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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2454', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Performance hit of installing a new hard drive in a MacBook Pro I have a MacBook Pro 5,3 with a 7200 rpm 500 GB hard drive. I am running out of space and I have been considering upgrading with West | ern Digital's 1 TB laptop hard drive. I am just curious if I am going to get a big hit to my performance.
This is the hard drive I am looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545
A: ATTENTION
You do not specify a MacBook pro, but mine (pre-unibody) it ca not take those drives as you can ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2456', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How to sync two iPhones to the same Mac and to Nike+? The two iPhones appears in iTunes but the run data is not synced with Nike+
A: Humm, this is weird, mine does ok, but I never tried with both | on iTunes... always one of a time.
I did found several forum discussions regarding the out of sync with Nike Plus, and this is from Aug 26th and already have 8 pages :o
it describes plenty of out of sync workouts (maybe it's an app bug)
http://forums.nike.com/thread.jspa?threadID=28016
probably is a good idea to post o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2457', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: What to do with broken iPhone 3G? A friend order an iPhone 4 to replace his iPhone 3G which has a cracked screen. He offered it to me.
I have AT&T on a family plan with no text or data. What shoul | d I do with the phone?
I'm open to suggestions, but I'm considering...
*
*fixing the screen and then selling it. I'd put that money towards purchasing the iPhone 4 with a data plan.
*fixing the screen and keeping it.
*selling without fixing the screen.
I guess I could keep it without fixing the screen too, but..... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2460', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How to find songs on iPod I recently downloaded a YouTube playlist, ripped the audio, and added it to my iPod/iTunes library. Currently the songs are in my "Recently Added" playlist, but once they | disappear from there, I don't know I'll find them.
I've checked if the name of the playlist (also the name of the directory the files are stored in) is being used as either the album name or artist name, and it's not.
A: Choose the track in iTunes and choose get info (cmd-I)
The summary tab gives a description of the ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2469', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Disconnecting an iPhone from Exchange while preserving data If an iPhone is configured to sync with Exchange, what's the best way to break that connection while preserving all the contact and note | data on the phone? Is it enough to remove the Exchange account and then sync with Outlook directly? Or are there other gotchas with that?
A: You can't; Exchange is an all-or-nothing deal. The only way to keep the data would be to export it to another service (e.g., MobileMe, Yahoo, Gmail, whichever works), break the c... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2473', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: How do you prevent an iPod Classic (and other iPods) from losing ratings on sync On a number of occasions I have synced my iPod after several months of ratings only to have all of my meticulously a | pplied stars get erased from the iPod Classic.
I switched from the more convenient Manual mode to Automatic management but it still seems to wipe my ratings. The ideal behavior would be to have iTunes sync the new stars back to my library. Why wouldn't this happen?
A: Im not sure this is default behavior. I use stars ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2474', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Office '08 Can't Read Chinese Characters in Windows-Created Docs? One of my friends had recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" and had been astounded to find that he couldn't read some of his old doc | uments that were in Chinese in Office 2008.
All the characters had been reduced to little square blocks like [].
A: He needs to make sure that he has the correct fonts installed—Office is trying to display the document, but couldn't find the necessary characters.
It's possible that the previous owner of the MBP delet... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2476', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '10'} | stackexchange | Q: Mac or Macintosh Commercially speaking they are the same, as stated by Wikipedia, but what should be the correct way to name our precious personal devices?
A: Im pretty sure Mac is the preferred t | erm now, and usually when they are being discussed, the type of Mac is usually mentioned (iMac, Mac Pro, etc). Professionally they are usually addressed as Macs vs Macintosh as well. Either way you would be right.
Though, on some of the newest packaging, my new iMac box said 'Apple Macintosh' on it. And in some of the ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2479', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How hard can it be to add a "rotate" action? Can you guys teach me how to rotate an image so that when sent by email we actually send it in the right rotation?
A: Edit: As of 2016 this functionali | ty is now part of iOS's native photo app
The following information pertains an iPhone, but I assume the iPad is identical in terms of features.
Short Answer: You can’t rotate photos in the default iOS’s Camera Software; you need to install a third party utility, like PS Express (recommended and free):
A: You can do t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2482', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '11'} | stackexchange | Q: Which songs in my iTunes library are DRM protected? Is there an easy way to obtain a list of all songs in my iTunes library that are protected by DRM?
A: If you want to see this information withou | t excluding the other songs, you can modify the view options
and add the "Kind" information column.
In this column you will see the information you need.
A: Create a smart playlist and use "kind contains protected" as the first rule.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2484', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: Is it possible to show multi-level threads in Mail.app? I like the threaded view for mail.app, but it only groups the messages per thread. In other words, there's only two levels: the original mess | ages, and all the replies that came after that.
Is it possible (perhaps via plugin?) to show a multi-level view of the e-mail thread in mail.app?
A: I'm sorry; that's not possible.
A: As an alternative to the lack of Mail features (good threading being one of those), you can try any of the following, which I’m sure y... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2487', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '11'} | stackexchange | Q: How to convert a pdf file into a text file? Is there an easy way to extract plain text from a pdf file?
On *nix systems I used to have a command ps2ascii that would do the job, but it seems that th | is command is not installed by default on my Mac.
What would be the easiest way to extract text from a pdf file or, alternatively, how to get ps2ascii on my system?
A: Adobe Reader has a "Save as Text…" option under the File menu. Easiest way.
A: The following python script will output the text from a PDF document to... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2488', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '25'} | stackexchange | Q: Start/stop internet sharing from a script? Is there a way to start/stop internet sharing from the command line or maybe an apple script?
