Today two articles of mine were referenced in Yahoo answers. When I went to look at the links on Yahoo, I was forwarded to a screen that said that the question violated the Community guidelines. Interesting. I wonder what they referenced on my site?

So I was thinking that I should probably share where most of my readership is from. It seems that the bulk of people who visit are just looking for macintosh related answers. Fair enough since that is the main purpose of this site. However increasing as I have focused on non macintosh content, I have gotten traffic from that as well. In fact, my highest rated day was on a non macintosh topic. I am not chasing views, but just sharing what happens.

I was thinking that almost every community of the internet, probably violates some other  communities guidelines of conduct. As a rule, I don’t feature illegal content since that doesn’t help anyone. I will link to sites that talk about things like hackintoshing which to my admittedly non-legal training, seems like a gray area. There are many gray areas in technology where what the company claims in writing and what it says are two different things.

Which is frustrating for everyone. In hackintoshing, mac software is put on Windows computers that it wasn’t designed for. The problem here is that, if you buy the Mac OS software, and you own the pc hardware it seems silly that you can’t hack this. I like that Apple is clear that they only support Mac software on mac machines. The problem is that because of the way the software works, it works in many other configurations. When someone asks me if its legal to do this, I tell them no. However that does not stop people, and perhaps it shouldn’t.

The history of computing, were people hacking the software. Some would argue that Apple still continues to hack other companies software and hardware. Apple uses the open source model and contributes back, and both sides have benefited. To me, things like hacking seem much like open-source. It allows alternative uses, that can decrease Apples profitability, but Apple has also gained much from open source software. I think that to fund development of open source is the future of any successful platform, and to encourage innovation is more helpful than limiting it.

I get it Apple. I get that controlling things has made you the star you are today. We all enjoy the positive things from the wise decisions that have made in the past. However, life is about balance. Now that Apple is no longer in danger of closing, doesn’t it seem the reins can be loosened a bit for everyone? Besides hackintoshing, what about alternative payment models in iTunes, all content allowed not just what you consider acceptable, and a willingness to properly compensate small time developers when you lift their ideas? You do most things so well, why not consider some of the social consequences of your policies? Perhaps you don’t need a “do no evil” model, but more of a “how can this benefit Apple and everyone else?” thinking.

An Apple TV looks interesting doesn’t it? I watch Netflix on a PS3 so I’m not really sure if I need its features. Apple TV Review | Mac|Life.

iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: Syncing photos via iTunes. This is interesting. I didn’t know that you could sync individual folders on a windows machine to the iPhone. Nice to know.

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10. An error occurred while restoring this iPhone”… (-402620415)

Trouble adding music to iTunes library or importing audio CD. I had a friend who had a problem with this the other day. I have lots of friends from Twitter who ask me to help with their problems.

Apple iCloud: Manage App Data Backup and Storage. This is a helpful way to manage the data and storage you are using on Apple iCloud. I haven’t used iCloud much since MobileMe was such a disaster. I turned it on, but a month later it had a problem so I turned it off and haven’t used it since. Not a good start to the service.

Lost and found, iPod shuffle reunited with owner – The Washington Post. Turns out that you can find an owner by their playlist. I wonder if detectives will be using iTunes information to track people down now?

This is a fairly balanced view of the different services. I don’t trust Amazon after they disabled and deleted content off the device. Just one time of being disrespected is enough.

Movies purchased after ios5 upgrade…: Apple Support Communities. Nicely done by Apple genius Nicole. You can read the fix below.

Went to the Genius bar at the Wellington Green Apple store and spoke to Nicole. First she tried to make the itunes folder “read and write” capable – she said a lot of other permissions issues cures this type of stuff. Then when that didn’t work she looked up an article entitled “itunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play itunes store purchases” under support.apple.com/kb/ts1389 – follow the fourth option to remove the sc info folder. Ta-da! it synced like a champ.

BTW – the keynote remote app on my iphone and keynote on the ipad – bluetooth is no longer supported – what! Oh well. Forgot to ask about the iphone sync hang.

Best to all

How to Resolve “This device isn’t eligible for the requested build” Error… – StumbleUpon. This has instruction for the most popular Operating Systems. Nice work!

402653138: Apple Support Communities. Interesting solution from MrShark.

I have now found a solution for the error 402653138

Here is what you do:

1. Install all the updates of your apps on iPhone, in the app store of the phone, when all apps are up to date then connect your phone to your computer.

2. In iTunes go to the store then click the Purchased (new).

3. Download all apps to the computer here instead of transfer it from your iPhone.

4 Click in program section of iTunes and install all the updates listed there to the computer.

5. When this is done sync your iPhone with the computer, and check so that the computer and iPhone is in complete sync with the apps.

(If there are some apps that are stopping before finishing remove that app from your iPhone and try to sync again.)

