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cb57e76805572500be4f7ef8b04571e8b363da9f	Apple Stackexchange Q: Free viewer for Excel files other than OpenOffice Other than OpenOffice, can you suggest a light free viewer for Excel files? A: Quick Look can be set to allow copying of text. Launch Terminal and type the following command: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true Then restart the Finder with the following command: killall Finder After selecting use the keyboard ⌘+C to copy. Read more at Cult of Mac EDIT Selecting text seems to be disabled in OS X 10.11. But this Terminal hack works in many versions prior to 10.11.	Q: Free viewer for Excel files other than OpenOffice Other than OpenOffice, can you suggest a light free viewer for Excel files? A: Quick Look can be set to allow copying of text. Launch Terminal and type the following command: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true Then restart the Finder with the following command: killall Finder After selecting use the keyboard ⌘+C to copy. Read more at Cult of Mac EDIT Selecting text seems to be disabled in OS X 10.11. But this Terminal hack works in many versions prior to 10.11. A: Isn't Quick Look enough? You could also try to upload them on Google Docs. A: I myself use OS X's Quick Look. I think it's good enough. Just select your xls (or xlsx) file and do one of the following: * press Space press ⌘ Y *right click and choose Quick Look and the file will be viewable in a separate window. Press Space again to close. Quick Look can also be opened in full screen by pressing ⌥ Space or ⌥ ⌘ Y in the Finder. Press Esc to exit full screen. A: Apple Numbers can be used to view Excel spreadsheet files. Numbers is available for macOS, iOS and web. Numbers which was previously a paid app is now available free of cost. Numbers web app can be used on compatible browsers even on a Windows and Linux computer. A: This answer is just to provide an update as of March 2016 Microsoft Office Online will allow you to not just view, but create, edit, and save Excel documents without having the software installed. For a complete list of features available for Excel Online, check out the page on support.office.com page	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 286, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:127", "question_score": "4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/511" }
186d5549bac99948b8cff6f836baf68b906e231c	Apple Stackexchange Q: Recommendations for purchasing low cost but Powerful Macs I've started to a lot of video editing with Adobe Premiere CS5 and After Effects CS5. I don't really have the money for a new Mac Pro. I feel that laptops are general underpowered and I have no need to be mobile. Where should I look for low cost Intel Macs that fit my needs? In general, I don't think refurbished Macs from Apple are low cost. A: How do you feel about a used machine? A one or two year old Mac Pro tower is still a very nice machine for video editing, and you could likely find one on eBay for a fraction of the cost of a brand new one.	Q: Recommendations for purchasing low cost but Powerful Macs I've started to a lot of video editing with Adobe Premiere CS5 and After Effects CS5. I don't really have the money for a new Mac Pro. I feel that laptops are general underpowered and I have no need to be mobile. Where should I look for low cost Intel Macs that fit my needs? In general, I don't think refurbished Macs from Apple are low cost. A: How do you feel about a used machine? A one or two year old Mac Pro tower is still a very nice machine for video editing, and you could likely find one on eBay for a fraction of the cost of a brand new one. A: For a while now I've felt that the best 'bang for buck' that Apple sell is the iMac range. The laptops are wondrous machines but they are expensive and they do top-out in terms of performance at a certain point, and connectivity to other devices can become limited. The Mac Pro/towers are fabulous (I used to have a dual 2.5 G5) but you do pay a lot for that expandability and engineering - a quick look on eBay will show you that both the laptops and the towers can still command near-new prices, especially as Apple owners will often tend to get Applecare, keep the original packaging and use Apple-approved type parts and upgrades. The Mac Mini unfortunately has increased in price as the spec has improved and I now think it's quite an expensive way to get a Mac. A second hand Intel iMac, or even a low-end brand new one, gives a good mix of reasonable CPU, upgradeable memory (to a point), plenty of scope for FW800, FW400 and USB external connections as well as a potential internal hard drive upgrade if you get really desperate. It will happily drive an external monitor, something that in my experience people new to Mac don't realise (they think that it's all about the built-in screen and nothing else). It's obviously more of a commodity machine than the towers and that's reflected in the price - you can get an awful lot of iMac for the same kind of price as the entry-level laptop. And if you can find a second-hand or factory-refurbed model, even better! A: Prices and availability on refurbished Macs directly from Apple vary from day to day (and sometimes hour to hour), and you can often get exceptionally good deals there. For instance, they've currently got a mini for 26% off ($589 versus $799). Yes, some days, there's nothing worth mentioning—but the following day, there might be, so it's worth checking back. The best part of buying Apple refurbs, of course, is that they come with the same full warranty as Apple's brand-new hardware. [Whoops, looks like the mini sold out while I was writing this, which kinda proves my point…] A: Best way to get cheap Macs is from schools that are getting rid of old hardware. Granted most of that hardware is crap. If you're near local schools (or cough eBay) take a gander through anything the photography classes are getting rid of. Also checkout refurbished computers directly from Apple. You mentioned that you don't find these low cost, but 15-20% off (in most cases) is pretty decent. In terms of new computers, I would recommend one of the Mac Mini. It's a stout little machine, and doesn't tie you into a particular monitor.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 582, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:129", "question_score": "2", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/517" }
c86b040f704994745b246d071d3c502877b6aca1	Apple Stackexchange Q: Phone Numbers to be ignored Apparently someone has given my number has his telephone number to a whole bunch of offices, and I am getting a lot of calls on my phone asking for him! Is there a setting on the iPhone 3GS - OS 4.0.2 to set a phone number to not ring, and not vibrate? A: You can always make a silent ring tone as your default ring tone. Be sure to assign ring tones to your contacts that you want to hear from.	Q: Phone Numbers to be ignored Apparently someone has given my number has his telephone number to a whole bunch of offices, and I am getting a lot of calls on my phone asking for him! Is there a setting on the iPhone 3GS - OS 4.0.2 to set a phone number to not ring, and not vibrate? A: You can always make a silent ring tone as your default ring tone. Be sure to assign ring tones to your contacts that you want to hear from. A: Without jailbreaking, your only option is the network operator's (AT&T, Verizon, etc) blacklist option. There may be a monthly fee, $5/mo on AT&T for example, but will allow you block receiving calls from any number you like. iBlacklist will work if your phone is jailbroken, but it costs $11.99 - a little high in my opinion. A: I was wrong! My other answer was incorrect and has been deleted. There's an app in the App Store called "Blacklist" that looks to do exactly what you want. I missed it before because I'm not in the US and it isn't available in my country, but your profile says you're in Philly, so you should be golden. $1.99. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blacklist/id310726855?mt=8 A: I was anticipating a problem like this a while back so I turned to Google voice to help. This won't help you now, or even after the fact, but for future reference, you get spam control from the dashboard and some other neat features. I found that I give my Google voice number out more freely because I trust the tools that allow me to block as needed. Here's a useful link that talks about blocking with Google Voice. Scroll down to the "Spam from Individual Callers" section. A: Create a silent ringtone with GarageBand. (This assumes you're on a Mac. I'm not sure how to get ringtones into iTunes on a Windows machine.) Send it to iTunes so you you can sync it over to your iPhone. Create a new contact called "IGNORE" or something that will let you know it's one of those unwanted callers. Assign the silent ringtone to that contact. (this allows you to keep your default ringtone audible) As other numbers call that you don't want to be bothered by, you can just add them to that existing contact. You hear the ringtones from people you want, and you don't from the annoying callers. Problem solved. :)	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 408, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:130", "question_score": "15", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/522" }
86765c9ac13a0da64f529f3a08cda0c9bed698fa	Apple Stackexchange Q: iTunes Does Not Automatically Sync I just installed iTunes 9.2.5 (x64) on a new laptop, and iTunes is not automatically syncing when my iPhone is plugged in. The preference "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" is UNCHECKED. I didn't have this problem with my other laptop, so I'm not sure where the problem lays. Any help would be greatly appereciated. Thank you. A: Your iPhone is bound to a specific machine. It won't automatically sync to a machine. You have to manually force it to sync. When you do this, it will ask if you wish to erase all data on your iPhone and sync with the new machine. Beware, if you do this, it will wipe your contacts, music, apps, videos, etc, and replace them with what is on your current machine. The only way to avoid doing this is to copy your entire iTunes library folder from your old machine to your new one, and replace the existing library. To summarise, the iPhone thinks your new laptop is a new machine, and so won't automatically sync to it until it's re-associated. Any questions, just shout.	Q: iTunes Does Not Automatically Sync I just installed iTunes 9.2.5 (x64) on a new laptop, and iTunes is not automatically syncing when my iPhone is plugged in. The preference "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" is UNCHECKED. I didn't have this problem with my other laptop, so I'm not sure where the problem lays. Any help would be greatly appereciated. Thank you. A: Your iPhone is bound to a specific machine. It won't automatically sync to a machine. You have to manually force it to sync. When you do this, it will ask if you wish to erase all data on your iPhone and sync with the new machine. Beware, if you do this, it will wipe your contacts, music, apps, videos, etc, and replace them with what is on your current machine. The only way to avoid doing this is to copy your entire iTunes library folder from your old machine to your new one, and replace the existing library. To summarise, the iPhone thinks your new laptop is a new machine, and so won't automatically sync to it until it's re-associated. Any questions, just shout.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 190, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:132", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/531" }
4faa8922a497e9527f3b840c7ee7cc3046b7b0d7	Apple Stackexchange Q: Is there a usable iOS4 Terminal App? Mobile Terminal 426 appears to be the only non-crashing iOS4 Terminal App. Unfortunately it's missing all of its convenience features, like gestures. Are there alternatives? A: I use iSSH: http://www.zinger-soft.com/iSSH_features.html It's available on the app store, but if you're jailbroken you can ssh to 127.0.0.1 and it works just fine. Costs $10 though.	Q: Is there a usable iOS4 Terminal App? Mobile Terminal 426 appears to be the only non-crashing iOS4 Terminal App. Unfortunately it's missing all of its convenience features, like gestures. Are there alternatives? A: I use iSSH: http://www.zinger-soft.com/iSSH_features.html It's available on the app store, but if you're jailbroken you can ssh to 127.0.0.1 and it works just fine. Costs $10 though. A: If by terminal you mean SSH (or telnet): I have used TouchTerm (from way back when it was for free, now its 4$) and iSSH. I like TouchTerm better on the iPhone as I find the semi-transparent keyboard better. I prefer iSSH on the iPad because it has a real iPad version. Also iSSH has a VNC client and an X server that can be tunneled over SSH. But its 10$.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 133, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:133", "question_score": "5", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/532" }
bbc32d2f66d97d776927e4eda1925281d7b31767	Apple Stackexchange Q: Centralized update for third party apps I kind of hate it when applications, which I start, at first search for updates. It's not the updates. Well I fire up an app because I want / need to use it (now). I liked the centralized, system wide update which Linux offered. And SoftwareUpdate just checks Apples software. Is there a way to centralize the updates of the third party applications? So far I know about Macports and Fink which update quiet like Linux, but I also use e. g. iTerm, Transmission etc. which would still be left out. I also heard little about Appcasting, which uses RSS to announce updates, and which is used by some apps I use, but I don't know any URLs. A: I use AppFresh. It's nearly perfect. A lot of apps are recognized, even new ones and widgets and prefpanes too. It's backed up by iusethis to check for update, but can also check for Apple or Microsoft Office updates.	Q: Centralized update for third party apps I kind of hate it when applications, which I start, at first search for updates. It's not the updates. Well I fire up an app because I want / need to use it (now). I liked the centralized, system wide update which Linux offered. And SoftwareUpdate just checks Apples software. Is there a way to centralize the updates of the third party applications? So far I know about Macports and Fink which update quiet like Linux, but I also use e. g. iTerm, Transmission etc. which would still be left out. I also heard little about Appcasting, which uses RSS to announce updates, and which is used by some apps I use, but I don't know any URLs. A: I use AppFresh. It's nearly perfect. A lot of apps are recognized, even new ones and widgets and prefpanes too. It's backed up by iusethis to check for update, but can also check for Apple or Microsoft Office updates. A: MacUpdate and Versiontracker both offer custom apps that do specifically this. However, after a free period, they're paid for I believe. MacUpdate app is my preferred of the two, available here. A: Bodega acts like the app sore in iTunes, but it's for desktop apps. It includes a version checker/updater in the "Applications" section.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 220, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:134", "question_score": "7", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/533" }
2b4ccc29de8eb5b51b628d585a7f64069fc6e524	Apple Stackexchange Q: A better dashboard dictionary widget I find the default dictionary dashboard widget on my MacBook Pro to be very annoying. One, you type in a misspelled word and it says, ""x" could not be found" instead of being helpful and offering alternative spellings. Two, I can't copy and paste from it. Anyone know of a better one? Or maybe I should just use google? Thanks. A: Why not just use the Dictionary application itself? Does it have to be a widget? The Dictionary application has smart lookup and more tools than the widget.	Q: A better dashboard dictionary widget I find the default dictionary dashboard widget on my MacBook Pro to be very annoying. One, you type in a misspelled word and it says, ""x" could not be found" instead of being helpful and offering alternative spellings. Two, I can't copy and paste from it. Anyone know of a better one? Or maybe I should just use google? Thanks. A: Why not just use the Dictionary application itself? Does it have to be a widget? The Dictionary application has smart lookup and more tools than the widget.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 94, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:136", "question_score": "4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/538" }
