Hi Every1, I am new here and could use some advice!

Any1 out there have any suggestions for some1 who shares a Verizon account with a control freak future-ex who behaves like he is punishing me for not< "snapping to" when ordered to do so?
See, he went out for a drive one night to clear his head! He came home the next day at about the time when he knew I had a doctors appointment. He ran out on our son and I and moved in with his girlfriend! I didn't know he had a girlfriend!!! My son and I were crushed and felt discarded. Well, we got over that and now having problems because when future ex left us, he made himself manager of the account which requires permission from him to do almost anything. Both, our son and I have asked for permission and in the case of our son, help resolving an issue with the smart phone he is having trouble with! He behaves like the typical control freak! Initially, he was going to peel off of our original account and open an account of his own. But I am betting he found out if he separated himself from our/my Verizon account, he would loose our grandfathered unlimited data plan!
The future ex also upped the minutes on this account to 1400 minutes a month and it's really annoying because he was always in our faces about not going over our shared 700 minutes for the last seven or eight years. We all, at one time or another, went over on minutes and we temporarily had to up our minutes for that month we went over. As soon as that billing period was over, he would make certain that he switched the minutes back ASAP.
Anyhow, he will not give permission for us to do anything in that account. That includes me being able to register a replacement phone that I had to purchase because I blew the screen out and who knows what else, on my incredible on Christmas Eve when I dropped it on Sam's Club cement floor and the phone case basically exploded! Well, funnily enough, the phone itself still charges thru USB connected to the desktop. It also rings when a call comes in and alerts when i get vm. I can hear it linking to the desktop with the two note bong bing or disconnecting it from the desktop and it alerts with the bing bong. It also syncs with the computer because it was set to sync before I killed it! It doesn't respond to anything to do with the screen but I suspect the impact snapped something on the case, not just the screen not illuminating!
If I could afford to, I would open my own account and chalk it up to experience...just to make things a bit more stressing for me, his income was two-thirds of our total income and he will only pay for the Verizon account, our homeowners insurance and his home depot card. That is until recently when I told my financial institution that I had canceled my draft for the automobile insurance and had the financial institution contact him, as well as the insurance company, to tell him that I have it in writing, from when he first left, that he would pay both insurance payments. He attempted to let all that go by because I wound up with other troubles as my social security check was cut almost in half by an error in their system which has left me upside-down by $809 and cost me approximately $690 in NFS fees against my account! Social Security is the only income I have as I am disabled and have a hard time going out to get groceries! Being without my smart phone has been a real challenge as there are some days when I cannot get out of bed! Watching television all day is depressing to me when I don't have a choice!
Sorry this is so long but I want to make certain I don't omit anything and misrepresent myself and cause anybody to go, "hey, why did she say that"! Yeah, that is what happens when you choose to live with an abuser! Five nights after he left, he came to pick up some of his property and brought his girlfriend with him. Not arrogant at all! That instigated an atmosphere of non-cooperation from me and some things happened! I will spare you all the details because there were too many! He wound up assaulting me and two teenage boys who were helping me carry his stuff out to the sidewalk, as agreed upon by both my husband and myself in advance. After he assaults us, he called the cops, I cannot figure out why other than to say he always feels like he is justified doing anything he pleases. The cops wound up arresting him for assaulting us! He had all kinds of trouble after that and although I told him I didn't press charges and neither did the boys. The State, County and Town did. No non-sense policy here and he was dumb enough to call the police after assaulting three people and ever since then, he won't cooperate on anything for me!
I hope some1 can help me! I did call Verizon and explain the situation but they keep telling me they can't do anything to help me because of the privacy act!
So I am stuck without a phone and I feel really vulnerable without it!
Thanks for reading this and i promise to be short and sweet in the future!

difinka wrote:
Any1 out there have any suggestions for some1 who shares a Verizon account with a control freak future-ex ...
So I am stuck without a phone and I feel really vulnerable without it!
I agree with jim, there's no need for all the details. If the "future ex" is paying the bill, and his name is on the account, then legally, he calls the shots. If you can't live with the terms, then give him back your phone and your son's, let him decide what to do with those lines. And do as jim suggested - go get a basic prepaid phone that will keep you connected for minimal (affordable) cost.

