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2018/12/24 | 901 | 3,688 | <issue_start>username_0: [How long does it take to convert a cdr to an iso?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/346595/how-long-does-it-take-to-convert-a-cdr-to-an-iso/346598#346598)
I believe this is the correct answer. I've successfully use similar commands as shown in the article.
Why are people so negativ... |
2018/12/24 | 410 | 1,624 | <issue_start>username_0: [How do I block cookies just on Medium.com?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/346355/how-do-i-block-cookies-just-on-medium-com#comment453135_346355)
Someone decided a post was a duplicate, but cited article didn't answer the poster's question. Poster wanted to block cookies, but cited... |
2019/01/09 | 2,068 | 7,310 | <issue_start>username_0: Different sites have different shapes badges according to the theme:
* Travel has a map pointer
* Android has an Android icon
* English Language Learners have bookmarks
So why shouldn’t our badges be shaped as **some sort of Apple Logo**?
I understand we might not be able [to license the exa... |
2019/01/17 | 1,238 | 4,316 | <issue_start>username_0: Just received an email (4 hours ago) saying
>
> Your bounty on the question … [iPhone: How to ensure iBook files are stored locally](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/331227/iphone-how-to-ensure-ibook-files-are-stored-locally) … ended and will be auto-closed after the 24-hour grace p... |
2019/01/23 | 923 | 3,693 | <issue_start>username_0: 2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of **Community Promotion Ads**! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right si... |
2019/01/29 | 440 | 1,529 | <issue_start>username_0: I spent some time on this for a 50 bounty, but it only got 25?
[MacOS highlight individual words as they are spoken, as iOS](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/347831/macos-highlight-individual-words-as-they-are-spoken-as-ios/349355#349355)<issue_comment>username_1: It seems to be the c... |
2019/01/31 | 446 | 1,583 | <issue_start>username_0: I don’t understand why my comment in [How to write this in latex](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/350164/261469) and [Translating the system into latex](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/350161/261469) were deleted (I don’t see there anymore). What is false with these additional helpful infor... |
2019/02/08 | 913 | 3,275 | <issue_start>username_0: This isn't a complaint, just a musing... what made everyone and their dog (or feline companion) vote on the lost iPad question?
[How can I prove to an airline that the iPad Mini they found is the one I left on the plane, without giving them the passcode?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questi... |
2019/02/11 | 1,168 | 4,723 | <issue_start>username_0: How do you silence Mojave “Your Disk is almost full” notification? [duplicate]
[How do you silence Mojave "Your Disk is almost full" notification?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/351045/how-do-you-silence-mojave-your-disk-is-almost-full-notification)
The first two answers suggests t... |
2019/02/18 | 1,478 | 5,892 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I ask a question so I can increase my "reputation score"? This seems impossible for a genuine user doing genuine research, so that means anyone with a reputation is more corrupt than a genuine user. Although the "reputation" system probably has some effect to remove some spam and robotic... |
2019/02/22 | 1,357 | 5,299 | <issue_start>username_0: I haven't seen the Most Active Contributors monthly report since [Dec 2018](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3185/most-active-contributors-monthly-report-december-2017). I find the info very interesting and informative (h/t @Monomeeth).
Has that been discontinued? It looks like i... |
2019/02/28 | 1,023 | 4,074 | <issue_start>username_0: Howto good question says: give context and detail. Linking etiquette prescribes quoting the target, yet when posting just three smallish paragraphs plus two links with quotes that despite proper formatting do *not* require any scrolling to read to completion one gets accused of "wall of text"? ... |
2019/03/12 | 942 | 3,693 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I thank a user in the Ask Different community for providing an [answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/295805/121968) so exceptionally good that it saved my MacBook Pro from getting trashed?
Now, seriously, this site is great, but as much as I try to get in contact or thank the [@La... |
2019/04/06 | 1,014 | 4,151 | <issue_start>username_0: First, I must indicate that I'm new on this stack and may not be aware of how it works here.
I'm referring to this question where all comments seem to have disappeared: [Is it possible to run Internet Explorer on OS X El Capitan?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/356007/is-it-possible... |
2019/04/15 | 566 | 2,165 | <issue_start>username_0: We’ve had the beginnings of a discussion on how the community here would like to handle hot network questions.
