5
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Better tabs management in Safari
I would really like to move from Firefox to Safari. However there is a problem: "I have too many useful extensions in Firefox." :)
Especially what is important for me is the management of the tabs. ...
4
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0answers
31 views
Mobile Safari - link to MP3 and show album art?
I've created a web page that has a link to an MP3 file. When I click the link on my iPhone, the Quicktime Application opens and plays the MP3. It looks like this:
Is it possible to show album art ...
4
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0answers
395 views
Copy Crucial SSD Firmware Update ISO to Bootable USB
I want to start with the Crucial SSD Firmware Update and copy the ISO to a bootable Mac USB stick, using a minimal set of tools. I hope that means using only built-in Mac software, such as Disk ...
4
votes
0answers
82 views
How to clean up emails when replying in plain text?
I have a problem that I want to solve after many years of using Mac OS X Mail.app... I generally like to send plain text emails that are full width (format=flowed) and nicely indented for quote ...
4
votes
0answers
426 views
My FaceTime cannot be activated
I got an iPad 2 running iOS 6.0.1. and I really have no idea why my FaceTime cannot be activated.
I always got an error while log in (username or password is incorrect)
But actually the Apple ID and ...
4
votes
0answers
291 views
How to make the Notification Center menu icon glow, (like Twitter does) when notifications are present?
Notification Center is pretty great, however, it's very annoying that I have to click the menubar icon or make a gesture to actually open the notification pane.
How to make the Notification Center ...
4
votes
0answers
496 views
Bootloader freezes on login screen when booting into Lion from Boot Camp
Every time I reboot from Boot Camp into OS X, the bootloader gets to the login screen, and then after I've entered my username and password, the screen will just go grey. I have to force a restart ...
4
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0answers
2k views
iPad can't seem to view sites / pages that include the port in the URL?
I've found that the iPad, using its Safari browser can't access web pages that include a port number in the URL:
http://www.example.com:8080/
or even
http://www.example.com:80/
In either case, the ...
3
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0answers
35 views
Does TimeMachine has an higher priority than the sleep delay?
When a long backup will soon occur or is running, will it go on and end even if the enter-sleep-mode settings is foreseen earlier?
3
votes
0answers
121 views
Why aren't any of my Folder Actions triggering?
I'm running Mountain Lion (10.8.3). I have three or four folder actions set up which stopped working some time ago, and I can't figure out why.
Thinking it could be a problem with the scripts, I ...
3
votes
0answers
63 views
“Libraries” (a la Windows 7) on OS X?
There's one feature from Windows 7 that I sort of like (yeah, yeah, I know...) and would like to implement (differently) on OS X. It's what they call "Libraries". It allows you to have the contents ...
3
votes
0answers
90 views
Contact syncing errors on iPhone
I deleted a contact about two years ago and it now appears under another persons contact. I have deleted all numbers for the contact I no longer need, but when I sync to computer Gmail the number ...
3
votes
0answers
179 views
Why does Finder interact so slowly with NAS?
I have a Synology NAS D213+.
When I want to connect the NAS to my Mac, Finder mounts a new volume which behaves like a normal partition.
But it interacts so slowly - I click on a folder, and it ...
3
votes
0answers
140 views
Missing Time Machine Files caused by FSEvents Failure?
I recently did a clean install/upgrade to Mac OS 10.8.2. I did a final update of my ongoing Time Machine Backup and verified Disk Integrity. After reinstalling and restoring my files, I have learned ...
3
votes
0answers
836 views
How to fix songs still waiting in iTunes Match?
I've recently refreshed my iTunes library and, as a result, decided to delete everything in iTunes Match and re-upload just to make sure it's all current and correct. It's a large library (nearly ...
3
votes
0answers
2k views
How to clean boot menu and check/clean mbr
I had successfully installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my mac mini (bootcamp install) but Windows crashed during the upgrade to Release Preview and I removed it a result. But there seem to be some ...
3
votes
0answers
298 views
Screen tearing and redraw artifacts on any type of animation
I purchased a Macbook AIR July 2011 model about 2 months ago and I noticed in the last few weeks that animations have a lot of screen tearing. I thought at first it was Flash animations but I notice ...
