Has anyone used Garageband on a new MBP?

very interested in knowing the limitations. How many tracks of software instruments/loops can you get?
Has anyone tried playing their songs made on a G5 Quad or hi end G5 ( with many effects and tracks) on the MPB? and what are the problems, limitations? Gliches?

I use garageband all the time to record guitar tracks/vocal tracks. It really works great with my MBP. I use a presonus firebox with it too and all works really nicely; every once in awhile it will fall out of sync, but not much anymore. I've loaded up only about 7-9 tracks at any given time and it will play them all with no problem. The CPU usage graph doesn't even come close to getting pegged either! I found that better performance came when I chose the small buffer size. I think that if you plan on having ton of instruments at the same time, Garageband is probably not the way.
So far I haven't found any limitations to Garageband. It does everything I want it to - record stuff. I haven't used a Quad or G5 with Garageband so I don't know if they would be faster/better. My MBP works great though.

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It is possible that a setup guide exists for the the WD drive and AirPort Extreme, but you will have to go looking for it on the Internet. Even if you find one, it may not be tailored to your specific situation or needs.
Sometimes, you can do everything right....at least according to someone's article or "how to" guide, and things still will not work correctly.
In situations like this, when you really don't know what to do, you need to enlist the aid of an IT pro, who will know what to do based on your particular products and unique circumstances. Sometimes....they won't be able to get things working either due to particular circumstances.
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Has anyone used Migration Assistant to move services from one system running Server to a new system?

So, I've purchased a Mac mini to replace my aging Mid 2009 mini on which I've been running Mavericks Server. In trying to answer the question of how best to move services from the old machine to the new, I've stumbled into the fact that Migration Assistant can apparently migrate not just user data for workstations and laptops, but also service data for servers. The problem is there isn't much detail in the docs about how good a job it does when going from one machine to another without changing OS releases. There's a very detailed document in the KB about going from older versions of Server to new (OS X Server: Upgrade and migration from Lion Server or Snow Leopard Server) and a general doc on migrating from another Mac under Mavericks (OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks) but that has no details about Server.
Has anyone used Migration Assistant to move services from one system running Server to a new system? Are there any details that are particularly important to get right? Are there things that require manual steps after Migration Assistant is done?
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yes. I migrated a server frm lion to mavericks following these notes a while back:
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Has anyone used Thunderbolt or USB 3.0?

In the not too distant future I am intending to upgrade from my 2008 24" 2.8GHz iMac.
The new models appear to have gone down the Thunderbolt route which appears to be not very popular with HDs being few and far between and very expensive.
USB 3.0 whilst theoretically only half the speed seems to be taking off and reasonably cheap, and appears to be more universally adopted.
Could Apple have backed the wrong horse on this occasion?
Sorry, I was just thinking aloud, definitely not speculating.
So has anyone used Thunderbolt and got anything good or bad to say about it?

Not personally:
The german computer-magazine c't tested the Promise Pegasus R6 Thunderbolt and found it speedwise way ahead of USB 3.0 and eSATA.
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Read - 721 MByte/s
Read AND Write - 323 MByte/s
Time Machine -capable and OS X Bootable.
0.8 Sone when active
61.6 W active - 48 W when not used.
Sadly the article is not avaibale other than Printed.
Stefan

Has anyone used SuperDuper to go from C2D to SR?

Has anyone here upgraded to the new santa rosa MBP from the C2D MBP and used SuperDuper to clone their system? I need to do just that and was wondering if the computer will boot and be fully functioning. I think this is the easiest way to transfer everything since I won't have my C2D MBP when I receive my SR MBP.
If this is not possible because of hardware issues, will the clone of my current system mount as an external fw drive on the SR? This way I guess I could manually copy my files over to SR.
Thanks

I would not advise doing this unless the build number on the SR machine is exactly the same as the one on the C2D. With most all new hardware releases the OS X build is usually unique for that hardware until the next general version of OS X is released. Therefore, cloning from the C2D very likely won't work.
To check the build versions select About This Mac from the Finder's Apple menu. Click on the OS X version number (10.4.9, for example) to reveal the current build version. If the build version of the SR installed OS X is not the same as that of the C2D then do not clone either operating system to either machine.
Instead use Migration Assistant.

Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Has anyone used the mackeeper software?

