Pictures displayed on a computer screen
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What Is Graphic Switching & Are There Reasons to Turn It Off?
I was tinkering about in the System Preferences of my Macbook Pro yesterday, when I came across "Automatic Graphic Switching" within the Energy Saver pane as exemplied below:
What exactly is ...
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I Think My Graphics Card Changed
I opened System Information today only to find that my graphics card name has changed from Intel 4000 (or something like that) to AMD Radion:
I don't think I'm going crazy.
EDIT: I was right! Here ...
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Strange looking mouse pointer with squiggles and 24
I opened up my macbook this morning (resumed from sleep) and found that my mouse pointer looked like this:
If I hovered over a button, the pointer part would change to the little hand, but the ...
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Decreasing resolution of screenshots increases file size
I've noticed that on my rMBP, when I try to make a screenshot smaller using Preview.app version 6.0.1 (Tools -> Adjust Size).
When I'm trying to decrease the image size to upload it, the file size ...
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Finder doesn't show thumbnail previews for RAW files
Since I upgraded to Lion (10.7.5), Finder doesn't display thumbnail previews of ARW files. ARW is a Sony RAW image format (in my case files were produced by Sony NEX-5 camera). Finder used to display ...
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Eject Disk Image at logout with AppleScipt?
I would like to know how to use AppleScript to write a script that automatically ejects a disk image whenever the user logs out of their account.
This script would be the complementary inverse to a ...
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Convert multiple jpeg images to pdf [duplicate]
How can I convert multiple jpeg images to pdf, without reducing quality?
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Trouble transferring pictures from an iPhone 3GS to PC
I had dropped my iPhone 3GS and the left bottom corner of the screen had cracked. Now the touch screen nor home button work. I'm able to charge the iPhone with my USB charger but am not able to do ...
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Manage iPhoto on external hard disk
Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have ...
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screen with “cloud” spots and freezes
I have a macbook pro that is getting some error, I can work with him for a while but then e freezes and some "cloud-like" spots appear on the screen.
What can be its problem?
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I can't get my old pictures off my iPod
I just updated my iPod 3rd generation, and I'm having a lot of problems!
Photostream started only with my new pictures and now I'm not able to get my old pictures off my iPod and it's really ...
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Mac: VRAM with multiple Monitors
It seems that when multiple monitors are attached to a MacBook Pro (Retina), OSX splits up the VRAM for the monitors. Even when a screen is captured by e.g. a game, performance degrades very steep. ...
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Wireless both way sync of photos on iPhone
iTunes allows you to "sync" pictures however this only copies files from Mac to iPhone, forcing me to do it manually over the USB cable if I want to copy my photos from iPhone to my Mac.
I'm running ...
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How can I turn on the Intel HD manually?
For some weeks my MacBook 6.2 does not switch to the integrated graphics adapter (Intel HD). This is especially crucial when I work on battery (which happens quite often). I guess the runtime could be ...
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Graphical issues with Safari?
Sometimes during browsing the internet or typing stuff (even here), some blocks of the page disappear and overlap each other. They sometimes overlap the text im typing or text in articles im reading, ...
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What might cause a a dock icon to have pixellated noise?
This is possibly a non-issue, but the Finder icon that appears when you Cmd + Tab has some strange graphical noise on the top. I can't remember how long ago it happened, or if I made anything strange ...
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Various graphics-related corruption/errors/misrendering with Mountain Lion
Since the November 2012 update to Moutain Lion, I keep getting these weird graphical issues.
The list of woes:
OpenCL crashes during application startup
Sometimes after the laptop wakes up from a ...
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Safari 6.0.2 not displaying images
Safari 6.0.2 on iMac will not load certain images in a web store I am visiting. The images used to load in Safari 5 and still load just fine in Safari on my iPad and iPhone. Any thoughts?
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Brand New MacBook Pro Retina Glitches
I noticed a lot of people have a similar problem like me. Strange glitches in some programs on some controls. They appear totally random. The image shows only one program. It also appears in Safari, ...
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Powerpoint: compress or downsample large images/graphics
I'm using Powerpoint 2011, and I'm not able to find an option to easily downsample or compress images to produce a smaller output PPTX or PPT file.
I don't need the high resolution in some of the ...
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Macbook Pro Battery / Discrete Graphics Card Issues in 10.8.2
I am posting because I currently have a 15'' Macbook Pro (Early 2011 edition) and have suffered from poor battery life since upgrading from Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.8.
Before the upgrade, I could use my ...
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Terrible GUI lag/glitchiness after reboot in Mountain Lion 10.8.2
I got a brand new Retina MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, Mountain Lion 10.8.2) a couple months ago, and it was buttery smooth (for the most part) at first.
However, one day I turned ...
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Application similar to MS Paint to do graphical work on Mac
This is going to sound silly to someone who does this everyday.. but I am confused about something.
What do people use to do similar things like with MS Paint (not Paint.net), e.g. stuff like making ...
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Why are there several image folders when I connect my iPhone to Windows?
Normaly there was only one folder which hold my images taken from the native camera app. But now there are three folders, all filled with images? Why are there now three different image folders when I ...
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Bootcamp Win7 - Graphic distortion
I installed Windows 7 on MBP 13" 2012 using bootcamp. I have downloaded all drivers etc, system is updated. When I open EvE Online game client, the application works normally, although the graphics in ...