* [Should a Question Ever be Removed from Hot Network Questions](https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3503/)
I set up a [temporary room to test the feed and it worked well,... |
2019/04/23 | 1,739 | 6,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently wrote up this Q&A to show a method on how to center images from the CLI using ImageMagick - [How can I center a PNG with a transparent background using the CLI?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/357434/how-can-i-center-a-png-with-a-transparent-background-using-the-cli?noredi... |
2019/05/09 | 4,045 | 12,078 | <issue_start>username_0: Welcome to the 18th edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
=========================================================================================
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
[ main room. It is [open source... |
2019/05/22 | 1,549 | 5,918 | <issue_start>username_0: I read [this question about giving your iPhone & passcode to another person](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/360667/88313). The OP asked
>
> What's the things the can do and what trace would be around to identify that action?
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>
>
To my reading and understanding, the OP was asking a hy... |
2019/05/25 | 1,213 | 4,354 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to address what was raised in chat today where some reputation changes were made and many of the highest reputation people decreased substantial amounts of reputation (and by substantial - for our site I classify that as between 500 and 1000 reputation points).
If you haven't seen thi... |
2019/07/14 | 1,087 | 4,081 | <issue_start>username_0: **Proposal**
Since questions about
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> AppleScript, Automator, and UNIX shell scripting
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are on-topic here, more impetus should be given to the questioner to include the script they have used.
**Reference**
* Stack Overflow has a dedicated page for the same. [How to create a Mini... |
2019/09/25 | 651 | 1,995 | <issue_start>username_0: My answer to [this question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/324392/how-to-show-the-macos-menu-bar-on-fullscreen-mode/324435#324435) was not accepted but was upvoted once. Yet when I check my points the answer is listed as -2. What gives? This has happened twice in one day!
>
> [ I would like to receive alerts when a Procreate question comes up, and as far as I can tell will need it to have a tag,... |
2019/12/08 | 324 | 1,467 | <issue_start>username_0: Ok, just saying, but this site seems a bit broken. The exact question I want to ask has *been* addressed, but I can't enter that conversation/thread because I don't have 50 reputation points. So ... I am allowed to create a duplicate and redundant question, but not provide useful information to... |
2019/12/16 | 728 | 2,943 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently posted a question:
[User reporting that Push Notification doesn't always show in the notification center](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/377573/user-reporting-that-push-notification-doesnt-always-show-in-the-notification-ce)
It was closed with the following notice at the... |
2019/12/30 | 1,076 | 4,188 | <issue_start>username_0: On the main site, you can find [a post I've written](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/378644/youtube-kids-is-cleaner-than-regular-youtube-but-i-havent-found-any-method-o). Let me first summarize it and analyze it, and then ask you about it.
Summary and initial analysis of my post on t... |
2020/01/01 | 680 | 2,730 | <issue_start>username_0: There were about half a dozen comments still visible on [the YouTube Kids autoplay question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/378644/youtube-kids-is-cleaner-than-regular-youtube-sadly-i-havent-found-any-metho). I flagged just one as "no longer needed" (too chatty), but all of them got ... |
2020/02/21 | 565 | 2,156 | <issue_start>username_0: A few days ago I asked [a question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/382189/301671) on Ask Different and a user answered me. another user who is one of Ask Different moderators, leave [an answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/382210/301671) but based on the community rights, I believe his ... |
2020/02/23 | 615 | 2,458 | <issue_start>username_0: Just for reference I'm talking about: [Multiuser - can process of background user kept running?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/82930/multiuser-can-process-of-background-user-kept-running?noredirect=1#comment520558_82930)
Don't judge - not my smartest one, but back then was the first... |
2020/03/02 | 670 | 2,473 | <issue_start>username_0: At Apple's own community support forums, people gain a lot of reputation by copy-pasting a "reset your NVRAM or PRAM" advice to seemingly random questions (there are no downvotes there, only a "Helpful" button). Sure, you never know if it helps, but sometimes you can see it's irrelevant, especi... |
2020/03/09 | 1,008 | 4,088 | <issue_start>username_0: We have this tag [troubleshooting](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/troubleshooting "show questions tagged 'troubleshooting'") (253 questions) that is of questionable utility. Should we keep it?
