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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>I may have used Disk Utility to erase my drive - is there hope? I have an external NTFS drive from which I was trying to copy some files to my macbook pro 10.6.6.
I was getting error 36 so with disk utility I clicked on Repair Disk. Now all my data is gone!
What gives and how can I fix it?
By the way I was using Paragon NTFS as well.
Part of the log:
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: $UpCase file is formatted for use in Windows NT/2K/XP
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: Verifying 95756 folders ...
2011-02-12 16:32:57 +0100: Deleting entry "._501" from index 0x1b ".Trashes"
2011-02-12 16:33:30 +0100: Correcting error in index 0x30 ($I30) for file 0x1746d.
2011-02-12 16:36:57 +0100: Creating root directory
2011-02-12 16:36:59 +0100: Inserting empty data to files.
2011-02-12 16:37:00 +0100: Verifying files security...
2011-02-12 16:38:50 +0100: Correcting $MFT bitmap data.
2011-02-12 16:38:51 +0100: Correcting $Bitmap data attribute.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 94.88 Gb in 569134 files
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 111716 Kb in 95758 directories
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 0 Kb in bad blocks in 0 fragments
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 125388 Kb in use by the system
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 Kb occupied by the log file
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 bytes in each allocation unit
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 61049000 total allocation units on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 31304981 allocation units available on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: The volume /dev/disk1s1 has been repaired successfully.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Volume repair complete.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I may have used Disk Utility to erase my drive - is there hope? I have an external NTFS drive from which I was trying to copy some files to my macbook pro 10.6.6.
I was getting error 36 so with disk utility I clicked on Repair Disk. Now all my data is gone!
What gives and how can I fix it?
By the way I was using Paragon NTFS as well.
Part of the log:
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: $UpCase file is formatted for use in Windows NT/2K/XP
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: Verifying 95756 folders ...
2011-02-12 16:32:57 +0100: Deleting entry "._501" from index 0x1b ".Trashes"
2011-02-12 16:33:30 +0100: Correcting error in index 0x30 ($I30) for file 0x1746d.
2011-02-12 16:36:57 +0100: Creating root directory
2011-02-12 16:36:59 +0100: Inserting empty data to files.
2011-02-12 16:37:00 +0100: Verifying files security...
2011-02-12 16:38:50 +0100: Correcting $MFT bitmap data.
2011-02-12 16:38:51 +0100: Correcting $Bitmap data attribute.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 94.88 Gb in 569134 files
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 111716 Kb in 95758 directories
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 0 Kb in bad blocks in 0 fragments
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 125388 Kb in use by the system
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 Kb occupied by the log file
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 bytes in each allocation unit
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 61049000 total allocation units on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 31304981 allocation units available on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: The volume /dev/disk1s1 has been repaired successfully.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Volume repair complete.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
Try plugging your drive into different computers (Mac and PC). If you don't see anything, you will probably have to send it to a data recovery service if you don't have a backup.
You can also try software to recover data, like DiskWarrior.
As for why DU erased this when you clicked Repair, I have no idea. Are you sure you didn't click Erase, Reformat, or Repartition?
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I may have used Disk Utility to erase my drive - is there hope? I have an external NTFS drive from which I was trying to copy some files to my macbook pro 10.6.6.
I was getting error 36 so with disk utility I clicked on Repair Disk. Now all my data is gone!
What gives and how can I fix it?
By the way I was using Paragon NTFS as well.
Part of the log:
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: $UpCase file is formatted for use in Windows NT/2K/XP
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: Verifying 95756 folders ...
2011-02-12 16:32:57 +0100: Deleting entry "._501" from index 0x1b ".Trashes"
2011-02-12 16:33:30 +0100: Correcting error in index 0x30 ($I30) for file 0x1746d.
2011-02-12 16:36:57 +0100: Creating root directory
2011-02-12 16:36:59 +0100: Inserting empty data to files.
2011-02-12 16:37:00 +0100: Verifying files security...
2011-02-12 16:38:50 +0100: Correcting $MFT bitmap data.
2011-02-12 16:38:51 +0100: Correcting $Bitmap data attribute.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 94.88 Gb in 569134 files
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 111716 Kb in 95758 directories
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 0 Kb in bad blocks in 0 fragments
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 125388 Kb in use by the system
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 Kb occupied by the log file
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 bytes in each allocation unit
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 61049000 total allocation units on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 31304981 allocation units available on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: The volume /dev/disk1s1 has been repaired successfully.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Volume repair complete.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
Try plugging your drive into different computers (Mac and PC). If you don't see anything, you will probably have to send it to a data recovery service if you don't have a backup.
You can also try software to recover data, like DiskWarrior.
As for why DU erased this when you clicked Repair, I have no idea. Are you sure you didn't click Erase, Reformat, or Repartition?
I had the same problem, and I resolved it with the chkdsk.exe on Windows. The drive mounted and I was able to recover my files.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I may have used Disk Utility to erase my drive - is there hope? I have an external NTFS drive from which I was trying to copy some files to my macbook pro 10.6.6.
I was getting error 36 so with disk utility I clicked on Repair Disk. Now all my data is gone!
What gives and how can I fix it?
By the way I was using Paragon NTFS as well.
Part of the log:
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: $UpCase file is formatted for use in Windows NT/2K/XP
2011-02-12 16:32:56 +0100: Verifying 95756 folders ...
2011-02-12 16:32:57 +0100: Deleting entry "._501" from index 0x1b ".Trashes"
2011-02-12 16:33:30 +0100: Correcting error in index 0x30 ($I30) for file 0x1746d.
2011-02-12 16:36:57 +0100: Creating root directory
2011-02-12 16:36:59 +0100: Inserting empty data to files.
2011-02-12 16:37:00 +0100: Verifying files security...
2011-02-12 16:38:50 +0100: Correcting $MFT bitmap data.
2011-02-12 16:38:51 +0100: Correcting $Bitmap data attribute.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 94.88 Gb in 569134 files
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 111716 Kb in 95758 directories
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 0 Kb in bad blocks in 0 fragments
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 125388 Kb in use by the system
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 Kb occupied by the log file
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 4096 bytes in each allocation unit
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 61049000 total allocation units on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: 31304981 allocation units available on volume
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100: The volume /dev/disk1s1 has been repaired successfully.
2011-02-12 16:38:53 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Volume repair complete.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100: Repair tool completed:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
2011-02-12 16:38:57 +0100:
Try plugging your drive into different computers (Mac and PC). If you don't see anything, you will probably have to send it to a data recovery service if you don't have a backup.
You can also try software to recover data, like DiskWarrior.
As for why DU erased this when you clicked Repair, I have no idea. Are you sure you didn't click Erase, Reformat, or Repartition?
I had the same problem, and I resolved it with the chkdsk.exe on Windows. The drive mounted and I was able to recover my files.
Highly recommend Get Data's Recover My Files program. You can scan for lost files for free but must pay to save them. However, it's a LOT cheaper than paying for professional recovery service.
<|im_end|>
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Select all songs as compilations How do I select all songs as compilations in my iTunes. I don't want to modify each song one at a time, I have about 2000 songs.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
First of all, I would investigate the reasons behind your school asking you to use Windows. It may just be that they're unaware that a lot of Mac software can handle 'Windows files' such as .doc, .xls, .zip (!). Indeed, there's a ton of open source software such as OpenOffice that works equally well on both platforms.
The reasons I have to boot into Windows (using Boot Camp):
*
*To use Windows itself, for learning or understanding the new features.
*Software that just has no Mac or online equivalent. There are very few of these but if you've been using a legacy application such as QuickBooks account software for 5 years, it's hard to move away.
*Internet Explorer, to see its' different behaviour.
*Games
*Weird hardware devices where there's no Mac drivers available. Usually, this is a sign of a poor design decision, but there are some obscure bits of hardware that can be manipulated by Windows by not by Mac.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
First of all, I would investigate the reasons behind your school asking you to use Windows. It may just be that they're unaware that a lot of Mac software can handle 'Windows files' such as .doc, .xls, .zip (!). Indeed, there's a ton of open source software such as OpenOffice that works equally well on both platforms.
The reasons I have to boot into Windows (using Boot Camp):
*
*To use Windows itself, for learning or understanding the new features.
*Software that just has no Mac or online equivalent. There are very few of these but if you've been using a legacy application such as QuickBooks account software for 5 years, it's hard to move away.
*Internet Explorer, to see its' different behaviour.
*Games
*Weird hardware devices where there's no Mac drivers available. Usually, this is a sign of a poor design decision, but there are some obscure bits of hardware that can be manipulated by Windows by not by Mac.
At work, it's usually because the company has some application, maybe in-house developed or maybe bulk licensed, that's Windows only. Or the company uses some web service that is only certified to run on MSIE, not Safari (et.al.)
Added:
One company I was visited solved this problem neither by running Windows on their Macs, nor by providing everybody with a Windows PC, but by running virtual instances of Windows PCs (somewhere in the server room or cloud?), and using Remote Desktop apps on Macs and Linux desktops to view the Windows desktops and/or run Windows apps. (It may have been either a VMWare or Citrix infrastructure on the back end.)
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
First of all, I would investigate the reasons behind your school asking you to use Windows. It may just be that they're unaware that a lot of Mac software can handle 'Windows files' such as .doc, .xls, .zip (!). Indeed, there's a ton of open source software such as OpenOffice that works equally well on both platforms.
The reasons I have to boot into Windows (using Boot Camp):
*
*To use Windows itself, for learning or understanding the new features.
*Software that just has no Mac or online equivalent. There are very few of these but if you've been using a legacy application such as QuickBooks account software for 5 years, it's hard to move away.
*Internet Explorer, to see its' different behaviour.
*Games
*Weird hardware devices where there's no Mac drivers available. Usually, this is a sign of a poor design decision, but there are some obscure bits of hardware that can be manipulated by Windows by not by Mac.
At work, it's usually because the company has some application, maybe in-house developed or maybe bulk licensed, that's Windows only. Or the company uses some web service that is only certified to run on MSIE, not Safari (et.al.)
Added:
One company I was visited solved this problem neither by running Windows on their Macs, nor by providing everybody with a Windows PC, but by running virtual instances of Windows PCs (somewhere in the server room or cloud?), and using Remote Desktop apps on Macs and Linux desktops to view the Windows desktops and/or run Windows apps. (It may have been either a VMWare or Citrix infrastructure on the back end.)
Microsoft OneNote - It's not in the Mac Office suite.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
First of all, I would investigate the reasons behind your school asking you to use Windows. It may just be that they're unaware that a lot of Mac software can handle 'Windows files' such as .doc, .xls, .zip (!). Indeed, there's a ton of open source software such as OpenOffice that works equally well on both platforms.
The reasons I have to boot into Windows (using Boot Camp):
*
*To use Windows itself, for learning or understanding the new features.
*Software that just has no Mac or online equivalent. There are very few of these but if you've been using a legacy application such as QuickBooks account software for 5 years, it's hard to move away.
*Internet Explorer, to see its' different behaviour.
*Games
*Weird hardware devices where there's no Mac drivers available. Usually, this is a sign of a poor design decision, but there are some obscure bits of hardware that can be manipulated by Windows by not by Mac.
At work, it's usually because the company has some application, maybe in-house developed or maybe bulk licensed, that's Windows only. Or the company uses some web service that is only certified to run on MSIE, not Safari (et.al.)
Added:
One company I was visited solved this problem neither by running Windows on their Macs, nor by providing everybody with a Windows PC, but by running virtual instances of Windows PCs (somewhere in the server room or cloud?), and using Remote Desktop apps on Macs and Linux desktops to view the Windows desktops and/or run Windows apps. (It may have been either a VMWare or Citrix infrastructure on the back end.)
Microsoft OneNote - It's not in the Mac Office suite.
*
*Games
*Internet Explorer: If you are a web developer and want to test your website in IE (which you have to).
Also some corporate intranet applications work only on IE(6/7/8 compatibility mode).
*Microsoft Office: Yes, there is a version for the Mac, but some prefer the Windows version (I remember reading sometime before somewhere, (unable to find the link) that the Windows version is better). Also, people like me who have a Windows PC (my wife's) and a Macbook Pro at home, I can buy one Office Home and Student edition (it comes with licence for 3 installs) and use it on both.
*Learning Windows specific technology. For instance I want to learn C#. C# is best learnt in Microsoft Visual Studio (IMHO).
*Games
*Games
*Games
There was something else too... oh yeah, games.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac? I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.
So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?
As a professional software developer, I often use various versions of Windows inside VMWare on a Mac. Reasons include:
*
*It's easy to back up the virtual machine, so if it gets malware, I can just snuff and restore it.
*If I need to run a Windows program or utility, it can be a lot quicker to start up one of my virtual machines on an already-running Mac than to start a physical Windows computer
*All of my non-Mac Intel machines are usually already doing something useful running Linux, so I'd have to bring one of those down to run Windows on a physical box.
*Most of my Windows software development is maintenance of legacy code from many years ago, and coding/running/testing it in a virtual machine is often faster than the hardware it was originally developed on.
Also, Intel Macs simply are very high-quality Windows machines- Apple's quality control is the best in the industry. Also, Boot Camp doesn't use the stock drivers from NVidia and so on; Apple has their own team that writes Windows drivers custom-tuned for their specific hardware, and they're really great.
How great?
*
*When Apple first started shipping Intel-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros, a lot of Windows magazines had articles like, "The best Windows laptop you can buy is a Mac"
*My wife and a friend are gamers, and my wife's MacBook Pro runs rings around his custom Windows gaming laptop
*When my wife's desktop gaming rig croaked recently, she almost got a Mac Pro to replace it
the main reason might be compatibility:
There is a lot of software for MacOS X and you can do nearly everything with a Mac and there is software which is even unique on MacOS X.
On the other hand, there is "standard" software for Windows in some areas e. g.
*
*in engineering
*
*CAD
*CAE and
*simulation software
which does not exist afaik for MacOS X.
Converting and exchange with Mac-based applications might be possible, but for such complex data formats like 3D CAD data there is always some (or much) "loss" by converting from one format to another, so it's sometimes the best if everyone uses the same software and maybe even the same version.
If somebody needs to be compatible to such a software, MacOS X might be only the second (or even 3rd) choice (as UNIX or Linux might be more "compatible"), unfortunately.
First of all, I would investigate the reasons behind your school asking you to use Windows. It may just be that they're unaware that a lot of Mac software can handle 'Windows files' such as .doc, .xls, .zip (!). Indeed, there's a ton of open source software such as OpenOffice that works equally well on both platforms.
The reasons I have to boot into Windows (using Boot Camp):
*
*To use Windows itself, for learning or understanding the new features.
*Software that just has no Mac or online equivalent. There are very few of these but if you've been using a legacy application such as QuickBooks account software for 5 years, it's hard to move away.
*Internet Explorer, to see its' different behaviour.
*Games
*Weird hardware devices where there's no Mac drivers available. Usually, this is a sign of a poor design decision, but there are some obscure bits of hardware that can be manipulated by Windows by not by Mac.
At work, it's usually because the company has some application, maybe in-house developed or maybe bulk licensed, that's Windows only. Or the company uses some web service that is only certified to run on MSIE, not Safari (et.al.)
Added:
One company I was visited solved this problem neither by running Windows on their Macs, nor by providing everybody with a Windows PC, but by running virtual instances of Windows PCs (somewhere in the server room or cloud?), and using Remote Desktop apps on Macs and Linux desktops to view the Windows desktops and/or run Windows apps. (It may have been either a VMWare or Citrix infrastructure on the back end.)
Microsoft OneNote - It's not in the Mac Office suite.
*
*Games
*Internet Explorer: If you are a web developer and want to test your website in IE (which you have to).
Also some corporate intranet applications work only on IE(6/7/8 compatibility mode).
*Microsoft Office: Yes, there is a version for the Mac, but some prefer the Windows version (I remember reading sometime before somewhere, (unable to find the link) that the Windows version is better). Also, people like me who have a Windows PC (my wife's) and a Macbook Pro at home, I can buy one Office Home and Student edition (it comes with licence for 3 installs) and use it on both.
*Learning Windows specific technology. For instance I want to learn C#. C# is best learnt in Microsoft Visual Studio (IMHO).
*Games
*Games
*Games
There was something else too... oh yeah, games.
Developing and running .Net applications.
And, no, Mono is not a viable alternative, and likely will never be while MS keeps extending .Net.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Mac Mini fan gone furious
something awful happened to my mini.
I placed it under my aircon, and for some reason, the aircon started to drip.
right on the fan grills on the mini.
not a lot, probably like an eighth of a glass of water.
so, i rushed to unplug everything from the mini.
and leave it to dry.
problem is... when i plug it all in, i start with the power cable.
just when i plug it, the fan gone furious. like 6000rpm furious.
the state of the mini is currently OFF.
that's one thing i'm confused about.
second, after a while the fan speed goes down..
but never really really low.
even when it's off, and the room is cold (not just cool) it's still noticeably whirring.
and the mini is still OFF.
when i turn it on.. after just 15-20 minutes the fan goes furious again.
like 6000rpm.
what can i do to fix this, and how much damage have i done.
and to answer a few preliminary questions.
the mini is a late 2009 mini, C2D, 4GB ram, and usually running on 18C room.
and i've never upgraded any hardware, RAM, HDD, everything.. still as it was.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Mac Mini fan gone furious
something awful happened to my mini.
I placed it under my aircon, and for some reason, the aircon started to drip.
right on the fan grills on the mini.
not a lot, probably like an eighth of a glass of water.
so, i rushed to unplug everything from the mini.
and leave it to dry.
problem is... when i plug it all in, i start with the power cable.
just when i plug it, the fan gone furious. like 6000rpm furious.
the state of the mini is currently OFF.
that's one thing i'm confused about.
second, after a while the fan speed goes down..
but never really really low.
even when it's off, and the room is cold (not just cool) it's still noticeably whirring.
and the mini is still OFF.
when i turn it on.. after just 15-20 minutes the fan goes furious again.
like 6000rpm.
what can i do to fix this, and how much damage have i done.
and to answer a few preliminary questions.
the mini is a late 2009 mini, C2D, 4GB ram, and usually running on 18C room.
and i've never upgraded any hardware, RAM, HDD, everything.. still as it was.
Since it got wet, I'm inclined to believe this is hardware damage.
I recommend that you give it another few days to dry, without use. Keep it completely unplugged for this time.
If that doesn't work, run Apple Hardware Test. If it finds problems, take it to the Apple Store for service.
Good luck.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Mac Mini fan gone furious
something awful happened to my mini.
I placed it under my aircon, and for some reason, the aircon started to drip.
right on the fan grills on the mini.
not a lot, probably like an eighth of a glass of water.
so, i rushed to unplug everything from the mini.
and leave it to dry.
problem is... when i plug it all in, i start with the power cable.
just when i plug it, the fan gone furious. like 6000rpm furious.
the state of the mini is currently OFF.
that's one thing i'm confused about.
second, after a while the fan speed goes down..
but never really really low.
even when it's off, and the room is cold (not just cool) it's still noticeably whirring.
and the mini is still OFF.
when i turn it on.. after just 15-20 minutes the fan goes furious again.
like 6000rpm.
what can i do to fix this, and how much damage have i done.
and to answer a few preliminary questions.
the mini is a late 2009 mini, C2D, 4GB ram, and usually running on 18C room.
and i've never upgraded any hardware, RAM, HDD, everything.. still as it was.
Since it got wet, I'm inclined to believe this is hardware damage.
I recommend that you give it another few days to dry, without use. Keep it completely unplugged for this time.
If that doesn't work, run Apple Hardware Test. If it finds problems, take it to the Apple Store for service.
Good luck.
After you've waited for it to dry as Nathan said, if the problem persists you can try to reset the SMC, as it's a common solution for fans not behaving correctly.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Last import in Address Book A little history: I had a old Nokia 5310. Lost it. I had the contacts backed up in a .vcf file. So imported them to a old Sony Ericsson W700i. Used the W700i for sometime, added some more contacts.
Not got a new Nokia C5. Wanted to import all the contacts to the Nokia and at the same time add them to Address Book so that I can manage all contacts from Address Book and sync with the new Nokia. (Address Book has some old contacts, that are not required to be on the phone but nevertheless necessary, my wife's contacts imported sometime before etc). (Thanks for reading)
I exported the contacts from the phone to a .vcf file and imported it in Address Book.
Wanted to move only these contacts to the Nokia. So thought will open Last Import and sync all of them with the new phone.
But looks like Last Import holds all of my imports, not just the most recent one.
I tried to select a group and then import, but the import does not happen to the group. They are imported to the "All Contacts".
Is there any way to get/select only the most recent imported contacts?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Last import in Address Book A little history: I had a old Nokia 5310. Lost it. I had the contacts backed up in a .vcf file. So imported them to a old Sony Ericsson W700i. Used the W700i for sometime, added some more contacts.
Not got a new Nokia C5. Wanted to import all the contacts to the Nokia and at the same time add them to Address Book so that I can manage all contacts from Address Book and sync with the new Nokia. (Address Book has some old contacts, that are not required to be on the phone but nevertheless necessary, my wife's contacts imported sometime before etc). (Thanks for reading)
I exported the contacts from the phone to a .vcf file and imported it in Address Book.
Wanted to move only these contacts to the Nokia. So thought will open Last Import and sync all of them with the new phone.
But looks like Last Import holds all of my imports, not just the most recent one.
I tried to select a group and then import, but the import does not happen to the group. They are imported to the "All Contacts".
Is there any way to get/select only the most recent imported contacts?
Are you comfortable with AppleScript? If so, you could write a script to export the contacts created after a date of your choosing.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Accessing files from Mac OS X in VMWare Fusion? I'm running VMWare Fusion on a Boot Camp partition. When I launch the virtual machine, I see the C:\ drive which is the BOOTCAMP partition, but I don't see the other hard drive (D:) which is visible when launching boot camp directly. I realize that I can drag and drop files between OS X and the virtual machine, but I was wondering if this is the only method of accessing OS X files from the virtual machine. Is there no way to have it show the second hard drive so that every file I want to access doesn't have to be copied over?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder? In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder? In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.
By default there isn't a shortcut to move an email to a specific folder. You can use SHIFT+⌘+M to choose the folder.
However, you can create an Applescript and then map that to a shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard. Here is a sample script that will move emails to a folder named Processed (here is the original source if you would like to learn more).
You can save the file wherever you'd like, but the default Outlook scripts are saved in:
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Outlook Script Menu Items/
Note: as of Office 11 SP2, this location has been changed to:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook\ Script\ Menu\ Items/
To create the shortcut, open up the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, and under Application Shortcuts hit +. It will give you a list of applications to choose from (Outlook 2011), and then for the menu title make sure you choose the name of the name of the script as it appears in the menu.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder? In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.
By default there isn't a shortcut to move an email to a specific folder. You can use SHIFT+⌘+M to choose the folder.
However, you can create an Applescript and then map that to a shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard. Here is a sample script that will move emails to a folder named Processed (here is the original source if you would like to learn more).
You can save the file wherever you'd like, but the default Outlook scripts are saved in:
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Outlook Script Menu Items/
Note: as of Office 11 SP2, this location has been changed to:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook\ Script\ Menu\ Items/
To create the shortcut, open up the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, and under Application Shortcuts hit +. It will give you a list of applications to choose from (Outlook 2011), and then for the menu title make sure you choose the name of the name of the script as it appears in the menu.
This is pretty easy in the version I'm using (14.4.6). Simply select a message and hit the Move button. Move the message to whichever folder you desire. This will create a menu item for moving to that folder in the dropdown.
Open up Keyboard Preferences and select App Shortcuts. Add a new shortcut for Microsoft Outlook. Title it 'Archive Folder Name (Name of your account)' and then select your shortcut.
Now, go back to Outlook and click the Move button, you will see your shortcut is now appended to the new menu item that was created earlier.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder? In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.
By default there isn't a shortcut to move an email to a specific folder. You can use SHIFT+⌘+M to choose the folder.
However, you can create an Applescript and then map that to a shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard. Here is a sample script that will move emails to a folder named Processed (here is the original source if you would like to learn more).
You can save the file wherever you'd like, but the default Outlook scripts are saved in:
~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Outlook Script Menu Items/
Note: as of Office 11 SP2, this location has been changed to:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Office/Outlook\ Script\ Menu\ Items/
To create the shortcut, open up the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, and under Application Shortcuts hit +. It will give you a list of applications to choose from (Outlook 2011), and then for the menu title make sure you choose the name of the name of the script as it appears in the menu.
This is pretty easy in the version I'm using (14.4.6). Simply select a message and hit the Move button. Move the message to whichever folder you desire. This will create a menu item for moving to that folder in the dropdown.
Open up Keyboard Preferences and select App Shortcuts. Add a new shortcut for Microsoft Outlook. Title it 'Archive Folder Name (Name of your account)' and then select your shortcut.
Now, go back to Outlook and click the Move button, you will see your shortcut is now appended to the new menu item that was created earlier.
There's a simpler way with just adding a keyboard shortcut to the app, outlined here.
I'm a big GMail user, and I wanted to map a keyboard shortcut to move a message to an "Archive" folder that I'd created within Outlook on the Mac, just like GMail has an archive keyboard shortcut. That article worked for me.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Prevent Bonjour Announcements Over OpenVPN We have an OpenVPN server at work, which I use frequently to access private work resources. When I do, the "Shared" listed in Finder populates with all the automatically announced servers/resources at work, but the reverse is also true. My local resources appear to anyone at work, and/or on the VPN as well.
Ideally, I would like to prevent my announcements from going over the VPN link, but would like to have the shares physically at work available to me while on the VPN. If the only method is to disable Bonjour (temporarily), I'll be fine with that, but is there a way to make it only one-sided?
And of course the master question: How do I accomplish this, at all, in the first place.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Prevent Bonjour Announcements Over OpenVPN We have an OpenVPN server at work, which I use frequently to access private work resources. When I do, the "Shared" listed in Finder populates with all the automatically announced servers/resources at work, but the reverse is also true. My local resources appear to anyone at work, and/or on the VPN as well.
Ideally, I would like to prevent my announcements from going over the VPN link, but would like to have the shares physically at work available to me while on the VPN. If the only method is to disable Bonjour (temporarily), I'll be fine with that, but is there a way to make it only one-sided?
And of course the master question: How do I accomplish this, at all, in the first place.
How about blocking udp traffic on port 5353?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Prevent Bonjour Announcements Over OpenVPN We have an OpenVPN server at work, which I use frequently to access private work resources. When I do, the "Shared" listed in Finder populates with all the automatically announced servers/resources at work, but the reverse is also true. My local resources appear to anyone at work, and/or on the VPN as well.
Ideally, I would like to prevent my announcements from going over the VPN link, but would like to have the shares physically at work available to me while on the VPN. If the only method is to disable Bonjour (temporarily), I'll be fine with that, but is there a way to make it only one-sided?
And of course the master question: How do I accomplish this, at all, in the first place.
How about blocking udp traffic on port 5353?
