Any reason I Shouldn't...

Use a wall power charger that came with a 4th gen. iPod to charge my Touch? This charger has a firewire port, but I have the correct cable for it.
TIA,
Scott

I use the same wall outlet charger for my IPOD touch and my Ipod photo. No problems

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FireVault: Any reason I shouldn't enable it?

Years ago, an AppleCare phone rep advised against using FireVault, as it he said it made it more likely that a minor corruption would cause a big problem on my computer. Given the state of Internet security these days, I'm re-considering.
I'm running 10.10.1 on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, maxed out at 8 GB RAM and with an almost-full 500 GB HD and an external HD usually attached to it. I backup to Time Capsule. Is there any reason I shouldn't enable FireVault? Thanks!

FileVault works differently now than it did a few years ago. A few users have reported problems activating it in Yosemite, but on the whole it has no effect on reliability and no noticeable effect on performance. The only real drawback is that if you forget the password and lose the recovery key, there is no way to recover the data (unless you have an unencrypted backup.)

Any reason I shouldn't do it this way? RAID backup question

I'm using three 1TB drives torn out of Western Digital external hard drives (hard to find internal drives in Italy) as a RAID 0 for 3TB internal storage in the three extra internal bays. I'd like to mirror that, or something close to it, for a reasonable price. Is there any reason I shouldn't just buy three more external 1TB drives (around €110 for USB2 each) and combine them into a RAID 0 using Disk Utility? Since I'll be using it as a backup for my internal raid, speed isn't really an issue. I'd like to be able to just use Synchronize Pro or Super Duper to regularly schedule backups.
I'm asking because it seems like the cheapest alternative is 4TB RAID boxes like Jobo, Lacie or WD that run about €1000.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated...

Hi,
The only draw back that I can see with mounting three more hard disks internally in the Mac Pro is that you may need to remove the DVD, the Mac Pro will run warmer and of course it will be louder. You will need to decide if this is what you want.
I find that the SeriTek/5PM is a better solution.
http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata5pm2se2.html
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/5pm/
The SeriTek/5PM is quiet, provides great HD cooling, and allows the user to easily turn off or remove hard disks that are not currently needed. This reduces energy usage, helps backup disks last longer, keeps the Mac Pro cool and quiet and provides virtually unlimited hard disk capability as hard disks can be hot swapped as needed. It will cost more for this configuration but it provides much more flexibility.
Have fun!

Is there any reason I shouldn't work this way?

Given the lack of batch capture in FCE is there any reason why I shouldn't work in the following way:
1. Import video in large chunks using capture now
2. Use DV start stop and Make sub-clip
3. Export just the sub-clips I want as self-contained movies
4. Close the project and delete the original capture files and the FCE project file
5. Start a new project and import the movies I saved in step 3.
My reasons for wanting to do this are mainly to save disc space but also to reduce clutter in the bins. So far as I can see this works fine. The only downsides I can see are:
1. The extra time it takes but this is offset against the chore of capturing individual clips instead of using capture now.
2. The fact that reimported clips have their audio tracks set to mono mix but it seems easy enough to correct this. (As an aside, if I import a .mov file saved from Quicktime it imports into FCE with the audio set to stereo - why the difference?).
I'd be happy enough working this way, I think, provided I could be confident that I'm not going to lose quality by saving and then re-importing. Will I? Are there any other downsides I've not thought of?

You shouldn't lose any quality in the audio or video, but you may lose the timecode track. I'm not sure if you'll lose it, but if you do, you won't be able to recapture the project clips from the original tape because the timecode would be required. This isn't an issue, if you don't ever need to recapture. The timecode may even be retained... I'd have to do an export to see. As a matter of workflow, you may want to think seriously about keeping the timecode, because you can back-up your project file and have some assurance that you can recover from a chatastrophic failure simply by restoring the project file and recapturing from the original tape.
Regarding your audio and video; unless you were to add effects to the video, there should be no loss in exporting and importing. Losses in DV are incurred when you add filters (alter the image) and recompress. The audio is uncompressed PCM, so no losses to be had there, unless you change the sampling rate.

