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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
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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.
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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. :)
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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.
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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$.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:)
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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)
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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.
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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 :
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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*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.
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*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.
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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.
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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.
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cda0e8d6bbaf1260aa5217293f6092757e8f43c8 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Should I stick with programming on my Apple or switch to Linux? I was wondering whether or not the switch to Linux would be worth it. I feel like programming on my MacBook Pro is fine and I was wondering what the advantages would be for staying or switching.
What would you do and why?
A: Considering OS X is a POSIX compliant unix system, you can do most of yout *nix programming on OS X anyway.
I would stick with Apple, it is a growing market and has some very good tools to help you along the way.
| Q: Should I stick with programming on my Apple or switch to Linux? I was wondering whether or not the switch to Linux would be worth it. I feel like programming on my MacBook Pro is fine and I was wondering what the advantages would be for staying or switching.
What would you do and why?
A: Considering OS X is a POSIX compliant unix system, you can do most of yout *nix programming on OS X anyway.
I would stick with Apple, it is a growing market and has some very good tools to help you along the way.
A: I program for both Mac OS X and Linux, and I agree with bromfiets - try both of them!
As somebody else has suggested, put a VM on your Mac and load up Ubuntu and give it a whirl. I do some of my Linux work that way, using VMWare on a Mac Pro. (I also program on a MacBook with Snow Leopard, and a Sony laptop that runs Ubuntu.)
User322 is quite wrong about how "effectively no difference between programming on a Mac or a Linux box". If you want to write GUI programs on a Mac, your best bet these days is to use Cocoa and Objective C, and on most Linux distros it's C with GTK+. (Most of the others others, you'd use C and KDE, and on a few, C++ and Qt.) The graphics and window management systems are radically different... I could go on and on.
On Linux, if you don't like how some component operates, you can dig into the sources and fix them, which is usually not an option on the Mac. You learn a lot, and you can make pretty good money doing that! My day jobs during much of the last five years have involved mucking around with the internals of Linux components like the X server, GTK+, and Clutter, and I now turn down work doing that these days because there's so much demand and I'm overloaded.
Apple really pushes the use of Xcode on the Mac for both editing and builds, and it's pretty good. On Linux, there's no real standard. For editing, you've got various GUI tools (kate, gedit) and terminal-based editors (vi/vim, emacs). For builds, you can do the command-line make thing, or use jam, or ant. Or you can go with an IDE like Eclipse, which is about as close as you'll find to Xcode, and in some ways is better. You get most of these tools for your Mac, but hardly anybody uses them there.
Mac and Linux programming are really different worlds, and both of them are pretty cool.
And while I like the Mac as a user... having attended WWDC off and on since the mid-80s, and also attended various Linux-oriented tech conferences like GUADEC and the Ottawa Linux Symposium... I'd attend the Linux ones over WWDC every time. They're just hackers' dreams, tons of fun, and they make the marketers stay away.
A: That depends on what your problems are with your mac and whether Linux solves them. Gotta give more detail than that, man.
Personally, I love my mac for development for a few reasons:
*
*Window management is great. At work I have two decent monitors, but when I'm coding on my little 15" MBP, having cmd-tab/cmd-` is great and Exposé is a godsend.
*I have a real unix command prompt to use for dev tasks, but still a user friendly system for more normal activities. I feel OS X has a good balance between the strengths of Linux and Windows without the need to switch between the two.
*Apple is a well-supported system. It's disadvantage is that at some levels, it can be difficult to customize it (in both hardware and software). The upshot of that is that if something goes wrong, you have a huge community of developers and users using very similar setups, whereas with Linux has both a smaller and less homogeneous userbase.
*The mainstream mac development apps (Textmate comes to mind) tend to be better designed and more usable than their Linux counterparts. Some would argue that this comes at the cost of power and control- however, most popular Linux apps can be run on OS X one way or another.
*Edit addition: Two-finger swipe scrolling. Never realized how useful this was until I had to code for 6 months on a Thinkpad.
Disclaimer: Though I interact with *nix systems all the time, I've never used Linux extensively on the desktop.
A: I suggest to not switch, but use both OS X and Linux. You will get more experience and learn to program in more than one "environment". Similary, don't stick to one single programming language. Try another one (at least).
A: Since OS X is unix-based, there's effectively no difference between programming on a Mac or a Linux box. It boils down simply to what programs and utilities (text editors, database frontends, etc) you prefer. But the Mac has infinitely better programs in this sense (at least in my humble opinion), and what utilities Linux does have are generally available on the Mac as well. Long and short, the only good reason to program on a Linux box when you have a Mac available is when you're developing an application for Linux. For everything else, just stick with your Mac.
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ca510512d84bfd9185722771d2839fc32db3a622 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Change Dock Expose Activation Time Is there a way to change the amount of time you have to click and hold on a Dock icon to activate Dock Expose? or maybe tie the right click to activate it?
A: I'm not aware of a setting for just clicking on the icon with the mouse other than a default for turning it off...
defaults write com.apple.dock show-expose-menus -boolean
You can change the behaviour of when you drag a file onto a dock icon though...
Go to Finder Preferences and at the bottom of the general tab there is "Spring-Loaded folders and windows"
You can dis/enable it and change the delay time.
| Q: Change Dock Expose Activation Time Is there a way to change the amount of time you have to click and hold on a Dock icon to activate Dock Expose? or maybe tie the right click to activate it?
A: I'm not aware of a setting for just clicking on the icon with the mouse other than a default for turning it off...
defaults write com.apple.dock show-expose-menus -boolean
You can change the behaviour of when you drag a file onto a dock icon though...
Go to Finder Preferences and at the bottom of the general tab there is "Spring-Loaded folders and windows"
You can dis/enable it and change the delay time.
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b110099a7d134c16d2fd18a06a9aaabd21bed213 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a non-Rosetta app for Snow Leopard similar to Hotspot Shield? Is there any application similar to Hotspot Shield that I can use in Snow Leopard without requiring Rosetta?
For those who don't know, Hotspot Shield provides a VPN access so you can browse anonymously on the web.
A: It doesn't rely on the same system, but the Tor Project can provides you anonymity while connected to the internet.
It fully works under Snow Leopard without Rosetta.
WARNING :
With this kind of softwares, the final node of the system (last Tor node or the VPN company) can, technically (understand "if it wants"), see all your data going through it !
The system grants anonymity not secure connection !
The connection is secured between you and the last node at the minimum, the rest depends on you.
So, always use secure connections (SSH, SSL/TLS, …) when using these systems.
By the way, the same principle apply with your ISP, you just have to choose someone to trust !
| Q: Is there a non-Rosetta app for Snow Leopard similar to Hotspot Shield? Is there any application similar to Hotspot Shield that I can use in Snow Leopard without requiring Rosetta?
For those who don't know, Hotspot Shield provides a VPN access so you can browse anonymously on the web.
A: It doesn't rely on the same system, but the Tor Project can provides you anonymity while connected to the internet.
It fully works under Snow Leopard without Rosetta.
WARNING :
With this kind of softwares, the final node of the system (last Tor node or the VPN company) can, technically (understand "if it wants"), see all your data going through it !
The system grants anonymity not secure connection !
The connection is secured between you and the last node at the minimum, the rest depends on you.
So, always use secure connections (SSH, SSL/TLS, …) when using these systems.
By the way, the same principle apply with your ISP, you just have to choose someone to trust !
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dbb4054bbcee24435d160ca60b0cb9ac5cfe7e1e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I select a file or directory inside a package? When an application pops up the Mac OS X standard file or directory chooser dialog it won't allow me to open packages so that I can select something within. Is there a way to do this without creating a symbolic link to the target?
For a specific example: I've installed Komodo Edit & the Python SDK for Google App Engine. In Komodo's Language > Python preferences I can add Python import directories to help with syntax checking or debugging. The GAE libraries are in /Applications/GoogleAppEngineLauncher.app/Contents/Resources/GoogleAppEngine-default.bundle/Contents/Resources/google_appengine but I can't navigate there using the directory chooser.
(I'm not asking how to browse the contents of a package from the Finder or command line.)
A: From the dialog, use Command+Shift+G. This will open a small 'Go to folder' dialog where you can type (or paste) the path that you want including paths within packages.
| Q: How do I select a file or directory inside a package? When an application pops up the Mac OS X standard file or directory chooser dialog it won't allow me to open packages so that I can select something within. Is there a way to do this without creating a symbolic link to the target?
For a specific example: I've installed Komodo Edit & the Python SDK for Google App Engine. In Komodo's Language > Python preferences I can add Python import directories to help with syntax checking or debugging. The GAE libraries are in /Applications/GoogleAppEngineLauncher.app/Contents/Resources/GoogleAppEngine-default.bundle/Contents/Resources/google_appengine but I can't navigate there using the directory chooser.
(I'm not asking how to browse the contents of a package from the Finder or command line.)
A: From the dialog, use Command+Shift+G. This will open a small 'Go to folder' dialog where you can type (or paste) the path that you want including paths within packages.
A: You can use the Finder to navigate inside the bundle, and then drag and drop the file to the 'Open file' dialog/sheet.
See a more visual explanation here.
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70880cb3d4a8672bee17a46c2729cac26e47ba54 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problem with "Always Open With" in OS X I want know how can I apply a software to open all my same document, for example I want to open all my PDF document with Skim but when I right click on it> open with > other and choose my desired application and check the "Always Open With" it just do for that specific file.(mean always open A.pdf with skim if I want to open B.pdf still open with "preview").
How can I force OS X to open all pdf type with Skim.
A: From the Finder, select a PDF file, open the Info panel (File ➔ Get Info or ⌘I), select your preferred application and then click Change All…
| Q: Problem with "Always Open With" in OS X I want know how can I apply a software to open all my same document, for example I want to open all my PDF document with Skim but when I right click on it> open with > other and choose my desired application and check the "Always Open With" it just do for that specific file.(mean always open A.pdf with skim if I want to open B.pdf still open with "preview").
How can I force OS X to open all pdf type with Skim.
A: From the Finder, select a PDF file, open the Info panel (File ➔ Get Info or ⌘I), select your preferred application and then click Change All…
A: If you want to mess with all filetypes and "who opens what", there is a freeware System Preference Pane called RCDefaultApp that works in Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger and Panther.
You can change pretty much any type of resource, for example you can tell that “Acorn” opens png by default or that the default app for the extension “jpg” should be Preview.app, etc.
It also handles MIME types, URLs, and Media.
A: I had this problem today as well (Mavericks) but the solutions here didn't work. This is due to a corrupt services cache. I ran the following command in terminal and things started working again
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
So if anyone the answers don't work for you, run this command and then it should be fine after that
A: Another option is to right click the file in Finder and then change "Open With" to "Always Open With" by holding down the option (⌥) key.
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a77b344d2da4a6a3e9271189227745544c53e00d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac? Some videos on websites have the sound volume so low that even with all sound settings at maximum levels it's hard to listen.
I'm looking for an app that would allow me to boost the Mac's volume. Something similar to VLC volume controls.
I already looked at Audio Hijack, but it has way too much features for what I'm looking for.
Anything free of charge would be a plus. :)
A: The application you are looking for is called Hear. It's pretty expensive though. I've been looking for a program to do something similar for months, but on the opposite end of the spectrum (my volume to my USB audio adapter is way too high, even with the volume all the way down). As far as I can tell, there isn't a free program out there that can do this. You can also try messing around with the built-in Apple utility called "Audio MIDI Setup" (in Applications/Utilities) and creating an aggregate device, then messing with the preamp on this device, but so far I haven't had any success with this.
| Q: Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac? Some videos on websites have the sound volume so low that even with all sound settings at maximum levels it's hard to listen.
I'm looking for an app that would allow me to boost the Mac's volume. Something similar to VLC volume controls.
I already looked at Audio Hijack, but it has way too much features for what I'm looking for.
Anything free of charge would be a plus. :)
A: The application you are looking for is called Hear. It's pretty expensive though. I've been looking for a program to do something similar for months, but on the opposite end of the spectrum (my volume to my USB audio adapter is way too high, even with the volume all the way down). As far as I can tell, there isn't a free program out there that can do this. You can also try messing around with the built-in Apple utility called "Audio MIDI Setup" (in Applications/Utilities) and creating an aggregate device, then messing with the preamp on this device, but so far I haven't had any success with this.
A: Just discovered eqMac2, an open source equalizer program.
It does not have the ability to go beyond 100% but you can get a reasonably similar effect by augmenting the volume of several bands.
Very straightforward to use and install.
A: If you like to use iTunes to listen / watch your media files... Some time ago I found new easy way to get the sound a bit louder. In iTunes Library select media with low volume and press cmd+i. Go to Options and make Volume Adjustments
A: I just found the free app Bongiovi DPS. It is free and simple and has some great audio enhancements.
http://bongiovidps.com/
A: You can boost the volume of videos playing in Chrome using free extensions. I found the Ears chrome plugin works quite well. Steps:
*
*install the plugin
*click the Ears extension icon in chrome
*drag the baseline from 0 up to +5
*click EQ this tab
A: Boom
It works pretty well. I had similar issues on my Mac, didn't like being glued with the headphones forever so I got this just yesterday. And I loved it. It's not free, but for $5 it works like a horse.
A: You can go with custom equalizer and then amplify your sound out
Instructions
Requirements
*
*Soundflower – free download from Google Code (more recent version here)
*AU Lab – free download from Apple Developers (requires free Apple Dev ID)
*Download and install both Soundflower and AU Lab, you will then need to restart your Mac to have full access to the audio components. Once rebooted, follow along with the instructions below:
Set Up a Universal Audio Equalizer for Mac OS X
*
*Set System Volume to the maximum level, do this either through the menu bar or by hitting the Volume Up key repeatedly
*Open System Preferences from the Apple menu and select the “Sound” panel, followed by the “Output” tab. Select “Soundflower (2ch) from the Output list
*Now launch AU Lab, found in /Applications/Utilities/
*From the “Audio Input Device” pulldown menu, select “Soundflower (2ch)”, and then from “Audio Output Device” menu select “Stereo In/Stereo Out”
*Click the “Create Document” button at the bottom of the screen
At the next screen, look for “Output 1” column and click the “Effects” dropdown, selecting “AUGraphicEQ”
*This is your new system-wide equalizer, set it how you see fit. Changes here will impact all audio output on the Mac
*When satisfied with the EQ settings, hit Command+S to save the EQ settings file and put it somewhere easy to find like the Documents folder
Now open AU Lab preferences from the AU Lab menu, click on the “Document” tab and click the radiobox next to “Open a specific document”, selecting the .trak EQ file you saved in the previous step
*Optional final step: If you want the EQ settings to load on every Mac OS X boot, right-click on the AU Lab icon, go to Options, and select “Open at Login”
Note: It’s important to note that AU Lab must be running in order for the equalizer to have an effect, keeping it running will consume a small amount of CPU resources but it’s much less process hungry than some of the third party alternatives available on the market.
Due Credit : http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/18/equalizer-for-all-audio-mac-os-x/
Cheers
A: Volume Booster
That works like a charm for me on Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Opera, etc).
A: I use SpeakerAmp:
Amplify, equalize and boost your audio with 3-D surround.
Features:
● Amplifier up to 999%
● 10-channel equaliser with several built-in and up to 100 user profiles
● 20-channel spectrum analyser
● L-R VU power meters
● Tunable limiter preventing signal distortion
● 2 adjustable ranges of the amplifier
● Mouse scroll control of volume
● Adjustable colour schemes of the meters
● Consumes 0% of CPU in idle state
● Supports stereo/joint stereo/mono
Free demo version: https://www.nimblesnail.com
The app works in 2 modes:
*
*Local Audio player
*System-Wide Processing
In the player, you can play, amplify and equalise any of these audio formats: mp3, mp4, wav, m4a, ,aac, adts, ac3, aif, aifc, caf, snd or au.
In the system-wide mode, the app can process audio coming from any app. Additional free audio driver is needed in that mode:
https://www.nimblesnail.com/audioDriver.html
Product documentation: https://www.nimblesnail.com/doc.html
EULA: https://www.nimblesnail.com/eula.html
A: Could you not simply download the movies and play them in VLC or something similar? I'm not aware of anything that'll boost system wide sound, but as you don't seem to have attracted any answers, I'm trying to think of alternatives.
Quicktime can play FLV files, and if you use QT7 Pro, it allows you to boost the sound using the Track Properties pane. Would that be an option for FLV videos?
A: Did someone try this? I used in the past and it should do the job http://jackaudio.org/
A: Sound Booster Lite (FREE) is very good
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56eea4aedde1b21900a76f66ae167a56b0b40919 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I install a full copy of Snow Leopard on an Apple TV? I have both a legitimate, store-bought retail license for OS X Snow Leopard, and I own an Apple TV.
(Neither were stolen, copied, etc. ;-)
Is it possible to install OS X Snow Leopard on an Apple TV?
If so, how, or where can I find more information?
p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.