f4b5e49b947af9043ef8102a96bee20c369bd75f	Apple Stackexchange Q: How do I keep Last.fm from scrobbling podcasts? I would like to use last.fm to just keep track of what music I listen to, but I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, using both iTunes and my iPhone. Is there any way to prevent the Last.fm application from scrobbling my podcasts? Or alternatively, is there any way to prevent Last.fm from scrobbling any music file longer than 1 hour or something? A: * Open the Last.fm application. Menu item "Last.fm -> Preferences" In the Scrobbling page, edit the "Scrobble Directories" and make sure that your podcast directory is not selected. If you have your iTunes library in the standard location: Expand the directory tree to find /Users/you/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media and make sure that the directory Podcasts is not selected. Review the other directories that are selected, for example you might want to make sure that the Audiobooks directory is unselected. *OK!	Q: How do I keep Last.fm from scrobbling podcasts? I would like to use last.fm to just keep track of what music I listen to, but I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, using both iTunes and my iPhone. Is there any way to prevent the Last.fm application from scrobbling my podcasts? Or alternatively, is there any way to prevent Last.fm from scrobbling any music file longer than 1 hour or something? A: * Open the Last.fm application. Menu item "Last.fm -> Preferences" In the Scrobbling page, edit the "Scrobble Directories" and make sure that your podcast directory is not selected. If you have your iTunes library in the standard location: Expand the directory tree to find /Users/you/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media and make sure that the directory Podcasts is not selected. Review the other directories that are selected, for example you might want to make sure that the Audiobooks directory is unselected. *OK!	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 153, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:137", "question_score": "6", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/542" }
1fe989f25bd7afdffe2a94d10ec703b9294f2d24	Apple Stackexchange Q: How can I move my local e-mail folders in Mail.app from my old Mac to my new Mac? Including all e-mail messages contained in these local folders ofcourse. A: Under ~/Library/Mail/ you should have a folder named after you mail account. Inside it, there are .ewsmbox files that contain all your e-mail folders. Try to move those from your old to your new Mac.	Q: How can I move my local e-mail folders in Mail.app from my old Mac to my new Mac? Including all e-mail messages contained in these local folders ofcourse. A: Under ~/Library/Mail/ you should have a folder named after you mail account. Inside it, there are .ewsmbox files that contain all your e-mail folders. Try to move those from your old to your new Mac. A: * Click the "Finder" icon on the dock to launch a new Finder Navigate to your account's Library folder in Mac OS X's Finder. Under Places, click your username (the one with the house icon) and then click "Library." You can also do this by selecting "Go" from the Finder's top menu and then "Go to Folder." Type in "~/Library" (without the quotes), and it will open up the Library folder. Find the "Mail" folder. Copy the entire "Mail" folder onto a storage device (USB thumb drive or blank CD-R) or transfer it over the network to the same place (User:Library) on the other Macintosh computer. Go to the Preferences folder in the Library and locate the "com.apple.mail.plist" file. You can navigate there using the Finder window or select "Go" from the top menu of the Finder, click on "Go to Folder" and type in "~/Library/Preferences/" (without the quotes) in the prompt. Copy the "com.apple.mail.plist" file onto your USB thumb drive or CD-R or copy it directly to the User:Library:Preferences folder on the other computer over the network. "User" is your user account name.c Plug in the USB thumb drive or insert the CD-R into the optical drive on the other Macintosh computer if you haven't transferred the files over the network. Move the "com.apple.mail.plist" file to the User:Library:Preferences folder of the other Mac. "User" is your user account name. Move the Mail folder to the User:Library folder on the other Mac. Launch Mail.app. Now your settings and email should be the same as those on the old Mac. If not, make sure both the Mail folder and the "com.apple.mail.plist" file are in the correct places. A: In Yosemite, open the local mail app, go to file>import mailboxes, then in the import pane that comes up, navigate to the user folder where the email app from the other computer is(stashed on a thumb drive or if you can connect directly to the other computer). Then after a bit, you should see a list of mailboxes that can be imported, and uncheck any you don't want. click continue... A: Alternatively you could import them in the mail.app on your new mac using the "Mail" -> "Archive" -> "Import mailboxes" -> "Apple Mail" menu option and then choosing the ~/Library/Mail folder on your old mac (or a copy of that folder on an USB thumb drive, CD-R etc).	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 462, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:138", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/549" }
db9f2a9c90ab4685ba1dbc23ce4cdaf0c69d8892	Apple Stackexchange Q: What are the development tools on the Mac? Are there any development tools like NetBeans or Eclipse on OS X that I can use to write an application? A: Xcode was good for your job. If you want use NetBeans and Eclipse on your Mac, you can download them, too, because they have OS X distributions. * Eclipse Netbeans	Q: What are the development tools on the Mac? Are there any development tools like NetBeans or Eclipse on OS X that I can use to write an application? A: Xcode was good for your job. If you want use NetBeans and Eclipse on your Mac, you can download them, too, because they have OS X distributions. * Eclipse Netbeans A: If you are looking for Java development on the Mac, both NetBeans and Eclipse have a distribution for Mac OS X. Xcode also has support for Java, but it is not a Java-centric tool. A: There are built-in vim and emacs. Both of them can be used as IDE. Built-in vim and emacs don't have GUI (only console versions) but at least they are relatively new in latest OSX versions. If you want GUI versions there are MacVim and a couple of GUI emacses for OSX.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 147, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:139", "question_score": "-4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/555" }
f86dcd47740b3d4a20f87c9326bac2c0e2b66506	Apple Stackexchange Q: Can I get windows 7 like window resizing on Mac OS X? Windows 7 has a nice new feature for moving around windows. The one that I am particularly interested in is: Windows Key + Left/Right : Move the window to the left or right of the screen, or over to a second monitor. But, Windows Key + Up: Maximize the current window and Windows Key + Down: Restore or minimize the current window. are also quite useful. Is there anyway that I can get this functionality in OS? Preferably replacing the windows key with Command Key. A: If you don't mind paying, there's SizeUp from Irradiated Software, worth paying for IMO. Gives you lots of customizability. If you just want the mouse windows resizing behaviour (dragging to the edges) from windows 7, there's Cinch from the same company.	Q: Can I get windows 7 like window resizing on Mac OS X? Windows 7 has a nice new feature for moving around windows. The one that I am particularly interested in is: Windows Key + Left/Right : Move the window to the left or right of the screen, or over to a second monitor. But, Windows Key + Up: Maximize the current window and Windows Key + Down: Restore or minimize the current window. are also quite useful. Is there anyway that I can get this functionality in OS? Preferably replacing the windows key with Command Key. A: If you don't mind paying, there's SizeUp from Irradiated Software, worth paying for IMO. Gives you lots of customizability. If you just want the mouse windows resizing behaviour (dragging to the edges) from windows 7, there's Cinch from the same company. A: There's a nice little app called Divvy, that gives you a lot of control on windows resizing, including keyboard shortcuts similar to ones Win7 has. It's $14, but worth it in my opinion. A: Shift It If you read this Article I think you get what you want. A: Two excellent, free tools: * Spectacle is ultra-simple and lets you setup shortcut keys to all the typical window placement actions (fill left half of screen, fill top half, full screen, center, etc). BetterTouchTool is very full featured and can do these keyboard shortcuts as well, but also lets you click and drag windows to "snap" to different regions of the screen. (And it has tons of other features, since it's original purpose was custom touchpad gestures). A: You have a few good alternatives (there are more): SizeUp Optimal Layout Switche A: I used open source tool Slate (https://github.com/jigish/slate) for some years but moved recently all my configuration to non free "Keyboard Maestro". It's extremely flexible and settings can be edited using a tool instead of editing configuration files. It supports multiple screens and different setups better than anything else if've seen so far. Here's an example of pushing current window to the left half of main screen. A: I was looking for the same thing since window management on Mac is not ideal. I use MondoMouse (15$) for window sizing and control which I even like better than the Windows 7 model.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 383, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:140", "question_score": "36", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/557" }
b3b44d48163e65362082bd9f59de9b9bb5f91ada	Apple Stackexchange Q: Why is my MacBook Pro's screen going black for a second? I have a new MacBook Pro, when I'm using it the screen goes suddenly blank for a second and comes back, it feels like as if someone unplugged my screen and plugged it back immediately.. why does this happen? Initially I thought it was only happening when I'm running on battery, but happens even when I'm connected too. This is very sporadic. A: Clearly, something isn't right. I highly suggest you make an appointment at your nearest Apple Certified repair location or a Genius Bar.	Q: Why is my MacBook Pro's screen going black for a second? I have a new MacBook Pro, when I'm using it the screen goes suddenly blank for a second and comes back, it feels like as if someone unplugged my screen and plugged it back immediately.. why does this happen? Initially I thought it was only happening when I'm running on battery, but happens even when I'm connected too. This is very sporadic. A: Clearly, something isn't right. I highly suggest you make an appointment at your nearest Apple Certified repair location or a Genius Bar. A: If it's less than a second in duration - more a brief flicker than it actually all going black for a second - then I have a similar problem with my MacBook Pro (mid 2009 15" model). It's very sporadic, but it seems to be related to the computer being under heavy load (eg running 2 large virtual machines simultaneously) when it's running on the integrated graphics (in energy saver, using 'better battery life' instead of 'better performance'). I've never had it happen on the 'better performance' graphics setting, and I suspect it's something to do with the low-power graphics card. I do keep meaning to take it to a Genius bar when I get a chance, because it's still under Applecare and it can be annoying (it tends to happen in a flurry of flickers for a minute or two, then nothing for hours on end). However, it's my main work machine and I'm not in a position where I could be without it for a few days, so.... :-) A: This is an off chance, but I feel it's worth mentioning: this can happen if you have a hot-corner enabled and set to 'Sleep Display'. I do, and it'll occasionally happen that I'll accidentally move my mouse into the correct corner and my screen will go dark for a second before mouse movement wakes it up again. Again, unlikely that this is your issue, but worth checking before you bring it to an Apple store. Just take a look in System Preferences (under displays or screen savers or something like that). A: Take the battery out and connect the MacBook to the power adapter. Turn it on and see if the flicker still occurs. I had this problem and it was due to a battery that was going bad. You can also check the status of your battery in the "Power" section of the System Profiler. If the cycles are high or it says "Check battery" you may need to replace it. A: I had the same issue. It went back to apple and came back with a new Motherboard. The problem persisted. Took it to the genius bar. Had the display and another Motherboard replaced. I can't say that it's totally fixed... but it's happening much less. Like once a day versus several times an hour. A: I hope I figured it out. I have no more Black screen issue & flickering since I did below yesterday: * Found advise from a user and Killed process called "warmd", process user: unknown. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/warmd.8.html When my Screen went black sporadically, My ipad was connected and nearby my MacBook , I relocated it further away (I read about interference issues) I right clicked on battery icon and it showed me that Battery needs Service. I fully re-charged and re-booted my Pro and WoohLah, Battery status was back to normal.... I switched GPU >> Installed programm called GFXcardstatus (you can Google that) *In Applications->Utilities->Terminal enter: sudo pmset -a lidwake 0 to reverse replace 0 with 1 enter your computer password... This sends your laptop to sleep on closing but on opening tap any key to wake. According to advise by other user on the net this has stopped his issue with black screen and lastly I performed it after step 1-4. Not sure what caused it tho but fiddeling around with above sorted my issue. I posted this comment in the apple discussions forum. I hope that helps. Good luck to all of you! A: Ive had similar problem, The inverter and screen has been replaced by warranty. Does it happens when you change angle of your lid?	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 705, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:142", "question_score": "9", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/567" }
cf3aaf3818f0a0f3ec6b9322de706e024b782ee7	Apple Stackexchange Q: Delete some remembered text from Browser TextBox in Windows you can put the curser on text box (focus on it) and push down arrow key ( down ) and the list of all text that textbox was remembered was shown, then you can move on them by up and sown arrow key and if press Delete on highlighted text it was removed but I can't do the same in my macbook pro. it doesn't have Delete key and this button act as BackSpace and it won't act if you press fn + Delete . any one have any idea to delete remembered text in macbook-pro(os x). A: It's shift + delete on windows. In Firefox on my MacBook, shift + fn + delete does the trick. Don't ask me why I know this. That comment below Josh K's answer was totally hypothetical.	Q: Delete some remembered text from Browser TextBox in Windows you can put the curser on text box (focus on it) and push down arrow key ( down ) and the list of all text that textbox was remembered was shown, then you can move on them by up and sown arrow key and if press Delete on highlighted text it was removed but I can't do the same in my macbook pro. it doesn't have Delete key and this button act as BackSpace and it won't act if you press fn + Delete . any one have any idea to delete remembered text in macbook-pro(os x). A: It's shift + delete on windows. In Firefox on my MacBook, shift + fn + delete does the trick. Don't ask me why I know this. That comment below Josh K's answer was totally hypothetical. A: Clear form and search history. That's what it's called in Firefox. In Safari remove the Autocomplete setting.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 161, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:143", "question_score": "5", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/569" }
535a8b654f276b32857ab0470fe698f20685146f	Apple Stackexchange Q: What does "The information on this page is out dated" mean when updating apps in iTunes When ever I try to download updates of my iApps in iTunes I get a dialog that says "The information on this page is out dated". If I hit "Check for updates" again all is well. Does anyone know what causes this? A: Maybe this post can help you. The most interessant part is last sentence saying : * *Update 7/25/10: Fixed in an iTunes update. What version of iTunes are you running ?	Q: What does "The information on this page is out dated" mean when updating apps in iTunes When ever I try to download updates of my iApps in iTunes I get a dialog that says "The information on this page is out dated". If I hit "Check for updates" again all is well. Does anyone know what causes this? A: Maybe this post can help you. The most interessant part is last sentence saying : * *Update 7/25/10: Fixed in an iTunes update. What version of iTunes are you running ?	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 91, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:144", "question_score": "2", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/584" }
