How to watch a .ts video file on an iPad

I've got a .ts video file on my harddrive, and I would like to transfer it to my iPad to watch it there. Here's some data about the file in question:

• Size: 3.5 GB


• 1 Video Stream: h264, 1920x1080


• 2 Audio Streams:
  
  
  
  • 1st: AC-3, 5.1, German
  
  
  • 2nd: AC-3, Stereo, English
  
  
  
  

I only care about the English language track, getting rid of the German 5.1 audio would be fine.

If possible, I would like to avoid re-encoding the video due to the amount of time it takes. Re-encoding the audio (e.g. to AAC) would be fine.

Two questions:

• Is there an app for the iPad that would allow me to watch the video without making any changes? Free solutions preferred.


• If not, is there a process to convert the video (or the container) to a format that is natively understood by iTunes and the iPad? I know that the AC-3 audio may be a problem. Command line solutions are fine. No online conversion services, please.

I've tried the following using ffmpeg (installed through Homebrew):

ffmpeg -i in.ts -c:v copy -c:a aac -b:a 384k -strict -2 -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:1 out.mp4

It converted the file, copying the video, and re-encoding the audio to AAC. The resulting file plays fine in QuickTime, but can't be imported into iTunes. I've read about the moov atom and its placement in the file, and the problems with ffmpeg to place it in the right location. Is this what I'm seeing here?

Clash of clans load village help

Okay so me and my brother use the same Apple ID and he tried clash of clans didn't like it and deleted it, I then downloaded it and every time I play it asks if I would like to load his village, I always press cancel and mine is higher then his now, and I am afraid I'll accidently press load and lose all of my progress, how do I get it to stop asking me to load his?

Error 23 trying to restore original iPad from iTunes

Pulled my original iPad out of my bag after returning from vacation and it had an alert on screen saying it required activation. It connected to my home wi-fi fine but failed when trying to activate. After a bunch of retries it went in to recovery mode.

I installed latest iTunes (I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro) and started the restore process. However at the stage where it states it's verifying the restore with Apple (or something to that effect) it fails with the following message:

The iPad "iPad" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (23).

I'm stuck. Tried everything I can think of. Any ideas?

Why does copy-file change date/time when copying between volumes

I am using: GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21) of 2014-10-20 on builder10-9.porkrind.org, on a MacBook Air 13 running OS X Yosemite (10.10.1). If I use the command "dired-do-copy" to copy a file from one place on my hard drive to another, the date/time of the copy is the same as the original. If I copy the same file to a Volume that is a memory stick,the date/time of the copy is not the same as the original. Function "dired-do-copy" relies on "copy-file" (a primitive function written in C). I can try the same copy directly using "copy-file" and verify the same behavior. Why does the date/time for the copy of the original file change when I do the copy between different volumes, yet not change when the copy stays on the same volume?

How to attach files to emails on iPhone running iOS 8?

Here is my dilemma/situation:

Step1.

I download a PDF (or any other type) file from somewhere (i.e Safari, Email, Google Drive, etc.) into an application that can open it (i.e. Documents by Readdle)

Step 2.

I make some adjustments/edit the file using the app (i.e Documents by Readdle).

Step 3.

I go to the Email app and open an email that I want to reply to. I type up my message.

THE PROBLEM. (Ideally Step 4)

Now I want to attach that file I just edited in the app (i.e. Documents by Readdle) into this email reply that I am typing up.

How do I do this??

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Can't connect to print server

I've recently set up a print server with a Raspberry Pi and a Canon Pixma iP4850 printer using CUPS and have been able to print to it no problems with every Windows Computer in my house.

However, I haven't been able to connect to it with my Early 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.10.1. (If I connect directly using USB, it can print fine.) The MacBook can ping the server and even open up it's CUPS web interface.

For my first attempt, the server was connected to the wireless network with the IP 192.168.1.139. I tried a windows laptop and it printed fine and in fact, the printer turned up as a bonjour wireless printer on my mac when I searched for network, I could connect, but couldn't print anything. I disconnected, and tried just entering it manually, but it wouldn't connect.

