Wow! Maybe I stumbled onto a big ol' pile of common knowledge....

Not sure if anyone else knew this...knew of this....knows this and just said nothing...whatever.....I just poked around over in the testing and playground forum, and at least to me, it seems quite obvious that this is being used in some (many?) cases for folks to test/use/tune their auto-reply-points programs! Maybe I am late to notice this....maybe not.

testing and playground forum? Sure I'm aware of it...has you use it a couple of times to test graphics and tags for the forum -:)
It's the best place to destroy everything, but actually "destroying anything" -;)
Greetings,
Blag.

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Hey this is Brian, bjmcmurry, under a different user ID. If I logged in as bmcmurry, original post, I was just getting a server error and couldn't get to this discussion nor post a comment anywhere.
Anyway, let me be as brief as I can. After an extensive analysis of replicating the problem on another phone to eliminate it being a hardware specific issue and that the test phone has an unlimited data plan, I was able to stop the excessive data usage and consequential battery drain. I believe I have a reasonable explanation of the problem, an iOS logic bug.
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Regarding the important issue to me that brought me to the Genius Bar, excessive Cell data usage, I thought the Genius did a wonderful job listening and documenting the problem we were experiencing. Unfortunately, educating us on the use of the product or replacing our phone was not going to solve the problem. He eventually figured it out, this was not a user error or broken hardware. We surmised that the reason I was sent to him was to verify and document that there was a problem. I clearly had a problem. After writing copious notes on the issue, The Genius smartly referred me back the the AppleCare Senior Advisor. So, back to AppleCare Senior Analyst I went. She, knowing this was not a simple problem to solve i.e. beyond her level of expertise, got an Apple Software engineer involved.
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Is there a way to put music (mp3) from my PC onto my iPhone (5c) without having to duplicate that music by adding it to the iTunes Library?

Greetings all, I am a brand new iPhone owner (my first smartphone in fact) and am very sad that I don't love my new device as much as I was beginning to. I've come into the Apple family with open eyes and heart, but I am heartbroken and mortified and what I've been learning this morning. I just spent five hours (no exaggeration) reading forums, downloading iTunes (which I don't really think I want, I am used to WMP and much more accustomed to it), downloading and installing an update, learning that certain options which were recommended are now gone unless you use secret commands (want to Add Folder to Library? Well, too bad! Unless you know the secret Ctrl-B handshake. Hope you didn't just spend tons of time adding items file by file before you learned that (by scouring the obscure forums for that information, since it's not common knowledge or readily accessible in iTunes now)!). Apologies for the sarcastic tone, still very frustrated with the whole process. I've seen support messages directing people to support pages with QuickTime videos; QuickTime doesn't install easily or quickly or work properly on my PC (perhaps I need to work with it more, buuuut...), it's all just seeming so....proprietary.
Is it really the way this works that I have to duplicate all of the music that is currently on my hard drive not just once but twice, such that I need to have it 1) on my hard drive in my music folder where it has always been (so that I can play it how I am used to, using WMP), 2) copied to my iTunes Library and then 3) "Synced" (whatever this really means...still learning obviously) / copied onto my iPhone? Thus taking up twice the space on my hard drive that it needs to?
There's really no way to simply have the phone take it from my hard drive? Apple seriously needs it to not only be existent on my pc, but duplicated into the iTunes Library (which is really just another folder, right?) in order to allow it to be put onto my iPhone?
Please please please tell me I am misunderstanding how this works. I really genuinely do want to love my iPhone and get accustomed to how it and the software it needs works, but this has been frankly a nightmare and has had me wishing for brief moments that I had gone with something more PC friendly. Please just tell me that it gets better, that you can have a PC that you use, and have an iPhone that you use and marry the two happily once you get used to the way to do that.