The thing is that I move around my laptop between home and w | ork. At one place I get wireless internet (and thus I have to disable internet sharing), and at the other I get internet from an ethernet cable and set up the computer to share the internet to other devices by creating a small wireless network.
But it's getting a bit tedious having to go into System Preferences and sta... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2498', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: Why can Mac OS X 32-bit access all 4GB of memory, while Windows 32-bit can't? I don't understand why Mac OS X 32-bit kernel can access all 4GB of memory (and even more) while Windows 32-bit can onl | y work with ~ 3,3 GB, and for using more than 4GB you need 64-bit Windows. Even when 32-bit Windows runs on Mac hardware with > 4GB mem, it still doesn't use it all. Sorry for talking about Windows on this site :-), I would just like to understand the difference.
A: via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Ex... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2503', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Reduce colors from Millions to Thousands I was trying to run a Keynote presentation on a secondary display and Keynote told me that I didn't have enough video RAM and either needed to reduce the re | solution or number of colors from Millions to Thousands. I know how to change the resolution, but how do I change the number of colors?
Thanks!
A: For some reason, the option to change color depth was removed in Snow Leopard. SwitchResX can still do it I think, but that's shareware (10-day demo).
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2504', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '15'} | stackexchange | Q: Run Keynote Presentation in a Window Is there a way to run a Keynote presentation in a window instead of fullscreen? I changed the resolution to one smaller than my display, and it displays it cen | tered. I need it in the upper left corner of the screen to record it with Camtasia.
A: The latest update of keynote allow you to do play the presentation in a window.
Upgrade your keynote to 10.1 and simply play your slideshow via play-> play slideshow in screen.
10.1Jul 9, 2020 • Use the new “Play Slideshow in Wind... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2507', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: HDR photos on iPhone 3GS with iOS4.1 I've just installed iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 3GS, and want to try the new HDR feature in the Camera App... But it doesn't seem to be available.
Is it possible to us | e it in the 3GS? Do I need to do anything else?
A: Sorry, the HDR feature added in iOS 4.1 only works on iPhone 4.
Take great photos that capture a wider range of light intensity using the new high dynamic range (HDR) setting on iPhone 4, which automatically combines multiple exposures into a single HDR image.
If y... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2514', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Where can I get install discs for OS X 10.5 to max out a Powerbook G4? Over the past year, my dad's Powerbook G4 (OS X 10.3) lost the ability to run any usable version of firefox or other end of li | fe PPC software. Apple customer service wouldn't sell him a copy of 10.5 and told him to search ebay for copies of OS X 10.5, 8 months after releasing 10.6. We've been watching ebay and the price just keeps climbing above the original price.
I told him to buy a copy of 10.6 and the license should allow for installing o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2515', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I burn a CD from iTunes and include CD track names and cover art image I want to burn a CD from iTunes and include a picture of my own as the cover art. So then when people stick the CD int | o their computer, it shows a picture in iTunes in the cover art section.
A: You can't.
CD do not contain any image anywhere. What happen when you insert the CD is that iTunes looks at the number of songs, their length, the length of silence between song and derives a number from it. It then asks the iTunes Store to fi... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2517', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I get boot details when booting from Snow Leopard DVD? I'm running into a situation where I need to repair my main partition but I can not get my machine to boot off the Snow Leopard DVD. I | t will boot up, let me choose my language, then go to the "Preparing Installation" (I think that's what it says) screen just before you get to the install wizard and utilities. After that the screen goes gray and then the machine cuts off, black screen, no lights, no power.
Also I seem unable to boot into an Ubuntu ins... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2520', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: What do I need to connect a second monitor to my MacBook Pro? I would like to use my MacBook Pro with a second monitor. What do I need to be able to do this?
A: Your MacBook Pro could have various | display ports depending on its vintage:
*
*Dual-Link DVI for the oldest models
*Mini DisplayPort on the 15" from late 2008, on the 17" since early 2009
Both can drive a monitor in analog mode (via a VGA port on your monitor) or in digital mode (via a DVI port). Most monitors, except really ancient ones, have bo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2522', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: How often is Shift, Control, Alt or Command combined with the secondary click? One option I have for activating expose is to combined Shift, Control, Alt or Command with a secondary click. I am won | dering if any of these combinations are likely to interfere with any useful commands on the Mac. Do any of these combinations already do anything useful?
A: Interference depends entirely on the application you are in when you use that combination of keys. Based on my experience, the only applications that get into tha... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2525', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: What does "Sound Check" in iPod settings do? On my iPhone (though I'm sure it's on iPods and iPads as well), under the iPod settings, there's a toggle "Sound Check". What does it do?
A: It enables | what basically is just normalization. It scans the library for track volume information, and updates the normalization metadata if necessary. It also honors it, of course.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2528', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Sync iTunes U between 2 Macs via an iPod Is it possible to download lectures (from iTunes U) with iTunes on Mac A, sync an iPod to Mac A, then carry that iPod to Mac B, and finally watch them on Ma | c B?
That's what I have been doing with my previous iPod (not an iPod Touch) because it allows me to use it as a USB hard drive. Now that I'm using an iPod Touch (which doesn't allow me to see what's inside), I wonder if I can use syncing to do the same job.
A: Actually, there is a way you can sync your device to more... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2529', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '38'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I move a contact on the iPhone from one group to another? I have about 20 contacts on my iPhone that is in the wrong group. How can I move them to another group?
A: Orbicontacts worked very | well for me, and it is free
A: I have been using Copytrans Contacts - the difference between this app and I would say most of the rest is that:
*
*You can use it to add/edit/remove contact groups on your iPhone via your computer
*
*You can easily move iPhone contacts between groups via drag/drop
A: The S... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2534', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Lilliput USB mini Monitor & Mac monitor limit I love the idea of the Lilliput 7" USB mini Monitor (found via the Stack Exchange API Contest).
