I've been looking around for quite some time and cannot find a solution for my annoying problem: I cannot keep the 'Tab to move keyboard focus between: All controls' to stick. I am able to change the keyboard setting so that the Tab key changes keyboard focus through settings -> keyboard -> keyboard shortcuts -> full keyboard access and the simple control+F7 until I log out, reboot or power cycle. Â
I have reset all of my keyboard settings to default and I have gone so far as to create a new user with admin priviledges but the problem persists.
I was wondering does anyone know how I can use my right hand cmd button as a shortcut key for move focus to the dock. Someone did it for me, but I cannot seem to do it by going through system preferences and to keyboard shortcuts.
Say I'm viewing the contents of a folder containing a 1,000 files in list mode. I can "page" through the list and all the items scroll but the selected item doesn't change. I have to "mouse" to the item I want when it comes into view.
If I have a dialog box on screen with multiple options such as "Yes" and "No" and "No" is the default option selected (it's blue) but I want to select "Yes" without using my mouse how would I do that? Tapping the left and right arrow keys does not move the focus like it does in Windows.
At some point recently (I don't recall precisely when) on two different computers under my control (both iMacs: work 10.6.8 and home 10.7.3) I now find that when I open Safari the new Safari window has no keyboard focus. I must tab twice to get keyboard focus on the address bar. However on a third machine I use (MacBook Air 10.7.3) when I open a new Safari window the keyboard focus is in the address bar (as I expect and as it has always been). I've poked around in the Preferences in Safari and System Preferences: Keyboard and Universal Access Keyboard but can't find any kind of setting that might control this behavior (lack of keyboard focus on new window).why this is occuring and how to restore keyboard focus to the address bar on opening a new Safari window?
I am trying to figure out how to use keyboard shortcuts to move from one Space to another. Online, it says it's ctrl + arrows. But when I do that, either nothing happens, or something related to the particular window I am focusing on happens (if I'm in safari, ctrl + up will take me to the top of the page it is currently displaying).
Last night, I was having issues with the illuminated keyboard. It would flicker on and off, but when I restarted the machine, I had no issues. This morning I wake up and press the F6 key to brighten it up and see of its working, and the levels wont move at all, and all i get is the O with the through it. something I did possibly? Im in Greece right now, so its going to be hard to get it to an Apple store. The only time I will be able to do that is when my Aunt goes back to NY. She can take it there for me and ship it back.
When a dialog opens up (see screen shot). How do I move from left to right so I don't have to move my mouse? Just the keyboard. In windows it is tab. I have tried tab, shift+tab, cmd+tab, option+tab, arrows up/down/left/right etc. I have looked at the following site for keyboard shortcuts: [URL] I know it is going to be something right under my nose but I can't find it...
1) How do I move application windows between spaces from the keyboard? I know I can drag the window to the edge of the window and it'll go to the next space, but I don't like to use the mouse unless it's absolutely required.
2) When I restore a window into the current space, it automatically goes to the space the window originated from. How do I disable this? When I bring a window up from the dock, I want it to open in the space I am currently in.
3) When I open a new application window, it goes to the space where the last application window was located. This is annoying. How do I disable this? I want it to open in the current space, even if I was in another space the last time I had an application open in another space.
after upgrading to SL, I found that when opening Firefox 3.5.2 I have to click somewhere on the main window to bring focus to Firefox. anyone else have this issue and is there a fix? it does not do it with Safari. maybe a conspiracy?
so i installed windows 7 on bootcamp, i noticed that the keyboard backlight keys to adjust the keyboard backlight arent working. then i switched over to the mac os, and it also stopped working there!
whenever i press the keys, the transparent box shows up but the bars do not move, it is currently off, and it also has that crossed out circle symbol.
On my single 1.8 G5 PPC 10.4.11 about every 90 seconds my desktop goes blank and the current application window looses focus. It just started doing it so I did a full virus scan and found nothing. It doesn't matter if I am in the middle of making a selection or typing in doc and it stops if I logout and login as root--but then I keep getting keychain dialogs.
