiftit/
*Mercury Mover http://www.heliumfoot.com/mercurymover/details
*Optimal Layout http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/
*Cinch http://irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
A: I've been using a combination of Eclipse and TextMate. TextMate grew on me quickly, especially since I'd come from the premise of finding a free editor, it was just very neat. I use VI for quick command line edits.
TextMate has nice SCM integration, snippet based completion, great highlighting and folding. It also has plenty of helper scripts, and a really good system for customizing or adding languages. However, it lacks if you want to browse a codebase - no indexing. It is for that kind fo indexing and heavyweight autocompletion that I switch to Eclipse. TextMate is fast and light, in a similar way to Np++ on windows. Extending textmate can be done with simple scripts - ruby, shell and others.
Eclipse you already know - just download and unzip. Heavy, a little slow, but great for source browsing.
With the SSHFS suggestion from mankoff, take a look at macfusion - handy setup for fuse file systems.
A: I'll recommend:
*
*MacVim - it's a great editor, extremely powerful, and uses all the same plugins and config files on MacOS as it would on a PC or Linux. This is my main editor at work and I do about 50% of my coding at home with it.
*TextMate - MacOS only though there are some clones for Windows now. Very flexible and powerful too, but not the fastest or most powerful when doing search/replace. It is very easy to set up snippets and tab-completion. I recommend watching the videos to see what it can do. It's commercial and hasn't seen any enhancements for a while but it's solid. When I'm experimenting or answering questions for Ruby code on StackOverflow I'm using TextMate.
*Komodo Edit - Pretty useful. I don't use it as much as the other two but some people swear by it or it's big brother Komodo.
*BBEdit - BB and I go way back, to before it was released as a commercial product. It is very fast when searching/replacing in multiple files - amazingly fast. The developers know the Mac really well and, in my opinion, have a lot more powerful editor than TextMate or Komodo Edit. When I have to munge or search a bunch of files it's my first choice. BBEdit's smaller sibling is TextWrangler, which is free and quite fast and nicely featured also.
*Coda - a great web development editor, and my first choice when I'm going to be doing a lot of HTML because of its web-page preview integration and CSS editing.
Also, if you do a lot of CSS then check out CSSEdit. That's all it does, but it does it really well.
A: For SSH browsing, you could use sshfs to mount the drive locally, and then use the Finder, or whatever local browser you want.
A: Personally, I use a combination of NetBeans PHP Edition and Coda for my PHP / JavaScript development. I use NetBeans when I'm working on a full project locally, and when I commit to subversion that uploads to our testing server. I use Coda for editing files via SFTP as well as for quick PHP or JavaScript edits. I also use Transmit on occasion when I need to browse an SFTP / FTP site.
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Q: How can I hide my top menu bar on Mac OS X? I need to temporarily (5 min) hide my top menu bar. Is there a glitch, or something that will let me do that?
A: You have a few choices.
*
*MenuFela, site down, claims to do this.
*MegaZoomer claims to zoom an app and hide the menu bar. Not sure if this will work, for example, with the Finder.
*MenuShade does a so-so job. Hidden menu, but the shadow is there and the space is not usable
*According to this hint you can edit the plist of the app and have the menu bar become hidden. Add the following to the Info.plist in the app bundle:
<key>LSUIPresentationMode</key>
<integer>4</integer>
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Q: Where did the Trash icon go on iPhone 4 Mail? In Mail on iPhone 4, with software update 4.2.1, it seems my Trash icon has been replaced with "Move to Folder". Is there someway to get the Trash icon back, so I can delete messages with one keystroke instead of two? I use Gmail IMAP.
A: It sounds like you might have the Archive button switched on. The latest update assumes you would prefer to archive than to trash.
If this is the case, Go to Settings > Mail, Calendar, etc.. > Gmail Mail Account > deactivate Archive button.
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Q: AirPlay button in multitasking bar? I don't have an Apple TV, so I've never had an AirPlay button anywhere. However I noticed while switching apps in a call that the AirPlay button appears while making a call. Pressing it does nothing. Also when the call in on speaker the AirPlay button goes blue (and still does nothing on pressing it) Why has it suddenly appeared, whats it's use during a call?
Also I then discovered a program for Mac which allows you to AirPlay to a Mac, increasing the AirPlay functionality vastly. And tryed pressing the button when I had that working, it still did nothing. (though the Mac program works as I can send youtube videos and photos to it) And in the photos app, opening the multitasking bar and pressing the AirPlay button does nothing. So what is it there for anyway?
A: It's not just for AirPlay. It's general-purpose media redirection. You can use it to switch between the built-in earpiece, the speaker on the bottom, Bluetooth earpiece, etc when on a phone call. For example, I placed a call then went over to the audio controls in the multitasking bar.
It just so happens that the primary use is for AirPlay and media playback.
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Q: Configure mail client for Adobe Acrobat plugin 9.4.0 Adobe Acrobat plugin 9.4.0 has File | Attach to Email ..., but selecting it yields the following:
The SendMail doesn't know how to talk
to your default mail client. Please
select a different mail application to
use.
How does the user select which mail application for SendMail to use, and which mail applications does SendMail know how to use?
A: I believe it looks to see which is your default mail app. I also think that it will pretty much only work with Mail.app. If you go into Mail.app, check which is the default email app (and re-set it, if required) on the Preferences -> General screen. I bet setting it to Mail will fix your problem.
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Q: Educational discount at Apple Retail Stores? Is it possible to get educationally-priced hardware by visiting any given physical Apple Store, or is that only achievable online or at college stores?
A: Yes, you can get educational discounts at a physical Apple Store -- I have done it, though it has been a while ;-).
They require verification of your status which can generally be done with a student id.
A: Yes, you can get the educational discount at an Apple Store. Just make sure to bring your student ID.
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Q: iMac bundled pointing devices With the purchase of a new iMac, Apple seems to be offering your choice of Mighty Mouse (Apple Mouse) or Magic Mouse with the option of adding a Magic Trackpad to the Magic Mouse. I have no interest in either of those mice, and would prefer to simply get a Magic Trackpad with my iMac, which is priced the same as a Magic Mouse. Would Apple Retail be able to set me up with this at a brick-and-mortar Apple Store?
A: Probably not.
The retail stores only sell the standard configurations of their products. When looking at the specs for "What's in the Box" for an iMac, it includes a Magic Mouse. They'd have to open up the box and take out the mouse while giving you the separately packaged Magic Trackpad.
You're best chance is getting the Magic Trackpad thrown in at a discount.
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Q: Installing a HP Color LaserJet 1600 on MacOS 10.6.4 I'm trying to install a HP Color LaserJet 1600 on MacOS 10.6.4 with little luck. The printer works fine from my Windows machines. HP doesn't support the MacOS for this printer by default so I followed the instructions from this forum post: http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/302806-hp-lazer-1600-printer-driver-mac.html.
The post offers several solutions but I followed the instructions from whiskynwhisky and downloaded a Unix driver from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nocydet5wml. The instructions included with the download were straightforward and I now have the driver installed and the printer in System Preferences. Unfortunately while jobs queue and dequeue they do not actually print. Are there other options to get this printer to work on my MacBook Air? Do I need to do something differently with the driver I already have installed?
A: HP has published a list of printers not supported on OS X Mountain Lion on their web site:
Products not supported
The following products are not supported in Mac OS X including the Mountain Lion operating system
...
*
*HP Color LaserJet 1500 and 1600 Printer series
A: There is a app that claims to be able to print to legacy printers.
I am unable to confirm that since I do not have such a printer.
handyPrint™ v3.1 is a 64bit (core 2 duo or better) Mac OSX application
that allow you to print from your iPods, iPads and iPhones on legacy
printers that do not support the AirPrint protocol.
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Q: How does the 4th generation iPod Shuffle know what time a song was last played? Synching my iPod Shuffle (4th generation) updates the Last Played column in iTunes, and it looks as though the updated value matches closely to the time I played the song on the Shuffle. But ... how does the Shuffle know? Does it have a clock? If it has a clock, does it have other stuff?
A: You can find some information about the guts of an iPod Shuffle here.
Also because the selling point of a Shuffle is price (and portability) while still maintaining the Apple quality I don't think Apple would put much more components into it than what is absolutely necessary.
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Q: Problems integrating Python 3.1 on 10.6.5 I am beginning to learn Python, and want to "upgrade" my Python installation os OS X 10.6.5.
I know it's a bad idea to directly upgrade the Python install, so I have installed Python 3.1 separately from the default Python install (2.6.1).
However, whenever I use the "python" command from the terminal, it starts up Python 2.6.1.
I have tried multiple recommended ways to get the "python" command to start up the newest version, rather then the default:
1) I have tried running the script "Update Shell Profile.command" script in the Applications/Python 3.1 directory, and get the following output:
This script will update your shell profile when the 'bin' directory
of python is not early enough of the PATH of your shell.
These changes will be effective only in shell windows that you open
after running this script.
All right, you're a python lover already
2) I have created a file named .profile in my home directory, with the following contents:
#### Let's take care of our $PATH
# A backup of the original $PATH
# /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
# My preferred order - /usr/local goes first, damn it!
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin
As recommended here: https://superuser.com/questions/29652/how-do-i-properly-update-python-on-mac-os-x
Neither one changes the effects of the "python" command; it still starts up Python 2.6.1. I can still start Python 3.1 by using the command python3.1, but I'd like to set Python 3.1 to the default for the "python" command.
A: At least with MacPorts, this is done with the python_select command. It may not be immediately applicable to your setup (you didn't mention MacPorts) but it's somewhere to start.
A: What shell do you use? On OS X, /bin/bash is the default, so try editing .bashrc or .bash_profile instead.
A: All you have to do to change this is open Terminal.app, and enter the following:
defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Version 3.1
This will change the default used in the terminal. You can also install separate IDLEs if you want to run from a GUI.
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Q: Can a jailbroken iPhone and a non-jailbroken iPod Touch operate on the same machine/itunes I have a iPod touch that is not jailbroken. Recently I was given a jailbroken iPhone by somebody. I want to know if I can use both devices with the same iTunes installed on my laptop? Will using a jailbroken iPhone mess up with the iPod touch syncing?
Thanks
A: Sure, it'll be fine. I did that for a while after I got my iPad and still had my jailbroken iPhone 3G.
Jailbreaking, at least at its basic level, doesn't mess with most of the basic functions of the device such as syncing. All bets are off if you install some JB app that is specifically meant to alter some part of the sync process, but even then it's very unlikely it will cause trouble of the iPod.
A: I have a jailbroken iPod and do (uncommonly) experience syncing problems. It uncommonly displays an error message saying "Could Not Connect to This iPod" and I just re-connect and all is well.
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Q: Concatenate two videos recorded with Snapz Pro I've recorded two videos with Snapz Pro, and I'd like to concatenate them (i.e., have one immediately follow the other in a single file). What's the easiest way to do that? I have iMovie '08 installed, and I can use it to combine the two into a single movie. However, I can't get it to export the resulting video at the same resolution as the original video.
According to the QuickTime player inspector, the video formats of the two original videos are "Apple Animation, 1164x1153, Millions IMA 4:1, Mono, 22.050 kHz', FPS: 9.97 fps.
A: Becuase Apple Animation is an older QuickTime format, you should give QuickTime Player 7 a try, which has basic editing capabilities. If you're on Snow Leopard, it may not be installed, but you can fix that pretty quickly
If you need more than what QuickTime Player provides, it might be worth looking at QuickTime Pro.
A: If you have QuickTime 7 Pro, this is as easy as copy and paste.
*
*Open both videos in QuickTime
*Select and copy the contents of one video
(⌘+A,
⌘+C)
*Switch to the other video and move the playhead to the desired insertion point (e.g. the beginning or end) and paste (⌘+V)
Then you can save the combined movie.
Of course, it is likely you don't already have QuickTime 7 Pro already installed. Apple charge extra for QuickTime Pro (£20) which may not be worthwhile for you if you don't use it much. Also, if you are using Snow Leopard, that includes QuickTime X which doesn't have a Pro version available. In that case you'd need to install QuickTime 7 in addition to QuickTime X.
I imagine there has to be a way to do it with iMovie as well, but I don't have experience with that. Perhaps someone else might.
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Q: How do I get Windows to assign a drive letter to my iPhone? I want to be able to move photos and videos from my iPhone onto my Windows PC, but the iPhone doesn't present itself like a compact camera. Because my existing import process works so well with normal compact cameras (they have drive letters!), I don't want to have to mess around with extra programs.
When I connect my iPhone, I don't get a new drive letter for it. Instead of e.g. K:\DCIM\800AAAAA I just get the very cryptic address Computer\Torbens iPhone 4\Internal Storage\DCIM\800AAAAA. Windows Explorer can navigate this path, but no programs can access the path.
How do I get Windows to assign a drive letter to my iPhone?
I am not interested in programs that can look into my iPhone and allow me to manually copy files from it to my harddisk. (iFunBox, DiskAid, Wifi photo transfer app, WinAmp - as mentioned in this recent question)
I want a drive letter! When I have that, I can continue to use my existing photo-importing applications that do everything with a single click! (Moving rather than copying, file renaming based on timestamp, etc.)
Is there some hack app that will make the iPhone present itself with a drive letter? This would probably not be a Windows application but rather an iPhone jailbreak app, but any solution is welcome.
I'm running Win7 and a jailbroken iOS 4.1.
A: I get a drive letter just fine under XP. Under XP a dialog pops up each time I plug it in, asking how it should be handled. By canceling it ends up being handled as a drive.
My guess is that there's a setting, probably related to cameras and photos, that will change how Windows 7 handles it by default. Unfortunately I've no Win 7 machine handy.
A couple of suggestions from Googling for answers:
*
*Many people have solved the problem by deleting any photos on their iPhone that weren't actually taken with the iPhone. Anything received in email, saved to disk in Safari, etc. After clearing those out the device again appeared as a drive.
*Reinstall the iPhone driver in Windows 7 by following instructions from Apple Support.
EDITED TO ADD WIN XP, AS REQUESTED
Getting Windows XP to Present Itself as a Drive-Like Camera
First, the way I have things set up, which may or may not affect how it works for you: I am running all of the XP service packs, updated regularly through Software Update, with no special drivers or applications. My account is an administrator on my PC. iTunes 10.1 is installed, though it is not involved with the camera stuff (it's possible that having iTunes installed does provide some kind of driver, I don't know). My iPhone is a stock iPhone 3GS, non-jailbroken, running iOS 4.2.1. Note that all of this worked identically with iTunes 9 and my phone running iOS 3.0.1.
Event Handling
The first time you attach your iPhone to your WinXP PC a dialog much like the following should appear:
Drive List
If you choose one of the Microsoft Office handlers, the Wizard, or another app like Photoshop, your phone will not present itself as a camera (more on changing that behavior below). If you click Cancel then the dialog will disappear and the camera will become available.
Windows Explorer Media Directory
If you then double-click on the iPhone icon all of the images and movies are presented:
You can freely drag photos and videos out of the directory. You can drag stuff in, too.
Changing the Event Handler
If at some point you chose an event handler rather than clicking Cancel you can change how XP handles the iPhone. You'll need to get to the phone's Properties, which may require opening the Scanners and Cameras control panel. Click on the dialog's Events tab to see this:
If you change your current setting to Prompt then you'll get that first dialog I showed when you plug in your device. You can also choose Take no action if you want it to always behave like a drive.
A: I've successfully mapped a drive letter to the iPad on Win7 64 machine. Just install the Air Sharing app on the iPad and map using the Bonjour address.
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Q: Is there a bash command to check to see if Time Machine has finished backing up? I'm writing a script that will rsycnc my Time Machine directory to a remote server using ssh. I've switched from a shell script to an AppleScript and then back to an Apple script and I don't really care what kind of script the solution will require.
I've had success starting the backup process with this little snippet of code.
