Trackpad began to behave very strangely

After installation Mac OS X v10.7 Lion on my MacBook Air trackpad began to behave very strangely. I just moving the pointer but it's clicking during the movings (closing windows, tapping links etc).
So, how to fix it?

48 hours ago, I installed Lion on my Macbook purchased in the spring of 2009. Everything seemed normal, until I went to type. Regardless if it was in Facebook to reply to a thread, Text Edit, Mac Mail, my cursor would erratically act possessed, cursor appearing in the middle of a blue highlighted portion of what I had just typed. I was cursing my Macbook, wondering what on earth was wrong!
I should state that when I installed Lion, it was from Leopard. I erased Leopard entirely from my hard drive from the Lion disk utility. I did my updates. Called Apple Tech Support today, ended up with a supervisor. Both people I spoke to were terrific. During this phone call, I was advised to reinstall Lion without erasing it from my hard drive. Just to reinstall over the top of what was already on my hard drive. Did this, and to my surprise two software updates arose for Airport Utility and iTunes!! Did those updates. It didn't require a reboot.
I still had erratic-possessed cursor problems. At this point, I went to my iMac desktop, unplugged my new keyboard, and plugged the usb keyboard into my Macbook. This worked beautifully. At this point the lightbulb turned on. With the wired usb keyboard plugged in, I shut down my Macbook. I unplugged the USB keyboard, and rebooted my Macbook. My Macbook keyboard, cursor, trackpad are now cooperating in the manner in which they should be.
I can only suggest to reinstall Lion, without reformatting your hard drive. Check for updates. Reboot. Try my external USB keyboard suggestion. GOOD LUCK!

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MacBook Pro - Battery behaving very strangely

I have noticed there are already many threads on this, couldn't decide which one to post in so am starting a new one.
I have a MBP 2.33 C2D 17" from late 2006. Last year I experienced the 'expanding battery' problem, my battery totally warped out of shape and was not working properly. After a fair bit of trouble with Apple France (who basically said, too bad, buy a new one), I eventually was able to go above their heads and get Apple to send me a free replacement. This seemed fair seeing as I had bought my MBP within the timeframe of an official battery recall published on the Apple site. The new battery worked absolutely fine, and is now still less than a year old.
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Firefox 25.0.1 behaving very strangely on OS/X 10.9

I am using Firefox 25.0.1 to develop PHP code using MAMP locally within a Mac running OS/X 10.9.
When I fetch a page with a correct URL like
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However, simultaneously, the PHP code also seems to be responding to another fetch, with a shortened URL like
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I have two guesses.
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[SOLVED] Broadcom wireless card behaving very strangely

