The most frustrating program I've ever used

This is my second go around with itunes and can't believe a company whos latest ad campaign focuses on how simple the apple computer is to use could actually release this piece of garbage. I consider myself to be an advance user and have loaded files on to every conceivable type of portable media device without issue with total ease. Trying to load or delete files is an absolute nightmare. Please don't tell me to read the manual because I have read the very minimal information in the manual and it does not explain one iota of how to use this program. Very dissapointing, I am seriously thinking of returning my 30g video and buying a zune or a zen.

It has always worked right, out of the box. HOWEVER, I have to admit I am still using iTunes version 6 because it DOES work right and I have found no reason to update to version 7 since v6 ain't broke for me. So there is that chance that going to version 7 could result in trouble, but I am wimping out and sticking with stable ol' version 6.
Patrick

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The most frustrating software i have ever used.

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I am far from being an IT person and am very frustrated in loading this software. I purchased the student version of Adobe photoshop CS4 extended and Adobe Illustrator CS4. My daughter had put a trial version on our computer for an art project. A month later I purchased both Adobe photoshop cs4 extended and Illustrator 4. I had trouble loading illustrator until I deleted the trial version. After deleting cs4 extended, the illustrator worked. However something messed up my printer. I did a system restore (opps) which messed up my Macafee virus. I finally fixed Macafee with the help of the customer service. However, the system restore took off the illustrator and put the cs4 extended version back on. What a DAY. I waited a week to try to reinstall illustrator and the CS4 extended. Now my system will not let me uninstall the trial version nor put illustrator on correctly. Help--you are my only hope.

fharris123 wrote:
1. I am using aspire
2. ram is 767 mb
3. System is Vista Home version
4. Trying to load Education version of Adobe illlustrator CS4. When this is loaded will try to load Educaton version of Adobe Photoshop cs4 extended.
5. Purchased from Academics in florida for my High Schooler. Had to provided a letter from her school along with her photo ID. Both were bought at student discount.
Did you read the systems requirements?
2GHz or faster processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and Windows Vista)
512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
Broadband Internet connection required for online services*
No you just squeeze under that it would seem, correct?
But then there is the system and the other applications running like your e-mail clients and browser and they all use RAM.
So I thin you might be running into t bottle neck.

Is it just me or is using the iPhone become the most frustrating and worst experience ever

Ever since I updated my phone to the iOS 8 and iOS 8.0.2 the phone gets blocked, sometimes I can't answer calls, sometimes it leaves applications while I'm still using them. it takes time to reacts to what I'm typing, the autocorrect is very anoying it imposes corrections u have to accept them then erase the word again and rewrite it the way you want.
I Encouraged all my friend to update; and now wether they have the 4s or more recent devices the yare all blaming me for what is happening to their phones

I get better 3G signal after the last update and in some areas where I used to get 1 or 2 bars maximum, now I get 3 and it is not dropping like before.

It took forever to get the Adobe Acrobat DC to download, it finally did and I am trying to convert a file from PDF to RTF and it is telling me that I am not connected to the Internet. This is the MOST frustrating product I have ever tried to use!! Why i

I don't want other people to answer this question, I want a an Adobe support person to answer the question.
Why can't we get support?? We paid for a product that is not able to be supported????

Hi Michelle ,
We are extremely sorry that you have had a bad experience with Adobe .
As far as your issue is concerned ,Acrobat generally prompts for internet connection as it is required to activate the product before you could use it comfortably .Once the product is activated or licensed you would be able to use the software offline .
This could be the possible reason you are experiencing this .Please check if you have done so and still facing this .And if you have not ,you need to license/activate your product by typing in your credentials ,i.e Adobe ID and password .
You could also refer the following link to get updated about the activation of your product .
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html#a ctivate-how-to
Regards
Sukrit Dhingra

Most frustrating phone issue I ever had!

This is what I would like to do if possible: Have all my accounts synced through my Iphone, to Mac Mail 2.0, to the server.
Example: I have an email on my phone.....I delete that email, and I wanted deleted from the Iphone, Mail 2.0, and also the server. And anything else I do with emails on my phone to also sync with Mail 2.0 and the server.
Emails I have: Gmail (IMAP), AOL (IMAP), ME (IMAP), Yahoo (won't IMAP in 2.0 without upgrade, just want it on Iphone and server to sync not 2.0), and lastly Comcast (POP, but will probably import into Gmail....Not now though! haha)
Is any of this possible? I tried every setting on the Iphone, 2.0, and server. +(store sent here, move deleted there, do this after a month, do that after a week, etc, etc, etc....it's different every place!)+ I can't get it! The most frustrating thing I have ever experienced with a phone. Thanks in advance.

