Embedding Information

How do I ensure that all information (such as artist name, etc) is embedded in my music files?
Sometimes, when I reimport music (maybe it has been moved and iTunes doesn't recognise its location) it is missing certain information, and the track names have 01, 02 etc in front of them.

Earl:
When you talk about reimporting, do you mean from a CD, or from the song files already on your computer?
Generally, when you report from a CD, if you've been connected to the internet and iTunes has retrieved the CD information from Gracenote, iTunes should "remember" all of that data if you reinsert the same CD. If you aren't connected to the Internet, and you've input that information manually after you've added the tracks into iTunes, then iTunes will not recognize the CD.
If your music is not in a format that fully supports ID3 tags, such as WAV or AIFF, then the data doesn't get imbedded into the file, it is only stored in the iTunes Library database.
Hope this helps,
Lita

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Can you Ignore Embedded Digital File Info?

Hello!
I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to have Photoshop ignore the embedded informationspecifically in-camera rotation datawhen it opens digital camera files. The difficulty I'm having is that I have an action script that opens files up and then saves them off for use with another application. Since Photoshop is recognizing the embedded rotation information, it will take a horizontal file, see that in camera it is indicated that it should be a vertical file and it'll open it in that orientation (vertical). When Photoshop saves the file, it has effectively rotated the file.
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Could you check if this works for you?
// opens the fileinfo dialog when an image is either copyrighted or other info fields have content;
// use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop;
if (app.documents.length != 0) {
var theCheck = false;
var theProperties = [app.activeDocument.info.author, app.activeDocument.info.authorPosition, app.activeDocument.info.caption,
app.activeDocument.info.captionWriter, app.activeDocument.info.category, app.activeDocument.info.city,
app.activeDocument.info.copyrightNotice, app.activeDocument.info.country, app.activeDocument.info.creationDate, app.activeDocument.info.credit,
app.activeDocument.info.headline, app.activeDocument.info.instructions, app.activeDocument.info.jobName, app.activeDocument.info.keywords,
app.activeDocument.info.ownerUrl, app.activeDocument.info.provinceState, app.activeDocument.info.source,
app.activeDocument.info.supplementalCategories, app.activeDocument.info.title, app.activeDocument.info.transmissionReference];
for (var m = 0; m < theProperties.length; m++) {
var thisProp = theProperties[m];
if (thisProp.length > 0) {
theCheck = true;
if (app.activeDocument.info.copyrighted == CopyrightedType.COPYRIGHTEDWORK) {theCheck = true};
if (theCheck == true) {
fileInfo();
////// provided by paul riggott //////
function fileInfo() {
    var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
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Getting small fonts embedded in Pages PDFs... how?

I have a Pages document that has a block of small (6pt and 7pt) type. When I create a PDF of the document, the OS X PDF creation system substitutes bit-maps for the characters, and there is a significant loss in legibility. If I create a similar PDF using Adobe Acrobat X (via the Print / PDF / Save as Adobe PDF method) these characters are represented correctly. Here is a illustration of the problem: first image via Adobe Acrobat, second image via OS X.
The document is intended to become a Template for use on our company's Mac computers (running iWork 09 / Mountain Lion currently), and these computers will need to be able to generate PDFs from the template. It is not helpful for us to have to install Acrobat X on every machine simply to allow this to happen.
Is there a way to adjust the settings for PDF creation within OSX to correct for this problem?
Any suggestions would be most gratefully received.

