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ITunes Music Library.xml vs iTunes Library.xml 877 Views / 1 Replies  
I have an application which needs to read the iTunes music library xml file. I have always assumed that the file is always at ~Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml, or at ~Documents/iTunes/iTunes...
Posted by asdasd, on Jan 10, 2007 at 10:33 AM, in Developer Center
Having worked on both I can tell you that Visual... 23,849 Views / 397 Replies  
Having worked on both I can tell you that Visual Studio is aeons ahead of xCode and getting better.
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 5, 2006 at 08:39 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
One wonders how you expect anyone to answer this,... 2,516 Views / 80 Replies  
One wonders how you expect anyone to answer this, since it made no sense.

However, guessing aroung what I think you meant, the answer is lots of very intelligent people, most more intelligent than...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 1, 2006 at 05:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Oh and there seems to be two automounts. 307 and... 1,964 Views / 14 Replies  
Oh and there seems to be two automounts. 307 and 302.Weird

Dec 16 14:20:40 localhost automount[307]: the console user is logged in
Dec 16 14:20:40 localhost automount[302]: the console user is...
Posted by asdasd, on Dec 21, 2005 at 04:37 PM, in macOS
The difference is here "Dec 16 14:20:40... 1,964 Views / 14 Replies  
The difference is here

"Dec 16 14:20:40 localhost automount[302]: the console user is logged in
Dec 16 14:21:28 localhost automount[302]: NSLVnode.processAddResult: Adding neighborhood...
Posted by asdasd, on Dec 21, 2005 at 04:35 PM, in macOS
Poll: which is about proportional. Neither country is a... 3,018 Views / 93 Replies  
which is about proportional. Neither country is a "dump", both have spectacular coastlines, pretty villages, windy roads ( the best type), Norman castles, and older: and decent cities - with Scotland...
Posted by asdasd, on Dec 19, 2005 at 06:47 PM, in MacNN Lounge
CharlesS, I think that C# can run in a... 1,692 Views / 58 Replies  
CharlesS,

I think that C# can run in a virtual machine or be compiled to the OS it is running on - which makes it less portable, of course.

Totally agree on the Linux thing. Apple should just...
Posted by asdasd, on Dec 9, 2005 at 04:55 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I dont really understand the emotional opposition... 1,692 Views / 58 Replies  
I dont really understand the emotional opposition to this. I mean I understood the emotional reaction to the Intel port (which people could just *not* believe prior to the announcement).

For the...
Posted by asdasd, on Dec 9, 2005 at 04:25 PM, in MacNN Lounge
It is benign - just a log from the owners of a... 507 Views / 2 Replies  
It is benign - just a log from the owners of a API to get the developers from using an obsolete api which may or may not be any real cause of "system performance degradation" but if it is

a) it...
Posted by asdasd, on Oct 14, 2005 at 03:38 PM, in macOS
To the original poster. It's all very nice and... 6,529 Views / 45 Replies  
To the original poster. It's all very nice and dandy that the About This Mac dialog went out of it's way to "prove" that it was on an Intel Celeron by using the Intel(r) Celeron(r) 2 Ghz phrase ( how...
Posted by asdasd, on Aug 16, 2005 at 02:25 PM, in macOS
It may well be a currupted hard drive . Force... 896 Views / 20 Replies  
It may well be a currupted hard drive . Force Quit wont work if an app is stuck writing to disk, to avoid data corruption.
Posted by asdasd, on Jul 6, 2005 at 05:00 AM, in macOS
You are mistaking a well written clear document,... 3,871 Views / 112 Replies  
You are mistaking a well written clear document, with Supreme Court Judical activism.

finding the disestablishment clause prohibited religion is nonsense, for instance, or finding abortion rights...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 15, 2005 at 07:54 AM, in Political/War Lounge
"Have you read it? What other Constitutions have... 3,871 Views / 112 Replies  
"Have you read it? What other Constitutions have you read that you think are better?"

I have tried to read it, and the constitutions that I think are way better are the Irish and American...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 14, 2005 at 10:58 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Troll. i have been mostly pro-EU until now.... 3,871 Views / 112 Replies  
Troll.

i have been mostly pro-EU until now. I am now concerned with

a) Can member States control their borders, or will the European State take control of migration?
b) Can we control Tax...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 14, 2005 at 09:45 AM, in Political/War Lounge
If the Irish Supreme court ruled like that, it... 3,871 Views / 112 Replies  
If the Irish Supreme court ruled like that, it was treasonous. And my understanding of Irish constitutional law is that the people are sovereign constitutionally, that is - all EU agreements and...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 13, 2005 at 02:04 PM, in Political/War Lounge
What rubbish. When this referendum comes to... 3,871 Views / 112 Replies  
What rubbish. When this referendum comes to Ireland I will vote against this ridiculous constitution as it removes national sovereignty from the Irish People. I presume that is why this tyrannical...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 12, 2005 at 04:07 PM, in Political/War Lounge
"Economics is more of a Dark Art and is not... 2,064 Views / 70 Replies  
"Economics is more of a Dark Art and is not remotely capable of predicting the time of day, let alone anything else.."