A: Maybe if this is possible, an AppleTV do not have all the hardware requirement for Snow Leopard, as it needs 1G of RAM. The processor is also only 1 GHz (maybe a bit more, depends on your version) and the lowest Intel processor built on an iMac was a 1.83 GHz Core Duo.
So, even if you achieve to install Snow Leopard on your AppleTV (let say you remove the disk, install Mac OS X on it, then plug it in back), it will be really slow.
| Q: Can I install a full copy of Snow Leopard on an Apple TV? I have both a legitimate, store-bought retail license for OS X Snow Leopard, and I own an Apple TV.
(Neither were stolen, copied, etc. ;-)
Is it possible to install OS X Snow Leopard on an Apple TV?
If so, how, or where can I find more information?
p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.
A: Maybe if this is possible, an AppleTV do not have all the hardware requirement for Snow Leopard, as it needs 1G of RAM. The processor is also only 1 GHz (maybe a bit more, depends on your version) and the lowest Intel processor built on an iMac was a 1.83 GHz Core Duo.
So, even if you achieve to install Snow Leopard on your AppleTV (let say you remove the disk, install Mac OS X on it, then plug it in back), it will be really slow.
A: I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work "by default" (i.e. without a kernel and bootloader hack). You might be able to run it using OSx86, but I'm really not sure.
Like Studer said, even if you achieve to install Snow Leopard on your Apple TV, it will be really slow.
A: In addition to my rant answer, I took a look at this thread and did a little skimming. Sounds like Snow Leopard is not supported due to some unreleased kernel headers. Not sure why that would matter considering Snow Leopard runs on unsupported x86/64 hardware, but there it is on page 8 from some people who obviously have spent a lot of time with this.
So it would seem that there are software issues in addition to the slow hardware.
HOWEVER, it looks like the aforementioned thread gives quite a bit of practical information on getting Leopard to run! Might be the way to go since Leopard has lower system requirements anyway.
A: If you have an old AppleTV it may be possible, but to me it seems a bit like a hack. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if the license doesn't allow it. Your Snow Leopard license is probably an upgrade license for Leopard (Apple doesn't sell hardware without OS, so they only sell upgrade licenses I think), and I doubt the Apple TV runs the default version of Leopard.
If you can install Snow Leopard then don't use updates, as the kernel needs to be replaced :)
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178a4557269bd913ec3f6abf0a02c1ebeffe4a71 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can the hard drive in an Apple TV be upgraded? How? I own an Apple TV, with 160GB of internal storage. I'm interested in replacing that hard drive with a larger one, perhaps 640GB, or else the largest 2.5" drive I can get that would be compatible.
Is it possible to replace the internal hard drive in an Apple TV, i.e. DIY?
If so, how, or where can I find more information?
Any tips about the challenges I will need to overcome: e.g. opening the device, copying old drive contents over, etc.?
Thanks!
p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.
A: Yes, you can. Good thing you don't care about your warranty though. Engadget published an article about it with instructions some time ago.
| Q: Can the hard drive in an Apple TV be upgraded? How? I own an Apple TV, with 160GB of internal storage. I'm interested in replacing that hard drive with a larger one, perhaps 640GB, or else the largest 2.5" drive I can get that would be compatible.
Is it possible to replace the internal hard drive in an Apple TV, i.e. DIY?
If so, how, or where can I find more information?
Any tips about the challenges I will need to overcome: e.g. opening the device, copying old drive contents over, etc.?
Thanks!
p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.
A: Yes, you can. Good thing you don't care about your warranty though. Engadget published an article about it with instructions some time ago.
A: The iFixit folks have a guide, as well.
A: Be warned that, once you've replaced the HD, you won't be able to update the Apple TV software through the usual means. So you'll have to either remove the HD every time there's a new version (and go through the rather elaborate procedure to prepare and reinstall it), or you can get used to dismissing the update warning every time you want to watch a movie.
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c136657d0ebb9db9085975bdac00f436c795aa7f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I "clean out" my Time Machine backups if Time Machine won't backup because the disk is full? When Time Machine tries to make a backup, it informs me that it can't because the backup disk is full.
What it's mostly full of (about 700GB of 1TB) is prior backups of the same machine. Time Machine used to just delete the oldest ones, but now it seems unwilling or unable to do so.
Is there some manual way I can make room by clearing out old backups? When I go into the Time Capsule through Finder, the backups all appear to be in a sparse bundle, which I'm nervous to mess with.
A: The other answer didn't work for me, perhaps because I was trying to delete extra backups from an inactive TimeMachine folder. (I don't get a "Delete Backup" option in my Finder dropdown, as shown.
In Mountain Lion, I was able to use tmutil, a terminal command with great power. A great description of how to use it is http://blog.hawkimedia.com/2012/08/reclaiming-a-timemachine-volumes-disk-space/
| Q: How can I "clean out" my Time Machine backups if Time Machine won't backup because the disk is full? When Time Machine tries to make a backup, it informs me that it can't because the backup disk is full.
What it's mostly full of (about 700GB of 1TB) is prior backups of the same machine. Time Machine used to just delete the oldest ones, but now it seems unwilling or unable to do so.
Is there some manual way I can make room by clearing out old backups? When I go into the Time Capsule through Finder, the backups all appear to be in a sparse bundle, which I'm nervous to mess with.
A: The other answer didn't work for me, perhaps because I was trying to delete extra backups from an inactive TimeMachine folder. (I don't get a "Delete Backup" option in my Finder dropdown, as shown.
In Mountain Lion, I was able to use tmutil, a terminal command with great power. A great description of how to use it is http://blog.hawkimedia.com/2012/08/reclaiming-a-timemachine-volumes-disk-space/
A: Enter TimeMachine, then in the main window, select the backup you want to delete (on the right), then use the Action Menu (Gear icon) to select "Delete Backup".
Using this menu, you can also, when a file or a folder is selected, delete all its backup.
A: I think this essay will help you.
the source of this essay related here.
A: To perhaps state the obvious, if you have a second Time Machine backup for security and you only care about being able to restore the last working state (history is not important, just protection against drive failure), then you can
*
*format (erase) your Time Machine drive, giving it a new name,
*add it as a new Time Machine backup drive, and
*delete the backup under the old name.
This is crude, but may be the most efficient approach for a certain subset of use cases.
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a98b89c49558463d00a96dbd31bcc4f7d8395547 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I combine two PDFs in Preview? How can I combine two PDFs in Preview?
A: Here's a detailed explanation of how to use Automator. It looks complicated but it only took me a couple of minutes to reproduce it on my computer...
http://www.documentsnap.com/how-to-combine-pdf-files-in-mac-osx-using-automator-to-make-a-service/
| Q: How can I combine two PDFs in Preview? How can I combine two PDFs in Preview?
A: Here's a detailed explanation of how to use Automator. It looks complicated but it only took me a couple of minutes to reproduce it on my computer...
http://www.documentsnap.com/how-to-combine-pdf-files-in-mac-osx-using-automator-to-make-a-service/
A: First, you can only merge pdf if they are not protected, if this is the okay :
*
*Open both pdf
*Enable the sidebar in each windows of Preview, then select "Thumbnails" view
*Drag & drop the cover (inside the sidebar) of one pdf into the sidebar of the other pdf.
With this method, you can completely merge two pdf or selectively drag & drop the pages you want to merge to create a completely custom new pdf.
You can also extract pages from one pdf still using the same manipulation, but drag & drop to the Desktop.
A: I know you asked for 'Preview' solutions, but in case you're interested in a command-line tool:
alias pdfjoin='/System/Library/Automator/Combine\ PDF\ Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py'
Then you can do things like
pdfjoin -o out.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf ...
A: Another way is with Automator. You can combine many pages into one PDF with that. It has a "Combine PDF Pages" action.
A: Pretty sure the easiest is to open all jpgs or images in Preview, then go to Print, and instead of actually printing, save as a PDF. Boom. All images in one PDF.
A: I do this all the time (I print my expense report to PDF and then have to insert all the scanned receipts and other PDF receipts into that document). The easiest way I have found is to open the target PDF in "Contact Sheet" view and then from Finder you can drag and drop the files into the Preview window of the target file. This makes very quick work of assembling multiple PDFs into a single document
A: A really usefull tool to combine multiple PDFs is the following service:
https://joinpdf.online/
It allows you to merge several PDF pages online and download the merged PDF file afterwards.
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473e9174ad87f86883de73fe5141691fa8d91431 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there an OS X dashboard widget for notes from the iPhone Notes app? I'm looking for a Dashboard widget for OS X that allows you to read and edit notes—the pieces of text in iPhone Notes application and Mail.app. (I.e., something analogous to the To Do Widget which shows the same To Do items that you can access through iCal.)
I don't use Mail.app regularly and would like some quicker way to access the notes synced from my iPhone.
Edit: To reiterate, this question is specifically about the notes in iPhone's Notes app (screenshot below) and in Mail.app. (And not e.g. about alternative notes apps for iPhone/OS X or iCal's To Do items.)
A: If you are looking for a way to sync and edit notes, then I suggest Simplenote. It isn't a Dashboard widget, but it's very lightweight and all of your notes are saved to a central server that all of your devices can see.
| Q: Is there an OS X dashboard widget for notes from the iPhone Notes app? I'm looking for a Dashboard widget for OS X that allows you to read and edit notes—the pieces of text in iPhone Notes application and Mail.app. (I.e., something analogous to the To Do Widget which shows the same To Do items that you can access through iCal.)
I don't use Mail.app regularly and would like some quicker way to access the notes synced from my iPhone.
Edit: To reiterate, this question is specifically about the notes in iPhone's Notes app (screenshot below) and in Mail.app. (And not e.g. about alternative notes apps for iPhone/OS X or iCal's To Do items.)
A: If you are looking for a way to sync and edit notes, then I suggest Simplenote. It isn't a Dashboard widget, but it's very lightweight and all of your notes are saved to a central server that all of your devices can see.
A: AFAIR Organized does what you want (among other things).
A: This doesn't exactly answer my original question either (which is about an OS X dashboard widget for accessing Notes), but it is the most useful note syncing solution I've found so far:
You can now (with iOS 4) sync Notes over the air with any IMAP email account. And MobileMe accounts too, as the relevant Apple support article points out: iPhone and iPod touch: Syncing Notes.
Specifically, you can easily sync Notes with your Gmail account. This blog post gives good instructions with screenshots.
Of course, in a way, a cloud-based approach like this is even better than having a widget on the one Mac you sync your iPhone with. There's this drawback though:
The notes can only be edited from an
iPhone or iPod Touch
In other words, you can only view them in Gmail.
A: I'm stuck with the same question but what I've managed to find is a useful widget for the mail.app and ical todo's. You can download it at http://todo.philipefatio.com/
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360df9a8ba55d167633e82f8a30ebcaa3485cfb7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What tool do I best use to automatically cleanup / correct / complement the song info of all songs in my iTunes library?
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any features like winamp auto tag exists for iTunes?
Please suggest both mac and windows tools.
Please also tell us about your experience with this tool.
A: I find that dropping my music files onto MusicBrainz Picard almost always finds the correct name and fills out missing or incorrect information. It has a slightly steeper learning curve than some of the alternatives but the results are, in my experience, usually better.
| Q: What tool do I best use to automatically cleanup / correct / complement the song info of all songs in my iTunes library?
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any features like winamp auto tag exists for iTunes?
Please suggest both mac and windows tools.
Please also tell us about your experience with this tool.
A: I find that dropping my music files onto MusicBrainz Picard almost always finds the correct name and fills out missing or incorrect information. It has a slightly steeper learning curve than some of the alternatives but the results are, in my experience, usually better.
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e924927a0a62ae6baf105661ff40487e85494e63 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why does my computer freeze when I unplug my headphones? Whenever I plug in or unplug my headphones into my computer, it freezes for about 10 seconds before it is able to do anything which is rather annoying. This didn't use to happen though, would anyone know the cause of this or how to fix it?
A: I faced a similar problem. I had a bluetooth headset and a wired one. Whenever I disconnected my wired one, sometimes the mac tried to connect to the bluetooth headset, and when it was switched off/out of range, the system would hang for sometime.
could be something similar. Can you give the list of speakers/headphones configured on your mac and their order (a screenshot would be convinient)
| Q: Why does my computer freeze when I unplug my headphones? Whenever I plug in or unplug my headphones into my computer, it freezes for about 10 seconds before it is able to do anything which is rather annoying. This didn't use to happen though, would anyone know the cause of this or how to fix it?
A: I faced a similar problem. I had a bluetooth headset and a wired one. Whenever I disconnected my wired one, sometimes the mac tried to connect to the bluetooth headset, and when it was switched off/out of range, the system would hang for sometime.
could be something similar. Can you give the list of speakers/headphones configured on your mac and their order (a screenshot would be convinient)
A: It is certainly not normal and it is indeed a software problem. Although low level drivers are normally for all users, it wouldn’t harm if you try this either under a new fresh user (just create one, reboot your computer, log in with the new one and do the plug-unplug thing).
Also, you can try rebooting and plugging-unplugging in the login screen. If it also hangs there, then there’s certainly something “odd” about your sound drivers and further investigation (and/or system logs analysis) will be required.
If you have a spare drive, and to make sure there isn’t anything hardware related, you might want to try to install a fresh copy of your OS into that drive and see if it happens there, on the fresh install.
There might be a problem with the headphone’s internal hard/soft as well, so testing on another machine wouldn’t hurt to rule out an external problem.
A: Happens the same in my MacBook, but I think it is because it is switching the software (OS) to send the sound signal to the speakers or the headphones plug. In my MacBooks takes 3 seconds, maybe in yours is more (10 seconds) because you have a lot of software running in the background.
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3b9dec6dab420039ae06e9c071aefa5760132144 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do Macs need to be defragmented? I don't see any application to defragment my Mac (running OS X).
Is defragmenting not necessary for Mac OS X? If so, why not?
A: It's not necessary. For more details than you could possibly want, read Fragmentation in HFS Plus Volumes by Amit Singh (author of Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach).
| Q: Do Macs need to be defragmented? I don't see any application to defragment my Mac (running OS X).
Is defragmenting not necessary for Mac OS X? If so, why not?
A: It's not necessary. For more details than you could possibly want, read Fragmentation in HFS Plus Volumes by Amit Singh (author of Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach).
A: There's no such thing which you should (have to) use. If Apple felt it was needed, it would have been built-in.
Mac differs entirely from Windows for example.
Please check: http://osxdaily.com/2014/01/13/defrag-mac-hard-drive-necessary-or-not/
A: HFS, the filesystem Mac OS X uses (technically HFS+) has a number of built-in measures that reduce fragmentation of the drive. First, it uses extent-based allocation, which is just a fancy way of saying that it writes multiple contiguous blocks of data a time (and therefore inherently has less fragmentation of data). Second, it uses delayed allocation, meaning that disks writes are "queued" and written to the drive as a group (again, inherently less fragmentation). On top of that, Mac OS X does on the fly defragmentation of files.
The long and short is that fragmentation isn't really an issue for Macs, which is why you don't see a program to defragment drives in Mac OS X.
As a side note, there are commercial programs that will defragment drives in OS X, but this is essentially snake-oil. There might be some small level of fragmentation on your drive, and these apps will surely take care of that. But, it's 100% unnecessary, and you're unlikely to see any benefit.
A: Most people will tell you Macs don't suffer from disk fragmentation, citing technical arguments most people don't understand.
It's somewhat true: since there's nothing you can do about it without spending $20 on something that might not improve the performance of your computer at all, you could instead focus on other maintenance tasks and just buy a shiny new mac (or reinstall) when the old one gets too slow.
But: An important prerequisite for not caring about disk fragmentation is always keeping some free space on your disk (I couldn't find any recommendation not pulled out of thin air, but 20% is often mentioned).
And to keep the facts straight:
*
*There are features in Mac OS X designed to prevent some of fragmentation.
*Apple believes these features are enough to spare the majority of their users from caring about fragmentation issues, but also says you ''might'' benefit from defragmenting in some cases (e.g. "If your disks are almost full, and you often modify or create large files")
*There's no built-in or free and popular defragmenter utility for Mac OS X (although there are commercial ones)
*Some people do have issues caused by fragmentation (1, 2)
*There's no easy way to tell if your specific problem is caused by fragmentation.
BTW (@Dori's answer), the cited Fragmentation in HFS Plus Volumes explicitly says this:
Note that I do not intend to make any claims regarding the fragmentation-resistance of HFS+. I have sampled too few a volume to generalize my "results".
P.S. I know that web browsers (the field I'm interested in) are at least sometimes are affected by fragmentation (ex.: mozilla, chrome). I myself had an issue similar to the one described in mozillla's issue tracker.
A: Generally speaking, you do not need to defrag HFS+. While it is possible to fragment it, the implementation in the OS X kernel includes a number of features that tend to limit fragmentation, including deferred block allocation and hot banding. Unless you do something really odd (constantly keep the drive over 99% full while doing lots of reads and deletes) it is very hard to significantly fragment the drive.