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I think I've got a memory leak and could use some advice

We've got ourselves a sick server/application and I'd like to gather a little community advice if I may. I believe the evidence supports a memory leak in my application somewhere and would love to hear a second opinion and/or suggestions.
The issue has been that used memory (as seen by FusionReactor) will climb up to about 90%+ and then the service will start to queue requests and eventually stop processing them all together. A service restart will bring everything back up again and it could run for 2 days or 2 hours before the issue repeats itself. Due to the inconsistant up time, I can't be sure that it's not some trouble bit of code that runs only occasionally or if it's something that's a core part of the application. My current plan is to review the heap graph on the "sick" server and look for sudden jumps in memory usage then review the IIS logs for requests at those times to try and establish a pattern. If anyone has some better suggestions though, I'm all ears! The following are some facts about this situation that may be usefull.
The "sick" server:
- CF 9.0.1.274733 Standard
- FusionReactor 4.0.9
- Win2k8 Web R2 (IIS7.5)
- Dual Xeon 2.8GHz CPUs
- 4GB RAM
JVM Config (same on "sick" and "good" servers):
- Initial and Max heap: 1536
-server -Xss10m -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false -XX:PermSize=192m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -XX:+UseParNewGC -Xincgc -Xbatch -Dcoldfusion.rootDir={application.home}/../ -Dcoldfusion.libPath={application.home}/../lib -Dcoldfusion.dotnet.disableautoconversion=true
What I believe a "healthy" server graph should look like (from "good" server):
And the "sick" server graph looks like this:

@AmericanWebDesign, I would concur with BKBK (in his subsequent reply) that a more reasonable explanation for what you’re seeing (in the growth of heap) is something using and holding memory, which is not unusual for the shared variables scopes: session, application, and/or server. And the most common is sessions.
If that’s enough to get you going, great. But I suspect most people need a little more info. If this matter were easy and straightforward, it could be solved in a tweet, but it’s not, so it can’t.
Following are some more thoughts, addressing some of your concerns and hopefully pointing you in some new directions to find resolution. (I help people do it all the time, so the good news is that it can be done, and answers are out there for you.)
Tracking Session Counts
First, as for the observation we’re making about the potential impact of sessions, you may be inclined to say “but I don’t put that much in the session scope”. The real question to start with, though, is “how many sessions do you have”, especially when memory use is high like that (which may be different than how many you have right now). I’ve helped many people solve such problems when we found they had tens or hundreds of thousands of sessions. How can you tell?
a) Well, if you were on CF Enterprise, you could look at the Server Monitor. But since you’re not, you have a couple of choices.
b) First, any CF shop could use a free tool called ServerStats, from Mark Lynch, which uses the undocumented servicefactory objects in CF to report a count of sessions, overall and per application, within an instance. Get it here: http://www.learnosity.com/techblog/index.cfm/2006/11/9/Hacking-CFMX--pulling-it-all-togeth er-serverStats . You just drop the files (within the zip) into a web-accessible directory and run the one CFM page to get the answer instantly.
c) Since you mention using FusionReactor 4.0.9, here’s another option: those using FR 4 (or 4.5, a free update for you since you’re on FR 4) can use its available (but separately installed) FusionReactor Extensions for CF, a free plugin (for FR, at http://www.fusion-reactor.com/fr/plugins/frec.cfm). It causes FR to grab that session count (among many other really useful things about CF) to log it every 5 seconds, which can be amazingly helpful. And yes, FREC can grab that info whether one is on CF Standard or Enterprise.
And let’s say you find you do have tens of thousands of sessions (or more). You may wonder, “how does that happen?“ The most common explanation is spiders and bots hitting your site (from legit or unexpected search engines and others). Some of these visit your site perhaps daily to gather up the content of all the pages of your site, crawling through every page. Each such page hit will create a new session. For more on why and how (and some mitigation), see:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/10/4/bots_and_spiders_and_poor_CF_perfo rmance
About “high memory”
All that said, I’d not necessarily conclude so readily that your “bad” memory graph is “bad”. It could just be “different”.
Indeed, you say you plan to “look for sudden jumps in memory usage“, but if you look at your “bad” graph, it simply builds very slowly. I’d think this supports the notion that BKBK and I are asserting: that this is not some one request that “goes crazy” and uses lots of memory, but instead is the “death by a thousand cuts” as memory use builds slowly. Even then, I’d not jump at a concern that “memory was high”.
What really matters, when memory is “high” is whether you (or the JVM) can do a GC (garbage collection) to recover some (or perhaps much) of that “high, used memory”. Because it’s possible that while it “was” in use in the past (as the graph shows), it might no longer be “in use” at the moment .
Since you have FR, you can use its “System Metrics page” to do a GC, using the trash can in the top left corner of the top right-most memory graph. (Those with the CFSM can do a GC on its “Memory Usage Summary” page, and SeeFusion users can do it on its front page.)
If you do a GC, and memory drops q lot, then you had memory that “had been” but no longer ”still was” in use, and so the high memory shown was not a problem. And the JVM can sometimes be lazy (because it’s busy) about getting to doing a GC, so this is not that unusual. (That said, I see you have added the Xincgc arg to your JVM. Do you realize that tells the JVM not to do incremental GCs? Do you really want that? I understand that people trade jvm args like baseball cards, trying to solve problems for each other, but I’d argue that’s not the place to start. In fact, rarely do I find myself that any new JVM args are needed to solve most problems.)
(Speaking of which, why did you set the – xss value? And do you know if you were raising or lowering it form the default?)
Are you really getting “outofmemory” errors?
But certainly, if you do hit a problem where (as you say) you find requests hanging, etc., then you will want to get to the bottom of that. And if indeed you are getting “outofmemory” problems, you need to solve those. To confirm if that’s the case, you’ll really want to look at the CF logs (specifically the console or “out” logs). For more on finding those logs, as well as a general discussion of memory issues (understanding/resolving them), see:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/11/3/when_memory_problems_arent_what_th ey_seem_part_1
This is the first of a planned series of blog entries (which I’ve not yet finished) on memory issues which you may find additionally helpful.
But I’ll note that you could have other explanations for “hanging requests” which may not necessarily be related to memory.
Are you really getting “queued” requests?
You also say that “the service will start to queue requests and eventually stop processing them all together”. I’m curious: do you really mean “queuing”, in the sense of watching something in CF that tells you that? You can find a count of queued requests, with tools like CFSTAT, jrun metrics, the CF Server Monitor, or again FREC. Are you seeing one of those? Or do you just mean that you find that requests no longer run?
I address matters related to requests hanging and some ways to address them in another entries:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/10/15/Lies_damned_lies_and_CF_timeouts
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2009/6/24/easier_thread_dumps
Other server differences
You presented us a discussion of two servers, but you’ve left us in the dark on potential differences between them. First, you showed the specs for the “sick” server, but not the “good” one. Should we assume perhaps you mean that they are identical, like you said the JVM.config is?
Also, is there any difference in the pattern of traffic (and/or the sites themselves) on the two servers? If they differ, then that could be where the explanation lies. Perhaps the sites on one are more inclined to be visited often by search engine spiders and bots (if they sites are more popular or just have become well known to search engines). There are still other potential differences that could explain things, but these are all enough to hopefully get you started.
I do hope that this is helpful. I know it’s a lot to take in. Again, if it was easier to understand and explain, there wouldn’t be so much confusion. I do realize that many don’t like to read long emails (let alone write them), which only exacerbates the problem. Since all I do each day is help people resolve such problems (as an independent consultant, more at carehart.org/consulting), I like to share this info when I can (and when I have time to elaborate like this), especially when I think it may help someone facing these (very common) challenges.
Let us know if it helps or raises more questions. :-)
/charlie

