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2010/11/01 | 597 | 2,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to make a small video tutorial of a web application I deployed recently.
Could you recommend some free programm to record screencast easily, ready to upload to video hosting platforms like youtube?<issue_comment>username_1: This can be accomplished with QuickTime Player in Snow ... |
2010/11/01 | 582 | 2,149 | <issue_start>username_0: Mac OS X 10.6.4, MacBook Pro, Apple Magic Trackpad.
The trackpad is unresponsive. Right-clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar shows me gray text that says "Bluetooth not available".
I don't see a system preference item in which to fight with this, but I don't see anything relevant.<i... |
2010/11/01 | 965 | 3,348 | <issue_start>username_0: My Snow Leopard crashed while I was switching from Itunes to the browser.
Basically everything got stuck and a the current song second started to run in loop.
Is that normal ? Can it happen very rarely ? Or should I worry ?
thanks<issue_comment>username_1: You should worry if it happens to y... |
2010/11/01 | 1,094 | 4,405 | <issue_start>username_0: About a year ago, I sold my old MacBook Pro. Last week I got a call from the buyer who said that it had been stolen and he didn't have the serial number — and did I have it?
I haven't been able to find it anywhere. It's not registered under my Apple ID (not sure it ever was). It was originally... |
2010/11/01 | 512 | 1,801 | <issue_start>username_0: Go to watch any video instantly. Click on play video. It'll say that it's preparing to load. Then it switches to the video screen for half a second, then back to the preparing to load screen, then dumps me back to the browsing for instant videos screen. So the video never played at all.
Any id... |
2010/11/01 | 551 | 2,063 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a good software for mac to manage subscriptions billings ?
I need to be payed regularly by my customers.
I need warnings service sending emails to them and me.
And I need to automize the payment process.<issue_comment>username_1: It’s not 100% clear what is the meaning of “automatize... |
2010/11/02 | 615 | 2,343 | <issue_start>username_0: My iMac is just less than 1 year old. I have ran the diagnostic that came with Apple Care and found no problem. Recently, I notice that the max speaker volume of my iMac decreased after I switch on the machine on for quite some time. If I leave the iMac off a few days, the volume will sort of r... |
2010/11/02 | 562 | 2,097 | <issue_start>username_0: I remember that during the installation of iTunes (while I was upgrading it on my Mac) it asked if I want to install an application so that iTunes can be opened when my iPhone is connected. Initially I didn't want this so I answered "No". Now I want this behavior, but have no idea where that op... |
2010/11/02 | 522 | 1,928 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a workflow (LaTeX editing in Emacs) which produces PDFs that I then examine in Preview. Preview is smart enough to re-load the PDF when it changes, but it only does so when I click on the application and bring it to the foreground.
Is there a way to tell Preview to re-load the document ... |
2010/11/02 | 2,906 | 10,037 | <issue_start>username_0: WinMerge is an excellent and very powerful file merging tool, but as the name would imply, it's Windows only. What's a good equivalent on the Mac?<issue_comment>username_1: You can use **FileMerge**, Apple's diff solution. It's free and it comes with every Mac OS X install.
The only downside... |
2010/11/03 | 568 | 2,216 | <issue_start>username_0: Thanks to the appshopper.com RSS feeds, I've downloaded a lot of free apps: some good, many forgettable. Is there a simple way to see a list of uninstalled iPhone apps so I can re-evaluate and delete a lot of the duds?
I've seen programs that scan my iTunes library for apps (though some of the... |
2010/11/03 | 592 | 2,287 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I adjust the level at which Mac OS warns me about the battery of my magic mouse?
I always have a lack of batteries, so I would prefer if the battery warning comes up at 15 or 20%, so I could work the rest of the day with the almost empty batteries and put them in the charger before I... |
2010/11/03 | 827 | 2,812 | <issue_start>username_0: When you first create your OS X login account it takes a picture of you. Where does that picture get stored? I can't find it in `~/Pictures` or `~/Library`.<issue_comment>username_1: take a look in ~/Library/Images/iChat Recent Pictures
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The photo can be fou... |
2010/11/03 | 453 | 1,696 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to restart Safari and reopen it with some tabs that I specify.<issue_comment>username_1: To save windows/tabs from a session and be able to reopen them, ~~there's a solution here: <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030913153245341>
Be sure to read the comments, apparently the... |
2010/11/03 | 316 | 1,201 | <issue_start>username_0: When I click on a folder and choose File->New Folder the folder is created in the root directory of my current view instead of the currently selected (highlighted) folder.