83d4e10b29e54be3fcf1ab726c22311b80d475b0	Apple Stackexchange Q: How do I stop iOS 4 from draining the battery of my 2nd gen iPod Touch overnight? Every since "upgrading" my 2nd generation iPod Touch to iOS 4, it seems to lose power overnight (when not plugged in). What can I do to fix this? I have tried a restore and that did not work. Seen as a problem in releases iOS 4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.1 A: * If you don't need any network activity, I would recommend enabling Airplane Mode overnight. Failing that, disable bluetooth and/or wifi if they are unnecessary *Disable as much Spotlight search as you can afford to by going to Settings->General->Home Button->Spotlight Search.	Q: How do I stop iOS 4 from draining the battery of my 2nd gen iPod Touch overnight? Every since "upgrading" my 2nd generation iPod Touch to iOS 4, it seems to lose power overnight (when not plugged in). What can I do to fix this? I have tried a restore and that did not work. Seen as a problem in releases iOS 4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.1 A: * If you don't need any network activity, I would recommend enabling Airplane Mode overnight. Failing that, disable bluetooth and/or wifi if they are unnecessary *Disable as much Spotlight search as you can afford to by going to Settings->General->Home Button->Spotlight Search. A: You should wait until Apple releases iOS 4.1 that should improve overall performances on old iDevices, like iPod Touch 2G and iPhone 3G. A: You may want to check any applications running in the "multi-task" mode. I had a issue with my iPhone 4 dieing quickly when I had certain apps still trying to queue the network. Good luck! A: I have an iPhone 4 and went through this issue with Apple Genius Bar guys and Level 2 support over the phone. The conclusion was the when a contact is modified on the iPhone/iPod in an Exchange account (like Gmail) the device gets into and endless loop trying to update the remote database. It stops only when finally the device is connected to a data plan or wifi connection to the server to be updated. Strangely enough the issue is only with contacts, not with calendar or mails. It was discovered with 4.0 and it is still valid for 4.3.3.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 270, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:145", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/585" }
9074c511dfbc1088f62b3bec8e2b8bb2e84be265	Apple Stackexchange Q: LaunchDaemon not recognised I've installed CouchDB via MacPorts. Now I want to start it when my Mac boots, so I executed the instructions given in the install process: sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist However this doesn't seem to work. I've looked inside the LaunchDaemons directory, and the plist file is there (as a symlink): lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 57 18 aug 10:11 org.apache.couchdb.plist -> /opt/local/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist The contents of the actual plist file seem ok (however I have no real knowledge of how it should look): <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.apache.couchdb</string> <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>HOME</key> <string>~</string> </dict> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/opt/local/bin/couchdb</string> </array> <key>UserName</key> <string>couchdb</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/dev/null</string> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/dev/null</string> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> When I execute /opt/local/bin/couchdb manually, the process is created, so no problems there. It just seems the launch daemon skips this command. Any thoughts on how to fix this? A: Try the following (one-line command) : sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /opt/local/var/lib/couchdb/ /opt/local/var/log/couchdb/ /opt/local/etc/couchdb/ /opt/local/var/run/couchdb Then reboot. If it doesn't work, what version of MacPorts and CouchDB do you have ?	Q: LaunchDaemon not recognised I've installed CouchDB via MacPorts. Now I want to start it when my Mac boots, so I executed the instructions given in the install process: sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist However this doesn't seem to work. I've looked inside the LaunchDaemons directory, and the plist file is there (as a symlink): lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 57 18 aug 10:11 org.apache.couchdb.plist -> /opt/local/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist The contents of the actual plist file seem ok (however I have no real knowledge of how it should look): <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.apache.couchdb</string> <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>HOME</key> <string>~</string> </dict> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/opt/local/bin/couchdb</string> </array> <key>UserName</key> <string>couchdb</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/dev/null</string> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/dev/null</string> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> When I execute /opt/local/bin/couchdb manually, the process is created, so no problems there. It just seems the launch daemon skips this command. Any thoughts on how to fix this? A: Try the following (one-line command) : sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /opt/local/var/lib/couchdb/ /opt/local/var/log/couchdb/ /opt/local/etc/couchdb/ /opt/local/var/run/couchdb Then reboot. If it doesn't work, what version of MacPorts and CouchDB do you have ? A: I'm not specifically familiar with CouchDB, but I see a couple of potential problems with your .plist file: first, the HOME value being set is weird -- it should be a specific folder path (i.e. wherever you put the couchdb user's home folder), not ~. Second, I suspect you also need to set the PATH environment variable so CouchDB can find the other optional programs you've installed. So that section of the .plist should look something like this: <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>HOME</key> <string>/usr/local/var/lib/couchdb</string> <key>PATH</key> <string>/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin</string> </dict> (Note: the above values are guesses based on a little googling -- you may need to adjust them to where your CouchDB user's home is and/or where your add-on binaries folders are.) To load the changed .plist file, use: sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.couchdb.plist If that doesn't solve the problem, there are a couple of places to look for more info about what's going wrong: first, take a look at the system log (/var/log/system.log), either with the Console utility or a command line tool; it'll have any errors that launchd ran into while trying to process the .plist file or start CouchDB. Second, follow Mark's suggestion about changing StandardOutPath and StandardErrorPath to real files, and looking at what shows up there. This isn't needed if everything's configured properly, but can be very useful for finding out what's wrong when there's a problem (and you can switch them back to /dev/null after the problem has been solved).	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 417, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:146", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/590" }
803a1b8d37b5d40cff1cb0136baf47e3c9fb35df	Apple Stackexchange Q: How can I get rid of Safari 5's "awesome bar"? Safari 5 came with a copycat of Firefox "awesome" bar, completing text as your type an url with history of previous title pages you've seen, and not just previous URLs. How to get rid of this annoyance? A: I haven't tried it and I don't know if it'll solve your problem, but Shaun Inman created a Safari extension called SMRT that disables its auto-complete behavior.	Q: How can I get rid of Safari 5's "awesome bar"? Safari 5 came with a copycat of Firefox "awesome" bar, completing text as your type an url with history of previous title pages you've seen, and not just previous URLs. How to get rid of this annoyance? A: I haven't tried it and I don't know if it'll solve your problem, but Shaun Inman created a Safari extension called SMRT that disables its auto-complete behavior. A: You could try the following : default write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4IncludeFancyURLCompletionList -bool NO default write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari5IncludeFancyURLCompletionList -bool NO # note the 5 instead of 4 in the second command. I know the one with 4 exists, but I'm not sure for the one with 5. At least, you could try these commands (each one or both), they won't hurt the system.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 138, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:147", "question_score": "7", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/591" }
24b18b5de2956f19709fa47705fd346f1c3d8cd6	Apple Stackexchange Q: MacBook Pro keyboard backlighting loses current setting? I recently bought the 13" MacBook Pro and using the function keys set the keyboard backlighting to be four steps below the maximum setting, as indicated by the graphic that appears on the screen. Often when I boot the computer or open the lid after a sleep period, if I adjust the backlighting by one step then I notice that it has a noticeably different value to what I set it to. For example, it might have dropped from near the maximum value to the half way setting. Is this normal behaviour of the Mac adjusting the backlighting level for the ambient lighting conditions? Or should the on screen graphic retain the same number of bars regardless of whether I'm outside in brilliant sunshine or in a darkened room? A: Yes, it actually is normal. If you are in a well lit room, then the backlighting will refuse to turn on. So no, the onscreen graphic would not retain the same number of bars unless you stay in the same room or do not change into different lighting environments.	Q: MacBook Pro keyboard backlighting loses current setting? I recently bought the 13" MacBook Pro and using the function keys set the keyboard backlighting to be four steps below the maximum setting, as indicated by the graphic that appears on the screen. Often when I boot the computer or open the lid after a sleep period, if I adjust the backlighting by one step then I notice that it has a noticeably different value to what I set it to. For example, it might have dropped from near the maximum value to the half way setting. Is this normal behaviour of the Mac adjusting the backlighting level for the ambient lighting conditions? Or should the on screen graphic retain the same number of bars regardless of whether I'm outside in brilliant sunshine or in a darkened room? A: Yes, it actually is normal. If you are in a well lit room, then the backlighting will refuse to turn on. So no, the onscreen graphic would not retain the same number of bars unless you stay in the same room or do not change into different lighting environments.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 187, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:149", "question_score": "4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/600" }
6ca736be6c2126be4c38ad003762a9f2cadb8214	Apple Stackexchange Q: Is there any way to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes? I purchased a book and have it in ePub and PDF formats. I can easily add the PDF to iBooks from Safari. However, I can't find a method to get an ePub book into iBooks without iTunes. I'm away from my laptop with iTunes where my iPhone syncs, so that's not an option at the moment. Is there anyway to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes? A: Now you can use dropbox. Put the epub in dropbox and open them using the dropbox app in ipad. Dropbox will not be able to open epub but you can choose to open it in ibooks or other supported apps.	Q: Is there any way to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes? I purchased a book and have it in ePub and PDF formats. I can easily add the PDF to iBooks from Safari. However, I can't find a method to get an ePub book into iBooks without iTunes. I'm away from my laptop with iTunes where my iPhone syncs, so that's not an option at the moment. Is there anyway to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes? A: Now you can use dropbox. Put the epub in dropbox and open them using the dropbox app in ipad. Dropbox will not be able to open epub but you can choose to open it in ibooks or other supported apps. A: GoodReader is capable of this. You can add a bookmark in Safari which will save the linked ePub into GoodReader's "filesystem", from where you can tap the ePub file and open it in iBooks. As an aside, GoodReader makes a fairly good Swiss army knife tool for file management on non-jail broken iPads. A: Calibre might work. It's pretty flexible. Here's the calibre conversion list. A: Just download an app like "iFlashDrive", this way you can copy ePubs from any computer with iTunes even if it is not the one syncing with iTunes. Then you copy the files on the iPad/iPhone. In iFlashDrive you select "Send via EMail", then press "cancel", then go in the Mail-App and select the Mail from Drafts and delete it. Now go to the Trash and from there you can open the Attachment in iBooks :) A: What you need is some way to get it on your device: for this there are a lot of options available (and some are mentioned above). Personally I have used two methods to achieve this. The first one is easy: place the file in Dropbox. The second one is a bit more complicated, but preferred as it does not involve an external application or service on your Mac or your iDevice. * Open Terminal cd to the directory where the ePub is placed (or drag the directory in the Terminal window) Type (or copy/paste) python -m SimpleHTTPServer Open on your iDevice Safari Enter the IP address of your Mac (you can find this in the "Network" pane of "System Preferences"), along with the port number opened by the SimpleHTTPServer (default 8000). E.g. if your IP address is 192.168.0.187, enter 192.168.0.187:8000 into the Mobile Safari address bar. The directory can be viewed as a simple listing: all files are shown as links. Click on the title of your ePub and it is downloaded to your device. Mobile Safari offers you the applications that can open ePub files (I only use iBooks for this). Close the server in Terminal on your Mac with keystroke "CTRL-C". A: If you email the epub file to yourself, opening the attachment in iBooks will be an option in iOS Mail. A: At the moment, you can't add ePub to iBooks without using iTunes (at least for non-jailbroken iDevices). You could use Stanza that supports this feature. Maybe, one day, Apple will add this functionality. A: You can use iTools for this. It's free and allows you to import/export PDFs and ePUB files for iBooks. But it also allows import/export of pictures and videos. Works for Windows and Mac OS X. iTools does not need to be installed and can even be used as a portable app. Keep in mind: iTunes needs to be installed and have a trusting relationship with your iPhone/iPad. See also: Copy PDF or ePUB without iTunes A: Get any of a number of free or paid book-reading apps on your iPhone. Marvin is a good example of such a free app. On your computer, download CopyTrans Apps which is a free beta program that can add files and documents to iPhone apps Connect the iPad and let the iOS apps load in the program window Click on the Marvin app or on the reader-app you have installed on your iPad From the right-hand side of the program window click on Add Documents and browse to the ePub book file on your computer Source: How to transfer ePUB books and PDF documents to iPad A: AirDrop AirDrop is Apple’s new (2011) technology for quickly and easily sharing files between computers and devices over a shared Wifi or Bluetooth. Works on many of the later models of Macs and iOS devices. As of OS X Yosemite and later, Macs can communicate with iOS devices over AirDrop (two separate worlds before that). On the Mac, in the Finder app, choose Go > AirDrop. Wait a long moment as your Mac probes the network. Any running iPad or iPhone currently running on the same wifi should appear within the Finder window. On your Mac, in the Finder, drag your .epub files on to the desired device that appeared in the Finder window. A message appears on the iOS device telling you that copying is in process. On the iOS device, in the panel that appears, tap which app should accept the files. You probably want to tap the iBooks item. Done. A: Use a file manager and copy the epub to the correct folder. It should be there the next time you open the app. A: I purchased an item called 'SanDisk Wireless Flash' that now allows me to load or copy from any of my iDevices (pads, phones, etc). It is a small USB device that creates a small area WiFi zone (a few meters at best). First you connect it to your PC and drop whatever data you want on it. Next, you connect to the device through the wireless app on the device and it allows you to see what is on the wireless device and to download what you want: books, pictures, movies, documents, etc. I bought a 32 GB device but there is at least a 64 GB one. It has been wonderful when I want to share data with family and friends. It also helps expand the memory capacity of the iDevice you are using for only a small financial cost. I am completely satisfied with mine. A: yes there is a way to send ePub files to iBooks without iTunes. copy trans manager ;) will allow u to sync music and books without the itunes hassle	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 1065, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:151", "question_score": "18", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/611" }
29c16ac3b2d7a5860c5285e549b4eba9bfd24e4b	Apple Stackexchange Q: iOS MobileMe Sync Hey does anyone know if there is a public framework to sync data between iOS devices using MobileMe? I've tried googling it and have come up empty. A: Basically, you could use MobileMe as a WebDAV server to sync your data OTA. This is, for example, what Wallet uses.	Q: iOS MobileMe Sync Hey does anyone know if there is a public framework to sync data between iOS devices using MobileMe? I've tried googling it and have come up empty. A: Basically, you could use MobileMe as a WebDAV server to sync your data OTA. This is, for example, what Wallet uses. A: I don't believe that there is yet. Apple have a MobileMe SDK on the desktop, but haven't released anything for iOS as yet. And if memory serves, I can't recall having seen any iOS apps that use MobileMe for syncing, beyond the built-in Calendar, AddressBook and Notes apps.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 102, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:153", "question_score": "1", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/616" }
