Mac Forums - OS X - Apps and Games http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ Discussion of applications and games available for Mac OS X. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:03:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Mac Forums - OS X - Apps and Games http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ <![CDATA[My external hard drive wont show up in the "Save to:" menu when I try to import video]]> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300149&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:40:19 GMT My old external broke so I found my old one and plugged it in and went to import some videos on imove from an sd card but my external hard drive wont show up on the "save to:" drop down menu. I've been on utility disk to try and repair disk permission but I can't because the button isn't lit up. I can only click on verify disk or repair disk. I tried both of these but it still wont come on the drop down menu. It is showing up on the left in the event library but it has a little yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in it.

Hope that all makes sense!

Any help would be very much appreciated! :)


iMovie '11
Mac OS X (10.7.5) ]]> OS X - Apps and Games AllThatJazz http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300149 <![CDATA[Firefox & Safari Google Yahoo YQL redirect]]> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300139&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:08:45 GMT If I use Firefox or Safari to Google something, I get redirected to Yahoo pages. If I use the search bar, it redirects me to a Yahoo 404 error page. If I try to go directly to google.com, it redirects me to Yahoo YQL.

It doesn't do this in Chrome.

It's driving me crazy. Someone please help! ]]> OS X - Apps and Games moosejaw7 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300139 Apple Mail and iPhoto link http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300132&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:35:18 GMT I am using Apple Mail and iPhoto on my iMac. I create a new email, then attempt to attach a photo from the Pictures option in the Attachment Finder Window. The list of pictures is not the complete iPhoto library for some reason. Seems to have stopped adding new ones several months ago? How do I get... I am using Apple Mail and iPhoto on my iMac. I create a new email, then attempt to attach a photo from the Pictures option in the Attachment Finder Window. The list of pictures is not the complete iPhoto library for some reason. Seems to have stopped adding new ones several months ago? How do I get Mail to update from the latest iPhoto library? ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Atlanta Viking http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300132 Garageband and Snow Leopard http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300151&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:52 GMT My mini was a 32bit intel CoreDuo now upgraded to Core2Duo, new firmware and 4 (3) gigs of memory. It originally came with Tiger. I upgraded to Leopard about 3/4 years ago and did a clean install of Snow Leopard on a new partition a few months ago, also restoring my Leopard files from the time... My mini was a 32bit intel CoreDuo now upgraded to Core2Duo, new firmware and 4 (3) gigs of memory. It originally came with Tiger. I upgraded to Leopard about 3/4 years ago and did a clean install of Snow Leopard on a new partition a few months ago, also restoring my Leopard files from the time machine backup.

I've recently started compiling music tracks and to my surprise found that Garageband was there in Applications. I assumed that it wouldn't be as I realised a while back that it was preinstalled software. I've always thought this was a bit strange - upgrade the OS and lose applications - but then Apple is a bit quirky to say the least.

Anyway, this was never an issue until I needed Garageband. As I say I didn't expect it to work and don't know how it got there. It's version 4.1.2 (08) and it seems to work. I'm only learning to use it so I won't know for a while.

My first question is whether there's a more up to date version of Garageband that works with snow leopard and with Lion as I plan to upgrade again soon. And if there is, does it offer improved features that are worthwhile? And where to get it.

My second question is more a minor tech issue really. Was Garageband in the back-up I restored? Is that how Time Machine works?

I also seem to have ilife 08 on the mini but I can't recall how or why.

Thanks ]]> OS X - Apps and Games sago48 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300151 Why does YouTube look different on Safari? http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300128&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:32:38 GMT Hello guys I have always wondered why the Youtube video interface is so different on Safari than on Chrome and other web browsers? I have recently started using Safari as my main browser after getting the latest update because simply it has become awesome - quick, snappy, lag-free, extremely... Hello guys

I have always wondered why the Youtube video interface is so different on Safari than on Chrome and other web browsers? I have recently started using Safari as my main browser after getting the latest update because simply it has become awesome - quick, snappy, lag-free, extremely responsive and most of all great features.

I wouldn't want to stop using Safari as my main browser because of a silly little thing like that, but in all honesty it's very annoying for me. I did find this extension called YouTube5 under Safari preferences and I disabled it, but no go.

I have uploaded two screenshots of how it looks on Safari and how it looks on Chrome. I want the Chrome look.

Any ideas?

Thank you.
]]> OS X - Apps and Games Tarek http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300128 Continuing Time Machine backups with new internal HDD http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300123&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:24:08 GMT I have a mid-2010 Macbook Pro. It came with a 500G internal. For a couple of years, I've been using a 1TB external for Time Machine backups. As of a couple of weeks ago, I'd reached only about half of the capacity of that external HDD.

Last week I swapped my 500G internal for a new 1TB internal. Before I did that, I cloned my internal with SuperDuper. Then I switched HDDs and migrated everything over. No issues. So now I have a new 1TB internal with about 600G free.

Tonight I hooked up my regular Time Machine to the MBP. It didn't automatically start backing up, like it used to. I figured it was "used" to the old internal, so I manually selected my new internal and it started to backup..... the entire drive. Not an incremental backup (probably about 30 gigs). I checked the contents of the Time Machine external, and all the old TM backups are there, perfect and accessible. Why won't it scan my new internal and back up only the changed or new files? ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Command Alt Ego http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300123 Is CleanMyMac worth it? http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300099&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:51 GMT Hello there I am running Mac OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8.4 and I feel like my computer has definitely slowed down and sort of lags from time to time than when I first got it, or to be more specific, than when I last made a fresh install of Mountain Lion (which was when it first came out). ... Hello there

I am running Mac OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8.4 and I feel like my computer has definitely slowed down and sort of lags from time to time than when I first got it, or to be more specific, than when I last made a fresh install of Mountain Lion (which was when it first came out).

