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Sat Sep 8, 2012 10:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
>>> Bought a movie off itunes and want to take screen shots for my desktop. Anything free that will get the job done? Apple+Shift+3 doesn't. jr
There's a shareware program for taking screen shots from DVDs. I wonder if it would worth with your file? It's called DVD Snap, and you can download it at:
<http://download.cnet.com/DVD-Snap/3000-7970_4-10823121.html?tag=mncol;2 >
Daly
There's a shareware program for taking screen shots from DVDs. I wonder if it would worth with your file? It's called DVD Snap, and you can download it at:
<http://download.
Daly
Sat Sep 8, 2012 8:19 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
Downloaded DVD Snap and it is not a Snow Leopard compatible app. Thanks anyways.
Everytime I try to play the iTunes digital movie in QUICKTIME, the DRM window comes up and says I am not authorized to play on my iMac. Yet it plays beautifully in iTunes on my iMac. The DRM window always opens with the old name of my iTunes account. I change the name and give a password and the same dang DRM window says I am not authorized.
Downloaded & Reinstalled iTunes
Reset all cache in Safari and iTunes
Deleted all safari Cookie data
Deleted as many pref files of both
Rebooted
Signed into and out of iTunes
DeAuthorized & Authorized my iMac
Redownloaded a new movie file from the iStore.
I MAY NOT be buying any more digital movies from iTunes.
I can buy a DVD and rip my own digital version w no DRM issues.
Screw DRM.
jr
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> >>> Bought a movie off itunes and want to take screen shots for my desktop. Anything free that will get the job done? Apple+Shift+3 doesn't. jr
>
> There's a shareware program for taking screen shots from DVDs. I wonder if it would worth with your file? It's called DVD Snap, and you can download it at:
>
> <http://download.cnet.com/DVD-Snap/3000-7970_4-10823121.html?tag=mncol;2 >
>
> Daly
>
Everytime I try to play the iTunes digital movie in QUICKTIME, the DRM window comes up and says I am not authorized to play on my iMac. Yet it plays beautifully in iTunes on my iMac. The DRM window always opens with the old name of my iTunes account. I change the name and give a password and the same dang DRM window says I am not authorized.
Downloaded & Reinstalled iTunes
Reset all cache in Safari and iTunes
Deleted all safari Cookie data
Deleted as many pref files of both
Rebooted
Signed into and out of iTunes
DeAuthorized & Authorized my iMac
Redownloaded a new movie file from the iStore.
I MAY NOT be buying any more digital movies from iTunes.
I can buy a DVD and rip my own digital version w no DRM issues.
Screw DRM.
jr
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> >>> Bought a movie off itunes and want to take screen shots for my desktop. Anything free that will get the job done? Apple+Shift+
>
> There's a shareware program for taking screen shots from DVDs. I wonder if it would worth with your file? It's called DVD Snap, and you can download it at:
>
> <http://download.
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> Daly
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 11:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"paul smith" waldonny
I'm not a user of spaces, so the only way I know to navigate is through Mission Control.
But the mailbox sorting is done by selecting your Inbox. going to View in the menubar, and then to Sort By under View.
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On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:13 AM, joan05061 <jsax@me.com> wrote:
> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
> Also, I posted a message about Mail suddenly deciding without asking my opinion to arrange my messages according to sender rather than date every time I move back to my Inbox from a subfolder mailbox. I don't see a way in Mail preferences to have default sorting method. I know that I do occasionally change the sorting order in the sub folders but I want Mail to keep the sorting by date unless I tell it otherwise. This is a recent occurrence.
> I am running Lion 10.7.4.
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But the mailbox sorting is done by selecting your Inbox. going to View in the menubar, and then to Sort By under View.
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PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.8.1 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1.1
On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:13 AM, joan05061 <jsax@me.com> wrote:
> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
> Also, I posted a message about Mail suddenly deciding without asking my opinion to arrange my messages according to sender rather than date every time I move back to my Inbox from a subfolder mailbox. I don't see a way in Mail preferences to have default sorting method. I know that I do occasionally change the sorting order in the sub folders but I want Mail to keep the sorting by date unless I tell it otherwise. This is a recent occurrence.
