Is anyone out there finding OSX Lion a disappointment compared to previous Mac OS? After nearly 20 yrs of using and enthusing about AppleMac, I am suddenly not enthused. What am I missing?
Is anyone out there finding OSX Lion a disappointment compared to previous Mac OS? After nearly 20 yrs of using and enthusing about AppleMac, I am suddenly not enthused. What am I missing?
You're not heavy on specifics on what you don't like.
Most people have little technical expertise but are wanting more and more, requiring more complex computers, ideally ending up with one from Star Trek where you basically don't have to know anything how to really use a computer and it just provides you with the exact answer you need to a not particularly well-phrased query. If you're missing things like configuration options and the rest, well frankly I think many people are happy not to have to make complicated decisions for themselves such as in which opening do they insert a system installer disc.
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Try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - Run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
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I think the "Password Assistant" they are specifically referring to comes up when creating or changing an Account's password. For example, go into your System Preferences Accounts. Select an Account. Click the Change Password... The sheet that drops down has a little key in a box. Click that. And a window with the title "Password Assistant" is displayed.
Example: Using Apple’s Password Assistant
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I'm using osx 10.7.5 and updated VM Fusion, it seems to have thrown windows out of the system.can anyone out there help? Can't get fusion to work.
I'd suggest being more specific. What do you mean by "it seems to have thrown windows out of the system?" The Windows virtual machines should still be in the Virtual Machines folder in your documents folder. Are they there? What version of Fusion have you updated from and to?
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Anyone out there have a mac osx 10.3 install & restart discs?
Anyone out there have a mac osx 10.3 install & restart discs?
Some Powerbook G4s actually would only work with the Gray discs that came with them.
Without knowing the age of the Powerbook G4
http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6413
It is impossible to know if system specific 10.3 installer is needed, or if a retail 10.4 is needed.
Know these dates:
Macs that were released between 10/24/2003 and 12/17/2003 (xx343...xx350 serial numbers, where x can be any letter or number) could only install 10.3.2, or 10.3.5 retail as is labelled on the disc, and the prebundled installer disc that came with them. All retail discs for 10.3 looked like: and did not say upgrade, dropin, or OEM.
Macs that were released between 12/17/2003 and 8/12/2004 with serial numbers xx351...xx432 could only install 10.3.5 retail as is labelled on the disc and the prebundled 10.3 installer disc that came with them.
Macs released with serial numbers xx433 to xx516 could only use the 10.3 installer disc that shipped with them to install 10.3, and for retail release could use 10.4, or 10.5 depending on their configuration stated in this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2541
This is all covered in my tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2831
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Is there anyone out there who knows a solution for this problem? I've been googleing for hours now and can't find any answer.
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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suvieve63Gosh I am already tired of trying to retrieve this photo album and it seems like a waste of time and money spent on an apple IMac.
No disrespect intended but until you learn how iPhoto and Macs work you will continue to be confused and frustrated.
You say you want to create a book in iPhoto and have it printed by Apple, right. Have you finished creating the book in iPhoto? If so the Control (right) - click in the View all pages window background and select Save Book as PDF in the contextual menu?
Open the the PDF file with Preview and check for any errors or problems. If there are none you can order the book by clicking oin the Buy Book button at the bottom. Save the pdf file to compare with the printed book when it arrives in you feel there's a problem with it. That's all you need to do. There's no use of the Finder required.
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Anyone out there creating impulse responses?
Those of you that use sine sweeps to create your impulse responses, when you deconvolve them do they end up being the same length as your sweep file or does space designer create the proper length reverb tail?
When I attempt to create my impulse responses space designer does not create a reverb tail. It just seems to remove the sound of the sweep form the wet file.
Other convolution reverb programs that I have used create a reverb tail automatically and I believe sound designer should do this as well.
If anyone else is having this problem or has a fix for this issue please let me know. If not then if anyone out there is successfully capturing impulse responses using a sine sweep please post detailed step-by-step instructions on how you are able to do it.
At this point I am at wits end. I have contacted apple care only to find out that they don’t support space designer, so they were no help. You guys are my only hope…
Please Help
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)The process is simple, but has many steps and they must be takin in the proper order:
Play the sweep tone into the space or reverb device while recording the output of the space or reverb device. If you use a reverb device, be sure to set the mix to 100% effect.
Be certain that the space or device you are sampling has fully decayed before you stop the recording. If you were sampling a 4 second plate reverb, do not stop the recording for at least 8 to 12 seconds after the sweep tone feeding the plate has ended.
Edit the resulting recording to eliminate 'dead space' before the sweep begins, and remove any excess space at the end of the file. Be careful not to truncate the decay portion after the end of the sweep.
Place the original sweep file and your edited recording of the effected sweep somewhere easy to find, I use a new folder and save them there.
In "Space Designer" press the "Deconvolution" button in the upper right corner. Load the effected sweep recording, then the original sweep signal and then save the resulting IR in a new folder.
Load the resulting IR file using the "IR Sample" menu and save the preset.
I've created hundreds of impulse files using sweep tones and it has always yielded proper reverb tail lengths for the space or reverb I was sweeping. In other words, if the sweep was 12 seconds long and the space I was sweeping has a 3 second RT60, the resulting impulse would be 3 seconds. On some files Space designer will create an impulse file which is much much too long. In these cases I remove the unnecessary minute or so at the end of the file and resave it. -
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Is anyone out there recording multi player audio sessions on logic
I using an apogee 24 input system (symphony), logic 8.01. osx 10.4.11, macpro 2x266, 3 gig. I have been running logic for about 2 years. I am a big fan of the features and the especially the sound of logic.
I have been recording multi player sessions (session players and bands) in Pro tools TDM and HD for many years and would love to work strictly in logic.
