Two apps MUST have

There are two apps that I must recommend to everyone. First app is the Where's My Doid. Ever lost your phone & you go to call it to listen for the ringer, but it's on silent mode? Now you can text your phone from another phone with the secret word & your phone will start to ring. it will turn the silent ringer off & phone will start ringing. Second is the GPS Tracker which lets you track your phone in real time. If your phone were to be stolen,you could track it from online.

sHaY_j wrote:
@TheGreatOne.. Where's My Droid does sound like a great app! Maybe I should look further into it. Thanks again
I've always liked Where's My Droid app. I have left my phone on silent and couldn't remember where I left it. Just texted the phone with the special word and phone rang....found it!
Also be aware that it might be best not to tell the your friends the special word to text the phone. If someone knows it, they can play a prank on you. Like text you the word while your sleeping or in a meeting when your phone is supposed to be on silent.

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Hot and slow while only running two apps

Ive got a 3.0gGHz dual, 4GB, with 354GB of space left on the HDD. Most of what im doing on the computer is playing World of Warcraft, windowed, with safari open (a very popular thing for those unaware). These are the only two apps ill have open, and not only will the computer become incredibly hot, upwards of 95C, but when clicking between the two and attempting to load pages, it beachballs until clicking back into the game, when the page strangely and quickly loads. I have to have the fans blowing as a gusty 6200rpm with a 2000rpm cooling fan pad underneath just to get it down to 80C, but it still fluctuates. I took it into the genius bar in Atlanta while on vacation, and while they didnt have time to do an OS test (i had to get back on the road), they did a hardware test and found no problems. The genius wasn't much help and had no idea about it being slow or anything, just kind of addressed the heat issue, which what i thought might have been the root cause. After having a desktop computer with only a 2.8 single core and 4GB (windows) with no problems in terms of speed, im feeling that theres got to be something wonky going on. Ive repaired permissions but not done a disk repair. I dont want to reload the OS...because well i feel after switching from PC to Mac its a bit of a copout. Any suggestions? Possibly just some better cooling pads and cooling solutions?

And Safari is good to have open so you can look up various things while youre playing.
I see; thanks for explaining.
Anyways, i still dont think it should bog it down enough to beachball.
Not unless there's Flash or other streaming video content on the page being displayed, no. If there is any, it might very well beachball. Flash is a gigantic processor hog.

Must have apps. Anyone?

Can you please suggest me some 'must have' free apps. There are thousands and I don't know which should I choose.

If you are looking to download free music and movies here are two apps that might work for you.
I have never,ever tried these, though.
Free Video Download
Free Music Download
Both of these have their own players to watch,listen and manage music and video.
By advised that downloading and storing videos on iOS devices will eat up memory fast.
Especially if the videos are not compressed versions.
If you like to watch free streaming videos, movies and music, here are some apps as an option.
Crackle TV
Pandora Radio
If you can afford it, there is always iTunes for downlaod music for either 99 cents or $1.29 per song.
Movies and TV shows I find too pricey to regularly rent/purchase from the iTunes Store all of the time.
I only have a couple of shows I purchase by season from iTunes and that's it! And purchase/rent movies from iTunes only every once and awhile if I REALLY want to watch a fairly recent released movie.
If you like regularly watching movies, for $7.99 a month, you can stream and watch Netflix movies and TV to your iDevice ( using Netflix free IOS app) and with an optional/apprpriate purchased audio/video cable from Apple, actually connect the iPad to your TV and watch on whatever TV you own.
You need to have a paying monthly subscription to be able to do this, though.
If you live in the States or Canada, I think this is a very cheap/reasonable option.
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Must Have Apps & Utilities for first time mac user?

Hello Everyone,
This is my first mac and I was just wondering if the are any must have system utilities out there. I already have techtool deluxe which came with the apple care cd. I hear a lot of people talking about disk warrior and other programs...so I'm just wondering if there's some sort of a consensus on any must have utilities .
Do macs even really need system utilities like PCs?
Any advice would be very much appreciated,
Thanks

