Trick to using clickwheel

This is embarassing. I just got my first nano and I'm having trouble using the clickwheel.
Are there any tricks I should know, and does having the nano in a protective case make it easier or harder?

Cases usually make it harder to use the wheel;
Just remember, clockwise = down, counterclockwise= up
If you hold down "menu" for a second, you'll go back to main menu, and if you tap it, you'll back go backwards by one menu.
Hold fast forward to go thru a song in small increments, or tap it to skip; likewise, use rewind the same way.
Use center button to select stuff; when you're listening to a song, tap it once to display song time, which you can scroll thru to access a point very quickly. Tap again for album art, tap a 3rd time for your rating.
Also, hold down menu and center button for "restart" if anything happens to the Nano (it freezes). This gets rid of most problems.
Whew, that should cover it. Hope it helps!

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Edited by: schmidt on Mar 21, 2011 10:52 PM

The UTL_SMTP Connection record is not too complicated, and can be easily translated into SQL object types. Add a package to aid in conversion between SQL and PLSQL, and voila!
create or replace type o_utl_tcp_connection is object (
     remote_host     VARCHAR2(255),
     remote_port     INTEGER,
     local_host     VARCHAR2(255),
     local_port     INTEGER,
     charset          VARCHAR2(30),
     newline          VARCHAR2(2),
     tx_timeout     INTEGER,
     private_sd     INTEGER
define     typeOf_SQL_BOOLEAN     = 'number'
define     SQL_BOOLEAN          = '&typeOf_SQL_BOOLEAN(1)'
define     SQL_TRUE          = 1
define     SQL_FALSE          = 0
create or replace type o_utl_smtp_connection is object (
     host          VARCHAR2(255),          -- remote host name
     port          INTEGER,          -- remote port number
     tx_timeout     INTEGER,          -- Transfer time out (in seconds)
     private_tcp_con o_utl_tcp_connection,     -- private, for implementation use
     private_state     INTEGER,          -- private, for implementation use
     -- Optionally, encapsulate all UTL_SMTP package calls behind object methods
     member procedure open(
          self                    IN OUT NOCOPY     o_utl_smtp_connection,
          host                    IN          VARCHAR2,
          port                    IN          INTEGER DEFAULT 25,
          tx_timeout               IN          INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
          wallet_path               IN          VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
          wallet_password               IN          VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
          secure_connection_before_smtp     IN          &typeOf_SQL_BOOLEAN DEFAULT &SQL_FALSE
     member procedure writeData(
          self                    IN OUT NOCOPY     o_utl_smtp_connection,
          data                    IN          VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS
create or replace type body o_utl_smtp_connection is
     member procedure open(
          self                    IN OUT NOCOPY     o_utl_smtp_connection,
          host                    IN          VARCHAR2,
          port                    IN          INTEGER DEFAULT 25,
          tx_timeout               IN          INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
          wallet_path               IN          VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
          wallet_password               IN          VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
          secure_connection_before_smtp     IN          &typeOf_SQL_BOOLEAN DEFAULT &SQL_FALSE
     is
     begin
          self := SMTP_UTILS.toSqlConnection(SYS.UTL_SMTP.Open_Connection(
                    host
               ,     port
               ,     tx_timeout
               ,     wallet_path
               ,     wallet_password
               ,     nvl(secure_connection_before_smtp = &SQL_TRUE, false)
     end;
     member procedure writeData(
          self                    IN OUT NOCOPY     o_utl_smtp_connection,
          data                    IN          VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS
     is
          conn     SYS.UTL_SMTP.Connection          := SMTP_UTILS.toPlSqlConnection(self);
     begin
          begin
               SYS.UTL_SMTP.Write_Data(conn, data);
               self := SMTP_UTILS.toSqlConnection(conn);
          exception
          when others then
               self := SMTP_UTILS.toSqlConnection(conn);
               raise;
          end;
     end;
end;
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     attr1          number,
     attr2          o_utl_smtp_connection,
     member procedure doSomethingWithConnection
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is
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is
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     return SYS.UTL_SMTP.Connection
     is
          result     SYS.UTL_SMTP.Connection;
     begin
          result.host                    := aConnection.host;
          result.port                    := aConnection.port;
          result.tx_timeout               := aConnection.tx_timeout;
          result.private_state               := aConnection.private_state;
          result.private_tcp_con.remote_host     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.remote_host;
          result.private_tcp_con.remote_port     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.remote_port;
          result.private_tcp_con.local_host     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.local_host;
          result.private_tcp_con.local_port     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.local_port;
          result.private_tcp_con.charset          := aConnection.private_tcp_con.charset;
          result.private_tcp_con.newline          := aConnection.private_tcp_con.newline;
          result.private_tcp_con.tx_timeout     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.tx_timeout;
          result.private_tcp_con.private_sd     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.private_sd;
          return     result;
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     return o_utl_smtp_connection
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     begin
          result.host                    := aConnection.host;
          result.port                    := aConnection.port;
          result.tx_timeout               := aConnection.tx_timeout;
          result.private_state               := aConnection.private_state;
          result.private_tcp_con.remote_host     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.remote_host;
          result.private_tcp_con.remote_port     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.remote_port;
          result.private_tcp_con.local_host     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.local_host;
          result.private_tcp_con.local_port     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.local_port;
          result.private_tcp_con.charset          := aConnection.private_tcp_con.charset;
          result.private_tcp_con.newline          := aConnection.private_tcp_con.newline;
          result.private_tcp_con.tx_timeout     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.tx_timeout;
          result.private_tcp_con.private_sd     := aConnection.private_tcp_con.private_sd;
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end;
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     is
     begin
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     end;
end;
/Hope it helps.
Gerard
Edited by: gaverill on May 17, 2011 3:02 PM - formatted code

