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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs
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It would be more than fine.
Progressively happier as I read each of these in order, haha. Awesome. I shall wait.
I love Snow Leopard way too much.
Shows what I know.
I wonder what they screwed up in Lion, and if it'll ever be patched backwards post-Mountain Lion.
anonymous_abc
Member
I force quit an application about an hour ago (COMSOL Multiphysics),
now it wont start at all...
if I click the application, the Icon jumps up and down for a while and then just stops without having opened (ie no blue glow under the icon in the doc)
it is however still visible under activity monitor...
any Ideas what I could do to force restart it?
now it wont start at all...
if I click the application, the Icon jumps up and down for a while and then just stops without having opened (ie no blue glow under the icon in the doc)
it is however still visible under activity monitor...
any Ideas what I could do to force restart it?
anonymous_abc
Member
yea under activity monitor.
rebooting was the first thing I tried, no change though...
show me your skeleton
Member
double posted from the firefox thread: wondering if you guys can give me a hand. i'm using firefox 12 on osx lion and hate the way it fullscreens. i'm now using maximizer alongside bettertouchtools but have come across a problem, the fullscreen shortcut uses the old, native firefox style of fullscreening, which is shit and not the awesome lion-style maximizer fullscreen. anybody know of a way to make a bettertouchtools shortcut that uses maximizer and not firefox' native fullscreen thing?
Nanny Computing" and the future of OS X
Alfred would be crippled by this move. It's one of the most popular apps in the Mac AppStore and has been featured prominently there Noteworthy and Staff Favorites categories among others. Why would Apple take this step?
Erica Sadun said:
Alfred would be crippled by this move. It's one of the most popular apps in the Mac AppStore and has been featured prominently there Noteworthy and Staff Favorites categories among others. Why would Apple take this step?
anonymous_abc
Member
Mr. Wonderful
Member
It seems like Sandboxing just isn't a good idea.
Even if it's the next step to get OS X towards a more iOS-like structure.
Even if it's the next step to get OS X towards a more iOS-like structure.
Absolutely. My MAS license of Omnifocus would also be hobbled. Not happy about this move. I’d have to move over to a omnigroup license and dump the MAS version of any system utility.
I don’t think the security gains justify the removal of such useful app features. I wonder if Apple will rethink this move as being too heavy handed.
edit: Oh jeeze. as soon as I reply, I see giga comes in and says it’s not happening, lol. well good to know!
does anyone know why my magic mouse has never worked in lion? (scrolling)
it is just recognized as a regular mouse, rather than a magic mouse, so there is no check-box for scrolling in the mouse settings. i don't have any trackpad/mouse apps other than bettertouchtool and nothing inside the app is disabling it. i mean, even if it were, the computer would still recognize my mouse as a magic mouse right??
i've even tried this:
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1. Open Terminal
Copy and Paste the following script into terminal and you will have your Library folder back where it was in Leopard.
chflags nohidden /users/**username**/library
2. Find the now visible Library folder in your user folder - go to the Preferences folder.
3. Rename com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist or delete it. Then restart you computer.
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nothing seems to work. any ideas??
it is just recognized as a regular mouse, rather than a magic mouse, so there is no check-box for scrolling in the mouse settings. i don't have any trackpad/mouse apps other than bettertouchtool and nothing inside the app is disabling it. i mean, even if it were, the computer would still recognize my mouse as a magic mouse right??
i've even tried this:
______________________
1. Open Terminal
Copy and Paste the following script into terminal and you will have your Library folder back where it was in Leopard.
chflags nohidden /users/**username**/library
2. Find the now visible Library folder in your user folder - go to the Preferences folder.
3. Rename com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist or delete it. Then restart you computer.
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nothing seems to work. any ideas??
You say you have no other mouse tool installed, but as it isn't limited to mice: May you have USB Overdrive installed? According to some Google results, uninstalling it should solve that problem.
nope! i also don't have usb overdrive installed. [downloaded an uninstaller just to be sure]
shira
Member
I had the same problem with the mighty mouse. Had to uninstall the magic mouse and somehow it started working automatically. idk how it worked.
do you mean just remove the mouse and then re-pair it through the mouse/bluetooth settings? i've done that a million times ha. i guess i'm screwed!