When this is done you should be able to run the update without the error.

I hope this helps this worked for me.

Just upgraded my 3gs to iOS5 and Music…: Apple Support Communities. Interesting solution that the user found. I wonder if this was a cable issue. I once had an iPod that refused to sync and it turned out the cable was bent. A new cable fixed the issue.

ok..update..

Looks like by unchecking itunes sync music and then resyncing the whole library again it worked. It took a lot longer to sync this time then the initial sync during the install of iOS5. So I’m guessing the files weren’t really on the phone or were in the process of being transferred since i have 969 songs..

Anyway, seems to be working now…

Then you will need to go here to fix it. A pretty reasonable price to rescue the music and files from the device. My friend decided to buy this and I am going to see if that will help it sync to iTunes 10.5. I will keep you updated.

Thanks fredmacusa!

I don’t think we have the option of chosing what photos we will keep in the Photostream folder. Deleting them with iExplorer (a program that you install in your Mac) doesn’t work because the photos are stored in iCloud.com. So to delete “all” photos you have to do the following:

1) on your iPhone go to Settings >> Photos and turn “off” Photo Stream. It will tell you that all photos will be deleted from you iPhone device. Don’t turn it back on again.

2) Acces your account at iCloud.com

3) When logged in you will see your name at the top of the page on the right, click on your name. Click on the Advanced option and then click on the Reset Photo Stream button. That’s it.

4) Now you can go back on you iPhone Settings >> Photos and turn “on” Photo Stream.

Now all your unwanted and wanted photos are gone.

Sorry there is no option to delete only the unwanted photos at least for now.

Hope this helps! It did for me.

So it turns out that for iCloud Apple ID’s need to be email addresses. That is interesting. I seem to have two email addresses that work equally well for me. One is the email address I had before the change to iCloud which was my gmail address. The second, was created by me during the installation of Lion and setup of iCloud. It asked if I wanted to create an iCloud email address. Sure why not I said? So I created one that ends in a me.com address. Now when I log in, I have logged in with both email addresses and they both seem to work and show me the same free app downloads from the Apple store.

If you want to read the original post you can click here.

Thanks upstateny

Here are the exact steps they had me follow to get to that location: 1.  Click Finder in the dock2.  Press and hold the Option Key3.  Select Go–>Library from the menu bar (still holding down the Option Key)4.  Double Click the Mail Folder5.  Double Click the V2 Folder6.  Double Click the MailData Folder You should see the \

via Lion mail not alerting new mail: Apple Support Communities.

iTunes 10.5 won\’t launch after upgrade…: Apple Support Communities. Thanks Walter Rowe for the solution. This solution worked for me.

I had a corrupt iTunes library file. Go to Music/iTunes and rename “iTunes Library.itl” and restart iTunes. If your crashing stops, then the library index file was the issue. All your media is still there in the Music/iTunes/iTunes Media folder. You can drag-n-drop that folder back onto iTunes and it will rebuild the index. You may have to redo your iTunes preferences and reload your iOS devices, but that solved the problem for me.

In this thread he discusses this problem and even finds a solution. Great work juan152.

 I was able to solve it!

So, I have a Windows 7 (64-bit computer) with the latest updated iTunes and it woudn’t want to restore my iPhone to a backed up version I had a few days ago. These are the steps I took to fix it myself.

What I used: 2 Laptops (Windows 7 laptop and Windows Vista Computer) and an external hard drive.

1. On my Windows 7 computer, I went to C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/Apple Computer/Mobile Sync/Backup/[a huge set of numbers/letters] and put all the files of the earliest folder (as it is the most recent backup) into my external hard drive for transfer. ***Note: In order to view AppData, you must Unhide all hidden folders from the control panel***

2. I transferred the folder from my external hard drive to my Windows Vista Computer in C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/AppleComputer/MobileSync/MobileSync/Backup….

3. I connected my iPhone to my Windows Vista Computer, right clicked my iPhone in iTunes and “Restore from Backup.” The huge folder that I copied from my hard drive to my Local Disk Drive C:/ was there and it was able to restore!

Good luck! This took me 3 hours to figure out!

backup session failed: Apple Support Communities. Turns out that if you use Xcode you should reinstall iTunes. I wonder how many people use Xcode?

Yes I read those articles but I found the correct answer elsewhere.

In one of the discussions, someone suggested that after downloading the latest version of Xcode, we better re-download de latest version of iTunes as well.

I effectively downloaded Xcode a few days ago.

So I downloaded iTunes again as stated in the discussion.

And indeed, it works now fine !

So thank you all for your kind assistance.

It a pleasure being part of this community.

Software Update will not recognize an…: Apple Support Communities. Thanks Joey! I wonder why HP just doesn’t say that?