* It is definitely a **dependent** tag. If you saw a post that had just this one ta... |
2020/04/11 | 369 | 1,322 | <issue_start>username_0: The application is not adapted to new displays, and 2 years have passed...<issue_comment>username_1: See [Stack Exchange for iPhone is here!](https://stackoverflow.blog/2014/05/08/stack-exchange-for-iphone-is-here/):
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> What about feature […]?
> =======================
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> While the appl... |
2020/04/17 | 1,416 | 5,737 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question about my Ask Different post: [Can I set custom album artwork that isn't included in one of the songs?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/21641/can-i-set-custom-album-artwork-that-isnt-included-in-one-of-the-songs/388485#388485)
My answer was deleted by a mod. I believ... |
2020/05/03 | 1,261 | 4,492 | <issue_start>username_0: Now, this might be one of those semantic details that isn't enforced, but Apple explicitly states in their *Copyright and Trademark Guidelines* that
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> **8. Slogans and Taglines:** You may not use or imitate an Apple slogan or tagline.
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>
>
They even provide an example:
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> For exampl... |
2020/05/22 | 143 | 587 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm troubleshooting some issues with an Apple IIc. Is it OK if I ask questions about my computer on Ask Different?<issue_comment>username_1: Sure, all Apple products are on-topic.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: All Apple products are on-topic here, but we also have a sister site in the n... |
2020/06/03 | 731 | 3,059 | <issue_start>username_0: This one confuses me. I flagged this answer - <https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/392854/119271> - as not an answer, which was subsequently declined.
In the comments, the author literally says, in response to a comment about it not being an answer, “**Yes, It does not**. I just wanted to add mo... |
2020/06/11 | 1,239 | 4,854 | <issue_start>username_0: This may seem pedantic, but on a site like this, precision is important; so can I ask that we all watch out for the correct use of the words **Depreciate**, **Deprecate**, and **Removed**?
**Depreciate** means to reduce in value, and one may expect to see this word in answers about old Mac har... |
2020/06/12 | 1,298 | 4,615 | <issue_start>username_0: There's often an Apple Support/Knowledge base document that discusses a particular feature or answer to a common user query. I and many other users reference the link to the document in our answers.
I am wondering if it's a good practise to include the link as it is or should the title be prov... |
2020/06/28 | 1,170 | 4,023 | <issue_start>username_0: [This question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/394841/replace-macbook-pro-13-early-2015-screen-with-mid-2014-screen) was just closed as "off-topic."
It seems to be on-topic to me, as it concerns only Apple hardware and whether the screen from one Mac might be useable on another mode... |
2020/06/29 | 2,923 | 10,695 | <issue_start>username_0: Yet another, "why was this question closed?" post. Sorry, but I genuinely don't understand this one.
I put posted a [Q&A Format](https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/05/22/encyclopedia-stack-exchange/) question (ie. I answered it myself to share research and knowledge):
[What are the major differe... |
2020/07/02 | 498 | 1,866 | <issue_start>username_0: 1. How do we file the complaint?
2. The post is [Shouldn't iOS disallow apps to look at the clipboard?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/395254/shouldnt-ios-disallow-apps-to-look-at-the-clipboard) being closed by the moderator @nohillside
Even if the question doesn't have any merit, I... |
2020/07/05 | 405 | 1,721 | <issue_start>username_0: It's that time of year and we're back in Apple's beta season. While seeing some recent Big Sur and iOS 14 questions start to come across, I noticed that we have 2 tags for beta software:
* beta
* beta-seed-program
Both have a very similar definition and both have almost the same number of que... |
2020/07/15 | 1,340 | 5,382 | <issue_start>username_0: so I posted a question here, [Battery discharging while plugged in](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/395893/battery-discharging-while-plugged-in)
and it was closed for being similar, which I don't think it is besides being battery related... I was told I could edit it and it would be ... |
2020/08/01 | 375 | 1,533 | <issue_start>username_0: I've gotten some inexpensive 'vintage' Mac hardware I'd like to get running. A Mac Pro (desktop) and a Mac SE (Toaster, no drive) for $25 each. Neither runs fully.