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Another trick of using array and getpixel

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this is my reference to get Median 5 x 5px (Horizontal and Vertical Diverence Value)
this is my code,.
public static int[] limitMed(Bitmap myBmp)
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//////////////////////// // TODO: Your per-pixel code here. // The pixel contains 8-bit non-linear (sRGB) data. // See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB // for conversions betwen sRGB and Linear RGB. // Do your arithmetic on linear RGB values
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afaik the order is reversed BGR format so p[0] is blue - at least for 32bppArgb locked bmps.
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throw new Exception("Kernelrows Length must be in the range from 3 to" + (Math.Min(bmp.Width - 1, bmp.Height - 1)).ToString() + ".");
int h = size / 2;
Bitmap bSrc = null;
BitmapData bmData = null;
BitmapData bmSrc = null;
try
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ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
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ImageLockMode.ReadOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
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System.IntPtr SrcScan0 = bmSrc.Scan0;
unsafe
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int nHeight = bmp.Height;
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byte[] green = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
byte[] blue = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
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green = new byte[fc * (h + l + 1)];
blue = new byte[fc * (h + l + 1)];
alpha = new byte[fc * (h + l + 1)];
mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int r = h - l, rc = 0; r < size; r++, rc++)
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blue[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
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Array.Sort(red);
Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
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p += lf + (x * 4);
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
p[3] = alpha[mid];
p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += (nWidth - h - 1) * 4;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += (nWidth - h - 1) * 4;
red = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
green = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
blue = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
alpha = new byte[(h + 1) * (h + l + 1)];
mid = red.Length / 2;
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for (int c = 0, cc = 0; c < size - h; c++, cc++)
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blue[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
alpha[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[3 + lr + lcc];
Array.Sort(red);
Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
p += lf + lh;
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
p[3] = alpha[mid];
# endregion
# region Main Body
//for (int y = 0; y < nHeight - size + 1; y++)
Parallel.For(0, nHeight - size + 1, (y, loopState) =>
byte* p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
byte* pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
if (bgw != null && bgw.CancellationPending)
loopState.Break();
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byte[] red = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
byte[] green = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
byte[] blue = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
byte[] alpha = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
int mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int l = 0; l < h; l++)
p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += y * stride;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += y * stride;
int ll = l * 4;
for (int r = 0, rc = 0; r < size; r++, rc++)
int lr = rc * stride;
for (int c = 0, cc = 0; c < (h + 1); c++, cc++)
int lcc = cc * 4;
blue[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
alpha[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[3 + lr + lcc];
Array.Sort(red);
Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
p += llh + ll;
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
p[3] = alpha[mid];
