For some strange reason the dictionary screensaver in my version of snow leopard stopped functioning. All I see now when it slips into screensaver mode is "Quartz Composer". I can't even find the dictionary option in the screensaver settings anymore. I'm scratching my head on this one.
View 1 RepliesMy fire wire 400 ports have stopped functioning, and my 800 is now having problems....I'm getting a protools message telling me there is a problem with my firewire.
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G5 dual processor
Just updated to lion and my cctv access has stopped functioning all I get is a white screen in the middle of the control panel where the camera shots should be. I think it is caused by JAVA but am confused as when i view on snow leopard it works
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Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I have a sizeable iTunes library and enjoy the iTunes screensaver. However, after a recent update (not sure which version of Lion), the screensaver stopped working. At first System Preferences would crash every time I changed to another option and then changed it back (did not get the error message, it was a few weeks ago), but now I just have a black screen that says "Your iTunes Library does not contain any songs with artwork." I have over 80GB and most albums have artwork. My library is not on an external hard-drive, just in the regular Music folder.
I looked at other suggestions online indicating I should delete my voice memos (or at least duplicate ones). I didn't realize I had one, but I deleted it both from iTunes and the folder. This had no effect.
I also used the "Get Album Artwork" function to see if this would work, and nothing changed.
I also deleted com.apple.iApps.plist as suggested by another thread.
Obviously it's not the end of the world not to have my preferred screensaver, but at this point I just want to solve the problem because I've tried so many options.
iTunes 12.0.1.26
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Is there a way to 'bulk' add new words to the InDesign dictionary? I do a lot of menus and a lot of the food terms come up as spelling mistakes.
I was wondering if there was a quicker way to customize the dictionary than telling the spell check to learn the words as I go. EG add one huge text file to the dictionary with all the words or something.
I still get beach balls when doing the basic of things. For example, it sometimes takes 10 seconds for the dictionary to come up after right clicking a word and selecting "look up dictionary". Then again, sometimes it is instant. Similar things happen when looking at a document that is a .pdf, for example, and I want to save as a jpeg. Whether I go to "save as" or through the "print" and then selecting "save as a pdf", it can beach ball for 8-10 seconds.
I thought it may have been a ram problem and from another thread I discovered the "activity monitor" and have that running constantly in the dock showing me "System Memory" and for the stuff I'm doing, it hardly ever gets close to half the pie chart.
I have a macbook air which I bought on ebay a few months ago - it was a few months old when I bought it. I am absolutely delighted with it in general (I was a PC user until then...) but a few days ago the number eight key stopped working. The rest of the keyboard still works fine. As far as I know nothing has been spilt on the keyboard but I suppose it's not out of the question that some crumbs or something have got in...
Anyway, I have an appointment at the Apple store in a few days, but I'd be really grateful for some informed opinion about what to expect.
For example, is this likely to require replacement of the keyboard? If so, am I right in thinking that with the Air that would involve replacing the whole upper body (if that's the right description) as keyboard, trackpad etc all seem to be one unit.
And if so, is that the kind of job that involves the machine being sent away - or are they likely to be able to fix it in store?
I just got the USB Battleship that was featured in this Gizmodo article: [URL]
I plugged my printer, card reader, external hard drive, my backup hard drive into it and the drives made clicking sounds and didn't appear on my desktop. So I unplugged them and tried the ports on my MBP. It worked so the USB battleship wasn't functioning. What could be the problem? Not enough power?
My usb ports in my c2d macbook don' t seem to be working. When I plug in my digital camera (sony) or itunes phone (motorola), nothing happens. I tried both of these devices on my 2 old powerbooks and they sync fine. Anyway I can check whether my macbook usb ports are functioning?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a 13" MacBook 2.4ghz Aluminium Unibody and the trackpad isn't functioning properly.
I can't highlight text, and the click is tempremental, the right click also doesn't work (yes, I've been into Trackpad System Pref. and it's fine in there)
sleep the missing keyboard window decided to popped up, not something I'd expect from a laptop! And if you think that's bad, the mouse one appeared right after!!