Hi Tom,
Really helpful suggestions. Don't solve problem, but do get me much closer. I checked the embedding information as you suggested, and the Font is being embedded in both the OS X document and the Acrobat document, but the way in which the font is embedded is different between the two documents.
Separately, I checked what the document looks like in Acrobat (not tried this previously, as most of our machines don't have it), and the two documents look the same. Also, Preview prints both documents to look the same.
So in a way I suppose I don't need to worry about it - it looks ugly, but is not affecting the function of the document generated. But would be better if I could get Preview to not produce jaggy text if I could (as we can't afford to install Acrobat on machines just to eliminate this problem). Any ideas?
Background information...
Here is the information reported by Acrobat about font embedding for the Frutiger Light font - first image for the OS X generated document, second for the Acrobat generated document:
The report on embedding is quite different.
The OS X generated file has embedded a "Type 1" subset of Frutiger Light five times, using Custom and or Roman encoding.
The Acrobat generated file has embedded a "Type 1" subset of Frutiger Light twice using ANSI and Custom encoding and has also embedded a third subset of type "Type 1 (CID)" with encoding "Identity-H".
Second, another view of the file when viewed in Preview, even more zoomed in that previous one - the first two images from left are OS X generated (export / best, print / save as PDF), the third is Acrobat generated, and has much less jagged edges on d or W for example:
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What I wish I'd Known Before My Lion Server Install

The truth is that I am on my FIFTH Lion Server install on the same box this week. While I was working on #4, I went ahead and submitted a ticket with Apple and arranged a timeslot for this morning to work with them to help me past my struggles with Lion Server. This post is the result of that experience. Big props to Apple support techs Chuck and Don - you know who you are!
What I Wish I'd Known Before My Lion Server Install
1. Do NOT migrate user accounts, apps, and files, until AFTER you have the Server set up and working correctly.
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2. Server Admin Tools are mandatory.
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- Server Admin allows you to set up the foundation of your server - which it NEEDS!
- DNS - configure a local, pseudo domain for your server if you're doing this at home. Something like "mynet.private" - if you don't, your SSL certificates can get all jacked up, your clients will not trust your certs. This breaks a lot of stuff.
3. Do NOT accept the mDNS .local domain suffix for your Server
- At each step, if something auto-fills your server name as name.local reject it, and use the fully qualified domain name that you set up above (server.mynet.private).
- If you do not do this, anything that requires certificates could/will have big problems.
4. Enable services one at a time. Reboot after EACH major phase past the core Lion install.
- Base install ... Server install. REBOOT
- DNS configuration. REBOOT
- validate your host name - I needed to force a 'changeip' command because there was a problem with the HOSTNAME retaining the mdns .local domain name.
- OD Master config. REBOOT
- Set up Podcast Producer (which will also setup your Xgrid). REBOOT
5. Take images of your hard drive as you go.
- Once I got the core server installed, the basic services above, I rebooted and held the option key, then restarted on the Recovery HD image.
- Use Disk Utility to take a snapshot image of your hard disk so you can get back to this wonderful place of everything working! It's cheap insurance, and adds a bit of extra time, but is well worth it. If you leave the default settings alone (the 'compressed' one in particular) it will use as little space as possible. My server at this stage of configuration created a 4GB disk image.
6. Use the Migration Assistant After the above
- Now you can migrate your apps
- Migrate your users
- etc.
If you use the Migration option while you're installing the server, or if you upgrade on top of your Snow Leopard (or whatever), I can almost guarantee you that you are in for a world of hurt.
I struggled through all kinds of issues with files having embedded information, scattered throughout all the various subsystems, that gummed up my installation and would case all manner of the flakey Lion Server behavior that you read about ("Error Reading Configuration").
If you want to use Podcast Producer, or any of the Profile Manager features, the above methodology was the only way that I could get them to work. Often times I'd have everything working, then reboot and it would break. After I did the above, the system is as solid as a rock.
Today, I love Lion Server. Yesterday I was cursing it.
Best of luck!!

There are 2 distinct apps in Lion Server.... Podcast (in Server app) and Podcast Producer (Server admin which is deemed legacy from SNS). Podcast uses Podcast Publisher instead of Podcast Capture to produce, edit and submit to Podcast app. Podcast doesn't requre Xgrid where PCP did. The two don't mix.
It's as clear as mud in all the documentation about this.
We're finding that Podcast Publisher has much more flexibility that Podcast Capture (edit, episodes & more), can use existing workflow from PCP, doesn't require xgrid, and podcasts can easily be managed by non-IT people via the Podcast wiki as opposed to the CLI pcast commands to edit & modify PCP feeds.
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Bitmap image won't show after converting HTML file to pdf