# endregion
# region Standard
red = new byte[size * size];
green = new byte[size * size];
blue = new byte[size * size];
alpha = new byte[size * size];
mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int x = 0; x < nWidth - size + 1; x++)
p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += y * stride + x * 4;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += y * stride + x * 4;
for (int r = 0; r < size; r++)
int llr = r * stride;
for (int c = 0; c < size; c++)
int lc = c * 4;
blue[r * size + c] = pSrc[llr + lc];
green[r * size + c] = pSrc[1 + llr + lc];
red[r * size + c] = pSrc[2 + llr + lc];
if (doTrans)
alpha[r * size + c] = pSrc[3 + llr + lc];
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Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
p += llh + lh;
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
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red = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
green = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
blue = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
alpha = new byte[(h + 1) * size];
mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int l = nWidth - size + 1; l < nWidth - h; l++)
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p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += (y * stride) + ll;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += (y * stride) + ll;
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for (int c = 0, cc = 0; c < h + 1; c++, cc++)
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blue[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[r * (h + 1) + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
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byte[] blue = new byte[(h + 1) * (size - l - 1)];
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green[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
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Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
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p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
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p += (nHeight - size + l + 1) * stride;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += (nHeight - size + l + 1) * stride;
if (x > size - (h + 1))
p += (x - size + (h + 1)) * 4;
pSrc += (x - size + (h + 1)) * 4;
ccc = (bmp.Width - x >= h + 1) ? Math.Min(ccc, h) : bmp.Width - x - 1;
int fc = (h + ccc + 1);
red = new byte[fc * (size - l - 1)];
green = new byte[fc * (size - l - 1)];
blue = new byte[fc * (size - l - 1)];
alpha = new byte[fc * (size - l - 1)];
mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int r = 0, rc = 0; r < size - (l + 1); r++, rc++)
int lr = rc * stride;
for (int c = Math.Max(h - x, 0), cc = 0; (x - h + size <= bmp.Width) ? c < size : c < (size - (x - h + size - bmp.Width)); c++, cc++)
int lcc = cc * 4;
blue[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
alpha[rc * fc + cc] = pSrc[3 + lr + lcc];
Array.Sort(red);
Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += (nHeight - size + l + 1) * stride;
p += llh + (x * 4);
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
p[3] = alpha[mid];
p = (byte*)(void*)Scan0;
p += (nHeight - size + l + 1) * stride;
p += (nWidth - h - 1) * 4;
pSrc = (byte*)(void*)SrcScan0;
pSrc += (nHeight - size + l + 1) * stride;
pSrc += (nWidth - h - 1) * 4;
red = new byte[(h + 1) * (size - l - 1)];
green = new byte[(h + 1) * (size - l - 1)];
blue = new byte[(h + 1) * (size - l - 1)];
alpha = new byte[(h + 1) * (size - l - 1)];
mid = red.Length / 2;
for (int r = 0, rc = 0; r < size - (l + 1); r++, rc++)
int lr = rc * stride;
for (int c = 0, cc = 0; c < size - h; c++, cc++)
int lcc = cc * 4;
blue[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[lr + lcc];
green[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[1 + lr + lcc];
red[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[2 + lr + lcc];
if (doTrans)
alpha[rc * h + cc] = pSrc[3 + lr + lcc];
Array.Sort(red);
Array.Sort(green);
Array.Sort(blue);
Array.Sort(alpha);
p += llh + lh;
p[0] = blue[mid];
p[1] = green[mid];
p[2] = red[mid];
if (doTrans)
p[3] = alpha[mid];
# endregion
bmp.UnlockBits(bmData);
bSrc.UnlockBits(bmSrc);
bSrc.Dispose();
return true;
catch
try
bmp.UnlockBits(bmData);
catch
try
bSrc.UnlockBits(bmSrc);
catch
if (bSrc != null)
bSrc.Dispose();
bSrc = null;
return false;
Regards,
Thorsten

