Using Apple products and services with a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system in its various versions.
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Can't get past choose partition on Windows 8 boot camp install. Then can't remove incomplete installation
So I got a new shiny sparkling MacBook Pro retina and Windows 8 just downloaded from MSDNAA. Reading success stories on the web that this runs even though Boot camp says Windows 7 makes me want to try ...
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Booting Windows 7 in Boot Camp shows a black screen with a blinking cursor
I am trying to restore a DMG image of a Windows 7 Boot Camp partition back to Boot Camp. (I know that I should have used Winclone, but I didn't have that option because the drive was already dying and ...
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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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Printing from iOS devices to existing printer connected to windows pc?
I am aware of AirPrint activator as a great solution for printing from iOS devices using a Mac on the network. Is anyone aware of a solution for someone with only a pc?
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Can I bulk delete songs no longer on my hard drive from iTunes?
Does anyone know how to do an iTunes windows bulk delete of files for songs no longer on my hard drive?
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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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How to change the location where iTunes stores backups of iPhones?
When I sync my iPhone 4 with my iTunes, the latter starts to make a backup before doing the actual sync. This backup often takes a lot of time to make, which is very annoying. What is even worse ...
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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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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 an iMessage client for Windows?
My wife's iPhone has iOS 5 and hence iMessage installed. I would like to be able to chat with her using my Windows computer. What options are available for this? Is there a Windows client or any ...
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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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Bootcamp touchpad drivers fail to install on Windows 8 RTM
I've just upgraded my bootcamp partition from Windows 7 to Windows 8 RTM on a MacBook Air (2011 Core i7) and have been utterly and entirely unable to get the touchpad to work.
Things I've tried:
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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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Double click windows to minimise in Lion?
Before upgrading to Lion I was able to double-click the header bar of windows to minimise the windows. Since upgrading I only seem to be able to minimise by clicking the yellow - button.
Is this a ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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Can all music and playlists/ratings be transferred back from an iPod Touch to a PC?
How can I get my songs from my iPod Touch to my PC?
Some of the songs were purchased through iTunes, and others were ripped from CDs.
This is what happened:
The iPod Touch was set up to sync with ...
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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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2answers
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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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Boot into Mac from Windows after failed Bootcamp
Don't hate on me too much for this one...
I put Win8 on my Mac Mini using Bootcamp, and all was well. I switched back and forth a couple times between the two with no problems. The problem started ...
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1answer
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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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Connecting a MacBook Pro to a Windows ad hoc network
I'm trying to share my wired ethernet connection from my Windows 7 laptop with my MacBook Pro (running 10.6.5). I've just set it up to be an open network; no encryption. I'm pretty sure I set up the ...
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Can QuickTime Pro convert .mpg to .mov?
I am thinking about purchasing QuickTime Pro for Windows, but I have not been able to find a list of video file formats that it takes as input. Does QuickTime Pro for Windows convert .mpg files to ...
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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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How do I save all MMS (with text, images & videos) from a non-jailbroken iPhone? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Extract SMS messages off iPhone 4
I've got a non jailbroken iPhone 3GS (iOS 4.2.1) with a lot (hundreds) of text messages and MMS. A good number of theses MMS contain ...
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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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3answers
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How to make special French keyboard characters work in MS RDC?
I'm on a Macbook Pro with a French Keyboard. Keyboard layout works fine when connecting to Windows XP Professional but I cannot get certain keys to work:
For example $, &, é, § and @ etc. work ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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Mac keyboard layout incorrect when using Windows 7 and VMWare Fusion
I have a Macbook Air (Late 2010) and am running Windows 7 Home Premium via VMWare Fusion. It works great, except that I have to press the key labelled as '@' (i.e. shift 2) to get a quote mark ", and ...
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Which key is Num Lock on an Apple keyboard in Windows?
I have an extended keyboard as in the image below
When connecting to a Windows machine, which key is Num Lock?
