my first macbook!! there is so many things that i don't know!!

[tongteh]

to those who have been following up this thread and waiting for some answer(don't know if there is any of you tho)

after a couple of search, i found the answers myself.

About spam message from adium, you can simply fix it by: Adium menu > Privacy Settings > *select account, or simply "All"* > Privacy level: Allow only contacts on my contact list.

and apparently there is still no solution to the slow transfer rate with adium on msn protocol.

i think i am getting fairly good with mac and i am so used to it that when i go back to PC i and finding myself pressing cmd+w!!! lol.. i will try to answer any new comers question here so we both can learn something new..

 

[kalex]

Reason why mp3 files get duplicated is pretty simple.

If a folder that you want to add to itunes contains mp3 files and m3u file and you drag it to itunes, your files will be duplicated. m3u files are winamp playlists which contain references and order in which to play them. Itunes knows how to handle them but unfortunately not to full extent. So way to avoid this is to do the following:
when adding a folder containing m3u file, Go inside the folder in itunes add to folder selection and click on m3u file. Your album will be perfectly added. Another option is to delete m3u file and then u can add the whole folder

Alex

 

[mkelly]

acutally, how can i shut the screen without it going into sleep mode?, i want to just put the MB away while hooked up to airtunes and using my remote to control the tracks?.

Not sure if this has been answered yet, but try pressing CTRL, Shift, and the Eject key at the same time - this will put the display to sleep, but leave the computer itself running.

 

[mkelly]

The Mac Whisperer...

now this is really really strange!!! i have a folder with 38mp3 files in it, but when i drag the music into itunes, it because 56music!?!!?! why is this happening?? please any explanation??

1. Take a deep breath and relax.
2. Do this again.

I used to work for an Apple retailer and did a lot of tech support for new Mac users, most of whom had switched from Windows. There were a number of common issues that every Windows switcher ran into, and for some reason, music library management was one of them.

Most Windows media players leave the management of the library up to the user, whereas by default iTunes tries to manage your library for you. It does this by creating an iTunes Library folder in Music/iTunes Library in your home directory. Anytime you open a song in iTunes, the default is to *copy* the song to the iTunes Library folder. iTunes tries to be smart about it, and will try to file the song in the correct artist/album folder.

In any case, this behaviour is likely why you're seeing duplicate songs. So you have two options:

1. If you want to manage your own music, your way, you need to turn off this feature. To do so, open iTunes, go to Preferences, go to Advanced, and DESELECT "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library".

2. If you want to let iTunes manage your music for you (which I personally like, once I got used to it), then you just need to clean up your duplicates ... so either start over fresh (select all songs in your library, delete them and re-add), or you can try using the "Show Duplicates" option under the File menu to display the duplicate songs.

Keep in mind too that iPhoto behaves in a similar manner - when you add a photo to iPhoto, it copies it into your iPhoto library. We had a problem at our store where a new Mac user (with a newborn baby) imported all his baby photos into iPhoto ... but then, being used to Windows, started messing around with his photos in the Finder, rather than through iPhoto. He ended up deleting a huge number of his photos because he was so used to *having* to manage things manually in Windows, that he couldn't help but do it in OS X.