Using Apple products and services with a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system in its various versions.
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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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Should I enable Trim for SSD drives in Windows / VirtualBox?
I understand that Trim exists for OSX Mountain Lion, but is there anything I should do for Windows on Virtualbox in this regard?
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Forgot to turn off Hotspot, tethered via USB along with direct Ethernet, end result?
What happens if I forget to turn off hotspot tethering on my iOS device and connect it via USB to a computer that is already connected to the Internet via Ethernet? Which internet / network gateway ...
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Airdrop Alternative for Windows/Mac/Linux?
I am looking for something that does the same thing as Airdrop that would work on Windows/Mac/Linux. Because of hardware it would most likely have to be LAN-based, but I am perfectly fine with that. ...
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After syncing laptop to iPad, photo drop down tab no longer visible with iTunes version 11.0.1
After syncing my laptop (Windows XP) with my iPad and selecting my iPad under Devices on the left hand side, there is no photos heading any longer.
I have menu headings (tabs) for "Summary", "Info", ...
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How to avoid auto starting playback when importing playlist in iTunes library
Whenever i import a large folder into iTunes i have the problem that if in one of the subfolders there is a playlist, it will auto start playing. How can i prevent this?
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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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Display PowerPoint notes on iPhone during presentation?
When presenting a PowerPoint (.pptx) document, I'll likely have a clicker but cannot count on having visible access to the notes I've written inside it for each slide to help me present.
The ...
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Bootcamp: is there an advantage of 64-bit vs 32-bit Windows?
I've got the new MabookPro retina. I want to install a dual boot Windows OS.
I have the option from MSDN to either install a 64-bit or a 32-bit. Is there a performance advantage? Other advantages?
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OS X software for copying from Windows File Shares
I am migrating from Windows as my desktop operating system, but will still need to interact with Windows file servers.
Is there any OS X software to help with copying files from file servers. I am ...
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Unable to install Windows via Bootcamp without superdrive (mountain lion)
I have iMac (mid 2011) with latest OSX (10.8.2). Seems impossible to install windows without superdrive (it just doesn't work works fine on windows).
I have googled for solution but none of them ...
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Win 7 in Boot Camp: Drivers will not install from snow leopard cd
I have a early 2011 Macbook Pro (8,1). I am loading Windows 7 with Boot Camp, but cannot get any of the drivers to install. (ethernet, video, etc)
I have tried both the Snow Leopard cd, and ...
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Reformat old windows hard drive for use externally
I have an old 100 GB hard drive from a windows laptop that I would like to make use of as a portable, external hard drive. I ordered a cheap case on Amazon and it works fine. However, the disk is ...
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How do I correct wrong iTunes play counts?
The play count in my iTunes library has somehow become incorrect. It shows some songs as never been played while I know that I have played them many times before. These songs do still have a "last ...
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Bootcamp assistant won't let me increase the Windows partition
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my Mac. The Bootcamp Assistant won't let me increase the Windows partiton's size above ~45 GB. I've got 200 GB free out of 500 GB on my SSD.
I run Disk Repair, but ...
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How to backup iPhone by iTunes?
I'm new to iTunes and everything doesn't make sense for me.
I need to do backup of contacts, photos and music on my iPhone.
I've tried to follow several manuals how to do backup on my Windows PC but ...
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Removing all IPA files not in iTunes?
I currently have have 692 IPA files on my Windows 7 machine, but only 598 IPA files actually in my Applications section of iTunes
I'm guessing this is a result of me pressing the wrong key when ...
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Opening a new iTunes window for my apps (Windows 7)
I've currently got around 700 apps installed on my desktop PC, and 500 installed on my iPad.
I'm trying to remove all of the apps from my iTunes library that aren't on my PC, but it seems the only ...
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Finding drivers for Macbook Pro (13 inch, i5, 2.3GHZ) without bootcamp
I had a customer come in (regular) and brought me a mac his son screwed up by deleting partitions and installing windows. Somehow in the bootcamp process he screwed it all up.
So now there's a fresh ...
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How to extend bootcamp partition?
When I was installing windows 7 on my mac I allocated 55GB to my bootcamp partition, I now realise that it is not enough for me. is there a way to extend it, without loosing any data and re-instaling ...
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Why does Ctrl+Alt+Backspace work to log in to Windows on MacBook Pro?
I have Windows 7 installed in Boot Camp on my 2011 MacBook Pro.
I have configured Windows to require a Ctrl+Alt+Del to log in. This is supposed to prevent malware from putting up a fake login ...
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Cannot change startup disk
I have my OS X 10.8.2 system with bootcamp, with Windows 7 on the other partition. However, when I try to set the startup disk in System Preferences, I get the error
The bless tool was unable to ...
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How can I create a new iPad backup in iTunes after I forgot the backup password?
I lost my password for the backup of my iPad. I don't need to restore, just be able to make a new backup with a new password, preferrably without reinstalling iTunes.
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Will bootable usb created by bootcamp on mac work with PC?
I need to make a bootable usb with windows 8 files on it, I can't think of easier option than creating it via help of bootcamp, but Will it work for pc (I want to install files on my pc)?
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Document upload/sync with iTunes 11
I have updated iTunes to version 11 and I can't Find the spot where to upload and sync documents anymore (to use in iAnnotate for instance). I don't have a WiFi connection so iCloud syncing is not an ...
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27" Cinema Display Windows Drivers
I just built a new windows 8 PC with a GA-Z77X-UP4 TH motherboard so I could have a Thunderbolt port for my Apple LED Cinema Display 27" . Unfortunately, the display isn't working. I have read that it ...