I could use some advice and perhaps some help

i recently brought iphone 4 apparently you need snow leopard for your mac to work so i went to best buy brought snow leopard i tryed installing it my mac saids i need to upgrade my ram so for me to have my iphone 4 i need to do these things my question is if i make an appointment in the apple store genus bar how quickly do you guy think they can resolve this issue meaning a few min to a few hours or days please could use some advice also if you happen to know a work around that would be appreciated
i am also have trouble sycing any type of video podcast or movies from my library to my iphone 3g i am using macbook g4 i think

SuperMarioNES wrote:
i recently brought iphone 4 apparently you need snow leopard for your mac to work so i went to best buy brought snow leopard i tryed installing it my mac saids i need to upgrade my ram so for me to have my iphone 4 i need to do these things my question is if i make an appointment in the apple store genus bar how quickly do you guy think they can resolve this issue meaning a few min to a few hours or days please could use some advice also if you happen to know a work around that would be appreciated
i am also have trouble sycing any type of video podcast or movies from my library to my iphone 3g i am using macbook g4 i think
You can not run snow leopard on non intel macs. You have a g4. Ip4 requires leopard 10.5 not snow leopard so return it. You should not need more RAM how much does your machine have?

Still Have v. 10.4.11 but am configuring a new MBP and I need some advice..

hey-
I am replacing my 3 year-old MBP which never made it to the Leopard stage, because I was chicken. This one is going to be cleaned up and given to a family next door from a real poor area of Mexico and until they saw this had never seen a notebook. So I am excited about this.
anyway, I am configuring a new MBP together and I have a few questions that are probably pretty basic, but still questions. I should have thought of this before, but is getting a new MBP with Snow Leopard installed on the machine (and I was old by the support guy who helped me with the configuration since it will be used for a graduate school of architecture, planing, and preservation program too.
any feeling on jumping from 10.4.11 (which I guess is Tiger OS X) to Snow Leopard and totally bypassing Leopard? It sounds like Snow Leopard is pretty much a major "update" to Leopard, but that is probably wrong. (Just a side questions, what does the Operating System OS X mean and do all of the operating system have OS X or did it start at OS 1 and will keep going up?)
Is there a time when a person who wants to try and focus on school or other important things can pretty much be sure that a new OS has had sufficient time for the major bugs to be worked out and most likely can feel safer about making the purchase than if they had not waited and did not really care-thinking that Apple would get them fixed and the updates would fix the problems? I do not tend to think this way, but in this situation I am going out a bit from my usual "way" and living or should I saying hoping that this has happened and is true? Does that make sense? So, any feeling if SL has been out long enough now that Apple has had a chance to make sure it is doing well and has pretty much been integrated into the hardware and properly functioning of the notebook as a "single unit?"
thanks in advance for any feedback and I apologize if the wording was incorrect or I did not explain myself clear enough.

