Why will my iMac Intel Lion no longer go to "sleep" using the Apple drop down menu?
How can I get my iMac (Intel / Lion 10.7.4) to go to "sleep" using the Apple drop down menu. I have never had a problem until recently.
Some process is running that is preventing sleep mode,
Zap the PRAM and see if that changes things.
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HT2693 Why don't I have a software update notification in the apple drop down menu?
When I try to log in to my hotmail account from my Mac, using Safari 4.0.3. The hotmail (outlook) page says my browser needs to be updated. However when I go to software updates it says I have no updates. I'm starting to realize that I probably need to download Mountain Lion, but which one, OS X Mountain Lion or OS X Lion.
You posted in the iPad forum. This question would probably be best posted in the forum for the version of Mac OS X you're using now.
Just FYI, here are the numbers and names for versions of Mac OS X:
Mac OS X 10.4 - Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.7 - Lion
OS X 10.8 - Mountain Lion
Using the correct terms will help avoid confusion, and will help if you tell people the version you are running and what model of iMac you have. iOS, as given in your profile line, does not run on Macs, only on iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads.
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Apple drop down menu at top left will not display when I click on apple
My computer has just started having several odd problems and I'm not sure why... One obvious thing is that the apple drop down menu doesn't work, so to restart, I have to actually press restart button. (also can't tell exactly what OS I am running but think it's tiger.)
Can anyone suggest what to do about this?
Information about what the larger issues might be would also be helpful.
Here's what has been happening:
First, InDesign CS2 crashes upon opening, even after several restarts.
Then, my trash would not empty or secure empty (until I held option down).
I can't think of what would cause this, I downloaded several large files from an ftp site but those have since been deleted.
Any help very much appreciated.
Thanks!
SarahThere are any number of possible causes. Corrupted files, incompatible third-party utility, bad preference file(s), just to name a few. I would suggest starting with some basic maintenance.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.
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where the **** is iDVD on my brand new iMac with Lion pre-installed??? All the Apple 'blah blah' says it's part of iLife 11. Don't say we've been ripped off.
where the **** is iDVD
What is "****"?
Don't say we've been ripped off.
we've been ripped off.
Purchase iLife 11, is't very inexpensive, it includes iDVD.
You can complain here. BE NICE.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/idvd.html -
previously while in bridge, i was able to select tools in the drop down menu and then select image processor to get to the page where i can make tiffs and jpegs. That option is no longer available in the drop down tool selection. How do I make jpegs from my tiffs now in the bridge.
thanks
[Moved from the general Cloud forum to the specific Program forum... Mod]In current Firefox releases the search bar on the about:home page and the about:newtab page have an autocomplete=off attribute that prevents Firefox from saving form data and now show search suggestions just like you get on the regular Google search page.
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Since downloading Lion, I am unable to find fractions in the edit>special characters submenu anymore (for Pages and Mail). Anybody know where they went to?
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Will IPod Touch be able to mirror it's display using the Apple TV?
During the "let's talk IPhone event" They showed a new IPhone mirroring it's display onto the apple tv using Airplay. I was wondering if you'd only be able to do this due to some new tech in the IPhone 4S or if it's available to the IPod Touch as well. Thanks for any responses.
It doesn't seem that the iPod Touch will do mirroring.
The description of iOS 5 specifically states "AirPlay Mirroring lets you share exactly what’s on your iPad 2 or iPhone 4S with everyone in the room."
It seems that the A5 processor is required for mirroring, and "Siri". At this time, only the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S have the A5 processor.
Maybe in the future??? -
Until about 2 days ago, I did not have any problem with my webbased GoDaddy email. Now with your update, I can not put in the first letters of the person nor group I am emailing and choose from my email dropdown list of potential email contacts either individual nor group. Instead, I have to go to the directory, choose who I am emailing, find them by sorting, select them, one by one, and then click done for each one, then go back to the email. What a hassle! I called GoDaddy, they said it is the browser. I have my you with my frequent pins up on this browser. I checked internet explorer, and it works like yours use to work. I click the To: box, start typing the person's name and there is a drop down list that enables me to choose the person or the group. HELP
Sorry I have no solution but this happened to me after Hulu told me to clear my browser cache (history) to be able to watch a video that stopped abruptly (Hulu lied; you rarely need to clear the cache.)
You can back up your browser history to keep this from being a problem in the future. Follow the instructions at [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20your%20information#w_locate-your-profile-folder|https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20your%20information#w_locate-your-profile-folder]] -
Why can't we have "show cookies" menu be a button in the new drop down menu on FF29 ?
I see the new Firefox 29 has a drop down menu in the upper right corner, with various shortcut symbols. One of them is "preferences", but I would like to make that to be have an even shorter shortcut to "show cookies", instead of having it buried in several clicks as in the old versions of FF.