f053a84c0fc396c5b060404713ddee348703233b	Apple Stackexchange Q: Can I move an existing iPhoto library to a location on a network-drive so I can use it from multiple apple computers? How do I do that? (including what I need to do to iPhoto on all my apple computers) Are there any disadvantages? A: You can do it, but do it with caution. I've run network home directories before, which is essentially what you're describing, and iPhoto supports it fine. On your standard Desktop OS, simply create alias to the iPhoto library on your network share in your User home directory photos folder. You can also set iPhoto to use a new library in a new location by opening iPhoto with Option (Alt) held down, where it will then prompt you to locate the new library (which would be on your network share). The biggest issue you'll have to address is ensuring it's not open and being edited by two iPhoto instances at the same time. I'm not 100% sure how it will behave, but you can bet not well. You could get situations where photos become orphaned, etc.	Q: Can I move an existing iPhoto library to a location on a network-drive so I can use it from multiple apple computers? How do I do that? (including what I need to do to iPhoto on all my apple computers) Are there any disadvantages? A: You can do it, but do it with caution. I've run network home directories before, which is essentially what you're describing, and iPhoto supports it fine. On your standard Desktop OS, simply create alias to the iPhoto library on your network share in your User home directory photos folder. You can also set iPhoto to use a new library in a new location by opening iPhoto with Option (Alt) held down, where it will then prompt you to locate the new library (which would be on your network share). The biggest issue you'll have to address is ensuring it's not open and being edited by two iPhoto instances at the same time. I'm not 100% sure how it will behave, but you can bet not well. You could get situations where photos become orphaned, etc. A: You should note that iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, saving edits and sharing the photos. Recent versions of iPhoto will not allow you to move or create a library on a NAS. Workaround: Put the library on a Disk Image formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and store that on the NAS A: To answer your question:~ You should be able to drag the iPhoto Library from the pictures folder in your home directory straight to the networked drive. If it's refusing to do that then you might have to re-check ur permissions from GET INFO. It will be easier for you to share your library by going into iPhoto preferences and and sharing tab, assuming you are using 10.6 Snow Leopard.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 330, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:154", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/621" }
c3228813e1eed04b8fab0b081a9c5cad8efa8dd1	Apple Stackexchange Q: 2007 Macbook shows black screen and cursor when woken from sleep. What should I do? When I open the lid from my MacBook, occasionally (not always) it will just show a black screen and a cursor, and the hard drive is spinning, but the log on dialog will never show up. Sometimes it shows up after a minute or two, sometimes it doesn't, so I close the lid - wait five seconds - and try again. Does this sound like an issue anyone has heard of before? A: I've had this happen too. Solutions that occasionally work: * Close the lid, wait for the 'sleeping' light pulses from the front of the laptop, then reopen and try again. Type my password (I have password protected sleep/screensaver) and hit enter blind. Wait a few minutes Sleep the computer by hitting the power button once (not holding it down), then waking it up. Swearing profusely Solutions that almost always work: *Force rebooting.	Q: 2007 Macbook shows black screen and cursor when woken from sleep. What should I do? When I open the lid from my MacBook, occasionally (not always) it will just show a black screen and a cursor, and the hard drive is spinning, but the log on dialog will never show up. Sometimes it shows up after a minute or two, sometimes it doesn't, so I close the lid - wait five seconds - and try again. Does this sound like an issue anyone has heard of before? A: I've had this happen too. Solutions that occasionally work: * Close the lid, wait for the 'sleeping' light pulses from the front of the laptop, then reopen and try again. Type my password (I have password protected sleep/screensaver) and hit enter blind. Wait a few minutes Sleep the computer by hitting the power button once (not holding it down), then waking it up. Swearing profusely Solutions that almost always work: *Force rebooting. A: Yeah, I've had this issue very occasionally on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, I've never found a reliable solution to it. Normally I simply killed the machine and rebooted. I've always suspects it's simply an issue of the hardware/software not syncing up quite right on wake, which is something that can and does frequently happen on all manner of Mac and PC hardware. A: I have a MacBook with Snow Leopard and sometimes this is happening to me too. Usually I just close the lid again, wait a minute or such for the light to begin to pulse, open the lid again and then everything works normally. A: This often happened with my 2006 Macbook running OSX 10.4 (Tiger), but then went away entirely once I upgraded OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard).	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 293, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:155", "question_score": "4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/623" }
4435e709c1975f5bd8c06c4d18a76375bf485c72	Apple Stackexchange Q: How do you use iPad? I've bought the device lately and I use it almost everyday for mail, calendars, web and such stuff. But I have a feeling that I haven't even scratched the surface. Could you share your own ways of using it? Do you use it for work? A: Here's how I use mine: * Pages - create rough drafts for blog posts and gather ideas for future posts. I've written whole term papers on the iPad. Kindle App (awesome) iBooks - pdf's and ebooks can be imported into it. Great for doing research (see item 1). I use several great stock market apps to do research. Evernote (it's the best idea gathering tool) Mindmapping, general brainstorming and flow charts with Penultimate and Adobe Ideas. Twitter RSS Reader Import photos from my DSLR for viewing and quick fixes (PS Mobile). Watch college lectures. I could probably keep going. The iPad has become an essential device for me.	Q: How do you use iPad? I've bought the device lately and I use it almost everyday for mail, calendars, web and such stuff. But I have a feeling that I haven't even scratched the surface. Could you share your own ways of using it? Do you use it for work? A: Here's how I use mine: * Pages - create rough drafts for blog posts and gather ideas for future posts. I've written whole term papers on the iPad. Kindle App (awesome) iBooks - pdf's and ebooks can be imported into it. Great for doing research (see item 1). I use several great stock market apps to do research. Evernote (it's the best idea gathering tool) Mindmapping, general brainstorming and flow charts with Penultimate and Adobe Ideas. Twitter RSS Reader Import photos from my DSLR for viewing and quick fixes (PS Mobile). Watch college lectures. I could probably keep going. The iPad has become an essential device for me. A: I use it mainly to read my rss feeds in the morning. It has pretty much replaced my laptop in the lounge at night, while the desktop still remains for serious processing power when needed. A: I didn't get the memo about the iPad only being for 'consumption'. I do a lot of painting on my iPad... http://www.flickr.com/photos/acute-distress/sets/72157622067589687/ A: With log me in for iPad, I can control my Mac/PC remotely so that I don't need to carry my Macbook pro anymore at a meeting. With GPS drive motion X, I have a cool GPS, so I don't need a TomTom anymore. A: I am a financial blogger, but wrote an article about Evernote on the iPad. The article addresses how to use "Bookmarklets" on the iPad. These are little Java scripts that can let you clip a page to Evernote (one of the killer iPad apps) save a bookmark to deli.cio.us or other. Between these two apps, when I am away from home and surfing on the iPad, it's easy to save items for further review. A: Today, I've used exclusively my iPad at work. I checked emails, made some transactions on the Web-based ERP, used the VPN and called with my Cisco Mobile Phone on the iPad, and attended a Webex meeting. The battery lasted for the whole workday. A: The iPad is just an entertainment device. It's good for viewing movies, checking email, playing games, but for not for real functionality that work would require. The meaty part of the device you haven't scratched yet are the millions of apps available. Generally though, laptops are for work, and iPads are for entertainment.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 436, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:156", "question_score": "-1", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/634" }
b4ff7ef335e636b7c6e4fab9803f4f36ae68f531	Apple Stackexchange Q: Upload photos to specified photo album, on iPad Are there any ways to move photos from the default album to a specified album? Maybe there exist some iPad apps for that? I know how to do that using iTunes, but you know, it's very uncomfortable :( A: Unfortunately, no. The iPad (as of 3.2.1) does not support the manipulation of photo albums by code running on an iPad through any approved mechanism.	Q: Upload photos to specified photo album, on iPad Are there any ways to move photos from the default album to a specified album? Maybe there exist some iPad apps for that? I know how to do that using iTunes, but you know, it's very uncomfortable :( A: Unfortunately, no. The iPad (as of 3.2.1) does not support the manipulation of photo albums by code running on an iPad through any approved mechanism.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 73, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:157", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/635" }
8dc203c3f743fafb16c84d926c8e86b5b36537e4	Apple Stackexchange Q: Why is my Macbook Pro getting so slow? On my MacBook Pro (Year 2009) it takes a long time until I'm logged in or until when a program is started. From day to dayit's getting slower. Programs like Safari or Word or MonoDevelop take up to 2 min until it's started. Would it be Win95/98/XP, I would reformat and reinstall everything. But what are the possibilites with a Mac and OS X? Is there a performance monitor? Thanks for any hints. My Mac has: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM A: You want to look at /Application/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app. This will tell you what processes are running and what's taking up the most ram/cpu. It'll also show you how much ram you're using, how much of your cpu you're using, and how much network and harddrive i/o you're doing. This is the starting point if you want to troubleshoot performance, since it'll show you where your bottlenecks are and what's slowing you down.	Q: Why is my Macbook Pro getting so slow? On my MacBook Pro (Year 2009) it takes a long time until I'm logged in or until when a program is started. From day to dayit's getting slower. Programs like Safari or Word or MonoDevelop take up to 2 min until it's started. Would it be Win95/98/XP, I would reformat and reinstall everything. But what are the possibilites with a Mac and OS X? Is there a performance monitor? Thanks for any hints. My Mac has: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM A: You want to look at /Application/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app. This will tell you what processes are running and what's taking up the most ram/cpu. It'll also show you how much ram you're using, how much of your cpu you're using, and how much network and harddrive i/o you're doing. This is the starting point if you want to troubleshoot performance, since it'll show you where your bottlenecks are and what's slowing you down. A: First of all, I would start to check your login items. Open System Preferences, go to Accounts, on the left pane, select your account and go on the Login Items tab. There, will be listed all your programs that start up when you log in. Remove everything you don't need to run on your system startup. -- Also, try to reindex your computer. To do so, either install Alfred (it's an app launcher, but I know it offers an option to reindex Spotlight in one click) or open Spotlight preferences in System Preferences go to the Privacy tab and drag the Volume under which is install Mac OS X, wait a few seconds and remove it. There's also a command line magic you'll probably find in the interwebs. Be aware that it might a long time to reindex, depending on the number of files you have. But it could really speed up your system. A: There could be several things here that are creating the lag time, but there is never a need to reinstall everything. Plan A: I actually do these things on the first Monday of every month Purge Caches: Macintosh HD/Library/Caches/ and Macintosh HD/Users/UserName/Library/Caches/. You lose some of your application preferences, but things are all but guarenteed to be snappy. Repair Permissions with the Disk Utility: You can either view permissions or fix permissions. Just go straight for fixing permissions and get a cup of tea and read a magazine while you wait. Reboot on a regular basis: I don't care what anybody says about uptime; the occasional reboot does wonders. My Macs are real workhorses, and I reboot Monday mornings when I get in. I rarely, if ever these days, have problems. Plan B: The Not So Obvious Let Spotlight index when it finds new stuff: Spotlight makes for good searches, but it's indexing processes are a real hassle. If things slow down, I first look for the little dot in the magnifying glass in the menu bar icon. If that's going, I go get a cup of coffee or find something else to do. Look for background services you may have forgotten: Also, look for any background processes that may be dragging things down. Look at your login items in the System Preferences, because maybe you have some kind of a server daemon that loads in the background you forgot about. Or maybe you have your iTunes library shared and enough people are on listening to content to slow things down (this was also a problem at my company). Check free hard drive space: I have also noticed in the past that things can slow down if I don't have enough hard drive space. Things really get wonky on my Macs when I have less than 10% free space, so I start cleaning things off when I am at the 20% free space threshold. Plan C: System Level Look for multiple, related processes: Check Activity Monitor for anything that might be hogging CPU time. Don't just look for a single process that has a high number, but also look multiple processes that might be related. I recently had a problem with McAfee AntiVirus (my company's IT department foisted it onto us) trying to almost continuously scan my iDisk. No process got above 2%, but there were over a half dozen of them. Once I disconnected my iDisk, McAfee was no longer a problem. Let overnight processes run: Most days I leave my Macs on all day and all night because there a number of system processes that run at around 2:00a, Sunday mornings being especially important (that's when the weekly and monthly processes run). Do a quick reboot and all should be well. Plan Z Apple Certified Technicians are your friends: Third-party system maintenance software is not. I've been working with Macs for years and the one immutable fact that I have learned is that applications designed to help maintain the system are more trouble than they are worth. When all else fails, take it in because there may be a hardware problem at this point. A: I had this problem with an old mac. Make sure your hard drive is fully functional. Mine had the exact same symptoms, and it turned out that the drive was b0rk3d, and that was why Spotlight took so long , startup took so long etc.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 892, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:159", "question_score": "14", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/639" }
