2 tips for 3GS users

TIP 1. If it aint broke, dont fix it - ie, if you have a perfectly good working 3GS, there really is no need to perform a software update everytime Apple releases an iteration. I am still running 3.1 and see no compelling reason to upgrade.
Yep, I know that's not ideal - but it works for me.
I had the 3G and updated at every opportunity - that is, until I had the dreaded random-reboot (at least, that's what I think it was called). Anyway, at the time I was upgrading from the 3G to the 3GS, so Apple were happy to simply replace the 3G. That unit is now with my son and I have the 3GS. It has not had new software since purchase, and touch wood, no problems so far (ie, in over 9 months).
TIP 2. If you sync with Outlook, you may have noticed (or not) that if you make changes to the notes field in your contacts on the iPhone, the change does not sync back to Outlook. For some reason, iTunes (or Outlook) doesnt recognise this as a change to a contact.
To get around it, I make any changes to the notes field and then simply create a new phone number (123) for the contact on the iPhone, and this forces the sync of the complete contact details, including the notes field.
Good luck and happy iPhoning.
PAUL

DamenS wrote:
Unfortunately not - I can leave it open and nothing ever loads (I have tried deleting the "Helper App" .plists etc). My help app will deliver results, but only after you have retyped your search paramaters (ie type your query in the "Pages Help" pulldown menu, which brings up the relevent topics, then click on the relevent topic, then it brings up the helper app which stays blank and you have to retype your search parameters directly into the Helper app (rather than being taken directly to it by clicking on the relevent search result in the Help pulldown menu built into Pages).
I should certainly read the manual, as I have found Pages relatively unintuitive (and I think it's the use of "sections" which I need to bone up on). When I tried creating a "new section" at the end of the first page (just above the footnote bar and after any text) it seems to delete the header on the next (second) page. If I copy the header from the 3rd page and re-enter it back onto on the second page, the header is actually also added to the title page, even though there I created the section break at the end of that page and I cannot delete that title page header without it also being deleted from the second page (which is in a different section).
This problem is absolutely doing my head in and is consistent regardless of whether I check "first page is different" or not ...
wait, unchecking "use previous header/footer" fixes the header appearing on the title page in another section, but I'm not sure why. I definitely need to read the manual, as I am finding this program much more frustrating than any other Apple program I have ever used ! Thanks for your help guys - it's much appreciated !!
Damen,
Word Processors are complex, and can be confusing. I believe that Word is more difficult to use than Pages, unless you've become so accustomed to Word that anything different seems wrong. Do read the User Guide and things will begin to clear up.
Jerry

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Tips for the new user. Most new Iphone users will be limited to 200 messages per month unless you opt to pay for more. If you find this is not enough and you would like unlimited FREE to SEND messages, check this out. Create a new address in your contact list using their cell phone number plus @teleflip.com. Example [email protected] Now send all the E-MAIL messages you want (e-mail is unlimited on Iphone) to this new address and the message will be delivered into their message box within seconds and it is FREE. The receiver will be charged as receiving one message but you will be charged with nothing.
Looking for free hot spots for faster Internet connections in your area. Check out the web site jiwire.com. This information is also free.
When typing in text in just about any application in Iphone, there is NO scrolling back to correct errors that you did not catch on the fly without deleting text. TIP: Place your finger on the cursor in the text screen and hold it. A small magnified spot will open with a cursor. Drag and drop the cursor to where ever you want to start your edit.
If you are not familiar with POD CAST, you are missing a free treasure of information and entertainment. In ITunes, click on the ITunes Store. Then on the left side of the newly opened window, click on POD CAST. Here you will find many FREE POD CAST that you can subscribe to. There are also other sources for POD CAST but this is the easiest to get started on. Once you subscribe to a POD CAST, you can always cancel if you find it is not to your liking. Your selection will be downloaded to ITunes and then to your IPhone the next time you sync. I find these to be very informative and entertaining when I am waiting for the wife while she is shopping or killing time waiting for my next flight out. They can also be viewed while flying because they are already on your Iphone.