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
YO
WTF
How do I make my Macbook go to sleep when I shut the lid with an external monitor?!
This is madness...I'm too tired to be fucking around witht his Apple
WTF
How do I make my Macbook go to sleep when I shut the lid with an external monitor?!
This is madness...I'm too tired to be fucking around witht his Apple
Put it to sleep, then close the lid. It used to be the other way around but there were a lot of people bitching that the computer would go to sleep when they closed the lid. Damned if you do and damned if you don't right?
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Or damned if they give us a damn option!
Windows it's simple. Go to Power Settings and select "What to do when I close lid on batter, or AC"
Sometimes man..I just get pissed off at Apple shit. Like twice already I've tried to open my MBP from sleep and its just a black screen. Everything seems on, but I get nothing
I still get the persistant WiFi drops, and it doesn't turn on after sleeping. Then general slowness even with 8GB of RAM and Safari..well Safari is a beachball funland. I might switch to chrome, but really don't like the UI
I sometimes find myself wishing to go back to Leopard or even Snow Leopard which was a lot more stable for me on my late 2008. I don't think I'm enjoying most of the Lion features to miss it. I hope Snow Lion or whatever it's called will resolve underlying issues and general wide spread reported problems, and just not be more features to get the OS inline with iOS
Slowly getting frustrated
/rant
Thanks Giga, but it's the wrong thing. Basically if I don't use an external display I can just shut the lid and the laptop will sleep. With an external display the whole laptop stays on, there is no option to change. You have to sleep it first.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Fuck it, just put a 5 min sleep timer on...
that's what that setting does. If you have the lid open and are connected to a secondary display, closing it will sleep the computer.
1) Videowall HD. Paid, but looking good
2) DivX 7. Free, but includes a lot of stuff you probably won't need
3) Create a screensaver displaying the video with Quartz Composer and put it on the desktop with WallSaver. Free, but a bit of (one-time) work.
2) DivX 7. Free, but includes a lot of stuff you probably won't need
3) Create a screensaver displaying the video with Quartz Composer and put it on the desktop with WallSaver. Free, but a bit of (one-time) work.
killertofu
Member
So my keyboard started going wonky a bit earlier. First it was my trackpad zooming in and out while 2 finger scrolling. I decide to reboot it and on the start up screen I realize my number keys aren't working. The Mac recognizes them (it plays the "Womp" sound) but nothing goes in the cursor. My enter key also looks like it inputs a key rather than actually entering
I did clean the keyboard with a slightly moist magic eraser. Am I fucked? Right now the computer is closed
I did clean the keyboard with a slightly moist magic eraser. Am I fucked? Right now the computer is closed
I once tried cleaning my iMac keyboard (the old chunky key one) and after put all the keys back I found the buttons in the top left hand corner weren't working. I too used a bit of moisture to clean between the keys. I just took it to the genius bar and got it replaced since it was within my extended warranty period. Unfortunately that seems to be the solution. If I ever get confident to do it again I'm sticking to a dry cloth.
killertofu
Member
Fuck. It's times like this that I regret not buying apple care
killertofu
Member
So I went to get it looked at... And it seems like the option key is causing the control key to be "held" and stuck. 250$ for one key...
What I'm wondering is if I can buy an older top case (say a 09 instead of a 10 like mine) and replace it with that?
What I'm wondering is if I can buy an older top case (say a 09 instead of a 10 like mine) and replace it with that?
I have been trying to fix this issue all day but nothing is working. My Dock is using up over 100% of the cpu. Apparently this is a Parallels application issue, but I have done all of the workaround ands uninstalled and reinstalled the program quite a few times now. Right now I do not have Parallells installed yet the dock is using 90% cpu, I have reset all kinds of PRAMs and permission, but still nothing. Any advice?
Command+Option+Eject on an Apple Keyboard.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Is anyone having trouble with flash in safari recently? It's only been the last couple of days my computer freaks out when I watch youtube or anything similar. If I use another browser it works fine, it's only in safari.
criesofthepast
Member
How the hell can I hardcode subs into an mp4 video? Subtitles always give me major problems on a Mac. QuickTime X sucks major balls.
Any freeware that can do this? I have an srt file and want to hardcode it into my mp4. I'm trying handbrake right now because it has a spot that says to add an external srt and it's encoding now but I doubt it's going to work because I heard handbrake doesn't hardcode or something.
