AE on a 11" Macbook Air

Has anyone run AE CS6 on a 11" Macbook Air?
The 11" MacBook Air has a screen resolution of 1366x768. Is that big enough to run AE?

The system requirements state a screen height of 900 pixels (http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/tech-specs.html), so I'd expect issues. In fact even the installer may refuse to run due to a "display requirements not met" error. Anyway, you won't know till you've tried, I guess...
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    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: pages 721153, wire 140975, act 184323, inact 371784, cleaned 0 spec 82, zf 11, throt 0, compr 19760, xpmapped 516000
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: could discard act 624 inact 394 purgeable 1214 spec 1986 cleaned 0
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall preflight pageCount 140975 est comp 73 setfile 453065912 min 1073741824
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: [0x120e0f8000, 0x40000000]
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: [0x0, 0x0]
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: kern_open_file_for_direct_io(0) took 6 ms
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 1073741824, partition base 0x0, maxio 2000000 ssd 1
    Oct 24 19:33:56 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate image major 1, minor 0, blocksize 4096, pollers 5
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80263b0600>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 11 unplug = 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: IOThunderboltSwitch<0xffffff80263b0600>(0x0)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for route = 0x0 port = 12 unplug = 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: vm_compressor_flush - starting
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: vm_compressor_flush completed - took 833 msecs
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_flush_memory: buffer_cache_gc freed up 138 wired pages
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_alloc_pages act 146027, inact 372178, anon 45, throt 0, spec 2068, wire 155595, wireinit 146087
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_setup(0) took 1250 ms
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275385: scanparams:
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275388:   flags 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275391:   active_time 0, passive_time 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275393:   scan_start_delay 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275395:   scan_cycle_idle_rest_time 0, scan_cycle_idle_rest_time_multiplier 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275398:   max_scan_cycles 0, max_rest_time 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275401: Scan Channels (0): None
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275403: SSID (0): None
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275405: SSID count = 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: ARPT: 16337.275408: wl0: leaveModulePoweredForOffloads: Wi-Fi will turn off.
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340
    Oct 24 19:33:58 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltNHIType2::waitForOk2Go2Sx - retries = 2
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall(preflight 0) start 0xffffff80e615c000, 0xffffff80e619c000
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_teardown started
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_teardown: wired_pages 156080, free_pages 1408942, active_pages 144140, inactive_pages 371783, speculative_pages 77, cleaned_pages 0, compressor_pages 79
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_teardown_pmap_structs done: last_valid_compact_indx 158196
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_teardown: mark_as_unneeded_pages 4096, 23776, 18711
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_teardown completed - discarded 46583
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall time: 462 ms
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: pages 614690, wire 94338, act 144140, inact 371783, cleaned 0 spec 77, zf 0, throt 0, compr 79, xpmapped 516000
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: did discard act 673 inact 395 purgeable 1214 spec 1991 cleaned 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall found pageCount 610417
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, ml_get_interrupts_enabled 0
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: encryptStart 14000
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: bitmap_size 0x3f908, previewSize 0x69e4e0, writing 608390 pages @ 0x6f1de8
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: encryptEnd 5b9c600
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: image1Size 0x95a9000, encryptStart1 0x14000, End1 0x5b9c600
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: encryptStart 95a9000
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: PMStats: Hibernate write took 4939 ms
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: all time: 4939 ms, comp bytes: 1368731648 time: 1634 ms 798 Mb/s, crypt bytes: 1012790784 time: 2683 ms 359 Mb/s,
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: image 0 (0%), uncompressed 1368727552 (334162), compressed 1063677328 (77%), sum1 80d4e18b, sum2 44bf99d7
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: zeroPageCount 20455, wiredPagesEncrypted 58961, wiredPagesClear 33482, dirtyPagesEncrypted 241731
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_write_image done(e00002e8)
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: sleep
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_rebuild started
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_rebuild_pmap_structs done: last_valid_compact_indx 158196
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: hibernate_rebuild completed - took 84 msecs
    Oct 24 19:34:05 Yassines-MacBook-Air kernel[0]: Wake reason: ?

  • When I login to my bank, I get the message: 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. Have new MacBook Air with Yosemite. How to solve this problem?

    When I try to login to the website of my bank, I get the following error message:
    403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
    You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
    I have a new MacBook Air with OS Yosemite installed.
    What is the problem and how can I solve it?