The only time it is generally worthwhile to defrag an OS X drive is when you are trying to do an LVM operation (like shrink a partition for bootcamp), and the builtin tools fail. The reason is that those failures are largely caused by some core structure of the volume (Like the extents or catalog file) existing in blocks outside the target layout. Technically those are files, but because they are used to store volume metadata the builtin file move code has trouble moving them on a live (mounted) partition, but defrag utilities that work on the disk offline can just move them to the beginning of the partition, which allows the volume resizer to work.
So, while defrag utils are generally not worthwhile, they aren't snake oil, just very specialized tools.
A: No, it doesn't. Mac OS X does it itself for files over 20MB, and for SSDs it doesn't matter at all.
A: osx obviously needs defragmenters when you need to shrink the partitions where it is installed, or when you use hfs+ somewhere else
an excellent example is when you, after only using osx for years and start to use a dual-boot there, like installing a second operating system like gnu/linux (exactly like i did this week), and it is known gnu/linux (like ubuntu) are getting mroe and more popular day by day, specially among osx users - in this context, and it is not as rare, it is totally counterproductive and nonsense having to backup all the information, reformat the partition after resizing it, reinstall osx back again when you just needed to defrag it before resizing it
so everyone, please don’t say no one need defrag tools on osx, or for hfs+ - saying such thing is just ludicrous, as i explained...
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89f6590c3d8ca3878318c3c6930ce1fbc67e26d3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a limit on the number of Macs that can use a single 2TB Time Capsule? I am looking at buying a few of the 2TB Time Capsules for our office, where we have about 20 unibody MacBook Pros with 128GB SSDs.
Is there a limit on the number of Macs that a single 2TB Time Capsule can provide Time Machine backup targets to? Does anyone have advice or experience regarding using a Time Capsule as a target for multiple machines?
A: According to this post on Apple's product page for the Time Capsule, up to 100 machines can use a single Time Capsule. The source of the "100" is not accredited, so it may not be accurate.
| Q: Is there a limit on the number of Macs that can use a single 2TB Time Capsule? I am looking at buying a few of the 2TB Time Capsules for our office, where we have about 20 unibody MacBook Pros with 128GB SSDs.
Is there a limit on the number of Macs that a single 2TB Time Capsule can provide Time Machine backup targets to? Does anyone have advice or experience regarding using a Time Capsule as a target for multiple machines?
A: According to this post on Apple's product page for the Time Capsule, up to 100 machines can use a single Time Capsule. The source of the "100" is not accredited, so it may not be accurate.
A: I would take care with having several Time Capsules as you will then have several Wireless networks and you need to work out how they interconnect.
It might be better to get some NAS and run Time Machine on that e.g. Netgear or even a Mac and run OS X server on that.
A: There shouldn’t be any technical limit other than hard drive space. Each backup gets stored in different directories inside the volume. However, I’m sure you’d start running out of space fast if you have more than two-three machines that actively create/edit data.
A: I use a LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk with TimeMachine and have so far backed up 6 different machines with it and recovered 2 times. I don't know if there is an upper limit.
A: This is a very workable solution. There is no built in limit and you can look over the system logs to see if any machines take too long to back up due to slowness and lighten the load on any one Time Capsule as needed.
For some people it's ideal, very maintainable, and drop dead simple to plan and support.
You can use BackupLoupe to look into the individual backups to see what files are changing and estimate how fast each Mac is filling up the space on the backup drives. You could use one Mac connected to the Ethernet port to scan the files without any WiFi delays and once scanned, you have the information on that Mac to examine "offline". You can mount the volumes and scan them as needed to update them as time passes - maybe once a month to check on things.
Do run a comparison on how much it would cost to buy a Mac mini server and use it to back up everything in one spot instead of several Time Capsules. You could then save money on the networking with Extremes and Expresses and have better expansion options. I would guess this is more cost-effective and easier/more powerful if you are buying three Time Capsules and might even be better even if you only are buying two Time Capsules.
Setting aside the cost of the initial hardware, a back of the napkin comparison might look like this assuming you need the TC for WiFi networking as well as backup functionality:
*
*Three Time Capsules
*
*Easier to set up initially (if you guess well or over-buy storage you may never need to maintain which Mac backs up where minimizing maintenance)
*Takes more time to plan and track which Mac backs up where
*Harder to predict when space
will run out
*Add space in increment of new Time Capsules (pricier storage)
*Takes more time to track / reconfigure clients when adding more space (especially if you intend to move the previous backup to the new TC and don't want to cut that user off from their backup history)
*TC backups are harder to backup, archive, or move around (if you even need this)
*One Mac mini + Airport Extreme + optional AirPort Express to extend the network
*
*Harder to set up initially (maybe one day's reading, learning, and doing)
*No hassle or time to shuffle or track which Mac backs up where
*Easier to predict when space will run out
*Can add more space by adding more drives (less pricey storage)
*No need to reconfigure clients as more space is added
*Very easy backup of the server and backup data (if you even need this)
You can minimize the work on maintaining a fleet of Time Capsules by periodically backing up each Mac to a connected HD and then deleting the backup for that Mac and starting Time Machine fresh. Rolling those with 1/4 of the Macs every three months will spread the work and let each Mac generally have a year of history before it gets erased and starts anew.
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b881f60a7fd4c3f9923c47772d9837679c514613 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Should I turn my iPad off to replace the MicroSIM? Should I turn my iPad off to replace the MicroSIM card?
A: If by "3g chip", you are referring to the iPad MicroSIM card, then no, you do not need to power off the device to switch it out. However, if you're referring to the actual 3G radio inside the iPad, my advice is to take it to an Apple store and have the repair done by an Apple technician, as operating on the device yourself is likely to void the warranty.
| Q: Should I turn my iPad off to replace the MicroSIM? Should I turn my iPad off to replace the MicroSIM card?
A: If by "3g chip", you are referring to the iPad MicroSIM card, then no, you do not need to power off the device to switch it out. However, if you're referring to the actual 3G radio inside the iPad, my advice is to take it to an Apple store and have the repair done by an Apple technician, as operating on the device yourself is likely to void the warranty.
A: Yes, you should turn off your iPad before doing anything with the innards.
A: It always better to switch off such devices before replacing SIMs. With the exception of USB ports found on computers, its always recommended to turn off devices before connecting or replacing cables and chips.
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3c5344a3cacbd772268c1ed3b399a9edb11399e6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do any window managers allow me to snap windows to the sides of the display? Can you recommend a Window Manager for the Mac? I would like to have a keyboard shortcut that would snap a windows to the left or right half of my screen.
A: Divvy
Divvy is a little menubar app that
allows you to automatically resize any
active window. Divviy virtually
divides your screen into a 6x6 grid.
When invoked, Divvy brings up a little
HUD in the middle of the screen with
this 6x6 grid. Depending on what part
of your screen you want to resize your
active window, just drag and select
those squares on the HUD and the
window does the rest. It’s that
simple.
| Q: Do any window managers allow me to snap windows to the sides of the display? Can you recommend a Window Manager for the Mac? I would like to have a keyboard shortcut that would snap a windows to the left or right half of my screen.
A: Divvy
Divvy is a little menubar app that
allows you to automatically resize any
active window. Divviy virtually
divides your screen into a 6x6 grid.
When invoked, Divvy brings up a little
HUD in the middle of the screen with
this 6x6 grid. Depending on what part
of your screen you want to resize your
active window, just drag and select
those squares on the HUD and the
window does the rest. It’s that
simple.
A: After testing SizeUp and Breeze, I've decided that Breeze fits my needs the best. Both allow you to position windows on the left, right, or Fullscreen. The feature that sold it for me was setting a default size & position for an application and assigning it a shortcut key.
A: ShiftIt (original version at link discontinued) does this, and is free and open source.
Edit: The project is now on GitHub, however the last release was in November 2010.
A: Moom
I've heard some people talk this one up too:
Do you spend a lot of time moving and zooming windows, so you can better see and work with all the content on your Mac? Instead of doing that work yourself, let Moom handle the task for you.
A: If you have a magic mouse or magic trackpad, BetterTouchTool is better as you can set specific gestures to manage the windows. Like a four finger left swipe can be to resize the window to the left 50% of the screen.
A: Moom is great. You can snap windows to: full screen, half screen, quarter screen. You can also resize with a grid. It supports custom keyboard shortcuts, too.
A: I personally use SizeUp and Divvy on a daily basis. If I had known about ShiftIt earlier, I probably wouldn't have paid for SizeUp. Another one to check out that hasn't been mentioned yet is BetterTouchTool, which has a lot of other features, but hidden in the advanced options is a nice feature they call "Window Snapping" which snaps the window to the left or right of the screen when you drag it to the side. Doesn't have keyboard shortcut functionality included, but it is a nice supplement to SizeUp and Divvy.
A: I found here from an off topic question on Stack Overflow:
There were two Open Source mangers mentioned there that did not show up on this list:
*
*Spectacle -> http://spectacleapp.com/
*Slate -> https://github.com/jigish/slate (setup requires work on the command line)
Another from the App Store
*
*Slicer -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slicer/id487999732?mt=12
A: Here is an Applescript that will tile all of the open windows in the frontmost application. Add to ~/Library/Scripts and call from the Applescript menu in the menu bar. Add salt to taste (and free).
--tile windows of frontmost applications in a grid
--this script is useful for
--multiple window chatting
--working side by side of several windows of the same app
--make need to make it as a stay open application later
--for now assume that it is opened and closed per invokation
property horizontalSpacing : 10 -- sets the horizontal spacing between windows
property verticalSpacing : 10 -- sets the vertical spacing between windows
property maxRows : 2
property maxCols : 2
on run {}
local a
set userscreen to my getUserScreen()
--display dialog (getFrntApp() as string)
try
set applist to getFrntApp()
if length of applist = 0 then
return
end if
set a to item 1 of getFrntApp()
on error the error_message number the error_number
display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end try
try
tileScriptable(a, userscreen)
on error the error_message number the error_number
--display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"OK"} default button 1
try
tileUnscriptable(a, userscreen)
on error the error_message number the error_number
display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end try
end try
end run
on tileScriptable(a, screen)
local i, c
set i to 1
tell application named a
set theWindows to every window of application a whose visible is true and floating is false and ¬
modal is false -- and miniaturized is false
set c to count theWindows
if c = 0 then
return
end if
set tiles to calTileBounds(c, screen, 1)
repeat with theWindow in theWindows
my tileScriptableWindow(a, theWindow, item i of tiles)
set i to i + 1
end repeat
end tell
end tileScriptable
on tileUnscriptable(a, screeninfo)
-- unscriptable app
local i, c
set i to 1
tell application "System Events"
set theWindows to (every window of application process a)
--set theWindows to my filterUnscriptableInvisible(theWindows)
set c to count theWindows
if c = 0 then
return
end if
--display dialog screeninfo as string giving up after 5
set tiles to my calTileBounds(c, screeninfo, 1)
repeat with theWindow in theWindows
--display dialog (class of visible of theWindow)
my tileUnScriptableWindow(a, theWindow, item i of tiles)
set i to i + 1
end repeat
end tell
end tileUnscriptable
on filterUnscriptableInvisible(ws)
-- filter out from ws windows that are docked
set newws to {}
set docklist to getNamesDocked()
--display dialog (docklist as string)
repeat with theWindow in ws
if name of theWindow is not in docklist then
set end of newws to theWindow
end if
end repeat
--display dialog (count newws)
return newws
end filterUnscriptableInvisible
on getNamesDocked()
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Dock"'s list 1
set l to name of UI elements whose subrole is "AXMinimizedWindowDockItem"
end tell
return l
end getNamesDocked
on tileScriptableWindow(a, w, bound)
tell application a
set bounds of w to bound
end tell
end tileScriptableWindow
on tileUnScriptableWindow(a, w, bound)
tell application "System Events"
--display dialog (count position of w)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
set position of w to {(item 1 of bound), (item 2 of bound)}
-- why the -5?
set size of w to {(item 3 of bound) - (item 1 of bound) - 5, ¬
(item 4 of bound) - (item 2 of bound) - 5}
--display dialog (count properties of w)
end tell
end tileUnScriptableWindow
on calTileBounds(nWindows, screen, direction)
-- return a list of lists of window bounds
-- a simple tile algo that tiles along direction (current only 1=horizontal)
local nrows, nColumns, irow, icolumn, nSpacingWidth, nSpacingHeight, nWindowWidth, nWindowHeight
set {x0, y0, availScreenWidth, availScreenHeight} to screen
set ret to {}
set nrows to (nWindows div maxCols)
if (nWindows mod maxCols) ≠ 0 then
set nrows to nrows + 1
end if
if nrows < maxRows then
set nSpacingHeight to (nrows - 1) * verticalSpacing
set nWindowHeight to (availScreenHeight - nSpacingHeight) / nrows
else
set nSpacingHeight to (maxRows - 1) * verticalSpacing
set nWindowHeight to (availScreenHeight - nSpacingHeight) / maxRows
end if
repeat with irow from 0 to nrows - 1
if nrows ≤ maxRows and irow = nrows - 1 then
set nColumns to nWindows - irow * maxCols
else
set nColumns to maxCols
end if
set nSpacingWidth to (nColumns - 1) * horizontalSpacing
set nWindowWidth to (availScreenWidth - nSpacingWidth) / nColumns
set nTop to y0 + (irow mod maxRows) * (verticalSpacing + nWindowHeight)
--display dialog "Top: " & nTop buttons {"OK"} default button 1
repeat with icolumn from 0 to nColumns - 1
set nLeft to x0 + (icolumn) * (horizontalSpacing + nWindowWidth)
set itile to {¬
nLeft, ¬
nTop, ¬
nLeft + nWindowWidth, ¬
nTop + nWindowHeight}
set end of ret to itile
--display dialog item 3 of itile as string
--set itile to {x0 + (icolumn - 1) * wgrid, y0, wgrid, hgrid}
--set item 3 of itile to ((item 1 of itile) + (item 3 of itile))
--set item 4 of itile to ((item 2 of itile) + (item 4 of itile))
end repeat
end repeat
return ret
end calTileBounds
on getFrntApp()
tell application "System Events" to set frntProc to ¬
name of every process whose frontmost is true and visible ≠ false
return frntProc
end getFrntApp
on getUserScreen()
-- size of the menubar
tell application "System Events"
set {menuBarWidth, menuBarHeight} to size of UI element 1 of application process "SystemUIServer"
--display dialog "Menubar width: " & menubarWidth & ", height: " & menubarHeight
set dockApp to (application process "Dock")
set {dockWidth, dockHeight} to size of UI element 1 of dockApp
--display dialog "Dock width: " & dockWidth & ", height: " & dockHeight
set dockPos to position of UI element 1 of dockApp
--display dialog "Dock x: " & (item 1 of dockPos) & ", y: " & (item 2 of dockPos)
end tell
-- size of the full screen
(*
{word 3 of (do shell script "defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver | grep -w Width") as number, ¬
word 3 of (do shell script "defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver | grep -w Height") as number}
*)
tell application "Finder"
set screenSize to bounds of window of desktop
set screenWidth to item 3 of screenSize
set screenHeight to item 4 of screenSize
end tell
--display dialog "Screen width: " & screenWidth & ", height: " & screenHeight
-- by default, set the available screen size to the full screen size
set availableWidth to screenWidth
set availableHeight to screenHeight - menuBarHeight
set availableX to 0
set availableY to menuBarHeight
--determine the userscreen origin and size
-- case 0: hidden dock
-- if (item 1 of dockPos < 0 or item 1 of dockPos ≥ screenHeight) then
-- no need to change anything
-- end if
-- case 1: bottom dock
if ((item 2 of dockPos) + dockHeight = screenHeight) then
set availableHeight to availableHeight - dockHeight
end if
-- case 2: left dock
if (item 1 of dockPos = 0) then
set availableWidth to availableWidth - dockWidth
set availableX to dockWidth
end if
-- case 3: right dock
if ((item 1 of dockPos) + dockWidth = screenWidth) then
set availableWidth to availableWidth - dockWidth
end if
return {availableX, availableY, availableWidth, availableHeight}
end getUserScreen
Source: MacScripter via Google
A: You can also try Slate which is free and open source.
You might also want to read this article about it.
A: SizeUp is exactly what you need:
SizeUp allows you to quickly position a window to fill exactly half the screen (splitscreen), a quarter of the screen (quadrant), full screen, or centered via the menu bar or configurable system-wide shortcuts (hotkeys). Similar to "tiled windows" functionality available on other operating systems.
A: First of all, if free is important to you, get ShiftIt.
If convenience from a mouse is important to you, get Cinch. It's in the Mac App Store.
Finally if you have a Macbook or a Magic Trackpad, get JiTouch. It will allow you to assign a gesture to many, many things; one of which is full screen, half-left, half-right. Seriously check it out if you like gestures even a little. It's like having a mouse with 100+ buttons.
JiTouch
A: From what I've seen and heard, Cinch is a great application for bringing the window management of Windows 7 to Mac OS X.
