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<title>10.9: Update OS without creating a user on a new Mac</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:00:07 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2014071314080450&quot;&gt;10.9: Update OS without creating a user on a new Mac&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=11845&quot;&gt;fritztoch&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I used this process, unmodified, to install Lion and 10.7 Server on an original Mac Pro, and it worked great. Thank y ...</description>
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<title>Getting Java client apps to run the way you want</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2014 03:51:36 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1056675&quot;&gt;philostein&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Well, I submitted a hint today (November 8th, 2014). It seemed to go through – wish me luck! ...</description>
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<title>Use AppleScript to count words and characters in text</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:26:34 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070730101510623&quot;&gt;Use AppleScript to count words and characters in text&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1000314&quot;&gt;robleach&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Just did this for any selected text (without having to copy)...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;code&gt;set debug to false--Get the highlighted textset selecTxt to getHighlight(debug)set myCount to count (selecTxt)set myWords to count words of (selecTxt)set myParas to count paragraphs of (selecTxt)display dialog &quot;Characters: &quot; &amp;amp; myCount &amp;amp; &quot;Words: &quot; &amp;amp; myWords &amp;amp; &quot;Paragraphs: &quot; &amp;amp; myParason getHighlight(debug)		--Save the current contents of the clipboard	set theSpare to the clipboard as record	--Save a text version of the contents of the clipboard if possible	set spareTest to &quot;&quot;	try		set spareTest to the clipboard as text	end try	--Declare the variable we're going to return	set selecTxt to &quot;&quot;		tell application &quot;System Events&quot;		--Initiate the copy		keystroke &quot;c&quot; using {command down}				--Wait up to 2 seconds for the copy to finish		set done to &quot;no&quot;		set waitnum to 0		set waitInterval to 0.02		set maxwaits to 100				--Repeat while the clipboard contents have not changed		repeat while done = &quot;no&quot;			--Get the contents of the clipboard			set selecTxt to the clipboard as text						--See if we're done or need to wait			if waitnum is equal to maxwaits then				set done to &quot;yes&quot;			else if spareTest is equal to selecTxt then				delay waitInterval				set waitnum to waitnum + 1			else				set done to &quot;yes&quot;			end if					end repeat				if debug is true then			display dialog &quot;Copied text: &quot; &amp;amp; (the clipboard as text)		end if	end tell		--Restore the original clipboard contents	set the clipboard to theSpare as record		--Return the highlighted text	return selecTxt	end getHighlight&lt;/code&gt; ...&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;&lt;/BR&gt;</description>
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<title>10.4: A simple way to copy the path to a file or folder</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 03:39:06 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071018002311820&quot;&gt;10.4: A simple way to copy the path to a file or folder&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1230369&quot;&gt;AlwaysLearning&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
@barrysharp is correct. Go to Finder &amp;gt;&amp;gt; View &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Show Path Bar (Alt+Cmd+P)

For example: you can click-drag any drive or folder icon shown in the Path Bar into a Terminal Window to have its full path typed automagically for y ...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:15:56 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1020402&quot;&gt;cleanhead&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Read it and weep: &lt;a href=&quot;http://robservatory.com/rip-mac-os-x-hints-nov-4-2000-nov-4-2014/&quot;&gt;RIP Mac OS X Hints, Nov 4 2000 – Nov 4 2014 ...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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<title>10.5: Find current Space number via AppleScript</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 07:18:17 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20080227075244778&quot;&gt;10.5: Find current Space number via AppleScript&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=56907&quot;&gt;glusk&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
You could use a stay-open applescript that checks the current space periodically and logs  ...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:44:29 -0800</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20080227075244778&quot;&gt;10.5: Find current Space number via AppleScript&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1000314&quot;&gt;robleach&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Have you figured this out? I'd like to know if there's a way to get the current space, which would be nice for time tracking, since each space for me is a different proje ...</description>
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<title>Time to close the site</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=59211&quot;&gt;rbenezra&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Been a fan for years but taking this one off my bookmark list for now. No one seems to care anymore, it's been 1.5 months since the last published hint and many similar breaks for awhile now. Rob G where are you when we need you? Hopefully doing what you do best. Adios MOs ...</description>
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<title>Change the default subnet for Internet Sharing</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:05:18 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090510120814850&quot;&gt;Change the default subnet for Internet Sharing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=56907&quot;&gt;glusk&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Apparently, Yosemite (10.10) now needs a bit more info to start InternetSharing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;br&gt;		SharingNetworkMask&lt;br&gt;		255.255.255.0&lt;br&gt;		SharingNetworkNumberEnd&lt;br&gt;		192.168.0.20&lt;br&gt;		SharingNetworkNumberStart&lt;br&gt;		192.168.0.0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because of cacheing, you should use defaults write:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkNumberStart 192.168.0.0&lt;br&gt;sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkNumberEnd 192.168.0.20&lt;br&gt;sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat NAT -dict-add SharingNetworkMask 255.255.255.0&lt;br&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I hope someone more familiar with writing plists can improve this, but it worked for me as written. ...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:37:40 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=58194&quot;&gt;msadesign&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
'Hope springs eternal' my mom always said:

This site has a long and pretty great history and has been populated with smart readers with smart comments, at least when someone at Macworld pays attention to it. The site and your readers deserve better than this languishing bullshit.