I have recently been experimenting with recording some multi player audio/midi sessions with Logic. something like:
drums-10 audio inputs
bass-2 audio inputs
acou gtr 2 audio inputs
ele gtr 2 audio inputs
keys -midi controller-virtual inst.
click/loop-virtual inst
The Apogee hardware seems to be very solid ,and sounds great but I have run into some difficulties with logic's interface in these multi-player sessions.
1. The record enable status of various channels can be accidently turned on or off by selecting another channel. this makes it very tricky to adjust monitor volumes,sends, inserts and so on when trying to set-up a mix for the players.
2. when punching in and out there is a gap (hic-up) in the audio playback shortly after you punch out and also an artifact (small region) is often generated at the point of the punch out. ----set-up: punch on the fly,auto input, replace record.
3. after making a pass with the band and attempting listen. the faders are not active (on audio channels only) while the channels are record armed. So if one wants to adjust a playback/monitor volume the track has to be taken out of record ready which cuts the line of comunication between the players and the control room.
4. there are some serious problems editing audio on grouped channels. IE. group all drums and cut up the regions and do various edits the regions with-in the groups sometime don't act like they are grouped.
There seems to be little or no discussion of multi-player audio recording in any of the forums.
Is anyone out there tracking in a similar set-up and if so are any of these things causing problems for you
Thanksthanks for the response
I do use the group record enable at times but the group situation in Logic is pretty cumbersome and often times one or more of the group may not be included in the current take so it ends up being a wash as far as convienence goes.
the independent monitoring status is great for what it is intended for but does not affect the situation of the faders not functioning when you monitor audio previously recorded on a record enabled track.
this problem did not exist in lp7 so I feel that it is an oversight or something that fell through the cracks on LP8
my set up is- replace record, auto input and I always have punch on the fly activated. Something I didn't mention in my earlier post about my set-up is, I am using software monitoring. The apogee symphony card is designed and has the speed to through put with about the same(1.6 millsec.)time delay as protools hd. Because I am recording 16 to 20 tracks at once in the box It seems to make sense to work this way. The apogee set-up I am using is 24 in and only 8 out.
with this set-up The hic-cup happens every time just shortly after punch out. this happens on every logic set-up I have ever used in various studios and hardware including an logic demo set-up by apple that I recently went to.
please check it out, it's a simple test
punching in and out is such an important part of audio recording it should be totaly seamless
these problems can be fixed, so I am just trying to raise the awareness of these issues
thanks
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Does anyone out there know the meaning and history of the APPLE logo?
I am doing a paper on Apple Corporation and I called to ask them and a lady at corporate said "we dont comment on things like that". I asked if the meaning was secret and she said, "no we are a forward moving company and we dont talk about stufff like that." unquote.
I wanted to know the origin and meaning of how Steve Jobs or whoever picked an apple as the logo and why there is a bite out of the apple on the right side.
Anyone out there be so kind as to answer this iof you know--or care to venture a guess??? JeffThe name "Apple Computer"
A lot of people wonder where the name "Apple Computer" came from, as it is a rather unusal name for a computer company.
Steve Jobs came up with the name in early 1976. At the time, he was often visiting and working on a small farm friends of his owned. It was a hippie commune where Steve spent a few months of the year.
When he returned from one of those stays, he told Steve Wozniak about his idea. Jobs probably was working on apple plantages. Or he just wanted their startup to be in front of Atari in the phone book. Or it was a tribute to Apple Records, the music label of the Beatles.
Whatever the true origin of the name was, Woz knew instantly that they were going to be in trouble with Apple Records sooner or later. But as they were unable find a name that sounded better than Apple Computer, the name was chosen.
Woz's worries turned out to be justified. Apple Computer, Inc. was sued by Apple Records over trademark violations in 1989. (for more on this see below)
The Apple logo
The first Apple logo was designed by Ron Wayne, co-founder of Apple Computer. It was rather a picture than a logo. It showed Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath the famous Apple tree thinking about gravity.
It was only used for the Apple I. Steve Jobs felt that it was too intellectual and it was almost impossible to put on computers as one could only recognize the details of the drawing when it was large enough.
Therefore, in 1977 Jobs asked the art designer Rob Janoff to design the new Apple logo. The new logo had a simple shape of an Apple, bitten into, with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. The bite symbolized knowlegde (in the bible the apple was the fruit of the tree of knowledge) and the bite could also be pronounced "byte", a reference to computer technology.
When Jean Louis Gassée was asked about his thoughts to the Apple logo he answered: "One of the deep mysteries to me is our logo, the symbol of **** and knowledge, bitten into, all crossed with the colors of the rainbow in the wrong order. You couldn't dream of a more appropriate logo: ****, knowledge, hope, and anarchy."
In 1997, Steve Jobs decided to drop the multi-colored Apple logo and replace it by a solid-colored logo. The first Apple computers to feature the new logo were the new PowerBook G3s in 1998 (although they still featured both types of logos).
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I am looking for a map app that will allow me to place pins where my clients offices are on a map and keep them save every time I open the app. Does anyone out there know of an app that will do this?
"Motion 5" is your friend.
Michael Wohl has a nice 15 video series (free) about Motion 5 at http://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial/motion5101-overview-and-workflow-guide (right side)
This is a "teaser" series to sell his tutorials but it is really good. Just saw it yesterday for the first time.
While all you want is just to place pins, realize that Motion has so much more. All kinds of effects and they can be really customized. Maybe put their street address, contact name, and phone number by the pin?
Motion 5: cheap at $49.99 (just got my download two days ago)
Motion 5: Support Community athttps://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/motion_5
If you're using the map for, say, deliveries, and use an iPad, what you could do is have a general map of the area imported into Motion, create the pins and whatever, then save (share?) it to the iPad.
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