Working directly from a USB on apple applications

I've been given over 1,000 photos to put into a slideshow with special effects on imovie. My Snow Leopard is already low on space, so I refuse to put the photos on the hardware. I work a lot on imovie and it often has to restart or freezes because I have so much data. Is it possible to work directly from a USB on imovie/iphoto without putting the data actually on the hardware?

no so i dont know what happened

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After effects in the cloud: working directly from the cloud desktop folder?

hi guys, just wondered if anyone had any experience in working directly from the cloud desktop folder?
any pros or cons?
thought it would be good to have an extra backup system and be able to work from another computer like my laptop instead of copying files around etc..
any thoughts?
thanks

Why would anyone? Adobe's cloud storage is complete garbage and even if you were to use alternate systems like Dropbox you still have to wait until the files actually sync, which means that during that time you cannot safely load and save them without risking the files getting damaged. Conversely, once they are damaged and you turn on your other computer and they sync you end up with nothing useful at all because previous, potentially intact file versions get overwritten. Sorry, none of this makes any sense. I'd never entrust any critical work to any of these workflows beyond manually uploading a zipped collected version of the project at the end of the day, but strictly separate from the actual working files/ folders.
Mylenium

Working directly from time capsule

Does any one have any experience working on files located on a Time Capsule through the ethernet connection? Especially with video software.
We are adding a second work station to our small video company. A simple and cheap way for two people to have access to the same file to work on is to locate the file on a Time Capsule and have each computer connect to it via the ethernet connections. Projects don't need to be edited simultaneously, just person A edits the file, saves, then person B can work on the file and save.
I have edited on external drives with FW 800 before, but never with ethernet. Just wondering if there is likely to be any problems with this set up?
Thanks!

You do not need a router. But if you don't use a router how are you getting internet connection??
How did you expect to connect to the TC?
If you are using a system where internet is via wireless and you want to connect the two computers for high speed by ethernet that is fine.
The difference not having a router makes is you must set IP address yourself on both computers.. you must fix everything so the network between the two computers doesn't mess with the internet connection.
I would still buy and use a switch.. you can get a 5 port gigabit switch for $30-40.. the reason it is worth it is handling connection is generally done better by a switch.. but you can directly connect two computer using gigabit with a straight ethernet cable. Remember to set ip in a different range to that used by your router..
So with direct connection by cable or via a switch.. this is the setup.
Lets say you have a router that is set to 10.0.1.1 ie apple type.
Then set ethernet port to 192.168.1.10 on one computer and 192.168.1.11 on the other computer.
If the main router was actually 192.168.1.x then use 10.0.0.x on the computers.
Set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
Do not set a gateway (router in applespeak) or DNS..
The two computers can then find each other without the computer getting messed up with wrong gateways.
BTW if you simply plug the two computers together they may actually create a self discovery network using 169.254.x.x but that can be sloppy and slow the computers boot and connection, as everytime it starts it has to go through the discovery process.. it is much better to use a fixed IP which you control.

Time capsule crashing when working directly from it

I use time capsule as a hard drive and back up disk. When working on a file that is saved on the time capsule, especially Adobe Photoshop, it freezes on spinning wheel and I have to do a hard restart.
The whole point in using time capsule as a hard drive is to free up as much space on my mac hard drive. I don't want to keep dragging and dropping whole folders to the desktop just to do small amendments.
Why is it doing this? Please help!
Michelle.

I am afraid that you will not like the answer here, so maybe some other users will offer different opinions.
The Time Capsule is designed for your backups. It will not function well if you try to make it an everyday hard drive since it is a network drive. Access is much slower with this type of drive.
When working on a file that is saved on the time capsule, especially Adobe Photoshop, it freezes on spinning wheel and I have to do a hard restart.
Hopefully, these are not your "original" files. If so, can we ask how you are making backups of these files?
I don't know about Photoshop, but the experts in the iPhoto forum strongly warn against storing any "original" files on the Time Capsule disk because of the slow access and chances of corruption errors, which can damage the entire image library.
I do use Photoshop Elements, and would simply not consider locating the image library on my Time Capsule for the same reasons.
The whole point in using time capsule as a hard drive is to free up as much space on my mac hard drive.
Again, this unfortunately sounds like you have moved "original" files on your Mac over the Time Capsule drive.
When....not if...the Time Capsule drive has a problem, you will lose all of these files unless you are making backups of them on yet another hard drive.
But, since you need to have another hard drive anyway, you might consider this plan:
Move all of the image files and other data that you need for "everyday" use to the hard drive that is connected directly to your Mac. Access will be much faster and the errors will go away.
Plus....you can configure Time Machine to backup both your Mac and the hard drive.....so you have "originals" on one drive and backups on another. That would be a safe backup strategy.

