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Mac OSX Noob thread of OSX noobs
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Chuckpebble
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What software are you using with the Wiimote. There's two that I know of, one captures motion input (DarwiinRemote) and the other doesn't (WiiJi) but I've had a lot more success with it.
WiiJi is still tricky to connect sometimes, I find that if you have trouble connecting it subsequently that it helps to go into the BlueTooth device list and remove the Wii remote logged there under recently connected devices. Sorry for not being too specific.
Oh, and you don't need to use the red sync button. Just press 1 & 2 simultaneously.
brianmcdoogle
Member
command and + to increase text size
command and - to decrease
command and 0 to revert to original size.
No it wouldn't. It just parks the drive.
Actually I got it to work. I was using it for dolphin basically just had to do a reboot. After reading more I forgot the xbox was usb so I just decided to use that instead. Thanks tho for your help.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Just got a Mac last week, and it seems I now have to recoup all the lost software after my transition from Windows.
Office is the most important, specifically Excel. Is there a free, reliable option for someone who doesn't want to shell out all that money for the Office suite? I need to do some complicated spreadsheets and import some of the ones I have.
Office is the most important, specifically Excel. Is there a free, reliable option for someone who doesn't want to shell out all that money for the Office suite? I need to do some complicated spreadsheets and import some of the ones I have.
njean777
Member
You can try open office or libreoffice I believe. Pages, and Keynotes works really well for powerpoints/word files. But as for excel I think the only good version is the Office version.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Thanks, I'll check those out. Can I prevail upon you to recommend essential apps for the Mac? Software that everyone should have, including but not limited to those for finance and accounting?
Vire
Member
Thanks.
Two more questions if it's not too much to ask... (sorry).
You guys are the best!
1. I have a color profile that I like for my MBA display, but I'd like to adjust the red values slightly. How can I do this?
2. Microsoft Word (2011) refuses to remember my window position upon closing. Is there a way to fix this?
Ken Masters
Banned
How do I know if I have the Bonjour software installed on my computer?
Ken Masters
Banned
thanks, because I did a search for it in the search icon (top right corner) and nothing came up
Creating a Time Machine backup and pulling your data back in using Migration Assistent, I'd say. But I think your whole Library will be imported as-is too, so I suppose it wouldn't solve your problems if their source is some plugin in the Library. Do you have installed any, maybe Finder-related?
NYR
Member
My time machine backup was corrupted days ago, can't read or write to it. It was the first issue that happened. Thought it was no big deal, just formatted the drive after it had disk errors that Disk Utility could not fix, and started a new time machine backup.
However, time machine won't back up now. I only have 100 GB on my local - about 565,000 files to back up according to Time Machine. It only backs up 12 to 15 GB and then always quits at around this point - no error messages or anything, the little time machine window just goes away. If I re-start it, it says it is backing up the remaing 85 GB, but then the file count is back to 565,000 or higher, and will usually cause Finder to crash and then my machine locks up - the apple menu bar at the top dissapeers. I try to let it just complete but finder crashes and the machine locks ups.
I have almost nothing on my machine, I keep it clean and effiecent, store my music, photos, vids on an external. Haven't installed anything except Mountain Lion, and updated Time Machine Buddy widget after this mess because it won't give me any messages why it quits out.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
You can uncheck the Library folder if you want, but remember that then it won't bring ANYTHING over including parts of apps that might need some files in there as well as all your Preferences. I prefer to dive into the Library myself and clean it out manually since I'm more technically inclined and anything I don't recognize I Google to make sure it's not required by something.
Edit: Oh, and BTW, CandyBar, the app you use to customize your icons is now FREE...
http://www.panic.com/blog/2012/08/candybar-mountain-lion-and-beyond/
Cabel has made the app free because of the uncertainty of the future of customizing the system. The Dock's look is no longer customizable, i.e. it's frosty white metal and always will be, (Shame because I'd love to have it be the same but with black instead of white.) but icons can still be changed. The app is also now owned by Icon Factory instead of Panic and Panic will not support it anymore. You can get a refund if you purchased it recently.
Each new OS X release makes it harder and harder to customize system graphics :?. I use Mirage for my dock mod (still waiting for a retina update) but CandyBar was my other reliable. Iconbox is still afloat (and even sells a crippled version in the MAS). Maybe I'll switch sometime down the line.
NYR
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Use Migration Assistant to simply copy over everything to your new machine - it'll be as if your current machine is on the new retina. Get your new machine, connect them via a firewire or ethernet cable ( or you can do it wirelessly) and run migration assistant on your new macbook.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413
As for when you are done with the old one, just format the hard drive via Disk Utility by going to the recovery partition (Command R when booting up) and re-install the OS. You might want to check with your work, though, they might do this for you by simply re-installing the OS on top of what you have....
http://www.plexapp.com
Install the server on the Mac, tell it where your media is, and it'll show up on the PS3/360 through DLNA. Plex is seriously magic.