This problem can be solved by removing the following directory and then installing the update via Software Update

HD/Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPSmartX.framework

 

Hi aktionman,

Sure, you can!  Just click *iTunes -> Preferences -> General -> Untick “Genius”*

Hope this helps! If you still need help, just post back.

The Towson Hack: The mystery of vanishing iTunes credit | Phones | iOS Central | Macworld. Interesting that Apple hasn’t solved this yet. Apple does seem to have problems with security. I wonder why they haven’t been hacked more. I don’t wish that of course, but just surprised.

video and audio not in sync: Apple Support Communities. Turns out its due to software called “Boom” installed. How frustrating to find out this way.

Thanks Terry Brown.

I wondered if it was locked as well. Strange, the file format is .aiff, I didn’t think iTunes played any except .m4a.

Solved: I used iTunes “advanced” menu item to create an .mp3 version of the song and then added the album art. My EQ settings and number of plays copied over as well.

via Unable to add image to a song (won’t…: Apple Support Communities.

Chelley Vician1 seems to have a working solution.

Ok, here’s what seems to have worked….but will need to monitor to see if this stays “stable”.

1) As suggested by King_Penguin in another Discussion thread [apple support > iPad > Using iPad > Discussions] (https://discussions.apple.com/message/15911962#15911962), I turned off iPhoto startup on the iPhone. Then ejected iPhone from USB.

2) Reconnected iPhone via USB. iTunes did not start up. Started up iTunes manually. Went to Summary page for iPhone, unchecked the “open iTunes” option, selected APPLY button. Let iTunes run its application process.

3) Then checked the “open iTunes” option. Selected APPLY button. Got a dialog box asking if I wanted “iTunes Helper” to be installed; selected YES. Let iTunes run its application process. Ejected iPhone. Closed out iTunes. Reconnected iPhone via USB. AND iTunes STARTED UP AUTOMATICALLY (yay!). Let iTunes do some backup and sync’ing. Ejected iPhone. Closed out iTunes.

4) Connected iPad via USB (on computer). AND iTunes STARTED UP AUTOMATICALLY (yay!).

I don’t know for sure that the iPhoto “automatic launch” was causing the interference, but it seems like the “uncheck/check” the “open iTunes” option seemed to re-set the problem that I encountered. I don’t want to say for sure that this issue is fixed, but it appears to be under control for the moment.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and assistance. Maybe this info will help someone else out now that it’s in the forums/discussions.

via iTunes 10.4 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 does not…: Apple Support Communities.

Thanks wjosten.

With your phone connected, iTunes running, click on the apps tab, scroll down, do you have a check in the box labeled “Automatically install New Apps”? If so, remove the check.

via Deleted Apps keep re-installing: Apple Support Communities.

I bailed on Lion: Apple Support Communities. Lots of frustrated people who are financially limited who can’t invest everything that Lion requires them to upgrade. I think to be an Apple person you need one foot in the future, and one foot in the present and no feet in the past. There is no space for the past in the Apple Universe.

Thanks tjk!

Hi A,

MigrationAssistant

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413

Tipsand Tricks: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3231

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27921.html

See the answer in context

via How to transfer data between laptops?: Apple Support Communities.

Mail Send Failed – “Milter rejected…: Apple Support Communities. Interesting. The work arounds seem to be two things:

1. Turn off SSL
2. Change from smtp.mac.com on part: 587 to port 25.
3. Get another email provider

Looks like tinoberlin found the solution. Another suggestion is to rebuild the mailbox.

Alright, editing the .emlx file in the directory /Users/Username/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes using TextEdit seems to be the only way to remove attachments from any email. You open the email, delete everything below your message, save it, close Mail, re-launch Mail, and the attachment has gone.

via Remove attachments in Mail: Apple Support Communities.

Cannot copy iPhoto library from network…: Apple Support Communities. wizdomonwheels discovered the solution.

First off, try dragging the file to your desktop or somewhere other than your Photos folder to make sure that it’s not trying to overwrite an existing file.

If that doesn’t work, it’s possible that the file is larger than 2GB and if your NAS is not formatted for the Mac it may have trouble copying.

Either way, right click (or control click) on the iPhoto Library and choose “Show Package Contents”.

Create a new folder wherever you want on your computer called iPhoto Library Copy (you can name it anything you want).

Slowly drag the contents from inside the old iPhoto Library into the new folder you’ve created.  Since it handles the files like a normal folder system, it should give errors on whatever may be corrupted, anything corrupted you can skip.

Once it’s done copying, go to file–> get info, and go down to permissions, unlock it, then make sure you have read/write access to the files.  Click the Cog and choose “Apply to Enclosed Items”.

Once you’ve got everything copied locally, launch iPhoto with the Option key down, and choose to create a new iPhoto Library.  Once a new one is created, quit iPhoto, show contents of the iPhoto library you just created, and drag copy your old contents into the new library.