Reading USB joystick data directly from the USB port

I have made a program to read USB joystick data in Labview using the "initialize joystick vi" and "acquire input data vi". I noticed that these vi's use the data from windows XP. The joystick calibrating function of windows can influence the data that Labview shows. For instance: axis 1 uncalibrated data(before calibration in windows) 3901 to 32767. After calibration in windows Labview shows me data on the same axis ranging from -32767 to 32767.
Is it possible to read the data from the joystick before windows "messess" it up?

USB protocols are a messy black hole. The way each USB item communicates to the operating system is dependant on the products manufacturer. I think that is why there are no USB functions built into LabVIEW. Perhaps there is some way to force a calibration at the beginning of your code so that the data is consistent on each execution???
Also, if I remember right, there were some recent posts concerning reading a USB mouse that you could search for to get some ideas.
Good luck and please post a follow-up if you come up with a good solution.
Using LabVIEW: 7.1.1, 8.5.1 & 2013

Uploading Apps Problem from adobe DPS to Apple Application Loader

I have create an apps from adobe DPS builder, but when i upload via application loader, it show the dialogue box as below. What does it means? Any solution to solve this out? Thanks.

I know absolutely nothing about DPS, but the error looks pretty self-explanatory to me. You can't use non-roman glyphs in your file names.

Run XP / Vista from a USB flash memory on my Macbook Air

Hello!
Does anyone know if it is possible to boot and run XP directly from a USB stick?
I am fairly new to Mac. So far I like it a lot however, due to my job I need to run some things in XP or Vista. Instead of "polluting" my new Macbook Air with a partition with XP I thought it would be neat to run XP from a USB stick. They are cheap and quite large nowadays but I really have no clue if it is doable technically. It might be too slow or there might be other issues that I don't know of.
Can anyone shed some light or point in the right direction.
All help will be highly appreciated.
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I would guess that performance wouldn't be so good trying to run XP from an external hard drive, but I haven't tried it nor do I know if it is possible. I'm in the same boat with needing to run some XP programs.
I've been using VMware Fusion and it works well. However, the MBA runs hot and battery life suffers when just running VMware without much going on in the XP machine. You can probably put the XP VM on a usb key and have VMware run it from there. As for the software running in a VM rather than native, the programs run and the speed is tolerable but I don't mistake it for my ThinkPad. Depending on how much resources your software needs, the MBA may not be a good fit.
Regards-Michael G.

A later version of Apple Application Support is already installed on this computer.

I am trying to update / install iTunes 12.0.1.26. Apple Application Support will not install because it says there is already a later version installed. There is not! I have uninstalled after initial message and tried to reinstall but I still recieve the same message.

