The OSX/Apple support thread

[sharpfocus]

Can you connect a late 2010 MacBook Air to external (DVI) dual monitors?

Without using a USB port.

[sharpfocus]

Assuming both displays are the same resolution, any of these will do if it makes any difference; 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200. And for the purposes of a larger desktop, not a single desktop displayed twice.

[Melvin Udall]

Well, you should be able to hook up a monitor using the mini display port or what ever it is called that year. Not are if it will do dual monitors.

[Taita]

Melvin Udall said:

Works in any view. You just have to make sure the folder you want to search is selected first.

Definitely wasn't searching subfolders earlier?! Crazy! Thank you for your help

[sharpfocus]

Melvin Udall said:

Well, you should be able to hook up a monitor using the mini display port or what ever it is called that year. Not are if it will do dual monitors.

Thanks!

[Melvin Udall]

sharpfocus said:

Thanks!

You can also use an iPad as an extra monitor as well, should you feel the urge.

[sinizter]

Melvin Udall said:

You can also use an iPad as an extra monitor as well, should you feel the urge.

Really ? Off to Google.

[Melvin Udall]

Yup. Airdisplay is the app you need.

You can actually use the touchscreen as your pointy device, which is quite good, but it does have its limitations. I find it good for having something I need to see, whilst doing something else, and it gives me full screen on the MacBook.

[FourWheelDrift]

I changed my iTunes password the other day (all fine there) but now everytime I start iTunes the popup asks me to put my password in because it says it's incorrect, it still has the old password saved.

Where is the option to remember the new password, or similar way to tell it to not be so stupid and remember it when I type it in?

[CommanderJameson]

FourWheelDrift said:

I changed my iTunes password the other day (all fine there) but now everytime I start iTunes the popup asks me to put my password in because it says it's incorrect, it still has the old password saved.

Where is the option to remember the new password, or similar way to tell it to not be so stupid and remember it when I type it in?

Try de-authorising your computer and then re-authorising it.

[FourWheelDrift]

CommanderJameson said:

Try de-authorising your computer and then re-authorising it.

Thanks, that seems to have done the trick

[mojitomax]

An odd problem. I've updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5. It now syncs over wifi reliably when I plug it in or manually when I press sync on the mac.

I've set photo stream to on. These photos appear in apertures photosstream. Not iPhoto as I do not have the latest version. However, neither iPhoto nor aperture will recognise the iPhone when plugged in via USB to transfere images the old fashioned way. I've even tried turning off iCloud and the mac still doesn't recognise the iPhone when plugged in. It will sync iTunes when plugged in but cannot import photos or videos.

Any suggestions?

Also does anyone know why I cannot airdrop using my old white MacBook? The apple website shows it as being unsupported for airdrop even though it's running lion. Is this just a cynical ploy to sell more new computers? Very disappointed

[mojitomax]

No worries. It's sorted. Upgraded iPhoto after buying a new mini and fixed.

As for airdrop, I understand it's ecause of the new proximity sensing wifi chip.

Sorted

[blueST]

Anyone know how to fix this problem I have with Time Machine?



I've done a bit of Googling and there is lots of stuff about using Console, but to be frank I don't understand it.

The message pops up every time it tries to back up, and the Time machine indicator at the top says that the latest back up has failed. It only started today, and I can't think of anything I've changed. There is tonnes of space left on the external drive.

[LordGrover]

First instance I'd restart both mac and time capsule before you start fixing something what ain't broke.

[blueST]

LordGrover said:

First instance I'd restart both mac and time capsule before you start fixing something what ain't broke.

Thanks. I tried that, shutdown - restart, with no joy. Made sure there were no othe programmes open. It's just backing up to an external Firewire drive, no Time Capsule.

[BenM77]

You could try using disk utility and repair disk permissions.

Then restart the computer and try the back up.

Ben

[LordGrover]

There is some advice on tracking down errors here: click. T'interweb seems replete with others with same error message but you/we need to narrow down what your specific issue is.

[blueST]

BenM77 said:

You could try using disk utility and repair disk permissions.

Then restart the computer and try the back up.

Ben

I've hit repair in Disk Utiltiy, while that's churning away I'm reading the stuff in LordGrover's link... Hopefully we'll start to get somewhere shortly.

[blueST]

LordGrover said:

There is some advice on tracking down errors here: click. T'interweb seems replete with others with same error message but you/we need to narrow down what your specific issue is.

With assistance from the link you provided I think we've fixed it. I used Console and it showed that Time Machine stopped with a problem relating to backing up my external drive that I keep all my music and stuff on. I recently renamed that drive to the same name of another drive that I had recently discarded when it broke. I'm guessing that Time Machine didn't like having two different drives in it's history with the same name.

I just changed the name of my music drive to something else and all seems fine now.

Thanks