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
What I'm trying to do now is have an rsync command performed once that backup is completed. Is there any clean way in AppleScript to check to see if the backup process is completed? Or is there a good "hook" that you can use in bash to check to see if it's completed?
A: You might also start the backup with tmutil startbackup -b. -b blocks the command until the backup has finished.
A: Here's one way - I know it's nowhere near a "proper" solution, but I imagine it would work.
ps ax | grep "/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper" | grep -v 'grep'
What it does is search the process list for the backupd-helper process, then filters out the grep command itself from showing up. If the command returns > 0 results, the backupd-helper process is still active. If not, the process has ended, and so you might assume it's done.
A: tmutil status|grep -c "Running = 1"
returns '1' when running, '0' when not.
A: Absence of backup-related processes is not assurance that a Time Machine backup is complete
On the volume to which Time Machine writes its backups: alongside the …/Latest/… directory, consider:
*
*the ….inProgress/… bundle.
If that bundle exists, a backup is incomplete.
A: tmutil status is the Lion way now that we have a nice tool for this sort of query.
On newer OS, there is an undocumented command tmutil currentphase that shows the name of the current phase.
A: The following work for me...
Script backup_status:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Determines if Time Machine is running and works with older Mac OS x versions
#
if [ x == x`type -P tmutil` ]; then
# Older OSx
count=`ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c 'CoreServices/backupd'`
# Should also detect /Volume/Time Machine …/Latest/… directory ….inProgress/… bundle existence here to make it tight.
else
# OSx 10.7+
count=`tmutil status | grep -c "Running = 1"`
fi
if [ $count == 0 ]; then
echo stopped
else
echo running
fi
Script backup_wait:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Waits for Time Machine backup to complete
#
while [ `backup_status` == running ] ; do
sleep 2
done
A: tmutils only exists from 10.7 on. Before that you can use, as mentioned, /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper to manually run Time Machine.
You can then use wait to wait until the process is finished. Without arguments it will simply wait; if you provide the PID you can get its return value (exit status).
Particularly, wait $! will wait for the last process started in that shell. However, as Lauri mentioned, this wait will return before time machine is finished because backupd-helper finishes before the backup is done. I was not able to find any process name that indicated that the backup was not complete.
Looking at the contents of /var/logs/system.log (or via the Console), I noticed that when the backup is finished, the last thing that is done is to eject the time machine disk image. Sure enough I checked that (this is OS X 10.6.8) during the backup there is a /Volumes/Time Machine Backups. Thus you can simply check if the directory exists. When it no longer does, Time Machine is finished.
I am not sure if this will work for everyone since I've followed the directions here to backup to a Windows machine on the network.
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Q: Replace my MacBook Pro 15" 2009 hard drive I need to replace my MacBook Pro 15" 2009 hard drive with a bigger size. Will this hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545&Tpk=western%20digital%202.5 be compatible with my Mac?
A: According to Other World Computing, which specializes in Mac accessories & parts, that hard drive fits "all Apple MacBook/MacBook Pro 'Unibody' Models (13/15/17"), MacBook Pro 'pre-unibody' 17", and PC Laptops which support 12.5mm SATA Drives".
So I'd say you're good to go.
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Q: How can I forward delete on iOS? Is there a way to delete text in front of the caret using the iOS software keyboard? The small wireless hardware keyboard accomplishes this with a fn+delete, so there might be a way to use multiple keys to accomplish the same task in iOS?
A: Nope. In the stock keyboard provided by the API, a "Forward Delete" (as opposed to a Backward Delete/Backspace), none of the keys, nor combination therein, provide a Delete keystroke to occur. Your only option, as you now see, is to use an external keyboard to accomplish this.
Any other options would just be something else entirely. Like selecting a word, and deleting it, or using replace, etc.
A: This answer won’t solve the problem now, but maybe someday soon. Please go to the iPhone Feedback page and request the feature. It might help if you reference FB9680931, shown below, so we all pile on to the same request.
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Q: Fastest way to split a video file into two? Does anyone know of software for OS X that can quickly split a 2 hour H.264 video file into two 1 hour files? iMovie estimates 2 hours just to import the file. I was hoping for something that could do it quicker.
A: The easiest tool would probably be Quicktime 7 Pro. I believe it is available on Apple's store for $30.
If you prefer a CLI method, take a look at mp4box. It has a -split option that does what you're describing.
A: You might also be able to do this using Quicktime X. Open the movie, then choose Edit -> Trim... Trim away the second part of the movie file and do a save as to get the first part in a separate file. Re-open the original file and trim away the first part, save as to get the second part in a separate file.
I've only been able to try it with a 5 minute long movie, which was quick enough, but I'm unsure of how quickly it'll work with a 2 hour movie.
A: Movie Splitter
Split MPEG-4 movies with ease and speed.
Movie Splitter can split your H.264 (.mp4) movie into two halves. A multi-gigabyte split typically takes a minute or two. The bulk of the time is spent reading and writing the file.
If an application takes longer than a few minutes, it is likely re-encoding your movie. You do not want this because it risks reducing the quality of your split movie files.
Please note I wrote Movie Splitter and am likely bias.
A: Some other options are:
*
*Splitfuse
($12, free to try)
*Simple Video Splicer which looks free, but I havn't tried it. You'll see the link on the right of the dev's page.
A: http://www.hjsplit.org/
Completely free, completely awesome.
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Q: How can I view and copy an email address in a message header within iOS' Mail.app? If I reply-to-all on an inbound message with multiple recipients within iOS' Mail.app, I can't view or move/copy the email address of any recipients - I can only view the a 'bubble' which contains their name.
Curious if there is a way to view the actual email address while composing, and ideally, copy the address (in case I wanted to move it from the TO: field to the CC: field)
A: In 4.2 at least, you can tap on the bubble to see the email address, then press and hold on the email address. A copy option will appear above it.
A: Click on "forward". Then you can see all the headers Then click cancel to go back to the email.
A: Press an address bubble for half a second or so until it puffs up a bit then drag it to the To or Cc field to copy it over. Tap to select the name bubble, then tap the now highlighted bubble again to reveal the address.
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Q: Where can I find iTunes 9 for Tiger (possibly in my language)? I've an issue on a old Mac with Tiger.
I cannot upgrade iTunes to version 9. (I cannot find version 9, and I'm actually looking for the Italian version).
iTunes suggests to upgrade to 10, but this version doesn't work on Tiger. So it is suggesting an impossible update.
thanks
A: Apple maintains lists of download links of the older versions of their software from the Support section of their website. Sometimes they come up in Google searches, but they are hard to find no matter what. I've grabbed versions of iTunes for Mac OS 10.4 from their site recently, so start digging around their Support section.
UPDATE: Here is the page I was thinking of: http://support.apple.com/downloads/ Just search for the software you're looking for, it shouldn't be too hard to find there
A: Here is a link to at least iTunes 9.1.1 for Mac http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1036
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Q: iMovie 9.0: how do you make clips shorter than 5ms? I'm trying to make a stop motion animation and I can't seem to find a way to make clips shorter than 5ms. By "clip" I mean the images I drag into the time line. I try to adjust it by hovering over the timeline object, click on the cog, then go to clip adjustments, then edit the duration.
How do I make a clip shorter than 5ms?
A: I don't think it's possible to make the clips shorter then 5ms in any video software, because depending on the frame rate a single frame takes more time (16,6 ms for 60 fps). It doesn't make much sense to add a clip to a video, that is so short that it is not seen on screen for at least one frame.
A: I don't have an official document anywhere outlining this as a specific limitation, but having used iMovie for a while, and having just tried to replicate what you're trying to do, I'm fairly confident in saying that this isn't supported in iMovie. Final Cut will certainly support this sort of fine-grain clip control, but iMovie is very consumer orientated and I wouldn't expect it to support something as niche as this. Perhaps it's worth giving Final Cut Express/Pro a try to see if it meets your requirements?
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Q: Mac display won't turn on I have an Apple HD display that has been in our IT depart for a few months now. It was working fine until recently (the past month or two). I can turn it on and it will work for a few days, but then it suddenly will stop working. If I unplug the monitor, wait for a few days, and then plug it back in, the monitor will work again for a few more days.
I suspect the issue is the 90W power converter, but before I invest the 140 dollars I was wondering: Has anyone else had the same issue? If so, how did you solve it?
A: If it is new, then I suggest taking it back to Apple for repair, especially if it still under warranty so that you don't have to spend $140 on what is ultimately a guess.
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Q: Macbook Air (Oct 2010) Photoshop & Web development laptop? I currently have a 2008 MBP and am thinking of getting a new computer. I was wondering if the MBA OCT 2010 edition with max cpu (2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and 4gb ram would work well with photoshop and some web development? The tools I use are photoshop, dreamweaver, textmate,coda, and transmit, also my MBP from 2008 is 4gb intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz. Would the MBA be faster then my 2008 MBP?
A: A similar question was asked over at Programmers.SE, though it was about iOS development. Some might say that's not the same thing, but Photoshop is a robust application that allows you to install some very heavy-duty plug-ins and it has some of its own as well. The consensus could be gotten from the top two answers (mine, which has the higher vote count, and the other which was accepted):
Mine with 5 votes:
...leaving aside price, I would
recommend a MacBook Pro for any
serious development work instead. A
MacBook Pro is more easily upgradeable
to suit needs than an Air (if it is
even upgradeable at all). The Air
seems more targeted to lighter-weight
uses.
Accepted with 4 votes:
It's obviously not going to be the
fastest machine but it's perfectly
suitable.
I'd say the 13" over the 11" because
reasonable screen size is a big deal
for development, and it can go up to
4Gb RAM rather than 2Gb (absolutely go
for the 4Gb RAM model on day one and
if you can afford it the faster
processor as I suspect upgrading later
isn't something Apple will be
pushing).
Yes it's got limitations (basically
the same as any laptop - essentially
screen and power are limited next to a
desktop) but I have the new one and
it's entirely workable and I know
others who use them (and used the old
MacBook Air) day to day with no
problems.
I, personally, still wouldn't recommend the MBA for any type of development work, web or otherwise. I've yet to do anything developing for iOS that causes me to bog down my machine the way Photoshop can and will.
A: I use a Oct 2010 Air for development work, that includes working in Coda on RoR sites, light Photoshop, XCode iOS development and C++ work in QtCreator. This is frequently with Ubuntu running in VBox at the same time.
It works, it's not going to be so fast your eyes fall out. I've never seen mine get bogged down at all, it stays perfectly solid unless I'm really really pushing it and that's incredibly rare. Plus, you know, 8 hours battery life, I'll take portable and long life over the extra weight and more power.
(As a side note I opened 50 3.5Mb PSDs in about 30 seconds without the system stuttering, so that might have an indication of the relative speed)
A: As a web developer who uses a Mac Pro and sits next to another dev who uses just a 13" MBA (MC504LL/A (256 GB)), for web development (especially if you're starting and stopping a server often) the Air often "feels" faster than much more powerful machines, though to be fair, on the Mac Pro (with a single 2TB 7200rpm drive), I have 9GB of ram, and tend to leave more things running/open as a result. This is almost entirely the SSD's doing. So putting an SSD in the 13" MBP would be a big help to overcome that.
So from my experience it works well for web development and some Photoshoping, which is more what I do.
I'm looking to replace a 2006 Macbook I still use for freelance work, but Apple really made it a tough by keeping the lower-res screen in the 13" MBP, that's the only thing that's making the Air look more attractive at this point.
Edit: After seeing this video I decided to go with the Air (Thunderbolt) MBA (Oct 2010) + Photoshop video
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Q: Mac OS Desktop coordinate problem I'm having a hard time working with Mac OS screen coordinates. I can use ⌘+⇧+4 to get them, but each of my monitors does not have a unique coordinate system??!?
I have a desktop of 4 screens arranged in a 2x2 pattern. Each screen has a size of (2048 pixels x 1152 pixels). (And the Apple Menu Bar is on the top-left screen).
⌘+⇧+4 gives the upper-left of each screen as (0,0) and the lower right as (2048,1152).
But each screen does that!
Technically, the coordinate system "should" run from (0,0) to (4096,2304). How do I differentiate the coordinates of the individual monitors?
Furthermore, when I create a window at (500,500) it creates it in the top-left monitor at (500,652)
So I just don't understand what's going on. How can I get an accurate coordinate map for the Mac OS desktop with multiple monitors?
A: If you have Developer Tools installed, you could try running Pixie.app and configuring that to give you coordinates. It might calculate them differently.
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Q: iPhone 1 gen , slide to unlock is not responding I have an iPhone 1 gen and the iOS version 3.1.1 the latest for 1st gen iPhone. Suddenly I am not able to slide the slider which unlocks the home screen.
A: Your phone has likely hung. Press and hold the power button to try to power it off. If that still fails to happen, the other solution would be to hard reset the iphone:
To reset the iPhone, simply press the POWER/SLEEP button and Home button together. Hold them until you can see the boot screen, which is with black background and Apple logo. One point to note is you have to release both buttons at the same time.
This will not erase your data.
If the iPhone fails to work after that, you might have to restore it using iTunes. But I don’t think that’s the case.
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Q: Did the iPod Nano dock connector change from 5th to 6th generation? Does anyone know if the dock connector change when Apple upgraded from 5th to 6th generation?
A: They did, and unfortunately there's no adapter for it yet. You can see more information on the Apple support pages here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1380?viewlocale=en_US
My understanding is that the new iPod Nano likely won't fit with a number of older, existing devices.
I should also mention that although there's no adapter, it still has a standard Dock connector, so it'll work with your existing cables, etc.
A: I have a dock connector to 3.5 mm head phone jack that I use to connect to a headphone
amplifier, using my 4th gen iPod I got an output. The 5th and 6th gen iPods would not produce an audio out signal using the connector.
What I determined is that pin 11 on the dock connector is used to enable audio out on the dock connector if pin 11 is grounded. I took a my dock connector apart and pin 11 was not connected. Determining which pin 11 is was difficult as the connector is quite small. After soldering a jumper between pin 11 and ground my 5th and 6th gen iPods can once again be used with the headphone amplifier.
It seem the the 5th and 6th gens check for the pin 11 being at ground before audio comes out of the dock connector, where as the older generations sent audio to the dock regardless. I bought the connector online — I went to the Apple store but they do not have a connector like that, otherwise I would have bought one of theirs.
A: I just got the iPod Nano 6th generation, and was able to plug it into my Altec Lansing IMT325 via dock connector without any problems.
So, I think the 6th generation iPod dock connector is not different from the 5th generation at all.
(The Altec Lansing IMT325 says on the box that it works with iPod Nano 3rd to 5th generation, which led to my original question.)
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Q: Can I configure the modem on my G5 to only allow calls from certain numbers to ring through? This is a weird question, I know, but... I have an alarm system which I can call into and send commands to, I.E. to arm/disarm/listen to the ambient noise. However, for this to work obviously it has to pick up the line, which prevents me from using voicemail for anyone who calls me.
Instead of getting a separate phone line, I was wondering, if I plug my G5 into the phone line and plug this device's telephone line in to the telephone line out of my G5, is there any way the G5 could only tell the alarm system the phone is ringing for certain caller ID numbers?
A: I can think of a variety of methods to do what you want, but none of them are easy solutions. You'll probably need to write some code. This question should be tagged PBX, but that is too obscure for this site.
You'll probably want minicom installed to control the G5 modem. Get it via fink or macports. If you can use minicom to check the number without answering, then you are mostly done. If it doesn't match, ignore it. If it does match, you'll need to find some way for minicom to answer/forward/pass the incoming call out the modem out line. I'm not yet sure how to do this.
If minicom needs to answer the call in order to determine where it came from, then the situation is as above, but you might need two modems. If it is a call for the security center, pass it out one modem. If it isn't, pass it out the other, which goes to your home phone I presume.