Yes, however At&T bought Cingular since then. It's not the phone. My husband has the same problem and this is my third iphone. 2nd was an uprade 3rd an early upgrade to the 3GS because I accidently stuck my phone into the washer. I always had the same problem with service and so does my husband. He is on his third phone as well. 2nd was an upgrade which got chopped by the lawnmower. All together we had 6 iphones different sim cards same bad service.
I really want Apple to give people a choice with their service. I also own apple stocks and have done quite well with it. This will hurt them sooner or later. This is terrible service and every day I wonder how much will I take to support apple? I need a phone that can hold a conversation for a few minutes and one that doesn't tell me the number does not exist, when in fact it does (saved contact).
Their airspace or whatever you call it is insuffient here and maybe elswhere, that's why I asked the questions: Is it just me?

Creating interactive tutorial content - Is Director the most suitable program to learn?

I have no experience using Adobe Director. I have just downloaded the trial version and had a look at a handful of tutorial videos. Before I get stuck in with it, I would appreciate advice on whether Director is suitable for my intended purposes:
I want to start making English language learning content and want to learn one or two programs for creating programs for online/apps,etc... I need to start learning something that I can start using quickly to create programs/internet pages/apps to create educational content with video, audio. Is Director the right choice?
A typical 'lesson' might consist of the following: A short video clip of real life or TV/film entertainment followed by interactive exercises / games for whatever area of language focus is chosen for the lesson. I imagine I would need to prepare my video outside the program first - chopping up the clips I want to use - perhaps chopping short clips e.g. one sentence phrases, and then perhaps extracting out the audio and using just that in various ways. I would want to add my own text and so on. I would obviously have to start out fairly basic but I want a program that can be expanded on as much as possible. For example, the ability to make the program store correct/incorrect responses and react accordingly - repeating content that students have not yet mastered, perhaps also creating audio clips... Would something like recording of student spoken performance also be possible - and at a stretch, bringing in voice recognition?? That would be way down the line - at the outset I would be happy with something that is more or less like a lesson - presentation with video as my main content, followed by a handful of interactive exercises.
At this stage I would focus on just one medium e.g. basic web page materials for my personal students to access for homework - but in future have the ability to transfer the lesson content to multimedia educational/games if that's possible.
I see there is a whole suite of Adobe products to choose from. Do I need to learn a handful of these, if so which? Also there is the issue of cost as at the outset I would be using this just for learning purposes and to use with my own students. I highly doubt my company would be willing to pay for the programs / subscription - at least until I have spent enough time creating content to get some decent useful results and for them to see the value in it. So I would be on my own at the outset in terms of putting the time in and paying to use the software.
I am aware that my questions may be extremely broad, perhaps not easy to answer succinctly - but any advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated - even if it's just to let me know that I am on the right track in guessing that Director will do the job. Suggestions for other programs that I could look at either as alternatives, or for use in conjunction with Director (what about Flash??).
It seems a massive program and I will need to learn a basic subset of tools within the program to get me started, so any guidance on narrowing down what I need to focus on would be a great help.
Any help/suggestions are very welcome

The answer is absolutely no to your question, "Is Director the most suitable program to learn?".
Director is a dead technology. Do not waste hundreds of hours learning it. Also forget Flash. It's going away. I would not waste time learning that either.
I suggest learning HTML5 & JavaScript. Obviously you can develop interactive multimedia for the web with these, but increasingly IDEs and frameworks are being developed that use these two languages; enabling you to write once and export to multiple platforms.
The following are some technologies that you should consider. Some are free. Others are free until you publish a title or want to upgrade to the professional version.
PhoneGap : http://phonegap.com/
Titanium : Titanium Mobile Application Development | Appcelerator Inc.
LiveCode : http://runrev.com/
Unity3d : Unity - Game Engine

A website I need to get information from returns a message stating that I do not have the most recent XML parser, and suggests using IE 5.5 or newer. This, of course, I have no intention of doing. Any suggestions?

This is supposed to be an animated Help page. However, when Itry to click on it, it gives me the message:
Your browser does not seem to have the most updated XML parser.
Please use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or up for PointingTheWay features.
System Can Not Proceed any further.

Unfortunately, it's a member-only page, with member id and password required. I'm trying to contact their IT dept., but without much luck, so far!

What is the best software programs that I can use to read, write and modify data / files on external HD (NTFS format i.e. Windows) ?