Good Afternoon, JohnHT2!
I think I have the fix to your issue.
I've been experiencing the same issue as you describe above. The issue occurred for me during the upgrade process from version 11.4.0.18 to version 12.0.1.26 (which is the current version downloadable from Apple). The installation sometimes appears to be okay, but the Apple Application Support fails to update correctly. In other instances, the iTunes installation fails completely with error 1603 (which is generic "fatal error" code).
Symptoms:
Just some of the symptoms I've noticed in my environment.
- In Programs & Features, there is no Apple Application Support to uninstall.
- In Event Viewer's Application log, you may see Event ID 10005 from Source MsiInstaller, stating the dreaded error message "A later version of Apple Application Support is already installed on this computer."
- In Event Viewer's Application log, you may see Event ID 1000 from Source Application Error, stating "Faulting application name: MsiExec.exe" along with a bunch of other error details.
- When attempting to start iTunes, you may receive popup error "Apple Application Support was not found. Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes. Please uninstall iTunes, then install iTunes again".
- Uninstalling and installing iTunes fails, including via the steps described for a "full uninstall" as described here on the Apple site (for instance: Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates)
- Installing Apple Application Support via the extracted MSI (AppleApplicationSupport.msi) fails with the same error: "A later version of Apple Application Support is already installed on this computer."
- Installing previous versions of Apple Application Support fails with the same error (tried versions 10.7.0.21, 11.0.0.163, 11.0.1.012, 11.0.3.42, 11.1.0.126, 11.1.3.8, 11.2.2.3, 11.3.0.54, 11.3.1.2, 11.4.0.18). (now that I know the issue, I'm confident any previous version of the installer will fail).
- If you run the MSI installation with verbose logging, you may see lines stating: "PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding BNEWERPRODUCTISINSTALLED property. Its value is '1'." and "PreventDowngrade. Return value 1."
There may be other indications, but these are things we ran into. I'm trying to be detailed so that other folks who run into this issue may feel better about the below fixes being an option for them.
Resolutions:
I've found two ways to remedy the issue in our environment. You can either use the Microsoft FixIt utility to clean up the previous installation for us, or you can edit the registry manually to repair the installation. We're in an office and prefer not going computer-to-computer to fix everyone's issue independently, so we had to go via the registry. I was able to fix it via both ways, though.
Fix 1: Run the Microsoft Program Install Uninstall Troubleshooter.
For this fix you will need to be logged in as an administrator for the computer.
Here are the steps:
Download and Run the Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall FixIt: [FixIt Link]
In the troubleshooter, choose: Detect problems and apply the fixes for me (Recommended)
Choose Installing
From the list, select Apple Application Support and click Next. (it actually does appear here!)
Select Yes, try uninstall. This step could take a while to process once it starts.
Once it confirms it is fixed, click Next.
Select "Yes, the problem has been fixed" and click Next.
Finish/close the FixIt tool.
Now the Apple Application Support will install successfully on your next attempt.
- If you don't have iTunes installed, you can simply run the latest downloaded installer: iTunes64Setup.exe
- If the other iTunes components are already installed, you will need to go to Programs & Features (or Add/Remove programs) and uninstall the iTunes program, then re-install the program from the downloaded installer: iTunes64Setup.exe
- If you have the MSI, you can simple run AppleApplicationSupport.msi and carry on happily. Make sure it's the right version of the MSI (right-click it, select Properties, go to the Details tab and verify the Comment line says "Apple Application Support 3.1"). If you don't know what an MSI is... ignore this and use the installer.
iTunes should work perfectly normally for you now.
Fix 2:
If you're like me and you need to repair iTunes over a larger number of computers, then Fix 1 quickly becomes too time consuming. Thankfully, a quick registry edit will resolve the issue as well.
For more advanced users; if you're not sure what the Windows Registry is, please tread very carefully and make sure you back up the registry before you change anything!
You'll need to be an administrator on the computer to do this.
Start Registry Editor.
In Windows 8.1, you can right-click the start menu (flag in the bottom-right corner) and choose Run. Then type "regedit" and click OK.
In Windows 8, go to the Start menu, click the magnifying glass (or just start typing) and search for "regedit". The first result should be "regedit.exe" - click that.
In Windows Vista, click the Start menu, then click the little arrowing pointing to the right (>) and choose Run. Then type "regedit" and click OK.
In Windows 7 or XP, click the Start menu orb, and choose "Run...". Then type "regedit" and click OK.
Make a backup of your registry.In Registry Editor, right-click on "Computer" and choose "Export". Save the file somewhere on your computer. You'll probably never need it.. which are famous last words. Better safe than sorry!
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\ED0FAC38B3D873C46A13B2F861CE0313\
If the key "ED0FAC38B3D873C46A13B2F861CE0313" doesn't exist, then go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products and make sure "Products" is highlighted.
Go to the Edit menu and choose "Find...".
Do a search for "Apple Application Support".
Your first result should be a ProductName value of "Apple Application Support".
Verify at the very bottom of Registry Editor that your current location is "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\[GUID], where GUID is an alphanumeric string that's 32 characters long.
Right-click "Version" and choose "Modify".
In Value Data, type 0 (the number zero) and click OK.
Close Registry Editor.
You should now be able to successfully install the AppleApplicationSupport.msi or re-install iTunes. If, for whatever reason, it still detects the wrong version, go back to the Registry Editor and delete the entire key from above (so, right-click on the 'folder' named "ED0FAC38B3D873C46A13B2F861CE0313" and select "Delete"). Should never be necessary, though..
In a Windows domain there are many ways to update the registry so use whatever works best for you. I'll be adding this as a special extra step in our SCCM deployment.
I hope this helps! It took us a good many hours to track down what was stopping us from resolving the issue (and/or causing it to begin with). Suffice to say we now have a whole bunch of users who are very happy to no longer get iTunes error messages when they log into their computers or attempt to start iTunes itself.
Have a great day!