HydroThunder wrote:
Greetings all, I am a brand new iPhone owner (my first smartphone in fact) and am very sad that I don't love my new device as much as I was beginning to. I've come into the Apple family with open eyes and heart, but I am heartbroken and mortified and what I've been learning this morning. I just spent five hours (no exaggeration) reading forums, downloading iTunes (which I don't really think I want, I am used to WMP and much more accustomed to it), downloading and installing an update, learning that certain options which were recommended are now gone unless you use secret commands (want to Add Folder to Library? Well, too bad! Unless you know the secret Ctrl-B handshake. Hope you didn't just spend tons of time adding items file by file before you learned that (by scouring the obscure forums for that information, since it's not common knowledge or readily accessible in iTunes now)!). Apologies for the sarcastic tone, still very frustrated with the whole process. I've seen support messages directing people to support pages with QuickTime videos; QuickTime doesn't install easily or quickly or work properly on my PC (perhaps I need to work with it more, buuuut...), it's all just seeming so....proprietary.
Is it really the way this works that I have to duplicate all of the music that is currently on my hard drive not just once but twice, such that I need to have it 1) on my hard drive in my music folder where it has always been (so that I can play it how I am used to, using WMP), 2) copied to my iTunes Library and then 3) "Synced" (whatever this really means...still learning obviously) / copied onto my iPhone? Thus taking up twice the space on my hard drive that it needs to?
There's really no way to simply have the phone take it from my hard drive? Apple seriously needs it to not only be existent on my pc, but duplicated into the iTunes Library (which is really just another folder, right?) in order to allow it to be put onto my iPhone?
Please please please tell me I am misunderstanding how this works.
Okay.
You are misunderstanding how this works.
When you add songs to your iTunes Library, all you are in fact doing is telling iTunes where (on your computer) to find the music. iTunes does not create additional versions of your music (see * below). iTunes is a database (or catalogue) - it simply lists your music and knows where it is so that it can copy it to your iPod.
Synced - synchronise... to make as one, to make the same as each other. Well, that's what my dictionary tells me anyway. To make iTunes and the iPhone the same, to have the same music etc. on or in each. (Subject to your preferences.)
HydroThunder wrote:
I really genuinely do want to love my iPhone and get accustomed to how it and the software it needs works, but this has been frankly a nightmare and has had me wishing for brief moments that I had gone with something more PC friendly. Please just tell me that it gets better, that you can have a PC that you use, and have an iPhone that you use and marry the two happily once you get used to the way to do that.
Okay, I'l tell you that too.
It gets better. You can have a PC that you use, and have an iPhone that you use - and marry the two together blah blah blah.
Now that you have iTunes installed, at least you've got that far, although I can't quite imagine how it managed to take five hours. (You would have all these same issues if you were moving from iPhone to any non-Apple product.)
Secret menus, (CTRL+B etc.) - yes, there have been some very odd moves with all this "hiding menus" nonsense. But with the help of useful contibutors to these discussions, you will find iTunes easy. There are however, so many ways to configure iTunes, that everyone will tell you that everyone else's method is wrong.
So let's start with basics:
Once iTunes is set the way you want to view it, all you will need to do is add music to your iTunes Library, either by;
putting a CD into your computer's CD drive, and telling iTunes to import the CD. iTunes will make a digital copy, put it in a folder (in the iTunes Media folder) and list the album in your iTunes
buying music from the iTunes Store. The store will download the music to your Library.
Buying music from other sources. For example Amazon. Here in the UK, Amazon have a downloader which will download any purchases, place them in an Amazon folder and add them to your iTunes Library
Add other digital files by using the Add Folder to Library. (I can make sure you can easily find that, if you wish.)
Then - you can add songs to Playlists - if you wish. You do not have to add music to Playlists. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
Then - connect your iPhone to the computer, and let iTunes perform a Sync.
Your first ever Sync will need a little bit of configuration. A Sync will copy the new songs to your iPhone. It will also transfer back to your iTunes Library:
any songs purchased, on the iPhone, directly from the iTunes Store.
any apps purchased, on the iPhone, from the iTunes Store.
Play Counts. The number of times a song has been played, on the iPhone, since the last Sync.
Last Played date and time. You won't believe how useful this feature can be.
HydroThunder wrote:
There's really no way to simply have the phone take it from my hard drive?
That is precisely what iTunes is for - it's exactly what it does and how is does it. By the way, also don't let anyone tell you that you should use Manual Management to anage your iPhone. No one with any sense would use Manual Management. Why do housework, when iTunes can do it for you?
* There is one tiny issue in all this. If you leave your music where it is now, it may make it slightly harder for you to transfer all your music to another computer anytime in the future because it will be in various different palces on your current computer. There is a setting in iTunes to "copy files to the iTunes Media folder when adding to library", which will duplicate songs, but that's so that you can store all your music in one parent folder for easy transfer to another computer. Your choice. If you take it, once it's done, you could then delete the older copies in the other storage locations.
Of course, if you transfer all your media, files, documents to the new compurer, it shouldn't be any hassle really.
As for WMP. While you are used to it, now that you have an iPhone, why not try playing music in iTunes? It's really not that bad.
So - you tell me what point you have reached and what other information you need to help you with iTunes, what views you want in your iTunes Library. There are lots of ways to vieww your Library! You only need to tell us how you like to look at things, by albums with artwork, by a sonsg list but with the option of looking at albums, or Last played. On and On it goes!
I may be a bit biased in my choice of views, but I can still help you get the best out of iTunes. It really is a fantastic piece of software, despite the little annoying things Apple put into it.

How do I copy MP4 files onto my IPad while travelling?