You should not find it hard to jump from using Tiger (Mac OS 10.4) directly to using Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6). Some things are a little different, including a few changes to system preferences & how the Finder handles changing views from one folder to the next, but it is fundamentally the same from a user interface standpoint. In fact, there are very few interface differences you would notice between using Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) & Snow Leopard.
What you will most likely notice the most when going from a 3 year old MBP to a new one is that its response is substantially quicker: startup is quicker, apps open faster, Finder tasks complete in less time, etc. This is due both to the more powerful CPU & other components in the new machine & to the new OS, which is more efficient than previous ones.
"Mac OS" is the generic name for Apple's proprietary operating system that runs Macintosh computers. There were versions 1 through 9 of this operating system, starting with the one developed by Apple for the first Mac that appeared in 1984, but the first version to get the "Mac OS" designator was Mac OS 8, released in 1997. It was followed by Mac OS 9, released in 1999. All of these versions can be considered decedents of the first one, with strong family resemblances both in their internal structures & graphic user interfaces. Mac OS X is much different internally, incorporating many components of the venerable UNIX operating system first developed in 1969 at AT&T's Bell lab, plus a graphic user interface update (named "Aqua") more suited to its greatly improved capabilities. It is not a "pure" UNIX variant but instead a synthesis of UNIX & Apple's old & current technologies.
Each major revision of Mac OS X has had a cat name & a "point number" like Cheetah for 10.0 or Tiger for 10.4. Each revision has brought new features to the OS as well as under-the-hood improvements. Unfortunately, these improvements come at a cost in terms of legacy support. Some applications require revisions to work with each new major version, as do some of the drivers for external hardware. Generally speaking, fairly current apps & hardware drivers have gotten or will get revised for Snow Leopard if needed, but there are no guarantees that all ever will.
There are also bugs in every major OS release from every OS maker. Generally, these are obscure, affect few users significantly, & are eliminated in updates released after the first major version, but even the updates can introduce new bugs. Snow Leopard appears to be more bug free than any prior Mac OS major release, but the possibility exists that some bug will affect you in some critical way.
That said, the chances of this are low, & you should not read too much into reports here of problems unless they are widespread & describe very closely the same problem. Keep in mind that there are already several million copies of Snow Leopard in use; any really widespread problems would result in tens of thousands of complaints & probably make the evening news as well.

Never owned a Mac, thinking of buying a Mac Pro, could use some advice...

Hey guys,
I know this was a lot to read, but I sincerely hope someone will take the time to answer my questions:
As the title of my post implies I've never owned a Mac in my life. I've always built my own desktops and usually gone to HP or Dell for my laptops. I'm approaching that time again where my custom-built desktop is looking outdated and I'm getting the upgrade itch. I'm looking at all the parts I need to order to build a computer and I can't help but think I'm older now with a full-time job and a one year old daughter in the house. Do I really want to go through the hassle of building a desktop from scratch again? Not really. So I started evaluating things a bit. As I get older I’m really just getting sick and tired of Microsoft’s antics (Vista was a huge disappointment for me) so I decided this could be the year for me to take the Mac plunge.
Now I’m an IT guy, so I have a pretty atypical setup at home. I’m currently running both Windows and Linux on all my computers. Rather than dual boot or use virtualization software I have a pretty intricate system in which I use a product called Acronis Trueimage to experiment with operating systems. What I do is perform a a clean install on an operating system, tweak it as needed for security and to use resources on my LAN than back up the customized OS install to a server a an image file. I have pre-built images for XP, Vista, Ubuntu and OpenSuSE that I can roll out to one of my machines in an average of 15 minutes whenever I get the urge to switch operating systems. I also serve all my data off a NAS box, so since data and OS are kept separate on the network I don’t have to worry about erasing something when I swap between Linux and Windows (as loading an image literally destroys the previous OS install).
So you can see I’m pretty highly specialized. I even have things down to the point to where I have custom images for specific purposes. For instance I have one XP image customized for development, one XP image customized for gaming, etc. Naturally if I got the Mac Pro I’d like to have the freedom to create a similar set of custom OS deployment images (Windows, Linux and OSX) for it as well. In researching the Mac Pro I have some concerns my current system might not work if I go that route. Am I correct in assuming that in order to run an alternative operating system on a Mac I’ll have to run boot camp or something like it? Or upon unboxing my Mac and tweaking Leopard will I be able to use disk imaging software to make a backup image of my preinstalled Leopard hard drive and then do a clean install of Windows XP or Ubuntu and set it up to function like a PC? I guess I’m asking if it’s possible (now that Macs are Intel-based) to run Windows or Linux exclusively on the Mac hardware?
Also I have some concerns about the proprietary nature of the Mac platform. From what I can gather in my research it seems the hardware is pretty locked in. One area that has me really concerned is gaming. I pretty much use Ubuntu exclusively at home for productivity and web surfing. However I still like to load that XP image every now and then to play some games on the LAN with my buddies. I’m not a fan of virtualizing for gaming because of the obvious performance hit you take, so I’d have to be able to run Windows XP free and clear. Also I checked Nvidia’s site and I see no OSX drivers listed there for their cards. Under the Windows platform they are always releasing driver updates to squeeze more game performance out of your card. What if I want to upgrade my video card? How do drivers work on OSX? Does Apple just integrate drivers for just a few specific video cards into the OS? Will I be stuck only able to pick from a handful of video cards approved by Apple?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer advice!
Message was edited by: ZeusABJ

