6/04/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 8929

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1a.

Re: Phantom Mail messages in Trash

Posted by: "David Gillam" davegillam@yahoo.com   davegillam

Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:24 am (PDT)



I see this on an exchange account I have. I use weboutlook to delete the mail on exchange then quit apple mail and restart. This gets rid of the phantoms for me.

Sent from my iPhone
214-543-2788
www.davegillam.com

On Jun 4, 2012, at 3:46 AM, Les Streater <lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't use threading. Good idea though.
>
> If I put other messages into the trash and delete the trash, the others all go but the phantoms return.
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> Sometimes two, or five or even eleven. Just the header, no message, all for the same date.
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> I have rebuilt the database, I have used delete mailbox routine, I have tried putting them into the Junk box then deleting.
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> They are not apparently causing any problem, I just get paranoid that something like this is a sign of something else going wrong!
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> Anyone else seen this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Les Streater
> www.lesstreater.com
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> On 4 Jun 2012, at 03:12, Daly Jessup wrote:
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> This is just a wild guess, but I wonder if it is possibly related to the issue people have with threaded emails in iOS5 on their iPhones. The solution there is to turn off threading.
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> For example: <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2504948?start=0&tstart=0>
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> If you have your Mail set to view as Conversations (in the View menu), I wonder if turning that off might let you delete these phantoms?
>
> Daly
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Re: Phantom Mail messages in Trash

Posted by: "Les Streater" lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk   linernutuk

Mon Jun 4, 2012 2:22 pm (PDT)



Interesting idea. I used the web-browser and deleted everything in their archives - still the phantoms reappeared.

Then I realised it was displaying items from my SENT folder. So I deleted the original message in my sent folder - and now the phantom shows the next message in my sent folder!

This is getting very weird!

Anyone got other ideas????

Les

On 4 Jun 2012, at 14:24, David Gillam wrote:

I see this on an exchange account I have. I use weboutlook to delete the mail on exchange then quit apple mail and restart. This gets rid of the phantoms for me.

Sent from my iPhone
214-543-2788
www.davegillam.com

On Jun 4, 2012, at 3:46 AM, Les Streater <lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't use threading. Good idea though.
>
> If I put other messages into the trash and delete the trash, the others all go but the phantoms return.
>
> Sometimes two, or five or even eleven. Just the header, no message, all for the same date.
>
> I have rebuilt the database, I have used delete mailbox routine, I have tried putting them into the Junk box then deleting.
>
> They are not apparently causing any problem, I just get paranoid that something like this is a sign of something else going wrong!
>
> Anyone else seen this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Les Streater
> www.lesstreater.com
>
> On 4 Jun 2012, at 03:12, Daly Jessup wrote:
>
> This is just a wild guess, but I wonder if it is possibly related to the issue people have with threaded emails in iOS5 on their iPhones. The solution there is to turn off threading.
>
> For example: <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2504948?start=0&tstart=0>
>
> If you have your Mail set to view as Conversations (in the View menu), I wonder if turning that off might let you delete these phantoms?
>
> Daly
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www.lesstreater.com

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2.1.

Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com   dalyjessup

Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:40 am (PDT)




On Jun 3, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
> I've yet to encounter any software that I've been interested in for
> which there isn't a free demo. You can't get the free demo from the
> Mac App Store (free demos aren't allowed there) but the Mac App Store
> listing always has a link for the developers home page where you can
> download the free demo.

Very good. I hadn't considered that. Thanks.

> I think that you guys are just paranoid. I hear junk like this every
> time Apple changes something. At first a bunch of people hate the
> changes, and then later they love them. I think that is a sign of getting old.

Well, I've read quite a lot about it (the move for Apple to control what you can download) lately. I have never worried about it before, but there does seem to be a movement in that direction. Here is one, peripherally-related. article that I found of great interest: Innovation in Austerity, by Columbia
law professor Eben Moglen <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VHf5vpBy8&feature=youtube_gdata_player>

As for your comment about "sign of getting old," I do not deny that I get a day older every day (see how smart I am?) but I do consider that a rather boorish comment. It shows that you are lumping my comments in with whatever conclusions you have drawn from your vast network of other people. I work with training and user interface and information design every day. I am sensitive to user interface and user accessibility issues. I admit that I was a slow adopter of OS X - I gave it almost a year, feeling some resistance to change. Yes. But the interface issues keep, to my mind, getting worse. And that sense has not diminished after years of using OS X.