I had to move the printer, and it was too far away from the router to reliably connect wirelessly, so I then connected it to the modem. The new IP address is now 192.168.0.17 and again, I've been able to connect to it with windows computers, but again, unable to connect with my mac (it didn't appear on bonjour either).

This is a similar problem I had a while ago with another print server we had (this time an out of the box Netgear ReadyNAS), I was unable to connect or print through that either, so I'm pretty sure it's not an issue with the server.

If anyone has any ideas what might be the problem, it would be really appreciated. Thank you.

Yosemite Frequent spinning pizza ball

Often when changing within an application what I'm doing( going from making entries in quick book) to say, looking in the cart of accounts for a different account I get the spining ball for maybe a minute and then I' able to proceed. Same may happen if I swich to the finder from an app. To launch another program. THe ball spins and after a minute I can work again until I try something like saving a file. I hang for another minute. Swich to an open word document and clicking on something to edit and I hang for another minute. I have a fast i7, 8 Gb dram, so I doubt it's resources. Activity monitor may often show the app. As non- responding until my minute is up, then thins are all backgrounds to normal. I,be only had this problem in Yosemite. This suggest anything based on our experience.

How can I route all traffic on my iPad through a proxy?

I have an iPad running iOS 8.1.2. I have added a manual proxy to the Wi-Fi connection but it seems that only the HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) traffic is going through the proxy. Is it possible to pass all traffic through the proxy?

Iphone 4s 3G connection problem

i am using iphone 4s with idea network, i recharged for 3G pack and even though i switch on 3G button am not able to get 3G network, i talk with customer care person for many times each time they suggested different ways but it didn't worked out.

Regarding rewards paid in itunes credit

Are there any hard math problems or math contests that have as rewards a certain amount of itunes credit that can be transferred to one's mac and used ?( with no time limit on the use , or no hidden fees or obligations)

Full maximise (behind the dock)

None of the maximise commands provide proper maximisation to fill the whole screen. When you have Dock not autohidden, then they only go up to the boundary of the dock. When you have Dock hidden they go near the edge of the screen but a few pixels short meaning you can see other apps and the desktop behind them.

First I thought it was because I was using third party apps to maximise. I tested in Sizeup, Moom and BetterTouchTools. But it turns out the native maximisation is broken to begin with. Nothing will let a window automatically maximise to the full screen size, there will always be some pixels left over wherever the Dock is even if you have it hidden and at the smallest size setting.

At first I thought this question was a duplicate and would provide my answer, but alas it doesn't. It is, of course, possible to move the window behind the dock protected pixels then resize it from the opposite side. But this has to be done for every window manually.

Is there any way to make it so that maximise fully maximises across the entire screen?

Bonus points: if anyone can find software that will allow keyboard shortcuts to do a different action moving a window dependant on where it currently is. e.g. in Windows 7 and above you can hit Windows+Left over and over and the window will first maximise half left, then maximise half right on the display to the left of the current display, then to the left of that display and so on. Likewise, Windows+Down will first restore a window, then minimise.

Choosing FreeBSD as Startup Disk on Intel Mac

I partitioned a USB flash drive as GUID and used it to install FreeBSD 10 for x86_64 off a DVD on a MacPro1,1. I was able to select the installation DVD as my startup disk just by going to System Preferences > Startup Disk and selecting it. But Mac OS X (I tried SL, ML, and Mavericks) can't read FreeBSD startup partition on the flash drive because it's formatted as FreeBSD_UFS. As a result, I can't select the FreeBSD partition as my startup disk.

I also tried this: sudo bless --device /dev/disk4s2 --setBoot --legacy followed by a restart (disk4s2 is the FreeBSD partition of course). It just booted back into OS X.

I tried holding the option key at startup. The FreeBSD partition was not an option. On a PPC Mac, it is an option, but of course I need the PPC version of FreeBSD to actually boot from it. On a PC with a BIOS, I can easily set the boot device to the flash drive in the BIOS settings. Unfortunately, it's not that simple on a Mac to change EFI settings.

I'd like a solution that doesn't involve permanent modification of the host machine. Maybe I can install a boot manager that can boot into FreeBSD that OS X will recognize as a startup disk on another partition on the flash drive. I don't know the best way to do that.

I can't get my clash of clans account back without ios 7

After restoring my iPod 4, I redownloaded clash of clans. I was signed in to game centre and ready to get my village back, but instead of asking me to load it, it said I need ios 7 to retrieve other villages from game centre. Is there anyway to get my base back on my iPod 4 without the ios 7 update? If so, how?

Why won't video from ffmpeg show in QuickTime, iMovie or quick preview?

I've been using ffmpeg for the occasional video conversion for quite some time, and recently discovered that H.264 (libx264) videos generated by ffmpeg aren't working in iMovie or QuickTime (nor will they play or show a preview in Finder with the quick view feature).

If I generate videos using OS X applications which internally use ffmpeg (e.g. MP4tools or Adapter) the videos work fine, but not when I try to use ffmpeg directly, e.g. to convert a video:

# ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4

or to combine some images into a video:

# ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type sequence image-%04d.png output.mp4

iMovie just imports the video as black/blank, quick preview just shows the file info, (but no video preview), and Quicktime tells me it cannot play it:

What's going on?!

Where to give suggestions for FaceTime?

Before you tag as a duplicate of this, these are separate questions. Please read the whole thing!

I have seen Apple's feedback pages here, but there appears to be no way to give feedback about FaceTime. Would this be categorized under something else?

Weird searching results in Safari 8.0.2

I kept having some bizarre search results return, and I just noticed when I type something into the Safari omnibar, it's trying to search on the register.co.uk.

My default search engine is set to Google:

However, those results seem to be down below.

My first round of results are being sent to The Register.

I've been all through my settings and my preferences, I can't see anything which says to also search on The Register.

Is anyone else running into this issue?

In Screen Sharing, how do I stop the local Mac from grabbing Mission Control keyboard shortcuts meant for the remote Mac?

I have two Macs, each with ^-1 through ^-4 configured to switch between Mission Control desktops in Keyboard/Shortcuts. When I use Screen Sharing, these shortcuts always go to the local Mac, never to the remote Mac, regardless of whether the remote Mac otherwise has focus.

If I go into Keyboard/Shortcuts and disable these on the local Mac, I can then use them on the remote Mac. However, it's a hassle to toggle these every time I start/stop using Screen Sharing. Is there a way to get the local Mac to stop grabbing the shortcuts?

Does turning off wifi improve battery life?

I have an iPhone 5 with an unlimited data plan. I usually have it at home where I only have a mediocre cell signal. I don't want to put it in airplane mode just in case I get a call or text so would turning off wifi help save battery life even when I could be on wifi? I mainly use it just for communication if that helps. Thanks

Microphone not working after water spilled on iPad

I accidentally spilled water on my iPad. I cleaned it up right away and it's perfectly fine. I can hear stuff and it turns on but when I call people, they can't hear me.

Audi Mouse not responding

The mouse roller ball works just fine, the thing is I can't click and the mouse only moves if you throw it hard to any side, the cursor will follow the direction but only to a corner of the screen.

I am using a MacBook Pro 2010 running Yosemite. I tried plugging in the mouse on a windows and it works just fine.

Anything helps!

this is the mouse http://ift.tt/1ANashe

Can i create a bootable clone for my mac using diskwarrior?

My mac book pro (mid 2010, running 10.10.1) is currently operating normally. I would like to clean it up and create a bootable clone to an external hard drive. Diskwarrior seems like a good cleaning/maintenance software from what I have read, I can't find a simple, clear answer if it can be used to make a bootable clone of all my software, files and operating system. Thank you for educating the newbie.

Iphone can't receive mail from Exchange - reads No Mail although account active

IPhone 5 - successfully connected to the Exchange server during the setup of my Exchange email account on device. All Mail settings match other users who successfully connect and get mail, except of course the specific user info for me. Password is correct.

Someone else setup their email successfully on this device and received email. However I cannot receive email on the device - it reads 'No Mail' in the mailbox. Account active, mailbox accessible from other Windows based devices and there is mail in the mailbox. Sent a new mail to the address and nothing arrived on IPhone.

Something is blocking the delivery of mail for my user to Apple devices. Same problem on my IPAD.

Any ideas on where the blocking may occur?

How to show a Keynote presentation on other platforms?

I will make a presentation about my project in my college, and I will use Keynote to make the presentation file because I found it better than Powerpoint.

I have a Macbook Pro and I can't connect it to the projector directly.

Is there any way to use the Keynote file on Windows with all the features?

Mount "Windows" part of hybrid ISO in OS X (10.9.5)

I have an old hybrid ISO, WAR2BNE (Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition) in fact, that I am trying and failing to mount. The problem with the auto-mounting is that it uses the Mac portion and I need access to the Windows files.

A few web searches came up with various solutions, usually years old, that no longer work when attempted:

• http://ift.tt/1Iwlkk2


• http://ift.tt/1yGJPv1


• http://ift.tt/1Iwlkk4

I'm not afraid of the Terminal, I'm just not sure where to start researching to solve this.

Disk Capacity 500 gb falls to 250 gb after deleting files [on hold]

I have a 13" MacBook Pro Retina - bought 9 months ago but I guess it's a 2013 model - 500gb hard drive.

As I constantly get "your start up disk is almost full or full", and deleting files all the time, I delved a bit deeper to find doubled up files etc.

I access my iPhoto Library - that was 187 gb. & went into Preview etc., where there were hundreds of files. I removed as many as I could, then removed the remaining folders & files in iPhoto.

When I emptied trash, it said approx. 215,000 files would be deleted. Seemed excessive but I did it anyway.

So, having done that, my Hard Drive capacity is now showing a 250 gb capacity - with only 5.1 gb free. It seems I've lost 250 gb - is there a fix??

Below is the output from diskutil:

Cathryns-MacBook-Pro:~ cathrynggibson$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk1
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NO NAME                 8.0 GB     disk1s1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 CANON_DC                7.9 GB     disk2s1

@ klanomath terminal.app diskutil list from lost data question yesterday

Thanks in advance = Yesterday I was advised to start this post again - @klanomath suggested I copy & paste the diskutil list so here it is:

Cathryns-MacBook-Pro:~ cathrynggibson$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 250.1 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk1 1: DOS_FAT_32 NO NAME 8.0 GB disk1s1 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.9 GB disk2 1: DOS_FAT_32 CANON_DC 7.9 GB disk2s1

2011 macbook pro not responding to startup commands

My macbook doesn't respond to any commands at startup (command + s, command+r, shift, command+alt+p+r). It wants to go straight to the apple logo then to a blue or white screen. Applecare is no longer on it. What should be my next step?

How can I access the LaTeX commands from the terminal?

I just installed MacTeX onto Yosemite and it installed everything in usr/local/texlive

However if I am in Terminal and try to compile a LaTeX file with pdflatex foo.tex, it cannot find the LaTeX tools. Further whereis pdflatex returns no results.

If I specify the entire path of pdflatex (e.g., /usr/local/texlive/2014/.../bin/pdflatex) it all works well.

How can I get the LaTeX tools to work from the terminal without specifying the entire path?

How to stream music from a Mac to an iOS device?

I have an MP3 file that I'd like to stream from my Mac to an iOS. I think VLC can be used to achieve this, but I couldn't find the right settings on the VLC app and in iOS.

If I pick RTP multicast, for instance, how can I listen to this stream in iOS?

Eventually, I'd like to be able to do this from a live audio from the microphone, but I think the MP3 stage should come first.

Any thoughts?

Screen Recording - NO COMPRESSION

There's lots of screen recorders and screenshot applications, and I know Quicktime does it, but they all compress the video. I need zero-compression, since I need the pixel colors to remain correct.

Basically, I need a automated series of screenshots, if that's possible. (i.e, a script that takes a screenshot every half second or so.)

Any help would be appreciated.

Way to Geolocate Files by Date Created

Does anyone know of a way (programmatic/Terminal or GUI) to geotag files using GPX files the way that Aperture can do for photos?

(I'm basically trying to create my own "Atlas" function from Evernote, for those who are familiar with that feature.)

I'm thinking the way to do this would be to create custom latitude and longitude extended attributes that correspond to the GPX file based on "date created," but I'm not exactly sure how I would go about this without doing it by hand. (I have done a few by hand using xattr.)

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated!

Purchasing TV show seasons on iTunes and limiting downloads

So this is a noob question as I've never bought TV shows through iTunes. I want to buy all the episodes of a season in one payment, but I plan to download in 1080p so obviously it would be nice not to have to download all the episodes at once. Sure, I could buy the episodes one at a time and it would only cost me slightly more, but there are also special features that you can't get unless you buy the whole season. Can I buy the season and then download each episode as needed? (I'm buying through my desktop Mac, don't have an iPad or Apple TV.)

where does windows store icloud drive files created from an iPad?

The MacOS stores icloud drive files locally in ~/Library/Mobile Documents.

Where does windows7 store icloud drive files by default? I had not customized the location while installing it in my windows machine.

I accidentally deleted icloud files in ipad. The files were synched between my windows7 laptop and ipad with icloud. When deleted from ipad, it was removed in windows too. When I used recovery tool (Dr fone) for ipad, it only recovered photos, contacts and bookmarks, but not the word documents. When I used recovery tool (R-studio and Recuva) in windows machine with magnetic disk, I could get all other old deleted files but icloud file.

Recovery software in windows find too many other files, but not icloud drive file when scanned c:\. May be I am searching in in wrong location.

Can anyone suggest where do I need to look and how to look?

KVM Suggestion?

I need to get a large rack mountable, 16 port or larger, cascadable, VGA KVM that works with Macs. I've tried the iogear GCS1716, which claims mac support, but refuses to display video from my xserves or minis. Support says it's because of the mini displayport to VGA adapters. I've tried Apple official ones and third party. Since no modern Macs come with VGA built-in, it seems iogear's attitude is "Sure, Apple devices are supported. Unless you do the thing required to actually use them. Then, they are not supported.". Natch.

I have another KVM from another brand that escapes me at the moment that works fine, but it not cascadable, so we have out grown it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

How can I copy my music from iPod Nano (model A1446) to iPhone 5s?

I am trying to somehow extract the music from my iPod and also transfer all the playlists the way I arranged them on the iPod before. The iPod is a 7th generation iPod Nano and I am using iTunes 12 on Windows.

It appears that the only option iTunes offers me that is obvious would be to wipe my iPod and then start synchronizing data from the PC to the iPod. This appears to be due to setting it to manually manage music and videos (see below). Effectively this would remove the data from the iPod and thus not leaving anything to copy to the iPhone.

Now I do know that I could transfer the files from iPod to PC in my file manager (iPod_Control). If I then import those files with their meaningless naming scheme iTunes will likely pick up all the song metadata. However, this won't aid me in any way in transferring the playlists over to the new device.

So how could I accomplish this without first wiping the iPod, then building an iTunes library from scratch, then transferring everything to both devices again?

I cloud account swap

I bought my son a new iphone at Xmas so I now have his old one but it has his iCloud account on it if I delete on this phone can I make a new one for me and will his account still be active and ok on his new device?

HDMI to Sat5 Help

I and sending a video signal to a switch box then to four different tv's using hdmi to cat5 extenders. All was working fine till we had a power serge or something and lost one of our extenders. I got new extender that is a different brand. It will transmit a signal straight from the computer but when plugged into the switch box the tv will not receive the signal. Is there something in the settings that can be changed? Do all extenders need to be the same brand? Please HELP!

Is there a way to use TouchID for iTunes and App store only?

I previously asked this question for iOS 7. I am on iOS 8 now and in the Settings for Touch ID, there is a specific toggle for Use Touch ID for iTunes & App Store.

I turn it on - it tells me that I need to create a passcode (in case Touch ID isn't available). After that, it makes me enter the passcode to unlock the phone.

Is there a way to use Touch ID exclusively for the iTunes and App Store??? The setting makes it seem like it is possible.

Unable to shrink a partition in osx 10.10

Hi, I installed windows using bootcamp, but i made the mistake to make the bootcamp only 20gb, so i want to expand it. I found a way to do so, but firstly i need to shrink my other partition - Macintosh HD, why am I unable to do so? Thanks

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Is ios ibeacon developed yet?Is ios ibeacon developed yet?

Learning ibeacon maybe a method to do so http://goo.gl/IuEz4q

Yosemite is a junk

Since I've installed Yosemite on my MacBook Air I constantly face problems. Now my NTFS formatted exterior hard disk is "read only" and cannot be changed, however I used it without any problem. Earlier the progress window during copying disappeared and I needed a lot of work and time to get back. Yosemite is a junk. Apple should have informed the customers NOT TO use it.

use old ram on new macbook

My current macbook pro, a early-2013 13inch i5, is getting very slow and I there want to buy a new one. However I want to wait until the next generation comes out. In the meantime I will change the RAM from 4 GB to 16GB.

My questions is if the RAM for the early 2013 macbook will work in the new macbook pro?

Thanks

I've tried my icloud pasword too many times and it disabled

Email has been sent.

When you receive your sign in information, follow the directions in the email to reset your password.

Return to My Apple ID

Macbook Pro Ram and/or Processor broken?

I am experiencing several problems with my MacBook Pro early 2011.

It all started about two months ago with my wifi card. It lost connection to the network every few hours. The symbol in the status bar of MacOS X kept showing that I am connected, but there was no network connection. When I tried to disable and enable again I could not enable it anymore until I rebooted. This behaviour occurred in the beginning approximately every two or three hours and in the end it happened minutes after rebooting. Now MacOS shows most of the time, but not always, a wifi symbol with a white x in the middle.

About three weeks ago, it started that I could not send my MacBook to sleep anymore. In the beginning I investigated the problem only a little bit, tried to create a new user account and see if this user could send it to sleep, but that did not work. Three days ago, I read more about this problem and Apple says you should try booting safe mode and see if it can go to sleep in this mode. I tried it, it did not work and when I tried to boot back to normal mode I got a “prohibited sign” after I saw the Apple Logo while booting.

I tried to reinstall Mac OS X on the partition on which it was already installed to keep my personal files, but the installation got stuck and failed. I made a backup of my files and did a fresh installation which also failed when I did it using the recovery partition. I tried it again from a USB drive installer and it worked.

After that I used the Apple Hardware Test and the quick test found a memory error: 4MEM/9/40000000: 0x83b52598 I upgraded the RAM on my own years ago with two 4GB chips. After the test I replaced one of the chips with one of the built-in 2GB chips and neither the quick nor the extended test failed. After one day of working with my MacBook I did again three more extended tests, out of curiosity. The first one of these failed with an 4MEM/62/40000000 0x838da618 the other two, I did them several hours later, succeeded without errors.

During the backup process (before replacing the ram) I booted Ubuntu from a USB drive and two out of five or six boots stopped with a couple of errors, I will attach a screenshot of these errors. Are these errors also RAM related or might it also be a broken processor?

What can break a memory chip? Is it normal that this happens from time to time?

Thanks for your help.

With anti-theft software installed on a Macbook, is having a login password a good thing?

My friend has just been burgled and lost his Macbook. He didn't have any anti-theft installed - but this made me think that I really should get some.

I've found various options, including Prey.

Here's the thing, though. I have a system password on my Mac that I require every time it resumes from sleep.

If it gets stolen, the thief will get it home, and open it up. But they'll be stuck at the login screen. I'll have told Prey that it's missing, but unless the thief can connect to Wifi the Mac will never be able to connect to Prey to send me its location and/or pics of the perpetrator.

Does that mean that, for Macs (or generally, for laptops without 3G connections) anti-theft software may actually work better without requiring a system password when opening the computer?

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/skype/SkypeException

I create a class SkypeTest when I have a function that return the version of my Skype. I user the Skype-java-api, and Mybuildpath is correctly configured.

When I create a web service, I got that errors.

IWAB0398E Error in generating WSDL from Java:  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/skype/SkypeException
    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/skype/SkypeException
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethod(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis.description.JavaServiceDesc.loadServiceDescByIntrospection(JavaServiceDesc.java:874)
    at org.apache.axis.description.JavaServiceDesc.loadServiceDescByIntrospection