A: MercuryMover
You might also look at MercuryMover, which gives you a range of window moving tools under a series of keyboard mappings. I used to use this a lot when struggling with a small laptop screen, and you can get it to flip a window to the edge of a screen etc. It most closely maps the 'move' system menu functionality that you get in normal Windows 'windows'.
A: I'm using Magnet, is available on the AppStore
http://magnet.crowdcafe.com
A: As far as I understand you question, you want to stick the window to the edge of the screen, so that the side of the window is directly on the edge of the screen. This is now possible on macOS Sierra (10.12) natively.
All you need to do is to move the window you want to position (by clicking and dragging the top of the window) to the side that you want it to stick to. You need to do this slowly, or else it won't work. After you drag the window over to the edge, it will stick a while and that's when you should stop.
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83c37b9d561adde14962ecdff7508e800d55093b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Quicksilver goes straight to text-entry mode On my old-ish MacBook Pro (pre-unibody), Quicksilver has been misbehaving for quite some time. I fire the keyboard command to launch it (I like command-space, replacing Spotlight), and it comes up in text-entry mode rather than selection mode. I can hit escape and QS closes, but nothing I can do makes it come up prepared to navigate the objects it knows about.
It used to work just great. But it's a waste of cycles right now because it's completely unable to function as what it does.
I've re-launched it, I've deleted and re-installed it. Nothing seems to help.
A: If I recall, there's a QS trigger called something like "Command Window In Text Mode." Go to Quicksilver>Triggers>Quicksilver, I think, and look at what triggers are enabled.
Another possibility is that you have the "Spacebar Behavior" set to "Switch to text mode" in Quicksilver>Preferences>Command, and this is getting triggered when you use cmd-space. It shouldn't matter, but it's worth a look.
| Q: Quicksilver goes straight to text-entry mode On my old-ish MacBook Pro (pre-unibody), Quicksilver has been misbehaving for quite some time. I fire the keyboard command to launch it (I like command-space, replacing Spotlight), and it comes up in text-entry mode rather than selection mode. I can hit escape and QS closes, but nothing I can do makes it come up prepared to navigate the objects it knows about.
It used to work just great. But it's a waste of cycles right now because it's completely unable to function as what it does.
I've re-launched it, I've deleted and re-installed it. Nothing seems to help.
A: If I recall, there's a QS trigger called something like "Command Window In Text Mode." Go to Quicksilver>Triggers>Quicksilver, I think, and look at what triggers are enabled.
Another possibility is that you have the "Spacebar Behavior" set to "Switch to text mode" in Quicksilver>Preferences>Command, and this is getting triggered when you use cmd-space. It shouldn't matter, but it's worth a look.
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fad87c99c53a162a13e2ad5f5d048d847d8d5792 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I free up some disk space? I'm about to run out of disk space, and I know I have a lot of junk on my macbook but I don't know how to find it to figure out how to delete it.
Is there an easy command line way through terminal to list my biggest files on my drive? Or is there a GUI program that could help me find all the offending huge files that I'm not using?
A: Start with Monolingual: http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/ it removes extra languages and locales from your computer. Saves quite a bit of space without any real loss of usability (unless you speak several languages and want to use them...)
| Q: How can I free up some disk space? I'm about to run out of disk space, and I know I have a lot of junk on my macbook but I don't know how to find it to figure out how to delete it.
Is there an easy command line way through terminal to list my biggest files on my drive? Or is there a GUI program that could help me find all the offending huge files that I'm not using?
A: Start with Monolingual: http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/ it removes extra languages and locales from your computer. Saves quite a bit of space without any real loss of usability (unless you speak several languages and want to use them...)
A: If you're looking for specific things to tear out, look at all the Garageband samples and support files. They take up a LOT of space, and if you're not going to be making music you won't miss 'em.
A: You can try :
*
*Disk Inventory X (free one)
*DaisyDisk (paid one)
A: I really like What Size - it's also on the Mac App store, but has many features that won't be allowed on the store (like checking sizes as the administrator, and actually deleting / thinning files to remove code that can't possibly be run like PPC code on an intel mac).
It is paid software - but well worth the expense for me. I have used it over slow network connections, many external drives and my boot volume to see quickly where all the space is so I can know what is possible to clean up and when it's just not possible due to there being no huge folders or files that I can afford to remove.
The find duplicates function is great and there are many other views, but it's geared to giving you the biggest space users on top no matter what view you choose.
A: Omni Disk Sweeper by Omni Group is good at helping find the mountains of stuff.
I find that apps and the system folders generally don't take up that much space (everything being relative), that the real hogs are in the Documents, Music, and Movies folders of my user folder.
A: Two things...
*
*If you are starting to run out of disk space deleting files isn't going to help much unless you have massive amounts of waste, eg Old systems from doing an archive and install OS update.Start thinking about getting a bigger hard drive or some extra drives.
*In terminal type...
du -hs *
This will list each directory with it's size. It will look smething like this...
3.6G Desktop
3.9G Development
42G Documents
1.6G Downloads
4.5M Dropbox
If anything looks unexpectedly large cd into the directory and run the command again. Rinse and repeat until you find what you are looking for.
A: I highly recommend GrandPerspective(Free). Just finding the largest files isn't always that useful: 20 gbs of 3mb music files wouldn't show up, for example. GrandPerspective gives you a great visual breakdown of your harddrive contents regardless of whether your wasted files are in one big .dmg or a few hundred small files or whatever. Further, if you know most waste is in, for example, your home folder, you can specify which directory to show.
A: You can also set Finder to the horizontal list view (not sure what that view is called), enable the Size column (see View Options, CMD J), and select "Calculate All Sizes" again in the View Options window.
Now sort by size. Start off in your Home folder. See what sub-folders are biggest. Drill down and explore.
A: While I agree with all suggestions above regarding apps that help you to visualize what is taking space on your HDD, you may find yourself in situation where you actually can't delete those files and have to keep it on your hard drive.
In this case, you can use this utility - Squeeze to transparently compress your files in the background. It helped me to find couple of gigabytes of space without deleting stuff and I was able to use it on pretty old Macbook without any performance penalties.
A: The command line way of doing it would be
du -ksx /* | sort -n
this should be run as root (either in a root shell or with sudo) and gives you the sizes of the top-level directories sorted by size (and maybe some error messages about /dev/something).
Then you can refine with
du -ksx /Users/* | sort -n
and so on.
(using du -k instead of -h as proposed by Henry makes it possible to sort by size)
A: I owe a few of the free and paid apps mentioned here, and I find it odd that nobody mentioned Whatsize. I think it’s the one that displays the space in the best possible way. It’s not too “graphical” but then again, it shows you the numbers which are the important thing.
It’s not free, but I have used it extensively and it never disappoints me.
A: On Snow Lion or better, you can use afsctool (available through homebrew) to compress large files from the terminal.
It essentially does what ClustersApp(the aforementioned 'Squeeze') does, but free and without a pretty interface, unless you have a lovely Terminal.app theme.
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7bdf2047a15379be32b64c391ab86ebb193022eb | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I Open Multiple Customized Terminal Shells? How can I customized Terminal so that when I open the application it opens several shell tabs?
If possible I would like to also have it run a different environment script for each tab.
Example: Run this command source bin/activate which is a Python virtualenv setup command.
A: Add this to your ~/.bash_profile if you use bash or ~/.zshrc if you use zsh, changing the content of the COMMANDS array:
function openterms() {
COMMANDS=("source bin/activate" "add another here" "continue likewise")
for command in $COMMANDS
do osascript -e \
"tell application \"Terminal\" to do script with command \"$command\""
done
}
Now calling openterms in a shell will open all the other shells you wanted.
| Q: How can I Open Multiple Customized Terminal Shells? How can I customized Terminal so that when I open the application it opens several shell tabs?
If possible I would like to also have it run a different environment script for each tab.
Example: Run this command source bin/activate which is a Python virtualenv setup command.
A: Add this to your ~/.bash_profile if you use bash or ~/.zshrc if you use zsh, changing the content of the COMMANDS array:
function openterms() {
COMMANDS=("source bin/activate" "add another here" "continue likewise")
for command in $COMMANDS
do osascript -e \
"tell application \"Terminal\" to do script with command \"$command\""
done
}
Now calling openterms in a shell will open all the other shells you wanted.
A: I'm using Keyboard Maestro. I once recorded a macro that sets up Terminal (I'm using iTerm, but it doesn't matter) the way I like and made this macro to be triggered by launching iTerm.
So when I launch, it is set up as I wanted. Two windows, five tabs in one for different folders with each Tab named appropriately, and another window with two tabs connected to my server, one of them launches a monitoring script. All of this is done within 2 seconds that the Terminal is launched, which previouosly would take a minute or more.
Now I'm not that afraid to close iTerm if I need since I can reopen it at the same state without any effort.
By the way, Keyboard Maestro is good for many other things too. I recently bought it with discount on mupromo.com, where I've discovered it for the first time but it's worth its full price, too, in my opinion.
A: As Josh K mentioned, you can create a Window Group for opening one or more windows with specific layouts and appearances. In addition, "settings profiles" (Terminal > Preferences > Settings) can specify a command to run when a terminal is created with that profile. You can create a separate profile for each command you wish to run, then create windows with those profiles. When you save them to a window group and open them again, those commands will run in their appropriate windows. You can even have Terminal open a specific window group at startup.
As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, there are several new improvements in this area:
*
*Resume will automatically restore windows that were open when you quit Terminal, so using a window group for this is no longer strictly necessary (although they allow you to re-create a specific setup if you've closed the windows).
*If you create a new terminal using Shell > New Command, since Terminal knows what command you ran, it can restore it by running it again. Terminal will now automatically restore "safe" commands† when Resuming.
*Terminal will also restore these commands if you save these kinds of terminals into a window group. In addition, when saving a window group, there's an option to restore all commands, not just the "safe" ones. So, you no longer need to create a separate settings profile for each command you want to run.
† "Safe" commands include anything listed in /etc/shells, emacs, vi/vim, nano, pico, top, screen, tmux, and any command created with Shell > New Remote Connection (e.g., ssh sessions). Note that only top is considered "safe" when used with arguments; the others support arguments that may do things you wouldn't want them to without user confirmation, so they are not considered "safe" for automatic restoration unless they are invoked without arguments. You can customize the list of "safe" commands with "defaults write com.apple.Terminal RestorableCommands". The value is a list of strings containing the command names. To indicate that arguments are allowed, add an asterisk after a command. e.g., "top *" makes top safe when used with arguments, but "top" does not.
A: Alternatively, you can also use screen to open multiple tabs on a single window. screen is very flexible and can configure to run any scripts during the terminal startup.
More info.
A: Does this post describe what you want to do?
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cd13afa44719044e4a0544fc45c5c5b9ff1d4933 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I unpack a .deb on Mac OS X without installing it? I have a .deb file that I want to unpack and examine, but not install. I'm currently looking for where i can download dpkg for OSX, but can't find it. If you have a link, please share.
A: ar is already installed on my mac on OS X. So just do
ar -x path/to/deb/file.deb
that's it. No need to install other software.
| Q: How can I unpack a .deb on Mac OS X without installing it? I have a .deb file that I want to unpack and examine, but not install. I'm currently looking for where i can download dpkg for OSX, but can't find it. If you have a link, please share.
A: ar is already installed on my mac on OS X. So just do
ar -x path/to/deb/file.deb
that's it. No need to install other software.
A: You can install dpkg using MacPorts or just download the sources.
A: While not OSX specific, if you have Docker for Mac installed, you could use an Ubuntu container to look inside the contents of the package:
docker run -it -v $(pwd):/data ubuntu:latest /bin/bash
dpkg -c /data/foo.deb
A: if you use MacPorts you can install dpkg and more package (like do it in debian or ubuntu).
after installing Macports go and install dpkg from here.
also you can find more info about dpkg in osx here. (This is now down - I don't know if temporarily or permanently)
A: At least on recent macOS versions, you can also use tar to extract UNIX archives:
tar xf package.deb
A: docker run -it -v $(pwd):/data ubuntu:latest /bin/bash
# or with fish
# docker run -it -v (pwd):/data ubuntu:latest /bin/bash
cd data
dpkg -x wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.focal_amd64.deb out
ls out/usr/local/bin/
works well for wkhtmltoimage and wkhtmltopdf
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4fb9612fe11e7809102393d88c12dd4c3cdf1da6 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What is a trustworthy 2x4GB RAM for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5? I'm looking to upgrade memory from 4GB to 8GB on my MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5.
I've been looking at Mushkin 8GB RAM on NewEgg, but it's been getting bad reviews lately for not working properly with MacBook Pro Core i7. I'm not sure if it still works OK with Core i5...
Is there a trusted 8GB(2x4) RAM upgrade for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5?
A: I’ve always brought memory from OWC with success.
| Q: What is a trustworthy 2x4GB RAM for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5? I'm looking to upgrade memory from 4GB to 8GB on my MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5.
I've been looking at Mushkin 8GB RAM on NewEgg, but it's been getting bad reviews lately for not working properly with MacBook Pro Core i7. I'm not sure if it still works OK with Core i5...
Is there a trusted 8GB(2x4) RAM upgrade for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5?
A: I’ve always brought memory from OWC with success.
A: I've always had good success with Crucial, but I can't speak to your specific case.
A: As long as this is branded stuff that went through testing, and not some chips that were sorted out / relabeled / rebranded, you usually don't have much issues with RAM these days.
However, RAM issues are still a major source of Macs behaving badly, so the most important thing is to really check it.
No matter where and what you buy, make sure they take the RAM back if "Memtest OS X" fails during an extensive RAM test on your machine.
Now build in your new RAM, and run Memtest OS X (details i.e. at OSXDaily).
The tests will need a couple of hours, and really put your RAM under stress. If all tests are running ok, you are fine, if not, send the RAM back.
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87a5b69c311816c6f67b1d5449f867bfe9474c15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why am I getting the error "MobileMe does not sync with Microsoft Exchange Server"? I am getting this error message every time a meeting request comes through, but I am not syncing anything with outlook or exchange, so I don't know what to change to get rid of it.
These are my sync settings.
Any idea what's going on here?
A: The Outlook configuration is precisely what matters here. As per the error you got: MobileMe does not sync calendars with Microsoft Outlook when Outlook is configured to use Microsoft Exchange Server.
Calendar syncing takes place via calDAV. The account settings are specifically IMAP.
Unless there are custom profiles or the Outlook PST file is damaged, I'd suggest simply removing the account from Outlook, and signing out on the MobileMe Control Panel, then setting it up fresh.
| Q: Why am I getting the error "MobileMe does not sync with Microsoft Exchange Server"? I am getting this error message every time a meeting request comes through, but I am not syncing anything with outlook or exchange, so I don't know what to change to get rid of it.
These are my sync settings.
Any idea what's going on here?
A: The Outlook configuration is precisely what matters here. As per the error you got: MobileMe does not sync calendars with Microsoft Outlook when Outlook is configured to use Microsoft Exchange Server.
Calendar syncing takes place via calDAV. The account settings are specifically IMAP.
Unless there are custom profiles or the Outlook PST file is damaged, I'd suggest simply removing the account from Outlook, and signing out on the MobileMe Control Panel, then setting it up fresh.
A: Here is the solution: (Outlook 2007 with Exchange server 2003)
Remove MobileMe from the Outlook COM add-ins
Tools -> Trust Center -> Add-ins
then click on Go to Manage Add-ins
scroll down and disable then remove MobileMe from the list.
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cbda9896555e42c46e86c44dc9c4c71ca9109174 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iPhone accidentally engages FaceTime during call This has happened to me twice recently: I have been on a call when all of a sudden I can hear the other person on loudspeaker, at which point I take the phone away from my face and observe that my face (assumably) has accidentally pressed the FaceTime button.
Is this a known issue and is there a way to prevent this from happening in the future?
A: This is a known issue. Apple addressed it in IOS 4.1 beta 2. Until it gets released, the simplest thing to do is talk using your headset and lock the screen (note that for some reason Apple removed the screen lock functionality without the headset).
| Q: iPhone accidentally engages FaceTime during call This has happened to me twice recently: I have been on a call when all of a sudden I can hear the other person on loudspeaker, at which point I take the phone away from my face and observe that my face (assumably) has accidentally pressed the FaceTime button.
Is this a known issue and is there a way to prevent this from happening in the future?
A: This is a known issue. Apple addressed it in IOS 4.1 beta 2. Until it gets released, the simplest thing to do is talk using your headset and lock the screen (note that for some reason Apple removed the screen lock functionality without the headset).
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2cbb06b9015f9ae4d2ebfa16e828b82f07a383a3 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Do all Safari 5 Extensions work on windows / mac? I wold like to download some safari extensions, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for ones specifically written to run in Windows. Should I be looking for platform specific extensions?
A: Yes, all Safari extensions run equally on Windows and Mac OS, so you do not need to look for platform-specific versions. All Safari extensions (that use the official extension API) are required to be written in pure Javascript, so they will work on all platforms.
| Q: Do all Safari 5 Extensions work on windows / mac? I wold like to download some safari extensions, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for ones specifically written to run in Windows. Should I be looking for platform specific extensions?
