Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: OT: uSD card From: Jurgen Richter
- 1b.
- Re: OT: uSD card From: Harry Flaxman
- 1c.
- Re: OT: uSD card From: Harry Flaxman
- 2.1.
- Re: Lion Upgrade From: Jim Saklad
- 2.2.
- Re: Lion Upgrade From: Bob Cook
- 2.3.
- Re: Lion Upgrade From: Harry Flaxman
- 2.4.
- Re: Lion Upgrade From: Bob Cook
- 3.1.
- Re: Directories From: Jim Saklad
- 3.2.
- Re: Directories From: Jim Saklad
- 4a.
- Re: Tivo Transfer on Lion From: Jay Abraham
- 5a.
- Re: OT: uSD card From: Bob Cook
- 5b.
- Re: OT: uSD card From: Harry Flaxman
- 6.
- iTunes Match Has Us on Cloud Nine [REVIEW] From: Bill Boulware
- 7.
- What do these new items in iTunes mean about your Match Library? From: Bill Boulware
- 8a.
- iTunes Match & 25,000 Song Music Library Limit From: Denver Dan
- 8b.
- Re: iTunes Match & 25,000 Song Music Library Limit From: Bill Boulware
- 9.
- Import a CD into iTunes using a Remote Disc From: Jay Abraham
- 10a.
- Sidebar issues From: Joan B Sax Ph.D.
- 10b.
- Re: Sidebar issues From: Jim Smith
- 11a.
- Re: Hard drive question From: Robert Lenhart
- 11b.
- Re: Hard drive question From: Bob Cook
- 11c.
- Re: Hard drive question From: Robert Lenhart
- 12a.
- Re: audio book not syncing in order From: Nicky McCatty
- 12b.
- Re: audio book not syncing in order From: Barry Austern
- 13.1.
- Re: 3 From: Denver Dan
Messages
- 1a.
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Re: OT: uSD card
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:36 am (PST)
Harry - I have not personally seen one of these, but is there a physical
write protection mechanism on the chip? that would trigger an internal
switch on the reader? It's old school and may not be applicable here,
but worth a look see...
- 1b.
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Re: OT: uSD card
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:56 am (PST)
Yup, checked for that and no there is nothing physical. That's what baffles me. The micro-SD is so small that it would be hard to even implement that, although I'm sure it can be done.
Harry
On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Jurgen Richter wrote:
> Harry - I have not personally seen one of these, but is there a physical
> write protection mechanism on the chip? that would trigger an internal
> switch on the reader? It's old school and may not be applicable here,
> but worth a look see...
>
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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- 1c.
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Re: OT: uSD card
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:29 am (PST)
DU says read only as well. Nothing can be done at this point.
I'm going to look the technical specifics of the card up.
Harry
On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> Harry,
>
> Is it possible to reformat with Disk Utility?
>
> Jay
> On Nov 1
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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- 2.1.
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Re: Lion Upgrade
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:41 am (PST)
> I've created a second partition with SL on it, and that's what I usually use for day to day work. I've given up on iCloud, because it's not supported under SL.
>
> I have been on the phone with Apple several times, only to be told to do an erase and install, each time.
>
> That's BS, IMO. I am able to figure out OS problems as a rule. I usually just didn't do the erase and install, but found the problem. That would be OK until another one that was unrelated, showed up.
So, Harry, you HAVE or you have NOT done the Erase And Install?
Have you tried creating and running from a new, "clean" user?
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Re: Lion Upgrade
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:14 am (PST)
Please don't take this the wrong way, but what is the benefit of iCloud?
Other free services available with much more storage, and I am not locked
into Apple's ecosystem.
Bob
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Re: Lion Upgrade
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:35 am (PST)
To me, the unattended synchronizing is a plus. Whatever I have on one device, will show up on another, without having to do anything.
Harry
On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Bob Cook wrote:
> Please don't take this the wrong way, but what is the benefit of iCloud?
> Other free services available with much more storage, and I am not locked
> into Apple's ecosystem.
