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le nubian - Mar 30, 2009 5:21:53 am PDT #9560 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think the Applescript is for within Itunes - not the hard drive.


tommyrot - Mar 30, 2009 5:27:59 am PDT #9561 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh duh. I reread Jessica's post - yeah, if iTunes doesn't know about the dupes then the script won't work.

Need more coffee....


tommyrot - Mar 30, 2009 5:45:48 am PDT #9562 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ooh - here's an AppleScript that might work:

List Music Folder Files Not Added v2.0

This script recursively searches user-selected folders for files not added to iTunes and creates a text file listing their file paths. Optionally, this text file can be saved as a M3U file and imported by iTunes to add the found files. Requires Mac OS 10.4 or better.

I guess you could use the text file listing to create a bunch of delete commands.


§ ita § - Mar 30, 2009 4:46:59 pm PDT #9563 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have a really annoying problem (Finder's crashing) that apparently can only be fixed by an Archive and Install.

For which you need to *not* have the upgrade discs, but need the originals. Needless to whine, I only have the upgrades.

Is it unseemly to ask to borrow the Tiger discs for this fix?


omnis_audis - Mar 31, 2009 1:44:28 pm PDT #9564 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Skype for iPhone


beekaytee - Mar 31, 2009 3:20:17 pm PDT #9565 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Anybody know where I can find a download of Flash 9? Somehow, mine got corrupted. hulu, et al, worked yesterday, today it does not. I can't upgrade to Flash 10 on this pokey little 'puter.

I've crawled all over adobe, macupdate and version tracker.

This feels like such a simple thing, and yet, I'm failing. And flailing.


sarameg - Mar 31, 2009 3:34:57 pm PDT #9566 of 25501

Adobe has issued a security update to v9. [link] Work is all atwitter, so figured it is worth mentioning.

Of course, I think I got the old one just a few days ago. Figures.


§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 6:54:49 pm PDT #9567 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone know where I can find drivers for the DVD drive on an HP Pavilion HP dv4z-1000? My sister just screwed herself.


beth b - Mar 31, 2009 7:12:02 pm PDT #9568 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

matt says that it is all on the hp web site but you need the part number usual scheme is letter followed by 4 number dash followed by three numbers

it should be on the device


DCJensen - Mar 31, 2009 7:17:35 pm PDT #9569 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

ita, can she just find a restore point, or doesn't she have that enabled?