593989bb8b70f60d3d50097d96608b8ad73a89f6	Apple Stackexchange Q: Sorting of photos, on ipad Possible Duplicate: iPad organizing photos What is the criterion for sorting photos, are used by iTunes, when you are uploading them to iPad? I'm just trying to arrange photos in right order, before uploading to iPad, but without success, they are still unordered, when i open this album on ipad :( I've * renamed all photos as "0001.jpg", "0002.jpg", etc removed all EXIF information from this files *set identical creation and modification time it helps in most cases, but not always :( what i'm doing wrong? I don't believe that it can't do such basic things as a ordering of photos in photo album. Maybe there exists are an tool for that? ideally an app for ipad. A: For photo organization, you can't go wrong with Sort Shots. It brings the power of tagging to your photo collection; once you get everything set up you'll be able to find exactly what you're looking for in just a couple of taps. I highly recommend this app to anyone trying to get their photos organized.	Q: Sorting of photos, on ipad Possible Duplicate: iPad organizing photos What is the criterion for sorting photos, are used by iTunes, when you are uploading them to iPad? I'm just trying to arrange photos in right order, before uploading to iPad, but without success, they are still unordered, when i open this album on ipad :( I've * renamed all photos as "0001.jpg", "0002.jpg", etc removed all EXIF information from this files *set identical creation and modification time it helps in most cases, but not always :( what i'm doing wrong? I don't believe that it can't do such basic things as a ordering of photos in photo album. Maybe there exists are an tool for that? ideally an app for ipad. A: For photo organization, you can't go wrong with Sort Shots. It brings the power of tagging to your photo collection; once you get everything set up you'll be able to find exactly what you're looking for in just a couple of taps. I highly recommend this app to anyone trying to get their photos organized.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 179, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:160", "question_score": "2", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/640" }
06ba796e0c08575750d37dc700f021182b6e9a60	Apple Stackexchange Q: Which of the Apple provided free iPhone 4 cases has a large free area for dock connectors? I have an iPhone 4 and am contemplating which of the free cases I should get. I bought a basic case at Best Buy when I bought my phone. The big problem I have with this one is that the opening at the bottom for the dock connector isn't large enough to connect the adaptor I have to play music in my car (GROM iPod connector -- highly recommended). Can anyone advise on which of hte free cases has a larger dock connector? For reference, the Apple Bumper is definitely not big enough. A: I got the Incase Snap Case through the free program, and it doesn't cover the bottom of the unit at all (except for the sides) so it should work for you, unless your dock connector is massive:	Q: Which of the Apple provided free iPhone 4 cases has a large free area for dock connectors? I have an iPhone 4 and am contemplating which of the free cases I should get. I bought a basic case at Best Buy when I bought my phone. The big problem I have with this one is that the opening at the bottom for the dock connector isn't large enough to connect the adaptor I have to play music in my car (GROM iPod connector -- highly recommended). Can anyone advise on which of hte free cases has a larger dock connector? For reference, the Apple Bumper is definitely not big enough. A: I got the Incase Snap Case through the free program, and it doesn't cover the bottom of the unit at all (except for the sides) so it should work for you, unless your dock connector is massive: A: Ive manually cut a little bit connector hole in my free bumper case:)	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 163, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:162", "question_score": "1", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/645" }
0bbca0879f83b794926b705fcc2e9c442244d259	Apple Stackexchange Q: Snow leopard server: use a NAS volume as share point I have a mounted nas volume (/Volumes/Volume_1) and i would like to create a share point on this, so that it can be accessed via FTP or whatever. Yet, when in server admin > file sharing, I cannot see this volume. Is there anything I can do to see my NAS volume? PS: that's a shame, I wanted to tag my post snow-leopard-server... because I thought it made sense... but it's not possible until I earn these 150 reputations :) A: Mac OS X Server does allow the resharing of AFP mounts but not SMB/CIFS mounts. You can however get around it by using a symlink (ln -s /Volumes/Volume_1 /SOME/PATH) and share /SOME/PATH. While both options allow it to work it's not recommended (permissions, resource fork handling, max file size, etc. may cause hard to debug issues). Alternatively on the command line you can use sharing (eg. sudo sharing -a path -s shareflags)	Q: Snow leopard server: use a NAS volume as share point I have a mounted nas volume (/Volumes/Volume_1) and i would like to create a share point on this, so that it can be accessed via FTP or whatever. Yet, when in server admin > file sharing, I cannot see this volume. Is there anything I can do to see my NAS volume? PS: that's a shame, I wanted to tag my post snow-leopard-server... because I thought it made sense... but it's not possible until I earn these 150 reputations :) A: Mac OS X Server does allow the resharing of AFP mounts but not SMB/CIFS mounts. You can however get around it by using a symlink (ln -s /Volumes/Volume_1 /SOME/PATH) and share /SOME/PATH. While both options allow it to work it's not recommended (permissions, resource fork handling, max file size, etc. may cause hard to debug issues). Alternatively on the command line you can use sharing (eg. sudo sharing -a path -s shareflags)	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 164, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:165", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/656" }
4884b78b5942df868698ef9af1ba4224247e370e	Apple Stackexchange Q: How can I unstick my trackpad button? The trackpad button on my 2007 Macbook Pro seems to be sticking. Specifically, it's stuck in the "down" position, which means I'm selecting pretty much everything all the time (you wouldn't believe how frustrating it was just to ask this question). It was fine yesterday. What can I do to unstick it? A: The trackpad getting stuck is also a well known symptom of a bulging battery in the MacBook Pros of this generation. I'm dealing with this issue myself and am very annoyed about it too, because this 2007 Santa Rosa MBP I paid for is essentially the most lemon computer I've ever owned (at least four other hardware failures besides this one).	Q: How can I unstick my trackpad button? The trackpad button on my 2007 Macbook Pro seems to be sticking. Specifically, it's stuck in the "down" position, which means I'm selecting pretty much everything all the time (you wouldn't believe how frustrating it was just to ask this question). It was fine yesterday. What can I do to unstick it? A: The trackpad getting stuck is also a well known symptom of a bulging battery in the MacBook Pros of this generation. I'm dealing with this issue myself and am very annoyed about it too, because this 2007 Santa Rosa MBP I paid for is essentially the most lemon computer I've ever owned (at least four other hardware failures besides this one). A: This is going to sound dumb, but have you restarted the Mac? I've had this issue on my Magic Trackpad a couple of times and the only way I was able to cure it was with a simple restart. (At first I thought it might be because I also ran MagicPrefs, but I've since removed that and the problem still occurs sometimes). If you find a restart 'fixes' it, as I have done in the past, then it's possible that it's the software getting confused rather than a physical issue. I haven't found a Terminal invocation yet to restart the mouse driver part of the Mac but I reckon that if I found one I could probably use that to unstick the pad when the problem arises. A: I had the same exact problem and it was almost unbearable to search for help. I took out the battery but kept my MacBook connected to the adaptor and, go figure, it works like a charm. Time for a new battery! The bulging on my battery is very noticeable. A: In most models there's a screw directly beneath the trackpad that influences how hard/soft the click should be. If you have the right tools to open it up, you could try turning it a bit to see what happens. What you can try first is to press down on the button, hold it down, move your finger from left to right a few times and then let it go again. Sometimes this fixes it, but if somethings really broken or worn it probably won't work. A: I've had an iBook g4 that had this "Issue"... it turned out a cookie crumble got stuck in the space between trackpad and case (don't ask). Clicking a few times on different places on the trackpad and some canned air fixed it. Might be worth a try before you pop out the screwdrivers. A: I had something similar happen to my Macbook pro 2010. I fixed it by: * Open system preferences Click Trackpad *Uncheck Tap to click, Dragging, Drag lock, secondary click Not sure if this is the same on a 2007 model.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 481, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:166", "question_score": "4", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/662" }
ee58dc3f27e7b47b670f9f0606ac1a82c12957e8	Apple Stackexchange Q: iMac WiFi issue I leave my iMac (24') on almost 24/7, putting it to sleep while not in use. Sometimes when I resume from sleep I encounter the following: * WiFi shows full signal Loading web page in Safari loads slowly then stops WiFi sometimes shows degraded signal at this point, but sometimes it doesnt I disable then enable the Airport using the icon at the top of the screen *WiFi works as expected Rebooting the computer fixes this issue, but it is becoming annoying. Is it a know issue, and can it be resolved? A: Try to check "Disconnect when logging out" on the Advanced preferences of Airport :	Q: iMac WiFi issue I leave my iMac (24') on almost 24/7, putting it to sleep while not in use. Sometimes when I resume from sleep I encounter the following: * WiFi shows full signal Loading web page in Safari loads slowly then stops WiFi sometimes shows degraded signal at this point, but sometimes it doesnt I disable then enable the Airport using the icon at the top of the screen *WiFi works as expected Rebooting the computer fixes this issue, but it is becoming annoying. Is it a know issue, and can it be resolved? A: Try to check "Disconnect when logging out" on the Advanced preferences of Airport :	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 111, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:168", "question_score": "6", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/675" }
9a5537d8132158c27160f5ffa90526f247f0f0f0	Apple Stackexchange Q: iMac screen fogging up I leave my iMac (24') next to the sliding door in the lounge at night. The door remains open, so the air gets very cold at night. When I turn my computer on in the morning the screen fogs up inside, presumable because of the cold air inside warming up quite suddenly from the heat of the LCD. Is there an easy fix, or a way to avoid this happening? A: Consider the operating temperatures of the iMac and see if you’re not going beyond the limits. Electronics cannot (and shouldn’t) be operated beyond temperature limits. As much as heat is bad, extreme cold is not good either. As already suggested, do not expose your iMac to “very cold air at night”.	Q: iMac screen fogging up I leave my iMac (24') next to the sliding door in the lounge at night. The door remains open, so the air gets very cold at night. When I turn my computer on in the morning the screen fogs up inside, presumable because of the cold air inside warming up quite suddenly from the heat of the LCD. Is there an easy fix, or a way to avoid this happening? A: Consider the operating temperatures of the iMac and see if you’re not going beyond the limits. Electronics cannot (and shouldn’t) be operated beyond temperature limits. As much as heat is bad, extreme cold is not good either. As already suggested, do not expose your iMac to “very cold air at night”. A: I have seen this all the time in Minnesota when macs are cold much of the year. The blowers kick up air that condenses on the cold glass - especially at the bottom of the screen. As long as it's not condensing and goes away within minutes - it should be fine. If you are worried, just turn off the Mac and let it adjust to the room temperature and humidity. 30 minutes should be enough. It is rare to see “fog” from a running / warm Mac so smell or observe for smoke or other particulate contaminants like flour or fine electric smoke and evaluate if you need to shut down the Mac and fix the environment first where the Mac draws cooling air or relocate the Mac. A: I was having a similar issue when bringing my screen in from a colder temp indoors and turning it on immediately. This worked: Turn off the display (or shut down the mac if the display is integrated), then leave it for 15-30 mins. The display will defog and get acclimated to the temperature. Then you can safely turn it back on again and it will not fog up. A: I had condensation building up on the inside of the glass as well. I resolved the issue by removing the glass from the aluminum housing and allowing the humid air behind the glass to vent out. The condensation evaporated once it was exposed to the air in the room. NOTE: My monitor was warm from being powered on for an hour or so.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 390, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:169", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/676" }
c4cf6e5a1664cc1d93b5cab5f8a6b74e2112632d	Apple Stackexchange Q: MobileMe iDisk Folders What are the following (default) iDisk folders used for: * Backup Groups Library Sites Software Web If you delete them and wait a few minutes they will re-appear, but I do not know what they are used for. There is a document in them explaining their use, but it is still not clear. A: * Backup is used by the MobileMe Backup application. I don't recommend using it. Groups is for a now defunct Groups feature that they used to have. Library is used for MobileMe's syncing feature - primarily for Preferences and Bookmarks. Sites is used for webpages or anything you want shared at http://homepage.mac.com/username/. Note: PHP files, CGI files, etc. don't work. It only works with static content. Software contains free software provided by Apple to MobileMe customers (eg. the Backup application) - this doesn't affect your disk usage. Web is a folder used by iWeb - otherwise it's nearly identical to the Sites folder but is available at http://web.me.com/username	Q: MobileMe iDisk Folders What are the following (default) iDisk folders used for: * Backup Groups Library Sites Software Web If you delete them and wait a few minutes they will re-appear, but I do not know what they are used for. There is a document in them explaining their use, but it is still not clear. A: * Backup is used by the MobileMe Backup application. I don't recommend using it. Groups is for a now defunct Groups feature that they used to have. Library is used for MobileMe's syncing feature - primarily for Preferences and Bookmarks. Sites is used for webpages or anything you want shared at http://homepage.mac.com/username/. Note: PHP files, CGI files, etc. don't work. It only works with static content. Software contains free software provided by Apple to MobileMe customers (eg. the Backup application) - this doesn't affect your disk usage. Web is a folder used by iWeb - otherwise it's nearly identical to the Sites folder but is available at http://web.me.com/username	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 166, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:170", "question_score": "1", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/678" }
2fd5c3e0788e587d7ebf53138b804e1814748f05	Apple Stackexchange Q: iPhone 4 free case - replacing phone voids current order? I have recently had my iPhone replaced. An order for the free bumper case had already been placed using my old phone for which I received a confirmation email, but I did not get an email stating that the order had been cancelled when the phone was replaced. If I launch the free iphone case application I am able to place another order, but I do not want to if my current one is en-route. Does anyone know what's happening in this scenario? A: You likely will be able to order, and receive, another case. I had purchased a bumper for my iPhone 4 a few days after I got it, and yet the free case app let me order another case for free in addition to refunding my bumper purchase.	Q: iPhone 4 free case - replacing phone voids current order? I have recently had my iPhone replaced. An order for the free bumper case had already been placed using my old phone for which I received a confirmation email, but I did not get an email stating that the order had been cancelled when the phone was replaced. If I launch the free iphone case application I am able to place another order, but I do not want to if my current one is en-route. Does anyone know what's happening in this scenario? A: You likely will be able to order, and receive, another case. I had purchased a bumper for my iPhone 4 a few days after I got it, and yet the free case app let me order another case for free in addition to refunding my bumper purchase. A: The iPhone 4 Case Program app allowed me to order another case directly after getting my replacement phone. I was determined to do the right thing and wait to see if my original shipment was fulfilled before ordering another one. It seems that my original order has shipped and I can no longer order another case through the app.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 202, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:171", "question_score": "1", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/681" }