> Bob
>
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: Lion Upgrade
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:59 am (PST)
I use (mainly) Sugarsync since it offers more storage and control plus it
works with all my other Android and Windows devices.
-Bob
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Harry Flaxman
<harry.flaxman@comcast.net >wrote:
> **
>
>
> To me, the unattended synchronizing is a plus. Whatever I have on one
> device, will show up on another, without having to do anything.
>
> Harry
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Bob Cook wrote:
>
> > Please don't take this the wrong way, but what is the benefit of iCloud?
> > Other free services available with much more storage, and I am not locked
> > into Apple's ecosystem.
> > Bob
> >
>
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: Directories
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:47 am (PST)
> But if one is logged is as an admin, why should one have to put in a password again. I use a strong, long password since it's used to encrypt filevault and it gets old fast typing it in.
"People should think; machines should work"
There are only 2 passwords - both very old and very well-remembered, and not very complex - that I ever need to actually type in. All the rest are remembered for me by a secure password application.
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Re: Directories
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:50 am (PST)
> One thing that has mystified me was the lack of an in depth discussion of this in my Pogue book, apple support, or on line.
> Jeannie
Try writing a note to David Pogue. He's apparently very receptive.
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Re: Tivo Transfer on Lion
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:08 am (PST)
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for replying. Are you using Lion?
I have entered my Media Access Key but it is not recognizing any of the shows. Also the already transferred programs were downloaded to the old Mac using Tivo Transfer. When I used Setup Assistant to start up the new Mac, all data on the old Mac was transferred to the old Mac.
Googling on the internet seems to indicate that some of the old decode information used by the various converters were based on the PPC architecture and won't work unless it is recompiled for Intel.
Jay
On Nov 15, 2011, at 9:31 AM, nhoward5040 wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> It's been a while since I set up my computer with Tivo Transfer, but I think that you have to go into it's preferences and enter the Media Access number from your Tivo Machine. I think that you can get this either from your older Mac, or probably on the screen of your TV in the Tivo settings part.
>
> Also, I don't follow the part in your post where you say it won't play the already transferred programs. Where are these programs? - if they are on your new computer, then it must have recognized it to transfer them. If they aren't, then they aren't there to play - or did you just copy them from the old to the new computer?
>
> Nancy
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Re: OT: uSD card
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:26 am (PST)
Harry,
Some of the uSD adapters require the write protect switch to actually be in
the middle. And, some trader move the protect switch to read only unless
you insert very carefully. Note the protect switch.is on the SD adapter.
Bob
On Nov 15, 2011 10:08 AM, "Harry Flaxman" <harry.flaxman@comcast.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> Here's one that's a little OT, but figured I'd ask anyway.
>
> I have a couple of micro-SD cards that were used in an older Android
> tablet. Since using them there, they seem to be tagged as read only. I
> recall being able to move these cards between my iMac's SD card reader and
> the tablet and having no trouble with writing from the Mac at all.
>
> Now, that I don't have the tablet any longer, I have two uSD cards that
> are reporting read only when I attempt to do anything using the Mac's card
> reader, or any card reader for that matter.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything like this?
>
> It's not way OT, I hope.
>
> Harry
>
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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- 5b.
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Re: OT: uSD card
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:30 am (PST)
Hmm. The adapter I used always worked. I'll have to look at it again.
Harry
On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Bob Cook wrote:
> Harry,
> Some of the uSD adapters require the write protect switch to actually be in
> the middle. And, some trader move the protect switch to read only unless
> you insert very carefully. Note the protect switch.is on the SD adapter.
> Bob
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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iTunes Match Has Us on Cloud Nine [REVIEW]
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:35 am (PST)
http://feeds.mashable. com/~r/Mashable/ ~3/GfVUoVpVJMQ/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: iTunes Match Has Us on
Cloud Nine [REVIEW] via Mashable! by Christina Warren on 11/14/11
iTunes Match is now available and ready for sign-ups.
