How to gain access to "what's new in Leopard" etc since HELP in OS is dead
Since the links in my Apple HELP seem to be dead in spite of trying all of the suggestions here on the board (and apparently I'm not alone - others are having problems with Apple HELP as well), does anybody have an alternative way I can gain access to these links?
I just got my Mac and was hoping to sit down and take a little tour, et al to become acquainted with new features, etc. of this newest of Apple's OS. Suggestions?
I have no idea what is wrong. If, instead of typing something in the Search box, you simply click the Mac Help link below the search box does the Help viewer launch? If not, what message do you see in the Console?
Since the stuff is all written in perfectly normal html, it used to be relatively easy to browse the help files with Safari. That is no longer the case, since they has seen fit to make all the links some weirdo thing that automatically opens the Help Viewer. However, all the pages are actually here:
"/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help"
Control click and select "Show Package Contents" then open the Contents folder, the Resources folder and English.lproj folder. All the html pages are in there, and each one will open when double clicked in Safari. However because the links specify something strange, clicking on one opens the page in Help Viewer rather than Safari. It is possible to figure out what is where, but it isn't easy and it isn't convenient. You would be better off to just browse Apple's web site, starting here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/
Personally, I find the new Help more annoying that helpful anyway--the Help window is programmed to always stay on top, thus making it impossible to work back and forth between it and whatever you are doing, unless you have two monitors and can move it to the second monitor.
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Further info
Please follow the instructions in the article from the above post. In fct you have a second suspicious file showing on your report so look specifically at and scan files ''gblrofmx.dll'' & ''sprotector.dll''
If possible I suggest you quarantine the files rather than deleting them immediately. Also note that you may need to start Windows in safe mode (or Windows safemode with network access) in order to find and move or delete the files.
* Use F8 to access Windows safe mode <br /> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode <br />http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mfr=true
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How to gain access to a label added to JTextPane
I have a JTextPane that uses text and JLabels. I need to be able to gain access to both the text and the JLabels' text. I 've looked at both the structure and the veiw structure but haven't been able to solve this. Could someone give me a strategy.
ThanksCamickr,
The following code represents the three methods that I have used to get the text imbedded within the label inserted in line in a JTextPane. If you run the code the first data that comes out is the Document dump. This shows that in the example there are three paragraphs. In each of the paragraphs is content and components. What I am trying to accomplish is to get the text from the JLabel. Or the name field from the dump. I have no clue how to get these.
The second approach was to go down the elelment structure and attempt to get the name. It appears that the name I am printing is the attribute name(default). This is not what I want. I am looking for the name that appears in the dump, what ever that is.
The third approach is to use the view structure. The view structure is not providing what I expect. I would have expected a separate view for the components and the other content. I should site that the view structure code borrows heavily from Kim Topley's Swing Advanced Programming.
I would really appreciate any help you can provide.
Regards,
Sandy
package javaapplication6;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
* @author Sandy
class TestJTextPane extends JFrame
private Style style;
private JTextPane DisplayLetterPane;
private DefaultStyledDocument sDocument;
private StyleContext sContext;
private JLabel label;
public TestJTextPane()
loadTextPane();
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sContext = new StyleContext();
sDocument = new DefaultStyledDocument(sContext);
Style defaultStyle = sContext.getStyle(StyleContext.DEFAULT_STYLE);
DisplayLetterPane = new JTextPane(sDocument);
try
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), "The first president of the US was ", defaultStyle);
createLabel("George Washington");
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), " ", style);
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), ". He was the father of our country.\nThe second president of the US was", defaultStyle);
createLabel("John Adams");
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), " ", style);
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), ". He came from Mass.\nThe third president of the US was", defaultStyle);
createLabel("Thomas Jefferson");
sDocument.insertString(sDocument.getLength(), " ", style);
catch(BadLocationException Ble)
System.out.println("Ble");
System.out.println("********************* AbstactDocument Dump ****************");
((AbstractDocument)DisplayLetterPane.getDocument()).dump(System.out);
System.out.println("********************** Document Structure *****************");
Element section = DisplayLetterPane.getDocument().getDefaultRootElement();
for(int p = 0; p < section.getElementCount(); p++)
Element para = section.getElement(p);
for(int q = 0; q<para.getElementCount(); q++ )
