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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3125', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '13'} | stackexchange | Q: If I buy an iPhone app will I have to re-purchase the app if I get a new iPhone? I upgraded from the 3G to the iPhone 4 and forgot to backup and transfer my apps. If I attempt to purchase apps that | I have previously purchased, will the Apple store charge me? Or will it recognize that I have already purchased the app based on my apple ID?
A: according to the caliban answer on SU:
To re-download all your apps into iTunes.
1. First you need to authorize your iTunes. (Store > Authorize Computer)
2. Next, chec... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3130', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '9'} | stackexchange | Q: MacBook Running Really Slow, Activity Monitor Reports HUGE VM My MacBook is running really really slow at the moment, I have quit loads of processes (but activity monitor only reported about 10% cp | u usage anyway).
I had just noticed I have a VM Size of 250GB!
Could this be the problem? Why would it ever be that big?
A: The first thing you might want to do is restart it. That will probably fix the problems.
Other things you might want to check:
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*Do you have enough free disk space?
*How much RAM do you hav... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3133', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '29'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I make windows save their position on screen after re-attaching a display? When I attach a second monitor to my MacBook, I drag many windows onto it. When I detach the monitor, all the wind | ows move back onto my MacBook's display. How can I make it so that when I re-attach the monitor, all the windows automatically move back to their position on the second monitor again?
I use my personal MacBook at work where I have the extra monitor. But this means I need to detach and re-attach the monitor every day.... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3135', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Display external video on iMac I am considering purchasing an iMac. Our office situation is such that the new computer will be placed where a monitor is presently located for a Windows laptop conne | cted via a docking station.
Is it possible to connect external video to an iMac? Alternatively, is the iMac capable of hooking up to a second monitor? (my monitor has multiple inputs which I could just switch between) Are there other options that I am missing?
A:
Is it possible to connect external video to an iMac?
... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3141', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: The Casing & Protective Layer for iPhone 4 is Free, or Is It? We all understand that the way to solve iPhone 4's antennagate problem is to use case and a protective layer. As far as I understand, S | teve Jobs said that all these case and protective layer is available for free.
However today as I went to an iPhone reseller (I'm located in Malaysia), I was told that I would have to purchase the case and the protective layer – they would not be given for free.
Now I'm not sure what's wrong here – whether it's my unde... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3144', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Can you format a Numbers cell by calling a function? I'd like to do something like:
IF(test_some_condition, BOLD(COLOR("Yes"), "#FF2222"), "No")
In other words, I'd like to display some text but f | ormat it differently based on some condition. Possible? Doesn't seem like it.
thanks,
Rob
A: In the formatting inspect ("Cells" pane) there is a section called "Conditional Format" in which you can change the text or background color based on the value in the cell.
A: Currently the only way to do this is via condit... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3146', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: MacBook Pro Display Adapter Did Apple change the display adapter from MacBook 2006 to MacBook Pro 2010?
I thought they were the same, (similar size) but they actually differ.
Do I have to buy a new | adapter?
A: The Output port from early MacBook (and MacBook Pros) was a mini-VGA, later a mini-DVI port and various accessories were available to connect regular size VGA displays. 15" and 17" PowerBooks had full-size DVI outputs as far as I can remember.
Recent MacBook models use a smaller mini DisplayPort. Apple it... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3150', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Time Machine: should I partition a 500GB disk? I was considering using Time Machine and I was wondering if creating a 50 GB partition on a disk of 500 GB for it make sense.
A: Technically you coul | d do this, although 50 GB is far too small for most any use these days.
The point of concern I think should be raised here is that you look to be hosting both files and backups on the same drive. When (not if—when) the hard drive fails, you will lose both. You would be much better off in the long run keeping the files... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3152', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I adjust the tap-to-click sensitivity on the Magic Trackpad or the built-in MacBook trackpad? I have the tap-to-click feature enabled on my Magic Trackpad and find that it works very well fo | r the most pat. However, I think it tends to be a little too sensitive at times. Is there any secret adjustment for reducing the tapping sensitivity of the Magic Trackpad? I assume that the same setting will also apply to the built-in trackpad on MacBooks.
A: Unfortunately the sensitivity of the tap-to-click feature o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3159', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '40'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I select only a few specific folders to back up with Time Machine? Can I backup only specific folders with Time Machine?
If there is not an "official" way to do this, does somebody know a tric | k to do so?
A: One solution I found is to use Disk Utility to create a new APFS Volume on my main disk, and then I moved all the files I want to back up on this volume (the size of the volume automatically adapts to it's content).
Then on Time Machine I excluded all my hard drives except my newly created APFS Volume,... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3160', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Does the new iPod Touch (iOS 4.1 / 4 gen) require that you jail break it to use a Blue Tooth keyboard? I already have a BT keyboard and I don't really want to buy a new one, so my question is, will | the BT keyboard I already have work with an ipod touch?
Or will I need to use a proprietary Apple solution for that?
A: A 4th generation iPod Touch (or an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4) running iOS 4.1 supports third-party bluetooth keyboards.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3166', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Duplicate contacts in iPhone 4 with two Exchange accounts, one is Lotus Traveler I have two exchange accounts on my iPhone 4. One that connects to my gmail, the other connects to my work's Lotus No | tes. There are no overlapping contacts in the two accounts. There are also no contacts saved locally on my phone.
When I enable contacts in both accounts, I get two identical entries for each of the contacts in my gmail. If I disable the Notes exchange account, then there are no more duplicates. If I have Notes contac... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3167', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '12'} | stackexchange | Q: Who are the clients of my shared iTunes library? Is it possible to see who is currently connected and listening to a shared iTunes library? Is it possible to see which songs they listen to and how | many/often?
It's not really important; I'm just curious about it. Would be nice to know which colleagues love my music…
A: A simple one-liner in the terminal will give you the info.
