Make plex become my perfect media center by stopping metadata silliness, browse my directories?

I am in the process of making a media center with a Mac Mini. I guess I'm going to use Plex because it seems powerful and have a lot of followers/support. But I am sort of horrified at its forced use of the silly metadata retrievers (I have no desire for the fabulous movie posters displayed, and plex gets then wrong more than half of the time) and also very saddened that plex doesn't seem to have a configuration to simply allow me to surf in and out of subdirectories as I have set them up. I believe it wants to show me nice flat listings, whereas I guess I am old school and would like it to be able to show a subdirectory if one is present, and allow me to hop in and serve that new level, and so on.

Can you give me any advice for bending Plex to be close to my preferred way? For example,

1. 
   

   Totally disable the retrieval of meta-data for movies, and simply show the file name of the file for me to base my selection on...

   
   


2. 
   

   Allow me to move in and out of subdirectories, or something not too distant from that, rather than globbing all my movies in one mammoth linear list.

   
   

Giant thanks for any thoughts. Your advice could also be perhaps to switch to a different application altogether, such as XBMC or something... Hopefully I wouldn't take a major hit on functionality.

Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console?

Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console? If yes, how?

I'm using an iMac 21,5", with yosemite os.

"recovery system can't be created" Now the only option I have on start up is the "installer" which gives me this error

I was trying to reinstall OS X but during the installation I received an error asking me to restart and try again. It said that the recovery system can't be created. So when I try to get into the recovery partition, it is missing. The only option is the "installer" how do I get back recovery so I can install OS X?

Snow Day Alarm?

I use my iPhone to wake me up for school in the morning. The one flaw in that workflow is that, as any student knows, snow day season is very much upon us. I also have an iPad (school-given and limited accordingly) and an MBP. iOS 8.1.2 (non-jailbroken) and OS X 10.1.1.

Is there a way, using the devices at my disposal, to subscribe to a notification service (such as one of the news stations that sends text or email notifications about school delays/closings) and automatically have my alarms altered accordingly? i.e. If my school calls a 2-hour delay, I want my 6:15 alarm turned off and an 8:15 one turned on, and if they call a full-blown cancellation, I want all alarms off. Can it be done?

Ideally, the device emitting the alarm would still be the iPhone that sits on my nightstand at night, but I guess I'd be willing to have the alarm on my computer if it's the only way.

Unable to Install apps onto my iPad (Stuck on "waiting...")

For the past several days, I have been unable to install ANY apps onto my iPad. When I click "GET" and then "INSTALL", it just says "Waiting..." below the app icon.

This is what it looks like (not from my iPad, from Google):

I've tried the following to attempt to resolve the issue:

(I had no other apps updating/installing)

• Restarted the device


• Turned on and off the device


• Updated the iOS 8 software to latest version


• Went to Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings


• Restarted AppStore


• Synced my device with iTunes


• Deleted app and tried to reinstall


• Logged out of Appstore


• Logged back in to Appstore


• Turned off/on wifi

In addition to not being able to download apps, I can't download books from iBooks either. I don't know if this is a software issue, or if it's a network issue.

“Network accounts are unavailable” when logging into OS X Lion Server

Trying to set up a server I appear to have disabled User logins and now when I start my MacBook I only get the: Name pane (followed by Red Dot) the error message “Network accounts are unavailable” and a password pane. All external access has been shut off to this server.

I have run disk utility and fixed permissions and I have re-installed Lion (not a clean install).

The only access I have is via afp to my home (administrator) folder. I see no applications in my folder but can access the Library.

Is there some way I can re-establish the normal Log IN screen?

Can I upgrade my VMware 6.0.3 without losing my data? I already upgraded to Yosemite

I have VMWare Fusion 6.0.3 and I upgraded to Yosemite. Oops. I can't open VM because its not a compatible version. Can I still upgrade the VM without losing my data?? I really need to NOT lose my data. Note: I did not backup my computer before this...

iPad Pages — restore document from trash?