For future reference, the key on this UK keyboard does not say Clear, it has an image ...
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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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How to install Windows 8 on Mac?
From what I've heard, Windows 8 is only available in its upgrade form. Having never installed Windows on my Mac before, is it possible at all to dual boot Windows 8? Would using the upgrade version ...
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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 ...
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Restarting from Boot Camp (Windows 7) into OS X goes back into Boot Camp?
For some reason, lately when I'm in Windows 7 using Boot Camp and I want to restart back into OS X, it'll restart back into Windows 7 again.
What I do is, I click on the Boot Camp system tray icon ...
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1080p movies won't play on my PC laptop
Is there a problem with the specs on the iTunes help page regarding 1080p requirements?
I have Windows 7 64-bit, an i7 quad-core, iTunes 10.7, 16 GB of RAM, NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB, and a 1080p display.
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Can I export a list of downloaded iPhone apps from iTunes?
I have a long list of apps I've downloaded for my iPhone on a single PC. I would like to export a list of these apps to a text format.
How can I do that?
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How do I change pen drive format to CD format on my new CD? [closed]
On my macbook pro, I had a song that I transferred to my friend's PC. We needed to burn a disc with that song. When we burnt the disc, her PC gave us two options: pen drive format, or CD format. We ...
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Can I turn a Windows machine into an AirPlay destination?
Is there software available that'll make a Windows PC running XP appear as an AirPlay destination in my Mac's iTunes? I'd like to be able to stream audio from my Macs to a Windows machine I use as my ...
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How can I configure Safari using Windows command prompt?
How can I change Safari settings from the command line when running on Windows?
On Mac OS it is done by executing the following command from a Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Safari ...
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1answer
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Boot Camp / Partitioning Weirdness
I have a MacBook Pro, running 10.8.2. I'd like to give Windows 8 a go, using Boot Camp. Now, I've probably done a b Boot Camp install of Windows close to 10 times, on multiple Macs, but I'm stumped ...
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The keyboard stopped working in text boxes under Windows - but shortcuts work
I just installed Windows 8 via Boot Camp and everything worked just fine, until I installed the Windows Support software from Apple.
I don't exactly know when my keyboard suddenly stopped working ...
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Safe to upgrade to Windows 8 on Bootcamp?
So I'd read a service advisory on the Parallels site warning users not to upgrade to Windows 8 due to it damaging their virtual machine and associated files therein.
That being said, is it currently ...
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iMac OS X 10.6.8, didn't come with any disks…how do I create an install disk [closed]
I want to do a dual boot with Windows 7 (the eventual goal being Windows 8 but to upgrade I think I need to have a version of Windows on my Mac already). I meet all of the system requirements and I ...
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How to fix no backlit keyboard on BootCamp Windows 8 partition
I have a Retina Display MacBook Pro with the latest OSX and also installed Windows 8 RTM on BootCamp.
I hadn't logged into BootCamp in a few weeks, so I dont recall if the backlit keyboard ever ...
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Grey screen on startup of OS X when using Boot Camp 5
I'm afraid I've corrupted my OS X install. When choosing to boot up with the system I get a grey screen (there's a short load sequence before this, after klicking the system icon in the bootup menu). ...
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Is this impossible to install XP using BootCamp on Lion?
I want to install XP with bootcamp on my Mac running Lion. The only choice that it gives me is to install Win7. Is there a way to install XP on Lion ?
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How well does Windows 8 RTM run on rMBP via BootCamp
How is Windows RTM running on Retina MBP via BootCamp?
Are all the Windows 8 touchpad gestures working?
How well does Win8 display on the retina screen resolution?
Are there any other serious ...
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Windows 8 RTM Freezes on Mac Book Pro
I've installed Windows 8 RTM (available to MSDN subscrbers) on my Core 2 Duo 13" Mac Book Pro.
I've been trying to install Visual Studio 2012 on my MBP and it keeps freezing up during install. ...