$ lsof +D ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/ -i | grep iTunes
will return something along the lines of
iTunes 5631 Bryson 23r DIR ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3178', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: How to connect to an AFP server from a Windows PC? I would like to connect to an AFP server from a windows PC (XP/Vista/7).
The AFP server is a Time Capsule with file sharing over WAN enabled. It s | eems from my research on internet that it is not possible to setup the Time Capsule to use SMB for the file sharing over WAN.
I know that windows don't support natively AFP. Is there any third party applications which would allow a windows PC to connect to an AFP server. Is installing Bonjour on the PC could help?
I al... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3180', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Why do X11 applications start but their windows stay invisible? After using a fresh OS X system for a while, I regularly hit the point where X11 clients start and run, but their windows do not show | up anywhere.
I suspect it has something to do with Mac port paths, but i am not sure. Has anyone else experienced this?
A: It might be a bit of a workaround, but you could try installing XQuartz, a newer version of X11. It bypasses X11 rather than replacing it, so you should be able to uninstall it again if you want ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3187', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Are there any cool free 3D games on the OS X platform? I've been recently playing Urban Terror, which is a multiplayer FPS game built on Quake 3 engine, and runs across Mac/Linux/Windows. Are there | more such games that are
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*free
*run on immersive 3D engine [not a Flash/HTML5 game]
*belong to action-adventure/RPG/RTS/[insert your favorite] genre
*possibly multi-platform [not must-have but a nice-to-have]
Thanks!
A: No discussion of free FPS games on the Macintosh can be complete without a link to Aleph O... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3192', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I tag movies for use in iTunes/AppleTV? I'm rolling over my AVI's to MP4 for my new AppleTV.
Is there a good program out there for tagging the movies with their appropriate details?
Also, | I noticed iTunes will get "Album Artwork" for some movies and not others.
I don't know if that's related though.
I am doing this conversion on a Windows 7 box.
A: You can do that in iTunes, select each file and click Get Info on the context menu. You can even tag several files at once if they share common info, suc... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3194', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Dock Icons behaving like they'd be locked, but they are not? I just noticed a weird behavior on my dock. The icons seem like if they'd be locked but in fact they are not. For instance when I try to | move the icons around, I can take them and move them up. While I'm holding the touchpad, the icon moves with my cursor (that's not the case if the dock would be truly locked), but there won't open any spaces on where I'd like to move the icons to.
I also tried the commands
defaults com.apple.dock contents-immutable -b... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3198', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there any way to check the availability of iOS app names? Is there any way to check the availability of iOS app names?
A: NEW INFORMATION (2018)
Please see this question on the relevant site, S | tack Overflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17748195/2684
tl;dr: there is no time restriction on how long you can reserve, but it’s not guaranteed.
OUTDATED ANSWER
I haven’t seen that option in the Apple Developer Program, but you can reserve a name.
After you reserve it, you have 120 days to upload a binary (You hav... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3200', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I get iTunes to automatically refresh the media library? Most of the media players that have a "media library" functionality usually self-refresh the library when files are added or removed | . As I share the media library with other media players (I use iTunes only to copy music on the iPod), I would like iTunes to automatically refresh when I add, remove, or rearrange audio tracks in the file system. How can I get iTunes to do this?
A: What you call a “design” flaw, is not such thing. It’s a design decis... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3202', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Alternative for ADmitmac to access dfs shares? I can cmd+k to hidden shares if I remember the names, but normal access of dfs shares would be nicer. I want to get rid of admitmac since it makes my | system unstable and slow.
A: The Samba version that powers all that functionality for Unix/Linux/OS X, supports Distributed FS “out of the box”; if I am not mistaken ADmitmac only provides a layer that handles configuration and automation of those tasks for you and adds a few services that might require a “server”. I ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3209', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Conkeror as default browser on Mac OS 10.6 I'd like to use Conkeror as default browser in Mac OS 10.6. Selecting conkeror.app as default browser with Safari does not work. While it is possible to s | tart Conkeror via Firefox command line arguments (-app), opening additional URLs with that instance is not.
If anyone has been able to setup Conkeror on Mac OS 10.6 in a way that...
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*uses Conkeror as default browser for all applications
*reuses a running Conkeror instance when opening an URL (either current or ne... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3211', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: Why does spaces keep capturing keyboard input some times after switching spaces? I'm running snow leopard on a fairly new macbook pro 13" (september 2010).
Sometimes the black visualization showing | the available spaces and the space I'm currently on doesn't disappear when I have switched between two spaces. When this happens, spaces seems to steals keyboard input from the application(s) on the space I have switched to. Sometimes the visualization disappears after I keep switch spaces some more, but sometimes I h... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3216', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Movies and Podcasts are not set as watched on the second generation Apple TV I have a little problem with my new second generation Apple TV. TV episodes and podcasts remain unseen/unheard status ev | en if I did watch/hear them.
So the list of unwatched shows stays pretty much the same. I have to set the status manually in iTunes.
Is it just me or is the the way it works? Do I need to change some settings?
A: This is a known issue.
You can try holding down the Play/Pause button and then selecting "Mark as watched"... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3219', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Changing the color of the path in Terminal.app I would like the CasebashMac:bfgenv chris$ part of the following line to appear in a different color in my terminal.
CasebashMac:bfgenv chris$ python
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A: I set the PS1 variable in my .bashrc to achieve this.
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*Open Terminal
*[editorofchoice] ~/.bashrc
*Add a line with the following:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
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*Save the .bashrc
*Exit Terminal and re-open. You should now hav... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3221', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I save opened application settings in Mac OS X? In Linux there is an option to save the currently opened windows such that when you shutdown and boot later, these applications are there the | way you left them. It is similar to Hibernate in Windows.
Is there something similar in Mac OS X?
A: You are looking at two different things.