Hi, I am working in saudi arabia and willing to buy an iphone 5. But next year I will shift to India permanently. So my query is whether I would purchase apple applications from India or not once I left the purchased country of origin?

Hi, I am working in saudi arabia and willing to buy an iphone 5. But next year I will shift to India permanently. So my query is whether I would purchase apple applications from India or not once I left the purchased country of origin?
Also here though face time is banned by law, one of the biggest authorized dealer (Jarir bookstore) of apple products sells unloced iphone/ipad versions with face time enabled. So shall I use this function out side of saudi arabia, i.e. in India?

Wait and purchase the whole phone from India if you are going to be permanently based there. There are no usage restrictions in the same way that there are in Saudi.
Just wait.

ITunes tells me there is an update (5.1) but it never gets any further than trying to connect to the iPad server. I've tried updating directly from my iPad and it too times out saying it cannot connect to any server. My regular Apple updates work fine.

iTunes tells me there is an iOS update (5.1) but it never gets any further than trying to connect to the iPad server. I've tried updating directly from my iPad and it too times out saying it cannot connect to any server. My regular Apple updates work fine.

I haven't updated yet. Apple's download servers have been too busy. Did you know you can update via wifi instead of connection to your computer?
Here's a description of the update. Not a lot of changes for iPad 1/2.
iOS 5.1 Software Update
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1504
You can wait a while & update at your convenience.
 Cheers, Tom

Will an Unlocked iPhone 4s purchased online in the UK (directly from the apple site) work between different networks/sims, as my time is spent in both the UK and Canada?

From what I've gathered looking around the forums, the answer seems to be yes.
However through searching more and more, I've seen some people have said otherwise or had some difficulties using their phone internationally with a different sim, so I just want to make sure that I can use it internationally with all the full features.

Thanks. I guess also my main concern is that I've heard about problems people have encountered when buying their iPhone from Carphone Warehouse here in the UK (unlocked) that once they've inserted their sim it automatically became locked to that one service provider.
I however will be buying directly from the Apple store, so I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to get trapped by my iPhone locking to the first carrier I insert into my phone.
Other than that I understand that certain carriers might require agreements/contracts to get connected.

All apple application not work

Need help! I saw following in the console:
13/3/15 12:57:15.111 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2417]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:15.111 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
13/3/15 12:57:16.183 pm System Information[2418]: Unable to load nib file: SPApp, exiting
13/3/15 12:57:16.187 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2418]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:16.187 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
13/3/15 12:57:17.248 pm System Information[2419]: Unable to load nib file: SPApp, exiting
13/3/15 12:57:17.251 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2419]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:17.251 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
13/3/15 12:57:18.314 pm System Information[2420]: Unable to load nib file: SPApp, exiting
13/3/15 12:57:18.316 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2420]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:18.316 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
13/3/15 12:57:19.375 pm System Information[2421]: Unable to load nib file: SPApp, exiting
13/3/15 12:57:19.378 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2421]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:19.378 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
13/3/15 12:57:20.439 pm System Information[2422]: Unable to load nib file: SPApp, exiting
13/3/15 12:57:20.441 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler[2422]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1
13/3/15 12:57:20.441 pm com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.systemprofiler) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.
Beside windows and others application, all apple application i.e keynote,pages, numbers, mail can't open!