Unlimited Europe - All the tricks Skype used to ma...

I've had an Unlimited Europe annual subscription since May 2008. At the time I was paying EUR36.34/year. The subscription included a Skype Number, which I've had since then.
Then in 2012, Skype has unilaterally decided to cancel my annual Unlimited Europe (no explanation given), and has moved my subscription to a monthly one (charged at GBP3.39/Month). They've also decided to unlink my Skype Number from my Unlimited Europe subscription, with the result that I had to pay for it separately, and I'm now paying a total of GBP60.81 (!!! twice the amount I've been paying until last year) for the exact same service.
Two chat sessions (for a total of more than 4 hours) with their customer care have not solved a thing. The front line support has been very friendly, but essentially they've told me there's nothing they can do:
- They say an annual subscription to Unlimited Europe is no longer available (which is not true, as I've created a new Skype account on which I was able to buy an annual Unlimited Europe, which however costs GBP58.51...aha! now I understand why they've cancelled my existing annual subscription, and pretend it doesn't exist anymore...it's because I signed up such a long time ago that my suscription was too cheap for them).
- They say that since the annual subscription has been turned into a monthly one, I can't associate a Skype Number to it (which is, again, not true: I can do it, they just don't let me associate my existing Skype Number to my existing subscription).
And all of this, they've confirmed in writing (either in the chat session, which I've recorded, or in an email after the chat session ended).
To cut a long story short: if your business uses Skype (as I do), just be aware that when they unilaterally change the price of their subscriptions, they will find a way to take more and more of your money.
Seriously unprofessional.
Thanks,
Ale

Hi Dave,
I just had this very same problem but after research have found out why;
Go to setting> phone> faceTime/ turn it ON.
If this doesn't work, if restriction is enabled on your device then go to setting> general> restrictions> enter restriction code> faceTime/ set it on. I hope this helps!
Sarah

A trick to using fade tool?

Is there a special way that you need to click and drag using the fade tool to create a fade? i can't get it to work

Click on the background and drag the selection onto the region you wish to fade.
Either:"Fade Out ending here (click) and starting (drag) here (release). "
or "Fade in beginning here (click) ending (drag) here (release)."

Is a 10GB "Clickwheel" iPod still supported by iTunes 8+ and OS X 10.4+

I have a 10GB clickwheel iPod that I've been trying to update just to use for some simple mp3 spoken word files and a handful of songs. Not trying to load entire iTunes library on it. Is the clickwheel not compatible with 10.4.11? I've used disk utility to erase and reformat my iPod, used iTunes to restore several times, and unchecked almost all my music just to see if I can get a handful of files to update onto my iPod. I don't care that it's not sleek and brand new, but I certainly hope I can use it still for basic stuff. I'm wondering if it's no longer supported by iTunes 8+ and OS X 10.4+. Does anyone know for sure and can provide an answer? If it should be supported, does anyone have any other suggestions? It seems like it tries to update, but after I see the message that 6 of 100 or 11 of 100 songs have been copied, it just locks up and that is it. Any help would be appreciated.