1) Shutdown and boot - get your same apps as per Linux option - see @Am1rr3zA
2) Hibernate - OSX does this already. Just choose sleep from the apple menu
For more details see ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3222', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Software for Mac OS X to view movies on my PS3 or Xbox 360 I want to see movies that are on my Mac on the screen connected to my PS3 or Xbox 360
A: Nullriver Software:
Medialink - PS3
Connect360 | - Xbox360
A: I use MediaLink, which lets you use your Mac as a server which the PS3 can connect to for music, pictures, and movies. It seems to work well enough; my only problem is that I don't like the PS3's interface for browsing through large collections of things. For example, when sharing my entire iTunes libra... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3223', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '19'} | stackexchange | Q: Can Textmate nicely indent HTML? Does Textmate have a function to nicely indent HTML?
HTML Tidy indents it - but it seems to delete tags as well. (This isn't completely proper HTML, but still!)
<ht | ml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:tal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/tal" xmlns:metal="http://xml.zope.org/namespaces/metal">
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.speechapi.com/static/lib/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http:/... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3224', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: application for iPhone to read bar codes I need to read different bar codes, and would be great that I can use my iPhone for that. Currently I have an application to read QRCodes but I'm looking t | o read PDF417 too.
A: Red Laser has just updated to read more types of barcode. Plus it's free.
A: I use
RedLaser for "normal" codes and ZBar for QRCodes.
These are the fastest and most stable I could find. Plus, they are both free.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3228', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Does the iPod Touch calendar support every other day scheduling? Does the iPod Touch calendar support every other day scheduling?
A: You can set that up, but not on the device. There's no interfac | e to more complex recursion rules in the iOS calendar app.
If you're synching with iCal on a mac, you add the event to iCal and go into the "custom" recurrence settings, and it's easy to have it repeat every two days.
Sync your device and bob's your uncle.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3230', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: How to disable to login screen shortcut (Cmd+Alt+L) I'm trying to find where this shortcut is being configured under Snow Leopard but I simply can not. Any help would be appreciated!
A: Not sure w | hat you're trying to do, but Safari uses CMD+Alt+L for the downloads window.
Also, I used to use LockMyScreen (which doesn't work in Snow Leopard anymore), and it's shortcut is showing in my Mac as CMD+Alt+L.
I went to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts, then looked in Application Shortcuts.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3236', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there a way to share a wi-fi connection over wi-fi? The problem is that here is a router (at a cottage), which only allows 2 connections. but we need wi-fi for 8 devices. so the plan is to creat | e another wi-fi spot to share our connection. is there a tool or tutorial for that?
A: In order for a Mac to create a local Wi-Fi network, it needs to have a wired Internet source. So what you need to do is:
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*Connect an Ethernet cable from the router (the wired source) to a Mac.
*On that Mac, choose System Prefe... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3246', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: iPod Nano battery loses charge when it's cold My fourth-gen iPod Nano has very recently started to completely lose its charge when I'm outdoors (currently it's a bit colder here, about 10°C / 50°F) | .
Indoors, or when it's warmer, it still manages a relatively reasonable music playback time of about 10 hrs. Is there anything I can do except contact Apple about a battery replacement? (The iPod is no longer under warranty and I want to avoid the 59 currency unit fee.)
A: The temperature you describe is not cold eno... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3250', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '54'} | stackexchange | Q: Why am I getting a "dubious ownership of file" error when Launch Agent runs my .plist file? I have a Launch Agent configured to run a .plist file for example: /Library/LaunchAgent/foo.plist. Inside | this .plist, it is set to run during LoginWindow and Aqua.
When I attempt to launch my computer and get to the login screen, this plist should run but instead gives the following error (in the console):
launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/foo.plist
When I attempt to login in to a n... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3251', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Software to A) merge two faces into one and B) morph one into another for Mac? I'm looking for a program (or programs) that will allow me to do two things:
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*Create a video of one photo of a fa | ce morphing into another photo of a face. (This requires tagging the matched elements somehow, I presume.
*Allow me to create a merged image from two faces, sort of like a "what if they had a baby" kind of thing. Note that Morph Thing, which does this online, won't work for me, as it won't work with decent size imag... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3252', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How to disable sound when switching Firefox tabs with ⌘1-⌘9 I use the keyboard shortcut ⌘1-⌘9 to switch to tabs in Firefox. In OS X every time I do this there's a sound, which can become annoying w | hen the volume is turned up.
I looked in about:config for anything matching sound but wasn't able to figure it out. Does anyone know how to disable this sound?
A: That’s certainly not a Firefox sound, at least not one that I’ve heard in the past.
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*Do you have any Extension? Try disabling them all for the sake of... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3253', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '19'} | stackexchange | Q: ctrl-o behavior in Terminal.app I often use the ⌃+O shortcut in bash (from "Learning the bash Shell"):
[G]o back to [a command in history] and press ⌃+O instead of ↩. This will execute the command | and bring up the next command in the history file. Press ⌃+O again to enter this command and bring up the next one.
It seems this shortcut is not available on OS X; ⌃+O simply does nothing. A web search turns up the suggestion to use the ! bash builtin, but I don't see how I can accomplish the same thing as ⌃+O with ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3256', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I sync multiple photo and video folders in iTunes? I have an iPhone 4, a PC, and iTunes 10. I can't figure out how to sync photos AND videos from multiple folders.
In iTunes' iPhone view, u | nder "Pictures" I can select a single master folder, then subfolders to sync. Eg, I have "D:\Pictures" and I select the "2010" folder. Fine. But I'd also like to sync "D:\Videos" and select its "2010" folder. I see that the "Pictures" option also allows you to sync videos. But what's impossible to do, as far as I can t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3262', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: "Watch Me Do" workflow succeeds in Automator but not as app I have a 1 action automator workflow. This workflow is recorded to produce a "Watch Me Do" action. The action is to click on the "VPN" me | nu bar item, then select a particular VPN from the menu. This workflow runs fine in automator. When I run it as a standalone app the mouse moves correctly (clicking on the menu, selecting the correct VPN), but I don't actually connect to the VPN. I'm clueless about what's going wrong, so any help at all would be good!
... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3265', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Connect iPod Touch to WiFi with hidden SSID is it possible to connect an iPod Touch to a WiFi network whose SSID is hidden? If so, how can this be achieved?
Regards,
Christoph
A: If the SSID is hi | dden, that means you don’t see the network’s name, so the only way to connect is by manually typing the SSID.
You have to select “Other” from the list of WiFi networks.
A: My wireless home network SSID is hidden, for obvious reasons, when I used my iPod Touch for the first time, I manually entered the SSID name and ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3268', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: How to use Regex with spotlight
Possible Duplicate:
How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac?
How could I use spotlight to search for example for files that end with jar or files that end | with doc and at the same time contains "Hello" in it's name?
A: I’m assuming by “end with” you mean that files have the extension .jar or .doc. And given all those filenames, you want those who have “hello” in their filnames.
With that in mind, you’re looking for something like this:
(.jar AND “hello") OR (.doc AND “... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3269', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How to edit videos keeping existing geotagging? Videos recorded with an iPhone or with other GPS-enabled phones gets geotagged as they should. When I trim/crop/edit them in iMovie (iLife '09) the G | PS tags are gone.
How to keep the tags despite editing or is there a program to add back the geotags to the movie afterwards?
A: You can geotag videos with Picasa, but I don't know if the geotag is saved along with the file...
A: You can download the free app GeoCam Pro in the App Store. This app allows you to upload... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3271', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '121'} | stackexchange | Q: How to get rid of firewall "accept incoming connections" dialog? I've accepted this so many times that firewall should already remember it.
Do you want the application "AppName.app" to accept inco | ming network connections?
Clicking Deny may limit the application's behavior. This setting can be changed in the Firewall pane of Security preferences.
Deny | Allow
For example, I get it for Eclipse when starting my java programs in debugging mode. Sometimes this dialog is displayed only very shortly, like half second... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3273', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: When I click ⌘+C on an email in Mail.app, why can't I paste it as plain text? If I select an email in Mail.app and do ⌘+C, I can then paste the entire email (including header info) in a rich text e | ditor app, such as TextEdit or VoodooPad. However, I'm not able to paste it into a plain text editor like TextMate or into a terminal window.
(Oddly, I can paste into into TextEdit in plain text mode, which is exactly what I want to be able to do with other apps).
Why does it do this? Is there a workaround? Note that ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3279', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Seeing current permissions for a file? How can I see the permissions for a file (e.g. if I want to recreate those permissions for another file using chmod)?
For example after I run chmod 644 on foo | .txt, what command, if any, can I run on foo.txt which returns 644?
A: If you type ls -l in terminal you get the permission for your file
drwxr-xr-x 7 --- staff 238 Apr 14 2010 images
-rw-r--r-- 1 --- staff 2628 Aug 26 2009 index.html
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 --- staff 374 Feb 28 2010 simplemvc
You can use table... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3284', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '9'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I increase the mouse sensitivity of Magic Mouse? I have a MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard and I'm using a Magic Mouse which connects through Bluetooth.
While I like the mouse, it's way to | o slow for my taste. Moving the mouse cursor takes ages. On my Windows PC I'm using a Logitech G9 and in Control Panel of Windows I have set Pointer Speed to maximum with the 'Enhance Pointer Precision' box checked.
On OS X I have set the speed set to maximum as well, but it's still way to slow. I'm used to move the po... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3286', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Spotlight loses index of Applications When I get warnings that my HD is nearly full (Macbook Air, 64GB SSD), spotlight always loses its index of applications. That means that I can't launch Safari | or Mail or other apps, which is the only thing I use Spotlight for. Only restarting helps to resolve this.
Is there a way to force Spotlight to reindex the Application folder?
A: This happens whenever I erase the free space on my hard drive (probably for the same reason -- that process creates a big file that eats up ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3289', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Life of iPhone 4 LED flash? How many hours can the iPhone 4's camera flash last before it burns out? Have there been any studies done / reports published, or is it just assumed that you probably wi | ll need a new iPhone before the flash dies (with normal use)?
A: From Wikipedia:
LED Flash (Illumination)
Although they are not yet at the power levels to replace xenon flash devices in still cameras, LEDs (specifically, high current flash LEDs) have recently been used as flash sources in camera phones. LEDs are expe... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3291', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I tell iTunes to always download free updates I would like iTunes to always download free updates for any applications that I have on my iPhone.
Is that possible?
A: As far as I know, alth | ough both iTunes and the iPhone/Pad check automatically for updates, you have to manually start the process.
Yes, I know it’s a bad idea, because we almost always click “download all”. Even if you tell iTunes to remember your password, it won’t start the download automatically whenever there are updates. I have been l... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3295', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '9'} | stackexchange | Q: What are minimum specs for a MacBook to develop iOS apps? I want to buy a MacBook to develop iOS apps. What are the minimum requirements?
A: Today, I'd go with either a 15" or 17" MacBook Pro. The | y would allow you to work with the iPad simulator at its native resolution. It's a bit too big to run full-size on the 13" models, so I always end up running it at half size, which is less than ideal. Even if you're not planning to develop for the iPad right now, I'd still plan the hardware purchase around that possibi... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3297', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: Apple-Certified RAM? I'm planning to upgrade my RAM in my MacBook Pro (Late 2008) from the base 2GB to 4GB. I'm planning to buy RAM from Kingston.
There's two types of Kingston 1066 2GB RAM here. | (Laptop-sized RAM)
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*Normal RAM
*Apple-certified RAM?
