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Fall posted:I installed this and poked around. It's a neat app, thanks. I guess what I'm really looking for is to have natural scrolling on for three-finger gestures and off for everything else. What settings should I use? Try better touch tool, I think you might be able to change some of the existing gestures. You can get pretty specific on what you want the gestures to preform.
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Fall posted:I installed this and poked around. It's a neat app, thanks. I guess what I'm really looking for is to have natural scrolling on for three-finger gestures and off for everything else. What settings should I use? Ah, I'm not sure that's supported. ControlPlane is developed on GitHub and the scrolling feature was done through OS X APIs. Why don't you make a feature request on their issue tracker?
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Is it safe to use pf on 10.8? Some internet posts made it sound like OS updates will overwrite the file and screw up your firewall rules, but that hasn't happened to me (yet). Is it safe to keep using or should I use ipfw instead?
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Ninja Rope posted:Is it safe to use pf on 10.8? Some internet posts made it sound like OS updates will overwrite the file and screw up your firewall rules, but that hasn't happened to me (yet). Is it safe to keep using or should I use ipfw instead? ipfw was deprecated in favour of pf as of Lion, I believe. If you want a more fine grained control of pf there's quite a good GUI frontend here: http://www.hanynet.com/icefloor/index.html
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Is there some kind of mini script I can run to convert OS X Stickies into something that iCloud can sync to my iPhone/iPad? The only option I see to read my desktop stickies on iOS devices is some third party app that requires the devices to be on the same wifi network, which is obviously pretty useless.
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Mr. Onslaught posted:Is there some kind of mini script I can run to convert OS X Stickies into something that iCloud can sync to my iPhone/iPad? The only option I see to read my desktop stickies on iOS devices is some third party app that requires the devices to be on the same wifi network, which is obviously pretty useless. The Notes app will do this on Mountain Lion.
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I'm wondering if developers will get a Mavericks GM seed in the next few days. If I remember correctly, the Mountain Lion GM seed went out 2-3 weeks before the general release. edit: Yep, and it was the same for Lion: the GM seed went up about 3 weeks before it showed up on the App Store. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm wondering if developers will get a Mavericks GM seed in the next few days. If I remember correctly, the Mountain Lion GM seed went out 2-3 weeks before the general release.
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Oh man, gf's 2012 MBA (11", 128GB) locked up tonight and on a forced reboot came up with the question mark folder. Tried the internet recovery but the boot disk isn't found. Got a genius appointment for tomorrow but I think the warranty (no Applecare) was up just a couple weeks ago. Is she out $300 for a new ssd?
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SB35 posted:Oh man, gf's 2012 MBA (11", 128GB) locked up tonight and on a forced reboot came up with the question mark folder. Tried the internet recovery but the boot disk isn't found. Got a genius appointment for tomorrow but I think the warranty (no Applecare) was up just a couple weeks ago. Is she out $300 for a new ssd? Probably. If its only a few weeks fight a little (please don't be a dick though) and that may help.
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SB35 posted:Oh man, gf's 2012 MBA (11", 128GB) locked up tonight and on a forced reboot came up with the question mark folder. Tried the internet recovery but the boot disk isn't found. Got a genius appointment for tomorrow but I think the warranty (no Applecare) was up just a couple weeks ago. Is she out $300 for a new ssd? 1. IMO always get the extended warranty on a laptop, especially one with non-replaceable parts (ie. soldered-in ram). 2. There's a decent chance they'll be cool about it. 3. If you've ever sent it in for repair before, the laws in your state (don't know what that is; but this is certainly true in CA) may extend your warranty for every day your computer was out for repair. I doubt you've had two weeks worth of repairs over the last year but I needed a #3.
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If it's a Toshiba SSD in your Air I wouldn't be surprised. I've seen more than ten in the last two weeks that have failed in almost the same exact way.
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I tried to use internet recovery on my 2010 MBP after installing a new hard drive and it booted a Mavericks installer that then refused to install. Apple why
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1997 posted:If it's a Toshiba SSD in your Air I wouldn't be surprised. I've seen more than ten in the last two weeks that have failed in almost the same exact way. I did a little googling when it happened and apparently this is an extremely common issue on 11" & 13" MBA s with Toshiba SSDs. This is disheartening as she hadn't backed up in awhile, but I guess she'll know better now. Been a great machine otherwise.
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Welp, mine is 14 months old. Not gonna wait for that 10 day backup reminder I guess.
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The 2012 128GB's have been failing like crazy if you go by forum posts. Just another reason to upgrade I guess.
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Bob Morales posted:The 2012 128GB's have been failing like crazy if you go by forum posts. Just another reason to upgrade I guess. Yeah, I'm just afraid that if I get this (probably) failed SSD replaced, it will be replaced with another just like it. Bound to fail within 1-1.5 years. Maybe just get it replaced and then sell it and upgrade is the best choice.
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SB35 posted:Yeah, I'm just afraid that if I get this (probably) failed SSD replaced, it will be replaced with another just like it. Bound to fail within 1-1.5 years. You could just buy a Samsung SSD on eBay...