However, I already have a 'normal' second monitor conne | cted to my Macbook, would the Lilliput break the 2 monitor limit and not work? Or is USB different?
A: I also have a second monitor attached to my MB Pro (big 25" Cinema display), and there's no conflict between it and the Lilliput. However, the only Snow Leopard driver I've found so far is beta, and the Lilliput gets... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2535', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: How to copy SMS messages from a Nokia phone (or Nokia PC Suite backup) to iPhone? What if I have a Nokia PC Suite backuped file which contains all the SMS and want to copy them to the new iPhone?
| A: Please check iNoki at: http://www.nokisoft.com/inoki. It's an iPhone app which can extract and import data in .NBU file created by Nokia PC Suite. All phonebook, sms, calendar, photo, audio, videos can be imported.
AppStore link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inoki/id438619967?ls=1&mt=8
SMS is viewable in iNoki ins... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2536', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Create a bookmark to a webpage through non safari browser? Is it possible to create a shortcut or bookmark to a webpage directly from an iPad's main page
which opens in a non-Safari browser.
i.e. R | eadledocs or GoodBooks?
A: As I know, now there is no way to do this
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2540', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I manually re-calibrate the iPhone 4 compass? My iPhone 4's compass is off to a significant enough degree that it's annoying... is there any way to manually re-calibrate the compass?
I have, of | course, done the "figure 8" (whatever action that was supposed to elicit) when I first set up the phone, and again whenever the phone prompts me to (which is very rare). What I'm looking for is a setting/menu/option by which I can call up that re-calibration interface, instead of waiting for it to prompt me.
A: Ther... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2542', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I run an application full screen on a second screen? I want to run games on my additional screen, how can I do this? By default they run on the built-it screen.
I'm using a MacBook Pro run | ning Snow Leopard.
A: Real FullScreen applications will normally run on the Primary Display and they will rarely allow you to configure that. Some applications, however, are running in a “false” full screen, and are just “maximized” applications on top of everything, including the dock and the MenuBar. Some of the lat... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2549', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '38'} | stackexchange | Q: What's the proper way to pronounce "Mac OS X"? I was inspired by the question Mac or Macintosh.
What's the proper way to pronounce "Mac OS X"? I've heard the following things used to refer to the o | perating system on the Macintosh:
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*"Mac OS Ten" ("OS" is said like "AHSS")
*"Mac OS Ex" ("OS" is said like "AHSS")
*"Mac Oh-Ess Ex"
*"Mac Oh-Ess Ten"
*"Darwin" (People use this to refer to the operating system. Is this correct?)
A: Try typing
say Mac OS X
in Terminal. You'll hear what Apple thinks about it... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2556', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '12'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I check via software if my iPhone is unlocked? I have a carrier-unlockable iPhone. That means they sell it locked but will unlocked upon request.
As is generally the case with carriers, min | e is a sack of incompetence. I requested the unlock and got many different responses and directionless guidance in the process. I have reason to believe it may be the case that they did attempt to unlock it at some point.
I'd like to know how I can check wether my device is still carrier-locked or not.
I'm on a Mac, an... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2560', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a way to export my highlighted bookmarks in iBooks? I don't see any native functionality to export highlighted notes made from within iBooks
Is there a third-party tool that will allow thi | s?
A: yes there is, if you have a mac.
Get iExplorer here
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/
plug in your iOS device and use iExplorer to
look in the books file and drag the following files to your desktop.
iBooks.plist and iBooksData2.plist
and this app
https://github.com/lgoss007/BookmarkExtractor
put the files i... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2561', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '10'} | stackexchange | Q: Where is the terminal application on the filesystem? I want to be able to launch a Terminal window using JiTouch, which allows me to make a gesture open a file, so I want to know the location of th | e Terminal app so that I can open it.
A: In macOS 10.15 Catalina, I found it in:
/System/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
This is how I found it:
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*open Spotlight (Cmd+Space)
*type: Terminal (typing the full name ensures it's the first search result at the top)
*if not already selected, select (single-click) t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2563', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Unhide dock when key pressed I am currently hiding my dock. I would like to unhide it whenever a the fn key is pressed. Is this possible?
A: You can assign that fn to show/hide dock in Keyboard sh | ortcuts, but you will override the original fn key.
Or you can create a Service in Automator that act upon a keystroke
use this action pack to act upon key and do what you want building up your workflow.
A: The fn key is a modifier key that lets you use a software function key F1-F19 when held down, instead of the bui... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2570', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '11'} | stackexchange | Q: Upgrade time machine storage? I'm going to buy 2T external HDD to replace my already full 1T HDD external. I want to keep the time machine backup data. In this case, is it just OK to copy all the t | ime machine backup data in 1T HDD to 2T HDD?
A: I know this might be old, but here are the right steps to perform a Time Machine hard drive replacement preserving old backups, without having to use CCC or SuperDuper! (which I love, but are not needed).
I have a Mac Pro so to make things more complicated I added Two ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2573', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a QuickLook app that will highlight search terms within MS Word documents? I have a client with a large number of Word documents that he needs to be able to search. He's been using Spotlig | ht and Quick Look, which has worked pretty well.
He asked me if there was a way to have the Quick Look image automatically highlight the search terms within the Quick Look preview.
I've been googling for a Quick Look plugin, but I haven't found one?
Does anyone here know of something like this?
A: This would require y... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2575', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Convert MKV to AVI What's the best solution to convert .mkv files to .avi ?