Could someone at Macworld please tell us if this site is dead or what? 

ms@msadesign.com [in case you want to reply privately but please don't publish email addres ...</description>
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<title>Send Growl notifications to Notification Center - Yosemite </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120829001414378&quot;&gt;Send Growl notifications to Notification Center&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1004189&quot;&gt;nwfrg&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Does anyone know if there is a way to get Growl notification to show up in Notification Center in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite ...</description>
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<title>10.6: Sleep computer via AppleScript</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:42:05 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100424161727333&quot;&gt;10.6: Sleep computer via AppleScript&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1043362&quot;&gt;dickg&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
One of the problems I found with &amp;quot;pmset sleepnow&amp;quot; is that it didn't give what drives it a chance to get out of the way.  I have a simple solution, documented at this web address: &amp;lt;https://sites.google.com/site/dickguertin/home/sleepnow&amp;gt ...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:58:12 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1000314&quot;&gt;robleach&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
How do you submit a hint when the submission form thinks it's spam?  I tried emailing it to the email address on the submission page (where you email code snippets or whatever), twice.  Maybe they didn't like my hint, but it doesn't seem like there's much else getting posted...  For anyone interested, here's the hint in blog-post form: &lt;a href=&quot;http://alwayswithyouwhatcannotbedone.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/turn-your-computer-into-an-ibeacon-and-make-it-trigger-reminders/&quot;&gt;Turn your Computer into an iBeacon and Make it Trigger Reminders ...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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<title>Save Mail's email threads as one large PDF</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:31:59 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090815120354797&quot;&gt;Save Mail's email threads as one large PDF&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=15242&quot;&gt;earthsaver&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I haven't tested this in earlier versions of OS X. In Mavericks (10.9), I can select a series of messages and printing to PDF results in a single file with separate pages for each message.&lt;!-- COMMENTSIG --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;comment-sig&quot;&gt;---
- Ben Rosenthal
MacBook Pro 2.8GHz | Mavericks
iPad 3 4G | iOS 7
iPhone 5 | iOS 7&lt;/div&gt; ...</description>
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<title>.metadata_never_index</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:03:14 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060814124808745&quot;&gt;10.4: Disable Spotlight on a FAT32 external drive&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1043362&quot;&gt;dickg&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Although this is an old thread, I'd like to point out there may be a distinction between a filename and a &amp;quot;file extension&amp;quot;.  The stand-alone file named &amp;quot;.metadata_never_index&amp;quot; is a hidden file with the filename of &amp;quot;metadata_never_index&amp;quot;.  But something like &amp;quot;banana.metadata_never_index&amp;quot; is a visible file (or directory or volume) with a &amp;quot;file extension&amp;quot; of metadata_never_index.  Spotlight looks for the invisible file with the filename of metadata_never_index.  As a file extension, it could have another adverse effects, and probably should be avoid ...</description>
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<title>Cancel a Mac Store app update while it's downloading</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:15:09 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20130413220340684&quot;&gt;Cancel a Mac Store app update while it's downloading&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1003046&quot;&gt;stottm&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
On OS X 10.9, I had to hold Control and Option (alt) keys to get the Cancel button to appe ...</description>
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<title>Getting Java client apps to run the way you want</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:33:49 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1048253&quot;&gt;fferitt25&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;crarko adds: I believe Oracle has said that eventually Java will no longer support applets at all, on any platform.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do realize your statement - that a JAVA APPLET was Sun's terminology for an Application written in JAVA right ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So saying that Oracle is eliminating JAVA-based Applications is rather illogical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to  &lt;b&gt;pglock&lt;/b&gt; - I have a related but different issue and this may help troubleshoot some of what I'm dealing with.&lt;br /&gt; ...</description>
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<title>10.6: Trim Music Files in ITunes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100406203525448&quot;&gt;10.6: Trim Music Files in QuickTime X&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1256592&quot;&gt;Noelle&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Got it!  Trimmed the song for my phone!
- Open ITunes
- right click on song and select &amp;quot;Get Info&amp;quot;
- Select &amp;quot;Options&amp;quot; tab
- Select start time and end time
- Click OK
-  right click on song and select &amp;quot;Create AAC version&amp;quot;
And it makes a copy.  You can then copy that onto your phone (that is connected to your puter).
This was done using a MAC OS v10.8.5 ...</description>
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<title>Make a Symbol barcode scanner work with Mac OS X</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:16:28 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100323152816269&quot;&gt;Make a Symbol barcode scanner work with Mac OS X&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1255813&quot;&gt;millerabc&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Thank you for sharing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onbarcode.com/scanner/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;barcode scanner&lt;/a&gt; work with Mac OS X Scanne ...</description>
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<title>Show contacts not in a particular group in Address Book</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:41:50 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070820131521779&quot;&gt;Show contacts not in a particular group in Address Book&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1154530&quot;&gt;pagaille&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
At least in Mavericks, all you have to do is create a Smart Group wit the following criteria : Card &amp;gt; Is not member of &amp;gt; Any group. That's all  ...</description>
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<title>Alkaline vs. NiMh batteries in a nutshell</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20081222201907774&quot;&gt;Mighty Mouse battery life indicator is very conservative&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1253206&quot;&gt;iKarith&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
More than you probably ever wanted to know about batteries…