How do I make it so when I create a new folder it will create the folder inside of the current highlighted directory?<issu... |
2010/11/03 | 229 | 1,004 | <issue_start>username_0: How could I let Preview start speaking a selected paragraph? I found the speech menu item in the edit menu but this starts speaking from the beginning of the document!<issue_comment>username_1: There is a convenient way of making your Mac speak any selected text.
1. Open **System Preferences**... |
2010/11/04 | 1,121 | 3,652 | <issue_start>username_0: I am hoping someone can help me with a smart playlist creation question.
I have two smart playlists (A and B)
* Playlist A contains songs that are
"singles" (meaning I don't have the
full album) and are not in playlist B
* Playlist B contains songs in my
Library that are rated 5-stars
I wou... |
2010/11/04 | 915 | 3,685 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to share the iTunes library my the account of my wife.
But (in importance order):
* files should not be duplicated
* playlist and rating are user dependent
* podcast are user dependent
Then, she will managed her ipod with her account.<issue_comment>username_1: I was going to st... |
2010/11/04 | 1,295 | 4,762 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the Mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro. Sadly, the Keyboard Keys have caused some scratches in the screen, which is annoying as hell. (Yes, I know, I should use the white buffer sheet that came with it)
Is there a way to fix these scratches? Or so I need a really expensive replacement screen cove... |
2010/11/04 | 365 | 1,327 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any software to compute and display furigana completely offline?
It doesn't have to be integrated with any existing app. A new standalone app I type into is fine.<issue_comment>username_1: I'm a little confused here. You want an app that you can type kanji into and get the kana in ret... |
2010/11/04 | 730 | 2,225 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I set keyboard shortcuts for `Home`, `End`, `PageDown`, and `PageUp` on a 13" MacBook Pro? Are there default keyboard shortcuts? Or can I do it with Automator (and if so, how)?
I want them to work the same way that `Home` and `End` do on all Windows apps.
---
I also want general solu... |
2010/11/04 | 382 | 1,290 | <issue_start>username_0: I just asked this question *([Using External Monitor and Spaces. Want Mouse to move Up/Down, not Left/Right?](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3694/using-external-monitor-and-spaces-want-mouse-to-move-up-down-not-left-right/3695#3695))* and [@calavera](https://apple.stackexchange.com/u... |
2010/11/05 | 654 | 2,272 | <issue_start>username_0: Adobe Acrobat Pro allows the user to convert an entire website (or subset) to a PDF. Is there anything **else** available for OS X to do the same thing? I don't want to spend several hundred dollars.
Ideally, it would allow the user to rip a URL and all other URLs on the same "prefix" to a sin... |
2010/11/05 | 692 | 2,269 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in Italy and since the summer time change; I cannot set up the alarm to ring at the appropriate time.
I need the alarm to ring at 6:30 am, but if i set the alarm to 6:30 it rings at 7:30 instead.
It's very annoying. I tried to delete every alarm i had set before and create new ones, but ... |
2010/11/05 | 414 | 1,547 | <issue_start>username_0: My kids completely changed everything in their user account, what is the easiest way to reset everything to default (without reinstalling everything) including:
* Name of hard drive
* Menu items in Finder
* Dock size and items
* Size/appearance of things
* Even some applications have been move... |
2010/11/06 | 732 | 2,542 | <issue_start>username_0: I've found that the command line `unzip` tool doesn't gracefully handle some of the files I'm unzipping: it makes a bunch of junk directories, and creates files whose resource forks aren't found. (Perhaps they were created strangely.)
