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2011/09/19 | 468 | 2,091 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm noticing a new trend regarding posting software prices alongside their titles. I'm not sure how it started, or where it came from, but why in Jobs' name would we want to do this??
Prices are constantly changing, and it makes the site look irrelevant and obsolete quicker than just about an... |
2011/09/24 | 682 | 2,741 | <issue_start>username_0: A few days ago Stack Exchange set up a blog for Ask Different at <http://apple.blogoverflow.com/>, and we're looking for contributors! The topic set is the same as Ask Different - reviews, comparisons, and how-tos with [Apple hardware/software, etc](https://apple.stackexchange.com/faq#questions... |
2011/09/24 | 864 | 3,586 | <issue_start>username_0: On the close question dialog we can only close as off topic to meta.askdifferent can we please have some other options - The main missing one is stackoverflow.
I have asked this [before](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/266/closing-question-as-should-be-on-other-se-site) but was ... |
2011/09/24 | 469 | 1,978 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there are way to merge and re-award points to the first answer? If there isn't, I would like to recommend a way to merge answers that are the same (or nearly identical) and to award the points to the original (oldest) answer. It's not fair to the person who responded first when the second (n... |
2011/10/08 | 1,187 | 4,656 | <issue_start>username_0: Im unsure about the appropriateness of questions about the origin of product names or other designations. For example I can't see the distinction between these questions:
* [What does the "i" in Apple product names mean?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/3313/4395)
* [Is there an official po... |
2011/10/13 | 804 | 3,327 | <issue_start>username_0: So what's the difference (assuming i'm asking an apple related question)?<issue_comment>username_1: If it's a Mac question, you may ask on whichever site you prefer. If it's not a Mac question, or if it involves other Apple devices with your Mac, you should ask it here.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_ans... |
2011/10/16 | 520 | 1,747 | <issue_start>username_0: I am unable to post a question because "it does not meet our quality standards":
Where can I learn about said standards? I see no mention of them in the FAQ.<issue_comment>username_1: My guess is that the system is... |
2011/10/20 | 593 | 2,452 | <issue_start>username_0: Why can't you @reply more than one user? It seems like I should be able to @reply at least two users. I've run into this problem several times now. Is there a reason why you can only @reply one user?<issue_comment>username_1: From [this](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-com... |
2011/10/21 | 525 | 2,106 | <issue_start>username_0: [This question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/28470/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-plugins-for-quicksilver) was closed due to not having a wide enough audience. I personally think that it should be reopened, as many people do use Quicksilver. What are your thoughts?<issue_comment>us... |
2011/10/23 | 624 | 2,712 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes users (especially new ones) post several good, substantive questions in a single post. This leads to all sorts of chaos with regard to the answers, and we have the one-question-per-question-post rule to prohibit this. But particularly when there are two good questions in the post, the... |
2011/10/27 | 1,189 | 4,510 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed lately a lot of "which Mac is the best for..." questions.
Here is a list, and I practically only used the [development](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/development "show questions tagged 'development'") tag:
* [Which MacBook Pro configuration is best suitable for Ip... |
2011/11/04 | 2,144 | 8,360 | <issue_start>username_0: Jason had a nice comment in the chat room and I'd like to see if there is enough common interest to start killing these unanswerable questions off.
[Got any tips or tricks for Terminal in Mac OS X?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/5435/5472)
This question specifically has no answer. Softwar... |
2011/11/11 | 569 | 2,086 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [the description of the copy editor badge](https://apple.stackexchange.com/badges/33/copy-editor), the requirement is for you to edit 500 posts. I have done that and I don't see the badge. If you look on [the users page](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users?tab=editors&filter=all)... |
2011/11/22 | 440 | 1,872 | <issue_start>username_0: Been noticing many questions in the "Unanswered" portion of AskDifferent that have factually correct answers. I've even spotted one frequent offender (105 questions, 61% accept rate).
What do/can/should we do with these people who take advantage of the community without following the norm/prot... |
2011/12/02 | 779 | 2,715 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Community Promotion Ads - 2013](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1519/community-promotion-ads-2013)
>
>
>
For one reason or another, we missed 2H 2011. Nevermind that, though, let us commence with 1H 2012! And yes, it starts in December.
