Option-command-I
― stet, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
Also my favourite new thing in lion finder: with icons selected press ctrl cmd n to make a new folder and put them in it
― stet, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
will that not just bring up individual info boxes for each file?
― Crackle Box, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
No, command I does that. Adding option gets you the old NeXT/10.1 get info inspector, which changes depending on ehat's highlighted and shows info for collections of icons etc
― stet, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
i did not know that!
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Apple doesn't know what a web browser is, that's why they originally insisted all iOS stuff be just HTML-based and had no native API. That's also why they have a web browser on their platform, and an entire development site explaining how to use device-specific HTML and JS extensions.
― mh, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
im seeing an annoying bug in safari 5.1 where im looking for a thread, say "Retromania: Pop culture's..." and i hit cmd+f and type 'mania'
no results found /:
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
There is absolutely no reason to upgrade to Lion unless you really hate having thirty bucks.― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 07:10 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is otm ~regrets~
are mac mini's good value? can't decide betw. 13" mbp (which can be had for £850 on the refurb store) or mac mini + 24" monitor & ipad
― nh (cozen), Thursday, 28 July 2011 07:56 (twelve years ago) link
The way Lion handles screen sharing sessions and a half dozen other things have made it worth it to me already!
― mh, Thursday, 28 July 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Can anyone answer the apple tv question from a billion posts ago pls?
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Friday, 29 July 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
This one?
So, I've always been confused about just what Apple TV does. Is it just in interface to allow you to stream content (music, movies, TV) through iTunes? Like Airport Express but with movie/TV capabilities, too, connected via HDMI? How well does it handle non-proprietary formats? The only times I typically use my DVD drive these days are to burn copies of TV shows I've downloaded to DVD so that I can watch them on TV. Will Apple TV solve that problem, or will Apple, Inc. get in the way of what I want to do with its product?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 02:30 (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
1. I think so2. I think so3. It doesn't4. Apple Inc. will get in the way
hth :(
― ½ Louise Mensch (Schlafsack), Friday, 29 July 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
In other words, if you want a media server product that serves media you really should get a proper media server. The Apple TV is really just a propagation tool for itunes purchases and your personal mp3/m4a/m4v media library (i.e. no avi/mkv or divx/xvid/etc codecs).
― ½ Louise Mensch (Schlafsack), Friday, 29 July 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
AppleTV takes stock MP4 just fine. That's about all it takes, but if you've used Handbrake or similar software, it'll stream it just fine. I've encoded a number of DVDs and blu-ray discs and it's worked fine.
MKV files of the popularly-torrented variety can be remuxed (not re-encoded, just basically split and stuck in a new container file) pretty easily. Other formats might need a re-encode. I think some people have been working on streaming servers that advertise as iTunes shares and do the transcoding on the fly, but I don't know much along that line.
― mh, Friday, 29 July 2011 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
i am also pretty underwhelmed by lion but whatever, i am willing to bet that i will run into some sort of "sorry, this software needs lion" sort of situation before the big upcoming MBP redesign (6 months away?)
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 29 July 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
best re-encoding program i've found is SmartConverter which is free on the app store atm
― Clay, Friday, 29 July 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
Anything can be re-encoded for the Apple TV but the problem I have is going to that trouble in the first place. We have a WD TV Live that just plays everything out of the box, no conversion required, and it cost a good 30% less than an Apple TV.
― ½ Louise Mensch (Schlafsack), Friday, 29 July 2011 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
But Apple TV only costs a crisp hundred and you can stream music right from your iPhone or control it on your iPad! :)
― mh, Friday, 29 July 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
good tip on the converter program clay
what are other good converting programs besides smartconverter and handbrake? parents love to download chinese soap operas which are usually encoded in real player or other crappy codecs (blame real for gaining a real foothold in the hearts and minds of chinese citizens)
if I can find a good all-purpose converter, that would be a step closer to converting them completely to a mac
― flop's son (dayo), Friday, 29 July 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
iVideoConverter can handle pretty much every codec EXCEPT real :( Don't think I've come across anything that still deals with realplayer idk
i've had pretty good experiences with iVideoConverter, but it's less "one point and click" than smart converter and can't do the rewrappign stuff with .mkv fiels that some of the newer apps can.
― Clay, Friday, 29 July 2011 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
Is Miro any good?