I have questions about which OS, added hardware using on a network. Plus questions about the rack mounted Macs as well as Airport ... |
2020/08/08 | 690 | 2,524 | <issue_start>username_0: Who are the moderators for the Ask Different site and how many are there? I've noticed many people can close a question. Are they moderators?<issue_comment>username_1: Anyone who has earned the ability to vote is on their way to site moderation and as you gain more reputation you can case close... |
2020/09/10 | 418 | 1,687 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question about my Ask Different post: [Can anyone explain to me the difference between Terminal, CLI, CLT and Prompt?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/400997/can-anyone-explain-to-me-the-difference-between-terminal-cli-clt-and-prompt)
I could see that someone requested a scr... |
2020/09/14 | 354 | 1,481 | <issue_start>username_0: I started this question and the AI immediately pointed me to a duplicate. But the answer to that duplicate didn’t work. Now the AI isn’t finding that duplicate, so I’ll have to ask again.
I flagged a good answer by accident as “not an answer.” The Answer on the duplicate said that if I tap to ... |
2020/12/19 | 954 | 3,824 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to know where can I post question to get opinion on development workflow for iOS.
I posted a question (see below) on stack overflow and got closed because it was not related to code. I was advised to post it here. I did and my question got closed again and I was advised to post it to ... |
2021/04/03 | 683 | 2,760 | <issue_start>username_0: iPhone SE (first generation), iOS 14.4.2 (18D70), iOS Safari
I have regularly used this phone to browse the SE sites in which I'm interested: Travel, Expatriates, Mechanics, Home Improvement, and Ask Different. The phone's now running 14.4.2; over the past months I've updated it promptly as ne... |
2021/06/23 | 2,127 | 8,775 | <issue_start>username_0: What is unclear with this question?
[How can I use Open Sea Maps on a Mac?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/422571/how-can-i-use-open-sea-maps-on-a-mac)
It is short, concise and very easy to understand (The OP wants to use OSM on a Mac to create waypoints. Anyone using a map plotter... |
2021/07/22 | 765 | 2,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I asked this question -> [How can I install java openjdk 8 on High Sierra or newer macOS](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/334384/how-can-i-install-java-openjdk-8-on-high-sierra-or-newer-macos)
and it was quite a popular problem with a popular solution to boot.
It's "helped" about 66k... |
2021/08/09 | 1,242 | 4,927 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it [here](https://apple.stackexchange.com/election/5#questionnaire).**
>
>
>
---
Ask Different is scheduled for an election [next week, 2021-08-16](https://appl... |
2021/09/13 | 833 | 3,487 | <issue_start>username_0: Stack Exchange recently [changed the way answers are sorted on Stack Overflow](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/411352/564240), meaning that accepting an answer no longer pins it to the top (regardless of sorting method). It still has the green checkmark next to it, and accepting an answer is s... |
2021/09/29 | 480 | 1,874 | <issue_start>username_0: Context: <https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/35442/292>
I agree with the comments left. The tool is no longer useful if you're on a modern macOS distribution.
Should I delete the answer? Leave it?
That it's an accepted answer that makes me hesitate to just delete it.
[Relevant meta discussio... |
2021/10/17 | 1,141 | 4,566 | <issue_start>username_0: When googling apple-related queries, like "how do I do x", there's typically a ***lot*** of sites which are search engine optimised appearing toward the top of the results, and a lot of the time, the content is wildly out of date, or worse, not even useful but simply clickbait.
For this reason... |
2022/01/22 | 1,124 | 4,532 | <issue_start>username_0: [Can I run my laptop directly from an external battery at full throttle while charging my iPhone from the laptop at the same time?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/435681/143729) was unilaterally closed by a moderator as a "shopping question" and left the comment:
>
> This is a good example... |
2022/02/17 | 604 | 2,261 | <issue_start>username_0: I began asking a question, that was more experience sharing, because I didn't know what the question was. After much terrible story telling and things I may have only wrote because they somehow chronologically make sense to me in to hope of figuring out my question.