... |
2011/12/20 | 930 | 3,455 | <issue_start>username_0: This week, we’re kicking off a “Hot Topic of the Week” series.
How it works: One topic is designated each week, and each person who asks a question relating to that topic will be eligible to win a prize. Topics are chosen from your suggestions in the community wiki below.
How to enter: Ask a ... |
2011/12/29 | 387 | 1,441 | <issue_start>username_0: You have got the ‘clicked tab’ metaphor in reverse:
To me, it looks like all the other tabs are clicked. Or maybe it’s the Apple® way.<issue_comment>username_1: It isn't reversed, but more the browser that you are using, as pointed out by balpha. This... |
2012/01/03 | 1,574 | 6,339 | <issue_start>username_0: Someone [posted a question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/33629/13) about changing the IMEI of their iPhone. A UK user flagged this question for asking about an illegal activity, and [indeed it is in the UK](http://www.met.police.uk/mobilephone/reprogramming.htm). However, I haven't been ab... |
2012/01/04 | 1,064 | 4,205 | <issue_start>username_0: **January 28th, 2012 will mark Ask Different's *1-year anniversary of graduation*!**
Stack Exchange has offered to support a special Ask Different event in honor of that anniversary.
I've added an answer with my ideas, but exactly what we do is up to the community. If you've got an idea for h... |
2012/01/04 | 364 | 1,346 | <issue_start>username_0: I might be being dense, but I was wondering if there is a RSS feed that displays entries from our 'inbox'? If not, then perhaps a feature suggestion.
I use a RSS reader a lot and it updates constantly in the background - I just thought it'd be cool.<issue_comment>username_1: Currently, this fe... |
2012/01/08 | 565 | 2,312 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [this page on Meta Stack Overflow,](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2950/should-hi-thanks-taglines-and-salutations-be-removed-from-posts) salutations, tag lines, thanks, etc. should be removed from posts. If I do that here, are my edits likely to be accepted? Is it okay if... |
2012/01/24 | 244 | 1,016 | <issue_start>username_0: iOS 5 brought us Music and Video as two seperate apps, these cannot be tagged correctly as the description for Music relates to songs and sond that is playing not the app, and the same applies to video.
Does anyone have any suggestions for creating tags specfically for these apps?<issue_commen... |
2012/01/25 | 718 | 3,023 | <issue_start>username_0: I have noticed that the majority of large community wiki questions have rules for posting. However, they aren't standard rules. Can we establish some official rules for community wiki questions?
My set of rules would be something like this:
1. Check to see if there are duplicates in this post... |
2012/02/01 | 2,844 | 11,792 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to call for discussion on the scope of this site in light of recent changes by Apple to broaden the audience for the iTunes Connect program.
I understand the initial hesitance to have Developer questions here on the end user forum - especially with Stack Overflow for hard develope... |
2012/02/02 | 1,789 | 7,628 | <issue_start>username_0: This was a question that I brought up in the chat room yesterday. I brought the question over here to meta so that all the answers from all the people could be put into one place.