A: Yes, all Safari extensions run equally on Windows and Mac OS, so you do not need to look for platform-specific versions. All Safari extensions (that use the official extension API) are required to be written in pure Javascript, so they will work on all platforms.
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ec03396497c29071a48af90a708a0b81906e6f85 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Can I safely charge my iPhone 4 overnight on a regular basis? First time caller, long time listener: I've seen this question asked on a few other sites but with no "definitive" answers.
The Apple website on iPhone batteries is ambiguous, at best, and the closest it comes to answering the question is saying that a monthly deep cycle is a good idea. (reference)
So, what do you think -- is there an adverse impact from repeated, overnight charging of your iPhone 4? Does this negatively affect battery performance over the long term? Or is there some chip/ software that acts to shut off the charging once the battery is topped off, thereby protecting your hermetically sealed little power source?
A: Each charge 'cycle' is registered within the phone's software (same on a MacBook). If you think your battery is having issue (and is still under warranty), Apple will look at the number of charge cycles on it and make a decision against that.
Here's a pretty interesting, in depth article from 2007 on Apple's take on 'charge cycles':
http://www.macworld.com/article/58916/2007/07/iphonebattery.html
| Q: Can I safely charge my iPhone 4 overnight on a regular basis? First time caller, long time listener: I've seen this question asked on a few other sites but with no "definitive" answers.
The Apple website on iPhone batteries is ambiguous, at best, and the closest it comes to answering the question is saying that a monthly deep cycle is a good idea. (reference)
So, what do you think -- is there an adverse impact from repeated, overnight charging of your iPhone 4? Does this negatively affect battery performance over the long term? Or is there some chip/ software that acts to shut off the charging once the battery is topped off, thereby protecting your hermetically sealed little power source?
A: Each charge 'cycle' is registered within the phone's software (same on a MacBook). If you think your battery is having issue (and is still under warranty), Apple will look at the number of charge cycles on it and make a decision against that.
Here's a pretty interesting, in depth article from 2007 on Apple's take on 'charge cycles':
http://www.macworld.com/article/58916/2007/07/iphonebattery.html
A: All this hype about how to charge your batteries is blown out of proportion.
Although some batteries (I forget which types exactly) can have longer lives if charged at "optimal" rates and temperatures, the reality seems to be that it does not extend the life by much. One of the research papers I read concluded something like if you charge your device at around 17 degrees from 0% until 75% full you can extend the lifespan by about 1/5 of the total life span.
I have charged my devices for days at a time, and my iPod Nano has been plugged in for months, and holds a charge the same as my other nano (I have two) which almost never gets used and only charged ocasionally.
In conclusion, just do whatever is convenient for you.
EDIT: Here are some links to the apple pages related to their iPhone batteries:
*
*Batteries - iPhone
*iPhone Battery Replacement Service: Frequently Asked Questions
A: First of all, iPhone uses lithium-ion batteries, so you should follow the same advice as for the laptop batteries. Look at this and this questions at SuperUser.
The most two damaging things to Li-Ion batteries are deep discharge and heat.
Deep discharge is when you use the device until it shuts down, then wait and attempt to turn it on. That's bad practice - you should stop using the battery and think of charging it as soon as the device turns off for the first time. Deep discharge can severely damage the battery. Similar batteries are used in profesional Bosch power tools like drills and drivers. Obviously battery is a heart of such tool. When you continuosly use a tool its battery can get discarged suddenly and then the tool will shut off - you will be holding the switch pressed but the tool will just stop rotating. The manual says clearly that you shouldn't try to release the switch and press it again to try to restart the tool - according to the manual that can damage the battery.
Heat lowers battery lifetime. Heat comes from leaving the phone under direct sunlight, carrying it in a pocket close to your bode in hot weather, putting it next to a heater and so on.
Obviously you shouldn't do stupid things like piercing, burning, short-curcuiting and dropping the iPhone. All other factors like how often you charge it will have very limited impact on the battery lifetime. Even Bosch power tools manuals don't ever mention anything about how good or bad is charging the batteries often.
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4ea202c66d653e9019f05ebc9f412c0027765fd7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I contact the owner of a lost iPhone who has a password lock? I want to return their phone, but can't access their contacts, etc.
A: Just ask Siri 'what is my name' and it will bring up the contact details for the owner of the phone.
You can also use Siri to post to Facebook, send emails and just abut anything else.
To be fair, upon closer inspection, this seems like a huge gap in the security of an iPhone where you're data isn't actually secure, even when locked. Love it!
Obviously only works if the owner has set their phone to utilise Siri when locked. But I think most people do.
| Q: How can I contact the owner of a lost iPhone who has a password lock? I want to return their phone, but can't access their contacts, etc.
A: Just ask Siri 'what is my name' and it will bring up the contact details for the owner of the phone.
You can also use Siri to post to Facebook, send emails and just abut anything else.
To be fair, upon closer inspection, this seems like a huge gap in the security of an iPhone where you're data isn't actually secure, even when locked. Love it!
Obviously only works if the owner has set their phone to utilise Siri when locked. But I think most people do.
A: If there is a lost and found at the location you found the phone put it there, or turn it over to the police. That is where the person who lost it should be looking for it.
Attempting to break the PIN is just not a good idea, even if you have good intentions. They chose to keep some information confidential (for whatever reason), at the expense of making the phone harder to return if it is lost.
A: *
*Keep it plugged in / charged in case the user is trying to "find my phone" and locate it or send you a contact message.
*The carrier and apple might take your contact information if you don't want to drop it off with them. Apple might be better than the carrier if there is any doubt as to the proper carrier.
*Local police should be alerted - they can provide you with your responsibilities as well as how best to get it returned.
I hope you make the owner very happy.
A: Starting with iOS 6, owners will be able to help you out by sending a number to the phone using the new "Lost" mode:
IOS 6 and iCloud now offer Lost mode, making it even easier to use
Find My iPhone to locate and protect a missing device.6 Immediately
lock your missing iPhone with a four-digit passcode and send it a
message displaying a contact number. That way a good Samaritan can
call you from your Lock screen without accessing the rest of the
information on your iPhone. And while in Lost mode, your device will
keep track of where it’s been and report back to you any time you
check in with the Find My iPhone app.
A: 1) Find the phone number, then find the owner
I think the iPhone is locked but not the SIM card. If this is the case, pop the SIM card out. Put it in another phone. Find the number. Now, use the web to do a reverse lookup, find them, find their email or alternate phone, and call them.
2) Find someone who knows the owner
When you set the password, by default the "Voice Dial" is still active. Try holding down the home button for 4 seconds. Even when locked, you might be able to say "Call so-and-so". Try some random names. If someone picks up, explain the situation. They will probably have an alternate means of contacting the owner.
3) Turn the phone on and see if there are recent callers - then use any of these names to try voice calling as in 2 above.
A: By strange coincidence, this exact thing happened to me, so I have the answer:
Wait until the owner's mother calls. Answer the phone, explain the situation, upon which she will send her husband to collect the phone from your office.* Shake the father's hand, hand over the phone, and make a funny apple joke (he asked me if I had kids, to-whit I responded, no, but I have an iPhone, so I understand! -- fan boys rejoice).
*As it turns out, the owner was a 15 year old boy.
A: You can try a number of things. To build on mankoff's answer:
1)Try taking out the SIM card and checking if there are any contacts on it. If the iPhone was not the first phone used with that SIM, it may have stored contacts on it.
2)Try "Call home".
Also, I remember seeing this article a while back, I wonder if it still works with iPhone 4: Read iPhone Data with Ubuntu
Edit (Direct Quote):
Do you have a PIN code on your iPhone?
Well, while that might protect you
from someone making a call or fiddling
with your apps, it doesn’t prevent
access to your data … as long as the
person doing the snooping around is
using Ubuntu “Lucid Lynx” 10.04.
Security experts Bernd Marienfeldt and
Jim Herbeck discovered something
really interesting when they hooked up
a non-jailbroken, fully up-to-date
iPhone 3GS to a PC running Lucid Lynx
…
I uncovered a data protection
vulnerability [9], which I could
reproduce on 3 other non jail broken
3GS iPhones (MC 131B, MC132B) with
different iPhone OS versions installed
(3.1.3-7E18 modem firmware 05.12.01
and version 3.1.2 -7D11, modem
05.11.07) , all PIN code protected which means the vulnerability bypasses
authentication for various data where
people most likely rely on data
protection through encryption and do
not expect that authentication is not
in place.
This is what you get via an auto mount
without any PIN request:
This data protection flaw exposes
music, photos, videos, podcasts, voice
recordings, Google safe browsing
database, game contents… by in my
opinion the quickest compromising
read/write access discovered so far,
without leaving any track record by
the attacker. It’s about to imagine
how many enterprises (e.g. Fortune
100) actually do rely on the
expectation that their iPhone 3GS’s
whole content is protected by
encryption with an PIN code based
authentication in place to unlock it.
This, quite honestly, is a staggering
flaw. It basically allows anyone
capable of driving a Linux PC to copy
data off of an iPhone without the
owner of the phone having any idea
whatsoever that this has happened.
What’s more worrying is that
Marienfeldt and Herbeck think that
write access to the iPhone is only a
buffer overflow away, which means
serious access.
Lastly, an Apple store would have the serial number linked to an iPhone, as Philip Reagan suggested.
A: Take it to the Apple store and see if they can sort it out. I would imagine that they have DB of serial numbers and customers even if they didn't sign up with Applecare or MobileMe.
A: You can use Siri to call some of the contacts.
You probably know no names in his/her contacts list so you should ask Siri:
*
*to call Home
*to call my Mother/father
*to give me the directions to home
*what is my name
*who is my sister/brother.
When you ask Siri about contacts, it would bring up ALL the contacts information that is entered in the iphone/icloud.
So if the iphone is connected to wifi/3g/4g and siri is enabled, you have access to the owner's identity(home, relative names, other phone numbers, addresses).
If the wifi and 3g is turned off, you would have some hard time dealing with it.
A: I'm trying a different tactic. I wrote a note telling them to call the phone or call my number and I took a picture of it with their phone. Hopefully it will upload to Photo Stream. It looks like 3G is on but I'm not sure if it will only upload over wifi. Oh, well. It's worth a shot...
A: Just wait for the owner to call once they realize they lost it. Just found an iPhone on the way home and as I was searching for 'How to find an owner of a locked iPhone', it rang. The owners wife, Viola'! Set up a meeting and hope someone will do the same for me someday.
A: plug the phone into iTunes to get data like the name or other identifiers!!
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b9a156e55d80e91b727a5b8e49866bfbe49ef255 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I stop com.apple.launched from attempting to start a service we uninstalled? My office used to use JungleDisk Workgroup service to exchange large files. We've moved on to a new solution and I uninstalled the client according to their instructions, but I noticed today in the Console that com.apple.launchd is trying to start JungleDisk every 10 seconds. It fails, but I can't help but think this is causing some performance issues.
Where/how do I remove a background service launch?
8/31/10 7:47:03 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice[4172]) Exited with exit code: 1
8/31/10 7:47:03 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/31/10 7:47:13 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice[4173]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/Jungle Disk Workgroup.app/Contents/Jungle Disk Workgroup/Jungle Disk Workgroup.app/Contents/MacOS/Jungle Disk Workgroup", ...): No such file or directory
A: If you want to use a software, you can try Lingon.
It allows you to manage (create, edit, delete) all the launchd items on your system.
Otherwise, if you want to go by hand, look inside the following folders :
*
*/Library/LaunchAgents
*/Library/LaunchDaemons
*~/Library/LaunchAgents
| Q: How can I stop com.apple.launched from attempting to start a service we uninstalled? My office used to use JungleDisk Workgroup service to exchange large files. We've moved on to a new solution and I uninstalled the client according to their instructions, but I noticed today in the Console that com.apple.launchd is trying to start JungleDisk every 10 seconds. It fails, but I can't help but think this is causing some performance issues.
Where/how do I remove a background service launch?
8/31/10 7:47:03 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice[4172]) Exited with exit code: 1
8/31/10 7:47:03 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/31/10 7:47:13 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jungledisk.workgroupservice[4173]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/Jungle Disk Workgroup.app/Contents/Jungle Disk Workgroup/Jungle Disk Workgroup.app/Contents/MacOS/Jungle Disk Workgroup", ...): No such file or directory
A: If you want to use a software, you can try Lingon.
It allows you to manage (create, edit, delete) all the launchd items on your system.
Otherwise, if you want to go by hand, look inside the following folders :
*
*/Library/LaunchAgents
*/Library/LaunchDaemons
*~/Library/LaunchAgents
A: The manual method (Lingon in Studer's question is a great GUI for this) is to unload the job from launchd:
Run sudo launchctl stop com.jungledisk.workgroupservice to tell launchd to stop running the job but it's important to note the job will just come back the next time you restart. You can then try and track down the file in /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons or ~/Library/LaunchAgents - if you delete the file it won't load the next time you restart the computer. If you run sudo launchctl unload /PATH/TO/com.jungledisk.workgroupservice.plist this will unload the job and then you can delete the file since you don't require it anymore.
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1e907eb23333b94739a39e4cd4d961a8fc50e398 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Push notifications work everywhere but my home network I have an 2G (MC Model) 8GB iPod Touch on iOS 4.0 that has a strange issue. Push notifications used to work just fine, but for the past month or two, I don't get any notifications while I'm on my home wifi network. If I connect my iPod to any other wifi network (open private, public hotspot, etc), I get flooded with all the past notifications. I have tried restoring my iPod numerous times, tried downgrading to 3.1.2, tried different combinations of DNS servers (as mentioned on the net), but nothing works. Any ideas on how to go about getting push to work when I'm at home?
A: Your push-port (5223) could've been closed. Try to open it in the router-interface.
| Q: Push notifications work everywhere but my home network I have an 2G (MC Model) 8GB iPod Touch on iOS 4.0 that has a strange issue. Push notifications used to work just fine, but for the past month or two, I don't get any notifications while I'm on my home wifi network. If I connect my iPod to any other wifi network (open private, public hotspot, etc), I get flooded with all the past notifications. I have tried restoring my iPod numerous times, tried downgrading to 3.1.2, tried different combinations of DNS servers (as mentioned on the net), but nothing works. Any ideas on how to go about getting push to work when I'm at home?
A: Your push-port (5223) could've been closed. Try to open it in the router-interface.
A: What has changed since the push notifications stopped working?
Sounds like the connection state is being dropped by your home router, either because of a timeout or the connection table is overflowing; most of these embedded routers don't have much memory in them for state info.
What is your access point/router/firewall? Is it running a custom firmware, and/or have you modified any settings, like connection timeouts? Some open-source firewalls and router firmwares have options for tweaking the connection timeouts.
Are you using BitTorrent or any other high-connection-count protocols? If so, what happens if you stop using them for a day or so?
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8884f123af84436cccad64d4a84c1d07dd102322 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Adding a Second IP Address to an Existing Network Adapter On linux boxes it is possible to add multiple ip addresses to the same network interface.
It's achived with the following command:
ip addr add 128.133.123.83/24 dev eth0
Is there any way to to the same with OS X ?
I've tried to put multiple ip addresses (comma separated like the dns) in System Preferences / Network with no luck...
A: Yeah, it's pretty easy. Open System Preferences, go to Networking, then click the Plus sign under the left bar. Choose the interface, give a name to the adapter configuration you're creating, then press OK. You will have to provide manual configuration of IP address and DNS for the second entry -- DHCP won't work for it, because it shares the same MAC address as the original entry, so the router won't issue it another address. Click Apply when you're done, and enjoy. Your adapter now has two IP addresses.
| Q: Adding a Second IP Address to an Existing Network Adapter On linux boxes it is possible to add multiple ip addresses to the same network interface.
It's achived with the following command:
ip addr add 128.133.123.83/24 dev eth0
Is there any way to to the same with OS X ?
I've tried to put multiple ip addresses (comma separated like the dns) in System Preferences / Network with no luck...
A: Yeah, it's pretty easy. Open System Preferences, go to Networking, then click the Plus sign under the left bar. Choose the interface, give a name to the adapter configuration you're creating, then press OK. You will have to provide manual configuration of IP address and DNS for the second entry -- DHCP won't work for it, because it shares the same MAC address as the original entry, so the router won't issue it another address. Click Apply when you're done, and enjoy. Your adapter now has two IP addresses.
A: sudo ifconfig en0 alias 128.133.123.83/24 up
and to remove...
sudo ifconfig en0 -alias 128.133.123.83
A: .. and to remove the alias added in brabic's answer
sudo ifconfig en0 -alias 128.133.123.83
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a041ad43a52f8d658ba80afe8a4f43a9cb45b431 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: What's the best server/client combo to remote into your Mac (10.6) from a windows machine? I have a Mac OS X 10.6 computer at home, which I like to remote into from my work laptop from time to time. I've tried using RealVNC and UltraVNC with the built-in VNC client, but I can't get them to accept the adaptive compression, so I can either do
*
*8-bit color that is low bandwidth
*Full color that takes up too much bandwidth for my home's upload speed
Is there a VNC client that supports the adaptive compression on the built-in vnc server for Mac OS X? Some other things I have tried are
*
*Using custom VNC server (Vine Server) to get higher color with acceptable bandwith
*Logmein.com - which seems to have it's own adaptive compression, but is only free for use w/one computer
A: You could try TeamViewer.
