When using Lion trackpad gestures.

When using Lion with the trackpad gestures is there anyway to keep the 2nd display (extedned display) from moving?

What do you mean 'moving'?
If you mean, can you change desktop in the main display but not the second display, I'm afraid the answer is no. They are logically tied to the same desktop space.

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Can I use a SD Card rather than a USB stick when using Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

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Yes, you could certainly do that, provided you have a card reader or an SD card slot available on both Macs and what you are copying is smaller than the capacity of your SD card.
But that's an awfully slow way to transfer GB's of files. 32GB SD cards cost anywhere from about $20 to $90 and of course the cheaper cards will be the slowest cards. Also need to consider that your iPhoto, iTunes and especially iMovie libraries may be larger than your SD card's capacity, and there is no easy way to 'split' them to save partial libraries and reassemble them on your new Mac.
A better solution is an external hard drive connected via FW or USB2. Much faster and without the capacity limit of an SD card. For example, you could get a 500GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini drive (5400 rpm) for $115 and after you are done using it for file transfer it would be a nice backup drive. Or build your own with an OWC mini case and a 500GB WD Scorpio 7200 rpm drive for about $120. Both support eSATA, FW400/800 and USB2.
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Dear Community
Since I have Lion on my MBA (late 2010), some gestures don't work anymore...
e.g. when i want to move a file into a folder: on Snow Leopard, i dragged the file with the left hand on my trackpad, then i used two fingers of my right hand to scroll down and i dropped the file into the folder i wanted to move the file.. Worked like a charm...
Now on Lion: when i'm dragging a file or something, all other gestures are disabled!! :-( is this a setting? Or am I the only one with this problem?
Greetings from Switzerland
- sirius

EDIT:
same problem here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16426957#16426957
sorry.. thread can be closed...

How to change a password for an OpenLDAP user, which fails when using Lion's System Preferences?

