Re: iTunes and duplicating songs
I meant to get in on this ITunes discussion a while ago. As mentioned before by someone else, iTunes has a Show Duplicates option and I'm mentioning it here in case anyone wants all the advice possible (that I can offer) in one document. The Show Duplicates option is not fully trustworthy because I've tested it and known duplicates did not show up in the list of duplicates. iTunes ONLY looks for dupes by exact name. To PREVENT or resolve duplicates in iTunes: 1. Always import music while connected to the Internet so that Get Info metadata tags for the tracks has a better chance of being accessed 2. ACCEPT the Internet-standardized Get Info metadata tags for the album as iTunes finds them on the Internet or on the CD/DVD, unless it's just plain wrong, because if you start using your own names, you're simply going to have trouble avoiding dupes when merging libraries later. Just GIVE UP on being a control freak and wanting things named your way! If you recording or created the file, that's fine, but not if it's commercially produced and published recordings. You simply should accept the metadata that pops in automatically. You can fill in MISSING data, but don't change album, artist, or track names! 3. LET iTunes manage how your library is ordered- by artist, then album, etc. This will put a lot of people in the unknown folders until you correct the Get Info metadata, but if you try and manage it then you'll have to keep track of everything in your head and trust me you will make mistakes... 4. Let iTunes copy all music into it's main folder- IF you can. Some of my clients leave their iTunes library on an network based iTunes file server because they can't survive without 9 billion songs, one for every starving child in Africa... 5. Keep all of your songs in only ONE FORMAT. Try not to get confused and convert songs twice or into several different formats! If you have to convert a song to mp3 or AAC so that iTunes takes it, then delete the non-iTunes useable version (you can always keep a backup offline somewhere). If you need two file type versions for a song IN iTunes, accept that it will be there appearing like a duplicate. 6. When combining libraries, you can use the iTunes Consolidate Library option under the File menu, or to avoid THAT uncontrollable mystery if it's a big merger, you can do a little extra work: 6a. First combine the iTunes Music folders outside iTunes, in Finder, using a folder comparison utility. For my photos I used, I think, the Developer tool Filecompare which tells me what's on the left and what's on the right and what's on both sides. I also just bought a folder synching tool called YouSync or something like that. 6b. Second, still in Finder, not iTunes, use a duplicate-finding tool like DupeGuru to look for duplicates after the iTunes folders are merged. A good dupe-finding tool will actually look at the binary data in the files and will find duplicates even if they are not named the same! However I did have DupeGuru crash badly a couple of times with a client, so it's not the BEST one! 6c. If you want a really pristine collection, do a final review to make sure that all folder in the iTunes Music library folder REALLY ARE organized by Artist then Album then Track. Correct any obvious situations where the Artist is named inconsistently. For example, correct Four Tops and The Four Tops and Four Tops, The so that there is one folder that best matches how iTunes would find the metadata on the Internet if you import a new cd from that artist (you may have to guess that in this case it would be The Four Tops, or just look on the Apple store to see how the performers are listed)... 6d. Now inside iTunes, Hose/Delete the active iTunes library completely from within iTunes- but before you do it make sure that you set your preferences so that the files themselves are not deleted! KEEP FILES if asked! There are two questions: remove from library? YES. KEEP FILES? YES. You just want to delete the (xml library data file) references to them, not the files! 6e. Now, when you have a pristine iTunes folder without dupes, completely rebuild the iTunes library by using Add to Library under the file menu, and simply add back the WHOLE iTunes Music folder. Don't point to more places and don't SEARCH for media EVER. 7. Once you have a pristine library, TURN OFF the auto-importing of inserted media. You always really want to be there watching when it happens. For one thing you can stop it if everything is coming in as track one etc and unknown artist! Auto-importing seems like it makes life easy but it really poses problems because the process is imperfect and occurs best when manually managed. 8. Now, when adding music later, it's common sense to search for whether the album, the artist, and the songs are already in your library before adding the album because your spouse or roommate or children might have done that even if you didn't. Also,
Re: iTunes and duplicating songs