Hi Zeus
I may be able to answer some of your questions. And sorry in advance if this sounds like yet another of those "religious conversion" stories
I'm a software developer/architect, mostly doing Microsoft .NET/C#/Web Services coding. I'd been a loyal Microsoft guy since I started on the original IBM PC back in the 80's. Like a lot of people (or so it seems) I just got fed up with Microsoft's high-handed and self-important ways. More importantly, the company always seemed to be lagging behind technically. Looking at beta versions of Vista did not bode well for the future - it just seemed awful. When Vista came out it it was the last straw - I just could not get enthusiastic about this bloated, slow, mess of an operating system. I really hated it. Still do. Even with a top-spec machine, Vista didn't run in the snappy, responsive way it I thought it should. Nothing seemed well thought out.. yuck!
Then, by chance, I was staying for a few days with somebody who had a Mac. Now, for years and years I not even considered Macs as remotely serious machines. My only experience of them was in the late 80's when somebody at work had one. He took delight in pushing a floppy disc into the machine so that it would respond "Ah, it's so big!". Great, just a toy. Not for serious programming work. So, encountering Mac OS X Tiger on my friend's iMac was something of a shock. It was so responsive, clean and elegant. When you turned it on it only took about 30 seconds or so for the thing to be ready for use, etc, etc.
Long story short, I bought an iMac, then a newer, bigger, faster iMac, then a MacBook Pro and now I have a Mac Pro. I still have to work with Windows to do my .NET-related day job. But 95% of the time I work on the Mac using various VMWare virtual machines. I can switch between Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP in a few seconds and still be working in a Mac environment. And the performance of running Windows inside VMWare is even better than on my dedicated top-spec Windows laptop! I have a selection of virtual machines to choose from and, because these virtual machines are just files, I can back them up, revert to saved copies, etc. I've tried Bootcamp but it's much less convenient and performance inside the virtual machines is never an issue (although I don't do any gaming). So, you could keep virtual machines on your NAS box or local Mac hard drive.
With regard to graphics drives, etc. I've never had any problems whatever in this respect. For example, when I installed Windows XP on VMWare it automatically recognised all my hardware (including some obscure audio interfaces, USB-based MIDI interfaces, etc.) and made it available. I must admit that when I was new to the Mac I expected to have driver issues, but never have had... So, my guess is that you'll be able to run all your Windows and Linux distros on the Mac without too many problems.
You mention Apple's hardware as being "locked-in". I don't think that's the case. Certainly the consumer Mac models like the iMac can't be upgraded (by you or me) internally, expect for memory. The Mac Pro though is very easy to upgrade - though there may be some limitations with regard graphics cards.
Re your questions about graphics card drivers. Yes, these come with OS X in just the same as as with Windows. Because I've also used the card that comes "with the box" this has not been an issue for me. However, unless you get a Mac Pro you can't swap-in your existing graphics card. And even then I think you may find restrictions. However, other, more knowledgeable Mac users on this forum may have other thoughts.
Overall though, the experience of using the Mac in terms of software is very much the reverse of Windows - the OS is very open and well documented. It really is an IT person's dream machine - so much to fiddle around with (particularly if you know anything about Unix!). Unlike Microsoft who charge a FORTUNE for their development tools, Apple give them to you for free. And very good they are too!
Finally, one bit of advice. If you are considering buying a new Mac, join the Apple Developer Connection scheme as a Select member. It'll cost you around $400 to join but they give you a hardware discount for Apple-store purchased items that will save you a ton of $$$'s - absolutely definitely worth doing.
Hope this helps (and good luck)!
Russ

I am new here and could not be any loster :/

hello, i am wanting to add darker eye nose and mouth shadows to an existing silhouette.
Can anybody please help me?

