iTunes 4.5, Fast User Switching and AppleScript
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Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast
user switching
Use multiple iTunes libraries via fast
user switching
06/22/2004 09:14 AMAfter struggling with an option that allowed me to story my main
iTunes library on a file server, whilst still having a second
(smaller) library that I can take with me when I'm on the road, I
concocted the following concept....
iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching
iTunes 4.5 plays nice with Fast User
Switching
04/30/2004 12:17 PMThis is a bit of an "un-hint." There have been many hints here on
using iTunes with Fast User Switching. In versions of iTunes before
4.5, you could only run one instance of iTunes on a given machine, so
some hints involved...
10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching
10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching
12/02/2003 12:38 AMFast User Switching has been a popular Panther feature in my lab where
several students share one computer. However, ocassionally a user
forgets to log out, and I (logged in as Administrator) have not
figured out how to log t...
10.3: X11 and fast user switching
10.3: X11 and fast user switching
11/18/2003 01:59 PMI think I read somewhere that X11 could work for only one logged-in
user. Actually, when fast user switching, several people can have
access to X11. The first one gets display 0 (the default), the second
one gets display one ...
Mac OS X enable fast user switching
Mac OS X enable fast user switching
09/23/2004 03:00 AMTech-Recipes Sep 23 2004 5:47AM GMT
10.3: Use fast user switching from the
Terminal
10.3: Use fast user switching from the
Terminal
11/07/2003 11:03 AMFor those who love Panther's Fast User Switching but don't like the
menulet in the upper-right corner, here's a shell script to do it.
#!/bin/sh
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
# robg note: Please enter the next two lines as on...
FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching
FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching
11/17/2003 08:55 PMFUS++ is a free
open source utility that enhances Panther's Fast User Switching
feature.
Fast User Switching Makes Room for
Others
Fast User Switching Makes Room for
Others
05/27/2004 01:47 AMQuestion: What is fast user switching?
Fast User Switch from AppleScript
Fast User Switch from AppleScript
11/10/2003 11:38 PMHere's an AppleScript to switch users, inspired by
this item at MacOSXHints.com.
10.3: Reclaim CPU cycles lost via fast
user switching
10.3: Reclaim CPU cycles lost via fast
user switching
01/06/2004 10:36 AMRecently, I discovered that my iBook had its CPU pegged even though I
was only using Safari and a few other small apps. Turns out another
user left Microsoft Word running in her account (via fast user
switching), and that wa...
WinSwitch 2.0 enhances makes Fast User
Switching
WinSwitch 2.0 enhances makes Fast User
Switching
09/07/2004 06:39 AMWincent Colaiuta has announced WinSwitch 2.0, the latest release of
the popular replacement for Apple's Fast User Switching menu...
Use Fast User Switching to simulate
virtual desktops
Use Fast User Switching to simulate
virtual desktops
02/17/2004 11:49 AMFor those people using Panther who have wished for virtual desktops, I
recently had a "Duh!" moment. I had set up accounts for my wife and
three children on our 17" iMac, and was marvelling at the Fast User
Switching feature ...
Fast user switching may disable some
print jobs
Fast user switching may disable some
print jobs
01/19/2004 11:43 AMToday I was trying to print a image from iPhoto on 4x6 glossy paper
using a HP PSC 750 All In One. My dad (admin) had been logged on and
every time I tried to print, it sent him an error message even though
I was logged in (I...
Auto-timeout to the fast user switching
window
Auto-timeout to the fast user switching
window
03/08/2004 11:18 PMWhile this is far from an original hint on my part, it does pull
together several good things into one bucket and provides an elegant
solution to address multi-user system screen savers and security.
So what I wanted to do w...
10.3 Fast user switching and Logitech
Control Center 1.1.1
10.3 Fast user switching and Logitech
Control Center 1.1.1
11/16/2003 02:30 AMI found that when using Logitech control center 1.1.1 with their
Optical Wheel mouse that my configured "command-click" for
the wheel button was not working. Since I use this to open links in a
new tab in Mozilla, ...
10.3: Palm Pilot hot sync works with
fast user switching
10.3: Palm Pilot hot sync works with
fast user switching
10/31/2003 10:36 AMI turned on fast user switching (which I am very excited about). Just
after switching to the login screen, without thinking, I hit the Hot
Sync button on my Palm Pilot stand. To my surprise, it synced to the
logged-in accoun...