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When I try to use netctl to connect to my home network, I get the same error:
-- Unit [email protected] has begun starting up.
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If I scan for networks using iw dev wlp3s0 scan, I get no output. Here's the debug output from that if it means anything to anyone—from the docs on netlink I read it doesn't seem to show anything unusual:
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 26 <0x1a>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438118
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 33
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[PAYLOAD] 16 octets
08 00 03 00 03 00 00 00 08 00 2d 00 04 00 01 00 ..........-.....
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 2 <ERROR>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438118
.port = 3698
[ERRORMSG] 20 octets
.error = 0 "Success"
[ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 16
.type = 26 <0x1a>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438118
.port = 3698
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438119
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 1
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 116
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438119
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 1
.version = 2
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
[ATTR 01] 2 octets
10 00 ..
[PADDING] 2 octets
00 00 ..
[ATTR 03] 4 octets
02 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 04] 4 octets
00 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 05] 4 octets
07 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 06] 20 octets
14 00 01 00 08 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 ................
0e 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 07] 24 octets
18 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 10 00 00 00 0b 00 01 00 ................
6e 6f 74 69 66 79 00 00 notify..
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 2 <ERROR>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438119
.port = 3698
[ERRORMSG] 20 octets
.error = 0 "Success"
[ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 16
.type = 16 <0x10>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438119
.port = 3698
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438120
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 8 octets
6e 6c 38 30 32 31 31 00 nl80211.
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438121
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 1
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 116
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438121
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 1
.version = 2
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
[ATTR 01] 2 octets
10 00 ..
[PADDING] 2 octets
00 00 ..
[ATTR 03] 4 octets
02 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 04] 4 octets
00 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 05] 4 octets
07 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 06] 20 octets
14 00 01 00 08 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 ................
0e 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 07] 24 octets
18 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 10 00 00 00 0b 00 01 00 ................
6e 6f 74 69 66 79 00 00 notify..
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 2 <ERROR>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438121
.port = 3698
[ERRORMSG] 20 octets
.error = 0 "Success"
[ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 16
.type = 16 <0x10>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438121
.port = 3698
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438122
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 8 octets
6e 6c 38 30 32 31 31 00 nl80211.
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438123
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 1
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 116
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438123
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 1
.version = 2
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
[ATTR 01] 2 octets
10 00 ..
[PADDING] 2 octets
00 00 ..
[ATTR 03] 4 octets
02 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 04] 4 octets
00 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 05] 4 octets
07 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 06] 20 octets
14 00 01 00 08 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 ................
0e 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 07] 24 octets
18 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 10 00 00 00 0b 00 01 00 ................
6e 6f 74 69 66 79 00 00 notify..
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 2 <ERROR>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438123
.port = 3698
[ERRORMSG] 20 octets
.error = 0 "Success"
[ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 16
.type = 16 <0x10>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438123
.port = 3698
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438124
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 8 octets
6e 6c 38 30 32 31 31 00 nl80211.
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438125
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 1
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 116
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438125
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 1
.version = 2
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 7 octets
6e 6c 63 74 72 6c 00 nlctrl.
[PADDING] 1 octets
00 .
[ATTR 01] 2 octets
10 00 ..
[PADDING] 2 octets
00 00 ..
[ATTR 03] 4 octets
02 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 04] 4 octets
00 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 05] 4 octets
07 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 06] 20 octets
14 00 01 00 08 00 01 00 03 00 00 00 08 00 02 00 ................
0e 00 00 00 ....
[ATTR 07] 24 octets
18 00 01 00 08 00 02 00 10 00 00 00 0b 00 01 00 ................
6e 6f 74 69 66 79 00 00 notify..
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 36
.type = 2 <ERROR>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 1390438125
.port = 3698
[ERRORMSG] 20 octets
.error = 0 "Success"
[ORIGINAL MESSAGE] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 16
.type = 16 <0x10>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438125
.port = 3698
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 32
.type = 16 <genl/family::nlctrl>
.flags = 5 <REQUEST,ACK>
.seq = 1390438126
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 3
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[ATTR 02] 8 octets
6e 6c 38 30 32 31 31 00 nl80211.
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 172
.type = 26 <0x1a>
.flags = 0 <>
.seq = 0
.port = 0
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 34
.version = 1
.unused = 0
[PAYLOAD] 152 octets
08 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 03 00 03 00 00 00 ................
0c 00 99 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 2d 00 ..............-.
04 00 00 00 74 00 2c 00 08 00 00 00 6c 09 00 00 ....t.,.....l...
08 00 01 00 71 09 00 00 08 00 02 00 76 09 00 00 ....q.......v...
08 00 03 00 7b 09 00 00 08 00 04 00 80 09 00 00 ....{...........
08 00 05 00 85 09 00 00 08 00 06 00 8a 09 00 00 ................
08 00 07 00 8f 09 00 00 08 00 08 00 94 09 00 00 ................
08 00 09 00 99 09 00 00 08 00 0a 00 9e 09 00 00 ................
08 00 0b 00 a3 09 00 00 08 00 0c 00 a8 09 00 00 ................
08 00 0d 00 b4 09 00 00 ........
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Sent Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 28
.type = 26 <0x1a>
.flags = 773 <REQUEST,ACK,ROOT,MATCH>
.seq = 1390438127
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 32
.version = 0
.unused = 0
[PAYLOAD] 8 octets
08 00 03 00 03 00 00 00 ........
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
-- Debug: Received Message:
-------------------------- BEGIN NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
[NETLINK HEADER] 16 octets
.nlmsg_len = 20
.type = 3 <DONE>
.flags = 2 <MULTI>
.seq = 1390438127
.port = 3698
[GENERIC NETLINK HEADER] 4 octets
.cmd = 0
.version = 0
.unused = 0
--------------------------- END NETLINK MESSAGE ---------------------------
If I try to use wpa-supplicant, it will say "Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant" as if it had properly made a connection, but it hasn't. Running iw dev wlp3s0 link will show that the card isn't connected to anything, and of course the internet still doesn't work.
I know it's not a hardware problem because the wireless works fine in Mac OS.
What gives? Is there a way I can investigate this further? It seems like a driver and/or kernel issue but I'm not really sure how to nail that down with confidence. I couldn't find any reports in the kernel bug tracker about this or anything, so maybe it's just me and I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks!
Last edited by tenfoxes (2014-01-24 02:44:16)

Yay, that worked!
I guess I really should've tried that initially, huh? Since the wiki said not to use it unless you had an unsupported wireless card, I figured I shouldn't (b43 officially supports mine). Still, considering that it's easy to install/uninstall drivers, my caution was obviously unwarranted.
Thanks for your help!

