I've done a general search but am coming up empty. Is there a way to loop a video (e.g., DVD) on my Mac, but lock the keyboard to prevent others from fooling around with the computer while the video is running? I'm going to a convention/fair and would like interested people to look at a video, but not to mess around with the laptop.
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I have had to hard power down my New Macbook Pro quite a bit. Is this common or is there a simple fix
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MacBook Pro
I have been experiencing an issue with locking my computer screen ever since updating to 10.6.3. Normally, when I choose to lock my screen through the Keychain Access menu bar item, the password prompt will be displayed over a black background. However, since the 10.6.3 update, sometimes when I choose to lock the screen, the password prompt will simply be displayed over my actual desktop, and the open windows, menu bar, and the dock all remain visible. I updated to 10.6.3 using the combo update package, and I have tried repairing permissions and resetting the PRAM and SMC to no avail.
Console displays this error message:
loginwindow[38]: ERROR | -[LWScreenLock(Private) screenIsLockedTimeExpired:] | Error: _startLockTime = 0
it doesn't let me video chat on iMessages it says" this computer does not support video chats".
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
is it possible to use the video from the first startup of OS X everytime i startup the computer. i found the video on my computer i just need to figure out a way to do what i wanna do.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI found the offender: /System/Library/Frameworks/QTKit.framework. Restored it from a TM backup pre 10.7.4 looping is back.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2009, V8, 16GB, 1TB RAID0
I am having an odd pproblem with a MacBook Pro. When I boot, 95% of the time, the Apple sound will loop continuously and the Notebook will not boot. In every 10 tries, I will have a chance to get the machine to boot up into the OS, and after a little while the Display will start to flash randomly and the machine will freeze. only a force shutdown seems to bring you out the freeze, but then you can't always get back into the OS because of the looping Apple Startup sound.It gets stuck at the exact same moment, right after the apple sound is finished, but loops.. So What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't get stuck at random moments, only just as the apple sound is finished playing, then it plays over, and over and over
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It just keeps spinning then after 30-60 seconds, it shuts down and restarts only do do the same thing again.
how I can fix this? I think I may have accidently deleted some system files. The last thing I was doing was deleting things from my Hard Drive.
I have created a presentation with transitions and actions etc. I want to place this presentation on another computer (pc) so that it works as a looping slideshow through a projector.
What are the settings in keynote so that the transitions and the slide to slide change (i have dissolve transitions) is also slow and easy as it should be.
After I print, there is a task hpdot4d in activity monitor that shows 398% CPU utilization (Quad i3 config), and the iMAC really heats up.
Sometimes, I my print job - though completed - hangs in the print window.
I need to either manually delete the print job or sometimes have to Force quit hpdot4d in activity monitor.Â
How can I fix this once and for all..... Is there an HP update I need to apply, or should I just buy a new printer?Â
My Config is
iMac i3 core quad 4GB OSX 10.9.4
HP C4780 3.2.1
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), HP C4780
I have a MacBook, late 2008 It originally had 120 GB hard drive. Because I had less than 10 GB of space left, I replaced that with a 320 Western Digital Scorpio Blue HD (by myself, with an antistatic strap, etc). Everything seemed fine for a few days. Lots of space, immediate responsiveness with programmes, etc....nothing could be better. Then the system started getting sluggish, and I started getting spinning beach ball clicking between apps. Every time I ran verify disk permissions, there was a long list of permission repairs. Running repair disk never yielded a result other than everything being okay. I even created a flashdrive with the installation software. And I ran Onyx to try to clean things out.Â
Then a few days ago, after restarting my computer (I may have done an update, but am not sure), my computer slowly booted up, came to the login screen, I entered my password, my desktop appeared and it "hung" for about 30 seconds, then the screen turned blue and went back to login screen. I made several attempts to login, but always got the same result.Â
I used my bootable flashdrive (which I created with SuperDuper to contain the installation disk before I installed the new hard drive) to check and repair permissions. Each time I did that, I got the same permission errors. Again, nothing detected with disk verification/repair. When I start up the computer in safe mode, everything is fine except Safari kept crashing. Deleted and reinstalled safari to no avail. Still crashed. No problem in Firefox. In the regular mode (not safe mode), I reinstalled Flash, restarted, then back to the looping to the login screen. Still no problems in safe mode. At first I thought there would have been something with the new hard drive, but everything works fine in Safe Mode, so I'm wondering if there is something with Safari or Flash. I've updated ClamX and run a ClamX scan as well to check for viruses/Trojans.Â
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Late 2008
I am looking for a eSata expresscard for my MacBook Pro. I have a problem with looping my G Drive external through my firewire soundcard due to the single bus on the mbp. It just doesn't like it. What eSata expresscard adaptor would you recommend so i can hook my G Drive upto it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
does anyone know what i can do with my mac os x 10.4.9 version, it keeps on saying that i need to restart it but then same thing happens all over again. it also says of stuff like debugger called panic and darwin kernel version-ish. which i have no idea with.rang mac and they say its a hardware problem.if anyone has encountered this before and have resolved it
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
How to transfer video from my computer to TV?
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MacBook Pro
I just blew out my old tiny keyboard that came with my iMac. I went out today and bought a new full sized keyboard from Best Buy with the alphanumeric keys. I followed the instructions which read:  Setting up your keyboardPlug the USB cable from your keyboard into an available USB port on your MacChoose Apple>Software Update from the menu bar and follow the onscreen instructions.When installation is complete and you've restarted you Mac, use Software Update again to make sure all of the available updates are installed.Â
I followed these instructions, and the best that I got told is that my iTunes was out of date, which I updated. My keynboard is working (obviously, I was able to post this), but it isn't recognizing the new placement of the volume buttons and such. Â
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Apple Keyboard, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I want to make a video of something I'm doing. I think there was a program for PC called snatch it that did this, anyone know of a mac program? for example: make a video of me doing some photoshop work.
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View 1 Replies View Relatedthat I'm sure it's going to break. I am right aren't I? These keyboards don't last the entire life o' the computer.Also I'm concerned about the finite read/write cycles. is there something that will do wear leveling/TRIM for me? What's the average life expectancy of these drives?
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Info:GarageBand (Mac) '11, iOS 5.1.1
I want to use a macbook air as my primary computer [URL:...] and as it seems like mac codecs suck, I'm thinking about installingWindows 7/XP on it. Is that a good idea?(Especially if I want to link it to an APPLE LED?) Are there going to be any hardware issues/problems?
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iMac
I just recently updated my Safari, to have it up to date.Now all of a sudden it will not play any video in Safari.How can I get my videos to play again?
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Mac mini
It is frequent that the computer delay to an input takes several seconds. I find this in both my computers a mac mini and a macbook pro with LION, particularly with the wireless touch-pad.
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So I go into Preferences > Audio/Video and the video preview is now a white box with the text, 'This computer does not support video chat'.
It's a brand new MacBook Pro, iChat has been working fine up to this point. I re-started and still the same message.
Can you steam video and use the computer at the same time? I have a mac mini with hdmi.
Info:mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
I am using Apple Remote Desktop to control a Mac OS X Snow Leopard system with a Mac OS X Snow Leopard system. On the computer being controlled, I launch Windows 7 through Parallels Desktop Mac version 6. Once the VM is launched, for some reason it doesn't seem to recognize the keyboard as it will not allow me to Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I can use Ctrl-Alt-Delete through the keyboard menu, but I cannot enter in my Windows password.
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