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I say thee THANKS! Indeed! I switched to Mac fro...

2010-01-22T13:18:15.396+09:00

I say thee THANKS! Indeed!

I switched to Mac from PC permanently about 2 years ago and have been looking for a solution ever since!

You the MAN!

I even used your script to add a specific file (a webcam) to the new playlist!

wrong mac address, use wireless mac address

2010-01-08T10:07:31.537+09:00

wrong mac address, use wireless mac address

Thanks! I'm in the middle of switching to Mac fro...

2009-12-21T03:28:10.902+09:00

Thanks! I'm in the middle of switching to Mac from WinXP and couldn't figure this out.

Sorry, I forgot to say that you have to copy&paste...

2009-11-03T05:49:22.479+09:00

Sorry, I forgot to say that you have to copy&paste that code at the end of this site's original code

Just a little help. With this code you can fix the...

2009-11-03T05:41:01.824+09:00

Just a little help. With this code you can fix the problem of the FILE ASSOCIATION.

Change variable VLCdir to the folder containing VLC.app

on open selected_file
set VLCdir to "/Applications"
set source to POSIX path of selected_file
tell application "Terminal"
do script "\"" & VLCdir & "/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC\" \"" & source & "\""
quit saving no
end tell
end open

Thank you. Works great

2009-10-21T06:23:29.735+09:00

Thank you. Works great

Got it to work on the wired connection but not on ...

2009-09-17T03:18:34.287+09:00

Got it to work on the wired connection but not on the wireless, any ideas?

Newb, Tried the following steps with the noted re...

2009-09-16T06:50:44.960+09:00

Newb,

Tried the following steps with the noted result, any ideas?

1. defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes
2. rebooted my system
3. created the share iMac on my Terastation
4. turned off TimeMachine
5. used System Preferences to get the Mac address of my AirPort adapter
6. ran the command hdiutil create -size 300g -fs HFS+J -volname "Backup of iMac1" iMac1_"The Macaddress from my airport adapter with the colons removed".sparsebundle
7. did your step 6
8. did your step 7
9. did your step 8 except I received a Time Machine Error with the message "The backup disk image could note be created"

I made the first one perfectly. But when I go to ...

2009-08-31T06:10:37.926+09:00

I made the first one perfectly. But when I go to add other, I can select the script, but when I do change all it defaults back down to itunes.... Any ideas?

Awesome. Works just great. I was just looking for...

2009-08-30T11:16:15.513+09:00

Awesome. Works just great. I was just looking for how to do this last week.

Great Job. Confirmed works with 1.01

EJ, I just realized than when I wrote the post, th...

2009-08-11T22:57:10.289+09:00

EJ, I just realized than when I wrote the post, the format required for the naming convention of sparesbundle did not display correctly. I fear I may have used angle brackets which did not display properly in the post. I have updated the post and replaced the angle brackets with square brackets.

Again to clarify, the "hostname" is the name that you set for your mac. You can run the command "hostname" in the terminal to verify your hostname.

I really hope this is the source of your problem and that it prevents issues for others in the future.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Hey EJ, I remember seeing this error when I was f...

2009-08-11T22:48:57.583+09:00

Hey EJ,

I remember seeing this error when I was first playing around a while back but unfortunately I do not remember at which stage I got this error.

Some things that I can think of which could cause problems.

1) Ensure that you have rebooted the system after running the command in step #1
2) In step #4, make sure that you are using the following format: [hostname]_[mac address].sparsebundle. [hostname] being the name of your Mac.
3) Make sure that in step #4 that you create the file locally and then copy the file to the server.

I hope that one of these suggestions help to resolve your issue.

Almost every thing worked well but I still get the...

2009-08-11T19:48:17.749+09:00

Almost every thing worked well but I still get the error:"The backup disk image could not be mounted".
No matter what I get this error.
I thought it was great when the system changed screens to Time Machine. Freaked me out for a minute. After that I pointed Time Machine to my NAS but it still failed.

ej

Anonymous, thank you for correcting my mistake. Yo...

2009-08-02T00:26:41.089+09:00

Anonymous, thank you for correcting my mistake. You are absolutely correct.

I have edited my post with scripting boxes to ensure that none of the special characters are accidently removed. I hope this helps to limit the issues that may arise.

Glad to hear that this was useful. For Anonymous,...

2009-08-02T00:24:03.291+09:00

Glad to hear that this was useful.

For Anonymous, unfortunately I do not use playlists. But that does not mean I cannot have a look to see if I can figure something out. Will let you know if I figure that one out, or potentially create a follow-up post.

I have removed jailbreak shortly after writing thi...

2009-08-01T23:12:33.923+09:00

I have removed jailbreak shortly after writing this post. Although I miss having an unlocked device, I found that my device runs much faster without jailbreaking. I am guessing it is due to all the services which were installed and loaded after jailbreaking such as SSHD and SBSettings.

Thanks for the feedback. I will have to experimen...

2009-08-01T22:24:53.591+09:00

Thanks for the feedback. I will have to experiment with that one. If I find a solution, will let you know.

try just "ifconfig en0 | grep ether"

2009-07-30T20:50:37.313+09:00

try just "ifconfig en0 | grep ether"

Worked perfectly, thanks!

2009-07-22T21:54:31.327+09:00

Worked perfectly, thanks!

Thank you for your article. Regrettably I can't g...

2009-07-21T05:55:55.352+09:00

Thank you for your article. Regrettably I can't get your solution to work. Whenever I type in "ifconfig en0 grep ether" I get an error message of "bad value". I have a few Windows Vista machines hanging off my Terastation Live server and they work fine. However, with my MacBook using 10.5.7 of the OS get very very slow file copy performance and I can't create the sparsebundle to use TimeMachine. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

As you might be able to tell I'm a MAC newbie and even the terminal commands are a bit foreign to me.

Thanks, in advance, for your help on both (file copy and Time Machine) issues.

i made a new .app with the above script, but it do...

2009-07-16T10:09:26.830+09:00

i made a new .app with the above script, but it does not open a new vlc for a new video file. it just adds the video file to the existing playlist. i can open multiple instances though.

You are the best. Is a follow up coming how to lin...

2009-07-13T01:04:55.820+09:00

You are the best. Is a follow up coming how
to link the script with a playlist?
VLC on Pc hast multi instances.
thanks ever so much.

Kinda long but it worked well. It was well worth...

2009-06-17T00:42:43.604+09:00

Kinda long but it worked well.
It was well worth the time.
Thanks for the walkthrough.

The other day they added another new application f...

2009-06-14T02:19:16.339+09:00

The other day they added another new application for the first 35,000 users. In addition, they have extended the offer until June 14th! You have one last chance to catch this great bundle.

Excerpt from the email I received:
The second app is RAGE MapDesign (normally $19.95), a great tool for creating interactive image maps from the Web development experts at RAGE Software. With MapDesign, you can take an image and easily create links or captions that appear when the cursor is over only certain parts of it. If you have a Web site or need one hosted, be sure to check out RAGE Software for more great tools and services!

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25072/rage-mapdesign