Hi guys,
I’m new to Mac and have a MacBook Pro Lion OS (10.6.8 I think !!!) with Parallels 7 (Windows 7) installed. Can someone please tell me what is the best software program that I can use to read, write and modify data / files on external HD (NTFS format) from the Mac OS ? I heard of Paragon and Tuxera NTFS. Are they free ? Are they good ? Are there any other software programs out there ? I heard that some people have issues with Paragon.
Thanks.

Your best bet would be to take the drive to the oldest/compatible with that drive Windows PC and grab the files off, right click and format it exFAT (XP users can download exFAT from Microsoft) and then put the files back on.
Mac's can read and write all Windows files formats except write to NTFS (and in some cases not read) so if you can change the format of the drive to exFAT (all data has to be remove first) then you will have a drive that doesn't require paid third party NTFS software (a license fee goes to Microsoft) for updates.
Also it's one less hassle to deal with too.
.Drives, partitions, formatting w/Mac's + PC's

What would be the most compatible camera to buy when using imovie 11, under 300.00?

What would be the most compatible camera to buy when using imovie 11, under 300.00?

Start by looking at these:
iMovie 11 - cameras supported:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/cameras/en/index.html?lang=en_US

Show only a few of the most recent Gmail emails in Mail (use for sending)

Hello,
I recently set up Apple Mail, and even though I like the program a lot - I prefer to use Gmail to read and manage my emails. However, Mail is built in to many other Leopard applications, so I would prefer to use it with those (for sending purposes), such as in Preview. Therefore, I would like to know how to do the following:
- Make it not alter anything in my Gmail inbox
- Make it receive only a few of the most recent emails - or none
Would I have to use it through POP or IMAP for these things?
Thanks!

if you set up as pop, then you can choose the option to download from the day you created the account forward, thereby limiting the amount of emails that will be downloaded to mail. you would first have to enable pop in gmail>settings. with pop if you make a change in mail, in say your inbox, then that change will not be reflected in gmail on the web.
if you set up as imap, then what you see in gmail will be the same as what you see in mail as far as your emaisl/mailboxes... and chnages you make on one will be shown on the other.
hope this helps

I receive an error message when trying to install the latest Itunes program on my computer using windows 7, 64. I receive the message, "service apple mobile device fails to start"

What must I do to install the latest Itunes program using windows 7, 64. The program stops when the service portion is installing and states, "Service Apple mobile division fails to start"

Well, shucks, i just spent almost 30 minutes trying to find your model user guide to explain it better, I guess they never got around to making it.....
I would just borrow another Windows disk and try installing it again and if it does it again then you might take it to an Apple Store and see if one of the "Genius' " can figure it out.
Make sure your internet is enabled and click on your blank desktop and at the top of your screen is a Help menu option, enter PRAM and it should give you a list of things relating to Pram. It may take a few seconds to list anything as it has to connect to Apples severs first. It should list the things you may have to fill back in when your done.
"P-ram" stores some common information that is used in the background, your date, time, startup disk, etc, that you don't have to re-fill when you restart, it's a little different for each computer.

What is the most current iweb version I can use to maximize my capabilities?

I have G5 a power pc running 10.4.8 because of final cut issues - what is the most current version of iweb I can use to maximize my capabilities? i have it right now and can only host one site in it, etc. (though I build multuiples)
brent

The latest version of iWeb you can run with 10.4.9 is iWeb 2. iWeb 3 requires Leopard, 10.5.8 or later.
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Extended router's network for Airport extreme. Works well with MacbookPro. I can print with notebook with XP SP3 and, I can see the USB-harddisc in the Airport service program but, I cannot use it. I have set filesharing etc. What do I do wrong?

I connected the Airport Extreme wireless to the existing network of my router. At the Airport there is connected via USB a Printer and three hard discs. All works well on my MacBook Pro - I can print and use the hard discs. On my notebook and my desktop, both with XP-SP3 I can use the printer only. In the Airport service program - manual set up - hard discs I can see the drives with the correct names but I cannot work with it. I don't find neithe the Airport Extreme nor the drives in the Windows Explorer. Of course I've set 'filesharing' etc. What do I do wrong? Where is the mistake in the set up?

