Re: New Mac - Music question

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That’s great news!

As an aside, I’ve learned a bit about iTunes/Music over the years. Our collection became too big for our Macs and was moved to a NAS years ago. I’ve found that despite some excellent built-in tools and some from the excellent Doug Adams <>, I found I needed to learn some AppleScript to help check/manage it all.?

Otto

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On 29 Apr 2025, at 20:47, Jim Willett via <jimwillett@...> wrote:

Thank you so much for your help Otto. ?I went back in Time Machine and Restored the Music Library.musiclibrary from there and everything is working. ?I now have 10,081 songs, not 1,199. ?And all columns have their information in them. ?

Thanks also to Bayswater for advice in this matter. ?

You guys have a good day!

Help with an old PowerMac

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I have an old PowerMac that choked on something on an external SD. It now won’t finish booting.?

I recently had this problem, but somehow resolved it. I get to the gray screen with the logo, in normal startup, and in safe mode I get the addition of a spinning gear, but it never finishes booting. It had been without power for too long and the CMOS battery had died. I replaced it with an old battery that had a full charge. Thru some weird order of steps, I got it to run again, but since now it won’t boot.?

It is a G4 2002 Quicksilver, overclocked and dual CPU. It had previously run stably for 10 years.

Can someone here make some suggestions, or suggest a list that might help?

Brent ?

On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?

Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop

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I got my wife a new Mac Mini and a hub containing an MVMe SSD that I set up as the Time Machine drive. ?This all about ten days ago. ?I checked today and found that the Time Machine is not backing up. ?In Time Machine settings it states: Next backup after disk is connected. ?However, the disk is on the desktop and also shows up in Disk Utility as Time Machine. ?I reformatted it and also ran First Aid. ?

Any idea as to how to proceed with this??

Cordially,?

Jim Willett

Re: New Mac - Music question

#21346

Thank you so much for your help Otto. ?I went back in Time Machine and Restored the Music Library.musiclibrary from there and everything is working. ?I now have 10,081 songs, not 1,199. ?And all columns have their information in them. ?

Thanks also to Bayswater for advice in this matter. ?

You guys have a good day!

- Jim Willett

Re: New Mac - Music question

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When you first used Music on your new Mac it will have created a library file if there wasn’t one already where it was expected to be. You need to find it so you can replace it with the one from the old Mac.

It might be in a place other than what I said. I’m on an old MacOS version and things have probably changed…

Perhaps try EasyFind? <>

Otto

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On 29 Apr 2025, at 13:22, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:

Oh.  Pardon me, please.  No I do not have a music library file there.  I will get out my old Mac and copy it over.  Thank you very much for your help.

Re: New Mac - Music question

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Oh. ?Pardon me, please. ?No I do not have a music library file there. ?I will get out my old Mac and copy it over. ?Thank you very much for your help. ?

- Jim?

Re: New Mac - Music question

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No, that’s not what I said. Is there a *file* called
Music Library.musiclibrary 
in your Music *folder*?

Otto

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On 27 Apr 2025, at 21:42, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:

I do not find a MUSIC file in Library.  ???

Re: New Mac - Music question

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Jim, not at the mac now, but when I did this, I had to set a preference or setting to tell Music/iTunes that the library was located on the external drive, and that the music files should not be copied,?

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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Why ruin the gloves when you could use them as they are?

Otto

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On 28 Apr 2025, at 15:35, Bev in TX via groups.io <countryone77@...> wrote:

I have a box of nitrile gloves.  I could cut off a couple fingers from one of those gloves and see whether those are tacky enough to turn the battery cover.  Thanks for the idea!

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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I have a box of nitrile gloves.  I could cut off a couple fingers from one of those gloves and see whether those are tacky enough to turn the battery cover.  Thanks for the idea!

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On Apr 28, 2025, at 8:42?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

Yes, I’m pretty sure that something rubbery would help. How about washing-up (dish-washing) gloves?

It would also be better if the cover clicked into place. As it is, you just have to turn it until won’t turn any further.

-- 
Bev in TX

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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Only some of the bitterant coated batteries won't work.  Per Apple, "Look for packaging that states "Compatible with Apple AirTag". Some CR2032 batteries with bitterant coatings might not work with AirTag or other battery-powered products."

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On Apr 28, 2025, at 9:15?AM, Hugh via groups.io <hcrymble@...> wrote:

I used the Duracell bitter coated ones and they are fine, both fit and power.

hugh

On Apr 28, 2025, at 9:49?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

I think that’s only an issue with some “bitter-coated” cells, but I can only see that affecting the electrical connection, not the fit.

