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krnhotwings: May 7, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Yup, it's up for developers.

They better have fixed the damned coreaudiod bug..

# ? Oct 5, 2011 23:57

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 10:59

Ziploc: Sep 19, 2006; MX-5

Does BitLocker work with Time Machine in Lion? I can't remember if something changed when Lion released. I don't remember the two things working well together previously.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 01:46

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

Ziploc posted:

Does BitLocker work with Time Machine in Lion? I can't remember if something changed when Lion released. I don't remember the two things working well together previously.

the new Filevault is pretty much seamlessly integrated with Lion and Time Machine (although I think you have to reformat your TM drive to get the encrypted backup).

# ? Oct 6, 2011 02:09

Ziploc: Sep 19, 2006; MX-5

computer parts posted:

the new Filevault is pretty much seamlessly integrated with Lion and Time Machine (although I think you have to reformat your TM drive to get the encrypted backup).

Oops. I meant Filevault.

Anything I should know before turning it on?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 02:54

Steiler Drep: Nov 30, 2004; what?

Don't know if this is the right place to share this, but Steve Jobs passed away today

Edit: Yup, sorry about it. Here's the discussion: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3441603

# ? Oct 6, 2011 03:05

Choadmaster: Oct 7, 2004; I don't care how snug they fit, you're nuts!

Ziploc posted:

Oops. I meant Filevault.

Anything I should know before turning it on?

I don't think you have to reformat, it should encrypt itself in the background once you turn it on.

Encryption doesn't work with software RAID setups; other than that (and the fact that you can't *lock* a drive once you've unlocked it), I've found it to be awesome.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 05:45

kapalama: Aug 15, 2007; EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL ABOUT IT.

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There used to be a couple of choices for the "Create a Black text document here" functionality.

I have an Apple Script to create a plain blank text file, but I need one that can create a blank .RTF file in a location with a keyboard shortcut. Apparently a 'blank' .rtf file needs headers and such.

Anyone know how to do this, or no software to do this?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 08:36

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Create a blank rtf file in Text Edit, save it somewhere safe, and modify your AppleScript to copy it to the current directory instead?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 08:44

kapalama: Aug 15, 2007; EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL ABOUT IT.

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~Coxy posted:

Create a blank rtf file in Text Edit, save it somewhere safe, and modify your AppleScript to copy it to the current directory instead?

Sounds good. How do I do that?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 09:10

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Look in your existing script to find out how it knows your current active folder.

Then you want something like:

code:

tell application "Finder"
  copy file "Macintosh HD:Users:user:blank.rtf" to folder XXXXX
end tell

# ? Oct 6, 2011 09:15

Flyndre: Sep 6, 2009

Could someone recommend software for simple picture-editing tasks? Mostly things like cropping, rotating, resizing and things like that.

I would preferably like something like paint.net for windows, already tried pinta but for some reason it crashes whenever I try to create a new document.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 09:50

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Flyndre posted:

Could someone recommend software for simple picture-editing tasks? Mostly things like cropping, rotating, resizing and things like that.

Preview in /Applications. Well it won't do other stuff like painting but it'll do the stuff you listed and some other things.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 10:15

Ziploc: Sep 19, 2006; MX-5

Choadmaster posted:

Encryption doesn't work with software RAID setups; other than that (and the fact that you can't *lock* a drive once you've unlocked it), I've found it to be awesome.

I've started motorcycling to work, and I'm paranoid that the little bit of confidential info I have on my laptop will be stolen if I'm ever in an accident and the laptop is damaged/stolen/taken/lost etc. I can't run after my poo poo if I'm in an ambulance!

# ? Oct 6, 2011 13:32

wolffenstein: Aug 2, 2002; Pork Pro

If you want to encrypt only certain folders and files, then you may want to look into encrypted sparse bundle disk images. Otherwise FileVault is perfectly fine if you desire to encrypt your entire hard disk.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 13:36

Xir: Jul 31, 2007; I smell fan fiction...