I feel that functionality and access is being sacrificed to a certain "look" that does not forward the user's interactions with the computer. For another instance, a folder placed on the Dock used to offer hierarchical menus of its contents, so you could use it for very easy navigation anywhere on your computer. Now clicking a folder in the Dock produces ONE level of access to its contents.

The light gray icons and lettering in Finder and Sidebar and Mail button bar inhibit quick grasp of what is to be clicked. And for some people make it nearly impossible for them to read the date in the calendar! I've said this before. This is not resistance to change on my part. These are deliberate "design" decisions by Apple. I will start keeping a catalog of features that I feel have stepped backwards. We've already discussed the idiotic retirement of the Save As command. And the "Cover Flow" view, which can ONLY be meant to "wow" a newcomer. I can't imagine anyone uses it to get work done.

Randy, you are a smart and experienced and incredibly helpful guy. Please save your broad insults for people who deserve them.

Daly

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> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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2.2.

Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Mon Jun 4, 2012 11:10 am (PDT)



As an older person, I think that is a bad stereo type. Resistance to change is generally universal.

I agree with you that the direction that Apple is going is not to my liking, either. But I have seen nothing other than rumor, speculation and FUD about Apple locking down the software you can download and install on a Mac. The same thing happens every time Apple announces a change, unfounded rumor and speculation.

Yes, they have given the developers a new set of rules, including that all apps will have to be sandboxed to get into the Mac App Store. But, I believe, they did not say that was a requirement for those outside the Mac App Store.

The areas that I don't like are graphic choices, specifically the grey on grey & the cartoon leather, and the lack of user settings in regards to many of the new defaults. I generally don't like the dumbing down of the user experience.

I beg to differ on the lack of a hierarchical menu of access. Again, I have a plain vanilla set up in 10.7.4, and I have several folders in the Dock. I chose the option to view contents as a list. If the folder on the Dock has folders with in, and I select on the second level folder, it opens up to the next level and so on. I find the other graphic viewing options eye-candy that does nothing for me. And I think the default is fan. You may have to 2-finger tap or cmd + click to get to the options so you can change it, but that is the first thing I do when I add a new folder to the Dock. Change to List and you will find it is hierarchical.

I'll agree Cover Flow is eye-candy, but worse than useless for productivity. It works great on a iPod or iPhone though, and in iTunes I find it great to bring out memories of a particular song or album.

I do have to admit I am finally using Launch Pad, after keeping a folder of favorite apps in the dock for years. I still have not tried Mission Control, but they cutzie names do not lend any professionalism to them.

What was the point of the youtube video? That has to be the worst publish speaker I have seen in years. I watched it for about 5 minutes, waiting for him to get to the point and explain what he was going to speak about. Every third word was uh or ah. I thought he was a punchy boxer the way he bobbed and weaved, and not a law professor. It was painful watching him. I just skipped a head some and he starts to get interesting with his over-the-top criticism. I might listen to it after all, with the distracting video hidden in the background.

Brent

On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:

On Jun 3, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
> I've yet to encounter any software that I've been interested in for
> which there isn't a free demo. You can't get the free demo from the
> Mac App Store (free demos aren't allowed there) but the Mac App Store
> listing always has a link for the developers home page where you can
> download the free demo.

Very good. I hadn't considered that. Thanks.

> I think that you guys are just paranoid. I hear junk like this every
> time Apple changes something. At first a bunch of people hate the
> changes, and then later they love them. I think that is a sign of getting old.

Well, I've read quite a lot about it (the move for Apple to control what you can download) lately. I have never worried about it before, but there does seem to be a movement in that direction. Here is one, peripherally-related. article that I found of great interest: Innovation in Austerity, by Columbia
law professor Eben Moglen <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VHf5vpBy8&feature=youtube_gdata_player>

As for your comment about "sign of getting old," I do not deny that I get a day older every day (see how smart I am?) but I do consider that a rather boorish comment. It shows that you are lumping my comments in with whatever conclusions you have drawn from your vast network of other people. I work with training and user interface and information design every day. I am sensitive to user interface and user accessibility issues. I admit that I was a slow adopter of OS X - I gave it almost a year, feeling some resistance to change. Yes. But the interface issues keep, to my mind, getting worse. And that sense has not diminished after years of using OS X.