Like Logmein.com, it is a full software and one based one Mac OS X vnc.
By the way, it also works from an iPad or an iPhone or from a web browser under Windows.
| Q: What's the best server/client combo to remote into your Mac (10.6) from a windows machine? I have a Mac OS X 10.6 computer at home, which I like to remote into from my work laptop from time to time. I've tried using RealVNC and UltraVNC with the built-in VNC client, but I can't get them to accept the adaptive compression, so I can either do
*
*8-bit color that is low bandwidth
*Full color that takes up too much bandwidth for my home's upload speed
Is there a VNC client that supports the adaptive compression on the built-in vnc server for Mac OS X? Some other things I have tried are
*
*Using custom VNC server (Vine Server) to get higher color with acceptable bandwith
*Logmein.com - which seems to have it's own adaptive compression, but is only free for use w/one computer
A: You could try TeamViewer.
Like Logmein.com, it is a full software and one based one Mac OS X vnc.
By the way, it also works from an iPad or an iPhone or from a web browser under Windows.
A: perhaps see what http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ can do for you? i'm running it to share out a single monitor out of three, to vnc clients on other platforms that don't support apple's monitor selection extensions or whatever it's called to make that work in mac-to-mac Screen Sharing.
A: Here's one I haven't tried, but Leo Laporte loves: GoToMyPC.
If you're going to try it, be sure to get a discount coupon somewhere.
And here's a good place to look for alternatives.
A: Here is the software we use in our company (Windows): Radmin
Highly recommend. Not sure they have MAC version but my colleagues say they used it on MAC.
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ccb194d902bf6d4bd1f9d4dcd1a2d4b292a29df9 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iTunes album cover is not the correct cover for that album My iTunes shows the wrong cover image for a handful of albums. How can I correct this?
A: You can look for covers yourself (i.e. on Amazon or w/ Google Image Search) and copy & paste them in the "Get Info" dialog (select all songs of an album, press Cmd-I, paste the image into the "Artwork" area).
There are tools like CoverScout which automate these tasks which is feasible if you have a large music library w/ lots of broken covers.
| Q: iTunes album cover is not the correct cover for that album My iTunes shows the wrong cover image for a handful of albums. How can I correct this?
A: You can look for covers yourself (i.e. on Amazon or w/ Google Image Search) and copy & paste them in the "Get Info" dialog (select all songs of an album, press Cmd-I, paste the image into the "Artwork" area).
There are tools like CoverScout which automate these tasks which is feasible if you have a large music library w/ lots of broken covers.
A: Sometimes iTunes thinks the CD tracks you have are for a different album (happens more for lesser known CD's.)
An option you could use is to find the Album art online and then manually insert them as the Album art.
The way to do that in iTunes:
*
*Right Click the song you want
*Select Get Info
*Click the Album art tab
*Add and select your album art
Note: Can do this for an entire CD by selecting all the songs and then changing the Artwork section under the info tab
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6d177355d5674cc74cb468ae2f51b19b1c98d5d4 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: OS X Server 10.6 and Fully Qualified Domain Names From the Advanced Server Admin for OS X Server v.10.6:
You must have a fully qualified domain
name for each server’s IP addess in
the DNS system. The DNS zone must have
the reverse-lookup record for the name
and address pair. Not having a stable,
functioning DNS system with reverse
lookup leads to service failures and
unexpected behaviors.
I was recently bit by this requirement as my internal network doesn't have an internal DNS server. As a result, various applications and services (User Management in particular), hosted on my XServe have experienced degraded performance. My question is, besides deploying my own DNS server (dnsmasq or bind9) is there any other way to provide a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) for my X Serve?
UPDATE
Used the X Serve as its own DNS host, worked like a charm with very little configuration.
A: No, the only way to get a FQDN is by using a DNS server, either external to your Xserve or run on the Xserve itself. It's recommended with setting up Mac OS X to set up DNS first before anything else.
| Q: OS X Server 10.6 and Fully Qualified Domain Names From the Advanced Server Admin for OS X Server v.10.6:
You must have a fully qualified domain
name for each server’s IP addess in
the DNS system. The DNS zone must have
the reverse-lookup record for the name
and address pair. Not having a stable,
functioning DNS system with reverse
lookup leads to service failures and
unexpected behaviors.
I was recently bit by this requirement as my internal network doesn't have an internal DNS server. As a result, various applications and services (User Management in particular), hosted on my XServe have experienced degraded performance. My question is, besides deploying my own DNS server (dnsmasq or bind9) is there any other way to provide a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) for my X Serve?
UPDATE
Used the X Serve as its own DNS host, worked like a charm with very little configuration.
A: No, the only way to get a FQDN is by using a DNS server, either external to your Xserve or run on the Xserve itself. It's recommended with setting up Mac OS X to set up DNS first before anything else.
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9e1aa24710ef97ac5b1ac80cd84c90f0097c37a0 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: External SATA PM (Port Multiplier) Enclosure w/ Mac Mini I'd love to use one of the new Mac Mini Server models as a backup server, but need a lot more space.
Has anybody tried attaching a port multiplied eSATA enclosure to the Mini? This is the one I'd really like to work: http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/
I've read a few things that imply that the system controller in the Mac Mini supports it.
A: No, the SATA the Mac Mini does not support port multipliers. Technically the MCP79 in it can support port multipliers, but either the driver or the firmware does not enable it.
| Q: External SATA PM (Port Multiplier) Enclosure w/ Mac Mini I'd love to use one of the new Mac Mini Server models as a backup server, but need a lot more space.
Has anybody tried attaching a port multiplied eSATA enclosure to the Mini? This is the one I'd really like to work: http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/
I've read a few things that imply that the system controller in the Mac Mini supports it.
A: No, the SATA the Mac Mini does not support port multipliers. Technically the MCP79 in it can support port multipliers, but either the driver or the firmware does not enable it.
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e42afc5ac19429e9ebfde8f58cf69f427bbf4707 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: The bottom of my iPhone won't accept touches. Can I fix that? My iPhone (1st Gen) is no longer able to recognize when I touch it at the very bottom of the screen. The only way this effects me is when I have the keyboard up I cant hit the 123, spacebar, or send.
Is there some way I can fix this? I've tried restoring but that didn't do the trick. Is this something that I can take in and have fixed?
A: Turns the phone upside down and hope that the app you are using supports that orientation :)
| Q: The bottom of my iPhone won't accept touches. Can I fix that? My iPhone (1st Gen) is no longer able to recognize when I touch it at the very bottom of the screen. The only way this effects me is when I have the keyboard up I cant hit the 123, spacebar, or send.
Is there some way I can fix this? I've tried restoring but that didn't do the trick. Is this something that I can take in and have fixed?
A: Turns the phone upside down and hope that the app you are using supports that orientation :)
A: Off to the Genius Bar with you. Though I'm willing to bet they'll probably just recommend you get a new phone.
A: They might do 1G here. Worked great when I busted my 3GS screen.
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9d2cb6aa90eb87539c0c65c310ef0cdaad4b1610 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: CD doesn't eject I have a problem with ejecting a CD. It happened twice in the past few days, CD drive disappears from the list of devices in a Finder and I can't eject a CD that sits inside my laptop. I tried Disk Utility it sees the drive, but the eject option is grayed out. Typing "drutil tray eject" in Terminal also doesn't produce any effect.
A: The first thing to try in these cases is to restart the computer and hold down your Eject key or Mouse/trackpad button while it's starting up.
If that doesn't work, try Resetting the SMC on an Intel based mac, or a PMU reset on an older PowerPC machine, then try again.
If that fails, you'll want to bring the machine into an Authorized Service Center if it's under warranty, or look into less orthodox solutions if not.
| Q: CD doesn't eject I have a problem with ejecting a CD. It happened twice in the past few days, CD drive disappears from the list of devices in a Finder and I can't eject a CD that sits inside my laptop. I tried Disk Utility it sees the drive, but the eject option is grayed out. Typing "drutil tray eject" in Terminal also doesn't produce any effect.
A: The first thing to try in these cases is to restart the computer and hold down your Eject key or Mouse/trackpad button while it's starting up.
If that doesn't work, try Resetting the SMC on an Intel based mac, or a PMU reset on an older PowerPC machine, then try again.
If that fails, you'll want to bring the machine into an Authorized Service Center if it's under warranty, or look into less orthodox solutions if not.
A: I had a similar solution to TrentEllingsen. My CD drive would not relinquish this stuck CD. Not with a terminal command or eject button or what have you.
I eventually decided to go about it manually. First I tried using a card to leverage the CD enough so that "drutil eject" would work but after several tries it was obvious it wouldn't. So I rubbed on some elbow grease and grabbed another card. I slid one under the CD and the other on top. Then, like using a pair of card-nosed pliers, I pinched tight, pulled gently, and out came the CD... with protective slip attached! That was the last time I let my girlfriend burn anything on my mac.
A: I had a similar problem with a macbook that wasn't able to start up and I wanted to put in the reformatting disk in to try and fix it but had a stuck CD.
I tried holding the eject, mouse button, holding multiple buttons at the same time, tilting it.. What actually worked was a suggestion I found that using step 3 from here
I just stuck a borders gift card into the slot and then gently
pushed it down on the rotating CD (scary sound).
It stopped spinning and soon ejected!
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667885178d901e89c032e672b8f8c28f9792b753 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop Safari from unzipping files after download Safari unzips .zip and .gz files after downloading. How can I stop this behavior?
A: In the menu bar, go Safari -> Preferences. In the "General" tab, uncheck "Open 'safe' files after downloading". This will stop Safari from automatically unzipping the files.
| Q: How to stop Safari from unzipping files after download Safari unzips .zip and .gz files after downloading. How can I stop this behavior?
A: In the menu bar, go Safari -> Preferences. In the "General" tab, uncheck "Open 'safe' files after downloading". This will stop Safari from automatically unzipping the files.
A: Just hold the ⌥ alt button while clicking on the download links.
Tested on OS X Mavericks, Big Sur, Monterey. Still works in October 2022.
A: In Preferences, at the bottom of the General tab, uncheck the "Open "safe" files after downloading" check box.
A: Check out this article if you want to keep the "Safe Downloads" behavior but tweak it a little.
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c94eaee84ea2148864692586941af048e849ae75 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Making an inactive mailbox active I made one of my mailboxes inactive. How do I make it active again?
A: Under Preferences, Accounts, click on the account and then the "Advanced" tab. There will be a check box next to "Enable this account."
| Q: Making an inactive mailbox active I made one of my mailboxes inactive. How do I make it active again?
A: Under Preferences, Accounts, click on the account and then the "Advanced" tab. There will be a check box next to "Enable this account."
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c45be2e10bc96446eb1581ff858f5040a7c3eb58 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why am I having this problem importing photos from iPhone to iPhoto? I'm getting the error
Error downloading image.
iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.
when I "Import All..." from my iPhone. Trying to import individual images I get
The following file cannot be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format.)
IMG_0301.JPG
In the past I've been able to do this, so I don't know why I'm getting grief now. Anyone have any suggestions?
To help describe the problem I've created a screencast: http://screenr.com/CLr
A: I seem to have resolved the issue by connecting my iPhone 4 directly into my MacBook as opposed to using a USB hub which I connect everything to.
edit: I also found this to be the case after a long term problem with importing photos/films from my iPhone 5; it was intermittent and buggy, but I was using a simple USB extension cord from behind my computer and eventually removing; because of this, this answer solved the entire issue.
| Q: Why am I having this problem importing photos from iPhone to iPhoto? I'm getting the error
Error downloading image.
iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.
when I "Import All..." from my iPhone. Trying to import individual images I get
The following file cannot be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format.)
IMG_0301.JPG
In the past I've been able to do this, so I don't know why I'm getting grief now. Anyone have any suggestions?
To help describe the problem I've created a screencast: http://screenr.com/CLr
A: I seem to have resolved the issue by connecting my iPhone 4 directly into my MacBook as opposed to using a USB hub which I connect everything to.
edit: I also found this to be the case after a long term problem with importing photos/films from my iPhone 5; it was intermittent and buggy, but I was using a simple USB extension cord from behind my computer and eventually removing; because of this, this answer solved the entire issue.
A: May be you can try using http://ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/ Phone view to get the image copied over to your Mac, and check if the file is corrupted.
A: Surprising enough, after spending two hours crunching Google to find an answer, and restarting my phone (Home + Power key), the only solution was to restart my Mac. It solved everything magically (both Picasa and all other softwares)
A: It's hard to tell which of two things is the real issue:
*
*The Phone has some corrupt pictures.
*The databases on your Mac used to track which pictures are imported are corrupt / iPhoto is corrupt.
You can rule out #2 by taking the phone to another mac (or at least make another user on the same mac to try an import from a clean slate).
As has been mentioned before - if the pictures are corrupt on the iOS device, you will have to spring for PhoneView and perhaps a tool like Data Rescue to see if the photos are salvageable. Often JPEG headers and such are bad and the image data is fine or patchable with little or no visual evidence of the corruption.
Also - it could be a combination of both #1 and #2 which is why some work under PhoneView and others don't. Lastly - you could try restoring that backup onto another iOS device and importing the photos from there. It would rule out a problem with the phone which is highly less likely than the other two items listed above.
A: One item not yet mentioned is that your hard drive could be full. I was getting this error until I made some space.
A: +1 for Phoneview for being a great app, but I understand not wanting to buy an app.
As an alternative, you should look at this fee app, it seems like it will do what you need.
http://www.macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/
Your best bet is probably going to be to get all the photos off of the iPhone you want/need by dragging them to your desktop/folder. Then import them into iPhoto.
Then do a backup of your phone in iTunes. I'd wipe the iPhone and re-install iOS via iTunes. Then once the operating system has been installed, iTunes will ask if you want to restore your backup.
If there is an issue with your photos/data then this may not help. However, if there is an issue with the underlying iOS then this may fix things for you.
A: I have read in Apple's Support Forums that the Image Capture app (which is included on OSX, in the Utilities folder) will import these "corrupted" photos okay while iPhoto will not.
Like others, I'm still waiting a permanent solution (even an acknowledgement) from Apple.
A: *
*Close iPhoto make sure their isn't a white light appearing under the icon.
*Go to your pictures folder and drag the iPhoto library icon onto your desktop.
*Open up iPhoto and click on create new library.
*Once it opens, move it so you can see the iPhoto library icon on your desktop.
*Right-click on the iPhoto icon and click on 'Show Package Contents.'
*Drag the files Library.iPhoto and Library6.iPhoto onto iPhoto.
It should be working after that.
A: I've found iPhoto can be picky when it comes to things like color formats. For example, iPhoto returned the same error when I tried importing an image that was in Grayscale. I had to convert it to RGB first before iPhoto would import it. I've read elsewhere that iPhoto can also be picky about layers.
A: Update! update! update!
Make sure both your iPhone and Mac are on the latest versions of OS X (10.6.8) and iOS (4.3.3). Also, (if it's possible) upgrade to iLife '11.
If that doesn't fix your problem, try backing up (through iTunes) and restoring your iPhone. Also, try using photo syncing (through iTunes) instead of manually copying over the photos.
A: There's a problem importing photos from the iPhone (4S) to iPhoto; some photos are getting corrupted during the import process. It appears to be well-documented here.
A: Hmmm... I tried some of the suggested solutions here and ultimately I decided to simply free up my hard drive a litte bit. So, I deleted some old photos and movies and voilà --- no more error message. :)
A: Do you really need IMG_0301.JPG ?
If not you could try clicking 'Delete' instead of 'Keep' to empty the library and hopefully get rid of IMG_0301.JPG and then sync the photos back to the phone if required.
A: Try Disk Utility to check/repair permissions on the volume holding the iTunes library.
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b849c94116f7a9a598da6a9c4aa572eb73d9f565 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Access iPhoto photos? If you want to upload a photo to a website from iPhoto, is there a simple way that you can access it, without having to export it from iPhoto first. When I navigate to the iPhoto folder, it just appears as an empty folder.
A: You can reveal a particular photo by control-clicking it within iPhoto, and selecting the "Show File" menu item in the contextual menu that pops up. That will reveal the actual image file for that photo in the Finder. I highly recommend not moving that file anywhere, since that will cause iPhoto to lose track of it, but you can copy it to another folder, attach to an e-mail, upload to a website, etc.
| Q: Access iPhoto photos? If you want to upload a photo to a website from iPhoto, is there a simple way that you can access it, without having to export it from iPhoto first. When I navigate to the iPhoto folder, it just appears as an empty folder.
