Hi Chris, I could be off-base, but I believe that functionality may be built-in to the newer Safari installations. In the Advance pane of Safari, there is a section called “Internet Plugins” and directly after it, there is a checkbox that reads something to the effect “Stop Plugins from Playing Automatically”. I have it checked and, maybe that’s why it didn’t start auto-playing for me. When this is set this way, a little button appears in Safari saying something about “Safari Power Saver, Click to Play”. I believe that it will then add that address into the list of acceptable auto-play sites.
This may not be the same, but it sure sounds like it to me. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> wrote: > Since most autoplaying stuff is still Flash based this might be a good time > to fiddle with getting something like ClickToFlash installed on Safari. Pages > load faster when Flash ads and videos aren't running and if you do want one > you just action the spot and that particular flash widget is allowed to load. > Details on this are in the email archives but if you want to get that set up > and get stuck just ask. I did mine years ago so I'd have to dig up the URLs > and such. > > CB > > On 6/6/14, 2:01 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Steve, >> >> I’m not sure why or what started auto-playing for you. It’s never happened >> to me on that page before. If it keeps doing that to you, try a cmd-a to >> Select All on the page, go into TextEdit, up to its Format menu and choose >> “Make Plain Text”, then paste in the stuff. You can then read it without >> all the extraneous garbage. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I like the article detailing how to build a bootable image but the damn >>> site started up autoplaying other videos. How the hell do I stop them? It’s >>> still babbling away while I’m writing this mail. I can close the window of >>> Safari byt then I can’t read the article. I hate auto play. I can’t find >>> any controls to stop the playback. This just sucks! >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alex, >>>> >>>> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >>>> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition your >>>> drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent partitions >>>> should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure that the >>>> Recovery Partition is created properly. Not sure where the other >>>> individual got there info but this is sound practice. If you used >>>> DiskMaker X to create your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb >>>> drive or the built-in “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks >>>> Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition will be automatically created. >>>> If you used the Disk Utility method, then the Recovery Partition must >>>> have already existed in order to create a proper installation. The >>>> problem in your case is that you need to do a total re-format, so, using >>>> the existing Recovery Partition is not of any benefit. Refer to >>>> >>>> http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html >>>> >>>> for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a >>>> complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have >>>> carried over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. >>>> >>>> Hope this makes sense. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my >>>>> external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about >>>>> thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. >>>>> Still, it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. >>>>> >>>>> As to wiping, I’m still not sure what to do. I mean, I know how to format >>>>> the drive from the OS X on my thumb drive and then install, the question >>>>> is, what do I do with my partitions? I have two, one Macintosh HD and one >>>>> OS X Beta Partition. When I did a clean install back in March, I had only >>>>> the Macintosh HD partition and so didn’t need to worry. I reformatted >>>>> that partition, but didn’t actually erase it, as people I asked told me >>>>> that completely erasing the Macintosh HD partition could turn out badly. >>>>> Are you saying that I should format the entire drive, wiping out both >>>>> partitions? If I do that, won’t it affect the installation of the OS, or >>>>> will the installer partition as necessary? >>>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:43 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> For expediency purposes, I wouldn’t worry about re-mapping partitions >>>>>> etc., you’re just going to wipe the drive and re-partition anyway. >>>>>> Regarding grabbing those files, if you startup from your thumb drive, >>>>>> then go under it’s Apple menu to Startup Disk, you should be able to >>>>>> select the 10.9.3 beta partition as your startup disk. if things are OK >>>>>> in that area of the HD. Once you’ve started with that version of the >>>>>> OS, you could quickly get the files you want and place them onto >>>>>> whatever media you want. You could then go ahead and do the total >>>>>> wipe/re-partition and re-install from your 10.9.3 thumb drive. It’s >>>>>> best to do it from there since it needs to be done from a external >>>>>> source in order to completely reformat the drive. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you’re unable to startup from your beta partition, then the drive is >>>>>> in fairly rough shape and you’d either need to use Terminal commands to >>>>>> grab those files or just give up on them. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later… >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks guys. I have a thumb drive with Mavericsk that I’ve used before, >>>>>>> and that I keep around now that we have a couple Macs in the house. >>>>>>> I’ll use that. Before I do though, is there any way to copy off any >>>>>>> other files I’d like to keep, ones I could recover but that it’d be >>>>>>> easier just to have if I can get them? I could probably boot into that >>>>>>> beta partition and copy, but I don’t know if I’ll have the permissions >>>>>>> to do that. I’ll also need a way to erase the beta partition, if that >>>>>>> is indeed the problem. I only tested one OS, the 10.9.3 beta a month >>>>>>> ago, but I suppose it could have caused the problem. Anyway, can I >>>>>>> erase that from Disk Utility on the recovery HD, and if so, how would I >>>>>>> do that and merge its space back to Macintosh HD? >>>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I agree with Chris that it could very likely be a software thing. So, >>>>>>>> since you have a Time Machine backup that is fairly up-to-date and you >>>>>>>> say that you have your important files backed up, I’d go for the >>>>>>>> reformat and reinstall option. If you don’t have an external HD or >>>>>>>> the cables that I mentioned earlier, there is a neat little utility >>>>>>>> within the Mavericks Installer that allows you to build a bootable >>>>>>>> Mavericks installer on a flash drive that is at least 8 GB in size. >>>>>>>> If you wish to go that way, I can share instructions with you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Later… >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:00 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You mentioned a 50GB partition for OSX betas. So were you running >>>>>>>>> beta OSes on this box? If so, it's at least plausible that the beta >>>>>>>>> OSX had some kind of bug which mangled data structures on the drive >>>>>>>>> and, since it had access to your non-beta partition, it could have >>>>>>>>> mangled your regular OSX boot drive as well. In other words, this >>>>>>>>> could still have been a software issue. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 6/5/14, 9:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>> So, here's the status of my Mac Mini's hard drive. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> * Two repairs from the Recovery HD resulted in an error telling me >>>>>>>>>> to format ad re-install. >>>>>>>>>> * I did just that at the end of March, and given that two repairs >>>>>>>>>> couldn't fix whatever errors have accumulated after three months, it >>>>>>>>>> seems like the drive itself is having problems. >>>>>>>>>> * The SMART status of the drive is "verified", not "failing", which >>>>>>>>>> seems odd given the previous points. >>>>>>>>>> * The drive is partitioned into two: 450gb for OS X, and 50gb for OS >>>>>>>>>> X betas. I don't yet know if the beta partition works, but both >>>>>>>>>> share a drive so I'm not optimistic. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any ideas? I looked at replacing the drive, but the iFixIt >>>>>>>>>> instructions are scary and require special tools. The Mini is not >>>>>>>>>> under Apple Care protection, and my nearest Genius bar is almost >>>>>>>>>> three hours away. Am I just doomed, or is there a >>>>>>>>>> check/repair/miracle program I could run? 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