― ½ Louise Mensch (Schlafsack), Friday, 29 July 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
fixing the tab thing...
http://lrasinen.kapsi.fi/OpenAtEnd/
― dan selzer, Friday, 29 July 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i like my appletv but I don't use it for watching divx/xvid/mkvs, luckily my blu ray player will play these off a usb stick so if i have a torrented file i usually just watch from there. but you can use handbrake or something to make it an mp4; I've done it for a few things and it works fine. I really like our appletv, it seemed like a good way to spent $100 particularly since I can stream all the itunes library to the stereo with it and it give you a visual interface from which to browse your library. also, netflix streaming.
admittedly, lots of other devices do all of these things, probably a bit better; but it does all of those things with one device well enough for me.
― akm, Friday, 29 July 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for my barely-literate post
― akm, Friday, 29 July 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
What akm said, really like mine.
Meantime, not Apple as such, but:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=20535&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=32318&mapcode=corporate
Starting October 1, smartphone customers with unlimited data plans may experience reduced speeds once their usage in a billing cycle reaches the level that puts them among the top 5 percent of heaviest data users. These customers can still use unlimited data and their speeds will be restored with the start of the next billing cycle. Before you are affected, we will provide multiple notices, including a grace period.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 July 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
^^ FU at&t
"grace period" is usually a wording used for forgiveness of going over a mutually agreed-upon limit, correct? like bills or my mortgage may have a two or three day grade period for payment, or if they allowed five minutes over overage on a 200 minute plan, that'd be a grace period
changing the terms to "btw, it's degraded service once you hit this point" means that their unlimited plan is no longer unlimited!
― mh, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://boingboing.net/2011/07/29/apple-has-more-cash-than-the-us-govt.html
― schwantz, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
I really like our appletv, it seemed like a good way to spent $100 particularly since I can stream all the itunes library to the stereo with it
That's why I got one. We don't have Netflix here because we are third world.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 29 July 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/490177_o.gif
― markers, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
really happy this works http://safarikeywordsearch.aurlien.net/ without fucking around with SIMBL
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Friday, 29 July 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
Damn that is perfect. Thanks.
― stet, Saturday, 30 July 2011 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
the "opening a subfolder" animation in list view is ridiculously annoying ... how do i turn this off?
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 31 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god, making unused space in the preview windows have a "frosted glass" effect is so stupid
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 31 July 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
You can't open the application slsk because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 31 July 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
I've been using iSoul as a slsk alternative for a while
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33320/isoul
― Alba, Monday, 1 August 2011 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
And what do you know, a major update for Apple TV software:
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/01/apple-tv-software-update-adds-streaming-of-purchased-tv-shows/
In brief:
Streaming of purchased showsVimeo supportApparently YouTube playlist support
Probably other stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 August 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
so apparently if you use an iphone on at&t's network you *must* have a data plan and if you don't they sign you up for one automatically
fuckers
― 我爱你 G. Weingarten (dayo), Saturday, 6 August 2011 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
might just be me being dumm but
seems a bit counterintuitive/hard to access the system folder on lion
― nh (cozen), Saturday, 6 August 2011 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
it's ok apple, i never wanted to use wifi anyway. perhaps this is also a new feature?
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Saturday, 6 August 2011 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
what's a folder?
― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 6 August 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
so I was having issues with my laptop battery but the machine ran fine plugged in. Took it to the apple store a few hours ago, "genius" fussed with it, the thing stopped booting. He claims water damage was already there and says he'll have the MagSafe thing replaced for $40 but didn't seem optimistic tag would fix the problem.
So if I had a working laptop when I walked it (he saw that it booted fine before he mucked with it) do I have any recourse here or am I just out a laptop?
― Clay, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
tag that would fix the problem.
i would be screaming so loud at a manager right abt now
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I would have asked to see the manager, made a scene, casually mention that I was a level 5 top supreme poster at ILX some mac forum
― 我爱你 G. Weingarten (dayo), Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah for real
― iatee, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if the MagSafe replacement doesn't fix everything nice and tidy I plan on asking for a manager and try to calmly explain that from this store I've bought two iPhones and three laptops and etc etc and wtf guys
― Clay, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
well actually a manager called me as I was finishing that post. I explained to him that I brought in a booting computer and that an smokies dicked with it and it wouldn't boot and then he screamed water damage. The manager was like "whoa uh well if the MagSafe replacement doesn't fix it we'll cover all repair cost I'm so sorry" so yeah. Thanks dudes.
― Clay, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
smokies genius
I should really pay attention to iPhone autocorrect.
― Clay, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
THX SMOKIES
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mygrandsummit.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/1173373337SmokiesBarGrill1.jpg
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
baby smokies
― dayo, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link