063a7d0c3941de5a2db5600ff72486b5b50ba6fc	Apple Stackexchange Q: What are some great OS X games? Despite being a "subjective" question, it is a useful one for newcomers to the Apple platform, and serves to aide the lacking gaming community. What are your favorite OS X games? Rules: * Limit to one application per answer. Add a short description for the application Add a link to the website in the name of the application, if possible (no direct downloads). Use ## [game name](link) when citing the game. Only Mac OS X games please, iOS games will be in another question. A: Osmos Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax… good things come to those who wait.	Q: What are some great OS X games? Despite being a "subjective" question, it is a useful one for newcomers to the Apple platform, and serves to aide the lacking gaming community. What are your favorite OS X games? Rules: * Limit to one application per answer. Add a short description for the application Add a link to the website in the name of the application, if possible (no direct downloads). Use ## [game name](link) when citing the game. Only Mac OS X games please, iOS games will be in another question. A: Osmos Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax… good things come to those who wait. A: Machinarium The goal of Machinarium is to solve a series of puzzles and brain teasers. The puzzles are linked together by an overworld consisting of a traditional "point and click" adventure story. The overworld's most radical departure is that only objects within the player character's reach can be clicked on. A: World of Warcraft From its Wikipedia page: World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise. A: Torchlight Torchlight is an action role-playing-game for the PC made by the creators of Diablo, Fate, and the never-released Mythos among other games. Set in the mining town of Torchlight, players will adventure to uncover the mysteries of the Ember mines. It offers a fully featured character leveling system, randomized dungeons, hordes of monsters, and gobs of great loot. (from the FAQ) Torchlight for Mac OS X is available over Steam. A: Dragon Age: Origins "You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of a legendary order of guardians. With the return of an ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have been chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the archdemon once and for all. Start your adventure by picking your class as a Human, Elf, or Dwarf. Then after that, it is all up to you. The choices you make guide the path you take through the Ninth Age: The Dragon Age." (From Bioware, the creators of Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Mass Effect – so you know it's going to be fantastic.) A: Counter Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source (officially abbreviated CS:S) is an FPS video game developed by the Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won either by completing an objective (such as detonating a bomb or rescuing hostages) or by eliminating all members of the opposing team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Source A: Peggle and Peggle Nights If you're into casual gaming, this is for you. It's a simple, yet maddeningly addictive puzzle game that's gotten me through a lot of boring lectures. A: Portal Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay. A: World of Goo A physics-based puzzle game where you have to build structures with balls of Goo to accomplish various tasks. Has a very cool and weird, if a little dark, atmosphere to it. A: Bejeweled 2 Get set to play the PopCap game that set the standard in casual gaming! Match sparkling gems three at a time to make them burst in showers of color and points. Match four or more to create flashy power gems that boost your score and your mood with brilliant cascades and combos. A: Enigmo Enigmo and Enigmo 2 are respectively 2D and 3D arcade-style computer games for PC, Mac OS X and the iPhone OS developed by Pangea Software. They both involve moving certain substances into their proper containers. The music in both games was recorded by Michael Beckett. A: Eve Online EVE is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMORPG) that takes place approximately 20.000 years after our times in a galaxy on the far end of the universe. When you join EVE you assume the role of a freshly graduated „Capsuleer“, a relatively small group of elite spaceship pilots capable of controlling powerful spaceships on their own from within their capsules. Capsuleers are often referred to as "The immortals" due to the fact that the highly advanced capsules they are connected to from the inside, are capable of instantly dowloading their consciousness to a clone of themselves in the case of physical destruction. A: Altitude Altitude is a multiplayer 2-D aerial combat game. Players control one of five customizable aircraft and battle in teams across 2D landscapes. As a player gains experience in battle they unlock new planes and customizations called perks. The game has been described by the press as a cross between Teeworlds, Team Fortress 2 and an RPG. Altitude is primarily an online game with some offline skirmish options and bot support. There are several modes, and plane customizations. Source: wikipedia Altitude is also available on Steam. It's great for killing 5 minute break, and also for spending few hours. It's very addictive. A: Minecraft Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens. Perhaps the greatest game I've ever played. A: Civilization IV From its Wikipedia page: Civilization IV is a turn-based game in which the player builds an empire from very limited initial resources. All standard full-length games begin in 4000 BC with a settler who builds a single city. From there, the player expands an empire while contending with rival nations, using the geography, developing infrastructure, and encouraging scientific and cultural progress. By default, players can win the game by accomplishing one of five goals: conquering all other civilizations, controlling a supermajority of the world's land and population, being the first to land a sleeper ship in the Alpha Centauri star system, increasing the Culture ratings of three different cities to "legendary" levels, or by being declared "World Leader" by winning a popularity election through the United Nations. If the game's clock runs out (by default in the year 2050 AD) with none of these goals fulfilled by any nation, the nation with the highest score is declared the winner. It's one of the most thoughtful and addictive game I've ever played. Can't wait for version V. A: Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress® 2 (TF2) is the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map. This year's most anticipated online action game, TF2 delivers new gametypes, a signature art style powered by Valve's next generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more. Unlike other "class-based" games that offer a variety of combat classes only, Team Fortress 2 packs a wild variety of classes which provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills. Play as the flame-throwing Pyro, the room clearing Heavy, or the Spy, a master of disguises. Other classes include: Scout, Sniper, Medic, Engineer, Demoman, or Soldier. TF2 features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date - and the most exciting class-based action ever created. A: StarCraft II From its Wikipedia page: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft. Released on July 27, 2010, StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game is built around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoid genetic assimilators; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes both new and returning characters and locations from the original game. A: Braid Certainly the most original platformer I've ever played. Its puzzles and interesting because you also manipulate time, which I've never seen in any other game. The graphics is beautiful, the story is interesting, and the gameplay is fantastic. A: Plants vs Zombies An addictive tower-defense-like game by Popcap, maker of a few great casual games. The game involves a homeowner using many varieties of plants to repel an army of zombies. The homeowner, along with a neighbor called Crazy Dave, must defend the homeowner's house during day or night, in the front yard and the backyard (including the swimming pool), and even on the roof. A: Half-Life 2 By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life® 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors, and even emotions, of both friends and enemies. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him. Half-Life 2 Episode 1 Half-Life® 2: Episode One is the first in a series of new adventures created by Valve that extends the Half-Life® 2 single player experience. Stepping into the hazard suit of Dr. Gordon Freeman, you face the immediate repercussions of your actions in City 17 and the Citadel. Rejoin Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, to once again aid the human resistance in their desperate battle against the totalitarian alien menace of the Combine. Episode One exposes Alyx's combat skills and knowledge of City 17 as the player battles side-by-side with her in this 4-6 hour adventure of greater density and detail than non-episodic releases. Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Half-Life® 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure. As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must battle and race against Combine forces as you traverse the White Forest to deliver a crucial information packet stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of fellow resistance scientists. Episode Two extends the award-winning Half-Life gameplay with unique weapons, vehicles, and newly-spawned creatures. Probably the best PC saga ever, now on the Mac. I can't believe no-one posted this. A: Download Steam for Mac and get access to a lot of good games on Mac A: Neverball Since this list is going to be dominated by more gamer-oriented games, I'm gonna be the voice of casual gaming. Neverball is a great 3d platform game. The main gameplay of Neverball is based on moving a ball using gravity by tilting the game world, not directly controlling the ball[2] (it is somewhat similar to the game Labyrinth without the holes in the middle). The mouse (or a similar pointing device), keyboard, or joystick tilt the level to help guide the ball to a goal, via an obstacle course, with a set time limit. Moving platforms and other crazy objects get in the way, making levels progressively harder. A: X-Moto 2D Motocycle game with lots of community build levels. X-Moto is a challenging 2D motocross platform game, where physics plays an all important role in the gameplay. You need to control your bike to its limits, if you want to have a chance to finish the most difficult challenges. I like playing X-Moto while having a short break. Most of the levels are rather short. It's not a games that takes hours to play - but you could invest some time. A: Teeworlds is a free open source fast-paced sidescrolling multiplayer-only computer game. The game features simple cartoon-themed graphics and physics, and relies heavily on classic shooter weaponry and gameplay. The controls are heavily inspired by the First-person shooter genre of computer games. Very addictive game, it's a 2-D implementation of Quake3 A: Hordes of Orcs Hordes of Orcs is a “Tower Defense” game in which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village from the Orcs emerging from, what the village elders call, “The Glowing Portal of Really Bad Things That We Should Have Bricked-Up a Long Time Ago.” Sadly, the Portal is un-bricked and the Orcs are very, very hungry. If 20 Orcs make it to your village, you’re toast. A: Freespace 2 The game continues on the story from Descent: FreeSpace, once again thrusting the player into the role of a pilot fighting against the mysterious aliens, the Shivans. While defending the human race and its alien Vasudan allies, the player also gets involved in putting down a rebellion of those elements of Vasudan (Hammer of Light) and Human (Neo Terran Front) forces which don't want to cooperate with one another. The link leads to the Freespace Source Code Project, since the original game was Windows only. Since the source code was released there have been Mac and Linux versions as well as massive improvements to graphics and textures. The community is alive and well with new campaigns and even full conversions in development. The original game content is required in order to play. You can grab it from http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freespace_2 for ($5.99 at the time of writing). Definitely worth it. A: Battlefield 2142 A multiplayer online FPS game. To me one of the best sequel of Battlefield game series. The mode "Titan" is really the best game strategy idea of the century. A: War§ow A Free Fast-Paced FPS Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Speed and movement, that’s what Warsow is all about. Like a true cyberathlete you jump, dash, dodge and walljump your way through the game. Grab those power-ups before your enemy does, plant the bomb before anyone sees you, and steal the enemy’s flag before anyone knows what’s going on! It's advanced and complete free and cross-platform Quake 3 alternative. A: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an online first-person shooter developed by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment, who also maintained Counter-Strike: Source after its release. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike franchise, excluding Counter-Strike Neo and Counter-Strike Online. It features classic content, such as old maps, as well as brand new maps, characters and game modes. It supports matchmaking and leaderboards Cross-platform multiplayer was planned between Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and PlayStation 3 players, but was ultimately limited to PC and Mac due to the differences in update frequency between the systems Global Offensive adds new weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, most notably the Molotov cocktail which temporarily covers a small area in fire, making it impossible to pass through without taking damage A: Give Trine or Trine 2 a try: Trine and Trine 2 are sidescrolling game of action, puzzles and platforming. You play as one of the Three Heroes who make their way through dangers untold in a fantastical fairytale world. Physics-based puzzles with fire, water, gravity and magic; Wicked Goblins; Climb the tallest trees and towers in the enchanted forest! The graphics are truly impressive in both of these games. There is a demo for Trine2 for mac.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 2794, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:172", "question_score": "11", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/682" }
4baf87ecd676063b0cd28e0e360b541d5061cf10	Apple Stackexchange Q: iMac gamma problem I have an iMac 24", running OSX 10.5.8. I noticed sometimes when I wake my Mac from screensaver, the gamma is off. The screen becomes very white-washed looking. I can get it back to normal gamma by firing up System Preferences -> Display without changing any settings. I do this every time and it's become very annoying. Can someone tell me what's going on and how I can fix it permanently? I don't have this problem on my MBP. A: Give Flux a try. It’s a “free” tiny application that not only will help you not burn your eyes when it’s “dark” outside, but also touches the gamma every time and perhaps when doing that it bypasses Leopard’s bug.	Q: iMac gamma problem I have an iMac 24", running OSX 10.5.8. I noticed sometimes when I wake my Mac from screensaver, the gamma is off. The screen becomes very white-washed looking. I can get it back to normal gamma by firing up System Preferences -> Display without changing any settings. I do this every time and it's become very annoying. Can someone tell me what's going on and how I can fix it permanently? I don't have this problem on my MBP. A: Give Flux a try. It’s a “free” tiny application that not only will help you not burn your eyes when it’s “dark” outside, but also touches the gamma every time and perhaps when doing that it bypasses Leopard’s bug.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 123, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:174", "question_score": "3", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/690" }