The question is: Should we be changing titles from "How to...?" to "How can I/do I/should I....?"? I don't like "... |
2012/02/03 | 1,500 | 5,381 | <issue_start>username_0: Our [list of tag badges](https://apple.stackexchange.com/badges?tab=tags) is pathetically small in my opinion, and in dire need of changes, the most obvious of which is iphone -> ios, yet I feel that any iOS answer (iPhone, iPod, iPod-touch and related, iPad) should count towards iOS. The inabi... |
2012/02/08 | 832 | 2,927 | <issue_start>username_0: If you look at all the chat rooms on SE, (notwithstanding the temporary ones between users etc) they pretty much all have a) a witty name, and/or b) some following subtext, e.g. :
The Frying Pan: Sometimes hot, always heavy. (cooking.SE)
Literature: Read any good books lately? (literature.SE)... |
2012/02/08 | 350 | 1,299 | <issue_start>username_0: I often give keyboard shortcuts in my answers. Usually, this is for Mac software, so I can just say "Use `⌘ (cmd)` `A` to select all," but when I'm giving instructions for iTunes shortcuts, I have no way of knowing the OS the asker is running unless they explicitly state it. When they don't, wh... |
2012/02/09 | 36,845 | 103,155 | <issue_start>username_0: The following is a "digest" version of the [2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1036/2012-moderator-election-town-hall-chat-wed-8-feb-0300-utc-tue-7-feb-10pm-e). The format, [as described on Meta Stack Overflow](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q... |
2012/02/12 | 512 | 1,797 | <issue_start>username_0: Due to the length of my name, it's often wrapped in comments. This is entirely understandable. However, it often gets wrapped like this:
```
...[end of comment] -
<NAME>
```
which looks really weird. I'm fine with
```
...[end of comment] -<NAME>
```
as well as
```
...[end of comment]
- ... |
2012/02/16 | 1,052 | 4,726 | <issue_start>username_0: Some questions about this software have been closed as it is not released,
However the OS has been released to developers. This means there is a chance we can have questions answered by anyone with the system.<issue_comment>username_1: There are a few reasons why questions about pre-release so... |
2012/02/16 | 1,398 | 5,448 | <issue_start>username_0: The general rule is that all questions on beta software and services are off-topic, out of scope, and should be closed on Ask Different according to our FAQ. However, we now have two shipping products that are highly friendly and desirable to end users yet still in beta:
* [Siri](http://www.ap... |
2012/02/22 | 481 | 2,043 | <issue_start>username_0: While my [question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/41317/using-software-update-server-without-binding-mac-to-lion-server-domain) is Apple related, it is also a question that many users that frequent [ServerFault](https://serverfault.com/) and [SuperUser](https://superuser.com/) may k... |
2012/02/24 | 1,174 | 5,156 | <issue_start>username_0: When ever i asked question in this forum. i got some common comments like what is your system's specifications.
So i want to propose this feature request that while registering, user should provide the specifications of his system and it will be shown on mouse over event or something.
I will ... |
2012/02/28 | 342 | 1,236 | <issue_start>username_0: I've put together a [status bar notifier for Stack Exchange sites](https://stackapps.com/questions/3081/senotifier-a-stack-exchange-inbox-notifier-for-mac-os-x) (inspired by Google Notifier) and I thought I'd ask here to get some feedback on a couple of things.
![screenshot](https://i.stack.im... |
2012/02/28 | 1,529 | 6,289 | <issue_start>username_0: Here is the question <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/41969/what-input-devices-do-you-find-to-be-an-indespensable-part-of-using-your-mac>
The question is not intended to be about shopping recommendations? After seeing other questions such as [Which OS X Applications do you find indis... |
2012/03/08 | 1,714 | 6,481 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to have some discussion on the tags for iPads.
We currently have a need to tag questions about the hardware being released on March 16, 2012 - and Apple is calling them the new iPad.
Pragmaticatically, we had [ipad-3](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ipad-3 "show ques... |
2012/03/13 | 922 | 3,529 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to embed a Youtube video into [my answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/43251/best-way-to-import-analog-video-vhs-to-mac/43568#43568), but I can't seem to get it to work. I've seen it embedded on other sites (see [this answer](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/21642/190... |
2012/03/16 | 1,284 | 4,361 | <issue_start>username_0: **Edit**: The contest has now officially ended. Congrats to everyone who completed the Levels!
Since we had 10 people complete Level 3 (WOW! You guys are awesome), we have to implement the [tie breaker](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1227/13125). Here’s how the rankings worked out — t... |
2012/03/16 | 379 | 1,257 | <issue_start>username_0: I have wanted to go back to questions that I've cast a close vote on and check up on them. However, I lose track of all the questions. How can I view all my close votes?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes,
====
you can. There are three different ways to do it.
Method #1
---------
1. Earn 10,000 r... |
2012/03/18 | 744 | 2,904 | <issue_start>username_0: For editing and answering, I want to know: what's the best way to notate a menu item's path? (This also goes for things such as preferences.)
I have seen the following:
* Menu > Item
* Menu-> Item
* Menu -> Item
* Menu → Item
* **Menu → Item**
* `Menu > Item`
* Menu » Item
* **Menu** » **Item... |
2012/03/21 | 3,154 | 13,107 | <issue_start>username_0: So the [big promotion](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1181/the-new-ipad-is-here-ask-different-and-win-one) is getting far more participation than I ***ever*** expected was possible. This is a big win, and CHAOS pulled off an amazing thing here. Kudos for all your planning work! ... |
2012/03/23 | 473 | 1,876 | <issue_start>username_0: **[Is there any indication that Apple/iCloud will offer a “photo collection hosting” service, comparable to Picasa Web Albums?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/45386/128)**
Why this question was down voted two times? I think it is a legitimate question!