Run applications as another user without
switching
Run applications as another user without
switching
05/21/2004 10:05 AMThis is regurgitating a hint I got from the comments section of
another hint about Apache (I think). What this does is allow you to
keep a program within the constraints of another user, without having
that user logged in via...
Add Features Fast With AppleScript
Studio
Add Features Fast With AppleScript
Studio
12/30/2003 11:14 PMSal Soghian: "Of course, the magic behind inter-application
communication is AppleScript, with its unique ability to query and
manipulate scriptable applications and their elements. When you press
the iDVD button in iPhoto, an AppleScript script within the iPhoto
package executes, commanding both applications to insert the selected
images or album into the open iDVD project."
Mac Dev Journal: Add Features Fast
w/AppleScript Studio
Mac Dev Journal: Add Features Fast
w/AppleScript Studio
12/30/2003 01:32 PMThe makers of Macworld magazine have a new digital publication aimed
at Macintosh software developers called, appropriately enough, Mac
Developer Journal. A sample from the first issue has been posted
online called
Add features fast with AppleScript Studio, and it's penned by
Apple's own AppleScript Product Manager Sal Soghoian.
Protect iPhoto originals via sharing and
user switching
Protect iPhoto originals via sharing and
user switching
07/02/2004 11:21 AMOne drawback for me with iPhoto is cropping. I would create an album
for getting 4x6 prints, crop all the photos, export and send to photo
lab. However, all those photos would be cropped in the main library
and unless you use...
An AppleScript to modify user
permissions
An AppleScript to modify user
permissions
03/14/2005 04:29 PMHere is an easy way for changing permissions. This is useful when
files are constantly being swapped around between users, or you want
to access your files while logged in another administrator's account,
and vice versa. Copy...
Help With iTunes AppleScript
Help With iTunes AppleScript
01/22/2004 12:57 PMAppleScript: iTunes Playlist to DVD
AppleScript: iTunes Playlist to DVD
01/09/2004 09:58 PMThe Playlist to DVD application creates a QuickTime movie containing
the audio tracks and album art from a chosen iTunes playlist. The
newly created movie, and an album art slideshow, are automatically
added to the currently open iDVD project. And since the added 640x480
movie is created with chapter markers, it's easy to sequentially
navigate its tracks using standard DVD controls.
Use Fetch Art and an AppleScript for
iTunes artwork
Use Fetch Art and an AppleScript for
iTunes artwork
02/05/2005 10:14 PMFetch Art (VersionTracker info) is working again with iTunes 4.7.1
(with OSX 10.3.7). I used to use it a lot to update my album artwork,
but it stopped working when iTunes 4.5 came out -- it started scanning
the entire curren...
An AppleScript to open iTunes videos in
QuickTime
An AppleScript to open iTunes videos in
QuickTime
04/08/2005 11:58 AMAfter having recently upgraded my hard drive, I was finally able to
fit all my music into one location. Since I have the room (for the
moment), I thought about investigating using iTunes to also hold
music-related video mater...
Apple offers iTunes Playlist to DVD
AppleScript
Apple offers iTunes Playlist to DVD
AppleScript
01/08/2004 07:17 PMApple has posted a "Playlist to DVD" AppleScript to its Web site for
iDVD 4...
Refresh Smart Playlists in iTunes using
AppleScript
Refresh Smart Playlists in iTunes using
AppleScript
05/25/2004 10:14 AMA healthy discussion on smart playlists over at the Apple iTunes forum
has yielded this tidy little piece of AppleScript, which refreshes a
specific list of smart playlists (as long as they have "live updating"
checked):
set...
Use an AppleScript to remember iTunes
play positions
Use an AppleScript to remember iTunes
play positions
12/02/2003 12:38 AMDoes digital out-do analog every time? Does DVD always beat Video
Tape? Do MP3s wipe out Audio Cassettes? Well, quality wise, yes. But
the old techs were 'stateful;' they didn't forget! DVDs, MP3s, CDs
don't keep where they...
Dear Apple, Please Make Automatic Source
Switching an Option in iTunes
Dear Apple, Please Make Automatic Source
Switching an Option in iTunes
02/02/2004 04:14 AMDear Apple, iTunes is indeed the best digital jukebox on the planet.