Is there a convenient way to retrieve a Pages document that has been trashed on an iPad?

iphone was linked to an unknown uid

Once I synced my iphone to itunes imessaged stopped working. So I went tnrough the process of resetting the phone. It is at this point I found out that the apple ID associated with the phone was an unknown one. I took the phone to the apple store ( I still had the receipt, it saved my ass) and they told me that it was changed a week prior. They where able to reset it. They told me that to change that you need physical access, know the the passsword for the phone and my appe id yo change it to theirs.

I find it hard to believe since if they knoew he passwords and had physical access theh would of just stolen the phone.

Is it possible to revert to non-beta Yosemite?

I signed up for Yosemite betas at http://ift.tt/1iHNdMG but am having issues.

Is there any way to go back the "standard" version of Yosemite?

How to restore pre-update OS from Time Machine?

I've never actually restored with Time Machine, not sure how it works.

My machine is messed up since updating to a Yosemite Beta and installing nvidia drivers.

How do I go back a few days?

I ONLY want to restore the system/drivers, NOT my User folder, etc. Can I just restore /System, /Library, and /Applications ?

Unknown MacBook Air error

Mavericks, MacAir11

My built-in keyboard suddenly does not work anymore. Even when I did not turn on caps lock it stills capitalize all letters for me. I relogged but does not work. This makes me unable to enter the password of my Mac correctly and leads to the second problem. I don't know if it's because the keys are malfunctioning or I get infected by a virus.

As I cannot log in into my Mac, I have to log in using the Guest User account. But this happens:

And it made an infinite loop.

See a video here.

I did not make any modifications to the OS itself.

Any suggestions why this is happening, and how can I fix this problem?

How do I re-install Mavericks on rMBP without wiping drive?

I recently updated my 2014 Retina MacBook Pro to Yosemite, and there are major video issues.

I want to do a clean install of Mavericks, but I don't want to erase the drive, as there's nearly 1TB of media & documents on it.

Is this possible? Do I need to make a boot USB stick or something?

Or boot off an external? (I have a CCC pre-Yosemite backup on an external)

IP address assignment issue

The problem is that I have a Macbook that keeps telling me another computer is using it's IP address. I normally don't have a problem with this as I'd either restart the computer, or router and it would obtain a new IP address.

However, every single IP address the computer is assigned is apparently taken by another computer. I can manually enter an IP and it is then immediately giving a warning about being taken by another computer. I have even left it on automatic DHCP, told the router to assign the computer an IP when DHCP is renewed. And when the computer renews, it says it's being used by another computer.

On the router there is Two other computers (labeled by names) and two android phones (also labeled by names). So I can tell which device is the only Mac on the network. None of the other devices's IPs match the Mac's. And the router states that the Mac's IP has been given the exact IP the Mac says is taken.

I'm not sure what is going on here. But I cannot figure out what the problem is.

So far I have restarted the router and Mac three times and tried to assign over 16 different unique IPs. The router still states the computer is connected and assigned a unique IP while the Mac says it's been assigned an IP that is used by another computer.

If there is anyone that can help with this issue, it would be very appreciative.

Disabling Find My Mac

My iCloud account was recently messed with by a bitter ex. I have figured out which iCloud account they used to put my Mac in lost mode, but when I sign on to Find My Mac the Unlock button is greyed out. What can I do to unlock my computer?

How to delete an individual text from a conversation

I have been having ongoing issues with deleting individual texts from a conversation ever since I installed IOS8. First, I couldn't get the trash can icon when I pressed MORE. I read that restarting it would make the trash can icon appear, although it would only work a few times before I would have to turn the phone off and restart it to get the trash can icon to appear. Now, although the trash can icon appears, my only option is to DELETE ALL. I would like to fix this once and for all!

How do I do a COUNTIF on another table column in Numbers?

I am on 2014 Macbook Pro running Mavericks.

I have two tables.

In table 1, I have a cell that should store the number of cells in column A of table 2.

In the same table 1, I have a different cell that stores the number of cells in column E of table 2 that matches the text "MATCHED".

How do I write the formula for each case?

Removing a contact from a folder in Yosemite Contacts software

I created a folder in the Yosemite Contacts program and added some people to it. I'd like to remove a contact from the folder but keep the contact in my overall contacts database.

How do I do this? The delete button deletes it completely.

How do I put my macbook back into case-insensitive?

Recently wiped my macbook due to a virus, and apparently I wasn't reading things clearly because I managed to end up in 'case-sensitive' mode [mode?] which evidently means I cannot install League of Legends.

Please, someone, tell me how to fix this... Hoping I won't have to repeat the wipeout and start again... it was a tad inconvenient. [took three and a half hours to reinstall Mavericks last time]

Enable Do Not Disturb in Notification Center when certain app is open

Is there a way to get Do Not Disturb to automatically turn on when a certain app is running?

In the DND preference panel, you can tell it to engage whenever you're mirroring to a TV or projector, presumably for a presentation. When I give presentations it's using GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc., so I am trying to reproduce that behavior.

SSD formating trouble and mysterious disks

thanks for helping! Two days ago suddenly Apple services started to fail on my Mavericks machine. I couldn't shutdown (logind - or something like that - crashed but could not be force-quit). I shutdown twice from terminal. Then I wanted to repair whatever is happening from recorvery mode. I don't remember the message but the next thing I know it won't boot anymore.

Now when I use the (internet recovery/DVD) disk utility I usually can't format the SSD (Samsung Evo 840). In these cases sometimes the drive disappears from the Disk Utility (also from Terminal, there's just no /dev/disk0 anymore). Restarting helps, though. Sometimes I can format but then my TimeMachine hangs at deleting the disk when restoring. I also took the SSD out and did a long (not the short one) exFAT format on a windows machine. Afterwards I could format it back in the mac to HFS+, but no luck again with the TimeMachine. I tried dd if=/dev/zero ... but still the same.

Here's what diskutil gives me right after deleting and creating a new partion with HFS+ and GUID (disk0 is the SSD, I have no idea what disk3-12 are but they are multiplying slowly but not consistently during my repair troubles):

-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD                     119.7 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Intern                  319.7 GB   disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.4 GB     disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1
   2:         Apple_Driver_ATAPI                         2.0 KB     disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Mac OS X Base System    1.4 GB     disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk3
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk4
/dev/disk5
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk5
/dev/disk6
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk6
/dev/disk7
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk7
/dev/disk8
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk8
/dev/disk9
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *2.1 MB     disk9
/dev/disk10
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk10
/dev/disk11
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk11
/dev/disk12
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk12
/dev/disk13
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk13
-bash-3.2# diskutil info disk0
   Device Identifier:        disk0
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0
   Part of Whole:            disk0
   Device / Media Name:      Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB Media

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)

   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)

   File System:              None

   Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 SATA
   SMART Status:             Verified

   Total Size:               120.0 GB (120034123776 Bytes) (exactly 234441648 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Ejectable:                No

   Whole:                    Yes
   Internal:                 Yes
   Solid State:              Yes
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported

-bash-3.2# diskutil info disk0s2
   Device Identifier:        disk0s2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0s2
   Part of Whole:            disk0
   Device / Media Name:      SSD

   Volume Name:              SSD
   Escaped with Unicode:     SSD

   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /Volumes/SSD
   Escaped with Unicode:     /Volumes/SSD

   File System Personality:  Journaled HFS+
   Type (Bundle):            hfs
   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
   Journal:                  Journal size 16384 KB at offset 0x37e000
   Owners:                   Enabled

   Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
   OS Can Be Installed:      Yes
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 SATA
   SMART Status:             Verified
   Volume UUID:              4F94E657-2B64-39BE-9762-0B6DCA8189B3

   Total Size:               119.7 GB (119690149888 Bytes) (exactly 233769824 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Volume Free Space:        119.5 GB (119468380160 Bytes) (exactly 233336680 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         No
   Ejectable:                No

   Whole:                    No
   Internal:                 Yes
   Solid State:              Yes

-bash-3.2# diskutil info disk12
   Device Identifier:        disk12
   Device Node:              /dev/disk12
   Part of Whole:            disk12
   Device / Media Name:      Apple disk image Media

   Volume Name:              untitled
   Escaped with Unicode:     untitled

   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
   Escaped with Unicode:     /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration

   File System Personality:  HFS+
   Type (Bundle):            hfs
   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended
   Owners:                   Enabled

   Content (IOContent):      None
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 Disk Image
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              9B741394-5571-3C19-9256-98FEDB96157F

   System Image:             Yes

   Total Size:               524.3 KB (524288 Bytes) (exactly 1024 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Volume Free Space:        360.4 KB (360448 Bytes) (exactly 704 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         No
   Ejectable:                Yes

   Whole:                    Yes
   Internal:                 No
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported

Can anyone help me figure out how to properly format the disk (and what to do with the disk4-13?) Many thanks!

Mac Pro late 2013 and HiDPI

I know for sure that MP late 2013 supports 4k screens flawlessly, but is HiDPI supported?

Thanks a lot.

Not-so-computer-savy girl

I recently wiped everything from my macbook and started again because I had some kind of virus that was screwing up everything. [literally the best explanation I can give]. After doing so, I downloaded league of legends, the best game there is. Apparently I set up my computer to be 'case sensitive' which I was under the impression only applied to passwords. [lol?] and now am told by a convenient popup that I cannot install league with a case sensitive system. darn.

...Anyway if someone could tell me how to undo this mistake I would greatly appreciate it... and if this explanation could be in plain English as opposed to what I can only call 'tech-talk' that would be appreciated even more. Thanks! =]

Can I use a SIM with iPhone 5 (nano-SIM to SIM adapter w/o cutting)

I'd like to use an existing SIM card in an iPhone 5, which requires nano-SIM. I'm currently using it in an iPhone 4 micro-SIM slot with this adapter: http://ift.tt/1ED0HT2

But I cannot find a nano-to-regular adapter, and I'm not willing to cut the SIM, nor do I want to get a new one.

Does anyone know of a nano-SIM adapter cable similar to this (which is for micro-SIM)? http://ift.tt/1ED0HT2

How to start PPTP VPN connection from crontab?

I want to automatically start PPTP VPN connection daily at a certain time. And it should do nothing if the connection is already on. Any idea how this can be done with cron in Mac OS X 10.9+?

Screen Burn (Yosemite)

When moving some dock icons around, I noticed screen burn, basically my old dock icons were burnt into the screen, is there a way of fixing this issue? I'm running on a MacBook Pro and Yosemite. Is the burning the type of thing that's going to disappear after a while?

Can iPad be hacked if password's security is questionable?

Is it possible for a "family member" that knows my passwords and has had access to my iPad to control my iPad from a different location? ....Camera or even turn off my iPad completely? Recently my iPad screen had been completely locked out without my knowledge. The timing of this event was after an argument with this family member. I had to take it back to store to activate it. Can the iPad be controled from a different location?

Connections From Apps That Are Not Running On Yosemite

I have Little Snitch installed on my mac. It detects spurious connections to and from the internet and allows you to decide whether to allow the connection or not.

Since installing Yosemite I have started getting connections that are detected by Little Snitch from Apps that are installed but never run.

The apps are the likes of Pixelmator, Skim, and PyScrabble, for example. But I rarely have used these apps. See the screenshots below. The prompts appear when the apps are not running.

Why does Yosemite allow traffic from apps that are not running (or have never been run - in the case of PyScrabble?

No Facebook notifications in Notification Center – How can I fix it?

When I upgraded to Yosemite, I happily use Notification Center to receive alerts upon getting a message or so. I then turned them off at some point and recently changed my password (not sure if that matters). Since then, despite the notification type being set to "Alerts" and having updated the password in Internet Accounts, I do not receive Notifications. I can use the notification center to post to Facebook, which makes it weirder.

The problem does not appear to be exclusive to me (see these discussions). I tried removing and readding the account, turning off Little Snitch, resetting SMC (can't imagine why that would help, but it fixed it for some people), but no. Does anyone have any suggestions what to do?

Will SCPlugin work on Mac OS Yosemite (10.10)?

I'm looking for a svn client for Mac Yosemite (10.10) which is similar to TortoiseSVN on Windows and RabbitSVN on Ubuntu.

I came across SCPlugin, when I could see that its latest version is dated as Feb-2010.

Would like to know if it works fine on Yosemite? (Or) Are there any other substitute svn clients for the same?

Thanks in advance.

is there a TODO list app for mac you can change Font Size?