3
votes
0answers
632 views
Access Lion SMB shares from Linux
I have this fantastic new Lion server that I've gotten all setup with my user accounts, files, etc. File sharing is up and running, everything. Except for one problem: the users running Linux (we use ...
2
votes
0answers
15 views
Can I use a straight talk iPhone on Verizon's network?
Can I use a straight talk iPhone (prepaid) on another carrier's network - specifically Verizon?
My understanding is that such a phone comes factory unlocked, so it should be possible.
2
votes
0answers
18 views
iTunes deciding not to update podcasts
iTunes, trying to be helpful, automatically stops updating my podcasts when it thinks I've not listened to them recently enough. It's quite maddening!
How can I turn off this "helpful" feature?
2
votes
0answers
17 views
Trying to connect a Korean IPS (2560x1440) to a Macbook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012, 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5)
I'm trying to get a Macbook Air to work with a Korean IPS. It's not a big deal -- I have it set up on my Linux machine, but I'd like to be able to watch some videos (Amazon Prime HD) that don't work ...
2
votes
0answers
14 views
iPhone 4S capability to read android hidden files
I sent an email with hidden files from an android to my iPhone 4S. When I opened the mail attachment it's was several lines of boxes and com.apple.textencoding. What are these files and how can I ...
2
votes
0answers
13 views
Drag email from mail.app to create a shortcut, not eml
Title is self-explaining.
Once I succeeded, and there was .inetloc file including xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" ...
2
votes
0answers
23 views
What's the touch resolution (LPI) of the Magic Trackpad?
I'd like to know how the Magic Trackpad compares with Wacom tablets as far as resolution goes. The Wacom Intuos5 line has 5080 LPI, while the Bamboo line has 2540.
2
votes
0answers
15 views
How can I shut down an unlisted php-fpm?
I have two installations of php on my machine.
One came with apache and is a 5.3 version, and I'm trying to use a 5.4 version with nginx.
I'd like to work on project using nginx, but I can't figure ...
2
votes
0answers
70 views
boot camp fails to copy windows 8 installation files
I have been struggling to get Windows 8 installed on a brand new Macbook Pro Retina. It seemed simple enough to just run Boot Camp 5 with a 16GB flash drive in the USB port and a Windows 8 ...
2
votes
0answers
35 views
How can I edit translated video on a Mac?
There is a movie on my Macbook which has some some inappropriate scenes that I want to edit so I can watch the movie with my family.
I know how to cut scenes (trim) using Quicktime but this will ...
2
votes
0answers
42 views
Do not show refit menu on boot (only with option key)
Is it possible to configure rEFIt so that the menu does not automatically show on my macbook when booting? I would like it to boot straight to OSX and only show the menu when I hold the option key, ...
2
votes
0answers
131 views
update to 10.8.3 from 10.7.5 broke many (all?) existing aliases
I depend a lot on aliases to files and folders. Just after upgrading, most of those I've checked, aliases that worked before the upgrade, fail now. I get the usual error message, "...the original ...
2
votes
0answers
56 views
Why is Tor-Vidalia failing to access folders on OSX to create a hidden service?
I'm running OSX 10.7 and following the instructions linked below am failing to start hidden services.
I keep getting this error: "Error creating directory ...". It's either No such file or ...
2
votes
0answers
238 views
original iPad not charging
Ok, I just bought a brand new original iPad. Sounds impossible, right? Well, we just opened the box, and it is not even charging. There is no indication that this iPad even works even though it is ...
2
votes
0answers
83 views
How to set up ZEVO / ZFS on an internal disk while maintaining full disk encryption?
It seems that it's currently impossible to have the entire boot drive converted to ZFS.
How would one go about converting a single disk HFS+ Filevault 2 setup into a setup which has full encryption ...
2
votes
0answers
89 views
Why do YouTube videos take longer than the length of the video to load?
I've been using my AppleTV (3rd generation) to watch YouTube videos for some time, and have been encountering an increasingly frustrating issue. Videos have been taking longer to load than the length ...
