Apple CIDER Forums

how to copy dvd films to ipod touch?

2010-09-09T07:37:43Z

Hi, i have recently purchased a new 2rd gen iPod Touch and i would like to copy a couple of dvd films to it ie madagascar 2. I am a complete novice at transferring files and therefore i'm looking for something that is easy to use.
Many Thanks.

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How do I connect my laptops to an external monitor wirelessly?

2010-09-07T12:57:37Z

I have an external monitor (HP 2009m) with VGA and DVI (and separate combined stereo audio jack) ports. What do I need to do to connect to my Macbook Pro (mid 2010) and MacBook 13" (2009) wirelessly to it? I have an Airport Extreme N and want to use it normally, as in letting others use it (AEBS) for their own needs on their laptops, while I use the external monitor for my own two laptops. Can I do this with the existing Airport Extreme N or should I get another device such as an Airport Express? Or do I need to get something else?:/

Thanks:cool:

iPAQ 110 to Address Book

2010-08-13T11:18:50Z

Anyone have any experience or recommendations for syncing an iPAQ 110 to the Address Book on a Mac?

Mac friendly Cell Phones

2010-07-21T23:43:03Z

I thought of posting this in the Q&A area, but then thought it might fit better here.

I know the iPhone is the phone to have if you own a Mac. However, I'm not anxious to switch to the AT&T network. I am suggesting a topic for one of our meetings that reviews the cell phones that are out there that are Mac-friendly. By that, I mean ones where you can connect to your Mac (USB, Bluetooth, or WiFi) and update calendars, phone lists, addresses, etc. I'm one of those cheap people who have not made the jump to pay the carrier for all kinds of data transmission. To a certain extent, I'm using my phone as a combination phone and Palm Pilot.

I welcome this as a topic for one of our meetings if you think it has a broad enough reach/interest.

Thanks

Color Laser Printer

2010-07-18T17:33:09Z

Okay, so here's another question. I'm looking to be able to output good (doesn't need to be photographic, but good) quality color output, duplex capability required. I hate paying for ink, so I'm headed for color laser. Does anyone have any specific experience, good or bad, and/or experience with the products that are available? I'm open to all suggestions.

Thanks

New Mac Mini and MacStack

2010-07-03T16:10:22Z

Hello everyone. I am happy to say I have purchased the first new Mac of my entire Mac user experience, a Mac Mini, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz. It replaces (supplements) my old AGP G4. After a few years of wanting (but not needing) to upgrade, I finally took the plunge. The old G4 would not run the more recent Adobe Graphics programs sufficiently.
I also purchased a MacStack external HD case from Other Worlds Computing. It not only serves as a case but also a USB, FW400 hub. I had to return the first one because the fan quit working after two weeks but another is on its way.
My girlfriend couldn't believe that such a small Mac would replace the much larger G4 but it does, and with finesse! Paring it up with a 25" flatscreen HP monitor is just fantastic.

David Damico

Getting iWork working

2010-07-01T23:32:04Z

Well, I'm having all sorts of fun installing upgrades, after I went ahead and replaced my old backup G4 tower, which I had over the years dragged all the way up to Tiger but which was puffing and panting pretty hard and not really keeping up, with a nice new Mac Mini. The headlines read "Lose 37 pounds in one easy step!".

What had been installed on the G4 was an old copy of the original-issue iWork05, and it _sorta_ worked in that environment. But not after transferring all my data and apps over to to the new Mini, which is running Snow Leopard — messages like "This operating system does not support that version of iWork", and like that.

Fortunately I had a spare copy of iWork'08 on hand, left over from when I upgraded my other computer (now a nice MacBook Pro) last year and installed iWork '09 there. So I went ahead and yanked out old version of iWork from the Mini and carefully installed the iWork'08 Suite — Pages, Numbers and Keynote. However, not all is sweetness and light, and while each of these programs will boot in the new environment, none of them will run.

Pages, for example, will start up and open any template and even show the inspector, but will only display text in white-on-white and will not allow the text color or the background color to be changed. Pretty much the same with Numbers, while I cannot get Keynote to even budge past the starting line.

The first question here, obviously, is whether the iWork'08 package is _supposed_ to run under Snow Leopard (10.6). If so (and it really seems it oughta), then the question becomes why my installation is behaving so badly, and what I ought to do about it. Does this ring any bells with anyone?

/RWWT

Apple iPhone4G' sales will top 24 million?

2010-07-01T08:26:28Z

Now Apple iPhone 4G' sales has broken nealy 2 million pieces in the first three days. Based on this data, some reports predicted that Apple iPhone 4G will reach the sales of 24 million.