    Some websites require a special client certficate for access. If you don't have that certficate, you'll have to contact the site operator to find out how to get one.
    Sometimes the problem is caused by a web server that is configured to request an optional client certificate. Safari treats the request as mandatory. In that case, other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome may be able to connect to the site, because they ignore the request.
    The first time you were prompted for a certificate, you may have clicked through a dialog that requested access to the Apple certificate in your keychain that is used to secure the iMessage service. In that case, you may be able to regain access to the site in Safari by doing as follows.
    Back up all data.
    Double-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    com.apple.idms.appleid.prd
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
    Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
    Paste into the search field in the Keychain Access window by clicking in it and pressing the key combination command-V. An item may appear in the list of keychain items. The Name will begin with string you searched for, and the Kind will be "certificate."
    Delete the item by selecting it and pressing the delete key. It will be recreated automatically the next time you launch the Messages or FaceTime application.
    The next time you visit a site that prompts for an optional client certificate, cancel out of the prompt. You may have to do this several times before the server stops asking.
    Credit for this idea to Christian Braukmueller of SAP.

  • TV Apple TV MacBook Air:How to connect my computer's monitor and TV as multiple monitors (NOT mirroring)

    I have an insignia TV, an apple TV I just bought less than a month ago, and a Macbook Air (mountain Lion) and a MacBook pro (mountain lion).
    I am able to connectboth of my computers with the TV to mirror my screen/monitor, but I have not been able to figure out how to use the apple TV to use my TV as a second monitor, like I was able to do with my HDMI cable. 
    when I bought the Apple TV the person who I talked to at the store told me I would be able to do it, but I havent been able to do it through system preferences and the options for display only show as mirroring through Airplay. I dislike mirroring because while I play something on my computer (or somebody else does) I'd like to still be able to use my computer for browsing or doing homework.
    Please help me find a way in which I can make my TV as a second monitor tu my computer without having to have an HDMI cord across the room. I have a puppy and I have had problems with that. That is actually the reason why I considered buying the Apple TV device.
    NOTE: In case you know a way to connect my TV to my Macs I have a time capsule and my TV has a DVI, two HDMI, and a USB ports.
    thank you!
    Lydia

    Morning jotref,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    For more information on this, take a look at this article:
    About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404
    Best of luck,
    Mario

  • Using Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter -- any settings on the Macbook Air I need to change?

    Going into a meeting with my Macbook Air with Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, which will be connnected to a video projector on site. Never tried this setup before. Will this just work or do I need to adjust any video settings on my Macbook Air?

    Hi glraczon.support,
    It sounds like the external display you are using (projector) operates at a smaller resolution than your MacBook Pro. You may want to configure the display preferences in System Preferences for the external projector.
    Here is an article that may help you with that process:
    OS X Mountain Lion: About the Display pane of System Preferences
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5369
    Thanks,
    Matt M.

  • Apple Micro-DVI to Video Adapter New MacBook Air

    Hi All,
    I am brand new to the Mac world (Been a PC user my entire life). Thought I would take a gamble on a Mac and see how it goes. So far I have been really impressed and happy!
    I bought a MacBook Air a few weeks ago. It's a 2.13 GHZ MacBook Air. I would like to connect it to my "old school" standard TV which has S-Video and RCA (Yellow) inputs. I went on the Apple Store and found the Apple Micro-DVI to Video Adapter which says it is designed for a MacBook Air. Previosly though, I saw a discussion on another Mac type site that said this adapter was designed for the old MacBook Air laptops. Does anyone know if this adapter will work on my new MacBook Air? The techspecs call my MacBook Air video output a "MiniDisplay Port". Is this just a new name for Micro-DVI?
    Any help would be appreciated.
    Peter

    No, there is currently no adapter available to go from mini displayport to a compostie or s-video tv. Monoprice.com sells a mini displayport to hdmi cable. That's the closest there is.
    Your mba doesn't have a mini-dvi port.
    Glor

  • I am trying to install windows 8 at my macbook air boot camp

    I am trying to install windows 8 at my macbook air boot camp but Boot Camp Assistant i showing an error that the disk cannot be portioned because some files cannot be moved. Back up the disc and use disk utility to format it was a single Mac OS Extended (journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant Again.
    I had already installed teh first time Windows on my MacBook Air and Mac Book Pro. Actually I had more issues to install on the pro than Air.
    But my Macbook Air had an issue on November 2013, 3 weeks after buying it and Apple gave me a new MacBook Air but they only transferred the information on my mac and the windows partion was lost according to them, they could copy it in to my new MacBook Air. Now that I am trying to install my windows I can not access to the aprtion section and get the error message from above.
    What can I do to to install it? I am using a 32GB USB and OEM Windows 8 at USB External Drive. The same I used before. I dont know understand what changed if I did it before?
    Please advise..