Scaling behaving very strangely with 4K footage in a 1080 sequence

I have brought some 4K footage (4096 x 2160, ProRes 4444) into a new project and placed it in a new 1920 x 1080 sequence. "Default scale to frame size" is unchecked. I elect to "Keep existing settings". As expected, footage comes in a 100% so I'm just seeing the center of the frame. Playback is normal. As I scale down, I can see more of the frame - great.
When I scale below 50% however, things get weird. As I'm scaling down (by dragging the mouse) and cross below 50%, the image in the Program window suddenly jumps back to what appears to be 100% and continues scaling down from there. When I let go of the mouse, it jumps back to what appears to be the correct scale. But things get weirder when I press play. The image in the window doubles in size. I have created a video to show you what I'm seeing.
• My Zoom Level is 100%
• This happens regardless of whether or not I use "Default scale to frame size".
• This happens regardless of what Playback Resolution or Paused Resolution I use.
• This happens whether or not I have Program on a second display.
• This happens no matter what I've tried to do differently so far.
Please advise. Thanks
2012 MacPro 5.1, 2 x 2.4GHz 6-core
OS X 10.9.4
GTX 780 6GB
Premiere CC 8.0.1

Hi Drking2020,
I see you have seen this forum post: Re: 4k Playback in 1080p Sequence - Zoom out in 1/2 resolution
Try those things that Mark Mapes mentioned, such as changing the playback resolution.
Thanks,
Kevin

Help! Ipod touch behaving very strangely

Ok so basically I was using my Ipod a few days ago and it was fine, no problems at all, I leave it for a few hours come back and it's not working. It's not switching on or off, I've tried resetting it by holding the home and sleep button, but no response. I've tried restoring it with my laptop, but again no response, only the apple logo keeps flashing on then off every few seconds. Anyone got any ideas? This has never happened before btw, any help would be appreciated!

Try here:
iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
If not usccessful and the iPod screen continues to cycle on and of, on and off then let the battery fully drain. After charging for at least an hour try the article again if you are getting a different screen response. If same screen response then time for an appointment at the Genious Bar of an Apple store.

ITunes behaving very strangely

Seems every time i click on a song i get a message telling mne the original file could not be found.Would i like to locate itU

Sorry, had to start again
Seems every time i click on a song i get a message telling mne the original file could not be found.Would i like to locate it.A choose file window comes up,On the left column pressing the music icon produces three folders - Garage, iTunes and Music folders.
Disregarding Garage , I click on iTunes and I get the following list-Album artwork(folder), iPod (Games), iTunes Library( a 856KB file which produces no music),iTunes Library xtras.itdb ( 212kb file),iTunes Library Genius.itdb ( 7.7mb file),iTunes Music (folder with nothing in it),iTunes Music Library .xml( document) , one single song I recently purchased, Previous Libaries (3 files with nothing in them) and Unknown Artist ( with one song).
Next i click on Music and iTunes appears again this time with a short list of songs, about 22 in all, some of which correspond to the relevant song in my iTunes library but others do not. Below the list again I have Album artwork, iTunes library, iTunes `Music,iTunes music Library xml and Previous libraries.
Only upon pressing iTunes music in this location do I get my whole list of down loaded and ripped from cd music and its from there that I can play them.Oddly once I play them once I can continue to play them as before but only those particular songs.Obviously having to play every single song so that I can access them as before isnt an option as I have so many.
Has any one got any ideas hoiw I might get iTunes to work normally again? Thanks!
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Mail prefs behaving very strangely

after a crash, i was trying to change some settings (signature), and noticed that mail's preferences is completely missing the normal tabs for "general", "junk", etc., and only shows the "accounts" tab, so i can poke around with the two accounts, but i can't get to any of the other panes.
i have tried trashing the mail prefs file, but it didn't help, and i tried setting up a new admin account. neither one fixed the problem.
it's almost as if the other panes of mail's prefs have been trashed or mangled. where do they live, or how can i resurrect them, or what else can i try?

