Suggestion for a user friendly apple experience

-stop this ****** back ups that take hours, and the advice of doing them the evening and stuff i won't take cos i have better things to do that spend hours on my iphone maintenance
-stop apple audio format conversion... maybe people that have 100 songs are happy with it, but when you got thousands it's a nightmare
-make iphone and ipods recognized as external HD devices so that music files can just be changed/deleted on-the-fly
I can't believe i get so ****** each time i want to put new music in my iphone, this product could be so cool and apple makes it such a pain...

If your backup is taking hours, you either have corrupted files on your iPhone or a problem with your PC. If it is the iPhone, a restore will take care of the issue.
My music doesn't get converted when I sync to the iPhone.
Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
There are apps in the App Store that will let you do "disk mode"
It sounds like the problem is your own lack of reading the manual or looking at the app store and Apple can't help you with that.

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At work here, a city college, not a professional company or broadcast studio, so resources are limited, we often have three people editing HDV content simultaneously in Final Cut Pro.
Keeping the content on our multiple backup servers, there's simply too much network traffic to do this smoothly.
Instead of keeping projects locally spread across multiple machines, I would like one centralized place for everything, for the Macs to access directly over gigabit or something else.
So, what kind of setup do you guys suggest for this?
The machines here are two quad-core G5s (no RAID or fiber-channel right now), and a Core2Duo iMac, F400 only.
Again, it'd need to be able to handle three HDV projects going on simultaneously without skipping due to having to seek back and forth all over the drive.
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Yes, an XSan system would perfectly fit the bill for what you want to do, but an XSAN is not a cheap solution. When it is all said and done, it will cost you tens of thousands of dollars.
The best, cheap solution would be to use Firewire drives. I would not duplicate a project onto three drives, because you will then always be trying to figure out which version is the most current. Instead, keep all of your project, capture scratch and render files on the firewire drives. Then move the drive to whichever computer you want to do the editing on.
Properly log & capture all your footage, then archive all your project files, because Firewire hard drives will fail over time, loosing all the info on the discs. I did say this was the cheap solution. "Cheap" does have its costs…

A suggestion for fellow users.

this is not meant as a criticism in anyway and i hope i'm not speaking out of turn. everyone on here seems very polite and helpful (as they should be).
it's just that i've been using this forum quite a lot over the last few days, and i've noticed that quite often, the same questions/problems come up regularly, sometimes even within two or three posts of each other. i have certainly found myself repeating advice.
quite often, a quick look around will find the problem and sometimes a response that has even been given already. or use the search forum box on the right hand side.
if you can't find your problem easily, then post a new thread, but the odds are that someone else has already mentionned your problem, and that someone has suggested a solution - you'll get your answer a lot quicker as well!
Anna

Well said. I so agree.

Suggestion For Improved Texting 4 Apple

The iPhone would be greatly improved If you could text from landscape using both thumbs.. Like a sidekick. Both thumbs work better plus they could make the letters bigger like on safari landscape mode. All it would take is a software update and would make a HUGE difference...

I'd like this as well. Hopefully, Apple will put this into a future rev of the firmware. I can see why they didn't since you cannot see but a few lines above the keybaord when it's up in landscape mode, thereby making it harder to converse in a chat like style. however, i think the added usability will be appreciated as you would still be able to see the most recent message.

Need somehting to use to poke around on IPAD and suggestions for new user?

My husband is new to internet and is the proud owner of IPAD2 - but is having trouble getting around with his big fingers, is there something that he could use to poke around with like email?

Any stylus works. This one sounds good (Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/amCase-Ultra-sensitive-Capacitive-Stylus-Kindle/dp/B0059KT EBC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321149046&sr=8-1
It has 4.5 stars reviews too. I can't say if it's good or bad, but you may want to check out other options too.
Almost all styluses (don't know the plural) are below $10. There's not really a "bad stylus" either. Just don't try to make your own, that has a tragic end.

What is proper way to report suggestions for app features And bugs to Apple

What is the proper way to report suggestions for app features to Apple? Or, do they even want suggestions?
And, how about reporting app bugs? Should I just assume the bug is already known, or is there a way for (quickly) reporting them?