Apple introduced the service back at WWDC 2011; it's a way to access
all your iTunes music via the cloud, for a fee.
Similar to Amazon's Cloud Player and Google Music, iTunes Match offers
users the ability to access their music libraries — whether tracks were
purchased via iTunes or not — from iTunes on a Mac or PC and from iOS 5
devices, including the Apple TV 2.
The service is $24.99 a year. For that $25, users can upload up to
25,000 tracks to the iTunes Cloud (past iTunes purchases do not count
against that total) and access their tunes on up to 10 devices.
We've been playing with the service since it first hit beta and have
watched it evolve from a promising — if buggy — tool into a well
executed consumer-centric music solution.
After downloading iTunes 10.5.1, users can opt to enable iTunes Match.
After paying the annual fee, iTunes will scan a user's iTunes library
and upload or match the songs that it finds to its servers.
Apple has a catalog of more than 20 million songs, which means most
users' existing albums and tracks will already be in Apple's database,
drastically reducing the amount of time it takes to upload a library to
the cloud.
This is a major advantage over both Amazon Cloud Player and Google
Music. Another major advantage is that unlike Amazon, which requires
pre-Cloud Player purchases to be uploaded to its servers retroactively,
all of your iTunes purchases are accessible, thanks to iTunes in the
Cloud.
iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud: Perfect Harmony
iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud work hand-in-hand. You can use
iTunes in the Cloud without iTunes Match, but when the two are working
together, the entire process is utterly seamless.
Over the course of nearly eight years, I have downloaded several
thousand songs from iTunes. Most of them are downloaded onto my iMac or
stored on an aging hard-drive based iPod. With iTunes Match/iTunes in
the Cloud, I have access to all of my past purchases in my library.
Even if I haven't downloaded those songs to my MacBook Pro, the songs
are still viewable and playable.
Playing back these songs can take place in two ways. First, I can just
stream the song from the web, a la Spotify, MOG or Rdio. I can also opt
to download a track to my hard drive.
I can also create playlists or smart playlists using tracks from my
existing iTunes purchase library. On secondary machines, local uploads
are accessible in the same way that my iTunes purchases are.
The experience is similar to what subscribers to services like Spotify
have long enjoyed, but the difference is that now the songs I actually
own (or have acquired in other ways) are included.
Playlist Synchronization
The iTunes Match/iTunes in the Cloud harmony really comes together with
playlist synchronization.
You no longer need to manually sync playlists with your iOS device via
iTunes — instead it all takes place over the cloud. That means my
iPhone can see playlists I've created on my laptop or desktop.
The process works in reverse too. I can create playlists on my iPad or
iPhone and then access those playlists from within iTunes on the
desktop or from another iOS device.
Matching Songs with iTunes
After signing up for iTunes Match, the service will assess your library
and upload tracks from your personal library into the iTunes cloud.
If Apple can find a song in its own repository, it just matches the
song in place. For songs not available in Apple's servers, your own
files are uploaded directly to the cloud.
Click here to view this gallery.
High Quality Matched Tracks
Although most of my personal compressed musical files are stored in
LAME V0 (~225-278 bitrate, depending on the file), I have accumulated
some lesser quality tracks over the years.
By default, if iTunes Match finds a song in its library, it will
replace that track with a 256-kbps AAC version. These files are DRM
free when downloaded from the cloud — and appear to be the same files
users purchase directly from iTunes.
For some users, having improved sound quality will be a big deal,
though less discerning fans might not hear much of a difference.
Keep in mind Amazon also encodes its MP3s at at least 256kbps, so
tracks purchased on Amazon.com, uploaded to iTunes, really just wind up
changing from one format for another.
That's an important distinction; although the iTunes Match tracks are
stored by iTunes, they are in the AAC or *.m4a format. Most MP3 players
will play this format, but be sure to check if you want to sideload
those tracks to another device.
Listening on the Go
If you want to listen to tracks from iTunes or an Apple TV 2 device,
you can stream songs without local downloads. Listening to songs on the
iPad or iPhone, however, will download a track (though it plays it
during the download process).
