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You could erase (Restore) your iPod using iTunes... 918 Views / 3 Replies  
You could erase (Restore) your iPod using iTunes in Windows, then turn on "Manually manage music"

This will let you manually copy music from either your Windows machine or Mac onto the iPod.
...
Posted by mikebat, on Mar 21, 2007 at 10:10 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Yeah, also love those "This update provides bug... 626 Views / 11 Replies  
Yeah, also love those "This update provides bug fixes." descriptions hehe :D

This page is useful - it shows the most recently updated Knowledge Base docs. I've found that in the past when Apple...
Posted by mikebat, on Jan 26, 2007 at 02:38 AM, in macOS
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305... 626 Views / 11 Replies  
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305031
Posted by mikebat, on Jan 25, 2007 at 11:11 PM, in macOS
Did the Shuffle have Sound Check before? 866 Views / 8 Replies  
Did the Shuffle have Sound Check before?
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 24, 2005 at 09:04 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Is it just my tired mind or does this guy have a... 2,815 Views / 62 Replies  
Is it just my tired mind or does this guy have a wet patch on the crotch of his pants??

http://uaaepi.org/ipose/guys/7.html

:eek:
Posted by mikebat, on Apr 1, 2005 at 12:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Try updating the firmware: ... 1,191 Views / 11 Replies  
Try updating the firmware:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
Posted by mikebat, on Feb 28, 2005 at 07:01 PM, in Mac Desktops
Woohoo! Now you can save multiple On-The-Go... 2,844 Views / 34 Replies  
Woohoo!

Now you can save multiple On-The-Go playlists on 3G iPods :)

The full-screen battery charging graphic has also changed... no more bars, just a solid fill.
Posted by mikebat, on Feb 23, 2005 at 05:58 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Glass computer? 934 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi everyone

After seeing a post about a patent on the glass staircases at Apple's retail stores, I noticed something interesting in the patent filing... go to the patent page and scroll right to...
Posted by mikebat, on Apr 13, 2004 at 09:03 AM, in Mac Desktops
Gah! I didn't think to look in the Apple... 863 Views / 3 Replies  
Gah!

I didn't think to look in the Apple Knowledge Base:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107855

Looks like I'll have to let the kiddies see the "admin" user for the moment,...
Posted by mikebat, on Apr 13, 2004 at 07:47 AM, in macOS
Hi flimsyq, We are using 10.2.8 server with... 863 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi flimsyq,

We are using 10.2.8 server with 10.3.3 clients.

10.3.0 clients display the loginwindow with pictures and names, but as soon as I update the client to 10.3.2 or 10.3.3 with either...
Posted by mikebat, on Apr 12, 2004 at 08:36 PM, in macOS
Thank you so much Rainy Day, I found the command ... 657 Views / 3 Replies  
Thank you so much Rainy Day, I found the command

id -gn

does just what I need :)

--
Mike
Posted by mikebat, on Mar 15, 2004 at 11:55 PM, in macOS
getting workgroup name 657 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi there,

We have Mac OS X client computers which bind to a Mac OS X 10.2 server.
There are two usernames set up in the NetInfo directory; Student and Teacher.

The "Student" user belongs to...
Posted by mikebat, on Mar 7, 2004 at 04:32 PM, in macOS
Only "Other" user shows on loginwindow after upgrade to 10.3.2 863 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi there,

I manage a lab of eMacs which came preinstalled with Mac OS 10.3.0.

When I booted them out-of-the-box, they displayed the two network users that are set up on our Jaguar server...
Posted by mikebat, on Jan 18, 2004 at 09:16 PM, in macOS
You should, all previous final Mac OS X versions... 54,301 Views / 456 Replies  
You should, all previous final Mac OS X versions have been in the mailings about one month after release :)
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 4, 2003 at 05:04 PM, in macOS
Hehe, I was at the same presentation and the... 20,361 Views / 261 Replies  
Hehe, I was at the same presentation and the woman kept on pressing F9, F10, F11 over and over again...

She let me use the computer tho, Font Book launched but wouldn't display its main window.....
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 12, 2003 at 10:01 PM, in macOS
Sure :) ... 83,002 Views / 470 Replies  
Sure :)

http://homepage.mac.com/bombia/new_desktops.html

It's called "True Aqua"

Mike
Posted by mikebat, on Jun 25, 2003 at 10:09 PM, in macOS
Also try deleting your PreferencePanes cache at ... 3,755 Views / 3 Replies  
Also try deleting your PreferencePanes cache at

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
Posted by mikebat, on Apr 26, 2003 at 07:21 AM, in macOS
MiniTerm 1,372 Views / 12 Replies  
MiniTerm is part of the PPP package so I guess it's for those dialup ISPs that require a terminal script to log in with
Posted by mikebat, on Feb 28, 2003 at 09:50 AM, in macOS
Full versions (just got discs yesterday) 1,357 Views / 22 Replies  
Full versions (just got discs yesterday)
Posted by mikebat, on Feb 12, 2003 at 01:47 AM, in macOS
I read somewhere that hitting F5 works in Cocoa... 770 Views / 15 Replies  
I read somewhere that hitting F5 works in Cocoa dialogs.
Not sure about Carbon ones tho.