My two cents:
There are no "must have" applications or utilities. Anything you must have is already built into the system.
If you run your Mac 24/7 the periodic scripts will take care of themselves. If not, run them once a month with MacJanitor or Onyx or Cocktail or just in Terminal by entering :
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
Enter your admin password and press Return. (You will not see your password.)
I'm always very skeptical about getting freeware.This is an unfounded fear. You should fear both equally Actually, there are some excellent freeware apps and some are better than their shareware or even commercial counterparts.
DiskWarrior is an excellent app to have and hopefully never have to use.(EDIT: TechTool Deluxe will also rebuild your directory if needed) I do very little to my Macs, unless I experience some problem which is seldom.
Enjoy your Mac:)
-mj
[email protected]
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We have two users that have been using Creative Cloud for almost a year. Recently, sometime in the last 4ish weeks, the users can no longer run Creative Cloud apps. (Yes, our subscription is paid.) Error simply says administrator access is required

We have two users that have been using Creative Cloud for almost a year. Recently, sometime in the last 4ish weeks, the users can no longer run Creative Cloud apps. (Yes, our subscription is paid.) Error simply says administrator access is required to install. The apps have already been installed. The users cannot run them unless they are in the local admin group.Using "Run as admin" does not work. It gives the same error.
I have opened a case with adobe support and was basically told to suck it up and put the users in the admin group. Actually, what was said was that it is "mandated that the users have administrative rights".
There are a couple of things wrong with this. It was working for both users until recently - a recent required creative cloud update. The users have never been local admins yet the apps were working (poorly, but working).
We are in an enterprise environment and users simply do not have administrative rights on the computers.
I have changed permissions on all adobe folders, granting users or authenticated users modify or full control rights, did the same in whatever Adobe registry HKLM keys I could find. Nothing has allowed the users to run the apps - unless they are put in the local admin group.
Someone has to have a fix for this. Adobe apps have proved to have far too many vunerabilities to even entertain the idea of elevating user rights. I can't imagine that enterprise environments are allowing this.
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Jeff,
Thank you for your response. The users in question are "standard" domain users. We do not reduce users permissions below the standard level.
The apps do not load with their current standard user permissions.
The thing that makes this odd, is that up until recently they did this issue with cloud apps. The only way I can make it work for them now is to put them in the local administrator group on their pc's - which is not going to happen.
This is what they now see. As I said before, this was not a problem up until recently they would see all their available apps. If I put them in the local admin group the apps are listed without having to install. Everything is there, just not accessible to the user.

I think I have two Apple IDs but must have typed in the wrong birthdate when I created my main one, because I can't recover it, but need to.

I have read all the Apple ID support notes, but cannot find how to recover my account in my case. I mistakenly thought I should change my AppleID to my new email, and when I tried to do that, I lost the thread. I recieved a verification email sent to my new email (so it must have added ok) but when I go to change my password, I never get that confirmation email. So when I try to access the account by answering security questions, I must have typed in the wrong birthdate way back when, and I can't get past that screen. What now? I seem to be able to access an AppleID that does not include any of the games I've purchased over the years, so it must be a newer one I inadertently set up. Thus, I haven't been able to access my main working account for awhile now, and I really want to buy some things and have them on my iPad & new iPhone. How do I get access to my old account with all my past purchases in it?

I too added 2nd apple ID when I tried to get Free app from apple store just to get to NONE on the credit card needed. It said it sent confirmation email to my new apple ID email that I have to confirm. Problem is I can not get to the new apple ID email account. On my ipad it logs into my original email account and I see no where to log into another email account. If I go to my laptop, the new apple ID I created does not let me log into email where apple said it was sent to. It did not send to back up email account either.
Can I log into 2 email accounts on my ipad where it says mail at bottom?
Can I have 2 apple ids?
If I created a 2nd apple id to get to NONE on credit card needed, can't I log into it also on another laptop in gmail?
(won't let me)
If I used my original apple id I created when I got my new ipad, it will not let me get free app without credit card, there is no where it says NONE needed. I am too new to apple to start with credit cards etc until I get use to it.

My kids have given me a second hand ipad 1st gen MC497B/A ipad 3G 64GB- GBR and I cannot get ANY apps even free ones as says I must have V6 Surely this device is not so old I can't get any apps Plea tell a novice what to do as no free Apple support!