Any reason I shouldn't upgrade to Quantum Gateway router?

This may sound like a dumb question, but I've been bitten before by upgrading software or equipment and missed some gotcha and ended up worse off.
Problem I want to solve is slow/weak internet (old home with thick lath and plaster walls, and lots of walls!).
What I have now is Router Westell A90-9100EM-10, 25/25 internet. Wireless devices include iphone 5/ipad and iPad mini (iPads support wireless N), Amazon FireTV and a wireless HP printer. Streaming music sometimes stutters, and I haven't yet tried to stream video (just got the FireTv yesterday). No game players here, and not likely more than streaming plus an iOS device working concurrently. (Probably tmi, but in case anything is relevant, wdik?)
I'm thinking moving to Quantum Gateway should improve things (noticed the other N capable router, but price not much less). Any reason I wouldn't want to do this? Thank you in advance.
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try buying 1 or more old verizon on router/s on ebay and coax connect them where you have weak signal. After bridging it to your main router you will have a cheap extender in place with the added capability of 4 hard wired ports.

Is there any reason I shouldn't blow away all of Lenovo's special recovery partitions?

They are geetting in the way of a working multiboot scenario of OSX, Windows 8, and Linux. What am I losing by doing this? I can easily build my own Windows 8 USB install stick with all of the Helix drivers on it.

Well there are a handful, but they don't seem to be insurmountable. Going with a retail build of Mountain Lion 10.8.3 (meaning a legitimate purchased copy of the OS only). I've had to rely on a nan/compact USB dongle for both WiFi and Audio, but both are teen small and fit nicely into the back of the device. As for digitizer, it works, but at the moment as you move away from the center of the screen, the pointer will float increasingly until you reach the edge, and it's off by about 150 pixels (or an inch or so of screen space). It's still very usable if you can make that mental adjustment. Not sure if any linux wacom drivers could be ported.
Right now the biggest issue I have is getting a battery indicator (I have none at the moment, so it's tough to know when I'm about to run out), screen brightness, and waking up from sleep (it sleeps just fine, but no go on the wake up). SpeedStep seems to be working, which is essential to using it for more than a few hours.
The triple boot config is not hard at all, take a look at a blog post by RehabMan from TonyOSX86.
I suspect people with more patience than I will eventually get a lot more of the device working, but for overall purposes it's pretty darn functional at the moment, especially for developing apps on.

Any reason I shouldn´t be able to use fulscreen playback with this rig?

Specs are:
Model: MacBookPro5,2, BootROM MBP52.008E.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.93 GHz, 4 GB
Graphics: kHW_NVidiaGeForce9600MGTItem, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, spdisplayspciedevice, 512 MB
Graphics: kHW_NVidiaGeForce9400MItem, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, sppcipcidevice, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz
Fullscreen playback is not working, I am using Final Cut Pro 6.0.5

mmm,
So what are the settings in the sequence you have this Sorenson clip in?
Could be that you have something like uncompressed 10 bit so you'll get no realitime playback off a MBP in that format as the HDD can't sustain the data rate and will just show a frame.
Check it and get back.

Any reason NOT to reinstall OS X?

I just got my PB back from repair. I guess when they put in the new harddrive they just "registered" it as ( ...a's PowerBook... )
I went to change that to (.. Spencer's Powerbook...) but now it seems that some things recognize "Spencer's" and some recognize "a's" and I can't connect to the internet.
I was just thinking of wiping the drive and reinstalling the OS and all applications, but I was wondering if there's any reason I shouldn't. (I have all files backed up on external HD)
Also, I'm trying to determine if one of my RAM chips is bad,(took it out yesterday),.. so if I reinstall OS without the this RAM will I still be able to put it back in and have it be recognized?... man, I hope that makes sence.