Hello all
I picked up my first IPad through work last week, and am still familiarising myself with the device. What I did manage to do is connect it to ITunes on my home computer and copy all of our childrens TV shows onto the device for our daughter to watch, and it all went smoothly.
I have a question regarding this process however. I tend to watch a lot of TV shows, and in most cases I wait until after the season is finished and pick up the boxed set, so that I can watch it when I want, without commercials. What I then do is convert them to (unprotected) MP4 files that I then usually copy to my PS3 to watch them on our TV. Just as a test, I copied a few onto the IPad and they look great, I could easily see myself using this device to watch shows while travelling.
However, our IPad is only 16 gigs, and in longer trips I would probably want to take more shows than that would allow. I also have a 1 Terrabyte portable harddrive though, that I can fit ample amount of shows on.
At the moment I have only connected the IPad to one computer running ITunes, which is my PC at home. However lets assume I was travelling, and had both my external hard drive and IPad. What would be the best solution for copying movies from that external harddrive to the IPad to allow me to watch additional shows? Unless I'm mistaken, I can have up to 5 computers authorised with my account. Would it in theory be possible to find a PC, authorise it to my Ipad, copy the files over and then deauthorise that PC? Or if not, what is the recommended solution?
Apologies if this is common knowledge, I'm still a newbie.

Even though you can have your iTunes account authorized on 5 computers your iPad can only be linked to one computer. If you used another computer to copy your content from your external drive you would have to Restore the iPad with the computer erasing all other data. The process will allow you to backup then Restore to that back up but it will not contain any of the media files you wish to keep on the iPad. This is why it is important to get the most storage on an iOS device you can afford.
You might want to look at something like Kingston's Wi-Drive which is an external drive your iPad can access through wifi. http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/wireless#wid I don't think it has any integration with iTunes but you could put a copy of the videos you wish to take with you then play them on it it's app.

Apple's Videos App on iPad won't load my shared library

Hi,
I've been looking for an answer to this problem for ages!
Symptoms/context:
You have all your movies onto one big drive
You have uncheck Preferences|Advanced|"Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library"
(this way all titles will be linked to your big drive, not copied)
You have drag/drop those movies from your big drive in Finder into your iTunes Movies library
You have enabled Home Sharing (File|Home Sharing|Turn On Home Sharing)
You have disabled the old way of sharing (Preferences|Sharing tab|Uncheck "Share my library on my local network")
You have proudly added a very nice artwork for each of your movie so that you'll get nice thumbnails in iTunes
by using Identify.app
or by looking on the web for the best artwork (i.e. flickfacts.com), saving it locally, then drag/drop on your movie in iTunes (Get Info|Artwork)
You're using Apple's Videos app to load your shared library on you iPad
(Start Videos app,select your Shared library,wait a while,then all your thumbnails are displayed fine)
Then as the days go by, you realize that loading your library is taking more and more time, up until that day when all **** brakes loose and you get stuck at the small round clock progress bar, and you wait and wait but no thumbnails is coming up anymore. You reset everything to no avail. What happened?!!
Well here's what I had to do to fix that problem:
Everything is about movie thumbnails!
In my case I had an overhead of 0.5GB of thumbnails for 650 movies! That's an overhead alright! By overhead I mean that the sum of all my thumbnails was 500MB, so the Videos app had to load this (maybe not entirely at once but...) every time you start the app and select your shared library. This explain why the app get slower and slower has you add new movies, thus new thumbnails/artworks.
But this doesn't really explain why ultimately the Videos app stops loading all of a sudden!
I realize the iTunes doesn't like:
Movie that doesn't show the correct icon preview in Finder
Invalid movie formats - I'll explain later
Big thumbnails
Read all 3 steps and don't forget the last paragraph at the end.
Movies that doesn't show the correct icon preview in Finder
Ultimately, I think that was the main problem of all my 3 steps
In Finder, enable the Icon Preview:
View|Show View Options|Check "Show Icon Preview"
You should now be able to see you thumbnails like this in Finder:
VALID:
INVALID:
But if you see any of these icons, the Videos app on the iPad might stumble a bit when loading the library
or
If that's the case for some of your movies, you'll have to make sure that ALL your movies have a proper thumbnail.This can be achieve:
by using Identify.app - see (note1)
or by looking on the web for the best artwork (i.e. flickfacts.com), saving it locally, then drag/drop on your movie in iTunes (Get Info|Artwork)
Once the thumbnail is corrected, it should display fine in Finder and iTunes
Invalid movie formats
There might be some cases where even after correcting the thumbnail in step 1., this icon still remains invalid.
If that's the case, you'll need to:
Either delete the movie altogether and rip it again
or reconvert it. For example with iSkySoft iMedia Converter Deluxe has a "Speed conversion" option that allows you to reconvert a 2.5GB movie in about 5 min. After the re-conversion I just had to do step 1. and all was fine, and the thumbnail would show well in Finder/iTunes.
Big thumbnails - may be optional
To speed up the loading of the movie library you have to reduce the size of the artwork that you insert into each of your movie's metadata:
Get the artwork on the web (i.e. flickfacts.com) and preferably a .jpg format,and save it locally
Open your movie file with Preview (Apple's preview app)
Tools | Adjust Size
Fit into: 640x480 pixels + OK
Save As (press Option before Saving) and save it in another folder (I called my folder "Reduced to 640x480")
Note: if you want to do this on a bunch of files at once: select all your files in Finder, right click and select Open. All you .jpgs will be opened in Preview. Then Ctrl-A to select all in Preview, then you can resize them all)
You'll noticed that a 1.5MB artwork can easily reduced as small as 50K-200K.
For example, I went from 500MB to 72MB for all my artworks. Much smallest overhead wouldn't you say?!
Now comes the part you'll all love : you need to remove ALL your old big artworks for ALL your iTunes movies:
in iTunes | Movies
Right click on a movie|Get Info|Artwork tab|Select the artwork|Delete
Drag/drop your newly reduced .jpg to that same window
Click OK to save.
You can't do that in batch, you have to do each manually like this (if anyone has a better idea, I'm all ears)
See (note1)
(note1) Important: If you use a program like Identify.app to retrieve the metadata/artwork, I'm pretty sure the size of the automatically retrieved artwork is quite big by default (around 1.5MB-2MB) so you might wanna be careful here and use it to retrieve the movie's metadata, but after that do step 3. to replace the artwork with a smaller one.
VERY IMPORTANT
Once step 1, 2 are completed (and I had already completed the optional step 3) you have to remove all movies from iTunes (see note, next sentence ) and drag/drop them all back from your drive to your iTunes Movies window. BEFORE REMOVING ALL MOVIES FROM iTUNES, make sure that the option (Preferences|Advanced|"Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library") was uncheck. If it was checked, I'm pretty sure it will delete all your movies on disk, not only in iTunes!!! - you'll have to investigate this yourselves or make sure you have a good backup copy of your movies first.
Since I've done all this, my iPad's Videos app is taking about 10-20 sec to load my over than 600 movies library
Pfew!!
Have fun gang,
Jean