While the first two beta releases of Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard update signaled a focus on underlying service technologies, a third pre-release made available to developers overnight expands upon those areas to include several forward-facing apps and additional frameworks. People familiar with the beta, labeled Mac OS X 10.5.8 build 9L16, say the Mac maker has for the time being tabled its focus on components such as Bluetooth, Automator, graphics drivers, iDisk syncing, Spotlight and Sync services.
as per the thread title, mac msn on my macbook has an extremely annoying habit of losing focus of my chat screens after hitting the 'enter' key.i'd type a message, hit 'enter' then the window would lose focus and require me to click on the window again before i can continue typing.
I have an AFP share on my nas box containing many files. My problem is that when I try and to rename files by hitting enter, the finder window refreshes and I lose focus of the file rename. This seems to be happening when finder is refreshing the thumbnails for each file's icon.
How can I stop this very frustrating behavior. This doesn't happen when not using AFP.
I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to make Firefox focus the cursor in the address bar when you open the application. I have searched through the add-ons and can't seem to find anything.
I started having a weird problem about two weeks ago. I'm working in an application (any application, I think) when suddenly the focus is gone. That is, any keystroke draws a beep. If I single-click in the window, life goes on normally. When this happens, the name in the menu bar does not change.
I have a MacBook running OSX10.6. Someone else was using it the other day and now whenever I hit my Shift key, it changes the focus to either the task bar or the other open app(s). I have reset the keyboard settings in System Preferences, tried another keyboard and still have the same issue. I created a new user account and the Shift key functions properly in the new profile. where else to look to restore the normal behavior?Â
When I load a photo from a thumbnail in iPhoto the photo loads a version that is slightly blurry, then after about 5-10 seconds it jumps into focus. I am using a 2006 24inch iMac and the graphics card only has 256k of memory.
Is the delay in focus a function of iPhoto or is it because I have an older graphics card? I'm asking because I want to buy a newer computer (probably a Mac Pro) and am wondering if a faster graphics card will speed up the photo loading.
I created my website with iWeb 1.1.2 & have had absolutely no issues with it from running Tiger right through to Snow Leopard (10.6.2) which I am running at present. However, in the past couple of days, I have noticed a few strange issues with a few of the images...they appear to be slightly out of focus...not only on photographs but also on parts of my website whereby I have added text & these are then saved as PNG files. I haven't changed any preferences whatsoever & everything appears as it should within iWeb itself.
The issue is only occurring once I have published to a folder. I've emptied the Cache in my Browser but the issue is still there. I've added a link below to an image which shows the problem I am having. The top & bottom appear as it should however the centre appears very soft. It doesn't appear like this within iWeb, only once I publish the files. [URL] Would it be worth deleting the preference file for iWeb, & then relaunching the application?
Amazon on Tuesday introduced the Kindle DX, a new multi-purpose version of its digital eBook reader that, thanks to a 2.5 times larger screen, is garnering the support of several universities, newspapers and textbook publishers who've announce pilot programs around the device. Thinner than most magazines at just over a third of an inch, the $489 Kindle DX sports a large 9.7-inch e-ink paper display with 16 shades of gray, making it ideal for newspapers, magazines, and graphic-rich textbooks that include an assortment of images, tables, charts, and equations.
Also new to the DX model is an Auto-Rotation feature for displaying content in landscape or portrait mode, and a built-in PDF reader leveraging Adobe Reader Mobile technology. Like other types of documents on Kindle, users can email their PDF format documents to their Kindle email address or move them over using a USB connection. Each Kindle DX ships with 3.3 GB of memory, which Amazon says is sufficient for storing up to 3,500 books, or more than double that of the Kindle 2 (unboxing, review). The online bookseller will also automatically back up a copy of every Kindle book purchased so users can wirelessly re-download titles from their library at any time....................
we all know that iTunes is a worthless turd, but maybe someone can help me figure something out before I get to the point of chucking my brand new MacBook Pro through the window.
When I go to rename a track or artist in this awful, awful software it almost always kicks me out of the renaming process, and since I'm merrily typing long it takes me to the first song in the library that starts with whatever letter I just happened to press.
Example:
I'm typing in "Bob Sinclar". I get through Bob and the space OK, but then as I'm about to his the S it kicks me out of the renaming process, I hit S, and the iTurd takes me to, say the first State of Shock song in my library.
