Question about Airport..Help Needed.

Hi, Ive successfully hooked up Airtunes, so my Itunes plays from my laptop, to my stereo. CAn i do this while watching a DVD on the DVD Player? So If I watch a movie on my computer, The sound will come out of my stereo?
Thanks,
Matt

CAn i do this while watching a DVD on the DVD Player? So If I watch a movie on my computer, The sound will come out of my stereo?
Unfortunately...no. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304277#faq28)

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The result I want is to move a pair of glasses across the frame and through the left lens of the glasses, the background image is made clearer.
I have 3 layers. The bottom layer has one image (the image in focus), the middle layer up has another image (the same image as the bottom layer but out of focus), the top layer has an image of a pair of glasses.
I want to, first of all, select the area within the left lens of the glasses and make this a mask and have it move when the glasses move across the frame.
Is there an easy way to select a complex area like you have in Photoshop?
I then want this mask to subtract the middle layer image to reveal the background layer.
The mask would move with the pair of glasses.
How do I make the mask apply to the middle layer to cut it out to reveal the bottom layer?
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While you are reading the links Szalam gave you (I recommand you to read them all), here is how you could achieve this.
Create a new solid on top of your glasses, roughly the size of your lense (just a little bigger than the area you want to mask out).
Then use the pen tool to draw a mask with the shape to be used as a "hole" for your second layer. Be sure to have your solid layer selected before drawing the mask.
You will now a have a solid layer on top of your glasses with the shape of the lens. To make it follow your glasses, parent it to the glasses using the parent dropdown menu in the timeline, next to your layer's name.
Now in the stack, move your solid on top of your out of focus layer. Then select your out of focus layer, display the matte/mode column and in the matte dropdown select alpha (or alpha inverted). AE will then use your solid layer as a mask to cut out your out of focus layer.

Few questions about Airport Extreme/Express

I have a few questions about Airport extreme/express:
1 Can you access hard drive trough express?
2 I have cable NOT wireless modem. What would be the best option (speed-wise) to connect to internet- connect modem to Extreme and access internet wirelessly from it? To connect modem to Extreme and imac?
3 How fast is read/ write from hard drive connected to Extreme?
4 How many hard drives can you connect to Extreme (or Express if that is possible)?
5 Can you remotely sync Ipod nano/ shuffle using Extreme?
I really hate wire clutter around my desk. What I intend to do is to connect hard drives and printer to Airport Extreme and access them remotely. That would leave empty desk:).
Thanks

1. You cannot connect a hard drive to the Airport Express USB port.
2. The speed of wireless networking is faster than the speed of most cable internet services. Therefore, you won't notice any difference in your internet connection speed between (a) a cabled connection directly between Mac and modem or (b) a wireless connection between Mac and base station and modem.
3. Apple has not published any specs on the speed of hard drive access for the Airport Extreme N Base Station. Several people have posted their own measurements (do a search in this discussion forum), and generally those results are not very good.
4. Apple has not placed a limit on the number of drives you can attach to the Airport Extreme N Base Station (with use of a hub). How many do you want to connect?
5. You cannot remotely sync an iPod using the Extreme Base Station.

Two Questions about Airport Express

All, I am a recent convert to using a Mac so bear with me.
I have two questions about the Airport Express.
Question if I buy one in the USA, I will visiting this week on holiday,can I use it the UK with a UK adaptor/apple plug?
Can the Express be used with my current wireless network, using a Netgear DG834G V4, I have read lots in the forums about putting a $ sign in front of the WPA password?
Any help and advice gratefully received.

Tesserax wrote:
Hello andixbox. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Question if I buy one in the USA, I will visiting this week on holiday,can I use it the UK with a UK adaptor/apple plug?
Yes, but at least two things to consider:
o The US version of the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) only supports radio channels 1-11 in the 802.11g radio mode. Channels 12-14, used in other countries outside the US will not be available.
o The AXn supports both the 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands for 802.11n. The 5 GHz band is restricted in certain countries (like the UK) so operating in this mode may get you unwanted attention.
That should be okay then because the Netgear broadcasts on channels 1-11. I hadn't appreciated the 5 Ghz band, but having checked both US and UK Apple sites the techspecs both mention 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz.
Can the Express be used with my current wireless network, using a Netgear DG834G V4, I have read lots in the forums about putting a $ sign in front of the WPA password?
If your intent is to have the AXn join the Netgear as a wireless client, then yes it should work. The "$" requirement was for WEP. This shouldn't be necessary for WPA or WPA2.
I intended to use the AXn as an range extender, but you mention wireless client, is that something different?

Question about hard drive, need help lol.