I'm not sure about bugs in non-Apple apps, but bugs in Apple apps can be reported via this form:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Suggestions for Smart Playlists

Recently, I purchased an iPod Classic. As a Mac user for 2 years, I have experienced the advantages of using a Mac-based computers and its OS itself. Therefore, I trust Apple brand in whichever products they are selling and recommends to my customers, friends and relatives. However, when I was trying out the features of iTunes, like the Smart Playlist, I realised certain flaws to it.
When I was setting the rules for which type of songs to be placed into the playlist, for example, I only want Trance music only, but not the podcasts. However, no matter how I set the rules, it shows the other genres of music like Dance in the playlist, furthermore, the podcasts still shows up.
I would like to suggest to place an additional function to the Smart Playlist by adding a "DO NOT" function. For example, DO NOT place any songs like podcasts or Dance music. This way, it makes it easier for heavy users like me to place songs without thinking much of how to set the appropriate rules to it. Thank you.

Suggestions for Smart Playlists
tell Apple via _*iTunes feedback*_.
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I have a photo studio in my home and will need to get the digital files to my clients roughly once a week. i am currently using dropbox, but was thinking of purchasing a NAS that I could use for this purpose,as well as for my home network needs, mainly itunes and photos of the kid...
any suggestions for a mac friendly NAS , and how it can be accesed by my client over the internet?
can a NAS be accessed like a FTP site, using fetch or another FTP client?
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-thomas

Hi Thomas,
I have had similar considerations and finally chose QNAP 439 Pro II over the many other ones out there (LinkSys, NetGear, Bufallo, etc.). Without going into technical details, the main reason for my choice were easy-of-use, functionalities and scalability:
http://www.qnap.com/prodetail_feature.asp?pid=148
It's not the cheapest solution out there, but works great with the Mac, even acts as storage solution for TimeMachine (with latest firm ware). And implementing client access is easy.
Hope this helps.
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Mark

User friendly site ?

Website does not suggest for normal users to first uninstall previous versions before updating. Windows XP, SP3, 32 bits, Firefox, Flash Player 11. I lost hours of trying, and avoidable webtraffic. I also dislike to have to restart my computer while online when installing is already started. (security measure).
I was able to update. I believe website needs update for human use, or fails some recognable procedure steps.

You should not have to uninstall under normal conditions when updating Flash Player, nor restart your system. However, there are times when files get locked and a system restart is required so that they can be replaced upon reboot. Either way, I'm sorry you encountered problems and hopefully things go smoother for you in the future. We are also actively looking to improve our installation help documents and I'm looking forward to seeing progress in this area soon.
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No Wimbledon for Mac users

I would have liked to watch the Wimbledon finals on my computer, but according to their site Apple computers are not supported "due to the digital rights management and sharing technology used".
http://wimbledon.mediazone.com/US/subscribe.html
http://img.skitch.com/20080705-dj5mu9mn985trq6f4pn3bufhba.jpg
I don't know what they're referring to exactly, and honestly I don't really care.
But I'm tired of things being unavailable for Mac users. Apple, what are you doing about it??
thanks,
Liz