So I can only guess the damn trackpad packed in resulting to a non-functioning keyboard ; and to verify, the USB device has vanished from the system profiler along with the preference control panel!!! Thankfully Apple had some sense, they didn't wire everything through the trackpad as the blue-tooth and power button still functions
Keyboard illumination is suddenly not functioning. Auto-illumination is still checked in Keyboard System Preference. Manual control (F5/F6)does not function. There is now a circle with a diagonal line below the on-screen illumination graphic when F5 or F6 is pressed.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have an unibody aluminium MacBook. (The 13 inch model - before Apple changed the specs and re-released it as a "MacBook Pro").
I've been trying to narrate a voiceover in iMovie today, and the sound quality from the internal microphone is terrible! Muffled and ringing machine noise in the background. I've tried changing settings. I've tried running it off the battery instead of the power supply - in case it was related in interference from the power supply. I've tried different software. GarageBand and Audacity. Oh - and the fan wasn't running when I tried to record stuff.
The thing is - I remember the internal Microphone working much better before. I've made a couple of things for YouTube, and I didn't have a problem then.
Is it plausible that the Microphone has gone wrong now? Is this a known issue with the aluminium MacBook (Pro)?
- If an external Microphone would solve things - is there anything I should know about what kind to buy? I don't want to invest in anything expensive - I don't use it enough. I know that Apple's sound-out jack is designed for specialised headphones. (Although normal headphones sometimes work if you wiggle them a bit). Is there anything unusual about the sound input jack?
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro 15" and randomly, just opened the screen to wake it from sleep, and about 5 minuets after being on the computer the track pad started becoming more and more unresponsive. To explain on unresponsive; at first the two finger scroll to scroll the page up was not working, then the pointer would not "follow" movement from my finger very well, and finally anytime I touched the track pad (such as just laying a finger down and not moving the finger across the track pad) It would do almost any gesture and was completly unresponsive of movement. I restarted the laptop multiple times, complete shut down wait about 10 min then start back up, and the track pad would be functional for a couple of minutes before doing above listed again. So I cleaned the track pad with a napkin while pressing down which seemed to make it work again and so far has not acted up again.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a new MBP Retina - 2.7 GHZ 16 GB Ram. Every now and then I am having my keyboard lose some key functionality - mainly caps lock, space bar, delete and right arrow, a few others too.It I have tried creating a new user etc. but it stays the same. It has happened while writing a word doc and today using aperture. In both cases it occurred while flying.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI originally posted on needing a reliable way to extend an open network so my Macbook's waning Wifi would still get some kind of service. Recently, however, my Macbook will not maintain a reliable connection for more than 5 minutes when sitting 2 or 3 feet from the base station, so buying a wireless repeater is obviously not my only concern here.
I would normally plug in the Ethernet directly from the modem, but my Ethernet jack will not respond. No connection whatsoever. I've read in other places that this is a logic board problem, which always means expensive or impossible. Is there another option?
I would send the thing in, but my warranty may have been used up replacing the hard drive when it fried.
I'm getting to the end of my rope. Is there a semi-reliable fix here? I have owned Macs all my life and have NEVER had this many problems.....
P.S. the reason I am looking for a way to maintain a reliable connection is not only for convenience. I'm working as a data entry station for a company and I need to stay connected to their network for more than a few minutes.
I've been having this problem with my Macbook Pro for quite some time now, and it's absolutely infuriating. So far, I've found no solution. As it is out of warranty, I am loathe to take it to the Apple store, but I am beginning to fear I will have no choice. I've got an early 2008 15" MBP with the NVIDIA 8600M GT 512. It spends most of its time in use as a desktop machine, with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected, so I don't notice the problem often. However, any time I take my Mac mobile, I am plagued by this issue. What happens is that, seemingly at random, the keyboard and trackpad will completely stop functioning. The only way to get around the problem is to connect a mouse and reboot, which returns things to normal for a few minutes, then it happens again. If I have no mouse, I have to force-shutdown, as the power key still works.
