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Comment on schedule downloads on iTunes on mac by Appledystopia

Appledystopia — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:11:43 +0000

I just wrote a how-to piece on doing this. I used Automator to create a simple script (using the record function) to focus the download window and press the “Resume All” button. Then I have instructions on setting the Mac to wake on schedule, before the script is run. That way, you can schedule it to run at 3am and it will wake up.

http://www.appledystopia.com/how-to/schedule-itunes-downloads-page-1/

I have to say, what you have is a good idea, and much simpler. The problem I ran into is authentication. Whenever iTunes opens up and downloads, it asks for the Apple ID and password. Automator cannot authenticate with iTunes, for good reasons — like most e-commerce applications, they want a human to authenticate. I think iTunes 11 requires authentication when the app starts, whereas older versions could download purchased content without authenticating.

So basically, one opens iTunes, starts the download, pauses it, leaves the download window up (and unobscured) and then sets Mac to wake at least a minute before the Calendar event fires. This seems to be what is necessary for iTunes 11, but I will give your method a go… I like it — it’s much simpler. But like I said, I’m not sure if it will work with iTunes 11. It is pretty persnickety about authentication.

Comment on schedule downloads on iTunes on mac by Shaughn

Shaughn — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:40:07 +0000

I’m really too old to be trying this stuff but your technique made it simple to understand. Thanks

Comment on macbook air lion trackpad drag problem by Marcelo Britto

Marcelo Britto — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:28:09 +0000

Great! worked just fine! thanks.

Comment on no more syncing notes via itunes in mountain lion by Jorge Bencosme

Jorge Bencosme — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:14:45 +0000

I would like to confirm if Notes can be sync via USB cable with iTunes 11 and MacOS 10.7 Lion:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668762?start=0&tstart=0

Is “Notes” manual sync checkbox option provided under “Others” in iTunes 11.0.1 with MacOS 10.7 Lion?

Comment on no more syncing notes via itunes in mountain lion by Jorge Bencosme

Jorge Bencosme — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:11:51 +0000

Yes! We should start a petition to Apple to re-enable syncing notes via USB cable and iTunes.

Comment on schedule downloads on iTunes on mac by Ali

Ali — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:09:09 +0000

Thanks, hope it works for me.

Comment on iPhoto ’11 black thumbnails problem, solved by ‘reprocess RAW’ by daiChan

daiChan — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:49:15 +0000

Hi Melanie, it is in the menu bar at the top, “iPhotos, File, Edit, Photos, Events, View, Window, Help”
So you have to select all the RAW photos in the event, then click Photos and then from the sub menu choose Reprocess RAW at the bottom.

The photos selected have to be RAW in order for this menu item to appear.

(thanks, post edited for clarity)

Comment on iPhoto ’11 black thumbnails problem, solved by ‘reprocess RAW’ by melanie

melanie — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:54:07 +0000

Hey, but how did you fixed it? I mean I’m no computer expert, lol. And I can’t find where to do the thing that you said

to reload the file, by using ‘Photo’ -> ‘Reprocess RAW’

haha, hope you can help me, I’m really worried about those pictures.

Comment on difference between eml and emlx by daiChan

daiChan — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:37:14 +0000

Hey, great! Thanks for the tip. I tested and It worked well. :)

Comment on difference between eml and emlx by MacUserDO

MacUserDO — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:04:53 +0000

It seems that the first line is the number of bytes of the real message contents, i.e. excluding the XML stuff that has been added to the end, and excluding the length of the first line itself. So in order to convert a .emlx file to a .eml file, you can do the following on the Terminal.app command line: perl -ne '$num=$_; read ARGV, $_, $num; print; exit' in.emlx >out.eml Note: Above code sample is only given for educative purposes. If you use it, you do so at your own risk.