This worked for me... A little time consuming but once you get rolling it goes GREAT... Thanks....
I got my artwork and saved it to my Desktop
Opened up Microsoft Paint and clicked on "File" and "Open" and found it to get it on the screen to resize it
Clicked "resize" and a box for changing it opened up
Checked the box "Pixels" and "Unchecked maintain aspect ratio"
Set Horizontal for 640 and Vertical for 480
Clicked on "OK" and went back to "File" and did a "Save As" and chose JPEG Picture
It came up "File Already Existed" and clicked "OK" (really did not care about the original artwork I found because wrong size)
Went to iTunes and on the movie right clicked on "Get Info", clicked on "Details", then "Artwork"
Go to the little box on the top left that shows your old artwork and click on it to get the little blue border to appear around it and hit "Delete" to make it gone
Click on "Add Artwork" and find it where you put the one from above on your Desktop and hit "Open" and OK and your new artwork is now there and all good.
Sounds like a lot of steps to follow but after around 5 or so you will fly through it. This worked perfect on my iPhone 6 Plus and I have artwork on my Home Videos now.

How can I make DHCP Service automatically assign IP addresses?

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We're trying to have the DHCP block managed as 192.168.2.0 through 192.168.2.255. Maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't DHCP automatiScally assign IPs in that range every time someone plugs in a computer? Right now we're having to enter MAC + IP static maps manually into Server Admin, which is a major pain. How can we fix that so it becomes automatic?
Here's how DHCP service is set on our quad-Ethernet Xserve Xeon. en0 / en1 / en2 / en3 are all set up the same, but only en0 is checked:
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Starting IP Address: 192.168.2.0
Ending IP Address: 192.168.2.255
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DNS Servers:
192.168.1.100.... etc.
Default Search Domain: ourdomain.private
LDAP:
Server Name: (blank)
Search Base: (blank)
Port: (Leave blank to use the default port)
[ ] LDAP over SSL
URL:
WINS:
WINS/NBNS Primary Server: 10.0.1.20
WINS/NBNS Secondary Server: 10.0.1.21
NBDD Server: 1.0.1.22
NBT Node Type: Not Set
NetBIOS Scope ID: (blank)
I'm stuck.... I thought all I'd have to do is define a suitable range, like the 256 addresses in the middle of our DHCP block, but it's not enough. Your help is certainly appreciated.
- Bert