I have a program which saves a technical report as a HTML file. I don't have another choice as to file type to save as. This program has a template which generates the report....and there are fields which are filled in...some text fields, and one is a company logo. Just to be clear the logo itself is not in the template, a holding place is there which points to the location of the logo on my drive. This is all set up by the program and can't be altered.
If I save the logo as a jpg, png or tiff file, the logo shows up in the final HTML report and if I use Adobe Professional (version 7.0 on Win XP) to create a pdf the image also shows up - a perfect replica of the report is created in pdf, making it convenient for printing and email.
If I save the logo as a bitmap file (which creates a higher resolution and sharper looking logo) the logo shows up in the initial HTML technical report, but when I convert this to pdf the file is not found, instead it shows as a small square red box with the error "Bad file image" or "unable to download image".
I can't understand why this would be the case as the logo is saved in the same location whether it is jpg, png, tiff or bmp. It just seems that the Adobe Pro doesn't know how to "find" the bitmap logo from the HTML template.
I did try converting the HTML document to Word but it threw the formatting out and when it was converted to pdf it cropped the page & I wasn't able to resolve this...maybe it can be done but it is a long way around in any case, particularly if steps then need to be taken to correct the formatting.
At the moment the document can be printed with success from the original format - then it's a matter of scanning the printed document in order to email. It can't be emailed directly because of the embedded information which is lost if then sent to the recipient's computer. However it would be nice if the doc could be converted to pdf which would then make it easier to transfer the file to a backup drive or for email. Any ideas? Thanks

Thanks for your response. Yes I did mean .bmp files.
The problem is not getting it to show in HTML - but Adobe then picking it up from there. I guess though if it is not a standard format for HTML then maybe Adobe has trouble recognising it if it is there. Also, it is possible for Adobe to convert .bmp files if they are inserted in the HTML file, but I have instead a template with the code for the location of the file rather than the graphic itself. I don't have this problem using the other file formats and getting them into pdf...it's just that the images aren't as sharp as the bmp. I have tried various formats and resolutions so if there isn't a way I can get the bmp from the HTML file into pdf I might just have to live with printing and scanning from the original. Thanks for your input, it confirms what I was thinking. I'll leave this unanswered for now in case someone else has further information.

Font licensing and EULA: Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition

Hi all,
I'm not necesarilly working with graphic design daily. However, I may have to replicate a design for a publication that uses Adobe Garamond Pro, which is why I got interested in Adobe - Fonts : Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition.
However, before I shell out the cash, I'd like to ask a few questions about related EULA's and font licensing issues - as the last thing I want to do is buy something, and then end up sued/financially destroyed/imprisoned anyways. (which is why I prefer with open fonts & software - at least no worries about prison, in case of misunderstanding the legalese)
So, here are the questions:
I am a Linux user, and I primarily intent to use the fonts with xelatex. On the download page, there are two options: "Win" and "Mac". Which one should I choose? Related question: Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:Windows can use OpenType, Windows Type1 and Windows TrueType fonts. Windows cannot directly read Mac TrueType or Mac Type1 fonts.
Macintosh can use OpenType, Mac Type1, Mac TrueType, and Win TrueType. Adobe products can read some Windows Type 1 fonts if installed in the correct folder.
Versions - possibly unrelated, but I've found this old comment from 2003 for 'Adobe Type Basics 5.0 Mlp (CD-ROM)':Unfortunately, this product includes fonts in the older PostScript "Type 1" font format instead of the newer OpenType format. Adobe sells an OpenType edition of Adobe Type Basics, but this is a download-only product. I wish Adobe would sell the OpenType Edition on CD.... so just to make sure: I would definitely download the OpenType if I buy from the above Adobe - Fonts : Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition link, right?
Re-download - the Adobe Type Basics page doesn't mention the file format of the download, nor its size. With bought fonts, I'd consider installing whatever I need for as long as project lasts, then deleting everything from my computer, since I don't like proprietary stuff sitting on it. Thus, I'd be interested in re-donwloading the Adobe Type Basics package. So is this package a zip file or similar, if so - how big is it? Can I download the file multiple times after purchase? Is the number of times I can redownload limited?
I may have to do (in a role of page layouter for an academic institution) a document for a relatively big academic publisher (Springer); and I have little idea about how font licensing works there. Let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the publisher for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? I'm worried because I found in Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:As I understand it, print service providers are required by the font EULA to own the font even though the customer provides it.
I suggest you ask your customer to purchase the modern OpenType versions of the fonts. ... but then, Springer are "publishers", not "printers"? How worried should I be about this? Should I ask for confirmation in writing from them, that they own the particular embedded font? Then again, since in this case I'd be working for an academic institution as page layouter, should the academic institution also buy the font? If the academic institution already owns the font, am I legally obliged to own it as a page layouter (even if I'd use that font on the institutions computers with licensed fonts on them)? I'm pretty sure I'd be legally obliged to own it if I intend to prepare the layout on my own computer, is that correct?
The download page mentions for "End User License": 5 computers. Say I install one Adobe Garamond Pro on one computer, use it there for the duration of a project, and then delete it from the computer. Is this computer then still counted towards the number of seats?
Occasionally, I have my personal notes and such typeset in Latex, and here I send them to a printer (as in, "print service provider") to print 2-3 copies in softcover for personal use. As far as I understand it, this does not represent a "published" book (and so there isn't a "publisher" institution as in the Springer example above). So, in this case, again the same situation: let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the print house for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? How worried should I be about this?
Other neat related links I found:
Adobe Forums: Font EULA Question Re: Selling Logos;
Adobe Forums: font liscensing: upgrading from print to digital ...
Well, I believe this is all I have for asking (for now) - thanks in advance for any answers!