It took a minute to realize that "Loster" meant "more lost". Wow!
Without seeing the image it is difficult advise you with a sure-fire approach. The key word in your inquiry is "darker" which implies that the shadows already exist. In that case, you might use the Burn tool (it is nested with the Dodge and Burn tools) and set the Exposure in the Options bar for a low value for greatest control and paint. Each stroke will make the area darker..
A more professional Dodge & Burn technique would be to:
1. Add a blank layer
2. Edit > Fill > 50% Gray
3. Set the Blending Mode to Overlay
4. Set the Opacity in the Options bar to a low value for greatest control and paint repeatedly with a soft edged brush in black to darken an area or white to lighten an area. If you overdo a darkening, switch to white and slowly lighten your burn.
The advantage of this technique is the original image is not compromised and, at any time in the future you want to modify your corrective work, you simply adjust the dodge & burn layer.

I'm getting really frustrated and could use some help

Hello there!
I'm not sure what happened because when I plugged in my ipod today (I have an 8g ipod touch) everything was reset to the basics in itunes. My entire library was delted. Honestly I'm not really that upset by that as I was going to change out all of my music anyways.
My problems are as follows:
I can no longer add more than 1 folder at a time.
          -How can I change it to where I can add multiple folders again?
When I do add a folder it now automatically takes me out of the adding music on your ipod spot (sorry I don't know how else to describe that page) but it takes me out of there and automatically creates a playlist and starts to play the folder I just added.
          -How do I stop it from creating playlists automatically? I absolutely hate playlists. I've never used them and I don't forsee myself useing them anytime           soon.
          -How do I stop it from automatically playing the songs/folders I add?
          -How do I stop it from taking me out of the ipod page and into the playlists page?
My ipod NEVER used to do any of this before so I'm really not sure why all of that changed and why I can't change it back.
My audiobooks tab is gone.
          -How do I bring this back so I can audiobooks again?
I've spent the last couple of hours sifting through manuals, let me tell you 138 pages is a lot to go through, forums and google and a lot of technical jargon and acronyms. All in all, I'm having a heck of a time finding exactly what I need to help me out and I admit I am starting to get really frustrated.
The other day it was so easy, add a couple of folders to the library, select them hit apply and VOILA all was golden. Today, not so much.

I'm still having troubles getting the audio books to appear.
Heres what im selecting.
and then the books tab is still not appearing.
and then as far as adding folders here is what I am doing.
this was how i had it before. it gives me mroe control to choose what i want to add.
that is where i go to add the folder, like i did before.
selecting the folder like normal.
then this box immediatly pops up. not allowing me the option to select and apply any music i may have added.
the music starts playing and it takes me to the playlist page.
but when i click on the ipod icon and go back into this area. the folder is there.
all the steps ive just shown you is how i have ALWAYS done this ever since i got my ipod. Ive never had any of these weird problems utnil today.

Very new to flash, could use some help

Sorry the title isn't too descriptive, couldn't really think what to put there.
Anyway, i'm making an 'interactive map' for a game I play. I have the map itself, if was given to me by the game developers, but what i'm trying to do is place points on the map that, when clicked, present a menu that allows them to select an item to be placed. (In this case, the item would be an image.)
The reason for this, is the game is a third persons hooter and has turrets on the map that you can build, i'd like to make something for everyone to easily be able to share turret strategies, and thought this would be the best option. I've only used flash once or twice, and that was about a year ago when I was in college, so I don't really remember anything useful.
Thanks in advance.
PS: Another way I've thought of doing this was having the points be 'snap' points for the images, and having a menu that spawns the turret images on the map that can be dragged by the users to the 'snap' points of the map. Which way would be easier to accomplish, do you think?
PPS: Would it be hard to give users a way to save their map so they could link it to other people? Or perhaps something like some Flash Games have where they can copy a code and give it to people to input into the flash app/game, the code lets them view exactly what the original person was viewing.

Make those turret images as symbols, say a movie clip.
and now you can build a menu in movie clip when clicked on it.

Very Frustrated and could use any advice

I just got my ipod, and the initial setup went perfectly. The songs downloaded to the ipod fine, etc; now, a day later, every time my ipod is updated the songs/ whatever is on the ipod is erased. I've gone through the Five R's and looked but I don't see anything dealing with my problem. Now every time i connect the ipod to itunes it asks me to register the ipod. The ipod itself shows the Do not disconnect screen although most of the time itunes isn't downloading anything.

