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Is it possible (perhaps via an AppleScript) to change where iTunes looks for movies and TV shows without moving the entire iTunes library? I've recently bought an AppleTV setup and have begun migrating all my DVDs and TV box sets to a 1TB external drive. When I want to watch a movie or TV...

Thanks, jbarley. Just wanted to make sure I understood what was going on. Very good to know. Appreciated. Bowjest

I've just upgraded the RAM in my MBP from 2GB to 4GB. Having just rebooted the computer I've noticed that previously I had 188.04GB of free disk space and now I only have 185.92GB. Is this due to an increased virtual memory requirement of something? Thanks, Bowjest

Thanks, Diablo. I'll give that a try and can hopefully get the right RAM (and right amount) for my system. Cheers, Bowjest

I'm wanting to upgrade the memory on my MacBook Pro to the maximum amount recognised by the system, but seem to be getting conflicting information from the various sites I've checked so far. Some sites say that the max the system will recognise is 3GB, others 4GB. Is there one reliable...

So there's no way to use a named variable more than once in Automator? Really? I would have thought Apple would have thought this through better if that's the case.

Is the quick answer just that Automator doesn't allow you to use the same variable twice if it is file that is being acted upon?

I've got an Automator process that I use to run a perl script with a couple of switches. The only problem I'm having is that the file which I select at the beginning of the Automator service needs to be used again later in the same service, but so far it isn't being called the second time...

Thanks, Diablo. I tried your suggestion and found that some apps work ok, others don't, so not sure what the cause is with Plain Clip. I got around the issue by digging around in Google a bit and put together the following: +++++++++++++++ try tell application "Plain Clip" to activate -- do...

No one has ever had this problem? Ever? Really?

Hello everyone, I've created an Automator service to launch an app using - you guessed it - Launch Application. It's to launch an app called Plain Clip that converts text on the clipboard to plain text. I've got the parameters set to not accept input in any application so that I can see...

Thanks, jbarley and Diablo. Much appreciated. Bowjest

Hello to all, I currently use a LaCie 1TB desktop drive (with firewire) for my Time Machine backups, but was thinking about getting something more portable to do additional backups with (while on the go and as a secondary precaution at home). Has anyone here used any of the WD My Passports...

Hello to all, I'm trying to refine an Automator service I've set up to search a particular web site with given terms. Here is what I have set up: Ask for Text (entered site search string in "default" field and ticked box for "require an answer") Display Webpages This works fine...

Thanks, Satcomer. I appreciate the advice.

Thanks, Diablo. It's not that I'm in danger of running out of disk space, it's just that I can't remember three such small-ish updates managing to suck up that much disk space after being unpacked and installed. I was thinking I'd lose maybe a gig or a bit more, but 2 (and possibly a bit)...

I just installed three advertised updates for my MBP: Mac OSX Update 10.6.7 Safari update 5.0.4 HP Printer update 2.6 All in all, about 500MB of data. However, after installing and rebooting I've logged in to find I'm now down by almost 2GB of disk space. Does this sound right?

Fryke, Thanks for the clarification. I'll give it a try and see what happens. BTW - Don't have many icons in the menu bar: Time Machine (not on), Bluetooth (disabled), WiFi signal, Audio/Speakers, Language, Battery, Time/Date.

Fryke, Thanks. I've got 37 items in the Dock and on the desktop all I have are a burn folder, the HDD icon, two aliases to often-used folders and about 3 small txt files. What counts as excessive for Dock items? I've had the same number of items in the Dock for months now, but the problem only...

Thanks. I'll have a look at the HP site. I've found a replacement for the OCR side of things, it just would have been nice to have been warned in advance that the OS upgrade was going to break things. Oh well, you can't have everything.