It would be nice if there was a way to indicate if you want to save a
track for offline listening or if you just want to stream tunes. The
advantage of this download upon play method, however, is that if you
are suddenly offline (like on the subway), you can still listen to
tracks you've recently played on your device.
Agains the Competition
iTunes Match competes directly with Google Music and Amazon Cloud
Player.
On the whole, iTunes Match stacks up well against the other services.
Although Google Music is free during the beta process, we expect the
company will charge $20 to $25 a year, just like Amazon and Apple.
Amazon charges $20 a year for a 20GB Cloud Drive, but promises
unlimited song storage.
Google limits users to 20,000 songs and iTunes Match is limited to
25,000 songs, not counting your existing iTunes purchases.
Unlike Amazon and Google, Apple does not have a browser-based music
player. For some, this may be a deal breaker. For me, it's actually an
advantage.
I find web-based music apps to be clunky in execution. It's why I
prefer the designated desktop apps for subscription streaming services.
It's also why I loathe using Amazon Cloud Player, because the process
of getting songs into or out of my account is so tedious.
iTunes isn't perfect, but it handles track playback, upload and
download with much less friction than a web interface.
Of course, the biggest difference between the services is mobile device
support. Amazon Cloud Player and Google Music are both available via
unofficial iOS apps, but there are native solutions available for
Android.
iTunes Match is only accessible from iTunes or iOS devices. That means
Android users are out of luck when it comes to cloud-based bliss. You
can still offload songs to your phone, using programs like DoubleTwist,
but the cloud-based options are iOS only.
Still, for a person invested in the iTunes ecosystem, iTunes Match is
the mature execution of the music cloud concept.
For me, paying $24.99 a year was worth it just to have seamless
playlist access as well as the ability to upload parts of my collection
from multiple machines.
What do you think of iTunes Match? Let us know.
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What do these new items in iTunes mean about your Match Library?
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:47 am (PST)
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Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: What do these new items
in iTunes mean about your Match Library? via 9to5Mac by Jordan Kahn on
11/14/11
If you don't know by now, Apple has officially opened up their iTunes
Match service to the public, bringing with it 256-kbps AAC DRM-free
copies of your non-iTunes purchased music for $25 a year. To help
familiarize users with the service, Apple has posted the following
chart walking us through some new iTunes Match related iCloud icons
you'll start to notice in iTunes.
In addition, they also dropped some helpful guides explaining the ins
and outs of the service including Troubleshooting iTunes Match, How to
subscribe to iTunes Match, How to add a computer or iOS device to
iTunes Match, and How to delete songs from iCloud.
In the troubleshooting guide, we learn you can enable a column within
iTunes to display the iTunes Match/iCloud status of any given song in
your library. For example, whether it's a "Matched" song or just
"Uploaded". To do this, click "View > View Options" or press
"Command-J", and click the "iCloud Status" checkbox (same place you
also enable "iCloud download").
A MacRumors forum poster also offers a few helpful hints, while noting
iTunes Match keeps your meta-data (a nice touch if you tend to edit
data associated with your songs), the post clears up some concerns
regarding the intricacies of what happens with your local copies:
"Nothing happens to your local music when you run match. If you have a
lower quality song that was matched you can remove it from your local
library and then replace it with the 256k version. What happens is you
delete the song, but the entry in iTunes stays, but a little cloud now
shows up in a newly added column that shows you that you have a song
that is in the cloud but not in your library. You can click on the
cloud and it will download it to your local library, where again it is
now permanently yours at the higher bit rate."
If you need yet more clarification regarding DRM and which songs are
eligible for iTunes Match, Apple breaks down the main things you need
to know:
- iTunes Match is currently available only in the United States. Songs
purchased outside of the United States iTunes Store containing DRM will
not be matched or uploaded to iCloud.
- If a song contains DRM and is no longer available on the iTunes Store
for purchase, the song is uploaded to iCloud and made available for
download in protected DRM format. You will be required to authorize
your computer or device for playback.