> I am running Lion 10.7.4.
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 1:42 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
> Joan
1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
2. <Control><number of the space>
3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
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> Joan
1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
2. <Control><number of the space>
3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 3:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue
<option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
On Sep 8, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>> Joan
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> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
> 2. <Control><number of the space>
> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
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On Sep 8, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>> Joan
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> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
> 2. <Control><number of the space>
> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 6:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
>>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>>> Joan
>>
>> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
>> 2. <Control><number of the space>
>> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
>
> <option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
On my Macbook Pro <Control><arrow keys> changes Spaces, and <Option><arrow keys> does nothing.
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>>> Joan
>>
>> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
>> 2. <Control><number of the space>
>> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
>
> <option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
On my Macbook Pro <Control><arrow keys> changes Spaces, and <Option><arrow keys> does nothing.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
Sun Sep 9, 2012 1:07 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Les Streater" linernutuk
Surely this is set by your choice of keys in System Preferences?
If I go into SysPref I can see what keys I have selected, and change them if I need to.
Or am I missing something here?
Les
On 9 Sep 2012, at 02:26, Jim Saklad wrote:
>>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>>> Joan
>>
>> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
>> 2. <Control><number of the space>
>> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
>
> <option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
On my Macbook Pro <Control><arrow keys> changes Spaces, and <Option><arrow keys> does nothing.
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If I go into SysPref I can see what keys I have selected, and change them if I need to.
Or am I missing something here?
Les
On 9 Sep 2012, at 02:26, Jim Saklad wrote:
>>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>>> Joan
>>
>> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
>> 2. <Control><number of the space>
>> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
>
> <option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
On my Macbook Pro <Control><arrow keys> changes Spaces, and <Option><arrow keys> does nothing.
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Sun Sep 9, 2012 4:47 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue
On Sep 8, 2012, at 6:26 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
>>>> My desktop computer is an iMac and I change spaces by pressing control and the right arrow keys on an extended keyboard. But I haven't figured out what the keyboard shortcut would be for the MacBook Air. I have tried different combinations and they don't work. Anyone have any idea about how to do that?
>>>> Joan
>>>
>>> 1. Mission control -- click on the space you want.
>>> 2. <Control><number of the space>
>>> 3. <Control><left or right arrow> (are these keys not present on your Air?)
>>
>> <option> + L or R Arrow keys work well on my MBP to change to next/previous desktop. Unfortunately it does not loop around.
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> On my Macbook Pro <Control><arrow keys> changes Spaces, and <Option><arrow keys> does nothing.
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Jim and Les - Keyboard preferences show the settings I described with the Option key + arrows. It's possible that I changed it years ago to that combination, but AFAIK, I'm using the default settings. The good news is that it's completely configurable.
Sat Sep 8, 2012 10:36 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Patti A Robertson" parpiano
My macbook pro has slowed down considerably in the last few months.
I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these repairs?
Here's the info re the computer:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system): 1.57f17
Serial Number (system): C02CH0C8DD6Y
Hardware UUID: 360D3B4D-3547-5645-8B1C-DB5126F9BC09
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
And regarding hard drive usage:
capacity 499.76 GB
Available 101.18 GB
Thanks for any and all advice...
Patti
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I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these repairs?
Here's the info re the computer:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system): 1.57f17
Serial Number (system): C02CH0C8DD6Y
Hardware UUID: 360D3B4D-3547-
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
And regarding hard drive usage:
capacity 499.76 GB
Available 101.18 GB
Thanks for any and all advice...
Patti
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 11:03 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> My macbook pro has slowed down considerably in the last few months.
>
> I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
>
> Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these
> repairs?
I keep alternating bootable clone backups.
I would freshen one of the clones, boot from the clone, then wipe the internl drive and clone the fresh backup clone onto it.
Alternatively, if you own DiskWarrior, I would boot from the fresh clone backup, and run DW on the internal drive, and only do the erase/re-clone trick if DW didn't fix it.