Can I just buy the normal RAM, or do I have to buy the Apple-certified RAM? Is this not like how the hard drives work with the MacBooks - You can use any as long as it's 2.5" and it fits into the hard drive bay?
A: I have had good experience with Crucial and... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3305', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I set up a Mac as a NIS client? I'd like to load some automounter maps from NIS. I don't need to set up authentication, I just want to enable NIS as a data source, and hook it up the automo | unter.
$ cd etc
$ grep + /etc/auto_master
+auto_master # Use directory service
$ ypcat -k auto_master
No such map auto_master. Reason: Request arguments bad
$ ypwhich
can't clntudp_create: Can't communicate with ypbind
P.S. I would like to create a new NIS tag, but I can't yet.
I found this: still trying it:
https:... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3306', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I output video to my TV using a MacBook Pro? How can I do this? I have the 13" model.
A: Yes. You just need the right video and audio adapters.
Apple sells two adapters to connect your MacBook | 's Mini DisplayPort to DVI or VGA. Neither of those will include audio, so you'll also need to get audio cables. Your TV likely includes either optical or composite (RCA) jacks for one or more of your DVI or VGA connections.
For HDMI, you'll need a third-party adapter like this one. Note that this one does not carry au... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3307', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '16'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I get Automator to mount a network volume? I am writing an Automator "script" that rsyncs media on my 10.6.3 MacBook Pro to my Ubuntu 10.10 HTPC. I can make Automator run my shell script fo | r rsync commands, but I can't make Automator mount the three volumes on the HTPC (folders for music, videos, and pictures).
I automatically mount these volumes when I login (these computers connect via a wifi network), but sometimes the HTPC volumes get unmounted, so I'd like to remount by default.
Is there a way to mo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3310', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I know exactly which songs I have purchased from iTunes? The purchase history of iTunes and the email receipts don't show me exactly which version (i.e. album and song number) of a song I h | ave previously purchased.
How can I view this information?
A: The trick is to navigate to iTunes new interface for albums (not search results) (e.g. by clicking the album's name). Instead of seeing the song price, you will see the word "Purchased".
To get to the song's album, you can either search for the artist and t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3312', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Why do compilation albums sometimes show up as 100s of identical album covers? Does anyone know, why some compilation albums (purchased on iTunes Shop) sometimes appear as 100s of album covers in t | he album overview? (as opposed to what one would expect, just 1 album or atleast 1 per CD)
(would have posted a picture here to show what I mean, but I am apparently not allowed to)
And, probably more importantly, what's the fix? I've been meddling around with "compilation" properties on the songs, but that doesn't... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3313', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '33'} | stackexchange | Q: What does the "i" in Apple product names mean? iPhone, iPod, iPad, iCal, iLife, etc. Does the "i" mean anything? And is it a trademark for Apple?
A: When Steve Jobs first introduced the iMac in 19 | 98, he proclaimed that the i stood for Internet. Jobs went on to say, "i also means some other things to us" and displayed a presentation slide with the keywords:
internet
individual
instruct
inform
inspire
You can even view video of this event.
The "i" was first used on the iBook and iMac. These were produce... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3318', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '12'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I use my Mac to re-create an inverted audio noise cancellation effect? I would like to use my Mac as an audio cancelling device, like headphones that reproduce the outside noise in inverted for | m, so it cancels out (typically found in airports). With a normal pair of headphones, my Mac could record the ambient noise and send it to my headphones to achieve noise reduction.
Is there a program able to do this?
A: Audacity can do this as far as I know. There is a White Noise generator, and under the Effects men... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3319', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Spotlight: Don't Index a Volume Is it possible to ask Spotlight to not index a volume ?
A: Yes, open the Spotlight prefpane and under the Confidentiality tab (not sure, but on my French system it | is called "Confidentialité"), you can add folders and volumes not to be indexed.
A: There are a variety of options to do this:
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*Add the drive to the "Privacy" tab in the Spotlight Preference Pane
*Turn off Spotlight indexing for the site from the command line: sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/NAME_OF_DRIVE
*touch /... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3321', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: What does Apple normally announce at events? Tomorrow (October 20th, 2010) Apple will announce something.
What have they announced at previous Mac events and what are some of the things are "usual | "?
A: This is an open ended question;
Traditionally Apple at events such as MacWorld, WWDC, etc. run down as follows:
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*Run down of current company progress showcasing how much Mac OS X has grown
*New hardware updates with technical details and great product shots.
*New software - whether it's upgrades or comple... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3325', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How to enable Subscribed Calendar to be in read/write mode? As today, any Subscribed Calendar is added as Read Only to the iCal Application
to confirm that. just double click in a day with the subs | cribed calendar selected and you will get this annoying popup message
What should I do to enable read/write mode into the subscribed calendar, as it supports both ways (I created the URL and works great with Thunderbird w/Lightning)
Problem also comes that in iPad/iX happens the same situation, and all I wanted was to... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3331', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Repairing broken file associations on the Mac I installed a download manager (I think folx) on this mac book a few months ago, every time I would download a file folx would pick up and download it. |
Long story short, this got confusing, so I deleted folx from the applications.
Now whenever I try to download a file it just does not work right (on either chrome or safari), the browsers complain about a broken plugin when I view a PDF and it seems safari attempts to download the file on the actual page as opposed ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3334', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: What does the "Charging is not supported with this device" error mean? Sometimes when I plug my iPod touch into a dock or cable I get the message Charging is not supported with this device. What's | that mean? Did Apple change the pin configuration of the dock connector?
A: Is the charger one designed for an older iPod with charging on the firewire pins in the dock connector. The spec has changed in more recent devices to only charge from the usb power pins so it is detecting the older configuration and giving ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3336', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '8'} | stackexchange | Q: Using my current 3G Sim with the iPad I'm thinking of buying an iPad at some point, the one with 3G.