I am a Linux user, and I primarily intent to use the fonts with xelatex. On the download page, there are two options: "Win" and "Mac". Which one should I choose?
Related question: Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:Windows can use OpenType, Windows Type1 and Windows TrueType fonts. Windows cannot directly read Mac TrueType or Mac Type1 fonts.
Macintosh can use OpenType, Mac Type1, Mac TrueType, and Win TrueType. Adobe products can read some Windows Type 1 fonts if installed in the correct folder.
If you want Adobe Type Basics OpenType edition, then the fonts support multiple platforms. OpenType fonts work on Mac, Win and Linux systems.
Versions - possibly unrelated, but I've found this old comment from 2003 for 'Adobe Type Basics 5.0 Mlp (CD-ROM)':Unfortunately, this product includes fonts in the older PostScript "Type 1" font format instead of the newer OpenType format. Adobe sells an OpenType edition of Adobe Type Basics, but this is a download-only product. I wish Adobe would sell the OpenType Edition on CD.... so just to make sure: I would definitely download the OpenType if I buy from the above Adobe - Fonts : Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition link, right?
Yes, the Adobe Type Basics Open Type Edition would provide you with OpenType versions of the fonts. Sorry that we don’t offer all the different fonts, font families and variations on CD-ROM, but it would be cost-prohibitive to make all those versions, and font software is relatively small compared to application software. That said, Our font EULA (End User License Agreement) which can be found at: http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/pdfs/wf_EULA071111/EULA5seat_USEnglish07.11.11.htm l states: “2.5 Backup Copy. You may make a reasonable number of backup copies of the Software, provided your backup copies are not installed or used for other than archival purposes.” So you can make your own CD-ROM.
Re-download - the Adobe Type Basics page doesn't mention the file format of the download, nor its size. With bought fonts, I'd consider installing whatever I need for as long as project lasts, then deleting everything from my computer, since I don't like proprietary stuff sitting on it. Thus, I'd be interested in re-donwloading the Adobe Type Basics package. So is this package a zip file or similar, if so - how big is it? Can I download the file multiple times after purchase? Is the number of times I can redownload limited?
The file format is OpenType (CFF). I would recommend making a backup copy of these fonts if you don’t want to keep them on your system. Our Electronic Software Download service is not meant to be used for storage.
I may have to do (in a role of page layouter for an academic institution) a document for a relatively big academic publisher (Springer); and I have little idea about how font licensing works there. Let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the publisher for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? I'm worried because I found in Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:As I understand it, print service providers are required by the font EULA to own the font even though the customer provides it.
I suggest you ask your customer to purchase the modern OpenType versions of the fonts. ... but then, Springer are "publishers", not "printers"? How worried should I be about this? Should I ask for confirmation in writing from them, that they own the particular embedded font? Then again, since in this case I'd be working for an academic institution as page layouter, should the academic institution also buy the font? If the academic institution already owns the font, am I legally obliged to own it as a page layouter (even if I'd use that font on the institutions computers with licensed fonts on them)? I'm pretty sure I'd be legally obliged to own it if I intend to prepare the layout on my own computer, is that correct?
Wow! Lots of questions here. First of all, publishers publish. Printing is just one form of publishing. Embedding information for Adobe fonts can be found at the following:
http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/additional_licenses.html
http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/info/embedding.html
If you send a file to a print service provider and send a copy of the font along as well, then the printer needs to own a valid copy themselves. If you send the print service provider a PDF version of the file, then you can embed the font in the PDF (but you would not send the a raw version of the font). In this case, the printer doesn’t need the font, because it is embedded in the document.
The download page mentions for "End User License": 5 computers. Say I install one Adobe Garamond Pro on one computer, use it there for the duration of a project, and then delete it from the computer. Is this computer then still counted towards the number of seats?
If you buy a license for Adobe Garamond Pro, you have up to 5 seats. So, it can be installed on a maximum of five computers at your company. It is that simple to be in compliance. If you were to obtain Adobe Garamond Pro by purchasing Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition, then you can install the entire set on up to five computers at your company. You are licensing the set, and the fonts cannot be split up and used across multiple users at your company.
Occasionally, I have my personal notes and such typeset in Latex, and here I send them to a printer (as in, "print service provider") to print 2-3 copies in softcover for personal use. As far as I understand it, this does not represent a "published" book (and so there isn't a "publisher" institution as in the Springer example above). So, in this case, again the same situation: let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the print house for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? How worried should I be about this?
Yes. It is legal to send the document to a print service provider with the font embedded in PDF. You are printing a document, and your interpretation of what it means to “publish” or be a “publisher” is not relevant. The words don’t even appear in our EULA.