Part of the reason why people see that Apple's battery charge indicator is … well, let's just say MORE than conservative … is that Zinc-Carbon, Alkaline, and NiMH batteries all function differently.  Let's first dispense with carbon-zinc because even if you could find them anymore, they totally suck for Bluetooth devices which are meant to be low-power.  They're older tech than the typical alkaline batteries sold by Energizer/EverReady (same company!) or Duracell.  If you stumble across them, they'll say &amp;quot;Heavy Duty&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;Alkaline&amp;quot; and the only reason they still make them is because alkaline cells die faster in high-current applications.  You might find them in like D cells, but but probably not AA/AAA.

Alkaline are &amp;quot;nominally&amp;quot; 1.5 volts.  Actually, fresh out of the package and not connected to anything, they may read as high as 1.65v, but they'll drop just as soon as you start using them.  And they'll keep dropping, linearly over time at a constant power usage level, until they reach 0.9v (which is where they're basically dead.  Dead alkaline batteries still having power drawn from them tend to eventually leak, and most devices won't work on less than 0.9 volts anyway, so … replace 'em at this point OK?)

NiMH batteries have a lower nominal voltage of 1.2v, as others have noted.  This is why a freshly charged set of rechargeable batteries will tend to report back like 85% capacity in your Bluetooth menu.  Yeah, they start higher than that and taper off, but they tend to spend most of their usable life between between 1.2 and 1.0 volts.  Their discharge voltage isn't linear given a constant power draw like alkaline cells, and so the voltage warning thresholds for &amp;quot;buy new batteries if you need to&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;replace them soon&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;could die any  time now&amp;quot; are lower than alkaline, even if the &amp;quot;it's dead, Jim&amp;quot; voltage of 0.9v is the same either way.  NiCd batteries work the same way, though … why are you still using NiCd?  They're like carbon-zinc batteries—yes, there are still reasons to use them, but you don't need or want them.

The problem with NiMH/NiCd is that they drain (self-discharge) whether you use them or not.  Within a month, they're flat.  Enter the Low-Self-Discharge (LSD) NiMH cell!  These are your Sanyo Eneloops, your Apple NiMH batteries (which are probably Sanyo), and some others made by TEnergy and a few other companies you maybe haven't heard of.  They will last a YEAR or more in storage.  Gen 2 Eneloops last longer than that.  But they will eventually die, and if allowed to stay dead they tend not to come back to life when you put them in a charger.  LSD NiMH cells are good.  I wouldn't use anything else anymore.

Note NiMH cells are sometimes physically bigger around than alkaline cells.  They're within tolerances, but sometimes the things you put batteries into … aren't.  I'm thinking of a couple of headlamps I've owned for example…  And for best results, don't use &amp;quot;quick&amp;quot; chargers on the batteries if you can help it.  They tend to cut the lifespan of the batteries by as much as half!  Apple's is basic but gets the job done.  Sanyo's own work well enough.  Maha and LaCrosse make the super awesome tweak knobs and charge odd numbers of batteries chargers.  I'm gonna assume you're using the Sanyo or Apple chargers with your Apple or Sanyo batteries and call it good enough.

New kid on the block: Lithium AA/AAA made by Energizer.  These aren't better for bluetooth devices than alkaline cells, and they're not rechargeable.  These are gonna replace the carbon-zinc cells eventually and are meant for power-sucking applications.  They're more expensive, though, for a disposable battery cell.  The only reason I buy them is because if you can keep them dry, they have lower self-discharge than alkaline cells do, so they're good to have in earthquake-preparedness kits and the like, which is TOTALLY off topic.