If minicom cannot determine the number, or if can but has to answer in order to check it and this is problematic, then I would get a caller ID display, put it in next to the G5, and use a webcam to read the numbers off the caller ID. OpenCV would help with this part, or any script-able optical character recognition (OCR) software. You can get gocr from fink or macports too, and that might be sufficient. Determine the number and if it should go to the security console, have minicom patch it through.
But, why do you need to call in?
If your G5 is at home and online, it might be easier to not call into the security system, but SMS or email yourself, have the G5 fetching the mail, and taking action based on that (perhaps that action is using minicom to connect to the security system, but you don't need a phone line to the outside world in this case).
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Q: Can I use my iMac as a display with my MacBook? Is it possible to attach my MacBook to my iMac and use the iMac as a display? What cable/connector would I need?
EDIT:
I have the newest MacBook and a Late 2009 21.5" iMac.
A: Which model of iMac do you have? Only the latest 27-inch model supports video in physically. There are software solutions if you don't have this model.
I'm not sure if this is the latest solution (I expect not), but it was a software solution to this problem. http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html
I'm sure I've seen something more recent than this, but can't find a link to it unfortunately.
Update: Found the software I was thinking of, the developers site is here: http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html
A: Yes, it's possible with 27" iMac, but not sure about 21.5" one. The cable is "MagSafe connector".
Which iMac do you have ?
Please refer to Apple website for more info.
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Q: What's a good place online to sell a used Mac? Where can I buy or sell a used iMac online?
EDIT:
I have a 21.5" iMac (Core 2 Duo, late 2009) and a MacBook which is about two months old. I'd like to sell both and upgrade.
A: If you're in the USA, gazelle.com can be a good place, but the prices aren't always great.
A: I believe you can trade your machine(s) in when you purchase a new one from Apple. They will reduce your cost for the new machine, certify your old ones and do any repairs necessary, and put them back on the market for others to purchase.
http://www.apple.com/recycling/
A: I've heard of these guys several times previously, but don't have any experience of using them myself. http://www.powermax.com/ I suspect you won't get the best deal if trading in an old machine.
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Q: FM Tuner for iPod Touch Is there a way to add (or even enable) a FM tuner for the iPod Touch? The only thing stopping me from getting one is the missing FM tuner. By the way, I need the FM tuner to listen to TV shows at the gym (they transmit the sound through a FM transmitter). So I cannot replace the FM tuner by Pandora.
A: I don't know for sure whether the fourth generation iPod actually has a built in FM Tuner. However, external FM Tuner adapters are quite prevalent.
Edit: Whoops, sorry about that, I did link the wrong item. Chops is correct, that was a transmitter. The link now points to the original item I had intended to link.
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Q: Why don't I have a camera on my iPod touch? Why do a couple of my friends have a camera on their iPod touch and I don't?
A: Only the 4th generation iPod Touch has cameras, that is the iPod Touch that was introduced back in September. The iPod Touch you have is either a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd generation, which means it doesn't have the camera.
A: As far as I know, only the 4th gen iPod touch has a camera. Yours is probably older.
As you can see from the specifications published on Apple's site, there are no mention of a camera for the third gen iPod touch, while the fourth gen has detailed information about it.
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Q: key combo to toggle showing hidden items Is there a key combination I can use to show/hide hidden items in Finder?
A: I don't think you can do this by default.
I myself use Hidden Files widget. it's so easy to use.
A: You can do it with two small shell scripts:
This will reveal the "invisible" files:
#!/bin/sh
# make invisible files visible
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
This will hide the "invisible" files made visible:
#!/bin/sh
# make visible files invisible
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
Save each into an appropriately named file, set their executable bits using chmod, then you can run them to set or unset the visibility.
Alternately, you could use the following code, and toggle back and forth by executing the code repeatedly:
#!/bin/sh
showFiles=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles`
if [ "$showFiles" = 1 ]
then defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool FALSE
else defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE
fi
killall Finder
A: I have an AppleScript I use to toggle things like these off and on:
http://www.markdouma.com/developer/ToggleInvisibleFiles.zip
The code:
property showAllFiles : missing value -- missing value is AppleScript equivalent of nil or NULL
try
set showAllFiles to (do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults read -g AppleShowAllFiles")
on error
set showAllFiles to "0"
end try
tell application "Finder" to quit
if showAllFiles = "0" then
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write -g AppleShowAllFiles 1"
say "AppleShowAllFiles 1"
--say "Now showing invisible files"
else if (showAllFiles = "1") then
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write -g AppleShowAllFiles 0"
say "AppleShowAllFiles 0"
--say "Now hiding invisible files"
end if
tell application "Finder" to activate
(Note, you can open up the downloaded AppleScript by dragging it to the icon of AppleScript Editor.app).
I generally prefer to tell applications to quit rather than kill them (though, with the sudden termination feature introduced in 10.6, that can sometimes be the same thing).
Oh, mine differs from Greg's in that I set it for the global preference domain (so that it affects all apps, including the Open and Save dialogs). (Though you can always toggle invisible files off or on in Open or Save panels using Command-Shift-period ).
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Q: Where can I find the AirPrint firmware update for my HP 8500A printer? I was excited when my new HP 8500A arrived this weekend because I wanted to try out its recently added AirPrint compatibility. However, I can't seem to find the requisite firmware update for the printer. Since I haven't updated the firmware when I tap print from Safari I'm told no printer can be found. What am I missing to enable AirPrint on my HP 8500a?
A: As noted in my question the printer requires a firmware upgrade to become AirPrint compatible. What is not clear on HP's AirPrint website is how one goes about updating the firmware. Playing with the menus on the printer I finally found that attempting to access the web apps menu causes the printer to check if it has the latest firmware. The printer then determined that it did not and proceeded to download and install the firmware update. After the update the iPad lists the printer as an option for printing. My programmer brain was probably making this too hard looking for a non-consumer friendly way of doing the update. That said can't say opening up the web apps menu is the most obvious way to check for a firmware update.
A: Sorry to answer a question with a question, but are these the drivers you're after?
If not have you followed the network setup for your printer (via your computer or the printer itself) and turned on ePrint / AirPrint?
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Q: OS X application shortcut folder in dock and icon updates after installation Here is the setup: I have the Applications folder right in the dock, which is the default after installation afaik.
Now I have a custom build DMG with an application in there which I drag&drop into the Application folder. When I open the Application folder from the dock and look for the newly installed app, it does not have the application icon it should.
The App is custom build as well. It uses the info.plist to specify the icon file to be used - which is called cc.icns and located in the Contents/Resources folder
I think this might be a problem with the icon cache and can be resolved by logout/login - a solution that I'm not looking for. Afaik there are apps that do not have this problem. (Right? Wrong?)
Any suggestions on this?
A: If you want to avoid the Login/Logout, restarting the dock should be enough: killall Dock from the Terminal should be enough.
A: Apparently there's an application that takes care of the quarantining 'problem' - that is, when an application is first installed, OS X will not launch it without approval from you, the first time only.
There is a utility that can get around this called Deeper. (http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php)
Or you can copy/paste this into terminal.
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
(Source: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071029151619619)
A: In other words, to conclude the answers I've seen to date, there is no such solution without taking further action since the systems security mechanisms is built that way.
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Q: What's the best NAS for home usage with Macs? Please share your experiences and reviews about NAS (Network-Attached Storage) below. In particular, rate their compatibility with Macs, OS X, iTunes, Time Machine, AppleTV, and other Apple-specific tools. The goal is for future users to be able to easily find the best Mac-compatible NAS appliance.
Rules:
*
*Use a single answer for each NAS (no duplicates, please).
*Vote (up or down) on any NAS you have experience with.
Also welcome: useful reference links, such as this one from xlr8yourmac.com.
A: Drobo FS
The Drobo FS is my new favourite NAS. I've run a Netgear ReadyNAS and a PC-based NAS in the past and neither touch the Drobo FS for simplicity, speed and reliability. The ReadyNAS suffered from poor RAID performance, especially on reboots when volumes needed to be scanned. And the power supply in it was really lame. And the PC-based NAS was just a pain to maintain and costly to keep up.
The Drobo FS is super simple to set up. Has very, very good volume build and scanning speeds on startup. Has what has to be the best hot-swapping of any multi-disk unit I've ever seen that was in the sub-$10k range. And performs like a champ while drawing very little power.
I now run an FS for home sharing and an old Drobo hangs off my iMac for audio project data. They are teh awesome.
A: Time Capsule
The Time Capsule can be used as a shared drive.
It is also a Wi-Fi router, and is automatically recognized as a backup device for Time Machine.
A: Freenas using generic hardware
I love the ability to grab an old computer, fill it full of cheap hard drives, and install Freenas on a CF card or USB drive. Software RAID is reliable.
A key point, if any of the hardware dies, the RAID array can be rebuilt when the software is installed on new hardware, unlike some proprietary solutions (NAS or RAID cards) where you may be tied to a particular vendor and/or model, which, after time, may not be sold/available.
Works fine with Macs and PCs -- and for this reason i use SMB shares rather than AFP. Performance is fine.
I use the SMB shares to stream to all the computers in the house, and there is no problem.
Time Machine backups are a little more complex, involving creating a Sparse Bundle (which is not the official method). For this reason, i don't do this, i use Carbon Copy Cloner to run to a disk image (dmg) every night.
I use MediaRover to sync iTunes libraries, and this works fine. Other iTunes support is available (an iTunes/DAAP server called Firefly), but i haven't used it.
It has a BitTorrent server built in, but again, i haven't used it.
Administration is very easy (web based), setup is not difficult, but there are several steps to add disks, format them, create a RAID array, create a mount point, enable the services (AFP or SMB) to access. Documentation and community support are satisfactory.
A: Don't want start any flamewar, but today here is only NAS solution - the ZFS based NAS.
ZFS is a filesystem, what has "copy on write" feature, so you will get a backup in every save - fully transparently. ZFS has million really cool features like raid management, snapshots etc.. too much for one post. If you interested can duckduck for ZFS.
ZFS is implemented in Solaris and in the FreeBSD. So, you can:
*
*use some older (but 64bit+lots of RAM) PC with a plenty of HDDs and
*
*download and install FreeNAS. You will get web-managed NAS with Samba and etc.
*install plain FreeBSD and config it as NAS plus some your own tweaking - IMHO this is the best way.
*you can also buy an preconfigured FreeBSD/ZFS NAS too
You should definitely check theese:
*
*http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-i’ll-use-zfs/
*http://blogs.oracle.com/constantin/entry/zfs_and_mac_os_x
A: Western Digital MyBook World Edition
Yesterday I installed a Western Digital MyBook World Edition, 1 TeraByte, single disk.
Pros: very simple to install and work with, includes a Media Server and a iTunes server that can be used to share music and videos across the network. It's pre configured with the common shares and if you copy the files in the proper folders it's very, very simple to use. Quite cheap compared to a similar solution from QNap or Sinology. I did not perform any single task "mac related" on it and it worked from start with my Mac.
Cons: old firmware from 2009 and no update available, the single 1 TB disk inside obviously do not support any kind of Raid, no serviceable by changing disk if needed (unless you broke your warranty), the control panel do not give you a lot of control also if you use the so called advanced version.
Definitively a good choice for a "first" NAS to work and experience with, if you need to go on a cheap model or if you do not have a lot of IT experience, suggested for simple home environment where no redundancy it's needed, I would avoid it if you need redundancy or if you like to fine tune and experiment with every possible option.
There is also a public wiki about hacking it but I've not tested any of the stuff described (yet!).
UPDATE: after some time I've found more problems, all related to the time machine interface:
1) The quota option do not work with time machine
2) The Lion update completely stopped the Time Machine usage
NOT RECOMMENDED ANYMORE!!!!
UPDATE: The Lion/Time Machine problem will hopefully be fixed soon. Apple changed some things and Western Digital is working on an update. This affects the MyBook Live and MyBook World Edition II. Read more: Error: 'The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features' is displayed using Time Machine on Mac OSX 10.7.x (Lion) to backup to a WD NAS drive
A: Netgear ReadyNAS
We recently joined the crowd getting their first NAS, and after taking a close look at several, settled on the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+.
The Drobo, previously mentioned, was tempting—but just way too expensive for use on a home network.
We've only had it a month or two, but so far, so good. Like most Netgear products, it works well with Macs. There's also a solid community & support site.
A: Western Digital My Book Live
*
*Small footprint (same size as MyBook desktop drives)
*Size 1-3 Tb
*Pretty cheap
*TimeMachine compatible over network (firmware just got updated with support for Lion)
*Single disk, no RAID
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=280
A: Qnap 259PRO+
The Qnap TS259Pro+ which uses a 1.8Ghz Dual Core Atom CPU,
would be the perfect setup for Sickbeard, and streaming to more than one TV in the house. Take the firmware for a spin with this "Live Demo"
A: Seagate Blackarmor NAS220
At the moment of buying, the features listed sounded great, and Mac compatible.
Once in the studio, and after 4 weeks, it is just a hard drive on the network.
These are some of the issues:
*
*NOT Time Machine compatible
*Very slow
*Access remotely is useless, hangs everytime. So you cannot access it outside the studio. This was a main reason for buying, and tech support say they know about the issue and are to update... still waiting for it.
*Software for mac is just a discovery tool. The name says it all, it tries to find the NAS, which it initially did, now it no longer detects it. Finder does.
*Only a APC brand UPS is compatible. This was a total surprise, it is only stated in small letters in the manual inside the box, not outside or anywhere else visible before you buy, not even the product web page.
*Very slow, i know i already said that, but it is terribly slow.
Stay away, not only mac users, but everybody who wants a NAS, this is not an option.
A: Synology DiskStation
The Synology DSM software has built-in support for Macs including Apple Fileshare Protocol (afp) and Time Machine support. It has an iTunes server in addition to a regular DLNA Media server. As it is Linux based it is easy to configure the NAS to do rsync backups (ssh login).
It has a great web-based desktop-style interface that is very easy to understand and use. The DSM software is constantly being updated and improved.
They have solutions from 2-disk on up to 15-disk. You can find the 4-disk DS411j without drives for less than $400.
A: A Mac
My NAS of choice is an old Mac. In my case, I had an old MacBook that wouldn't hold a charge anymore so I rigged up an eSATA connection to my 2TB external drive.
The advantages to using an actual Mac over a true NAS system:
*
*Uses first-party AFP on HFS for optimal compatibility. In particular, it supports Spotlight and fast file searches (CatSearch), something that other NAS systems cannot do as well: They usually use a Linux system with netatalk and an ext3 file system which, compared to AFP with HFS, are not optimized for the ways a Mac can search. For more technical information on this, see the Find Any File FAQ, What kind of disks do support "fast search"?
Further features to consider:
*
*Can serve as a Time Machine backup volume (some other NAS can do that as well).
*Works great as an iTunes master library, connected to my Apple TV and my other Macs via Home Sharing.
*Can run a BitTorrent client to download Linux ISOs and Stack Overflow data dumps (some other NAS can do that as well).
*Use built-in screen sharing to control.
A: D-Link DNS-323
The D-Link DNS-323 is quite customizable, but should do everything you need out of the box.
It has a very active community behind it
A: QNAP is surprisingly perfect actually ;o)
I use TS-419 for my home use and pretty happy with it.
A: WD My Cloud EX2 12 TB: Pre-configured Network Attached Storage featuring WD Red Drives: $662.5 or $56/TB
I put together a comparison here: http://forum.railsonmaui.com/t/best-way-to-backup-large-external-hard-drives/305.
Based on reading many of the numerous reviews, the WD gets the job done at a very competitive price point with few disadvantages.
I'm ordering one this week and will plan to update my answer. I'll be using it for other network backup and shared network files.
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Q: How to promote an iPhone app (productivity / goal-setting) I've made an iPhone application that is a goal-setting workshop (that is - it doesn't just track goals - it helps users to decide upon them). That is quite a novel approach I think.