System.out.println(para.getElement(q).getName());
if(para.getElement(q).getName().equals("content"))
try
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catch(BadLocationException ddd)
else
System.out.println( "73 " + para.getElement(q).getStartOffset() + " " + para.getElement(q).getEndOffset());
Style holdStyle = sDocument.getLogicalStyle(para.getElement(q).getStartOffset());
System.out.println(holdStyle.getName());
System.out.println("******************** View Structure ***************");
View rootView = DisplayLetterPane.getUI().getRootView(DisplayLetterPane);
System.out.println( "82 " + rootView.getViewCount()+ " " + DisplayLetterPane.getDocument().getLength());
displayView(rootView, DisplayLetterPane.getDocument());
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Document doc) {
String name = view.getClass().getName();
System.out.println("88 " + name + "viewcount " + view.getViewCount());
// for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++) {
// out.print("\t");
int start = view.getStartOffset();
int end = view.getEndOffset();
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int viewCount = view.getViewCount();
if (viewCount == 0) {
int length = end - start;
try {
String txt = doc.getText(start, length);
// String txt1 = doc.getText(90, 98);
// System.out.println("xxx" + txt1);
System.out.println(name + "; offsets [" + start + ", " + end + "]" );
System.out.println("104 [" + txt + "]");
} catch (BadLocationException e) {
System.out.println("amihere");
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for (int i = 0; i < viewCount; i++) {
System.out.println("110 " + viewCount);
displayView(view.getView(i), doc);
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label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension (fm.stringWidth(presName), 26));
label.setMaximumSize(new Dimension (fm.stringWidth(presName), 26));
label.setMinimumSize(new Dimension (fm.stringWidth(presName), 26));
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label.setBackground(Color.CYAN);
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* @param args the command line arguments
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// TODO code application logic here
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How to gain access to second Linux partition
Hi,
Before I start, I'd just like to say how impressed I am with Arch! I've only been using it for a week now, a bit less in fact, but it's already wowing me enough to make me think about changing my loyalties from Debian to Arch - something I thought would be impossible even a few weeks back!
Anyway, my problem is, should be a simple one this, how to access my Arch partition from Debian and vice versa. In Debian, I can see the Arch partition in Dolphin, but when I click on it I get a permission denied message. When I try to mount this device (in Dolphin not with the command line) I get the same message. Now, in the bad old days when I shared my Linux computer with Windows, I was able to access my FAT32 partition by simply going into /media, finding the partition (let's say hda2) and chmod-ing it, ie chmod 0777 /media/hda2. I wanted to see if this would work with my Arch partition, but I don't even see it in /media/ Instead I went into /dev and tried changing permission there, but to no avail. I've tried tinkering around with the fstab file, but I'm very much an amateur at this, and now I don't know what to try. Here is the result of fdisk -l (hda1 is Debian):
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 7047 56604996 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 9447 9729 2273197+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 7048 9446 19269967+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 9447 9729 2273166 82 Linux swap / Solaris
And here is the fstab file (I have myself entered the line for hda3):
debian:/home/james# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults, errors=remount-ro 0 0 2
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/usb0 vfat rw,user,users,noauto,noatime,noauto 1 2
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks a lot in advance.Thanks for your reply toliman. I've tried doing what you suggested but it still doesn't work. Here is my new fstab file:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda3 /media/arch ext3 defaults, errors=remount-ro 0 0 2
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/usb0 vfat rw,user,users,noauto,noatime,noauto 1 2
And here is the result of ls -l /media:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-14 16:43 arch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-06-07 17:13 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-07 17:13 cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-07 17:13 cdrom1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2007-06-07 17:13 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-07 17:13 floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-04-03 14:17 IOMEGA_HDD
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-01-10 14:56 sda1
drwxrwxrwx 2 root cdrom 4096 2007-12-15 20:44 usb0
Still the same issues: pemissions denied when I try to open or mount hda/3 with dolphin. When I try to mount as root using the command line I get:
debian:/home/james# mount /dev/hda3
[mntent]: line 6 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: can't find /dev/hda3 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
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I installed Firefox 29.01 but every time I open it my home opens and so does the What's new in Firefox page. I want to disable the What's New page and only want the home page to open up but everytime I start Firefox both pages open up.