FWIW, if you came to this hint looking for a means to tell the bluetooth menu that you're using NiMH batteries and to stop harassing you about replacing batteries that are nowhere near dead yet, sorry I haven't found it yet. ...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:43:25 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20121129123027203&quot;&gt;iTunes 11: Keyboard shortcuts for switching between different types of content in iTunes library&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1036258&quot;&gt;ra5ul&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Cmd + 0 = iTunes St ...</description>
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<title>A script to sort the Downloads folder by download date</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:29:44 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20061108143122997&quot;&gt;A script to sort the Downloads folder by download date&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1017842&quot;&gt;nateb&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
And then save the script in 'script' format in the directory ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts (you may need to make this directory if it doesn't already exist).&lt;br&gt;(Per &lt;a href=&quot;http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/58145/how-to-add-folder-actions-in-mountain-lion&quot;&gt;http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/58145/how-to-add-folder-actions-in-mountain-lion ...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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<title>Hiding Software Updates</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:36:51 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140331122805285&quot;&gt;Hiding Software Updates&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1251216&quot;&gt;xvmike&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Certain apps refuse to load until you've updated or signed-in and attempted to update them. This is a problem if you don't have an Internet connection or if you need to run an old version of an app. Pages is especially irritating in this regard. The simplest way around it is to control-click the application bundle in Finder, select &amp;quot;Show Package Contents&amp;quot; and then locate and double-click the unix executable file in the bundle's Contents/MacOS sub-fold ...</description>
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<title>Siri: workaround Content Not Available error</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:42:02 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910074452898&quot;&gt;Siri: workaround Content Not Available error&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1000314&quot;&gt;robleach&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
So I read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://discussions.apple.com/message/26622802#26622802&quot;&gt;one of Apple's discussion forums&lt;/a&gt; that someone who called in about this problem to Apple got escalated and started talking to a programmer who is starting to look into this issue.  Y ...</description>
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<title>Make iWork 09 the default and avoid update nagging</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:09:27 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140712032947258&quot;&gt;Make iWork 09 the default and avoid update nagging&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=66&quot;&gt;Panjandrum&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Thanks for this tip. I was keeping compressed versions of the new versions of the iWork apps, decompressing them when I needed them, and then deleting the uncompressed versions immediately after use. Now I simply keep them in a special iCrap folder on a secondary hard drive so I can access them whenever necessary. This tip has saved me a ton of ti ...</description>
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<title>Getting Java client apps to run the way you want</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:37:04 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=12261&quot;&gt;zadig&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
There are definitely some complications about running Java on OS X. In Mavericks, there are two Java VMs that I know of:

* The plugin used by browsers to run applets is 1.8 (Java 8) here:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/

You *can* use that java from the command line, because that plugin contains a full Java VM. So you can type this from the command line:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java &amp;lt;the rest of whatever you want to run in Java&amp;gt;

* The other Java installed with Mavericks is old old old and is Java 1.6, already mentioned above. If you type &amp;quot;which java&amp;quot; in a Terminal window you get this:

/usr/bin/java

You can update *that* Java by going to Oracle's java.com (https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) and downloading/installing the latest OS X version, which is 1.7. That will let you use a more recent Java than 1.6 for programs (like Minecraft) that might care about such things.

Hope this didn't muddy things furth ...</description>
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<title>10.9: Assign an application to a Space</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:39:34 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110722124722185&quot;&gt;10.7: Assign an application to a Space&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=51484&quot;&gt;sudont&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Works with Mavericks, t ...</description>
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<title>Siri: workaround Content Not Available error</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:05:50 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910074452898&quot;&gt;Siri: workaround Content Not Available error&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1000314&quot;&gt;robleach&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I just tried implementing your process to see if I could get it to work, but was unsuccessful.  I'm a little unclear about some of the steps though, so maybe I'm not doing it right.  First, I re-added my wife's middle name in the spouse relationship in my contact card to go back to the state where Siri doesn't work.  Then I tried implementing your process and as soon as I deleted the contact without the middle name, it stopped working again.  So, are you starting out by creating a new contact card for your wife with no middle name or are you deleting the middle name from the existing contact card for your wife?  I was unclear on that part.  Then, did you delete the spouse relationship in your card and then create a middle-name-less one or did you leave the one with the middle name and add a second one to the middle-name-less card (and is that the duplicate or edited origina ...</description>
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<title>App or applet?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:58:19 -0700</pubDate>
<description>[Original Article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20140910073527987&quot;&gt;Getting Java client apps to run the way you want&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;#8226;&amp;nbsp;comment by: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hints.macworld.com/users.php?mode=profile&amp;uid=1070610&quot;&gt;RMo&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Is this about a Java app or a Java applet? They are different. I wasn't aware that Oracle planned to disable support for Java applets, so I'd like to see a document from them about that if it's true, but I *do* know they are eventually requiring them to be signed (and are requiring it by default as of recent versions of the JRE, though this can be reconfigured).

On a related note, personally, applets have always been a bit awkward, and I much prefer standalone applications if I have to use Java, anyw ...</description>
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