However, I have one small request: please make... (312 words)
Quickeys and Fast User Switiching
Quickeys and Fast User Switiching
04/20/2004 11:12 AMI was using a Classic filemaker application that required a lot of
tedious mouse clicks, so decided to automate this using QuicKeys X2.
After much configuration I got the macro to work. Unfortunately this
long running macro h...
10.3: How to restore the fast user
switch cube effect
10.3: How to restore the fast user
switch cube effect
02/19/2004 11:38 AMI couldn't imagine how it would be deactivated, but I found out: if
you and the user you're switching to have different screen
resolutions, depths or refresh rates, your fast user switching
transition will be like a resolutio...
iTunes User Sues Apple Over DRM
iTunes User Sues Apple Over DRM
01/06/2005 09:19 AMReuters is reporting that an angry
iTunes customer is suing Apple, claiming that he is forced to buy an
iPod if he wants to listen to his music on the move. Thomas Slattery,
from California, filed the lawsuit for unspecified damages over the
inclusion of Apple's "
Fairplay" Digital Rights Management system in
tracks bought over iTunes. "Fairplay" encodes files in the
AAC format, and downloaded songs cannot be transferred to MP3 players
- except Apple's own iPod.
The suit alleges Apple has broken anti-trust laws by only allowing its
songs to be played on its own player. The majority of MP3 players
support rival Microsoft's WMA format which also has DRM. The WMA
standard is also used by most online music stores, including
Napster. Apple is
believed to hold as much as 87% of the digital music player market,
with more than six million iPods now sold.
It alleges that "Apple has turned an open and interactive
standard into an artifice that prevents consumers from using the
portable hard drive digital music player of their choice, even where
players exist that would otherwise be able to play these music files
absent Apple's actions". Mr Slattery described himself as an
iTunes customer who "was also forced to purchase an Apple
iPod" if he wanted to take the music he had bought with him.
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Apple iTunesRead full story...ITunes user sues Apple over iPod
ITunes user sues Apple over iPod
01/06/2005 06:54 AMA user of Apple's iTunes services sues the firm saying it is unfair
that he can only use an iPod to play songs.
Apple gets iTunes user interface patent
Apple gets iTunes user interface patent
05/12/2004 02:52 AMApple Computer Inc. has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark office for the iTunes interface. It's the latest in a series
of patents Apple has applied for specific to its music software
technology, according to
Cnet. Apple
has previously been awarded patents for other parts of iTunes,
including the ability to stream songs over a network to another copy
of the program.
iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In
iTunes User Sues Apple Over Lock-In
01/06/2005 12:12 PMiTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
01/06/2005 08:02 PMThomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple
Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust
laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users who
buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they plan to
take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts to the
heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management (DRM)
technology present in commercial downloaded music.
iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
(MacCentral)
iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
(MacCentral)
01/06/2005 07:49 PMMacCentral - Thomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit
against Apple Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal
antitrust laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring
users who buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they
plan to take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts
to the heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management
(DRM) technology present in commercial downloaded music.
BBC NEWS | Technology | ITunes user sues
Apple over iPod
BBC NEWS | Technology | ITunes user sues
Apple over iPod
01/07/2005 04:15 AMforced him to buy an iPod in order to take his iTunes stuff with him
.. ITunes user sues Apple over iPod .. suing Apple because each
song
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iTunes User Sues Apple For Only Letting
Music Play On The iPod
iTunes User Sues Apple For Only Letting
Music Play On The iPod
01/05/2005 10:30 PMWell, this should be interesting. An "unhappy" iTunes user is now
suing Apple for antitrust
violations, claiming that they broke antitrust laws by only
allowing their music to play on iPods -- blocking out other music
players from the market. It's unlikely that he'll win the lawsuit,
and honestly, it sounds more like a setup by an Apple competitor than
just some individual who feels wronged. The guy in question says he
was "forced" to buy an iPod in order to make use of the music he
bought on iTunes, but the courts will likely point out that he could
have gone to a competing online music store. Of course, what this
really highlights is how some of these copy protection issues are
building fragmented worlds. How would people react if the CDs they
bought at Tower Records could only play on Tower-branded radios?
Thanks to the way the industry views intellectual property online, the
end result is a lot of competing separate worlds, which actively
discourages use.
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