Im using a 17" unibody macbookpro 2.66 early 09 to make a copy of my Leopard Disc to put in an offsite storage location. Im able to rip movies and burn movies (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-DL), iMovie videos, iTunes cds, rip audio discs, etc. The media is Dual-Layer DVD-R in disk utility I burn it at the slowest possible speed (on both systems) at 2.4x
After it writes the data to the disc and finishes, i get this lovely image:
I tried doing a test install of it from the burned dvd and it installed fine.... = what the huh!?
its done this twice. using the same media on a 15" 2.2ghz uMBP late 2008 gives me a completed successfully notification every-time.
burn info:
17" Superdrive info: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N Revision: SA17 Serial Number: KZZ91OM5217 Native Command Queuing: No Detachable Drive: No Power Off: Yes Async Notification: No
15" Superdrive info:
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868:
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868 Revision: KA14 Serial Number: dE0E4283 Native Command Queuing: No Detachable Drive: No Power Off: Yes Async Notification: No
Log Files from the 17" uMBP
Here are the Disk Utility Logs
Quote:
2009-08-23 15:19:30 -0700: 2009-08-23 15:50:48 -0700: Eject of �disk2s3� succeeded 2009-08-23 15:50:51 -0700: Burning Image �Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg� 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Image name: �Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg� 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Burn disc in: �HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N� 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Erase disc before burning: No 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Leave disc appendable: No 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Verify burned data after burning: Yes 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Eject disc after burning 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: expected CRC32 $0F91EA17 2009-08-23 15:51:02 -0700: Preparing data for burn 2009-08-23 15:52:25 -0700: Opening session 2009-08-23 15:52:31 -0700: Opening track 2009-08-23 15:52:31 -0700: Writing track 2009-08-23 16:11:26 -0700: Finishing burn 2009-08-23 16:12:26 -0700: Closing session 2009-08-23 16:12:28 -0700: Finishing burn 2009-08-23 16:14:05 -0700: Burn failed 2009-08-23 16:14:05 -0700: The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry. 2009-08-23 16:14:16 -0700: Unable to burn �Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg�. (The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.) 2009-08-23 16:21:59 -0700: Attach Image �Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg� 2009-08-23 16:21:59 -0700: Initializing� 2009-08-23 16:22:00 -0700: Verifying� 2009-08-23 16:22:00 -0700: Verification completed� 2009-08-23 16:22:00 -0700: expected CRC32 $0F91EA17 2009-08-23 16:22:00 -0700: Attaching� 2009-08-23 16:22:00 -0700: Checking volumes� 2009-08-23 16:22:01 -0700: Operation canceled by user. 2009-08-23 16:22:02 -0700: Volume check completed� 2009-08-23 16:22:02 -0700: Mounting� 2009-08-23 16:22:02 -0700: Finishing� 2009-08-23 16:22:03 -0700: Finishing� 2009-08-23 16:22:03 -0700: Image �Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg� attached successfully. **********
Here is from ~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log
Quote:
Disk Utility: Burn started, Sun Aug 23 14:57:02 2009 Disk Utility: Burning to DVD+R DL (RICOHJPN D01) media with DAO strategy in HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N SA17 via ATAPI. Disk Utility: Requested burn speed was 2x, actual burn speed is 2.4x. Disk Utility: Burn failed, Sun Aug 23 15:19:01 2009 Disk Utility: Burn sense: 4/09/02 Hardware Error, Focus servo failure Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry. Disk Utility: Burn started, Sun Aug 23 15:51:02 2009 Disk Utility: Burning to DVD+R DL (RICOHJPN D01) media with DAO strategy in HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N SA17 via ATAPI. Disk Utility: Requested burn speed was 2x, actual burn speed is 2.4x. Disk Utility: Burn failed, Sun Aug 23 16:13:34 2009 Disk Utility: Burn sense: 4/09/02 Hardware Error, Focus servo failure Disk Utility: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
I've studied the forums & there's lots of discussion about having to install SL, then download Lion (again) then other thread says to copy the downloaded Lion (in the Apps folder) to an 8gb thumb drive, etc, etc. I'm installing a new 512GB SSD in bay-4 so that's where I'd like to move Lion.  Is RE-INSTALL really necessary to simply move it to another drive? Â
Recently bought a MacBook Pro with Lion. Switching from a 12" aluminum G4PB (non-Intel) so I can't use Migration Assistant.Old laptop doesn't have iCloud capability as far as I know.Tried copying the old Safari.plist to the Lion Library but this didn't work.I noticed there is a second Safari plist-like file in Library/Preferences under Lion.