hello, this might happen when firefox is not able to properly save preferences in its profile folder. please try this: Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]] and then click help [[Image:Help-29]] > troubleshooting information > profile folder - "show folder". then a new window will open up. in this window look out for a file named '''user.js''' (it might be used to overwrite your custom settings). in case it is present , delete or rename this file and restart firefox afterwards.
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My Itunes is on an external hard drive, how do I access it on a new PC?
I have my iTunes library on an external hard drive. Very soon I will be getting a new computer, and I am wondering what steps are involved in accessing the library on the new computer.
After I download iTunes on the new computer, is it as easy as starting it and holding shift when I start it to specify the library on my external hard drive?
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Thanks.+is it as easy as starting it and holding shift when I start it to specify the library on my external hard drive?+
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This happens every time I open Firefox 5 and began just after I upgraded to 5.0.
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Hi, you have a lot of questions! Here are some articles that should help - [[Create bookmarks to save your favorite webpages]]. And - [[Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data]]. And - [[Learn more about the design of the new Firefox]].
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Hello. I have a 2007 15-inch MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.3, a LaCie Rugged external hard drive connected via FireWire on which I keep many Native Instruments VSTs such as FM8, B4 and Abysyth, and an M-Audio Axiom Pro 61-key keyboard controller.
I'm just learning to use Garageband, but couldn't figure out how to get Garageband to launch Native Instruments' Komplete instruments like Absynth, FM8, B4, etc. in much the same way as Logic or Ableton Live is supposed to be able to do. As I looked through the Garageband user manual, I don't see anything about accessing software instruments like FM8 or anything that isn't already included in Garageband.
After getting frustrated with that, I remembered that M-Audio included a copy of Live Lite 7 with my keyboard controller, which I downloaded to my MacBook Pro hard drive. Upon launch, Ableton told me there was a newer version, Live Lite 8.
When I first downloaded Live Lite I tried to get it to look for my Native Instruments VSTs so I could access them in Live Lite. I believe that process worked but I never had the chance to even do one project in Live Lite.
More recently I decided to move my Native Instruments VSTs from one LaCie hard drive that had my iPhoto Library and iTunes Library on it, to a separate LaCie rugged hard drive that would only hold my Native Instruments VSTs, any new songs I recorded, etc. This process seemed to work out.
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Is it because of the fact that I moved the Native Instruments from one hard drive to another? Is there possibly something wrong with NI instruments like Absynth, FM8, B4 and others? One other soft synth I recently downloaded and wanted to include in Live Lite was Sonic Charge's Synplant, but I deleted it when I grew concerned that a VST was causing Live Lite to freeze. I also tried to download Live Lite's latest version again from the Internet and replace the previously downloaded version, but it was still hanging.
I do know that the VSTs like FM8 are located in the Library folder, but I was not sure if that fact was causing Ableton to look for the VSTs in the wrong place.
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Any help you could give me would be appreciated. Many thanks.Out of curiosity, why are you installing VST's over AU's?
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Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
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hey guys.. i got an imac with leopard.. i have also an ibook with tiger.. how can i bring the keychain details over to my imac? the firewire migration doesnt really wrk.. coz it wont allow me to choose just the things i want
Hi Clive -
I think Keychain Access allows to export all the keychain for a particular account into a file. I haven't tried this, but I could imagine for this to work - export it in Tiger, import it in Leopard.
For the mails (again, I have not tried this) you should be able to copy over the mail folders on your Tiger machine from ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes into your Leopard's home folder (same location). Restart Mail and choose Rebuild from the Mailbox menu.
However, it might be a better idea to use the Migration Assistant. See here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2333.html which should work just the same for Leopard. This would actually be the 'right' way of doing it 8)
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