Looking for software to automatically rate songs in my iTunes library on my Mac (Mountain Lion). I have
Autorate, but it hasn't been upgraded in three years and no longer works reliably with my iTunes library as of my upgrade to Mountain Lion. I've also searched
Doug's Applescripts and come up dry. Difficulty: large library (18K local songs) + iTunes Match (made no difference with Autorate but has been an issue with other metadata apps).
posted by immlass
on Aug 9, 2012 -
5 answers
I have a bunch of photos I haven't uploaded to Flickr. Why? Because it's a pain with the tools I have now. I want to be able to color-correct, title, caption, tag, and upload photos from my Mac as fast as possible.
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posted by tellumo
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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Recently aded an external drive to my iMac for storage of photo files. It runs off a Firewire 800 port. I also use a Time Capsule.
The external drive is mounted overnight via crontab for the daily backup run. When that's done, a script unmounts the drive. This works reliably. The drive, then, should be unmounted the rest of the time.
However, the drive is mounted at unexpected and sporadic intervals. The logs reveal that this is usually, but not always, immediately following the unmounting of the Time Capsule after an hourly run. Not on every run, but perhaps on one run per day. In addition, the external drive is sometimes mounted in a way that appears to have no association with the Time Capsule.
What's going on?
posted by justcorbly
on Nov 18, 2010 -
1 answer
Question about re-installing OSX and copying files over from a backup—but without using Migration Assistant.
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posted by blueberry
on Aug 27, 2010 -
4 answers
This seems like it should be simple, but I'm not sure how to search for it: after placing images into an InDesign file, the text flows around it, but it isn't automatically extending the pages at the end of the document to make up for it. How do I do this?
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posted by interrobang
on May 11, 2010 -
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[MomFilter] Looking for a reasonably cheap, reliable printer (for printing text) for an iMac. Leaning towards laser as the experiences with inkjets have been that bouts of little use lead to still full, yet dry and thus worthless ink cartridges.
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posted by blueberry
on Jun 21, 2009 -
21 answers
I'm trying to find a way to expand a file that's in an ancient Mac archive format (Now Compress).
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posted by NewGear
on Jun 12, 2009 -
8 answers
How can I consolidate all my pictures, music, pdf files, etc. from multiple drives? I have about 10 external drives containing photos and so forth. Different drives contain some duplicates, but the individual drives do not.
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posted by lukemeister
on Mar 2, 2009 -
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Mac, Leopard, La Cie external hard disk drive spins but does not mount. What's my best option for getting data off this drive?
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posted by gen
on Nov 2, 2008 -
21 answers
I started migration assistant before I knew how long it would take. Am I screwed?
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posted by pzarquon
on Oct 17, 2008 -
5 answers
is there an application that works on a mac that will allow me to post comments to multiple myspace friends at once?
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posted by binocularfight
on Aug 22, 2008 -
5 answers
OS X filter: How can I recursively unzip files (in directories that are not zipped)?
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posted by wheat
on Aug 17, 2008 -
6 answers
What is the current state of the art in Macintosh OS X vulnerabilities, exploits and other remote security issues?
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posted by loquacious
on Feb 3, 2008 -
4 answers
Automator as an antidote to Excel tedium. Can you help me get through repetitive tasks with favorite Automator tricks in Leopard?
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posted by lackutrol
on Nov 18, 2007 -
6 answers
Wondering if there's a Mac OS X program that I could drop an image file on and tell it "Make me a 'best quality' JPEG out of this that winds up being no more than 10 mb in size".
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posted by blueberry
on Aug 26, 2007 -
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Is there some sort of Mac program that can monitor a web forum and update me when there are new posts?
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posted by blueberry
on Mar 31, 2007 -
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OSXFilter: Because AskMeFi is where all the coolest Mac nerds hang... On my iMac 24", USB thumb drives and memory cards are failing when copying files. The specific symptom is that the file transfer will hang, and the only way to recover is to manually remove the device from the port.
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posted by baltimore
on Jan 3, 2007 -
15 answers
Can anyone recommend easy to install, cross platform monitoring software for Mac OS X - that is, something that would allow a parent, employer or teacher to, from their PC, monitor the screen of a Macintosh? Will remote desktop do this? Is it relatively easy to install?
posted by luriete
on Dec 28, 2006 -
13 answers
I am considering making the switch to the Mac, and I am wondering how you all convert an e-mail to a task or appointment in OSX. In Outlook, I just drag it to the Calendar or Tasks button (or use one of the ClearContext buttons). I understand this does not work in Entourage.
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posted by 4ster
on Dec 13, 2006 -
7 answers
I'm looking for a cheap (or better yet, free) software to run a simple file server in my journalism lab.
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posted by cccorlew
on Dec 10, 2006 -
11 answers
The sound on my OS X G4 laptop has suddenly become very loud and distorted. Help me make it stop.
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posted by cccorlew
on Nov 14, 2006 -
4 answers
OSX SoftwareFilter: How can I fix what MySync did to my Mac mini, and find a new solution to keep my machines in sync?
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posted by SansPoint
on Oct 28, 2006 -
2 answers
Even though I'm the admin, my Mac OS 10.3.9 suddenly wants me to authenticate common actions. What the hell happened?
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Oct 12, 2006 -
8 answers
How can I run a dictionary attack against a password-protected disk image file on OS X?
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posted by alms
on Sep 24, 2006 -
16 answers
My 19-year-old step-nephew is going back to community college to study graphic design this fall and he just saved up and bought his first Mac (a MacBook). What are the best shareware/freeware tools for OS X that he should get?
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posted by persona non grata
on Aug 18, 2006 -
23 answers
Is it possible/advisable/etc. to use Migration Assistant to migrate data to one Mac from more than one Mac?
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posted by j-dawg
on Jul 14, 2006 -
3 answers
Help me solve my iBook/OS X mini-disaster. No desktop after failed software update.
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posted by hwestiii
on Apr 2, 2006 -
4 answers
I've managed to screw up Terminal on OS X. I chose File | New Command and checked Run command inside a shell, then with the window active I went to Terminal | Window Settings... and then clicked on Use Settings as Defaults. Ever since then, a File | New Shell will just open a window running the same command as the one that I did the Use Settings as Defaults on. How can I fix this and reset Terminal's configuration? I'm using OS X 10.4.5 on an Intel Mac mini, if it makes a difference.
posted by EatenByAGrue
on Mar 15, 2006 -
6 answers
When compiling gcc-3.4.4 on OS X 10.4.5 I get an error about an undefined symbol,
_fprintf$LDBLStub. How do I make this go away?
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posted by mto
on Mar 4, 2006 -
7 answers
How does Mac OS X know what program to open when you double click on a file?
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posted by sammich
on Jan 31, 2006 -
6 answers
Lacie hard drive problem - Mac OS Panther. For the past couple days, I was ripping CDs as MP3s via iTunes and writing them to my Lacie 160 Gig Firewire hard drive (the Porsche one). This morning, the drive "is unreadable by Mac OSX..." What gives?
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posted by jeff-o-matic
on Jan 30, 2006 -
12 answers
This may be slightly premature, but would it possible to install Windows onto one of the new Macintel platforms and so have an OS X/XP dualbooting machine?
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posted by Tikirific
on Jan 11, 2006 -
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