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outlier posted:I have a minor but strange problem with screenlocking: To follow up myself: This problem seems to be relatively common - there's a few threads on the Apple forums about it. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real solution: - People have taken their MacBooks to Apple who are unable to diagnose it, or just replace the MacBook citing a hardware error. However, the problem doesn't always go away. - It's been suggested that using autologin (i.e. not having a screenlock) will fix it. I'm not keen on this solution - my laptop is locked for security. - A plausible if unproven diagnosis is that due to a faulty or dying CMOS battery, the software clock and network clock get out of sync during sleep. When the laptop wakes up, it resyncs to network time and then registers that it's been inactive for long enough to sleep again. Apparently this happens on PCs. The solution is to lengthen the time-to-sleep, so the discrepancy doesn't cause the second sleep. This is what I'm trying, we'll see how it works.
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outlier posted:- A plausible if unproven diagnosis is that due to a faulty or dying CMOS battery, the software clock and network clock get out of sync during sleep. MacBook Pros haven't had a backup battery since the 2008 models. Once Apple decided to make all batteries internal, they shitcanned the backup battery so they'd have more room on the logic board for other things. It's all running off the main battery.
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Ashex posted:...PS3 controller over bluetooth. Do you mean to tell me, sir, that I could have been playing games on my MBA this whole time with my PS3 controller? I didn't have to buy that lovely wired gamepad with sticky buttons?!? Google has just informed that this is indeed the case. I am at a loss for words.
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SB35 posted:Yeah, I'm just afraid that if I get this (probably) failed SSD replaced, it will be replaced with another just like it. Bound to fail within 1-1.5 years. If you aren't covered by warranty I would just get a new OWC SSD instead of buying an Apple OEM. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Air_2012
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Action Jackson! posted:If you aren't covered by warranty I would just get a new OWC SSD instead of buying an Apple OEM. I'd get an OEM one after hearing about all the fitment and reliability issues with OWC drives.
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If I wanted to return my MacBook Air while its still in its 2 week return window and get a new one with more storage, what's the best way to back up the current one so I can transfer all of the applications/settings to the new one? Carbon Copy Tool?
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I wouldn't even bother with Carbon Copy Cloner, just get a fresh USB 3.0 backup drive, do a full backup with Time Machine, then when you get the new machine use Migration Assistant to restore the backup.
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Bob Morales posted:I'd get an OEM one after hearing about all the fitment and reliability issues with OWC drives. Really? I have a conventional 2.5" OWC SSD in my iMac and it's been great. I figured they would have had the same kind of quality with their Air drives. Good to know.
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Action Jackson! posted:Really? I have a conventional 2.5" OWC SSD in my iMac and it's been great. I figured they would have had the same kind of quality with their Air drives. Good to know. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1459847&highlight=owc Looks like some of the PC Boards they ship out don't have the notch cut out for the battery in them, drives coming DOA, dying after a few months/weeks... I'm sure their 2.5" drives are as good as any other Sandforce drive. It's more of a problem with the Aura line.
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Bob Morales posted:http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1459847&highlight=owc OWC/NewerTech sometimes has weird issues like that missing notch (or a MBP battery with plastic completely covering the connector, one time) on the stuff they have manufactured for themselves, but at the same time I haven't seen them fail more often than the Apple service parts. Even the DOA rate seems similar.
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Kingnothing posted:Probably. Choadmaster posted:1. IMO always get the extended warranty on a laptop, especially one with non-replaceable parts (ie. soldered-in ram). Prodded a little and they "pulled some strings", Apple will cover the repair and we should get it back within a few days. This kind of customer service is what keeps people coming back.
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Binary Badger posted:I wouldn't even bother with Carbon Copy Cloner, just get a fresh USB 3.0 backup drive, do a full backup with Time Machine, then when you get the new machine use Migration Assistant to restore the backup. Good idea! I just used a 64GB USB drive 
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OS X Mavericks GM Seed, might have just hit the developer center.
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omg don't let me buy this poo poo. I don't need an OS upgrade. Like, I've been using three screens on ML for months, but I can deal. I don't need to pay $99 for a free upgrade.
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agarjogger posted:omg don't let me buy this poo poo. I don't need an OS upgrade. Like, I've been using three screens on ML for months, but I can deal. I don't need to pay $99 for a free upgrade. Wasn't ML $19? and Lion was $29 right? Maybe Mavericks will be $9 or free :P
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echobucket posted:Wasn't ML $19? and Lion was $29 right? Maybe Mavericks will be $9 or free :P To get a dev acct and download it early cost $99.
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agarjogger posted:To get a dev acct and download it early cost $99. You don't need a developer account to get and use Mavericks. It is recommended though, you scoundrels. 
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echobucket posted:OS X Mavericks GM Seed, might have just hit the developer center.
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Oh, I just assumed if you weren't a dev already you would just be PATIENT. Silly me.
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echobucket posted:Oh, I just assumed if you weren't a dev already you would just be PATIENT. Silly me. I aaaamm being patient. But ML's fullscreen permabugs are pretty taxing. Also being a dev means nothing if I can just pay to become one.
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