Sometimes the keyboard and trackpad will shut down all at once, and sometimes they will fluctuate for a while, with keystrokes not registering and trackpad motions not happening. Sometimes keys will stick (not physically) sending a character repeating across the screen until I hit another key. But, in the end, the result is the same: no input functionality, necessitating a reboot. Sometimes I am able to use my MBP for long periods without a problem. Sometimes it happens within minutes. It happens when it's hot, it happens when it's not. There seems to be no real consistency. For a long time I thought that it was a software issue as it never happened while booted into windows. But recently it has happened while booted into Windows 7, though it never happened in XP. The motherboard has been replaced recently, and the issue did not go away.
My MacBook's sleep light does not function unless I place a death-grip on the top case right above the light itself. What should I do to repair this light properly? Any articles I should know about?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently spilled water on my macbook pro. The keyboard no longer functions properly so I went out and bought an external keyboard. Everything else seems to be working just fine except for the fact that it wont let me play ANYTHING! I have tried to play online videos, DVD's, itunes music, you name it and it wont even acknowledge it. The other problem that I am having is that the sound is permanently muted and it will not let me change this. When my computer was soaked in water I pulled the battery out and shut it down for a few days. Is there any chance this could have damaged or disabled my "players"
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MacBook
Pro
I recently noticed the 'play/pause' key on my keyboard no longer plays or pauses media while in iTunes. The 'fast forward and backward' buttons do not work as well. The buttons also do not work with other media programs (such as VLC) where they previously had. I cannot think of anything I have recently done to turn these keys off.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have tried the following
- Resetting the pmc.
- Rebooting / shutting down, swapping USB ports.
- Verify HD permissions
- Disabling bluetooth (even tho this is wired usb mouse I've seen people mention this so just before you do!)
- Plugged the mouse into a Windows 7 Machine (sorry its not mine! :-) and YES it works fine!
Also there are no drivers for this 'Imation' wired usb mouse as its plug and play and on the box its states fully supports mac os 10.x brand new.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
On my MacBook Pro, several keys have suddenly stopped working. The "/", all arrow keys, and the "=" are no longer functioning. I have restarted, shut down and restarted, to no avail.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
How can I buy a dictionary to install on my macbookpro?
View 6 Replies View Relatedi came to know that in safari when i select a word and click look up in dictionary , the screen just blink for half second and nothing is seen..
it is seem the dictionary is not working. i tried many thing but still having the same problem.
Today my Macbook has suddenly begun to act slow and the fans are running quite loud. I read online that I should try checking the activity moniter, and I did this, and a program is currently taking a large portion of my CPU. However, I am unable to quit it and I'm sure it is the problem. In one of the description fields it is lableled "root" and says "kernel_task".
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MacBook Pro
I set up my screensaver and it does not work at all or show up.
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MacBook
Pro
Today I found this cool sreensaver on the net and I downloaded it when I went to try it. It didn't work. I try the test (in preferences) and it works but when I Hot Corner (Start SS) to test it out it load up a black screen with little dots (in the middle top of the screen) then it crush (it just close).
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recall that, in Leopard, you could use TinkerTool in order to set a screensaver as your wallpaper. In Snow Leopard, however, it seems as if that option has disappeared. I have tried to use Wallsaver, but moving windows around or doing something dynamic on your computer causes the screensaver to flash or distort. Does anyone know of a good way to set a screensaver as your background without any interruptions? I don't care if the utility or application allows you to select a different screensaver than the one in System Preferences.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy screensaver keeps turning on very quickly, even when I'm in the middle of using it. I can be typing a sentence in Word and it'll try to go to the screensaver. The screen will go black, but as soon as I type something it goes back to a regular screen. The preferences have the screensaver coming on after 15 minutes. I don't understand what's going on. The only thing I can think of is that I recently installed Air Display which is used to make my ipad an extra monitor, but turning the application off doesn't solve the problem. Also, there's nothing in the preferences for the application about screensavers.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 8 GB RAM
The Desktop & Screensaver is not responding in macbook pro (July 2009 edition).
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