There is a New Year approaching so there will be many articles on New Year's resolutions (and in some cases - goal setting applications). I would like to let journalists know about my app.
I have already prepared a press release package and sent it to the app review sites. What more can I do?
A: Press packages are a start but the press gets tons of those. There's no way of knowing, but you could be one of several developers that sent a press kit for a similar application.
You should definitely have a website for the product to promote it in the way you feel is appropriate.
Also, going to developer, mobile, and computer conferences and meeting with Apple, relevant press folks, and interested users is a good way to get attention, just be sure to have business cards and promo codes handy for when you meet people and want to show them your app.
There are many articles and books that cover this aspect of iPhone development including strategies on working with the App Store as well, most going beyond the scope of the Q&A format of this site.
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Q: How to create a bootable USB drive for Disk Utility? Disk Utility says my boot drive need repair. Unfortunately my DVD drive is toast, so I can't boot from the install DVD and make the repair. Is there a way I can create a bootable USB drive and perform the repair that way. I have an 8Gb USB drive.
A: In order to create a bootable drive, you need the install DVD (or a copy of it) mounted. Sorry…
Do you have a friend with a Mac? If so, you could take the thumb drive & install DVD there and create a boot drive for yourself.
A: This may not be the solution you want, but you could boot into single-user mode to run a diagnostic on your boot drive.
To do this you hold down Command+s when turning the computer on. You'll be dropped into a terminal.
Use the fsck utility (filesystem check) to examine the boot drive for repairs:
/sbin/fsck -fy
This forces the utility to check the filesystem and automatically repair errors it detects.
If it the resulting messages reads that the volume appears to be OK, then you've done all you can do from this method. If it reads that the filesystem was modified, run it again. Repeat running the command until you receive the message that the volume is OK, then reboot normally. You can do that just by typing
reboot
I have had to do this a few times with my own boot drive, and it did fix the problem.
*
*Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode
A: This might be a bit risky, but you could try using Carbon Copy Cloner to clone just the bootable portions of your failing drive to the USB drive. The newest version of CCC can tell you specifically what to copy, but basically you'll want the /System folder and a bunch of other Unix directories, and portions of /Library.
This CCC FAQ entry describes what specifically needs to be done to make a bootable clone, but basically you'll want to use CCC to copy:
/Library
/System
/bin
/etc
/mach_kernel
/private
/sbin
/tmp
/usr
/var
Be warned: if your boot drive is physically failing, cloning it like this might very well push it over the edge and kill it. Back up any important documents first. This is a somewhat risky method!
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Q: HDTV only detected when turned off (connected via DisplayPort to HDMI) I tried to connect my LG HDTV (42" LD650) to my MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2010) using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. When I plug the cable in, my MacBook's screen flickers every time but the TV is only detected when it is in standby mode. Its status will switch to "No Display Connected" the moment I turn it on.
Here is what System Profiler shows when the TV is in standby mode:
NVIDIA GeForce 320M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 320M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x08a0
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3533
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
LG TV:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 50 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Television: Yes
I tried the TV and HDMI cable using a Windows PC and it worked instantly.
Is my TV somehow incompatible with the MacBook Pro, or is my adapter faulty, or am I doing something wrong?
A: While the TV is on standby, try going into System Preferences > Displays Preferences and set your displays to mirror.
A: I just bought a new adapter (same type/manufacture) and updated to EFI 2.0 - the problem is fixed, now.
A: Are you using a graphics card switching app like gfxCardStatus? I had a similar problem when I first started connecting to my tv because I was set to use Intel graphics only. The Intel graphics chipset doesn't support HDMI output.
I see in your system profiler output the NVidia card, but I'm wondering if you're still somehow switched to the Intel...
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Q: How to fix links after importing a PPT onto iPad's Keynote? After I transferred my Power Point presentations onto my new iPad, into Keynote, I notice a problem. The links associated with buttons within a Power Point slide to connect to other slides in the presentation are no longer working, but everything else is?
Is there an easy fix?
A: Keynote for iPad doesn't support links inside the presentation itself (per Apple's Keynote for iPad FAQ). Or at least it doesn't currently; KN/iPad is already a lot better than it was when it first shipped.
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Q: Menus overlap/hide Menu Extras. How to access? If I have a bunch of menu extras (the things on the top right side of the menu bar, such as time, date, battery status, and other OS X icons, plus 3rd party icons from QuickSilver, DropBox, etc.), sometimes they are hidden if the foreground application has a lot of or long-named menu items.
Is there a way that I can access the menu extras that are not displayed because the menu items get priority? I can switch to an app that has fewer menu items, but sometimes the menu extras operate on the foreground app, so this won't always work.
A: I've searched far and wide for a way to do the same thing. The best I can come up with is an app called AccessMenuBarApps.
A: I don't know any way to do this, so I usually switch to finder.
Note that some extras can be dragged on the menubar while holding down command; this might get some extras that you need in an app with long menu lists accessible from there.
A: Note: See Keyboard icons & terminology if any of this is confusing to you.
This may not be a working answer (see below), but it's too big and format-laden for a comment. I notice there's a default shortcut of ^ F8 (and in many cases, Fn ^ F8) which let's you "Move focus to status menus".
Having said that, in my tests with it, I can't seem to move left of MenuMeters, which means that, for me, Last.fm, Sparrow, Alfred, LittleSnitch, Dropbox, Divvy, and GeekTool's menus cannot be manipulated in this manner. Given that it ends at MenuMeters, I'm curious if that's just a bug. Try Fn ^ F8 or ^ F8 (as necessary), use your left and right arrow keys, and see if this solves your issue?
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Q: What are your "must-have" MacPorts? I hate to be all cliché with yet another "best [something]" question, but I am genuinely interested in what you most often install with MacPorts. When you get a new Mac, which ports do you first install?
So far, I've installed wget and watch, since I find those to be very useful on Linux machines. I also installed wine and winetricks to run a Windows program or two. And earlier today I started playing with Scala, so I installed the scala28 port.
Tip: to see your installed ports, use the port installed command.
A: I just compile from source, since all of the important programs build easily on Mac OS X these days. Here's a great article on the advantages of building your own stuff vs. using package managers.
Having said that, here's my quick list:
*
*Mercurial
*Git
*GNU Privacy
Guard 1.4.x
*ffmpeg
*MySQL Best directions I've seen for building 32 or 64-bit MySQL on Mac OS X:
DIYMacServer
A: In no particular order:
*
*git - git
*signing-party - GnuPG key signing utils, pulls in GnuPG as well
*ntop - A Unix tool that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does.
*sslscan - sslscan queries SSL services, such as HTTPS, in order to determine the ciphers that are supported
*watch - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
*nmap - Network port scan to see what ports are open
*coreutils GNU coreutils. Includes gnu versions of basic unix commands, including "color ls" (gls)
*pstree - Process tree listing
*tcping - tcp
based network connectivity checker
(like ping but with TCP for when ICMP
is blocked)
*wget - non-interactive
network downloader. Supports http,
https and ftp
*apg - Automated Password Generator - toolset for generating random passwords
A: First thing I do is update to the latest bash version... then I usually grab some updated versions of utilities:
*
*grep
*sudo
*man
*info (although i had to go with the fink version for this, macports is bugged)
*gdiff
Then on to my development tools like subversion, git, vim, macvim, python3, etc. I heart MacPorts :P
A: *
*bash
*bash-completion (very important)
*nmap
*file
A: *
*wget : is command-line that allow me to retrieve any file using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
*tree : displays a tree-view of my directories & files, with deep-level option.
You can participate with your MacPorts by typing :
port installed requested
A: The Google CL tools are cool and useful (I do a lot with Docs).
A: This is my essential list, in the order that I install them.
*
*arping
*watch
*wireshark
*figlet
*git
*gnupg
*ipcalc
*lynx +ssl
*minicom
*mtr
*ncftp
*nmap
*pstree
*pwgen
*p0f
*ssldump
*stunnel
*tcpflow
*unrar
*w3m
*wget
A: For PHP web development:
*
*coreutils
*kcachegrind
*git
*svn
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Q: Can I turn a Windows machine into an AirPlay destination? Is there software available that'll make a Windows PC running XP appear as an AirPlay destination in my Mac's iTunes? I'd like to be able to stream audio from my Macs to a Windows machine I use as my home theater PC that's connected to my stereo.
A: If you only want to stream audio, try Airfoil Speakers, part of Airfoil for Windows
A: Here is a fast and simple open source program that works very well:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/shairport4w/
A: Reflector 2 allows you to AirPlay audio and video from iOS to Windows. It claims to support iOS 9 now also (note I personally haven't tested the iOS 9 support yet).
Reflector installs an app that acts as an AirPlay and Google Cast receiver. The app is available for Windows, Mac, Android, or Amazon Fire. Since Reflector supports receiving both AirPlay and Google Cast it can receive audio/video from iOS or Android.
It's from Squirrels, the same company that makes the excellent AirParrot app (which allows you send AirPlay audio and video from Windows and Mac to AirPlay and Google Cast).
A: Looks like AirMedia Player for Windows is made to let you do this from at least an iOS device, probably iTunes as well.
A: I've found this article with a couple of solutions.
My favorite option is the Shareport. Another option not yet mentioned could be to share your iTunes library with your windows PC. See this page for more details.
A: The WiFi2HiFi app is what you are looking for. It can stream audio from any computer program to the iPhone: http://www.wifi2hifi.com
A: Use airparrot to stream your windows screen to ur apple tv.
http://airparrot.com
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Q: All possible updates to Mac OS X? So I've discovered there are a number of things to be kept up to date in OS X:
*
*built-in Software Update, obviously
*Individual programs, which typically check for updates automatically and the 'update' option can usually be found under the program's menu (to the right of the Apple menu in the menu bar).
*Gem, which comes preinstalled in OS X (correct me if I'm wrong), should be periodically updated with sudo gem update --system and then the gems updated with sudo gem update - see Greg's answer for why you should not update Ruby.
*MacPorts, if installed, should be periodically updated with sudo port selfupdate and then sudo port upgrade outdated
Are there any other update processes I'm missing? I've only been using OS X for a few weeks so I want to make sure to keep everything up to date in my system and already I feel like most Mac users don't even know about all of the above (especially the Gem update command).
Am I somehow wrong in thinking I need to do all of the above?
A: It might be good to not upgrade the system Ruby installed by Apple. Apple installs /usr/lib/podcastproducer, which uses that Ruby, and changing the files could cause it to break if there are version sensitive gems being referenced. In addition, other developers can write code knowing the Ruby is there.
Use locate *.rb | grep ^/usr | xargs grep require for a file list and the requires.
I prefer to install a new Ruby, either in /usr/local/bin, or by using RVM to install into a sandbox in ~/.rvm and leave my system version alone.
Similarly, Apple's Python and Perl installations are also used by some apps. There's a reason the languages are on there and it's not entirely for our convenience.
A: fink if you use that instead of macports.
fink selfupdate && fink update-all
A: Like I said in another answer, you can update all your applications at once using AppFresh. It can even check your updates from Appl for you.
A: Wait until January 6th, the new Mac App Store that will be opened for Mac OS X will also support the same auto upgrade feature for all product installed like the App Store for iPhone and iPad, so everything will be updated at the same time.
Meanwhile AppFresh works like a charm.
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Q: Can Roambi or any iPad app make authorized http-requests to pull data to visualize? Can Roambi or any iPad app make authorized http-requests to pull data (say JSON or .csv) from some source and interactively visualize it on the iPad screen?
A: I don't know about Roambi (but it does seem like they care about the security of their clients' business data, so the requests from the app are very likely authenticated and encrypted), but of course an iPad app can make HTTP requests that include authentication information, if that was your question. Even Mobile Safari supports Basic Auth, for example.
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Q: Not seeing help content of Windows apps in Parallels Configuration: OS X 10.6.x, Parallels-desktop 6, Windows 7
When I press F1 or the help button in any windows app (f.e. MS Office 2010, Delphi 2007/2010), Microsoft Help Viewer or Microsoft Document Viewer try to download content. Accepting this, or canceling, will both result in empty documents, sometimes at least showing an outline of the help file, but no content at all.
How can this be fixed?
Show me offline help ... results in a file not found error message (German).
Help in Notepad works as expected, it's only products installed after Windows that show this behavior. And I do have access to the web, I can call any website from within firefox and retrieve any document from the company network.
A: Installation of version 6.0.11992, the newest release of parallels desktop, fixed the problem. Installing a new release also reinstalled the parallels desktop tool and relinked the shared folders.
It took about 5 days for the release to be visible for the parallels updater after it was available. But once it was, all worked like a charm.
My problem took place over Christmas, and I was helped wonderfully through these days. I want to thank the people of Parallels support team. (I have to blame myself for spending my time with this problem instead of taking time to worship the king.)
What the problem was never really became clear. But thanks for your help.
A: This sounds like a Windows Problem that is completely unrelated to Parallels or Mac.
For reference try opening the Notepad and press F1. The Windows 7 Help should appear.
Here’s mine: (in spanish)
It’s running under Parallels 5, but it gives you an idea.
A: Is it possible that you have some firewall kinda apps that block internet connections? (eg.: LittleSnitch)
Or is your parallels configured to connect to a non existent network that Windows thinks to be connected to the internet?
Btw, a screenshot would be helpful
Update:
Ok, that screenshot explains:
You have configured Parallels to use Firefox on the Mac as the "Default Browser" for the Windows VM also.
When you click help, the help details should open in the "Help Center" window, but is opening in the FF on the Mac, because Parallels "thinks" that this is a request to IE and redirects to FF on the Mac. (the Help Center uses IE internally, or is built on an IE base, I think)
Try to remove the setting in parallels configuration for this VM and give a try.
(I don't have access to a Mac till evening, so unable to give the exact name of the setting. But it should not be difficult to find)
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Q: Switching between applications in OS X It is very easy to switch applications in OS X using ⌘-tab. But what if an application is hidden?
Let me describe some problems I am facing and what I want to accomplish.
*
*⌘-tab switches between all opened applications
What about minimized applications or applications with no windows?
(Xcode, for example, after I've closed all its open windows)
*When I press F9, I can see all windows
This includes minimized windows at the bottom, but not hidden windows
*Hidden versus minimized windows and application creates confusion
*If someone wants to switch, they can:
*
*F11 to view the desktop
*F9 to view all opened windows (except for hidden windows)
*F8 to switch Spaces (if multiple Spaces are active)
*⌘-tab for all applications
*⌘-H to hide an application
*⌘-M to minimize a window
*⌘-` to switch between multiple windows of one application
I face a lot of confusion while switching. I have to keep many things in mind, such as whether it is a window or an application.
In short: What do you do when you want to switch? And what's the simplest way to get familiar with how OS X handles opened windows and applications?
A: Let’s reply in parts (as Jack The Ripper may say).
*
*⌘ cmd + Tab is effectively for switching between applications but not windows of an application.
*⌘ cmd + ` does the window part.
So far, so good.
Why do we have Minimize and Hide?
At first they tend to be very confusing, especially because the hide part is rather new to people coming from other Operating Systems. Windows only has minimize.
It is confusing but the reason for both becomes apparent when you analyze the limitations of each. Independently of the particular implementation that OS X does for handling with this situations, there’s a reason for each.
Hide
⌘ cmd + H will effectively hide most of the applications (and I say most because there are some notable exceptions out there). You will want to hide an application when you want to get it out of the way, completely, in all its forms, windows, and palettes. There will be two traces of the application after it has been hidden. It will be on the Dock with a dot (where you can click to perform the usual dock’s magic) and it will be once in ⌘ cmd + Tab regardless of the number of windows/palettes/etc.
So in conclusion, hide is an all-or-nothing mode. If you have a multi-document application (e.g.: Pages) with a few documents open (each in its own window), and you want to not see all of them at the same time, Hide is the way to go. It disappears. Until you bring it back, again, all of it. It also doesn’t show in Exposé, so you can’t find it there. You’ve hidden it.
