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You are correct, for some tracks the ID3 tagging... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
You are correct, for some tracks the ID3 tagging works correctly and it's recognized, but doesn't work for all. I guess the ID3 tag is missing or corrupt, as they show under "Various Artists" with...
Posted by renpar61, on May 19, 2009 at 03:08 PM, in Applications
I am not sure... I have a BMW with iDrive. ... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
I am not sure...
I have a BMW with iDrive.
Are you suggesting that by dropping mp3s in no particular order will allow the iDrive to identify artist and album from the mp3 tags?
Posted by renpar61, on May 19, 2009 at 01:35 PM, in Applications
I am aware of this. But then I need to manually... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
I am aware of this. But then I need to manually convert all the songs and manually recreate the folder structure on the target disk. I thought there was an application to do it automatically.
Posted by renpar61, on May 19, 2009 at 01:06 PM, in Applications
iTunes music to USB drive 848 Views / 6 Replies  
I would like to transfer some of my ITunes music to a flash USB drive to play in my car. The car recognizes only MP3s, but all of my music is either purchased (iTunes+), or ripped from CDs as AAC....
Posted by renpar61, on May 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, in Applications
older iBook can't connect to router 429 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a Lynksys router with WPA security. I tried to connect to the network with an older iBook running 10.1 with no luck. The iBook has the built-in Airport card, sees the router, but can only...
Posted by renpar61, on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:41 PM, in Networking
iPod Nano video not recognized 535 Views / 1 Replies  
I tried to hookup my daughter's iPod to an older iBook running OS X 10.1 and I get an error message saying the disk is unreadable. If I remember correctly the iPod was initialized originally on a PC...
Posted by renpar61, on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Anyone lost Bluetooth with 1.1.4? 550 Views / 0 Replies  
I just updated the iPhone to 1.1.4 via iTunes. Completely lost Bluetooth. In the settings it's off, and if I try to turn it on the icon spins forever and nothing happens. Anyone else has the same...
Posted by renpar61, on Feb 29, 2008 at 08:52 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thank you. I tried to configure my device as an... 626 Views / 3 Replies  
Thank you.
I tried to configure my device as an Access Point (other option is Repeater), thinking that's what I needed...
I will certainly look into the bridge. The other option would be a...
Posted by renpar61, on Jul 26, 2007 at 07:13 PM, in Networking
Old iMac needs to go wireless... 626 Views / 3 Replies  
I have an old iMac (slot loading model) running MacOS 9.2 that I haven't used in years.
I would like to set it up for my 8 yrs old daughter and I have to figure out how to connect it to our wireless...
Posted by renpar61, on Jul 26, 2007 at 01:50 PM, in Networking
Thanks for the info. Any way to convert Pixadex... 1,030 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the info. Any way to convert Pixadex icontainer into CandyBar?
Posted by renpar61, on Jun 2, 2007 at 09:12 AM, in GUI Customization
Shapeshifter problem 1,030 Views / 3 Replies  
I added a few new icontainer files to Shapeshifter, but most of them don't appear in the list. Any reason why Shapeshifter doesn't "see" them?
They should be all system replacement icons. I checked...
Posted by renpar61, on Jun 1, 2007 at 05:04 PM, in GUI Customization
Help with ffmpeg? 629 Views / 1 Replies  
I have been successfully converting .m2t files into VIDEO_TS folders with ffmpeg.
I have a problem with one .m2t file: if played with VLC, everything is fine. When I load it with ffmpeg to encode...
Posted by renpar61, on Nov 6, 2005 at 08:59 PM, in Applications
...forgot to mention that the certificates... 427 Views / 1 Replies  
...forgot to mention that the certificates section of the Safari debug menu is all greyed out...
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 4, 2005 at 12:06 PM, in macOS
question about certificates 427 Views / 1 Replies  
I need some help understanding why Safari doesn't seem to recognize a digital certificate: 2 different issues, maybe related. In the first case, I retrieved a specific certificate from a financial...
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 4, 2005 at 11:27 AM, in macOS
question about mail 456 Views / 0 Replies  
In the past days I haven't been able to check my work email from home with my Powerbook. I have a Comcast account at home with a wireless network, the Comcast email works flawlessly, but the work...
Posted by renpar61, on Aug 31, 2005 at 10:11 AM, in Applications
Mail.app not sending? 381 Views / 0 Replies  
I believe this started only after the 10.4.2 upgrade but I may be wrong: randomly, Mail.app starts giving error messages when trying to send mail, regardless of the account or the related smtp...
Posted by renpar61, on Jul 22, 2005 at 01:07 PM, in Applications
Can't get icons on Tiger... 419 Views / 1 Replies  
I tried to download several icon sets from different sites. When I unzip the file, all I get is an empty folder with no icons... any idea?
Posted by renpar61, on May 25, 2005 at 09:44 PM, in GUI Customization
Address Book won't launch! 636 Views / 4 Replies  
I'm running 10.4.1 on a new (2days) Powerbook. When I attempted to launch Address Book today, the icon in the Dock and the main Finder window turned instantly generic and the application won't...
Posted by renpar61, on May 17, 2005 at 03:06 PM, in Applications
Tiger preinstalled on new Macs? 590 Views / 3 Replies  
I am going to buy a new Powerbook to replace my iBook G4, but I wanted to wait until Tiger comes preinstalled in the new machines. Since Tiger is already shipping ahead of schedule, when do we expect...
Posted by renpar61, on Apr 22, 2005 at 10:55 AM, in macOS
Problem solved 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
First of all I want to thank everyone for their help. You don't know how much I appreciate it.