Or is it a bad question, because actu... |
2012/03/23 | 685 | 2,514 | <issue_start>username_0: It's not so clear from the contest rules:
>
> We can give away a maximum of 25 iPod touch devices and a maximum of 6 new iPads (5 for Level 3, and 1 for the raffle). In the event that more than the maximum number of people complete the Levels, the winners with the highest combined score on th... |
2012/03/26 | 996 | 3,971 | <issue_start>username_0: I was browsing AskDifferent and asking questions when out of nowhere I got 3 downvotes in a very very short span of time.
They were on these questions: [Does the 'unibody' design of the MB/MBP actually help increase the strength of the MBP/MB?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/45946/d... |
2012/03/26 | 258 | 1,120 | <issue_start>username_0: The [Ask Different data](http://data.stackexchange.com/apple/queries) on Data Explorer was last updated before the contest opened. Is there a chance it could be updated sooner than next month, so we can worry ourselves sick trying to interpret and test the fine points of the rules? :)<issue_com... |
2012/03/28 | 1,556 | 6,554 | <issue_start>username_0: Firstly, I do think the current competition is brilliant, and actively wanted to participate, however I stopped for 2 specific reasons.
* Since the start of the competition, an incredible amount of low quality questions has been asked, and in some cases, just the rate at which some users ask q... |
2012/03/31 | 1,463 | 5,445 | <issue_start>username_0: Current behaviour
=================
Example: [x-man-page://8/fsck\_cs](http://x-man-page://8/fsck_cs) is misinterpreted as an `http://` URL.
Proposal
========
Allow `x-man-page://` URLs to be hyperlinked —
* [examples](http://content.wuala.com/contents/grahamperrin/public/2012/04/01/a/examp... |
2012/04/03 | 1,403 | 5,196 | <issue_start>username_0: I had everything I needed to qualify for Level 2 in the contest - the 20 required questions with 2 upvotes each, the votes, and even the sharing.
I posted a picture on my website with the text "Ask and answer questions about Macs! Click to see more!", which my users quickly ate up. They click ... |
2012/04/05 | 4,285 | 18,051 | <issue_start>username_0: I think, now that the dust has settled and the winners notified from the [recent site-promotion campaign](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1181/the-new-ipad-is-here-ask-different-and-win-one), it would be very useful for the organisers to see our thoughts on it all (and indeed hav... |
2012/04/22 | 669 | 2,787 | <issue_start>username_0: What was (or at least at the time appeared to be) a [correct answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/48412/4395) to a [question of mine](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/30977/4395) is now (possibly due to software changes by Apple) no longer resolves my question. I've already accepted this ... |
2012/04/26 | 632 | 2,771 | <issue_start>username_0: Should OS version (E.g. 10.7.3) be included on all standard Operating System questions for future reference? As Operating Systems release updates and/or New Operating systems are released all together, multiple changes occur that may nullify previous answers. By making it mandatory to include t... |
2012/05/08 | 1,010 | 4,194 | <issue_start>username_0: Sadly, first I don't have the expertise to prove what I found is indeed a bug and secondly I really don't know how to report them to Apple and rather try to find a solution to my problem(s) instead of trying to figure out how to do so for Apple, what Apple should do for me (i.e. providing me wi... |
2012/05/09 | 186 | 750 | <issue_start>username_0: I guess I haven't found the right search terms to find this on my own, so I figured I ask.
Is there a forum or something out there where people who are going to WWDC trade information? Stuff like trip advice, informal birds-of-a-feather sessions, parties, etc. Or does all that kind of coordin... |
2012/06/12 | 902 | 3,965 | <issue_start>username_0: Apple generally pre-announces its latest and greatest operating system, and seeded copies to developers, but the operating system is not yet shipping to the general public. This can last for months and often causes confusion when some questions get closed and others do not.