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Can I make iTunes try to identify a playlist like it would a CD?
I'm slowly recovering from the problems described in this question, and I've run across a couple situations where I know the track numbers and that a set of MP3s came from one album, but I can't ...
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Is it possible to install and boot Windows on a Thunderbolt drive?
I know the BIOS emulation of the EFI firmware in Macs does not support booting from FireWire or USB drives, and the EFI version of Windows doesn't seem to be compatible with Apple's EFI ...
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Can I “play higher rated songs more often” in iTunes 11?
After upgrading to iTunes 11, I miss the "Play higher rated songs more often" feature available in iTunes DJ from previous versions. Is there a simple way to restore this feature? I used to use a ...
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How can I fix my music library?
I upgraded to iTunes 11 and it destroyed my entire music library in one fell swoop.
After the upgrade to 11, many of my mp3 files got moved to Unknown Album folders. If I looked at the files in ...
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Is there a (working) iTunes 11 “search” shortcut?
The Help Topics say that Ctrl+Alt+F should go to the search field, but it don't here. I'm on Windows 7, with iTunes 11.
Is there a shortcut for the search? (I really don't like to have to use the ...
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Can I install Windows on the Boot Camp partition from Parallels?
I am the happy owner of a MacBook Pro, Parallels Desktop 7, and Windows 8. I haven't installed Windows 8 yet, but I'd like to do it soon. (I know Apple's drivers are not yet up-to-date, but from this ...
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How to make a terminal window always float on top?
I see tons of people who have asked this question in the past, and the answer is always the same.. "Use Afloat". But since Afloat hasn't been updated in ages, and has only support for certain ...
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Printing from a remote windows computer on a printer connected to a MacBook Air
We have a consultant who has a MacBook Air. He connects that to one of our printers via USB. The Mac recognizes the printer and we can print from his documents etc. He then remotes to his office ...
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Wi-Fi Sync for iOS 4.2.1 and Windows?
I've lost my data cable for my old iPod Touch 2G, so I googled a little bit and found wifi-sync, downloaded it, and it told me to get the desktop app from getwifisync.com but it doesn't exist. Is ...
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Can the playlists and ratings be recovered from iOS devices when an iTunes library is lost?
I recently had to do a complete reinstall of my C: drive due to a catastrophic hardware failure. Unfortunately, the iTunes database and play lists and play counts were lost with no backup.
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Does iTunes 11 need extra services or tools to manage duplicates in the library?
In the new version of iTunes 11 the find duplicates option is gone and I don't want to revert to iTunes 10 to get that function back.
I know I had 1 GB of duplicates in iTunes 10, but I can't have ...
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iTunes 11: Sorting albums by year
Is there a way of sorting albums for an artist by year in iTunes?
For example: "Coda" is actually Led Zeppelin's last album, but it appears first for me in iTunes. I'd prefer it if it sorted albums ...
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iTunes warning about 1080p playback
Installing and tweaking around some settings on the new version of iTunes 11 today, and when I was messing around in the "Store" settings, I clicked it to prefer 1080p downloads, only to be presented ...
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Running a Win XP scanner driver on CrossOver
I have a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.
I own a scanner that was discontinued a couple of years ago (a Mustek A3 USB), and that comes only with drivers for Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS 9.
I am ...
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Using a PC keyboard on a mac, is there a way to set the end key so that it goes to the end of the line? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remap “Home” and “End” to beginning and end of line
It's incredibly irritating to press the end key on a keyboard, and have the cursor jump to the end of the document ...
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Games on windows 8 in bootcamp lag even on lowest graphics
I've been playing Crysis 2 and Skyrim on my Retina MacBookPro (10,1) for months now. The two games used to run super smoothly even on nearly maxed out settings. This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT ...
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Mac File Sharing with Windows 7
I haven't found any useful info about what to do when asked for a password whilst sharing files between Mac and Windows. My scenario: I have ONE user on my Mac (somebrit) and no one else, not even ...
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How can I boot to Windows on my Mac?
I have a MacBook Pro that I installed Windows 8 on via Boot Camp. I've managed to boot to it, before, but since then I've made two new partitions on the disk, and I'm afraid it's messed things up ...
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How to stop Windows firewall from blocking Bonjour hostname resolution
I have Bonjour installed on my Windows 7 PC, and the installer appears to have poked all the necessary holes in the Windows firewall. However, I can't ping windows-pc.local from my Mac. If I ...
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Booting from USB to install Windows 7 on Macbook Pro, Early 2011
I used Bootcamp (5.0) to create a Windows 7 install USB. It successfully created the install USB but when I reboot the system and hold down the option-key to boot from the USB drive, the boot-loader ...
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How can I remove a program from “Open With”?
I recently installed VMWare Fusion and added Windows 7. Now when I right-click on a text file and choose Open With, there's an option to open with Notepad in Windows 7. This is not something I want ...
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Uninstalling Parallels and Windows 8
I installed Parallels and Windows 8 last spring on my MacBook Pro, but it's been eating up my resources. How can I verify that I got rid of ALL the files, and have nothing left?
Thanks!
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Are the Retina MacBook Pro 15" suitable for PC (Windows) gaming?
I want to buy a MacBook Pro Retina 15" and install Windows 7 or 8 (boot camp) to play games.
Obviously games aren't ready for this 2880x1800 resolution, so I hope I can set the games to run at ...
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Does Boot Camp support Windows Server 2012 with ReFS?
According to this article it is possible to install Windows 8 on a Mac (with minor issues).
Assuming Windows Server 2012 supports installation to an NTFS volume, I don't expect to run into any ...