    I think there's some remmants left over from when Apple transferred stuff over. We can try a quick fix, but if that doesn't work, I think the only option is to clean install OSX and then install Windows.
    open disk utility, confirm that you only have 1 partition (mac journaled)
    restart and PRAM reset
    open disk utility and repair permissions twice
    restart boot camp assistant
    Does it work?
    If not, I would boot holding command+R, choose disk utility from the menu and completely erase your HD (formatting it as mac journaled again). Then, install OSX on this HD. Once OSX is installed, don't copy your files over from the backup yet. Instead, start boot camp assistant and see if you can get Windows installed. You can copy back your other files after we get Windows installed.

  • When I plug in my iPhone to sync, it starts but does not complete the process and several pieces of data are not being transferred to my iPhone from my MacBook Air.

    Problem:
    When I plug in my iPhone to sync, it starts but does not complete the process and several pieces of data are not being transferred to my iPhone from my MacBook Air.
    Any help that you can provide in helping my iPhone accurately sync with iPhoto and iTunes will be greatly appreciated.
    Symptoms:
    1)   Sync:  It’s not completing the sync.  Below, I’ve provided all of my settings from the iTunes Summary tab so that you might tell me if I’ve selected any incorrect options.  I prefer to sync the “old school” way – by connecting to the computer – as opposed to syncing over the cloud. Perhaps this is what’s causing the problem? Here is a list of the steps displayed in the iTunes window as the sync progresses:
    waiting for sync to start (step 1 of 7)
    backing up (step 2 of 7)
    preparing to sync (step 3 of 7)
    determining apps to sync (step 4 of 7)
    preparing apps to sync (step 5 of 7)
    importing photos (step 6 of 7)
    waiting for changes to be applied (step 7 of 7)
    syncing apps / copying 1 of 4 (App name) (step 7 of 7)
    canceling sync
    apple icon
    2)   Photos: I've selected only certain of my iPhoto albums to sync to my iPhone.  All of the albums are correct/complete in iPhoto.  All of the albums are listed on my iPhone, both before and after the sync, but the albums are empty (no actual photos) before and after the sync. Perhaps this is tied to the fact that the sync isn’t completing, but because “importing photos” is one of the steps that the incomplete sync displays, I don’t know.
    3)   Apps: When I launch iTunes and click on the Apps folder under the Library listing, then click on the Updates tab, iTunes searches for any Apps needing to be updated and provides a list.  If I click on Update All, the Apps are successfully updated in iTunes.  But, when I plug in my iPhone so that the updates will transfer to the apps on my iPhone, the updates don’t transfer to the apps on my iPhone and those apps still reflect that they need updating on the iPhone.
    Other Potential Pertinent Info:
    The flash memory hard drive on my MacBook Air recently died (perhaps a month or two ago).  Apple had emailed me about a known issue and literally the next day, my MacBook Air crashed.  I installed a new flash memory drive and re-installed everything from a backup off of an external hard drive.  Everything seems to be working fine; it recreated accurately all of my software and data, including iPhoto and iTunes, the pictures and songs (respectively) for which are stored on that hard drive, as opposed to being on the flash memory in the MacBook Air itself.  However, I don’t recall if the start of the sync problem described herein started happening at the same time that I replaced the flash memory drive.  All I know is that the computer is working perfectly in all respects and that even as the sync is failing, it at least says that it’s doing the right things and looking in the right places (e.g., the list of albums on my iPhone matches the list of albums in iTunes, etc.).
    Settings/Status:
    MacBook Air
    OSX v. 10.9
    iPhoto ’11 v. 9.5 (902.7)
    iPhone iOS 7.0.4
    iTunes v. 11.1.3 (8)
    Summary Tab
    Backups (This Computer)
    Options
    Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected
    Sync only checked songs and videos
    Photos Tab
    Sync Photos from iPhoto (429 Photos)
    Selected albums, Events, and Faces, and automatically include (no Events)
    Albums – 9 are selected

    You need to download iTunes on your computer. iOS 6 requires the latest version of iTunes which is 10.7.

  • I have a brand new MacBook Air 11 inch, 4gb RAM and 256 gb SSD where the screen flickered abnormally and got dead all of a sudden while uploading a photograph in FB. Can anybody help?