Six months later: still cannot get Time Capsule to back up my PowerBooks

I have a 500g TC and two Powerbook G4 (Al) computers. I have the same problem with both computers. I reinitialize the TC disk ("Erase" in the Airport Utility) then do an initial backup over hardwired Ethernet. Both PBs have about 60GB of data on them. The initial backups take the expected 12-18 hours. Thereafter, the automatic Time Machine backups work for about 3-5 days, then they stop. Time Machine gets into the "Preparing Backup" state and stays there for hours (I give up after 24 hours).
I tried turning off TM and doing the backups manually (selecting "Backup Now" from the TM menu). That has the same problem, although it takes longer to appear.
I have no reinitialized my TC disk 5 times and had the same problem 5 times.
I have turned off Spotlight indexing of the backup disk and of the PB disk. That has not helped.
Can anyone suggest anything to get this to work?

Rob & tubwreck,
Thanks for the redirect. However, I have already revised that info with new data. See below...
*_Spotlight And Time Machine_*
*Runaway MDS Process*
For Spotlight searching to work, it needs to have metadata. Every time a file is created, modified or deleted, the system notifies Spotlight that it needs to update the meta-data store (mds). First, Spotlight (mdworker) seizes the file, determines its’ type, and then assigns an appropriate importer (mdimport).
While some bits of metadata (modification dates, file type, path name) are easy to gather, most of the interesting data is embedded inside the file. To gather this embedded information Spotlight must use an importer (mdimport), a small plug-in that extracts information from files created by various applications. Each file type has its’ own importer. For instance there are unique Spotlight importers for JPEG, MP3, Word, PDF files and so on.
It’s the importer’s responsibility to read the data file and construct a dictionary that contains the appropriate metadata. When finished, the dictionary is delivered to Spotlight (mdworker), which then updates the meta-data store (mds). The original file is then released to the system to complete the originally intended action.
Ordinarily, this process is virtually instantaneous and invisible to the user. At times, however, it can hang, or loop causing Spotlight (mdworker) and the meta-data store (mds) to monopolize the CPU and interfere with other system events like Time Machine backups. The Console logs may report the following over and over again for perhaps hundreds of times.
+“mds(32): (Error) Import: importer:0x8f8c00 Importer start failed for 503”+
Eventually, the Time Machine backup may fail with the Console logs reporting
+“Indexing a file failed” / “Copy stage failed with error: 11”.+
Or a backup may be completely stalled in midstream, never seaming to end.
Go to Applications --> Utilities folder and launch Activity Monitor.
Clicking the “Process Name” column and scrolling down to the “m”s will reveal that one or all of the Spotlight components (mds, mdworker, mdimport) is maxing out your CPU.
Highlight “mds” and click “Quit Process” in the toolbar.
In the dialoge box that appears click “Quit”.
Enter our Admin password and click “OK”
The stalled backup should now resume and complete. If not, choose “Stop Backing Up” from the Time Machine menu or click the tiny “x” icon in the Time Machine Preferences. When the backup has completely stopped, select “Backup Now” from the Time Machine menu.
*Waiting for index to be ready (909 > 0)*
One of the processes Time Machine relies on for accurate backups is the indexing of the backup disk. With this index, Time Machine can quickly search the backup disk for files the user wishes to restore. When a routine backup begins, often the “Preparing…” stage will include a phase that permits Spotlight to update its’ index of the backup disk. Momentarily the Spotlight icon in the menu bar will pulsate and the Console logs will report “Waiting for index to be ready”. Generally, this phase is so quick that the user is unaware that it occurred.
Unfortunately, this phase can hang thus preventing Time Machine from completing a backup. During this period, the Spotlight icon will continuously pulsate. Clicking on the Spotlight icon will reveal a progress bar with no estimate of the remaining time or it will indicate many hours of indexing still remains. The Console logs will continually report “Waiting for index to be ready”.