Apple's contract manufacturer, Taiwan-based Foxconn annouced it will ship 4.5 million iPhone 4G by the end of June, and 19.5 million by the end of 2010. That means, the total is 23.5 million.

But I still doubt the target!

Although Apple is a wizard company and sold a lot of phones, but 24 million is a big number even for them. For comparison, Apple has sold a little over 50 million total since the original iPhone's debut in 2007. So how to explain the supposed sudden surge in iPhone supply? Digitimes could be wrong of course, though it does have some good sources in the contract manufacturing world.

Other possible explanations could be that Apple is planning big price cuts on this model, which could move more units. Or, and this would jibe with reports that the company's building a CDMA phone, it could be planning to add more carrier partners. More outlets to sell the phone would mean more supply.

Digitimes, an IT trade publication, had some other details too: The next iPhone will have an ARM Cortex A8 processor and 512MB of memory, which is double what's currently available on the iPhone 3GS.

The next iPhone will have an in-plane switching (IPS) panel like the iPad, according to Digitimes, and a 960x640 resolution. There will also be new technology that allows a wider viewing angle and better viewing in sunlight, according to the report. Apparently, Apple wants to improve the iPhone's utility as an e-reader and will be promoting iBooks on the iPhone. The panel is also reportedly 33 percent thinner to make more room for a larger battery.

The new iPhone is expected to be introduced June 7 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. What is believed to be a prototype version of the device made headlines when it was found in a bar and sold to Gizmodo for $5,000 last month before Apple asked for it back.

Anyway, whether the target will be reached, we will open our eyes to wait.

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iPhone SIG

2010-07-01T08:18:55Z

Is there any interest in forming an iPhone SIG, that would meet in parallel with the general meeting? It would have iPhone-specific Q and A, iPhone tips and tricks, and perhaps a "featured iPhone App of the month"?

Play Flash or no?

2010-06-30T19:45:47Z

I'm not sure I have Adobe Flash Player installed on my MacBook or not — I don't offhand see it listed in the Applications folder (or the Utilities subfolder therein). However, I have just downloaded a new version of Firefox, which presented me with a dire warning that I to preserve stability and security I also need to upgrade Flash Player to the latest version and offered me a handy link to click on.

Declining to click there, I went instead to the official Adobe Flash update site, but could not find an easy story to follow. It seems that the current version is 10.1, but there also seem to be three different products offered for Mac users to download, as follows:

* DownloadDownload the Macintosh Flash Player 10.1 Plugin content debugger (Intel-based Macs) (DMG, 6.49 MB)
* DownloadDownload the Macintosh Flash Player 10.1 Projector content debugger (ZIP, 8.12 MB)
* DownloadDownload the Macintosh Flash Player 10.1 Projector (ZIP, 7.85 MB)

Any advice on which (if any) of these products I should download at this point?

/RWWT

Meeting Notes - June 9, 2010

2010-06-13T01:38:09Z

Apple CIDER
General Meeting
June 9, 2010

Announcements:

Q&A:

Q: Jim asks, Slideshow in Preview in 4.0, repeats, In 4.2, it stops at end.
A: Upgrade to 10.6 and Preview 5.0.2

Q: George asks, Safari 5.0, some plug-ins may not work.
A: Check with developers for updates. i.e. ClicktoFlash.
http://safariextensions.tumblr.com/

Q: Wayne asks, FaceBook on iTouch, wants to chat, gets errors
A: Lots of reports, have to wait until they fix it.

Q: Road Runner at home, wants WiFi?
A: You can add a wireless router.
RR will rent you one by replacing the current wired router.
Apple has the Airport Express, small and simple to set up.
Linksys, D-Link, NetGear, a bit cheaper.
Apple Time Capsule included wired router, wireless router, print server, hard drive server, backup server, in one box.

Onno adds, If you have a computer connected via ethernet, you can share to wireless. System Preferences, Sharing.

Q: Rollie asks, new video DVD burner, discs won't play on computer.
A: Can try different brand of media, burn at a slower speed, try a different player, VLC from VideoLAN. Movist from
Make sure disc in Finalized in burner.

In DVD Player, try Open DVD Media and point to disc.

News

Apple World Wide Developer Converence:
iPhone 4
iOS
iAds
Safari 5
iBooks on iPod/iPhone

Major change in WiFi data rates.

Dennis's ONE TIP
Q&A: http://askdavetaylor.com/

Dennis's ONE DEAL
Free Screen Saver: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies
Make Money on your old Gadgets: http://www.gazelle.com/

Poll:
Have you downloaded the CIDER audio recordings? 4
How many people didn't know there were recordings? many

Meeting Notes - May 12, 2010

2010-06-13T01:37:24Z

Apple CIDER
Main Meeting
May 12, 2010

Q: Dennis asks, since installing Quark 8, is getting icons on screen that look like the shift, option, etc. keys.

