IAWT - In Apple We Trust

Invitation to Writers

Write to help others!

The reason why I started this blog is because this to be a place where all Apple users can come and resolve their Mac, iPhone, iPad and etc issues.

The truth is ever since school started, I never had the time to update this blog as frequent I want it to be. And hey I never really bump into any new problems with my Mac.

I would like to welcome any like-minded Apple users to join me, and start helping others via this blog!

Why can’t I click and drag in OS X Mountain Lion?

In Mac OS X Lion, click and drag can be done by enabling the drag lock function in Trackpad preference.

However, in OS X Mountain lion this drag lock function seems to be missing.

But instead this function actually can be enabled through the accessibility panel. To enable it, go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad Options > Enable Dragging

More details can be found in this post by Andreas Hegenberg

You can use single finger double tap dragging though… Apple has hidden that feature in System Preferences => Accessibility => Mouse & Trackpad => Trackpad Options => “Enable dragging”

Slow PDF Performance in Preview

When viewing some large PDF files in Preview, performance can get pretty sluggish — lags when changing pages, zooming, etc. To speed things up, you can try saving a copy of the PDF file using Preview (File » Save As). In my experience, this usually produces a file that is a few times larger than the original file, but the viewing performance will improve considerably. 

via MacWorld

Unable to ‘Buy Card’ in iPhoto 11

After carefully crafting a card, I realised, the ‘Buy Card’ button was greyed out at the bottom of iPhoto. Even creating books, calendars didn’t work. 

Solution:

  1. Backup your current iPhoto Library
  2. Rebuild your iPhoto Library by pressing CMD + Option when launching iPhoto. 
  3. Check the following:
    1. Repair the iPhoto Library Database
    2. Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup
    3. Examine and repair iPhoto Library file permissions

A more detailed instruction can be referred from here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3464173?start=0&tstart=0

Minimal Mac: Welcome to Macintosh

minimalmac:

When I encounter someone brand new to the Mac, either a new client or someone who reaches out to me via email about switching or having recently done so, this is the text file I send. I thought it would be nice to share this with the world. Perhaps it will be useful to you or those you love.

The iPhone cannot be synced. The required file can not be found.

Finally, I’ve found the solution that has bug my iPhone 4 for the past few days. The issues appear whenever I sync my iPhone 4 to my iTunes (Mac).

Error Message

Whenever I synced my iPhone, it would prompt me the following error message, “The iPhone cannot be synced. The required file can not be found” when it syncs my photos.

Solution

The solution is simple and takes less than 5 minutes. All you have to do is delete the iPod Photo Cache from the folder where you’re syncing your photos from. For example to sync with iPhoto, you’ll have to access the iPhoto Library’s iPod Photo Cache. That means, right clicking the folder > Show Package Contents to access the folder. I suppose this solution should work with other iOS devices since the way iTunes syncs the photos are the same.

References

If my solution doesn’t help, check out this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/message/11394784?messageID=11394784