Doug,
Your iPod should work with no issues on 10.4.11 and iTunes 8+.
When the iPod "locks up" do you hear any clicking noises? Your symptoms sound like the hard drive is having hardware issues.
Here's a trick I used to use to fix the older iPods. It involves opening up the iPod, so if you don't feel comfortable, you might want to go to someone who does.
Take a blade from a box cutter and gently move it along where the plastic meets the metal on the iPod. Use the blade to pry open the iPod from the metal case for the back.
Once you get the iPod out, look towards the bottom of the iPod, and you should see the hard drive with a wide cable attached to it. Take that cable out of the hard drive (gently). Find a Bic pen cap (or something similar) and push it in between the two rows of pins on the cable. Try to make sure the pins are spread apart evenly and all pointing directly out. Once you get that in place, firmly push the cable back into the hard drive and gently put the iPod back together.
You may then want to restore just to be safe, and try loading your music again. I've used this trick on many old iPods to bring another couple of years of life into them. (sometimes this cable comes loose, causing the issues you're describing)
Justin

Cant use CCC to clone Snow Leapord mac to Mountain Lion mac

hello all,
I just bought a MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 not retina), and it came with Lion OSX. I recently installed Mountain Lion OS and it appears to be working welll except I am having trouble using a cloned external drive. I cloned my 2007 MacBook (Snow Leapord), using CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner), onto a Seagate 320GB eternal USB Hard Drive. When I plug the drive into my new MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion, and go to system Preferences, startup disc, select the coned drive, and click restart, the computer shuts down and appears to be starting to restart, but it just stays on the white screen before the apple symbol shows up and the apple symbol never even pops up, it just stays white forever without booting up. Now, I tried using the drive as a startup disc for my dad's 2008 MacBook Pro with Leapord and it worked like a charm and also tried it on my sister's MacBook Pro (Lion) and it worked fine there too. Is there something about mountain lion that could be causing this problem? I even tried using Target Disc from my old mac (that i cloned) to my new one and it wasnt working either. If anyone has any ideas, please help! Are there any particular tricks to using CCC for Mountain Lion? Thanks for the help!!!
-Jared

jbelt40 wrote:
Thanks that makes sense, however, my sisters Macbook pro worked with it and hers is a 2011 and came with Lion, so I'm not sure what to make of that.
Right the Early 2011 model MBPs came originally with Snow Leopard installed and Apple updated SL to 10.6.8 to work correctly with the newer hardware in the Early 2011 models. Then in June Lion came out and then all shipping MBPs came with Lion Pre-Installed but they would still run SL if you had the 10.6.8 version of SL. Since the Late 2011 models were basically the exact same computer, just upgraded CPU and some other minor changes, as the early 2011 models even though the late 2011 models came with Lion Pre-Installed SL would work on those if you had the 10.6.7 or .8 version of SL.
Now with the newest Mid 2012 models all of the Base hardware was changed to the most current versions available, New hardware. Even Lion that worked on the late 2011 models will NOT boot on the Mid 2012 models.
The 2011 version/build of Lion does not have the correct driver package to work on the new hardware.
Apple put together a Special build of Lion to work on those newest system with an updated driver package for the newer hardware.