apikoros wrote:
The Utility transferred all of the AE's settings, so I still have to change the password, which leaves me with only 2 other questions, I think:
1) I assume it's just a matter of using the Utility, entering a stronger password and checking for it to be remembered in Keychain Access. But do I have to change the password for each individual unit-- the TC, the Extreme and both Expresses-- or will changing it just for the TC alone work for the entire network?
Resetting the password you will need to do for each device... the utility cannot even see those old units.
So you will have to do it for each one.. think it through.. because as you change passwords the others will lose connection.. so start from the express which are wireless extending .. change those first.. and go back up the chain.. as each one changes it will drop off the network.. until you reach extreme and change that. Then you might need to reboot the whole network to get everything talking again. If something goes wrong.. just pluck that one out of the mix and plug in ethernet.. reset and redo the setup. That is my preferred method anyway.. do everything in isolation one by one. By ethernet and then nothing goes wrong.
2) Who's the treasonous SOB who spilled the beans to you about the ICBM in my back yard?!?
N.Korean hackers.
[Edit] Whoops-- one more question: I want to partition the TC's disk, but Disk Utility doesn't see it. What do I need to do?
You cannot partition a network disk. And apple provided no tools for it in the TC itself. You can pull the disk out and partition it but that voids your warranty. (although done with care who is to know).
Look at Q3 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
Mixing TM and data on the TC is worth planning carefully. They don't necessarily sit happily together.

This is the most frustrating site I've been on in ...

I found a couple of questions on here which had very helpful answers so I wanted to post one myself but have got more and more irritated trying to navigate around this site!
Agh! Can you please make it a little more user friendly?

rachmch wrote:
I found a couple of questions on here which had very helpful answers so I wanted to post one myself but have got more and more irritated trying to navigate around this site!
Agh! Can you please make it a little more user friendly?
Yep, skype has become one of the most useless things on the internet,,,,, well the ACTUALL skype is quite fine, it's just the "help" pages are simply designed to go round in circles so the "team" helping don't ever have to,,,,,,,,,, do anything, answer other humans (we assume they in fact are human), actually reveal their intelect(s) and or interact with the REAL WORLD in any way whatsoever, they are however easy to spot,,,,,,,,,,,,, they're the ones sitting prone rocking back & forth chanting on the floor of the mall RIGHT NEXT TO THE GUN SHOP,,,,,,,,,,,, I'd advise quietly returning to your car, train or taxi and dialing 911 (or appropriate to your country) other wise the good news is there are now MANY other options (fortunately) for free video calling etc, dear old Google.com has truck loads for your convenience, personaly I have 3 (yes a whole three) contacts on skype now, the rest of my 100+ (Im a small player I know) have all scattered round the MANY other options that have REAL help pages, that (gasp) DO answer questions (many in REAL TIME with live human operators) this has been hugely convenient and altogether quite pleasant to have, hope that helps.

Oracle's web site is one of the most frustrating I have ever used

Hi,
There are two major issues with oracles main web site: lack of consistency and lack of information.
I would challenge anyone to draw any sort of coherent information architecture map of the oracle property. It would be a dogs breakfast because there is no consistency in how the site is laid out. Consequently a new user has no idea where to go to get the information you want. Sometimes you are directed to downloads from landing pages and other times its more product information. But it's rarely what you expect.
Secondly, take for example the download a the BPEL Process Manager for JBoss. I can't even find that page now where I downloaded it from... But, nowhere in the download page, and nowhere in the 100+MB download is there any explanation of what JBoss versions are supported. Just unbelievable.
If I did not have to use the web site, I would never go near it!
Cheers,
The Captn.

Actually, I find there is an amazing amount of consistency. I believe that Oracle's technology web face is organized as a set of portals. Let me walk you through an example:
Start at Oracle's main tech page, Oracle Technet at http://otn.oracle.com . That page, and virtually all those below, are organized as follows:
Top banner - log in, search (not particularily good),
Top shortcuts - quick links to First glance, Download, Documentation, Forums, Samples and Tutorial portals
Left nav bar - Product, Technology (overlapping product or OSS), Architecture, Community portals by category
Right Nav bar - Portal specific navigation to docs, demos, downloads, tutorials, etc.
Center - the actual content of this portal
So, if I'm looking for BPM for JBoss, knowing that's a middeware product, I'd go to the Left Nav bar, Products: Middleware to get to the Middleware portal.
That portal has the same general layout as above, so I concentrate on the center section. Just below the enormous (and confusing) picture, I notice the Fusion Middleware Family links which includes BPEL Process Manager. Click to get to that portal, and
That portal has the same general layout as above. This one's an end portal as it's got references to documentation, downloads, and white papers. It's may have the information I'm looking for. In fact, it's got the link to the download page you want.
On that download page, I note, close to the bottom is an older download of BPM for JBoss, and it specifies "Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10.1.2.0.2 for JBOSS (v3.2.6) ". That is the older one, so I assume the newer download is either for that version or a newer version.
Aside from that, some of Oracle's better kept secrets are their Certification Matrices. In general, you could check http://www.oracle.com/technology/support/metalink/index.html and for App Server matrix, look at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/files/oracle_soa_certification_101310.html
Hope that helps.

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