Minimize
⌘ cmd + M will perform an old trick and will send the current window to the dock. In older OS X versions, there was a dedicated space (next to the trashcan) for these minimized windows. Snow Leopard changed (for better in my opinion) the way this works, and now you can see them in Exposé or when clicking (and holding) on the application icon in the Dock. This subtle distinction is the first important difference, as hidden apps are invisible to Exposé (except when you click on the Dock’s Icon, exposé will show all the windows, separating the minimized ones in the lower portion, but you can still see the ones that were open before you hide the whole application).
You want to use Minimize when —following the above example with Pages— you have this Application with three windows (Pages Docs) and you want to hide one of the documents, but not all of them. Minimize it, and it will go to the Dock, but you can still work on the other documents you have open.
But what about Applications with one Window?
Well, here’s where things get “gray”. Technically, unless you really like Minimize (or have any other reason), hide should be the way to get rid of that Application. Minimize is more clumsy and harder to bring back without the mouse, but hidden windows do not show up in Exposé, so you really have to decide.
Ok, I know I minimized something, how do I bring it back without the mouse?
That’s a tricky one since the age of Panther (OS X 10.3). Perform this simple test.
*
*Open TextEdit and create 3 new documents (windows). You have now 3 editor screens right in front of you.
*⌘ cmd + M one of them, and watch it go to the Dock.
*Now use ⌘ cmd + ` and see you can only switch between the two windows.
*⌘ cmd + H in either Window, hides all the TextEdit windows. It no longer shows in Exposé… wait… the Minimized windows do show!
Let’s get real… really, how do I bring it back?!
Technique Number One:
Use Exposé. You can type the name of the window while expose is activated (or use the arrow keys) to select a window, including the minimized ones.
Technique Number Two: (this one is trickier)
⌘ cmd + Tab until you have TextEdit selected but don’t release ⌘ cmd, instead press ⌥ alt (both at the same time now) and release them together. It’s hard.
Now this doesn’t always work (especially if the Application has multiple windows open and you have switched a few times away), so the best way to bring minimized apps back is Expose.
Enough trickery, how do we deal with this?
This is subjective and a matter of personal preference, and I didn’t even include Spaces in the mix, that would have make it more interesting… all these window handling mechanisms are confusing and have gotten more confusing with the newest additions to OS X. But it’s usable and you get used to it kind of fast.
What I do is usually hide an application I don’t use. I don’t really use Spaces, I hide. If I happen to have a lot of windows of an application open, I start to minimize the ones that I really wish I could hide but I can’t because then I’ll lose the others (are you following me here?). So the key for me is Hide as much as possible. Only minimize when more than one Window within the same application and I want to keep at least one visible.
I have recently started using HyperDock (still Beta and Free) and I like the Window 7 approach to the Dock (and the fact that It can show all safari tabs as “windows”). So I’ll be likely getting that. I don’t use the Mouse that much, but that’s a nice addition for when I do.
In Mac, users tend to hide rather than Minimize, at least that’s my experience after spending years with other Mac users (mostly programmers and graphic designers).
As they say in Internet, ymmv. :)
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Q: Where to get iPhone app download statistics? I know this is a elementary question, but I figured I'd get a quicker answer here than Apple support. Where can I find out how many times the app has been downloaded and other download stats? I'm a developer and can't find the stats on the iOS Dev Center. I have not renewed the $99 Developer license, so could it be hidden because of that?
A: If it is the application you developed, you can access it from itunesconnect.apple.com which is called iTunes Connect, and that's how you should have uploaded your app to Apple in the first place.
You can also try a piece of software called AppFigures, which is essentially a portal to iTunes Connect, which I find easier to use and with more features.
Also: after not renewing your iPhone Developer licence, your apps will stay in iTunes Connect for some period of time, probably around a year before being deleted.
A: "The App". Your app? Any app?
You cannot find out how many times any arbitrary app has been downloaded.
Your own apps, yes. With an in-good-standing (paid up) developer account, you will be able to access iTunes Connect, which offers some download metrics, going back thirteen weeks into the past.
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Q: How can I mount SFTP/SSH in Finder on OS X Snow Leopard? My Question is seemingly simple. I need to mount an SSH/SFTP volume and make it visible in finder to be able to use it as if it were a local volume (think SMB share). I have tried everything I could find (MacFUSE + sshfs (whatever version), Macfusion (couldn't install),...).
Is there anyway to do this seemingly simple thing? It feels like I'm missing something here. Also, I'm not looking for an SFTP client for download/upload. My personal machine is an Ubuntu box, and that's easily doable on that.
A: As of March 2013, the current free software solution is macFUSE plus a package for SSHFS (a download link on Fuse for OS X webpage).
Macfusion is a GUI for easy mounting/unmounting remote shares but it needs to be patched to work with SSHFS/Fuse for OS X.
A: Well, MacFusion was going to be my answer but since you've tried that I'll recommend my second favourite app when it comes to mounting shares: Panic's Transmit. It's new, very awesome, feature lets you mount any share that it can connect to in the UI as a "disk" in your Finder that you can drag files to. SFTP, SSH, S3...very cool.
A: The best solution I've found today (2017) is to use Homebrew and Cask to install osxfuse and sshfs. Note that Homebrew core deprecated all FUSE-related formulae in 2020 so you need to install sshfs from a tap:
brew install --cask macfuse
brew install gromgit/fuse/sshfs-mac
And then:
sshfs username@hostname:/remote/directory/path /local/mount/point -ovolname=NAME
It works! :-)
A: I use Cyberduck for this task. It's a cross-platform (but native on mac) app that is full of features and it's free to use. You can support the developers by donating or buying it directly from the Mac App Store.
The developer also has an application named Mountainduck which let you mount the path you want to a folder and access it through Finder app.
A: Best ones that you can use are Transmit, like has been said before, or Expandrive, which is probably more like what you're looking for, as finder integration is its main feature.
A: Another solution is WebDrive (35$+). I successfully used the Windows version of the same product, so I expect the same from the OS X version. Too bad, that they require you to buy separate licenses for Windows and OS X.
A: If you already have FUSE for OS X installed (e.g. you got it directly from SourceForge), then @eskatos solution can reduced to just installing sshfs instead of the whole cask which includes FUSE. You can do this by using:
brew install homebrew/fuse/sshfs
You might want to check if you have the latest version of FUSE for OS X through your System Preferences while you're at it.
A: Given I cannot comment, I'll add to this answer that if you want to unmount the recently mounted sshfs disk, you need to execute:
umount <MOUNTPOINT>
The sshfs man page states that you should do fusermount -u <MOUNTPOINT> but that command doesn't exist in macOS
A: Just in case you are having problems unmounting the disk, you can unmount it simply writing
umount ~/mounted/folder
hope it saves some headache to someone else
A: I use Filezilla, its free, connect as sftp.
A: ExpanDrive is a commercial version with an outrageous $50 price tag, but is very clean and slick.
It also mounts Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, OwnCloud folders, plus a bunch more and supports ssh keys and sftp.
A: You can download CloudMounter from the Mac App Store.
This app, permit virtual mount units like, GoogleDrive, DropBox, S3, SFTP, FTP, etc.
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Q: Backup Mail.app Quick question. I'm reinstalling Snow Leopard, and am not sure how to back up my Mail. It is all done solely in Mail.app, so is there a folder I can just back up and have Mail 'rediscover' after I load the fresh install?
A: You can copy the folder "Mail" in the folder "Library" in your Home Folder (~/Library/Mail) and put it back in the same place whenever you want.
and according to Apple Support Center:
* To back up Mail preferences and messages:
Note: These steps back up Mail preferences, but do not back up Mail messages (emails), although you can do that with the .Mac Backup utility. See below if you want to manually back up Mail messages (mailboxes).
1. Create a uniquely-named folder on your desktop (or other favorite location). For example, you might call it "Mail Prefs Backups May_15_2005" (adding a date is a good idea).
2. Quit Mail if it's running.
3. In the Finder choose Home from the Go menu.
4. Open the Library folder.
5. Open the Preferences folder.
6. Copy the "com.apple.mail.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file. Don't remove the original file from its current location (this file contains your Mail accounts information).
7. Close the Preferences folder.
8. Open the Mail folder.
9. Copy the "MessageRules.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (this file contains your Mail rules).
10. Copy the "SmartMailboxes.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (you guessed it, this file contains Smart Mailboxes information).
11. Finally, copy the Signatures folder to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the folder. (Your custom signatures, if you use them, are stored here.)
* To restore:
Move all copies of the files and folders from your uniquely-named folder to the original locations from which they came, as listed above.
A: Unless you've gone and changed something, the emails themselves are in ~/Library/Mail/ with attachments in ~/Library/Mail Downloads/. You email settings are in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist and ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist. Your passwords are stored in the keychain, normally ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain.
So, if you backup your home folder you should be good to go. This should be generally true, especially if you follow recommended practices and don't store any personal documents or files anywhere but in your home folder. Everything else you should be able to reinstall the software (system or otherwise) to get back.
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Q: saving login information on iPhone Is there a good app to store login information to various sites and services on my iPhone?
A: I like 1Password.
A: I like LastPass. More for it's Desktop/Browser Integration than the iOS specific version.
A: PassDiary is great, no-nonsense and free.
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Q: How can I get my headphones to work with my iPhone? Am I doing something wrong, or do 1st generation iPhones require particular headphones? My white iPod headphones work, but most of my other ones wont fit? Is the standard solution to purchase an adapter?
A: Do you have an original (aluminum backed) iPhone? If so then yes, unfortunately Apple recessed the headphone jack and you do need an extender. If you have an iPhone 3G, 3GS, or 4, then you shouldn't need to, as the headphone jack is flush with the device.
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Q: How can I reset my iPhone 1 without using the (broken) power button? The power button on my first-gen iPhone is broken. I remember last time I came across this problem I found a utility (for windows) which caused the phone to reset to enter restore mode (the one with the yellow alert symbol), but I can't for the life of me find it again. Does anyone know what it is?
Thanks for any help,
Wyatt.
A: I don't know about the yellow alert symbol, but a quick google for "iphone recovery mode utility" revealed RecBoot, which looks like exactly what you're looking for.
Also, Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings should restart your iPhone.
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Q: Using international phone numbers on iPhone edit: 1 accepted answer but still no (good) solution! :(
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*In my previous phone carrier I could just dial +55 11 99883655 and it would just work.
*Now I moved to a new carrier and it doesn't work anymore! When I dial the same international number it keeps saying the number isn't formatted correctly.
How can I get my iPhone to understand international numbering back again?
I've got over 100 contacts with numbers stored in this format already, and I want to keep them that way.
At this point I would be happy with any simple app that would just enable me to use my stored info the way it is to strip the +5511 part and place a call. Or some tweaking to allow proper and simple editing of the phone number on Phone.app would be very welcomed!
A: You are in Brazil (so am I), so you can't just dial the "+" in front of the country code. You need to dial "00" and the CSP (the long distance operator code).
What happens is that some operators (Oi and Claro, for sure) have a JavaCard application in the SIM card that intercepts every call you place and before send the dialed number to the network verifies if you are in a situation that you should need to add a CSP or not, and adds the operators own CSP in that case, if there isn't one in the dialed number.
So, for example, if I'm in Rio (area code 21) and dial a call to (24) 9999-8888, which is a long distance call, the application will add "0"+ to my number. The same if I'm in Petrópolis (area code 24), since my MSISDN is from Rio.
On the other side, if I register my phone numbers using the international notation, the application is smart enough to remove the "+" and the country code and add the "0" and the CSP, unless it realizes that you're roaming abroad.
Besides Oi and Claro, I would guess that Vivo also uses an application like that, since it buys SIM cards from the same manufacturers.
TIM has a different application in their SIM cards that modifies the phone numbers in your SIM card to add the CSP 41. It is a lame solution and I regret every time I have to use a TIM mobile.
If it is enough for you to have an application like TIM's, there are at least two in the brazilian App Store that will edit the iPhone's Address Book:
*
*[Minha Operadora](http://itunes.apple.com/br/app/minha-operadora/id401640256?mt=8)
*[DDD Fácil](http://itunes.apple.com/br/app/ddd-facil/id381994693?mt=8)
I haven't tested either, so I can't offer advice on how well they work.
Otherwise, you will probably have to go back to an operator that offer that application in the SIM card (there is no way for a user to add apps to their SIM card by themselves).
A: Usually adding two 0 at the beginning works. For example: 0055 11 99883655
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Q: Software (not app) To Read Underlying iPhone Data About a year ago I came across a piece of software that was around $30 that said it could read the underlying data in an iPhone. I bookmarked it and still I cant find it. It said it could read and export any of the Notes, SMS Text Messages, Call History, etc. Essentially, if it was on the iPhone it could get to it.
Does anyone recall seeing such software? Its not an App. This is installable software and it ran on the PC and Mac. I've got both so if anyone knows of anything else then I'm open to investigating that too. Its for the iPhone 3G.
A: I don't think there's any software that can do it without jailbreaking the device.
iPhone Explorer is free software for Mac and PC that allows you to browse many files and folders without jailbreaking. If you do jailbreak it is also supposed to let you get at MS messages, call history, etc.
I've not used with with a jailbroken device, but can attest that it works reasonably well in its normal mode (it seems to not work as well with iOS 4.2, though you can still browse and such).
A: you can use iFun-box to have an access to iPhone filesystem from your PC.
AFAIK, it doesnt need a jailbreak.
A: Try PhoneView, it does what you said and doesn't need jailbreak.
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Q: Mystery Box in Expose (or what I think is expose) For some reason I have a mystery box when I go to expose (or w/e f3 is). It'll show my other open apps, but once space will be transparent until I mouseover it.
It isn't horrible, but annoying so any help would be great.
Thanks
A: If it's not the web browser, and you're sure you've quitted it (I'm sure you know on a Mac closing the window doesn't usually quit the application), then try this when you see another floating window:
*
*Search Spotlight for Activity Monitor
*Change the drop down menu to Active Processes or if not available choose My Processes
*Sort by Real Memory Usage
*File>Print the list and post it somewhere where we can see it
That will tell you every application and active daemon that is running actively so that we can check if anything is out of the ordinary.
A: I think I had that problem and I believe Firefox was the culprit.
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*Try to reproduce this bug with only Firefox open.
*Try to temporarily switch to Safari or Chrome and see if it still happens. And while you're there, never switch back to Firefox since those two are so much better ;)
Can you list your open apps next time it happens? And the times after too. You can also list the menubar app.
A: Some websites create a temporary invisible window using Javascript that they can use as a timer or something else that can be referenced globally from any page on their site. It's an old technique and usually, because the "window" has no profile, it cannot be detected (no taskbar item on Windows) except by exposé which shows all windows.
There really isn't a way to stop it except restart your browser and not navigate to that site again.
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Q: directory location of sync files? I am using my iPad with windows 7. So..everytime I connect my ipad to my pc, itunes downloads applications that I bought on iPad. So..to what directory does the Itune download purchased application from my iPad?
and..is there an option to prevent iTune from downloading apps from my iPad to sync?
A: For the first question, I think its actually stored under C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\, if everything is standard. If anything, it will be wherever your music is also stored (just in another directory).
As for your second question, I don't think you can tell it not to sync the apps. The only ways to not keep them would be to delete off your iPad before sync, or delete from the file system after sync.
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Q: Can I record a phone call on an iPhone? Nothing more to say than "Is there an app to record the current phone call ?" :-)
A: Beware of legal issues.
You can but you'll need to jailbreak, use extra hardware (plug a mic into the headphone jack), or use 3rd party SIP software. For example, Google Voice has an iPhone app, and Google Voice supports call recording. Google Voice does announce to both parties that it is recording the call.