Usually, Bonjour only works on the local network and only its extension Wide-Area-Bonjour works through VPNs. Did you configure your Computer to use that or did you setup your router to handle that? Also, which other resources appear for the others at work?
But anyway, you don´t have to have File Sharing "turned on" on your computer (which will then cause the broadcasting of your computer´s name over Bonjour) to access others, so just turn off the services you don´t want others to see and you should be good.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>iTunes keeps respawning
Possible Duplicate:
Why does iTunes re-open after I quit?
Hey,
I have some rather annyoing behavior with my system:
Whenever I close or kill -9iTunes it just keeps coming back up.
Any ideas how I can find the root cause of this?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Can I stream movies from external drive to the new Apple TV? Is it possible to stream movies from an external hard drive (attached to a Mac Mini) to an Apple TV2? The movies on my external drive show up in iTunes on my Mini, but the Apple TV says there are no videos in my library. I don't have room to store them on my internal drive, but it seems like that might be the only way to get them to stream. I have "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" unchecked. Any thoughts?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Cut command shortcut problem I cannot find the way to change the key shortcut for cut command on my macBook pro.
Where can I change that setting?
I can't find it with the rest of the key command preferences.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Are there any iPhone apps which can display/edit OPML documents? I'm looking to view/edit OPML files on the iPhone/iPad. Is there an app that can do this?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Are there any iPhone apps which can display/edit OPML documents? I'm looking to view/edit OPML files on the iPhone/iPad. Is there an app that can do this?
Depends on what you want to do exactly but since OPML is just another Markup Language you can use any text editor or maybe one that's also able to highlight XML. You could also try online tools such as google docs, tho I couldn't myself. Here's another way to read only OPML using iGoogle.
I'll also give a shot and guess what kind of OPML you'd be using and suggest this app.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Are there any iPhone apps which can display/edit OPML documents? I'm looking to view/edit OPML files on the iPhone/iPad. Is there an app that can do this?
Depends on what you want to do exactly but since OPML is just another Markup Language you can use any text editor or maybe one that's also able to highlight XML. You could also try online tools such as google docs, tho I couldn't myself. Here's another way to read only OPML using iGoogle.
I'll also give a shot and guess what kind of OPML you'd be using and suggest this app.
Take a look at CarbonFin and the website https://cfoutliner.appspot.com/ (accessible on any iOS device)
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Are there any iPhone apps which can display/edit OPML documents? I'm looking to view/edit OPML files on the iPhone/iPad. Is there an app that can do this?
Depends on what you want to do exactly but since OPML is just another Markup Language you can use any text editor or maybe one that's also able to highlight XML. You could also try online tools such as google docs, tho I couldn't myself. Here's another way to read only OPML using iGoogle.
I'll also give a shot and guess what kind of OPML you'd be using and suggest this app.
Take a look at CarbonFin and the website https://cfoutliner.appspot.com/ (accessible on any iOS device)
Lots of iOS apps support OPML in different ways. All depends on what you want to do with it.
For editing the actual code, you could use Textastic with its super-nice syntax highlighting. Use the built-in XML syntax definition or easily add your own customized for OPML.
For editing it as a mind-map, check out iThoughts or MindNode.
For working with it in outline form, hey! There's OmniOutliner, CarbonFin or MagicalPad.
And coming soon, but not quite yet, writing app Storyist will be supporting OPML. So you can import that finished outline and use it to start writing your novel, thesis, or crackpot manifesto.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>VMWare Fusion is opening .docx files in Wordpad I enabled the VMWare Fusion setting Open your Mac files and web links using Windows Applications. When I double click a .docx file in Finder, it launches Wordpad in the virtual machine, instead of Word. If I open the file again, it launches Word. If I launch it a third time, it opens Wordpad. It keeps alternating between these two programs.
On Windows, I tried right-clicking the file and going to the "Open With" command. It lists both Microsoft Office Word and WordPad as Recommended Programs. There doesn't seem to be an option to remove WordPad from this list.
When I launch the .docx file from inside Windows, it always opens it up with Word, leading me to believe that this is a VMWare Fusion bug and not a Windows bug.
Is there any way to have .docx files only open up in Word?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Seeing the desktop while in Unity mode in VMWare Fusion? When I run VMWare Fusion in Unity mode, is there any way to see the desktop or access the files on the desktop? Or must I switch into Single Window/Full Screen mode?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Seeing the desktop while in Unity mode in VMWare Fusion? When I run VMWare Fusion in Unity mode, is there any way to see the desktop or access the files on the desktop? Or must I switch into Single Window/Full Screen mode?
You can view the Desktop as a folder in Windows Explorer.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Auto login boot camp partition in VMWare Fusion? My VMWare Fusion is set up to use a Boot Camp partition. Is there any way to have it automatically login to a user account when the virtual machine starts up, but still require a password when booting via Boot Camp?
The reason I ask is because when launching VMWare Fusion in unity mode, you always have to interact with the machine the first time it logs on. It would be nice if you can just run an application from the VMWare Fusion menu, and have it seamlessly startup the virtual machine, login, and launch the application without any interaction required.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App? I have an Applescript that simply opens a Dialog Box, asks for a user input and runs a Terminal Command and spits out the answer. It works great in AppleScript Editor yet I am trying to work out how I could package this Script File along with an icon to make a Mac App for my personal use. Thoughts.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App? I have an Applescript that simply opens a Dialog Box, asks for a user input and runs a Terminal Command and spits out the answer. It works great in AppleScript Editor yet I am trying to work out how I could package this Script File along with an icon to make a Mac App for my personal use. Thoughts.
In El Capitan at least you can use osacompile, e.g:
osacompile -o MyScript.app MyScript.scpt
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App? I have an Applescript that simply opens a Dialog Box, asks for a user input and runs a Terminal Command and spits out the answer. It works great in AppleScript Editor yet I am trying to work out how I could package this Script File along with an icon to make a Mac App for my personal use. Thoughts.
In El Capitan at least you can use osacompile, e.g:
osacompile -o MyScript.app MyScript.scpt
In Script Editor, select File > Save As and set File Format to Application. (In Mojave and later, the Save As choice in the File menu is not visible unless you hold down the Option key.)
Open Bundle Contents drawer and see the applet.icns file, copy your icon to that.
See "Saving a script as an application" in Script Editor help.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App? I have an Applescript that simply opens a Dialog Box, asks for a user input and runs a Terminal Command and spits out the answer. It works great in AppleScript Editor yet I am trying to work out how I could package this Script File along with an icon to make a Mac App for my personal use. Thoughts.
In El Capitan at least you can use osacompile, e.g:
osacompile -o MyScript.app MyScript.scpt
In Script Editor, select File > Save As and set File Format to Application. (In Mojave and later, the Save As choice in the File menu is not visible unless you hold down the Option key.)
Open Bundle Contents drawer and see the applet.icns file, copy your icon to that.
See "Saving a script as an application" in Script Editor help.
to export an an application, do File -> Export and set the drop-down list to "Application"
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
I like echofon and simplytweet. Both of which you can customize to your taste by disabling most, if not all, of other features.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
I like echofon and simplytweet. Both of which you can customize to your taste by disabling most, if not all, of other features.
Weet & Twitterific are the most minimal of everything I have used. Weet is pretty barebones and lightweight, basically the iPhone version of Itsy. I'm a Tweetbot guy, which is a totally awesome app but it sounds like it does way more than you want.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
I like echofon and simplytweet. Both of which you can customize to your taste by disabling most, if not all, of other features.
Weet & Twitterific are the most minimal of everything I have used. Weet is pretty barebones and lightweight, basically the iPhone version of Itsy. I'm a Tweetbot guy, which is a totally awesome app but it sounds like it does way more than you want.
I would say that Twitterific is as close as you can get to minimalist for an iPhone Twitter App - http://twitterrific.com/iphone/
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
I like echofon and simplytweet. Both of which you can customize to your taste by disabling most, if not all, of other features.
Weet & Twitterific are the most minimal of everything I have used. Weet is pretty barebones and lightweight, basically the iPhone version of Itsy. I'm a Tweetbot guy, which is a totally awesome app but it sounds like it does way more than you want.
I would say that Twitterific is as close as you can get to minimalist for an iPhone Twitter App - http://twitterrific.com/iphone/
If you don't like Instagram, there's also Picplz. It does not alter the image, nor does it force you to add a filter.
But it does not let you tweet just text.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a Simple minimalistic Twitter iPhone application? I am searching for an iPhone application that does not show or load the timeline. On my phone, I am just interested in tweeting text and/or photos, and consequently, that's what I want my twitter iPhone to do, nothing more, nothing less.
Now I found a good app for just tweeting, but it doesn't let me tweet photos; it's called Birdhouse, it's a really good app. I also have instagram, but it resizes the photos and forces the user to add all kinds of effects. For mentions, which I also care about, I use Notifio which does an amazing job.
So is there an iphone twitter app that let's the user just tweet text and photos, AND that is up to date (by that I mean that it uses oAuth and has been updated once at least in the last three months)? Otherwise, is there a good minimalistic app that just let's users tweet photos with optional text (no effects, no bloat)?
Found exactly what you are looking for. It's called SuperPost by, of all people lol,... MySpace. Needless to say, it's free and also can optionally post to Facebook & MySpace simultaneously. It's not too shabby actually.
I like echofon and simplytweet. Both of which you can customize to your taste by disabling most, if not all, of other features.
Weet & Twitterific are the most minimal of everything I have used. Weet is pretty barebones and lightweight, basically the iPhone version of Itsy. I'm a Tweetbot guy, which is a totally awesome app but it sounds like it does way more than you want.
I would say that Twitterific is as close as you can get to minimalist for an iPhone Twitter App - http://twitterrific.com/iphone/
If you don't like Instagram, there's also Picplz. It does not alter the image, nor does it force you to add a filter.
But it does not let you tweet just text.
I would highly recommend Weet as a minimilistic replacement of the official Twitter application.
Honorable mentions include:
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*Icebird
*Brizzly
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I migrate my Aperture library from my primary HDD to an external drive? I have about 53GB of photos in my Aperture library which is stored on my internal HDD. I would like to move this library onto an external hard disk and continue to use Aperture without any loss of images, etc.
Is there anyway I can do this?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I migrate my Aperture library from my primary HDD to an external drive? I have about 53GB of photos in my Aperture library which is stored on my internal HDD. I would like to move this library onto an external hard disk and continue to use Aperture without any loss of images, etc.
Is there anyway I can do this?
Yes you can, here are the steps:
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*Connect your external disk
*Open Finder and go to <your home folder>/Pictures
*move the Aperture Library.aplibrary file to a location on your new disk
*Open Aperture and go to preferences ( from menu or by pressing ⌘+, )
*On the General tab, change the location of the library to where you copied the Aperture Library.aplibrary file
That's it, the library is now on your external drive.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I write a tab character in Safari? I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I write a tab character in Safari? I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
Enable the "Unicode Hex Input" input method from System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources and then type Option 0009.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I write a tab character in Safari? I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
Enable the "Unicode Hex Input" input method from System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources and then type Option 0009.
Press Cmd-Alt-T to bring up "Special Characters..." in the Edit menu.
Search for "tab" and click Insert. You're looking for the one named "Character tabulation"
The website may not display it correctly,
but it will indent code.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I write a tab character in Safari? I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
Enable the "Unicode Hex Input" input method from System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources and then type Option 0009.
Press Cmd-Alt-T to bring up "Special Characters..." in the Edit menu.
Search for "tab" and click Insert. You're looking for the one named "Character tabulation"
The website may not display it correctly,
but it will indent code.
I usually wind up typing a tab in TextEdit or Stickies and copy-and-pasting it in Safari.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I write a tab character in Safari? I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
Enable the "Unicode Hex Input" input method from System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources and then type Option 0009.
Press Cmd-Alt-T to bring up "Special Characters..." in the Edit menu.
Search for "tab" and click Insert. You're looking for the one named "Character tabulation"
The website may not display it correctly,
but it will indent code.
I usually wind up typing a tab in TextEdit or Stickies and copy-and-pasting it in Safari.
The Wikipedia article titled Control key reports the following text:
Under Mac OS X, the Control key allows the use of Emacs-style key combinations in most text entry fields. For example, Ctrl-A moves the caret to the start of the paragraph, Ctrl-L vertically centers the current line in the editing field, Ctrl-K cuts text to the end of the line to a kill ring separate from the normal clipboard, etc.
The table before that note reports that Ctrl-Q works as "Literal insert." I tried entering Ctrl-Q, Ctrl-I in Safari 5.0.4, and I get a tab in the text entry.
It doesn't work on SE sites, as those combinations are used, respectively, to start a quoted text and emphasized text.
It doesn't seem to work on Safari 5.1, or Firefox 4.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>amplify sound output on Mac
Possible Duplicate:
Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?
Is there an app to amplify sound output on Mac OS X, I've put the volume to max and it's still quiet.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>amplify sound output on Mac
Possible Duplicate:
Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?
Is there an app to amplify sound output on Mac OS X, I've put the volume to max and it's still quiet.
Boom is a simple program that does nothing except boost the system volume past its maximum. It can also increase the volume of audio files, although iTunes can also do this. It does cost money, but only $5.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Are There Any Text Browsers for iOS? I want a text-only browser on my iPod. It is not jailbroken (nor do I wish to do so), and it is running iOS 4.2.1. Does anyone know of a way to install any text browser on iOS without jailbreaking? Any of these text browsers would be awesome;
Lynx, Edbrowse, w3m, Elinks, Links, Emacs/W3, Net-Tamer, WebbIE, etc
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Are There Any Text Browsers for iOS? I want a text-only browser on my iPod. It is not jailbroken (nor do I wish to do so), and it is running iOS 4.2.1. Does anyone know of a way to install any text browser on iOS without jailbreaking? Any of these text browsers would be awesome;
Lynx, Edbrowse, w3m, Elinks, Links, Emacs/W3, Net-Tamer, WebbIE, etc
You could go on your iPod to a website like http://pizzaseo.com/tool-lynx.php to emulate the behavior.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there an application that moves menulets from the menu bar, and shows them in a little window? Is there a utility that shows the menulets in a window in the style of the old Control Strip (which means a window that automatically shows and hides)?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there an application that moves menulets from the menu bar, and shows them in a little window? Is there a utility that shows the menulets in a window in the style of the old Control Strip (which means a window that automatically shows and hides)?
It's not exactly the style used by the old Control Strip, but Bartender hides the menu extra icons, and show them in a little window that appears when clicking on its menu extra icon.
*
*Lets you tidy your menu bar apps how you want.
*See your menu bar apps when you want.
*Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
*Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
*Rearrange your menu bar items as you wish.
For each icon shown in the Menu Bar, it let you decide where the icon should be shown (Bartender Bar versus Manu Bar), and how long the item should be shown when it is updated.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there an application that moves menulets from the menu bar, and shows them in a little window? Is there a utility that shows the menulets in a window in the style of the old Control Strip (which means a window that automatically shows and hides)?
It's not exactly the style used by the old Control Strip, but Bartender hides the menu extra icons, and show them in a little window that appears when clicking on its menu extra icon.
*
*Lets you tidy your menu bar apps how you want.
*See your menu bar apps when you want.
*Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
*Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
*Rearrange your menu bar items as you wish.
For each icon shown in the Menu Bar, it let you decide where the icon should be shown (Bartender Bar versus Manu Bar), and how long the item should be shown when it is updated.
Short answer is no.
The menulets are controlled by SystemUIServer, a system application in charge of a number of things one of them being the right side of the menu bar. Unfortunately SystemUIServer is not replaceable, and its behavior cannot be changed.
Note that there are multiple kinds of 'menulets':
*
*System provided menus (the clock, airport signal, time machine...). These do use a private API as they run code inside SystemUIServer and Apple doesn't like people loading code in this sensitive piece of software. Those are present on disk with a '.menu' extension. Those are sitting on the right of the menu bar.
*Third party menus using the private API without Apple blessing. Those usually use a hack to bypass Apple protection (most common hack is MenuCracker, code is on SourceForge). Some of those menus are good and respectful of their environment, some of them are not. Those menulets are freely mixable with the system ones, you can ⌘-drag and drop them to reorder them.
*Applications deciding to provide a quick access menu on the menubar. Those do run in their own process and use a public API to place themselves on the menubar. You cannot reorder them and they always sit on the left of the system menus. SystemUIServer control those icons placement.
It could be possible to write an application capable of loading menulets by emulating the private API, but a number of things will not work as expected (toggle in preferences will not toggle in this app, I'm not sure that some menulets do not use some of SystemUIServer internals...). And anyway, no matter what you do there is no way to control the application positions.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there an application that moves menulets from the menu bar, and shows them in a little window? Is there a utility that shows the menulets in a window in the style of the old Control Strip (which means a window that automatically shows and hides)?
It's not exactly the style used by the old Control Strip, but Bartender hides the menu extra icons, and show them in a little window that appears when clicking on its menu extra icon.
*
*Lets you tidy your menu bar apps how you want.
*See your menu bar apps when you want.
*Hide the apps you need to run, but do not need to see.
*Have the clean looking menu bar you want.
*Rearrange your menu bar items as you wish.
For each icon shown in the Menu Bar, it let you decide where the icon should be shown (Bartender Bar versus Manu Bar), and how long the item should be shown when it is updated.
Short answer is no.
The menulets are controlled by SystemUIServer, a system application in charge of a number of things one of them being the right side of the menu bar. Unfortunately SystemUIServer is not replaceable, and its behavior cannot be changed.
Note that there are multiple kinds of 'menulets':
*
*System provided menus (the clock, airport signal, time machine...). These do use a private API as they run code inside SystemUIServer and Apple doesn't like people loading code in this sensitive piece of software. Those are present on disk with a '.menu' extension. Those are sitting on the right of the menu bar.
*Third party menus using the private API without Apple blessing. Those usually use a hack to bypass Apple protection (most common hack is MenuCracker, code is on SourceForge). Some of those menus are good and respectful of their environment, some of them are not. Those menulets are freely mixable with the system ones, you can ⌘-drag and drop them to reorder them.
*Applications deciding to provide a quick access menu on the menubar. Those do run in their own process and use a public API to place themselves on the menubar. You cannot reorder them and they always sit on the left of the system menus. SystemUIServer control those icons placement.
It could be possible to write an application capable of loading menulets by emulating the private API, but a number of things will not work as expected (toggle in preferences will not toggle in this app, I'm not sure that some menulets do not use some of SystemUIServer internals...). And anyway, no matter what you do there is no way to control the application positions.
A quick Google search landed me on this: Return of Control Strip [macworld.com]
I am not really sure whether this will help you because I have never used Mac OS Classic.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>AppleScript or Automator Workflow for Bulk-Converting Powerpoint Presentations to Keynote I have a large set of Powerpoint presentations that I would like to convert to Keynote. I can convert each one manually by following these steps:
*
*In Finder, right-click Powerpoint document and select Open With... -> Keynote
*In Keynote, choose Save As..., check the Save copy as checkbox, select iWork '08 as the format, and click OK.
However, doing this for each document is tedious. I'd like a way to convert them all at once.
I've been trying to create an Automator workflow for this, but have been completely unsuccessful. (I think being a programmer actually makes it impossible to understand the for-the-rest-of-us tools like Automator and AppleScript.) Can anyone help me out?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>AppleScript or Automator Workflow for Bulk-Converting Powerpoint Presentations to Keynote I have a large set of Powerpoint presentations that I would like to convert to Keynote. I can convert each one manually by following these steps:
*
*In Finder, right-click Powerpoint document and select Open With... -> Keynote
*In Keynote, choose Save As..., check the Save copy as checkbox, select iWork '08 as the format, and click OK.
However, doing this for each document is tedious. I'd like a way to convert them all at once.
I've been trying to create an Automator workflow for this, but have been completely unsuccessful. (I think being a programmer actually makes it impossible to understand the for-the-rest-of-us tools like Automator and AppleScript.) Can anyone help me out?
I couldn't figure out how to get Automator to do it, but I was able to beat AppleScript into submission. Just save the following as an Application in the AppleScript Editor, then drag the files you want to convert onto the icon. It will prompt you to choose a folder where the converted files will be placed.
on open droppedFiles
set theDestinationFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose destination folder") as Unicode text
repeat with theFile in droppedFiles
tell application "Keynote"
open theFile
set theSlideshow to slideshow 1
set theDestinationPath to theDestinationFolder & (name of theSlideshow)
save theSlideshow in theDestinationPath
close theSlideshow
end tell
end repeat
end open
(I don't really know what I'm doing with AppleScript. If there are improvements that can be made here, I'd like to know about them.)
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I transfer iPhone + iPad data to a new computer? I have iTunes installed on my old computer (Win XP) and all iPhone + iPad apps + all backups are done on this computer.
Now I would like to use iTunes on my new computer (Win 7) and retire the old one.
My experiments so far went really bad. If I do the obvious thing and install iTunes on the new computer, then try to sync the iPhone, it completely wipes the iPhone and all app data. That happens even though the iTunes account is the same as on the old computer.
My goal is simple: I want to be able to sync/backup both iPhone and iPad on the new computer without having to completely install all apps again and loosing all the app data on the devices.
This seems to be such an obvious thing - to switch to a new computer - am I just not seeing the easy way to do this?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I transfer iPhone + iPad data to a new computer? I have iTunes installed on my old computer (Win XP) and all iPhone + iPad apps + all backups are done on this computer.
Now I would like to use iTunes on my new computer (Win 7) and retire the old one.
My experiments so far went really bad. If I do the obvious thing and install iTunes on the new computer, then try to sync the iPhone, it completely wipes the iPhone and all app data. That happens even though the iTunes account is the same as on the old computer.
My goal is simple: I want to be able to sync/backup both iPhone and iPad on the new computer without having to completely install all apps again and loosing all the app data on the devices.
This seems to be such an obvious thing - to switch to a new computer - am I just not seeing the easy way to do this?
There's an Apple guide to this process
There's also this guide on HowToGeek.com
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I transfer iPhone + iPad data to a new computer? I have iTunes installed on my old computer (Win XP) and all iPhone + iPad apps + all backups are done on this computer.
Now I would like to use iTunes on my new computer (Win 7) and retire the old one.
My experiments so far went really bad. If I do the obvious thing and install iTunes on the new computer, then try to sync the iPhone, it completely wipes the iPhone and all app data. That happens even though the iTunes account is the same as on the old computer.
My goal is simple: I want to be able to sync/backup both iPhone and iPad on the new computer without having to completely install all apps again and loosing all the app data on the devices.
This seems to be such an obvious thing - to switch to a new computer - am I just not seeing the easy way to do this?
There's an Apple guide to this process
There's also this guide on HowToGeek.com
From my experience, unless you use Time Machine or Migration Assistant, it's not that easy task we'd expect it to be. Here's a very complete guide, here's a very simplistic one and here's another one that envolves hacking iTunes library and isn't exactly about just copying.
iTunes is a very messy program and it can easily become hard to keep it clean on just one machine. Transferring it to another machine is adding one more layer of mess.
As last resource, try some third party tool, such as syncopation. I haven't tried any myself, but seems very promising and most of them have free trials.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I transfer iPhone + iPad data to a new computer? I have iTunes installed on my old computer (Win XP) and all iPhone + iPad apps + all backups are done on this computer.
Now I would like to use iTunes on my new computer (Win 7) and retire the old one.
My experiments so far went really bad. If I do the obvious thing and install iTunes on the new computer, then try to sync the iPhone, it completely wipes the iPhone and all app data. That happens even though the iTunes account is the same as on the old computer.
My goal is simple: I want to be able to sync/backup both iPhone and iPad on the new computer without having to completely install all apps again and loosing all the app data on the devices.
This seems to be such an obvious thing - to switch to a new computer - am I just not seeing the easy way to do this?
There's an Apple guide to this process
There's also this guide on HowToGeek.com
From my experience, unless you use Time Machine or Migration Assistant, it's not that easy task we'd expect it to be. Here's a very complete guide, here's a very simplistic one and here's another one that envolves hacking iTunes library and isn't exactly about just copying.
iTunes is a very messy program and it can easily become hard to keep it clean on just one machine. Transferring it to another machine is adding one more layer of mess.
As last resource, try some third party tool, such as syncopation. I haven't tried any myself, but seems very promising and most of them have free trials.
Recently dealt with this problem with my parents upgrading from an iPad 2 to an iPad 3.
The iPad 2 was synced to one laptop, the iPad 3 was destined for another. We synced the iPad 3 to a backup of the iPad 2 and then went to plug it into the new laptop. (NOTE: the new laptop had all files from the old library synced via home share first.) iTunes asked whether to leave it alone or erase the iPad and sync. After playing around and much googling we went ahead and tried hitting erase and sync. When you do this, if the two iTunes libraries have the same iTunes account, it will actually make a full backup of the iPad BEFORE it "erases and syncs."
Once it was done, all files were there, even each app's files and settings. (Such as PDFs saved in good reader).
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Where are Apple's default desktop images stored? When I go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, I see many images in folders such as "Desktop Pictures", "Nature", "Plants", etc. Where are these images located?
I want to use them in an application such as SpaceSuit to set them as background images for different spaces.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Where are Apple's default desktop images stored? When I go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, I see many images in folders such as "Desktop Pictures", "Nature", "Plants", etc. Where are these images located?
I want to use them in an application such as SpaceSuit to set them as background images for different spaces.
As of macOS 12:
*
*Desktop JPEG wallpaper are located in /Library/Desktop Pictures
*Pre-installed dynamic wallpapers (HEIF) are located in /System/Library/Desktop Pictures
*Any dynamic wallpapers downloaded by the user (from the "Desktop & Screen Saver" preferences) are located in /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/com.apple.mobileAssetDesktop
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Where are Apple's default desktop images stored? When I go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, I see many images in folders such as "Desktop Pictures", "Nature", "Plants", etc. Where are these images located?
I want to use them in an application such as SpaceSuit to set them as background images for different spaces.
As of macOS 12:
*
*Desktop JPEG wallpaper are located in /Library/Desktop Pictures
*Pre-installed dynamic wallpapers (HEIF) are located in /System/Library/Desktop Pictures
*Any dynamic wallpapers downloaded by the user (from the "Desktop & Screen Saver" preferences) are located in /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/com.apple.mobileAssetDesktop
As of macOS 10.15 (Catalina) the location is /System/Library/Desktop Pictures. I'm unsure what version the location switched.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Where are Apple's default desktop images stored? When I go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, I see many images in folders such as "Desktop Pictures", "Nature", "Plants", etc. Where are these images located?
I want to use them in an application such as SpaceSuit to set them as background images for different spaces.
As of macOS 12:
*
*Desktop JPEG wallpaper are located in /Library/Desktop Pictures
*Pre-installed dynamic wallpapers (HEIF) are located in /System/Library/Desktop Pictures
*Any dynamic wallpapers downloaded by the user (from the "Desktop & Screen Saver" preferences) are located in /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/com.apple.mobileAssetDesktop
As of macOS 10.15 (Catalina) the location is /System/Library/Desktop Pictures. I'm unsure what version the location switched.