It now takes a little bit of time to open and close applications, especially Chrome, Safari, iTunes and iPhoto, and I know that because it used to be much quicker when I first installed Mountain Lion.

I am using a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and these are the specifications:

Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB
Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

The specifications are fairly low compared to today's computers, but I believe they are enough for a lag-free and snappy Mac experience, or am I wrong? I came across CleanMyMac and it claims to clear all registry related problems and such, as well as remove useless files and cache located on the computer. I am unsure about the safety of it, though, because in the past, I have had registry-cleaning applications on my Windows pretty much mess it up.

There's also one called Onyx which was recommended on Apple Support Forums:

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx

What do you guys think?

Thank you. ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Tarek http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300099 Entourage Email Folders and Rules http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300092&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:47:12 GMT - - I've had an iMac for 2 1/2 years and use Entourage for Email. Eight months ago all messages stopped coming to my Inbox and starting going to one of the other folders I'd created (Newsletters). I cancelled all my rules, then started over. The rules worked but anything without a rule still goes into the Newsletters folder.

I did a test by making a rule that anything from my husband's address to mine would go to the Inbox. Didn't work. The Inbox isn't overloaded. Only about 25 messages in there.

- - We have a lot of rules for specific people, my volunteer job, catalog companies, etc. Recently I added four more rules and they don't work. I can do Message/Apply Rule, select the rule from a list and the system will move the message to the proper folder - but it won't put it there in the first place.

So - two questions:
1. How do I get my Inbox to receive mail?
2. How do I get my Rules to work? (Maybe there's a maximum number of rules allowed and I've exceeded my lifetime quota.)

Thanks!! ]]> OS X - Apps and Games cindycat http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300092 IPhoto Crash http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300082&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:26:02 GMT Help! I am a pro photographer and PC user newly converted to Mac...on shoot in Naples Italy.... ...Photos backed up on external drive...but images also imported into IPhotos-crashes and won't open....I want to use IPhoto to show images to client....(Thank goodness all images are backed up on external drive so I am not freaking out!) Help me love my mac again:( ]]> OS X - Apps and Games RobinRDPhoto http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300082 <![CDATA[Can't Get Rid of A Program]]> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300081&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:59:09 GMT So I was looking through my LaunchPad today and noticed that there are two apps installed that I have no idea how they got there.

MagniPPIc and PrivitizeVPN

I tried to get rid of them from the launchpad, but I can't. How do I go about getting rid of these programs. I can't imagine they are programs I want on my MacBook.

Thanks ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Klew721 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300081 Clean-reinstalled OS X Lion - Safari keeps crashing. http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300074&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:44:22 GMT So, on my Mac mini, I've reinstalled OS X Lion.

Now, just this past weekend, I've done the same on my MacBook.

With that in mind:
  1. I've backed up the MacBook to a Time Machine drive.
  2. From the Time Machine drive, I had OS X Lion pull all the content to create a new account.
  3. And now that it's up and running, Safari is now crashing at version 5.1.7.

I'll mention that after everything was up and running, and after a few runs with Software Update, I figured a Safari update would also appear - but it didn't and it hasn't as I type this. Safari on my MacBook is 6.0.5. So how did it end up at 5.1.7 on the Mac mini?

When I click to run Safari on the Mac mini, it jumps, tries to open, and then a prompt box tells me that Safari has suddenly quit, and it gives me the option of reporting it to Apple and whatnot - it was in the Details view that I found out that Safari was stuck at 5.1.7.

So how do I go about fixing this?

(Mac mini specs: early 2009, Intel Core 2 Duo [2.0GHz], originally ran Mac OS X Snow Leopard when new) ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Chris H. http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300074 Best Slideshow Program http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300055&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:44:48 GMT I need to create a slideshow of HD images for a presentation that will be shown in a movie theatre (a non-profit nature organization). It will be one of 10 shows that evening. What is the best software program for this? I will need to transfer to a memory stick and then to the theatres... I need to create a slideshow of HD images for a presentation that will be shown in a movie theatre (a non-profit nature organization). It will be one of 10 shows that evening.

What is the best software program for this? I will need to transfer to a memory stick and then to the theatres Windows laptop.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have four months to get this done and just compiling and editing images at this point. ]]> OS X - Apps and Games BCRose http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300055 ibook publishing http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300030&goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:11:22 GMT Is publishing is free or just as Creating apps ? Is publishing is free or just as Creating apps ? ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Yodda_Hunter http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300030 iMessage gone missing or never there?? http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299995&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:55:49 GMT Hi all, just looked for Message / iMessage in the Apps folder but zilch. I've got 10.7.5, should it be there or not?

Thanks ]]> OS X - Apps and Games rholmes01 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299995 Site to upload on! http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299992&goto=newpost Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:03:01 GMT I uploaded some programs but the problem which i face is that no one want to download the program as the site asks them to sign up,so I wanna a Site i could upload on and let the others download with out signing up. where can i find such as thing? I uploaded some programs but the problem which i face is that no one want to download the program as the site asks them to sign up,so I wanna a Site i could upload on and let the others download with out signing up. where can i find such as thing? ]]> OS X - Apps and Games Yodda_Hunter http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=299992