Daringfireball: Turning Off Ads in Parallels
Despite earlier announcement, Parallels support for Retina display Macs still a work in progress
They're vile. Despite swearing off the company forever I was tempted to buy Parallels Desktop 7 precisely because of this proclaimed rMBP support. Glad now that I didn't bite and stuck with VMWare. (The other claimed feature that gives me Parallels-envy is the the mobile apps for iOSdo those actually work?)
Gruber said:
Despite earlier announcement, Parallels support for Retina display Macs still a work in progress
TheVerge said:Last month, Parallels announced that its popular virtualization software Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac was updated to support the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro, but all wasn't nearly as it seemed. Inadvertently or not, Parallels had incorrectly led its customers (and the media) to believing that Windows, Ubuntu, and any other OS you could throw at the program would be able to use the 2880 x 1880 display on Apple's latest machine.
What owners of the application soon realized, however, is that virtualized operating systems like Windows 7 are completely unable to handle the Retina display in the app. It's not Windows 7's fault it can handle the screen just fine in when running natively in Boot Camp the problem is that Parallels wasn't written to exempt itself from OS X's built-in display scaling. With Windows running in fullscreen at 2880 x 1880, OS X currently scales down the image to 1440 x 900 (if you keep the Mac's settings at defaults) and then scales it back up to full resolution, resulting in a horribly pixelated experience...
The real problem is that everyone was led to believe that Parallels Desktop 7 would work perfectly well with the laptop's high-resolution screen. In a promo video the company says that the app "runs just great and takes full advantage of the new Retina display in the MacBook Pro." That video itself is limited to 360p in YouTube, and, ultimately, it appears that only the app's icon and its user interface have been updated to support the Retina display...
They're vile. Despite swearing off the company forever I was tempted to buy Parallels Desktop 7 precisely because of this proclaimed rMBP support. Glad now that I didn't bite and stuck with VMWare. (The other claimed feature that gives me Parallels-envy is the the mobile apps for iOSdo those actually work?)
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
That's interesting. But I'm still going to stick with Parallels. Their app is still much better than Fusion.
And yes, the iOS apps do work. They let you run any VM from anywhere and even act as screen sharing apps to control your Macs themselves and not just the virtualized machines.
I'm sure the Retina thing will be fixed in time.
And yes, the iOS apps do work. They let you run any VM from anywhere and even act as screen sharing apps to control your Macs themselves and not just the virtualized machines.
I'm sure the Retina thing will be fixed in time.
Ok so what's the deal with Java?
I understand Apple decided to stop releasing their own version after v6, and just leave it to Oracle with v7.
v7u6 has been....released?
What do I need to keep up to date? DO I have to download the JDK? Obviously I'm not a developer, but what did Apple essentially do?
I mean is it even important to move to v7?
I understand Apple decided to stop releasing their own version after v6, and just leave it to Oracle with v7.
v7u6 has been....released?
What do I need to keep up to date? DO I have to download the JDK? Obviously I'm not a developer, but what did Apple essentially do?
I mean is it even important to move to v7?
Treefingers
Member
They just stopped including it in the OS and managing the updates. Just download SE 7 from the Java website. Then Oracle will provide you with updates.
Chuckpebble
Member
What's strange is, when I launched Minecraft for the first time in 10.8, it prompted me to download and install SE 6.
Regarding this issue I had:
Turns out all I needed to do was reset the printing system on the machine that was sharing the printer. It removes all printers and any queue items, but re-adding, and sharing and printing from the laptop over wireless was up and running in about 15 seconds. It was a sneaky little option accessible by right clicking the printer list.
I know that. I was just curious as to know whether I should get the JDK or just the runtime environment. What did Apple do?
Treefingers
Member
If you're not a developer I don't see why you would need the JDK.
If you're not a developer I don't see why you would need the JDK.
I also understand this. But i keep hearing that apple included the whole jdk with their release. If so why?
I just want to know what they did so I can keep following. I'm not a developer, but I clearly stated this above.
To be honest I just want to know if i need to bother at all. I,m guessing no.
What is java really used for? Apple must know if they aren't updating it themselves, then 95% of people won't do it.
I,m not a dev, as mentioned, but I still have Xcode installed, as I need the environment t compile a bunch of unix-y software.
Only applications can control the hiding of the menu bar. It is displayed by default and hiding it occurs on an app-by-app basis.
anonymous_abc
Member
since installing mountain lion ive been getting this very frequently...
could it be that time machine has somehow been bugged?
never had this before and my external drive with the backup on it has always been almost filled up by the time machine backup...
any ideas about what I could do?
could it be that time machine has somehow been bugged?
never had this before and my external drive with the backup on it has always been almost filled up by the time machine backup...
any ideas about what I could do?
since installing mountain lion ive been getting this very frequently...
could it be that time machine has somehow been bugged?
never had this before and my external drive with the backup on it has always been almost filled up by the time machine backup...
any ideas about what I could do?