I feel that functionality and access is being sacrificed to a certain "look" that does not forward the user's interactions with the computer. For another instance, a folder placed on the Dock used to offer hierarchical menus of its contents, so you could use it for very easy navigation anywhere on your computer. Now clicking a folder in the Dock produces ONE level of access to its contents.

The light gray icons and lettering in Finder and Sidebar and Mail button bar inhibit quick grasp of what is to be clicked. And for some people make it nearly impossible for them to read the date in the calendar! I've said this before. This is not resistance to change on my part. These are deliberate "design" decisions by Apple. I will start keeping a catalog of features that I feel have stepped backwards. We've already discussed the idiotic retirement of the Save As command. And the "Cover Flow" view, which can ONLY be meant to "wow" a newcomer. I can't imagine anyone uses it to get work done.

Randy, you are a smart and experienced and incredibly helpful guy. Please save your broad insults for people who deserve them.

Daly

>
> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> ___________________________________________
>
>
>
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2.3.

Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com   randybrucesinger

Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:46 pm (PDT)




On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Well, I've read quite a lot about it (the move for Apple to control
> what you can download) lately.

I think that in times of a bad economy, that the number of paranoid
people rises exponentially. I've even seen a huge increase in
paranoid ranting on my motorcycle e-mail discussion list, and on my
humor list.

Folks may want to discuss their fears before jumping to the dystopia
conclusion. There are often very obvious and logical reasons for the
things that you are seeing.

> I have never worried about it before, but there does seem to be a
> movement in that direction.

For quite a long time there were what seemed to be quite a few folks
who insisted that they would switch away from the Mac if Apple didn't
get rid of that infuriating Dock. Others said that they simply
couldn't do without the Apple menu, and others said that they hated
Apple's "chicklet" keyboards and could never use them.

Surprisingly, none of those things have changed, yet none of those
"movements" survived or derailed Apple's increasing success.

>
> The light gray icons and lettering in Finder and Sidebar and Mail
> button bar inhibit quick grasp of what is to be clicked.

Ironically, there are quite a few users, apparently mostly graphic
artist types (previously Apple's bread and butter) who go around
saying that any bright colors in the Mac OS interface distracts them
from their projects. Apple included the strange ability to change
the little traffic-light pips (buttons) in the upper left of every
window to all be charcoal for them. Now Apple seems to have relented
and they have changed the persistent icons in the Finder to be
charcoal also. It appears that Apple can't please all of the people
all of the time.

You may want to check out:

SideEffects (free)
http://macmatrix.blogspot.com/p/sideeffects.html

> Randy, you are a smart and experienced and incredibly helpful guy.
> Please save your broad insults for people who deserve them.

I'm just stating my observations. I'm not saying that they
necessarily apply to you. You have to decide that for yourself.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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3.

Help with the cataloging innards of iPhoto

Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net   jamesrob328i

Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:49 am (PDT)



Apparently, I have some photos in iPhoto that don't actually "live" in the iPhoto library. I'm trying to create a library that will be portable, so that I can look at it from either of my two Macs. I'm using iPhoto Library Manager to point the program at the library I want to use, and I've placed that library on a bus-powered FW800 drive.

I started by "merging" the libraries on my laptop and Mac Pro, using the routine provided by the licensed copy of iPhoto Library Manager. (looks as though the program executes a bunch of scripts or automator actions to merge the two libraries).

Everything seemed fine after this finished, looking at the library on the FW drive mounted on my Mac Pro's desktop, but the first time I went offsite with my MacBook Pro and pointed iPhoto to the same library volume now mounted on its desktop, iPhoto informed me it couldn't find images from 5 different events (the thumbnails were all present in the library).

Back on the Mac Pro, I mounted the library volume, launched iPhoto, and didn't encounter the problem. However, when I did spotlight searches for the filenames in question, I found that the jpgs in the iPhoto library were actually thumbnails (with exactly the same filenames), even those in the "Masters" folder in the library's .pkg. There were several aliases in the library folder structure as well.