This morning I stumbled onto the solution (at least a partial solution). I noticed in /var/log/system.log that there were warnings to the effect of "Hey -- you've got disabled DHCP ports that have conflicting ranges with your enabled DHCP port." Previously, I hadn't thought this was a major error, but when I deleted the three disabled ports from DHCP (en1, en2, and en3) and restarted DHCP then everything started working correctly. Hosts that were previously not getting IP addresses assigned because they weren't listed in Static Maps are now getting addresses.
The log entries looked basically like this:
Apr 19 09:54:38 myserver servermgrd[50]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Subnets 'My LAN (en2)' and 'My LAN (en0)' have overlapping ranges: '1\
92.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' overlaps '192.168.2.0-192.168.2.255'
Apr 19 09:54:38 myserver servermgrd[50]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Subnets 'My LAN (en2)' and 'My LAN (en3)' have overlapping ranges: '1\
92.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' overlaps '192.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' - 'My LAN (en3)' is not active
Apr 19 09:54:38 myserver servermgrd[50]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Subnets 'My LAN (en2)' and 'My LAN (en1)' have overlapping ranges: '1\
92.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' overlaps '192.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' - 'My LAN (en1)' is not active
Apr 19 09:54:38 myserver servermgrd[50]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Subnets 'My LAN (en0)' and 'My LAN (en2)' have overlapping ranges: '1\
92.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' overlaps '192.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' - 'My LAN (en2)' is not active
Apr 19 09:54:38 myserver servermgrd[50]: servermgr_dhcp:bootp config:Error:Subnets 'My LAN (en0)' and 'My LAN (en3)' have overlapping ranges: '1\
92.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' overlaps '192.168.2.0-192.168.2.255' - 'My LAN (en3)' is not active
: and so on
The next problem I need to work through is why there's huge amounts of DHCP-related traffic in the logs. It's clogging up with stuff like this:
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP DISCOVER [en3]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: replying to 192.168.2.44
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: OFFER sent <no hostname> 192.168.2.44 pktsize 303
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000404 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP DISCOVER [en0]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: replying to 192.168.2.44
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: OFFER sent <no hostname> 192.168.2.44 pktsize 303
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000385 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP DISCOVER [en1]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: replying to 192.168.2.44
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: OFFER sent <no hostname> 192.168.2.44 pktsize 303
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000363 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en2]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: replying to 192.168.2.44
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: ACK sent <no hostname> 192.168.2.44 pktsize 303
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000597 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en3]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000103 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en0]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000298 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en1]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000153 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en2]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000134 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en3]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000139 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en0]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000125 seconds
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: DHCP REQUEST [en1]: 1,0:e:8:eb:47:90 <SipuraSPA>
Apr 19 10:33:40 fannxfile bootpd[54475]: service time 0.000174 seconds
This is happening REALLY fast. Every second there's a block of log entries like the above. I don't get it because I've set the lease times to 4 hours. I'll reset the leases back to 12 hours, but I don't understand what's causing the rapid fire log entries.
Perhaps the smart thing to do at this point is to reboot the server.
To answer some of your specific questions:
Q: Have you tried specifying the range as 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.7.254 instead? Please don't take this the wrong way but is the service actually running?
A: Yes, definitely up and running. Hosts that are in the static map were getting addresses. After deleting the three disabled Ethernet ports with conflicting ranges, I'm also seeing hosts that have not been entered into static maps appearing with dynamic IP addresses, which is what we wanted.
Regarding the suggestion to set the network range to 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.7.254: That's the range the way it was originally set, but I thought what the range was supposed to be was the smaller block of addresses you wanted DHCP to draw from out of your total subnet. I may be wrong, but doesn't DHCP service already know your total network size from the network mask? [255.255.248.0 in our case] This implies that our subnet ranges from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.7.255 (including base and broadcast addresses at both ends).
My thought was that the "Starting IIP Address" and "Ending IP Address" wanted to be the range of addresses in that that I wanted to use as a pool for DHCP. Hence 192.168.2.0 through 192.168.2.255. We have devices with static IP addresses on our network (servers, printers, and our VoIP phone system, mostly) on 192.168.0.xxx, 192.168.1.xxx and 192.168.3.xxx, and if DHCP doubly assigns addresses in these ranges to our workstations, then we're in big trouble.
Q: sudo serveradmin fullstatus dhcp
A: ...that produces the following output now following deletion of the DHCP ports with conflicting ranges:
fannxfile:log root# serveradmin fullstatus dhcp
dhcp:setStateVersion = 1
dhcp:servicePortsAreRestricted = "NO"
dhcp:numConfiguredStaticMaps = 43
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:0:timeLeft = 12201
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:0:clientID = ""
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:0:computerName = ""
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:0:macAddress = "00:1b:63:17:a3:bd"
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:0:ipAddress = "192.168.2.21"
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:1:timeLeft = 12168
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:1:clientID = ""
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:1:computerName = ""
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:1:macAddress = "00:1b:63:17:a3:bd"
dhcp:dhcpLeasesArray:arrayindex:1:ipAddress = "192.168.2.9"
dhcp:state = "RUNNING"
dhcp:logPaths:systemLog = "/var/log/system.log"
dhcp:backendVersion = "10.5"
dhcp:timeOfModification = "2009-04-19 10:05:46 -0700"
dhcp:numDHCPActiveClients = 2
dhcp:numDHCPLeases = 2
dhcp:timeOfSnapShot = "2009-04-19 10:43:09 -0700"
dhcp:timeServiceStarted = "2009-04-19 10:05:46 -0700"
dhcp:readWriteSettingsVersion = 1
dhcp:servicePortsRestrictionInfo = emptyarray
-- Bert Sierra