Hey I'm kinda new to the MacBook world and have a stupid question. I am getting a late 2009 MacBook unibody (white polycarbonate, model MacBook 6.1... I believe) I am switching the original 250gb 5400 rpm hard drive out for a Seagate Momentus XT 750gb 7400 rpm hybrid hard drive. I want to keep everything on the original hard drive and just pop the new hard drive and start fresh with Snow Leopard. I'm going to purchase the SL cd from apple but I do not have the original grey start up cd that came with it (my girlfriends little sister lost it). Do I need to call apple for that cd in order to start fresh on my new hard drive or is everything I need on the SL cd?
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The SL disc you get from Apple will do everything you need. When you nstall the new hard drive there will be nothing to wipe, the drive is the only piece of that Mac hat stores anything so you don't need to worry about that. Post back and let me know how that hybrid drive works out....I'm interested.

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Bravo to you for seeing the light that if you want to play you have to pay.
The best place to buy Photoshop is directly from Adobe.
Brace yourself: The full version of Photoshop is amongst the most expensive software out there.
You might want to look into buying Photoshop Elements. It does most of what the full version of Photoshop does and it won't break the bank.
And stay off eBay for buying Photoshop. The "too-good-to-be-true prices" you sometimes see are scams, and you'll likely get ripped-off.
For what it's worth, I don't know of too many programs that charge as subscriptions. Of course, if you consider that every few years new versions are released that require paying for the upgrade, that's not too different. But if you don't upgrade you can keep using the version you have for no additional cost.
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Question about Dynamic Overclocking - Need help/advice

Hello,
I recently upgraded to version 3.9 bios on my MB (K8N SLI paltinum).
I had DOT enabled before the upgrade, on 9% extra. this worked ok. as soon as a program required heavy CPU, DOT kicked in and give me a 9% boost. and it also cooled off, back to normal operations when the CPU was idle again.
now, since the upgrade to 3.9, the DOT always stays at 9%? when booting up, when idling, always...? Is there a setting that I missed? or is it a bug in 3.9?
--> after the upgraded I loaded the optimized defaults.
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S.

hi guys,
thnx all for the updates. I'm currently using DOT on 9%. It runs rock stable. IIf I set it on 11%, no problems.
C&Q is off, always was.
The problem with DOT is, that it doesn't do what it should do. (in 3.9 bios). nl, when the CPU runs on 0% load, no Over-clocking is need.
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thnx!

Question about AirPort card for older system

I have an iMac G5 with OSX 10.3.9. I need to get an AirPort card to install in it, and the local Apple store tech says they don't carry it for that system, and I need to go online and order it using my serial number. The only card I can seem to find on the Apple site is the newer AirPort card that is not compatible. Can anyone guide me in the right direction of how to order what I need on the Apple site by using my serial number to ensure I get the right card?

Some if not most of the information you seek could
be available through this service self-help page;
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phone number to the Apple Store (not a local) is
also a place to contact to inquire about getting a
replacement or original part for a Macintosh.
Your computer likely uses the now discontinued
but probably available AirPort Extreme card aka:
"Optional AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g)"
{Some iMac G5s were different, and those had
a "built-in" AirPort Extreme Card (802.11b/g;
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into the computer and remove a part off the
main logic board and replace it with another.}
When a part proves to be no longer available
through the Apple Store directly or online,
you may be directed to look elsewhere to see
if one exists in the resale market.
In the meantime, you should be able to put
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following page's linked 'online assistant' to
get to the area where parts you could install
may be listed. Some of the computers are
not readily user-updated and so a part in
one model may not be user installed where
in another model it was user installable.
Use this link:
http://www.apple.com/support/serviceassistant/overview.html
To go here:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do
{If this system won't let you go into replacement parts
and a way to order them (such as RAM upgrade, w-fi
Airport card, etc) you may have to call the Store's # as
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Hopefully the part is a user installed item; I no
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A PC user's questions about Airport Extreme & Airport Express