Is there a good alternative to KeePass for OS X? I use it to store and generate root passwords for some of my UNIX boxes at work and the auto type feature is a huge selling point for me. I need something that can auto type the password into a ssh terminal. Suggestions?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 14:47

kapalama: Aug 15, 2007; EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL ABOUT IT.

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~Coxy posted:

Look in your existing script to find out how it knows your current active folder.

Then you want something like:
code:
tell application "Finder"
  copy file "Macintosh HD:Users:user:blank.rtf" to folder XXXXX
end tell

I will give it a shot. Thanks!

# ? Oct 6, 2011 14:58

wolffenstein: Aug 2, 2002; Pork Pro

Well there are ports of KeePass for OS X (one of them linked here), but I don't know if they support auto-type in Terminal. Most password apps support clipboard management, so then all you need to do is CMD+V.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 15:02

Irritated Goat: Mar 12, 2005; This post is pathetic.

Is 10.7.2 worth finding the GM for or just waiting? I wasn't sure if the iCloud stuff was going to be reset pre official release

# ? Oct 6, 2011 18:51

wolffenstein: Aug 2, 2002; Pork Pro

It seems safe at least in the testing VM I setup today. If you don't have an Mac Developer account, I'd wait until next week.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 18:55

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

Moeru posted:

Is 10.7.2 worth finding the GM for or just waiting? I wasn't sure if the iCloud stuff was going to be reset pre official release

iCloud is done being reset. That said, I'm still finding and opening bug reports for the 10.7.2 GM.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 18:57

jerman999: Apr 26, 2006; This is a lex imperfecta

Just switched to Mac - running Lion on a MBA. I used PDANet on a PC for tethering with my phone, but there doesn't seem to be a mac version. What do I need to do to make it work??

# ? Oct 6, 2011 20:53

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

It would help a lot if we knew what phone it is, if you have a tethering plan, etc. I think PDANet is a third-party solution, so it sounds like it's not carrier-endorsed?

# ? Oct 6, 2011 20:59

Manky: Mar 20, 2007; Fun Shoe

jerman999 posted:

Just switched to Mac - running Lion on a MBA. I used PDANet on a PC for tethering with my phone, but there doesn't seem to be a mac version. What do I need to do to make it work??

There is a version of PDANet for Mac.

I use EasyTether because it's a little bit nicer on Mac. Instead of needing to download a client, it shows up as a network device in the OS network settings.

# ? Oct 6, 2011 21:13

rsjr: Nov 2, 2002; yay for protoss being so simple that retards can win with it

Is there a way (or program) to break down battery usage? I want to see specific percentages for what's using my battery (display - 30%, wifi - 10% etc. maybe even break it down by background processes / program and show how much they use too)

# ? Oct 6, 2011 21:31

Txiuct: May 27, 2006; United States Federal Bureau of Investigation - "We don't give a shit, holmes."

Hey guys, is there any ways I could sync between a mbp and an imac what podcasts I subscribe to and maybe even the unheard or already listened to status?

# ? Oct 7, 2011 02:14

BrokenDynasty: Dec 25, 2003

Is Perian working on Lion? My googling came up with several threads about it not working so well. Is there an alternative?

# ? Oct 7, 2011 03:31

strokevictim: Oct 9, 2000

BrokenDynasty posted:

Is Perian working on Lion? My googling came up with several threads about it not working so well. Is there an alternative?

It's working for me, but the last auto-update it tried failed to install properly (I've not bothered to try a re-install of a new version)

# ? Oct 7, 2011 03:44

Thoom: Jan 12, 2004; LUIGI SMASH!

BrokenDynasty posted:

Is Perian working on Lion? My googling came up with several threads about it not working so well. Is there an alternative?

If you just need to play videos, MPlayerX is excellent and available from the App Store for free. If you made use of some of the other implications of Perian being a QuickTime component, then I'm not aware of any alternatives.

# ? Oct 7, 2011 04:21

zeroordie: Aug 27, 2004

pipes! posted:

When I went to install it on my new work computer I just noticed that Notify's developer abandoned developing the app, but did everyone a solid and gave out free licenses for anyone who still wants it. I like it a lot more than Sparrow, way less memory issues, etc.

