Can someone explain what is the benefit of the Find My iPhone feature?

I've upgraded my iPhone 4 to the next OS and it comes with the Find My iPhone feature. It took me a while to set it up, but it's OK, especially when it's free for those lucky iPhone 4 users. But now the question I have, what is the benefit of this feature? (Well besides spying on your girlfriend or wife) I mean, if someone steals my iPhone all they need to do is to delete the mobile me account, or better, turn this feature off. It's not even password protected. Maybe I'm just not getting something???

Obviously once my phone is lost I'm going to change my password on my emails right away and call AT&T to freeze my account.
You are assuming that you will know your phone is lost or stolen the instant it happens. Don't be so naive. Unless your iPhone is glued to your forehead it could be hours or maybe the next morning before you realize it's gone.
This is not where you should store that stuff.
Who are you to say what people should or shouldn't store on their smartphone? Above you admit you're not even aware of Apps that can store data (credit cards for instance) as securely as the banks and websites you use them at.
Apple's approach to encryption is mostly based on "security by obscurity", or, "our operating systems don't get hacked often... and thus we're safe." But this is VERY wrong!
Actually, you're wrong and clearly know very little about security PERIOD. Anyone who doesn't use even the basic security built-in to any device simply because it is an "inconvenience" almost deserves to have their identity stolen.
Educate yourself a little on some of Apple's iPhone security measures by reading: http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iPhone_Security.pdf
No device is immune to the most determined hackers but to say Apple's approach is mostly "security by obscurity" just highlights how little you know about such things.

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Can someone explain what Apple did to remedy the battery life in version 1?

My original post got deleted...i guess it violated the TOS for "ranting" and "speculation".
Yes, the 3g iPhone is an amazing piece of technology with MANY features....but I simply cannot use them and expect it to be a dependable functional telephone at the same time. For years, I have had phones that remain on standby possibly for days, make lots of calls, do lots of texting, browse the net...etc...you get the point.
I purchased the iphone for the push feature, the 3G feature, the wifi feature and the ability to use it as a telephone ......dependably. I work on-call and need to have a phone on at all times day or night. I charge my phones overnight but still have NEVER had a phone lose a charge as quickly as the iPhone does.
Apple's solution right now is to turn off all the features that make the phone so attractive in the first place.
I suspect that I am like a lot of others in that I did not buy this PHONE (yes, it is a phone after all and should have adequate battery life to serve as a phone) to selectively and actively take the time in between calling, browsing, etc. to remember to turn wifi on and off, turn my 3G network on and off and then manually push email. This kind of defeats the purpose.
Is there something Apple can do to remedy this situation via software updates or are some of has hoping for a pipe dream that simply will/cannot happen? I know with the first iPhone there were updates that dealt with battery life. Does anybody know what the formaer updates did physically? I hope something can be done with the 3g version, because right now it is not usable and may need to be returned.
Any software/hardware engineer types out there who can advise if this is indeed a fixable thing or should I return the phone? I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to keep this thing, but as it is now, it is totally not usable for me.
Thanks for reading. . . .hope there is a solution!
(hope this isn't "too speculative" to be tossed again for violating the TOS)
Message was edited by: Woostiwa2

I suspect this is your first 3G phone and if so, this is a common problem with all 3G phones and a big complaint. Other 3G phones have a swappable battery which having is a requirement. Since the iPhone does not have a swappable battery, an extra wall charger or keeping the wall charger handy is required. Or having a computer nearby with a USB port along with having a vehicle charger.
If you aren't interested in turning off available features to conserve battery when needed or wanted, and you use your iPhone regulary for web and email account access via 3G, the battery won't last the day - which is the same for any 3G smart phone. With no swappable battery, if the other alternatives are not acceptable, you should return it.

I have downloaded ios 5.1.1 and the wifi has stop working or it would stay on for less then 20min its only 9 months old can someone explain what is happening and if some know how to fix it

I have downloaded ios 5.1.1 and the wifi has stop working or it would stay on for less then 20min its only 9 months old can someone explain what is happening and if some know how to fix it

I have taken it back to the Apple store genius bar, but they say they don't see anything wrong. Well unless you use it all day and experience the problems when they happen, you wont see anything wrong. But there are lots wrong with it. But this would be the same store as I purchased the phone. And they backed up my old Iphone 4, but were not able to get anything to load back onto my new phone. So, I lost pretty much everything. But over time, some of my contacts have started showing up, although i am still missing over 800 of them.

Can someone explain what Activity Monitor's 'Spindump' does?

Can someone explain what Activity Monitor's 'Spindump' does?

http://bit.ly/1b68kUF get me to:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ man8/spindump.8.html

Can someone explain what DHCP is and how I do I connect to WiFi hotspot?

Can someone explain how a wireless network/router with an internet connection allows computers with a wireless card to connect to the internet? For instance, In an internet cafe with WiFi, how does my macbook get the IP address for the ISP that the cafe uses to allow me to open a webpage with Safari? What is DHCP and how should I set my internet preferences to allow me to use a network other than my own.
The reason I ask so many questions is that I can connect to the internet with my Airport Express base station network at home but not in my local WiFi cafe. Can see the network but not connect.

Most Internet Cafes utilize DHCP to dynamically provide a wireless client with an IP address for that session. DHCP is a protocol used by networked computers (clients) to obtain IP addresses and other parameters such as the default gateway, subnet mask, and IP addresses of DNS servers from a DHCP server. It facilitates access to a network because these settings would otherwise have to be made manually for the client to participate in the network.
You Mac's AirPort, in turn, is set up to be a DHCP client by default. This allows your Mac to accept the dynamically provided IP address information from the Internet Cafe's DHCP server.
The reason I ask so many questions is that I can connect to the internet with my Airport Express base station network at home but not in my local WiFi cafe.
It sounds like the AirPort settings that your Mac is using is no longer at their default settings...and my be the reason you cannot connect to the Internet at the Cafe...or, the Cafe has additional settings required. I suggest that you check with the Administrator of the particular Internet Cafe you're having trouble connecting with to find out what settings are necessary to use their wireless network.
A typical AirPort is set up as follows:
System Preferences > Network > Show > Network Port Configurations
- Verify that AirPort is "On" (checked)
- Verify that AirPort is at the top of the list. If it isn't, you can drag it to the top.
Systems Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort
AirPort tab
- By default, join: Automatic
TCP/IP tab
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Proxies tab
- Configure Proxies: Manually
- Select a proxy server to configure: <All proxies should be unchecked unless you specifically require a proxy for Internet access.>
- Exclude simple hostnames (unchecked)
- Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains: <leave blank>
- Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) (checked)

Can someone explain how data is fed to the usage details screen in My Verizon?

Can someone explain to me how I can view my data usage for a past date today and when I look at the same date a few days from now there will be additional data. Customer support were adamant that the data usage details come directly from my device so I commented that my device must be saving usage and sending it to Verizon arbitrarily to which I was met with silence on the line.
Here's an example - on 4/1 I checked my data usage details for the date of 3/21 and it looked like this:
03/21/12
08:43:00 PM
0.02518
03/21/12
09:17:00 AM
0.01475
03/21/12
07:20:00 AM
0.01730
then on 4/7 when I checked my data usage details for the date 3/21 it looked like this:
03/21/12
11:45:00 PM
1.15382
03/21/12
11:38:00 PM
0.24853
03/21/12
08:43:00 PM
0.02518
03/21/12
07:50:00 PM
1.03191
03/21/12
06:55:00 PM
1.18499
03/21/12
06:10:00 PM
1.03968
03/21/12
09:17:00 AM
0.01475
03/21/12
07:20:00 AM
0.01730
The red rows have been added between 4/1 & 4/7, but where did they come from? This is just one example, it's happening all over my bill and Verizon cannot justify the anomaly and certainly won't consider removing the $40 in overage charges I have this month. Which brings up another question, why doesn't Verizon offer more than 10GB for the mifi? If I want to use more data and am willing to pay for it, I have to go to another provider?

Hi kellieh,
When you had your data overage (and the additional spurious charges), how did Verizon respond to you?
I have just reported a 2x discrepancy between individual device data usage (.89 GB total) and the reported 1.5 GB for my account. They claim it will take 72 hours to get back to me after they research the problem.
What avenues did you pursue to make contact?
I caled 611, then emailed tech support, then sent a private message to Verizon Wireless support.

Hi can someone explain what the following error code mean and how i can recifty to download a copy of ebook purchase Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem: E_ACT_NOT_READY

Hi can any one help
I keep getting the following error code when I try and down a ebook which I have purchase
Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem:
E_ACT_NOT_READY
can someone advise me what this means and how I recifty the problem to enable me to read the ebook purchase?
Thanks

I am having this exact issue. I just downloaded a book and went to open it and got this exact problem.
I purchased he book through indigo/kobo edition and paid for it and immediately went to open it and am getting the same error
Error getting License. License Server Communication Problem only mine says Bad Device key after.
Not sure why someone has not answered this question yet...i am using windows 7 and this is how i always do it. Never had this problem before when purchasing a book.
i hope someone answers this soon.

This is the crash report. Can someone explain what this means?

Add-ons: %7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D:24.0
AvailablePageFile: 4376780800
AvailablePhysicalMemory: 475205632
AvailableVirtualMemory: 1540612096
BuildID: 20130910160258
CrashTime: 1408140691
EMCheckCompatibility: true
InstallTime: 1407345264
Notes: xpcom_runtime_abort(###!!! ABORT: OOM: file e:\builds\moz2_slave\rel-m-rel-w32_bld-000000000000\build\xpcom\string\src\nsTSubstring.cpp, line 291)
ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
ProductName: Firefox
ReleaseChannel: release
SecondsSinceLastCrash: 167
StartupTime: 1408140687
SystemMemoryUsePercentage: 86
Theme: classic/1.0
Throttleable: 1
TotalVirtualMemory: 2147352576
URL:
Vendor: Mozilla
Version: 24.0
This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.

We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.
#Enter ''about:crashes'' in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
#Copy the '''5''' most recent Report IDs that start with '''bp-''' and then go back to your forum question and paste that into the "Post a Reply" box. (Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the ID's. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like)
[[Image:aboutcrashesFx29|width=520]]
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Thank you for your help!
More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the [[Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes]] article.

A new iphone 5. I have been told to connect to pcfor an installation for the 1st time. can someone explain- WHAT EXCACTLY DO I HAVE DO?

I bought a new iphone5. In the store I have been told to cync the phone. the phone has apps, makes calls and connects to the internet. WHAT AM I MISSING?

When you turn on your iPhone for the first time, the Setup Assistant will walk you through entering account information or turning on certain features. If you skip setup, you can always go back and enter details or make changes by following the steps outlined in these articles:
Connecting to the Internet
Signing in with or creating a free Apple ID
Setting up iCloud
Turning on recommended features, such as Location Services and Find My iPhone
Activating iPhone with your carrier
During setup, you can copy your apps, settings, and content from another iPhone by restoring from an iCloud backup or from iTunes
From here > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/essentials/

Please can someone explain what the firmware numbers me

Hi,
I would like to check whether I have the most up to date firmware for my Zen Micro but the number codes seem to be unfathomable. I have .02.05 and I don't need plays for sure because I don't use a subscription service. Is this the best one to have, because I am not sure if I still have the 24 hours standby mode before going into deep sleep, or whether I have the 4 hour.
Thanks
Isobel

Ditto on ..0.
On most Creative players with a choice of MTP (PlaysForSure) vs. non-MTP firmware--Micro, Sleek (the non-MTP version was in the initial European models; only MTP firmware is in US models or available for download anywhere), now Touch, and presumably Xtra when its MTP firmware releases--the .x.x line means non-MTP firmware; the 2.x.x line means MTP firmware. (The MicroPhoto is different, but from what I gather the non-MTP firmware on the first Singaporean models was a fluke.)
Within each line (as you can see from fred_be9300's changelog), the higher the middle numbers, the more recent the release. Thus ..0 is more recent than .0.02, which is in turn more recent than your current .02.05.

Can someone explain what the application "iDvd" does or work?

I want to learn to use the application called iDvd but not exactly sure what exactly is it used for? Can it be used to decorate dvds with special design stickers like the covers on dvd movies?

Hi.
iDVD allows you to create a Hollywood-style DVD that can contain personal and home videos and slideshows. The DVD can be played in any DVD player and can include motion menus and music, just as the DVDs released by the major labels.
Take a look at this... Apple Support - iDVD
Helpful?

Updated to Yosemite recently, keep on getting efi and kernel panics. Can someone explain what this report means?

This is the crash report I just got. I am just doing random work and this happens. I would really appreciate it if someone could explain what this means. I have fixed my computer with DiskWarrior 3 times but this just keeps happening. I also have bootcamp and it's doing absolutely fine.
Anonymous UUID: CF401590-1A3C-749E-F045-F2498CA51C2F
Tue Nov 18 18:41:14 2014
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8025a1e80a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8132a4b870, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff8132a4b870, CR3: 0x00000001e40ab0d9, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000001, RCX: 0x000000002e4e5941, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff8132a4b598, RBP: 0x0000000000000000, RSI: 0x00000000563af16d, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0xffffff8132a4b640, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000200
R12: 0x0000000025000000, R13: 0x0000000000000200, R14: 0xffffffef00000000, R15: 0x0000000000000011
RFL: 0x0000000000010296, RIP: 0xffffff8132a4b870, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff8132a4b870, Error code: 0x0000000000000011, Fault CPU: 0x0 Kernel NX fault
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8132a4b240 : 0xffffff802593a811
0xffffff8132a4b2c0 : 0xffffff8025a1e80a
0xffffff8132a4b480 : 0xffffff8025a3a443
0xffffff8132a4b4a0 : 0xffffff8132a4b870
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: savapi
Mac OS version:
14A389
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide: 0x0000000025600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8025800000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8025700000
System model name: MacBookPro9,2 (Mac-6F01561E16C75D06)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 7026664466086
last loaded kext at 1837127380720: com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl 1.0.0d1 (addr 0xffffff7fa814c000, size 49152)
last unloaded kext at 383172730740: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa814c000, size 61440)
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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533643465238432D50422020
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Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF, 750.16 GB
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USB Device: USB Receiver
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 25.1

You have the MacBookPro6,2—the Edsel of Macs. It may have the logic-board defect that was covered by a recall program that has now ended.
Residents of the EU may be entitled to warranty service for up to six years after purchase.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider, to have the machine tested. The routine hardware diagnostics used by service providers do not detect the fault. There is a specific test for this issue that Apple calls "VST" (for "Video Switching Test.") Ask for it. A "Failed" result means that the fault is present.
You may be quoted a price of about $300 (in the U.S.) for a "depot repair," which involves shipping the unit to a central repair facility and takes about two weeks. For that flat fee, anything found wrong with it should be fixed, not just the logic board.
Sometimes the replacement part is also defective, so be prepared for that possibility. If you decide to pay for a new logic board, test thoroughly during the 90-day warranty period on the repair. Some owners have reported that they went through as many as three replacement boards before getting one that worked.
If you don't want to pay for the repair, you may (or may not) be able to work around the problem by disabling automatic graphics switching. To use the discrete graphics processor, you'll need a third-party utility to switch to it manually.
Often the problems start after an OS upgrade. If the upgrade was recent, and you have backups, then you can revert to a previous OS X version.

Streaming, can someone explain what I am doing wrong?

I have two ATVs both synced to one computer. I have a large music library on a second computer but can't find how to stream to one of the ATVs.
I followed the instructions in the booklet, opened iTunes on the relevant computer, chose sources on the ATV, "Connect to New iTunes" and noted the passcode, selected the ATV icon and "Click to set up", entered the passcode and the ATV icon disappeared. "My Library" shows in the sources but the ATV icon only re-appears on the computer if I switch to "Connect to New iTunes". If I then click on the icon the ATV page opens up with details of the ATV and a message saying that the ATV icon will only appear when "My Library" is selected on the ATV, but as soon as I do that the ATV icon disappears. The help file says in System Preferences sharing pane make sure "iTunes Music Sharing" is on! There is no "iTunes Music Sharing"!!
Please, can someone take this idiot through the process step by step, including how you start streaming once you have successfully made the connection?

Glad to see everything is starting to work out.
You might consider two user accounts (that's logins) with a music library in each. It's a little more work to operate, but probably less than having two libraries in one user account and providing both users are logged in and have itunes running you should get both libraries available to you at the same time on the tv (obviously you would need to switch between them on the tv).
Otherwise I'd consolidate them by opening itunes (with library 1) and then dragging and dropping the music files from the music folder of library 2 onto itunes, I'd start by doing a few tunes to satisfy yourself that all is OK, you can probably do them in large chunks but I'd probably not drag them all at once, if something did go wrong you probably wouldn't lose any files but it might be difficult to figure out what files had been added and which hadn't before the problem occurred.

Can someone explain what Automater is to me, in simple terms?

Hi, anyone out there wanna explain what Automater is for what it does etc.
Thanks in advance
Tracy

Hi Tracy
Launch Automator and select "Help Viewer Help?" from the Help Menu. One of the things you'll see listed there is:
*+Discover Automator+*
+Create time-saving automations without programming a single line of code.+
I'm currently on a mac running 10.4 but I can't see it being that different for 10.5? If you click on the link you get this explanation:
+Automator is an innovative personal automation assistant that makes it easy to automate repetitive tasks. Automator lets you skip the complex programming and scripting that is normally required to create automations. Individual steps called actions can be assembled into a complete task by dragging actions into an Automator workflow. You can run your completed workflows repeatedly, and even share them with others.+
If you scroll down that help page there are more explanations and examples. Is that simple enough for you?
Tony

Can someone explain what "gfx-surface-win32" is in about:memory?

I have an extension that causes "gfx-surface-win32" in about:memory to use excessive amounts of memory. I have tried to contact the developer of the extension without any success. I was going to try and see if I could fix it but I can figure out what "gfx-surface-win32" is. Can some please explain what this is?

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Note that in Firefox 15 (released on August 28), leaky extensions won't leak in Firefox. See [http://blog.kylehuey.com/post/21892343371/fixing-the-memory-leak Kyle Huey's blog post].

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