The Problem
Users are unable to change their password using System Preferences -> Users & Groups on a Mac that is connected to an LDAP server (specifically, OpenLDAP).
This error appears to be a result of OS X 10.7.4 now sending the username of the user rather than their full DN (e.g. it's sending bobsmith, notuid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=companyname,dc=com).
(a bug report for this issue has been filed with Apple and can be seen on OpenRader @http://openradar.appspot.com/11768796)
Steps to Reproduce:
Try to change the password using the System Preferences -> Users & Groups prefpane on Lion. It fails with the following error message:
The password for the account “bobsmith” was not changed. Your system administrator may not allow you to change your password or there was some other problem with your password. Contact your system administrator for help.
Expected Results:
The password should be changed.
Actual Results:
The error appears, and on the LDAP server, an error like the following is logged:
Jun 28 08:42:21 ldap3 slapd[7810]: conn=10518785 op=2 RESULT oid= err=21 text=Invalid DN
This error appears to be a result of OS X 10.7.4 now sending the username of the user rather than their full DN (e.g. it's sending bobsmith, notuid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=companyname,dc=com)
Notes: This was encountered by someone else over at the AFP548.com forums who ended up patching their LDAP server to resolve the issue. This shouldn't require patching LDAP to resolve, however. Lion needs to (at least have an option to) send the full DN of a user requesting to change their password, not the short username:
Text from above forum link (in case it is taken down):
So, I’ve got this OpenLDAP server with network home directories at home that all of my Mac machines authenticate to. Everybody can bounce around to whatever Mac is available. It works great.
Anyway, with Snow Leopard, I was able to change user passwords via System Preferences. However, that got broken when I upgraded to Lion (amongst other things). Both Snow Leopard and Lion send exop’s to the ldap server, but for whatever reason, the id is screwed up in Lion (or at least, it’s screwed up on the two machines at home I tested this with). Instead of sending the user’s DN, e.g. “uid=user,cn=users,ou=something,dc=somewhere,dc=com”, the ldap server is only sent the uid, e.g. “user”. The ldap server is expecting a DN here, so naturally, it fails with the error “Invalid DN”.
Bummer.
So, to work around that, I had to patch OpenLDAP (version 2.4.26 in this case). Now, when my server can’t resolve the id it’s given during a password change, it will look at the bind DN, and if the id string is contained within the bind DN string, it will just use the bind DN as the entry to change. I figured this would still allow me to manually specify password changes via an admin account while still giving users the ability to change their own passwords without having to point them at a webpage (lame).
I should point out that all my accounts have the uid as part of the DN… I guess if you were doing some kind of crazy SASL mappings, this might not work for you…
Anyway, here’s the patch in case anyone else is interested… If it works for you, great. If not, oh well.
-- passwd.c 2011-06-30 11:13:36.000000000 -0400 +++ passwd.lion_compatability.c 2012-02-13 22:48:54.213214617 -0500 @@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ #include +#include #include @@ -59,4 +60,5 @@ int freenewpw = 0; struct berval dn = BER_BVNULL, ndn = BER_BVNULL; + ber_int_t err; assert( ber_bvcmp( &slap_EXOP_MODIFY_PASSWD, &op->ore_reqoid ) == 0 ); @@ -102,11 +104,8 @@ if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &id ) ) { - rs->sr_err = dnPrettyNormal( NULL, &id, &dn, &ndn, op->o_tmpmemctx ); - id.bv_val[id.bv_len] = idNul; - if ( rs->sr_err != LDAP_SUCCESS ) { - rs->sr_text = "Invalid DN"; - rc = rs->sr_err; - goto error_return; - } + err = dnPrettyNormal( NULL, &id, &dn, &ndn, op->o_tmpmemctx ); + } + + if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &id ) && (err == LDAP_SUCCESS) ) { op->o_req_dn = dn; op->o_req_ndn = ndn; @@ -116,4 +115,16 @@ ber_dupbv_x( &dn, &op->o_dn, op->o_tmpmemctx ); ber_dupbv_x( &ndn, &op->o_ndn, op->o_tmpmemctx ); + if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &id ) ) { + /* See if the id matches the bind dn */ + if ( strstr( dn.bv_val, id.bv_val ) == NULL ) + { + rs->sr_err = err; /* From dnPrettyNormal */ + rs->sr_text = "Invalid DN"; + rc = rs->sr_err; + goto error_return; + } + Statslog( LDAP_DEBUG_STATS, "%s Invalid id (%s) specified; using bind DN (%s)\n", + op->o_log_prefix, id.bv_val, dn.bv_val, 0, 0 ); + } op->o_req_dn = dn; op->o_req_ndn = ndn; @@ -123,4 +134,8 @@ } + if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( &id ) ) { + id.bv_val[id.bv_len] = idNul; + } + if( op->o_bd == NULL ) { if ( qpw->rs_old.bv_val != NULL ) { "
UPDATE (still not working, though)
I tried to change my password with dscl too, like so:
$ dscl -u bobsmith -p /LDAPv3/ldap -passwd /Users/bobsmith
...and this generated the following after I input my current password and a new one:
Password: New Password: passwd: DS error: eNotYetImplemented DS Error: -14988 (eNotYetImplemented)
On my OpenLDAP server, it generated:
Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282745 fd=1633 ACCEPT from IP=10.0.1.3:64485 (IP=0.0.0.0:636) Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282745 fd=1633 closed (TLS negotiation failure) Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 fd=1633 ACCEPT from IP=10.0.1.3:64486 (IP=0.0.0.0:636) Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 fd=1633 TLS established tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=0 SRCH base="" scope=0 deref=0 filter="(objectClass=*)" Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=0 SRCH attr=supportedSASLMechanisms defaultNamingContext namingContexts schemaNamingContext Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=0 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=1 BIND dn="uid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" method=128 Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=1 BIND dn="uid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 Jul 3 11:47:51 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=1 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=2 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=2 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=3 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=3 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=4 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=4 SRCH attr=objectClass apple-generateduid uid uidNumber userPassword cn Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=4 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=5 EXT oid=1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1 Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=5 PASSMOD old Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=5 RESULT oid= err=53 text=old password value is empty Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 op=6 UNBIND Jul 3 11:47:56 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12282746 fd=1633 closed
If I run the same dscl command from a Snow Leopard machine, it works without an error:
$ dscl -u bobsmith -p /LDAPv3/myldapserver.com -passwd /Users/bobsmith Password: New Password:
It generates these logs on the server
Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 fd=1283 ACCEPT from IP=10.0.1.2:51013 (IP=0.0.0.0:636) Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 fd=1283 TLS established tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 op=0 SRCH base="" scope=0 deref=0 filter="(objectClass=*)" Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 op=0 SRCH attr=supportedSASLMechanisms namingContexts dnsHostName krbName Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 op=0 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 op=1 UNBIND Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293658 fd=1283 closed Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 fd=1283 ACCEPT from IP=10.0.1.2:51014 (IP=0.0.0.0:636) Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 fd=1283 TLS established tls_ssf=256 ssf=256 Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=0 SRCH base="" scope=0 deref=0 filter="(objectClass=*)" Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=0 SRCH attr=supportedSASLMechanisms namingContexts dnsHostName krbName Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=0 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=1 BIND dn="uid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" method=128 Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=1 BIND dn="uid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 Jul 3 12:03:29 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=1 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=2 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=2 SRCH attr=uid cn Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=2 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=3 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=3 SRCH attr=uid cn Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=3 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=4 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=4 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=5 EXT oid=1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1 Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=5 PASSMOD id="uid=bobsmith,ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" new Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=5 RESULT oid= err=0 text= Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=6 SRCH base="ou=Users,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(|(objectClass=posixAccount)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=shadowAccount))(|(uid=bobsmith)(cn=bobsmith)))" Jul 3 12:03:31 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=6 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Jul 3 12:03:32 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 op=7 UNBIND Jul 3 12:03:32 ldap slapd[7810]: conn=12293659 fd=1283 closed

