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I want to do the following
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-word proccesing
-storage
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I have alot of knowledge on old Macintosh, and I know almost anything if some asks me things about acient macintosh, but you know, some times you need a little help from other mac fans and share your thoughts...
So what apps should I get? I do know that if you use the commom low requirements apps, It will run smoothly.
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Yes, you can add a USB 1.1 or 2.0 PC card to the PCMCIA/CardBus slot. A few suggestions:
-Combo FireWire/USB CardBus PC cards do not work well with OS 9.x; either the USB or FireWire port does not work. This is a software problem in 9.x since these combos work fine under 10.x. My suggestion would be to buy a separate USB PC card and/or FireWire PC card for your connectivity.
-USB 2.0 PC cards will only run at the slower USB 1.1 speeds under 9.x but this is fine for printers, etc. If you wanted to connect an HD, I would use the FireWire interface.
-FireWire and USB PC cards supply insufficient bus power to power a FireWire or USB HD; any device like a printer or HD will have or should have its own power supply.
-Since FireWire and USB are not native to the Wallstreet, the necessary USB and FireWire extensions have not been installed. Open your Extensions Mananger and see if you have these extensions:
USB Mass Storage Extension
USB Support
USB Mass Storage Support
USB Software Locator
USB Device Extension
If the above are not present, I recommend you download this USB extension package from OWC; they assembled various version numbers of the Apple USB extensions to correct a problem OS 9.2.2 has with USB PC cards but they can be used with any version of OS 8.6 > 9.2.2.
http://eshop.macsales.com/tech/ftp/usb/usbextensions.sit
A file titled 'usbextensions.sit' will appear on your desktop assuming you have set the browser to download files to your desktop. Double-click the file to decompress it and you will have a folder on the desktop with these extensions:
USB Support v1.4.1
USB Software Locator v1.5.6
USB Device Extension v1.5.6
USB Mass Storage Support v2.0.4
USB Mass Storage Extension v2.0.4
Highlight all five extensions, then drag them on top of the closed System Folder icon; they will be automatically installed in the Extensions folder. Before restarting, go to Apple menu > Control Panels > Energy Saver > Advanced Settings and uncheck 'Allow Processor Cycling' for •BOTH• the power adapter and battery. If not unchecked (disabled), the powerbook will freeze with a USB PC card.
Now restart to make the USB extensions active. Insert the USB PC card; you should see a USB PC card icon on the desktop. Connect a USB mouse (there is sufficient power for it) and test the USB PC card.
If no desktop USB PC card icon appears, make sure the PC card is fully inserted. You may have to place a hand on the side of the powerbook opposite the PC card slot so you can push hard. If the card fails to seat, the card slot may be in the locked position. Push an opened paperclip into the small hole next to the slot to unlock, then try the card again.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=16167
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3. Knowledge is super important. Get online and read up on MPEG 2 technology. Understand bitrates, GOP structures, how audio formats effect bitrates ect. Encoding is just trial and error until you can look at some footage, know the length and immediately decide how you will tackle the job. Its an artform really.
So to answer your question you will need to answer these 3 three questions for yourself based on the budget and how far you are willing to go with alll this. No way you should expect to buy a copy of DVDSP off eBay (which automatically makes it an outdated tool) and expect it to improve your end results.
I love your question because I find it shocking how many talented producers, shooters and editors seem to treat DVD authoring and encoding as some kind of afterthought. In a way its the most important part of the process since everything can fall apart once a client takes a look at their poorly encoded footage they paid for
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How do I get the most out of my battery?
Hello all,
I bought a MacBook Pro around 3/4 weeks ago, and I was just wondering how I should treat my battery to get the most use out of it. Should I use the computer until it needs charged? Should I leave it on the charger when I'm using it? Should I let it get below a certain percentage before I charge it?
I'm just looking for some tips because prior to purchasing a Mac I had a HP Laptop. I really ran down the battery on it because I left it plugged in too often.
Any info or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Andrewexactly as Csound1 says.
keep it plugged in when you're close to a power outlet - but don't leave it plugged in 7 days a week....
once in a while, use under it's own power and charge it back up when it's down to 75% to keep your battery in optimal condition.
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I have developed a custom navigation scheme with top level communities as top nav and the sub communities of the top level communities in the left nav.
Now when the user selects a particular sub community in the left nav the top level community in the top nav should be highlighted.
I am able to get the first level parent community of the current community but not able to recursively reach the top most community.
I have tried the following piece of code
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In Messages, how can I get the most recent entries to appear on top, like with my emails? Thanks!
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A Note.
Technically the most recent Conversation (or Chat) that has a new message (be it iMessage or IM) will move to the top in the list on the left if it is set in the View Menu to do so.
Obviously this does need more than one Conversation or Chat to be listed to work.
It does not change the focus of the Chat/Conversation you are viewing.
iChat - the forerunner naver had an option to invert the chats.
The iChat Feedback page is where I use.
You will also see it does not list iChat 6 depsite listing Lion.
In this sense it has always beeen out of step on the iChat/Messages version front (it took me a long time via the Lounge and Host help to get it on the list of pages to be updated on New OS versions)
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