I am the proud owner of a first gen ipad given to me for Easter by my kids and we cannot get any apps even freebies as says I must have V6 but now idea how to upgrade my ipad! i would be very grateful for simple instructions as to how to get apps ASAP And I have no idea what operating system I have
Many thanks a VERYNovice ipadder

The iPad 1 can be updated to iOS 5.1.1. You can see what level you are running in Settings > General > About > Version.
If you are not at iOS 5.1.1 and if you are have iOS 4 (or earlier) there is no Software Update in Settings. That feature was first added in iOS 5.
To update you will have to connect your iPad to iTunes on a computer (preferably the one you sync with and backup to).
See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
If you are on level 5 but not at 5.1.1 you can update to 5.1.1 using Settings > General > Software Update.
There are still many Apps which will run on iOS 5. Also, some developers have older levels still available for the iPad 1.

MUST HAVE APPS FOR N9

Here is a list of Some Must Have apps for our N9:
Use the links to Download The apps. (I take no responsibility if it bricks your phone or void warranty, but i have personally downloaded these apps and had no problem)(codes from 7-15 attached here) 1-6 are attached at second post
What I have done is there is download link for the applications and also thr QR CODES. So if you download MeeScan and open the application and scan the codes, it will directly take you to the app and you can download straightaway on your phone. (The number opposite to QR Code represents the app number Below)
1. MeeScan from Nokia (Safe) MeeScan is the N9 application for scanning 1-d and 2-d barcodes
Link: http://n9-apps.com/meescan or from Nokia Store
2.Scientific Calculator : Advanced calculator application with options for simple and scientific views
Link: http://n9-apps.com/scicalc
3. Calender Feed :Calendar events at Feed screen as one topmost item. Controls are integrated into Settings. No applications or daemons in background required. All work is done by your phone.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/calendar-feed
4. Talk Box: ( This): Talkbox is an application dedicated to saving you the trouble of typing and to getting your messages across FAST!
Link: http://n9-apps.com/talkbox or from Nokia Store
5. Currency: This application provides real time exchange rates for over 140 currencies.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/currency or Nokia Store
6. Shake Picture: Send your images to your friends with just a shake of the phone!
Link: http://n9-apps.com/shakepicpro or Nokia Store
7. Sports Tracker: Turn your mobile into a social sports computer with Sports Tracker! Track and analyze your performance, share workout data and photos with your friends, and most of all – get fit and stay healthier.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/sports-tracker or Nokia Store
8. Cute Tube (You Tube Client): cuteTube is a fully featured YouTube and Dailymotion client that allows you to browse, search, play, share, upload and download videos. You can also manage your uploads, favourites, playlists and subscriptions
Link: http://n9-apps.com/cutetube or Nokia Store
9. Reboot:  Reboot is a MTF small tool to help you Reboot or PowerOff your N9/N950 easily and quickly.
Link: http://n9-apps.com/reboot or Nokia Store
10. Call recorder:  The small stuff to help you to recording your phone calls (incoming/outgoing from Cellular network)
link: http://n9-apps.com/call-recorder
11. Mee Birthdays: Create Events in Calendar for Contact's Birtdays
Link: http://n9-apps.com/meebirthdays
12. Toggle Bluetooth: Switch to turn Bluetooth on in one touch.
(Scan Barcode # 12 For Download)
13. Widgets Canvas: which offers a sort of platform to run widgets - WidgetCanvas.
(Scan Barcode # 13 For Download)
14. FM Radio:  This is the first unofficial FM radio app for the Nokia N9 / N950
(Scan Barcode # 14 For Download)
15. Trippo: Translator . Download from NOKIA STORE
Owned Nokia 5110, Nokia 8210, Nokia 8250, Nokia 6610, Nokia 6820, Nokia 9500, Nokia E50, Nokia 8800 , Nokia E71, Nokia N91 4 GB, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS & finally Nokia N900,Nokia X6, Nokia E55, BB BOLD 9700, iphone 4, Nokia N8; BB Pearl 9100, HTC Legend, & Now Nokia N9. (N900 is the Best)
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QR Codes For Apps 1 to 6
Enjoy
Owned Nokia 5110, Nokia 8210, Nokia 8250, Nokia 6610, Nokia 6820, Nokia 9500, Nokia E50, Nokia 8800 , Nokia E71, Nokia N91 4 GB, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS & finally Nokia N900,Nokia X6, Nokia E55, BB BOLD 9700, iphone 4, Nokia N8; BB Pearl 9100, HTC Legend, & Now Nokia N9. (N900 is the Best)
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Must have apps

