I just installed Lion over Snow Leopard. I was trying to rearrange the icons in Launchpad into folders/groups. It worked for a while, but sometime in the middle of rearranging I could no longer take previously foldered/grouped icons out of the group I had previously put them.
I performed the k...
For this answer, let's define that…
…the sharpness of a display is the ability to distinguish two distinct pixels.
Retina displays
There is no industry standard for retina display, therefore I'll follow Apple's use of the word. The term retina display is relative, as the definition follows...
@Moshe While not pointing to your questions/answers specifically (because I don't generally look at "who" when voting) , I think the contest is bringing out numerous items not deserving of an up vote and, all too often, that should be down voted. I'm exciting this contest is bringing attention to AD, but I'm not sure its attracting the right people in all cases.
@Moshe I'm not seeing more downvoting than normal. In fact, I've seen a distinct uptick in upvoting. More people are getting more rep by far than usual.
@DanielL I think that'll only be done if there's an excessive conversation taking place in the comments, one of the parties will have the option to convert it into a chat
Lots of questions of poor quality. Lots of sediment floating up from the cesspool of time and way too much "bottom feeding." At one point yesterday I was considering taking a three week vacation.
@KyleCronin Well I've blown that by jumping the gun and creating a room. But it's hardly "busy" so I could always kill it and we could force the issue.
@KyleCronin Oh, you meant "take a vacation". No, my alternative is to pick questions that interest me, try to minimize my negative reactions to the noise (IOW, don't go on a massive down vote/edit/VTC spree) and generally take the advice of REO Speedwagon by "riding the storm out."
I have a tendency to 'spike' on here anyway, and this promotion is con-inciding with a period of caning it which started a couple of days before it started -sadly as there an 8+ upvote that was too early to count!
Speaking of, have the results of the financial call (regarding use of war chest) been published yet? I've been working with @DanielL and haven't hit the news sites yet.
@gentmatt Threw a few up, not on twitter, will put some more up tonight. The more I actively try to acheive the challenge levels the more I have misgivings over the promotion format.
The magic behind the formatting on StackExchange is a great perl script called Markdown. Download it, and double-click the resulting Markdown_1.0.1.zip file.
Then, in terminal, type
chmod a+x ~/Downloads/Markdown_1.0.1/Markdown.pl
sudo cp ~/Downloads/Markdown_1.0.1/Markdown.pl /usr/local/bin/
...
Wow, I almost stuck my foot in my mouth in an edit. I was about to claim that Speakable Items was deprecated. Yet there it is, right in the Speech pane of Lion. Shows you how much I use that feature.
I almost did the same. I was so sure it was WireTap Pro that I actually answered with those 2 words, and only went and fact checked after it stopped me from using that as an answer as it was too short.
@stuffe I recognized the icon right away. Had to do a little digging to remember the official name for the feature. After I posted I thought to mention that it was not a current feature—but caught myself with a "Quicksilver" for speech just before I posted the edit.
@gentmatt No, my evil sock-puppet twin brother from another mother—and good (internet) friend— @stuffe. We just posted simultaneous answers to a question. I left mine be. He followed up with multiple screenshots, official Apple documentation, etc.
We were working on answering the same question. You did a better, or at least more thorough, job. (Though I didn't notice the screenshots initially, but maybe that's because I was stuck in the throws of my own edit.) It's not a problem.
What about any other folder? Did that work before Lion aswell?
I'm asking, because I found this quote: "The Terminal in Lion now supports drag and drop for creating new Terminal sessions targeting specific directories." macosxautomation.com/lion/terminal.html
I'm with @stuffe. Based on the up voted answer, it's too early to call. (Meaning it's too early to decide if Alexandra will become a valuable member of the community.) But I join my other brother @gentmatt in being optimistic.
First time caller, long time listener: I've seen this question asked on a few other sites but with no "definitive" answers.
The Apple website on iPhone batteries is ambiguous, at best, and the closest it comes to answering the question is saying that a monthly deep cycle is a good idea. (refer...
Yes, I know. And showed restraint when I stopped short of posting a sketchup rendering of a desk custom-designed to solve the problemand my real answer.
I'm looking for a good FPS (read like COD4) on Mac OS X Lion. I'm particular about this point as some of the old games don't install or even don't run at all even when copied from a previous install due to the missing rosetta layer in Lion.