```
$ unzip -d NEW-DIRECTORY ZIP
```
Anyways, using `Arch... |
2010/11/06 | 572 | 2,180 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a network location set up to ssh tunnel to my server. For now, just ssh -D type stuff. This works fine. I set up the tunnel from within my .screenrc. In other words, "screen" is the trigger to connect to my proxy. Before I type that I should not be able to go online. However, lynx and pi... |
2010/11/06 | 387 | 1,496 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I make a game controller an active input device on my Mac-mini?<issue_comment>username_1: Yeah, it might be an Snes9x issue; I had thought to try the controller with other programs (in part to see if it would work, in part just to play with it), but I hadn't downloaded any games for my N... |
2010/11/06 | 449 | 1,721 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm running Mac OS X Snow Leopard server on a mac mini and was wondering what the best free FTP server was? I hear okay things about pure-ftpd but I'd like something with an easy to manage UI as well etc...<issue_comment>username_1: Unless you’re planning on running an extremely heavy loaded FT... |
2010/11/07 | 576 | 2,265 | <issue_start>username_0: *Disclaimer: this question and answer are targeted to the Snow Leopard implementation of FileVault where the user home folder is only encrypted in a bundle. Lion's implementation of FileVault doesn't limit Time Machine thusly.*
I'm currently using Time Machine to back up my MacBook. However, I... |
2010/11/07 | 350 | 1,357 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a NAS to store my media files and I'd like to automount the volumes on startup. Currently I'm opening those volumes as a Login Item under System Preferences > Accounts.
This works, but it unfortunately also pops up each volume in a new Finder window on boot up. Checking the hide on th... |
2010/11/07 | 308 | 1,160 | <issue_start>username_0: I've set my screen brightness to about 50%. This works fine for me, except that the setting seems to be ignored when it's charging: then it's 100%. I've got a desktop charging stand on my bedside table, and this is exactly the place where I don't need maximum brightness!
**How can I make my iP... |
2010/11/07 | 833 | 3,552 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to use my iPod touch to view and edit word documents. I've found a free app (Office Connect) that seems to allow this. However, the way that this app wants you to upload files is to connect to an IP address and upload files one at a time. I have a while directory structure for my files t... |
2010/11/07 | 149 | 549 | <issue_start>username_0: Can you theme the 80gb iPod classic so the menus or the music player have a different graphical user interface?<issue_comment>username_1: [Ipodwizard](http://www.ipodwizard.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) claims to do what you want and claims to not do any permanent damage.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comm... |
2010/11/07 | 403 | 1,644 | <issue_start>username_0: The new iPod Touch and the Mac FaceTime app both allow the user to send and receive FaceTime calls with their email address/Apple ID as the identifier. Is it possible to set up an iPhone 4 to send/receive FaceTime calls with my email address instead of my phone number?<issue_comment>username_1:... |
2010/11/08 | 936 | 3,081 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to replace my MacBook pro hard disk with an SSD, without reinstalling everything. I am looking for your experience on
* good SSD drive models that have good performance at a fair price
* the relocation strategy so that I get my old system migrated with no trouble or pain from the ... |
2010/11/08 | 629 | 2,449 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got an application on my iPhone which was free when I installed it and now it became paid application. One day I accidentally deleted it from device and then was able to download it from Appstore for free (as I "had the previous version" of that app).
So now I just wonder are there limit... |
2010/11/08 | 173 | 632 | <issue_start>username_0: When I use textmate, I select multiple lines and I press TAB, I would like to change the indentation of my code, rather than deleting it.
Is there a way to change this functionality?<issue_comment>username_1: Not sure about changing the tab but you can use
`CMD` + }
to indent multiple lines... |
2010/11/08 | 784 | 2,920 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it bad for my MacBook if I simply close the lid and pack it up? Will this impact the hard drive?
What about using it in a moving vehicle, like a car?<issue_comment>username_1: Assuming your computer has a magnetic drive (and not a SSD), when you close the lid, it will take a few seconds for... |
2010/11/08 | 448 | 1,592 | <issue_start>username_0: On my MacBook (10.5.latest), I turned on "Web sharing" in the control panel. The built-in firewall is turned off. I have an index.html in my ~/name/Sites/ folder. It's publicly readable (a+r). I can view it in Safari (or any other browser) if I open it as a file.
If I go to <http://192.168.15.... |
2010/11/08 | 470 | 1,898 | <issue_start>username_0: I changed my iTunes account location to German (with an Austrian credit card) in order to download a certain app that wasn't available in Danish (my primary language). I was now able to get the app from the German App Store. Afterward, I set the location back to Denmark and entered the Danish c... |
2010/11/08 | 784 | 2,981 | <issue_start>username_0: I haven't bought any TV shows on iTunes, but my boss has -- many. His MacBook Pro's 250GB disk is more than half filled with TV shows (mostly sitcoms for entertainment during travel). Most of the rest of the disk is filled with other stuff.
I see a couple options for clearing up some space cur... |
2010/11/08 | 411 | 1,257 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a iPhone (or even better iPad) alarm clock app that will play a radio stream of my choosing to wake me up?
