Re: Comcast, Time Warner boost net speeds in Google Fiber city – COINCIDENCE? - 7 years ago

Re: Can I leave cords from a DVD player plugged into the TV and stereo receiver at the same time with an RCA Y? - 7 years ago

On my old 90's era setup I had the digital output from the DVD connected to the receiver and the analog outputs to the to the TV. Worked like a charm - no plugging/unplugging necessary.

Re: Looking for hardware converter to digitize old VHS and 8mm tapes - 7 years ago

Have access to a DV camcorder? Many support analog pass-thru. I've long used my old Canon and JVC camcorders to import old VHS or any analog video source into my Mac. Works like a champ.

Re: Do you want to be a U-Boat Commander? - 7 years ago

Re: Was there supposed to be an Apple iPhone announcement today? Or yesterday?? - 7 years ago

No - it'll come the Tuesday after your buy one ;) (just kidding - you're safe until the fall)

Re: Web host with "name-catchall @ domain.com" e-mail - 7 years ago

ICDsoft.com has that with their hosting plans. Just designate one email account ( e.g., gareth-default @ domain.com ) and then anything that doesn't match another email account in your domain will be delivered to it (e.g., gareth-amazaon @ domain.com, gareth-adamandeve @ domain.com, zxxasdlk @ domain.com, etc.). Another alternative is to create the various site-specific email addresses as f

Re: 'Blood Moon' Eclipse Tonight - 7 years ago

Quotesteve... Hope we have clear skies tonight. Find out here: No joy here in the DC area

Re: Looking for a Calendar program for my iPhone that allows quick rescheduling of changed events... - 7 years ago

Fantastical - put your finger over the event and drag it to the new day/time in week view or in month/list view tap event and choose move and then pick new date/time.

Re: AT&T Family Share - 7 years ago

The new Family Plan with the 10GB seems sweet but there's a big caveat -- you will forgo getting subsidized phones in the future. I.e., when that new iPhone 6 or 6s comes out you will have to pay the full unlocked price for it ($600-800). You could always sign up for AT&T's Next plan but that would make the per phone charge jump from $15/mo to something like $35/mo. Just make sure you fact

Re: My first Mac was... - 8 years ago

Spring 1987, bought my first Mac SE

Re: Mavericks is free but iPhoto requires a paid upgrade? - 8 years ago

If you have any computer with iPhoto 11, you can transfer iPhoto 11 to another of your computers for free. iPhoto 09 (i.e., iPhoto v8.x) will work with Mavericks so you'll only need to pay for an upgrade if your copy of iPhoto is older than 5 years or you really want to get the features of the current version. Of course, if the app store detects even just a trial copy of the apps from iLife 09

Re: Huh. My gmail address works without the dot separating my first and last name...? - 8 years ago

Re: Amazon Prime 2-day delivery is kaput for the Holidays. Bastiches. - 8 years ago

Call them, it happens and they're usually good about making it right. My experience is the opposite - ordered several things from Amazon Saturday evening (about 7pm ET) and confirmation said expected delivery Wednesday the 18th. Five of the items showed up yesterday before noon.

Re: Licensing a photo -- what should I charge? Terms? - 8 years ago

This looks like a simple way to do a license. Probably nor air tight but enough to get by. As far as pricing, you should come up with something that you are comfortable with. Any extra money for gear is always nice. Also make sure the contract does not transfer copyright to the purchaser, just a license to use the image for a specific purpose. Might want to specify if it can be onl

Re: Photo Recovery from SD card help - 8 years ago

Tried RescuePro - no joy, it found only the previous photos as well, nothing of the photos currently listed on the cards directory. Seems really strange that the camera would create a file in the directory for each photo taken but no picture data can be found on the card. Oh well

Photo Recovery from SD card help - 8 years ago

A friend of mine returned from a trip and couldn't get the photos off his SD card and came to me for help after trying to import them into iPhoto and having trouble. The card in question shows a directory with about 180 pictures with the correct information (file name, date taken, file size). However, copying the files over to a computer results in files with a file size of zero bytes. You

Re: What's the quickest way to put a (perfectly legitimate home-made vacation) movie on someone else's iPad's HD? - 8 years ago

Since you were looking for apps that you can download... Sorry, missed that part buried in the 4th paragraph of the 4th posting of the thread. But for the record (and for those that are able to install an app on you device), Bump does transfer files between a computer and your iPhone/iPad too (I use it for that all the time). You do not need an app for computer (you just go to the websit

Re: What's the quickest way to put a (perfectly legitimate home-made vacation) movie on someone else's iPad's HD? - 8 years ago

There's also bump

Re: $50 iTunes card for $40 at Staples - 8 years ago

That 1.99 shipping fee is included in the $40 sale price (51.99 - 11.99 savings). Not too shabby.