Did anyone even see my post about iTunes and avoiding duplication? I thought I was doing something helpful but I never saw it make the list and never saw any comments... I guess I should just be humorous and political and give up trying to be helpful... On 12/3/08 1:00 PM, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: I love my Mac. Have I mentioned I love my Mac? Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files around etc, was slower than on my 300-MHz Smurf. Mass-changes in iTunes tracks... 1/10 the speed of my trusty Smurf. And everything took extra clicks etc. Did I mention I love my Mac? Just took a shower. I feel better now. Congratulations. Now you know how I feel on a daily basis.:-P I've had clients ask me to work on windows machines from time to time. I've always been reluctant to because: My skills with Windows are very much less than my Mac skills. I'm not fond of banging my head against the wall. I want to take a shower afterward. In the most recent case the customer was supplied with a windoz laptop by a company they were doing work for. It was to access the company Intranet via VPN. It used both a specialized driver for the WiFi card, an add-on VPN client and several other add on programs which weren't used. All these things added to the complexity of setting things up, even with detailed instructions (which were conflicting and inaccurate. I couldn't see anything that required a windows laptop or the specialized software. The capper is that said company is a well known networking company. Bang, bang, bang Sure, it's money in my pocket but does it offset the aspirin bill. It's a good think I don't drink. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: External Firewire Drive issues
On 12/2/08 6:47 AM, Chris N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I've been having some external firewire 400 drive issues. The drives are OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro drives - I also have a ministack running off of Firewire 400 and while that has its own issues it does not present this problem. What seems to happen is that when the drive sleeps, or is inactive for a while, it takes an inordinate amount of time to wake. 1. Is Energy Saver set to shut down hard drives when possible? If so, ten uncheck that. 2. Do the drives have an auto-power button setting versus an always-on option? Because my LaCie have this, and if so- switch it to always on... ??? I have not heard of firmware updates for most hard drives but it's also something to investigate. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iTunes
This list requires that you top-post. I only note this because I was almost banned for accidentally replying with A NON-HTML post. The rules are VERY strict. On 11/27/08 9:16 AM, Doug Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 27, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Ray wrote: I think I understand what you are talking about now, but no, I don't know if iTunes can do that unless there is an Applescript available to do it. Might be a utility program like that somewhere, but I haven't looked for anything like that. I know I use RadioLover to do something similar, it will save streamed songs to a directory and sometimes I burn those to a CD for listening to in the car. Of course, come to think of it that list is also available in iTunes. I have burned those CD's from there as well. May give MediaMonkey a try next time I'm over on the Windows side of things. Is MusicMatch still active? Just a message from Doug... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: iTunes- apology- bottom post!
VERY sorry. I was depressed, alone and upset. THIS LIST REQUIRES THAT YOU BOTTOM POST! Sorry, I'm on lists where you have to top post and I was just getting it wrong. Not surprising on this horrible day. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
APB 4 Pal: Mac Print Fax Spins Forever Without Finding (HP) Print Driver
Hi, I've got a friend with an urgent problem because she needs to print and can't, so hopefully we can resolve the issue this morning. We thought her printer was bad but it's not- there's a problem in Apple Print Fax. She is using a 1.25 GHz 1.25mb RAM Q16 G4 15 PowerBook that was at OS 10.3.9 and she paid for me to upgrade it to Leopard for her. Leopard in general seems to work fine for her aside from this. The problem occurs with her old HP multifunction printer as well as her new HP printer. When she goes into Print and Fax to add a printer, the printers both show up as connected via USB, and it's a live reporting because if we unplug the printers from the usb, they disappear from the list of printers we can choose. In both cases she has installed the HP software first- from the HP site for the G55, from the new CD for the new printer. We also know that the HP G5 printer Gutenprint driver (for her older printer) comes pre-installed with Leopard's other HP drivers, so it's almost as if she didn't need to install the HP full river set except that she might need the scanner also. When she CHOOSES the HP printers, that's when things go weird. Normally you have to wait a second for the Print Using dropdown to pick the HP driver or, if no driver is found, it should give up and let you choose one- right? Well, the little wheel never stops spinning, the system never settles on the correct HP driver- though we know they're installed- and therefore we never even get to choose the driver ourselves. I don't really care that the system FIND the right driver- is there a way to get it to NOT look for the driver, so that we can pick it ourselves from the list? I also have had concern that with the new HP universal print driver (I think it's become that on Macs as well), the computer actually find TWP printer drivers for each printer- the exact one and the universal one- and so it just hangs for lack of being able to decide on the correct driver. Of course that could all be in my head.. Has anyone seen a problem with Print Using neither landing on a printer nor giving up? Is there a way around it? NO desire to use a generic LPR or similar workaround when the printer is fully visible to the computer via USB. Thanks in advance. MIKO Printless in Seattle --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: APB 4 Pal: Mac Print Fax Spins Forever Without Finding (HP) Print Driver
On 11/26/08 9:02 AM, insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have too many HP printer drivers been installed? I would Uninstall each / all and start again with the latest from HPs site. I used the 9.7.1 one successfully over my home ethernet network on a All-In-One C5180. How does one uninstall HP drivers? We certainly are already planning on using the Gutenprint uninstaller. Does HP provide an uninstaller? I don't see one. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Networking with Windows Vista from a Mac