Terrible question, but my t... |
2022/03/31 | 443 | 1,942 | <issue_start>username_0: I am having a problem that is already covered by someone else's question, but none of the existing answers work for me. I've asked my own question, but nobody's tried to answer it, and I don't have enough reputation to bounty it. I would like to be able to comment on an existing answer to the o... |
2022/05/02 | 503 | 2,148 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to upvote meaningful comments and downvote useless comments. And the most important thing is to comment on threads that I like participating in. so yeah, How to earn a reputation?<issue_comment>username_1: Did our tour help at all with onboarding and expectations for how reputation work?... |
2022/12/03 | 504 | 2,085 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been using the Stack Exchange iOS app for years. Today, for the first time, I was unable to comment or ask using it for Ask Different. It suggested that I log out and back in. When I did that (I use an FB login), the FB login page told me that the FB login for that app was made "inactive... |
2023/03/09 | 273 | 878 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to know who downvoted my posts? I tried to find a way and I searched on the site but I didn't find anything.
Is it possible?
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: No, it‘s not possible to find out who up- or downvoted a post.
See [Is there a way to see who voted on your posts?](http... |
2023/03/19 | 755 | 2,845 | <issue_start>username_0: Some of my posts got downvoted but the downvoters didn't tell me why it was downvoted, making it difficult for me to imrove the post because I don't know what's not right with it.
Why are people doing this?<issue_comment>username_1: Because people are people, and adding comments is different f... |
2023/05/05 | 1,169 | 4,867 | <issue_start>username_0: This can be considered as an ethical question.
I was wondering if, when seeing someone's comment answering the question on which it was posted, I can add an answer based on that comment. Of course, that only applies if the commenter did not answer himself already.
When wandering across the si... |
2023/05/29 | 1,885 | 7,410 | <issue_start>username_0: What do we do with 'useless old questions'? Ones that never really defined the problem, will never have an answer & no-one would care if they vanished off the face of the earth. They don't provide any searchable resource. Dead weight. Not even perhaps through any fault of their own.
I don't wa... |
2023/05/30 | 381 | 1,345 | <issue_start>username_0: I just noticed that in the past hour, some changes were made on voting buttons, it became:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1BZb0.jpg)
**Why were these changed?** The previous ones were really good.
Those ones are unaesthetic an... |
2010/08/17 | 1,940 | 7,914 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the hardware and software differences between Intel and PPC Macs?<issue_comment>username_1: Hardware-wise: PowerPC is a microprocessor developed mainly by the three developing companies Apple, IBM, and Motorola. It is built with reduced instruction-set computer (RISC) which speeds-up th... |
2010/08/17 | 491 | 1,951 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Microsoft Office/2008 on my MacBook Pro. Office doesn't support RTL languages like Farsi and Arabic, and I know that Office/2010 (for Windows) also has the same problem.
Do you think the lack of support is because of business competition, or some other reason?<issue_comment>username_1: ... |
2010/08/17 | 406 | 1,644 | <issue_start>username_0: I had a power failure and upon rebooting noticed that the OS drive needed to be repaired (Disk Utilities). I am running Snow Leopard and don't have the CD to start up from in order to perform the fix.
Are there any other options for running the repair utils on the startup disk?<issue_comment>u... |
2010/08/17 | 498 | 1,907 | <issue_start>username_0: I will often click on a button expecting it to be clicked but instead all that happens is the application it is in becomes active, and I have to click again to actually click the button. It would be nice if this second click wasn't needed, which leads me to my question:
>
> How can I make it ... |
2010/08/17 | 305 | 1,106 | <issue_start>username_0: In Spaces it's possible to specify which space a given application will open on -- for example, my web browser always opens on Space 1 and iTunes on Space 3. Is something similar possible with multiple monitors, so that whichever space I'm on a certain application will always open on the second... |
2010/08/17 | 1,366 | 4,590 | <issue_start>username_0: Everytime I turn on my Macbook Pro it makes a start up noise. This is annoying since there is no volume or ability to turn it off. I just don't want the sound to play at all.
How do I disable this startup sound?<issue_comment>username_1: You can use [StartSound.PrefPane](http://www5e.biglobe.n... |
2010/08/17 | 329 | 1,452 | <issue_start>username_0: Does the iPhone close the background programs if it runs out of memory or battery?<issue_comment>username_1: No. Even restarting, complete power down and power up, will not remove the background applications from memory. According to the Apple Geniuses you must manually remove the applications ... |
2010/08/17 | 381 | 1,467 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a 2007 Macbook Pro and for nearly two years, the battery has been toast. In April, Apple replaced the logic board. Since the repair, whenever the power cable comes loose, the MBP shuts off as expected.