In my experience it's pretty glitchy on Lion. Sometimes it I have to click it multiple times to get it to appear, sometimes it won't go away. Preview basically never works, etc. I've been using the pro or whatever version since day one and I totally loved it until now, but I'm probably going to switch over to Sparrow once I break down and convince myself to spend even more money on an email app for my menubar.

# ? Oct 7, 2011 06:44

eames: May 9, 2009

Haven�t seen this mentioned yet:

ClicktoPlugin 2.5.2 now supports Airplay, so you can send any HTML5 video (and most Flash videos) from Safari to your TV via an AppleTV.

This is a huge game changer for me, I love put on long TED Talks and Google Talks on my TV while browsing the net� with just a single click.

//edit: fixed version

eames fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Oct 8, 2011

# ? Oct 7, 2011 19:42

iloveyouall: Oct 26, 2007

Thank you for the tip eames. My wife will be very excited.

# ? Oct 7, 2011 20:03

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

eames posted:

Haven�t seen this mentioned yet:

ClicktoPlugin 3.5.2 now supports Airplay, so you can send any HTML5 video (and most Flash videos) from Safari to your TV via an AppleTV.

This is a huge game changer for me, I love put on long TED Talks and Google Talks on my TV while browsing the net� with just a single click.

Questions:
Is http://hoyois.github.com/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ the proper download page for this? It still shows version 2.5.2 as being the latest.
When I right-click on a YouTube video I see this, what am I doing wrong?

Only registered members can see post attachments!

# ? Oct 8, 2011 05:18

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

That looks like the right page, the issue is that YouTube is giving you their HTML5 player so CTF isn't invoking. If you're in the YouTube HTML5 beta try leaving it, then CTF's version should load.

# ? Oct 8, 2011 06:03

Sir Sidney Poitier: Aug 14, 2006; My favourite actor

Does anyone use Launchbar? I am looking for a way to make it faster and use less memory. As it stands, it takes a couple of seconds to register my input and is using 450MB RAM... Does disabling things from indexing speed this up, and if so, does anyone know what things are best to disable?

All I want to use it for is launching applications and opening directories.

Also, I used to use quicksilver for opening network shares, but Launchbar only seems to index the directories beneath these shares. Anyone know how I can make it open the share root instead?

Sir Sidney Poitier fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Oct 8, 2011

# ? Oct 8, 2011 10:15

kapalama: Aug 15, 2007; EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL ABOUT IT.

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Anjow posted:

Does anyone use Launchbar? I am looking for a way to make it faster and use less memory. As it stands, it takes a couple of seconds to register my input and is using 450MB RAM... Does disabling things from indexing speed this up, and if so, does anyone know what things are best to disable?

All I want to use it for is launching applications and opening directories.

Delete the index and let it rebuild. LaunchBar gets really slow if its index/cache is screwy, and does not do any routine maintenance on it indexes/caches so it won't fix the problems without your intervention.

Sworn Launchbar lover myself (it's the only launcher that plays nice with IMEs), but ran into that problem once or twice.

Once you get rid of the troublesome indexex (maybe use TrashMe or a similar program to do it to make sure you get everything), you should have no problems. It is faster than the other choices once everything is squared away.

# ? Oct 8, 2011 12:24

HATE TROLL TIM: Dec 14, 2006

eames posted:

Haven�t seen this mentioned yet:

ClicktoPlugin 2.5.2 now supports Airplay, so you can send any HTML5 video (and most Flash videos) from Safari to your TV via an AppleTV.

This is a huge game changer for me, I love put on long TED Talks and Google Talks on my TV while browsing the net� with just a single click.

//edit: fixed version

A piece of software hasn't made me come in my pants in quite awhile. Time to change my pants.

# ? Oct 8, 2011 13:30

KingEup: Nov 18, 2004; I am a REAL ADDICT
(to threadshitting)

Please ask me for my google inspired wisdom on shit I know nothing about. Actually, you don't even have to ask.