Ordinarily, Spotlight indexing is a good thing. And at times, if an index has become corrupt or untrustworthy, Spotlight will require a period of time to rebuild the index. If it has only been a couple of hours then let the process continue. However, if it has been many hours, and the Spotlight menu progress bar still does not indicate an estimated time of completion, then things have hung. You will need to force Spotlight to clear its’ indexes and re-catalogue all volumes. [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2409]
*Force Spotlight to Rebuild Indexes*
Go to System Preferences --> Time Machine.
Using the slider on the left, turn OFF Time Machine backups for now.
Next, click “Show All” in the toolbar.
Select the Spotlight Preferences.
Click the Privacy Tab.
First, drag your Macs’ internal hard disk from the desktop to the Privacy list.
Wait 10 seconds, then highlight the Macs’ hard disk in the list and click the tiny “-” button at the bottom to remove it from the list.
Spotlight will initiate a reindex of the hard disk. If you click on the Spotlight menu icon you may see the message:
+“Spotlight helps you quickly find things on your computer. Spotlight will be available as soon as the contents of your computer have been indexed.”+
A progress bar will indicate perhaps 10-20 minutes remaining depending upon how much data there is.
Once completed, drag your Time Machine backup disk into the Privacy list of the Spotlight Preferences.
Wait 10 seconds, then highlight the Time Machine backup disk in the list and click the tiny “-” button at the bottom to remove it from the list.
Spotlight will now initiate a reindex of the hard disk.
Once completed, if you have any other hard disk attached to your Mac that are also being backed using Time Machine, then force a reindex as well using the procedure outlined above.
*For Time Capsule / AirDisk Users*
To properly force a reindex of networked disks, you will need to mount the Time Machine disk image so that it appears on the desktop. This will appear as a white drive icon. There is no need to index the green Time Machine drive with the clock icon on it.
Drag the white backup disk image to the Spotlight Privacy list.
Wait 10 seconds, then remove it using the “-” button.
Reindexing disk images can often take much more time, particularly if this is being done wirelessly. Initially it may report upwards of 15-20 hours of indexing remaining. However after a period if time this estimate can begin to drop to just a few hours. Let is proceed without interruption. (Note: This period of reindexing can be reduced by connecting the Time Capsule to your Mac via ethernet cable, and then forcing the reindex to occur.)
Once completed, turn Time Machine Preferences back ON.
Now initiate a backup.
Naturally, the first backup after a Spotlight reindex may be a lengthy one.
*Deleting the .Spotlight-V100 Directory*
At times, simply forcing Spotlight to reindex a volume is not enough to clear corrupt indexes. Additionally, stopping a Spotlight index while in progress can itself introduce further anomalies. In these instances, it may become necessary to delete the .Spotlight-V100 directory on the backup disk entirely. [http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html] This can be accomplished with the following Terminal command:
+sudo rm -ri /pathtovolume/.Spotlight-V100+
where /pathtovolume is the path of the volume in question.
The volume can then be reindexed by any of the following methods:
Restarting your Mac.
Using Disk Utility to first unmount, then mount the volume.
Issuing the command: +sudo mdutil -E /pathtovolume+
*Redirect the Backup to a Different Hard Disk*
It may be that directing backups to a different hard disk, performing a full backup, then redirecting Time Machine back to the original hard disk clears this issue up.
One contributor reported: “However, I have fixed the problem by accident! Concerned at not having a backup, I did a new backup to an external USB drive which worked fine. I then set my backup device back to the Time Capsule, ran backup and it now works fine. Doing the backup to a different device appears to have cleared the Spotlight problem.” [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8272650#8272650]
Let us know if any of this helps further.
Cheers!