Are questions about... |
2012/06/14 | 806 | 3,382 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a specific question I'm wondering how to handle now that all the MobileMe changes are about to fade into history this June when MobileMe goes away:
[Is it possible to use Back To My Mac DNS or routing information from the command line?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/14049/is... |
2012/06/18 | 972 | 3,777 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote a brief answer to [this question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/54064/permission-denied-error-when-copying-to-usr-local-bin), and almost immediately got a message attached to the answer, saying
>
> We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and
> context... |
2012/06/24 | 2,252 | 9,079 | <issue_start>username_0: The current name of the site - "Ask Different" doesn't make sense for most of people except of some people who remember history of Apple campaigns.
When I first time have seen the reference to the site, I decided, that it's like miscelenious, and didn't understand, why apple related questions ... |
2012/06/24 | 677 | 2,765 | <issue_start>username_0: In our logo, the description of Ask Different is "Answers for your Apple questions" -- a concise and fairly accurate description of the site.
At <http://stackexchange.com/sites>, our site is described as "Q&A for power users of Apple hardware and software." While Q&A for power users are certai... |
2012/06/27 | 498 | 1,789 | <issue_start>username_0: <http://askdifferent.com> is registered, but it redirects to <http://apple.stackexchange.com> instead. Why is that?<issue_comment>username_1: I believe the canonical sites that are not on the trilogy (and the newly promoted arquade) all are intended to be branded with the stack exchange name fo... |
2012/06/30 | 516 | 2,151 | <issue_start>username_0: As the question/answer editor currently stands, `⌘``H` inserts `## Heading ##`.
I often want to use the Hide shortcut while editing, so is there any way I could disable it? Otherwise, would people mind if we changed it for everyone?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't have an answer or ETA on wh... |
2012/07/25 | 981 | 3,094 | <issue_start>username_0: **Congratulations to our winners!**
For asking a Nice Question:
* [Felix](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/25735/felix)
* [<NAME>](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/2220/nathan-greenstein)
* [Viktor](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/8551/viktor)
For asking a Popular Question:
... |
2012/07/29 | 375 | 1,323 | <issue_start>username_0: As retina displays are [becoming](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) [more](http://www.apple.com/ipad/) [pervasive](http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/) in Apple hardware, and we're here to support users of Apple products, I think it would be great if the AD site included retina versions of its image ... |
2012/07/29 | 600 | 2,201 | <issue_start>username_0: For users with the new MacBook Pro with retina display, screenshots have their dimensions doubled. For example, if I take a screenshot of a window, this is what I get:
As you can see, when the image is displayed normally, ... |
2012/07/29 | 873 | 3,165 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm requesting that people vote to re-open this question: [What programs have trouble with case-sensitive (HFSX) filesystems, and how to fix them?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46322/what-programs-have-trouble-with-case-sensitive-hfsx-or-case-insensitive-hfs)
The reason for closin... |
2012/07/30 | 598 | 2,288 | <issue_start>username_0: It's nice to have awareness of the challenge.
However, it's potentially **confusing – especially for newcomers** – to have Mountain Lion so prominent *below the title* of every question that is specifically **not** about Mountain Lion.
Placement in the **midst** of each question is not ideal... |
2012/08/03 | 492 | 1,962 | <issue_start>username_0: User asked a question about a specific problem, I gave him a specific answer based on my experience and it got voted down?
<https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/28446/12418><issue_comment>username_1: It was probably downvoted because - at first glance - it looks irrelevant. Your point on interfer... |
2012/08/07 | 855 | 3,546 | <issue_start>username_0: My question "[Software programs that don't work in Mountain Lion and Good Alternatives](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59760/software-programs-that-dont-work-in-mountain-lion-and-good-alternatives)" was closed for the reason "It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This ques... |
2012/08/10 | 1,044 | 4,327 | <issue_start>username_0: I've tried to the best of my knowledge to contribute to the StackExchange community with each question, thinking that the answer may help a countless number of other users in the future. I can't tell you how many times I've run across a StackExchange question in a Google search that gave me the... |
2012/08/13 | 403 | 1,545 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question with a bounty and a [leading answer that's useless](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/40440/4395) and appears not even to have understood the question. Is there anything I can do to prevent the bad answer from receiving the bounty?<issue_comment>username_1: You could award the... |
2012/08/14 | 1,411 | 5,848 | <issue_start>username_0: The stack exchange developers have been working hard on making the tools for reviewing content by trusted users better to allow the community to keep things clean, clear and free of spam and other disruptive content.