Tips for the new user. Most new Iphone users will be limited to 200 messages per month unless you opt to pay for more. If you find this is not enough and you would like unlimited FREE to SEND messages, check this out. Create a new address in your contact list using their cell phone number plus @teleflip.com. Example [email protected]. Now send all the E-MAIL messages you want (e-mail is unlimited on Iphone) to this new address and the message will be delivered into their message box within seconds and it is FREE. The receiver will be charged as receiving one message but you will be charged with nothing.
Looking for free hot spots for faster Internet connections in your area. Check out the web site jiwire.com. This information is also free.
When typing in text in just about any application in Iphone, there is NO scrolling back to correct errors that you did not catch on the fly without deleting text. TIP: Place your finger on the cursor in the text screen and hold it. A small magnified spot will open with a cursor. Drag and drop the cursor to where ever you want to start your edit.
If you are not familiar with POD CAST, you are missing a free treasure of information and entertainment. In ITunes, click on the ITunes Store. Then on the left side of the newly opened window, click on POD CAST. Here you will find many FREE POD CAST that you can subscribe to. There are also other sources for POD CAST but this is the easiest to get started on. Once you subscribe to a POD CAST, you can always cancel if you find it is not to your liking. Your selection will be downloaded to ITunes and then to your IPhone the next time you sync. I find these to be very informative and entertaining when I am waiting for the wife while she is shopping or killing time waiting for my next flight out. They can also be viewed while flying because they are already on your Iphone.

Some Tips for Cablecard Users with HBO

I have been using a cablecard with my Hauppauge DCR-2650 digital tuner and Windows Media Center on my Windows 7 PC for 3 months with no problems on any of the Prime HD channels. I just subscribed to HBO and was not able to access any of the HBO channels, SD or HD. The message "Subscription Required" would appear after a few seconds, along with a message saying I needed to obtain a subscription to HBO. After Live Chatting to 3 techs over 3 days, I was finally able to access the HBO channels. I'm not sure this solution is permanent, but this is what I did. First I updated the firmware and drivers for my Hauppauge device. Then when I Live Chatted with the technician, he performed a "manual cablecard validation". During this process he asked for my cablecard ID, the Host ID, the Data ID and the activation code. He had me switch channels from an HBO channel to a non-HBO channel, then back again. Voila! It worked. So if my HBO disappears in the future I'll be asking for a tech who knows how to perform a "manual cablecard validation". Now I had my HBO channels in HD, but the picture was flickering a bit, enough to make it annoying to watch. After Googling "HBO HD flicker" I found that the problem was not with the cablecard or Fios, but with the graphics adapter settings. I have an integrated graphics chip on my PC, an Intel 3000 graphics chip. I opened the graphics properties page and in the "Media" category under "Image Enhancement Option" I turned off the "Adaptive Contrast Enhancement" feature. This fixed the flicker. Hopefully this post will help those few who are using a cablecard with their Home Theater PCs.

hi,
hardwork is the tip for completing the certification,do not believe in any bogus material read tfin 52 book of siemens which is very helpful to clear the course
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5 Systems Admin relationship tips for end users

"you know how unlikely it would be for them to host a relationship-fixing TV show. Were they born like this, or did IT support requests just grind them into jaded powder?"
More eloquent and beautiful words I have not read before :)

For SysAdmin Appreciation Day, one of our security researchers, Cameron Camp, wrote a blog post for the end user that I think everyone here could appreciate. While he did leave out the daily tribute of coffee and bacon, I'll let that one slide for now. :)If you’ve spent much time interacting with system administrators, you know how unlikely it would be for them to host a relationship-fixing TV show. Were they born like this, or did IT support requests just grind them into jaded powder?With a combination of endless patches, glitches, and caffeinated techno pulsing in the background, they do get edgy (and court the look of pallor). Want to mend your systems admin relationship? On this Systems Administration appreciation day, we give you a few tips to help mend fences...Read the list and the rest of the postHERE
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General Trouble Shooting Tips for New Users

Ok so we're starting a Topic to help out people just starting up with Logic Express.
Me and a few others who frequent this board with a load of good answers thought it would be a good idea to offer a little helping hand to new users. Hopefully avoiding them their lapses in confidence and creativity by the way of limited techincal knowledge.
As far as Professional sequencers and recorders go Logic is pretty straight forward and quite basic too. If you're coming from either using Garage Band 1/2 or maybe even a PC with Cubase, Cool Edit, Sonar or otherwise. You may find it baffeling to start with.
So we hope this can be of some help to you.