- A song will not be uploaded to iCloud if the song contains DRM, was
purchased using a different Apple ID, and could not be matched.
- When you subscribe to or enable iTunes Match, your iOS device or
computer will be associated to the Apple ID being used for iTunes
Match.
As for iTunes Match supported file formats, Apple explains:
- Songs encoded as MP3 or AAC that have been matched to the iTunes
Store will be made available for download as 256 kbps as AAC from
iCloud.
- Songs encoded as MP3 or AAC that cannot be matched to the iTunes
Store will be uploaded as is. These songs will be made available for
download in the same format it was uploaded in.
- Songs encoded as MP3 or AAC with a bitrate of 96 kbps or less will
not be matched or uploaded to iCloud.
- Songs encoded as ALAC, WAV, or AIFF, will be transcoded in iTunes to
256 kbps AAC when uploaded to iCloud.
- Song files over 200 MB will not be uploaded to iCloud. Related
articles
- iTunes Match libraries to be wiped tomorrow, November 12th as launch
nears (9to5mac.com)
- Apple releases iTunes 10.5.1, Match is available now (9to5mac.com)
- Apple seeds iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3 with fixes to continue iTunes Match
testing (9to5mac.com)
- As launch nears, Apple plans iTunes Match iCloud library reset for
Sept. 26 (9to5mac.com)
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iTunes Match & 25,000 Song Music Library Limit
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:59 am (PST)
Howdy.
I've just seen several articles on the just activated iTunes Match
feature that works with iCloud.
The articles discuss a limit of 25,000 songs in your iTunes Music
Library that were not purchased from iTunes Store. In other words, if
your music library has 5,000 songs purchased from iTunes Store and
20,000 songs that you ripped from audio CDs or found via other sources
you are good to go. If, however, your Music Library has 28,000 songs
ripped from audio CDs or from other sources than only 25,000 will work
with the new Match service.
The articles also mention that a work around for this limit is to
create two or more Music Libraries in iTunes (done by launching iTunes
with the Option key pressed) and then moving groups of songs into the
new Music Library or Libraries.
You could create a 2nd Music Library just for jazz and a 3rd Music
Library just for opera.
Then you launch iTunes with the Option key pressed and you can choose
which library to use henceforth (until you launch iTunes again and
press the Option key to change to a different Music Library).
My question is who has already done this, if any member has, and what
were your results? Satisfied?
Are there other work arounds out there?
I also note a group member who posted a caution about needing a fast
Internet connection if using iTunes Match with a large number of
songs. Is that caution something to note as a one-time issue for
beginning to use Match, or, an ongoing concern?
Denver Dan
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Re: iTunes Match & 25,000 Song Music Library Limit
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:21 am (PST)
Dan, I have been using iTunes Match since the first beta. The limit, as I
understand it, is as follows - if the track is available in iTunes (for
example you ripped a CD you own and the same album is available in iTunes),
it does not count against your limit. The 25,000 song limit is only for
tracks that are not available in iTunes - out of my ~18,000 track library,
about 300 items were not "matched" and had to be uploaded.
As far as the speed, the "scan" takes between a few minutes to a few hours
(IE my MB Air only has about 300 tracks, it took <5 minutes each time the
beta was reset and I had to rematch). My main library has everything and
it took about 4-5 hours to scan and match everything then the uploading of
the ~300 unmatched tracks took about 15 minutes, but I have a very fast
Fiber connection at home.
My voiced concern, which as far as I know just started recently, is that
the songs aren't streamed to iOS devices - they are downloaded, even if
skipped over. For example, assuming you have 15 songs and if you start
playing Song 1 and decide you want to listen to song 10 and tap skip (>)
instead of backing out and selecting 10, "iTunes" downloads not only tracks
1 & 10, but also 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 so even if they are 'normal size' /
3-5MB each, you can easily use 30MB-50MB playing one or two songs.