Short answer: I don't recommend it, but it's not "a scam" or malware, per se. If you use it, you may have some real performance issues.
Me: I was an actual MacKeeper user (paid version) for about two years. What follows is my experience and conclusions. I am not a paid reviewer, nor tech professional. I am an educator with about 15 years of experience using Macs. I am what most people would call a "prosumer," in that I know a good deal about my systerm, but am not a techie, anti-utility software zealot, etc. I have no affiliation with Zeobit (manufacturer of MacKeeper) nor any of its competitors.
I bought MacKeeper in 2011, and then upgraded last year. I used it to remove junk files and duplicates, and experimented with the anti-virus software. I didn't use most of the other features.
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This morning, I noticed that the biggest resource hog on my system was a process called "MacKeeper Helper." The process relaunches even when it is forced to quit. It was consuming over 100MB of RAM and up to 99 percent of my CPU at times! I also noticed a process called "anti-virus" that also could not be quit, and was consuming over 100MB of RAM itself. I started researching how to kill these processes, and was introduced the the Great Online MacKeeper Controversy. Here is what I learned:
Some in the Mac community have pure hatred for this product (and some hate all like it).
There were numerous user reports of it slowing down systems
Zeobit seemed to be guilty of questionable ethics, particularly in its advertising.
There was no way to stop MacKeeper Helper and Anti-Virus processes from running with deleting the entire application.
I wasn't the only one annoyed by MacKeeper's system pop-ups, trying to sell me something I already bought.
The software got good professional reviews, even from well-respected publications (e.g. MacWorld)
It is often confused with Mac Defender, which WAS malware. They two are not associated.
The Decision: After researching ways of fully uninstalling MacKeeper (and considering whether or not I should), I decided to try the uninstall instructions from the manufacturer. It said that it would remove ALL traces of the application. I also didn't want to get into too much Terminal work and manually deleting things, as some users suggested doing. I followed the process (close app, drag to trash, enter password, click "uninstall"). I then ran a permissions repair and restarted.
The Results: I have been MacKeeper-free for about an hour as I write this. Put simply, my problems appear to be completely solved. MacKeeper Helper and Anti-Virus are gone. Available RAM is now up to 2.75GB. I have experienced no slowdowns or app crashes. Even bootup appeared to be considerably faster. Launching iPhoto with thousands of images now takes a few seconds instead of minutes. Everything feels faster. It's like I have my Mac back! I was ready to admit defeat and dish out another $2500+ that I didn't have. I now think that won't be necessary!
What Should Yo Do? You'll find a lot of controversy out there between professional reviews, ethically dubious paid reviews, Zeobit's own defense through public statements, and Mac users themselves. Some users like it, and swear up and down they are real people. Others are extremely angry and hate the product with the passion of 1,000 burning suns. All I can do is tell you my experience and make the following statement:
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Has anyone used JAAS with WebLogic?

Has anyone used JAAS with Weblogic? I was looking at their example, and I have a bunch of questions about it. Here goes:
Basically the problem is this: the plug-in LoginModule model of JAAS used in WebLogic (with EJB Servers) seems to allow clients to falsely authenticate.
Let me give you a little background on what brought me to this. You can find the WebLogic JAAS example (to which I refer below) in the pdf: http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs61/pdf/security.pdf . (I believe you want pages 64-74) WebLogic, I believe goes about this all wrong. They allow the client to use their own LoginModules, as well as CallBackHandlers. This is dangerous, as it allows them to get a reference (in the module) to the LoginContext's Subject and authenticate themselves (i.e. associate a Principal with the subject). As we know from JAAS, the way AccessController checks permissions is by looking at the Principal in the Subject and seeing if that Principal is granted the permission in the "policy" file (or by checking with the Policy class). What it does NOT do, is see if that Subject
has the right to hold that Principal. Rather, it assumes the Subject is authenticated.
So a user who is allowed to use their own Module (as WebLogic's example shows) could do something like:
//THEIR LOGIN MODULE (SOME CODE CUT-OUT FOR BREVITY)
public class BasicModule implements LoginModule
private NameCallback strName;
private PasswordCallback strPass;
private CallbackHandler myCB;
private Subject subj;
         //INITIALIZE THIS MODULE
           public void initialize(Subject subject, CallbackHandler callbackHandler, Map sharedState, Map options)
                  try
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                         subj = subject; //NOTE: THIS GIVES YOU REFERENCE
TO LOGIN CONTEXT'S SUBJECT
                                                 // AND ALLOWS YOU TO PASS
IT BACK TO THE LOGIN CONTEXT
                       //SET CALLBACKHANDLERS
                         strName = new NameCallback("Your Name: ");
                         strPass = new PasswordCallback("Password:", false);
                         Callback[] cb = { strName, strPass };
                       //HANDLE THE CALLBACKS
                         callbackHandler.handle(cb);
                  } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); }
     //LOG THE USER IN
       public boolean login() throws LoginException
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subj.getPrincipals().size() + " Principals");
          //SUBJECT AUTHENTICATED - BECAUSE SUBJECT NOW HOLDS THE PRINCIPAL
           MyPrincipal m = new MyPrincipal("Admin");
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         public boolean commit() throws LoginException
               return true;
    }(Sorry for all that code)
I tested the above code, and it fully associates the Subject (and its principal) with the LoginContext. So my question is, where in the process (and code) can we put the LoginContext and Modules so that a client cannot
do this? With the above example, there is no Security. (a call to: myLoginContext.getSubject().doAs(...) will work)
I think the key here is to understand JAAS's plug-in security model to mean:
(Below are my words)
The point of JAAS is to allow an application to use different ways of authenticating without changing the application's code, but NOT to allow the user to authenticate however they want.
In WebLogic's example, they unfortunately seem to have used the latter understanding, i.e. "allow the user to authenticate however they want."
That, as I think I've shown, is not security. So how do we solve this? We need to put JAAS on the server side (with no direct JAAS client-side), and that includes the LoginModules as well as LoginContext. So for an EJB Server this means that the same internal permission
checking code can be used regardless of whether a client connects through
RMI/RMI-IIOP/JEREMIE (etc). It does NOT mean that the client gets to choose
how they authenticate (except by choosing YOUR set ways).
Before we even deal with a serialized subject, we need to see how JAAS can
even be used on the back-end of an RMI (RMI-IIOP/JEREMIE) application.
I think what needs to be done, is the client needs to have the stubs for our
LoginModule, LoginContext, CallBackHandler, CallBacks. Then they can put
their info into those, and everything is handled server-side. So they may
not even need to send a Subject across anyways (but they may want to as
well).
Please let me know if anyone sees this problem too, or if I am just completely
off track with this one. I think figuring out how to do JAAS as though
everything were local, and then putting RMI (or whatever) on top is the
first thing to tackle.