Crack open the champagne it's Tip 1.
First off if you are using an external audio interface make sure it's plugged into your computer, it's powered up and drivers are installed. If using the internal sound card make sure all your connecting cables work ok and they are plugged in.
If you're running Logic for the first time, it should recognise compatible audio interfaces when you run the initial setup. It should also set this to be the default interface from now on.
If you've already been using Logic for a while and have just invested, then make sure and to to Preference/Audio and to the drivers panel. Select the driver there and leave all other settings as they are by default to avoid confusion.
This should then allow you to record audio. SO go to the Edit/Arrangement window and make an Audio if there's not already one there. Then head over to the Mix window and find that channel (Audio 1 is normally all the way to the left). You'll see the faders and just above them the panners, above these will be two boxes the top is to set the input channel on your interface, and the second is the output.
Set these according to the signal path you're trying to record hit the "Rec" button on that channel and you should either see the meter move up and down corresponding the sound, or you'll see the meter and hear the sound as well.
You can turn off the software monitoring (ie being able to hear the sound coming in) in the same preference panel we looked at earlier. Under "Software Monitoring".
Now you should be ready to record the sound. Switch back to the Edit/Arrange window and hit record in the transport bar. PERFORM. Hit stop. Go back to the start of the sound and hit play.
NOW
If you don't hear sound check the easiest things first. Is you audio interface or internal sound card connected to a set of speakers? Be it by means of an amplifier first or maybe you got some flash active ones!?
Do the cable you're using to connect with actually work?
Is the volume control up on the amp? Are the speakers plugged in?
This may sound stupid but it's the most annoy thing to do wrong and it DOES happen.
If this still doesn't work then double check all your drivers are there present and correct, the volume control in the computer is turned up, you have assign a valid output, and all levels within any software mixer that came with your interface are also all the way up.
Still nothing? Post a detailed description of your setup and problem in the forum and someone will answer it probably within a day or so.
Don't forget READ the manual, don't expect this to as easy as Garageband it's a different scale of operation which given time can reap massive rewards. Not always monitary mind you.
Good luck.
HTH
P.s. don't forget to rate posts you find helpful.

Pro Mac Pro Tip for Lion Users

Been frustrated with your Mac Pro since upgrading to Lion? Maybe I can help.
I’ve spent the last few months just hating OS X Lion. I thought Apple should have given it a better nickname, like “System Hang” or “Patience is a Virtue.” I spent more time starring at the dreaded spinning beach ball of death than I did getting work done. Where I once kept open as many browser windows and tabs as I liked, I began closing everything I didn’t absolutely need right then. Aperture 3, which I adore, had become impossible to use.
Things had gotten so frustrating, I was seriously thinking about doing a clean system install — something I used to have to do every 6-12 months with Windows, and was one of the reasons I made the switch.
But there were other things I could do to speed things up, and here they are in no particular order:
• Replace system HDD with a super fast SSD. But that’s expensive, and a hassle. First you have to clone your existing system on it, and all four of my drive bays are full. So I’d have to put the SSD in a FireWire-freindly enclosure, clone it the slow way, then swap it in for the HDD.
• Put in a faster video card. This seemed the least-likely to do any good, and I’m not exactly taxing the card this machine shipped with more than two years ago.
• New CPU. I could install a non-sanctioned EFI update, and swap out my quad-core Xeon for something sexier. But not only is that expensive, it also voids my warranty.
• More memory! This is usually the go-to upgrade. It’s easy. It isn’t very expensive. And even if it doesn’t do a whole lot, you know you want it anyway.
Now, this Xeon processor has three memory channels, but the motherboard has four memory slots. If you fill all four, your memory takes a speed hit — but you can fit in more memory. If you use just three matched memory sticks, the processor can take full advantage of its memory architecture.
When I bought this box, I also picked up four 2GB memory sticks. I figured I could try it both ways: 3 sticks for 6GB of faster access or all 4 for 8GB of restricted access. Under previous versions of OS X — Leopard and Snow Leopard — things ran faster and smoother with the full 8GB.
Well let me tell you: Lion does not like slow memory. Not one bit.
Yesterday I ditched all four 2GB sticks and replaced them with three 4GB sticks. The 50% increase in memory space is a nice bit of room for Lion to run around in, but I’m wagering that leaving that fourth slot unfilled was what really did the trick. Because let me tell you, right now this Lion roars. All the bad things I said about Lion? I take them all back. And if you’re a frustrated Mac Pro/Lion user, heed my advice.
At this very moment, I’m looking at email, 40 or 50 browser tabs in six windows, my calendar and iTunes blown up to full screen, ripping a Blu-Ray and crunching it down to 720p at 30fps, sorting through more than 2,000 RAW images in Aperture, doodling around with three different Pages documents, and two Christmas shopping spreadsheets — all strewn across nine virtual desktops, while in the background iTunes is serving up two video streams to Apple TVs upstairs and Time Machine is cranking away to keep my data safe.
My Mac is a Mac again.