Hi all,
I have a few questions regarding both the Airport Extreme AC and the Airport Express.
I am a PC user who is currently looking at replacing my Cisco Linksys EA4500(primary router) and my Linksys E2500(bridge router) due to the lack of regular firmware updates that Linksys fails to provide for their routers and the fact that I simply find Linksys products to be buggy.. Based on my research, Apple's Airport Extreme N and the AC versions have received excellent reviews on Amazon and I am considering purchasing both the Airport Extreme AC(to replace my Linksys EA4500) and the Airport Express(to replace my Linksys E2500).
Before I get to my questions, let me be frank in saying that I do not have a Mac(but intend to after my desktop dies) at this time but in my house we have two iPhone 4s's and one iPad 2 as far as Apple products are concerned. My computer network consists of my HP Windows 7 based desktop and HP Windows 7 laptop and I have a home ethernet in every room in the house . In addition, my den's ethernet connection is connected as Ethernet wall jack in which the connections include---->Ethernet switch------>Tivo---->Playstation 3/Xbox 360/Nintendo Wii/----->Samsung Smart TV---->Linksys E2500.
My questions are as follows:
1. Initial/Out of the box set up: Based on what I have read here, it is possible for a PC user to setup the Airport Extreme by downloading the Airport Extreme utility software from Apple. However I have been confused based on what I have read on Amazon in that some users report that the initial setup can only be done using a Mac. Would someone from this forum kindly clairify this for me? Can I set up the Airport Extreme with my network assuming that I have previously downloaded an installed Apple's Airport Extreme Utility for the PC?
2. Using the Airport Express as a wireless bridge: Currently my Linksys E2500 serves as my secondary router in my den in bridge mode. Can I set up an Airport Express as a wireless bridge assuming I was sucessfully in setting up my Airport Extreme? On Linksys products this is done by setting the router in bridge mode and assigning it a specific IP address within the bridge router's settings. So for example, my Linksys E2500 has a 192.168.1.1X IP address, can I do this with the Airport Extreme? Note the the intention here for the extra router in my den to provide additional wireless coverage due to the size of my home. I do not need it to provide me with the same wireless network name as my primary router, I only want to provide the back of my house with additional wireless coverage that a primary router will not provide.
3. Router Security and reliability: I would like the router that I purchase to include regular firmware updates beyond that of one year. Especially now that most modern routers have some sort of cloud set up, I wouldn't want to purchase a router today, only to find out that I wouldn't be able to update its firmware one year from now. With respect to Apple's routers, how often does Apple release firmware and typically speaking; how long will Apple support additional firmware releases for its products?
Thanks to anyone who reads and responds to my long post!

The one problem is Apple using their own automatic port opening system.. NAT-PMP which is fine for apple clients but will not work with almost anything else made which depends on UPNP ..
There are lots of hassles with PS3 and XBox live and anything that depends on standard automatic port opening for interactive internet connection.
Manually opening ports is possible but a pain.
eg
AirPort Extreme and xbox 360
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5385065?tstart=0
I do agree with John Galt that the Apple products are well made and generally great.. they did have a bad capacitor failure issue in the Gen1 and Gen2 TC which he may have forgotten about.. I have repaired about 200 of the bludgers. And there was a dedicated site to pressure apple to fix them.. with 2500 recorded dead TC.
See http://timecapsuledead.org/
See
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair
And some ongoing issues.. even post getting that fixed up.
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But the AEBS had external power supply so didn't add to the heat of built in HDD and power supply in a case too small without cooling. New ones seem to have learnt the lessons of the past in that the power supply is internal but they use a fan system to keep it cool.
See http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule for internal construction.. TC and AEBS are now identical except for the hard disk.
An option worth considering is using a router with third party source firmware.
You are then never cut off from great updated firmware.. and you can do amazingly more with the fuller setup that includes Telnet cli and extensive interface on the GUI.
Eg Gargoyle on a Netgear WNDR3800 or even cheaper TP-Link WDR3600 or WDR4300.
These offer full QoS, not in Apple products.
Full throttling controls, not in Apple products.
Quota, not in any other products in domestic market at all.
NAT-PMP and UPNP, not in Apple products.
VPN, not in Apple products.
Multiple VLAN, Multiple IP addressing, not in Apple producs.
SMTP, which Apple removed from all their new products.. no reason why.
Log access, which Apple removed from the new airport utility.. no reason why.
etc.
If for some reason that firmware doesn't suit.. you can flash over to DD-WRT, or OPENWRT.. etc. in other words you are never again beholden to the manufacturer who after the product is EOL is also end of support.

Random Questions about Airport Extreme Card

I have an early 2006 iMac with the built in Airport Extreme card, and so far I've managed to use it to share my ethernet internet connection with my Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, Apple TV, etc.
But I have some random questions that I'm hoping some of you people can answer.
1. Does my Airport card support UPnP (or whatver the Mac equivelent is), and if so, how do I enable it?
2. With my old router I used to be able to type it's IP address into the address bar of my browser and access the settings for it. Anyway of doing this sort of thing to access the Airport's settings?
That's all I need to know really. Any help would be appreciated.
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hi
UPnP is handled by your router/modem.
You cant get access to the airport extreme card it has no settings to my knowledge(apart from network prefs).
Tony