A: As far as I know 3rd-party, Apple-sanctioned apps - ones you'd find in the App Store, jailbroken apps notwithstanding - do not have access to the phone beyond dialing. In other words you won't find anything in the App Store.
A: The best way is to have Google voice account and download there app.
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Q: iPhone app to point me back to a waypoint (like a computer game) I'm looking for an app which I can use to find my camper in the desert after going for a walk, or find the b&b i left my bags in after exploring a new city. I'm hoping for something really simple which just points in the right direction and perhaps tells me a distance, like your next target on a computer game. I'm imagining opening a compass and clicking a button to record a place then having a needle pointing north and another arrow point back to the waypoint.
Does this exist?
A: Motion-X GPS Lite is free, and lets you set waypoints and navigate back to them. Reviewed here.
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*Tap Menu > Waypoints to save or select a waypoint
*Tap Menu > Compass to see the heading
A: Beacon does exactly this and is free.
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Q: How can I save Google Maps in iOS for offline use? Is there a way to retain a map with as much detail as possible (street view, maps, directions, zoom levels) offline?
This question refers to the Apple maps program that shipped with iOS versions 1 to 5 that relied on google map tiles. Please open a new question for iOS 6 maps and the google map app that is also available on the App Store since 2012.
A: Without jailbreaking, the iPhone DOES cache the last few map tiles on the view, at all the view zoom levels. I'm not sure how extensive this is, and because it's only a temporary cache the data is always a second away from deletion.
Without jailbreaking, you can download an application, there are lots of them, but my favorite is called MotionX GPS, which is on the App Store. It allows you to cache and save certain types of map tiles from a variety of map modes, including Terrain, roads, and more. I'm not sure if they're specifically Google Maps, but you can get some types of maps for sure.
After jailbreaking, which is both legal and easy, you can find a couple of 3rd party utilities to help you download map tiles to the device, but most of them require you to view the tiles in the app itself, not in the Maps application.
A: Yes there is, but to do it properly requires a jailbreak (legal, voids warranty) and a possible breaking of the Google Maps TOS.
The cache can be used to an extent: The Google Maps application uses its cache offline, so tiles are visible and the map can be panned a bit (if it was panned while online and could fetch neighboring tiles). Directions are retained in the list view even if you can't follow them all in map view.
If you want more than this, it isn't built in by default. If you jailbreak, you could hack it to have a much larger cache that supports hundreds of MB of content including zoom levels, etc.
Setting it up would be a significant hack and against the Google Maps TOS. When online, you'd need to sniff your own packets off the iPhone, detect those involving Google Maps, and build a cache. When offline, you'll want to redirect all requests to Google Maps servers to a local HTTP server running on the iPhone, and then serve the tiles.
I've seen this done with a computer that was frequently offline, but not with an iPhone, but it should work just fine. You can also add custom tile layers this way if you want.
A: Another method does not involve as much hacking. It seems some people have already solved this problem. You do need to jailbreak, and directions will not work, but browsing at different zoom levels should work, and GPS works too, so you at least know where you are.
See the following sites:
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*http://iphonenodata.com/site/offline-maps/
*http://joesonic.com/blog/2008/04/14/google-maps-offline-for-iphone/
*http://iphonefreakz.com/2008/04/12/save-google-maps-with-maps-offline-for-later-viewing/
A: I use CityMaps2Go for offline maps. Not quite the same as Google Maps, but pretty good for my use. I live in a relatively low-population area, so there wasn't a map available for my area at first, but they added it within a few days of my requesting it.
A: The application Atomic Web Browser can save a static copy of a Google Map page locally. The saved page cannot be scrolled or zoomed, but it is available offline. I tested with Airplane Mode on version 4.0.2.
A: This may not satisfy all of the criteria, but there are a handful of humongous (in terms of file size) applications that have map data stored locally. Think traditional GPSes with screens that have to have this data stored locally.
XROAD, Inc. has US West and US East apps that offer navigation features, and have map data stored in the application, so you may look them up offline, manually, or online with automatic triangulation. Note that these ARE NOT Google Maps. Per mankoff, Google's TOS prevents any other company from offering turn-by-turn on their map data (less current agreements with Apple and the like).
iTunes App Links:
XROAD US West
XROAD US East
There is very likely more if you look around, these are just the two that I've been shown before should I ever need to travel in a place with uncertain coverage.
A: The iOS map app will cache tiles for as long as it can. In practice, my iPad will cache tiles for a turn by turn trip across the country and generally not lose any of the tiles when playing light games, reading books, etc... It's not foolproof, but the less you do with the device, the longer your tiles stay in memory.
Google's tiles are not generally licensed for offline use. They do have an excellent static map API that might suit your needs but you'll have to find another app that allows more control over pre-loading map tiles for true offline use. The iOS map app simply doesn't do what you ask.
A: I recommend OpenMaps - which uses OpenStreetMaps for map data. Simple to use, you can download the needed map area at any or all zoom levels.
Browse the maps of OpenStreetMap, download them for offline use, edit the maps (tag editing and node creation), find out where you are, search for addresses, get directions and scan the map for tweets with OpenMaps for iPhone, iPad an iPod touch.
A: For offline maps, I use Offmaps, the old version. The map display is much faster than of City Maps 2Go, and my personal opinion is that it also feels much more like a iOS app should feel like. So even though Offmaps has no working compass, cost more money, can’t download in the background and I had downloaded CityMaps for free, I stick with Offmaps.
(Developer Felix Lamouroux has released a rather misleadingly-named new version some time ago, which is a different thing altogether — more a city guide with Points of Interest and maps.)
A: I've installed on ipad galileo-offline-maps, and it keeps available previously opened maps when offline.
A: As others have noted, you can't easily do it with Google Maps on a standard handset. What you can do is use another source of maps. There are a number of apps that use OpenStreetMap that allow you to download maps in advance. The one I used, oMaps, downloads data a different levels of detail so you can zoom in and out.
The maps are a little variable in quality but undoubtedly better than having no map at all.
A: I use the GaiaGPS App for my walks. This is free and does the job. You can save maps and use them once you're on the spot without any connexions. And you can zoom! No need to say that this don't cover Street View, because of the size needed for this kind of feature.
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Q: history of version / price changes for itunes apps I'm looking to get "app activity" type information from pages like these. http://appshopper.com/social-networking/tweetee
only that I want to be able to get such information via "Appid" that apple used for each app on the appstore. anyone have any ideas on how I might do that?
A: AppShopper does this. I don't know the answer but you could ask them if there's a way!
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Q: Is there a jailbreak for iOS 4.2 I want to jail break my 3Gs running 4.2.1.
Possible?
A: There is a howto in redmondpie.com for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS with iOS 4.2.1, but it appears there is no unlock yet.
http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-ios-4.2.1-iphone-4-3gs-3g-ipad-ipod-touch-with-redsn0w-0.9.6b4-guide/
A: YES! I have it currently on my iPhone 4. It's untethered for last-gen devices, but for the iPhone 4 it's a tethered jailbreak, which means that you'll have to connect it to your computer and use the program (redsn0w) to turn on the phone every time the phone gets turned off or looses power.
If you don't turn off your phone a lot, then it's not big issue, though. And because you have a 3GS, you'll be untethered anyway.
The jailbreak is at http://blog.iphone-dev.org which is the iPhone Dev Team, the MOST reputable source for iPhone jailbreaking. These are the actual people who do the work (or compile it from Geohot). DO NOT trust any info from places like BigBoss, RedmondPie, UltraPWN, or anyone else.
A: It is possible and it includes unlock. All you need is a simple tutorial, Redsn0w and the correspondent firmware. Unless of course you prefer to go the "official" way. I did it with iPhone 3G and the first tutorial.
The 3Gs got is the only device that marks the bootrom change. Basically all "i devices" are only able to get a (bad) tethered jailbreak if they're launched after a given point. Here's a long guide with steps on how to check your bootrom to see if you're lucky or not. I'll summarize it for both mac and PC:
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*Put your iPhone in DFU mode (not recovery mode):
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*Connect your iPhone to your computer.
*Turn iPhone off.
*Start iTunes.
*Hold Power and Home buttons together for 10 seconds or so.
*Release Power button but keep holding the Home button until your computer recognizes a new USB device.
*iTunes will now recognize your iPhone.
Note: Your iPhone screen at this time should be blank (black in color), if not, then you are most likely in Recovery Mode, not DFU mode.
*Locate the value [iBoot-359.3] or something alike under System Profiler (mac) or Device Manager (win). Keywords are: USB and Apple Mobile Device (DFU Mode).
*If the value after iBoot is 359.3 or lower, that's the old bootrom. Yippie!
If it's 359.3.2 or higher, tough luck you're stuck with new bootrom and lame tethered jailbreak.
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Q: Keep iPhone Screen On (when plugged in) Is there an app (normal, jailbreak) that will keep my iPhone (3GS, OS 4.x) screen on, indefinitely, when it is plugged in, regardless of what app is running in the foreground?
A: The have moved the Auto-Lock option from General in iOS 10 (and possibly above):
Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock
A: An unexplained downvote brought to my attention this old post, so I decided to update it.
I don't have an iPhone any longer, but my iPad screen simply stays on, whenever plugged in or not, if my setting to Auto Lock is set to Never. On iOS 7+ it is that simple.
Now, if you want to automatically change it back (which is a completely different question), once you plug it out, you'll need to jailbreak. But since it's complicated and I haven't tried, I'll just give one pointer that seems to do it: get Tasker (found on lifehacker).
I personally rather just manually switch it on and off, until apple decides to have some kind of NFC. It should be just around the corner, if not with NFC, then with iBeacon.
Old answer (jailbreak only, iOS 4 or less)
First, I just tried on my iphone and even calculator stays active after 1 minute, even if the screen dims out. So maybe your question is really just about keeping the screen on.
Anyway, I can think of two solutions: kirikae with backgrounder might do the trick as a side effect. If not, you can use SBSettings with Autolock toggle to do it manually and temporarily set the auto-lock to never. All of them you should find in Cydia.
edit: as none of the above actually worked, here's some update.
Some custom toggles on SBSettings seem to just not work indeed. It's probably due to getting outdated or conflicting with something else, two common problems we find on cydia apps. BigBoss is kind of similar to SBSettings and also have an Autolock toggle. You could use it along with some multitasking, leave it on the background and use it as needed. It hardly have any conflicting issue.
Unfortunately I can't find many more ideas to this.
Only thing I can assure you is that I just tried SBSettings's Autolock toggle on my iOS 3.1.3 and it works. It also says it's updated to 4, so most likely it's either problem with 4.1 or conflicting with something else you've got installed. And believe me, there are conflicts from the least expected things (look at the comments).
A: I use iTunes. As long as you have a song playing the screen will dim, but it won't go black and it won't lock. If you don't want to have music playing you can download a track that's just silence, then put it on repeat.
EDIT: I should note that my IOS version is 7.1.0 - can't make any promises about other versions...
EDIT: I should also note that the behavior described above only applies when the phone is on external power, that is, iTunes will not keep the phone unlocked when on battery power.
A: The Gentle Alarm keeps the screen active when it is plugged in, but I guess that is a feature that each app has to implement, not something that you install to keep the screen active for all apps.
A: I use Kensington's Nightstand every night. Sure beats having a separate alarm clock by the bed. And no, you don't actually have to use (or even own) their charger.
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Q: Customizing OS X Finder toolbar How is it possible to customize toolbar of Finder and to add more buttons other than defaults ?
A: Which kind of buttons are you talking about?
If you want to customize your toolbar by adding or removing existing buttons:
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*Right-click in the Finder toolbar and select Customize Toolbar… from the context menu
*Drag the buttons you want in or out, and place them where you want them.
*Click Done.
[This also works for most apps, btw.]
If you want to add new buttons that aren't shipped by Apple:
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*Just drag them into the toolbar.
For example, I've used Refresh Finder for years (Macworld review).
A: In case it wasn't already clear, you can also drag folders or files to the toolbar:
Hmm, can't post image, so you will have to use your imagination :-(
Or wait, nm, they just can't be inline:
[EDIT] okay, now it can be inline
I started using OS X back in 10.1, well before the sidebar came out, so that's the way I used to get around. To add these, drag the item to the toolbar (when you're not running the toolbar customization sheet. Adding a separator bar from the customization sheet will make dragging things to the toolbar easier (aim for the divider, then the Finder will know you want to add the item to the toolbar, rather than, say, copy the item to your Applications folder).
A couple of other tips if you weren't already aware of these. Hold down Command-Option and click on the toggle-toolbar button (the oblong button in the upper right) to immediately invoke the customization sheet.
You can also hold down the Command key to allow manipulation of the toolbar items without having to use the customization sheet. For example, if I no longer want my Apps folder in the toolbar, hold down Command and drag it out of the toolbar and release, and it will poof
like when you remove an app from the Dock. Or, you can hold down the Command key and drag the toolbar items to the left or right to rearrange them.
Also, hold down the Command key and press the toggle-toolbar button to cycle through the different toolbar viewing modes (for example, text or icons, and large or small size, etc.).
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Q: Make QuickTime player ignore mouse gestures and touches I like my Magic Mouse, but I often touch it "incorrectly" while watching a movie in QuickTime Player, and QTP then moves the video position forward or backwards or makes a pause or ... . It can be annoying :-(
I'd like to make my QuickTime Player ignore mouse gestures and touches. Is it possible?
A: You can try BetterTouchTool that will give you much more control.
There is a setting that will allow you to add per-application rules:
A:
As Loïc Wolff says BetterTouchTool is a way to disable this horizontal scrolling. I was searching about the same problem and found the solution in this program (BetterTouchTool)
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Q: Usable Resolution limited on Mac Mini Since a few days, i have a limited Screen resolution, resulting in a black bar on the top and the bottom of the screen. When starting up in safe-boot, there is no prolbem. The display dialog let's me select the correct resolution 1920x1200, but beneath ther is written "Usable resolution 1920 x 1080"
A: The reason are two displays (one tv) with "mirror displays" ticked.
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Q: How do I edit a .plist file? What's the best application to open and edit a plist file ?
A: If the plist file is in the XML format, you can edit it in any text editor like TextEdit. If the plist file is in the binary format, you can convert it to XML first by running:
plutil -convert xml1 file.plist
If you want to go back to binary format after editing:
plutil -convert binary1 file.plist
If you have Xcode 4.3 or later, you can use it to edit property lists in a graphical editor like this:
Xcode 4.2 and earlier came with a separate application for editing property lists (/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app/).
A: A fine program like TextWrangler can edit binary .plist files without first converting them using Terminal. Simply open the file like you would any other (i.e. drag-and-drop on the program icon, or the File open dialog, or Open With in the Finder or...)
A: Since Apple got rid of the GUI Property List Editor, Xcode is the best free option if you want to be sure of the result.
There are some gotcha's using a generic code editor to edit plist files. Since dictionaries use entries like
<key>some key</key>
<string>some value</string>
<key>another key with boolean value</key>
<true />
You can create a valid XML file that is not a valid plist file, for example:
<key>some key</key>
<!-- oops, forgot to enter a value - still valid XML -->
<!-- valid XML, not a plist -->
<key>another key with boolean value</key>
<true>yes</true>
If you're willing to go commercial, Plistinator will edit both binary and XML plist files.
Full-disclosure: I'm the author of Plistinator and the $12.99 it costs pays for my ramen and rent.
A: Free Visual Studio Code editor can open, edit and save plist files in binary format with the help of the Binary Plist extension:
A Visual Studio Code extension that enables editing of binary property list files as XML. It is inspired by the BinaryPlist Sublime Text package, although the experience is not as seamless (the user must agree to opening a binary file and the editing takes place in an additional tab). A virtual file system is used to achieve this using the FileSystemProvider API.