Open iPhoto again and see how it does!

 

Thanks cathy fasano. Nicely done!

Go to System Preferences (under the apple) and Software Update is about the middle of the “Systems” line. On the bottom of the Pref panel for SW Update there are check boxes for checking automatically and downloading automatically. If you spend any significant amount of time attached via an expensive or slow connection, turn them both off.

I would turn off “download automatically” under any circumstances — when you are trying to do something and it runs really slowly, it’s pretty frustrating to realize that it’s because your computer was downloading 500MB of printer driver updates for a printer that broke and you threw in the trash two years ago!

via Is Software Update downloading in the…: Apple Support Communities.

So it appears that just waiting is enough.

Me too. I’m running a mid-2010 Mac Mini with 8GB RAM.

The first couple of times when I tried using the Software Update app, I couldn’t get the download to begin; after I clicked the Agree button, the dialog box closed, but the download never started. The Software Update app was still running, just not doing anything. I’d close the app and tray again with the same results.

Today I tried and the download did download and started to install. When it reach the ‘Registering components’ stage near the end, it appeared to hang at around 98% complete.

Because I was doing onther stuff on my computer, I let it sit there for about 40 minutes. Then, all of a sudden, it finished the install. I’ve opened iTunes and the ‘About’ box tells me I’m running iTunes 10 .4 (80) 64-bit.

So, try again and be patient.

via software update hangs after upgrading…: Apple Support Communities.

Great work djchrise247!

I’ve figured it out. With iPhone connected, you deselect auto launch, apply the change. Quit iTunes. Restart iTunes. Select auto launch. Dialog box will ask for confirmation, and reset iTunes Helper. Job done. Quit iTunes. Now connecting iPhone auto launches iTunes.

via iTunes auto launch: Apple Support Communities.

Wiederganger said: [many people have had issues with Lion and unhappy with it.]

Just received a reply from the Apple Store who I notified via “report a problem” in the iTunes invoice, they refunded without quibbles.

Lion may be a fail but the service is faultless.

So to answer the original question: yes I managed to get a refund

via Lion – refund: Apple Support Communities.

How do I change iTunes store?: Apple Suppor Communities. Turns out the person figured it out. Here is the answer.

I finally figured it all out, no thanks to anyone at Apple!!!

The UK store is called “Royaume-Uni”

My French is pretty bad s I’ve only been learning for 3 months but for at least 5 Apple employees (4 of which are French) not to know the name of the UK store is pretty shocking.

More training of staff please

 

Lion Will Not Recognize Permissions…: Apple Support Communities. Looks like the upgrade to Lion breaks part of flash. No surprise there. NeilShapiro even updates his own question:

OK, found that Adobe knows about this bug and says it will be fixed. Meanwhile. Here is the link to the Adobe bug report:

https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2918693

 

IPad2 backup session fails consistently…: Apple Support Communities. Turns out that uninstalling and reinstalling the iTunes 10.3 program fixed it for the poster. Great work!

iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer. I had to help a friend with this in the past. This article gives you four methods to accomplish this task. Nicely done!

Apple’s infrared ‘camera kill switch’ patent application hits a nerve – TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog. This is the kind of “quiet censorship” that concerns us who work with Apple products. An earlier post yesterday talked about filtering based on political words.

Does Apple Care About Pro Market? Not Really, Says Former Shake Product Designer | Mac|Life. I am always surprised when I read stories like this. So I responded below but it said it triggered the spam filter. Where is the spam? I guess you can only post if you don’t reference your evidence.

Mr. Jobs has said on several occasions that Apple is first a consumer focused company. The professional versions were just opportunities they had. They still are focused on the bottom line, and that means winning over the vast legions of the public who are using windows.

Time after time, professional products are canceled and people forget. Do you remember the Blu-Ray drives that never happened? Or the recent dropping of Xserve/Xraid arrays? Why do people forget the past?

You can find out more about what Apple has said they want to be here.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0803/gallery.jobsqna.fortune/2.html

HOW IT WORKS | Idea Flight. Then this is the application you are looking for. Seems to have some great features like integration with email, LinkedIn and Dropbox.

SharePod – About. It looks like the free sharepod will do it. This might also work with iPhones and iPads. There is a similar application for Mac users called iPhone Explorer that is also free.

Computers Audio Books, Podcasts, and Videos. If you like the Khan Academy you will enjoy Learn Out Loud. it has lots of free content, and some you can purchase as well.

TestFlight | iOS beta testing on the fly – StumbleUpon. This is an interesting service that allows free “iOS beta testing on the fly” over the air. All you have to do is drag an IPA file on their webpage, and then list the people you want to email and you are done. They said they also have enterprise accounts as well.