Sure. If economics were a real science they would know to a few decimal...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 12, 2005 at 03:34 PM, in Political/War Lounge
They should really encourage - and produce - dual... 23,200 Views / 586 Replies  
They should really encourage - and produce - dual booting machines. I have no idea why they did not do that.
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 6, 2005 at 04:13 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Could we all calm down? It seems no matter how... 23,200 Views / 586 Replies  
Could we all calm down? It seems no matter how often it is explained the thing cannot be understood. There will be no $300 macs sold anywhere by third parties. The OS is not being licenced. Get that...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 6, 2005 at 03:15 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The FUD in this thread is unbelievable. I believe... 23,200 Views / 586 Replies  
The FUD in this thread is unbelievable. I believe that most developers will welcome this as it gives Apple a chance to increase it's base ( I hope they reintroduce Cocoa for Windows at the same...
Posted by asdasd, on Jun 6, 2005 at 08:38 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I see. Not a bad idea, that. 1,078 Views / 16 Replies  
I see. Not a bad idea, that.
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 11:30 PM, in Applications
"heh it was a joke. However what do you think of... 1,078 Views / 16 Replies  
"heh it was a joke. However what do you think of the app idea?"

Its not as trivial as you think. Grammer is difficult for a computer, and clearly for you.

the software would have to know, from...
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 11:17 PM, in Applications
Come now. The work to remove this is this ... 3,482 Views / 59 Replies  
Come now. The work to remove this is this

#define CAN_PIN_TO_CORNERS 0

#if CAN_PIN_TO_CORNERS
.....
#endif

Or, alternatively, delete the funtions that handle the code; both activities...
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 07:20 PM, in macOS
Reducto Ab Adsurdum. Clearly some prefs are... 3,482 Views / 59 Replies  
Reducto Ab Adsurdum. Clearly some prefs are needed.



Yes. smaller is better. Which is why Apple chose to do this. It is Apple's argument, not mine. The dock preferences could expose the pin to...
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 04:02 PM, in macOS
If they exposed the entire Tinkertool suite -... 3,482 Views / 59 Replies  
If they exposed the entire Tinkertool suite - which merely controls values recognised by Apple's code - then every single System Preferences pane would be twice, or three times, as big as it is.
...
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 03:39 PM, in macOS
Clearly Apple wants to keep the Dock simple. I... 3,482 Views / 59 Replies  
Clearly Apple wants to keep the Dock simple. I imagine the Dock engineer could pony up a Dock which does what is requested here in 2 weeks at the max. That would leave us with a dock usable by power...
Posted by asdasd, on May 12, 2005 at 03:31 PM, in macOS
I also suspect Barney, that the people bleating... 14,712 Views / 170 Replies  
I also suspect Barney, that the people bleating the loudest about security are quite happy with P2P networking - which I dont include as standard internet access tools, and dont personally use - from...
Posted by asdasd, on May 10, 2005 at 12:16 PM, in macOS
"Your statement assumes the user intends to... 14,712 Views / 170 Replies  
"Your statement assumes the user intends to download the application in the first place, which makes your point utterly moot under the circumstances. Do keep up!"

i think that should be caught at...
Posted by asdasd, on May 10, 2005 at 11:59 AM, in macOS
Ye Gods. What nonsense. On OS 9 I could download... 14,712 Views / 170 Replies  
Ye Gods. What nonsense. On OS 9 I could download an application and it could "look like an Apple application" and delete the Finder or system folder. On OS X that is called excalating system privs....
Posted by asdasd, on May 10, 2005 at 05:14 AM, in macOS
Well they should keep the server version... 1,198 Views / 12 Replies  
Well they should keep the server version uderwraps for a few weeks. Early adopters in the consumer world are happy enough with the new features to not care too much about bugs, many of them cosmetic....
Posted by asdasd, on May 8, 2005 at 09:49 AM, in macOS
"Heh... I like your user id. It reminds me of my... 1,051 Views / 15 Replies  
"Heh... I like your user id. It reminds me of my 9th grade typing teacher who would sit in the front of the room and shout "asdf"... "jklsem" while a bunch of kids hit their keys like robots."