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Has anyone used Aperture 2.0 with 8800GT?

Has anyone used Aperture 2.0 with the new 8800GT? I'm about to order a new Mac Pro and wonder if Aperture will get a speed boost with the 8800GT over the HD 2600XT. I've read many times that Aperture is very GPU dependent, but then I've also read, on Barefeats.com for example, that the graphics card really doesn't do that much of a difference after all.
For me, on my dual 2.0 G5 with 4.5GB and a X800XT, what's been most annoying with Aperture 1.5 has been the slow load times for raw images (15-20MB). But now with the quick preview mode in Aperture 2.0, that really isn't an issue any more.
Is the 8800GT worth waiting for, or should I just get the Mac Pro now with the HD 2600XT?

Hi Don
I'm using Aperture 2.0 with the 8800GT. My system is the new MacPro 8 core 2.8GH with 10GB RAM. I'm shooting Nikon D3 lossless compressed RAW files. Approximately 12-14MB each.
I do not need to use the quick preview mode. Images open instantaneously,either fit to screen or 100%. All the image adjustments are shown with no time lag. My D2X uncompressed raw files,19MB, display in approximately one second with quick preview turned off.
I'm no MAC hardware expert so I don't know how much the speed is the result of the 8800GT but I'm just one happy camper.
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I just saw a message that iWeb has been discontinued by Apple. It suggested EverWeb. Has anyone used this or do you have aother recommendation?

I just saw a message that iWeb has been discontinued by Apple. It suggested changing to EverWeb. Has anyone used this or do you have another recommendation?

Hi
I have now used Everweb to transfer a website from iWeb & am now working on transferring a second website.
I cannot recommend Everweb highly enough. I am an amateur, so iWeb was the easy option for me. Everweb is just as easy to use and very similar to iWeb. New features are being added every few days.
I am extremely impressed by the excellent and prompt service from both the forum and support. All my questions have been answered (& there have been many of them!)
Everweb is complimented by an excellent site Everweb codebox which has developed more widgets and codes to add to Everweb. Roddy from Everweb codebox has been invaluable by answering questions on the forum & generally complimenting the Everweb team.
I have purchased the Everweb program & Hosting. This gives my 1 click updating and works seamlessly. The price is competitive and the support exemplary.
All in all, I am delighted with Everweb, excellent program & excellent support!! I would not hesitate in recommending it to anyone.
In answer to your question...buy it!!!!
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I just discovered appscript and so far I like what I see. has anyone used it?
Does it just wrap around actual applescript commands which it then sends to osascript with a system call or does it use the message system directly? Is there anything that it has not yet implemented that might cause problems?
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put errRecord
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then make sure you close the recorder in stopMovie
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You can also make a Stop Recording button that has code like
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