They're in /Library/Desktop Pictures/
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>router suggestions Any suggestions on buying a good router for my macbook?? I currently have a trendnet router. the wifi(WPA security) keeps dropping on a regular basis.
i am contemplating buying a apple airport extreme...but it costs 179$ ..is it worth the money???
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>router suggestions Any suggestions on buying a good router for my macbook?? I currently have a trendnet router. the wifi(WPA security) keeps dropping on a regular basis.
i am contemplating buying a apple airport extreme...but it costs 179$ ..is it worth the money???
You can get the Apple AirPort Express for $100 on Amazon. It's a nice router, with some nifty bonus features like music streaming.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>router suggestions Any suggestions on buying a good router for my macbook?? I currently have a trendnet router. the wifi(WPA security) keeps dropping on a regular basis.
i am contemplating buying a apple airport extreme...but it costs 179$ ..is it worth the money???
You can get the Apple AirPort Express for $100 on Amazon. It's a nice router, with some nifty bonus features like music streaming.
The Extreme is an expensive router. But my experience of it is that once set up correctly, it performs flawlessly until the day it dies (several years). On the flip side, you may go through several $80 routers in the mean time instead.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>router suggestions Any suggestions on buying a good router for my macbook?? I currently have a trendnet router. the wifi(WPA security) keeps dropping on a regular basis.
i am contemplating buying a apple airport extreme...but it costs 179$ ..is it worth the money???
You can get the Apple AirPort Express for $100 on Amazon. It's a nice router, with some nifty bonus features like music streaming.
The Extreme is an expensive router. But my experience of it is that once set up correctly, it performs flawlessly until the day it dies (several years). On the flip side, you may go through several $80 routers in the mean time instead.
Unless you're going to use all the features available from the Airport Extreme then it's probably not the best value for money. You could buy a cheap router which is supported by one of the open source firmware versions which would allow you to 'flash' the firmware and therefore enable options which are normally only available on more expensive products.
Take a look at the following three open-source firmware pages for supported routers and have a read about what features they offer and compare to what you need.
DD-WRT
Openwrt
Tomato
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
I came across this page because I had a similar situation and think I have found a solution that worked for me will work for others in the same situation. I was doing a screen capture video and my screen res is 1440x900 (imac). In the video I was making I was doing a tutorial on photoshop and when I opened it up in imovie it only offered 16:9, 4:3, and 3:2. All those aspect ratios would not work for me as it would crop certain tools out of the frame and the viewer would not know what I was clicking on. I chose 16:9 and once I placed the video in the project field I clicked on the small settings box at the beginning of the clip and chose "Cropping and Rotation". Over in the viewing window to the left I chose "Fit" and it changed the aspect ratio to 1440x900 eliminating the unwanted crop. Hope this is helpful to someone.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
I came across this page because I had a similar situation and think I have found a solution that worked for me will work for others in the same situation. I was doing a screen capture video and my screen res is 1440x900 (imac). In the video I was making I was doing a tutorial on photoshop and when I opened it up in imovie it only offered 16:9, 4:3, and 3:2. All those aspect ratios would not work for me as it would crop certain tools out of the frame and the viewer would not know what I was clicking on. I chose 16:9 and once I placed the video in the project field I clicked on the small settings box at the beginning of the clip and chose "Cropping and Rotation". Over in the viewing window to the left I chose "Fit" and it changed the aspect ratio to 1440x900 eliminating the unwanted crop. Hope this is helpful to someone.
Yes! I figured out how to do this.
The trick is that you must crop the clip BEFORE you drag it into the timeline. If you try to crop after the clip is dragged into the timeline at the bottom, you can only used a pre-formatted rectangle size.
Hope this helps somebody!
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
I came across this page because I had a similar situation and think I have found a solution that worked for me will work for others in the same situation. I was doing a screen capture video and my screen res is 1440x900 (imac). In the video I was making I was doing a tutorial on photoshop and when I opened it up in imovie it only offered 16:9, 4:3, and 3:2. All those aspect ratios would not work for me as it would crop certain tools out of the frame and the viewer would not know what I was clicking on. I chose 16:9 and once I placed the video in the project field I clicked on the small settings box at the beginning of the clip and chose "Cropping and Rotation". Over in the viewing window to the left I chose "Fit" and it changed the aspect ratio to 1440x900 eliminating the unwanted crop. Hope this is helpful to someone.
Yes! I figured out how to do this.
The trick is that you must crop the clip BEFORE you drag it into the timeline. If you try to crop after the clip is dragged into the timeline at the bottom, you can only used a pre-formatted rectangle size.
Hope this helps somebody!
Leaving this for future reference: now you can crop a video from the imported media section before adding it to the movie.
iMovie will add black bars automatically to fit the video, which you can control using the cropping tool on the clip after adding it to the movie.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
I came across this page because I had a similar situation and think I have found a solution that worked for me will work for others in the same situation. I was doing a screen capture video and my screen res is 1440x900 (imac). In the video I was making I was doing a tutorial on photoshop and when I opened it up in imovie it only offered 16:9, 4:3, and 3:2. All those aspect ratios would not work for me as it would crop certain tools out of the frame and the viewer would not know what I was clicking on. I chose 16:9 and once I placed the video in the project field I clicked on the small settings box at the beginning of the clip and chose "Cropping and Rotation". Over in the viewing window to the left I chose "Fit" and it changed the aspect ratio to 1440x900 eliminating the unwanted crop. Hope this is helpful to someone.
Yes! I figured out how to do this.
The trick is that you must crop the clip BEFORE you drag it into the timeline. If you try to crop after the clip is dragged into the timeline at the bottom, you can only used a pre-formatted rectangle size.
Hope this helps somebody!
Leaving this for future reference: now you can crop a video from the imported media section before adding it to the movie.
iMovie will add black bars automatically to fit the video, which you can control using the cropping tool on the clip after adding it to the movie.
Actually, you set the aspect ratio, or more accurately the video resolution which determines the aspect ratio, when you export your finalized movie. For instance, I created a video for my Kickstarter.com project (you can see it here: http://kck.st/h0aufg) and I was switching between aspect ratios on export between 4:3 and 16:9. What you see in iMovie is just the source footage. It's the export that matters. You just have to play with the advanced settings for the exported type.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iMovie: Crop and letterbox (ignore aspect ratio) I have a project in iMovie and I want to crop part of one of the included clips to a rectangle that isn't 16x9 or 4x3 or any standard aspect ratio. As far as I can see, iMovie will only let me crop in the shape of the current ratio.
How can I get iMovie to let me crop part of a clip to a nonstandard aspect ratio and letterbox the result?
There is not any reference to custom aspect ratio on iMovie's manual, neither any setting in the project's or crop tool's properties.
If custom aspect ratios would supported from iMovie, I believe that Apple would make them easy to find..
After all, iMovie is a consumer product, and they have excluded such "advanced" features in order to get more customers to the Final Cut Suite.
The only solution to your problem, would be to crop your footage prior importing to iMovie.
You may use free apps such as MPEG Streamclip or VideoMonkey (which is the open-source version of VisualHub).
Although I haven't used any of them for cropping, they do support custom aspect ratios!
I hope this helps!
I came across this page because I had a similar situation and think I have found a solution that worked for me will work for others in the same situation. I was doing a screen capture video and my screen res is 1440x900 (imac). In the video I was making I was doing a tutorial on photoshop and when I opened it up in imovie it only offered 16:9, 4:3, and 3:2. All those aspect ratios would not work for me as it would crop certain tools out of the frame and the viewer would not know what I was clicking on. I chose 16:9 and once I placed the video in the project field I clicked on the small settings box at the beginning of the clip and chose "Cropping and Rotation". Over in the viewing window to the left I chose "Fit" and it changed the aspect ratio to 1440x900 eliminating the unwanted crop. Hope this is helpful to someone.
Yes! I figured out how to do this.
The trick is that you must crop the clip BEFORE you drag it into the timeline. If you try to crop after the clip is dragged into the timeline at the bottom, you can only used a pre-formatted rectangle size.
Hope this helps somebody!
Leaving this for future reference: now you can crop a video from the imported media section before adding it to the movie.
iMovie will add black bars automatically to fit the video, which you can control using the cropping tool on the clip after adding it to the movie.
Actually, you set the aspect ratio, or more accurately the video resolution which determines the aspect ratio, when you export your finalized movie. For instance, I created a video for my Kickstarter.com project (you can see it here: http://kck.st/h0aufg) and I was switching between aspect ratios on export between 4:3 and 16:9. What you see in iMovie is just the source footage. It's the export that matters. You just have to play with the advanced settings for the exported type.
The newest iMovie 10.1.9 has a fix. Select the clip. Above the viewing window click the crop icon. Select "Fit". Your clip will revert to the original format.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>AppleScript - Changing Width of Dialog Box and Adding Text I have a normal display dialog working using AppleScript within the Editor. How would one increase the width of the display dialog and add text under the input field and above the buttons. In advance, thank you for your time.
display dialog "EXAMPLE" with icon alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:ICON.icns" as string) default answer (do shell script "SHELL SCRIPT HERE " & quoted form of (text returned of (display dialog "Enter String:" default answer "" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"))) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>AppleScript - Changing Width of Dialog Box and Adding Text I have a normal display dialog working using AppleScript within the Editor. How would one increase the width of the display dialog and add text under the input field and above the buttons. In advance, thank you for your time.
display dialog "EXAMPLE" with icon alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:ICON.icns" as string) default answer (do shell script "SHELL SCRIPT HERE " & quoted form of (text returned of (display dialog "Enter String:" default answer "" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"))) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"
Regarding "Changing Width of Dialog Box", I know of no method to decrease the width of a dialog box.
How would one increase the width of the display dialog
One unsophisticated method to increase the width of a dialog does exist.
A dialog will automatically widen to accommodate the full width of (so as to not truncate) a button title. Consequently, you can add space characters to the button text (spaced out evenly on both ends for a symmetrical appearance) to increase the overall dialog width.
Using your sample dialog:
It looks funny to have such a broad button, but this is better than nothing, I suppose.
Using this method, you can make an AppleScript dialog as wide as your screen.
I'd prefer that this trick worked with the dialog title instead. But, if a dialog title exceeds the length of the dialog, the dialog title will simply be cut off, and an ellipsis will be appended.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Use hdmi equipped TV/projector as a Mac monitor I have a TV with hdmi inputs, and I have an old Mac Book Pro with DVI output, and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro which has mini DVI output.
When I want to use TV/projector with hdmi inputs as an external monitor, is it just simply connect them with dvi to hdmi connector?
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*If so, what vendors are favored with reasonable price?
*If not, what equipment do I need to connect them?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Use hdmi equipped TV/projector as a Mac monitor I have a TV with hdmi inputs, and I have an old Mac Book Pro with DVI output, and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro which has mini DVI output.
When I want to use TV/projector with hdmi inputs as an external monitor, is it just simply connect them with dvi to hdmi connector?
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*If so, what vendors are favored with reasonable price?
*If not, what equipment do I need to connect them?
New MacBook Pros don't have mini DVI; they have mini DisplayPort. You'll need a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor (third party; Apple don't make one), and it will need to also have an audio connector since mini DisplayPort doesn't include an audio signal.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Use hdmi equipped TV/projector as a Mac monitor I have a TV with hdmi inputs, and I have an old Mac Book Pro with DVI output, and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro which has mini DVI output.
When I want to use TV/projector with hdmi inputs as an external monitor, is it just simply connect them with dvi to hdmi connector?
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*If so, what vendors are favored with reasonable price?
*If not, what equipment do I need to connect them?
New MacBook Pros don't have mini DVI; they have mini DisplayPort. You'll need a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor (third party; Apple don't make one), and it will need to also have an audio connector since mini DisplayPort doesn't include an audio signal.
It is that simple. However your resolution will be 1920 x 1080, so the benefit of a larger than 27" monitor is minimal at the distances you would typically have a monitor.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Use hdmi equipped TV/projector as a Mac monitor I have a TV with hdmi inputs, and I have an old Mac Book Pro with DVI output, and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro which has mini DVI output.
When I want to use TV/projector with hdmi inputs as an external monitor, is it just simply connect them with dvi to hdmi connector?
*
*If so, what vendors are favored with reasonable price?
*If not, what equipment do I need to connect them?
New MacBook Pros don't have mini DVI; they have mini DisplayPort. You'll need a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor (third party; Apple don't make one), and it will need to also have an audio connector since mini DisplayPort doesn't include an audio signal.
It is that simple. However your resolution will be 1920 x 1080, so the benefit of a larger than 27" monitor is minimal at the distances you would typically have a monitor.
Yes you just need a mini-DisplayPort to HDMI converter cable for new Macs and a mini-DVI to HDMI converter cable for older MacBooks. There is no evidence to support that expensive HDMI cables (or DVI cables for that matter) with gold-plated contacts etc. are better than cheap ones. As long as the cable is built to a reasonable standard where it meets the appropriate safety regulations it should perform flawlessly unless you're buying the cable in lengths of 30 foot or more. There are plenty of tests out there to support what I'm saying, I've provided an image and link below to explain further.
http://www.40tech.com/2010/05/13/never-buy-expensive-hdmi-cables-buy-lots-of-cheap-ones-and-still-come-out-ahead/
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Selecting buttons with keyboard
Possible Duplicate:
How can I select buttons with just the keyboard?
I have been using OS X for only a while now and am finding certain things a bit hard to do. Consider an option box shown below :-
Pressing an enter key would shut down the system, however how do I select the "restart" or the "cancel" options using they keyboard alone? Whats the keyboard shortcut for that? Arrow keys just dont work.
Coming from a Linux/Windows background, this is really confusing.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What are the differences between /usr/bin/login and /usr/bin/bash? Terminal.app has a setting to select which shell it uses, and the default setting is "Default login shell (/usr/bin/login)".
What are the differences between /usr/bin/login and /usr/bin/bash?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What are the differences between /usr/bin/login and /usr/bin/bash? Terminal.app has a setting to select which shell it uses, and the default setting is "Default login shell (/usr/bin/login)".
What are the differences between /usr/bin/login and /usr/bin/bash?
Griffo is correct. Now in your scenario, the difference boils down to the following:
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*if you pick /bin/login, then this program will check in the user database what your default shell is and run that shell as a login shell, thereby invoking the rc files that are run only when the shell is run as a login shell (in case of bash those are /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login and , and ~/.profile.
*if you pick /bin/bash, that shell will be executed as a login shell, independently of what shell is set in the user database. This can come in useful when the shell in the user database does not work properly, or you want to be able to use different shells.
As per the comment by Chris Page, the shell is run as a login shell in both cases.
If you have not changed your login shell from the default, which is /bin/bash, and you have not changed the rc files of this shell, then the difference will not be noticeable.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is it possible to disconnect a bluetooth connection using Applescript? I want to disconnect a connection to a bluetooth device through an Applescript. Please note that I don't want to disable or enable bluetooth, I just want to disable one specific connection.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is it possible to disconnect a bluetooth connection using Applescript? I want to disconnect a connection to a bluetooth device through an Applescript. Please note that I don't want to disable or enable bluetooth, I just want to disable one specific connection.
Here is what I use for disconnecting my Samsung Soundbar. Also remember that you need to give permission to application to use SystemUIServer steps for that.
System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility > [name_of_your_application]
One little remark: you need to have bluetooth icon on your menu bar.
tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
set bt to (first menu bar item whose description is "bluetooth") of menu bar 1
click bt
tell (first menu item whose title is "[Samsung] Soundbar") of menu of bt
click
tell menu 1
if exists menu item "Disconnect" then
click menu item "Disconnect"
else
click bt -- close main dropdown to clean up after ourselves
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is it possible to disconnect a bluetooth connection using Applescript? I want to disconnect a connection to a bluetooth device through an Applescript. Please note that I don't want to disable or enable bluetooth, I just want to disable one specific connection.
Here is what I use for disconnecting my Samsung Soundbar. Also remember that you need to give permission to application to use SystemUIServer steps for that.
System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility > [name_of_your_application]
One little remark: you need to have bluetooth icon on your menu bar.
tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
set bt to (first menu bar item whose description is "bluetooth") of menu bar 1
click bt
tell (first menu item whose title is "[Samsung] Soundbar") of menu of bt
click
tell menu 1
if exists menu item "Disconnect" then
click menu item "Disconnect"
else
click bt -- close main dropdown to clean up after ourselves
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
Bluetooth functionality isn't made available through the Mac OS APIs (System Events being the chief one for things like this). You should be able to do this with GUI scripting (a great intro can be found on the Mac OS X automation site), but this is a really wonky way of doing it and is error-prone (unexpected dialog windows being the single biggest problem).
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there an iOS PDF reader with support for PDF layers? I was looking for a PDF Reader application which supported PDF layers (turning them on and off).
Do any exist?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there a bluetooth phone that can remain paired with iPhone? What I would like to do is find a bluetooth capable phone that I can pair with my iPhone and will remain paired even if my iPhone is paired with a bluetooth headset at the same time.
I had purchased the AT&T phone model TL92278, but, if I forgot to turn off my headset just before I returned home, the phone would no longer be paired with my iPhone. It was easy, but annoying to have to pair it again constantly.
Basically, I am wondering if there is a phone out there that can remain paired with my iPhone while my iPhone is paired with a headset.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Why is my Apple TV returning errors when I watch movies rented from Apple? Movies start, but a few times per movie, returns an error: "An error occurred while loading this content". It will allow me to start it again, but it's really frustrating. Internet connection seems solid enough- movies in hd start almost instantly, and nothing else on the network hiccups when it occurs.
Any ideas?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What processes run while my Mac is asleep? What processes, if any, run while my computer is put to sleep (not hibernation mode)?
For example, if there's an application which prints a line every second to a file, will it print lines while the computer is asleep? If I have an application running doing video conversion, would it continue its process while the computer is sleeping? If I have an IM application running, will I receive messages while the computer sleeps?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Pdfs on my iPad to my pc I have downloaded some pdf files I need them for school but would like to read them on my PC at home. how do I get them to my PC.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Pdfs on my iPad to my pc I have downloaded some pdf files I need them for school but would like to read them on my PC at home. how do I get them to my PC.
Email might be the most noob-friendly.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Pdfs on my iPad to my pc I have downloaded some pdf files I need them for school but would like to read them on my PC at home. how do I get them to my PC.
Email might be the most noob-friendly.
If you have opened the pdf in ibooks on your iPad then when you sync the iPad they should appear in the books section in iTunes. You may need to turn this section on. From the menu bar click iTunes > Preferences (on a mac) Edit > Preferences - then in the General tab tick the box next to books.
It doesn't separate them out into ebooks and pdfs like iBooks does, but if you know what it's called you should be able to find it easy enough.
If you need to find in on your hard drive then right click the file and click 'show in finder' (on a mac) - not sure what you'd click on a PC.
hope that help
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Why does (Apple) Remote Desktop, with client ports correctly forwarded, report as "Offline" to administrator's machine? Administration Target
An iMac Intel Core 2 Duo:
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*Mac OS X 10.6.6;
*ARD Client 3.4-current;
Router Configuration
*
*WAN-side TCP & UDP 22, 3283 and 5900 forwarded to the iMac.
*In desperation, I DMZed the administration target.
Problem
Before DMZing my administration target (i.e., with only 22, 3283 and 5900 forwarded), the iMac is listed as "Offline" on the Remote Desktop administration screen. However, I can ssh into it from Terminal.app successfully and I can control the screen — I simply can't do any 'special' tasks (copy, install, report, restart, sleep, etc): I essentially can't do anything other than viewing/controlling (and locking) the screen.
Once the host was DMZed, my administration window lists the node as "Screen Sharing Only".
Any ideas?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How to have my iPad use Win 2008 server's internet connection? I have an iPad that is connected to my network's wireless router. However, this router is connected to my Win 2008 server, which is itself connected to the internet. The iPad is unable to connect to the public url for the exchange server on the server and has erratic internet access, where Windows laptops are provided with faultless internet access, even when they are not a member of the domain.
How do I solve this?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How often does Google Notifier check for email? I just installed Google Notifier (Mac), and I noticed that it's a bit delayed in when it reports an email has arrived.
It seems that it polls the server every X minutes instead of using push technology. How often does Google Notifier check for mail, and is there any way to modify it?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How often does Google Notifier check for email? I just installed Google Notifier (Mac), and I noticed that it's a bit delayed in when it reports an email has arrived.
It seems that it polls the server every X minutes instead of using push technology. How often does Google Notifier check for mail, and is there any way to modify it?
I believe by default it checks every ten minutes. To adjust the interval, click on the mail icon, then hold down the Command and Option keys and click on Preferences.
A box will pop up asking for a key and value. Use AutocheckInterval as the key and type the number of minutes in the value box. Then click Set and you're done. You need to restart it for the change to take effect.
NOTE: AutocheckInterval is case-sensitive
You can also do the following in Terminal
defaults write com.google.GmailNotifier AutocheckInterval #
Replace the # above with a number to represent minutes between checks
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>"System Builder" Windows on VMWare Fusion? I am a web developer, and I want to buy a copy of Windows 7 to use with my currently-existing copy of VMWare Fusion for easier testing of web sites in Internet Explorer. However, the overabundance of Windows versions is confusing me. I believe I want the Professional version, since from what I understand, the Windows XP emulation feature will let me install IE 6 and 7 for testing alongside 8 and 9. However, Amazon is offering me two versions of Windows 7 Pro; a normal boxed one, and a "System Builder" one for half the price. Obviously I'd rather purchase the latter, but I haven't found any clear information as to whether it can legally or technically be used under virtualization or not. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than about 4GB.
I could archive the file into some multi-part format (e.g., RAR) or I could use some not-quite-perfect userspace filesystem drivers (MacFUSE) on the Mac to write to an NTFS-formatted disk, but it seems like there should be a better way. What other options are there?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than about 4GB.
I could archive the file into some multi-part format (e.g., RAR) or I could use some not-quite-perfect userspace filesystem drivers (MacFUSE) on the Mac to write to an NTFS-formatted disk, but it seems like there should be a better way. What other options are there?
You have five options:
*
*Network transfer through FTP or
Samba directly to a NTFS drive on
the windows machine
*External drive with NTFS filesystem, which of course is the
one of the best ways to do it on an
external drive, [edit-add] though you would need some additional software on the Mac's end to be able to write to the NTFS partition.
*Multipart archive, like you said above.
*Use some software on the windows machine to read HFS
partitions. In the past I've tried
the trial of MacDrive and it
worked quite well, but is paid software. There may be some alternative to it.
*(bonus) Do a hackintosh setup on the windows machine, so you can
read HFS partitions :)
*(edit-add) With an external harddrive with NTFS partition and a VirtualBox with linux on it. You can then upload the files through virtualbox, as linux supports writing to NTFS partitions through NTFS-3g. This would be the the "hackiest" way, but it would come at no money cost, because all of the software is free (virtualbox, linux(easiest is ubuntu))
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than about 4GB.
I could archive the file into some multi-part format (e.g., RAR) or I could use some not-quite-perfect userspace filesystem drivers (MacFUSE) on the Mac to write to an NTFS-formatted disk, but it seems like there should be a better way. What other options are there?
You have five options:
*
*Network transfer through FTP or
Samba directly to a NTFS drive on
the windows machine
*External drive with NTFS filesystem, which of course is the
one of the best ways to do it on an
external drive, [edit-add] though you would need some additional software on the Mac's end to be able to write to the NTFS partition.
*Multipart archive, like you said above.
*Use some software on the windows machine to read HFS
partitions. In the past I've tried
the trial of MacDrive and it
worked quite well, but is paid software. There may be some alternative to it.
*(bonus) Do a hackintosh setup on the windows machine, so you can
read HFS partitions :)
*(edit-add) With an external harddrive with NTFS partition and a VirtualBox with linux on it. You can then upload the files through virtualbox, as linux supports writing to NTFS partitions through NTFS-3g. This would be the the "hackiest" way, but it would come at no money cost, because all of the software is free (virtualbox, linux(easiest is ubuntu))
If you are under 10.6.5 or later and Windows Vista or above, you can format your memory stick or usb hard drive to exFAT, a newer version of FAT with large file support and almost unlimited partition size. It has no permissions to speak of so it's perfect to transfer files around.
Older systems will not see it however.
I use this file system on my external 1TB WD hdd and it works beautifully.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than about 4GB.
I could archive the file into some multi-part format (e.g., RAR) or I could use some not-quite-perfect userspace filesystem drivers (MacFUSE) on the Mac to write to an NTFS-formatted disk, but it seems like there should be a better way. What other options are there?
You have five options:
*
*Network transfer through FTP or
Samba directly to a NTFS drive on
the windows machine
*External drive with NTFS filesystem, which of course is the
one of the best ways to do it on an
external drive, [edit-add] though you would need some additional software on the Mac's end to be able to write to the NTFS partition.
*Multipart archive, like you said above.
*Use some software on the windows machine to read HFS
partitions. In the past I've tried
the trial of MacDrive and it
worked quite well, but is paid software. There may be some alternative to it.
*(bonus) Do a hackintosh setup on the windows machine, so you can
read HFS partitions :)
*(edit-add) With an external harddrive with NTFS partition and a VirtualBox with linux on it. You can then upload the files through virtualbox, as linux supports writing to NTFS partitions through NTFS-3g. This would be the the "hackiest" way, but it would come at no money cost, because all of the software is free (virtualbox, linux(easiest is ubuntu))
If you are under 10.6.5 or later and Windows Vista or above, you can format your memory stick or usb hard drive to exFAT, a newer version of FAT with large file support and almost unlimited partition size. It has no permissions to speak of so it's perfect to transfer files around.
Older systems will not see it however.
I use this file system on my external 1TB WD hdd and it works beautifully.
Y'could use ext3 and then install Ext2Fsd in Windows, though you're still using a userspace filesystem driver in that case (albeit one maybe better than MacFUSE's NTFS driver?)...
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>White on black without inverting colors? When using Mac OS X, is there a way to have white text on black background without inverting the other colors?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>White on black without inverting colors? When using Mac OS X, is there a way to have white text on black background without inverting the other colors?
Create a Custom ICC Profile
Theoretically this is possible by creating a custom ICC profile for your monitor. However, creating an ICC profile is not trivial.
You can see this ability by looking at some of the specialised profiles in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/. The Gray Tone profile for example compresses all the colours into a single black to white strip.
The Lightness Increase profile's 3D representation demonstrates how any colour can be mapped to any other colour.
There are a number of problems to this approach. Mac OS X's text is anti-aliased. Inverting just black with white will likely result in outlined text; the gray pixels surrounding each letter will not be inverted.
An Alterative Approach: Editing System.clr
An alternative approach is to alter the colours returned by Apple's NSColor class. This class provides the colours and patterns used across Mac OS X. The file that stores the Developer colours is located at /System/Library/Colors/System.clr.
Looking at Apple's Color Programming Topics guide, I suspect a developer may be able to load the file into a NSColorList instance, alter the colour, and write back the file.
