Bug Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Adding artwork to multiple songs in iTunes 10

by TJ Luoma (Sep 17th, 2010)

iTunes 10 has a cool new feature that allows you to create a Smart Playlist based on whether or not your music has artwork. To use it, simply set "Has Artwork" to "is false" when creating the playlist. You can (optionally) add "Media Kind: is Music" if you want to avoid seeing podcasts, movies, and ...

iPhone 4 camera won't open? Try these steps

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 4th, 2010)

There are numerous reports of the camera in iOS 4 failing to open. I've seen it quite a bit on my iPhone 4, but it comes and goes. While some folks are swapping out hardware, I'm not so sure this is a hardware issue. I still advise you to call Apple or visit a Genius Bar, but this appears to be a ...

iPad 3.2.1 update released

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 15th, 2010)

On the heels of the iOS 4.0.1 update, the iPad software has been updated to version 3.2.1. The update notes: Improved Wi-Fi connectivity Fixed an issue that stops the copy/paste of single-page PDFs in Mail Addressed issues that causes video playback to freeze Improved reliability ...

Mail.app in 10.6.4 pastes screenshots as TIFF

by TJ Luoma (Jun 20th, 2010)

Out of some behind-the-scenes frustration on the TUAW team email list, we seem to have discovered a quirk in Mac OS X 10.6.4. Using the built-in screenshot tools, you can copy a screenshot to the clipboard using Command + Control + Shift + 3 (or 4, for the crosshairs screenshot). From there you can ...

How to squash a syncing bug in iTunes 9.1.1

by Chris Rawson (May 7th, 2010)

iTunes 9.1 brought a feature to all iPods that had previously only existed for the Shuffle: the ability to sync lower bitrate, 128 kbps AAC versions of songs. With only a modest reduction in sound quality, enabling this feature saved nearly 2 GB of space on my 16 GB iPhone 3G. After enabling it, the ...

TUAW's Daily App: Darkroom Pro

by Mike Schramm (Apr 28th, 2010)

I've been a fan of the Darkroom app for the iPhone almost since the beginning, only because it contained a bit of functionality I think that should have been included in the device from the start: a steady mode. The original Darkroom offered up a steady-shot mode that let you press a shutter button ...

Beware Photo Booth time stamps: It's a bug, not a feature.

by Mel Martin (Dec 29th, 2009)

One of our readers informed us that he was seeing some strangeness with Photo Booth time stamps. Photo Booth is the built-in Mac app that lets you grab stills or video from your iSight or attached USB or Firewire camera. It does the job dutifully, and with no issues... until now. Beginning on or ...

Getting bit by the Gmail "exceeded IMAP bandwidth limits" bug

by Steven Sande (Nov 21st, 2009)

I have a couple of Gmail accounts set up with Google Apps, so that Google is hosting my email using my own domain names. While those accounts have been working flawlessly for quite a while, I suddenly ran into issues a few days ago where Apple Mail couldn't pull email from the server. I could use ...

Apple's iTunes Affiliates site briefly subjected to image swaps

by Josh Carr (Nov 3rd, 2009)

Our friends over at OS X Daily passed along their story noting that Apple's site for iTunes Affiliates was vulnerable to a cross-site URL trick, letting you substitute your own images for the ones normally displayed on the page. Since the site is intended to let websites display a custom top banner, ...

Reports coming in of DST-related Snow Leopard issues

by Michael Rose (Nov 1st, 2009)

The workaround is apparently simple (if it hasn't already resolved itself after the cutover); just turn off the menu bar clock in System Preferences for a moment, and the problem should go away. On the other hand, the philosophical question of whether a system version that was billed as having no ...

Front Row performance on the mini takes a dive with Snow Leopard

by Aron Trimble (Sep 1st, 2009)

Here's an interesting feature of Snow Leopard that you may or may not (probably not) find particularly useful. Apparently after upgrading to 10.6 several users at the Apple Discussion Forums -- mostly owners of Mac mini or MacBook models with the GMA950 graphics subsystem -- are reporting poor ...

Clarification on the iPhone Spotlight email issue

by Michael Jones (Aug 18th, 2009)

Earlier today, I posted about the ability to find previously deleted emails using the Spotlight search on the iPhone, adding to the already intense swarm of news surrounding this issue. My findings were that, by ensuring your trash folder was emptied and refreshed, the problem appeared to be solved. ...

iPhone icons all over the place in version 3.0

by Mel Martin (Jun 26th, 2009)

But not the right place, and that's the problem. Apple support boards are seeing increasing message traffic about icons that vanish, or attach themselves to the wrong app. This seems a problem with iPhone 3.0. Older versions seem unaffected. I saw this myself yesterday. My AT&T Navigator app ...

New mini owners stung with display incompatibilities, update on the way

by Michael Rose (Mar 17th, 2009)

It seems like just yesterday we heard from David Thomas that his Samsung Syncmaster 910 MP display wasn't working with his shiny new 2009 Mac mini. Oh, wait, it was yesterday -- and David's not alone, judging by the traffic on Apple's support boards. VGA display owners who are using a Mini ...

Frozen in Time by Time Machine

by Mel Martin (Dec 17th, 2008)

There is more fallout from the current Leopard update to version 10.5.6. Many users are flocking to the Apple support forums to share their tales of woe about Time Machine failures after the update. (Ironically, Time Machine was on the list of items that received bug fixes). Upgraders are seeing ...