It...
Posted by asdasd, on May 3, 2005 at 02:59 PM, in Applications
"I've only played with iNews for a little bit but... 1,051 Views / 15 Replies  
"I've only played with iNews for a little bit but I like it... maybe enought to switch to it.
"

Well the thing with me is that I dont use RSS. i downloaded this from a download site cos I...
Posted by asdasd, on May 2, 2005 at 12:11 PM, in Applications
"It's nice, but it seems quite similar to others... 1,051 Views / 15 Replies  
"It's nice, but it seems quite similar to others out there. Personally speaking, Newsfire really has this nailed down. It takes the concept, doesn't produce another Mail-type app, and then introduces...
Posted by asdasd, on May 2, 2005 at 11:44 AM, in Applications
OK. Then the problem is not what I suggested. To... 1,161 Views / 19 Replies  
OK. Then the problem is not what I suggested. To get the backtrace you would run in the debugger, set a breakpoint, and when it stops you will see the backtrace ( the stack of calls which preceded...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 24, 2005 at 12:59 PM, in Developer Center
You may want to check the backtrace at... 1,161 Views / 19 Replies  
You may want to check the backtrace at initialization time to see if you are being instantiated by Interface builder, as you think, or by your own code after the awakeFromNib notification has already...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 24, 2005 at 12:13 PM, in Developer Center
All very well but I imagine typing NSBeep is... 1,161 Views / 19 Replies  
All very well but I imagine typing NSBeep is slower than setting a breakpoint.
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 21, 2005 at 07:00 PM, in Developer Center
Gdb banned these days? 1,161 Views / 19 Replies  
Gdb banned these days?
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 20, 2005 at 08:19 PM, in Developer Center
misspelling? all objects should get this... 1,161 Views / 19 Replies  
misspelling?

all objects should get this notification.....
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 19, 2005 at 11:20 PM, in Developer Center
Anyone seeing 2 or three windowservers hanging... 15,884 Views / 241 Replies  
Anyone seeing 2 or three windowservers hanging around?

I see three just after login.
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 19, 2005 at 01:44 PM, in macOS
I always thought that the loginhook was designed... 3,195 Views / 48 Replies  
I always thought that the loginhook was designed to be run as the loggedin user - right?

This has been there since the Next days. It presumably has legacy implications in removal ( i,e, sys admins...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 19, 2005 at 01:35 PM, in macOS
shockme, You need to give us the info we... 1,017 Views / 16 Replies  
shockme,

You need to give us the info we asked for, or else noone can help you. Even Apple could not help you. Your problem seems unique.

( I suspect that you may have run out of power, maybe?)
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 17, 2005 at 06:49 PM, in macOS
Lets not get offtrack, permissions wont fix much.... 1,017 Views / 16 Replies  
Lets not get offtrack, permissions wont fix much. And once he is in the position he is in he is like he is in single user mode

At the bash prompt

1) login
2) cd /Library/Logs/CrashReporter...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 16, 2005 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
The bug may also be in the application called... 1,017 Views / 16 Replies  
The bug may also be in the application called SecurityAgent.
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 16, 2005 at 04:55 PM, in macOS
well now seems like a bug there. After you... 1,017 Views / 16 Replies  
well now seems like a bug there.

After you log in can you see if there is anything in /Library/Logs/CrashReporter?

There may be a windowserver crash log or a loginwindow crash log.

Also try...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 16, 2005 at 04:33 PM, in macOS
"We have an answer in the way Mail auto-saves a... 14,240 Views / 326 Replies  
"We have an answer in the way Mail auto-saves a new message as a draft. After a given time the unfinished messaged is stored. Mail will quit without needing a save dialog, without asking for a...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 15, 2005 at 07:42 AM, in macOS
Good thread. I am with the people who uderstand... 14,240 Views / 326 Replies  
Good thread. I am with the people who uderstand that Shutting down without user authentication with other users logged in is a nonsense. ( Something that MS did, in fact)

Some way back someone...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 14, 2005 at 09:33 PM, in macOS
Brass, When you FUS into an account it is... 1,718 Views / 38 Replies  
Brass,

When you FUS into an account it is the equivalent of a login. If you write code to allow a user to bypass the normal security measures for a FUS to an account with a password, it is almost...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 13, 2005 at 09:02 PM, in macOS
Really a screensaver bug and not so much a FUS... 1,718 Views / 38 Replies  
Really a screensaver bug and not so much a FUS bug. You are not really being enticed to log in twice, there is no comparison between the login code and the unlock screen code. The bug is that the...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 13, 2005 at 04:53 PM, in macOS
I suspect however that a lot of people would... 18,339 Views / 138 Replies  
I suspect however that a lot of people would confuse the x.1 with an x.10 release. Because, to most people , the point seems like a decimal place. And - since I have to spell it out seemingly - the 0...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 2, 2005 at 09:12 AM, in macOS
"Frankly, I want to see Tiger announced today,... 31,789 Views / 372 Replies  
"Frankly, I want to see Tiger announced today, regardless of the Pope. He is just another human like you and me. But on the other hand, people worship him like a god and I think Apple is playing it...
Posted by asdasd, on Apr 1, 2005 at 09:45 PM, in macOS
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