With custom stream I mean the possibility to enter a custom URL to a .pls file, and that pls contains a URL to a mp3.
Something like [TimeTurner](http://www.dreamsurface.com) bu... |
2010/11/08 | 515 | 1,828 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently replaced the logic board on my Mac, now I have this *"fan constantly on at 6000RPM all the time"* issue.
So I did an Apple hardware test using the installation disk that came with my Mac and got this cryptic error:
*4SNS/1/40000000:Th2H-128.000*
After some googleing I came across t... |
2010/11/09 | 528 | 1,700 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a hard case for the Apple wireless keyboard for the iPad?
The case is to make the keyboard safe to transport, like in a backpack or something.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YhAhf.jpg)<issue_comment>username_1: I couldn't find any *hard* cases, b... |
2010/11/09 | 348 | 1,267 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently using the old Apple Mighty Mouse and I configured clicking on the trackball as a "middle click" that's been very handy for opening links in new tabs, closing tabs, etc. However, the mouse is starting to show its age and I've been looking at Apple's Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad, ... |
2010/11/09 | 344 | 1,317 | <issue_start>username_0: What's the easiest way to take a screenshot of my Mac?
I've used `Grab.app`, but it's a bit annoying just to get a quick screenshot. Is there a faster way?<issue_comment>username_1: `cmd` `shift` `3` takes a screenshot of the entire current Desktop (all attached monitors, as separate shots].
... |
2010/11/09 | 242 | 1,029 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any problem if I let my iphone 4 battery drops to 0%? I remember for older smartphones, once your battery flattens out all your data is lost, because they are stored in memory.
While I understand that iphone shouldn't have this problem, but I wonder whether is there any problem if the... |
2010/11/09 | 248 | 977 | <issue_start>username_0: I seem to have inadvertently deactivated my wireless in the "Network" section of System Preferences. When I go to the Airport icon in the menu bar it looks like a semicircle that, when clicked on, says "Airport: Not Configured". When I go to configure it, the status is shown as "Inactive", with... |
2010/11/09 | 1,705 | 6,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a pdf document, and I want to print it as a booklet, i.e. two pages of the document on each side of a sheet of paper and so that (when printed) the entire thing can just be folded in the middle to create a small booklet.
How can I do this easily?<issue_comment>username_1: Open the PDF i... |
2010/11/09 | 372 | 1,502 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a big collection of music. I thought it would be so natural to remember the last playlist, the last song (and possibly also the position within the song) that I played before I closed iTunes, e.g. because I restarted the computer. So many applications do this, take XCode for example.
So... |
2010/11/09 | 378 | 1,363 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to make a simple Stop Motion movie on my mac. It will be very simple, as a dialog between 2 "playmobils" sitting in a car.
So, the animation will just only be "mouth movements" and "eye winks", to make them look "alive".
What would be your advice about the software to be used to paste... |
2010/11/09 | 2,358 | 9,049 | <issue_start>username_0: I posted this on SuperUser, but it's probably more appropriate here.
I have an unRAID server (If you're unfamiliar with unRAID, you can check it out at lime-technology.com) which is a Linux based server. I'm getting terrible performance with iTunes on my iMac. The music playback is fine. But i... |
2010/11/09 | 375 | 1,456 | <issue_start>username_0: I've come across a problem with my 5g iPod nano. For some reason all of the songs come up as being -0.00 seconds long. I've tried the normal soft reset, but this doesn't seem to have done anything. Any suggestions?<issue_comment>username_1: Well, if your iTunes library is ok, then you might wan... |
2010/11/09 | 868 | 3,218 | <issue_start>username_0: The only microphone I have is the one built-in to my iPhone earbuds. I want to try some line-in stuff, so I plugged the headphones into the microphone port. I then went to System Preferences/Sound/Input and selected Line In. It doesn't appear that this is working as a microphone. Should it?<iss... |
2010/11/09 | 515 | 1,631 | <issue_start>username_0: OS X doesn't allow me to cut files. Are there any applications to enable this?<issue_comment>username_1: [Path Finder](http://www.cocoatech.com/) supports cutting & pasting files, though I can't think of a case where I'd want to cut & paste that drag & drop wouldn't work.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comm... |
2010/11/10 | 358 | 1,377 | <issue_start>username_0: We're only a very small company, we don't have a proper Windows server, but we do store central documents on a Windows XP Pro machine via Windows file sharing.