A: Try Any Video Coverter (Free Software)
Also you can download and add codec for extra format like WMA and RealVideo.
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A: if you want to see this Videos on your Apple Mobile Devices (iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad) I would strongly suggest that you get your hands on Air Video
Then, download and install in your Windows or Mac the free server application and tell it to "see" all folders you have videos on.
you can now access from your mobi... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2576', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there anywhere I can get a complete list of historical Safari release notes? I’ve done a bit of searching for specific Safari version numbers in support.apple.com. Quite a few versions have spec | ific change notes, but it seems like often the versions bundled with major OS X releases aren’t given their own change notes.
*
*1.0: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2964
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*1.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL612 (Dave Hyatt also provided some more detailed notes on the old WebKit blog: http://weblogs.mozillazine.o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2584', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Printers that Work With Mac OS X? I'm planning to purchase a printer + scanner soon and want to have one that will be able to work with Mac, as well as Windows machines. I am hoping for one that wi | ll have a wireless printing/scanning feature.
There are certain types of printers that I heard that work with Macs, but I'm not sure what differentiates them from other normal printers.
What's the difference?
A: Printers are easy, they mostly all work with Macs. Scanners are another story, and drivers for those used t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2586', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Which ebook format do books from the iBooks Store use? What is the format of ebooks that the iBooks uses that allows page turning, white on black text, etc.? (I.e., the books you get from the store | .)
A: Books sold by the iBookstore are in ePub format with a FairPlay DRM wrapper.
A: ePub, of course, is a supported format. Other supported formats are:
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*ePub
*ePub with DRM
*PDF
*iBooks (Generated by iBooks Author)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBooks#Formats
The iBooks app itself supports the sa... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2587', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '10'} | stackexchange | Q: What ebook formats does iBooks support? What file formats of ebooks does iBooks support?
A: It supports ePub and PDF formats.
To import those formats you will need to add the ebook to iTunes and | then either select automatic synchronization or drag them across manually and they will be added to your iBooks on the next sync.
If you have Dropbox for iOS you can also add files directly to iBooks from there.
A: iBooks supports the ePub file format, iBooks Author books, PDFs, MP3 audiobooks, AAC audiobooks, and Aud... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2589', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '9'} | stackexchange | Q: Create new file from contextual menu Is there a program I can download to add an option to create a new file to the contextual menu of finder? NuFile doesn't seem to work in Snow Leopard.
A: If yo | u are happy using a toolbar button instead of the contextual menu, you can use New Text File Here from Jonas Wisser. Just drop it into Finder's toolbar.
Note: As of OS X 10.11.4 this program no longer seems to be working.
A: Path Finder also adds a contextual option for creating new files, but it's shareware. Lots of... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2591', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I identify a MacBook Pro from its serial number? This article on identifying a MacBook Pro lists the serial number as one method of identifying it. However, the article it links to, doesn't | explain how to identify it either. How can I identify a Macbook Pro from its serial number.
A: You can enter the serial number in Apple's Warranty coverage checker (if you don't remember the URL, there's a link to it in the "AppleCare and warranty" section of Apple's main support page. It'll tell you the model name, ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2593', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I increase the time before my external drive powers down? I have an external USB drive from LaCie that is connected to my MacBook Pro – almost all the time. So whenever I don't use it for a | few minutes, it powers down. That means, it takes a few seconds to spin the disk up again if I need it.
Sometimes, other applications wake the drive up even when I don't want to, causing the applications to hang (i.e. wait for the drive).
How can I increase the time before the external drive powers down?
A:
Cocktai... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2597', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Need some suggestions setting up a Mac Mini I recently got a Mac from a friend. All it has is a power cable and a cable to connect it to the monitor. On the back, it says Mac mini 2.0/2x512/120 so | I'm guessing that's 1 GB RAM, and 120 GB hard drive.
I was wondering what all I can upgrade in this Mac mini. All I've heard about this model is that it is the older mini version and replacing the RAM will be tough. Any suggestions? I'm looking for RAM+HDD+Keyboard and a Mouse in the most economical margins.
A: Firstl... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2598', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: iTunes U with non-Apple devices Is it possible to sync iTunes U feeds with non-Apple devices?
A: If you download classes from iTunes U, there are stored on your computer hard drive. Then You can h | andle those files to be sync with the device you think about, with the tool you uselaly use... There no big difference.
A: Isyncr allows syncing of iTunes (including iTunes U) with Android
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2599', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I change the Icon for a USB device? My phone uses a standard icon when mounted. I just want to replace that icon with a custom one.
I'm opening a PNG image in Preview and copying the image, | then pasting onto the icon in the Get Info window, but I get the system PNG icon instead of the image itself:
How do you use a custom image? OSX gives you no feedback on this at all.
Update: After some further investigation, it appears that the image is being set correctly in .VolumeIcons.icns
So for whatever reason... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2609', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there an iPhone 4 car kit for charging, music, and hands-free calls? Is there an iPhone 4 compatible Car Kit which supports charging, playing Music through the car stereo + Hands Free Calls?
I'v | e looked at a few kits, eg from Parrot but not many (if any?) seems to be iPhone 4/iOS4 compatible?
I currently have my iPhone plugged into my stereo, but since I upgraded to iPhone it no longer charges which is why I need to upgrade.
Any suggestions welcome
A: If you already happy with your connection and the only ma... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2610', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I boot in "Safe Mode" with rEFIt I would like to boot safe mode but I can't because of my rEFIt.
Holding the Shift button at startup has no effect, I just get the rEFIt menu and OSX starts | to boot normally.
any ideas how to do it?