I also have a 3G dongle that I'm not really using at the moment and wish to use on the iPad. I u | nderstand that it's a MicroSim, and I can chop my SIM down, but are there any 3G sim locks on the iPad itself?
The only thing I think I'll need to find out is the 3G settings (if it isn't locked). I'm in the UK and I have an orange contract.
So am I right in thinking that if the iPad is not locked to a certain 3G netwo... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3341', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: Dvorak on iOS 4.x?
Possible Duplicate:
Dvorak on iPad?
I want to use the Dvorak layout on my iPhone's keyboard. I've seen that there is an iKeyEx app in Cydia which offers this, but only for iOS | 3.x, not iOS 4.x. Is there a Dvorak solution on iOS 4.x?
Note that I'm explicitly excluding external Bluetooth keyboards -- I want to have Dvorak on the on-screen keyboard.
A: No, there is not. iKeyEx is the only alternative keyboard software I know of, and it has not been ported to work with iOS 4.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3344', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: Why is my battery time so much shorter after jailbreak? I've been impressed with the better battery time of my new iPhone 4 as compared to the 3G I had before. Yesterday evening, I finally jailbrok | e the 4, and the battery time today has been much worse than usual. Why is this?
I installed a very few programs from Cydia: FolderCloser, NoLockScreen, SBSettings, biteSMS, PdaNet, My3G. Note that I haven't used PdaNet yet, so I would rule that out as a culprit. Also, while My3G is set up, I haven't actually done any ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3350', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there anything faster than Veency for iPhone? I want to be able to control an iPhone with a PC or Mac—that is, see the iPhone's screen on a computer and control it with my mouse—via either USB o | r wireless. Are there any solutions faster than VNC Veency? Veency's frame rate isn't good enough, and I need it to show 16-bit color.
A: I've tried Veency on both an iPhone 3G and an iPhone 4, and that looks to be the fastest possible speed to get out of it. Unless someone rewrites Veency or writes another VNC server... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3351', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Is possible to use a Micro SIM in iPhone 3GS? I want to use my old iPhone 3GS, but don't want to pay another plan for the occasional use.
A: You'd need an adapter like this one to make it fit, but | it should work.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3353', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I block ads on an iPad? I am about to buy an iPad, and was using a friend's device recently. I noticed all these multi-colour intrusive square things I'm completely unused to seeing because I' | ve been using Adblock Plus for years now.
What are my options?
A: No need for a jailbroken iPad, iCab can block ads http://www.icab.de/mobile.html
And it is a great browser.
A: One option is to use a different web browser, such as iCab, available from the App Store.
If you really want to use mobile Safari, the follow... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3357', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Can Numbers ’09 import an Excel XML file? Can Numbers ’09 (part of the iWork suite) import XML files? Specifically, the format created by Excel when exporting as "XML Spreadsheet 2003."
I can't jus | t use Excel's native format because the files are generated for our clients by a web app.
If Numbers can't handle these files, are there any other plaintext formats that could be used? I could use csv, but I would prefer to store formatting within the exported file itself.
A: Numbers ’09 supports Excel native format (... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3360', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Sleeping screen (Cinema Display) keeps waking up. How can I make it sleep until mouse is moved? I have my Mac Pro (Cyrus) configured not to fall asleep completely but to let the screen sleep when n | ot used for half an hour. I also use the keyboard shortcut for forcing the display to sleep.
However, sometimes, for a few weeks the screen just refuses to sleep and the login alert box appears immediately after the sleep is supposed to start as if somebody violently moved the mouse or pressed a key. After a few weeks ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3363', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Black screen, perhaps from login/lock system, after 'closing the clam' I make use of the rather clumsy 'closed clam' mode of operation. I close up my macbook pro, bring it to work, and plug in a US | B keyboard and a monitor.
80% of the time, all is well.
The other 20% of the time, things proceed as follows:
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*Unlock box appears on external monitor
*Enter password
*System unlocks
*30 second later ...
*Go to black screen with mouse cursor
It looks just like the 'unlock' environment, only, of course, missin... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3364', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '16'} | stackexchange | Q: Downloading voicemail to my laptop How can I download my voicemail from the iPhone to my computer?
Technically, I know it is not voicemail on the iPhone - it is in ATT's phone system but you knew | what I meant.
How can I download my ATT voicemail from the iPhone/iTunes to my computer?
A: I use an app called "iExplorer" (formerly iPhone Explorer). It basically lets you reach into the phone to download, modify, replace, or add a file in any (or almost any) directory within the file structure.
http://www.macropl... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3368', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Converting a PDF for use with DVD Studio Pro I have a client who want me to add PDF's to a DVD, so that people can view them through their televisions
Can it be done?
A: Sure. You need to convert | the pages of the PDF into images and handle accordingly from there, much like a photo slide show. The primary concern I would have is whether the PDF is laid out so that it looks good on screen.
Acrobat (the full version, not Reader) can export all pages to a variety of formats. Acrobat costs good money, but Preview on... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3369', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '16'} | stackexchange | Q: Why don't my arrow keys work in vim under iTerm? They work just fine if I use Terminal and start a vim session, but under iTerm I have to resort to using H-J-K-L to do left-up-down-right movement.
| In both Terminal and iTerm TERM=xterm-color. My .vimrc is quite lean and there are no key bindings set in there that would causing this problem.
iTerm v0.10.
A: The following worked for me.
In iTerm2:
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*Profiles -> Open Profiles...
*Edit Profiles...
*Keys tab
*From Load Preset... drop-down, pick Terminal.app co... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3374', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '61'} | stackexchange | Q: How do you position your hand to use the command key? What finger do you use? Sorry in advance about what seems like a trivial question. However, I've recently switched from PC to Mac, and while I | 'm really happy about the switch, this is one of the few issues I'm struggling with.