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<head>
<link href="css/SprySlidingPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="css/samples.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
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</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/SprySlidingPanels.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/SpryHTMLPanel.js"></script>
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<body>
<a href="#" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p1'); return false;">p1</a> |
<a href="#" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p2'); extpg.loadContent('extpg.html') return false;">p2</a> |
<a href="#" onclick="sp1.showPanel('p3'); return false;">p3</a> |
<hr />
<div id="main" class="SlidingPanels" tabindex="0">
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        <div id="p2" class="SlidingPanelsContent">Panel 2<br />
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Woo! So fastly!!!
I have just managed it by just a small change...
<div id="main" class="SlidingPanels" tabindex="0">
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        <div id="p2" class="SlidingPanelsContent">Panel 2<br />
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Hi,
we are using a NFS server in a different subnet (= different network interface; nxge1) than our 'normal' network (= nxge0).
Now I want to mount serveral NFS directories into our zones.
First I thought the follwoing is possible:
In the global zone I just mount the filesystem into its place:
mount 10.11.3.1:/vol/vol_nfs_zones/zoneNNN_mnt /zones/zoneNNN/root/mnt
When the zone is halted this mount works, but when I start the zone, I receive the error:
# zoneadm -z zoneNNN boot
zoneadm: zone 'zoneNNN': These file-systems are mounted on subdirectories of /zones/zoneNNN/root:
zoneadm: zone 'zoneNNN': /zones/zoneNNN/root/mnt
zoneadm: zone 'zoneNNN': call to zoneadmd failed
When zoneNNN is already running and I try to mount it, I receive
nfs mount: mount: /zones/zoneNNN/root/mnt: Device busy
So the question is: How do I mount something in the gloabl zone from a NFS server into a zone?
The only alternative I see is to make the interface nxge1 available in every zone and give each an own IP in our storage network... But sadly this isn't an alternative because we don't have so many free IPs in that net! (Or is there a trick to use the same IP in the global and non-global zones for only this interface??)
Does anyone have a solution for our problem? I cannot believe that SUN misses this!
Any hints are more than welcome!

Mounting it by NFS in the global zone and trying to add this by the "add fs" and "type=lofs"-option yields to an error, when installing the zone:
cannot verify fs /data: NFS mounted file-system.
A local file-system must be used.
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Dear Everyone,
I am currently trying to integrate "always on top" functionality into an application that I have written. After searching the forums extensively I came across a link to an interface (designed using JNI) that claimed to posses the required functionality.
http://www.esus.com/javaindex/j2se/jdk1.2/javaxswing/toplevelcontainers/jframe/jframealwaysontop.html
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Installation:
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(the "java.library.path" property) or you must copy <WInterface.dll> to
a directory that is already on that path.
*You can recompile the source or use the provided classes. The classes
were compiled with Sun Microsystem's JDK 1.3. In either case, the
<WInterface.class> file must be accessible from the virtual machine's
class path.
I proceeded with adding a class to my program and then simply cutting and pasting the required code from the WInterface.java file that came with the zip file download.
I also placed the .dll file on the class path as was requested.
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Dear DrClap,
Your suggestions are welcome however I have already performed all of the advice that you gave me. I found the class path, put the .dll file into a directory on that path. Also I put the .dll file into many other additional folders in an attempt to resolve this issue. Is there some trick to using .dll files? When the code "asks for" the .dll file it does not have a full path specified. I even tried to modify this code section in an attempt to directly reference the .dll file, e.g.
Instead of:
System.loadLibrary("WInterface");I tried:
System.loadLibrary("C:\j2sdk1.4.0\bin\WInterface"); The above experimentation did not help.
Do you know if this interface works at all?
Regards
CD

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Hi,
I have a stock image of some people on a white background. I need to remove the white background so I can use the image in a project with a dark background. However when I put the edited subjects on the dark background, the people all have noticeable white borders around them which I assume means I am not getting all of the white out, especially around the hair. Can anyone recommend the best way of overcoming this? Thanks.

Can anyone recommend the best way of overcoming this? Thanks.
There is no single "best way". It all depends on the resolution of the image and its other quality properties. The - theoretically - cleanest and less workladden method would be to extract the luminance e.g. by converting to Lab mode and selecting the L channel, then adjust the channel range. However, if the foreground also contains lots of bright colors, clipping back the channel black and white points would also affect them and you'd need more adjustments to compensate or work with teh refine mask tool a lot to feather edges just like you would with a conventioan layer mask created from an interactive selection. On top of that you may also still need to apply all teh other dirty tricks like using a dark inner glow to cover up remaining bright areas or fill the outside with a dark color... Really depends, but you should be prepared to invest some time. Using longwinded manual painting and cloning may even be required...
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