Previously, the item would just be streamed with a decent buffer. I am
guessing this was part of the 'deal' with the music labels but those users
who have the smaller data packages are going to blow through their limit in
no time....
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:59, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> Howdy.
>
> I've just seen several articles on the just activated iTunes Match
> feature that works with iCloud.
>
> The articles discuss a limit of 25,000 songs in your iTunes Music
> Library that were not purchased from iTunes Store. In other words, if
> your music library has 5,000 songs purchased from iTunes Store and
> 20,000 songs that you ripped from audio CDs or found via other sources
> you are good to go. If, however, your Music Library has 28,000 songs
> ripped from audio CDs or from other sources than only 25,000 will work
> with the new Match service.
>
> The articles also mention that a work around for this limit is to
> create two or more Music Libraries in iTunes (done by launching iTunes
> with the Option key pressed) and then moving groups of songs into the
> new Music Library or Libraries.
>
> You could create a 2nd Music Library just for jazz and a 3rd Music
> Library just for opera.
>
> Then you launch iTunes with the Option key pressed and you can choose
> which library to use henceforth (until you launch iTunes again and
> press the Option key to change to a different Music Library).
>
> My question is who has already done this, if any member has, and what
> were your results? Satisfied?
>
> Are there other work arounds out there?
>
> I also note a group member who posted a caution about needing a fast
> Internet connection if using iTunes Match with a large number of
> songs. Is that caution something to note as a one-time issue for
> beginning to use Match, or, an ongoing concern?
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
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Import a CD into iTunes using a Remote Disc
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:02 am (PST)
Hi
Anyone know if you can import a CD into iTunes using a Remote Disc. I assumed you could do this since it allowed me to install software on my Mac Mini by sharing a Remote drive on my G5 Tower. However now that I'm trying to import a music cd, it won't show up?
Jay
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Sidebar issues
Posted by: "Joan B Sax Ph.D." jsax@me.com joan05061
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:12 am (PST)
I use the sidebar for current projects that I can get to quickly and then remove when I am done, as well as for files I use often, such as frequently used glossaries (I am a freelance translator). Lately, I have found that the sidebar icons are all folders rather than folders and files (my glossaries, for instance, are Excel files). I removed the fake files masquerading as folders and then tried to replace them on the sidebar, but couldn't' do that. I tried to find out the keyboard way to place files, or folders for that matter, on the sidebar under "Help" in the finder to no avail. Has anyone had this experience and how can I fix it? I am using Lion (10.7.2) on an 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 (whatever that means) iMac.
Joan in Vermont where wood burning stoves are still unnecessary, in mid November no less!
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Re: Sidebar issues
Posted by: "Jim Smith" jas1931@gmail.com jimmacsmith
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:44 am (PST)
Hi Joan
I'm assume you are talking the 'FAVORITES' in the sidebar.
I'm using 10.7.2 also. As you said it would not let me put a file (pointer) into the sidebar, but would a folder (directory). I was able to put an alias to a file into the sidebar. So here is how I did it:
Right click on the file, in the popup menu choose 'Make Alias', then I selected the alias I just created and moved it to the sidebar, it stayed (without the 'alias' in the name). I then moved the original alias to the trash. Emptied the trash. The original file is still in it place.
I then double clicked the name in the sidebar and the file opened with the application.
Jim Smith ias
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On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Joan B Sax Ph.D. wrote:
> I use the sidebar for current projects that I can get to quickly and then remove when I am done, as well as for files I use often, such as frequently used glossaries (I am a freelance translator). Lately, I have found that the sidebar icons are all folders rather than folders and files (my glossaries, for instance, are Excel files). I removed the fake files masquerading as folders and then tried to replace them on the sidebar, but couldn't' do that. I tried to find out the keyboard way to place files, or folders for that matter, on the sidebar under "Help" in the finder to no avail. Has anyone had this experience and how can I fix it? I am using Lion (10.7.2) on an 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 (whatever that means) iMac.
>
> Joan in Vermont where wood burning stoves are still unnecessary, in mid November no less!