I need to remove blue highlighting around certain words in a pdf document.

Someone tell me how.

I'm not sure how to send a screenshot in this forum but it doesn't matter now. The problem was that I somehow removed the Form Fields without it removing the information in them as well as the blue highlight for selecting an answer to the individual questions.
I ended up going into another copy of the application and using the Tools>Highlight Existing Fields operation and then going through and making sure the different form fields weren't locked and then deleting each one.
Initially I used the left hand side Navigation Pane buttons to remove all embedded information which is what got rid of the form fields but not the info in those form fields, which included the blue highlight.
Thank you for your help though.

Having objects move in to and out of a frame (screen shots explaining)

Hi
I've got a wireframe I'm now trying to add interaction to in catalyst.
I've got a drop down menu the user will work from and I want it so that when they click a button the screen in the menu slides away and a new screen slides in.
Please see the very rough screens below to explain what I'm trying to do.
The yellow is the apllication window which will have buttons along the top. The dark grey is the frame that appears when clicking a navigation button. The light grey is the embedded information with a button.
When the user clicks the button I want the white box to slide in its place. The grey box AND the button to slide out of the dark grey box to the left. I've got the sliding working, but can't get the button to move when clicked.
The main problem is that the light grey and white boxes sit on top of the yellow box.
I want the white box to slide in from the right, but only to be visible when it startes to enter the dark grey box.
Is there any way to do this?
I'm new to catalyst, but is this kind of thing even possible?! I can't think of a combination of layers and custom components that would let me do this.
Please help if you can, thanks
This site kind of shows what I'm trying to achieve, http://www.whiteherongrill.com/
Click 'Services' and then 'Private Events' and the menu slides down from the top but is not visible as it passes through the light olive border as it enters.
However I'm also looking for the button to be part of the pnel that slides out of view when clicked.

8 hrs later I've just managed to solve this, the joys of being a newbie
At least I got there, a combination of custom components and clipping to component bounds. I was getting the combination of clipping bounds with the custom components all all wrong, but I got there finally

Acrobat 7 document goes blank after digital signature

Secretary creates document on network drive. When a manager digitally signs the document it goes blank. Acrobat Pro 7.1.4. After multiple tries the document will work. Can automatic saving be disabled during the signing procedure so that the document does not have to be recreated to be signed again.