The boss's MacBook Pro will connect and use the shares, but often will get itself into a state where the shares no longer work - navig... |
2010/11/10 | 257 | 951 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought an iPhone 4 today and after alot of fiddling around I got it connected to Microsoft Exchange Activesync. Mail shows the message headers correctly and a preview of the first line from the body. When I click on any of the message headers, it displays the header information but then it ju... |
2010/11/10 | 814 | 3,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I've bought an iPhone 4 and the text and calling work fine, as does wifi. However, when trying to use internet without Wifi I get a "Could not activate cellular data network - PDP authentication failure".
How can I fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: There have been a lot of different attempts... |
2010/11/10 | 272 | 1,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a problem with the phone screen.
I set up a repair with apple today and I noticed that the warranty expires in just 3 days.
Would the repair be handled as a warranty or am I expected to purchase the [AppleCare Protection Plan](http://store.apple.com/ie/product/APP_IPHONE-101078?mco=MTYz... |
2010/11/10 | 338 | 1,258 | <issue_start>username_0: Is this even possible? I will never use like 90% of them and I'd like to hide them.<issue_comment>username_1: Based off experience with the iPhone and iPod touch I am guessing that the default apps are not deletable. the one app that can be hidden is the Nike running app that is turned on and o... |
2010/11/10 | 1,051 | 3,854 | <issue_start>username_0: I am thinking about buying the new MacBook Air as a primary desktop replacement. One of the things I have on my desktop which I like is two large monitors. Does anyone know whether the new MacBook Air can be used to drive more than one external monitor? Note that I don't want to use the LCD pan... |
2010/11/10 | 1,251 | 4,396 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an iTunes account with an Italian billing address; because of this Apple assumes that I want the app store in Italian which is not the case.
Part of the UI is in Italian (other parts are in English, go figure), the app descriptions and their reviews are in Italian, even the "Top apps" a... |
2010/11/11 | 222 | 809 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to set the default web browser from within Mac OS?
I currently run Firefox 4 Beta, and haven't been able to find anywhere within the browser to set it as the default - possibly because it *is* a Beta. However, this makes Chrome start up as soon as I click a link from somewher... |
2010/11/11 | 563 | 2,229 | <issue_start>username_0: I use Preview's Command-F (find) to search for C# in the pdf document. However, the result is not for 'C#', but just 'C': I get hundreds of meaningless search results.
How can I get the search result exactly for 'C#' or 'C++' in Preview?<issue_comment>username_1: Enclose the search string in d... |
2010/11/11 | 155 | 653 | <issue_start>username_0: Is this something loaded by Apple or did it come with some third party app I must have downloaded.<issue_comment>username_1: SIMBL is not a part of Apple's Mac OS X package, but is an extension that can be used by other developers in their own work to extend applications where they may not have... |
2010/11/11 | 631 | 2,263 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an .avi and an .srt for a Mandarin movie. I used HandBrakeCLI to generate a M4V file that I could import into iTunes. In iTunes there is an option to turn the subtitles on and off, which works beautifully.
But when I move over to my AppleTV and select the movie from my computer's librar... |
2010/11/12 | 621 | 2,512 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking to do some Linux development, which includes some live testing of my application. I need pretty decent performance, but maybe not pedal to the metal performance, at least not for testing. However, I don't want a VM that is going to drag me down, or use more of my Mac's resources tha... |
2010/11/12 | 327 | 1,315 | <issue_start>username_0: My daughter set a password on it and now does not remember it, how can I remove/reset the password?
The software version is 3.1.3.<issue_comment>username_1: Found it and putting it here for reference, simply hold the home and power button down for 10 seconds (ignoring the power off slider when... |
2010/11/12 | 433 | 1,722 | <issue_start>username_0: What I need is to extend the delay before the display dims. I will often read a page full of text and the screen will dim, and I have to touch the trackpad. It gets annoying when trying to take notes or do homework.
This is for a 13" 2008 MacBook Aluminum.
I am aware of the `pmset halfdim` sw... |
2010/11/12 | 268 | 915 | <issue_start>username_0: I have tried a number of times to make VLC Media player the default for MP3 and MP4. I open a file and tick the "Always open with" checkbox, but they still open with iTunes and QuickTime by default respectively. Does anyone know how to fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: You can use utility lik... |
2010/11/12 | 499 | 1,516 | <issue_start>username_0: I use [Leo](http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html) for structured editing of my code, and Leo has the extension of .leo.