A: You can reveal a particular photo by control-clicking it within iPhoto, and selecting the "Show File" menu item in the contextual menu that pops up. That will reveal the actual image file for that photo in the Finder. I highly recommend not moving that file anywhere, since that will cause iPhoto to lose track of it, but you can copy it to another folder, attach to an e-mail, upload to a website, etc.
A: Starting with Leopard, you can use the media browser that is integrated with the Finder. Look at the bottom of the Finder's sidebar.
Explanation from Macword: Usage tips for the Leopard media browser
More details and nice screenshots in this InDesign-centric (but still applicable) explanation: Using the Mac OS Media Browser in InDesign
A: If you navigate to your iPhoto Library, Right Click and then select Show Package Contents you will be able to browse your library and select photos as normal.
This option won't be available from a website upload dialog box so you will have to copy photos out of there to somewhere convenient beforehand.
A: Instead of exporting you can drag the photo from iPhoto onto your Desktop, or another folder.
What site do you want to upload to? There are exporter plugins for a few websites.
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a5c7c9ccefdffb263459ac65089521e55d8967cd | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMovie on iPhone 4 : How to separate audio How can I separate the audio from an existing video file on iPhone programatically?
A: iMovie for iPhone 4 does not offer the ability to separate the audio from the video of a movie. It only allows one track of audio - either a background song or the audio from the clip you're using. If you click and hold on a clip it brings up the Clip Settings view where you can turn off the audio for the clip.
iMovie for iPhone 4 doesn't allow you to do anything programatically. If you're wanting to develop something with the iOS SDK to pull the audio from a movie I suggest editing your question and reading up on what you can do with AVFoundation
| Q: iMovie on iPhone 4 : How to separate audio How can I separate the audio from an existing video file on iPhone programatically?
A: iMovie for iPhone 4 does not offer the ability to separate the audio from the video of a movie. It only allows one track of audio - either a background song or the audio from the clip you're using. If you click and hold on a clip it brings up the Clip Settings view where you can turn off the audio for the clip.
iMovie for iPhone 4 doesn't allow you to do anything programatically. If you're wanting to develop something with the iOS SDK to pull the audio from a movie I suggest editing your question and reading up on what you can do with AVFoundation
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ce292932530465e3d3844849c3303515eaca35ed | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Remote Desktop for Mac OS X Is there any remote desktop solution for Mac? I don't mean a VNC where one can only manage the computer using the logged user on the computer. I want to be able to use my Mac at home using GUI with my account while my wife accesses the computer locally using her account.
Is it possible?
A: Mac OS X does not support multiple GUI sessions by itself. There are a couple options however - you can try Vine Server which requires some setup ahead of time (fast user switching on, you have to be logged on with a copy of Vine Server running).
The more robust alternative is a product called AquaConnect Terminal Server which provides services like Terminal Server but requires Mac OS X Server to run.
| Q: Remote Desktop for Mac OS X Is there any remote desktop solution for Mac? I don't mean a VNC where one can only manage the computer using the logged user on the computer. I want to be able to use my Mac at home using GUI with my account while my wife accesses the computer locally using her account.
Is it possible?
A: Mac OS X does not support multiple GUI sessions by itself. There are a couple options however - you can try Vine Server which requires some setup ahead of time (fast user switching on, you have to be logged on with a copy of Vine Server running).
The more robust alternative is a product called AquaConnect Terminal Server which provides services like Terminal Server but requires Mac OS X Server to run.
A: Not sure if this helps but there "might" be away if X11 is turned on on the Mac as any unix/linux os disto would usually work. would need some unconventional setup though. Oh and you probably would not get the same OS X desktop presented when connected via X11. Just throwing out and idea...my apologies if this misses the mark.(i would know how to setup multiple sessions on unix/linux but never done it with mac)
A: www.logmein.com
but I'm afraid to use multiple GUI same time you need Mac OS X server:)
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9b2b2a281dbb48f736f5cd69fa2b47c1d4ee979c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Good resources for those transitioning to Mac OS X from Windows I'm going to be getting a new MacBook laptop as part of the PhD programme I've just started, but have never used Macs before in my life. I'm quite an advanced computer user (running an informal computer repair business for Windows PCs), but I can see that I might just get frustrated with it at first as I don't know some of the standard OS X ways of doing things.
Does anyone have suggestions for resources that could teach me these standard ways of doing things, or any other guides to someone transitioning from Windows?
A: Apple - Mac Basic Tutorials
Apple has made a lot of videos on how to get started and more indepth guides.
Among the tutorials there is a PC to Mac tutorial.
| Q: Good resources for those transitioning to Mac OS X from Windows I'm going to be getting a new MacBook laptop as part of the PhD programme I've just started, but have never used Macs before in my life. I'm quite an advanced computer user (running an informal computer repair business for Windows PCs), but I can see that I might just get frustrated with it at first as I don't know some of the standard OS X ways of doing things.
Does anyone have suggestions for resources that could teach me these standard ways of doing things, or any other guides to someone transitioning from Windows?
A: Apple - Mac Basic Tutorials
Apple has made a lot of videos on how to get started and more indepth guides.
Among the tutorials there is a PC to Mac tutorial.
A: Apple's guide to switching is located here.
A: Mac OS X Hints (run by Macworld)
A: IMHO:
Here is your future:
You can read tutorials, watch videos what previous posters provide you. They are very good! but...
As advance user, prepare for hell during 1-2 weeks switching period.;)
Try to play with your new system yourself, (for sure not as root:) )
But after that I'm sure you will never return back to the windows:)
Have fun!
A: Apple has retired a lot of the links posted in other answers. Here are some that work today:
*
*Mac tips for Windows switchers
*Mac keyboard shortcuts
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d4c02624018bb22054d3c9130c5c8f146931303d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to power up a Mac Mini remotely? Is there ANY way to Power Up a Mac Mini remotely?
Just to be clear, I don´t mean wake up from sleep but boot up.
A: Depending on how your Mac Mini is connected to the internet (wifi, ethernet, firewall, age of the machine, NAT, …) it should be possible to do it using Wake On LAN.
You could, for example, use a GUI software like WakeOnLan.
| Q: Is there a way to power up a Mac Mini remotely? Is there ANY way to Power Up a Mac Mini remotely?
Just to be clear, I don´t mean wake up from sleep but boot up.
A: Depending on how your Mac Mini is connected to the internet (wifi, ethernet, firewall, age of the machine, NAT, …) it should be possible to do it using Wake On LAN.
You could, for example, use a GUI software like WakeOnLan.
A: Not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but it's also possible to use the Energy Saver preference pane to schedule the machine to startup at a set time.
A: As you describe it, no.
You could, however, get another computer or network-controlled device with the ability to cut off/restore power to a device, and remotely operate that (I'll try to find such a controller and link it here in a minute). Then just set your mac-mini to auto-boot after a power failure.
Edit: example- http://www.42u.com/dataprobe_iboot_remote_reboot.htm
A: As a workaround you can set, in the energy settings a scheduled time for the remote computer to start. At least if others have powered down the computer you know it will power up everyday on its own i.e. 6:00AM
I am setting up a remote MAC in the Philippines and others may power down instead of log off so I know if for example I set it to start everyday at 9:00PM philippine time it will be acccessable to me in the US everyday at 6:00AM.
Another idea if your in the US is to use iDevice, a switch that you plug into the power outlet then plug the MAC into. These are great devices that use apple home kit and I use them to power cycle my remote cameras that freez once in awhile and the company who makes the camera said to power cycle to restore the cameras. These devices use their own internet access and work great unfortunately they only make the 110 vac version. Also you must have the MAC set up to restart on power failure.
Hope this helps
A: Another cool thing you can try is to download Remote to your iPhone and setup a library to iTunes. In my case my computer starts automatically when opening the application! =)
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f14ae126808ad36445cff9b5cfd0e69cfd623510 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Options for playing music wirelessly from iPod touch and iPhone? What are the options for playing music from an iPod touch over speakers in multiple rooms, preferably with the ability to turn speakers off in a specific room using a remote? I currently have a basic stereo system but it's about 5 years old, only has two speakers, and doesn't support Bluetooth so I'm not sure if it's worth trying to use with the iPod for this type of setup. Cost isn’t an issue at least until I figure out what the options are.
A: Today Apple announced that the upcoming iOS 4.2 update coming in November will contain a feature called AirPlay where you can stream music, video, and photos directly from your iOS device to a new Apple TV (and presumably the Airport Express).
| Q: Options for playing music wirelessly from iPod touch and iPhone? What are the options for playing music from an iPod touch over speakers in multiple rooms, preferably with the ability to turn speakers off in a specific room using a remote? I currently have a basic stereo system but it's about 5 years old, only has two speakers, and doesn't support Bluetooth so I'm not sure if it's worth trying to use with the iPod for this type of setup. Cost isn’t an issue at least until I figure out what the options are.
A: Today Apple announced that the upcoming iOS 4.2 update coming in November will contain a feature called AirPlay where you can stream music, video, and photos directly from your iOS device to a new Apple TV (and presumably the Airport Express).
A: Well, if your stereo has an audio in port, you can go with an Airport Express and send the music wirelessly from iTunes/Front Row on your computer.
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/features/airtunes.html
You could use your iPhone/iPod as a remote using Apple's free Remote app.
I hope this helps.
A: Since my speaker system is hooked up to my desktop computer I use Shairport4w to airplay music and podcasts from my iphone to my desktop.
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82b64b7f2bdae431947a56b8fc9d6a430ef2ee0c | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to skip system hotkeys when using terminal emacs? I like to run GNU emacs in a Terminal window under Mac OS X 10.6.4.
Unfortunately, whenever I hit a hot key for emacs I often "trip" on an OS X system hot key.
For instance, when I hit ⌃ + space in emacs, I end up opening Spotlight.
Is there a way to "skip" system level hot keys when I use emacs under Terminal.app?
I hate to have to manually deactivate all system hot keys and re-enable them whenever I use emacs.
A: Found a way here that solved most of my own problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/604808/option-or-command-key-as-meta-key-for-lispbox-on-macintosh
| Q: How to skip system hotkeys when using terminal emacs? I like to run GNU emacs in a Terminal window under Mac OS X 10.6.4.
Unfortunately, whenever I hit a hot key for emacs I often "trip" on an OS X system hot key.
For instance, when I hit ⌃ + space in emacs, I end up opening Spotlight.
Is there a way to "skip" system level hot keys when I use emacs under Terminal.app?
I hate to have to manually deactivate all system hot keys and re-enable them whenever I use emacs.
A: Found a way here that solved most of my own problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/604808/option-or-command-key-as-meta-key-for-lispbox-on-macintosh
A: On my machine, I replaced the Control modifier key for the Spotlight commands with Command. This is simple, since it changes it for all applications, and doesn't usually conflict with anything else.
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Spotlight
Alternatively, you could add an additional modifier, e.g., ⌃-⌥-space. Or even change it altogether. I've used ⌃-⌘-F in the past, for example; though that's now the default key for Full Screen on Lion.
The default Spotlight keys are the main conflict with Terminal. I don't think there are other default shortcut keys that are a problem (because they either don't use Control, or if they do they usually use other modifiers or keys that don't conflict with how Terminal handles keyboard input).
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f6c9b99659bb596910b3fda887e95caf88134041 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Problem with Non English(Farsi, ...) subtitle When I want to see a movie or video in mac os x (with VLC, DivX Player, Quick Time) and want to load subtitles, these video player applications can't load my subtitle correctly show in strange text.
My subtitle language is Farsi (RTL language). I must change some Unicode settings, but I don't know where anyone has any idea?
A: According to Trezoid answer on superuser the solution is:
By default the language encoding on VLC (and possibly others) is set to "default" which is windows-1252 (possibly only if your language is set to english, but I'm not sure)
This will not display other languages very well. To fix it, open up VLC preferences, click on the Subtitles and OSD tab, and change "default encoding" to UTF-8
This will give the program a much wider choice of characters to display from allowing it to render the characters as they should be.
| Q: Problem with Non English(Farsi, ...) subtitle When I want to see a movie or video in mac os x (with VLC, DivX Player, Quick Time) and want to load subtitles, these video player applications can't load my subtitle correctly show in strange text.
My subtitle language is Farsi (RTL language). I must change some Unicode settings, but I don't know where anyone has any idea?
A: According to Trezoid answer on superuser the solution is:
By default the language encoding on VLC (and possibly others) is set to "default" which is windows-1252 (possibly only if your language is set to english, but I'm not sure)
This will not display other languages very well. To fix it, open up VLC preferences, click on the Subtitles and OSD tab, and change "default encoding" to UTF-8
This will give the program a much wider choice of characters to display from allowing it to render the characters as they should be.
A: I had the same problem and fixed it in this way:
open VLC, preferences, subtitle/OSD, and change default coding to one of Arabic languages.
A: It could be (and looks like) a possible issue regrading encoding. It's probably not UTF-8, and something different.
That being said, if VLC can't play it nothing can. I suggest trying to find different subtitles.
A: Try with MplayerX which features:
*
*Auto detect the encode method of subtitle file (with Universal Charset Detector)
*
*Now could support multiple sub files with different encode method
*Load subtitles while playing - just drag or double-click it
*Letterbox for the subtitles
A: Try enca to guess and convert encoding of text files, e.g.
enca -x utf8 -L mylanguage file.srt
For list of supported languages, check man enca.
Related:
*
*How to change encoding from Non-ISO extended-ASCII text?
*iconv any encoding to UTF-8
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b9d8dbc2f1d724480a0a079508af13bae3b24d9e | Apple Stackexchange
Q: iMovie export to Ogg Theora? After I finish editing a movie with iMovie '09 under Mac OS X 10.6.4, is there a way to export the final product to Ogg Theora format? OR, is there a way to convert an already exported movie to Ogg Theora easily?
A: As part of Dive Into HTML5, Mark Pilgrim gives two options:
*
*Encoding Ogg Video With Firefogg
*Batch Encoding Ogg Video With ffmpeg2theora
One or both of those should work for you.
| Q: iMovie export to Ogg Theora? After I finish editing a movie with iMovie '09 under Mac OS X 10.6.4, is there a way to export the final product to Ogg Theora format? OR, is there a way to convert an already exported movie to Ogg Theora easily?
A: As part of Dive Into HTML5, Mark Pilgrim gives two options:
*
*Encoding Ogg Video With Firefogg
*Batch Encoding Ogg Video With ffmpeg2theora
One or both of those should work for you.
A: Just install the XiphQT Quicktime plugin... allows any of the Quicktime-based OS X video players/editors, including iMovie, to export to Theora.
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af8e18996108621c73ab4b37bbf0b2663a2acd0b | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How do I encode mp4 files with H.264 (or x264) codec in AVIDemux? I am trying to get AVIDemux set up with the X264 codec using this tutorial. The following is what goes down when I get to the ./configure --enable-mp4-output command
Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output
Password:
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Found no assembler
Minimum version is yasm-0.6.2
If you really want to compile without asm, configure with --disable-asm.
So I tried it.
Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output --disable-asm
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Warning: gpac is too old, update to 2007-06-21 UTC or later
Platform: X86_64
System: MACOSX
asm: no
avs: no
lavf: no
ffms: no
gpac: no
pthread: yes
filters: crop select_every
debug: no
gprof: no
PIC: no
shared: no
visualize: no
bit depth: 8
You can run 'make' or 'make fprofiled' now.
I issued make, and then Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ ./x264 -v -q 20 -o foreman.mp4 foreman_part_qcif.yuv 176x144. And as expected, the results are:
x264 [error]: not compiled with MP4 output support
So I'm stuck. Any ideas?
A: That's a pretty old tutorial. Try this one (linked from the official Avidemux site).
| Q: How do I encode mp4 files with H.264 (or x264) codec in AVIDemux? I am trying to get AVIDemux set up with the X264 codec using this tutorial. The following is what goes down when I get to the ./configure --enable-mp4-output command
Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output
Password:
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Found no assembler
Minimum version is yasm-0.6.2
If you really want to compile without asm, configure with --disable-asm.
So I tried it.
Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output --disable-asm
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Warning: gpac is too old, update to 2007-06-21 UTC or later
Platform: X86_64
System: MACOSX
asm: no
avs: no
lavf: no
ffms: no
gpac: no
pthread: yes
filters: crop select_every
debug: no
gprof: no
PIC: no
shared: no
visualize: no
bit depth: 8
You can run 'make' or 'make fprofiled' now.
I issued make, and then Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ ./x264 -v -q 20 -o foreman.mp4 foreman_part_qcif.yuv 176x144. And as expected, the results are:
x264 [error]: not compiled with MP4 output support
So I'm stuck. Any ideas?
A: That's a pretty old tutorial. Try this one (linked from the official Avidemux site).
A: Fast solution:
*
*If you have x264, don't worry about un-install. Stay with it.
*Check your assembler yasm verison.
*Install gpac --> from svn.code.sf.net and compile it.
