Sorting books in iTunes
The question was posed last night at the WAMUG meeting about sorting Author names in the list of ePub books in iTunes, according to the author's surname, showing the surname first. There is a way to do this. In order to help the following make sense, first view your books in List View, then choose a book (any book) and press cmd-I (Get Info). Click on the Sorting tab. Note that the Sorting screen is not really designed to cater for eBooks, so that the Author is listed as the Artist. Nonetheless, it's the Artist field which contains the Author's name. Note also that there is a Sort Artist field which shows the Author's name, displayed with the Surname first. So, to get this to display the way you want it in iTunes 1. Go to View View Options... 2. Click the check box next to Sort Artist, and if you prefer, click on the Author checkbox to hide it. Now when you look at your books list, you will see the Authors listed by surname first. Unfortunately, this only works in the list views (including CoverView). The View Options... Menu Item is not available in Icon View. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone4 - TV show sorting
Hi all, Just a follow up with some more info: I just added two more TV shows to my sync list and these were NOT listed under Fawlty Towers but correctly listed under the correct show title. Somewhat encouraged, I thought there might just have been a problem with the original sync when the problem shows were transferred - so I unsynched all the shows (5 episodes from three different shows) that were being displayed with the Fawlty Towers show, synched the phone again and confirmed that there were just the correct 6 episodes showing under Fawlty Towers. I forced the iPod app on the iPhone to quit (thought a restart of the iPod app might help) and then added a couple of the problem episodes back to the synch list. Unfortunately, after synchng, they were back being listed as episodes in the Fawlty Towers show!! I am at a loss as to what is happening here: * I have checked and re-checked all the info (on all panes) showing with get info in iTunes - there is absolutely no reference to Fawlty Towers anywhere. * The shows all list and sort correctly in iTunes on the computer. * The shows all list and sort correctly on the AppleTV (new model - which runs an iOS system) when accessing the computer shared library. * Browsing the connected iPhone from iTunes on the computer shows the TV shows on the iPhone as having the correct show listed in the show column * BUT the iPod app on the iPhone continues to show any of the 5 problem episodes of these 3 shows as being episodes of ³Fawlty Towers² in the video list. Has anybody experienced anything similar? Any ideas? TIA Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 20/12/10 3:06 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi all, Anyone else having problems with iPhone4 (latest software updates) not sorting TV shows. I have quite a number of TV shows which I have downloaded (from iView) and encoded (now using Handbrake). After I import them to iTunes they initially just show up a movies - but then I go through them (using get info in iTunes) and: - Change Media Type to TV Show - Assign genres (I have some custom ones for TV shows) - Add info to the Video Pane: Show/Season#/Episode# After that I find they are all sorting correctly in iTunes - Ie If I select by show Fawlty Towers I just get the 6 episodes of Fawlty Towers I have (so far) - and so on if I select other shows - some of which have multiple episodes and some of which just have a single item. When I go to synch to my iPhone I have it set to Automatically include all unwatched episodes of selected shows - and iTunes correctly lists all the show (with the appropriate episodes). However, when I open iPod on my iPhone and select videos - then under TV shows it just shows Fawlty Towers as having 11 episodes - the actual 6 Fawlty towers episodes plus 5 episodes from the other 3 shows I have currently selected for synching (one show of 3 episodes and 2 shows with single entries). When the iPhone is connected to my computer and I browse it with iTunes and select TV shows (in the sidebar, under the device) I can see all the shows on the iPhone AND all are correctly showing the show under the show column - it's just that the iPod app on the phone seems to have just picked up the first show (Fawlty Towers) and lumped all show episodes under this show. Any ideas? Anybody else encountered similar problems? TIA Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
iPhone4 - TV show sorting
