I bought it about a year ago, dayo. The cable doesn't seem too high tech other than the adapter, so maybe that's it.
― What We Did on Our POLLidays (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
The troubleshooting support page suggests that there is a software update that improves interaction with the charger so I updated. That and cleaned the pins off with a q-tip.
― What We Did on Our POLLidays (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
my chargers work a lot better when the cat doesn't chew on the cables
― mh, Monday, 16 January 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
My cat prefers pipe cleaners :)
― What We Did on Our POLLidays (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
fucking itunes match mang
I just want to copy glenn gould's goldberg variations to my iphone
I can see it sat there on my HDD so stop telling me it's only available in the cloud
in fact, it's NOT available in the cloud cos it's not been uploaded yet
it's 50 minutes long and it'll take an age to upload. FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
― cozen, Monday, 16 January 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Software update maybe helped. Who knew? *fingers crossed*
― What We Did on Our POLLidays (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 January 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
my 3gs has just developed the apparently infamous "dead strip" :(
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry.
― What We Did on Our POLLidays (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
I have forgotten that I have a 3gs sitting dormant somewhere in my kitchen. Really should sell that puppy!
― mh, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
tracer they used to replace those, even out of warranty. is that not still true?
― the late great, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
is this the right place to ask a beginners question about automator? I've been trying all evening to set up a simple folder task for my download folder - filter mp3 files, move them to "automatically add to itunes" folder. Yet nothing happens - the mp3s just stay where they are and the "add to itunes" folder stays empty. Is there a way to "run" the folder task or should it just happen automatically?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
Have you set the script up as a Folder Action? Nothing will happen otherwise, unless you run it manually
― stet, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 10:32 (twelve years ago) link
yes I picked "folder action" (never done any of this before)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
all encouragement to your automator steez but you might try hazel -
http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
it's very powerful and rule-based, sort of like automator actions with a really good UI
it's what i use to sort my downloads folder, move mp3s to an external drive, add them to itunes, etc
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
hey late great - i am gonna try it! my first genius bar appointment.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure if this has been addressed in this thread or not, but ctrl+f isn't helpful for "other".
My iPod touch is now a victim of that dreaded "Other" creep in file size. In the past month it's gone from virtually nothing to 1.12 GB, without me adding any apps or really changing the way I use it. It seems like every time I check it, its climbing larger and larger. Google tells me this is a fairly common problem, but pretty much the only way to fix it is to do a factory restore. Do any of you know is this would work? Kind of don't want to reset it if nothing is going to change.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 19 January 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
lololol
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/apple-education-liveblog2581.jpg
― zappi, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
iPad being more durable than a book is kind of eehhhh whatever
I guess the electronic copy of the book is incredibly durable in that you can always redownload it should something happen.
― mh, Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Forced exclusivity to Apple's online store X
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 20 January 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wife's MBA just suddenly decided it wouldn't see the wireless network. Clearing all the network settings did nothing. Restarting the MBA did nothing. Restarting the router did nothing. Lion gave me no help whatsoever. After 20 minutes of fucking around it suddenly decided it was going to work again. Apple can suck it.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 20 January 2012 06:41 (twelve years ago) link
You were probably holding it wrong.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 20 January 2012 09:28 (twelve years ago) link
so I'm back with my automation problem - I've managed to set up my task action (moving mp3s from one folder to another) and it works when I run from inside Automator - but if I close Automator the task won't run by itself. I thought that was the whole point of automation or did I misunderstand how the things works?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 January 2012 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
think you have to make it an app or executable or something iirc
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Friday, 20 January 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
So nobody else has had issues with the iPhone/iPod Touch and the creeping 'Other' category?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
I do too but haven't wanted to reset it yet. If that works for you let me know and I might try it too.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Have you tried clearing mobile Safari's cache and determined if you have any apps that cache data? I haven't had this problem per se and I'm not sure how it recognizes what data goes in that category, but I have the suspicion that app caches get stuck in there.
― mh, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
I've had that problem too. I think it may have something to do with Genius which works on my iPod and obviously has to be based on some internal DB. Then again if restoring fixes the problem then it's definitely not that (unless its not doing garbage collection, which wouldn't surprise me since iPods have a bunch of "easy fix" bugs). Restoring isn't really a big deal, just leave it on overnight
― frogbs, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
I've read it can have to do with caches and apps storing stuff, but that you have to buy or download some third party app that allows you to view by files (sorta similar to Windows Explorer I guess), but it sounds a little sketch so I've avoided that so far.
Pretty sure it has nothing to do with Genius since I've never even activaed that.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I ditch my safari cache pretty regularly but it still creeps up and up.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 January 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, so I stole this image from a step-by-step guide to clearing the Safari cache:
http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/5/6/G/-/-/step3c.jpg
Except my iPod Touch doesn't have a 'Clear Cache' option there, only the first two (history and cookies). So how can I clear my cache?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
turn it upside down and shake vigorously
― frogbs, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, upon checking mine says 'Clear Cookies and Data', wonder if that covers cache too?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
no clue, but it could make sense.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 January 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://chzautocowrecks.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mobile-phone-texting-autocorrect-you-seem-to-feel-pretty-facebook-unjumble-fightsongs-kayak-ing-strongly-about-it.png
― Quand le déshonneur est public, il faut que la vengeance soit (Michael White), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I love the apostasy of using Stevens Creek Lexus (San Jose)
― Quand le déshonneur est public, il faut que la vengeance soit (Michael White), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
there's an app for something called "fight songs"
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
sad me has old ipod touch that cannot update to new iOS and thus cannot get most apps
sad sad me
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
my dad had that problem. he paid whatever it cost last year for the MLB app and then it wouldn't install on his touch.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Apple(R) today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Browett comes to Apple from European technology retailer Dixons Retail, where he has been CEO since 2007.
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 07:47 (twelve years ago) link
and, of course, the high customer service standards of PC world.
― jed_, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
iPnoho 6 and iPncne 7
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
kinda surprised iCloud doesn't sync pages docs between mac/ios
― jerk with enough manpower (shaane), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
That's because Mac Pages files and iOS Pages files are not 100% compatible, and that's because iOS Pages is shit
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
i actually like using it on my iPod touch! nonetheless, shelling out $20 for shit that textedit can do wasn't a good feeling. too bad there're no returns on the app store.
mac pages and iOS pages incompatibility is a pantload
― jerk with enough manpower (shaane), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
The single thing that's holding back the iPad from greatness is iWork. Apparently Numbers is even worse than Pages.
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 2 February 2012 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
my first-gen iPad is just too slow for any sort of power use
― jerk with enough manpower (shaane), Thursday, 2 February 2012 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
Numbers on iPad was fine for what I needed it to do in December, but mostly I was using it as a checklist that could read & export an Excel doc. I was *stunned* when it didn't sync with Numbers on my Mac, though.
― Euler, Thursday, 2 February 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
has anyone ever used a COBY tablet?
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 2 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
tylerfrombalantineHere is how i fixed my problem: Click the apple in the top right of the screen/go to system prefrences/display/color tab/calabrate/follow the steps and it will be fixed tylerfrombalantineBy the way the natural white for that display is warm pinkLike (0)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol
People are kind of used to the default "white" that a lot of display use which is really more blue
― valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link