f5324c20e1d854337c1ea80b049c273eb5b7c463	Apple Stackexchange Q: What are some useful ways to use Automator? I've been using OS X for 3 generations of the OS already (Tiger --> Leopard --> SL) but haven't really ventured in using Automator much. What are the best ways to use Automator? (Best uses, time savers, etc.) A: I made an automator script that mounted my encrypted sparsebundle and then displayed it in a Finder window. I saved it as a service and then access it with a option + command + L. Its a quick way to get access to my super sensitive files while still requiring a password.	Q: What are some useful ways to use Automator? I've been using OS X for 3 generations of the OS already (Tiger --> Leopard --> SL) but haven't really ventured in using Automator much. What are the best ways to use Automator? (Best uses, time savers, etc.) A: I made an automator script that mounted my encrypted sparsebundle and then displayed it in a Finder window. I saved it as a service and then access it with a option + command + L. Its a quick way to get access to my super sensitive files while still requiring a password. A: I use it to turn the text of web pages, books, essays, etc. into audio files that I can listen to on my iPod. Just open the text file that you would like to have read to audio in TextEdit (making sure that it is frontmost in the application) and set this thing to running. Here are two more related notes: * The output is aiff (though the image above shows mp3), and at the point that I last read the Apple Mac OS X terms, and … The use of the text-to-speech feature is exclusively limited to personal use. A: Use it to whip up a quick bulk file-renamer: See 2 Ways to Batch Rename Files in OS X for a complete walkthrough. A: I use automator to convert graphics files to PNG format, a task I often need. I use Preview.app's action in automator to export file(s) in Finder to PNG. It doesn't require to open Preview and then save the files one-by-one. A: My DSLR pictures get rejected by craigslist for being to big to upload. I created a task to easily scale down pictures prior to uploading. Saves me several minutes every once in a while... A: Automator helps you automate (pun intended) repetitive actions without requiring programming knowledge. The basic building blocks of Automator are Actions. Each Action does a sigle task, that may take an input and produce an output. Automator lets you create a sequence of Actions, called Workflow. If you are familiar with UNIX it's like a UI for pipes. Here is an Automator Workflow I use a lot, especially for downloading lecture notes in PDF from my professors' sites: Creating Services is another feature I find useful. Also, you can combine the power of AppleScript with the simplicity of Automator with the "Run AppleScript" Action. As an example of both techniques, you can check out this service that opens the source of the current Safari page in TextMate. If you need more information about Automator check this Mac 101 article. If you are a developer and want to create new Actions or need more insight into Automator, check out this guide and the Apple's developer documentation. A: I use it to automatically import photos from the camera uploads folder in dropbox into iPhoto then delete the photo from the dropbox folder. Behing this I use appwolf to automatically copy files from my other halfs dropbox camera uploads folder into a shared dropbox photo folder, then have automator run the same iPhoto import script on this shared folder too. Time Machine backs up , and added to this automator copies the iPhoto database file to a Windows folder inside parallels desktop, this folder then gets backed up by carbonate backup into the cloud. The result is we never run out of space on dropbox and all our photos are automatically imported into iPhoto from both our phones and backed up by time machine locally, and, should the house burn down/get robbed to the cloud via carbonate. All this happens with complete autonomy.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 611, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:176", "question_score": "13", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/700" }
acc5503abd573c3839714bec7b2895deeb34c8ef	Apple Stackexchange Q: How do I remove files from iTunes which have been deleted on disk? When cleaning up my disk I deleted a couple of files from my music collection which iTunes was managing. Now when I try to sync a device I get an error message that it can't sync these files because they don't exist. The problem is that I can't find these files in iTunes any more to delete them. They don't appear when I search for appropriate terms. So, my question is how do I find them, and is iTunes hiding them from me in some "smart" way? A: The script from Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes is now part of a commercial application, but a version from 2011 can still be downloaded for free here. Here is a simpler script that should do more or less the same thing: tell application "iTunes" repeat with t in (get file tracks of library playlist 1) if location of t is missing value then delete t end repeat end tell	Q: How do I remove files from iTunes which have been deleted on disk? When cleaning up my disk I deleted a couple of files from my music collection which iTunes was managing. Now when I try to sync a device I get an error message that it can't sync these files because they don't exist. The problem is that I can't find these files in iTunes any more to delete them. They don't appear when I search for appropriate terms. So, my question is how do I find them, and is iTunes hiding them from me in some "smart" way? A: The script from Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes is now part of a commercial application, but a version from 2011 can still be downloaded for free here. Here is a simpler script that should do more or less the same thing: tell application "iTunes" repeat with t in (get file tracks of library playlist 1) if location of t is missing value then delete t end repeat end tell A: For adding functions to iTunes you should look at Doug;s Applescripts. There is a script to remove dead tracks. A: A roundabout way is longer, but doesn't need any scripts. * Export your library to the desktop as an xml quit iTunes and move these files to the desktop / trash * iTunes Music Library.xml iTunes Library.itl iTunes Library Extras.itdb iTunes Library Genius.itdb Start iTunes - it will look "empty" but all your programs and music are still around Drag the iTunes Media folder into your iTunes window - Library on the top left - drop the folder over Music or the other categories and iTunes will re-add them to the database, but only the files that exist still on the drive will be added Import the saved library.xml file - this will add back all the ratings, playlists, and songs that no longer exist will be cleaned out of the playlists A: I've found the easiest most reliable solution yet! No scripts, no loss of playcounts/ratings etc. Create a new playlist, say temp. Select all your the tracks you want to deal with and drag and drop them to the playlist. The new playlist will only contain valid tracks. All invalid tracks will be marked with the exclamation mark. Switch to the playlist and select all the tracks, then right-click and Uncheck Selection Switch back to Music and sort by the checkmark - now all the invalid tracks are grouped together! *Select them all and delete! You can then go and Check the songs again to make sure they get synced to devices.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 436, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:177", "question_score": "26", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/701" }
fea14e9f7c70b409a076a3802393c75cf93fee01	Apple Stackexchange Q: What iPhone apps can't you live without? What are your "must-have" iPhone or iPod touch apps—the ones you can't live without? (Figuratively speaking, I hope.) Please omit apps that come pre-installed. Rules * One app per answer. Use this format for the first two lines of your answer: ## [app name](link to website) [App Store](link to appstore) Include short description. Check for duplicates before adding new answers. *If you find a duplicate, vote it down and encourage its poster to upvote the original entry instead (and remove the dupe). Please exclude iPad-only apps from here; there's Great iPad Apps for those. Disclaimer: I know this type of question is controversial. However, great many people do find that properly implemented and curated CW polls can be useful. (If you are one of those who do not, could you simply consider ignoring this?) A: Articles App Store Best way to read Wikipedia.	Q: What iPhone apps can't you live without? What are your "must-have" iPhone or iPod touch apps—the ones you can't live without? (Figuratively speaking, I hope.) Please omit apps that come pre-installed. Rules * One app per answer. Use this format for the first two lines of your answer: ## [app name](link to website) [App Store](link to appstore) Include short description. Check for duplicates before adding new answers. If you find a duplicate, vote it down and encourage its poster to upvote the original entry instead (and remove the dupe). Please exclude iPad-only apps from here; there's Great iPad Apps for those. Disclaimer: I know this type of question is controversial. However, great many people do find that properly implemented and curated CW polls can be useful. (If you are one of those who do not, could you simply consider ignoring this?) A: Articles App Store Best way to read Wikipedia. A: OmniFocus App Store Task management application that uses the Getting Things Done (GTD) organizational method. Also available for Mac and iPad. A: Simplenote Note-taking in a better interface than the default Notes application (no Marker Felt) and notes are synched to a server for easy backups and viewing elsewhere. A: Spotify App Store For listening to music off the internet (directly on wifi/3G or via offline playlists). NB: Spotify is only available in certain countries, and Spotify Premium (€9.99 or £9.99 per month) is needed to use the iPhone app. Now with iOS 4 + iPhone 4 (unlike with my unjailbroken iPhone 3G earlier) the experience is really good, as you get background play and ability to use normal iPod playback controls (e.g. the headphone remote). In other words, it's similar to using the built-in iPod app, except that you have approximately 10 million tracks available at your fingertips. A: IMDb App Store iPhone app for the largest movie database website IMDb A: instagr.am App Store (free) It’s a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures. Snap a photo with your iPhone, choose a filter to transform the look and feel, send to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr – it’s all as easy as pie. It’s photo sharing, reinvented. Simple idea, brillantly executed. A: Dictionary.com App Store Comprehensive, yet free, dictionary & thesaurus. Key features: All word definitions come with the app—no internet connection needed Decent UI with autocomplete (no need to type in the whole word) Audio pronunciations (internet connection required for this) A: Adobe Photoshop Express App Store Great little mobile photo editor! A: Cut the Rope App Store ($0.99) The best game in the app store A: Pandora Radio App Store (free) Everyone probably knows about Pandora Radio by now. Put in a favorite artist and it helps you locate similar artists. It's helped me find many new bands. A: Dropbox App Store Conveniently access files in your Dropbox on the go. A: Trainyard App Store ($0.99 USD) A great puzzle game with tons of levels. Kept me playing for days, and I've still been unable to beat a couple levels after a couple months of having the app. There is also a free version. Intuitive, fun, and brain exercising. A: Tweetbot By Tapbots App Store (Price: $2.99) Description Tweetbot is a full-featured iPhone (and iPod touch) Twitter client with a lot of personality. Whether it’s the meticulously-crafted interface, sounds & animation, or features like multiple timelines & smart gestures, there’s a lot to love about Tweetbot. A: Remember The Milk App Store The best way to manage your tasks. A: Pulse App Store Reeder is the best RSS reader for Google Reader. But Pulse is much nicer to randomly read various feeds. A: Pocket App Store Pocket lets you save webpages to read later, even without an internet connection. Ideal for those who have iPod touch but don't have access to Wifi. Also while travelling in subway, where 3g always goes haywire. A: Doodle Jump App Store Doodle Jump™ is THE MOST ADDICTIVE GAME on the App Store. Enough said :) A: Soulver App Store ($2.99) Soulver is by far the most useful calculator app in the App Store. It's a much easier and more powerful way to work with numbers over a normal calculator. Embed text with your calculations to make it easier to see the problem you are solving. You can easily go back and make a change earlier in the calculation and have everything updated, similar to a spreadsheet. You can use several lines and reference previous lines in your calculations allowing yourself to split up long equations or even reuse parts to see different results. These can all be saved on separate sheets so it's easy to go back and reference them later. You'll never go back to a normal calculator again. (Sorry, will only let me post one hyper link) A: Flipboard App Store the best newsreader and social hub A: Twitter App Store The official Twitter client. Previously known as Tweetie 2. A: Reeder App Store Google Reader client. A: Instapaper App Store A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. A: Remote App Store Wifi remote control for iTunes music library (or Apple TV). This is made by Apple but doesn't come pre-installed. (Some have pointed out that Remote's development has stagnated, but personally I don't mind that much, as the app works as great as ever, and all major features are already there.) A: Echofon App Store (free) App Store ($4.99) A great twitter client with synchronization between the desktop version for Mac and the Firefox extension A: Viber App Store Viber is a MUST-HAVE app. Lets you make and get free calls over 3G or Wifi even the app is not running. Notifies you when there is a call for you. Also gets your contact list and notifies when a friend installs VIBER. Sound quality is amazing even on 3G. I am talking to my best buddy living in Switzerland freely via Wifi from Turkey. And VIBER is a FREE app. A: Mobile Mouse App Store (1.99$) Mobile Mouse instantly transforms your iPhone or iPod touch into an in air, wireless remote for your computer! Sit back and use this remote to surf the web, browse your photo library or control your music player from the comfort of your couch. I use an old mac-mini as a Media Center and the combi Remote+Mobile Mouse apps is gold! A: Calvetica App Store ($2.99) A beautiful, minimal calendar app without peer. Just go look. I defy you to not become more efficient with your calendar use. A: AppShopper App store (free) You can keep a list of apps you want, and it will let you know when they drop in price. A: Instacast App Store ($1.99) It's the best Podcast-App in the AppStore, and handles Podcast much better than iTunes. Download all Podcasts; automatically and in the background Stream Podcast over Edge, 3G or WiFi Continue where you left off Support for iCloud A: Facebook App Store If you're into Facebook, their official iPhone app is pretty good for staying connected with people. A: ComicBookLover App Store (free) Read .cbr and .cbz format comic books. All sorts of transfer options, including iTunes sync. Good, intuitive page flipping. Great in combination with the desktop version, which allows you to add all sorts of metadata to maintain your collection. Works best on the iPhone's 4 retina display - no need to zoom! A: MyWi (Not avaiable in app store; jailbreak required.) Turns your iPhone into a wifi hotspot. Just great! A: Shazam App Store Records a few seconds of what you're currently listening to and then shows you information about this song. Shazam is quite old by now, but still an amazing piece of software that's always useful from time to time. A: Sleep Cycle alarm clock App Store An alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns (using iPhone accelerometer) and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase. A: 1Password If you use 1Password on your Mac, the iOS app is quite handy. It can be linked to a Dropbox account therefore keeping data synchronized between your desktop and iOS device. There are regular and pro versions available for both iPhone and iPad. A: Things App Store Task management tool. The todo items can be synced (over wifi) with OS X and iPad versions. A: PlainText App Store Dropbox text editing. For editing text on iPad & iPhone. PlainText is a simple text editor with a paper-like user interface. Unlike the default Notes app, PlainText allows you to create and organize your documents in folders and sync everything with Dropbox.com. Requires iOS 3.0+ After trying different note-taking apps like SimpleNote and Evernote, I discovered this beauty a few days ago and it immediately replaced the built-in Notes app for me, both on my iPhone and my iPad. It fit my needs perfectly, and is really simple & beautifully designed. YMMV, but it's free to try. P.S. Elements is a feature-packed alternative with Markdown support and built-in email, but I'm not sure I need those features and it's $4.99. A: SoundHound App Store SoudHound seems a lot faster than Shazam. Will start to try to match a song even before the full capture. It also identified songs that Shazam didn't. And SoundHound's free version allows unlimited matches, while Shazam allows 5 per month. A: Angry Birds App Store The best game in the app store A: WhatsApp App Store WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia (beta) and yes, those phones can all message each other! To send and receive messages, WhatsApp utilizes your existing smartphone internet data plan: 3G/EDGE (or Wi-Fi when available) In addition to messaging, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry WhatsApp Messenger users can send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages. A: Cydia Cydia (jailbreak required) Cydia is a software application for iOS that is a graphical front end to APT and the dpkg package management system. It allows a user to browse and download applications for a jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. A: Server Remote App Store ($3.99) Simple app to monitor servers, including uptime, running commands, load levels, and memory. Really worth it. A: Safety Light When it comes to flashlight apps, you get what you pay for. I've tried a number of these, and the interface and technical capabilities are just right. Much, much better than the free ones. Also, it somehow manages to get the screen super-bright, lighting up an entire room without draining the battery like the new LED-using apps that have flooded the App Store. No battery warning to is this one. A: Byline App Store ($4.99 / 3.99 €) App Store (Byline Free) (free; with ads) Google Reader on the go. Byline will automatically bring you new content, putting thousands of RSS and Atom feeds at your fingertips. Even when you have