Any freeware that can do this? I have an srt file and want to hardcode it into my mp4. I'm trying handbrake right now because it has a spot that says to add an external srt and it's encoding now but I doubt it's going to work because I heard handbrake doesn't hardcode or something.
anonymous_abc
Member
why not just use VLC for video playback?
and sorry no idea how to hardcode the subs...
criesofthepast
Member
It's for watching on an apple tv. I use vlc or perian/QuickTime on my computer and subs work fine but when I tried to convert to use home sharing on apple tv the subs disappear. I don't really understand how this shit works. I gave up anyways. It was too much hassle and nothing I tried worked.
anonymous_abc
Member
It's for watching on an apple tv. I use vlc or perian/QuickTime on my computer and subs work fine but when I tried to convert to use home sharing on apple tv the subs disappear. I don't really understand how this shit works. I gave up anyways. It was too much hassle and nothing I tried worked.
A I get it, well that sucks... :-/
maybe someone else will be able to help
Hey guys, I'm trading in my MBP and am restoring it back to factory settings. I've erased the 'Macintosh HD' partition, reinstalled Lion and it is currently 'Welcome' registration screen. I didn't really have any sensitive information on the HDD but was wondering if it's good to go now.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Yes, though if you haven't zero'd the HDD as part of the erase all your stuff is still there, you just made the partition table forget about it. Can be recovered with a number of utilities.
I always zero out a disk when I sell; usually a 7-way pass overnight (you can do 1, 7, and 30-odd passes).
Great, thanks for the advice. I'll give it another go.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
I believe it's under 'security options' in Disk Utility's erase tab.
I have the weirdest problem with my Macbook Pro sometimes. iChat just refuses to sign onto AIM, saying connection lost. And right now, the computer refuses to connect to Gmail. Sparrow and Google Chrome both cannot connect, while my Android phone can. Other sites are perfectly fine. Any ideas?
DeathGlobe
Member
So recently my hard drive on my Imac started acting up. I booted from bootcamp back into osx and once it got to the boot screen it showed a load status then my mac would just shut off. I googled this issue from another computer to find that its most likely a hard drive failure.
Eventually I got the thing to reformat and all was well until I tried opening apps on a fresh installed osx each app would crash. I then took it to a apple store where guy did the same thing I did and it worked afterwards I get home and the airport card decides its not installed. So this time I install osx without formating and things seem to work. Now today I decide to scan with a program called Disk warrior that graphs my drive and says 31% are out of place. What I want to know is if there is something I can do that fixes the bad sectors I guess my hard drive has now
Eventually I got the thing to reformat and all was well until I tried opening apps on a fresh installed osx each app would crash. I then took it to a apple store where guy did the same thing I did and it worked afterwards I get home and the airport card decides its not installed. So this time I install osx without formating and things seem to work. Now today I decide to scan with a program called Disk warrior that graphs my drive and says 31% are out of place. What I want to know is if there is something I can do that fixes the bad sectors I guess my hard drive has now
Joel Was Right
Member
Need some urgent help. I installed Apimac Secret Folder to hide some files. I also enabled the option to password protect opening the app. Now it seems I've forgotten the password. The developers offer this advice.
However, deleting this folder doesn't help as I get the prompt to enter the password the next time I open the application (which triggers the creation of the folder I had just previously deleted). Even installing a trial version of the app causes the same. So my question is, is there a way to completely wipe this program from my HD?
Whether you forgot the password, just delete this folder:
/Users/<you>/Library/Application Support/Apimac/Secret Folder/
/Users/<you>/Library/Application Support/Apimac/Secret Folder/
However, deleting this folder doesn't help as I get the prompt to enter the password the next time I open the application (which triggers the creation of the folder I had just previously deleted). Even installing a trial version of the app causes the same. So my question is, is there a way to completely wipe this program from my HD?
The only thing I can suggest is take a look at this. Maybe in your case take note of Application bundles and Additional files, as it seems like not all of the apps files have been wiped.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Uninstalling_Applications_in_Mac_OS_X
http://guides.macrumors.com/Uninstalling_Applications_in_Mac_OS_X
Melhisedek
Member
Guys can you recommend me good IRC software? I use X-chat on Win and Linux for the record