Dragona Akehi
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mrkgoo said:
It's super weird that it is able to read/rip media just fine. It's only with burning...
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It's super weird that it is able to read/rip media just fine. It's only with burning...
mescalineeyes
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Dragona Akehi said:
look around on the internet, there is a fix involved fucking around with your language settings. I am kinda short pressed right now so I can't help you find it but good luck anyway.
Mr. Wonderful
Member
The old Macbook Pros have these really flakey disc drives. The problem is only with a certain manufacturer of the drive, and the issue persisted for several hardware generations. My friend ran into the same problem last semester. I would check the manufacturer of the disc drive and then google the problem.Dragona Akehi said:
btkadams said:i have the same problem with my disc drive on my early 2008 model mbp. it hasn't burned cds or anything for at least 6 months. i've tried disc cleaners and nothing. Dragona if you find an answer, please let me know and I would be forever grateful
Have you guys tried to burn at the lowest speed? That usually gives you the best chance.
The drives are just shitty, it probably needs to be replaced. The drive on my 2008 Unibody crapped out early this year even though I've probably used it 6 times total. The piece of shit wouldn't recognize my BRAND NEW snow leopard disc.
Although I would try what mescalineeyes suggested first, just in case.
Although I would try what mescalineeyes suggested first, just in case.
Macho Madness
Member
Maybe someone can help me out here. I accidentally mucked with my Downloads folder on the dock. I drug it back on there but it doesn't appear to sort the Fan correctly. Can anyone tell me what the stock "Sort By" is for the Downloads folder on the dock?
mescalineeyes
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thewesker said:
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yo, Dragona, here's the fix I was talking about earlier. It's not confirmed to work 100% percent but before you go spend the big bucks you might as well give it a try, innit.
- Open System Preferences.
- Click on "International"
- Under "Languages": Drag any of the other languages to the top, then drag English back to the top.
- Set "Order for sorted lists" to English
- Set "Word Break" to English (United States, computer)
- Close System Preferences
- Restart computer
Hey.
So I did a data migration from my Time Machine backup to my new MBP.
After everything was transferred, I initiated a 7-pass HD erase on my old iMac.
TOO SOON THOUGH.
I forgot to deactivate my iTunes account on the iMac, and now when I try to sync my Touch on my new MBP, it won't let me as it says I am already over the 5 computer limit.
I have an Genius Bar thing at 6:30, what can I expect? You think it will be quick and painless to get things running?
So I did a data migration from my Time Machine backup to my new MBP.
After everything was transferred, I initiated a 7-pass HD erase on my old iMac.
TOO SOON THOUGH.
I forgot to deactivate my iTunes account on the iMac, and now when I try to sync my Touch on my new MBP, it won't let me as it says I am already over the 5 computer limit.
I have an Genius Bar thing at 6:30, what can I expect? You think it will be quick and painless to get things running?
Macho Madness
Member
Thanks to you and mascalineyes.MCX said:
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
btkadams said:
Nope! Just the one from Apple
Futureman said:
You can reset your authorisations once you hit your limit.
Go to the iTunes store and log in. There will be a button to reset all authorisations to your account.
Then you just have to reauthorise that computer (devices don't count towards the limit), and any other computers.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Crazy, there are about 5 Apple threads on the front page. Didnt want to make a 6th, so here: http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/09/ap...+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=FaceBook
mrkgoo said:
I just did this, and iTunes seemingly randomly deleted 12 MP3s.
After I deactivated and synced my Touch, I got an error message that 12 files couldn't be found. One of them was a song I bought on the iTunes store, but the other 11 were ripped from CDs. What the hell?
Futureman said:
That's not normal.
What should've happened is that your computer simply stops playing DRMed music until you reauthorise it.
Are you sure those files were on your computer before you deauthorised? Check your Time Machine Back up for them.
At any rate, you weren't supposed to deactivate and then sync. You should deactivate all your computers, then reactivate the one you're syncing with, THEN sync.
Here's the deal:
You have an iTunes account, and you can have up to 5 computers that are authorised to play content from that account. iDevices are not computers, so do not count towards that limit. Your iPod touch is simply a device synced to your computer - it just picks up authorisation from any account that that computer is authorised to play.
If you deactivate all your computers, and then sync, you are syncing with a deactivated computer, so possibly it has lost authorisation for those songs (or those songs were never actually on your computer to begin with, but were synced somewhere else).
I'm pretty sure the songs have not been randomly deleted. Again, check your time machine backup to be sure.
Hey guys, I'm selling my Windows PC and sticking with Mac as my only computer. I have ~30GB of music organized in iTunes on it and want to back it up to an external and then transfer it over to my Macbook. Is there a way to properly do this so that iTunes retains my organization and album covers, etc. on the new computer? Thanks.
mrkgoo said:
I did deactivate, reactivate, and then sync.
It's weird, the missing MP3s were actually still on my HD. For example, I have one Lou Reed album, "Transformer." Every song on there was fine except for "Make Up." So I double clicked it, it said it couldn't be found, and would I like to try and locate it.
I located the "Transformer" album and sure enough, all the MP3s were in the folder, but the song "Make Up" was showing as a generic song file while every other song on the record's icon was the album art.
I had to do this to all 12 songs that were missing, but everything seems fine now.
mescalineeyes
Banned
MCX said:
yes. grab the whole iTunes folder on your Windows PC.
It's the one that when you open should have a bunch of folders (Album Artworks, iTunes Music etc.) and .xml and/or .itdb files.
Then on the mac, just put that same folder in your /user/Music folder. when you start up iTunes on the Mac, everything will be in place.