>
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Re: Hard drive question
Posted by: "Robert Lenhart" roblenhart@earthlink.net rlenhart
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:16 am (PST)
I've come to the conclusion the upgrade to Time Machine 7.6 may have caused this problem. The readings I'm getting from Storage make no sense.
Yesterday after I asked where to find Terminal I decided to turn Time Mach off until I got a response.
Storage had previously indicated some 11gb of space was being allocated to it.
After I turned Time Mach off I rechecked Storage and it now read 0gb of space was allocated and the amount of free disk space had increased by 11gb. Hard to believe the by turning Time Mach off I could free up 11 gb of disk space.
This morning I turned Time Mach on and rechecked Storage. It read 16kb was allocated to Storage. Turned Time Mach off again (read 0gb) and on again (now read 21kb was allocated). Off again (0gb) and on again (now 6.3kb allocated). Off once more, then ran a backup during which time Storage read 7.5mb was allocated). Finished the backup, turned Time Mach off, then on and found Storage reads 32kb is allocated. Off and on one last time, now reads 273bytes allocated to Storage.
On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > I use Time Capsule for internet connection and external backup drive so the MacBook is always connected to the external drive. I just went into Time Capsule and confirmed a backup (the last one) was done at 6:23PM today.
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> If you are always connected to the TC, then I don't understand why it would be writing backups, even temporary ones, to the internal drive.
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> > In any case where do I find Terminal so I can stop this.
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Re: Hard drive question
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:20 am (PST)
I am probably missing something here, but looking back at the original
question.... isn't the OP seeing hard drive free space decrease when he
trashed a file because he needs to empty the trash?
Bob
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Re: Hard drive question
Posted by: "Robert Lenhart" roblenhart@earthlink.net rlenhart
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:35 am (PST)
You are not missing anything. I am at fault and apologize for my carelessness. Each time I wrote the word Storage I should have wrote Backup.
After I had deleted files the amount of space in Storage allocated to Audio Files was decreased but the amount of space in Storage allocated to Backups increased.
When I turned Time Machine off last night and checked Storage the amt of space in Backup was reduced from 11gb to 0gb and the amount of free disk space was increased by 11gb. How could turning off Time Mach increase disk space by 11gb.
This morning each time I turned Time Machine off and then back on the amount of space in Storage allocated to Backup changed. Once from 0gb (when off) to 16kb (when on); then 0gb (when off) to 21gb) and so forth.
Again, I apologize for being so careless in writing my message.
On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Robert Lenhart wrote:
> I've come to the conclusion the upgrade to Time Machine 7.6 may have caused this problem. The readings I'm getting from Storage make no sense.
>
> Yesterday after I asked where to find Terminal I decided to turn Time Mach off until I got a response.
>
> Storage had previously indicated some 11gb of space was being allocated to it.
>
> After I turned Time Mach off I rechecked Storage and it now read 0gb of space was allocated and the amount of free disk space had increased by 11gb. Hard to believe the by turning Time Mach off I could free up 11 gb of disk space.
>
> This morning I turned Time Mach on and rechecked Storage. It read 16kb was allocated to Storage. Turned Time Mach off again (read 0gb) and on again (now read 21kb was allocated). Off again (0gb) and on again (now 6.3kb allocated). Off once more, then ran a backup during which time Storage read 7.5mb was allocated). Finished the backup, turned Time Mach off, then on and found Storage reads 32kb is allocated. Off and on one last time, now reads 273bytes allocated to Storage.
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>>> I use Time Capsule for internet connection and external backup drive so the MacBook is always connected to the external drive. I just went into Time Capsule and confirmed a backup (the last one) was done at 6:23PM today.
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>> If you are always connected to the TC, then I don't understand why it would be writing backups, even temporary ones, to the internal drive.
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>>> In any case where do I find Terminal so I can stop this.
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Re: audio book not syncing in order
Posted by: "Nicky McCatty" talk@signifydesign.com ojosabroso
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:18 am (PST)
Thanks!