A: The question on this page appears to be the same issue. Someone responded with a detailed solution, which might work for you as well.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2613', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Scanning a ton of pictures I'm rather disappointed that iPhoto has no direct ability to import from a scanner. I'm reduced to scanning in Preview, which has a less awful UI for scanning than the pr | ogram that came with my HP scanner, and dragging the resulting files into iPhoto.
Is there some better scheme that I've missed?
A: Send the photos to a scanning service, especially if you have "tons".
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2614', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a way to change iPhone backup location? I don't have enough disk space on my PC to store whatever is backed up by iPhone. Is there a way to change location to where iPhone backs up the dat | a? I want to back it up to my external hard drive.
A: It looks like you can if using Windows.
Is OS X the backups seems to be stored in the following location ...
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
... but I don't think you can change that location.
A: You can, however, drop a copy of that folder to yo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2622', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Change search Google in Safari to use Firefox Cmd+Shift+L searches for the selected text in Google using Safari. Can I change this to use Firefox instead?
A: You can create a new service with auto | mator, use the "Run Shell Script" action, and use:
open -a FireFox "http://www.google.com/search?q=$1"
as the shell script text, then save it as "Open with Firefox" or whatever you like.
-or-
follow this summary from this thread:
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*Download and Install OnMyCommand/OMCEdit
*Open OMCEdit
*Click on "Download Comman... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2624', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Do iPhones fully sync with Google services and other Web apps? I'm looking for a smartphone: either an iPhone or an Android. Here are my requirements:
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*Contacts must fully sync with Google Con | tacts. That means that whenever I add a contact in Gmail, it must show up automatically in the phone's contacts. The reverse must be true as well.
*Calendar must fully sync with Google Calendar.
*Access Google Docs easily, preferably without third-party apps.
*An app that makes use of Google maps for navigation.
*... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2628', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Can a Mac Pro drive more than 2 monitors? I have 3 Monitors which I would like to drive off a Mac Pro (that is not bought yet). The Monitors don't have DisplayPort though (and I had not much luck w | ith the $100 adapters).
All 3 have DVI and 2 have HDMI as well (running at 2048x1152).
Would I have to get a configuration with 2x Radeon 5770? Can I use a Mini-DP-HDMI Adapter on it? (I successfully drive one of them on a MacBook Pro, I just don't know if the Mac Pro's 5770 are special)
A: If you look at the Apple St... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2629', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: Why is the message body not displayed in iPhone's mail app? The normal mail app correctly shows a list of mails in my mailbox including a preview of the message body. When I tap any of them, the ma | il opens and correctly shows the mail header (sender, subject, date etc.) but the message body is blank.
When I look at the same mailbox using Gmail webpage, I see the identical mails with message body intact so I know that it's not a problem with the mails or the mailbox itself.
I'm using not-broken iOS 4.1 on an orig... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2634', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Adding on my command to services menu or adding keyboard shortcuts OnMyCommand allows commands to be added to the shortcut menu. Unfortunately, I can't add them to the services menu or add a keyboa | rd shortcut for them. Is this possible?
A: Use Apple's automator and save the result as a service. If you select the right conext for the service it will appear in the right click menu. You can add shortcuts to services using System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard shortcuts. Click somewhere to the right of the servi... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2635', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Can you recommend a numeracy iphone application where you 'write' answers on the screen? I'm trying to find a numeracy/maths/times-tables application for my children in which you have to 'write' th | e correct answer. There are lots of multiple-choice type times-tables applications but I'm looking for the equivalent of the various "Brain Academy" type applications available on Nintendo DS.
Age from 6 to 10.
Thanks for any help.
A: Unfortunately, the only app that contains everything you want so far seems to be Mat... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2638', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '12'} | stackexchange | Q: Battery warning ''Service battery" Battery warning "Service battery". This warning have appeared in my MacBook Pro (2008) with Snow Leopard. Is there a way to find out what a reason of this warning | , without apply to service centre?
A: This means your battery is at the end of its life. This happens to all batteries, sooner or later, depending on your type of usage and most importantly on the amount of cycles (i.e. full recharges).
Your battery will probably not last longer than one hour at this stage. You can of... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2640', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Why won't iTunes update my iPod Touch from 4.0b to 4.1? My iPod Touch shows the icon for "I won't do anything until you connect me to iTunes." When I obey, iTunes tells me:
The software on the iPo | d has expired and must be updated to a newer version.
So I go to click the "Check for Update" button. But when I do, iTunes tells me:
This version of the iPod software (4.0) is the current version.
When I click the "Restore" button, iTunes tells me:
There was a problem downloading the software for the iPod. The req... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2645', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: What services that I can't use when I unsubscribe the mobile me? I've used mobile me(me.com) quite a while, but I happen to know and use DropBox.
DropBox is much better than iDisk in terms of easy | of use, size, speed, and many things. I'm considering discontinue to use mobile me to switch to 50G option of Dropbox ($100/year), but before doing that, I need to know what services that I cannot use.
I need to use, even though I can live without them.
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*email web check.
*bookmark and other items sync
Can't I u... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2650', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I enable invisible files with "Transmit" FTP client? How can I enable invisible files with "Transmit" FTP client ?
It asks me to show them only if I override one of them. I actually would l | ike to always see them.
A: View > Show Invisible Files
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2651', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a tool like Furigana that I can use on iOS Safari? On my iPod (iOS 4.1), I'm often browsing Japanese webpages, and while I can usually understand the meaning, I often don't know the readin | gs, especially in new contexts.
For my desktop web browsers, there are various ways to get it to display furigana for the webpage you're looking at: the Furigana Inserter extension, a bookmarklet to hiragana.jp, etc.