On a PC, the most important shortcuts are CTRL-A (select all), CTRL-C (copy), and CTRL-V (paste). Almost all the other important shortcuts also use the CTRL key.
On the PC keyboard, the CTRL key is in the bottom left corner of the keyb... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3375', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: What does no chime on boot mean? My MacBook Pro is having some issues. It boots. But the graphics card doesn't get detected. You can remote in to it but looking at the Displays dialog in System Pre | ferences, no graphics card is shown:
I took it in to see if it qualified for the free mobo replacement because it does have the qualifying NVidia chipset and the repair shop said they couldn't run the diagnostics tool on it because it wouldn't chime on boot. And therefore wouldn't boot from their external drive to run... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3379', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Install Tiger in VMware Fusion I've got 10.6 running on a 2006 MacBook Pro. I want to run some older software that was meant for 10.4 and earlier, so I figured I'd install Tiger in VMware Fusion, | but it isn't working. Any idea how I'd go about it?
What I've tried:
When creating a new VM, there's no option for Tiger. It only offers 10.5 server and 10.6 server. I tried using the 10.5 server option with a Tiger disk image, but with no luck: gives me this error:
Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualiz... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3386', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: How do I use multiple webcams at once on Mac OS X? I have programmed a Flash app that makes use of several webcams at the same time. The app works great on Windows. When I try to use more than one | webcam on Mac OS X, I find that each webcam I plug into the computer disables the previously attached webcam.
It appears that I can only have one USB camera working at a time. Is this correct? Is there any way of bypassing this?
A: There are Mac applications that can do this, although I don't believe that any of them ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3387', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Over-promiscuous bluetooth on Macbook Pro So I have bluetooth stereo headphones (Motorola s305), that, now with iOS 4.1 and AVRCP, are a delight with my iPhone 3GS, at least, unless I happen to tur | n them on when my Macbook Pro is around.
Then the MBP thinks it's a pairing request and the headset's command is lost (worse: this happens while the MBP is sleeping, causing it to wake). I think I once paired it with the MBP when I didn't have other headphones lying around, but I've tried to get the MBP to behave by
... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3392', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '29'} | stackexchange | Q: What does the plus sign next to the price of an app in the App Store mean? There is often a plus sign in the upper left corner of the price button for an app. Even some free apps have this plus sig | n.
A: It means that it is a universal app, able to run on the iPad and iPhone.
A: It means there are in-app purchases available under that app. You can turn that feature off under your General Settings, Restrictions.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3394', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '20'} | stackexchange | Q: How can iPhone be used when wearing gloves? In colder weather wearing gloves is essential. Looks like iPhone 4 completely ignores touches of fingers in gloves. So I sometimes even see people contro | lling their iPhones by touching them with their noses.
What are the limitations of how iPhone can be controlled? How can it be used by a person wearing gloves?
A: Another solution is to use special stylus like this: http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
A: Here you'll find a list of 11 different gloves to use with y... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3399', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Rotated PDF Doesn't Save State? For some strange reason, when I rotate a PDF using the trackpad (Two finger multi-touch rotation gesture.), there's no option to save it and all changes are lost aft | er I close it.
(The save button is grayed out.)
What am I doing wrong?
A: ... Never mind. Apparently rotating using the trackpad of a PDF in Preview is just for cosmetic purposes. You have to rotate using +L or +R or within the Apple-bar menu. Only after that, the save option will be available. :|
Strange.
A: Like... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3403', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '6'} | stackexchange | Q: Can I use my iPhone as a fax machine modem using the Bluetooth connection? I'd like to use my iPhone 4 as a bluetooth modem so I can send a fax using my Mac.
I can pair my iPhone to the mac and the | n add a fax from the Printer section of System Preferences and then, I can add to the Fax print queue from Preview. However, the print queue doesn't establish a connection to the iPhone.
I'm not interested in sending faxes over email and I'm not interested in downloading an app to the iPhone that will send faxes over t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3413', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '7'} | stackexchange | Q: How can I know which GUID represents which app in my iTunes backup of my iPhone? I backed up my data from my iPhone to my PC. This backup is not encrypted. When I open up the backup folder, I see a | bunch of files named with long GUIDs. Each app that saves data (e.g. to a SQLite table will have a file here.
How can I find out which GUID represents a specific app I am looking for?
I used to be able to use findstr "app name" *.mdinfo and then find the corresponding *.mddata file, but as of iTunes 10, there are no *... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3414', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: "Not enough space" on partitioning? I have a 320GB harddrive with 95GB free. I boot to a 10.5 disk, open disk utility, and add a 40GB partition. Halfway through the progress bar, though, it tells | me that there's not enough space. I'm not sure what it means- I'm just splitting my free space off to another partition- it shouldn't need any extra space.
Any ideas as to how I can partition my drive?
Clarification: this is my laptop's internal drive- the one I boot from. I can't boot normally and partition with /A... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3424', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: MacBook Pro Hang I bought a new MacBook Pro with a Core i5 processor; everything is very good but it hangs a lot. I changed its hard drive and used Apple's diagnostic test but neither helped.
Any i | deas about what could be the problem?
A: It’s a new machine, if it hangs “out of the box” take it back for repairs, it’s under warranty. It could be the memory (RAM). Don’t change anything, let the Apple folks do it for you.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3426', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: How to close apps in iphone 4?
Possible Duplicate:
iOS 4 - can I close and app without it staying open in the background?
From what I know, pressing on the home button on iphone 4 will merely hi | de the application, instead of closing it.
So how can I make sure that all the unwanted apps are closed, so that the memory can be reused?
A: You have two options to close an app:
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*With the application hidden (i.e. if you are currently at the home screen or are interacting with another app) you can double-press t... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3431', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '5'} | stackexchange | Q: Removing software that came from a pkg file? I can't find the uninstaller. I installed some service using a pkg file and now I want to get rid of it. How do I do that? I would prefer not to use lsb | om and rm and stuff. It looks scary.