--Mike :)
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 16, 2002 at 05:34 PM, in macOS
Re: Help getting System Profiler info via AppleScript 1,404 Views / 1 Replies  
(removed while I try a script)
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 23, 2002 at 05:13 AM, in Applications
Open "Directory Access" in your... 802 Views / 9 Replies  
Open "Directory Access" in your /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click SMB in the list.

A sheet should appear, where you can change "WORKGROUP" to the one you want.

HTH,
--Mike :)
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 18, 2002 at 03:48 PM, in macOS
Yeah, the "BezelServices" plugin in... 823 Views / 10 Replies  
Yeah, the "BezelServices" plugin in /System/Library/LoginPlugins/ handles those transparent "status boxes".
(sorry, not sure about the exact filename or path, not on my Mac at the moment)

Perhaps...
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 12, 2002 at 10:06 AM, in macOS
Re: New Color Picker 16,464 Views / 210 Replies  
You can also drag the little double line underneath those 14 "favourite colours" to see 9 more rows!

Wow, anyone have 140 favourite colours? :D

Double-clicking the same double line will...
Posted by mikebat, on Sep 4, 2002 at 05:46 AM, in macOS
Re: AIMX 4.5.794 Banner Destroyer 782 Views / 9 Replies  
In Mac OS X, the "info.plist" file is used
Contents/Info.plist
...and the version string that you see in the "Get Info" window is at the "CFBundleGetInfoString" key:
...
Posted by mikebat, on Aug 23, 2002 at 01:16 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: Re: FruitMenu 2.5 607 Views / 5 Replies  
I think that you control-click on an image file itself, then choose "Set xxx as desktop picture" from the contextual menu, to set that image file as the desktop pic.

Control-clicking the desktop...
Posted by mikebat, on Aug 23, 2002 at 12:49 AM, in Applications
I fixed this problem by replacing the Mac OS ROM... 533 Views / 3 Replies  
I fixed this problem by replacing the Mac OS ROM file from the iMac Restore CD... guess Classic corrupted it somehow.

On the Restore CD, you have to mount the Macintosh HD.img file that's in the...
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 23, 2000 at 01:56 AM, in macOS
Hi Sal, Just to let you know.. on the Help... 4,512 Views / 360 Replies  
Hi Sal,

Just to let you know.. on the Help Modules page, the version of the "Users & Groups" module is listed as "0100" when it is actually 0150.
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 22, 2000 at 12:46 AM, in macOS
To remove the custom icon(s), Get Info on the... 8,688 Views / 7 Replies  
To remove the custom icon(s), Get Info on the folder(s) and click the icon at the top left. Then choose "Clear" from the edit menu.
Posted by mikebat, on May 22, 2000 at 08:30 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
This script uses the "some" keyword in... 2,717 Views / 5 Replies  
This script uses the "some" keyword in AppleScript to select a random file in the System Folder.

Change "select" to "open" and "system folder" to (for example)
folder "Sounds" of startup disk
...
Posted by mikebat, on Jan 1, 2000 at 07:44 PM, in Developer Center
The 'Z' refers to the international english... 3,508 Views / 1 Replies  
The 'Z' refers to the international english version of the software (Australia would be 'X').

I'm not sure what the differences in the software are. One thing I noticed was that the QuickTime...
Posted by mikebat, on Dec 17, 1999 at 03:57 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Programmable function keys 3,435 Views / 2 Replies  
How does the iBook's Keyboard control panel turn the volume up/down with the function keys?

Does Apple include applescripts to do this on iBooks?
I'd like to do the same thing on our iMac DV.
Posted by mikebat, on Dec 7, 1999 at 09:46 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Thanks, this worked for me! :-) Another ISP... 1,197 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks, this worked for me! :-)

Another ISP I connect to at home has some sort of transparent proxy that I can't disable.. so I will ask them about it.

Thanks very much for your help, ikev :-)
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 21, 1999 at 02:07 AM, in Applications
Hotmail error 1400 1,197 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi,

Has anyone else encountered an error with "The Hotmail folder list could not be retrieved/HTTP error. The request could not be fulfilled/Error 1400" while checking their Hotmail account?
...
Posted by mikebat, on Oct 21, 1999 at 12:13 AM, in Applications
 
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