Does iOS Safari support extensions, or bookmarklets, or any other mechanism by which I can have it add ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2653', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: How to record the screen of an OpenGL application without stuttering? I'm currently recording videos of my screen using QuckTime Player and a MacBook Pro 13" (mid-2010) in a resolution of 640x480. | The application I'm recording is called Synthesia (it is a game like Guitar Hero for piano) and is based on OpenGL.
Somehow all videos I record do have a subtile stuttering which I think is annoying (see an example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEBAKQ4-Zcg).
Is there a program that will do a better job at record... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2654', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a good, non-Google Reader RSS reader for iPhone/iPod? I'm looking for an app to read RSS feeds on my iPod Touch. I saw Reeder, but it looks like it only interoperates with Google Reader, a | s far as I can tell -- you can't just add an arbitrary RSS feed. Is there a good RSS reader that works without Google Reader?
A: NetNewsWire is a good reader and syncing with Google Reader is optional.
A: NewsRack is pretty solid, with a simple clean interface, and the ability to add feeds directly int he app- no Goo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2655', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I schedule startup and shutdown with different settings for weekdays and weekends? Everyday, I usually start my Mac Mini at 16:00 and shutdown it at 2:00 using the Energy Saver schedule setting | s.
I would like to be able to set a different behavior on the Weekends starting Mac Mini at 9:00 for example. Do you know any way to achieve that (third party software, cron job, superuser trick)?
A: Consider using DssW Power Manager. With Power Manager, you can create multiple separate start up and shut down times fo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2656', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I fix failed aliases? I had two external hard disks: External and Backup. External had many aliases which pointed to other files on the same disk. Backup was used to backup External.
Externa | l failed, and I now use Backup, which I have since renamed to External. Unfortunately, all those aliases now point to /Volumes/Backup/… and thus no longer work.
I don't want to have to fix them or recreate them one at a time.
Is there a way to fix all the aliases so that they point to /Volumes/External/… instead of /Vo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2657', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Printing full calendar invitation? I use OS X Mail and iCal connected to my company's MS Exchange server. Sometimes a co-worker sends a calendar invitation (using Outlook) with lots of agenda detai | ls in it. I'm trying to find a good way to print that.
iCal has an option to print the day's events in list format, but the output is in two columns and a few of the lines write over each other and are completely unreadable.
If I try to print the invitation as it came to me in Mail, the output has an iCal icon showing ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2659', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Why is Windows 7 giving me a software counterfeiting error? I have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 Ultimate installed via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro. I also have Parallels 5 installed on my Mac OS | X, which can boot up Bootcamp's partition of Windows 7.
I'm getting an error when I run Windows 7 on Parallels:
You may be a victim of software counterfeiting
It wants me to go online and resolve it. But I've already registered my copy of Windows 7 (I can't remember if I did it via Bootcamp or Parallels).
My questio... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2663', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: How do you stop iPhoto/Aperture launching when you sync an iPad? How do you stop iPhoto/Aperture launching when you sync an iPad?
A: Open Image Capture, connect the iPad, select it when it appears | in the list on the left. On the lower left will be a selector for what app to open when it connects, you can pick None.
A: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/4183/how-to-prevent-iphoto-09-from-opening-when-camera-is-connected/
These are the directions for blocking iPhoto.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2664', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Should I worry about my iPhone 4's loose back panel? A few weeks ago I got my iPhone 4 replaced by Apple because of a fault. The replacement now seems to have a loose back panel. If I try to slide | it sideways it will move a bit. None of the other people I know with an iPhone 4 have encountered this and I'm not sure if I should be bothered taking it back to the store or just keeping it.
Should the loose panel be cause for concern, or is it nothing to worry about?
A: Considering how much an iPhone costs, take it... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2665', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: alternative keyboards I use the latest wireless keyboard for my iMac at home. Since I use it for programming most of the time, the little laptop style arrow keys are inadequate. Are there any GOOD | alternative apple keyboards available?
EDIT:
Sorry Dori, I should have been more clear. I would specifically like a keyboard which is made for Apple, with the appropriate "command" and extra keys (like F13 - F15, and the volume keys).
A: Virtually all USB and Bluetooth keyboards work just fine with Macs.
There are abo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2672', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there an app that will scan a document and upload it to Google Docs? Is there an iPhone app that allows me to take pictures of documents and then upload them to Google Docs?
A: Scanner Pro [iTu | nes link] from Readdle. According to the product's Web page, it integrates with Google Docs and
lets you use Google Docs OCR to convert scans into editable text files on your Google account.
A: DocScanner and Genius Scan will also provide this capability (along with upload to Evernote, DropBox, etc.).
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2674', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '20'} | stackexchange | Q: Tool for creating .rar files on the Mac? Is there any good, free program for OS X that can create RAR files? Preferably with a GUI.
It seems there are plenty of options for extracting RAR files, bu | t not that many for compressing them...
A: Download simplyrar it free and easy to use.
A: You can use command line rar for Mac OS X, but it doesn't have GUI. On the other hand, it's useful for scripting. (I feel that it should be mentioned here anyway).
A: SimplyRar (download) will do the trick.
A: It's not free, ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2678', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: New powercord for MacBook I am considering going on eBay to try and buy a new powercord for my MacBook. I know that phones often advise that you only use the official charger, so I was wondering if | the same warning applied for laptops and if so, I serious I should take the warning.
A: Apple owns a patent on the magsafe connector and hasn't licensed anyone else to make one, I'd be very wary of buying a third party one if you find one at all.