Find out what is being backed up and how much each time.
I've used time machine buddy and timetracker to help in the past, but not sure these work well under mountain lion.
Of course, it could simply be that your TM is simply full. Every time it backs up, it has to remove an older one to make space. This is normal on a full drive. You can always turn off the warning.
Edit: wait I just noticed your warning says unexpected. That might be slightly different from the warning I'm thinking of.
I know sometimes TM gets confused about how much to back up. Consider just watching how much time machine bucks up each time.
anonymous_abc
Member
well I back up my whole HDD, and its full of research files so lots and lots of data.
my external harddrive only has the TM backup and its been practically full for months.
So its been replacing old backups with new ones for ages.
but I've never had that warning before installing ML...
my external harddrive only has the TM backup and its been practically full for months.
So its been replacing old backups with new ones for ages.
but I've never had that warning before installing ML...
Maybe it's the new warning in ml. Did you get a warning before at all when old backups were erased? If not maybe you had the option to receive them checked off, and it defaulted to on when you installed ml.
Bit of a Safari question more than an OSX one, but my girlfriend has opened probably 30 (!) different job pages she'd like to apply for in Safari, I suggested with so many jobs out there, it'd be worth somehow making a note of which ones she has applied for...
In Chrome/Firefox this is really easy, you just bookmark the page and when you return the star is already there, or there are countless plugins you can use (ie Diigo/Delicious) with a similar effect... is there anyway I can do this in Safari? Thank you
In Chrome/Firefox this is really easy, you just bookmark the page and when you return the star is already there, or there are countless plugins you can use (ie Diigo/Delicious) with a similar effect... is there anyway I can do this in Safari?
Thank youNoob here to Mac, so if I can get any help, it would be appreciated.
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my computer, but before I do that, I would like to know if I can buy the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade or would I have to buy the regular Windows 7 Home Premium which is alot cheaper.
I want to make sure the product works on my mac before I purchase it.
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my computer, but before I do that, I would like to know if I can buy the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade or would I have to buy the regular Windows 7 Home Premium which is alot cheaper.
I want to make sure the product works on my mac before I purchase it.
anonymous_abc
Member
Ive never (as far as i can remember) had any messages from TM... and I cannot really find many settings in TM now either...
Further to my noob question above - how do you easily move things between spaces? Say you wanted to have Safari on one, and then you can switch across using the four finger swipe gesture to Excel...
At the moment I right click Excel and go 'Show on all desktops' and then swipe across, and then 'Show only on this desktop' - is that right? Just seems a bit unintuitive to me
At the moment I right click Excel and go 'Show on all desktops' and then swipe across, and then 'Show only on this desktop' - is that right? Just seems a bit unintuitive to me
Ive never (as far as i can remember) had any messages from TM... and I cannot really find many settings in TM now either...
Try clicking options:
anonymous_abc
Member
this is what it is set up for on my mac.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
How big is your Time Machine drive because your backup looks pretty close to 1TB?
Edit: I see that is it full. Then I'd suggest resetting the Time Machine setting by deleting the Plist, as outlined here:
http://pondini.org/TM/A4.html
Edit: I see that is it full. Then I'd suggest resetting the Time Machine setting by deleting the Plist, as outlined here:
http://pondini.org/TM/A4.html
anonymous_abc
Member
as written above, the external drive has been full for months.
why is it not (as is usual) just replacing the oldest backups with new ones?
reseting surely cannot be the desired answer, as i do sometimes go back in time to get a file that has been deleted or changed.
why is it not (as is usual) just replacing the oldest backups with new ones?
reseting surely cannot be the desired answer, as i do sometimes go back in time to get a file that has been deleted or changed.
Yeah, you're getting an 'unexpected' error, causing it to bail.
There could be something ML is finding that's not kosher.
Try Time MAchine Buddy- it's a widget that essentially just scans console log for TM activity and reports it. You might find some clues (or just look at your console).
CrudeDiatribe
Member
You in 10.5/6 or 10.7/8?
Assuming the latter, activate Mission Control and drag the windows to a new space. If the application supports Fullscreen, just activate that and it gets its own space.
Once you have multiple spaces created (see plus button in the upper corners in Mission Control you may have to move the mouse there first), you can drag a window to the edge of a screen to move it to the space on that side.
anonymous_abc
Member
thanks for the help so far, I'll post at macrumors and see whether they can help
Thank you! That's good to know, I think she's on 10.7 but I'll check later, not sure how to enable mission control though (will look it up!) thanks again
If the Mac has a multi-touch trackpad, it should work by swiping up using three fingers. Alternatively you can press F3 or set up an active corner in System settings -> Mission Control.
Here's a 101 from Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4689