With 4GB of RAM and 100GB of available storage, the most likely problems, it seems to me, are either corruption in the file/directory structure, or severe fragmentation.
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> I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
>
> Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these
> repairs?
I keep alternating bootable clone backups.
I would freshen one of the clones, boot from the clone, then wipe the internl drive and clone the fresh backup clone onto it.
Alternatively, if you own DiskWarrior, I would boot from the fresh clone backup, and run DW on the internal drive, and only do the erase/re-clone trick if DW didn't fix it.
With 4GB of RAM and 100GB of available storage, the most likely problems, it seems to me, are either corruption in the file/directory structure, or severe fragmentation.
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Sat Sep 8, 2012 11:04 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
> My macbook pro has slowed down considerably in the last few months.
>
> I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
>
> Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these repairs?
Boot into Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key on startup.
Now, while in Safe Mode, don't change *anything*, but do some normal stuff. Are things as snappy as they were when your Mac was new? If so, you have a software problem. (If that's the case, let me know and I'll tell you how to track the problem down and fix it.)
If running in Safe Mode didn't evidence any better performance, you probably have a hardware problem. Try this...
Restart normally. Download:
Volitans' SMART Utility
http://www.volitans
You don't have to purchase it. Run it and see what it has to say about the health of your hard drive.
Download the free demo of:
iDefrag:
http://www.coriolis
run it and see if there are any large chunks of free space on your hard drive (there should be). Free space will be white chunks in the graphical map of the data on your hard drive.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Sun Sep 9, 2012 8:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Patti A Robertson" parpiano
I had already downloaded the demo of iDefrag and ran it - I think this is the problem - fragmentation - because I have a few chunks of free space, but there are tons of red areas which the help file says are the fragmented ones.
Shall boot into Safe Mode and try that diagnosis too.
Thanks much!
Patti
On Sep 8, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
>
> > My macbook pro has slowed down considerably in the last few months.
> >
> > I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
> >
> > Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these repairs?
>
> Boot into Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key on startup.
>
> Now, while in Safe Mode, don't change *anything*, but do some normal stuff. Are things as snappy as they were when your Mac was new? If so, you have a software problem. (If that's the case, let me know and I'll tell you how to track the problem down and fix it.)
>
> If running in Safe Mode didn't evidence any better performance, you probably have a hardware problem. Try this...
>
> Restart normally. Download:
> Volitans' SMART Utility
> http://www.volitans-software.com/Home.html
> You don't have to purchase it. Run it and see what it has to say about the health of your hard drive.
>
> Download the free demo of:
> iDefrag:
> http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php
> run it and see if there are any large chunks of free space on your hard drive (there should be). Free space will be white chunks in the graphical map of the data on your hard drive.
>
> ___________________________________________
> 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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Shall boot into Safe Mode and try that diagnosis too.
Thanks much!
Patti
On Sep 8, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
>
> > My macbook pro has slowed down considerably in the last few months.
> >
> > I've emptied caches, booted in Safe Mode, deleted piles of emails and photos and run disk permission repairs 8 times so far. It takes less time each time each time I run it, but it still repairs tons of stuff.
> >
> > Is there something else I should be doing? What should In infer from all these repairs?
>
> Boot into Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key on startup.
>
> Now, while in Safe Mode, don't change *anything*, but do some normal stuff. Are things as snappy as they were when your Mac was new? If so, you have a software problem. (If that's the case, let me know and I'll tell you how to track the problem down and fix it.)
>
> If running in Safe Mode didn't evidence any better performance, you probably have a hardware problem. Try this...
>
> Restart normally. Download:
> Volitans' SMART Utility
> http://www.volitans
> You don't have to purchase it. Run it and see what it has to say about the health of your hard drive.
>
> Download the free demo of:
> iDefrag:
> http://www.coriolis
> run it and see if there are any large chunks of free space on your hard drive (there should be). Free space will be white chunks in the graphical map of the data on your hard drive.
>
> ____________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattor
> ____________
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