The actual image files are in folders in my ~/Pictures folder, each of these Folders having the same name as the corresponding event in my iPhoto library. I don't know whether that's because it's how I titled the events (borrowing them from Finder folder names), or whether iPhoto did that itself when I created the events. I suspect the former, but it was 3-4 years ago that I created each of these "events," and, as Randy said yesterday, I'm getting old :-)

So, my problem is "how do I get the images themselves into iPhoto so they'll be visible and editable if I'm working from my MacBook Pro?" I guess I could delete each event that contains only thumbnails, delete the "images" (which are only thumbnails) from the library itself, then reimport the folders into iPhoto telling the program to copy the images themselves. (If I drag the folders into iPhoto it should re-create each of the events on the fly.

I'm using Leesa Snider's Excellent "iPhoto '11 the missing manual" to help, but haven't found specifics about how to fix this.

Anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks so much,

--
Jim Robertson

Mac Pro (Early 2008, Dual 2.8 Quad Core Xeons, 6 GB RAM
OS X 10.7.4)
MacBook Pro (15 inch Early 2011, 2 Ghz Intel Quad Core i7, 8 GB RAM
OS X 10.7.4)
iPad2 (16 GB ATT
iOS 5.1.1)
iPhone 4s (16 GB ATT
iOS 5.1.1)

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4a.

Can't open PowerPoint attachments...

Posted by: "sandysdharma" sandysdharma@yahoo.com   sandysdharma

Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:37 am (PDT)



A friend has graciously shared a large number of PP files with me that I need for making a presentation. The files all have '.pptm.cpgz' designations when downloaded, and appear to be zip files.

When I click on the '.pptm.cpgz' they convert to '.pptm.'

Whenever I try to open them, I get this error message: 'PowerPoint cannot open the file. The file may be corrupt, in use, or of a type not recognized by PowerPoint."

My friend and I aren't very tech-savvy users, so we haven't been able to solve this problem. He's not a Mac guy so he thinks it has something to do with our different OS's...I tend to doubt that, as I've never had a problem opening any other MS Office format even when sent from PC's.

I'm using PP 11.0 on my 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, with 4GB, running OS 10.6.8.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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4b.

Re: Can't open PowerPoint attachments...

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com   dalyjessup

Mon Jun 4, 2012 12:51 pm (PDT)




On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:36 AM, sandysdharma wrote:

> A friend has graciously shared a large number of PP files with me that I need for making a presentation. The files all have '.pptm.cpgz' designations when downloaded, and appear to be zip files.
>
> When I click on the '.pptm.cpgz' they convert to '.pptm.'
>
> Whenever I try to open them, I get this error message: 'PowerPoint cannot open the file. The file may be corrupt, in use, or of a type not recognized by PowerPoint."
>
> My friend and I aren't very tech-savvy users, so we haven't been able to solve this problem. He's not a Mac guy so he thinks it has something to do with our different OS's...I tend to doubt that, as I've never had a problem opening any other MS Office format even when sent from PC's.
>
> I'm using PP 11.0 on my 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, with 4GB, running OS 10.6.8.

Here's a discussion about that, that includes a solution:

<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1446784?start=0&tstart=0>

Daly
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5a.

Re: Clean install on iMac

Posted by: "neelie" neeliec2000@yahoo.com   neeliec2000

Mon Jun 4, 2012 10:50 am (PDT)





--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:

> If it is a 2008 iMac, it will take back to some version of 10.5.
>

neelie wrote:
>I wasn't sure if this machine would "accept" 10.6.8 since it came with 10.7.x.

Thank you very much N.A.

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6a.

Bug in iTunes

Posted by: "Anna Larson" pix@maksimo.de   yovard@ymail.com

Mon Jun 4, 2012 11:04 am (PDT)




If we select a song or a movie in iTunes and hit Command +i, a dialog box with options will open where we can determine the Start Time of a particular song (for example in order to skip a spoken introduction) and the Stop Time (for example in order to skip the applause during a concert).

For some strange reason setting the Stop Time for music videos and movies does NOT work.

http://minus.com/miCXGo7h6/

Is this a bug in iTunes v. 10.6.1?

It certainly looks like one.

The dialog box also shows by default not only minutes and seconds but mostly also a smaller unit such as

3:23,57

http://minus.com/miCXGo7h6/2

I have not noticed this in earlier versions of iTunes. Could somebody be so nice and confirm the two issues before I send a bug report to Apple?