BDAqua,
In Mail 3.x, the Preference panel does not have the oval (some panels do), and therefore you must click on View, and then choose Show Toolbar (which has become hidden). So if the person on whose behalf the original poster is checking is using Leopard, then using the View/Show Toolbar may be the only route.
Ernie
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Very strange: can not enable root.

One of my old G4 behaves very strange, unless everything is running very well, I can't log in as root.
Also after enabling root in NetInfo manager, I can't login as root, neither as user nor using SSH.
I resetted the Pasword using the Install-DVD. But still no effect.
Finally i deleted the root account using NetInfoManager and deleted the root home dirctory /private/var/root.
So I was able to activate root in NIM again, restarted the local NetInfo-Domain and again: nothing.
It is complete impossible to log into this machine as root. But I have to.
Making a complete new install on this mac will cost me at least one day, so this is not an option.
Workin since ever with lots of macs, I never faced such a strange thing. Please help!

Should the features and access you require not work in 10.4.11, you may have to
consider installing a new system folder and update that; if the issue really is one
of some unusual happening and the superuser or root user is inaccessible.
Are you sure you really need root user access? There are other ways to do stuff.
You appear to have already tried the basic steps to gain root level access:
"Enabling the Root User" - an Apple Help 10.4 support document:
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1549.html
This thread really does show more than one way to handle the issue...
"How do I enable root user? - 10.5.x"
{includes a 'command line editor" discussion - and other detailed options}
- http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1910434&tstart=0
There may also be some helpful access to command line and other
super user or unix baseline methods in the OnyX utility from Titanium
Software, the free-running user interface utility. I've seen this section
in there but have no need presently to experiment with it.
In any event, see if the second link above is helpful; it may be.
Good luck & happy computing!

Why is my 'redaction square' behaving so strangely?

In Acrobat (Tools > Protection > Mark for Redaction), the user redacts text by controlling a square. But my square is behaving very strangely:
1. I create a square by clicking and dragging.
2. Upon releasing the mouse button, the square shrinks to a smaller size.
3. Upon applying the redaction, the square returns to roughly its original size, but shifts up and to the right!
I can provide screenshots if needed. Is anyone here familiar with this bizarre phenomenon? Am I doing something wrong? Why on earth would the redaction square shift up and to the right?
Thanks.

OK, I made a little pdf to illustrate the problem, and here is the album of screenshots. Here's what's going on:
1. I have a pdf open.
2. I zoom in to do some detailed redaction.
3. I click-and-drag to make a 'redaction square' (grey).
4. The redaction-to-be is now indicated by a slightly-smaller square (red).
5. I apply the redaction and get results that are shifted up and to the right (blanked out).
And of course it's step 5 that's absolutely baffling, and so unpredictable as to make detailed redaction a matter of painful guesswork.

I have an Ipad mini with IOS7. A few days ago I began to have problems with wifi connectivity. I can connect to wifi with Google but cannot navigate in Safari nor any of my aps are able to acess wifi. Very strange. Not sure what to do!

I have an Ipad mini with IOS7. A few days ago I began to have problems with wifi connectivity. I can connect to wifi with Google but cannot navigate in Safari nor any of my aps are able to acess wifi. Very strange. Not sure what to do!

Hi ..
Reset the device:
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings
You may have to re enter your Wi-Fi password.
If nothing above has helped, try here > iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections

Macbook Pro behaving extremely strangely

Today I took delivery of a new 11 inch Macbook Air. Started migrating over wi-fi from my 2009 Macbook Pro and obviously it was taking forever so I stopped it after a few hours. Now doing a backup restore to the Macbook Air from Time Capsule which seems to be going much quicker. However, my Macbook Pro has now started behaving really strangely. Particularly, it won't recognise clicks on my magic mouse and I have to press hard on the trackpad for it to recognise clicks have tried monekying about with trackpad and magic mouse setting but to no avail.
When it started doing this, if I restarted the computer it would work fine for about a minute and then start doing this. Now it's just doing this. Also it seemed to have logged me out of my home network but now logged back in. It's running Lion by the way and has been a little glitchy since installing that anyway but so far nothing like this. Is it connected to the aborted migration or the currently restoring Macbook Air perhaps? Both computers would be having the same user account signed (that's ok right)? Please can someone help!