Bioshocked
Member
While listening to some music in iTunes I was getting some weird popping noises occasionally, and then the music just cut out. Anyone had this happen?
EDIT: Restarted computer and now it's fine. I'm still a little worried though. :\
EDIT: Restarted computer and now it's fine. I'm still a little worried though. :\
I have the same problem as Dragona (mines a MacBook though) but Snow Leopard doesnt have an International pref pane, just Language and Text and it doesnt have these options:mescalineeyes said:
- Set "Order for sorted lists" to English
- Set "Word Break" to English (United States, computer)
- Set "Word Break" to English (United States, computer)
Doing the first thing didnt do anything for me either. Oh well.
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Dreams-Visions
Member
your mac came with an "applications" disc. iLife is on there.Futureman said:
edgefusion
Member
So has anyone else been using the YouTube5 extension for Safari? Absolutely amazing extension that makes YouTube usable again. Displays video in H.264 so it removes all the stupid crap like annotations and adverts and gives you the option to always view the video in the highest resolution available. Soooo good.
edgefusion said:
yup, Ive been using that, the instapaper extension, the restore previous session extension and the type to navigate extension which is cool because if you type text thats in a kink and then hit enter, you activate the link
it also works as an instant search.also, gentle status bar to mimic the only as needed chrome status bar.
nice little tweaks here and there. nothing to crazy so far but Im glad that ISMBL pug ins arent required for this anymore.
Dreams-Visions
Member
guys, I have an Activity Monitor question:
can someone tell me how to interpret the Finder activity? I have it playing an mp3 directly in finder, so I understand it's using resources. that's not my question or concern. What I don't understand is how to resolve in my mind that the Activity Monitor says Finder is using "60%" of my CPU...while in the lower-right, it says that the CPU is 81.41% idle. and that the stuff I'm currently using is only taking up 12.44% of my CPU, total (+6.16% for the system itself).
How do I resolve this discrepancy in my mind? Is this saying that of the 12.44% of things the CPU is doing by my request (%User), 60% of that 12.44% portion is Finder's activities?
sorry if this is a stupid question...it's just that coming from Windows, this part is straight forward. I doubt Finder could be using 60% of my CPU just to play an mp3. but then what the hell does the number mean? it's using 60% of *something*. lol
for the sake of being thorough, when the song stops playing in finder, the following changes occur:
% User - 2.63
% System - 1.12
% Idle - 96.25
Finder - 0.1%
can someone tell me how to interpret the Finder activity? I have it playing an mp3 directly in finder, so I understand it's using resources. that's not my question or concern. What I don't understand is how to resolve in my mind that the Activity Monitor says Finder is using "60%" of my CPU...while in the lower-right, it says that the CPU is 81.41% idle. and that the stuff I'm currently using is only taking up 12.44% of my CPU, total (+6.16% for the system itself).
How do I resolve this discrepancy in my mind? Is this saying that of the 12.44% of things the CPU is doing by my request (%User), 60% of that 12.44% portion is Finder's activities?
sorry if this is a stupid question...it's just that coming from Windows, this part is straight forward. I doubt Finder could be using 60% of my CPU just to play an mp3. but then what the hell does the number mean? it's using 60% of *something*. lol
for the sake of being thorough, when the song stops playing in finder, the following changes occur:
% User - 2.63
% System - 1.12
% Idle - 96.25
Finder - 0.1%
Windows and Mac display processor percentages differently on multicore machines
Each core has 100%. On a four core machine, the max you will see on a mac in 400%. but it's 100 on windows, so that may be tripping up your addition.
Edit. Of course, then os x goes and makes things complicated by going from the 400 scale in the listing to a reduced 100 scale on the bottom, where it adds up the percentages.
Each core has 100%. On a four core machine, the max you will see on a mac in 400%. but it's 100 on windows, so that may be tripping up your addition.
Edit. Of course, then os x goes and makes things complicated by going from the 400 scale in the listing to a reduced 100 scale on the bottom, where it adds up the percentages.
Dreams-Visions
Member
so according to my activity monitor, do you think it's saying i'm using 60% of one core (or 60% spread over 2 cores)...but only 12% of the total available?LCfiner said:
honestly, it's the discrepancy that's throwing me for a loop. ugh, I hate feeling lost. lol. but thank you for your insight.
So I've ordered the new SSD hybrid HD. Going to see how it performs on my MBP. My last upgrade, I changed a 250GB 5400rpm to a 640GB 5400rpm, and I think I actually lost random seek ability, slowing application opening and multitasking.
Hopefully the new hybrid will get rid of my multitasking beachballs.
Hopefully the new hybrid will get rid of my multitasking beachballs.
Dreams-Visions
Member
not that I'm aware of, no.Spruchy said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136373pulga said:
vs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148375
for 2 bucks more after shipping is calculated in you get faster RPM (5400 v 7200) and 130GB more space.
Does the $100 external MacBook Air Superdrive work with any Mac?
I'm thinking of one day replacing the internal Superdrive in my MBP w/ an SSD.
When people do this, I guess the best path is to put your OS and core apps on the SSD, and all your files on the normal internal drive?
I'm thinking of one day replacing the internal Superdrive in my MBP w/ an SSD.
When people do this, I guess the best path is to put your OS and core apps on the SSD, and all your files on the normal internal drive?
Futureman said:
I just use Gmail.com. I have about 5 different email accounts that I monitor and i have them all filtering into one gmail account with filters, labels, labs, etc. So the best way is to just use it in the browser.
I really really wish there was a Gmail app for the iPhone that supports labels, labs, etc.
Last I read on it, you have to mod it if you want it to work on anything other than a MBA.Futureman said: