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Universal Media Remote - Control YouTube and Videos on PC & Mac
Hi everyone! I built Media Remote (v1.0.1), a universal remote for many media players, music apps, YouTube and other online platforms on Mac and Windows computers. It securely connects your devices and allows you to send media commands remotely. Supported media commands: Play / Pause Next /...- ntwind
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- media ntwind remote
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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Control playback on Mac with your phone - Media Remote
Hi everyone! 👋 I built Media Remote (v1.0.1), a universal remote for many media players, music apps, YouTube and other online platforms on Mac and Windows computers. It securely connects your devices and allows you to send media commands remotely. Supported media commands: Play / Pause Next /... -
Mm 1,1-6,2 Anything like PPC Media center but for intel?
anything like that but for tiger-snow leopard that will work well on a core duo/core 2 duo even with V3 youtube under PowerFox it struggles quite a bit on both my 2006 mac mini running tiger and my early 2009 iMac running Leopard 10.5.8 so im looking for a standard youtube player preferably one...- Dave1423
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- early intel macs media youtube
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Audio/Videos don't play with the sound turned on... and there is no sound at all?
Okay, this is a new one LOL No audio or videos will play while the sound is turned on, but play fine with sound Muted. EVERY file I have, AND anything online doesn't play with audio turned on. and there is no audio/sound at all anyways... Never seen this before?? Anyone got any ideas...- Gravydog316
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- audio help imac macos media movies sound ventura video wtf
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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How Does iCloud Optimized Storage Impact Media Transfers to Mac?
Instead of storing all my media solely on iCloud, I regularly move my iPhone photos and videos to the Photos app on my Mac. If I have optimized storage activated, which replaces full-resolution media with smaller versions, I wonder if the transfer retrieves the originals from iCloud or the... -
On-Board and Off-Board iCloud Photos Storage?
I use iCloud to sync my photos and videos across devices as well as serve as a short-term backup. I don’t want to use iCloud as a long-term backup, however. I like to keep my iCloud library small as I’ve found that Photos runs much more efficiently than hosting my entire vast library. So, I...- purdnost
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- backup cloud external hard drive icloud library media photos storage sync
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- Forum: Photography
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Safari not playing media
Safari isn't playing media for the splash screens of websites. It was previously done so about a week or two ago. I do have "Allow all auto-play" selected. I'm on a Macbook Pro 16", 2019 running macOS Monterey 12.5.1 Safari version is 15.6.1 -
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iPhone 11 WhatsApp Media Auto Download Issues (settings to save are turned off)
Hello, I followed various advice from WhatsApp support in regards to images and media automatically saving. I have been forced to trouble shoot this although all settings to save are turned off, as this is clogging up my photo library (every photo is saving, dozens every day). 1) I was told by... -
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iPad mini iPad Mini 6 vs iPad Pro 11 for media consumption [Youtube & Netlifx]
Hey, which is the best device for media consumption, for mostly Youtube and Netflix content? I m usually an iPad Mini user but iPad Pro has Pro Motion, bigger display, M1 chip [longer support] Maybe it helps for media consumption? Any thoughts? Thanks -
iCloud Photo Storage - Would This Work?
I want a place to store all of my wife’s and my photos and videos from the last several years. Currently, everything is on a portable hard drive, but we don’t have a way to access the content on the fly. I’m also worried about data corruption and drive failure. I’m not sure I want NAS because...- purdnost
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- cloud family icloud library media nas shared storage
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- Forum: Photography
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Solution for Shared Media Library with Spouse
I want a shared photo/video library that both my wife and I can access on our devices, as well a something that will automatically sync new content (or at least allow for upload). This rules out Apple Photos and iCloud Files. Is Dropbox a good solution these days? Open to suggestions.- purdnost
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- library media photos shared spouse
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- Forum: Photography
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iPad Pro Documents app - Images don’t open in full size, movies stutter
A lot but not all of my images don’t open in full size although they are big and should easily fill the screen. But when opened, they are small in the middle of the screen with black borders and I have to zoom in. I tried playing some movies and while some worked other ones stuttered or didn’t...- blizzforte
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- documents app ipad media windows
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- Forum: iPad
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iPad Pro Copy folder structures with media from PC
I want to use my iPad Pro for offline Media and I would like to be able to copy folders with videos, music and photos with folders and sub folders from a Windows PC. On Android that’s no problem it’s simply drag and drop but how does it work with an iPad? Example of a folder I want to copy and...- blizzforte
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- folders media windows 10
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- Forum: iPad
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iCloud: Photos Vs. Files for Long-Term Storage?
I use the Photos app to sync media across all my devices, but I don’t want to use it as for long-term storage. Every year, I move all of my media from my devices to local hard drive storage backups, but I would also like to have the convenience of accessibility. I’m interested in using the...- purdnost
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- backup cloud files icloud long-term media photos storage
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- Forum: Photography
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Suggestions for Archiving iPhone Media Yearly?
I use iCloud for syncing and short-term backups in the Photos app. I move all my photos and videos to an external hard drive for archiving yearly. In previous years, I would allow the Photos app for macOS auto sync and download all original files to a library on an external drive. I’ve been...- purdnost
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- archive external hard drive icloud media photos storage sync videos
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- Forum: Photography
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USB 3 Media stutter
I have a PCiE card providing USB 3 and have a couple of hubs with a Brio 3 Logitech webcam and an Altec Lansing speaker. This works great on Catalina and earlier, but with Big Sur beta 10 video and audio "stutter." Has anybody else seen anything similar.- haralds
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- media usb 3
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- Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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Video Downloads from iCloud show up as blank files in finder.
When I download my uploaded files from iCloud (to save space) they show up as blank files in Finder after the download has completed. If I open the through the "manage storage" option they do show up between my documents and I am able to open them... Once opened they show up in the original...- Mecboek
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- documents download finder icloud macbook pro media video
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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List of Apps that work with Spatial Audio
I thought this may help those who want to use Spatial Audio. Supported Air Video HD - Yes (turn Surround on in audio settings) Apple TV - Yes Disney+ - Yes Hulu - Yes Plex - Yes (go into settings > advanced and enable old video player) then quit and relaunch the plex app. FE File Explorer -...- honglong1976
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- media playerxtreme smb spacial audio vlc
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- Forum: AirPods
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Media Sharing only works for Music - solved
When I run iTunes and turn on home sharing, everything works as you would expect. I turn that off and turn on Media Sharing in the panel. The movie and TV list is empty. AppleTV app has the programs. Music sharing works as expected. Has anybody run into this? My Media library is on a separate...- haralds
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- media sharing
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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iPhone XS Max How Do I Save All iMessage Pics/Videos in Bulk?
My iMessage app is taking up like 40GBs on my Max, and I'd like to clean that up a bit. Unlike WhatsApp, iMessage doesn't save everything you receive into the camera roll. Is there an easy way to just export all pics and videos? If not, what's the best option?