This goes against Apple's advice not to alter files in /System, but it is probably your best solution. The modification task requires someone with Objective-C knowledge and available consulting time.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I leverage multiple iTunes libraries in a LAN to create an office jukebox? Well, we all have Macs, we all have iTunes, and we want to be able to democratically enqueue songs on one of our Macs while being able to choose from everyone's iTunes libraries.
Is there such a tool?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I leverage multiple iTunes libraries in a LAN to create an office jukebox? Well, we all have Macs, we all have iTunes, and we want to be able to democratically enqueue songs on one of our Macs while being able to choose from everyone's iTunes libraries.
Is there such a tool?
You should be able to do this using shared libraries, which would probably be the easiest way and not cause any problems with permissions or anything like that, however it would probably end up with number of separate libraries rather than just having a one large library.
UPDATE:
Having had a bit of a look into the shared libraries feature it could be a decent option if combined with iTunes DJ - which can be turned on in preferences if currently off.
Essentially you would require everyone to turn sharing on for their iTunes library (or specific playlists) then have one of your computers acting as a master which has iTunes DJ setup. You can then add tracks from any of the libraries and have requests and votes for next tracks sent via the Remote app for iPhone or just shouted across the office.
May still not be quite what you're after, but essentially uses features already available in iTunes rather than a 3rd Party app to do it for you.
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You could try having one folder for music and all linking to it, but you may hit permission issues or DRM or something silly like that.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1203
This tells you how to move the library to a shared folder for one computer to allow multiple users to connect to it, the actual library is still per user, so you may get duplicate files or have to update the library if new files are added. In theory this would allow multiple computers to connect to one collection of music, add to it and play the files others have added. Though my theory is untested and may be flawed (like all good theories).
On a different note:
I was able to have one library (so viewing the same apps, podcasts, music etc. without the need to update it each time you logged in or downloaded new stuff) for multiple users on one computer by copying the whole iTunes folder to the shared folder and then adding an alias to the shared iTunes folder in the Music folder for each users Home folder - which is a bit of a convoluted sentence - which may be of some help, but probably not as the library gets locked when it's accessed by a user, so i can't imagine it'd help for multiple computers. Just another way of doing things.
Hope that helps in some way, let me know id it's absolute guff though.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
Some things nobody mentioned: warranty, one of the best cases/constructions money can buy both from a funcional and aesthetical point of view, that sudden peace of mind coming from the realization that you don't need drivers anymore.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
Some things nobody mentioned: warranty, one of the best cases/constructions money can buy both from a funcional and aesthetical point of view, that sudden peace of mind coming from the realization that you don't need drivers anymore.
If you get an iMac you will be somewhat future proofing yourself in terms of future software compatibility. There's no guarantee that something like MacOS X 10.7 will work on your Hackintosh.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
Some things nobody mentioned: warranty, one of the best cases/constructions money can buy both from a funcional and aesthetical point of view, that sudden peace of mind coming from the realization that you don't need drivers anymore.
If you get an iMac you will be somewhat future proofing yourself in terms of future software compatibility. There's no guarantee that something like MacOS X 10.7 will work on your Hackintosh.
If you are assuming that you can get (and keep) a hackintosh working properly, the main difference is that the iMac will probably cost you more and looks prettier. The difference is that getting the hackintosh to work will be a massive pain and if it breaks, no one will fix it for you. The iMac will work out of the box and Apple will fix it for you when it breaks. Basically, you pay a bit more money (at least in the 21" case -- the larger screen iMacs are actually pretty cheap for the screen you get) and save a massive amount of time and worry.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
Some things nobody mentioned: warranty, one of the best cases/constructions money can buy both from a funcional and aesthetical point of view, that sudden peace of mind coming from the realization that you don't need drivers anymore.
If you get an iMac you will be somewhat future proofing yourself in terms of future software compatibility. There's no guarantee that something like MacOS X 10.7 will work on your Hackintosh.
If you are assuming that you can get (and keep) a hackintosh working properly, the main difference is that the iMac will probably cost you more and looks prettier. The difference is that getting the hackintosh to work will be a massive pain and if it breaks, no one will fix it for you. The iMac will work out of the box and Apple will fix it for you when it breaks. Basically, you pay a bit more money (at least in the 21" case -- the larger screen iMacs are actually pretty cheap for the screen you get) and save a massive amount of time and worry.
One of the unique benefits of buying an iMac is their strong resale value. With a hackintosh, the only practical option would be to sell off the pieces one by one, which is both a larger undertaking and less likely to make you as much money.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the advantage of buying an iMac over building a Hackintosh? I'm not looking for a flame war or anything like that.
I am looking at (once I have some money, the hardest part) buying a iMac. Let's just assume one could build a fully working Hackintosh with one's current hardware.
What would be the advantage of buying a new 21" iMac running the same Mac OS X version vs. building a Hackintosh with better hardware?
The chances of me building a Hackintosh is low as I am, well, lazy. :) Just looking for reasons to buy a new iMac.
If, as you say, you are "lazy", then you will certainly want to go with the iMac. Building and maintaining a hackintosh is not for the faint of heart. The first one I built took me over a month of trial and error and scouring google before I had what I would call a "functioning" system.
The only (as I see it) reasons to build a hackintosh instead of buying an iMac are listed below.
*
*Cost: A hackintosh with the same specs as an iMac will be substantially cheaper.
*Expandability: Let's see, an iMac lets you change the HDD/SSD, and the RAM. If you're good, you can swap the optical drive for a disk drive or a SATA port. If you build it yourself, you can put whatever you want in it and change it as often as you want. Note: Yeah, you could buy a Mac Pro, but they start at $2500.
*Nerd Cred: Building a computer: +10. Circumventing an operating system and its copy protection: +25.
Seriously, the most important advantage with Hackintosh will be the knowledge about OS X internal workings which you will get by tinkering with your Hackintosh.
If you do not find messing around your Hack to be exciting then I do not recommend to waste time on it.
And do not expect things working 'out of the box' with some "distribution".
The ability to login to the MAS with your Apple ID and download/install Lion from scratch over the internet without requiring any media/recovery partitions etc, just straight through the EFI firmware. That will never happen on a hackintosh.
We had to wait a year, but finally, a genuine differentiator!
I own an 2008 iMac, but just recently built a Hackintosh, running 10.7.3 for my girlfriend who couldn't afford a real Mac. I figured if everything doesn't work right, it's no big deal as it will more than likely be used to surf the web, play on facebook, organize photos, etc. What I found out is, the $400 Hackintosh I built runs circles around my $1400 iMac. Granted my iMac is getting old, but the Hackintosh is posting Geekbench scores around 7500, which is the equivalent of a high end 27" 2011 iMac for a quarter of the price (my 2008 iMac scored a 3500 by the way). I've (so far) have had no major problems. I also have working HDMI video out and USB3. It did take some setting up, but now that I know what I'm doing I feel I can confidently build a new one in under 2 hrs, that's building it and installing the software. One side note, the $400 does not include an internal HDD, as I used an old one I had laying around the house. Another thing you will have to add to the price is a monitor and a copy of OSX, if you don't have them. So, when you factor in the price of the monitor and HDD, you could easly double your price.
Also, the argument of a good warranty with the iMac is flawed, in that I get a better warranty on my individual parts. I believe my motherboard alone gets a three year warranty. Also, I can upgrade my computer to future proof it if I need to. It wouldn't take much (time or money) to upgrade the CPU or graphics card compared to buying a new Mac.
I'm going to play around a little more with my girlfriends Hackintosh, including running real software on it, like Adobe Creative Suites and see if I encounter any problems with it over the next few months. If everything works out, I think I'll be building one for myself here soon.
If your intention of buying a iMac/Hackintosh is to use it for a long term, then go for the iMac (or the Mac Mini/Macbook/Macbook pro with an external monitor). If it is for just playing around, experimenting or learning OSX internals(as @shpokas
mentioned), or using for a relatively short term, the hackintosh is just fine.
If you think the iMac is too expensive for you, then hackintosh is definitely not the way to go, IMHO, I do not see any ROI in the hackintosh.
Some things nobody mentioned: warranty, one of the best cases/constructions money can buy both from a funcional and aesthetical point of view, that sudden peace of mind coming from the realization that you don't need drivers anymore.
If you get an iMac you will be somewhat future proofing yourself in terms of future software compatibility. There's no guarantee that something like MacOS X 10.7 will work on your Hackintosh.
If you are assuming that you can get (and keep) a hackintosh working properly, the main difference is that the iMac will probably cost you more and looks prettier. The difference is that getting the hackintosh to work will be a massive pain and if it breaks, no one will fix it for you. The iMac will work out of the box and Apple will fix it for you when it breaks. Basically, you pay a bit more money (at least in the 21" case -- the larger screen iMacs are actually pretty cheap for the screen you get) and save a massive amount of time and worry.
One of the unique benefits of buying an iMac is their strong resale value. With a hackintosh, the only practical option would be to sell off the pieces one by one, which is both a larger undertaking and less likely to make you as much money.
Another thing to consider is desk space. The amount of space an iMac occupies is minimal compared to a hackintosh (assuming the hackintosh is a tower).
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Reading academic papers on the iPhone I frequently want to read academic papers while on the go. They're usually in PDF format, so I sync them to my iPhone with iBooks.
The problem is that most of the papers I want to read are in a two-column format that's extremely difficult to read on the phone's screen - I have to zoom in on a column, scroll down, then scroll up to the top of the next column and repeat.
Is there any software that will "flatten" out the PDF? I love Instapaper for web-based information; something that could turn a two-column PDF into a long stream of text and images would be great.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Reading academic papers on the iPhone I frequently want to read academic papers while on the go. They're usually in PDF format, so I sync them to my iPhone with iBooks.
The problem is that most of the papers I want to read are in a two-column format that's extremely difficult to read on the phone's screen - I have to zoom in on a column, scroll down, then scroll up to the top of the next column and repeat.
Is there any software that will "flatten" out the PDF? I love Instapaper for web-based information; something that could turn a two-column PDF into a long stream of text and images would be great.
Goodreader for the iphone extracts text and images and fits them to your iphone screen and can be customized to your liking.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Reading academic papers on the iPhone I frequently want to read academic papers while on the go. They're usually in PDF format, so I sync them to my iPhone with iBooks.
The problem is that most of the papers I want to read are in a two-column format that's extremely difficult to read on the phone's screen - I have to zoom in on a column, scroll down, then scroll up to the top of the next column and repeat.
Is there any software that will "flatten" out the PDF? I love Instapaper for web-based information; something that could turn a two-column PDF into a long stream of text and images would be great.
Goodreader for the iphone extracts text and images and fits them to your iphone screen and can be customized to your liking.
Calibre can be used to manage eBook libraries including PDF, and has the tools to transform them to other formats, including re-flow of text.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Reading academic papers on the iPhone I frequently want to read academic papers while on the go. They're usually in PDF format, so I sync them to my iPhone with iBooks.
The problem is that most of the papers I want to read are in a two-column format that's extremely difficult to read on the phone's screen - I have to zoom in on a column, scroll down, then scroll up to the top of the next column and repeat.
Is there any software that will "flatten" out the PDF? I love Instapaper for web-based information; something that could turn a two-column PDF into a long stream of text and images would be great.
Goodreader for the iphone extracts text and images and fits them to your iphone screen and can be customized to your liking.
Calibre can be used to manage eBook libraries including PDF, and has the tools to transform them to other formats, including re-flow of text.
For academic papers I would recommend Papers by Mekentosj.
The app is available for iOS and Mac, so you can read, annotate or mark your papers on the go and have all papers in sync with your Mac. At home you can easily work with your papers, because Papers is also reference management software and gives the ability to directly search within your papers and cite within Word, Pages and several other editors.
I have the iOS and the Mac app and I love it.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I tell if a QuickTime movie is prepared for streaming? I have been given a QuickTime file to place on a web site for my client. I requested the file be prepared for streaming using "Fast Start - Compressed Header" so that the video with start to play as soon as QuickTime player has buffered enough. (We will not be using a QuickTime Streaming Server for this video)
I am unsure if the file provided to me meets my request. For one, it seems to be am MPEG4 file, not an MPEG4 video file wrapped in a QuickTime .mov container. But even when I export a short ~10 second clip using "fast Start - Compressed Header" and open that in QuickTime player, nothing I can see under Movie Properties or Movie Information shows me that I have added a fast start header.
How can I determine if a QuickTime movie file is prepared for streaming using Fast Start, Compressed Header?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Issue with floating windows and Spaces This problem has been bothering me since I switch to Snow Leopard. When I use applications that have some floating windows (Maya 2011, Adobe After Effects), Spaces seems to bring the floating windows along for the ride. The main application window stays in it's appropriate space. When using an app like Maya, this could be 5-10 windows. A workaround is to click the desktop twice and then jump to a new space, but that is getting old. This was never a problem in Leopard.
Thanks,
Mark
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>I cannot connect to my workplace VPN My workplace has VPN and it works great for me in Parallels Windows XP and Bootcamp Windows Vista. However, with the same config, I can't get it to work in Snow Leopard. I don't know what type of server they are using, but PPTP works for Windows. Any ideas why it may work for Windows and not OS X?
Update: I should also mention that at one point it did work. I couldn't tell you if anything changed at the server between when it did work and when it stopped.
More information: I can connect just fine, but I can't access any resources. I try to ping a known internal IP address and the destination can't be reached.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I cannot connect to my workplace VPN My workplace has VPN and it works great for me in Parallels Windows XP and Bootcamp Windows Vista. However, with the same config, I can't get it to work in Snow Leopard. I don't know what type of server they are using, but PPTP works for Windows. Any ideas why it may work for Windows and not OS X?
Update: I should also mention that at one point it did work. I couldn't tell you if anything changed at the server between when it did work and when it stopped.
More information: I can connect just fine, but I can't access any resources. I try to ping a known internal IP address and the destination can't be reached.
I've had trouble with VPN before on my setup. I fixed my problem, but I had to do a couple of weird things first. Could you tell me more about your settings?
Under System > Preferences > Advanced...
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*Under (tab) DNS > DNS Servers: Do you have your DNS servers set?
a. If so, are they something like 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.4?
You may need to change your home router's IP address if so.
*Under (tab) DNS > Search Domains: do you have a search domain set?
ie. domain.local
I hope changing those settings helps. If not let me know and I'll try to help. VPN has been enormously frustrating for me in the past.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I cannot connect to my workplace VPN My workplace has VPN and it works great for me in Parallels Windows XP and Bootcamp Windows Vista. However, with the same config, I can't get it to work in Snow Leopard. I don't know what type of server they are using, but PPTP works for Windows. Any ideas why it may work for Windows and not OS X?
Update: I should also mention that at one point it did work. I couldn't tell you if anything changed at the server between when it did work and when it stopped.
More information: I can connect just fine, but I can't access any resources. I try to ping a known internal IP address and the destination can't be reached.
I've had trouble with VPN before on my setup. I fixed my problem, but I had to do a couple of weird things first. Could you tell me more about your settings?
Under System > Preferences > Advanced...
*
*Under (tab) DNS > DNS Servers: Do you have your DNS servers set?
a. If so, are they something like 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.4?
You may need to change your home router's IP address if so.
*Under (tab) DNS > Search Domains: do you have a search domain set?
ie. domain.local
I hope changing those settings helps. If not let me know and I'll try to help. VPN has been enormously frustrating for me in the past.
In my experience, this is usually due to authentication or encryption. Double-check your settings. Also I wonder if the server may be on an encryption scheme unsupported by OS X.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Graphical Ping Plotter, similar to Perfgraph? On Windows, I use a program called Perfgraph, which, among other things, showed a visual graph of ping latency to various hosts in my Task bar. Here's an example:
The ping metric is the graph on the far right.
Does anyone know if something like this is available for OS X? I use it to ping my router and my DNS name server so that I always have a graphical indicator on my connection quality, and if there are problems I know if the source is inside or outside my router.
So far, the only "alternative" is the CLI ping command, which just doesn't present the information in as easily digestible format as Perfgraph.
I don't need all the other functions of Perfgraph, I just want that ping plotter!
Thanks all!
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Graphical Ping Plotter, similar to Perfgraph? On Windows, I use a program called Perfgraph, which, among other things, showed a visual graph of ping latency to various hosts in my Task bar. Here's an example:
The ping metric is the graph on the far right.
Does anyone know if something like this is available for OS X? I use it to ping my router and my DNS name server so that I always have a graphical indicator on my connection quality, and if there are problems I know if the source is inside or outside my router.
So far, the only "alternative" is the CLI ping command, which just doesn't present the information in as easily digestible format as Perfgraph.
I don't need all the other functions of Perfgraph, I just want that ping plotter!
Thanks all!
I have a nice CLI solution - it's called mtr. It's installable via homebrew or ports.
Here is a screenshot:
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Graphical Ping Plotter, similar to Perfgraph? On Windows, I use a program called Perfgraph, which, among other things, showed a visual graph of ping latency to various hosts in my Task bar. Here's an example:
The ping metric is the graph on the far right.
Does anyone know if something like this is available for OS X? I use it to ping my router and my DNS name server so that I always have a graphical indicator on my connection quality, and if there are problems I know if the source is inside or outside my router.
So far, the only "alternative" is the CLI ping command, which just doesn't present the information in as easily digestible format as Perfgraph.
I don't need all the other functions of Perfgraph, I just want that ping plotter!
Thanks all!
I have a nice CLI solution - it's called mtr. It's installable via homebrew or ports.
Here is a screenshot:
Nagios does install with ports on MacOS X.
Have a look at these performance graphs.
I must quote here the final message of Nagions installer:
But Nagios is a complex program so you should read the documentation online at
http://www.nagios.org or locally at /opt/share/nagios/docs/index.html to fully understand Nagios.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Share the clipboards automatically when using Apple Screen Sharing? Is it possible to share the clipboard of my local machine and a remote machine automatically when using OS X's built-in Screen Sharing utility? The whole Edit -> Send Clipboard, Edit -> Get Clipboard routine starts to feel a little cumbersome if you're doing any regular copy and paste work between your local desktop and a remote session.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Share the clipboards automatically when using Apple Screen Sharing? Is it possible to share the clipboard of my local machine and a remote machine automatically when using OS X's built-in Screen Sharing utility? The whole Edit -> Send Clipboard, Edit -> Get Clipboard routine starts to feel a little cumbersome if you're doing any regular copy and paste work between your local desktop and a remote session.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the clipboard can be shared automatically. However, instead of going Edit->Send Clipboard and Edit->Get Clipboard, you can use the get/send clipboard buttons:
They're usually hidden by default, but you can get them to appear by clicking this button in the upper right hand corner of the window:
or going View->Show Toolbar
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Share the clipboards automatically when using Apple Screen Sharing? Is it possible to share the clipboard of my local machine and a remote machine automatically when using OS X's built-in Screen Sharing utility? The whole Edit -> Send Clipboard, Edit -> Get Clipboard routine starts to feel a little cumbersome if you're doing any regular copy and paste work between your local desktop and a remote session.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the clipboard can be shared automatically. However, instead of going Edit->Send Clipboard and Edit->Get Clipboard, you can use the get/send clipboard buttons:
They're usually hidden by default, but you can get them to appear by clicking this button in the upper right hand corner of the window:
or going View->Show Toolbar
This feature seems to now exist in Apple Screen Sharing Version 1.5 (481.1)
Edit > Use Shared Clipboard
Or View > Show Toolbar and then select Use Shared Clipboard
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What control character do I send to the terminal to make it delete a full word at a time? I recently discovered that sending \033[5D and \033[5C sends the character to move a full word at a time, making mac os x terminal almost as awesome as the default ubuntu and debian terminals.
So then, the one thing I'm missing is: the control key to bind option-delete and option-backspace to deletion of full words.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What control character do I send to the terminal to make it delete a full word at a time? I recently discovered that sending \033[5D and \033[5C sends the character to move a full word at a time, making mac os x terminal almost as awesome as the default ubuntu and debian terminals.
So then, the one thing I'm missing is: the control key to bind option-delete and option-backspace to deletion of full words.
ctrl+W will delete the previous word.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I search for Safari Extensions? I noticed that Safari has an Extensions Gallery page. I'm wondering how I would search all the extensions to find the one I want.
Does that page list all of the extensions available, meaning I should use Edit > Find...? Or are there many more which aren't listed on the page?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I search for Safari Extensions? I noticed that Safari has an Extensions Gallery page. I'm wondering how I would search all the extensions to find the one I want.
Does that page list all of the extensions available, meaning I should use Edit > Find...? Or are there many more which aren't listed on the page?
There are many extensions not listed on Apple's page. However, if they're not on the main page, they're not on Apple's site at all. Your cmd-f solutions is the best option if you want to search just the extensions that Apple has listed.
If you want to broaden your search to more of the extensions available, turn to third-party sites: http://safariextensions.org/, http://safariextensions.tumblr.com/, and http://www.pimpmysafari.com/category/extensions are all good, more-comprehensive lists.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>A jabber chat client that displays a list of rooms? I'm on OS X 10.6.6, and I've tried Adium and iChat, but neither are iChat isn't capable of showing a list of available rooms anywhere on our company chat server. Does anyone know of a Jabber chat client that can? Thanks!
Update: See my answer at the bottom of the page ;)
Yes Adium can!
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>A jabber chat client that displays a list of rooms? I'm on OS X 10.6.6, and I've tried Adium and iChat, but neither are iChat isn't capable of showing a list of available rooms anywhere on our company chat server. Does anyone know of a Jabber chat client that can? Thanks!
Update: See my answer at the bottom of the page ;)
Yes Adium can!
The only client I've come across that does this is Psi. There's a "Service Discovery" item in the menus, and browsing the conference/muc bridge interface SHOULD list all the registered rooms.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How would TimeMachine work with two external (destination) drives? I would like to backup my data to two external drives. That way I would like this to work is that both disks should have have a full backup of my internal disk. Is this the way TimeMachine would work?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How would TimeMachine work with two external (destination) drives? I would like to backup my data to two external drives. That way I would like this to work is that both disks should have have a full backup of my internal disk. Is this the way TimeMachine would work?
I haven't tried it, but since mountain lion, it just works.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How would TimeMachine work with two external (destination) drives? I would like to backup my data to two external drives. That way I would like this to work is that both disks should have have a full backup of my internal disk. Is this the way TimeMachine would work?
I haven't tried it, but since mountain lion, it just works.
I don't think time machine will backup to two separate disks simultaneously, but I can give you my backup solution:
*
*Time Machine to external drive. Easy and I don't ever have to think about it. Just plug it in and BOOM! backup.
*Second, bootable backup to a second external drive using CarbonCopyCloner. This one runs on a schedule and it's a free program.
*Dropbox. I have the 50gb account, and I store all of my current projects, important documents, and anything else i may need at any time, whether I'm in front of my Mac or not. Using the Dropbox iPhone and iPad apps along with the web interface, I can always get to important files when I need to.
*Finally, I use Arq to backup a copy of my library folder to an Amazon S3 bucket. This one is a paid app, but worth it because I'm paranoid and it makes me feel comfortable that even if both of my backup drives fail, between the S3 Library backup and my documents on Dropbox, I can recover from a disaster quickly and with minimal hassle.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How would TimeMachine work with two external (destination) drives? I would like to backup my data to two external drives. That way I would like this to work is that both disks should have have a full backup of my internal disk. Is this the way TimeMachine would work?
I haven't tried it, but since mountain lion, it just works.
I don't think time machine will backup to two separate disks simultaneously, but I can give you my backup solution:
*
*Time Machine to external drive. Easy and I don't ever have to think about it. Just plug it in and BOOM! backup.
*Second, bootable backup to a second external drive using CarbonCopyCloner. This one runs on a schedule and it's a free program.
*Dropbox. I have the 50gb account, and I store all of my current projects, important documents, and anything else i may need at any time, whether I'm in front of my Mac or not. Using the Dropbox iPhone and iPad apps along with the web interface, I can always get to important files when I need to.
*Finally, I use Arq to backup a copy of my library folder to an Amazon S3 bucket. This one is a paid app, but worth it because I'm paranoid and it makes me feel comfortable that even if both of my backup drives fail, between the S3 Library backup and my documents on Dropbox, I can recover from a disaster quickly and with minimal hassle.
You might consider 1 Time Machine disk and 1 disk that is using CrashPlan. The CrashPlan disk can be offsite too.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Sync used iPhone for first time My wife received an 3G iPhone from her sister after her sister bought a newer version. My wife has already had the iPhone switched over to her AT&T account but has not synced it with a computer.
I am PC guy and don't know much about Macs in general.
First I want to know how to sync it for the first time. She does not care about any music/pictures/apps etc. What is most important are the contact/addresses/phone numbers.
Further. I want her to be able to sync with her laptop on a regular basis but I want to be able to restore from my computer in case her laptop gets stolen/destroyed/corrupted.
Her laptop is a Windows 7 and my computer is also a Windows 7.
The first time I tried to sync I received an ominous warning about all data being removed or something to that effect. So what is the best way to go about this?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Best approach for enterprise integration I found information from Apple regarding managing a business with a large number of iPhones and iPads. It looks to me like Apple just builds the libraries, and expects vendors to build applications that actually manage these devices. Of course all of the options that Apple mentions are the typical "call us for a price" places.
Any advice on a simple way to manage iPhones within an enterprise? Recommendations on reasonably priced software? I want to do the standard stuff. Deploy applications, create restrictions, etc.
Just looking for someone with experience that can point me in the right direction.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Best approach for enterprise integration I found information from Apple regarding managing a business with a large number of iPhones and iPads. It looks to me like Apple just builds the libraries, and expects vendors to build applications that actually manage these devices. Of course all of the options that Apple mentions are the typical "call us for a price" places.
Any advice on a simple way to manage iPhones within an enterprise? Recommendations on reasonably priced software? I want to do the standard stuff. Deploy applications, create restrictions, etc.
Just looking for someone with experience that can point me in the right direction.
While Apple puts their iOS Enterprise Deployment documentation in their developer area, it doesn't mean that you need custom software to handle iPhones and iPads. It's all pretty much what I think of as standard sysadmin-type work, so while it does require some knowledge of XML files and scripting, it's fairly well documented.
Here are some places to start:
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*iPhone Configuration Utility
*Distributing Enterprise Apps for iOS 4 Devices
*Over-the-Air Profile Delivery and Configuration
*iPhone Configuration Profile Key Reference
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Look Up in Dictionary with "All" filter I like the fact that I can launch the dictionary app by highlighting a word in any any application and then going to (Application Name) > Services > Look Up in Dictionary.
However, this selects the Dictionary filter (instead of All, Thesaurus, Apple, or Wikipedia). I would prefer if it selected the All filter instead. Is there any way to create such a global menu item/shortcut which would do the same thing as lookup in dictionary but have it select the All filter instead of the Dictionary filter?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>My old voice memos don't sync via iTunes I have switched computer which I'm using to sync with my iPhone 3Gs. The problem is that all my old voice memos aren't added to my iTunes library, but they're still on the iPhone.