The extension is cross-platform but primarily uses the macOS plutil binary for conversion, the Python plistlib is used as an alterntative if available. The node package simple-plist is used as a fallback but due to JavaScript not having a float type real values that are whole numbers will be cast to integer types (a warning dialog is shown first).
A: On a Terminal window, you can use PlistBuddy, available at /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy.
PlistBuddy can read and modify values inside of a plist, either interactively or directly on the command line.
However, PlistBuddy is not a GUI editor.
Usage examples:
# Show full help
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -h
# Print content of plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c print /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
# Print selected content of plist
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'print SkipPaths' /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
A: A PList file, like Mankoff said, is just a specially formatted XML file, so you can actually edit and create them in a program like TextEdit.
Because of the specific nature of PLists to Development, however, using a special program like Xcode or Property List Editor becomes a much more fruitful endeavor. This is because it not only automatically formats the XML code for you, but it will actually translate the key identifiers and layers into readable words, and also for some values it will provide a drop-down menu to fill in the correct responses. Especially when dealing with iPhone plists, when multiple runtime variables can be set using the Plist, easily creating new fields and knowing what to put in them makes it so much easier.
You can get both Xcode and PList Editor from the Apple Developer website for free by downloading the latest Xcode release.
A: I have used PlistEdit Pro for macOS and found it to be useful and comprehensively feature rich.
A: BBEdit will open plist files for editing, and do any necessary conversion of file types.
It will also handle file permission access, if needed.
You can also do things like create Text Filters to do things like encode/decode base64 encoding.
It's the essential text editor for Mac. (No connection to the company, just a user for 30 years...!)
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Q: What's the best iPhone SIP apps work internationally and allow recording?
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*So far, Siphon is the best SIP app I've tried.
*MobileVOIP and TruPhone are very nice too (and don't need jailbreaking).
*Other apps offer at least some SIP features such as Nimbuzz, Fring, Viber and even Skype.
*Apple's FaceTime audio clearly is an option for some
While I have all of these, I hardly use any of them, for a variety of reasons.
I'm looking for a more ideal third party app that should:
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*Integrate with both Address Book and the iPhone's native recent calls
*Replace phone.app and load rapidly to place phone calls
*Have international number support
*Allow call recording
As a plus,
- Support Skype, Google (talk, voice, etc) and integrate with other options if possible
A: I've used Acrobits SoftPhone (link goes to their site, iTunes link below) for some time, thought admittedly very sparsely and only for the simplest of use cases, so, much of this is taken from their site.
Use the OS' Address Book: Yep, it maintains it's own "quick list" (favorites) however.
and global Recent Calls list: Nope, maintains it's own (pretty sure this one is impossible anyways, "private APIs" and all that).
Load as fast as Phone.app: I call this subjective, because Phone.app is always running, which gives it an inherit speedup compared to anything else. Acro's SoftPhone does support the VoIP backgrounding, and even push, so you can "Swipe To Answer", but it still takes at least a couple seconds to do. (At least that's how it feels, comparatively speaking.)
International Number Support: I think this is not so much a client feature as much as it is a feature of your server you SIP register to. This one is unknown to me as I've never attempted to call an international (outside the US) number.
Allow Recording: Yes. Upon tapping the record button, a voice announcement is played, and then conversation is recorded and able to be replayed from the app.
Skype: Nope
Google Voice: Yep, but to what extent, I am unsure. Per their website:
GoogleVoice users: Though we have integrated GoogleVoice, Acrobits Softphone's main use is as a SIP client. You can setup Acrobits Softphone to initiate GoogleVoice calls through other types of numbers, but to get the full functionality of Acrobits Softphone, you need to have GoogleVoice linked to a SIP Account.
Rest: If it's SIP, it should work.
Bonus: It supports ZRTP. Zimmerman's encrypted RTP protocol for SIP calls. Free for incoming calls, in-app purchase for initiating calls using it.
iTunes Link: Acrobits Softphone.
A: After some problems getting DTMF to work I tried WeePhone with some success.
A: I just tried several free softphones and I liked Zoiper the best, but since our Asterisk server is configured with very peculiar prefix rules I cannot use it. It supports native address book integration, call recording, various audio and video codes... pretty cool, if only it would allow custom rewriting rules :(
As strong second best I decided to use Join softphone. It does integrate with addressbook and allows complex rewrite rules. It promises that it does call recordings, but I could not get it to work properly. What really puts me off with Join is rather confusing UI with too many colors and drop shadows. It really does not work well on mobile screen. Maybe desktop but not small screen such as mobile. But it was only feature full free solution I've found.
A: I use Smartgroshen app, simple, good quality of voice and sync with your phone contacts. Get 0.5 euro at start.
A: General problems when using Softphone app are:
1. Complex network conditions in mobile networks (i.e. NAT). Not all VoIP servers can properly work with NAT.
2. Limited bandwidth. Is is impossible to use high nitrate codecs in 3G networks. But many operators does not support modern codecs like Opus.
3. Problems with incoming calls. To receive calls phone must be connected to the server. It drains battery.
This is not ad, but try our solution:
www.sipmobile.org
We resolved this issues. You can use our Softphone in mobile 3G networks with good voice quality. If you have LTE or WiFi, video calls are available. Softphone for iOS can be switched off and receive calls with push notifications (of course only in our domain).
A: Prefer Sipgo. It's probably the app with the lowest bandwidth usage. No useless extras, just sip calls.
A: I confirm Smartgroschen is good app for cheap international calls, voip calls with good quality voice calls.
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Q: How can I get Time Machine to ignore the data created by Spotlight? I would like Time Machine to ignore the indexes and other metadata created by Spotlight, where are those kept on 10.6?
A: On the root of each indexed volume, a hidden folder called .Spotlight-V100.
Also: spotlight metadata is probably not large enough to be worthwhile in excluding, at least if you are doing this for space reasons. Spotlight is also essential for TM to work properly, as this is how TM determines which files have changed since the last backup.
A: The Spotlight index is automatically excluded from Time Machine backups (in /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist, the PathsExcluded section lists /.Spotlight-V100). However, as I understand it Time Machine then builds a new Spotlight index for the backup itself; I don't know of a way to prevent this being created.
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Q: Can I display only battery percentage in menu bar? I'd like to only display the percentage left in the menubar. It seems that it is more useful than any other battery display option, but it isn't available.
Is there a work-around?
A: I recommend and use SlimBatteryMonitor (donation-ware). It's much more flexible than what Apple provides.
A: Hmm. This is a good little app. A little on the pricey side though. http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
A: Assuming you're talking about a Mac, and not an iPhone, iStat Menus 3 is a fantastic application that has a LOT of features, including the one you asked for. In addition to the battery, you can add info to your menu bar such as disk usage, network, internal temp. sensors, and more with graphs and detals.
For the battery part, upon clicking on the battery percentage instead of a useless menu you will be presented with information such as battery health, charge cycles, amperage, and cell charges and more, so for only $10 it's a worthwhile investment.
One of my favorite features is the date/time thing which actually shows you a drop down calendar and world clocks. Overall, iStat Menus is definitely worth the $10 lifetime investment. Plus, they give out copies on Twitter (@Bjangocodes and @Bjango) all the time.
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Q: Why doesn't my headset microphone work? I got a SteelSeries headset for Christmas and I plugged it into my MacBook Pro. The audio output works fine, but I am having issues with the audio input.
I saw this post which talked about some power issues to the microphone on the Mac Mini… I did not quite get what they were discussing, though.
I also found this link which says:
Some microphones require power on the stereo mini jack and may not work on Mac systems. Try to check for Mac compatibility when buying USB microphone sets. Unamplified PC microphones often won't work.
The SteelSeries FAQ says I need a USB sound card to use the microphone with a Mac.
Does this mean I can't use my headset because it needs power from the computer? If yes, is there a workaround?
Does anyone know of any VERY cheap sound cards?
Why doesn't my microphone work?
A: On new Macbook Pros, there is no microphone input. What you have is a line-level input. Microphones that do not have integrated power and amplification (all cheap computer microphones/handsets) will not work when connected to the line-level input.
The connectors are exactly the same, but on the line input there is stereo input and ground, and on the microphone input there is mono input, voltage reference and ground. The input level is also different, with line level at around 1V and microphone level at 10-100mV.
To resolve the problem, you need to get one of the following:
*
*a USB sound card which has a proper microphone input circuitry,
*a powered, amplified microphone that can be used with line-level input, or
*a microphone preamplifier.
See also:
*
*http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/computer_microphone.php
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level
A: As discussed in the "Are there headset adapters usable for MacBook Pros?" thread, new Macs DO have a normal Mic level input. However it is combined with the headphone jack (not the "audio in" port). You can purchase an adapter (such as the "Headset Buddy") that combines the headphone and mic into a single "smart-phone" style plug.
Note that this will only work properly under Mac OS. So if you intend to use your headset under Windows with BootCamp, you will want a USB adapter, such as the Griffin iMic instead.
A: As I wrote in an answer to this question, you can buy third-party USB adapters which should work (emphasis on the should), such as this USB 2.0 Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound Card Adapter.
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Q: How do I connect to a SOCKS Proxy from an iPhone/iPod Touch? I like to surf securely and privately via a SOCKS proxy which I created via SSH tunneling, on the Mac. I used the SSH client on my Mac to achieve this. Then I thought, since the iPhone OS is essentially Mac OS, the same trick might work also on the iPhone.
I managed to create a SSh tunnel on my iPhone via the Terminal (iPhone's Terminal). (Yes, it's jail-broken)
ssh -D [port] user@domain.com
At this stage my iPhone is SOCKS proxy.
However, there doesn't seem to be a way in the iPhone networking preference panel to specify a SOCKS proxy. Someone suggest creating a Proxy Auto-Contig (PAC) file to workaround this, but that sounds complicated.
Any ideas how to make iPhone use it's own SOCKS proxy?
A: Wow thanks for that last answer.
Together with this "SSH to get your iPhone online via USB cable" blog post, I came up with a pretty solid instant reverse SSH/SOCKS solution over USB tether given only an SSH server somewhere on your network. This allows all my tcp-based apps to use an SSH server's internet across USB despite my WiFi being defective and not having a strong phone data plan (T-Mobile Prepaid).
No proxy server configuration required.
The gist of the blog post is that you CAN control the proxy from the command line. Use the file:
/private/var/preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
Find the "ip1" section (if you want to replace GPRS/EDGE/3G interface) like:
<dict>
<key>Interface</key>
<dict>
<key>DeviceName</key>
<string>ip1</string>
<key>Hardware</key>
<string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
</dict>
Be careful that you got the ip1 section if you want to override EDGE/3G! Do not look for the other Proxies entries in the file.
Then add the following section afterwards:
<key>Proxies</key>
<dict>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigEnable</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>ProxyAutoConfigURLString</key>
<string>file:///private/var/preferences/proxy.pac</string>
</dict>
Then use your trick to specify an SOCKS proxy in the file we just specified:
/private/var/preferences/proxy.pac
Add:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
return "SOCKS 127.0.0.1:1080";
}
Change permissions on proxy.pac to 777 (all can read, write, execute).
Reboot the iPhone.
Download iTunnel for iTunes 9 (older versions are available too). (http://www.mediafire.com/?2q1fzowoy12)
Create a new Putty Connection: in Connection>SSH>Tunnels section add new forwarded "remote" port, like port 202 on the iPhone to your internet-facing SSH server (say, 192.168.2.100:22).
Source Port: 202
Destination: 192.168.2.100:22
In the SSH section of the same Putty Connection set your Remote Commmand to:
ssh -D 1080 user@127.0.0.1 -p 202
Save your Putty configuration to a new named session.
Optionally generate keys & add the public keys to *~/.ssh/authorized_keys* to both ends so you don't need to type passwords. Use putty.exe -load "Profile Name" in a shortcut to speed it up even more.
A: Well I guess, there's no better way to do it. Darn you Apple, is it so hard to put a SOCKS Proxy setting in the iPhone OS network settings panel?
:-(
Anyway, the best answer so far, and the only one I could find on the Net, is from a document from the SNIPPLR Code 2.0 website entitled How To Connect To A SOCKS Proxy From An Unjailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch.
Below is a cleaned up version of their solution:
Let's say, perhaps, that you are already forwarding your web traffic through an SSH/SOCKS tunnel at work (for privacy reasons) and you would like to use that same tunnel on your iPhone/iPod Touch. This is actually pretty easy to accomplish.
*
*Make sure the SOCKS tunnel on your work computer allows LAN connections so your iPhone/iPod Touch can connect to it.
ssh -N -g -D 1080 user@domain.com
*Create a text file and insert the following code:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
return "SOCKS 192.168.xx.xx:yyyy";
}
Replace the x's with your IP and the y's with the port you used after the -D in your SSH command
*Save the text file as a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) file to a web accessible place with a .pac extension.
If you're reading this chances are you know how to serve a file over HTTP on your work LAN, so I won't delve into that.
*Finally, on your iPhone/iPod Touch, go to Settings → Wi-Fi and click the blue arrow to the right of your work network. Scroll to the bottom, click Auto and type in the address to your PAC file (e.g. http://192.168.xx.xx/mysupersecretproxy.pac).
Now you can surf the web securely from your iPhone/iPod touch.
A: This message seems to suggest that it's not possible to do this via the command line, if I'm interpreting it correctly. I think that means you really can't at all, since the Network preferences don't support SOCKS.
A: iPhone + SSH Tunnel + Socks Proxy = SUCCESS Very Happy
--> http://thireus.dareyourmind.net/index.php/thireus-home-news/8-general-announcement/109-iphone-ssh-tunnel-socks-proxy-success-d
Thanks for the help :)
I'm now able to use my local socks proxy via Wifi/3G/Edge :p and I also created a script that recreate the tunnel if the connexion has been lost ;)
A: If you have access to the shell (jailbroken) and can place the proxy.pac file in the location mentioned above, you can also use the following link for the proxy.pac file in the Network preferences for the connection you are trying to tunnel:
file://private/var/preferences/proxy.pac
Together with an SSH tunnel to an SSH server in the US, I can listen to Pandora/Slacker etc. over Wi-Fi outside of the allowed coverage area (i.e. while traveling outside of US).
A: The answers above are not all right.
*
*The ssh -D is not a global proxy on iOS system (such as iPhone and iPad).
*The HTTP proxy is also not a global proxy.
They cannot both be used on most games and IM (instant message). It just for some web surfing (Safari is all right) but mostly only this.
The best and most easy way on iPhone and iPad is using VPN. That's global agent, which can transfer all Internet data via remote VPN server. Another choice is OpenVPN, which gives a client on iOS.
There is no such a program for iPhone and iPad to run global socks proxy like that on Windows.
A: I found a way to do this without jailbreaking, but you will need access to an ssh server, which you could host on your own home computer.
You will need two iPhone applications; iSSH (ssh tunnel), and ProxyBrowse (socks5 browser).
You will also need an SSH server.
For this example we'll call our SSH server [host] and our user account for the ssh server [user].
SSH Server
Run the following command:
SSH -f -N -D 8080 [user]@[host]
That's right, you're on [host] creating a dynamic port forward back to [host], you'll see why soon.
iSSH
"Add Configuration...", fill out the usual stuff for the server/username/etc. Near the bottom you can choose SSH > None, and you'll see an option for "Tunnel", select that. Choose the button to "Add Tunnel".
Localport: 8080
Dest Host: [host]
Dest Port: 8080
Save everything and open the connection.
ProxyBrowse
Server: localhost
Port: 8080
Don't fill in Username or Password, you won't need to, because iSSH already created the tunnel and iSSH continues to run in the background on your iPhone.
That's it, now you can browse the web over an SSH tunnel.
Want to go a step further? Install Tor on your server, have the iSSH tunnel connect to the Tor port, and then from your phone you can truly browse the web anonymously.