Hi all, Anyone else having problems with iPhone4 (latest software updates) not sorting TV shows. I have quite a number of TV shows which I have downloaded (from iView) and encoded (now using Handbrake). After I import them to iTunes they initially just show up a movies - but then I go through them (using get info in iTunes) and: - Change Media Type to TV Show - Assign genres (I have some custom ones for TV shows) - Add info to the Video Pane: Show/Season#/Episode# After that I find they are all sorting correctly in iTunes - Ie If I select by show Fawlty Towers I just get the 6 episodes of Fawlty Towers I have (so far) - and so on if I select other shows - some of which have multiple episodes and some of which just have a single item. When I go to synch to my iPhone I have it set to Automatically include all unwatched episodes of selected shows - and iTunes correctly lists all the show (with the appropriate episodes). However, when I open iPod on my iPhone and select videos - then under TV shows it just shows Fawlty Towers as having 11 episodes - the actual 6 Fawlty towers episodes plus 5 episodes from the other 3 shows I have currently selected for synching (one show of 3 episodes and 2 shows with single entries). When the iPhone is connected to my computer and I browse it with iTunes and select TV shows (in the sidebar, under the device) I can see all the shows on the iPhone AND all are correctly showing the show under the show column - it's just that the iPod app on the phone seems to have just picked up the first show (Fawlty Towers) and lumped all show episodes under this show. Any ideas? Anybody else encountered similar problems? TIA Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
-- Or, if you have the possibility of changing the numbers from type 'text' to type 'number', they will automatically sort correctly. That depends on where the numbers are imbedded, of course. Just a thought. David Noel 2009 Sep 19 == On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis pcur...@aapt.net.au wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Sorting
Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
On 18/09/2009, at 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Stick zero (0) in front of the single numbers 1 - 9 Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Sorting
Try 001...002 .003if you have numbers up to 999 for thousands 00010002 and so onMartin Subject: Sorting From: pcur...@aapt.net.au Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:04:32 +0800 To: wamug@wamug.org.au Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au _ Get Hotmail on your iPhone Find out how here http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=845706 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
On 18/09/2009 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Yes. Of course it depends on what application you're using! Have fun, Shay -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
Many thanks Peter On 18/09/2009, at 4:33 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: Try 001...002 .003if you have numbers up to 999 for thousands 00010002 and so on Martin Subject: Sorting From: pcur...@aapt.net.au Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:04:32 +0800 To: wamug@wamug.org.au Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Find out how here Get Hotmail on your iPhone -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
Assuming you're using Word, put the numbers in a table, and choose Table-Sort. You can specify whether you want to sort the data as text or as numbers. Excel will automatically determine what type of data you have and sort accordingly. Rob Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Associate Professor Rob Phillips Educational Development Unit Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Currently on sabbatical leave -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
I'm using Filemaker Pro 7 On 18/09/2009, at 4:39 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: On 18/09/2009 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Yes. Of course it depends on what application you're using! Have fun, Shay -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting
Peter, you must have defined the field type as text rather than number. You will have to redefine that field as a number field and then the sort will be numeric instead of alphabetic. Regards, Eugene On 18/09/2009, at 5:00 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: I'm using Filemaker Pro 7 On 18/09/2009, at 4:39 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: On 18/09/2009 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Yes. Of course it depends on what application you're using! Have fun, Shay -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
PROBLEM SOLVED Sorting Photos by Orientation
Hi Ronni and WAmuggers I decided to have another look around the options in Bridge - and VOILA, yes I found the Filter - Orientation down on the left side of my window. Thank You! I had been using the drop down menus along the top and there were no words 'Filter' or 'Orientation' up there. I would have thought those word options should have been available in Sort When doing a word search in Help, and typing the word 'Filter', I got something called Filter Panel and didn't realize that would be where to go. It always pays to think outside the square when doing searches. Thanks again Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 Hello Denise, In Bridge CS4 you can Filter folders by Orientation: Landscape / Portrait / Square. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Sorting Photos by Orientation