    I have a new MacBook Air 11 inch, 4gb RAM, 256 SSD and use Mavericks OS. It is still under waranty period.
    Just few days ago while I was uploading a photograph in facebook, the screen started flickering abnoromally. I tried using the escape button but nothing was working so switched off by pressing the power button.
    After few minutes I tried to switch it on but my system never waked up. Called up the Apple Support, did SMC and PRAM but nothing worked. Then I was advised to take it to Apple's authorised service centre.
    At the service centre the engineers diagnoised and then said that the MLB/mother board needs to be replaced. Had waited for six-long days and today they had replaced the MLB/mother board. Now, the system came to life but nothing has booted. The screen goes white and a '?' question mark icon keeps on flickering.
    After thoroughly diagnoising it the engineer said that now the problem is with the SSD and the worse thing is all my important documents and photographs etc are no more there. And I don't have a backup of the same!
    While Apple Support contact centre is assuring they would replace any other parts if found faulty, but I feel differently. First, the MLB/mother board was changed now they say it is SSD problem - so if the SSD too is replaced there are possibilities of more faults coming up. All I can see and feel that this particular machine has turned out to be architectually deffective that calls for immediate replacement.
    Right now I am using a friend's windows pc to write this mail.
    Feeling completely miserable - all my expectatations gone after investing in such an expensive machine, loss of all my data, wastage of time and energy and to top it all affecting my daily work.
    Can anybody please advise what shall I do?

    Take the system to an Apple store to be fixed or replaced as the one you have has defective hardware.

  • Macbook Air 2012: intermittent, random freezes of trackpad and keyboard lasting a few seconds each

    There have been a few other people to have reported this problem, but there has been no consistent solution for me on my Macbook Air 13" 2012, running 10.8.4.
    What happens is this: while typing, the built-in keyboard and trackpad will suddenly lock up at the same time, randomly, intermittently, and for just a few seconds before returning to normal. This has been true through all the updates of 10.8.x since I bought the system last year.
    During the freeze, one of the three behaviors occurs:
    1) both keyboard and trackpad are completely unresponsive
    2) both keyboard and trackpad get really slow, with high latency. Keys pressed show up much later or have to be pressed several times before registering. Trackpad is jumpy if it moves at all.
    3) key gets stuck, sometimes the BACKSPACE key, which usually results in several dozen emails getting deleted or entire paragraphs, or rows and rows of the same stuck key. Pressing other keys does nothing.
    I've spoken online with various other people who have the same problem and confirmed that the built-in keyboard and trackpad seem to be joined together whenever this problem strikes. You never see one freeze without the other also freezing.
    Also, these commonly-recommended solutions don't work:
    a) Reset PRAM. Done this many times. Does nothing.
    b) Bring it in to Apple. Did this too. They replaced the keyboard and trackpad but the problem remains.
    c) Clearing caches in safe mode. No improvement.
    d) Removing "com.google.keystone.deamon.plist" and "com.google.keystone.agent.plist" doesn't seem to work either, even though the errors and behavior are exactly the same for me as for george.e.gonzalez in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19702976#19702976
    These files do come back, though, thanks to Google Software Update. The keystone software appears to be part of Google Chrome, although I cannot confirm this.
    e) I DO have Google Android File Transfer installed like one other person reported; they said uninstalling it fixed the problem. Unfortunately, that has not worked for me. Also, Android File Transfer is installed (same version 1.0.50.2266, same Mac OS 10.8.4) on an older 2008 Macbook, and it works fine, which points to something on just this Macbook Air as being the cause.
    f) I don't use the Radio Silence firewall app--can't remove it.
    g) I don't have the telldus device or whatever it is, so I don't have the "com.telldus.service.plist" to remove.
    h) Completely clearing out /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons, and /Library/StartupItems doesn't do anything.
    i) Repairing permissions or repairing the volume does nothing.
    j) Reinstalling the OS fresh does nothing.
    k) I don't have an external trackpad, mouse, or keyboard for testing while the freezing happens, but the machine itself seems to be working, just not the built-in input devices, which are on the same USB bus.
    l) Pressing ESC does not stop the key stuck situation, as it does for some people.
    It feels to me like a hardware problem, not an OS problem, and it feels like a USB bus issue. I have noticed that when I insert USB flash drives, I get the same lock-up for a few seconds, something which my other Macs don't do.
    I've also noticed various USB errors in the Console around the same time (same as george.e.gonzalez):
    7/26/13 1:20:04.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_deviceGetReport - DeviceRequest for reportID 0x0 returned with result 0xe000404f - retrying
    7/26/13 1:20:05.000 AM kernel[0]: USBF:          844075.636          AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff80157f1000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0x1a, timing out! (Addr: 2, EP: 0)
    But I'm not able to precisely correlate these errors to the pause.
    Is anybody else having this problem that can shed more light on it than these other suggested repairs? This has been frustrating for quite a while, but I've had the stuck BACKSPACE key delete hundreds of emails on a webmail platform that I was unable to recover using Undo and out of the trash, and that's just no longer tolerable...
    Thank you, thank you, thank you, if anyone can help me fix this!