You can view them by paying a subscription. They use the WMV format (bless 'em!) so you will need Flip4Mac WMV Player from... On Wimbledon.com's subscription page, they specifically tell Mac users that they are not supported.
Unfortunately, it appears they will not be supported on a Mac under OS X. According to a comment on the UK site, it appears viewing will require VMV 10/11 which leaves out Mac users whose Flip4Mac support only extends as high as WMV 9. However, all of the "archives" and "free" material seems to be encoded with WMV 9 and is still accessible.
That's where Apple needs to be on the ball and if there is an easy solution, make sure that the folks at Wimbledon.com know about it, and that they make it available to their subscribers.
What you seem to fail to realize is the fact that WMV DRM and Apple's DRM are mutually incompatible and in direct competition with one another other. Further, you seem to think it is Apple's responsibility to initiate and organize "a commission on standards compliance." I hate to break the news, but as already been pointed out above, Apple compression formats, in almost every case, adhere to open standards already agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Pictures Expert Group. It is the proprietary software developers which add their own enhancements, "improvements", and/or mix/merge various profiles/features/capabilities that you must convince to adhere to the already established standards.
I can't take electronic books, videos, or music out of my local library because I have a Mac, and they use OverDrive. Can you honestly tell me that's not Apple's problem?
How is it Apple's problem that the Libraries also opted to use WMV and its DRM over Apple's? Further, if you check out what the Overdrive Console is in actuality, you will find it is simply management software which performs the same functions as Apple's iTunes -- i.e., the prevention of unauthorized burning or distribution of DMR files, the timely forced expiration of "overdue" content, and the selection, access, and management of Library System media. Let's face it, in many ways Microsoft's DRM capabilities are more business oriented where Apple is more home entertainment/personal user oriented. I can't say that I really blame business oriented, "bottom line" sites for selecting one over the other here.
I don't deny that there is a workaround and that with some knowledge, you can make it work,
The only real workaround I see here is to have a Mac Intel system with functioning Windows XP, Vista, or similar Windows OS that supports WMV Player v10 or v11. Since I really don't care about viewing any of the sites or content that you seem to feel are so important, this is not a "hot issue" for me one way are the other.

Users of imovie experience a lot of problems and crying for help and no one at Apple did not respond I do not understand how a company like Apple puts experts to help users Please note that anonymous experts in Internet offer their help for money

Users of imovie experience a lot of problems and crying for help and no one at Apple did not respond
I do not understand how a company like Apple puts experts to help users
Please note that anonymous experts in Internet offer their help for money

Users of imovie experience a lot of problems and crying for help and no one at Apple did not respond
I do not understand how a company like Apple puts experts to help users
Please note that anonymous experts in Internet offer their help for money

Is there a way for this community, to make a suggestion to Apple to include blocking a specific contact number calls and messages just as other phones provide that feature for their users.

Is there a way for this community, to make a suggestion to Apple to include blocking a specific contact number calls and messages just as other phones provide that feature for their users.

No phone provides true call blocking. At best, they provide call diversion. Essentially, the call is answered and disconnected automatically. If I recall, Apple is adding call diversion features in iOS 7.
Best of luck.

This entire Apple Support Community feedback is not user friendly or meant for us oldies.

Hi
Thanks for the 2 replies from different people. It's taken me 2 hours to try and find a way to respond to my 2 emailers...to NO avail. I've tried so much that I can't even remember what I've done or where I've been to repeat the action. Apple Support Community is too complicated for this old man to find/use or answer back on. I'll be leaving Apple/itunes for good, and if I loose my purchased and/or personal library of 9,000 songs so be it. Time to go android. Perhaps it's easier to navigate than this mess. This isn't user friendly at all, and doesn't answer very much because I can't answer back with parts of my dilemma I just do NOT understand. I've tried in my 2nd message to the community to be concise and exact on my issue to no real avail. It's NOT only my desire to go back to version 9...but the icloud debacle, and the genius issue as well. AAARGH!!!
But a huge thank you to my responders. I'm afraid to use that last bit of help because I have questions upon questions. That sounds like a band-aid rather than a true fix. And personally I do NOT find version 11 the same as previous versions. I really don't want it. I want what I was comfortable and familiar with for the last 5-6 years...not this mess.
Best wishes everyone and audios and a huge THANK YOU.

and find a way to respond to my 2 emailers...to NO avail
You don't respond to emailers because no one is emailing you. (looks like I am one of them).
Apple Support Community (ASC) is emailing you because you subscribed to your topic post.
When someone rersponds to your post in ASC, ASC will send you an email informing you there was a response to the topic you posted here.
You then go to that post and review it and respond if you wish.
To turn off emails from ASC, see this -> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3661
I'll be leaving Apple/itunes for good,
Really? Just because you got an email?
This isn't user friendly at all, and doesn't answer very much because I can't answer back with parts of my dilemma I just do NOT understand.
You seem to be doing fine here -> https://discussions.apple.com/message/24556207#24556207
then you abandoned your first topic and posted again here -> https://discussions.apple.com/message/24557775#24557775