Yes format after you backed up all improtant info with or without the extra ram chip.
If you need to put the RAM back later put it in and restart + PRAM reset (commandalt+pr) until you hear the chimes once or longer as you feel like.
Then once in OSX select "About this Mac" on the bkue Apple top left corner and see if it show up as installed.
You must also make sure to get rid of static + power/bat is totally disconected from PBOOK before touching the RAM.
Place ram in slots and make sure they are propperly inserted when removing one and later when adding the 2nd one.
I think there is here on Apple website a pdf that describes how-to do the ram replace I have seen it here somewhere under support ???
If you have to replace the chip make sure it is same brand and specs even down to timing thingy but likely it should still be under warranty from the Manufacturer. Even so micro fractures does occur and can only be seen with a microscope.
Best of luck.

Any reason not to put Lync Edge server on the same server that runs Web Application Proxy?

We're currently running Lync 2010 standard server, without an edge server or reverse proxy. I'm working on migrating to lync 2013 standard server, and would like to add the edge functionality in the process. I have a Server 2012R2 in the dmz,
with the web application proxy role installed. I plan to use that to publish the lync web services. Is there any reason I shouldn't install the lync edge server on the same computer?

It just won't work well as everything will want to bind to port 443 (the reverse proxy and the edge services as well). On top of all that, it's just not supported. A new virtual server will save you hours upon hours of frustration and leave you
with a supported configuration.
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Happy now with Firefox. Any reason i shdn't trash my Safari applic?

After too long with slow Safari, I've swit ched to Firefox and much faster better.
I've made it my default browser.
Is there any reason I should keep my old Safari app that came with my original old mac g4, Panther.
Should I delete it, ie trash it?
Why should i keep it, taking up space, if i never want to watch it slowly struggle agin. Shouldn't it just be put out of it's misery?
Should i keep iit just for sentimental value?
or keep it because it's Apple?
And if i should tash it, then later for some reason want Safari back on my computer, would thhat cost me?
Thanks

Hi thelnukus,
"And if i should tash it, then later for some reason want Safari back on my computer, would thhat cost me?"
At the bottom of the Apple Knowledge Base article that was linked to in your previous thread concerning changing the default web browser:
Safari and Mail shouldn't be deleted
After changing your default application, you should not delete Safari or Mail, >even if you do not plan to use them. You will need them if you wish to change >your default settings in the future.
It also is rather difficult to reinstall Safari and most likely would require reinstalling from disk.
My Safari 1.3.2 only takes up 3.4MB of disk space which in the great scheme of things is really not very significant in size to be of that much concern.
hope that helps,
littleshoulders

Any reason acroread is so slow to startup?

It usually takes several tens of seconds for acroread to open up for me. Once its been opened and then closed and I open it again, it only takes a couple of seconds (ie: in memory). Is there any reason it would take so long the first time, something I can speed up? Its not that huge and ungainly a program that it should take so long on a processor this speed. It also doesn't seem to be an IO problem because my disk monitors don't spike while waiting for the pig to open. The only thing I could think of was perhaps its making a network access before opening (adobe spyware??), but this seems unlikely... and even if it was happening, it shouldn't take that long because I have a hell of a good internet connection too.
I suppose maybe its because its distributed as a binary... not i686 like I'm used to. Could be that.
Ok, but for the ranting -- does anybody have any ideas how I can speed the bloody thing up? Its really annoying when I happen to click a pdf link in firefox and the whole browser freezes for more than half a minute while acroread is checking itself in the mirror...
Dusty

hotsauce wrote:
Dusty wrote:does anybody have any ideas how I can speed the bloody thing up?
sorry to piss on the parade, but why not use xpdf?
I used to flip between it and kpdf, but neither of them supports enough of the many pdfs I have to read. I'm not sure what's special about them, but I'm looking at literally dozens of papers per week, and at least half of them don't seem to render properly in the open source alternatives to acroread. I haven't tried them in a while though, perhaps they work better.
Dusty