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Hi... I have an Airport Extreme 802.11n that acts as the Base Station for my home network. I then have an Airport Express located elsewhere in our home that is set up to "Extend a wireless network".. We need it to give us better power coverage throughout our house... It seems to work fine... My wife usually runs her laptop in a distant part of the house and her computer connects wirelessly to the Airport Express and then from there to the Airport Extreme that talks to the rest of the world...
My question is related to a new Panasonic Wireless camera I just bought... This is not the first of these cameras I have deployed and each one has been a bit of an adventure... After a short time I got this new camera set up wirelessly near the Airport Extreme 802.11... So far so good... But then I moved it out near the Airport Express extender and it connects nicely to the extender just like my wife's computer does (I see this by looking at the wireless clients and I see the camera listed by its MAC address)... However, when I then try to connect to the camera by opening its web page, it won't connect... Once I noticed that it DID connect but only after a very long time and the page itself opened slowly and on inspection of the Airport Utility I noticed that it had connected to BOTH the extender (at good power) and the Base station (at very low power and thus the slow load)... But even though it shows it is attached to the extender just like my wife's computer connects to the extender, still I can't open its web page when the camera is attached exclusively to the extender... I admit to not being an expert on router or, for that matter, network camera settings so I thought I would drop in here and ask if anyone has any suggestions... Any ideas??? thanks.. bob...

Thanks for the feedback.. I have wondered before if "extend network" is equivalent to acting as a "bridge" and I think you are saying yes... thanks for that...
As if struck by a lightning bolt, sometime after I wrote my original post, the Panasonic camera soon after started behaving precisely as I would have expected... It is no longer attaching to both the extender and the base station. It is instead ONLY attaching to the extender now (which it is physically very near) and I can connect to it from a web browser quickly and repeatedly... And what did I do to make this happen??? Not a danged thing but let time pass... That's been my experience with these cameras in the past... As I said, always somewhat of an adventure to get them set up but once you do so, I have two others running now for a few years with no problems,,, Thanks for your help... bob..

Question about airport express/extreme and printing

Hopefully this question will make sense... I currently have my computer hooked up to Airport Extreme wirelessly. That is the network in my house. I want to buy a large format Epson printer and it needs to be somewhere else in the house and cannot be plugged in to the Extreme.
If I purchase the printer and plug it into an Airport Express that is plugged into an outlet can I switch back and forth between wi-fi connections to print wirelessly?
Thanks for any help.
Stephanie

If you receive a signal strong enough to use your computer wirelessly upstairs, you won't have any problem (I don't think) with your printer. I just got a Wi-Fi printer and it just seamlessly becomes part of your network same as adding any Wi Fi enabled device (I have 2 roku's for streaming Netflix etc and it all works great). BTW, my printer is a Canon MP 495 and so far I really like it. And, for a very inexpensive photo printer, (+AIO- copier, scanner, which I like, I paid around $45 on Amazon when it was on sale). The set-up instructions for Mac were not very coherent, but if you know what you are doing when it comes to adding hardware and working with your network, you can do it without the poorly written instructions. Also, the web site is not that great for help forums or shopping for ink, etc. Amazon is one of the best overall resources with lots of customer reviews, etc. Good luck!

Exeedingly basic question about AirPort functionality . . .

Before I start digging into PDF manuals, I thought I'd ask if what I'm interested in is even possible. Thanks in advance for the information.
If I connect an external hard disk to my AirPort (via USB), obviously I can set it up to be accessible to any computer that connects to my network. I understand that. My question is, could I also access my hard disk from another internet connection? In other words, if I'm connected at Starbucks, and I need a file on my external HD, is it possible to set up the AirPort to allow me access (through some password-protected login, hopefully) via my Starbucks internet connection?
Again, thanks very much in advance for saving me the time of looking all this up.

Yes, you can.

Noob question about Airport

I have one of the early G5 PowerMacs (single 1.6 gHz). It currently doesn't have an Airport card, but I'd like to install one or an equivalent. Here's my two questions:
1.) Are all G5s compatible with Airport Extreme cards?
2.) Are there good third party alternatives out there?
I wish Apple would be clearer about what systems are "Airport Extreme Ready".
Thanks in advance!

The Airport "Extreme" card for your G5 is here
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/1.RSLID?mco=3 93BD37&nplm=M8881LL%2FA
An alternative here but no cheaper
http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g11bcards/11gPCI.php

I have a few questions about Airport...

Hi.
Recently, I've just started to use my internet connection wirelessly via Airport. I'm a bit nervous about my security. I'm using a WPA Personal password type (which is very long and contains multiple text and number characters) in order to access my router's network distribution.
Am I right in thinking that, if any neighbouring persons wished to connect to my wireless network, they would need my WPA Personal password in which to do so?
Also, if somebody was to connect to my wireless network, how can I monitor them, and others who may be connected (i.e. how can I obtain their IP address, computer name, network name, etc)?
Thanks for your time,
onlyone-jc.

You are absolutely correct in your assumption that with WPA implamented.
It is not possible for anyone to access your network without you first giving them your password. They are able to see your network name but thats all they can do. This is the same with your computer, you can go up to your Airport Signal Strength Meter and see any Network in range of your computer.
There are several different programs available at.
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/
You will have to search through to find exactly what all is available.
There are different programs that give you several different options
Cheers Don

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