Is Adobe is abandoning flash for good?

Just stumbled with some big news about flash:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/google/android/adobe-confirms-mobile-flash-for-andr oid-will-be-pulled-on-august-15-no-flash-for-jelly-bean/
It seems that adobe is giving the middle finger to all the flash developers out there. It feels like they are abandoning flash slowly first mobile and who knows.... maybe desktop is next...
Its annoying that they give us developers mixed signals about them supporting the platform.
Am I the only one who thinks this? Maybe it's time to leave flash development because adobe is not giving developers reasons to support the platform at all.

Flash is an interesting tool, depending on what you want to do you can export your animation as a gif and it will be supported in most devices.. 4-ever!
..for me, the sad thing about flash is this bare AS3 capability.
I wish Adobe, or someone out there, could create a programming tool that works like Visio or SmartDraw (diagramming software), something were a user a coding impared person such as myself could use plain logic and connect some lines onto some boxes and create some interesting interactivity (if such tool was done right one may not even need to 'hand code' anything at all).
Visual basic, and that lego robotic software (for kids) work well like that, so could AS3 to a certain degree.
Being the visual tool that it is (I wish) flash could cater more to people who create visual content (who did not attend a 4 year course in Computer Science). This stuff (programming) should be made easy! But instead of brains flash is getting 'muscle'..... POWER.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool that swf's now can play a trillion poligons 'on the fly' (stuff the Macromedia Director was doing back in 1999).
But for the artist who cannot depend on a team of 'hard core coders' flash is only another tool for making flying logos. Flash not an end in my pipeline that it could be.
I don't feel Adobe is abandoing flash, it feels more like Adobe is abandoning the flash user who creates visual content who would enjoy creating things for this platform.
Personally, I have no interest in upgrading the CS4 I own now any time soon. Producing video is way more interesting than HAVING TO LEARN TO CODE to use this tool.. and video.. anything can play them, even my casio watch.

Alesis MultiMix8 Firewire mixer

First, I want to say that Windows 7 is probably the best OS I've used to date (I use OS X at work, used Ubuntu for quite a while, and used all versions of Windows from 3.1). </fanboy>
Now the problem- I occasionally do some music production, but I can't get the drivers for my MultiMix8 to install. They work in Vista/XP, but will not work in 7 even if I use compatibility mode / run as admin. I've tried installing the legacy firewire drivers, and still no go. I was just wondering if anyone out there has had a similar issue, and if they were able to get it resolved.
Thanks!

I too bought a Multimix 8, last spring, then I had to wait a few months to buy a faster computer because mine was too slow to run the Firewire lines, Then, because it's 64 bits I couldn't get it to work, not in Vista it wouldn't, and everyone's big fix suggestion, get Win 7, a total of about 8 months went by before I got the upgrade disk, on about November 24th 2009, and it still won't work. What I found out is, Microsoft in its infinite wisdom changed all the rules for Firewire drivers in Win 7; I only know that because I stumbled onto the White paper they posted online. And Alesis isn't going to be fixing anything any time soon. As they wrote to me back in November it could be a year, ore more, before they fix the 64 bit driver for Vista, Win 7, forget it,maybe never they actually called me stupid for doing the upgrade, even though it was at their suggestion. They are also claiming it's too expensive to write new drivers, something about the hefty Fees M$ demands for each one, I guess they are NOT looking for any new customers with new computers. From the way they are acting, like this whole problem suddenly appeared one morning right out of the blue. I would say they have few intentions of being an up to date company. Well they are the only company, out of all the things I that plug into the computer, that has not written new drivers for 64 bit Win 7 machines,
Then I found out they stopped selling the multimix 8, pulled it from the stores, which to me says a ton about their future intentions. I asked them if they would either extend my warranty until such a time as they made it usable to me, or just give me a refund. A big fat NO was their reply. I am soooo 100% disappointed in Alesis, the worst customer care and lack of service I have ever seen in my life.
And I'm not all that happy with Win 7 either, all the things it's missing, they are now pushing this next idea of Gates, that no one will have any software on their own computer, that we will all go online and use it off their server. But how long until they start charging a monthly fee for that? I prefer to have my own everything on my own drives, how else can I keep any kind of control and keep prying eyes out of it?