You can't do it, in wanderlist, reminders, any.do, etc etc

You really need to ruin your eyes to read you notes

thanks

"open file -a AppleScriptApp" question

I exported my script as application. And I want to use it as follows:

$ open ~/some_file -a my_applescript_application

Inside of script I handle args:

on run argv
    if (count of argv) > 0 then
        -- do something with item 1 of argv
        -- I expect it to be the path of file I am trying to open
        return "defined"
    else
        return "failed"
    end if
end run

Is it even possible?

Always show markup toolbar in Preview

As the title says: is there a way to permanently show the markup toolbar in Preview?

(working on OSX 10.10.1 Yosemite)

Show/Hide hidden files without restarting finder?

I came to understand that the following is the way to toggle the visibility of hidden files:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
# replace YES with NO to hide hidden files
killall -HUP Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app

Is there a way to show/hide hidden files without killing the Finder?

Xcode C++ project adds C style header file to new files

I just started using XCode to do basic C++ programming. I have noticed something strange.

When Im working on a C++ project, and want to add a new C++ source file, the automatic generated file is formated as a C file, even though its extention is .cpp.

Im using Xcode 6.1.1. I was a member of the Mac OSX public beta program, but I think I use the released version of Xcode.

Can anybody reproduce this bug, or is it just my system that got this bug? If so, how could I fix it?

This is what a typical automatic created header file look like:

//
//  testfunk.h
//  Test
//
//  Created by Jørgen Rørvik on 16.01.15.
//  Copyright (c) 2015 Jørgen Rørvik. All rights reserved.
//

#ifndef __Test__testfunk__
#define __Test__testfunk__

#include <stdio.h>

#endif /* defined(__Test__testfunk__) */

Can I run iPhone apps on iPad Mini 3 using iPhone 6 compatibility?

I have to get a device to test my apps on 64bit processors, and I am interested in iPad Mini 3. However, I would like to know, if I can run apps using iPhone compatibility to see how they would work on iPhone 6 [ and iPhone 6 plus if that's possible].

Is there any way I could do it? I can't find any info about this matter, and both iPad Mini 3 and iPhone 6 share the same ppi, so the experience should be simular [accept for the fact you hold the device differently].

I cannot do the same using simulator.

Export iCloud items from Keychain to CSV

I want to export all my accounts login/password from Keychain. But you have many categories like : login, iCloud, System... in the Keychain menu. In fact I want to export them to 1Password, so I follow this overflow answer.

But in ~/Library/Keychains/ I have only the login.keychain and not the hopefully iCloud.keychain...

I have 422 accounts in the iCloud category and only 5 on the login category...

So my question is, how can I save/export this iCloud category

into a keychain or .csv file ?

EDIT :

I have already a login.keychain file. But I don't know how I can make an iCloud.keychain file.

Possible to set window to full size in Yosemite when pressing green button?

In Yosemite when I press a window's green 'fullsize' button, it will be full size, but somehow differently from earlier way, I can not use change between windows shortcut, because window will claim the whole screen. Any idea how to use it earlier?

Yosemite causing problems with Keychain

I recently updated to Yosemite. Now when I log out and then log back into my computer, I have to enter my credentials for all my applications. At the same time, dozens of windows pop up from applications that are not even open, asking for me to enter the keychain password.

Scanning all nearer available wifi networks with out using any private api

Is there is any way scan all nearer available wifi networks pragrammatically with out using any private api ? If its possible apple will accept that ?

Yosemite : change sound output between speaker and headphone

I want to switch between headphones (jack) and internal speakers without having to insert/remove the jack?

Is it possible ? And how ?

Iphone 5 - Internet problems. Whatsapp and skype connect but mail and safari don't

Situation: Iphone5 connects to the internet through a cyberoam captive portal and a wireless network.

When I type in my credentials to the portal, it tells me that I am connected and skype and whatsapp connect happily to the net. But mail, safari, podcasts can't connect. Safari returns the message: "Safari cannot open the page because you iPhone is not connected to the Internet"... while I am receiving whatapp messages...

I am guessing ports might have something to do with it but I haven't been able to find how to control those on the iphone.

Any help appreciated. Lily

connecting keyboard + mouse + monitor to mbp

Are there alternatives to the docking station sold by henge? I am looking for something that make it easier to connect my external (non apple) monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers to my mbp.