Thank you,

Anna Larson
OS X 10.7.4
MacBook Pro 17''

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6b.

Re: Bug in iTunes

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Mon Jun 4, 2012 11:20 am (PDT)



I have never looked at this before, but I by chance selected one that showed minutes and down to the thousandths of a second. Formatting was different since mine is set up for US formatting, so it showed as 3:16.222 .

It doesn't cause me a problem, but if you feel you need to report it as a bug, be my guest.

Brent

15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, early 2008,
Mac OS X 10.7.4 & iTunes 10.6.1

On Jun 4, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Anna Larson wrote:

If we select a song or a movie in iTunes and hit Command +i, a dialog box with options will open where we can determine the Start Time of a particular song (for example in order to skip a spoken introduction) and the Stop Time (for example in order to skip the applause during a concert).

For some strange reason setting the Stop Time for music videos and movies does NOT work.

http://minus.com/miCXGo7h6/

Is this a bug in iTunes v. 10.6.1?

It certainly looks like one.

The dialog box also shows by default not only minutes and seconds but mostly also a smaller unit such as

3:23,57

http://minus.com/miCXGo7h6/2

I have not noticed this in earlier versions of iTunes. Could somebody be so nice and confirm the two issues before I send a bug report to Apple?

Thank you,

Anna Larson
OS X 10.7.4
MacBook Pro 17''

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6c.

Re: Bug in iTunes

Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com   nikyzf

Mon Jun 4, 2012 4:02 pm (PDT)



AFAIK the ability to edit track times to 0.001 secs has always been there,
or at least for many versions of iTunes.

Otto

On 4 June 2012 19:20, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have never looked at this before, but I by chance selected one that
> showed minutes and down to the thousandths of a second. Formatting was
> different since mine is set up for US formatting, so it showed as 3:16.222 .
>
> It doesn't cause me a problem, but if you feel you need to report it as a
> bug, be my guest.
>

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7.1.

Re: thumbnails too small

Posted by: "gicleeman" gicleeman@mail.com   gicleeman

Mon Jun 4, 2012 11:17 am (PDT)



Actually, you do have that option. I have the same system and version of iPhoto that you have and it's all there.

"To "export"
Go to iPhoto and click on a thumbnail there. Then from the top menu choose
File > Export ... and choose your "Kind" (.jpg) ?, Quality (medium?), Size
(full, large, medium, small, custom) and any other option. Click "Export."
A new menu will come up which asks the destination - choose the new folder you
set up (so you can find it and identify it)."

The only difference is that instead of going to File > Export, as Bekah said, you need to go to Share > Export. Then the rest is the same as what Bekah laid out for you. Good luck. Let me know if you have further questions and I'll see if I can help.

Peter

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "Kitty" <kquen2008@...> wrote:
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> Sorry, you did explain how to export photos. I just don't have that option with the version of Iphoto I have and use. K
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8a.

Preview Problems.

Posted by: "iris" gardenstr25@yahoo.com   gardenstr25

Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:39 pm (PDT)



I thought I sent this yesterday but must have hit wrong button However the past 2 weeks or so all my downloads are ColorSync. Even files from months ago are now ColorSync. Preview has been hijacked. The preview icon remains in the dock but not in the Application files.
Only change was my son in law downloaded Skype for me. I like preview and would love to get it back.
Any ideas .Thank you in advance
Iris

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8b.

Re: Preview Problems.

Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net   denverdan22180

Mon Jun 4, 2012 2:48 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

Your question is too confused to be easily answered.

I need to ask for more information.

1. Has your Preview application been deleted?
Is it not in Applications where it should be?
Is it possible you looked in Users/your account/Applications and didn't
see Preview?
Was the Preview application moved?

Are you aware that you can do a right click (or Control click) on a
Dock icon and pick from a menu of commands and that includes Show in
Finder? This may be in an Options sub menu when doing the right
click. Show in Finder means it will show you where the Dock icon's
actual application is on your hard drive. Try this to see if it can be
found.

2. When you say Preview icon remains in the Dock does this mean it is
Active? Launched? Up and working? Does it have a little dot or
triangle next to it?

3. When you say "all my downloads are ColorSync," do you mean text
files, JPEGs, Word files, videos, all open in the ColorSync
application? Or, do you mean that a specific type of download opens
in ColorSync?