no internet connection, Byline gives you instant access to complete web pages. It automatically analyses your feeds so that it can cache the ones with truncated content. This means all your news is there in full when you’re offline, and blazing fast to load when you’re online to boot. A: MoneyBook App Store ($2.99) Great app to track and manage finances. A: Prizmo for iPhone App Store ($9.99) Though it is expensive (compared to other apps that is), this is OCR done right. Works great to capture some texts, quicker than using a scanner and can also be used to import business cards. A: StreamToMe App Store ($2.99) Streams almost any video or music from your Mac or PC to the iPhone and iPad. The Mac/PC is converting the source file on the fly. Playback generally starts after 5 seconds. A: Profanity App Store ($0.99 / £0.59) The best (and only) profanity generator in the App store. Always useful in the pub. Otherwise completely pointless but great fun. A: Wikipanion App Store (free) Probably the best Wikipedia app in the AppStore. Easy navigation, nice article formatting, very fast. A: GoodReader for iPhone App Store ($2.99) Super-robust PDF reader with advanced reading, annotating, markup and highlighting capabilities, excellent file manager, TXT file reader and editor, audio/video player, Safari-like viewer for MS Office and iWorks files. This is a great app for any documents organizer and good PDF reader. It also can unzip the zip files, as it's not natively handled by iOS. I use it everyday. It used to sell $0.99, but now they increased price. A: Snappy Enable using the camera from anywhere, even while screen locked. Just configure how to activate it (mine is double tap the lock button) and take photos really, really fast. Also configure the volume button to act as a shutter. It has few more great features such as being able to take one photo after the other really quickly, proper geolocation and camera meta data. This apps is for jailbroken phones only. A: PCalc App Store ($9.99) My favourite calculator on iOS. The best feature is the optional RPN mode, but it's chockers with other goodies, a very capable tool. I've found it indispensable at university—unfortunately I still have to borrow a graphics calculator for officially invigilated exams, but when there's an in-class test sprung upon me, someone asks me to help them, or even in casual conversation when a question beyond my horrifically meagre arithmetical abilities arises, PCalc is great. It doesn't handle actual graphing, & it still handles statistics in the same horrifically bad way every physical calculator since the old HPs has, but the rest is fine: different notations, bases, button layouts, unit conversions, etc., & the (distressingly un-)usual logarithmic, hyperbolic, trigonometric et al. functions. A dedicated unit from TI, HP or Casio will completely outstrip PCalc but it makes the anaemic built-in calculator look like a child's toy. A: Anki Anki is software to help make it easier to remember things. It uses spaced repetition technology to make sure you only see the items you are having trouble remembering and the things you do remember you see less often. I can't imagine studying without it anymore. In particular it's been a huge help studying languages and I highly recommend it. The iPhone app is a companion to the desktop software and syncs through their servers. The desktop application is free, but if you find it useful the iPhone app is invaluable to studying on the go. A: WiFi2HiFi App Store (USD $3.99) Stream Grooveshark, Spotify, Pandora or any other audio player from the computer to the iPhone. A: Pastebot App Store ($3.99/€2.99) Together with its companion Mac application, let's you copy/paste from Mac to iPhone. Really handy. It also keeps clipboard data in your iPhone (example: you can copy an image from a website and keep it in Pastebot) A: TextExpander App Store ($4.99) Create shorthand strings which expand into more complex statements. For instance, you can create a snippet such that typing ssig expands to Regards, John Doe 123 Sesame St. Anywhere, USA 12345 [email protected] Snippets can include variable values, and quite a few other niceties. Many popular apps also support TextExpander, a list of which appears here. This is really useful for reducing the amount of typing repetitive or common phrases. A: Prompt App Store ($7.99) Allows you to SSH from any iOS device. I find it indispensable for doing C++ homework. A: Major League Baseball (MLB.com) Better than reading the sports page. A: Colorendar ($0.99) Simple calendar app that let's you create a "color diary." Also shows you phases of the moon. A: OPlayer App Store (€2,39) App Store, Lite version (Free) Plays almost every kind of video format, without having to transcode first. Transfer via iTunes sync or stream right from a web server. There's also an iPad version. A: Prowl App Store ($2.99) The app itself is ultimately a "dumb client" for sending push notifications to your phone. Prowl is a service used to push arbitrary text to you. There are numerous services in the wild for leveraging it to send you NAGIOS and other alerts from monitoring software, Prey Fetcher exists to push posts, @'s, DMs, and list updates to you, and anything else you're capable of dreaming up. A: Flashcards Deluxe App Store (USD 3.99) Not perfect, but possibly the best SRS app on the (U.S.) App Store. A: Epic Win App Store ($2.99) This is a great app for task management. It's a lot more fun than Things, although not as feature-full it combines a To Do list app with an RPG. Beautifully designed and useful. A: iGmail App Store (free) Just a browser wrapper to use gmail easily and quickly. I find this much better than regular Maill.app - too bad it doesn't have an offline version thus being slow and not as much reliable. A: Qik First and best real time video streaming on iPhone. 'nof said. A: Longitude (Available in Cydia; jailbroken only) Automatically feed your location into Google Latitude. A: Kirikae Brings multi-tasking to iOS 3 way before iOS 4 was born. It actually works even better than iOS 4, from my opinion, because it doesn't leave every app open (which can bring batter down quickly) but it does let you configure if you want to do that per app basis. In other words, you can configure which app you want to automatically leave in background. A: Ninjawords App Store ($1.99) A dictionary, to put it simply. It uses definitions from Wiktionary, which I find both more concise & more helpful than those of Dictionary.com, for instance. More importantly though, it's got a fast, lean & intuitive interface. No superfluous features, but I never find myself missing any functionality. It's a joy to use, unlike any other dictionary app I've tried. A: Textie App Store (free, $1.99 to remove ads) Textie provides free messaging between iOS devices a la SMS. If Textie isn't installed on the recipient device, the service will route the message to SMS on many US mobiles, & to email in every other case. Replies are delivered to Textie on the original sending device with push notifications. The icing on the cake is the slick, minimal interface. WhatsApp is already on this list, but not only does it not integrate with SMS or email, but I've always found it to have extremely variable latency, from a couple of seconds to two days. Textie's latency has never exceeded twenty seconds for me. A: ShopShop App Store (free) I feel like a bit of a dork for posting this but I find it quite useful and simple. It's just a list app. It keeps a repository of all entries you make so you can quickly add them back the next time you need it. Make a grocery list and check them off. The next time you won't have to type out items you've already used, just add them to a new list from the remembered items. A: MobileRSS Pro ~ Google RSS News Reader Pretty self-explanatory. An RSS reader for Google Reader. Simple and well-designed. A: Boxcar App Store (Free) Aggregates notifications from various services including Twitter and Facebook; the killer features of this, for me, are its integration with Buzz, which has no built-in iOS notifications, and Growl, allowing me to send notifications from scripts running on my desktop and get them on my iPod Touch. A: Papers App Store ($14.99) Tool for managing academic journal articles. Syncs with the Mac App. A: Site to Phone Bookmarklet that lets you send the current page in your browser to your mobile device of choice. A: Age Of Zombies App Store (USD $2.99) Pure awesome fun. A: Posterous App Store (free) Post to your posterous.com microblog, especially useful for posting pictures and location on-the-go. Similar to twitter feeds, but a bit nicer to view photo galleries for your viewers. It can be set up to auto-publish to twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc. A: Notebooks App Store ($5.99) Another note taking system. Can also display HTML and RTF files, and you can sort notes into a hierarchy of notebooks. A: TechNews App Store This is errr... my app, but I couldn't find any rules on this one. Anyway, it is a really cool news app about Apple and other related stuff. A: Grocery IQ App Store A great grocery list management app. Can be shared across users - so for example, I can add items at home on my iPad and the list is synchronized to my wife's iPhone while she shops. A: Twitterific for Twitter App Store A great Twitter client for iPhone and iPad. Free/ad version and paid versions available. A: Zite App Store (free) Zite is a free personalized magazine for your iPhone that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter every time you use it. A: Talkatone App Store (free) Allows you to make completely free phone calls using your Google Voice account. A: Opera Mini App Store (free) Opera Mini offers the fastest, most cost-efficient web-browsing experience for your iOS device today. Of course, if data limits/costs are of no concern, just use Safari for the most beautiful browsing experience on iOS — but Opera Mini is perfect for travelling abroad, to keep data roaming costs to a minimum, or when you’re stuck with a slow connection. A: LogMeIn Ignition App Store ($29.99) Remote control in which you can see the screen with free subscriptions and desktop versions. iPhone app costs quite a bit, but it's the best remote control for iPhone I've seem, and probably the first too. Works over web or within same intranet wifi. A: TomTom Car navigation with full offline maps for probably every country out there. TomTom is well known for their own car navigation GPS's, but this version for iphone can become very handy from times to times where you don't have one proper device. A: Zapd Great app to publish entire websites from your iPhone in a few clicks.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 3689, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:178", "question_score": "33", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/706" }
14172af5555ef9200e335c158219052db9038daa	Apple Stackexchange Q: What was the very first Apple product? I am wondering what was the very first apple product? I have heard that they have made PDA's and drawing tablet type products in the past (early days)? A: Their first product was the Apple I computer, hand-built by Steve Wozniak and first demonstrated in 1976. You'll find plenty of details about Apple's early years in this section of the Apple, Inc Wikipedia entry.	Q: What was the very first Apple product? I am wondering what was the very first apple product? I have heard that they have made PDA's and drawing tablet type products in the past (early days)? A: Their first product was the Apple I computer, hand-built by Steve Wozniak and first demonstrated in 1976. You'll find plenty of details about Apple's early years in this section of the Apple, Inc Wikipedia entry. A: "The Apple I, Apple's first product. Sold as an assembled circuit board, it lacked basic features such as a keyboard, monitor, and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case." From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I The above picture is from April 24, 1984 at the flamboyant "Apple II Forever" introduction of the Apple IIc. This was shortly after the introduction of the Macintosh, so Apple wanted to assure dealers the Apple II would continue to be supported. The Apple II product line continued until the final Apple IIGS model was discontinued in December 1992. That's the Apple I at the bottom.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 177, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:180", "question_score": "8", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/715" }
3e517dd250cc496405b148ea5f70268f4c8d7536	Apple Stackexchange Q: Is an iPhone call recorder theoretically possible? NOTE: I know neither the iPhone SDK or Objective C, just wondering if possible. I know obviously it would have to be on a Jailbroken device anyway, but it is technically possible for a iPhone call recording application to be made, or is it not possible to hook into the calls or the audio input/output? I know obviously there would be no 'official' way of doing it and certainly not from an App Store application. And I know there are call recording apps which place outgoing calls through their own servers. Just wondering if the reason it doesn't exist yet is just because no-one has coded it or if it's not actually possible? A: On Jailbroken iPhones, SpoofApp does call recording. I am not a laywer, but note that recording calls may not be legal depending on where you are and/or where the other party is.	Q: Is an iPhone call recorder theoretically possible? NOTE: I know neither the iPhone SDK or Objective C, just wondering if possible. I know obviously it would have to be on a Jailbroken device anyway, but it is technically possible for a iPhone call recording application to be made, or is it not possible to hook into the calls or the audio input/output? I know obviously there would be no 'official' way of doing it and certainly not from an App Store application. And I know there are call recording apps which place outgoing calls through their own servers. Just wondering if the reason it doesn't exist yet is just because no-one has coded it or if it's not actually possible? A: On Jailbroken iPhones, SpoofApp does call recording. I am not a laywer, but note that recording calls may not be legal depending on where you are and/or where the other party is. A: For the UK market there is also Call Recorder . It uses a premium rate number to record the call but it's available for non jailbroken iphones too. A: Just recently I discovered an app actually able to do it properly, but just for SIP calls. It's called MobileVOIP and it's on Apple Store! :D So I hope this does answer your question. Even if it's not recording a phone call, I believe it shows it's theoretically possible. A: There is no easy way since that part of the software and hardware is secured. Of course it's possible in the theoretical sense as the voice recorder and music mixing apps show the power of signal processing hardware and software has access to both streams of sound. Someone would need to re-do some or all of the iOS code and change it. But what's simple in concept is surely complex and perhaps too costly to happen in reality. You simply take the code that listens to the stream of microphone data inside the mobile Phone app and dump a file to storage as well as encoding it for voice calling. If that app calls an API rather than doing that processing itself, then you would implement the recording there. You would do the same for the incoming data and could either add time markers for later mixing or mix it down as the call is being handled. This code is of course not in place using the documented API so you would need to patch the app after a jailbreak or uncover an undocumented API to actually implement this feature. The use case is so obvious that if this were sitting there, hundreds of apps would be doing this already. A: iOS Tweak Developer Elias Limneos has released an app on Cydia called Audio Recorder (originally called Call Recorder). So it's finally possible to record calls locally on the device without having to call via premium rate numbers! Audio beeps can be disabled but there is a forced 'This Call is being Recorded' message played at the start to the other party. It currently only works with the iPhone 4S (Loudspeaker only) and iPhone 5 and a license costs $3.99 per device. EDIT - Looks like I was too slow, since I purchased this last week it has already been discontinued although existing purchasers can continue to use it there will be no further updates. I, Elias Limneos. sadly announce that I decided to stop distributing and working on "Audio Recorder" application. As of today, Audio Recorder is discontinued. Source: http://limneos.net/audiorecorder.html EDIT - He's changed his mind again and is available for sale via his own Cydia repo. A: It's definitely possible, and almost certainly unnecessary to read directly from memory. Apple's private APIs are discoverable using both Xcode and certain 3rd party Objective-C class browsers. If you need your unasked question answered ("How would one implement an iPhone call recorder?"), Then I agree with Josh K: head over to stackoverflow.com. Or get in touch with the folks at Rogue Amoeba, as they've already solved this problem on Mac OS X, which shares the exact same low-level libraries as iOS. A: Yes it's clearly possible at least by reading directly in the memory even if hook is probably much easier to do.	apple	{ "language": "en", "length": 706, "provenance": "stackexchange_00000.jsonl.gz:181", "question_score": "9", "source": "stackexchange", "timestamp": "2023-03-29T00:00:00", "url": "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/731" }