Well, a few things I took for granted on a PC just don't work the same on a Mac. I am sure some of you have experienced the same frustration...feel free to leave a question unanswered if it's too stupid...
1. Say I customize resume often, I'd like to send one version of resume to a particular employer but another version to another...does the version feature do it for me? Will it work on MS Word & Excel? I don't have a time machine, What additional stuff can time machine do for me?
2. I used to save iTune library on an external drive while I was on a PC. so every time I run iTune, it asks to locate an iTune library, that was easy for me. But now I have a MBA and it has a iTune library on its hard drive, it doesn't ask to locate a library, so how do I tell it that I want the one on external drive?
3. Is there a way to prevent wireless from disconnecting when the lid is closed? I set it up as to never sleep while on power adapter, but for some reason once the lid is closed, i had to re-enter password and the wireless has to be reconnected...this is annjoying.
4. I imported a picture from android phone, then i moved it to trash thinking the file is deleted, but when I open iPhoto it still shows, why?
5. Is there a way to slow-mo play a video file? QuickTime doesn't do it. iMovie is nice, but can't find such feature. VLC is great but doesn't work the same way as on a PC.
I will think of more, but this is probably enough for now.![]()
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Time Machine is to backup your drive... you can easily recover older files and such that have been backed up, or restore your whole computer, or use it to migrate to a new computer.
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kornchild2002 Notebook Deity
2. In addition to the correct response already stated, you will need to consolidate your library onto the external hard drive as well. Click on File, go down to Library, click on Organize, put a checkmark next to Consolidate Files, and then click on OK. This will then copy your file (using the "official" iTunes method) to your external hard drive. After that, you can delete them off of your MBA's internal SSD.
4. doh was right in that once a photo is imported into iPhoto, it is now located in iPhoto's physical directory. You have to delete the photo in iPhoto and then empty its own specific trash can in the actual program. iPhoto physically stores pictures in some strange directory that is somewhat difficult to get to. You have to open a new Finder window, go to your username, go into the Pictures folder, right-click on iPhoto Library, and then click on Show Package Contents. Just double-clicking the iPhoto Library icon will open up iPhoto. You can manually manage your photos that way but iPhoto will get a little freaked out if you manually delete a photo. That is why I recommend just deleting the picture from within iPhoto and then emptying iPhoto's trash.
5. The controls for slowing down and speeding up playback in VLC are command- and command+ respectively. Just know that I have experienced some issues mainly revolving around playing back HD mpeg-4 AVC content in the MKV container. The program/decoder has freaked out on my quite a bit and caused a pixelated mess. I haven't had any issues with HD mpeg-4 AVC videos in actual mpeg-4 containers or with SD content (Divx, Xvid, mpeg-4, mpeg-4 AVC) in any common container (AVI, mpeg-4, mkv). -
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Say I want to backup to my USB external HD (not a Time Machine), what format does the drive needs to be and how do I go about doing it?
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Download InsomniaX for Mac - Disable sleep mode on an Apple Laptop. MacUpdate.com
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you shouldnt have to re-enter your network password while using your computer with the lid closed. this shouldnt happen. make sure you click the wireless network icon in your top bar and choose open preferences then on the next dialog choose advanced then make sure you have remember network connections you have joined is checked.
other then that i dont know why that would happen. i use my air with the lid closed with an external monitor surfing the web and it has never asked me for a wep key after it had already been set up -
kornchild2002 Notebook Deity
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So versions is a Lion feature which shows multiple versions of each file? I heard something about it but don't know what it really is.
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kornchild2002 Notebook Deity
I believe the program has to specifically support this features as well (I believe iWork 09 was updated to support it). Essentially Lion will save a "database" file that will let you backtrack through every change you have made. You can make a document and write a paragraph, it will then be saved. Insert a picture and that new version will be saved but not on top of the older one. Change the picture and that will be saved while not erasing any of the two previous versions. It keeps going on and on like that and can come in handy if you make a change that didn't turn out very well. Instead of going back and re-writing (or re-doing) what you previously did, you can just pull up an older version.
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Versions basically uses a file that records changes. It doesn't save the whole older file, that would waste space, it just records the changes that have been made so they can be undone.
But yes, the software has to support it. MS said they will eventually get it in Office 2011, but they didn't even start on it until after Lion was released even though they had like a year before.
A few Mac newbie questions...
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