Are you aware that ColorSync is an application in your
Application/Utilities folder? It is for dealing with color profiles to
make colors uniform between monitors, scanners, and printers.

I ask because ColorSync can open some kinds of files but can't open
most kinds of files whether downloaded or already present on your
computer.

4. When you say "Downloaded' do you men these files are in your Safari
Downloads folder?

Denver Dan

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:39:54 +0000, iris wrote:
> I thought I sent this yesterday but must have hit wrong button
> However the past 2 weeks or so all my downloads are ColorSync. Even
> files from months ago are now ColorSync. Preview has been hijacked.
> The preview icon remains in the dock but not in the Application
> files.
> Only change was my son in law downloaded Skype for me. I like preview
> and would love to get it back.
> Any ideas .Thank you in advance
> Iris

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Re: Preview Problems.

Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com   waldonny

Mon Jun 4, 2012 3:08 pm (PDT)



In a Finder window select one of the affected files by clicking on it once. Open a Get Info window, either under File in the menubar or by clicking Command-i on your keyboard. Near the center of the Get Info window, you will see "Open with" followed by a drop-down menu. Use the drop-down menu to select Preview as the app to use. You will then see a button labeled "Change All". Click it. Confirm this change in the confirmation window that opens.
Repeat as needed for every type of file (jpg., gif., etc.) that has changed to ColorSync.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.4 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1.1

On Jun 4, 2012, at 4:39 PM, iris wrote:

I thought I sent this yesterday but must have hit wrong button However the past 2 weeks or so all my downloads are ColorSync. Even files from months ago are now ColorSync. Preview has been hijacked. The preview icon remains in the dock but not in the Application files.
Only change was my son in law downloaded Skype for me. I like preview and would love to get it back.
Any ideas .Thank you in advance

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Re: Preview Problems.

Posted by: "iris" gardenstr25@yahoo.com   gardenstr25

Mon Jun 4, 2012 5:30 pm (PDT)




Preview must have been deleted sometime. My grandkids were here Mother's Day but I do not remember them using the computer because they have PCs.
The icon is in dock. No activity at all. Does not respond to any command and we cannot find the preview application anywhere.
Most of my downloads are pictures and with ColorSync I cannot print them. The PDFs I have changed to Safari. An improvement. I followed the instructions given by Paul and preview was not an option on Open with.
Usually the downloads I have are information about various organisations. I no longer work.
My husband does work and he transfers his documents to memory sticks for his office
computer.
I thank you both so much for your help. I keep in touch with the messages although most are above my head but have picked up some useful information over the months.
Will seek son in law help next time he is around.
Iris

> Howdy.
>
> Your question is too confused to be easily answered.
>
> I need to ask for more information.
>
> 1. Has your Preview application been deleted?
> Is it not in Applications where it should be?
> Is it possible you looked in Users/your account/Applications and didn't
> see Preview?
> Was the Preview application moved?
>
> Are you aware that you can do a right click (or Control click) on a
> Dock icon and pick from a menu of commands and that includes Show in
> Finder? This may be in an Options sub menu when doing the right
> click. Show in Finder means it will show you where the Dock icon's
> actual application is on your hard drive. Try this to see if it can be
> found.
>
> 2. When you say Preview icon remains in the Dock does this mean it is
> Active? Launched? Up and working? Does it have a little dot or
> triangle next to it?
>
> 3. When you say "all my downloads are ColorSync," do you mean text
> files, JPEGs, Word files, videos, all open in the ColorSync
> application? Or, do you mean that a specific type of download opens
> in ColorSync?
>
> Are you aware that ColorSync is an application in your
> Application/Utilities folder? It is for dealing with color profiles to
> make colors uniform between monitors, scanners, and printers.
>
> I ask because ColorSync can open some kinds of files but can't open
> most kinds of files whether downloaded or already present on your
> computer.
>
> 4. When you say "Downloaded' do you men these files are in your Safari
> Downloads folder?
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:39:54 +0000, iris wrote:
> > I thought I sent this yesterday but must have hit wrong button
> > However the past 2 weeks or so all my downloads are ColorSync. Even
> > files from months ago are now ColorSync. Preview has been hijacked.
> > The preview icon remains in the dock but not in the Application
> > files.
> > Only change was my son in law downloaded Skype for me. I like preview
> > and would love to get it back.
> > Any ideas .Thank you in advance
> > Iris
>

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Re: Preview Problems.

Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com   waldonny

Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:05 pm (PDT)



The simplest fix would be to reinstall the operating system - not a "clean install" but simply run the installer program on top of your current system. That will restore the missing part(s).
--
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MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.4 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1.1

On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:30 PM, iris wrote:

Preview must have been deleted sometime. My grandkids were here Mother's Day but I do not remember them using the computer because they have PCs.
The icon is in dock. No activity at all. Does not respond to any command and we cannot find the preview application anywhere.

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SSD and back to SL

Posted by: "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen@earthlink.net   dougyelmen

Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:48 pm (PDT)



i have paid for a 120 gig SSD. but before i ship my iMac to OWC, i want to go back to Snow Leopard.
i am going to be 65 soon, and i am tired of certain things in this world, including expensive upgrades,
to mention but one thing.

i have LR4, PS CS6, and Daydreamer 4.

i hope the trip back will be somewhat smooth.

i don't have the energy i once had.

doug

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10a.

MobileMe Replacement Gallery

Posted by: "Vixpix" vixpix26@hvc.rr.com   nyskater

Mon Jun 4, 2012 5:36 pm (PDT)



Okay, this isn't quite the same as the MobileMe Gallery, but if you just want to upload images to give to a client, this might work. You would need your own Web site, which is a good thing to have anyway.

In iPhoto, select the photos you wish to upload. Then go to File>Export>Web Page and choose your own settings. In my sample, I reversed the coloring scheme and added all the options to the photo information so that you can see what can be included. If you do not want it, just keep it unchecked.

I had some videos in the sample, such as the woman violinist in orange (DSC06910), but it just comes through as an image. Bummer.

Note that there is an arrow at the top left directing you to the next page. Not very visible to visitors, unless you point it out.

Here is the sample:

http://vixpixstudio.com/Warwick_Winery/index.html

Let me know what you think. Again, I know it's not the best.

Vickie

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Re: MobileMe Replacement Gallery

Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net   kerala01212001

Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:27 pm (PDT)



Hi Vickie,

Thanks for the suggestion - it will work for now but I'm hoping that the rumors that Apple will be announcing enhancements to iCloud for Photo sharing will include bringing back the Gallery. I'm assuming you could password protect the page but it seems like you have to decide the size of the image on the export so people don't have multiple options to download?

Jay

On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:36 PM, Vixpix wrote:

> Okay, this isn't quite the same as the MobileMe Gallery, but if you just want to upload images to give to a client, this might work. You would need your own Web site, which is a good thing to have anyway.
>
> In iPhoto, select the photos you wish to upload. Then go to File>Export>Web Page and choose your own settings. In my sample, I reversed the coloring scheme and added all the options to the photo information so that you can see what can be included. If you do not want it, just keep it unchecked.
>
> I had some videos in the sample, such as the woman violinist in orange (DSC06910), but it just comes through as an image. Bummer.
>
> Note that there is an arrow at the top left directing you to the next page. Not very visible to visitors, unless you point it out.
>
> Here is the sample:
>
> http://vixpixstudio.com/Warwick_Winery/index.html
>
> Let me know what you think. Again, I know it's not the best.
>
> Vickie
>
> Sent on my iMac
>
>

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Re: MobileMe Replacement Gallery

Posted by: "Vixpix" vixpix26@hvc.rr.com   nyskater

Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:39 pm (PDT)



Yes, I believe there's an image size choice. You don't need to password protect it because no one will know it exists unless they know the name of the link. Same as the MobileMe Gallery - it created a link with a number at the end, so it's not likely anyone would land on that page unless they received the link to it.

As always, you should put a watermark on all of your professional images.