Nicky McCatty
signify | Design
fusing image & information
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On Nov 15, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> iLounge has some excellent articles on making the best use of iTunes. Try <
> http://bit.ly/E98Yg > > Importing Audiobooks.
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> Otto
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> On 15 November 2011 13:40, mirate <talk@signifydesign.com > wrote:
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> > Hi Otto,
> >
> > I was unable to import the books' audio automatically, as though they were
> > songs. I had to select all of the MP3s, and then open them from the Finder.
> > I kept wondering if the audio book company had mastered things incorrectly,
> > or if I had simply encountered a bug or limitation in iTunes's audio books
> > format. I guess I'll just use the approach that Barry suggested.
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> > I'll send an update if I find any easy way.
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Re: audio book not syncing in order
Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net barryaus
Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:26 am (PST)
At 1:36 PM +0000 11/15/11, mirate wrote:
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>Hi, Barry,
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>I'd done something like that when movements of classical concerti
>were out of order, so I shoulda thought of that.
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>Thanks,
>Nicky
Sometimes a reminder works :-)
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Re: 3
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:25 am (PST)
Howdy.
Time Machine backups up everything by default including other hard
drives installed internally or connected externally. Lion Time Machine
also will backup to USB, FireWire, eSATA, ThunderBolt, and some other
types of connected hard drives. I understand it can also back up some
types of NAS/Ethernet connected hard drives or possibly RAIDs.
It will backup the "2 other photo drives" that you mention unless you
exclude them.
I have 11 internal, FW, eSATA, connected hard drives and a NAS drive on
Ethernet and I exclude most from my Time Machine backups because it
would immediately overflow the pot on the 1.5 TB OWC FW800 hard drive I
use for Time Machine backup. With two hot swappable drive docs on
eSATA I swap out hard drives for photo and application backups.
My goal for Time Machine is to backup my User Account
I say above that Time Machine backups everything but that isn't 100%
true. It is designed to exclude some categories of files such as web
browser caches.
A couple of notes (I think I'll post this one separately, too).
1. Invisible Users/.../Library folder in Lion.
I've just now learned that in Lion's Time Machine backups the
User/Library folder is now invisible just as it is invisible on the
Lion boot drive that was backed up!
So how do you restore something using Time Machine Restore when you
can't see it to find it in the Time Machine backup ????? Well, it can
be done but takes some work.
Having just tried this using Terminal commands, not all of which a
actually worked as advertised, I downloaded and used the free
TinkerTool utility which has an excellent one button solution to make
all files visible (and when needed to make those files invisible
again).
This command may require a restart of the Mac to finalize. OR, you can
launch Terminal (in Utilities folder) and type the following command at
the prompt:
killall Finder (Return)
So that means to type the word "killall" (no quotes), then a space,
then type Finder (with a capital letter "F") then press the Return key.
This will relaunch Finder and the invisible files will be visible or
files that you want to return to being invisible (using the TinkerTool
feature) will go back to being invisible.
2. Be aware that when you have a dedicated or shared Photoshop scratch
disk assigned in Photoshop that this disk can become fragmented. The
free space actually becomes fragmented over time. This happens even
though the disk appears to be empty after quitting Photoshop. This is
perhaps a bit less of a problem with recent drive format/partitioning
protocols but it still happens. A defragmenter like iDefrag can fix
these issues and the result will be a faster scratch disk for your
Photoshop to use.
Denver Dan
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:04:46 -0700, Jeannie wrote:
> Thank you, Dan. I just checked it, and it is excluding only one thing, a
> 2tb drive that is my backup drive and my photoshop scratch disk. I
> understand that, but does that mean that it is also backing up my 2 other
> photo drives?
>
> Jeannie
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> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.net > wrote:
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>> Howdy.
>>
>> Time Machine by default backs up everything.
>>
>> To exclude things from back up you open Time Machine panel in System
>> Preferences and click the Options button.
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>> A drop down card appears labeled "Exclude these items from backups"
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