For the technically inclined who want a little more detail on what just happened:
[host] : ssh -f -N -D 8080 [host]
[client_tunnel] : ssh -L 8080:localhost:8080 [host]
[client_socks5] : localhost:8080
The SOCKS proxy browser communicates over the local port forwarding tunnel to the dynamic port forwarding tunnel on the server.
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Q: How do I get audio CD to open in iTunes for ripping? I have a Macbook Pro (latest version) and iTunes 10.1.1. I have the preferences set in iTunes to prompt to import an audio CD when it's inserted into the drive, and my System Preferences set to throw audio CDs over to iTunes, but whenever I put in an audio CD, it just starts playing (and not through iTunes). I don't see any other players pop up w/ controls, either, and if iTunes isnt' already open, it doesn't open but I see the same behavior (i.e. music starts playing).
Any ideas of what I am missing?
A: Can you use Expose to show all of the windows running? Have you tried with different CDs, to make sure it isn't one of those CDs that has an application on that just plays the music.
I've just tested with the same settings as you (System preferences - Music CD, open iTunes and iTunes, Ask to import) and all it did was open iTunes.
Another possibility, have you got any other media player applications running?
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Q: Binding an AppleScript to a button in OS X I have asked a question here. But it is for adding a custom button in OS X Finder toolbar.
Suppose I have an AppleScript and I want to bind it on a custom button. And then I want to place that button on a toolbar - how that would be possible ?
A: You can drag and drop an AppleScript (script and application) to the Finder toolbar, which places the icon for the AppleScript in the toolbar just like any other button (though I prefer the menu bar's AppleScript menu for such things because I can have more scripts available in a smaller space). I don't think you can create a button out of nothing and bind an AppleScript to it, however.
A: No, you can’t add a custom button to the Finder directly to an Applescript, because the Finder’s toolbar is not an “Application Launcher”. It is, however, possible to create a small app (using Xcode) that does that. Out of my mind, you can check ShellHere, which is a very simple application that puts a button in the Finder to “open a terminal here”.
The little app is Open Source, so you could see how he did it. It’s a very small project and if you have a little bit of Xcode/Cocoa experience, you’ll grasp the concept immediately.
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Q: Attaching 3.5" desktop drive to MacBook SATA I have a mid-2007 MacBook that, according to the Apple Store, has suffered some liquid damage and requires a new logic board to operate correctly, a ~$750 repair I've been told (would normally be around ~$300 were it not for the "liquid damage"). The unit itself works fine - the only problem I've been having is that the system does not recognize the battery and will not charge it. Curiously, the system can still be powered by the battery and even recognizes when the power cord is detached by diming the backlight, but I digress.
Now that this laptop will likely become a desktop, I'm wondering if it might be possible to attach a desktop drive. I recently purchased a 2TB SATA drive and I'm wondering if it's possible to somehow attach it where the current internal drive connects. Obviously the drive itself will not fit inside the device, but as the unit will spend the rest of its days on my desk, that's not really much of an issue.
My main questions are:
*
*Is this possible?
*If so, how would I connect the drive? Would a SATA extender cable work?
*Is the SATA port on my MacBook capable of powering a desktop drive? Or should I just get a SATA male-to-female cable and see if I can power the drive through other means (a cheap power supply, for example)
The disk I'm referring to is the Hitachi Deskstar HD32000. Though I couldn't find that exact model on Hitachi's support site, these are the power requirements for a similar drive, the 7K2000 (2TB, 7200RPM, SATA II):
Power
Requirement +5 VDC (+/-5%) +12 VDC (+/-10%)
Startup current (A, max.) 1.2 (+5V), 2.0 (+12V)
Idle (W) 7.5
From what I've read, 2.5" drives require 5V, meaning that my MacBook obviously is capable of producing it. The specs seem to suggest that this drive seems capable of accepting it instead of the typical 12V - is this an accurate interpretation of the power requirements? Or does it need both 12V and 5V?
A: Just an update - I've successfully connected my 2TB HD to my MacBook's internal SATA data connector. If anyone's interested in doing this themselves, you'll need:
*
*external enclosure with eSATA to power the drive (I'm using a NexStar CX with eSata):
*
*an eSATA to female SATA cable (I got mine from http://satacables.com, see "eSATA DATA Cable Extension Male to Female" near the bottom of the page):
*
*You'll need to cut those plastic tabs off the SATA portion of the cable, leaving only the section with the pins - otherwise, the cable won't fit in the port.
*Follow iFixit's steps for removing the keyboard section of the MacBook
*Remove the hard drive, connect cable. Since we had to remove the tabs on the cable in order to make the connection, the cable does not latch in place. I recomment taping the table to the bottom of the case where the hard drive was:
*Reverse the disassembly steps to put the computer back together, with the exception of the memory cover and the battery. The cable should now poke out of the hole where the battery used to be.
*Install the hard drive in the external enclosure, connect the eSATA and power cables, and enjoy.
A: 1) Yes
2) You have a couple options. You can use an external device such as this that will connect through USB, or you could connect the external SATA drive to the onboard SATA port. You would probably still need an external power source, but I can't find any links to back up that statement. (#3)
Good luck!
A: I've never done this but one thread I found has some ups and downs with some anecdotal evidence of frying a drive this way. I suppose looking into an external power supply would be best.
A: FireWire 800 would be faster than USB, so I'd look into getting a FW800 enclosure. If it's a Pro model, you could use an expresscard esata adapter (I think the mid-2007's had those).
Look at OWC's mercury elite external cases. They're expensive, but blazingly fast.. and they look cool. :)
(EDIT: Whoops, did the mid-2007 macbooks have firewire 800? If not, my bad...)
A: Okay, I've done a bit of looking on this one, because it got me interested.
It seems the connector for the sata HD is not really a cable but more of a port that the HD slides into(1). This makes me think your idea of a female to male adapter is a good one. However, I'd still grab an eSATA case, and get something like an eSATA to SATA Type (“I”) to Type (“L”) Shielded External Data Cable with a female->male sata cable for between that and the one inside the lappy. I wouldn't use the laptop's sata power lead to run a full size drive, and this would mean one instead of two cables coming out of the lappy. Make sure to tape it down well so an accidental yank won't pull it out.
Check that ifixit guide, they have really useful information if you didn't know about them.
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Q: What devices can receive an AirTunes signal? I'm trying to set up an in-home music system with built-in speakers. Right now I have my Apple TV plugged into the stereo outputting the AirTunes signal to the speakers. However, I'd like to get my Apple TV back at some point, so I've been looking into a replacement unit. The AirPort express and the Apple TV seem to be the only two devices that will seamlessly work with iTunes. New units cost $100, and even the used units command $50-$60 on eBay. It's also possible that I'd like to control several sets of speakers throughout the house, which would require several units for the different audio channels.
Are there any other pieces of hardware that will perform this task? What about software solutions? I'm aware of Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil, but this doesn't work well with the Remote app for the iPhone, and plus it requires that the software be installed and configured on the streaming computer. Are there any other solutions?
A: As far as I've been able to find, you've covered it:
*
*Apple TV
*AirPort Express
*Airfoil
I'm not positive, but I thought that you can use AirTunes from one Mac to another if they were on the same Airport Express network. I don't have my Airport Express hooked up right now. I'll have to test it out later.
A: Ken's got it covered; Airfoil nonwithstanding, you're stuck with either an AppleTV or an AirPort Express.
(Sidebar: I have an AirPort Extreme, and it does not support AirTunes. I didn't need it to when I bought mine, but I thought it did for some reason.)
So yeah, to do an AirTunes network "right", you need a seperate AirPort Express for each set of speakers in the house. Then you can have iTunes running on your PC as the streaming source, and it all works great - the iPhone remote, speaker selection, etc.
But, of course, that costs a bajillion dollars at ~90 bucks a pop for the Express. Too rich for my blood, certainly.
I went with the PC, a bunch of speakers, a receiver, a big roll of speaker wire from monoprice.com, and a drill. Sounds great.
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Q: Is it possible to hide the dock on a per-application basis? There's an app or two that I'd like to run fullscreen on my Mac. However, hiding the dock manually and unhiding it when I'm done gets tedious. I know there must be a way to get an application to hide the dock when it's active as iMovie 06 used to do exactly this. I also think that I read somewhere recently how to do it, but my search for the particular article comes up empty.
How can I get an app to hide the dock when it's active?
A: This can be done, but you cannot hide just the dock per app. It will hide both the Dock and the Menu bar per app.
You just have to make a quick, simple edit to the plist file for the application. Check out this article from Mac OS X Hints:
To hack an app so that when it's active, the menubar and dock are hidden, you need to find its info.plist file. Control-click on the program in question, choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, and then navigate into the Contents folder.
Once there, add the following to the file:
<key>LSUIPresentationMode</key>
<integer>4</integer>
Be sure that it goes in alphabetical order, otherwise it won't work (i.e. LSUIPresentationMode goes after LSMinimumSystemVersion but before NSAppleScriptEnabled). Save the file and enjoy.
You can change the value (in the example, it is 4) to 0 - 4. Apple's documentation has more details:
Value: 0
Normal mode. In this mode, all standard system UI elements are visible. This is the default value.
Value: 1
Content suppressed mode. In this mode, system UI elements in the content area of the screen are hidden. UI elements may show themselves automatically in response to mouse movements or other user activity. For example, the Dock may show itself when the mouse moves into the Dock’s auto-show region.
Value: 2
Content hidden mode. In this mode, system UI elements in the content area of the screen are hidden and do not automatically show themselves in response to mouse movements or user activity.
Value: 3
All hidden mode. In this mode, all UI elements are hidden, including the menu bar. Elements do not automatically show themselves in response to mouse movements or user activity.
Value: 4
All suppressed mode. In this mode, all UI elements are hidden, including the menu bar. UI elements may show themselves automatically in response to mouse movements or other user activity. This option is available only in Mac OS X 10.3 and later.
A: Is this Yosemite?
You could just click the green button in the top left corner that takes the app (most are supported) to full screen on a different desktop. I often have several apps open (on several different desktops) in fullscreen at the same time and have mouse horizontal scroll enabled so that I can scroll between them with a quick simple mouse swipe. No need to start hacking plist files with this method.
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Q: What does it mean when a %CPU exceeds (# of cores) x 100%? Several responses to a question I asked earlier suggested I try Opera kiosk mode, so I decided to download it and give it a try. Once the download had completed and the disk image was being verified, Safari hung for over a minute and there were periods where Safari used a very high %CPU:
In Mac OS X 10.5, I was accustomed to seeing Safari freeze, but it never used up more than 200% CPU (2 cores x 100%). Is this a bug in Activity Monitor? Or does this mean that %CPU is now more akin to system load?
A: The % CPU is relative to 1 core, so 726% is using almost 8 cores. Core is loosely defined, so 1 Hyper-Threaded, "virtual" core looks like 2 cores to Activity Monitor.
What type of system do you have? If it is just 2 cores (which is seems to be) then nik's answer sounds correct.
A late model 8-core system can look like 16 cores to Activity Monitor:
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Q: Why does Safari always hang? I use Safari as my browser, but I've found that it frequently hangs for 20, 30 seconds (sometimes longer), often times when I wake it up from sleep and/or when I open a new tab.
Though I'm not sure it would be helpful, the next time it does it I'll see if I can sample the process and report back with the results. In the meantime, is there something I can try? I'm running on a mid-2007 MacBook so, while I think I have enough processing power (2x2.16Ghz) and memory (2GB), I suspect it's a disk issue.
Is there something I can do to reduce disk usage? Should I clear my cache (this isn't a problem), my history (I want to keep this if possible) or both?
edit: Is there any way to determine what plugins I have installed? I have RescueTime and Evernote, so either of them could be the culprit, but I know that there are programs that like to install hidden extensions, so that could be the problem as well.
By the way, here's that sampling output summary - I've cut out the call tree as it was way too long to post:
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
21 _pthread_start
21 thread_start
7 __semwait_signal
7 mach_msg
7 mach_msg_trap
7 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
6 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
5 CFRunLoopRunInMode
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
__semwait_signal 2058
mach_msg_trap 2030
semaphore_wait_signal_trap 589
select$DARWIN_EXTSN 588
0x0 294
__workq_ops 294
semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap 294
kevent 293
pread$UNIX2003 116
fsync$UNIX2003 50
WebCore::BinaryPropertyListSerializer::appendStringObject(WebCore::String const&) 42
WTF::HashMap<WebCore::String, unsigned long, WebCore::StringHash, WTF::HashTraits<WebCore::String>, WTF::HashTraits<unsigned long> >::get(WebCore::String const&) const 19
write$UNIX2003 19
__dtoa 15
WebCore::IntegerArrayHash::equal(WebCore::IntegerArray const&, WebCore::IntegerArray const&) 13
WebCore::String::characters() const 11
WTF::HashMap<WebCore::IntegerArray, unsigned long, WebCore::IntegerArrayHash, WebCore::IntegerArrayHashTraits, WTF::HashTraits<unsigned long> >::get(WebCore::IntegerArray const&) const 7
__memcpy 7
WebCore::String::isEmpty() const 6
__sfvwrite 6
WebCore::BinaryPropertyListSerializer::addAggregateObjectReference(unsigned long) 5
__vfprintf 5
Sample analysis of process 18283 written to file /dev/stdout
A: In my book, Adobe Flash is always the first culprit for issues with browser stability and responsiveness. Try installing ClickToFlash and see if that helps things.
A: Did you update to Safari 4.0.3 yet?
I was having problems with 4.0.2
A: Go to Java Preferences -> Disable java-SE
Then try to open webpage in Safari again.
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Q: Does a Mini-DVI to DVI cable exist that's more than 6 inches long? I have a plastic MacBook that I like to use both on the go and at home, where I have a monitor, keyboard/mouse, speakers, etc that I hook up to use it more or less as a desktop. This works great, for the most part, except for the adaptor - it's constantly getting snagged on my desk due to the sheer size of the DVI-DVI connection.
I've tried looking online for a 3 foot Mini-DVI to DVI cable so that I can eliminate this bulk, but without success. It seems that both Apple and a number of third parties are more than willing to sell adaptors for the Mini-DVI, but none sell actual cables.
Have I missed something in my search? Or do manufacturers simply not produce the product I describe? If the latter, is it due to restrictions on using the Mini-DVI connector, a technical problem that requires the adaptor to be no longer than 6 or so inches, or perceived lack of demand?
A: I think the idea would be to use the Mini-DVI to DVI adapter at one end of a DVI to DVI cable.
The specs should be checked for maximum workable length (example)
A: Monoprice is usually the best bet for cables and they don't see to have anything. May just not be popular enough yet.
A: Here's a 3 ft one on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-32AWG-Mini-DisplayPort-Cable/dp/B0034X9380
Although, I couldn't find it on the Monoprice website.
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Q: Unable to share screen over iChat I've been trying to set up iChat screen sharing between an iBook G4 and my MacBook (both running the latest Leopard) for some time now without success. iChat has been configured on both computers with Jabber connecting to GChat (both accounts are GMail addresses). I've been able to get it to work when both computers were on the same network, but I get this message when I try to connect over the Internet:
Thanks, iChat. That's a lot of help. I do get this line in Console.app if it helps any:
No iChat delegate set for vcc:initiateConferenceCompletedForParty:
Googling for this phrase yields only a handful of posts on the Apple forums, none of which are very helpful in addressing this problem. Is this a firewall/router issue? Is there a workaround?
Oh, and I do know that Skype now supports screen sharing on Macs, and I'm going to attempt to use it as soon as I can talk my grandmother through installing it (no easy feat, so I'd much rather have a fix for iChat)
A: Another thing to try is to use Screen Sharing directly. This means:
*
*Turn on Screen Sharing from the Sharing preferences
*If the computers aren't on the same network, set up port forwarding for port 5900
*Open Screen Sharing from /System/Library/CoreServices/, type in the IP address of the other machine and connect.
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