Hi ...
Avoid MacKeeper. Results of an ASC forum search for MacKeeper > Community Search: Apple Support Comments are discouraging for the most part. You don't need third party utlities installed to take care of your Mac. For the most part they do more harm than good.
Not enough free space on the startup disk can slow the system down.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure there's a minimum of 15% free disk space.
Disabling the Lion "resume" feature may help.
Open System Preferences > General
Deselect: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps
You can use Lion Recovery to repair the startup disk and reinstall the Mac OS X.

JAR file tip for winXP users

AAAAGH!
I've just discovered why my JAR file is SO big. Stupid winXP generates a hidden file called Thumbs.db in directories containing images if you browse them in the file explorer. If you add this directory to your JAR file it will include this file. This added 3MB to my JAR - removing it the JAR is under 2MB!
Tip - check the output when you create a jar file!

Yeah, this is truly irritating. Thumbs.db is a thumbnail cache and it's the price you pay to have the Fisher Price GUI Windoze XP is so well known for. You may notice if you chage these images all the time that the cache images don't match the actual images.
The best solution? Stop the damn thing altogether. To stop it do this:
Go to run and start regedit.exe then go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Double-click DisableThumbnailCache value and change the value to 1 and press ok and close the registry editor then restart ur machine.

A tip for Panther users having trouble with Safari!

I have found it! I have found a browser that works with all websites I've used in the last couple of days. The browser works on my iBook G4 with OS X Panther and on my 9-year-old iMac G3 (bought the year they came out with colors other than Bondi Blue -- I own lime) that I upgraded from OS 9 to OS X Panther about five years ago.
Problem: Neither computer is able to use a Safari version that is newer than 1.3.2 due to OS and hardware compatibility issues. That STUNK because Safari was becoming more and more incompatible with many of my most frequented websites.
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Several people suggested various things to me, but the best suggestion came from Yahoo! (My husband couldn't access his Yahoo! email account on my iMac and Yahoo! gave him suggestions to try.)
Here is the SOLUTION: SeaMonkey!
I'm using the only version of SeaMonkey the website offers for Macs, which is, I think, 1.12 or something like that. (I'm on my husband's PC right now so I can't check.) It's made by Mozilla who also makes Firefox, so you can have that groovy personal toolbar at the top that keeps links to your favorite "Favorites" right up at the top of the screen. (I love that toolbar on my husband's PC, which runs Firefox.)
Browsers I had tried but that didn't work perfectly with all sites:
Opera (8.54 and 9.6)
iCab
Firefox (I couldn't even get it to open after I downloaded it!)
IE (Always avoid this browser if you can help it.)
I hope this is helpful to you

I use Camino on our few remaining Panther machines and its overall feel is much more like Safari, but opens sites that defy Safari. It's also a Mozilla product and much "leaner" than some of the other Mozilla browsers, another factor that makes it nice for older Macs.
Camino is here:
http://caminobrowser.org/
and still runs on OS 10.3.9. Firefox ran on Panther until they hit version 3; that's why it didn't work for you.

Tip for Mail users regarding attaching files (icon view)

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Say bye-bye to *inline attachment view* once and for all!

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Tip for iPod users

Hi people, i have read and relpied to a few posts where people say that a song duration turns to dots (rating screen) and wont change back. I have found a cure for this, if you get stuck on one of these screens, change the rating and it will change to the next screen. Simply change the rating and click the centre button.

Unfortunately, your solution will not work for everyone.
The iPod getting stuck on the ratings screen is a known bug with certain versions of the firmware, and there are often times when no amount of clicking or scrolling will get it "unstuck".
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303130

What's the average time for a User Tip to get published?

Hello fellow Discussions members.
I have posted [a tip in the User Tips Contributions Forum concerning the interworking of Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1692982] on 3rd of September 2008 and in a follow-up post announced that it's ready for publication the same day. I never got any feedback, complaints or objections, so I assume the tip is ok. I followed the given directions on the procedure word-for-word.
Now, if you enter the User Tips Contributions Forum you can read the following concerning the process of publication (step 4):
*Approximately 5 days* after you announce that your tip is completed (if there is no objection from another user), a Host will lock the thread and either move your completed tip to the User Tips Library or edit the existing tip. (My emphasis)
So, obviously, the 5 day period is by now long exceeded and I was just wondering if my post will ever get published... Don't get me wrong, it's ok if it takes more than a month for a tip to get published - as long as potential contributors get informed that way. *What I find irritating is the statement about the 5 day period as it's obviously misleading.* Either my tip is inappropriate (in which case I expect a notification) or it is all right and gets published during the stated period. Neither happened up to this day. So, what gives?
I'd appreciate any feedback concerning this. Thanks in advance for your replies.
floba

a brody, thanks for your quick reply. Although you might get a different impression from my post, I am patient All I ask for is to honestly state the time a publication may take. I come to the conclusion that the talk about "approximately 5 days" is complete eyewash!
floba

