I HATE APPLE

You should be able still to import it directly to Lightroom, it doesn't need to be a drive for that. Is it not showing up at all in LR?

You can also make the Lightroom import screen fire up automatically when the Canon is attached.

Follow the steps in the second method here ("Stop the Photos app from launching using Image Capture") and choose Lightroom via that little icon hidden away in the bottom left of the Image Capture screen.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/12/28/how-to-stop-photos-mac-auto-launch/

They want you to go through the Photos app.

:'-(

the "photo stream" is just a dump of images with a bunch of metadata that organizes it in different ways. depending on your settings, they may or may not even be on your phone. going through Photos makes sense -- it's not a folder, any view that made it folder-like in the finder would be embedding the Photos functionality into Finder!

Photo stream has screen shots, photos sent through whatsapp etc in it. It is a dump, but I want to be able to make a time-stamped copy of that photo stream. Guess I'll fire up Photos to see if I can deal with it.

They want you to go through the Photos app.

On a related note, I've got a Cannon. Used to be I could hook it up through the port and it would appear as a drive on my desktop. But after one of the recent updates, Apple did away with that handy function, so now I have to import through Photos and /then/ to my preferred Lightroom.

Pain. In. The. Ass.

I'm sure there's an app for being able to dig through your phone through a finder window, but I haven't tried something like that since the iPhone 4.

Iexplorer

You can also pull photos off of the phone directly using Image Capture. (it's in your Applications folder already)

http://www.macworld.com/article/2867001/exploring-the-many-miracles-of-image-capture.html

Completely new to me, thanks so much!

it also drives scanners and is the quickest way of deleting all the photos on an iphone

I used to use Image Capturw to delete all photos on my phone after I'd copied them to my Mac but was always annoyed I couldn't leave my favorites behind.

Then I found this app, Deleter, which allows you to do just that. Very handy.

https://appadvice.com/app/deleter/1180101544

can't you just, before deleting in ImageCapture, deselect the pics you want to keep?

That would be OK if they were grouped, but Image Capture doesn't show your favourites, or any of your iPhone folders, so you'd be left going through thumbnails of hundreds of photos to pick out the ones to keep each time.

It's a known issue with Canons:
https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/PowerShot/quot-No-camera-was-found-quot-message/td-p/54525
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4436919?tstart=0
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/help-cant-transfer-files-from-camera-to-mac.1327151/

The iMac doesn't even acknowledge there's a camera hooked in... unless you open up Photos.

can't use a 4-digit passcode anymore? fuck off

oh, grow up. my 6yo even prefers a longer passcode. we made her use a four digit one so us adults could remember how to unlock and update her "pea pod."

did android patent the draw a pattern screen lock thing or are apple just too huffy to borrow it?

the former, I would assume

apple hasn't implemented the swype keyboard functionality either for the same reason

(my passcode on my personal devices is basically "draw a pattern" on the keypad anyway, tbf)

i really need to update my mini but i'm waiting for apple to update theirs :(

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced + reliable brand of lightning cable, the 3 pack of cheapshit ones I got on ebay charge at a snail's pace.

ime only the apple ones go fast

the socket for the charger in my iphone is dead, apparently all the grooves are broken. apple told me they'd give me a new model for £250 and that this part can't be replaced or repaired. i'm assuming if i go to some non-apple place they'll actually be able to repair this regardless?

I'm not sure about that — they're part of the board on most models, I think

Regarding the lightning cables, I think you have to look for ones that are "MFI certified" for them to perform properly. I shouldn't have bought the cheap ones that are labelled "genuine", they are a total waste of time.

Yeah. I have an MFI-certified Anker one that seems good. Haven't tested its speed v Apple one though.

I read somewhere that Anker is a brand to trust. Because lots of dubious sellers use MFI-certified on ebay.

the anker ones via amazon are good in my experience

I've had good luck with the Amazon Basics cables. The Wirecutter recommends the Anker PowerLine cables.

re: the charging port, Ifixit.com sells replacements and has instructions for doing it on the 6 and 7, so yeah, good repair shop should be able to do it.

When I hook my 2014 retina mbp up to my projector via HDMI, the projector image stutters slightly. Anyone have any tips?