Flash vs. Captivate

Hello All,
I am wanting to create some online content. For right now, it
is very basic. Some text on the screen, some graphs, maybe some
images and a voice over. More or less just a slideshow.
I began my search for a solution with Flash and stumbled onto
Captivate. I was able to whip up the above in just a few minutes
with Captivate.
I tried to do the same in Flash and found it difficult to get
things going as I would like. I could get a slide up, but could not
sync up the audio clip. I had a seperate clip for each slide, to
avoid trying to sync up with one big audio file.
I like the idea of flash because in the future I can do more
cool things with it as I learn more. However, from the standpoint
of just getting my output, Captivate is much easier and quick.
Any suggestions? Is what I am trying to do at this point in
Flash actually just as easy as Captivate and I am just missing
something basic?
Thanks for your thoughts or suggestions.
T

Wow... so I can have the minimum of what I want working fine,
then bring it into Flash and keep that basic functionality and just
add any flash specific magic?
That's great!
I gave it a try and did not see that I could either open or
import the captivate file. The one thing I did not try which just
came to mind is saving it off as a final file and then bringing it
in... that would probablyl work.
I took a look at your demo. I see that you sync'd up the
voice over with the appearence of bullet items. I am assuming you
did this part in flash?
What I am trying to do is put together sort of news updates.
This would be about every 2 weeks or so. I want the time needed to
create the item as short as possible. They are pretty timely, so
after a month or so are likely to just get archived or simply
deleted.
I guess I am still wrestling with time invested for the
output. I like the idea of sharpening things up in flash, but don't
want to spend two days doing it. I want to sit down, do the basic
voice over and info creation and within an hour or two have the
thing ready for the site.
Thanks for suggestions.
Thanks,
T

Problem with Preview and PSD files - random gray square

Hi guys, hope you can help...
I've got a problem with Preview and PSD files.
If I open in Preview both an original jpg straight from my reflex and the photoshop version of the same picture, the psd file presents a gray square (of what it seems unrendered image) in a random area of the photo (sometimes in the center.). The square is quite big...
If I zoom in or zoom out it disappears...if I scroll to another photo and then back to the psd, the square it's there again...sometimes in a different position.
I've tried the same psd on my older iMac with leopard...and got no problem at all.
I suspect it got something to do with my Ati...
(this is the second iMac 27...the first went back for gray banding on the lcd screen and flickering and yellow tinge........)
Thanks for your help.
DAve.

maybe I'm onto something...
I've just found out that opening Preview in 32bit mode (instead of default 64bit) works flawlessly with any psd files. If I switch back to 64bit mode, Preview is much faster but the gray square comes back...
It seems like the i7 is much faster than the Ati....
Any more realistic ideas?

Upgrading to FF, need to upgrade the glass too... 5D mkiii and 1 lens, or 6D and 2 lenses?