2
votes
0answers
134 views
Music's disappeared
Today I turned my computer on and I afterwards opened iTunes.
To my surprise, my music disappeared, everything that I had was gone.
I have no idea what happened and I have no idea how to put it back ...
2
votes
0answers
42 views
OS X breaks if I apply HFS compression to the whole volume. What do I need to exclude?
OS X breaks if I apply HFS compression to the whole volume. (It won't boot.)
What do I need to exclude?
I've been able to compress large parts of it, but then I had to restore after I compressed ...
2
votes
0answers
321 views
Why do subtitles not work when streaming via AirPlay to Apple TV?
Whenever I use AirPlay to watch streamed content (streaming from the web (via an app or Safari), that is, not from a downloaded movie) from my iPad to my Apple TV, subtitles are never carried over. ...
2
votes
0answers
81 views
Problems installing Lion onto a USB drive
I'm having problems installing Lion onto a USB drive.
On a Lion MacBook Pro I saved the 'Install Mac OS X Lion.app' application, ran it and selected the USB drive as the destination of the install.
...
2
votes
0answers
31 views
Apple Mail make mails unsigned by default
I have lost patience with outlook and have started using apple mail with my corporate exchange account.
A problem is that every mail I send by default picks up an ios developer certificate that i ...
2
votes
0answers
39 views
More notification center keyboard shortcuts
I know there is a system wide keyboard shortcut to open the notification center and once opened you can navigate your notifications with the up/down buttons on your keyboard.
But is there also a way ...
2
votes
0answers
47 views
How to show git files in Finder?
This may be too close to a duplicate for Git plug-in for Finder?, but I'm after a tool that will merely show me whether there is a repo in the current directory, and the state of the files within.
I ...
2
votes
0answers
113 views
Speech recognition in iOS periodically fails - beep does not sound after hitting microphone button
This problem has occurred on my iPhone 5 with all versions of iOS that have been available for it.
When you want to do voice dictation you hit the microphone key on the keyboard, the microphone ...
2
votes
0answers
42 views
How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?
I have a Mac with a Windows drive that I occasionally boot to. Most of the time, I'm using the Mac, and the Windows disk always mounts and shows up on the desktop. I would like to keep it from showing ...
2
votes
0answers
144 views
ImageMagick - Convert multipage pdf to animated gif
I have a two-page PDF file that I would like to convert to an animated GIF file. A post on the TeX StackExchange gives the following ImageMagick one-liner:
convert -verbose -delay 50 -loop 0 ...
2
votes
0answers
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Apply “Floating/Translucent Window” to all existing sticky notes?
If I have a large number of sticky notes on my desktop, each of which a varying permutation of "Floating/Translucent Window", is there a way to "Select All" stickies and apply the ...
2
votes
0answers
135 views
Samsung SyncMaster 2443 not filling out screen
We have a lot of Samsung SyncMaster 2443s at the office, when I connect my mid 2012 MBP 13" to one of them, the monitor doesn't display full screen, it adds a black border around it (1/2" thick). All ...
2
votes
0answers
265 views
Sleep mode problems with external Monitor
after the latest update (10.8.3) i encountered a problem. When my external acer monitor is connected (via hdmi) while trying to put my macbook pro into sleep mode everything works fine, but suddenly ...
2
votes
0answers
81 views
Git plug-in for Finder?
Is there a plug-in for the Finder which lets me see and do all my git-related stuff?
It seems silly that I have to use different apps or the terminal for such things when the files are right there in ...
2
votes
0answers
52 views
Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after
I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds ...
2
votes
0answers
42 views
Is there official documentation about upgrading your iOS app's minimum requirements?
There are a couple of questions addressing what happens when you upgrade the minimum iOS of an app and there are still users on older iOS versions.
The answers don't seem to agree with each other. ...
2
votes
0answers
42 views
Data differences between Apple Contacts and GMail Contacts?
I'm thinking of syncing my Mac's contacts with Google. But I'm a little wary of any data syncing between platforms, since some data is usually lost.
Is there a list somewhere that describes which ...
