While replying to a post, it would be nice to get some indication that thread has new replies

It would be nice to know if the thread I'm replying to has gotten a new reply in the time I have spent typing out my own reply. For an example, take this thread on the LV forum where a simple question was asked and several people posted replies in a 5 minute period. Most of these replies were pretty similar. If there was some indicator that someone had already posted a reply to this question, some of the latecomers may have been able to save their time.

jcarmody wrote:
This works almost every time.
I for one had never noticed that link. Granted, looking at my post count, I haven't exactly been here very long. My work around has always been to type my reply in a new tab, and right before submitting I go back to the thread's tab and refresh. Bit of a hassle, but knowing about that link at least streamlines the process a bit.

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While syncing my I phone it gets to step six "optimizing " and gets almost to the end and I get a message that itunes has stopped working and has to close. It get to like 1074 of 1138 items to optimize when iTunes quits. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Same problem here! Moreover, for some reason, the pictures in my iPhone 3GS somehow have been divided into 2 folders, Photos and Medialibrary. And when I open iPhone as a folder through the explorer I can see only the Photos folder, but cannot see the Medialibrary folder which stores the photos taken before updating/upgrading the iPhone and getting separated folders!!! What the hack with all of this?!!! When I connect iPhone to PC it automatically opens iTunes and starts syncronizing it, but at the process of OPTIMIZING the photos (and according to the number of photos it shows, I see that it tries to syncronize that invisible Medialibrary folder) the process suddenly stops and error message pops out Tried the sync test, tried the button DEBUG in that pop out message, but NOTHING HELPS!!! Also, when I open the Medialibrary in my iPhone, the screen get sblack all through scrolling it down, only the video clips are shown there... >.<
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While updating iphone software to 5.0.1, I am getting error message that Iphone cound not be updated because the firmware file is not compatible. Can anyone help me to resolve this issue.

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Pressed and kept holding Home button while plugging cable back into phone
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Followed all iTunes prompts to restore phone - it downloaded and sucessfully installed iOS 5.0.1
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Eventually the iphone asked if I wanted to restore from a back-up (whew!)
A window opened in iTunes and I was able to select my previous back-up file for the restore
A full restore from back-up then occured
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I work at a Walgreens and saw a poster saying something about Walgreens employees get some sort of discount on Apple products. Can anyone inform me of what this is?

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short description of it is more like a spear type screw that once in locks itself down to the mother board with a flat head and a spring around the shaft. The spring presses against the heat sink and pulls up the mother board to keep the heatsink tightly in place.
Let it be known that this is a restoration project to bring back an old mac mini into working conditions.

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Official word on whether 3 TB drives will eventually support Boot Camp would be nice

I was about to buy a new iMac with a 3 TB drive, but then I learned that the 3 TB internal drive is not currently supported by Boot Camp.
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Can't find "Quote Original" button for Reply to a Post

When I went to reply to a post I wanted to use the same quoting format that I saw others had used. So I went to "Help & Terms of Use" to learn how to do this. The info given is: "If you want to quote specific text from the original message, click Quote Original to add all the text from the original message to the Message box." I could see no such button. So I replied without using the desired format and at the same time asked the person I was replying to about this. That person's reply back was: There's a '"' icon in the compose window when you type a reply. If I'm doing a lot of quotes (as I did here) I use that, then edit out the bits I don't want. Otherwise I copy and paste the text and add a > before the line to get it to appear in the special format.
I'm still mystified! I see no such button, icon or anything about "Quote Original" in the "Reply", "Compose" window. I also tried adding a > before the line, but nothing happened.
I was originally attempting this using the Firefox browser. To make sure the problem was not a Firefox glitch, I switched to Safari, with the same result.
How is "Quote Original" done? Where is that button?
Thanks in advance

Limnos wrote:
There's quotation marks in the formatting panel just above the compose window when you type a reply. There is a V, then an I, then a U, then a check mark with ABC, then "
It isn't there if you're in the Preview tab. Click the " once to get it to insert the text.
Message was edited by: Limnos
Thanks, Limnos (again!!). I wonder why the Help info doesn't just say what you now did. .... Click on the " in the formatting panel just above the compose window (rather than click on "Quote Original").
I do though feel a little stupid for not having clicked on everything that could possibly be clicked on. I'm now wondering what I was thinking those " marks could possibly be for since I do have the " key on my keyboard if I want to quote a phrase that I'm typing. I just was thinking that all those formatting items are for the typing of my reply and I didn't hold my cursor over each for the info box to appear. Oh well, thankfully, all my present posts are now solved. Thanks to you again Limnos.

Clicking reply on a post should auto quote said post

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Suggested fix for an admin to apply:
Replace the text that appears at the bottom of a thread while signed out - "You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet."
...with one that reads "You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please [https://support.mozilla.org/get-involved sign up to contribute], or start a new question, if you do not have an account yet."
This little seeming catch-22 gave me a chuckle, but I'm glad this thread was already here so that I didn't have to waste space. Someone needs to fix this soon though, lest it put more people off contributing.

For the past week or so I no longer see the toolbar in the Comcast Help Forums to reply to a post made in that forum. Has there been a change made to my iPad 3 settings and how to fix it?

Has something changed in the iPad 3? I Go to the Comcast Help Forums daily as a Volunteer Moderator and for the past week or so when I open a post in the Forum and attempt to reply to the post, ai no longer have a toolbar which contains different options that should be
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Is there a way to stop the OS from switching to a newly opened app? I would like to be able to continue what I'm doing while I wait for an app to launch and not get interrupted by a forced entry into the app.

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How can i allow certain people to reply to forum post?

Hi all, how do i allow certain group of people to reply to forum post instead of everyone can reply? Any help would greatly appreciated.

Hello
You can secure the forum and subscribe group of people to the secure zone , by this only the subscribers will be able to view the forum and reply on posts.
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