-- 
Bev in TX

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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I used the Duracell bitter coated ones and they are fine, both fit and power.

hugh

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On Apr 28, 2025, at 9:49?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

I think that’s only an issue with some “bitter-coated” cells, but I can only see that affecting the electrical connection, not the fit.

Otto

On 28 Apr 2025, at 14:09, Sew Walker via groups.io <sewnyes@...> wrote:

thank you Bev and Otto.  my CR2032 is regular one. I will order the "made for air tags and see if that help
Thanks   I will let you know if the new ones work

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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I think that’s only an issue with some “bitter-coated” cells, but I can only see that affecting the electrical connection, not the fit.

Otto

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On 28 Apr 2025, at 14:09, Sew Walker via groups.io <sewnyes@...> wrote:

thank you Bev and Otto.  my CR2032 is regular one. I will order the "made for air tags and see if that help
Thanks   I will let you know if the new ones work

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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I just use ordinary CR2032 batteries.

Work just fine.

I don’t think there are special air tag ones.

The problem lies in the difficulty getting the back on.

To quote Long Jon Baldry, “It ain’t easy.”

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On Apr 28, 2025, at 9:09?AM, Sew Walker via groups.io <sewnyes@...> wrote:

thank you Bev and Otto. ?my CR2032 is regular one. I will order the "made for air tags and see if that help

Thanks ? I will let you know if the new ones work

Sue

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Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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Yes, I’m pretty sure that something rubbery would help. How about washing-up (dish-washing) gloves?

It would also be better if the cover clicked into place. As it is, you just have to turn it until won’t turn any further.

Otto

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On 28 Apr 2025, at 13:44, Bev in TX via groups.io <countryone77@...> wrote:

After saying that I had never done it before, last night one of my husband's AirTags notified us that its battery needed changing.  I used those Apple Support directions and it was very straightforward.  I had a little problem getting the battery cover back on.  As you mentioned, it's slippery!  

This morning I remembered that many years ago we used rubber finger tips in the office to more easily flip through piles of paper.  I'm wondering whether something like that would make it easier to deal with the slippery battery cover.  I might get some to try out the next time one of his AirTags needs its battery changed.

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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After saying that I had never done it before, last night one of my husband's AirTags notified us that its battery needed changing.  I used those Apple Support directions and it was very straightforward.  I had a little problem getting the battery cover back on.  As you mentioned, it's slippery!  

This morning I remembered that many years ago we used rubber finger tips in the office to more easily flip through piles of paper.  I'm wondering whether something like that would make it easier to deal with the slippery battery cover.  I might get some to try out the next time one of his AirTags needs its battery changed.

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On Apr 28, 2025, at 5:10?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

You’ve read <>?

It must be a 2032 cell. These are the dimensions, 20 mm diameter and 3.2 mm thickness. Also, the + side must be facing up.

I find that the highly polished surface of an Air Tag makes it difficult to turn the battery cover.

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Bev in TX

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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thank you Bev and Otto. ?my CR2032 is regular one. I will order the "made for air tags and see if that help

Thanks ? I will let you know if the new ones work

Sue

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Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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You’ve read <>?

It must be a 2032 cell. These are the dimensions, 20 mm diameter and 3.2 mm thickness. Also, the + side must be facing up.

I find that the highly polished surface of an Air Tag makes it difficult to turn the battery cover. 

Otto

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On 27 Apr 2025, at 19:00, Sew Walker via groups.io <sewnyes@...> wrote:

I have watched every video and site on how to change the battery
on one battery I can not reconnect the top 
on the second battery I can't open
Any ideasi on why this is so difficult and how I can change the batteries

Re: New Mac - Music question

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I dragged an album file from the Music folder on the external drive over to the Music app. ?The album file disappeared from the Music folder. ?The songs showed up in the Music app window, but with the Artist and Album column blank. ?So this is not satisfactory. ?Any idea why this happened??

It is also odd that when I connected the external drive containing the music files to the new mac and then opened the Music app, it showed 1,199 items, but should have been around 8,000 items. ?I wonder why they did not all show in the Music app? ??

Thank you for your advice.?

Re: air tag battery change ugh11

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I've never done it, but perhaps this will get the conversation going.  

Did the battery's package say that it is compatible with AirTags?  

It's rather difficult to tell what is going wrong.  If the battery is compatible, perhaps you could tell us the exact steps you used to replace the battery?

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On Apr 27, 2025, at 1:00?PM, Sew Walker via groups.io <sewnyes@...> wrote:

I have watched every video and site on how to change the battery
on one battery I can not reconnect the top 
on the second battery I can't open
Any ideasi on why this is so difficult and how I can change the batteries
Sue

-- 
Bev in TX