In order to run Leo, I use the following alias
```
alias leo='arch -x86_64 /usr/bin/python2.6 /Users/bin/Leo-4.7.1-final/launchLeo.py --gui=qt'
```
It works w... |
2010/11/12 | 271 | 945 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm testing an app that uses the System temp Directory. Inside of the app, there is some call to a Cocoa function to query this. Is there a way for me to query for this directory name outside of having to write a Cocoa app of my own? Possibly a command that I can issue in Terminal?<issue_commen... |
2010/11/12 | 388 | 1,522 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to install Snow Leopard on a MacBook (32-bit, Dual Core, ca 4 years old).
I am presented with: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard can't be installed on this computer."
Is it because of the 32-bit architecture? Should I just go with Leopard instead of Snow Leopard?<issue_comment>username_1: Che... |
2010/11/12 | 273 | 992 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to get an iPad to play a video playlist through the VGA output cable. The only way I know of to play a video playlist is through the iPod app. The problem, is that the iPod app doesn't output the video through the VGA cable.
Is there any way to get it to output correctly? Or is the... |
2010/11/12 | 625 | 2,269 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to save an MP3 from a web server directly onto an iPad? I can stream it through the browser, but there is no obvious "save" capability.
Would it make a difference if the MP3 were an email attachment?<issue_comment>username_1: As fas as I know there is no way to save an MP3 file... |
2010/11/12 | 1,438 | 4,590 | <issue_start>username_0: I often have trouble connecting to wifi with my MacBook Pro. To help identify the problem, I was wondering if there were any tools for measuring wireless signal strength.<issue_comment>username_1: If you're just looking for a quick signal strength number, `option`-click on the AirPort icon in t... |
2010/11/12 | 421 | 1,700 | <issue_start>username_0: I already have Windows Friendly attachments enabled, but I'm still having a problem. Whenever I send a image attachment to windows (Outlook) users, it comes as an inline image, not as an attachment. They can't save the image like a regular attachment.<issue_comment>username_1: Probably not the ... |
2010/11/13 | 836 | 2,804 | <issue_start>username_0: I have quite a collection of DVDs which is slowly getting smaller and smaller thanks (in part) to crappy Wal-Mart binder style DVD cases scratching the discs. After purchasing an Apple TV, I'm wondering if it is possible to backup DVD's so that they can be watched in iTunes, and subsequently on... |
2010/11/13 | 634 | 2,503 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an 2010 27" iMac with an SSD and a regular hard drive. Now that I've been using the machine for some time and have not come close to filling the SSD, I'd like to disable the spinning hard drive completely. Why? It makes a loud humming sound when it runs, and I don't use it for anything. ... |
2010/11/13 | 1,307 | 4,520 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Mac mini, app icons have gone missing for some apps (Terminal, Chrome, Spotify, Skype) from the Dock and elsewhere.
See [**a screenshot**](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nO3H3.png) of the Dock. When I hover over the empty spots, I can see the names of the apps and launch them normally.
And... |
2010/11/13 | 720 | 2,568 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for something similar to Time Capsule, but I am really not interested in the wireless router capabilities.
Can you suggest hardware which has the same good qualities (size, silent operation, reliability), interoperability with my Macs, and possibly aesthetics?
I've looked at vari... |
2010/11/14 | 360 | 1,188 | <issue_start>username_0: Apple made a big deal about the iPad's A4 running at 1GHz, but they've never said how fast the iPhone 4's processor is. In the teardown, iFixit mentions that the iPhone 4 uses an A4 but never gives a clock speed. Has anyone been able to find out how fast it actually is?<issue_comment>username_1... |
2010/11/14 | 458 | 1,586 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I add lyrics to a song in iTunes so that it shows the lyrics on the iPod/iPad?<issue_comment>username_1: Right click the song in iTunes and choose Get Info. Second from the right is the section "Lyrics" where you can paste the lyrics of the song. The lyrics will show up on top of the alb... |
2010/11/15 | 894 | 3,878 | <issue_start>username_0: My Macbook is constantly losing its wifi connection. Sometimes it has trouble connecting, other times it connects, but I obtain a server not found error. It seems to work reasonably well at work, but it can't obtain a connection at home even when I am extremely close to the router. Until recent... |
2010/11/15 | 967 | 3,798 | <issue_start>username_0: The storage on my iPhone is nearly full. Most of the space is used by apps. I'd like to see which apps consume the most space on my device.
