Apple Discussions not as good as once were

It seems a lot of good users have left?
Replies don't really come, for example, I've been having an issue with AirPlay and nobody is adressing it. Very strange compared to how things used to be... people would jump to help.
I wonder what has changed. Perhaps since there's more Mac/iOS users now, the forums are more flooded?
(Thanks if you take a look.)

I'm having this problem again, Apple Discussions really isn't as good as it once was. Have prominent helpful members left?
For example, the following threads have been unanswered for a while:
iTunes: Songs skipping mid-way to the next one
iTunes: Duplicate and incorrect iTunes Genius Mixes
I am running the latest iTunes for Lion (latest updates).
Lion has been so buggy for the past couple months, I am almost starting to suspect that it's on purpose in order to funnel people over to Mountain Lion. Surely, Lion should be a stable build right now, without any problems!

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Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at the top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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Cannot post - Apple Discussion temporarily not available

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I have been trying to post a message since about a week ago. I keep getting the message that Apple Discussion is temporarily not available and to visit Apple Support.
But, I noticed there are messages being posted by others during this period. I am posting from Asia. Is this problem in Asia only ..??
Appreciate some heads up to what I can do to resolve this issue.
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I was away for some time and just came back to see a whole new Apple Discussions! Way to go team, this new one has a lot of promises.
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Cisco 877w - Apple devices not able to see wired apple TV

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Can anyone point me to a doc or forum discussion on how to setup the wireless interface to forward multicast packets? Basically I cant get the ipads etc.. to see the AppleTV to control it. I connected an AP and it works fine so its got to be something with the way the router handles the packets from teh integrated wireless interface. I've been searching the forum for about 1hr and haven't founf anything other than a breif mention of broadcast forwarding and multicast setup.
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Hello David,
Thank you for contacting the Sales Acceleration Center (SAC) regarding your recent inquiry, Case Number
Case Description:
Cisco 877w - Apple devices not able to see wired apple TV
Case Solution:
The Bonjour service uses multicast to advertise your Home Sharing enabled device to the local network. In my case the Cisco 877W I was using had a Layer 3 enabled BVI (Bridged Virtual Interface) to which the Wireless Dot11Radio interface was not fowarding multicast packets properly.
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Next perform the same config your BVI interface:
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debug ip mroute - Debug Multicast Routing
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Can I use the Apple Discussion software?

I have my own web server and I was looking for some good forum software. I usually use phpBB. However, I started dreaming of forum software that would be great and remembered how much I like the Apple Discussions forums.
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Jonathan
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I agree. I am never sure when to mark something as a question because it may be quick or it may be a hard one and trying to decide who gets credit for what comments seems like a lot more work than I am looking for usually.
You had a definite Question. I do not see the confusion in marking it as such
clearly you did, it certainly was not a statement. Others do the work to help.
Deciding whom to reward and w/ what I think should be part of your work in return.
Question
n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation] [ant: answer] 2: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" [syn: head] 3: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" [syn: interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence] 4: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness] 5: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question" [syn: motion] 6: an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"
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n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: reply, response] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, result, resolution, solvent] 3: the speech act of replying to a question [ant: question] 4: the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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How To Prevent My Apple Discussions Showing In Google Search Results

Hello Everyone,
I am just wondering if anyone could help me prevent google from showing all of my Apple Discussions showing when someone searches in Google is there some kind of Privacy i can do in my account or something help would be much appreciated.
Cheers

Hello Sean:
I am just wondering if anyone could help me prevent google from showing all of my Apple Discussions showing when someone searches in Google is there some kind of Privacy i can do in my account or something help would be much appreciated.
To my knowledge, no. Once something enters the Internet, Google (and other search engines) find those items. How they do that, I do not know. FWIW, things that I had no idea were even posted on-line popped up when I "googled" myself.
There is really no privacy when one enters data on a web site - particularly in a public forum like Apple discussions. My own rule is that if I do not want to see it on the front page of a newspaper, I do not enter it on the 'net and I do not use it in E-mail.
Barry

Copy and Paste to Apple Discussions.

Hello,
Could someone tell me why when I copy then paste this text it results in the first characters of every line disappearing? At least that is what appears to be happening here. I say appears because I have already copied and pasted the below AppleScript and on every line there are characters missing from the beginning. My uncertainty arises after that though because when I type text after the pasted material it also seems to be missing the first characters. I have a screenshot here of the entered text (after the pasting) highlighted while being entered due to spelling and as you see the highlighted portion seems to start before the text enter box. Note: This has made me wonder if the text will show after posting.
I should also let you know that I tried to paste the material to TextEdit and had no problem there. Furthermore I tried to copy the text from TextEdit and paste here in Apple Discussions but received the same result of missing characters. At the very end I copied and pasted something from Notes. It worked fine - no missing characters.
try
-- initialize
set script_error_prefix to "An error occurred: "
set user_error_prefix to "Your answer can't be right. "
set user_disqualified_prefix to "I'm sorry, you don't qualify."
-- introduction
display dialog ("Welcome to Jobs 'R Us.") & return & return & ("I'll begin by asking you about yourself.") & (" Shall we get started?")
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repeat
try
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set answer to text returned of result
set birth_year to answer as integer
exit repeat
on error number -1700
display alert script_error_prefix message ("You must enter a number.")
end try
end repeat
set this_year to year of (current date)
if birth_year < (this_year - 65) then
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else if birth_year > this_year then
error user_error_prefix number 5002 -- future date
else if birth_year > (this_year - 18) then
error user_disqualified_prefix number 5003 -- too young
end if
-- get current_age
repeat
try
display dialog ("How old are you?") default answer ""
set asnwer to text returned of result
set current_age to answer as integer
exit repeat
on error number -1700
display alert script_error_prefix message ("You must enter a number.")
end try
end repeat
if current_age is not equal to (this_year - birth_year) then
error user_error_prefix number 5004
end if
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display dialog ("Congratulations. You're hired!") buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
on error error_message number error_number
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display dialog ("'Bye. Return again soon!") buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"
return
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set full_message to error_message & return & return & ("We don't hire people over 65.")
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set full_message to error_message & return & return & (birth_year & " is in the future.") & (" We don't hire time travlers.")
else if error_number is 5003 then -- too young
set full_message to error_message & return & return & ("We don't hire people under 18.")
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end if
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dofromon
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
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Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
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Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
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Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
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Having installed iOS 8.1 on my iPhone 5c, iPad 3 and iPad 4, it's bad enough that the text size and color on this support site has become so small (tiny, really) and so faint (would like to get my hands on whoever thought light grey was a good idea), now I'm constantly frustrated when attempting to search for a subject, return to a subject category after reading a thread, etc. For instance, I want to look at problems with Safari. So I choose ipad>using iPad>Safari (chose Safari from the subject headings that one can scroll through at the top of the list of topics)>read a post. But when I try to return to the list of Safari-related threads by choosing the Back button, instead it goes back to the combined subject list and have to scroll across to the Safari subject category again, which again starts from the beginning of the list of topics, not to where I left off gong down the list. I tried the other possibilities (return to Using IPad, etc.), no joy. Am I missing something here? I just want to search for a subject, read applicable threads, and when done with a thread return to the previous page at the spot on that page where I left off.
I have been using these discussions long enough to remember when the postings were organized logically and after reading a thread, hitting the Back button returned to the exact spot I'd been linking from to get there. It seems like each "upgrade" to the site has made it less and less logical functionally. Simultaneous to those changes has been the inability of Safari to return to ANY previously accessed webpage at the spot where I left off reading, instead going back to the top of said webpage instead.
IF someone can show me the error in my thought process here I would be only too happy to be proven wrong.

Demo, All the clearing and resetting isn't fixing the problem. Out of curiosity, after reading your post, I checked out the issue on my MacBook Pro, and Safari has the same problem of not returning to the previous page under the selected catagory Safari, for instance, from which I had clicked the link to read the particular thread. I see another poster is having the same problem. Can't imagine why it's working for you.
I just now also tested the problem with the Mercury browser, and had the same problem! So it appears it may not be a Safari problem but rather an Apple web design problem. Looks like it's time for an email to Apple Feedback, though frankly, I don't hold out much hope for help from that avenue as Apple of late seems intent on marching to the beat of their own drums rather than listening to their customers.
As to how the site as a whole is designed, bottom line, it's Apple's responsibility to test and give their stamp of approval before anything is implemented, so while they may have subbed out their website design, the buck stops on Apple's desk for any problems.
I spent my early-adult years (many years ago) as an executive secretary, and I can say that if you can set up and use efficiently a filing system for piles of paperwork you develop an inherent understanding of how data bases and Search functions should work. There's just no logic to this website any more! I can only guess that the designers never had to do any "real" hands-on filing.
Re keeping multiple tabs open, I find that leaving more than three or four running at a time slows Safari way down, so I tend to limit open tabs. But it's an interesting idea for following Apple discussions if you spend a lot of time here. I'm not using this site as much as I used to as it's become just so annoying to use on so many levels.

Apple Discussions not as good as once were

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