I already own all the steam play FPSs on steam, Modern ...
What is meant by "File's Owner"? The XIB interface says it's UIApplication. But why it's named so? Which file it owns? I understand MVC to some extent, but I never heard something called File's Owner: what it has to do with controller of the application?
EL&U chat isn't being very forgiving, so I'll repost this here even though it's even more off-topic than we often are.
The word "set" is famous for having the most definitions depending on context. I've noticed that "pass" (up, over, away, through…) and "put" (up, away, down…) also have a lot. What are some others that you all have noticed?
@jaberg Could you elaborate on Dori's fame please? I know she was a community manager working remotely for stack exchange but didn't get to know her history before she left that position.
I made top 20 and was very pleased, think 15 now, but a large gap to the top 10. Maybe in a few months, the few directly above me seem low traffic of late.
@bmike Not sure what to elaborate on. She's a published author and was a presence on a number of "professional" online communities I've been a part of. I thought she was an ACN member, but I may be confused on that one. I know our paths have crossed, but can't say for certain where.
@bmike Perhaps the best testimony I can make as to her pre-existing fame is that when I first noticed the name Dori on AD, and without any knowledge of her roll here as a community manager (today is the first I'd learned of that) I said to myself, I bet that's Dori Smith. Beyond that, it's a blur. What a long strange trip it's been.
@daviesgeek Nothing sounds about it. It's the per question vote difference on the two similar and simultaneous answers that @stuffe and I have competed on today. (As always, it isn't a competition. No wagering.)
Now didn't Jason tell me I should go make a drink…
Interesting question—I don't think I'd want to bump my video files sizes up (for viewing on a 10" screen) but I give him credit for coming up with something different.
I've noticed that when I tap near the top of the back of my iPhone 4S, there is a audible rattling noise. I've tried this on someone else's iPhone 4, and it is the same. It seems to be coming from the area around the rear-facing camera lens and flash. Does anyone know the part responsible for ...
@gentmatt You've done more research than I. I used Handbrake until I switched to iVi Pro—because it does auto-lookups of metadata for movies and TV. Convenience trumps file size.
@jaberg I think any inclusion that isn't gratuitous reaps benefit, for you in terms of rep, and for users in terms of clarity and accessibility of questions/answers
@KyleCronin I don't disagree. And I confess, I did go a little overboard with my riffing that morning. (You can blame it on the company I was keeping.) But I did provide plausible answers, even as I was laughing inside.
And if I ever do get my iMac, I may mill an aluminum riser/iDevice dock because I actually think it's a cool idea.
I've been thinking about designs for a combo-dock that could accommodate an iPad or my iPhone (in it's Otterbox case). Add an iMac to the "dock" and you've got a triple threat treat.
@stuffe I was biting my tongue the entire time because all my brain could think was Ii's an inch! Cope!
For this answer, let's define that…
…the sharpness of a display is the ability to distinguish two distinct pixels.
Retina displays
There is no industry standard for retina display, therefore I'll follow Apple's use of the word. The term retina display is relative, as the definition follows...
The magic behind the formatting on StackExchange is a great perl script called Markdown. Download it, and double-click the resulting Markdown_1.0.1.zip file.
Then, in terminal, type
chmod a+x ~/Downloads/Markdown_1.0.1/Markdown.pl
sudo cp ~/Downloads/Markdown_1.0.1/Markdown.pl /usr/local/bin/
...
You can put aliases to the remote volumes in your Login Items folder.
What is this microphone image from. It appeared on my friend's MacBook and she can't figure it out. Thanks so much!
First time caller, long time listener: I've seen this question asked on a few other sites but with no "definitive" answers.
The Apple website on iPhone batteries is ambiguous, at best, and the closest it comes to answering the question is saying that a monthly deep cycle is a good idea. (refer...
What is meant by "File's Owner"? The XIB interface says it's UIApplication. But why it's named so? Which file it owns? I understand MVC to some extent, but I never heard something called File's Owner: what it has to do with controller of the application?
What tweaks can be made to the existing presets for iPad output in Handbrake to optimize for new high resolution of the iPad 3rd Generation?
Ars Technica's Eric Bangerman has solved this problem…twice:
via Ars gear: 2008 triple-headed "Harpertown" Mac Pro