Um, still trying. I think that every time I connect to iTunes the ipod has to re-register, and the music is downloaded. Except that once it's done, Itunes doesn't recognize the ipod and the ipod says do not disconnect.

Looking to purchase a MacBook Pro - I could use some advice.

Hello everyone,
First, a little background on my current situation. I recently started a new job working at a high school as a techie. This school has just over a 2:1 ratio of Mac:PC. The college I attend, however, is a 90/10 PC-oriented organization, as well as my education was, so I have had little exposure to the Macintosh or its evolution over the years. However, due to the disappointment of Windows Vista, and my growing appreciation for the Mac OS, I am becoming attached to Apple products. Seeing as I work in a mostly Mac environment, and how much trouble me and my colleague had imaging a computer lab this week, I figure a MacBook would be a perfect asset to myself and my job. As a result, I am currently researching the possibility of purchasing a refurbished MacBook Pro.
Unfortunately, my research has casted some doubts as to the recent validity of Apple's products. I have read various complaints about the MacBook and MacBook Pros. These complaints include such topics as overheating, sharp edges on the trackpads, Magsafe power adapters failing and/or MELTING, faulty display screens, insanely loud fans, rude "Mac Geniuses," and other issues.
I WANT to buy a Mac. I used to think of them as comical and childish (see: rainbow of iMacs), but I now realize they are a fantastic tool. Sure, they're still a corporation like Microsoft, but Apple at least tries to give its customers some freedom and security (this point can be debated, but that is not a discussion for here). And also sure, getting the Mac OS to work on a "PC" is daunting at the least. But the Mac is more than just software. It's the SuperDrives, the thin profiles, the included FireWire 400 and/or 800, and more.
The first and last laptop I bought was an Alienware (yes, I bought into their propaganda...), and it was a disappointment from day one. The battery lasted about an hour while watching a movie. The fans ALWAYS ran, loudly I might add, which got worse as it aged (the BIOS had no fan control settings...). The trackpad was garbage. The computer got extremely hot. Recently, at around Thanksgiving, I believe the power supply failed - this laptop is worth nothing but a paper weight now, since I refuse to pay to have it repaired (it's out of warranty). Basically, I have vowed to never buy from that company again. The most likely company I would buy another laptop from would be Dell, because I have purchased two desktops from them with no serious (better yet, any) issues at all. Yet, with the failings of my Alienware, I am hesitant to purchase another PC laptop. With a PC tower, if you don't like how a part performs, you can replace it reasonably cheap. Not with a laptop, and certainly not with an Apple product. In most cases, especially if you squirm at the thought of voiding your warranty, like me, third-party product replacement is not an option. That's why I want to be reasonably sure an Apple product will remain in acceptable (or at least in a reasonably-costing repairable) condition for many years.
I know you fellow forum readers are not salesmen - you're better. You're actual users of these computers with real life experiences to share. So, please. Take a moment of your time and share your experiences with me. Bust the myths. Disprove the faults. Debunk the words of liars and people-who-may-never-be-satisfied. Deflate the over-emphasis on hardware issues. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
PS: I do have some specific questions, though.
1. How would you rate the capabilities of the onboard video of the MacBooks in relation to playing today's games? Not super high-end 3D graphical games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or Bioshock. I'm talking games like Dawn of War, Homeworld 2, etc. I read on Intel's website the graphics chipset has a stock 64 MB capacity, always taken up by Mac OS (80 MB, according to Apple). However, it can share memory with system RAM up to a total theoretical limit of 256 MB video-devoted memory. How does this compare to, say, the MacBook Pro's dedicated 128 MB Nividia card? Intel claims their chipset works well with 3D applications, but I'm not so sure...
2. Is a glossy finish on the display really worth the glare, or does the matte finish blur the picture too much? I've briefly used a new MacBook with a glossy finish. In my school's overhead florescent lights, the glare is almost unbearable.
If I think of something else, I will post it.
Message was edited by: M. Miller

M. Miller wrote:
Unfortunately, my research has casted some doubts as to the recent validity of Apple's products. I have read various complaints about the MacBook and MacBook Pros. These complaints include such topics as overheating, sharp edges on the trackpads, Magsafe power adapters failing and/or MELTING, faulty display screens, insanely loud fans, rude "Mac Geniuses," and other issues.
I've never encountered any of that in the several Mac machines I've worked with/owned. Most of my friends have MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and none of them have even had to call tech support, let alone have major software issues.
A couple of things you should really remember.
1. These boards make the products look disproportionately faulty. Most of the users on this board are users because something broke or crashed, they went to the Apple tech support page and clicked on the link to the forum. Accordingly, you'll see lots of "OMG APPLE *****!!11//"posts from people who are emotionally torn up about their poor crashed hard disk (and I certainly sympathize). If you surveyed Apple users on the whole, and the University of Michigan did, you'd find they're extremely satisfied. UM's customer satisfaction survey has put Apple as the highest customer satisfaction computer company for something like five straight years.
2. Problems and glitches do exist, but they're the least here. Yes, some people do get faulty power cords. But not as many as get them with HP, Dell, etc. I've always had at least a few glitchy things with my PCs (I've had several Dells and an Acer), but never with a Mac. My current MBP has shown no faults whatsoever.
M. Miller wrote:1. How would you rate the capabilities of the onboard video of the MacBooks in relation to playing today's games? Not super high-end 3D graphical games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or Bioshock. I'm talking games like Dawn of War, Homeworld 2, etc. I read on Intel's website the graphics chipset has a stock 64 MB capacity, always taken up by Mac OS (80 MB, according to Apple). However, it can share memory with system RAM up to a total theoretical limit of 256 MB video-devoted memory. How does this compare to, say, the MacBook Pro's dedicated 128 MB Nividia card? Intel claims their chipset works well with 3D applications, but I'm not so sure...
I've been impressed with the GeForce graphics chip. 256 MB of VRAM is fine for me, I don't know about heavy duty 3D work, but for basic gaming (AOE, COD 2, Halo , HP) it works fine for me. As a matter of fact, it was either PC World or PC Magazine that marked the MBP the fastest gaming laptop a few months ago. At 144 frames per second, it was their top performer. Apple's spin here.
M. Miller wrote:2. Is a glossy finish on the display really worth the glare, or does the matte finish blur the picture too much? I've briefly used a new MacBook with a glossy finish. In my school's overhead florescent lights, the glare is almost unbearable.
That's completely a question of personal preference. If I was in an office with can lights all day, I might go for the glossy finish. Since I use my computer in the car quite a lot, though, I went with the matte and I like it. Quite rich and sharp. Especially if you get the high-res option (which I didn't), it's fine.

New here and have ???'s

Hello,
I'm new here and I have been thinking of getting
Dreamweaver for some time now. I have been using MS FrontPage and a
product that works off of it called FrontLook. I was told that MS
FrontPage put in a lot of extra code that wasn't needed and was
making the pages load slower. Also I had problems with what I made
up and how it would load up it would never be the same as I
designed. So I thought that Dreamweaver would be the way I should
go. Do I need to get all the extras like in the "Creative Suite 3"?
I do want my site to stand out and grab the attention of people
who come and visit but not a lot of stuff that would make it
childish. Oh I have also use “HotDog” by “Sausage
“Works” and was not happy as they do not have a good
support system there. I was also thinking of getting Photo Shop for
my use with the camera. Also hoping that Photo Shop has a good
graphic design program built into it!?! What should I get? Thanks
in advance, I know that there were a lot of questions here and I do
appreciate it. Tom

thomas34461usa wrote:
>
Hello David,
> Thank you for writting. I have been thinking for what I
need to do I should
> get the
"Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium" software. It has the
> PhotoShop and Dreamweaver in the selection. Plus other
that at this date I'm
> not familar with such as: Illustrator® CS3,
Contribute® CS3, Bridge CS3,
> Version Cue® CS3, and Device Central CS3.. Like you
I too got sick and tired of
> MS Frontpage and just couldn't see myself forking over
more money to a product
> I was no longer sold on. I know that all of this will be
exspensive, but well
> worth it in the long run. What do any of you know of
using the Creative Suite 3
> Web Premium and how it ties into Interakt Kollection
extensions? Or should I
> just not get the Interakt Kollection extension if the
CS3WP is enough? Thanks
> again.
>
Sorry; I'm not really familiar with Interakt. I guess you
could just
purchase CS3 and see if it does everything you need, then
purchase
Interakt or other software if you need something CS3 doesn't
offer.
I think Illustrator would be a great program, though I've
used it very
little, and that was years ago. I believe Illustrator is used
more for
simple illustrations, line drawings, etc., rather than for
touching up
photos. You can also use it to work with SVG images, which is
something
that interests me.
I haven't used any of the other programs you mentioned.
Contribute is a
program designed to let amateurs easily publish information
online, I
believe.
I'd also like to get Flash. I'm not a big fan, but they say
it can
actually be pretty cool if used properly. Also, I would
expect Adobe to
make some big improvements with it.
Another program that might interest me is Fireworks. It was
Macromedia's
answer to Photoshop; not as extravagant but more adapted to
creating
images for websites. I think I read where Adobe kept
Fireworks and
upgraded it along with the other programs. If so, it might
have some
nice features.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
*Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
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(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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