I have a new iPad 2 16GB.
I also have iPhone so have alot of apps. What other apps must I have? I'm into photography, games and social networking!
Thanks

There's several Angry Birds apps. Get GarageBand and Scrabble.
Install and use Battery Doctor HD
http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/battery-doctor-hd/id459702901?mt=8
To Extend a Device’s Battery Life, Get to Know It Better
http://tinyurl.com/b67c7xz
 Cheers, Tom

Must Have Apps on Lion

Hi,
I am a new Mac user ....Please suggest a few ' must have' free apps from the app store..
Thanks

A backup tool*:
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What are the must have apps for Snow Leopard

Just downgraded from Mavericks to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Just can't stand the frequent beach balls. Was wondering what are the must have apps that are still being updated by the developers?

Most of the apps that comes with OSX 10.6 are not being updated anymore. It would be great if you could recommend apps that are still being updated for security, stability etc for the following:
1. Email
2. Browsing
3. Office Suite (like iWork)
4. To do List
5. Photo Editor
6. P2P / File Sharing
I am aware that there are reviews in the net for best apps, but I am interested to learn what people in this community have used personally and suggest.
Cheers

Newbie to Mac - which must-have apps do I need?

I just switched from PC to MacBook Pro. What are the must have apps that I have to have? Do I need virus protection? Antispyware? I want an app to help me keep my Mac cleaned up. Is MacKeeper worth it? Should I stick with Safari or use something else? Is iPhoto all I need for my photos? Should I store my recorded videos in iPhoto videos or in Movies? Do I uninstall programs simply by dragging them to trash? Can you overcharge the battery? Should I unplug it after it's fully charged? Open to any and all advice! Loving my Mac!!!
Cassandra in Gulfport, MS

Browsers should set their own history number of days and quota for size, but they don't , and they can get 'carried away' with web caches, temp files, history. Safari even takes bookmarks and 'caches' it into individual files (so that Spotlight can find bookmarksj!)
So yes I do. I don't like having to do so manually and think there are better ways.
Chrome has and can get huge caches. Safari as well. Mozilla has "auto" and seems to try or you can manually set it to what you want.
Any of the "cache" cleaners can be abused or over-used.
I also like to "intelligently" remove ad-cookies and those that are not needed by me for web sites and that is another vote for using one and no OS X isn't smart enough to be totally self-sufficient.
And all of that will fragment free space. Mac only deals with large files and works pretty well as long as there is "enough" free space to not be an issue. But then I find even cloning the system to a new drive - which also skips copyiing temp files and consolidates free space, works great and I do it regularly (the old drive becomes backup and use the clone as new boot drive).

Unable to review apps ("to review this app, you must have purchased it from the Mac app store)

I've been having this problem since getting my iMac, about 6-8 months ago.
I can review apps for about 3-4 hours after buying them; sometimes for up to 12 hours.
Then it's as if I cross a magic, invisible, and powerfully frustrating barrier - whenever I try to review an app, I get a message saying 'to review this app, you must have purchased it from the Mac App Store.'
In many ways, the App Store is clearly aware that I HAVE purchased it from the Mac App Store. The button at the top of the screen - the one that would usually say 'purchase' - says 'installed.' I can DL updates. I can, for the first sprinkling of hours, provide (and edit) reviews. However, after this mysterious cutoff, the one thing I can't do is leave a review...
Mac App Store support have been well-intentioned, but utterly hopeless.
They started by suggesting I had an 'iTunes error -50', and that I delete / renew my network settings (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1811). I didn't have an iTunes error -50, and the fix didn't work.
They then suggested that I change my iTunes ID so that it was associated with a new email account. OK, right. Done that. Still no joy.
They then suggested that I sign out with my iTunes ID, and then sign back in again. Something which I'd already tried repeatedly, with no joy. (I've also tried deauthorising and reauthorising my computer - again with no joy).
Any other thoughts greatly appreciated...

Try this....
In App Store, go to Purchases (top menu). Find the app you want to review, make sure it is marked Installed. Then click on the app from that window. Now try to write a review. This worked for me, but it could also be something I ate.

I have two apps that won't download just sitting there

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You can also try to delete the apps. Try holding down on the icons until they wiggle and if the X appears on the app icon, tap on it to delete the app. Tap the home button when you are done. If that doesn't work, try deleting them in Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Manage Storage. Find the app, tap on it and tap Delete App in the next screen.

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