So I wonder how do fix so I can get all my voice memos to sync with iTunes?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I convert a suitcase font? I have a font set - Type: Font Suitcase
I am sure I have used a terminal command to convert it to a TTF or OTF. I don't really want to pay for software to do so. What is the best way of converting these types of font?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I convert a suitcase font? I have a font set - Type: Font Suitcase
I am sure I have used a terminal command to convert it to a TTF or OTF. I don't really want to pay for software to do so. What is the best way of converting these types of font?
Font Suitcases can potentially hold 2 different kinds of fonts: bitmap fonts and TrueType fonts. Normally, font suitcases that hold bitmap font data are only one half of the font; to be usable you need to have the additional PostScript Outline font files (these will have an LWFN icon).
Otherwise, the font suitcase can represent a TrueType font, which compared to a "PostScript Type 1 Font Suitcase", is truly self-contained.
I'm not aware of command-line font converters for the Mac. The only type of conversion I could imagine using command line tools would be converting from a resource-fork-based Font Suitcase to a Datafork TrueType font (.dfont), and possibly from a Mac TrueType to a Windows TrueType font (basically you'd need to extract the 'sfnt' resource entries).
To try to figure out if the Mac Font Suitcase is a TrueType font, you can use the following command:
grep -c sfnt /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
What this does is return the number of times 'sfnt' is found in the resource fork of the file in question. If this returns 0, the file is most likely not a TrueType font.
Note that by default, terminal command will only act on the data fork part of files. For example:
ls -la /Library/Fonts/BankGothic
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 root admin 0 Mar 7 2007 /Library/Fonts/BankGothic
This shows that the file is empty (has a file size of 0). To specifically target the resource fork, you append /..namedfork/rsrc to the filename as in the following example:
ls -la /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 346937 Mar 7 2007 /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
EDIT:
If it is a Mac TrueType font, I can convert it to one or more Windows TrueType fonts (.ttf) for you. (For this particular type of conversion, there's no need to use font software; a simple Mac resource editor (and knowledge of this process) should be sufficient. If I do convert it in this manner, I'll provide screenshots of what I'm doing for the record).
EDIT 2: See my answer on StackOverflow for "Using OS 9 resource fork fonts with CSS" for a tool I wrote that would allow drag and drop extracting of sfnt resource entries to individual ttf font files.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I convert a suitcase font? I have a font set - Type: Font Suitcase
I am sure I have used a terminal command to convert it to a TTF or OTF. I don't really want to pay for software to do so. What is the best way of converting these types of font?
Font Suitcases can potentially hold 2 different kinds of fonts: bitmap fonts and TrueType fonts. Normally, font suitcases that hold bitmap font data are only one half of the font; to be usable you need to have the additional PostScript Outline font files (these will have an LWFN icon).
Otherwise, the font suitcase can represent a TrueType font, which compared to a "PostScript Type 1 Font Suitcase", is truly self-contained.
I'm not aware of command-line font converters for the Mac. The only type of conversion I could imagine using command line tools would be converting from a resource-fork-based Font Suitcase to a Datafork TrueType font (.dfont), and possibly from a Mac TrueType to a Windows TrueType font (basically you'd need to extract the 'sfnt' resource entries).
To try to figure out if the Mac Font Suitcase is a TrueType font, you can use the following command:
grep -c sfnt /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
What this does is return the number of times 'sfnt' is found in the resource fork of the file in question. If this returns 0, the file is most likely not a TrueType font.
Note that by default, terminal command will only act on the data fork part of files. For example:
ls -la /Library/Fonts/BankGothic
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 root admin 0 Mar 7 2007 /Library/Fonts/BankGothic
This shows that the file is empty (has a file size of 0). To specifically target the resource fork, you append /..namedfork/rsrc to the filename as in the following example:
ls -la /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 346937 Mar 7 2007 /Library/Fonts/BankGothic/..namedfork/rsrc
EDIT:
If it is a Mac TrueType font, I can convert it to one or more Windows TrueType fonts (.ttf) for you. (For this particular type of conversion, there's no need to use font software; a simple Mac resource editor (and knowledge of this process) should be sufficient. If I do convert it in this manner, I'll provide screenshots of what I'm doing for the record).
EDIT 2: See my answer on StackOverflow for "Using OS 9 resource fork fonts with CSS" for a tool I wrote that would allow drag and drop extracting of sfnt resource entries to individual ttf font files.
Font Suitcases can also contain PostScript Type 1 outline fonts. The current highest voted answer above does not mention this. And the solution proposed there does not work for these types of suitcases.
Here is a screenshot of what a Type 1 suitcase looks like in OS X:
The steps for converting these to OpenType OTF are:
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*Download and install FontForge as per http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/downloads/mac/.
*With each suitcase file, you will find one or more font data files that are part of the suitcase set — usually with a similar name; these are the files you need to open. For example, the suitcase might be named "Gadzooks Family" and Finder will show its type as "font suitcase"; and with it you might see files called GadzooIta and GadzooMed (the italic and medium styles) which have the Finder type of "PostScript® Type 1 outline font". There is no standard naming convention, unfortunately, but it should be pretty obvious.
*Open one of the PostScript outline font files. FontForge will probably not show the file, since typically they do not have a file extension. Set the file filter in the Open dialog to show all files. This should allow you to open the font. If it worked, you should see a grid of all the font characters.
*Import the kerning data. Go to File > Merge Feature Info… in the menu, and choose the file that is the font suitcase. You should then be prompted with a list of data sources within the suitcase, and you need to choose the corresponding font data from the list. Unfortunately this is more art than science, but the font data should have a name similar to the name of the font style you are editing.
*To verify that the kerning data was imported, choose Metrics > New Metrics Window from the menu, and then in the bar at the top type a couple characters that should have a kerning setting (such as “AV” or “WA” — these are likely suspects, but every font is different), and you should see a value in the Kern box below (for example, maybe "–20").
*Save if you want, using FontForge native .sfd format.
*Choose the File > Generate Fonts… menu command to export the font in the format desired. I got a bunch of warnings when I did this, but it still worked.
*When using this method, I found that a few kerning pairs were lost. I don't know why, but it was usually the same several kerning pairs in each font that went missing. Out of 30-100 kerning pairs per font, maybe 3-5 would be missing. But these can be restored manually. Using the commercial font management app FontExplorerX Pro, for example, you can see all the kerning pairs in a font and their values. You can then manually enter any missing values in FontForge's metrics window before exporting the font.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
See here for a similar question. Most likely the "Other" is your jailbreak (Cydia or other)... are you jailbroken?
If not, the other ideas found there are:
*
*Delete Contacts
*Delete Notes
*Delete Calendar Events
*Delete Saved E-Mails
*Delete Old Texts
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
See here for a similar question. Most likely the "Other" is your jailbreak (Cydia or other)... are you jailbroken?
If not, the other ideas found there are:
*
*Delete Contacts
*Delete Notes
*Delete Calendar Events
*Delete Saved E-Mails
*Delete Old Texts
Apart from bookmarks, calendars, contacts, emails, and notes, I noticed that the "yellow" bar increased after I updated to a newer iOS version.
In the first case, it's easy to decrease the memory usage by removing the items that are not necessary (starting from email messages); for the last case, I don't really know how to free the memory.
I don't have much memory taken for other items; it's probable that in your case, the memory is used for email messages, contacts, calendars, or notes.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
See here for a similar question. Most likely the "Other" is your jailbreak (Cydia or other)... are you jailbroken?
If not, the other ideas found there are:
*
*Delete Contacts
*Delete Notes
*Delete Calendar Events
*Delete Saved E-Mails
*Delete Old Texts
Apart from bookmarks, calendars, contacts, emails, and notes, I noticed that the "yellow" bar increased after I updated to a newer iOS version.
In the first case, it's easy to decrease the memory usage by removing the items that are not necessary (starting from email messages); for the last case, I don't really know how to free the memory.
I don't have much memory taken for other items; it's probable that in your case, the memory is used for email messages, contacts, calendars, or notes.
Click Reset Warnings on your device's icon in iTunes, then Sync. This will allow you to see if you have a bunch of apps crashing and leaving crash logs behind.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
See here for a similar question. Most likely the "Other" is your jailbreak (Cydia or other)... are you jailbroken?
If not, the other ideas found there are:
*
*Delete Contacts
*Delete Notes
*Delete Calendar Events
*Delete Saved E-Mails
*Delete Old Texts
Apart from bookmarks, calendars, contacts, emails, and notes, I noticed that the "yellow" bar increased after I updated to a newer iOS version.
In the first case, it's easy to decrease the memory usage by removing the items that are not necessary (starting from email messages); for the last case, I don't really know how to free the memory.
I don't have much memory taken for other items; it's probable that in your case, the memory is used for email messages, contacts, calendars, or notes.
Click Reset Warnings on your device's icon in iTunes, then Sync. This will allow you to see if you have a bunch of apps crashing and leaving crash logs behind.
Any app that stores information- Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Dropbox, VLC, Goodreader, etc...- stores those files in "other". If you have opened attachments (documents, PDFs, etc...) in your Mail app, those are also stored in "other" for a short time. Next time you sync your iPhone, check under the "Apps" tab way down at the bottom in the "File Sharing" section. If you have a bunch of apps that have documents in that area and you aren't using the documents, clean them off and see how much smaller your "other" is.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I clean up 'Other' storage on iPhone 3G? My iPhone 3G is currently showing 3.1GB of 'Other' disk space in iTunes, and this amount seems to be growing by about 0.1GB every couple of days. I can't find any good references for what this space could actually be getting used for.
I've heard of doing a restore to clear it up, which works, for about a day, but then the 'Other' space starts to quickly accumulate again.
I've also done all the Internet history clearing, turning off of indexing and removing of disabled mail accounts, still no success. I'd love to know how to either clear this stuff up, or see a decent explanation for why my phone is using all this extra space.
Here's a snapshot of what my disk usage bar in iTunes looks like:
UPDATE: My phone is not jailbroken. It is stock IOS 4.2.1.
If you are jailbroken you could use iFile (not free, but worth the $4) from Cydia to find out how much space is used by which folder on your iPhone.
In iFile press the blue arrow after each folder and take a look at Size under Attributes. Do this for all the folders and sub-folders until you can zero in on what uses up the space on your device.
I had this same exact problem until 2 days ago followed the procedure outlined on this page: http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/ and it worked well. Re-created below. I haven't seen my Other size grow since.
Step 1: Turn of sync music in iTunes
When you have synced your iPhone and noticed that “other files” have taken up a lot of storage space on the iPhone, un-tick the “sync music” alternative in iTunes before un-connecting your iPhone.
Step 2: Install DiskAid software on computer/mac (Instead of using DiskAid (paid), I used iPhone Explorer (which is free.))
DiskAid is a neat little software that allows you transfer files to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, treating it as a USB drive. They offer a free trial of the software so no need to purchase it first time you have to use it at least.
Make sure your iPhone is connected with the USB when you open up DiskAid. When the program is running, at the bottom left corner it says “DiskAid folder”, click on the drop down list and choose “media folders”.
Step 3: Go into iTunes Control folder and then the Music folder
In DiskAid you will see an overview of all the folders and files on your iPhone. Go to the iTunes Control Folder and then the subfolder called Music. Under the Music folder you will likely see a lot of subfolders starting with “f”.
Step 4: Delete/remove all subfolders in Music
Delete all the subfolders under the Music folder. They include the files that are hogging your iPhone memory under “other files”.
Step 5: Open iTunes and sync your iPhone
With “music sync” still turned off in iTunes, sync your iPhone. This will remove all music files from your iPhone, but keep all other content. Don’t worry about this though, as in the next steps you will sync the music back onto your iPhone.
Step 6: Unplug iPhone and reboot it
Once the iPhone has finished syncing, unplug it and perform a reboot. The reboot is done by holding down the “power down” button at the top right at the same times as holding down the control button. Hold both of them until the iPhone has switched off and the Apple logo appears on the screen before releasing both buttons. This action will reboot your iPhone.
Step 7: Reconnect your iPhone to iTunes and recheck “sync music”
This will put your music back onto the iPhone, and you should not see any of the “other files” taking up any of the iPhone memory. Once the sync is complete your iPhone should be all sorted again.
If you still see “other files” taking up memory on your iPhone you have likely done something wrong or left out subfolders in step 4.
Also, delete the same type of sub-folders in the PWNTunes Itunes Control folder as well if you are jailbroken and have PWNTunes installed.
See here for a similar question. Most likely the "Other" is your jailbreak (Cydia or other)... are you jailbroken?
If not, the other ideas found there are:
*
*Delete Contacts
*Delete Notes
*Delete Calendar Events
*Delete Saved E-Mails
*Delete Old Texts
Apart from bookmarks, calendars, contacts, emails, and notes, I noticed that the "yellow" bar increased after I updated to a newer iOS version.
In the first case, it's easy to decrease the memory usage by removing the items that are not necessary (starting from email messages); for the last case, I don't really know how to free the memory.
I don't have much memory taken for other items; it's probable that in your case, the memory is used for email messages, contacts, calendars, or notes.
Click Reset Warnings on your device's icon in iTunes, then Sync. This will allow you to see if you have a bunch of apps crashing and leaving crash logs behind.
Any app that stores information- Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Dropbox, VLC, Goodreader, etc...- stores those files in "other". If you have opened attachments (documents, PDFs, etc...) in your Mail app, those are also stored in "other" for a short time. Next time you sync your iPhone, check under the "Apps" tab way down at the bottom in the "File Sharing" section. If you have a bunch of apps that have documents in that area and you aren't using the documents, clean them off and see how much smaller your "other" is.
I tried some of the solutions here, but nothing worked. So here's what almost worked for me. I have 5.5GB of 'other' that wouldn't go away.
So i connected my iphone to my ubuntu box (10.10) and was able to browse through the folders. By right-clicking each folder and selecting 'properties', i was able to pin down the offending Safari folder, and the file 'goog-phish-shavar.db' within. I couldn't find much info about this file, but it appears to be a sqlite db of domains, possibly for the purposes of fraud control (anti-phishing).
I deleted the file, then re-synced, but found the 5.5 GB still there. So I rebooted, still there. Turned off Fraud warnings, resynced, still there. Rebooted, resynced... still freakin' there! plugged back into ubuntu, found and redeleted, rebooted, verified it was really, really gone in ubuntu.. reconnected and what do you know - it's back again! I can't seem to get rid of it. but at least i know what's taking up all the space. I'll post back here if I can figure out how to get rid of it once and for all.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there a way to reduce the swappiness of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? I have 6GB on my old Macbook, with an SSD. I would like to avoid writing to the swap file as much as possible. Ever since my upgrade, I have always had at least 1 to 1.5GB memory "free". Yet, I have always had 2 to 25MB of used swap space. (Out of 128MB total) How do I get this to be 0MB swap used unless I run out of "free" memory?
On Linux, there is now a "swappiness" parameter that controls the tendency to use swap. I'd like to crank OS X's "swappiness" down very very low, but not deactivate swap entirely. I'd like to know that my machine will just run slower if it ever runs out of memory instead of having a kernel panic. I'm pretty close to where I want to be, but I'd like to get rid of these writes to a large file that (slightly) shorten the life of my SSD while doing me no benefit whatsoever.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a way to reduce the swappiness of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? I have 6GB on my old Macbook, with an SSD. I would like to avoid writing to the swap file as much as possible. Ever since my upgrade, I have always had at least 1 to 1.5GB memory "free". Yet, I have always had 2 to 25MB of used swap space. (Out of 128MB total) How do I get this to be 0MB swap used unless I run out of "free" memory?
On Linux, there is now a "swappiness" parameter that controls the tendency to use swap. I'd like to crank OS X's "swappiness" down very very low, but not deactivate swap entirely. I'd like to know that my machine will just run slower if it ever runs out of memory instead of having a kernel panic. I'm pretty close to where I want to be, but I'd like to get rid of these writes to a large file that (slightly) shorten the life of my SSD while doing me no benefit whatsoever.
I'm not sure that a swap file of 2MB to 25MB is really something to worry about. It might be more useful to look at the values for Page In and Page Out to determine how often data is being written to the swap. The number of page events can be found using the System Memory tab of the Activity Monitor application.
There are a couple of other options that you could try but I think you're probably way out of warranty if you try:
*
*Disabling dynamic pager
*Creating a new paging system
I would just suggest putting up with the existing system since the wear on your SSD is probably minimal especially since SSD wear is a bit of a myth anyway or maybe it's not.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What's the most complete calendar app for iPhone? I (and I think many of you) would like to find an iPhone calendar app that lets the user add an new event by touching the hour (no the day-view mode) and delay an event, instead of needing to enter, edit, change the time and finally save.
Is there such an app?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's the most complete calendar app for iPhone? I (and I think many of you) would like to find an iPhone calendar app that lets the user add an new event by touching the hour (no the day-view mode) and delay an event, instead of needing to enter, edit, change the time and finally save.
Is there such an app?
I'm a big fan of Calvetica, which can do the things you're looking for. And it's much prettier than the default iOS Calendar app.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there an xkeymacs equivalent in Mac? In PC, the utility of xkeymacs.exe enables one to use emacs key in every case. Does Mac have the similar utility? For example, is there a utility that I can use key 'C-x C-s' to send the key 'Command-S'?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there an xkeymacs equivalent in Mac? In PC, the utility of xkeymacs.exe enables one to use emacs key in every case. Does Mac have the similar utility? For example, is there a utility that I can use key 'C-x C-s' to send the key 'Command-S'?
You could configure some of them in ~/Library/Keybindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict. See hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html and this sample file: Emacs Opt Bindings.dict.
Another option would be to use KeyRemap4MacBook. It supports over 1000 preconfigured keybindings, including an "Emacs Mode" section.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there an xkeymacs equivalent in Mac? In PC, the utility of xkeymacs.exe enables one to use emacs key in every case. Does Mac have the similar utility? For example, is there a utility that I can use key 'C-x C-s' to send the key 'Command-S'?
You could configure some of them in ~/Library/Keybindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict. See hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/cocoa-text.html and this sample file: Emacs Opt Bindings.dict.
Another option would be to use KeyRemap4MacBook. It supports over 1000 preconfigured keybindings, including an "Emacs Mode" section.
Edit: It looks like there is a solution described here.
I don't know of a solution, but I'd bet if anything could do this, it would be Ukelele.
Ukelele can assign multiple-character
strings and can create "dead keys",
where a keystroke sets a new state
that modifies the output of the
following keystroke.
Possibly combined with an Automator app. The initial keystroke C-x initiates the app, it captures the secondary keystroke (C-s), uses a lookup table to convert C-s to CMD+s, and then passes that to the foreground app.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>RSS reader with Instapaper or Readability integration? One of my main information stream inputs is RSS feeds. Yet many link to long articles on strangely designed web pages, so I regularly read using Instapaper, or Readability.
Is there a RSS reader with built-in integration with Instapaper?
I want to quickly scan lots of feeds, and hit one button to send to Instapaper. Yes I know that I could use Google Reader, on a browser, with the Instapaper extension installed.
I find the web interface of google hard to scan quickly, and I would prefer an offline RSS reader.
thanks
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>RSS reader with Instapaper or Readability integration? One of my main information stream inputs is RSS feeds. Yet many link to long articles on strangely designed web pages, so I regularly read using Instapaper, or Readability.
Is there a RSS reader with built-in integration with Instapaper?
I want to quickly scan lots of feeds, and hit one button to send to Instapaper. Yes I know that I could use Google Reader, on a browser, with the Instapaper extension installed.
I find the web interface of google hard to scan quickly, and I would prefer an offline RSS reader.
thanks
NetNewsWire integrates with Instapaper and also syncs with Google Reader.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>RSS reader with Instapaper or Readability integration? One of my main information stream inputs is RSS feeds. Yet many link to long articles on strangely designed web pages, so I regularly read using Instapaper, or Readability.
Is there a RSS reader with built-in integration with Instapaper?
I want to quickly scan lots of feeds, and hit one button to send to Instapaper. Yes I know that I could use Google Reader, on a browser, with the Instapaper extension installed.
I find the web interface of google hard to scan quickly, and I would prefer an offline RSS reader.
thanks
NetNewsWire integrates with Instapaper and also syncs with Google Reader.
Reeder (for both the iPhone and Mac OS) can send articles to Instapaper.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>RSS reader with Instapaper or Readability integration? One of my main information stream inputs is RSS feeds. Yet many link to long articles on strangely designed web pages, so I regularly read using Instapaper, or Readability.
Is there a RSS reader with built-in integration with Instapaper?
I want to quickly scan lots of feeds, and hit one button to send to Instapaper. Yes I know that I could use Google Reader, on a browser, with the Instapaper extension installed.
I find the web interface of google hard to scan quickly, and I would prefer an offline RSS reader.
thanks
NetNewsWire integrates with Instapaper and also syncs with Google Reader.
Reeder (for both the iPhone and Mac OS) can send articles to Instapaper.
My favourite, Feedler, although only the Pro (paid) version supports Instapaper.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>RSS reader with Instapaper or Readability integration? One of my main information stream inputs is RSS feeds. Yet many link to long articles on strangely designed web pages, so I regularly read using Instapaper, or Readability.
Is there a RSS reader with built-in integration with Instapaper?
I want to quickly scan lots of feeds, and hit one button to send to Instapaper. Yes I know that I could use Google Reader, on a browser, with the Instapaper extension installed.
I find the web interface of google hard to scan quickly, and I would prefer an offline RSS reader.
thanks
NetNewsWire integrates with Instapaper and also syncs with Google Reader.
Reeder (for both the iPhone and Mac OS) can send articles to Instapaper.
My favourite, Feedler, although only the Pro (paid) version supports Instapaper.
There are LOTS of them. My favorites are:
River of News for iPad - $3.99.
MobileRSS for iPad/iPhone/iPod - Free/Paid versions.
Reeder for Mac - Free for now while in beta.
If you use Safari, PureReader extension makes Google Reader webapp SOOO much nicer.
By the way, you didn't say which platform you're using.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
As an alternative to XMLmind XML Editor there's QXmlEdit It is also free and quite feature rich. It's written in Qt and runs on Mac as well as the other platforms Qt supports.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
As an alternative to XMLmind XML Editor there's QXmlEdit It is also free and quite feature rich. It's written in Qt and runs on Mac as well as the other platforms Qt supports.
I always believe that an open source is the best and simple solutions. You can try BlueFish, or Brackets, I strongly advise you to try it, you won't lose anything.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
As an alternative to XMLmind XML Editor there's QXmlEdit It is also free and quite feature rich. It's written in Qt and runs on Mac as well as the other platforms Qt supports.
I always believe that an open source is the best and simple solutions. You can try BlueFish, or Brackets, I strongly advise you to try it, you won't lose anything.
I'm looking for the same thing, and I just came across XMLmind XML Editor. I like how it can load my files pretty quickly.
@rds: I've tried using Eclipse to open my XML files, but it would hang with my files (>15MB). I've come to notice any editor built with Java hangs upon trying to open my file, or at least takes an unbearably long time to load it.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
As an alternative to XMLmind XML Editor there's QXmlEdit It is also free and quite feature rich. It's written in Qt and runs on Mac as well as the other platforms Qt supports.
I always believe that an open source is the best and simple solutions. You can try BlueFish, or Brackets, I strongly advise you to try it, you won't lose anything.
I'm looking for the same thing, and I just came across XMLmind XML Editor. I like how it can load my files pretty quickly.
@rds: I've tried using Eclipse to open my XML files, but it would hang with my files (>15MB). I've come to notice any editor built with Java hangs upon trying to open my file, or at least takes an unbearably long time to load it.
I like the look of http://www.sublimetext.com/2
as seen in a Daniel Shiffman tutorial
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X? I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
Although it's still a beta I have found Xmplify to be a pretty useful XML aware tool. Copes with DTD, XSD, XPath and XSL transformation in the tool
Eclipse works on Mac OS and it is one of the best XML editor around, actually. It has XSD validation, autocompletion towards this schema. Also, it offers a graphical XSD designer.
IntelliJ IDEA is overall a good IDE, it's available on Mac, and it supports editing XML in ways such as syntax highlighting, collapsing a given scope, and validating XML. I haven't used it much for XML, but I've had good experiences with that IDE for other purposes so thought I would mention it here.
And of course Emacs with psgml-mode or nxml-mode will edit XML.
Testing this and that, I settled down with Text Wrangler, with XML Tidy script. It's free and pretty useful for my purposes.
OS X Software for Editing XML
*
*EditX (commercial)
*oXygen (commercial)
*XML Edita (commercial)
*XMLMate (free/open source
plugin) for TextMate (shareware)
*XMPlify (commercial)
If you have the Apple Developer Tools installed, then you have Xcode and this includes the "Property List Editor" application (Apple plist files are in XML format, hence the name).
You can find the application here:
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app
I found a simple and free software to view, no editor: XML Spy
TextMate.
You can download the source code from GitHub and compile it locally. Then in the preferences install the appropriate language bundle. https://github.com/textmate/textmate
If you like the application I would recommend buying the commercial version to show your support to the author.
As an alternative to XMLmind XML Editor there's QXmlEdit It is also free and quite feature rich. It's written in Qt and runs on Mac as well as the other platforms Qt supports.
I always believe that an open source is the best and simple solutions. You can try BlueFish, or Brackets, I strongly advise you to try it, you won't lose anything.
I'm looking for the same thing, and I just came across XMLmind XML Editor. I like how it can load my files pretty quickly.
@rds: I've tried using Eclipse to open my XML files, but it would hang with my files (>15MB). I've come to notice any editor built with Java hangs upon trying to open my file, or at least takes an unbearably long time to load it.
I like the look of http://www.sublimetext.com/2
as seen in a Daniel Shiffman tutorial
Another option is Microsoft VS Code with an XML extension...
I'm using:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DotJoshJohnson.xml
You can Cmd+Shift+P and type "XML" to find the utils provided by the extension.
Some keyboard shortcuts are provided, e.g. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B to format nicely.
Or find elements by XPath query, or display the XPath of the highlighted element.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>I have to turn off and on my WiFi every hour or so. What's wrong? In my home network, my Apple TV, iPad, and Macbook Air all have the same problem. The WiFi network works fine, but after about an hour or less, the Wifi stops working. Things just hang when I try to things like open a webpage or ping yahoo.com. The WiFi signal icon is still on, however. The fix for me is to turn off my wireless on my Apple device and turn it back on again.
But this is annoying. How can I fix this? I'm using a Zonet Wifi router with WPA2 on. My ASUS Ubuntu netbook has no problems staying on the WiFi network.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I have to turn off and on my WiFi every hour or so. What's wrong? In my home network, my Apple TV, iPad, and Macbook Air all have the same problem. The WiFi network works fine, but after about an hour or less, the Wifi stops working. Things just hang when I try to things like open a webpage or ping yahoo.com. The WiFi signal icon is still on, however. The fix for me is to turn off my wireless on my Apple device and turn it back on again.