Is there a way to get a list of the apps with their corresponding used space? By "used space I mean the installation size (bonus for added user data).<iss... |
2010/11/15 | 326 | 1,359 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an iPhone 4 and have set up mail with an IMAP account. When I delete a message a popup says **Unable to move message - The message could not be moved to the trash folder**.
How can I fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe the trash folder is not correctly set on your iPhone.
Dependi... |
2010/11/15 | 1,294 | 5,359 | <issue_start>username_0: There seems to be some dispute on whether the iPhone can still get a GPS signal when out of cell tower range, see [this archived Apple support thread](http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8245222), for example.
I had a friend out in the woods hunting this weekend, and he said th... |
2010/11/15 | 648 | 2,225 | <issue_start>username_0: When packing and unpacking a tar file on OS X today, I find myself looking at things like:
```
tar tzf ../tanuki-3.5.6.tar.gz
./._.
./
./._bin
```
I don't think I've ever seem these extra files starting with a '.' before. If I x the file, ls -a does not show them. What are they?<issue_com... |
2010/11/15 | 373 | 1,321 | <issue_start>username_0: I am downloading some iTunes U content in iTunes and am getting
```
stopped (err = -3259)
```
on a number of the downloads. I was hoping to find a list of err codes, but no luck. Found a lot of forum posts for other error numbers, but not that one.
Any help?<issue_comment>username_1: As I... |
2010/11/15 | 760 | 2,905 | <issue_start>username_0: Since I've upgraded from an iPod classic to a Touch, I've had a number of times when I've synced with iTunes and tracks have not been correctly updated, that is, they have not been marked as played that day, even when they have been played (all the way through).
Further, I've downloaded some t... |
2010/11/15 | 723 | 2,905 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed a semi-handy feature on Apple Wireless Keyboard: quick pressing the caps lock key won't enable the caps lock, it needs a determined push. Benefits are obvious, it prevents accidental all-caps text when you actuALLY INTENDED TO PRESS 'A'.
**Is there a way to hack this around?** Adj... |
2010/11/15 | 3,041 | 10,216 | <issue_start>username_0: What combination of keys do I press to produce the command symbol (⌘) on Mac OS X?
(I copied the above symbol from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key>.)<issue_comment>username_1: If you're just looking for the Unicode versions of Mac OS X keys, you can use this Apple support document to... |
2010/11/16 | 250 | 1,065 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way of viewing the composer of a particular song in the Ipod Touch? I know you can sort songs by composer, but what I want to do is while listening to a particular album (classical music), view the composers of the different songs.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think this is po... |
2010/11/16 | 226 | 823 | <issue_start>username_0: I already have it installed (the gold master), but I can't for the life of me figure out how to search a page.<issue_comment>username_1: Searching in a page has been added on to the Google (or whatever you use) search facility. Just tap the search field and enter your search term. Instead of la... |
2010/11/16 | 482 | 1,823 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm at a bit of a loss about this.
I'm running a big import in aperture, and it's causing my system to slow down to a complete crawl, basically rendering it unusable for anything, even browsing the web. Since this seems a bit unnatural, I spent a little time looking around.
Running `ps -Al`... |
2010/11/16 | 170 | 709 | <issue_start>username_0: There was an extension on Mac OS 9 system that I could not live without : This extension offered the following feature :
When a "Choose a file / folder" dialog box appeared, you were able to click on a "visible" opened window to make the selection box "jump" to that particular place in the tr... |
2010/11/16 | 267 | 982 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to sort files in any way other than NAME while in ICON view? This is typically when in a file dialog (i.e. browser upload window) there are no options for sorting by Last Modified or similar, you have to be in DETAIL view for that.
Please see this screen shot as an example: <h... |
2010/11/16 | 644 | 2,483 | <issue_start>username_0: I have MacBook Pro with latest Snow Leopard on it. I just bought an Iomega eGo external HDD for Time Machine backup.
I also run Windows 7 on Boot Camp partition and I normally use Parallels 6 to run it, but I noticed that Time Machine does not backup Boot Camp partition.
I went to Windows 7 B... |
2010/11/16 | 1,377 | 5,243 | <issue_start>username_0: Problem: (stressing the "automatically" in the question title).
I add the hidden network by selecting "other" and entering the SSID. There is no security right now in order to simplify troubleshooting. When the iPod 4 sleeps, goes out of range or the wifi radio is turned off and then on, the i... |