Vickie 

Sent from a spoiled little iPad

On Jun 4, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Jay Abraham <jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net> wrote:

> Hi Vickie,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion - it will work for now but I'm hoping that the rumors that Apple will be announcing enhancements to iCloud for Photo sharing will include bringing back the Gallery. I'm assuming you could password protect the page but it seems like you have to decide the size of the image on the export so people don't have multiple options to download?
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:36 PM, Vixpix wrote:
>
>> Okay, this isn't quite the same as the MobileMe Gallery, but if you just want to upload images to give to a client, this might work. You would need your own Web site, which is a good thing to have anyway.
>>
>> In iPhoto, select the photos you wish to upload. Then go to File>Export>Web Page and choose your own settings. In my sample, I reversed the coloring scheme and added all the options to the photo information so that you can see what can be included. If you do not want it, just keep it unchecked.
>>
>> I had some videos in the sample, such as the woman violinist in orange (DSC06910), but it just comes through as an image. Bummer.
>>
>> Note that there is an arrow at the top left directing you to the next page. Not very visible to visitors, unless you point it out.
>>
>> Here is the sample:
>>
>> http://vixpixstudio.com/Warwick_Winery/index.html
>>
>> Let me know what you think. Again, I know it's not the best.
>>
>> Vickie
>>
>> Sent on my iMac
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Weird Calendar problem - Quits on looking at event

Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net   kerala01212001

Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:21 pm (PDT)



Hi

Has anyone experienced their calendar quitting on an iOS device (iPhone or iPad) when accessing a calendar event on the iOS device but when same event is accessed on a Mac or iCloud there is no problem.

The specific event is one where I was invited to a meeting from a PC user using a .ics event which I replied to. The calendar entry came up onto my Mac and was then synced through iCloud to my iOS device.

When showing up for my meeting, I tried to access the entry from my iPhone by double clicking to see the detail on the location. Each time I did that I was sent back to the home screen. I tried quitting Calendar on the iPhone and looking at event again and tried restarting the phone, neither action cured the issue.

Any idea of what is wrong and what to do to fix it. I have in the past - not recently but more than a year ago received ics invitations which I could open up on my iOS device.

Regards,

Jay
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Re: European 220 V plugs for Apple's autosensing power bricks

Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net   kerala01212001

Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:45 pm (PDT)



Looking at the other country sites, Apple only sells the actual full power cords but not an adaptor. No reason for Apple to sell an adaptor because it is a generic low margin item that others can built much better.

You can buy the full power cords for each of your devices but it seems like a lot to do that. You can get to those sites from the US but I don't know if they ship to the US. You can also just buy them from an Apple store once you get in country if you don't mind waiting.

I think your best and cheapest option is buying the separate plug adaptors - that's what we did for traveling to Paris last year. One thing to note is that the hotel rooms didn't have a lot of outlets so we ended up time sharing still. You may want to consider a transformer which has several outlets but that may be too heavy to carry.

Jay

On Jun 3, 2012, at 5:36 PM, James Robertson wrote:

> My wife and I are traveling to Europe this summer, and we'll have an iPad, 2 iPhones, possibly a MacBook Pro, and one or two digital cameras along. All no doubt will need recharging.
>
> Apple's power supplies for their Mac and iOS devices are auto-sensing auto-switching, and all one needs when one changes from US to European standards is the electrical plug that fits into the power supplies. HOWEVER, Apple doesn't sell the plug adapters on its US store (well, it does sell a worldwide travel kit for $40, but we're going to only 2 countries but have several things that we'll want to plug in to recharge at the same time.
>
> I know we can buy separate plug adapters that map the pins of a US (non-grounded) plug into the two pins of a Western European outlet, but it puzzles me why Apple doesn't just sell the individual adapters for their own devices. I'd gladly pay some premium over the $3/plug price my local luggage shop charges for the adapters just so I wouldn't have to carry a bunch of generic plug adapters in my backpack.
>
> Is there a way to get the Apple Western European plugs in the US?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Jim Robertson

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Re: European 220 V plugs for Apple's autosensing power bricks

Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net   jamesrob328i

Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:16 pm (PDT)




On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Jay Abraham wrote:

> I think your best and cheapest option is buying the separate plug adaptors - that's what we did for traveling to Paris last year. One thing to note is that the hotel rooms didn't have a lot of outlets so we ended up time sharing still. You may want to consider a transformer which has several outlets but that may be too heavy to carry.

Thanks for your suggestion. Somewhere I've read that inserting a transformer between the wireline A/C circuit and an autosensing power supply can ruin the power supply. So, i purchased a bunch of Euorpean config male plugs that contain US spec female receptacles ($2.95 each). I'm sadly aware of the paucity of power outlets in many European hotels. We'll get by :-)

Thanks again,

--
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