A: Not related to Quark, accidentally activated Sticky Keys. in System Preferences, Universal Access.

Q: Keith asks, PowerMac G5, Once a week, firewire disappears until power off and unplug computer.

A: Unplugging the computer will reset the System Management Unit. Check the motherboard battery. May be something failing on motherboard. Can try a FireWire PCI card.

Q: Wayne asks, trouble with iPod Touch, wouldn't delete email, app crashing. Reset the iPod and lost the addresses.

A: Likely was a corrupt message crashing the application. May be able to delete the mail from the server.
Re-sync with iTunes and it will sync the address back to the iPod.

Q: Dennis asks, when Excel is running, and moves from one network port to another, Excel stops responding.

A: Excel (and other Microsoft apps) will check the network for serial number duplications. It may be looking on network and will come back eventually.

Q: Joel asks, iMac, battery, hard to replace?

A: yes. Mac's with camera's are hard to replace. have to remove glass, remove bezel, remove display, to expose logic board. The iMac G5 without a camera is relatively easy.

Q: Wayne asks, where does the Mac store temp files. hard drive was full, after restart, space came back.

A: In the temp folder. hidden from user.
free program Grand Perspective and Disk Inventory X will scan hard drive and show you where space is used. Safe boot (hold shift key when booting) will clean temp files. Onyx and Cocktail will also clean temp file.

Q: Bob asks, what about AntiVirus for Mac?
A: ClamXav, iAntivirus, commercial Norton, Intego, McAfee.
www.securitytango.com
Still no viruses for the Mac. a couple non-effective trojans on the porn sites and pirate sites. Word Macro viruses are possible, but are generally windows only.

Q: George asks, what if you are running windows in the Mac.
A: some viruses will attach to network volumes. including your Mac.

Q: Passwords?
A: any password written down can be compromised. Any password in a document can be compromised. Apple's Keychain can manage your passwords. 1Password is also good, for Mac and iPhone.

Keith's Opportunity.
Silent Auction at the Picnic on July 14th!
Fund Raiser for club.
Donate your unneeded computer related stuff.

Apple News.

Skip Meetze, Human Factors Engineer.
iPad hardware accessory with ergonomic considerations.
www.skipmeetze.com

Dennis's ONE Tip:
ever get a long (rambling) email, Convert to Spoken Text for you iPod: System Preferences, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Services, Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.

Dennis's ONE Deal:
ZAGG, Invisible Shield; military grade plastic laminate for iPod/iPad/Macbook, etc.
Win an iPad, 30%-50% discount on their products
http://www.zagg.com/community/contest.php

Know your Hardware:
Todd Bernhard: notiesoftware.com
appstoresuccess.com
elance.com

Meeting Notes - April 14, 2010

2010-06-13T01:36:41Z

CIDER Main Meeting
April 14, 2010

One Tip:
Mail.app
To view a live URL in a new message, save as Draft, and preview in the drafts folder.

One Deal:
24-hour free passes to Lynda.com
http://www.lynda.com/promo/freepass/Def … 8&opt=

One Poll:
Any interest in SIG to write iPhone apps?

Health Links by, June Glaser
http://roctechage.org/health.htm

Recommend Inkjet Printer

2010-06-12T17:13:01Z

I'm a graphic designer using a Mac Pro and am looking for suggestions re. purchase of a new inkjet printer. I've always used Epson printers (currently using a 1280). I only use the printer for proofing and office stationary. An oversize printer is important (hence the 1280- it has a 13" wide loader) as is economy on cartridge costs (many oversize units use up to 8 cartridges which can run as much as $200.00 for full replacement). Would appreciate your thoughts.

iPad

2010-06-09T14:41:10Z

Hi, folks - first of all, I'm new here - I found a link to your site in a pdf file, so surfed on in to see what you're about. Because I'm in the UK, I don't suppose there's much chance of me turning up to your meetings, for which apologies. I hope this isn't a problem??

Anyway, I was actually wondering about the iPad and thought it would be useful to check a bunch of apple user forums before I made a decision; thing is, I was slightly put off by a discussion I saw elsewhere about the slippy cover of the iPad which caused the user to drop the thing and smash the screen. It cost her about half the new price to get a new screen. Has anyone here any comment to make on the physical attributes of the iPad? Have you found yourself looking for a new cover to stop it slipping out of your hand?

It's too expensive for me to make a mistake on this, so I look forward to your comments.

best from Scotland,
Margaret

ps, sorry, I meant to add that my hands are getting slightly arthritic and I don't suppose time is going to improve this which is why I am interested in canvassing opinions.