Before the repair, when the power cable was unplugged, the MBP simply shut off. Now,... |
2010/08/17 | 287 | 1,138 | <issue_start>username_0: I've used ShakesPeer for it's clean and Mac-like interface. But the downloads are really slow. Is there a faster alternative to ShakesPeer?
Preferably having at least the same features as ShakesPeer itself if not more. Also preferable if the software follows the Apple Human Interface Guideline... |
2010/08/17 | 330 | 1,220 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Jailbroken iPad, I have SBSettings installed. I chose to hide all my application icons, but iPod will not go away, no matter what the switch setting is. I was thinking about just going into the file system and manually deleting the icon, but I don't know where it's stored.
Any suggestio... |
2010/08/17 | 1,240 | 4,853 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm about to travel to the US, where iPods / AirPods / iPhone are much cheaper than in my country.
I wonder if Apple's warranty is international, and/or what warranty coverage exists when I return to my country.
Where can I understand what Apple Warranty covers in the US when products leave ... |
2010/08/17 | 280 | 1,018 | <issue_start>username_0: If I have an iPod Touch backup on my computer, can an iPhone restore from it? How about vice versa?<issue_comment>username_1: [According to this forums post](http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=527801), somebody did it with success.
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> **Worked flawlessly for me**
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> I just act... |
2010/08/17 | 438 | 1,609 | <issue_start>username_0: I received a hand me down white MacBook with 10.4 on it and it automatically logs into a user account that isn't able to change much in the preference pane. How do I recover or change the administrator password?
The original owner told me to try a few passwords, none of which work to get logge... |
2010/08/17 | 137 | 536 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to close all application in the taskbar at once?<issue_comment>username_1: ### No.
You have to manually remove each one.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: One nifty trick I learned from a friend: Enter "wiggle" mode for the taskbar, then tap the icons **from... |
2010/08/17 | 247 | 999 | <issue_start>username_0: When installing Tiger or Leopard, there was an option called "Erase and Install" that would delete the disk before installing the new OS.
In Snow Leopard, this option seems to be missing. Is there any way I can add "Erase and Install" back to Snow Leopard?<issue_comment>username_1: Use the too... |
2010/08/17 | 196 | 756 | <issue_start>username_0: I am being asked to setup my keyboard every time I reboot my computer. Is there anyway I can get this to keep the setup?
I am on Snow Leopard and have a Logitech Wave wireless keyboard and mouse combo. This started happening when I switched to 64-bit mode. Booting into 32-bit mode doesn't fix ... |
2010/08/17 | 1,025 | 3,840 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm getting a new laptop and I want to move my iTunes library from the old to the new computer. How can I do this? Of course I want to preserve as much information as possible: metadata such as ratings and play counts, cover art, my purchased content from Apple.
I also own an iPhone which I us... |
2010/08/17 | 559 | 2,203 | <issue_start>username_0: My MacBook Pro takes an awful long time to go to sleep when I close the lid. Considering that I generally want to close the lid and then carry it somewhere, I want it to be fully asleep so I don't have any hard drive issues. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?<issue_comment>user... |
2010/08/17 | 2,127 | 7,768 | <issue_start>username_0: Sort of like the `Windows`+`R` command in the windows world? That actually just lets you run a command but you get the idea.<issue_comment>username_1: Assuming your running Snow Leopard `⌘`+`space` will open Spotlight which can be used to run terminal.
Spotlight can be bound to another key com... |
2010/08/17 | 905 | 3,199 | <issue_start>username_0: I have my MacBook Pro sitting on my desk and it's consistently over 160 degrees. It is almost too hot to touch in some places on the casing.<issue_comment>username_1: That is within range. The chips can run up to 205\*F according to the people at my local Apple store (I had the same question).
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2010/08/17 | 4,350 | 15,553 | <issue_start>username_0: On Windows you can hit the keys `Windows`+`L` to lock your computer if you step away.