But this is annoying. How can I fix this? I'm using a Zonet Wifi router with WPA2 on. My ASUS Ubuntu netbook has no problems staying on the WiFi network.
I agree that since your problem occurs over many devices it is unlikely to be a problem with the Apple devices. I appreciate your point about the Ubuntu device still appearing to work, but it still seems more likely to be a router problem (it could be for example the router is producing multiple errors that the Apple software is catching).
I'd suggest a hard reset of the router as Step 1 (before you do so however make sure you know ALL your current router settings, not just your name and password. I take a screenshot of each setting page)
Most routers have a Reset button you have to press with a paperclip.
Power off the router for several minutes, then apply power and do an immediate reset.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I have to turn off and on my WiFi every hour or so. What's wrong? In my home network, my Apple TV, iPad, and Macbook Air all have the same problem. The WiFi network works fine, but after about an hour or less, the Wifi stops working. Things just hang when I try to things like open a webpage or ping yahoo.com. The WiFi signal icon is still on, however. The fix for me is to turn off my wireless on my Apple device and turn it back on again.
But this is annoying. How can I fix this? I'm using a Zonet Wifi router with WPA2 on. My ASUS Ubuntu netbook has no problems staying on the WiFi network.
I agree that since your problem occurs over many devices it is unlikely to be a problem with the Apple devices. I appreciate your point about the Ubuntu device still appearing to work, but it still seems more likely to be a router problem (it could be for example the router is producing multiple errors that the Apple software is catching).
I'd suggest a hard reset of the router as Step 1 (before you do so however make sure you know ALL your current router settings, not just your name and password. I take a screenshot of each setting page)
Most routers have a Reset button you have to press with a paperclip.
Power off the router for several minutes, then apply power and do an immediate reset.
Networking problems can be a little bit of hit and miss when troubleshooting. My first guess is that this is not related to your wireless router, but to the way the Apple devices are renewing their IP address from the router (I presume that you are using standard settings and are handing dynamic IP addresses via DHCP). I say this because you mention that your Ubuntu laptop has no issues and because all devices continue to show an active Wi-Fi indicator.
My recommendation would be to first make sure that there are no IP conflicts between your devices. First, turn off the Apple TV, iPad and all Apple devices except for the MacBook Air. Then use the MacBook Air as you normally would to find out if you still loose your connection to the Internet after an hour or so. If you don't loose your connection to the Internet, then turn on the next Apple device and pay close attention to who is the first one to loose connectivity and when.
I have seen this problem happen to me whenever I use the my Clear Wi-Fi hotspot when I am on-the-go. I will get messages from the MacBook (not the iPhone, although I know they both are having the same problem) telling me that the IP was lost because another device is using it. This problem does not occur when I am at home using the Wi-Fi network served by an Apple AirPort Express rotuer.
I highly recommend the AirPort. However, if you want to keep using your existing router and you confirm the IP conflicts I suspect of on the paragraphs above, then I suggest configuring your router to not hand out IP's with DHCP, but rather to have your devices use static IP's and see if that helps. It is a little bit of a pain to do so, but it may be the only way your devices can co-exist.
Hope these thoughts help. Good luck.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>I have to turn off and on my WiFi every hour or so. What's wrong? In my home network, my Apple TV, iPad, and Macbook Air all have the same problem. The WiFi network works fine, but after about an hour or less, the Wifi stops working. Things just hang when I try to things like open a webpage or ping yahoo.com. The WiFi signal icon is still on, however. The fix for me is to turn off my wireless on my Apple device and turn it back on again.
But this is annoying. How can I fix this? I'm using a Zonet Wifi router with WPA2 on. My ASUS Ubuntu netbook has no problems staying on the WiFi network.
I agree that since your problem occurs over many devices it is unlikely to be a problem with the Apple devices. I appreciate your point about the Ubuntu device still appearing to work, but it still seems more likely to be a router problem (it could be for example the router is producing multiple errors that the Apple software is catching).
I'd suggest a hard reset of the router as Step 1 (before you do so however make sure you know ALL your current router settings, not just your name and password. I take a screenshot of each setting page)
Most routers have a Reset button you have to press with a paperclip.
Power off the router for several minutes, then apply power and do an immediate reset.
Networking problems can be a little bit of hit and miss when troubleshooting. My first guess is that this is not related to your wireless router, but to the way the Apple devices are renewing their IP address from the router (I presume that you are using standard settings and are handing dynamic IP addresses via DHCP). I say this because you mention that your Ubuntu laptop has no issues and because all devices continue to show an active Wi-Fi indicator.
My recommendation would be to first make sure that there are no IP conflicts between your devices. First, turn off the Apple TV, iPad and all Apple devices except for the MacBook Air. Then use the MacBook Air as you normally would to find out if you still loose your connection to the Internet after an hour or so. If you don't loose your connection to the Internet, then turn on the next Apple device and pay close attention to who is the first one to loose connectivity and when.
I have seen this problem happen to me whenever I use the my Clear Wi-Fi hotspot when I am on-the-go. I will get messages from the MacBook (not the iPhone, although I know they both are having the same problem) telling me that the IP was lost because another device is using it. This problem does not occur when I am at home using the Wi-Fi network served by an Apple AirPort Express rotuer.
I highly recommend the AirPort. However, if you want to keep using your existing router and you confirm the IP conflicts I suspect of on the paragraphs above, then I suggest configuring your router to not hand out IP's with DHCP, but rather to have your devices use static IP's and see if that helps. It is a little bit of a pain to do so, but it may be the only way your devices can co-exist.
Hope these thoughts help. Good luck.
Since it affects multiple devices, I suspect it's a problem with your router. On the official Apple discussion board someone had a similar problem with a Zonet router and the issue resolved itself when they replaced it. Fortunately, routers aren't that expensive - the extremely solid and reliable WRT54GL is available on Newegg for $50 and won't cause any problems for your Apple devices.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Mail.app and multiple copies of emails I start using Mail.app today. I have two Gmail accounts (one free hosted and one on Google Apps). In Mail.app I created two IMAP accounts according to the official Google manual.
But when somebody send my a mail, I receive two copies of it: one copy in each inbox. Could somebody please explain me what's going on here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Best, Andrej
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Ethernet and Airport Problems We have one canon copier machine which is connected to our LAN router via Ethernet cable. Currently, we are connecting to the Internet using a different router. To work with the printer, I need to manually configure the Ethernet connection as follows.
Ip Address: 192.168.1.19
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
When set with the above settings and connected to both the Ethernet network and the Airport (Internet) network, I can print, but I cannot browse the Internet anymore.
Could this be caused by an ip conflict ?
I can setup like this in windows and can use both printer and Internet at the same time. Should I use the same router for both Internet and LAN connections? Is there any way to solve this?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Ethernet and Airport Problems We have one canon copier machine which is connected to our LAN router via Ethernet cable. Currently, we are connecting to the Internet using a different router. To work with the printer, I need to manually configure the Ethernet connection as follows.
Ip Address: 192.168.1.19
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
When set with the above settings and connected to both the Ethernet network and the Airport (Internet) network, I can print, but I cannot browse the Internet anymore.
Could this be caused by an ip conflict ?
I can setup like this in windows and can use both printer and Internet at the same time. Should I use the same router for both Internet and LAN connections? Is there any way to solve this?
I'm guessing here, but it your network settings may have the ethernet interface prioritized above the AirPort (this is the default setting), meaning that when both are connected it'll try to reach the internet through the ethernet connection. You can check this easily be looking at the order the network "services" are listed in the sidebar of the Network system preference pane. If Ethernet is prioritized above AirPort, change it by selecting Set Service Order from the action (gear) pop-up menu below the service list, then dragging AirPort above Ethernet. Note that you need to click the Apply button for the change to take effect.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Ethernet and Airport Problems We have one canon copier machine which is connected to our LAN router via Ethernet cable. Currently, we are connecting to the Internet using a different router. To work with the printer, I need to manually configure the Ethernet connection as follows.
Ip Address: 192.168.1.19
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
When set with the above settings and connected to both the Ethernet network and the Airport (Internet) network, I can print, but I cannot browse the Internet anymore.
Could this be caused by an ip conflict ?
I can setup like this in windows and can use both printer and Internet at the same time. Should I use the same router for both Internet and LAN connections? Is there any way to solve this?
I'm guessing here, but it your network settings may have the ethernet interface prioritized above the AirPort (this is the default setting), meaning that when both are connected it'll try to reach the internet through the ethernet connection. You can check this easily be looking at the order the network "services" are listed in the sidebar of the Network system preference pane. If Ethernet is prioritized above AirPort, change it by selecting Set Service Order from the action (gear) pop-up menu below the service list, then dragging AirPort above Ethernet. Note that you need to click the Apply button for the change to take effect.
I suspect the issue might be that your routers probably have the same IP address on both networks. So if your printer router and your internet router both have an IP address of 192.168.1.1 then your Mac may not know which interface to choose for traffic to that network. So it will probably pick the network which is listed first on the list in System Preferences > Network.
You could try reconfiguring the printer router to have an IP address of 192.168.2.1 and setting it to use DHCP with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Then your Mac could have an IP address of 192.168.2.19 and it would know that traffic for the printer should go out on the wired connection.
Just as a note, you can change the order your Mac selects networks by clicking the gear wheel button beneath the interface list and choosing 'Set Service Order' but I don't think that's going to help you in this case.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Ethernet and Airport Problems We have one canon copier machine which is connected to our LAN router via Ethernet cable. Currently, we are connecting to the Internet using a different router. To work with the printer, I need to manually configure the Ethernet connection as follows.
Ip Address: 192.168.1.19
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1
When set with the above settings and connected to both the Ethernet network and the Airport (Internet) network, I can print, but I cannot browse the Internet anymore.
Could this be caused by an ip conflict ?
I can setup like this in windows and can use both printer and Internet at the same time. Should I use the same router for both Internet and LAN connections? Is there any way to solve this?
I'm guessing here, but it your network settings may have the ethernet interface prioritized above the AirPort (this is the default setting), meaning that when both are connected it'll try to reach the internet through the ethernet connection. You can check this easily be looking at the order the network "services" are listed in the sidebar of the Network system preference pane. If Ethernet is prioritized above AirPort, change it by selecting Set Service Order from the action (gear) pop-up menu below the service list, then dragging AirPort above Ethernet. Note that you need to click the Apply button for the change to take effect.
I suspect the issue might be that your routers probably have the same IP address on both networks. So if your printer router and your internet router both have an IP address of 192.168.1.1 then your Mac may not know which interface to choose for traffic to that network. So it will probably pick the network which is listed first on the list in System Preferences > Network.
You could try reconfiguring the printer router to have an IP address of 192.168.2.1 and setting it to use DHCP with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Then your Mac could have an IP address of 192.168.2.19 and it would know that traffic for the printer should go out on the wired connection.
Just as a note, you can change the order your Mac selects networks by clicking the gear wheel button beneath the interface list and choosing 'Set Service Order' but I don't think that's going to help you in this case.
The ideal solution is indeed to simplify your home network by only having a single router (likely the existing Airport router). Using a single router and it's DHCP server will assure that all of your home devices are assigned IP addresses that are within the same IP subnet and can therefore all communicate with one another.
You could consider replacing the second router near the Canon copier with a WiFi-to-Ethernet bridge to provide available wired Ethernet ports but simply bridge them to the existing Airport network. A bridge keeps all the devices on the same IP subnet (unlike a router in it's default configuration). If the router near the copier also has wireless capabilities you may be able to configure it as a bridge instead of a router by looking through it's web configuration screen.
Once all of your wired and wireless devices are on the same IP subnet and using the same router (default gateway) then they will all be able to both see each other on the network and also get to the Internet.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Why do iPhone App Store ratings and reviews seem to get processed so slowly? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with Apple's ratings/reviews system on the App Store. I've had issues with my own app (ratings/reviews not showing) now I see a major app with similar issues...
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011 free app was released just 2 days ago (Feb 14). It now has 29 ratings and 9 reviews (one review is mine posted from night of 2/15). But this has got to be a well downloaded app right? I'm talking 1000's probably just in the first day, so where are the other reviews/ratings?
Does anyone know if:
1) Apple has humans approve all ratings/reviews before letting them show?
2) Apple has an algorithm for passing/rejecting ratings/reviews?
3) What is the exact time delay between posting a review/rating and it appearing on the App Store?
Also-> Have you had any experience with a review or rating not showing in the App Store ever or only after a long delay?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why do iPhone App Store ratings and reviews seem to get processed so slowly? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with Apple's ratings/reviews system on the App Store. I've had issues with my own app (ratings/reviews not showing) now I see a major app with similar issues...
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011 free app was released just 2 days ago (Feb 14). It now has 29 ratings and 9 reviews (one review is mine posted from night of 2/15). But this has got to be a well downloaded app right? I'm talking 1000's probably just in the first day, so where are the other reviews/ratings?
Does anyone know if:
1) Apple has humans approve all ratings/reviews before letting them show?
2) Apple has an algorithm for passing/rejecting ratings/reviews?
3) What is the exact time delay between posting a review/rating and it appearing on the App Store?
Also-> Have you had any experience with a review or rating not showing in the App Store ever or only after a long delay?
Ratings appear very quickly, and do not appear to require approval (can't imagine that they would). The reality is that almost no one rates the apps they download, and since "rate on delete" was eliminated with iOS 4, even fewer ratings will appear. (The removal of "rate on delete," where the OS asked you to immediately rate an app when you deleted it, is generally a good thing, since someone deleting it is much more likely to dislike an app than someone keeping it, which resulted in significantly skewed ratings).
Reviews sometimes appear very quickly -- within minutes of submission -- and sometimes take up to a day to appear. Last year there were some significant abuses of the review system that became public, including mass reviews submitted by marketing companies (through individual accounts set up for that purpose), so it's likely that Apple changed their policies at that point. From what I can tell, if an account has a long history of ratings across multiple developers, reviews can appear very quickly, but there seems to be a delay for new accounts or those with few reviews, which may well be approved by humans.
However, as Phillip wrote, the actual process is entirely unknown, and Apple intentionally keeps it that way.
Personally, its never taken more than a few hours before my reviews appeared, and it's usually within minutes.
Edited to add
Just wrote another review and noticed that below the entry area it says,
If a review is deemed inappropriate, it will not be posted to the App Store.
which implies potential review, and after the review is entered it says,
Your review has been successfully submitted. Please note that it may be reviewed and will not appear in the store immediately.
The "it may be reviewed" at least partially supports my "depends on your account" theory.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why do iPhone App Store ratings and reviews seem to get processed so slowly? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with Apple's ratings/reviews system on the App Store. I've had issues with my own app (ratings/reviews not showing) now I see a major app with similar issues...
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011 free app was released just 2 days ago (Feb 14). It now has 29 ratings and 9 reviews (one review is mine posted from night of 2/15). But this has got to be a well downloaded app right? I'm talking 1000's probably just in the first day, so where are the other reviews/ratings?
Does anyone know if:
1) Apple has humans approve all ratings/reviews before letting them show?
2) Apple has an algorithm for passing/rejecting ratings/reviews?
3) What is the exact time delay between posting a review/rating and it appearing on the App Store?
Also-> Have you had any experience with a review or rating not showing in the App Store ever or only after a long delay?
Ratings appear very quickly, and do not appear to require approval (can't imagine that they would). The reality is that almost no one rates the apps they download, and since "rate on delete" was eliminated with iOS 4, even fewer ratings will appear. (The removal of "rate on delete," where the OS asked you to immediately rate an app when you deleted it, is generally a good thing, since someone deleting it is much more likely to dislike an app than someone keeping it, which resulted in significantly skewed ratings).
Reviews sometimes appear very quickly -- within minutes of submission -- and sometimes take up to a day to appear. Last year there were some significant abuses of the review system that became public, including mass reviews submitted by marketing companies (through individual accounts set up for that purpose), so it's likely that Apple changed their policies at that point. From what I can tell, if an account has a long history of ratings across multiple developers, reviews can appear very quickly, but there seems to be a delay for new accounts or those with few reviews, which may well be approved by humans.
However, as Phillip wrote, the actual process is entirely unknown, and Apple intentionally keeps it that way.
Personally, its never taken more than a few hours before my reviews appeared, and it's usually within minutes.
Edited to add
Just wrote another review and noticed that below the entry area it says,
If a review is deemed inappropriate, it will not be posted to the App Store.
which implies potential review, and after the review is entered it says,
Your review has been successfully submitted. Please note that it may be reviewed and will not appear in the store immediately.
The "it may be reviewed" at least partially supports my "depends on your account" theory.
I think the time for ratings to show in the store is directly affected by the number of ratings submitted and not at all related to time passing.
Once your app hits a (unknown / undisclosed / and perhaps time dependent) critical mass of ratings - the data gets exposed to everyone.
I know nothing other than as a user - sometimes I have left ratings and reviews that never showed up for obscure apps. I have no insider insight and know of nowhere (even inside the NDA discussions) where this is actually documented.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why do iPhone App Store ratings and reviews seem to get processed so slowly? I'm trying to figure out what's going on with Apple's ratings/reviews system on the App Store. I've had issues with my own app (ratings/reviews not showing) now I see a major app with similar issues...
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011 free app was released just 2 days ago (Feb 14). It now has 29 ratings and 9 reviews (one review is mine posted from night of 2/15). But this has got to be a well downloaded app right? I'm talking 1000's probably just in the first day, so where are the other reviews/ratings?
Does anyone know if:
1) Apple has humans approve all ratings/reviews before letting them show?
2) Apple has an algorithm for passing/rejecting ratings/reviews?
3) What is the exact time delay between posting a review/rating and it appearing on the App Store?
Also-> Have you had any experience with a review or rating not showing in the App Store ever or only after a long delay?
Ratings appear very quickly, and do not appear to require approval (can't imagine that they would). The reality is that almost no one rates the apps they download, and since "rate on delete" was eliminated with iOS 4, even fewer ratings will appear. (The removal of "rate on delete," where the OS asked you to immediately rate an app when you deleted it, is generally a good thing, since someone deleting it is much more likely to dislike an app than someone keeping it, which resulted in significantly skewed ratings).
Reviews sometimes appear very quickly -- within minutes of submission -- and sometimes take up to a day to appear. Last year there were some significant abuses of the review system that became public, including mass reviews submitted by marketing companies (through individual accounts set up for that purpose), so it's likely that Apple changed their policies at that point. From what I can tell, if an account has a long history of ratings across multiple developers, reviews can appear very quickly, but there seems to be a delay for new accounts or those with few reviews, which may well be approved by humans.
However, as Phillip wrote, the actual process is entirely unknown, and Apple intentionally keeps it that way.
Personally, its never taken more than a few hours before my reviews appeared, and it's usually within minutes.
Edited to add
Just wrote another review and noticed that below the entry area it says,
If a review is deemed inappropriate, it will not be posted to the App Store.
which implies potential review, and after the review is entered it says,
Your review has been successfully submitted. Please note that it may be reviewed and will not appear in the store immediately.
The "it may be reviewed" at least partially supports my "depends on your account" theory.
I think the time for ratings to show in the store is directly affected by the number of ratings submitted and not at all related to time passing.
Once your app hits a (unknown / undisclosed / and perhaps time dependent) critical mass of ratings - the data gets exposed to everyone.
I know nothing other than as a user - sometimes I have left ratings and reviews that never showed up for obscure apps. I have no insider insight and know of nowhere (even inside the NDA discussions) where this is actually documented.
This comes up from time to time and, like always, it's probably safe to say that any algorithms related to the App Store rankings, comments, reviews are all company secrets that no one is going to divulge. The same goes for the number of downloads for any app. Unless SI states publicly how many downloads they have so far, there's no way to really find out as Apple treats that information with the strictest confidence. I would be very surprised if anyone had viable (actionable) answers to your questions.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Does the iPhone support TRIM for flash memory? I'm asking if TRIM is enabled on iOS because, ever since I ran out of memory on my iPhone (have since cleared a few GB back), it seems to be slower than it was before. My suspicion being that, with most flash memory "sectors" now partially used, every write operation now takes longer…
Relying heavily on flash memory, I wonder if the iPhone implements TRIM (or any "trim-like" feature) to maximize flash memory performance and specifically if that will let me troubleshoot a slow phone and/or know if I would want to jailbreak the device to enable TRIM or otherwise control storage more tightly than iOS is delivered.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Does the iPhone support TRIM for flash memory? I'm asking if TRIM is enabled on iOS because, ever since I ran out of memory on my iPhone (have since cleared a few GB back), it seems to be slower than it was before. My suspicion being that, with most flash memory "sectors" now partially used, every write operation now takes longer…
Relying heavily on flash memory, I wonder if the iPhone implements TRIM (or any "trim-like" feature) to maximize flash memory performance and specifically if that will let me troubleshoot a slow phone and/or know if I would want to jailbreak the device to enable TRIM or otherwise control storage more tightly than iOS is delivered.
Since I'm just a generic curious who can do some research on the web, I'll make here some assumptions so we can be on the same grounds:
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*TRIM is an SSD technology and, as such, can mean too many different things.
*iPhone uses MLC NAND memory, which is indeed a SSD.
*We, people, (such as dhy8386 and maybe even Mr. Brian Klug) love to talk big about things we don't know deep enough. To know more, trust less.
*Apple mostly does not disclose anything technically meaningful about their technology. And it does use many proprietary technologies nobody else does.
*Even today, the iPhone will work way more flawlessly under deep stress (filled memory, many applications, etc) than any Android or Windows Phone. (yes, I've used them all and I currently own a S3)
If you follow every link above deep enough, you may realize it's just not that simple. Even Android's TRIM support probably isn't the same TRIM as a notebook uses on its SSD.
So, it doesn't matter if it supports TRIM or not. The whole point of going with an iPhone is trusting Apple and letting them do the hardcore tech work. And the whole point of jailbreaking is being able to do things Apple can't allow for any reason, such as unblocking carriers. Anything else on JB is doing it wrong (specially now we have android, even for iPhone) - and I'm saying that from my heavy experience using jailbreak from iPhone 3 to 4.
Now, to address your main and unannounced question, best thing you can do to test if your hardware is malfunctioning is to backup your iPhone and reset to factory. Then fill it up with music or pictures, since you suspect a full disk is causing the malfunctioning, and avoid installing applications at all. You probably won't see any problem and, if you do, just send it to warranty. You can also send it to warranty directly, but you risk of it coming back and just losing few days there.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is there a way to connect my iPod touch to the internet without wireless connection (say, by usb)? If I have no wireless connection, can I connect to the internet using the usb on the computer, or some other way?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is there a way to connect my iPod touch to the internet without wireless connection (say, by usb)? If I have no wireless connection, can I connect to the internet using the usb on the computer, or some other way?
Not that I know of however you could try turning internet sharing on on your computer. This will create a wireless network that you can use on your iPod Touch.
This is easy to do if you are using a Mac. Assuming that internet comes in over Ethernet, go to the Sharing tab in the System Preferences application. Click the internet sharing tick box and configure it to share over Airport. (this is from memory as I don't have access to a Mac right at the moment but you can probably work it out.
Some further details are available here.
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>If iPhones/iPads don't support Flash, how do they play YouTube? Which technology do iPhones and iPads use to play YouTube without supporting Flash?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>If iPhones/iPads don't support Flash, how do they play YouTube? Which technology do iPhones and iPads use to play YouTube without supporting Flash?
Nivas said all there's to know about H.264, the format used by YouTube to stream video. But that's how the video is encoded and decoded and it's used by flash, iOS (iPhone operating system) and HTML5.
The real difference is how the request for the video is done. In a nutshell, iPhone requests it the same way HTML5 and Flash do but grab the answer from youtube and plays it elsewhere instead of the browser or flash.
On a desktop, when you get to youtube.com it identifies you're on a desktop browser, because the browser informs YouTube about it. Then YouTube points you to the Flash version and all its code is already programmed to play the video in its own way. That also envolves HTML and H.264. So picture the path a byte of the video do from YouTube files to your screen. It'd be something like this:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> Flash -> screen.
When you point your browser to the HTML5 version of YouTube, the code in there just expects your browser will be able to play it using no Flash. So the video byte path would be:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> screen
It's funny how simple it is to think about it now, but HTML4 never had any code to communicate "play video" on its own, and no browser were expected to be able to do so. So HTML5-enabled browsers actually are video players on their own as well.
Both that new browser and Flash have basically the same source code to be able to decode H.264 and both need the codec to be available from the operating system. But each one have their own implementation of it.
On iOS, whenever it identifies "YouTube" while you're browsing, it looks for either code, HTML5 or Flash embedded, grabs the video reference from that code and just ask YouTube for the video directly. Much the very same way HTML5 does. But instead to play it within the browser, it calls an iOS API to play it from the video player. So the video byte path is:
YouTube streaming server -> iOS video player -> screen
Of course, there's a whole lot more beyond that, but those are the basic concepts. So the technology iPhone uses is all the same and practically transparent to YouTube servers.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>If iPhones/iPads don't support Flash, how do they play YouTube? Which technology do iPhones and iPads use to play YouTube without supporting Flash?
Nivas said all there's to know about H.264, the format used by YouTube to stream video. But that's how the video is encoded and decoded and it's used by flash, iOS (iPhone operating system) and HTML5.
The real difference is how the request for the video is done. In a nutshell, iPhone requests it the same way HTML5 and Flash do but grab the answer from youtube and plays it elsewhere instead of the browser or flash.
On a desktop, when you get to youtube.com it identifies you're on a desktop browser, because the browser informs YouTube about it. Then YouTube points you to the Flash version and all its code is already programmed to play the video in its own way. That also envolves HTML and H.264. So picture the path a byte of the video do from YouTube files to your screen. It'd be something like this:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> Flash -> screen.
When you point your browser to the HTML5 version of YouTube, the code in there just expects your browser will be able to play it using no Flash. So the video byte path would be:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> screen
It's funny how simple it is to think about it now, but HTML4 never had any code to communicate "play video" on its own, and no browser were expected to be able to do so. So HTML5-enabled browsers actually are video players on their own as well.
Both that new browser and Flash have basically the same source code to be able to decode H.264 and both need the codec to be available from the operating system. But each one have their own implementation of it.
On iOS, whenever it identifies "YouTube" while you're browsing, it looks for either code, HTML5 or Flash embedded, grabs the video reference from that code and just ask YouTube for the video directly. Much the very same way HTML5 does. But instead to play it within the browser, it calls an iOS API to play it from the video player. So the video byte path is:
YouTube streaming server -> iOS video player -> screen
Of course, there's a whole lot more beyond that, but those are the basic concepts. So the technology iPhone uses is all the same and practically transparent to YouTube servers.
YouTube also has HTML5 players - they recently changed their embed code to an iframed method which allows HTML5 and Flash to be shown depending on your browser setup, which the iPhone supports.
Essentially, the Flash player is a way of playing a video file, so the file is available in a readable format (as Nivas was saying) that the iPhone/iPad can open in its media player.
Soundcloud also works on the iPhone, which I think is down to HTML5.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>If iPhones/iPads don't support Flash, how do they play YouTube? Which technology do iPhones and iPads use to play YouTube without supporting Flash?