However, best I can tell a magsafe charger from any macbook seems to wo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2680', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '58'} | stackexchange | Q: How do you maximize windows? Unlike Windows, you cannot maximize a window in Mac with a click of the button. The little green (+) button next to the red and yellow buttons at the left of the window | s does some strange stuff sometimes when you click it and doesn't do the expected operations.
How would you fully maximize a window on a Mac?
A: BetterTouchTool, if you have a macbook pro which has a multitouch pad (I'm betting you do), it lets you assign thing like Windows style maximise to the very top middle of you... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2687', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: What would I lose from switching from iPhone 4+ e-reader to dumbphone+iPad I'm currently using an iPhone 4 and a cheap e-reader that was given to me as a gift. I don't think I can afford both an iP | hone and an iPad, so I was considering switching to a dumbphone (non-smartphone) and an iPad. What features would i lose, or miss, from making this switch - specifically in the iphone-ipad part?
A: It seems to me that you would spend less money overall if you just kept the iPhone and got a wifi-only iPad rather than s... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2694', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I update my 4.0b iphone to 4.0.1, and not to 4.1? I am looking for a way to update my iPhone 3Gs to 4.0.1, and not to 4.1 so that I can jailbreak.
Can anyone help?
EDIT - I have now tried, and | failed on two seperate machnines to restore from DFU mode to 4.0.1 The device is has 4 beta on it.
A: You can go to this website and download the correct firmware file to your computer. From there, plug your iPhone into your computer and shift-click (Windows) or option-click (Mac) the "Restore" button. From there, ch... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2697', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: My iPad keeps asking me for my iTunes account password It keeps asking me for my password, even when I'm using other apps such as Mail.
A: Try a reset - hold the home and power buttons down until | the apple logo appears.
I had a similar problem when I'd downloaded an app update, but lost wifi, and it got caught in a loop, and the reset seemed to resolve it.
A: If a reset like Jaydles suggested doesn't work, syncing it to a computer with iTunes that has been registered with your account will resolve the issue.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2699', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How to create a shortcut on the desktop to a selected folder In windows when right clicking a folder there is an option: send to -> desktop (create shortcut).
How can I do this on a Mac?
A: *
*St | art automator
*Make new service
*Set it to receive files and folders in finder
*add the 'new aliases' command
*it's set to desktop by default
*save the service as 'send alias to desktop' and voila!
Now you have an extra option under the right click menu, and a service in the finder menu!
A: Alternatively, you c... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2705', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Macbook: Flashing Folder with Question Mark At Startup So, I've been hearing a clicking sound coming from my macbook for about a week now. The last few days the system has just been locking itself | up when I try to type anything.
Now, at startup I see this:
I'm assuming that the clicking was "the click of death" and my hard drive is fried. Or am I wrong?
A: That's the most likely scenario.
Have you tried booting from a system disc? I'd recommend doing that, and then running Disk Utility and see what it says ab... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2710', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Encoding video for the new (2010) Apple TV What applications are recommended for encoding existing videos from various sources (ripped DVDs, MKVs, AVIs ...) into a format playable by the new (2010) | Apple TV?
A: Somebody's gotta make the first obligatory post recommending HandBrake—might as well be me.
A: The new Apple TV really doesn't really decode individual video codecs - it streams them from local and remote sources. I suspect, though I'm not 100% sure since I don't have mine yet, that if you're interested... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2717', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: Native Google Reader clients for OS X? Are there any good Google Reader clients for OS X?
A: Reeder for Mac is pretty awesome.
A: You can try Gruml. It's still in beta and hasn't convinced me to | switch from the web version, but it's pretty nice.
A: There are several RSS readers and some can sync with google Reader
This includes
NetNewsWire
Other clients include
Vienna RSS
A: I just installed Cappuccino and it looks nice. Simple to use, fast and syncs with Google Reader.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2718', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '227'} | stackexchange | Q: Best app to switch between all open windows After 4 years of being a Mac user, there is only one thing that I still miss from the Windows world, and that is being able to switch with a single keyst | roke between all open windows in the computer.
What is the best app or utility, free or not, for accomplishing that?
I've used Witch, but I never was completely satisfied with it. It's a bit slow and the switcher UI is not very pretty.
Do you know any alternative?
EDIT (2016): This question keeps getting views and upv... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2719', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Time Machine with only one internal disk Is it possible to use the time machine backup system without an external (or second) HD?
I know that the protection to disk failure will not be guaranteed | anymore, but the file accidental deletion, the wrong edit etc. will be avoided...
Is there a trick to make Time Machine believes that he has a disk dedicated for him to do the job ?
Note : The situation is using a laptop on travel.
A: You can partition the disk and run the OS on one partition and Time machine on the o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2720', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Downgrading iPhone 3G 4.1 to 3.X or 2.X my iPhone 3G with iOS 4.1 is really slow and I am tired of this stupid situation. I am considering downgrading somehow to old 3.X or even 2.X versions, so it | can breath again. What do you think? How would yo do it and to what iOs version?
Thanks
A: Firstly, if you don't use spotlight (the search screen when you swipe right from Home) you can turn that off which should increase the performance of the iPhone.
Settings>General>Spotlight Search and then deselect all of the op... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2729', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I tell when it's a good time to buy a MacBook Pro? I want to know if a particular date (for instance, October 1, 2010) is a good date to go ahead and buy a Macbook pro, or whether I should | wait few months for new models to come out. How can I figure out whether a computer I buy will soon become obsolete?
A: See the comments to improve the question, but Macrumors' buyers' guide always has suggestions if now is a good time to buy.
A: MacBook Pros aren't going to be updated until at least January, if you ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2730', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Creating a folder with one icon in iOS 4 Is it possible to create a folder containing a single icon? I guess you could drag one icon onto another, then remove the second one, but is there a more "e | legant" solution?