I don't want to have to remember if sleep currently asks for a password, if there is a time out where my screen isn't locked during a short period. Even with Lion supporting resume of many apps, I don't want ... |
2010/08/17 | 246 | 921 | <issue_start>username_0: For instance, say I had a few sweet background images I wanted to use to identify each one.<issue_comment>username_1: You have to use a third-party tools, like [SpaceSuit](http://www.docklandsoft.com/spacesuit/).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There's no built-in feature in OS X for that... |
2010/08/17 | 28,817 | 112,865 | <issue_start>username_0: Please Search Prior To Posting!
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There are *many* applications already listed. In all likelihood, this includes the one you are thinking of. Please check the existing answers to avoid duplicates, and the resulting cleanup it necessitates.
To search, use the sear... |
2010/08/17 | 460 | 1,510 | <issue_start>username_0: I have bootcamp installed on my Mac, and when on Windows, I need to frequently capture screens using windows shortcuts such as Print Screen.
Using virtualization is not an option, since I need to run a virtualized environment within Windows already.
On the Mac keyboard (I have a MacBook Pro, ... |
2010/08/17 | 696 | 2,678 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to sync an iPhone with multiple computers? I know the music will be restricted, and I don't mind. I want the contacts, bookmarks, etc. to be in sync across my home iMac and my MacBook.<issue_comment>username_1: The best way to synchronize contacts and bookmarks between several Ma... |
2010/08/17 | 374 | 1,597 | <issue_start>username_0: When I want to create a new file through the button (left-bottom one) in the project drawer or in the file menu it takes a long time and blocks TextMate and even blocks TextMate totally in some cases.
I've installed the latest version of TextMate and installed all updates available for Mac OS ... |
2010/08/17 | 1,017 | 3,440 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to tell Finder to not use (or worry about) the .\_\* files and other meta-data files it normally tries to use when it's on a network share?
Currently when I'm in Finder and I try to copy a file to a network share it results in an error:
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> The Finder can’t complete the
> ope... |
2010/08/17 | 1,455 | 5,811 | <issue_start>username_0: The different columns in Activity Monitor are a little confusing<issue_comment>username_1: Taken from my answer at [Server Fault](https://serverfault.com/questions/7585/is-there-a-way-to-get-osx-to-use-more-ram-and-lass-swap):
Mac OS X Memory Jargon:
**Wired** : This refers to kernel code and... |
2010/08/17 | 585 | 2,249 | <issue_start>username_0: The MacBook Pro does a really good job keeping dirt and stuff from getting under the keys, but none-the-less there is some dirt under a few keys. Can I pop these keys off and then easily replace them?
In the past when I've done this, the key never really went back on correctly.
This is the ne... |
2010/08/17 | 1,174 | 3,889 | <issue_start>username_0: I am happy to purchase an app, but the only printing app I'm aware of seems to just let your ipad connect to a computer that is connected to the printer and effectively print through it.
I'm looking to print from my ipad without the use of another computer. Both the ipad and the printer are o... |
2010/08/17 | 1,171 | 4,873 | <issue_start>username_0: I have gmail set up to send me "true" push notifications (using the exchange server setup). So my mail arrives in realtime, and I instantly get badges on my springboard screen to indicate new messages.
But I want to be able to get a pop-up with the sender and subject, like I would with an SMS... |
2010/08/17 | 536 | 2,059 | <issue_start>username_0: I install Windows(XP after that 7) on my MBP with Boot Camp and every thing was fine but after a while in ***System Prefences -> Startup Disk*** my windows partition was lost and when I want to switch to my windows must restart my Laptop and Press Down `option` during startup. I can't switch di... |
2010/08/17 | 1,096 | 4,011 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm reposting this question (unchanged) from [webapps.stackexchange.com](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/5745/), because I've received no answers there and this seems like an appropriate question for the Apple Stack Exchange site.
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I've tried the Shutterfly iPad app, which allo... |
2010/08/17 | 1,349 | 4,461 | <issue_start>username_0: I've recently switched from PC to Mac, so I'm slowly building a library of useful utilities. So, any recommendations for the best generic media player?
On the PC - I've found the VLC player to be pretty useful - there's a Mac version, but I don't know how it compares to other alternatives.
Ma... |