On Nov 24, 8:49 am, Dennis Myhand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norm Rowe wrote: OS 10.5.5 on PPC mac. Have a Compaq Laptop with win vista. I know but my wife loves windoz. The lap top was sent in for repairs and came back with Vista reloaded and all her stuff gone. I use to be able to access her pc from my mac. Found that the ip address was changed. Under network her pc does not show up. If I click on connect to with the new ip address I'm asked for administrator user name and password. Nothing I put in works. I do not know much about vista. Any one know how to set this up? The use of no password does not work. I use to see my son in laws pc and the neighbors. I see nothing now. I had some other problems so I did a fresh install of OS 10.5.5 and do not know if this messed up something. I have renewed the dhcp lease several times in network the system prefs. I do have work group listed and and the correct dns number. I have sharing turned on and the firewall set to accept all incoming. Any other ideas? I'm not sure HOW you're trying to connect but you have to share individual folders also, so do that if you're not. You might want to RUN... Services.msc or look at services under MMC console and make sure that Remote connection manager and other remote and network services are all started and automatic... I assume that terminal services is on- not sure if it's needed but it seems needed for most network connections... You might also want to consider that maybe Vista disallows NOT having a password on a folder or computer and so maye you NEED to et up a password when you don't have one- remember that the Mac does this for certain programs, like Leopard Cache Cleaner or OnyX- one of those programs will only work with n admin account that has a non-blank password. If all elses fails you can install VNC client and server on all machines and use that, or use remote desktop sharing. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Internet Connect becomes about why people can't reply with a question
On 11/25/08 10:30 AM, insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry... but wasn't this thread originally started by someone else? Whose connection problem are we working on? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio Billy, since you didn't include any quote and there have been multiple responses, we have no idea what you mean. However, there are people who sometimes evolve a thread by realizing their own questions through the thread... Not sure why you're upset... I suppose changing the title helps in these cases but no one should be censored if it's list-associated content --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Permissions and Upgrade Process
On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Am trying to decide whether to do Archive Install or Erase Install. I was thinking Erase Install might clean up things a bit. I use Macjanitor about every 3 weeks but that's the only maintenance I've done. It's run quite well - I do have a Disk Warrior but I've rarely used it. Actually I buy one and then don't use it, by the time there's a problem I'm on another machine or another OS. Archive Install would be easier. If I do Erase Install would it give me permissions fits trying to drag apps back from an external HD after the upgrade? BTW, the Parents upgrade (from 10.1 to 10.4, Erase Install) went very well. Without a hitch except that I then took my HD home without copying their files back ... LOL. Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design Beautiful Web Sites that Work http://www.downtoearthweb.com Missed your original post but this is my thinking- a carbon copy cloner cloned system on external firewire HD should be an eligible complete system for the Migration Assistant, meaning that you would not have to drag anything back if you succeeded in migrating. Nothing is perfect- not migrating, not archive and install, and least of all- mere dragging of apps... However, I'd always fully clone a disk then try archive and install FIRST then erase and install NEXT. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Networking
I didn't think you needed that outbound, but it's a good point. This message is sent in plain text. MIKO 11/24/08 5:45 PM, jonas ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wait, wait... I just remembered that under the system preferences in mac there is a way to enable windows file sharing... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Is Apple's tech support that bad now?
On 11/17/08 9:44 AM, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Years ago when I needed help with a Mac, I called Apple and they actually sent a technician out to my house to replace a CD drive. But an AP article on the Web today makes it sound like things have changed a lot. Seems, to hear them tell it, you can hardly get any help from Apple now. Check out this article that, at the end, makes Apple sound indifferent when somebody needs help with a Mac. http://tinyurl.com/6jozpf. The last few lines are: Ask Avery Griffin, who switched to an Apple Inc. (AAPL) computer a few years ago for its audio recording software. The 24-year-old musician said his new machine wouldn't stop freezing up and crashing. But he said all he heard from Apple was, At least it's not a PC. This is a bunch of crap. Apple support equates to or is better than standard product support. However, in GENERAL, outsourcing has led to an overall lower quality of support across the board. Dell and HP refuse to offer ANY support OFF-script until their phone reps have completely exhausted all scripts. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