Nivas said all there's to know about H.264, the format used by YouTube to stream video. But that's how the video is encoded and decoded and it's used by flash, iOS (iPhone operating system) and HTML5.
The real difference is how the request for the video is done. In a nutshell, iPhone requests it the same way HTML5 and Flash do but grab the answer from youtube and plays it elsewhere instead of the browser or flash.
On a desktop, when you get to youtube.com it identifies you're on a desktop browser, because the browser informs YouTube about it. Then YouTube points you to the Flash version and all its code is already programmed to play the video in its own way. That also envolves HTML and H.264. So picture the path a byte of the video do from YouTube files to your screen. It'd be something like this:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> Flash -> screen.
When you point your browser to the HTML5 version of YouTube, the code in there just expects your browser will be able to play it using no Flash. So the video byte path would be:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> screen
It's funny how simple it is to think about it now, but HTML4 never had any code to communicate "play video" on its own, and no browser were expected to be able to do so. So HTML5-enabled browsers actually are video players on their own as well.
Both that new browser and Flash have basically the same source code to be able to decode H.264 and both need the codec to be available from the operating system. But each one have their own implementation of it.
On iOS, whenever it identifies "YouTube" while you're browsing, it looks for either code, HTML5 or Flash embedded, grabs the video reference from that code and just ask YouTube for the video directly. Much the very same way HTML5 does. But instead to play it within the browser, it calls an iOS API to play it from the video player. So the video byte path is:
YouTube streaming server -> iOS video player -> screen
Of course, there's a whole lot more beyond that, but those are the basic concepts. So the technology iPhone uses is all the same and practically transparent to YouTube servers.
YouTube also has HTML5 players - they recently changed their embed code to an iframed method which allows HTML5 and Flash to be shown depending on your browser setup, which the iPhone supports.
Essentially, the Flash player is a way of playing a video file, so the file is available in a readable format (as Nivas was saying) that the iPhone/iPad can open in its media player.
Soundcloud also works on the iPhone, which I think is down to HTML5.
They use a format called H.264. YouTube and other video sites deliver content in this format also (so that their videos are viewable on iPad/iPod touch).
One advantage of H.264 is that hardware based encoding/decoding can be used.
See also Steve Jobs's Thoughts on Flash
H.264 is one of the formats for video support in the latest version of HTML, HTML 5. Apple supports this in Safari and Google in Chrome*.
*Google recently announced that it will no longer support H.264 in the future versions of Chrome.
Because of this H.264 is kind of hot of late. See these articles.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>If iPhones/iPads don't support Flash, how do they play YouTube? Which technology do iPhones and iPads use to play YouTube without supporting Flash?
Nivas said all there's to know about H.264, the format used by YouTube to stream video. But that's how the video is encoded and decoded and it's used by flash, iOS (iPhone operating system) and HTML5.
The real difference is how the request for the video is done. In a nutshell, iPhone requests it the same way HTML5 and Flash do but grab the answer from youtube and plays it elsewhere instead of the browser or flash.
On a desktop, when you get to youtube.com it identifies you're on a desktop browser, because the browser informs YouTube about it. Then YouTube points you to the Flash version and all its code is already programmed to play the video in its own way. That also envolves HTML and H.264. So picture the path a byte of the video do from YouTube files to your screen. It'd be something like this:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> Flash -> screen.
When you point your browser to the HTML5 version of YouTube, the code in there just expects your browser will be able to play it using no Flash. So the video byte path would be:
YouTube streaming server -> your browser -> screen
It's funny how simple it is to think about it now, but HTML4 never had any code to communicate "play video" on its own, and no browser were expected to be able to do so. So HTML5-enabled browsers actually are video players on their own as well.
Both that new browser and Flash have basically the same source code to be able to decode H.264 and both need the codec to be available from the operating system. But each one have their own implementation of it.
On iOS, whenever it identifies "YouTube" while you're browsing, it looks for either code, HTML5 or Flash embedded, grabs the video reference from that code and just ask YouTube for the video directly. Much the very same way HTML5 does. But instead to play it within the browser, it calls an iOS API to play it from the video player. So the video byte path is:
YouTube streaming server -> iOS video player -> screen
Of course, there's a whole lot more beyond that, but those are the basic concepts. So the technology iPhone uses is all the same and practically transparent to YouTube servers.
YouTube also has HTML5 players - they recently changed their embed code to an iframed method which allows HTML5 and Flash to be shown depending on your browser setup, which the iPhone supports.
Essentially, the Flash player is a way of playing a video file, so the file is available in a readable format (as Nivas was saying) that the iPhone/iPad can open in its media player.
Soundcloud also works on the iPhone, which I think is down to HTML5.
They use a format called H.264. YouTube and other video sites deliver content in this format also (so that their videos are viewable on iPad/iPod touch).
One advantage of H.264 is that hardware based encoding/decoding can be used.
See also Steve Jobs's Thoughts on Flash
H.264 is one of the formats for video support in the latest version of HTML, HTML 5. Apple supports this in Safari and Google in Chrome*.
*Google recently announced that it will no longer support H.264 in the future versions of Chrome.
Because of this H.264 is kind of hot of late. See these articles.
When you upload a video on Youtube, it is converted into multiples formats, sizes and codec (not only FLV/VP6 flash video!).
Doing this, Youtube can serve you the best compatible option when you request a video depending the application / web browser (mobile or not) / bandwidth you have.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark? How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?
Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark? How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?
Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff
A folder with a question mark means your Mac can't find the system startup software.
Follow the troubleshooting steps in this Apple Support technote: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark? How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?
Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff
A folder with a question mark means your Mac can't find the system startup software.
Follow the troubleshooting steps in this Apple Support technote: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
I just went through this my self!
Your Mac can't find anything to boot from. Or more specifically, it can't find the system folder on your primary boot device.
Try booting from your OS X DVD and running Utilities -> Disk Utility to check your boot drive for errors.
To boot from your DVD, insert in to Mac, turn off Mac, and hold C while you turn it on. You have to hold it until it chimes IIRC. That'll tell it to boot from the DVD.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark? How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?
Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff
A folder with a question mark means your Mac can't find the system startup software.
Follow the troubleshooting steps in this Apple Support technote: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
I just went through this my self!
Your Mac can't find anything to boot from. Or more specifically, it can't find the system folder on your primary boot device.
Try booting from your OS X DVD and running Utilities -> Disk Utility to check your boot drive for errors.
To boot from your DVD, insert in to Mac, turn off Mac, and hold C while you turn it on. You have to hold it until it chimes IIRC. That'll tell it to boot from the DVD.
I find both the answers from Ian C. and ghoppe correct and accurate, so I gave them both a +1, because they're both right.
If it was me I'd try the Disk Utility tactic first because you may have nothing more than a case of index corruption on the hard drive and that might fix it up. The next most likely cause, in my opinion, could be that the drive has developed bad sectors in the boot code and it can't even read the startup stuff. Finally, it's possible that the NVRAM/PRAM has become corrupt. This can happen, but not as frequently as the other two. I've seen indexing problems induced into Mac's when the power gets cut on and off quickly during the boot process. If this has happened to you it might be a good possibility, and Disk Utility might be able to clear it up.
If you use Disk Utility and it does a semi-recovery of your HD, it might be rendered read-only, meaning it can't completely reconstruct your index files, but what it can recover will likely be rendered read-only. In this case, a tool such as Disk Warrior may be of use to you, but it's expensive.
If you have an external hard drive that's bootable, you could obtain Scannerz (http://www.scsc-online.com) and scan the drive for bad sectors. Scannerz can also, if used skillfully, determine other problems on your system but it requires a bit of knowledge as to how a system functions. I could teach my dog to do basic drive testing on a drive with Scannerz, but using it to isolate other faults, like bad cables, connectors, or logic board problems requires at least a little knowledge about basic systems and hwo they work. The company that makes this product has some troubleshooting procedures about the process in their downloads section of their web site.
If your a hard core techie, once again with an external hard drive, you could download smartmontools (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki), run it off the externally bootable HD and see if your drive is even working. Both Scannerz and Disk Utility only report what I'd call "threshold" S.M.A.R.T. data (i.e PASS/FAIL) but this can report a lot more. Unfortunately, S.M.A.R.T. can often miss some problems with a drive until an actual write operation occurs and fails, so problems may exist that such tools may miss. smartmontools is command line only and needs to be run via a terminal. Newer versions of Disk Utility also provide better S.M.A.R.T. reporting, but IMHO it's still not stellar.
With luck, it will be something simple.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark? How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?
Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff
A folder with a question mark means your Mac can't find the system startup software.
Follow the troubleshooting steps in this Apple Support technote: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
I just went through this my self!
Your Mac can't find anything to boot from. Or more specifically, it can't find the system folder on your primary boot device.
Try booting from your OS X DVD and running Utilities -> Disk Utility to check your boot drive for errors.
To boot from your DVD, insert in to Mac, turn off Mac, and hold C while you turn it on. You have to hold it until it chimes IIRC. That'll tell it to boot from the DVD.
I find both the answers from Ian C. and ghoppe correct and accurate, so I gave them both a +1, because they're both right.
If it was me I'd try the Disk Utility tactic first because you may have nothing more than a case of index corruption on the hard drive and that might fix it up. The next most likely cause, in my opinion, could be that the drive has developed bad sectors in the boot code and it can't even read the startup stuff. Finally, it's possible that the NVRAM/PRAM has become corrupt. This can happen, but not as frequently as the other two. I've seen indexing problems induced into Mac's when the power gets cut on and off quickly during the boot process. If this has happened to you it might be a good possibility, and Disk Utility might be able to clear it up.
If you use Disk Utility and it does a semi-recovery of your HD, it might be rendered read-only, meaning it can't completely reconstruct your index files, but what it can recover will likely be rendered read-only. In this case, a tool such as Disk Warrior may be of use to you, but it's expensive.
If you have an external hard drive that's bootable, you could obtain Scannerz (http://www.scsc-online.com) and scan the drive for bad sectors. Scannerz can also, if used skillfully, determine other problems on your system but it requires a bit of knowledge as to how a system functions. I could teach my dog to do basic drive testing on a drive with Scannerz, but using it to isolate other faults, like bad cables, connectors, or logic board problems requires at least a little knowledge about basic systems and hwo they work. The company that makes this product has some troubleshooting procedures about the process in their downloads section of their web site.
If your a hard core techie, once again with an external hard drive, you could download smartmontools (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki), run it off the externally bootable HD and see if your drive is even working. Both Scannerz and Disk Utility only report what I'd call "threshold" S.M.A.R.T. data (i.e PASS/FAIL) but this can report a lot more. Unfortunately, S.M.A.R.T. can often miss some problems with a drive until an actual write operation occurs and fails, so problems may exist that such tools may miss. smartmontools is command line only and needs to be run via a terminal. Newer versions of Disk Utility also provide better S.M.A.R.T. reporting, but IMHO it's still not stellar.
With luck, it will be something simple.
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*Power off by pressing the Power Button for few second
*Press the Power Button- after the beep sound - Press Command + R
*Connect Internet (it will download the Disk Utility Manger)
*Select Reinstall OS X
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do iPhone apps push notifications when the app isn't running? I've read some docs about notifications and background work, but there is something I do not understand.
Yesterday, I upgraded to iOS 4.2, rebooted my phone many times, and did not launch any apps. Then this morning I received a push notification from PandoraBox to inform me that an app I've placed in favorite had its price changed.
I wonder how this app, that is not launched, not in background, that cannot know in advance when the price of an app in MY favorites will change, can alert me with a notification this way?
It HAS to run some methods, some code… But I understood that that is not possible. What did I miss?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I check ethernet card? I doubt a hardware problem with my ethernet device. I'm unable to connect to Internet. How can I verify if it's a hardware issue or not?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I check ethernet card? I doubt a hardware problem with my ethernet device. I'm unable to connect to Internet. How can I verify if it's a hardware issue or not?
If you have access to a second computer, connect it to the same ethernet cable and port. If that computer gets internet access (be sure to disable wireless, so you know it's connecting via ethernet), the first computer's ethernet device is faulty. If the second computer does not get internet access, try swapping the ethernet cable for another (the first could be badly crimped or faulty in other ways), and try another ethernet port.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I check ethernet card? I doubt a hardware problem with my ethernet device. I'm unable to connect to Internet. How can I verify if it's a hardware issue or not?
If you have access to a second computer, connect it to the same ethernet cable and port. If that computer gets internet access (be sure to disable wireless, so you know it's connecting via ethernet), the first computer's ethernet device is faulty. If the second computer does not get internet access, try swapping the ethernet cable for another (the first could be badly crimped or faulty in other ways), and try another ethernet port.
Full hardware testing is difficult. There is an application Tech Tools that can do pretty decent hardware checks on OS X.
Honestly, I you can see information about the NIC under Apple Menu, About This Mac, More Info, Ethernet Cards I would say the device is good. This isn't a 100% guarantee but with the frequency or hardware failure vs network issues I would say validating this would make me look into the network issues first.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I convert an AI file to a CDR file? Assume I have an AI file, Adobe Illustrator CS 5 and no CorelDraw. How can I convert this AI file to CDR file? What is the fastest and cheapiest way?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I convert an AI file to a CDR file? Assume I have an AI file, Adobe Illustrator CS 5 and no CorelDraw. How can I convert this AI file to CDR file? What is the fastest and cheapiest way?
What version of CorelDRAW? What's the workflow?
.CDR is a proprietary format, so I'm not aware of any proper supported exporters. The sK1 project reverse-engineered the format, and claims to have the best support. But since recent versions of CorelDRAW can import Adobe Illustrator CS4 files, I think you would get the best results to just save it as .ai and import it into CorelDRAW.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Security hole in firmware password by installing another boot loader? I set up a firmware password on my MacBook. One thing I don't understand is how I can install a tool such as rEFIt, and effectively bypass the entire firmware password (i.e. installing it never asked for my original Firmware password).
It says on their website:
[...] since “refit.efi” is configured as the legitimate boot loader, it effectively circumvents the firmware password protection.
Isn't that a huge security hole in setting up a firmware password? Doesn't that mean that the securing a computer by setting up a firmware password is only as strong as an admin account's password (i.e. someone that has privileges to install a tool such as rEFIt)?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Security hole in firmware password by installing another boot loader? I set up a firmware password on my MacBook. One thing I don't understand is how I can install a tool such as rEFIt, and effectively bypass the entire firmware password (i.e. installing it never asked for my original Firmware password).
It says on their website:
[...] since “refit.efi” is configured as the legitimate boot loader, it effectively circumvents the firmware password protection.
Isn't that a huge security hole in setting up a firmware password? Doesn't that mean that the securing a computer by setting up a firmware password is only as strong as an admin account's password (i.e. someone that has privileges to install a tool such as rEFIt)?
Yes, but this is not particularly a problem with rEFIt, it's intrinsic to the way firmware password and admin access relate to each other -- if you have either one, you can take control of the other. For instance, if you have admin access, you can disable or change the firmware password with nvram command, You can also change the boot volume with System Preferences, effectively bypassing the firmware password protection.
Basically, the firmware password is there to protect the integrity of the computer until the OS starts and can start enforcing its idea of access controls, at which point admin passwords are the relevant control. Don't think of firmware password as a higher-level control, it's more of a supplement.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>What does a firmware password protect? If I create a firmware password on my MacBook, what does that protect me from?
Does it protect from any of these:
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*Reformatting the hard drive.
*Switching OS to boot from (e.g. if Boot Camp is installed).
*Restoring the laptop to its original factory settings (i.e. reinstalling OS X).
*Installing another boot loader such as rEFIt which bypasses the firmware password
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What does a firmware password protect? If I create a firmware password on my MacBook, what does that protect me from?
Does it protect from any of these:
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*Reformatting the hard drive.
*Switching OS to boot from (e.g. if Boot Camp is installed).
*Restoring the laptop to its original factory settings (i.e. reinstalling OS X).
*Installing another boot loader such as rEFIt which bypasses the firmware password
Installing a firmware password will prevent anyone without the password from selecting a different boot disk to start up the computer. It will also disable some startup key sequences, like getting into single-user mode. I don't know how the firmware password interacts with something like rEFIt.
However, if someone can open your computer, they can disable the firmware password by pulling one of the sticks of RAM and/or just access your hard drive directly and do what they want with it.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>What does a firmware password protect? If I create a firmware password on my MacBook, what does that protect me from?
Does it protect from any of these:
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*Reformatting the hard drive.
*Switching OS to boot from (e.g. if Boot Camp is installed).
*Restoring the laptop to its original factory settings (i.e. reinstalling OS X).
*Installing another boot loader such as rEFIt which bypasses the firmware password
Installing a firmware password will prevent anyone without the password from selecting a different boot disk to start up the computer. It will also disable some startup key sequences, like getting into single-user mode. I don't know how the firmware password interacts with something like rEFIt.
However, if someone can open your computer, they can disable the firmware password by pulling one of the sticks of RAM and/or just access your hard drive directly and do what they want with it.
All of the above can be performed if the person has physical access to the computer.
See the Apple support page I've linked to below, it explains that resetting the PRAM or Open Firmware will reset the password and allow someone to do any of the things you've listed above.
Apple page on firmware password protection
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Installing Windows 7 Updates on Boot Camp partition through VMWare Fusion? I'm using VMWare Fusion with my Boot Camp partition. Are there any problems with installing Windows 7 Updates through VMWare Fusion, or should I boot up into Boot Camp in order to install these updates?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Installing Windows 7 Updates on Boot Camp partition through VMWare Fusion? I'm using VMWare Fusion with my Boot Camp partition. Are there any problems with installing Windows 7 Updates through VMWare Fusion, or should I boot up into Boot Camp in order to install these updates?
It's been a while since I've used Windows, but I seem to recall that Microsoft does provide driver updates with the Windows Update, and whether or not you get the update may depend on the hardware that Windows detects you're running. To be on the safe side, I'd suggest running Windows Update both virtually and natively.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Mac OS X keeps to ask me if I want to allow iTunes to accept connections Every time I open iTunes, Mac OS X keeps to ask me if I want to allow it to accept connections, even if in the Firewall settings iTunes has been set to accept any connections.
I am not using a beta version of iTunes.
How can I avoid this issue?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Tool or trick to require doubleclicking to launch apps from dock? Is there a way to make it so that launching an app from the dock requires a double click instead of a single click? I find myself accidentally launching apps and then needing to force-quit them.
I'm hoping for some OS hack or third-party app. Yes, I already have the dock hidden.
thanks!
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Tool or trick to require doubleclicking to launch apps from dock? Is there a way to make it so that launching an app from the dock requires a double click instead of a single click? I find myself accidentally launching apps and then needing to force-quit them.
I'm hoping for some OS hack or third-party app. Yes, I already have the dock hidden.
thanks!
You can move the dock's location and size by going to System Preferences > Dock. Rather than keeping the dock at the bottom, where the mouse needs to be often, move it to either the right or left sides of the screen.
I auto-hide the dock on the left side of the screen (I'm on a 13" MacBook Air, so my vertical space is limited too). You could also use @VxJasonxV's suggestion of removing the apps from the dock. Most of the programs I launch are via spotlight (the ⌘+Space shortcut is very useful). And the last trick I use is BetterTouchTool. I bound five-finger-click to ⌘+Q, which makes it very easy to quit applications, but not so easy that it accidentally quits applications I didn't mean to quit.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Site Blocker for Mobile Safari Google Searches Is there a way to block content scraper sites from Google searches on Mobile Safari? I would like something like the "Personal Blocklist" now available for Google Chrome.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Why does combining a PDF cause its size to be significantly larger? I have 3 files about 40 KB each. When I combine them using Preview and save them as a single PDF file, instead of having a size close to 120 KB, the size is closer to 500 KB.
Why does this happen, and is there any way to retain a small file size when the files are combined?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why does combining a PDF cause its size to be significantly larger? I have 3 files about 40 KB each. When I combine them using Preview and save them as a single PDF file, instead of having a size close to 120 KB, the size is closer to 500 KB.
Why does this happen, and is there any way to retain a small file size when the files are combined?
PDFs are funny creatures because Postscript is a very "fat" language; the same PDF can be written multiple ways. I would say that the extra code is probably glue code to put those three documents together and extra bits placed there by whatever utility was used to combine the three.
The best way to get rid of this would be to open the PDF in Acrobat Professional (not Reader) and run it through the "Reduce File Size..." command. This strips out any dead or unnecessary code, optimizes fonts (if two instances of the same font exist, the PDF is rewritten so that only one instance exists), and the like.
Ghostscript probably has a function that does something similar, but off-hand I'm not sure which one that would be.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why does combining a PDF cause its size to be significantly larger? I have 3 files about 40 KB each. When I combine them using Preview and save them as a single PDF file, instead of having a size close to 120 KB, the size is closer to 500 KB.
Why does this happen, and is there any way to retain a small file size when the files are combined?
PDFs are funny creatures because Postscript is a very "fat" language; the same PDF can be written multiple ways. I would say that the extra code is probably glue code to put those three documents together and extra bits placed there by whatever utility was used to combine the three.
The best way to get rid of this would be to open the PDF in Acrobat Professional (not Reader) and run it through the "Reduce File Size..." command. This strips out any dead or unnecessary code, optimizes fonts (if two instances of the same font exist, the PDF is rewritten so that only one instance exists), and the like.
Ghostscript probably has a function that does something similar, but off-hand I'm not sure which one that would be.
Preview's "Reduce File Size" feature takes a 512KB file down to 254KB, but makes the text very blurry and difficult to read.
On Acrobat Standard (Windows), the "Reduce File size..." feature takes the 512KB file down to 418KB, but maintains the exact same quality that the original had.
Therefore, reducing the file size after the file was combined is not a good option. A better option is to use a more efficient program to combine the files...
I found out that Acrobat Standard is better than Preview at combining PDF files and maintaining a small file size. For example, if you have two 61KB files to combine, Preview will produce a 311KB file, while Acrobat (with the "Default File Size" option enabled) will produce a 106KB file.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why does combining a PDF cause its size to be significantly larger? I have 3 files about 40 KB each. When I combine them using Preview and save them as a single PDF file, instead of having a size close to 120 KB, the size is closer to 500 KB.
Why does this happen, and is there any way to retain a small file size when the files are combined?
PDFs are funny creatures because Postscript is a very "fat" language; the same PDF can be written multiple ways. I would say that the extra code is probably glue code to put those three documents together and extra bits placed there by whatever utility was used to combine the three.
The best way to get rid of this would be to open the PDF in Acrobat Professional (not Reader) and run it through the "Reduce File Size..." command. This strips out any dead or unnecessary code, optimizes fonts (if two instances of the same font exist, the PDF is rewritten so that only one instance exists), and the like.
Ghostscript probably has a function that does something similar, but off-hand I'm not sure which one that would be.
Preview's "Reduce File Size" feature takes a 512KB file down to 254KB, but makes the text very blurry and difficult to read.
On Acrobat Standard (Windows), the "Reduce File size..." feature takes the 512KB file down to 418KB, but maintains the exact same quality that the original had.
Therefore, reducing the file size after the file was combined is not a good option. A better option is to use a more efficient program to combine the files...
I found out that Acrobat Standard is better than Preview at combining PDF files and maintaining a small file size. For example, if you have two 61KB files to combine, Preview will produce a 311KB file, while Acrobat (with the "Default File Size" option enabled) will produce a 106KB file.
This is similar to Nate Stevens' answer. For anyone who still has this problem, I had used the "insert" option from the edit menu, and got a file size about 6 times larger than the sum of the individual file sizes.
However, when I simply dragged and dropped the pdfs into the sidebar (thumbnail view), I got just a little larger than the sum of the individual file sizes.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Why does combining a PDF cause its size to be significantly larger? I have 3 files about 40 KB each. When I combine them using Preview and save them as a single PDF file, instead of having a size close to 120 KB, the size is closer to 500 KB.
Why does this happen, and is there any way to retain a small file size when the files are combined?
PDFs are funny creatures because Postscript is a very "fat" language; the same PDF can be written multiple ways. I would say that the extra code is probably glue code to put those three documents together and extra bits placed there by whatever utility was used to combine the three.
The best way to get rid of this would be to open the PDF in Acrobat Professional (not Reader) and run it through the "Reduce File Size..." command. This strips out any dead or unnecessary code, optimizes fonts (if two instances of the same font exist, the PDF is rewritten so that only one instance exists), and the like.
Ghostscript probably has a function that does something similar, but off-hand I'm not sure which one that would be.
Preview's "Reduce File Size" feature takes a 512KB file down to 254KB, but makes the text very blurry and difficult to read.
On Acrobat Standard (Windows), the "Reduce File size..." feature takes the 512KB file down to 418KB, but maintains the exact same quality that the original had.
Therefore, reducing the file size after the file was combined is not a good option. A better option is to use a more efficient program to combine the files...
I found out that Acrobat Standard is better than Preview at combining PDF files and maintaining a small file size. For example, if you have two 61KB files to combine, Preview will produce a 311KB file, while Acrobat (with the "Default File Size" option enabled) will produce a 106KB file.
This is similar to Nate Stevens' answer. For anyone who still has this problem, I had used the "insert" option from the edit menu, and got a file size about 6 times larger than the sum of the individual file sizes.
However, when I simply dragged and dropped the pdfs into the sidebar (thumbnail view), I got just a little larger than the sum of the individual file sizes.
I suspect this is caused by images rendered by Preview and re-encoded in a lower compression level. How was your PDF created in the first place?
Another possibility is that characters where seen as character in the original file, but are rendered as bitmaps in the produced PDF.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Replacement DVD drive for MacBook Pro Howdy. I have a MacBook Pro 15" (MB133LL/A) with a Matsushita UJ-867 DVD drive. The DVD drive is failing and I'm looking for a replacement.
Are there any other supported drives for this machine than the UJ-867?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Kensington lock for iPhone I'm going to a conference where there be a booth for my company to showcase our product. I'm bringing an iPhone which will be part of the product demonstration.
Now is there any product out there that can help secure the device from theft? I'm not sure where to buy those cables attached to phones at BestBuy and I'd like to be able to remove the cable once the show is over.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>iOS app to transfer images, photos to another phone via Bluetooth Is there an app that can help me get connected to bluetooth in mobile phones manufactured by companies like nokia, samsunng, etc
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iOS app to transfer images, photos to another phone via Bluetooth Is there an app that can help me get connected to bluetooth in mobile phones manufactured by companies like nokia, samsunng, etc
The iPhone 4 does not support the Bluetooth OPP profiles which you need for standard device to device transfers. All you have available are
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*HFP (handsfree)
*PBAP (Phonebook access)
*A2DP (advanced audio distribution)
*AVRCP (av remote)
*PAN (Personal Area Network)
*HID (Human Interface)
Peer to peer comms are possible over BT but the app has to implement the protocol stack itself
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iOS app to transfer images, photos to another phone via Bluetooth Is there an app that can help me get connected to bluetooth in mobile phones manufactured by companies like nokia, samsunng, etc
The iPhone 4 does not support the Bluetooth OPP profiles which you need for standard device to device transfers. All you have available are
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*HFP (handsfree)
*PBAP (Phonebook access)
*A2DP (advanced audio distribution)
*AVRCP (av remote)
*PAN (Personal Area Network)
*HID (Human Interface)
Peer to peer comms are possible over BT but the app has to implement the protocol stack itself
There is word out on a jailbroken app in development called Celeste that should be able to do that and is rumored to be release soon.