    Hi, Dan--
    Nope, none of those four... I do have Dropbox but never installed it on this machine. The other three are services I've never signed up for.
    I am basically using these apps up-front:
    Mail.app, Safari, Notes, Terminal, maybe LibreOffice 4.0.x, maybe Sublime Text 2, Console.
    And the freezes happen about twice a day, usually when I'm in Mail or Terminal, but that's because those are the ones where I'm typing the most and can see immediately when the freezes happen. It could be happening even more frequently while I'm browsing, but I might not know it because I'm merely reading what's on the screen.
    This is a list from Activity Monitor of what I'm using right now, which is very typical of what I use all day:
    407
    XType.FontHelper
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    2.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
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    xpcd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
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    313
    WebKitPluginAgent
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    944 KB
    Intel (64 bit)
    250
    usernoted
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    4.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    233
    UserEventAgent
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    7.6 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    347
    Terminal
    dchang
    0.0
    5
    51.3 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    280
    tccd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    3.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    243
    talagent
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    6.2 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    244
    SystemUIServer
    dchang
    0.1
    3
    26.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4254
    System Preferences
    dchang
    0.5
    3
    24.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    995
    Sublime Text 2
    dchang
    0.0
    12
    82.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    380
    ssh-agent
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    3.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4321
    ssh
    dchang
    0.0
    1
    2.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4276
    ssh
    dchang
    0.0
    1
    2.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    335
    ShareKitHelper
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    9.1 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    429
    ScopedBookmarkAgent
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    5.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    318
    Safari Web Content
    dchang
    2.1
    23
    835.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    316
    Safari
    dchang
    0.2
    17
    127.9 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3975
    QuickLookSatellite-general
    dchang
    0.0
    4
    6.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3974
    Quick Look Helper
    dchang
    0.0
    4
    6.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3978
    QTKitServer-(3975) QuickLookSatellite-general
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    3.7 MB
    Intel
    319
    QTKitServer-(318) Safari Web Content
    dchang
    0.0
    5
    8.2 MB
    Intel
    3979
    QTKitMoviesValidator-(3978) QTKitServer
    dchang
    0.0
    3
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    Intel
    359
    printtool
    dchang
    0.0
    2
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    327
    pbs
    dchang
    0.0
    4
    3.7 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    249
    pboard
    dchang
    0.0
    1
    904 KB
    Intel (64 bit)
    254
    Notification Center
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    18.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    676
    Notes
    dchang
    0.0
    9
    47.1 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    277
    NetworkBrowserAgent
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    4.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4156
    mdworker
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    11.7 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    298
    Mail
    dchang
    0.0
    11
    151.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    302
    lsboxd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    3.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    54
    loginwindow
    dchang
    0.1
    2
    25.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3589
    LibreOffice
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    0.2
    6
    105.9 MB
    Intel
    230
    launchd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    1.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    469
    iTunes Helper
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    3.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    258
    imagent
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    5.3 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3508
    Image Capture Extension
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    9.7 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3980
    helpd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    2.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    270
    fontd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    6.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    322
    Flash Player (Safari Internet plug-in)
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    1.7
    21
    255.7 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    245
    Finder
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    0.1
    5
    73.1 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    242
    Dock
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    43.1 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    234
    distnoted
    dchang
    0.0
    4
    4.1 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3550
    Dashboard
    dchang
    0.0
    8
    24.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    663
    cookied
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    3.4 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    499
    Console
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    26.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    326
    com.apple.NotesMigratorService
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    2
    10.9 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4328
    com.apple.iCloudHelper
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    0.0
    3
    5.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    685
    com.apple.hiservices-xpcservice
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    2.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    315
    com.apple.hiservices-xpcservice
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    2.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    279
    com.apple.dock.extra
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    2
    13.9 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    320
    com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper
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    2
    2.6 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3976
    com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper
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    2
    2.6 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    3977
    com.apple.audio.ComponentHelper
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    0.0
    2
    2.7 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    321
    com.apple.audio.ComponentHelper
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    0.0
    2
    2.9 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    236
    cfprefsd
    dchang
    0.0
    4
    11.6 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    262
    CalendarAgent
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    6
    22.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4318
    bash
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    1
    1.2 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4121
    bash
    dchang
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    1
    1.2 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    329
    AppleSpell.service
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    0.0
    2
    14.8 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    261
    AppleIDAuthAgent
    dchang
    0.0
    3
    2.0 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    4330
    Activity Monitor
    dchang
    2.5
    5
    17.9 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
    272
    accountsd
    dchang
    0.0
    2
    3.5 MB
    Intel (64 bit)
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