Hi All Just wondering if any Photoshop/Bridge/Aperture enthusiasts can help me with sorting photos. I'd like to sort a whole folder of photos by Landscape/Portrait orientation. I have Bridge (CS4) and have tried sorting by Dimensions Size (wasn't very hopeful of these working) and had no luck. I don't have Aperture so would like to know if this option is available there? Or any other suggestions? Don't want to sort 1200 photos manually! TIA Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting Photos by Orientation
Hi Denise don't know if anything here will be of any help http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=457460 Yvonne On 13/09/2009, at 1:19 PM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi All Just wondering if any Photoshop/Bridge/Aperture enthusiasts can help me with sorting photos. I'd like to sort a whole folder of photos by Landscape/Portrait orientation. I have Bridge (CS4) and have tried sorting by Dimensions Size (wasn't very hopeful of these working) and had no luck. I don't have Aperture so would like to know if this option is available there? Or any other suggestions? Don't want to sort 1200 photos manually! TIA Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting Photos by Orientation
Hello Denise, In Bridge CS4 you can Filter folders by Orientation: Landscape / Portrait / Square. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard On 13/09/2009, at 1:19 PM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi All Just wondering if any Photoshop/Bridge/Aperture enthusiasts can help me with sorting photos. I'd like to sort a whole folder of photos by Landscape/Portrait orientation. I have Bridge (CS4) and have tried sorting by Dimensions Size (wasn't very hopeful of these working) and had no luck. I don't have Aperture so would like to know if this option is available there? Or any other suggestions? Don't want to sort 1200 photos manually! TIA Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: address book sorting
From: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au In-Reply-To: list-481...@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: address book Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:14:30 +0800 References: list-481...@wamug.org.au list-481...@wamug.org.au X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) On 26/05/2009, at 6:17 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Hi Bill, In Address Book.app Preferences - under General, do you have Show first Name: Before Last name and Sort By: Last Name selected? Cheers, Ronni I do now! Thanks. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sorting Bookmarks in Safari
I had to find this for a client, is was in a FAQ somewhere, sorry I can't reference it, but, no you can sort bookmarks in safari, it seems that wehre it read it they said it may be in some future release, but not now. geoffrey.Stormzand storm.Consulting Las Vegas, NV USA On Jan 1, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: Is it possible to sort bookmarks in Safari or do you just have to push them around by hand? severin Crisp -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Help on sorting hard disk contents display
Hi all Ever since I got my 5500/250, running 8.1, the display of hard disk contents has been alphabetical, A few days ago, while transferring half a dozen files into a higher level folder by shift clicking, I held the button down too long and the folder opened up, as has happened before. I closed the folder, reopened the hard disk list and found it in reverse alphabetical order. It is no big deal but it is more convenient in the normal order. Selecting all the contents and EDITSORTBY NAME made no change. Repeating by DATE MODIFIED changed it to ascending date order, but returning to BY NAME put it back in reverse alphabetical. HELP was no help. Its index does not contain SORT! I can't find any assistance in the archives nor in the multitude of references from SORT HARD DISK in Google. Help will be much appreciated. So - apologies in advance if I am wasting anyone's time. -- Ian Reid
Re: Help on sorting hard disk contents display
click the little arrow on the far right, it reverses the order of whatever sort routine you have selected greg Hi all Ever since I got my 5500/250, running 8.1, the display of hard disk contents has been alphabetical, A few days ago, while transferring half a dozen files into a higher level folder by shift clicking, I held the button down too long and the folder opened up, as has happened before. I closed the folder, reopened the hard disk list and found it in reverse alphabetical order. It is no big deal but it is more convenient in the normal order. Selecting all the contents and EDITSORTBY NAME made no change. Repeating by DATE MODIFIED changed it to ascending date order, but returning to BY NAME put it back in reverse alphabetical. HELP was no help. Its index does not contain SORT! I can't find any assistance in the archives nor in the multitude of references from SORT HARD DISK in Google. Help will be much appreciated. So - apologies in advance if I am wasting anyone's time.