*Copy gpac/inlucde/gapc/ into x264
*inside x264 and configure as follow
./configure --extra-ldflags=-L/home/../gpac/bin/gcc --enable-mp4 --enable-shared --enable-debug --enable-PIC
*You get the list in the configure x264 and you can easily find that your MP4 from 'no' changed to 'gpac'
*Enter make
*Enter make install
*Write x264 command as x264 big_buck_bunny.y4m -o big_buck_bunny.mp4 to test it. Now you have mp4 video. In this process it's not necessary to convert raw video to h264 and then in a second step with another tool to mp4.
A: Installed the latest version at http://nasm.us
in /usr/local/bin/nasm, ran ./configure again, fixed.
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76fa03457fe1f1760bdfd9e220662aef29dacf70 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How much RAM does the 4th Gen iPod Touch have? How much RAM do these iPods ship with?
The iPhone 4 has 512MB, and older iPod Touch 3rd Gen have 256MB (same as the iPad).
Do the new iPod Touch have 512MB as the iPhone 4 (what I would expect) or 256MB?
A: In a tear down Apple Insider found the 4th Gen iPod touch has 256mb
| Q: How much RAM does the 4th Gen iPod Touch have? How much RAM do these iPods ship with?
The iPhone 4 has 512MB, and older iPod Touch 3rd Gen have 256MB (same as the iPad).
Do the new iPod Touch have 512MB as the iPhone 4 (what I would expect) or 256MB?
A: In a tear down Apple Insider found the 4th Gen iPod touch has 256mb
A: According to iFixit, the 4th gen iPod Touch has 256MB, not 512MB like the iPhone 4.:
Breaking news: the iPod Touch has only 256 MB RAM, same Samsung part markings as iPad.
A: 256 MB. [iFixit]
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038d7ab4ddf983b816c54165ed797e266a24d596 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How to stop screen from dimming when watching video? After a while being inactive with the mouse or keyboard, the macbook will dim my screen to save battery. I know I can expand the delay before it will dim in the system preferences, but are there any way of automatically disable it when watching video?
It's quite annoying having to touch the mouse every few minutes when watching a movie...
A: You could use a software like Caffeine to easily achieve your need :
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Right-click (or ⌘-click) the icon to show the menu.
| Q: How to stop screen from dimming when watching video? After a while being inactive with the mouse or keyboard, the macbook will dim my screen to save battery. I know I can expand the delay before it will dim in the system preferences, but are there any way of automatically disable it when watching video?
It's quite annoying having to touch the mouse every few minutes when watching a movie...
A: You could use a software like Caffeine to easily achieve your need :
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Right-click (or ⌘-click) the icon to show the menu.
A: Jiggler
Jiggler will "jiggle" the mouse transparently to stop dimming or other "sleep" actions. No installation, no ktext loading. Just a little jiggle every 20 sec or so.
I find it absolutely indespensible for watching Hulu movies, videos, or any other action where the screen should stay lit, but I don't want to tinker with the energy saver settings.
A: Depends how you use your laptop when you are watching the movie:)
You can adjust settings separately for Power adapter or Battery
system preferences>Energy Saver>Put the display(s) to sleep when the computer is inactive for...
But make sure in Options section>other Options uncheck box "Automatically reduce the brightness of display before display sleep"
Or use caffeine software:)
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18dd1d784f01e2c9e0ed344f2ee8f6954fb7fbc1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why Has the "Downloads" folder become Read-Only? Recently my Downloads folder has become read-only. This prevents Safari form saving any file amongst other annoyances.
As you can see from the below image the folder is read-only but I have plenty of disk space.
As you can see in the Info window it not locked. I am logged in as a user with admin rights etc, etc...
A: You didn't specify that you can't change it back using the Info GUI, but I'm assuming that to be the case, since it wouldn't really be an issue otherwise.
A fix to try would be to change the permissions from the command line:
*
*Open Terminal.app
*Enter cd ~
*Enter sudo chmod +w Downloads
| Q: Why Has the "Downloads" folder become Read-Only? Recently my Downloads folder has become read-only. This prevents Safari form saving any file amongst other annoyances.
As you can see from the below image the folder is read-only but I have plenty of disk space.
As you can see in the Info window it not locked. I am logged in as a user with admin rights etc, etc...
A: You didn't specify that you can't change it back using the Info GUI, but I'm assuming that to be the case, since it wouldn't really be an issue otherwise.
A fix to try would be to change the permissions from the command line:
*
*Open Terminal.app
*Enter cd ~
*Enter sudo chmod +w Downloads
A: I suspect that you might have run an application directly from the Downloads directory, and that app has made the directory which it resides in ReadOnly to prevent any changes being made to it?
A: Silly question, but have you tried running Repair Disk Permissions from Disk Utility?
A: If you want to use the Finder to fix this;
*
*In the Get Info window on that folder click to the lock in the very bottom right of the window to unlock the permissions. It will ask for your username and password.
*Change the value beside your name (the one that says (Me)) to Read and Write from Read Only.
As to why this occurred - it could be many things; a badly behaved installer, a mistyped command or something else that isn't easy to see after the fact.
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833f1a2609caede974f171c865bcd736f4b4fa15 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Finding Firefox bookmarks in Spotlight Is there a program that will allow me to use Spotlight to search my Firefox bookmarks and open the browser window?
A: *
*First, download this file to your desktop: ffmd.sh
*Open a terminal, and run the following:
sudo mkdir /usr/local
sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
sudo mv ~/Desktop/ffmd.sh
/usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh
sudo chown root:wheel
/usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh
*
*Now, schedule the task with crontab. The following line will schedule for 10 minutes:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * *
/usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh > /dev/null
2>&1
This script is in the public domain, and intended for those with a little experience with UNIX.
the source is here.
| Q: Finding Firefox bookmarks in Spotlight Is there a program that will allow me to use Spotlight to search my Firefox bookmarks and open the browser window?
A: *
*First, download this file to your desktop: ffmd.sh
*Open a terminal, and run the following:
sudo mkdir /usr/local
sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin
sudo mv ~/Desktop/ffmd.sh
/usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh
sudo chown root:wheel
/usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh
*
*Now, schedule the task with crontab. The following line will schedule for 10 minutes:
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * *
/usr/local/bin/ffmd.sh > /dev/null
2>&1
This script is in the public domain, and intended for those with a little experience with UNIX.
the source is here.
A: Here is a proof of concept ffmd_sqlite script that uses the Firefox places database. Webloc docs are created that will be found by Spotlight and can be opened with Firefox.
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3011d35ea15cf0047a93c3184cade7c4bab95af1 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a way to make my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard hibernate with a keyboard shortcut? Is there a way to hibernate at all?
I know if the battery dies when it's sleeping it hibernates, but is there a way to go directly to hibernate with a keyboard shortcut?
A: Option-Command-Eject is the system-standard key to put the machine to sleep.
If you want to do more than sleep, you can use this preference pane to fine-tune the sleep or hibernate behavior: http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
Edit:
More information about sleep, hibernate, and more on the Mac: http://www.geekguides.co.uk/104/how-to-enable-hibernate-mode-on-a-mac/
| Q: Is there a way to make my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard hibernate with a keyboard shortcut? Is there a way to hibernate at all?
I know if the battery dies when it's sleeping it hibernates, but is there a way to go directly to hibernate with a keyboard shortcut?
A: Option-Command-Eject is the system-standard key to put the machine to sleep.
If you want to do more than sleep, you can use this preference pane to fine-tune the sleep or hibernate behavior: http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
Edit:
More information about sleep, hibernate, and more on the Mac: http://www.geekguides.co.uk/104/how-to-enable-hibernate-mode-on-a-mac/
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fb12eb9b173230d71b0a2736d70410c43a02a59f | Apple Stackexchange
Q: How can I revert the appearance of the close, minimize and zoom buttons with iTunes 10? The new vertical layout is causing me all sorts of grief - is there any way to revert this back to the normal horizontal orientation of the close, minimize and zoom buttons of every other Mac OS X window?
A: Do this on Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -int -1
| Q: How can I revert the appearance of the close, minimize and zoom buttons with iTunes 10? The new vertical layout is causing me all sorts of grief - is there any way to revert this back to the normal horizontal orientation of the close, minimize and zoom buttons of every other Mac OS X window?
A: Do this on Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -int -1
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f0ef7e38e61597da7a797fef8e6e4b1e83f891d7 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp? Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp on Mac OS X? In other words, why isn't /tmp just a regular directory, like on Linux or BSD? I understand how it works and I don't mind it, I'm just interested in the (historical?) reasoning behind it.
A: I have always wondered the same thing. I can't find any documentation to support it, but typically this pattern is used to make it easier to store files on another volume (e.g. hard drive). This allows the drive to be mounted (e.g. attached) into the file system in one place. For example when the drive is mounted at /private and then the folders /etc, /tmp, and /var are then all located on that other drive.
What I can't say is why this would be beneficial. It is worth noting, however, that these three folders contain "data" files such as configuration, temporary, log, transient and database files rather than executable code contained in the /bin, /sbin and /usr folders.
| Q: Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp? Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp on Mac OS X? In other words, why isn't /tmp just a regular directory, like on Linux or BSD? I understand how it works and I don't mind it, I'm just interested in the (historical?) reasoning behind it.
A: I have always wondered the same thing. I can't find any documentation to support it, but typically this pattern is used to make it easier to store files on another volume (e.g. hard drive). This allows the drive to be mounted (e.g. attached) into the file system in one place. For example when the drive is mounted at /private and then the folders /etc, /tmp, and /var are then all located on that other drive.
What I can't say is why this would be beneficial. It is worth noting, however, that these three folders contain "data" files such as configuration, temporary, log, transient and database files rather than executable code contained in the /bin, /sbin and /usr folders.
A: As I understand it, it's a holdover from NextStep (which OS X is based on), and NextStep did it to support NetBooting. The idea was that you could boot from a network-hosted volume (probably read-only, and certainly shared with other computers), and early in the boot process mount a local (writable) volume on /private; as g mentioned, this allowed runtime-modification of /var and /tmp, as well as per-computer settings in /etc.
This isn't needed anymore, as Apple's current NetBoot system uses a shadow disk image to store changes anywhere on the boot volume. But some programs/docs/etc now assume the files live under /private, so it'd be too much trouble to switch them back...
Update: since I wrote this, Apple has stopped supporting NetBoot, so the original purpose of /private is even more obsolete. However, in macOS Catalina (version 10.15), they've added a new volume split. In this case it's for security rather than to support NetBoot, but it works in a fairly similar way.
Catalina's system volume is mounted read-only, with a read-write volume mounted at /System/Library/Data (analogous to the old system that mounted a RW volume at /private), and "firmlinks" making parts of the RW volume appear at their usual locations in the filesystem (again, analogous to the symbolic links that make parts of /private appear at their usual locations). For example, /Users is now a firmlink to /System/Library/Data/Users. The Eclectic Light Company has a good summary.
Catalina also still has the symbolic links to /private; thus, when you access /etc on Catalina, it follows the symlink to /private/etc, and then the firmlink to /System/Library/Data/private/etc
A: Not sure about the historical reason, but OS X always “reorganized” the typical Unix structure. /tmp is not the only thing that goes to /private, it also has /etc and /var.
Maybe someone with more OS X background can come up with something more reasonable.
A: /tmp is a symbolic lynk to /private/etc so as to maintain clearly separated 2 filesystems:
*
*/ which can be mounted as read-only, to protect it against
any accidental or unwanted modification, and to protect it of being filled with always increasing files (logs and temporary files),
*/private which can be mounted as read-write, and which hold any directory containing modifiable files.
If you look at / you will notice 3 directories which are similar
symbolic links for this same reason:
cd /
ls -al | grep '> private'
This separation of access between read-write and read-only filesystems
isn't used actually (in MacOS X), but everything is in place to achieve
this security separation.
Some admins are enforcing this security separation by defining a specific /private
filesystem with the appropriate size and appropriate mounting options
(most notably nosuid).
A: Frequently in Unix, identical ways of the same thing are because of historical differences between System V Unix and BSD Unix. Modern Unixes have to support both to be compatible.
For instance, lpr and lp for printing: lpr is from BSD and lp is from System V.
Whether this is the case here, I don't know.
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265ac6f40002f759603e5a390a8c5d0f2fcba206 | Apple Stackexchange
Q: I've used my Sony PlayStation Eye with several desktop apps. Why doesn't iChat see it? I have a Sony PlayStation Eye USB camera and microphone.
I have successfully used it on my Mac Pro desktop with several video application (iShowU HD for example).
However, although iChat will recognise the microphone it will not work with the camera, see screen shot.
A: See http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
Good luck!
:-)
| Q: I've used my Sony PlayStation Eye with several desktop apps. Why doesn't iChat see it? I have a Sony PlayStation Eye USB camera and microphone.
I have successfully used it on my Mac Pro desktop with several video application (iShowU HD for example).
However, although iChat will recognise the microphone it will not work with the camera, see screen shot.
A: See http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
Good luck!
:-)
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8d9723ac2692ef687519acfe77bd45069dbff7aa | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Custom spaces with external monitor I have a MacBook Pro plus an external 24" monitor. I'm also using 4 virtual spaces. With the external monitor they double, so I have 8 virtual spaces.
What I'd like to achieve now, and I don't know if it's possible at all, is to have 5 virtual spaces. 4 on my MacBook and only 1 for my external monitor. The reason for that is, that I have different applications (IDE, Terminal, chat, etc.) on my MacBook spread over the spaces, but on my external monitor I'd like to have always my web browser (the exact same window) showing, regardless on which virtual space I am on my MacBook.
Anyone an idea if that is possible?
A: in Spaces Preferences you can set the browser application to appear on all spaces. that's how i have my Terminal set up, among a few others. unless you move more apps onto your secondary monitor, the browser window should constanly stay visible even when switching around Spaces.
| Q: Custom spaces with external monitor I have a MacBook Pro plus an external 24" monitor. I'm also using 4 virtual spaces. With the external monitor they double, so I have 8 virtual spaces.
What I'd like to achieve now, and I don't know if it's possible at all, is to have 5 virtual spaces. 4 on my MacBook and only 1 for my external monitor. The reason for that is, that I have different applications (IDE, Terminal, chat, etc.) on my MacBook spread over the spaces, but on my external monitor I'd like to have always my web browser (the exact same window) showing, regardless on which virtual space I am on my MacBook.
Anyone an idea if that is possible?
A: in Spaces Preferences you can set the browser application to appear on all spaces. that's how i have my Terminal set up, among a few others. unless you move more apps onto your secondary monitor, the browser window should constanly stay visible even when switching around Spaces.
A: This is a third party, non-free app, but it helps keep your applications organized across monitors and within Spaces as well. http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ (I am not the developer, just a happy customer.)
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15a74931aa77b1b6e8a2b787bbe472ba4a655dfc | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut for playing a song next in iTunes DJ? I would like a quicker method of queuing up my songs in iTunes DJ. Right clicking and selecting the option is too slow.
A: You didn't mention what keyboard, but on the Apple keyboard:
F7 - restart current song
F8 - pause/play
F9 - skip forward
Note that you need to have the box unchecked in OSX that says use function keys as normal. In the event you use your function keys for something, I've also successfully created trigger hotkey combos in Quicksilver. You can also probably just remap them in keyboard preferences.
| Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut for playing a song next in iTunes DJ? I would like a quicker method of queuing up my songs in iTunes DJ. Right clicking and selecting the option is too slow.
A: You didn't mention what keyboard, but on the Apple keyboard:
F7 - restart current song
F8 - pause/play
F9 - skip forward
Note that you need to have the box unchecked in OSX that says use function keys as normal. In the event you use your function keys for something, I've also successfully created trigger hotkey combos in Quicksilver. You can also probably just remap them in keyboard preferences.
A: You can make an automator workflow with "Get Selected iTunes Tracks" and "Add Songs to Playlist". That will add it to the end of iTunes DJ, though, is that good enough?
In order to give it a keyboard shortcut, you can either use a keyboard shortcut utility like Spark, Quicksilver, or Butler, or you can save the workflow as a service and give it a shortcut in the keyboard shortcuts section of the system preferences.
A: I have made two Automator workflows that do what mckeed suggested. They take the selected tracks and put them in the iTunes DJ list.
Put these two files in the /Users/[Username]/Library/Services folder and then you can assign keyboard shortcuts through the system preferences to them.
The Add to iTunes DJ service just adds the selected track to the end of the queue, the Add to iTunes DJ and Play does the same, but starts playing the song right away.
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52338be007e8a8001aed2fcc017862349c62a56d | Apple Stackexchange
Q: Keyboard shortcut for accessing address bar in Firefox I am trying to Alt+D on my Mac, but it doesn't take me to the address bar. Instead, the key seems to insert a random character. Is there an alternative shortcut?
A: Cmd+L a.k.a. ⌘+L does the trick.
| Q: Keyboard shortcut for accessing address bar in Firefox I am trying to Alt+D on my Mac, but it doesn't take me to the address bar. Instead, the key seems to insert a random character. Is there an alternative shortcut?
A: Cmd+L a.k.a. ⌘+L does the trick.
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