<https://apple.stackexchange.com/review/>
I wanted to make a place to discus... |
2012/08/22 | 543 | 2,175 | <issue_start>username_0: Something I've seen quite a bit of while reviewing Low Quality Posts: obviously incorrect/irrelevant answers. (Case in point: [this answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/1097/can-i-hide-the-keyboard-on-my-iphone-4-the-way-you-can-on-the-ipad/4013#4013).)
What is the recommended ap... |
2012/09/08 | 470 | 1,870 | <issue_start>username_0: Don't mean to be overly critical / nitpicky.... but every time I see this graphic..
my *not-horribly-or-excessively OCD*, yet *atmittedly design-concious* brain has to stop, look, and do a double-take at this rendering. Its ... |
2012/09/13 | 182 | 657 | <issue_start>username_0: In the headings of the help text on the right-hand side of the [Moderator Tools > Flags](https://apple.stackexchange.com/tools?s=1&tab=flags) page, the two instances of the word "I" should be capitalized. I recognize that these headings have a lowercase-only motif; the word "I", as a proper nou... |
2012/09/19 | 298 | 1,152 | <issue_start>username_0: I voted to close [this](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/64468/what-hidden-features-have-you-found-in-ios-6) question earlier today because I didn't realize iOS 6 had been released. I have since realized that I'm an idiot and should check things before blithely voting to close a perfec... |
2012/10/14 | 1,453 | 5,968 | <issue_start>username_0: I've [asked a question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46322/what-programs-have-trouble-with-case-sensitive-hfsx-filesystems-and-how-to-fi) on Apple.SE and it was closed. After I successfully argued here that [the reason for closing was inadequate](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.co... |
2012/10/19 | 772 | 2,897 | <issue_start>username_0: While retagging [this question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/58360/8823) to remove the 'iBooks' tag (which is clearly associated with Apple's e-book business, not their old iBook laptop line), I noticed that the singular [iBook tag](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ibook) i... |
2012/11/28 | 1,720 | 6,413 | <issue_start>username_0: We have been getting some flags about older questions where there was a lot of interest, but over time the questions have not been maintained, updated, etc... Specifically these questions are general survey questions with lots of special rules and boilerplate about searching for duplicate answe... |
2012/12/01 | 964 | 3,869 | <issue_start>username_0: I made a question, is this
[Does iTunes 11 need extra services or tools to manage duplicates in the library?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/73421/how-itunes-11-manage-duplicates)
The core of the question is "Maybe iTunes 11 finds and delete them automagically?"
It is got edited T... |
2012/12/10 | 1,067 | 4,117 | <issue_start>username_0: As it is December 2012, we are now going to reset our Community Promotion Ads for the new year.
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetti... |
2012/12/13 | 1,240 | 4,999 | <issue_start>username_0: We have a small mess surrounding the [volume](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/volume "show questions tagged 'volume'") tag.
Some of the questions are relating to sound / volume / loudness / audio.
Some are relating to storage and the concept of physical or logical volumes.
W... |
2012/12/19 | 823 | 3,415 | <issue_start>username_0: I closed [this question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/46458/when-is-a-macbook-pro-considered-at-end-of-life-and-in-need-of-replacement) as "not constructive" but it was re-opened by five votes, and I'm a little baffled as to why people think it's answerable.
My problem with this q... |
2012/12/19 | 624 | 2,491 | <issue_start>username_0: With [some questions](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/75175/26522) a concerned user **may** suspect that the item in question may be stolen. Other example: "I bought this Mac but can’t log in" ... you get my drift.
