vendredi 26 décembre 2014

two login accounts, admin account pw unable to login


I made the mistake of making two accounts- admin account and standard account after upgrading to Yosemite beta 10.10.1. ( The reason? I read that it would be "preferable" to set this up because of the security flaw-which still has not been addressed,but is another issue ). When I login, I have to firstly login with my admin account & password. Then another screen comes up with both the admin account and the standard account, and a black rectangular shape at the left-hand side of the bottom the page which tells me to login. A white rectangle outline is on both the standard account image and pw section,I then, login my apple ID password into that white outlined rectangle. This is how I get into my computer. ( I had many many other problems from Yosemite which I have remedied slowly) BUT the problem is: I have locked myself out of the admin account somehow. The admin pw I login with, does not work anywhere else.For instance,it does not unlock anything that requires to unlock the padlock- such as System Preferences. I cannot access Disk Utility, cannot unlock or put in admin pw. I cannot turn FileVault off or the Firewall. I cannot upgrade software that requires admin pw. What can I do to regain admin access? (I cannot do this in System Preferences I am locked out!!!)Do I have to reset my default keychain ? What do I need to do ?





Is there any way to connect a record player (RCA outputs) to AirPlay speakers?


I've got a very simple situation, which is: I have a generic record player with a preamp and RCA outputs (red/white). I have a pair of speakers connected to an old Airport Express, one connected to a new Airport Express, and an Apple TV.


Can I make the record player Do A Sound in the AirPlay-connected speakers? Options I've considered are:



  • A Raspberry Pi, but the software side of it may be more trouble than it's worth

  • Connecting the record player, using an adapter, to my iMac, and then using Rogue Amoeba's LineIn to capture input, and transmit all audio, using Soundflower and Porthole, to AirPlay. This worked, but the lag between different speakers is considerable. Also, I'm using three separate apps for a task I should be able to do with a small box.


This doesn't seem like that maddeningly difficult an ask, but so far I've come up with nothing that works as an AirPlay transmitter in the same way as, say, iTunes. I can get this amp for cheap: http://ift.tt/1rnu75i but I don't understand if it can transmit as well as receive AirPlay streams. Halp?





Operation could not be Completed


While taking video from my Apple 3gs my mobile got switched off. When i take a view on the video, it is showing like operation could not be completed. Any possibilities to recover?? Kindly help me out with this problem.





aperture hell! overwrites files with same name!


my canon camera was setup with filename numbering to 0001. when the camera reached the 9999, it restarted the numbering to 0001. i didn't noticed the file names since I just import my picture with aperture.


now after some time I figured out that the old files, like first 0001.jpg version is no more available and 0001 is always the last one picture imported.


it looks like I lost a lot of pictures! is weird!


there is anyway to get back all pictures out of aperture?





Prevent from switching Wi-Fi networks


I have two wifi access points at home: "downstairs" and "upstairs". They're both WPA2.


If I'm upstairs and connected to "upstairs" and my laptop goes to sleep, when I reactivate it, it connects to "downstairs" as it is higher in the list, but the signal is too low and I have to switch it manually to "upstairs". How can I prevent that?


Remark: I don't want "upstairs" or "downstairs" to have priority: it depends on where I stand in the house. I just OSX to stick with the network I have selected, whichever it is. I don't want to re-type the lengthy password all the time neither ("forget network" is probably not the way to go).


Script or third-party program welcome...


OS X 10.10





Bluetooth Bose soundlink mini always connected


I am using a Bose soundlink mini on an 2013 Imac to improve the sound. I would like it to be always on and connected but the connection is lost at some point, when idle or standby i guess. Any ideas?





Account for upgrade is different to account in phone settings


My father-in-law had forgot his Apple ID on his iPhone. He had his friend enter his details to download some apps on to his phone. He's since reset his password and set his phone back to his own account (both the iTunes and iCloud are using his email address). The issue is, when he goes to upgrade some apps it's asking for the password for his friend's email account? How can we resolve this?