Re: how do I transfer data from a 3GS & a touch to a 4S? - 8 years ago

Quotedeckeda QuoteMEG ...Then use an app like iExplorer or PhoneView to connect to the 4S. You'll then have to copy the data files from the backup of the third device stored on your computer (e.g., from the 3GS) to the proper location on the 4S. Voila! Why is this last step needed? In case there's data from BOTH the 3GS and touch he wants? Yup. When I saw the part about not wanting to rety

Re: how do I transfer data from a 3GS & a touch to a 4S? - 8 years ago

You'll need another program to copy the app's data from a third device to the new one. First make a backup of each (the 3GS and the touch) using iTunes. When you get the new 4S, use one of the backups (say the 32GB touch) as the source to restore it from. Install any additional apps you want on the 4S (any apps from the 3GS that aren't on the touch). Then use an app like iExplorer or PhoneView

Re: Weird behavior of Preview app - 8 years ago

Weird indeed. I was able to duplicate it. Selected 4 jpgs on my desktop and double-clicked. One window with 3 images, a second window with the fourth. Closed all windows and double-clicked selection again and all four images in one window. Quit Preview and made a new selection of four images (2 from original group, two other images) and same deal. 1st double-click resulted in two windows, c

Re: 5D Mark II Camera Kit. Glass advice. - 8 years ago

If primes are your thing add the 85mm f1.8 (or 85mm f1.2) to your list. The 70-200 f2.8 IS is my fav lens (though I have the older non- II version). And do you mean 5D MkIII? $2700 for a Mk II body seems a bit much (I know it's used but thought they are going for <1500 on Craigslist). Edit - Ahh, kit. I do like the 24-105 also, it's my "everyday lens".

Re: Why Does My iTunes Library Hate Pink? - 8 years ago

Use "Pink" for the Sort Artist and everything will work also

Re: iPhone camera shutter button - 8 years ago

It wasn't that Camera Plus duplicated something Apple was doing. The app got kicked out of the store temporarily because by reassigning the function of the volume button to be a shutter they violated the developer guidelines. The feature was removed, the app was put back on the store. Then Apple added this functionality to the OS and the everyone lived happily ever after

Re: An MBOX viewer? (read that as view MBOX files without importing them into an email client?) - 8 years ago

QuotePaul F. Not having used IMAP for very long, I'm not clear on the problem... Could you not copy the messages to a mailbox "on my mac", and delete the copies on the IMAP server? Keeping a copy in your Mail, but having it removed from the server? Doh! Yeah, what he said.

Re: An MBOX viewer? (read that as view MBOX files without importing them into an email client?) - 8 years ago

A friend uses and recommends mail steward pro for email archiving. Takes the mbox file and imports it into a mysql db keeping the attachments and all the meta data. Looking at the site it apparently comes in a Lite, regular and Pro version. EDIT - Looks like there's a free version that will let you archive up to 15,000 emails to test it.

Re: Would like advice from DSLR experts/afficionatos - 8 years ago

Best thing for indoors is a fast lens - f2.8 or better. f2.8 zooms can get pricey quick so you may want to pick up a prime. A 50 f1.8 can be gotten for fairly cheap. With a DX sensor a 50mm may not be wide enough indoors so also look at 35mm and/or 28mm lenses.

Re: PSA: check your password strength - 8 years ago

Quoterz I'd suggest you visit this page to read up on what a "rainbow table" is. Then google about password cracking. Four character passwords are trivial to crack. Not 4 characters - 4 random words. I think a 25ish-character string password comprised of 4 random words of is no trivial task even using combinations of dictionary words because of the number of possible words is s

Re: PSA: check your password strength - 8 years ago

Quotemikebw EDIT: The problem with that XKCD example is that it assumes the attack is only brute force, and will not try combinations of dictionary words. A computer would not think to do that, but a person behind the attack might. True but according to Webster there are roughly 1 million english words - realistically you can assume 50,000 for the average English speaker. Each word "blob