Hi Koen,
I tried to test this, but for me its working sorry(!). Here are the details of what I did in case that helps you diagnose....
# add the 2 test users
ldapadd -h $my_ldaphost -p $my_ldapport -D $my_adminuid -w $my_adminpwd <<EOF
dn: cn=TEST_A, cn=Users, dc=myco,dc=com
sn: TEST_A
mail: [email protected]
objectclass: inetorgperson
objectclass: orcluser
objectclass: orcluserv2
objectclass: organizationalperson
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
uid: TEST_A
cn: TEST_A
dn: cn=TEST_B, cn=Users, dc=myco,dc=com
sn: TEST_B
mail: [email protected]
objectclass: inetorgperson
objectclass: orcluser
objectclass: orcluserv2
objectclass: organizationalperson
objectclass: person
objectclass: top
cn: TEST_B
uid: TEST_B
EOF
# reset the passwords
sqlplus /nolog <<EOF
conn orasso/${orclpasswordattribute}@${my_sid}
set serveroutput on
exec wwsso_oid_integration.reset_passwd(p_user => 'TEST_A', p_subscriber_nickname => null, p_newpwd => 'password1');
exec wwsso_oid_integration.reset_passwd(p_user => 'TEST_B', p_subscriber_nickname => null, p_newpwd => 'password1');
exit
EOF
[oracle@myhost bin]$ ldapbind -D cn=TEST_A,cn=Users,dc=myco,dc=com -w password1
bind successful
[oracle@myhost bin]$ ldapbind -D cn=TEST_B,cn=Users,dc=myco,dc=com -w password1
bind successful

How do I get CS6 to not distort color when using Lion and printing from Epson R2880?

Ever since I up-graded to CS5 , the color has been distorted. It is not an Epson Lion problem because printing from preview or iPhoto the color is perfect.
Adobe has known about this problem since January 23, 2012. Their help people have taken over my computer for hours at a time and not been able to discover the source of the problem
I thought they might have fixed it with CS6 but no luck I chose use CS4 settings because CS4 had worked.
I printed using Printer Manages Color and color matching, epson color. I selected the correct media. The prints came out dark. The yellows turned green and the greens turned blue/green, reds became dull and blues a bit dark.
This is most upsetting because I cannot afford to buy a new printer and ink. Also I should not have to buy new equipment because Adobe cannot make their product work correctly.

cmszinnia wrote:
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Read very carefully what Chris wrote...the odds are REAL GOOD you are NOT using the correct settings...but since you don't bother to show or explain the EXACT settings you are using when printing, we'll never know. Will we?
If the vast magority of the user base is NOT having an issue, to what do you attribute the disconnect? User Error is the single most likely result...
You want help? Or do you want to argue?
I know a little bit about printing and I seem to be able to print with zero issues on a wide variety of Epson printers...you wanna place blame or do you wanna learn how to fix the problem? (clue, the odds are it isn't Adobe nor Epson leading to the problems, it's you bud).

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yeah this is correct
few gestures are supportted by windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3372

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I have also tryed different Apps & Tricks for downloading easily videos from Youtube but the "Dream team" Firefox+DownLoadThemAll is always the best!
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help will be appreciated
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That's what I always get, sometimes I'm just using safari sometimes I may be on football manager but thats the message I receive when it just shuts off
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Hello everyone! I bought a 2.4 Ghz unibody MBP like 3 weeks ago. I had an issue and they replaced the computer with a new one at the store. Today is the first day of using the new laptop. They switched out the ram upgrade and the hard drive.
The issue seems to be that when using the tap to click function on the trackpad, there is a relatively significant delay (at least for a click). With the regular mouse button the delay isn't there. Such as if I'm clicking on the finder or the file tab, there's a bit of a delay before they pop up, compared to instantaniously with the mouse button. When using the trackpad for regular types of tasks, there is a bit of a delay sometimes too. Such as I'll be moving the mouse across the screen and it will stop.
Please help me out. If I could solve it without going back to the Apple store that would be great. Thanks everyone in advance.

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This is indeed noticable, at least to discerning individuals, both on the track pad and on the casing.
I usually call it 'the Roland feeling', as the metal casing of old Roland musical keyboards from this manufacturer had an extremely pronounced 'tingle' to the touch. In the case of Roland, their engineers had not properly understood the concept of grounding. They actually connected the casing via two resistors to both the power outlet phase and ground!
This made the entire case 'float' electrically at 110 V AC in Europe (half the voltage). This sounds dangerous, but it's not the voltage that kills, it's the current, and a voltage connected through a high-ohm resistor can't drive much current through your body. So, while very noticable, to the point of almost making your fingers feel numb, the Roland feeling was never a threat to the player's life.
'The PowerBook feeling' is **extremely** subtle in comparison.
What does it all mean then?
1. The PowerBook casing has a leakage path to an AC voltage source. This leakage path has very high ohmage, and is absolutely nothing to worry about. Don't be too angry at Apple either, because leakage paths are almost impossible to avoid, and it's only the cool aluminium package that makes you notice it. You wouldn't want to trade it for plastic, right?
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