If you are still on iOS3 you could try iBlueNova.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is it possible to preserve Light Table (or Album) ordering when exporting from Aperture? I'd like to export my Light Table to disk using a custom counter that preserves the ordering of the Light Table. Alternatively, I'd like to do the same for an Album.
Thoughts?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>iPhone calendar alerts are not muted when vibrate switch is on I leave my iPhone in vibrate mode all the time. The switch still works (when I switch it the iPhone shows the ringer on/off notice).
This morning it started alerting me for calendar alerts with both vibration and audible chimes. Note that I'm NOT talking about clock/timer alarms.
I've rebooted the iPhone, and it's still alerting me both ways.
What else should I check?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>iPhone calendar alerts are not muted when vibrate switch is on I leave my iPhone in vibrate mode all the time. The switch still works (when I switch it the iPhone shows the ringer on/off notice).
This morning it started alerting me for calendar alerts with both vibration and audible chimes. Note that I'm NOT talking about clock/timer alarms.
I've rebooted the iPhone, and it's still alerting me both ways.
What else should I check?
The calendar alert is something that you asked for so will not be suppressed by the Silent switch. According to the HIG the switch is supposed to indicate that you do not wish to hear unsolicited sounds such as incoming call ringtones.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is Quicktime always pre-installed on the Macintosh OS? Does the Mac come with Quicktime pre-installed?
If so, what OS version (minimum) could be expected to have come with it pre-installed?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Is it possible to create an icon on home screen to a specific note? I'd like to to add an icon to my homescreen that takes me directly to a specific note. What I was thinking was doing it by having a bookmark in safari that triggers that note, and adding a shortcut to that bookmark to my homescreen. This would open safari, then open notes, to that note, similar to how an iTunes link in Safari opens the app store or iTunes app. Is this possible or is there an alternate solution?
is there a syntax like apps//notes.app/noteid or something to accomplish this?
iPhone 4
iOS 4.2
Why I want it: I use a specific note frequently and I'd like quick access to that one, without opening notes, scrolling to, and selecting it.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is it possible to create an icon on home screen to a specific note? I'd like to to add an icon to my homescreen that takes me directly to a specific note. What I was thinking was doing it by having a bookmark in safari that triggers that note, and adding a shortcut to that bookmark to my homescreen. This would open safari, then open notes, to that note, similar to how an iTunes link in Safari opens the app store or iTunes app. Is this possible or is there an alternate solution?
is there a syntax like apps//notes.app/noteid or something to accomplish this?
iPhone 4
iOS 4.2
Why I want it: I use a specific note frequently and I'd like quick access to that one, without opening notes, scrolling to, and selecting it.
Unfortunately there's no url scheme for the Notes app, so there's no way to jump to a specific one.
There are two good sites for finding iOS app url schemes, handleOpenURL and the iPhone URL Schemes page on Akosma's wiki. The former has many more urls, but the latter occasionally has something the other doesn't.
A quick search in handleOpenURL for "text" and for "note" only shows one app that appears that it can do what you want (which doesn't mean it's the only app that does so, just that it's the only one listed in the site), though even then I'm not certain you'll be able to create the shortcut by hand.
I'm completely unfamiliar with the app and have no idea whether it's worthwhile, but I figure it's worth passing on: Notebooks for iPhone.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Is it possible to create an icon on home screen to a specific note? I'd like to to add an icon to my homescreen that takes me directly to a specific note. What I was thinking was doing it by having a bookmark in safari that triggers that note, and adding a shortcut to that bookmark to my homescreen. This would open safari, then open notes, to that note, similar to how an iTunes link in Safari opens the app store or iTunes app. Is this possible or is there an alternate solution?
is there a syntax like apps//notes.app/noteid or something to accomplish this?
iPhone 4
iOS 4.2
Why I want it: I use a specific note frequently and I'd like quick access to that one, without opening notes, scrolling to, and selecting it.
Unfortunately there's no url scheme for the Notes app, so there's no way to jump to a specific one.
There are two good sites for finding iOS app url schemes, handleOpenURL and the iPhone URL Schemes page on Akosma's wiki. The former has many more urls, but the latter occasionally has something the other doesn't.
A quick search in handleOpenURL for "text" and for "note" only shows one app that appears that it can do what you want (which doesn't mean it's the only app that does so, just that it's the only one listed in the site), though even then I'm not certain you'll be able to create the shortcut by hand.
I'm completely unfamiliar with the app and have no idea whether it's worthwhile, but I figure it's worth passing on: Notebooks for iPhone.
If you want to open only the same note every time there is an app for that: DraftPad. It also has some nifty url scheme feature called Assists you might like.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Canon Selphy CP780 Printer for MacBook Air Where can I find information on set up?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Canon Selphy CP780 Printer for MacBook Air Where can I find information on set up?
Perhaps you should try the GutenPrint print drivers. These open source drivers work for a huge number of printers, the Selphy CP770 and 790 are listed as supported so either of those might work.
The drivers work with all versions of OS X.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>HFS on Snow Leopard read only Snow Leopard seems to have dropped support for the HFS (not HFS+) filesystem in Disk Utility. I have an HFS disk image that I created on a Leopard system. In Snow Leopard, this disk image is read only. I also can't create a new HFS disk image in Disk Utility, the option is missing.
Is there a way to mount or create an HFS disk image as read/write in Snow Leopard? (Perhaps a diskutil command?)
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Looking for USB-over-ethernet solution I'm doing development with the Windows phones, but I'd really like to ditch my Windows box. I have access to a virtual Windows installation in the cloud, but I need to be able to deploy to, and debug on, my phone which is most decidedly not in the cloud.
I'm looking for software which provides virtual USB ports with client/server TCP/IP support, which supports intercommunication with OS X and Windows. Anyone heard of anything like that?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Looking for USB-over-ethernet solution I'm doing development with the Windows phones, but I'd really like to ditch my Windows box. I have access to a virtual Windows installation in the cloud, but I need to be able to deploy to, and debug on, my phone which is most decidedly not in the cloud.
I'm looking for software which provides virtual USB ports with client/server TCP/IP support, which supports intercommunication with OS X and Windows. Anyone heard of anything like that?
I've not found anything that supports OS X as a the server, and Windows as the client. The best solution I can suggest would be Belkins network USB hub or digi's AnyWhereUSB product.
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*http://www.belkin.com/networkusbhub/ - hardware share to win or os x
*http://www.digi.com/products/usb/anywhereusb.jsp#overview - Hardware share to Win
*http://www.virtualserialport.com/products/usb-over-network/ - Win/Linux - OS X coming soon
*http://communities.vmware.com/thread/77230 - Reviews
*http://www.intellidriver.com/products_1.16.html - Win
*http://www.usb-over-network.com/usb-over-network.html - Win
*http://www.fabulatech.com/ - Win/Linux
*http://usbip.sourceforge.net/#about - Linux/Win
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I create a symbolic link to a directory with a space in it? I was trying to create a symbolic link using the following command:
ln -s "~/Foo Bar/" Foo
... but it didn't work (i.e. when I go into finder and try double clicking it, it says that it's pointing to an invalid path and prompts me to delete the alias or fix it). I had to rename the folder to FooBar and then run the following command:
ln -s ~/FooBar/ Foo
How can I create the link without having to remove the space from the folder's name?
I'm looking for a way to do this in Terminal and not in Finder's UI.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I create a symbolic link to a directory with a space in it? I was trying to create a symbolic link using the following command:
ln -s "~/Foo Bar/" Foo
... but it didn't work (i.e. when I go into finder and try double clicking it, it says that it's pointing to an invalid path and prompts me to delete the alias or fix it). I had to rename the folder to FooBar and then run the following command:
ln -s ~/FooBar/ Foo
How can I create the link without having to remove the space from the folder's name?
I'm looking for a way to do this in Terminal and not in Finder's UI.
The quote marks are preventing ~ from being expanded to your home folder, so you need to either quote just the part with the space in it:
ln -s ~/"Foo Bar/" Foo
Note: exactly how much is quoted doesn't matter, as long as the space is in the quoted portion and the ~/ isn't. ~/Foo" "Bar/, ~/"Foo Bar"/, ~/Fo"o B"ar/ etc are all equivalent. Also, single- and double-quotes have the same effect on spaces (although they differ on other characters), so ~/'Foo Bar/', ~/Foo' 'Bar/ etc would also work.
You could also use an escape to prevent the space from being treated as a separator:
ln -s ~/Foo\ Bar/ Foo
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Where are Services stored? I created a service using Automator and noticed that it created a .workflow file in ~/Library/Services. Is this the same file that handles the service that I see under (Application's Name) > Services?
If so, does that mean that I can add or remove .workflow files directly in that folder and have it automatically appear in the Services menu? Or do I need to restart in order for that to happen?
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How do I select more than one file in LaunchBar? Is it possible to select multiple files in LaunchBar? (For example, I may want to select two files in a folder and "drag" them to another folder.) How do I do that?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How do I select more than one file in LaunchBar? Is it possible to select multiple files in LaunchBar? (For example, I may want to select two files in a folder and "drag" them to another folder.) How do I do that?
I found a post on the Objective Development Forums that suggests a different approach:
*
*Select the file to move or copy (either in the Finder, or in LaunchBar).
*Copy it (⌘-C)
*Select another file (again, either in the Finder, or in LaunchBar).
*Use ClipMerge (Press ⌘-C twice.)
*Repeat steps 3 & 4 if you wish to select more than two files.
*Select the destination folder.
*Paste (⌘-V)
I was skeptical until I tried it. It works quite well.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>How can I take a picture with my iSight camera? I have a MacBook Air which has a built in camera. Is there any simple application (preferably one that comes with Mac OS X) which simply takes a picture and saves it as PNG or JPG?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I take a picture with my iSight camera? I have a MacBook Air which has a built in camera. Is there any simple application (preferably one that comes with Mac OS X) which simply takes a picture and saves it as PNG or JPG?
ImageSnap is another great command line utility for picture taking or video recording from a connected camera (whether it's your iSight camera or a plugged-in camera). It's a handy little application.
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>How can I take a picture with my iSight camera? I have a MacBook Air which has a built in camera. Is there any simple application (preferably one that comes with Mac OS X) which simply takes a picture and saves it as PNG or JPG?
ImageSnap is another great command line utility for picture taking or video recording from a connected camera (whether it's your iSight camera or a plugged-in camera). It's a handy little application.
Yes, the application is called "Photo Booth," and lives, I'm pretty sure, in /Applications/Photo Booth.app
After you've taken a photo, you can drag an image to the desktop or to a folder in the Finder to save as a jpg image.
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You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>Alias for network drive In the Finder > Connect To Server window I have an IP address I connect to. Is there a way to make a nickname or alias for this server?
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<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>Alias for network drive In the Finder > Connect To Server window I have an IP address I connect to. Is there a way to make a nickname or alias for this server?
Try adding the following line to your /etc/hosts file:
10.0.0.1 alias.local
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<|im_start|>command<|im_sep|>
You are Iron Giant, a language model trained by AI Factory to help friends. Your role as a friend involves thoroughly exploring questions through a systematic thinking process before providing the final precise and accurate solutions. This requires engaging in a comprehensive cycle of analysis, summarizing, exploration, reassessment, reflection, backtracing, and iteration to develop well-considered thinking process. Please structure your response into two main sections: Thought and Solution using the specified format: <think> {Thought section} </think> {Solution section}. In the Thought section, detail your reasoning process in steps. Each step should include detailed considerations such as analysing questions, summarizing relevant findings, brainstorming new ideas, verifying the accuracy of the current steps, refining any errors, and revisiting previous steps. In the Solution section, based on various attempts, explorations, and reflections from the Thought section, systematically present the final solution that you deem correct. The Solution section should be logical, accurate, and concise and detail necessary steps needed to reach the conclusion.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
Take it to the Apple Store. Tell them exactly what is going on and that it's a real problem for you. Even if they can't recreate the problem there in store, they will replace the device. I had a similar issue with my iPad. I took it in and explained everything and even though they couldn't replicate it they replaced it.
If anything, they will help you get a resolution. I've never gone into an Apple store with a problem only to have them tell me "Sorry, nothing we can do."
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
Take it to the Apple Store. Tell them exactly what is going on and that it's a real problem for you. Even if they can't recreate the problem there in store, they will replace the device. I had a similar issue with my iPad. I took it in and explained everything and even though they couldn't replicate it they replaced it.
If anything, they will help you get a resolution. I've never gone into an Apple store with a problem only to have them tell me "Sorry, nothing we can do."
I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to offer up some useful information that I learned from the Apple Store. The home button on my wife's iPhone 4 was acting flaky, so I brought it in to a technician. After asking me whether I've tried a soft, hard and factory reset, he notified us that the phone was out of warranty, and it would cost $149 to replace it. But then, he also offered a workaround that I was not aware of: AssistiveTouch.
Basically, this allows you to access some system-level functions from an onscreen menu. In particular, this gives you a software home button, and it's baked into iOS5! It even responds to double and triple taps. If your home button is flaky or broken, this is a robust workaround. This also comes in handy if any of your other hardware components are broken; you can mute/unmute, do a "shake", adjust volume, rotate/lock screen.
To access it, go to Settings->General->Accessibility:
http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/wZUCuTIWcGqdve7tyuOeYmP5utpmcgzZ6p6a6S4g5ZONmN7cc79L5BPeIYV5/photo.png
Scroll down to the Physical & Motor and tap AssistiveTouch:
http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/oFVIebHqAK4LQPjKdqCRFKaOGLfo6fNJjExdRm1bPN7J0Qofth6U44CLm93y/photo.png
You will get an overlayed touch target, which opens a menu where you can operate the home button, among other things:
http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/5JiHhvpXUUtyFmec4Tli1xabng39mHeP1jLcL9No97i0TlnGxnQ3kiXiCw9L/photo.png
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
Take it to the Apple Store. Tell them exactly what is going on and that it's a real problem for you. Even if they can't recreate the problem there in store, they will replace the device. I had a similar issue with my iPad. I took it in and explained everything and even though they couldn't replicate it they replaced it.
If anything, they will help you get a resolution. I've never gone into an Apple store with a problem only to have them tell me "Sorry, nothing we can do."
I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to offer up some useful information that I learned from the Apple Store. The home button on my wife's iPhone 4 was acting flaky, so I brought it in to a technician. After asking me whether I've tried a soft, hard and factory reset, he notified us that the phone was out of warranty, and it would cost $149 to replace it. But then, he also offered a workaround that I was not aware of: AssistiveTouch.
Basically, this allows you to access some system-level functions from an onscreen menu. In particular, this gives you a software home button, and it's baked into iOS5! It even responds to double and triple taps. If your home button is flaky or broken, this is a robust workaround. This also comes in handy if any of your other hardware components are broken; you can mute/unmute, do a "shake", adjust volume, rotate/lock screen.
To access it, go to Settings->General->Accessibility:
http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/wZUCuTIWcGqdve7tyuOeYmP5utpmcgzZ6p6a6S4g5ZONmN7cc79L5BPeIYV5/photo.png
Scroll down to the Physical & Motor and tap AssistiveTouch:
http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/oFVIebHqAK4LQPjKdqCRFKaOGLfo6fNJjExdRm1bPN7J0Qofth6U44CLm93y/photo.png
You will get an overlayed touch target, which opens a menu where you can operate the home button, among other things:
http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/5JiHhvpXUUtyFmec4Tli1xabng39mHeP1jLcL9No97i0TlnGxnQ3kiXiCw9L/photo.png
I've seen many "flakey" home buttons be a problem with the software and not a real hardware issue. Getting it into the hands of a Apple Store technician is great as they are trained to work with you to isolate the issue to hardware or software and reach resolution or a plan to isolate it further. I would be prepared to let them erase the device (have a portable or backup made at home before leaving for the store) so they can eliminate software as a cause while you are in the store. That saves both of you a return trip or loss of data/contacts/apps.
Since they see hundreds of devices a week and have no incentive to not swap your phone if it's really a hardware issue, they will often see minor physical things before most end users will.
As to flakey software, oftentimes a physical home button press gets delayed or lost due to the OS doing a task (garbage collection / memory warning) or a runaway process taking lots of CPU.
Here is the procedure I use to be sure it's a bad home button hardware if I'm on the fence taking an iOS device in for service and it's not convenient to simply erase the device and set it up as new to get the cleanest OS setup possible.
*
*Turn on airplane mode - this
isolates the phone from wifi and
cell tower.
*Do a clean shutdown
with "slide to power off" and the
red slider - then reboot the phone
and don't slide to unlock.
This creates a very minimal system with only the core system running. You can repeatedly alternate the sleep/wake and home buttons. Play around a while - light presses, slow presses, firm presses. Find how little pressure is needed to activate the home button.
If the button is failing - you will get failures in this minimal system. One out of ten or one out of 100 or 50% of the clicks will fail. You will be able to quickly determine a spring failure from a contact failure from any other hardware failure in 10 minutes of testing. You also have a repeatable test case to show/demonstrate the failure and not get to the store with a "ghost" problem that can't easily be reproduced.
If the button isn't failing - you will know it in your bones - the hardware button on the iPhone doesn't just get tired or fail - it's a very simple contact and spring mechanism. When it breaks, the most normal failure mode is total failure.
If it's not failing - then you have a software issue - something is bogging down the system so that the hardware signal is getting delayed. Perhaps a call to AppleCare or a visit to the Genius Bar is also very good for fixing software too.
So to sum up - do get help either way. Your phone should be responsive to home button presses. With a little knowledge, you'll quickly figure if it's one bad app - the phone needing a restore and set up as new - or a hardware repair. I wouldn't restore the phone just before taking it in - that will erase two weeks of error logs that might help point to the problem - but be prepared to let them wipe the device if needed to rule out software.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
Take it to the Apple Store. Tell them exactly what is going on and that it's a real problem for you. Even if they can't recreate the problem there in store, they will replace the device. I had a similar issue with my iPad. I took it in and explained everything and even though they couldn't replicate it they replaced it.
If anything, they will help you get a resolution. I've never gone into an Apple store with a problem only to have them tell me "Sorry, nothing we can do."
I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to offer up some useful information that I learned from the Apple Store. The home button on my wife's iPhone 4 was acting flaky, so I brought it in to a technician. After asking me whether I've tried a soft, hard and factory reset, he notified us that the phone was out of warranty, and it would cost $149 to replace it. But then, he also offered a workaround that I was not aware of: AssistiveTouch.
Basically, this allows you to access some system-level functions from an onscreen menu. In particular, this gives you a software home button, and it's baked into iOS5! It even responds to double and triple taps. If your home button is flaky or broken, this is a robust workaround. This also comes in handy if any of your other hardware components are broken; you can mute/unmute, do a "shake", adjust volume, rotate/lock screen.
To access it, go to Settings->General->Accessibility:
http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/wZUCuTIWcGqdve7tyuOeYmP5utpmcgzZ6p6a6S4g5ZONmN7cc79L5BPeIYV5/photo.png
Scroll down to the Physical & Motor and tap AssistiveTouch:
http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/oFVIebHqAK4LQPjKdqCRFKaOGLfo6fNJjExdRm1bPN7J0Qofth6U44CLm93y/photo.png
You will get an overlayed touch target, which opens a menu where you can operate the home button, among other things:
http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/5JiHhvpXUUtyFmec4Tli1xabng39mHeP1jLcL9No97i0TlnGxnQ3kiXiCw9L/photo.png
I've seen many "flakey" home buttons be a problem with the software and not a real hardware issue. Getting it into the hands of a Apple Store technician is great as they are trained to work with you to isolate the issue to hardware or software and reach resolution or a plan to isolate it further. I would be prepared to let them erase the device (have a portable or backup made at home before leaving for the store) so they can eliminate software as a cause while you are in the store. That saves both of you a return trip or loss of data/contacts/apps.
Since they see hundreds of devices a week and have no incentive to not swap your phone if it's really a hardware issue, they will often see minor physical things before most end users will.
As to flakey software, oftentimes a physical home button press gets delayed or lost due to the OS doing a task (garbage collection / memory warning) or a runaway process taking lots of CPU.
Here is the procedure I use to be sure it's a bad home button hardware if I'm on the fence taking an iOS device in for service and it's not convenient to simply erase the device and set it up as new to get the cleanest OS setup possible.
*
*Turn on airplane mode - this
isolates the phone from wifi and
cell tower.
*Do a clean shutdown
with "slide to power off" and the
red slider - then reboot the phone
and don't slide to unlock.
This creates a very minimal system with only the core system running. You can repeatedly alternate the sleep/wake and home buttons. Play around a while - light presses, slow presses, firm presses. Find how little pressure is needed to activate the home button.
If the button is failing - you will get failures in this minimal system. One out of ten or one out of 100 or 50% of the clicks will fail. You will be able to quickly determine a spring failure from a contact failure from any other hardware failure in 10 minutes of testing. You also have a repeatable test case to show/demonstrate the failure and not get to the store with a "ghost" problem that can't easily be reproduced.
If the button isn't failing - you will know it in your bones - the hardware button on the iPhone doesn't just get tired or fail - it's a very simple contact and spring mechanism. When it breaks, the most normal failure mode is total failure.
If it's not failing - then you have a software issue - something is bogging down the system so that the hardware signal is getting delayed. Perhaps a call to AppleCare or a visit to the Genius Bar is also very good for fixing software too.
So to sum up - do get help either way. Your phone should be responsive to home button presses. With a little knowledge, you'll quickly figure if it's one bad app - the phone needing a restore and set up as new - or a hardware repair. I wouldn't restore the phone just before taking it in - that will erase two weeks of error logs that might help point to the problem - but be prepared to let them wipe the device if needed to rule out software.
You may want to read this fix:
Fix:
Turn off ‘Triple-click Home’ (this feature is off by default) > Settings > General > Accessibility > Triple-click Home.
If does not work
Reset your device by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds until you see the Apple logo.
This is how I fixed my problem.
<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>other<|im_sep|>The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it? I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.
After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.
The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:
*
*The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
*Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.
So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?
Take it to the Apple Store. Tell them exactly what is going on and that it's a real problem for you. Even if they can't recreate the problem there in store, they will replace the device. I had a similar issue with my iPad. I took it in and explained everything and even though they couldn't replicate it they replaced it.
If anything, they will help you get a resolution. I've never gone into an Apple store with a problem only to have them tell me "Sorry, nothing we can do."
I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to offer up some useful information that I learned from the Apple Store. The home button on my wife's iPhone 4 was acting flaky, so I brought it in to a technician. After asking me whether I've tried a soft, hard and factory reset, he notified us that the phone was out of warranty, and it would cost $149 to replace it. But then, he also offered a workaround that I was not aware of: AssistiveTouch.
Basically, this allows you to access some system-level functions from an onscreen menu. In particular, this gives you a software home button, and it's baked into iOS5! It even responds to double and triple taps. If your home button is flaky or broken, this is a robust workaround. This also comes in handy if any of your other hardware components are broken; you can mute/unmute, do a "shake", adjust volume, rotate/lock screen.
To access it, go to Settings->General->Accessibility:
http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/wZUCuTIWcGqdve7tyuOeYmP5utpmcgzZ6p6a6S4g5ZONmN7cc79L5BPeIYV5/photo.png
Scroll down to the Physical & Motor and tap AssistiveTouch:
http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bentsai/oFVIebHqAK4LQPjKdqCRFKaOGLfo6fNJjExdRm1bPN7J0Qofth6U44CLm93y/photo.png
You will get an overlayed touch target, which opens a menu where you can operate the home button, among other things:
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I've seen many "flakey" home buttons be a problem with the software and not a real hardware issue. Getting it into the hands of a Apple Store technician is great as they are trained to work with you to isolate the issue to hardware or software and reach resolution or a plan to isolate it further. I would be prepared to let them erase the device (have a portable or backup made at home before leaving for the store) so they can eliminate software as a cause while you are in the store. That saves both of you a return trip or loss of data/contacts/apps.
Since they see hundreds of devices a week and have no incentive to not swap your phone if it's really a hardware issue, they will often see minor physical things before most end users will.
As to flakey software, oftentimes a physical home button press gets delayed or lost due to the OS doing a task (garbage collection / memory warning) or a runaway process taking lots of CPU.
Here is the procedure I use to be sure it's a bad home button hardware if I'm on the fence taking an iOS device in for service and it's not convenient to simply erase the device and set it up as new to get the cleanest OS setup possible.
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*Turn on airplane mode - this
isolates the phone from wifi and
cell tower.
*Do a clean shutdown
with "slide to power off" and the
red slider - then reboot the phone
and don't slide to unlock.
This creates a very minimal system with only the core system running. You can repeatedly alternate the sleep/wake and home buttons. Play around a while - light presses, slow presses, firm presses. Find how little pressure is needed to activate the home button.
If the button is failing - you will get failures in this minimal system. One out of ten or one out of 100 or 50% of the clicks will fail. You will be able to quickly determine a spring failure from a contact failure from any other hardware failure in 10 minutes of testing. You also have a repeatable test case to show/demonstrate the failure and not get to the store with a "ghost" problem that can't easily be reproduced.
If the button isn't failing - you will know it in your bones - the hardware button on the iPhone doesn't just get tired or fail - it's a very simple contact and spring mechanism. When it breaks, the most normal failure mode is total failure.
If it's not failing - then you have a software issue - something is bogging down the system so that the hardware signal is getting delayed. Perhaps a call to AppleCare or a visit to the Genius Bar is also very good for fixing software too.
So to sum up - do get help either way. Your phone should be responsive to home button presses. With a little knowledge, you'll quickly figure if it's one bad app - the phone needing a restore and set up as new - or a hardware repair. I wouldn't restore the phone just before taking it in - that will erase two weeks of error logs that might help point to the problem - but be prepared to let them wipe the device if needed to rule out software.
You may want to read this fix:
Fix:
Turn off ‘Triple-click Home’ (this feature is off by default) > Settings > General > Accessibility > Triple-click Home.
If does not work
Reset your device by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least 10 seconds until you see the Apple logo.
This is how I fixed my problem.
You mentioned the following symptoms, which I've been noticing on my iPhone as well:
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*"Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click."
*"After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while. But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again."
Since I ruled out the unlikely event that something is broken, I suggested that I must be some dirt or dust.
The little area around the home button can get dirty - just like the slots for the speaker at the top and bottom.
I fixed it fast by:
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*Shutting down the iPhone. (Not really necessary though.)
*Applying WD-40, a "penetrating oil and water-displacing spray"1
*Pressing the home button multiple times during cleaning in order for the liquid to get distributed quicker.
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