Finally I found the solution.
The file size increase is a result of the embedded information used for long-term signature validation.
If you do not need this feature, you can turn it off:
Preferences > Security > Advanced Preferences > Creation tab
disable "Include Signature’s Revocation"
Help page: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/X/pro/using/WS934c23d7cc8877da1172e0811fde233c98-8000. html
BR
Harald

Changing file extension for Blu-Ray H264 export

The output is written as .m4v, and my authoring tool will not accept this.
It must be any of the following: m2v, m2p, mpg, mpeg, avc, 264, h264 bsf or vc1
Can I simply change the extension - or is there a way to get the correct extension I need?
(CinemaCraft allows you to define the extension used, for example)

Any containering around the raw .264 video stream will screw up the embedded information.
Non-Encore Bluray authoring tools will not accept any file format that is containering that stream.
Also, if you want your bluray to be "legal" - ie be possible of passing a verification suite for pressing at a repro house - you have to export to raw .264 (thus why high end author tools won't import .m4v, mp4, mov etc).
So, not you can't just change the extension. a m4v file is a ISO media container that holds a video stream... yes m4v, mp4 and mov are all based on the same standard - and yes you can thus change the file extension and it often works but......
... in this case you need a raw h.264 stream as a file (.264).
The only thing I can think of is that you container it to MPEG-Transport Stream (MPEG-TS) with the file extension .mpg.
It has the highest chance of import but I'm not sure if it destroys the h.264 stream's ability to pass BD verification.
Note also that I've heard that the bundled H.264 encoder (made by Main Concept) does not have the mandatory "slice" support for AVC level 4.1 and higher so if you encode at that level it's already an illegal stream that you can guarantee will not play ok in every consumer blu-ray player.
my 2c,
Rallymax.

Lost pictures

after having imported pictures from My Pictores in Finder to iPhoto 11, I moved them from My Pictures to the paper basket.
Later I identified in iPhoto, that most of the key pictures of the folders are black, inside most of the thumbnails are black. And opening by clicking on thumbnails results also in a black picture. But all embedded information of the pictures are still there.
I tried to recover the mediathek and also the thumbnails, without result.
Importing other pictures leads to the similar results, I can see thumbnails, but only black pictures behind.
What happened and what to do?

When you try to edit your "Black Pictures", do you see just a black window, or also warning triangles, like this?
If you see the warning triangle, you may have deleted the original image files, that iPhoto needs, when you moved the imported images to the Trash.
Check the iPhoto Preferences - the "Advanced" panel. The flag "Importing - Copy items to the iPhoto Library" should be enabled; otherwise you do not actually import the images. If this flag has not been set while importing, you need to put the images back from the Trash exactly where your deleted them from.
But if the flag had been set correctly during import, try to rebuild your iPhoto library (Mediathek in German): Hold down the key combination option/alt-cmd ⌘⌥ while you double click iPhoto to lauch. Then you will see the library first aid panel. select "Rebuild Database"
Regards
Léonie

ITunes favours a particular album

OK, so this is an odd one...
There is a series of compilation albums in the UK called "Now That's What I Call Music". They have been putting out approximately 3 albums per year since the 1980s and their latest release is "Now 89". I happen to have all 89 of them in my iTunes library (yes, I know) but whenever I sync music to my iPhone and select "Automatically fill free space with songs" it mostly chooses songs from Now 40. It may choose one or two songs from other Now albums (and of course any other albums in my collection) but it's almost as if Now 40 is its favourite and it will add the album in its entirety. As far as I can see, there's nothing particularly different in the embedded information.
Any ideas?

I happen to have all 89 of them in my iTunes library (yes, I know)
whenever I sync music to my iPhone and select "Automatically fill free space with songs" it mostly chooses songs from Now 40.
Dr. Dio,
That "Automatically fill free space..." does not offer any control.
For a different approach, make a Smart Playlist of all songs where "Album" "contains" "Now" and "Last Played" "is not in the last" "8" "weeks," and include it in the sync to your device. It will always contain new songs you haven't heard in a while.

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