# Install Cookie Manager Button and restart Firefox if prompted.
#* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-manager-button/
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I am using a Mac and the 9.0.1 version of Firefox
Firefox Help already had an answer for me - should have looked better: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/latest-firefox-issues#w_icons-missing-in-the-bookmarks-menu
IT WORKS PERFECTLY NOW!!! THANK YOU! -
When I try to add a new bookmark, I cannot find any of my bookmark folders. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox and still have the same problem.
The screenshot didn't attach.
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot and make sure that you do not exceed the maximum file size (200 KB) and <u>do not click Preview</u> after you have attached the image. -
As stated above
As you already guessed:
*"Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks" has been renamed to "Show All Bookmarks" in Firefox 4 and later.
What do you see when you open that window?
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/how-do-i-use-bookmarks
See this article if you have problems with the bookmarks or the history:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox -
Why can't I scroll in the bookmarks drop-down menu? It used to scroll, now it doesn't.
I have a large number of bookmarks, and the ones I use most frequently are at the top and bottom of the list. There use to be a scrollbar on the side. Now it's gone.
You can achieve this without an extension via code in userChrome.css
Add code to the userChrome.css file below the default @namespace line.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/userChrome.css
The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration
<pre><nowiki>@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
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How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?
The system I'm have is a Mac-mini that had SL on it and no SuperDrive. I have also call Apple Support and they have really have not been to much help over 1st did my up grade to Lion and Installed the Lion Server.... it lost my SSL that I paid for and kill almost on of my server setting, plus kill all my web servers (using apache vhosts), and not to say the LDAP will even let remote users login to your laptops.
PS: There is no way that I'm going to buy a Install USB from Apple... They have over billed me over $300.00 because the Apps Store still has bugs (Glad I did not write that App/Service)
If there is anyone that can give in the information to create a USB install stick, I would be very thinkful.Here you are bro, courtesy of "softpedia.com"....brilliant site!!!
If you ever had problems with your Mac OS X installation you know that the first thing you should do is to check the startup volume using Disk Utility.
After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
Although this might happen to Mac OS X Leopard users due to faultyhardware, the vast majority of problematic SuperDrives will be encountered inside Snow Leopard running Macs.
This is due to the updated SuperDrive firmware included in either the Install disc or the software updates one has to install to reach the latest version of OS X, namely 10.6.6.
This can be fixed by flashing the SuperDrive’s stock firmware using free command line tools that one can find for free online (I will write about this process also, but at a later time because this article only focuses on allowing you to create your own alternative USB boot disc).
If you are reading this last bit of information with skepticism, than you should know that it happened to me too. Despite all my tries to make it work properly, the SuperDrive kept on munching any inserted DVDs and just popped them out in about twenty seconds.
The workaround to this issue was to create my own Leopard bootable USB memory stick. I am not suggesting a Snow Leopard bootable stick mainly because there are lots of users that have decided to buy the cheaper, Upgrade version, which I have not tested and, therefore, I’m not sure if it will work properly once written to a USB disk.
And now, here are the exact steps you should follow in order to obtain a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) Install disc.
Step 1 (If you already have the Leopard install disc DMG file you can skip to Step 2)
Launch Disk Utility (you can find it inside /Applications/Utilities). Here select the Leopard Install disc in the list of drives on the left and click on the New Image menu entry at the top of the window. A save message will appear where you will have to select the Desktop as a destination.
Step 2
After Disk Utility has finished creating the Leopard DMG, insert your USB stick and erase all data and reformat the disk. To do this select the USB in the list of drives on the left and, after clicking on the Erase tab on the right side of the window, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and click the Erase button beneath.
Step 3
After the USB has been reformatted, download the SuperDuper app from HERE and launch it. Once SuperDuper starts, you will only have to select the DMG in the Copy drop-down menu, your USB memory stick on the right and hit the “Copy Now” button.
One can also use Disk Utility for this task but creating a bootable USB stick failed 2 out 4 times when copying the DMG to the stick (with the exact same settings each time). Creating the bootable stick using SuperDuper proved to be the perfect way to do it because it worked each of the 4 times I tested it.
The steps above can also be used to create a bootable Mac OS X Lion USB by using the InstallESD.dmg image you can find inside the Lion installer (named “Install Mac OS X Lion.app”) downloaded from the Mac App Store in the /Applications folder.
To locate the InstallESD.dmg right click the Lion installer, select the “Show Package Contents” entry, go inside the “Contents” folder, and from there into the “SharedSupport” folder. Inside this folder you can find the InstallESD.dmg you can use to create your own bootable Mac OS X Lion USB stick. To do so, go to the third step described above and use the InstallESD.dmg as the DMG to be copied to your USB disc.
That’s it! Once the process ends you will have a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) USB disk that you can use as an alternative to the Apple’s DVD Install disc that comes bundled with all Macs.
To use your newly created bootable disk you will have to restart the Mac, press and hold the OPTION key until the StartupManager appears. Here, select the Mac OS X Install disk using your keyboard arrows and press return to start from the selected drive. -
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