A: Not a direct answer to your question, but you can also use "Suspicious Package", a QuickLook plug-in for Finder, to see what files a package installed: http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/
Depending on what files were installed where, you may be able to find th... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3434', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Make an iPhone appear as different model? Is it possible to have a jailbroken iPhone trick an app into thinking you have a different device than the one you're on (e.g., a 3G passing as a 3GS)?
A: | Palm did this with the Pre: the device, like all devices, told iTunes it was an iPod and allowed only the syncing of non-DRM content over the USB connection. As to how the iPhone sorts out what it is to tell iTunes could either be hard-coded or come from a plist file somewhere in the OS.
Either way, this forum is rea... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3435', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: The Battery Life Span of iPhone 4 I found that actively using my iphone for 30 minutes will take out 5-7% of the battery. Is it normal?
A: Yes, this is normal. If we assume that actively using you | r iPhone 4 for 30 minutes consumes 5% of its battery life, then you can use it actively for 10 hours. The iPhone 4 supports up to 10 hours of uninterrupted video playback OR up to 7 hours of talk time on 3G OR up to 6 hours of Internet use on 3G, for example. Your experience with your iPhone 4 sounds reasonable.
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3437', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '59'} | stackexchange | Q: Which text editor can I use with large files (>500 MB)? What are your recommendation for opening large text files on OS X? I found both BBEdit and Textmate to be struggling in this department.
A: | BBEdit is pretty much the standard for opening large text files on a Mac. I've opened some good-sized files with it, and BBEdit didn't even break a sweat. It is not entirely free - you do not have to pay for a license unless you want features that are in the pro activation above and beyond the free license.
How large o... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3439', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '3'} | stackexchange | Q: Seeking good quality DVD ripping software for PPC G5, 10.4.11 Subject says it all, but here are the requirements in full:
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*Power Macintosh G5 Dual 2.5 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 2 TB HDD (destined to beco | me a media and file server for v1 Apple TV and home network)
*Mac OS 10.4.11, but will be upgrading to Mac 10.5 at a later date
*Surround sound support (Dolby 5.1, DTS)
*Movies are intended for use with an v1 Apple TV, so no disk images or VIDEO_TS folders.
Web searches reveal a lot of software out there but it al... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3441', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '1'} | stackexchange | Q: Monodevelop on OS X and Displaying UTF-8 Does using Copy or paste cause monodevelop to crash, or is it just me? If you have Monodevelop installed, please can you test this, I fount that both shortc | uts and from the menus cause it to crash. I seem unable to find information about this on google, though would personally consider this quite a major bug.
And how can UTF-8 characters be displayed in monodevelop and mono programs? Although they output fine in Terminal. It is similar to this post , but none of the solut... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3442', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: iPhone 4 - photos are chopped off on the side I have been using my iPhone 4 to take photos on my holiday, and have been noticing that approximately 10% of the photos I have taken are chopped a bit | shorter. I have only noticed it happening on landscape shots, and I have HDR enabled without the option to keep the original. Is this a known issue?
A: I don't think this is an issue at all. In the Photos app, all pictures are slightly zoomed in on by default to fill the entire screen. If you zoom out on each picture ... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3445', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '0'} | stackexchange | Q: iPod Touch /w iOS4 - Why do I have to have iTunes installed to charge? Do I have to have iTunes running to charge my iPod Touch? I mean, can't I just turn on my computer and have the USB port just | charge the silly thing? All my other devices work like that; why does Apple have to be such a prima-donna?
A: You pretty much self-answered the question but, in any case and for future reference:
You don’t need iTunes to charge iPhones/Pads/Pods. iPhones come with a wall-pluggable charger that also happens to charge... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3450', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Is there free software for recognizing a song when it plays? I have few .mp3 file that have no name or have a wrong name(artist name and song name) is there any free software exist to recognized wh | at exactly this song is(by playing the song and this software search their database and find similar signal wave)?
I see some similar app in iphone (if you play song and run this app after some second this app recognize the song)
And I Also use Tunatic in windows and it was a good software but I can't use Tunatic in OS... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3452', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '2'} | stackexchange | Q: Using Brushes (mainly dodge and burn) in Aperture 3 while in Full Screen Mode One of the reasons I went to Aperture from iPhoto was that I could easily dodge and burn my photos, which iPhoto doesn' | t let you do.
I have also been enjoying the full screen mode in aperture, where I will keep the HUD up for my edits.
While doing some edits yesterday, I noticed that the brushes control wasn't available full screen, unless I am missing something. I also couldn't find the red eye removal tool while in full screen eith... |
{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3453', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '4'} | stackexchange | Q: Display pressed shortcuts as an overlay on the screen On this great Ruby on Rails screencast, every time a shortcut combination is pressed it shows up on top of the screen, and it shows up so often | that I find it hard to believe it was placed by hand when editing the movie.
Is there any application that does this?
A: Not sure which specific screencast you're speaking of, but they may be using Keycastr.
A: For the sake of completeness: Boinx Software's Mouseposé does this (and a lot more) as well ($17).
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{'language': 'en', 'url': 'https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3454', 'timestamp': '2023-03-29', 'source': 'stackexchange', 'question_score': '44'} | stackexchange | Q: "say" in different language? Are there voices in different languages installed in Mac OS X? E.g. spanish, french or slovak? (latest iPod Nano built-in voiceover has beautiful slovak voice, I'd like | to try it on Mac OS X too)
A: For Mac OS X 10.7, Swedish works pretty well by just downloading the Swedish voices using Preferences->System Voice->Customize and setting either as System Voice. It neatly nails even pretty peculiar Swedish words and spellings.
No guarantee for other languages.
A: As far as I know the ... |
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