A: You describe the only way to achieve this.
Create a folder by dragging one app on top of another, then drag one of them out of the folder again. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
A: Press any app icon until all of your icons jiggle. Drag any icon on top of the one you want to keep in the fo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2731', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '28'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I copy the path of a file in Finder? How can I copy the path to a folder or a file? The Info Dialog doesn't allow me to copy the information that stands there ...
Is there an easy way to d | o this?
A: There are two ways I do this (and the info window is neither of them):
*
*Open the Terminal application and drag the item into the window, and a POSIX-style path will be displayed that you can copy and paste.
*Use Applescript...
...select an item in the Finder and run this...
tell application "Finder"... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2732', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: View PDF in Preview in Full Screen? Is there any way to view a PDF in Preview in Full Screen? Quick Look works, but it doesn't have the 'remembering the page you were looking at' feature that I lik | e.
A: View > Slideshow (or Shift+Command+F).
A: Install MegaZoomer, it'll give you nice fullscreen viewing in Preview.
Update: Note that OS X Lion will give you this feature.
A: ctrl+cmd+f
by using this combination, you can also zoom in pages in fullscreen.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2737', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I take a screenshot on the iPad? How do I create an image, containing a copy of the current screen display, on the iPad?
A: Press both the sleep/wake and the home button simultaneously, and | release quickly. The screenshot will be taken (in any app) and saved as an image, available within the Photos app.
A: The Apple Pencil is the fastest way to screen shot an iPad since the buttons may be hard to reach. This also plays well into the new markup tools so you can quickly transform / edit and then share out... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2740', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I reduce the volume of music on my iPhone? Some songs on my iPhone are quite loud. I've got the volume on the lowest step, but it's still too loud.
I'm using Apple's in-ear headset; perhap | s it's simply louder than the regular one. At least I can play music at a much lower volume with it, so the "perceived" volume of the songs is louder.
I have already turned on "Sound Check" in the Settings. That helped some already, but not enough.
How can I reduce the volume even further?
A: Without resorting to usin... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2741', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: High volume battery for MacBook Pro Can you advise me of where or if it a high capacity battery exists to replace my pre unibody battery on a MacBook Pro?
A: A quick search turned up Fastmac repla | cement batteries which claim to
...replace the computer’s original battery with a larger capacity and longer lasting advanced power cell battery that utilizes TruePower technology. With up to 68% more capacity...
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2746', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I keep my session when I reboot in OS X? When I reboot my machine, I'd like it to reopen all my programs and windows, and put them back in the same place, after restarting. how do I do this? |
(I'm on 10.6, and use spaces)
A: ReLaunch does what you want. Also see a similar question on SuperUser.
The only major limitation of Relaunch is it does not (yet) support Spaces (virtual desktops).
A: You can start as many application at startup by adding them to your Account Prefs :
For the windows... I don't thin... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2747', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Design Ebook Cover In Pages I have a pages document that I want to copy a JPG into and make the JPG take up the whole first page with no margins. Then I want the rest of the pages to keep their ma | rgins as I've already specified.
I have the jpg copied into pages, but I can't make it any bigger than the margins and there is still a header and footer.
Thanks in advance!
A: Are you talking about an actual ePub ebook that you create from a Pages Word Processing document, or just a PDF you create from a Pages docu... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2751', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: How to delete emails instead of archiving them on iPhone & iPad? This summer Apple changed built-in mail app to support "archive" button (at least for GMail and GApps-based accounts), but I have fo | und that I need to delete emails much more often than archive them. Right now the only way to delete them that I know is moving messages into Trash folder, which is quite cumbersome. Is there a way to bring back "delete" instead of "archive" button or any other way to quickly delete messages?
A: Ok, for iPad users. I ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2753', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Using TextFree with a Google Voice account that uses Google Apps account Is there any way to get TextFree working with a Google Voice account belonging to a Google Apps account?
I have been able to | get it working with a Gmail account by simply adding the user@textfree.us address to the forwarding text message option in Google Voice. The problem with a Google Apps account is that it doesn't let you add additional email addresses to that list.
It won't let me forward to the phone number that TextFree gave me, sinc... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2758', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Where did Mail.app just put my email? Mail.app seems built to punish us for not having inbox-zero.
I hear a chime telling me new mail has arrived, but with a list of mailboxes that look like:
how | can I possibly tell which one has new new mail, as opposed to the old new mail? Or better yet, is it possible to make an email's newness expire after a certain period?
A: Create a Smart Mailbox with "Message is Unread" and sort it by Date Received.
I have this setup as my default mailbox for processing my email. I al... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2767', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '12'} | stackexchange | Q: Decimal comma in Spanish keyboard layout I have a Spanish layout keyboard (in Snow Leopard). Whenever I use the dot, or comma, in the numeric keyboad (right of the 0) it always shows a comma, but I | 'd prefer if it entered a dot, just like PCs do. Otherways, entering IP addresses, or decimal numbers when coding is a PITA. How can I do that?
I have tried altering my regional settings so that the decimal separator is a point and the thousands separator is a comma, but that doesn't seem to affect text entry.
I'd pref... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2773', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Are there any simple, zippered "sleeve" cases for the iPod Touch? I'm looking for a simple, zippered "sleeve" case for an iPod Touch (like a laptop sleeve, only smaller). I'm interesting in somethi | ng styled like Case Logic's zippered digital camera cases, such as this one or this one. Those would be perfect, except the Case Logic website warns that they are too small to fit an iPod Touch (by about half an inch). I've looked at Incase's offerings, too, but they don't sell anything like these.
I'm primarily intere... |
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