On the other hand, the request may be totally legitimate. What is the best wa... |
2013/01/10 | 1,757 | 6,806 | <issue_start>username_0: [Shortcuts & gestures you can't live without](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6331/shortcuts-gestures-you-cant-live-without) is getting a lot of attention because it was selected as a "straw question" for the "Quick Start" guide for new users while it was being developed. It was quick... |
2013/01/25 | 280 | 1,201 | <issue_start>username_0: The sole reason i joined **AskDifferent** is to give a answer to question. But I was unable to do that as my answer contained two small pics and i didn't have **"Enough Reputation Points"**. So now my question is, **"How to raise my Reputation points?"**<issue_comment>username_1: Answer the que... |
2013/02/08 | 585 | 2,381 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I will be working with can... |
2013/02/12 | 533 | 1,966 | <issue_start>username_0: Just posted this question -[Compiling (NS/Cocoa) Emacs on OSX with SVG support](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/81930/compiling-ns-cocoa-emacs-on-osx-with-svg-support#comment94462_81930) - and was immediately told this was perhaps off topic, and to take it to SO.
There are a lot of q... |
2013/02/14 | 24,695 | 70,454 | <issue_start>username_0: The following is a "digest" version of the [2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1583/2013-moderator-election-town-hall-chat). The format, [as described on Meta Stack Overflow](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-th... |
2013/02/19 | 422 | 1,541 | <issue_start>username_0: Ask Different's [third moderator election](https://apple.stackexchange.com/election/3) has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the two new moderators are:
[](https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/292) [![patrix](https:... |
2013/02/27 | 1,835 | 7,650 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been declining a lot of flags about "not an answer" and wanted to ask a straw question to explain why. Pretend I just had my flag declined and am here to ask WTF!?<issue_comment>username_1: TL;DR - moderators generally don't delete posts until they have several down votes or constructive c... |
2013/03/11 | 1,848 | 7,768 | <issue_start>username_0: Some feedback to Admin, my experience here is not good, this place is hostile not helpful and extremely pre judemental. If the question is not asked in perfect english that is already a big problem here? Please completely delete my account and all associated activity with it.
Thank you<issue_co... |
2013/03/17 | 345 | 1,382 | <issue_start>username_0: we are seeing some Xcode questions. Some are about the code being written and so are off topic here. However some are about keys to use e.g. [here](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/85766/is-there-a-hand-tool-for-xcodes-storyboard-scrolling-without-scrollbars-pdf-s) and so are on topic ... |
2013/03/26 | 867 | 3,389 | <issue_start>username_0: I flagged an [answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/48210/what-options-exist-for-ad-free-web-browsing-on-ios/86184#86184) as spam but it was rejected as not helpful.
The spam flag dialog says
>
> This answer is effectively an advertisement with no disclosure. It is
> not useful ... |
2013/04/12 | 532 | 2,210 | <issue_start>username_0: This [question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/44527/is-there-a-free-photoshop-alternative-for-mac-os-x) about Photoshop alternatives seems to be the result of a merge, for example there are three answers on GIMP.
Should some of the answers be closed (mine should as it is much wors... |
2013/04/15 | 954 | 4,033 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's say I am developing an app or a service to run on or in conjunction with Apple hardware or software, I'm wondering what questions I can ask here and what I should ask elsewhere.
I've looked at the [FAQ for Ask Different](https://apple.stackexchange.com/faq#questions) and the [FAQ for Sta... |
2013/04/26 | 687 | 3,159 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's assumed I've asked a question which got quite a number of comments by other AD users trying to help me in narrowing down my problem and/or resolving it. I've partially answered the follow-up questions directly in the comments and partially edited my question to add additional information.... |
2013/04/27 | 1,579 | 6,569 | <issue_start>username_0: Came across [this question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/89928/how-to-learn-objective-c-language) about learning Objective-C. While the FAQ explicitly disallows "Code-level programming questions", this is clearly not a code-level question, and I think there's some value in it, part... |
2013/05/09 | 253 | 1,003 | <issue_start>username_0: I have logged into the Ask Different with Safari on my iPad. For security reasons I would like to log off the site.
I have looked over the FAQ and did not see anywhere that this was mentioned.<issue_comment>username_1: The log off function rarely works for me. But you can get to it on an iPad... |
2013/05/13 | 304 | 1,303 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm new to this forum and have asked two technical related questions. I've received answers that are sound, credible and extremely helpful. I'd like to note the answers as correct and/or provide positive reviews for the persons that provided answers but cannot find where to post the information... |
2013/05/15 | 252 | 1,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if it is possible to post pictures in comments? It might be useful for clarification of difficult questions. If not then could it be a feature?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not possible currently, but we can leave it here tagged as feature request. The site developers monitor ... |