Step 1
The first step in dealing with a startup failure is to secure the data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since the last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to start. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
a. Start up from the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.” The article refers to starting up from a DVD, but the procedure in Recovery mode is the same. You don't need a DVD if you're running OS X 10.7 or later.
b. If Step 1a fails because of disk errors, and no other Mac is available, then you may be able to salvage some of your files by copying them in the Finder. If you already have an external drive with OS X installed, start up from it. Otherwise, if you have Internet access, follow the instructions on this page to prepare the external drive and install OS X on it. You'll use the Recovery installer, rather than downloading it from the App Store.
c. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, start the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
d. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
You might be able to start up in safe mode even though you can't start up normally. Otherwise, start up from an external drive, or else use the technique in Step 1b, 1c, or 1d to mount the internal drive and delete some files. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation.

I recently updated my computer to 10.6 and now I can't get my printer MX340 (canon ) to work. I have installed the new drivers both from Canon's website and from an earlier post directly from apples website. I would surely appreciate some help with this.

I recently updated my computer to 10.6 and now I can't get my printer MX340 (canon ) to work. I have installed the new drivers both from Canon's website and from an earlier post directly from apples website. I would surely appreciate some help with this.

Try what Terence Devlin posted in this topic:
Terence Devlin
Apr 14, 2015 11:21 AM
Re: Is Iphoto gone ? i want it back!
in response to Johannes666
Recommended
Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

My 2009 iMac gets stuck on the grey Apple logo when booting up. It boots correctly when in safe mode. I have tried erasing the HD and re-installing from a USB installer. It says the install is complete, but after restarting it gets stuck on the Apple log

My late 2009 27" iMac gets stuck on the grey Apple logo when booting up. It boots correctly when in safe mode. I have tried erasing the HD and re-installing from a USB installer. It says the install is complete, but after restarting it gets stuck on the Apple logo again. This could possibly be an HD failure, but then why does Safe Mode still work and the USB install not work? Any ideas?

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off merely by the seeming complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to collect information about the state of the computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. However, you should be cautious about running any kind of program (not just a shell script) at the behest of a stranger. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
4. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
5. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
6. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
7. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
8. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "syntax error," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
9. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
10. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report the results. No harm will be done.
11. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with "Model Identifier." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
12. When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." It means that the forum software has misidentified something in the post as a violation of the rules. If that happens, please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Apple applications won't restart from dock

I've had this problem with Lion since day one, and although I am now running 10.7.4, the problem persists.
I run a MacBook Pro with mostly standard software. The exceptions are Adobe Flash Player, Flip4Mac WMV, Growl, Perian, Synergy, and Logitech Control Center. Most recent versions of all these products are installed.
I keep all of the applications I use most frequently on my dock. Most of the time I have Mail, iCal, Safari, System Preferences, Address Book, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, Adobe Reader, and Dictionary open. Filemaker Pro, Skype, and Stickies are often open as well. iPhoto, iPhoto Library Manager, and iTunes are only occasionally open.
I generally sleep my computer when not using it. I restart about once a week on average.
If I want to bring one of these applications to the front, I click on the Dock icon. Mail, Safari, and the non-Apple applications ALWAYS come to the front.
iCal, System Preferences, Address Book, and Dictionary hardly ever do. In order to access them, I have to launch Launchpad, then click on the dock icon again since Launchpad does not bring them to the front.
If I minimize the applications instead of hiding them, the minimized icon works, but then my dock has two versions of each application.

What happens if you go to office preferences (from your pulldown menu with Word or Excel open) >> general >> "show project gallery at startup" and deselect that item?
It's also possible that it could be a font that Office does not care for. Try dragging ~(yourhome)/library/fonts to the desktop and logging out and back in or restarting.
-mj
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