Sorry to keep bumping this but keep finding new things. Ok, so if I restart my Macbook Pro everything works fine, mouse clicks are registered no problem UNTIL I touch the trackpad or close the lid and reopen. If I touch the trackpad it reverts to clicks not registering on the mouse and the trackpad continues to behave in this screwy way. Same thing for closing the lid and putting to sleep. Please, does anyone have any thoughts. Going to take it to the geniuses tomorrow anyway but if anyone has any thoughts it'd really be appreciated!

Very strange screen problem (previous app leaves mark)

I'm Danielle, i'm from the Netherlands and i'm having a very strange problem with my iPad mini (bought It August 2013).
never had problems with my iPad, but since a few weeks i have à strange problem with my screen.
when i open an app, for example messages, and i use it for a while, and then return to the home screen or go to another app,the messages app leaves a mark o'n the screen at the left side of my screen (an area of 2 cm from the Side). my english is not very good but im trying to describe it.
I cant make a print screen of iT because its a problem with the screen So you dont see iT on a print screen.
so:
- i see a mark of THE previous screen(app) on my screen
- first i throught iT was: in dutch we call it doorgebrand, translated in english: burn through (dont know if i translated it right). Like a old computer when you are working at a screen for to long so letters and text are printed, permanently, on the Screen (Thats why you have screen savers).
- but: it disapears in a few minutes or if i open a black screen.
- It's not very clear to see (The longer i used the app, The clearer the Mark) and iT has horizontal stripes
i hope someone has experience with this problem or knows what i have to do.
i never heard of this problem before and i cant Find iT on Google.
kind regards,
danielle from the netherlands

A workaround is to turn the brightness down, it may reduce the 'burn in' less & makes it less noticeable.
You should get in contact with Apple ASAP if you consider it bad enough to need repair, it should have a 1 year warranty. I suspect it is considered just to be how it behaves.

Very strange boot/device behaviour- please help!

hello!
i was quite happy with my macbook pro, when it one day did not boot anymore. i just saw the black screen and no startup sound was heard. i tried several times to restart, but no result. i gave up for some hours and when i came back it worked again.
i thought it might have been the humidity as sunnier days came their way and my macbook worked without any problem.
however, one month later i´m confronted again with this boot issue. so after the mbp has been turned off, i have to wait 30 minutes in order to be able to restart. if not, it gets stuck with the black screen.
i went trough the troubleshooting tips (SMC reset, PRam reset) and even made an archive and install. unfortunately without any result.
to make things worse my audio stopped to work also. first it did not even show up the devices -" no input/output devices found", after the archive and install the devices were found, but still no sound (except the startupsound)...
...i really do not have any clue what might be the problem, but as i am currently far from home and far from any apple support center, i would very much appreciate every hint or solution.
tnx
dawandeh
macbook pro 2,33 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

hello again!
it's very strange indeed. my macbook was working without any problems again for 2 days. then i was playing music on itunes when the screen went black(please restart), i could hear some scratchy noises before. again i could not restart. after 30 attempts the computer booted and everything worked except the audio, it said "no output devices found". i noticed that after some hours of rest my computer returns to full funcionality. as i said, i have no means to bring my computer to an apple store. maybe someone can give me an indication of what might be wrong. here is the panic.log:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00136744): stack_alloc: kernelmemoryallocate
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2cb63eb8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9afc 0x2cb63edc 0x131de5 0x0)
0x2cb63ef8 : 0x136744 (0x3ca48c 0x2cb63f2c 0x4000 0x7fff)
0x2cb63f38 : 0x13b9a8 (0x491d8b0 0x1 0x4af85c 0x4b8070)
0x2cb63f68 : 0x13b9fb (0x13d8d5 0x0 0x5e 0x2cb63f8c)
0x2cb63f98 : 0x13d0b1 (0x13d8d5 0x0 0x5e 0x2cb63fbc)
0x2cb63fc8 : 0x19a77c (0x0 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x491e2dc) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.2: Thu Sep 28 20:43:26 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.14.14.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
Model: MacBookPro2,2, BootROM MBP22.00A5.B01, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz
AirPort: AirPort Extreme, 1.0.27p3
Bluetooth: Version 1.7.11f14, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00, 149.05 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, Apple Computer, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Bluetooth HCI, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
tnx
dawandeh

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