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Mac Pro (mid 2010) grinds to a halt when display is rotated to portrait
I have a Mac Pro Mid 2010 with two ATI Radion 5770's driving 6 Dell U2412M's. Problem is, when even just one of these displays is rotated to portrait, the entire system grinds to a halt. CPU usage ...
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Display forwarding - for non-X programs?
I ask this anticipating the answer is 'no', but - is it possible to forward graphics windows on mac the way you would forward X11 windows, i.e. via ssh?
I'm thinking specifically of the python ...
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Fix bad image quality in dark images in iMovie
I have an iMovie project (stop motion animation). Everything is fine, except for a dark scene. The photos get pixelated and blocked, and really ruined. The original image is very sharp and clear, yet ...
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Can a Mac with Thunderbolt effectively use a PCI Graphics Card using an external cage?
I was wondering how good thunderbolt is for adding a beefier PCI graphics card to my MacBook Air.
If I use a PCI enclosure like this, will the card integrate with the Mac to enhance the performance ...
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Can I force an update to the Background image name in the com.apple.desktop.plist?
Mountain Lion has moderately broken the hack I originally used to retrieve the background image names in this posted question: How do I reliably get the file name of the current background picture?
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How to Generate a Globe / Sphere of Icons / Images
Does anyone know how to generate a sphere of icons like Apple has done in their keynotes.
Such as: http://blog.utest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/iStock_000020649912XSmall.jpg
or
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Corrupt originals in iPhoto
I discovered that some of my iPhoto pictures are corrupt. Photos from same day a few years ago are organized into 5 folders/events by the photograper. Each of them used different camera, two of them ...
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Images centered on safari
Is there a way (preferably stable —doesn't matter if it's difficult to configure— but you forget about it once done) to make Safari displaying images centered?
I mean, if you are viewing an image ...
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Various applications are not redrawing areas of their screen (glitchy graphics)
There are a few applications that consistently show graphic glitches. I think it started happening on a recent Mac OS X update.
I have:
Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)
Intel HD Graphics 288 MB (can switch ...
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Safari 6 rendering issues/artifacts (on Mountain Lion)
Final update I just received an email from Apple confirming this bug has been fixed in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3
I've been having rendering issues with Safari 6 on different systems all running ...
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Resizing Images with Automator into multiple sizes
I followed this simple guide to resize images in a batch with Automator:
copy
copy file to resized folder on Desktop
add suffix _S (for small)
resize it to 25% of its original size
Though I want ...
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Sudden drop in gaming performance (FPS) on a mid-2010 iMac
About two weeks ago, I had a sudden drop in gaming performance on my 27" iMac with ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics. While before I could play games without any problems at high graphical settings, ...
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How to permanently disable (defective) graphics card in MacBook Pro?
My graphics card has malfunctioned and is preventing my MacBook Pro (2011) from booting.
Based on my research I will have to otherwise have the logic board replaced.
The defective ATI graphics card ...
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Where can I find the source image files for the browser checkboxes in Safari?
I'm looking for the source PNG image files for the browser checkboxes used in Safari.
Specifically, these guys:
I've looked through the Contents > Resources folder in the Safari.app file, but ...
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How to render only first page in PDF as image and then resize?
I've really stuck on how to do this, I thought it would be easy, but maybe not!
I want to create a small thumbnail image from the first page of a pdf in automator so I can batch convert a load of ...
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Aperture : unreadable JPEG on Mountain Lion
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, some pictures in my Aperture library are unreadable. Aperture says the format isn't supported.
I made some test and noticed that even the Finder, QuickLook or ...
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How to fix weird screen issues on Macbook Pro after appr. half an hour of activity?
Recently my couple year old MacBook Pro has been acting up strangely. I generally use it for watching videos. After about half an hour or so of activity, the screen starts to look like this:
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Animations are choppy and jerky after a day (Mountain Lion)
After my 13" MacBook Pro (2010) has been on/sleeping for a day, the changing desktop animation and mission control gets choppy. Only a reboot fixes this problem and it stays good for several hours. ...
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How to scan an image (map) using only 256 colors?
Is there a way to can an image on OSX using only 256 colors rather than millions or billions?
I am scanning maps which only use a few colors, so I think I want to keep the color depth low so there is ...
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Is there a free command line program for converting PDF files to SVG?
Once upon a time I used Corel Draw to edit vector graphics. Now I'm looking at using Sketch. I previously converted all my old CDR files to PDF but Sketch doesn't seem to like to open PDFs containing ...
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Transparent PNG photo shape creator on iPad
I have searched high and low looking for an app that will do a very specific thing.
I want to take a photo from my camera roll, apply a pre created shape mask to it (not freeform) and then save it ...
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Software for design 3D graph
I'm looking for a software for designing 3D graph (graph with x,y,z axis).
I found OmniGraphSketcher but it seems that it allows me to design only 2D graph.
I don't want to use Matlab because my ...
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How can I keep my Mountain Lion MacBook Pro display at maximum brightness?
I have periodically noticed that my display has been a bit dim, and have brought it up to maximum brightness... only later to find that my display was about halfway on brightness. I can't rule out a ...
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Lines running down screen of iPod touch 4th generation
It's almost like stuck pixels- except they're moving down the screen...? Recently, after turning on a 4th generation iPod touch for the first time in two or three months, I noticed that lines were ...
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Mountain Lion displaying graphical artefacts on screen
I have a default automatic login account, User A. The Dock renders all it is responsible for (Dock, Launchpad, Mission Control) correctly for User A, but when I Fast User Switch to User B or C or the ...