Sharepoint Foundation - search working for some users (or computers), but not others

Hi all,
We have doozy of a search problem with SharePoint Foundation 2010 that I'm hoping someone can help with.
We have an application that is listening on port 14197 and search is working just fine, but only for one or two users.
If I do a search while logged in using the account we set the application up with then the search works fine and it returns records as expected.
If I use a different account - one that has full control over the app, then the exact same search fails with the following message:
We did not find any results for 06BSL.
Suggestions:
Ensure words are spelled correctly.
Try using synonyms or related searches.
Try broadening your search by searching from a different site.
Additional resources:
Get additional search tips by visiting Search Help
If you cannot find a page that you know exists, contact your administrator.
We've done everything we can think of, including several procedures to create new search accounts, replace databases, etc.
Nothing has helped and all of the info we can find online is in relation to getting search working when it doesn't work at all. In our case it is working, but only for some users. We thought it might have been a permissions issue, but not matter
what permissions we seem to give to test accounts they still don't work. We've set up a test account, for example, that is a member of the 'application owners' group, but cannot produce any search results with it.
The SharePoint Foundation server is running on Windows 2008 Server Foundation, with a separate SBS 2003 DC.
Any help most appreciated.

Hi Alex, thanks for your response and apologies about the late reply - didn't realise someone had responded until now!
Agreed that this looks like a permissions issue, but we're stumped as to what it could be. The 'test' account displays this problem - if we try and search on 06BSL
we get no results, but it does appear that this account has full control over this document (see below).
Note that the 'Manage Permissions' page presents a comment 'This list item inherits permissions from its parent. (Customer QA & Product Management)' which is what we're
expecting.
The indexing schedule is set to 5 minutes.
Appreciate your help with this, as we've spent a huge amount of time on this problem but don't seem to be any closer to a resolution.
Cheers,
Damian
Check permissions result (this result is the same for the list or for the document itself):
Permission levels given to test (DOMAIN\test)
Full Control
Given through the "QA Application Owners" group.
Design, Contribute, Read
Given through the "QA Application Members" group.

One address book library for multiple users on notebook

Good morning! I have been searching the forums but only find solutions if you are running OS X Server. I just bought a MacBook Pro running Leopard and my wife and I have separate accounts so we can keep our iTunes libraries, etc separate. I was able to successfully share an iPhoto library and now want to do that with Address Book. Any tips on how?

I am new to the Mac and looking for the same solution of sharing the address book without using a mobile me account nor any other type of server. I have been searching the forums and have not found a solution for a very simple problem.
Can anyone tell me how to share the address book so my wife and I see the same exact address book and both have permission to make changes?
iPhoto was easy to share by moving my iPhoto library to the "Shared" users folder. I allowed read and write access to the iPhoto Library for both users, but my wife's account does get an error when it tries to save. It mentions that some recent changes may be lost. I double checked and my wife's account does have read and write privileges.
Perhaps this is what eeperman meant by limited function.

I'd like to know tips for sharing apps between my wife and myself on two iPads with two apple IDs and one computer.

I'm new to iTunes, app store, and managing content on two iPads and an iPod. I manage both iPads and an iPod on one computer, but we have two apple IDs. All my music is on a home-theatre pc. I don't really understand home sharing yet, and I am hoping for some tips from experienced users to keep me from losing content, or mixing up apps and confusing digital rights etc.

You cannot share apps, or any other content purchased from the iTunes Store, between two different Apple IDs. Those purchases are tied to the Apple ID.

Purchase iCloud storage for other users

Can I buy iCloud storage for other users?
Thank you.

To the best of my knowledge, purchased storage stays with Apple id it is purchased to. To the best of my knowledge, it is unlike itunes store, and is not obligated to comply with local laws/regulations for downloads.
I wish sometimes that people like you could create tips on do's and don'ts internationally, since we are all a bit shortsighted when it comes to Non our country situation. Unfortunately that tip here will die in the dark.
BTW, I think your switching store may backfire for you, but I am sure you were informed of that on the phone.
Question:
Is it possible to pay in EU for iCloud accounts valid in China (RMB) and in the US (USD)
They do not care( they will charge in acceptable units and card will take care of exchange rate), as long as card is accepted by corresponding store ( it is if it is on your file, and if not on file -you will find out as soon as you try to put it on it )
As in the end they will end up back in the EU.
What happens if you extend the storage in 1 country and then move to another country with a different currency and extend it again?
I think I already answered that one.

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