I've been shooting for several years now, and my trusty 40D has been in dire need of an upgrade. I have had some good paying jobs in the last few months and I have some cash to play with. I've just been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out the best course of action.
I recognize that style determines one's needs, but my needs change. Sometimes it's portrait, studio/location... sometimes it's event, action... sometimes low light and long exposure. Increasingly, paid video is becoming part of my workflow.
I waited to see what the 70D would offer, I was impressed with the new AF system, fps, ISO performance, as well as the usefulness of the flip screen/wifi (more than I thought I would have been). The problem is that it's still a crop sensor, and still on the lower end of the "prosumer" line. I try not to let my ego get in the way too much, as I know that an expensive camera doesn't always make for a good photographer. However, after shooting the xxD line for many years (since the 10D), I would like to move up, and I don't know that I have the patience to wait for the 7D mkii.
I started looking at the 6D as the entry full frame option. The price is right, and if you put it together right, you can get the body and a good kit lens for around $2200. The limitations, as far as I can tell, would be AF system (number of points, and virtual lack of cross-type), fps, build quality, lack of headphone jack, single card slot, sync speeds, etc. If you are familiar with this camera, you are familiar with its functional shortcomings, especially when compared to the Nikon counterpart, the D600. However, I have to respect this camera in its sheer photo taking power, and that in some cases it carries better sensor ratings than the 5Dmkiii. The end result will be as good, if not better than the 5Dmkiii, so long as you are able to get the subject in focus and in frame due to the bogus AF system/fps rating. Seemingly, this camera will not do a lot of the work for you, not as much as it's big brother will, anyway.
I had the opportunity to shoot with a 5D mkiii, and I was blown away with every aspect of its layout and functionality. The AF system was stellar, the ISO performance was amazing, the IQ was well beyond anything I am used to. I was also able to use a full stable of L glass along with it, as well, so I could really express the potential of the camera. Every shot I got was in focus. The grouping options worked flawlessly, and I didn't have to focus/recompose as I have gotten so accustomed to. On the video side, I like the headphone jack and greater resistance to moire (supposedly). It felt solid in my hand, fit perfectly, and wasn't too heavy to carry around a 12 hour corporate gig (even with a broken finger). Was pretty stoked on it.
All of this being said, I need to upgrade the body. This much is clear. The limitation is that my lenses aren't up to par. Half of them are EF-S, and the EF lenses I have aren't much worth mentioning (28-135mm IS, 50mm f2.5 compact macro). The big question is, do I spend the money on the 5D for the greatly advanced features and functionality, and suck it up on the lenses for a while? Maybe just get the 24-105 and use that for basically everything? Or should I get the lesser 6D, and play with some classic lens options like the 16-35mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, etc? After all, the focus system wont matter if I don't have the lens to capture it anyway.
What is the better option?
1. Buy the more functional (expensive) body and maybe one lens to start.
2. Buy the less functional (cheaper) but equally IQ rated body and a few lenses, or other pro-business expenses?
Common knowledge seems to state that you invest in glass first.
In the past, I have felt limited by my camera's ability to keep up with low light and focus issues. I don't want to voluntarily step into an inferior system. Conversely, I don't want to get saddled with a pricey body and no glass to use with it. Are the technology gains in the 5D mkiii worth it if my budget is limited?
Just wondering if anyone has any insight to this dilemma?

Hi jadphoto, thanks for getting back. I shot film for many years as well. It gave me a really good foundation for making sure that you do everything as right as possible before hitting the shutter. Making the change to digital was certainly revolutionary in the way that I was able to approach photography (cost, learning curve, instant gratification). I was hoping that the move from crop to FF would be liberating and vision-changing, as well.
Not needing a tripod as often would be awesome. I do some long exposure stuff that will always require it, but I would like to be able to get some sharp, clean, hand-held images when I don't feel like lugging it around. I was at a music festival recently, and basically all of my night shots were hand-held, or taken with the camera resting on something. A lot of the shots were unusable because of blur or noise. The lighting in those scenarios can be tough, and I've read that the 6D and 5D can basically focus in the dark. Not needing external flash and a tripod would be great. On the 40D, I don't like to push the ISO above 1250 (defintely the extreme end for that camera, in my opinion).
I was looking at the 24-70 2.8, or the 24-105 4 IS in that range. The 24-70 has a lot of clout, and I like the lens. I really like the bokeh/DOF of a 2.8. However, the 24-105 has a little more reach, and the IS which is nice. So I don't know that I would want to do double duty in that range, and like everything else, they seem to spread the awesome features around a bit. I have really enjoyed the 28-135 over the years. It has a solid build, really good optical results, but it can be a bit long on a crop sensor, so it gets limited indoor use. I also recently dropped it from about chest high onto the street... while attached to the body... lens down (first time I've ever done something like that). It slipped out of the tri-pod collar which was not fully secured. The filter shattered, and I had to convince the barrel to go back into position so it would zoom properly, but everything alse still works fine. Still sharp with fast AF. Pretty incredible. The 50 compact macro can be a lot of fun for still-life/detail/nature stuff, but I rarely take it out for portrait because the AF is loud and slow, and the results are not always spot-on. Could be user error. I might need to keep trying it out, but it doesn't get a lot of love in the paid portrait department. My 50 1.8 had a cheap build too, but would take some pretty awesome photos (sometimes).
I figured the rest of the kit would make sense once I settled on a mid-range. I have an 11-18 EF-S that I would have to find a replacement for. The 24mm on a FF was impressively wide, and might require less immediate attention. Makes me realize the tunnel vision effect of the crop (good when you want it for reach)... With that being said the 70, 105, and even 135 might need some help reaching on the FF.... and I've always wanted a fancy, beige/white 70-200. I just don't know what would get the most use yet. I was able to use a 70-200 2.8, and I loved the cross-room candids I could get when I wasn't all up on people. A lot of time, they didn't know I was shooting them. It's just a beast, though. It's big, and not too discreet, which can serve the ego but can get you in trouble too. I can imagine that it is a great tool to have when you need it.

Wow! Maybe I stumbled onto a big ol' pile of common knowledge....

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