Proton was right on target,
/System/Library/StartupItems/PostGrep
was the culprit. I couldn't...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 5, 2005 at 09:17 PM, in macOS
Problem solved 811 Views / 6 Replies  
First of all I want to thank everyone for their help. You don't know how much I appreciate it.

Proton was right on target,
/System/Library/StartupItems/PostGrep
was the culprit. I couldn't...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 5, 2005 at 09:14 PM, in macOS
strange hack....? 811 Views / 6 Replies  
I posted this problem in the MacOS forum, and as it progresses, I thought I should also post here to see if I can find more help:
Somehow some malicious program or script is adding entries on my...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 4, 2005 at 10:10 AM, in macOS
If I got this correctly, somehow something is... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
If I got this correctly, somehow something is adding entries on my root crontab at startup. I can clearly see all the entries with Cronnix and I can delete them. The computer is OK after deleting the...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 4, 2005 at 10:04 AM, in macOS
Thanks again for the help. I tried to log out and... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
Thanks again for the help. I tried to log out and back in, no problem. I assume it's not at the user level, but at the root level. Right?
One thing that I noticed, don't know if it could be related:...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 2, 2005 at 10:33 PM, in macOS
Here's what I got, I don't see anything... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
Here's what I got, I don't see anything suspicious. Any idea?

Renato-Parisottos-Computer:~ renatoparisotto$ ls -la /System/Library/StartupItems
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 35 root wheel 1190 24 Feb...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 2, 2005 at 03:34 PM, in macOS
Update: when I restarted the computer, the... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
Update: when I restarted the computer, the problem was back. I did again "sudo crontab -u root -r" and it stopped. Obviously we haven't removed the problem completely. I'd like to start looking for...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 2, 2005 at 08:13 AM, in macOS
I think it worked!!! Thanks a bunch, I can... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
I think it worked!!!
Thanks a bunch, I can thank you enough for giving me my computer back!!
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 1, 2005 at 11:16 PM, in macOS
These are the results to: sudo crontab -u root -l... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
These are the results to: sudo crontab -u root -l

* * * * * open -a "System Profiler"
* * * * * kill -KILL `ps -ax | grep "Safari"`
* ...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 1, 2005 at 11:10 PM, in macOS
Thanks! I think you guys might be on the right... 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
Thanks! I think you guys might be on the right track. I'm not that savvy with Unix . This is what I get from the Terminal, and it seems like it's very much related to what's happening:

Mar 1...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 1, 2005 at 10:31 PM, in macOS
System Profile gone crazy? 1,361 Views / 20 Replies  
Since I restarted this morning the System Profile.app is auto launching and poppin up as a main window every minute or so. If I quit, it relaunches after a minute. Some applications (Mail.app)...
Posted by renpar61, on Mar 1, 2005 at 12:32 PM, in macOS
No, I know how to burn a VIDEO_TS file, this is a... 942 Views / 3 Replies  
No, I know how to burn a VIDEO_TS file, this is a .ts (VLC?) file. I recorded from a cable box with iRecord. I think it needs to be processed (with ffmpeg maybe?) but I'm not sure how.
Posted by renpar61, on Dec 5, 2004 at 03:39 PM, in Applications
how do I burn a DVD from a .ts file? 942 Views / 3 Replies  
The title says it all... Any suggestion?
Posted by renpar61, on Dec 5, 2004 at 11:09 AM, in Applications
Help with DVD recording 613 Views / 2 Replies  
I used to be the one other people asked questions to, but I guess I'm getting old and new technology seems to be passing me by at a faster pace than I can digest.
I got to record a program from TV...
Posted by renpar61, on Dec 5, 2004 at 09:20 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
I know you can do it with Silk, my question is... 1,590 Views / 18 Replies  
I know you can do it with Silk, my question is which font are you using that works well with the system, just curious.
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 21, 2004 at 10:39 PM, in GUI Customization
substitute system font? 1,590 Views / 18 Replies  
Are you using a substitute system font to replace Lucida Grande? Which one?
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 21, 2004 at 10:34 PM, in GUI Customization
Linksys router and recent MacOs updates 473 Views / 0 Replies  
After the recent software updates (I can't remember if it was 10.3.5 or the Airport update) my wireless connection is very unstable at home. Once the connection is lost, I need to power cycle my...
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 10, 2004 at 02:24 PM, in Networking
Did the last software updates mess up my wireless connection? 574 Views / 3 Replies  
After the recent software updates (I can't remember if it was 10.3.5 or the Airport update) my wireless connection is very unstable at home. Once the connection is lost, I need to power cycle my...
Posted by renpar61, on Sep 10, 2004 at 02:19 PM, in macOS
how to open .m2t files 7,251 Views / 3 Replies  
I recorded a stream from my Motorola cable TV box and it was saved as .m2t file. Is there an application that can open, read, play this kind of file?
Posted by renpar61, on Jul 6, 2004 at 10:25 AM, in Applications
Uninstall PsyncX? 1,134 Views / 1 Replies  
How do you fully uninstall PsyncX ?
The installer doesn't have an "uninstall" option, and after I deleted the files, the automated backup starts anyway. Any suggestion?
Posted by renpar61, on Jul 3, 2004 at 08:28 AM, in Applications
Thanks. I wasn't aware of that program. It... 579 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks.
I wasn't aware of that program. It looks like a great tool.
Unfortunately, the PC has XP Home and MS Remote connection only supports (and works) with XP Professional. :hmm:
Posted by renpar61, on Jun 3, 2004 at 09:36 AM, in macOS
control remote devices? 579 Views / 3 Replies  
I have an iBook G4 running 10.3.4, and I am in a network with a PC running Windows XP. I know I can share a printer connected to the PC. Is it possible to control other devices conncted to that...
Posted by renpar61, on Jun 2, 2004 at 01:34 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the help! I did a full clean up and... 808 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for the help!
I did a full clean up and maintenance with Onyx, deleting all caches, running the scripts, repair permission etc.
Now everything is back to normal!
Posted by renpar61, on May 31, 2004 at 11:07 AM, in macOS
Done that already...what else? 808 Views / 6 Replies  
Done that already...what else?
Posted by renpar61, on May 30, 2004 at 03:31 PM, in macOS
iBook G4 running hot 929 Views / 4 Replies  
My iBook has started running hotter and hotter, especially on the left side of the trackpad. Anyone noticed this?
Posted by renpar61, on May 30, 2004 at 03:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Slow 10.3.4 help! 808 Views / 6 Replies  
In the past few days, my iBook G4 got awfully slow. Beachball showing up all the time, since login. It takes 3 or 4 times longer after login before I can start working. I haven't done anything...
Posted by renpar61, on May 30, 2004 at 03:05 PM, in macOS
Well said, that is the kind of feedback I was... 1,213 Views / 9 Replies  
Well said, that is the kind of feedback I was looking for with this post.
If someone has it installed, please share your experience...
Posted by renpar61, on May 28, 2004 at 09:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
sleep mode question 508 Views / 2 Replies  
this is maybe a silly question...
I have my iBook set to wake from sleep when detects a call (incoming fax).
I know it works if the computer is left on sleep mode with the lid open. Does it also...
Posted by renpar61, on May 25, 2004 at 09:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Be careful! I had my 12" iBook G4 for less... 971 Views / 5 Replies  
Be careful!
I had my 12" iBook G4 for less than a month and the screen broke, I still don't know how. Never dropped or banged, apparently the damage was caused just by some pressure on the closed...
Posted by renpar61, on May 24, 2004 at 10:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
iBook G4 and 1GB RAM 1,213 Views / 9 Replies  
I have the iBook G4 800 with 640MB RAM. I am considering the 1GB RAM stick. Can anyone who already has the 1GB RAM share their comments?
I remember reading that the big RAM stick caused some...
Posted by renpar61, on May 20, 2004 at 10:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Bought mine yesterday at local CompUsa... 1,069 Views / 24 Replies  
Bought mine yesterday at local CompUsa...
Posted by renpar61, on May 18, 2004 at 10:47 AM, in Applications
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