It's the 15" with dedicated graphics so I don't get it

Posting here instead of the IA thread -- it's irritating that Smart Zoom doesn't work on all apps. It works on Safari, Chrome, Text Edit, things I've opened in Quick Look, and... Spotify?!

calstars, what resolution are you using? could be the laptop, but I've seen that with janky cables or projectors trying to rescale to something that's not native

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced + reliable brand of lightning cable, the 3 pack of cheapshit ones I got on ebay charge at a snail's pace.

― calzino, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:41 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

anker

https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15673712/anker-battery-charger-amazon-empire-steven-yang-interview

I had the "powerline" version of this and ended up wrecking one of the ends, but the "powerline+" is more flexible and has worked well:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0177PDBII/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

you might think you don't need a 10 ft long lightning cable, but having one around is a lot handier than you'd think

yeah a >3ft cable is a game changer

I found a UK merchant selling the Anker cable for £4.65 + free delivery earlier.

I've only done it a few times but with the newest iPads you can even be a complete weirdo and use apple's ethernet adapter if you have the newest lighting->usb adapter. Plug that sucker into the iPad, the ethernet dongle into the adapter, and your long power cable into the lightning port on the adapter and you have a wired networking solution that only wrecks half the convenience of the iPad :)

it's only really good for dickhead hotels that offer a free wired connection but charge for wifi, of which there are very few now

Ugh, I bought a new Macbook Pro and the keyboard has this quirk where certain keys click WAY louder than other ones. Some almost make a sharp snapping noise. I guess this was a widespread thing? The online links I found suggest the problem gets worse as the computer heats.

Torn about what to do about it. I don't want to return the computer and go weeks without a laptop, but I also hate the idea of using such a shoddy keyboard, or having the problem get worse each year. I've also heard stories of people returning their computers and getting replacements with the same problems, just with different keys. Really not sure what to do.

mh thanks
I reduced the display res (as much as this is possible on a notebook) and tried a really shitty rip (of twin peaks, of course) and it still stutters

I think the problem is that the projector is set to mirror the display and it's native res is ridiculous. And the gfx card just can't push two of these displays

evan you can look forward to some of the keys randomly becoming quite mushy in feel as dust accumulates in the seams, soon you will barely be able to tell if they're registering or not ...

Just pour some oatmeal over the keyboard

speaking of which

so i spilled a whole coffee (with cream) on my new retina macbook pro with touchbar this morning

i immediately flipped it upside down on my desk, and then after giving it a minute to drain, wiped it dry. because of the keyboard construction it seems that very little if any coffee got into the body. the action on the keys seems a little sticky, but honestly they kind of felt that way before the spill.

so there's that to factor in, next time i get in a conversation about the new macbook keyboard design

― the late great, Monday, February 27, 2017 12:40 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this turned out to be wishful thinking, apparently the teaspoon of coffee that got stuck in the body was enough to short out one of the fan sensors and the cost to fix was about equal to a top of the line dell laptop

i imagine that this will almost certainly be the last MBP i own

evan i would consider returning yours if not too late

Is it really that bad? Do you think this is a problem with just my MacBook Pro or all of them? Trying to figure out if I should exchange it or get a refund. Problem is, I don't know what computer I'd use if I didn't get a MacBook. The last PC laptop I had got so gummed up with viruses it was practically useless. I do respect how low maintainence th macs are.

Windows is much better re: viruses these days and is much less annoying in general (my work computer is a PC now) once you account for just the basic differences in usage. Apple has plenty of stuff I have to turn off immediately (messages, Facetime, handoff, notifications, etc.) at this point.

I wound up with last year's touch bar MBP, though, because Windows trackpads are all kind of shitty relative to the MBP. I hear the top Microsoft Surface is on par but it was even more expensive than a MBP.

the key thing is not so bad that i would return it based on that

it's just that this is the fourth macbook pro i've owned and it's the first time that i've felt like i've paid the premium price and not gotten premium usability / performance. it's buggy, it's hardly faster than my four year old rmbp, it's fragile, it's hard to service and the touch bar is just not cool enough to make up for it.