Hi, I've been playing Smurf's village for a year now and just last week, i tried to get into the app but it keeps rejecting and goes back to the main page. Is there any reason for this? I've been updating the app everytime and now it's not letting me in

Hi, I've been playing Smurf's village for a year now and just last week, i tried to get into the app but it keeps rejecting and goes back to the main page. Is there any reason for this? I've been updating the app everytime and now it's not letting me in. Pls advise. Tq

Reset the device, restart the device, try downloading any other app.
All of these are basic steps that could have been found by a simple search of the forums as a resolution for the issue.

Is there any reason that Apple can't support iOS4.3 on the second generation iPod touch?

I have a number of Apps that can no longer run on my iPod touch second generation because these Apps now requires iOS to be v4.3 or later. For example, I used to be able to run Skype on this iPod touch, but it failed a couple of weeks ago. I could not download it from App Store again since it requires v4.3 iOS and Apple does not support v4.3 upgrade on this iPod touch. The hardware is perfectly fine - I don't see any reason that it cannot support v4.3 upgrade other than Apple wants us to buy newer products. If that's the case, it leaves a very bad taste on customers' mouth. How can Apple force their customers to dump what they bought a little over 2 yrs ago because Apple doesn't allow iOS upgrade and customers can no longer run the Apps they need on this device as a result? There is no way that I am going to buy another Apple product based on this bully behavior!

I am not sure that I buy that. Even if that's the case, why can I not continue to run the Apps that used to be supported on v4.2? I should be able to run the version of Skype App that is compatible with iOS v4.2. Since Apple controls the App Store content, they should allow those who stay on v4.2 continue to access the Apps that they used to run on v4.2.
Becuase App Store continues to push for updates, now it has pushed my iPod to a point of no return as those Apps are no longer supported on v4.2. I cannot go back to the versions of the Apps that could run on v4.2 - I was happy with Skype (and other Apps) running on my iPod but that version of Skype is no longer available because App Store does not allow that. It renders my iPod touch useless due to Apple's monopoly control!
If anyone knows how to download the older versions of Apps that can run on v4.2, please advise - many thanks!

Satellite L300-17L is putting itself on stand by all the time without any reason

Hello Eldorado,
i am sorry that this is not a question in connection to the topic, but i have L300 - 17L laptop and from time to time it is shutting down (more specifically putting it self on stand by) without any reason.
It is not the cooler or anything else..
The battery is full, and that is happening while i am writing or working on the laptop generally!
The local service says that is nothing wrong with the laptop, i am so nervous, i cannot work , it is interrupting my work ..
PLEASE HELP ME! thank you

Hi
So what happens exactly?
Does the notebook shuts down or goes into standby mode?
You said it happens from time to time this means that it would not be easy to replicated this issue and I think the technician was not able to replicate this is it right?
What applications are running if this happens?
Did you try to restore the notebook back to factory settings using the HDD recovery or Recovery disk? Do this!
Check also if your BIOS is up to date!

Is there any reason photos in an album page display small on the iPad, but normally on an iMac? And videos on a movies page don't play on the iPad, but are OK on the iMac?

Is there any reason photos in an album page created in iweb display small on the iPad, but normally on an iMac? And videos on a movies page don't play on the iPad, but are OK on the iMac?

there are three displays in photos page:
1) thumbnails grid - smallest
2) deatial view and detail view slideshow - large
3a) pop-up slideshow - vary - this is slideshow.html
3b) or iphone/ipad slideshow phoneshow.html - iphone/ipad can't do pop-up
it's difficult to know which you refer to.
if you refer to pop-up slideshow then you should not look into iwebmediagrid.js as wyodor suggested.
instead look in phoneshow.html and change width and heigth of element id slideshow:
#slideshow {
position: relative;
width: 320px; /* this is default width */
height: 360px; /* this is default height */
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
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