Undocumented fixes in Leopard - for your info
As long time Mac users will know, Apple's notes as to what things are fixed in their software updates are skimpy to say the least. (I remember when new updates came with a 'Tech Note' that pretty much listed every fix.)
Two fixes that I have found that as usual are not documented are as follows.
1. In Mac OS X 10.4.11 and earlier versions, it was possible to set the 'Date & Time' system preference to automatically sync the Mac's clock to a time server. However in the 'Security' system preference it was also possible to set 'require password to unlock each secure system preference'.
This resulted in the correct behaviour that the preference could not be altered (without an admin password) and the incorrect behaviour in that the Mac would not synchronise its clock at bootup. It would only synchronise its clock when you specifically unlocked the 'Time & Date' preference pane.
This is now fixed in Mac OS X 10.5.x in that the Mac does automatically set the clock at bootup (even with the security setting) but altering the preference correctly still requires an admin password.
2. In Mac OS X 10.5.1 the iTunes artwork screensaver displayed album art with a terrible purplish colour distortion.
This is now fixed in Mac OS 10.5.2 (or the accompanying Leopard Graphics update), the artwork now shows with the correct original colours.
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So before I decided to take this computer in for repair, I did a system recovery, and I now have my desktop back.
Not once was this solution offered by anybody.
I know this sounds like I am unpleased with the help offered, but I am also offering this as a solution to anybody who might be having this problem.
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A fix that works for your battery drain with iOS 8.2
After I updated my iPhone 4s to the new iOS 8.2 I found my battery life had become terrible. I could barely make it through an 8 hour day at work before my phone would die. It was so bad that I had to get myself a second charger to plug it in during the day. Even then, if I used the phone at all, it would still lose its charge while plugged in.
Before this update, my phone would easily last through the day and would not need to be plugged in before I went to bed. Even at midnight when I'd go to rest for the night, my phone was never below 70% and most times it would still be well above 80% but not so with iOS 8.2 So here is a fix I found on another forum somewhere. I was desperate so I tried it and low and behold, it worked great.
Here goes:
Let your phone die completely until it turns off by itself
Plug it in your charger until it comes back on again (around 6% for mine)
Turn it back off using the top button and the slider on the phone
Leave it plugged in for 2 to 3 hours or until you figure it would have reached 100%
Unplug the phone and turn it on
Now reboot your device (turn it off and back on again)
That's it. This fixed it for me and for many on the forum where this was posted. My battery life is back to what it was before my update to iOS 8.2. I have plenty of battery life left when I get home after work.
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AME can i create a Rule type List Creation and category For Your Info?
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I have created two rules.
1st rule create the list of approvers to approve the leaves i.e. supervisor then department head.
Till this every thing is going fine transaction are getting approved by both approvers and leave is crated in Application.
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If you had money in your account when you purchased a paid app and Apple didn't claim on the payment to your bank until after the download it maybe that there was insufficient balancce in your account to complete the purchase and therefore you'll need to wait until you have the funds to make the payment, when you have billing issues it won't even let you download free apps.
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Hi, I have an iPhone 1 that is blocked (because of wrong passwords) and isn't recognized by iTunes. How do I fix this? Thanks for your help!
By the way I'm using a MacMini and all operating systems are up to date including iTunes.First try a Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least Ten seconds... (But can take Longer)... until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons
If no joy... Try a Restore...
1: Connect the device to Your computer and open iTunes.
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Restoring > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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A Possible Fix for Your Frozen 5G iPod (WindowsXP)
I fixed my iPod this way hopefully you can fix yours. The symptoms plaguing my iPod were the same as everyone elses:
This thread contains all of the problems I was having: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=528158&tstart=60
Couldn't mount, couldn't restore, I couldn't even Format the iPod in Windows. BUT my iPod did work on another machine. I believe that 2006-3-23 update actually broke something within my computer (somewhere around that time is when it stopped working give or take ~2 weeks). So here's what I did to fix it.
Boot your computer up in Safe Mode (hold F8).
Once booted, go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager.
scroll down to the Universal Serial Bus section and open up the drop down menu so you can see everything. Now, you are going to be uninstalling the USB ROOT HUB or something of that nature (I have a dell computer and this is what it's named in my comp). You should see several USB ROOT HUB items, these correspond with your USB ports. Right click each of them and then click uninstall. It will prompt you, say OK. Do this for each one. DO NOT uninstall the one's that are listed according to your chipset. i.e. Intel 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller. The reason i say this is because I don't know what it does if you do uninstall those. So, your mouse will stop working once you uninstall the USB ROOT HUB that your mouse is connected to. Use your keyboard arrows (I have a PS/2 keyboard, you may need to dig one out of retirement) to scroll down and then just hit the delete key to prompt the uninstall. Once you've uninstalled all of these, unplug every device connected via USB. Then reboot your machine (not in safe mode). Once up and running, open itunes and plug in your ipod voila!
A couple things to note:
-I was able to Format and Restore my ipod on another machine before doing this, but it did not fix the problem until I did the above fix.
-Don't worry about uninstalling the ROOT HUBS because they reinstall once you reboot.
-This was the ONLY THING that fixed my iPod. Formating and restoring DID NOT WORK.
-I would also uninstall/reinstall itunes and the ipod updater before performing these steps.
-Use this updater if for some reason you deem it necessary http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodupdater20060110.html
Good Luck May the Force be with you (literally) I am never purchasing another Apple Product again.
-Peter
30Gb Video Windows XP Promanual syncing was never checked for me, so 'autosyncing' didn't fix the problem. I wish it did.
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I will like to change my payment information but my new credit card is not American , Is Canadian .How can i change the country on my billing info? I cant seam to be able to do it .
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If you are in Canada then remove your old credit card from your account and then update your country/region and billing address on your account e.g. by tapping on your id in Settings > iTunes & App Store on your phone and 'view Apple id' on the popup, or via the Store > View Account menu option on your computer's iTunes -
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This is a mean one. I don't have time to try and find the cause, but at least some answers to your questions, to hopefully shed some more light on this.
Where was the original destination? iCloud folder.
On another drive? Tried to Save as... to Hard Drive (also changing name of file), always get the same non-descript short Error "Couldn't auto-save document." (slides down from top with a yellow warning triangle). Status to the right of document name is "Not Saved".
Another Server? No access at this time.
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