HT4436 Apple invented this icloud thing they should make it user friendly too they should make it veru easy and straightforward to setup for now its not promise

i have both a windows vista in self assembled pc and mac OSX10.5.8 in white macbook pro and i ve tried it in both but each time i go it says an email address should be used as an account name and then in other pinstance it will say its not a valid Apple id. hey what is what guys i love everything Apple i used to start repairing Apple IIEs since in1994 using Apple DOS then mac plus mac os 6 or earlier then 9.x until 10 now i thought all apple products are really user friendly also i was expert in replacing broken lcds of 17" powerbooks overhaul broken color Apple Printers Aproducts are so lovely makes one fanatic but this icloud thingy frustrates me a lot really i'd be glad if Apple guys hunt me down hire and include me in their research and development team to improve their intangible products such as this web based service and any other projects i'm an untapped genius in some dimension mate lol (:

Untapped genius you say?
Your post is virtually incomprehensible due to irrelevant waffle, lack of punctuation, any form of grammar or a coherent technical question.
If you had read the support article you arrived here from, you would've seen that on a Mac you need OS X 10.7.5 or later and on a PC you need Windows 7 or 8 to use all iCloud features. So both your computers are way out of date.
You also need a valid AppleID. Go to http://appleid.apple.com/ and log in with the AppleID you're trying to use. If necessary, it should give you the option to update your AppleID to make it valid.

Disconnecting cable TV service. Any suggestions for Apple TV setup?

Hello.
I don't know if this is the right forum fro my question but here goes:
I'm planning on cancelling my cable TV service and keeping my ethernet internet service from the same cable service. I don't have airport/wireless anything.
I'd like to be able to play DVD's, and to rent movies online. Once my cable box is removed, can/do I replace it with a Tivo, Apple TV, DVD player with netflix capabilities etc? I'm sort of at a loss as to where I begin, probably since I've never used wireless.
My DVD player is on it's last legs, so a new one is most likely an option. Will a DVD player with netflix capabilities be a better bet than Apple TV? Would I need both? Do I need to have Airport Express wireless to use Apple TV?
Any ideas or suggestions for a beginning to a simple setup would be MUCH appreciated. Thank you in advance!

The answer to your main question (which can be paraphrased as "will an AppleTV work for me") is "it depends". The fact that you are considering canceling your cable TV implies that you do not use enough of what it has to offer to make it worth the monthly fee. There have been several similar posts here including at least one in the last couple of moths where a user found that renting movies and TV episodes from iTunes and playing them on AppleTV gave what was wanted at a substantial cost saving.
Turning to specifics, all you need to run AppleTV is an iTunes account and Internet access, wireless unless you have some physical configuration that will let you hook up the ATV by Ethernet cable. Overall, most people seem to use wireless. There are many ways to hook up your cable modem wirelessly. Depending on the service provider it may already have the capability. If not, run down to BestBuy (I assume you are in the US since you reference Netflix which is a US service) and buy a wireless router, hook it into the modem and off you go (ask the BestBuy staff if you need more specific direction).
Other issues: your Netflix question - are you thinking about on demand Netflix as opposed to their rental service? If so you need some device set up to access the service (Netflix will sell you one, and you can also make it work using an Xbox or Sony PS, for example). Right now the only content you can download to the ATV is what you get from iTunes.
If you look at past posts here you will see that opinions vary on the adequacy of the iTunes library and quality of the video. Some of us, including pretty heavy users, are more than satisfied by what is available in terms of content and quality. Others are not. It won't take you long to figure out who is in what camp.
You do not say if you use iTunes / want to have a user-friendly interface to play music without having to have the computer on and running iTunes. If you do, then this is a big plus for AppleTV.
Last point, if you think you may be a very heavy user of download material (to an AppleTV or anything else) and are seduced by the promise of HD, there are two things to bear in mind: firstly, Netflix doesn't offer HD movie downloads, and iTunes only provides HD movies to rent (but you can purchase or rent standard def movies, and TV shows are available in HD); secondly, HD offerings are large files so make sure that there are no download limits from your ISP!

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