Just what difference does it make?

Hi all,
Easy question probably but it stumps me. What is the difference between the volume softkeys (F4/F5) and the iTunes volume slider? Do the two control different aspects of sound or something else.

F4 & F5 adjust the system volume level and affects all programs and system sounds while the iTunes slider adjusts the volume only for iTunes.

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Why do I have to convert t2i files to pro res in fcp x? What difference does it make ?

Hey Guys,
Just wondering why do I have to convert canon t2i files to prores in fcp x? What difference does it make ? I'm able to edit in fcpx the files that have just been imported diectly in. Does it cause any problems in export?
Thanks so much,
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I am not familiar with Canon files.
I assume that they are like AVCHD which are really designed only as a delivery format and not for editing.
Though they can be edited it is concidered better to convert them to ProRes 422 for editing.
Though nothing terrible will probably happen if you don't convert them, you are likely to get improved results and faster rendering of complex effects with the converted media.
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So i'm about to do my first restore and i wonder what is the difference? Do i have to when i open Itunes ,go to summary and press Restore before that to hold Shift ?

Shift+restore is to restore form an ispw file on your computer.
Control+restore to restore from backup.
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What difference does it make if you have boot camp beta and it has expired

I have an imac w/OS 10.4.11--when i purchased it several years ago i had it partitioned and had windows xp installed. when i purchased this several years ago, they were using boot camp beta to do this.
recently i found out that the boot camp beta expired. the problem is i don't see how it has affected my windows or my mac. i don't see any difference.
the only problem i have is that i can't access the internet from the windows xp--*is this something that upgrading my OS and using the full bootcamp would correct?*
if not, then why should i upgrade the OS to Leopard using the final version of boot camp--what will i be able to do that i can't do now _from the WINDOWS XP perspective?_ ( i assume there are advantages from the Mac perspective, but nothing i can see that i need there--i look at the internet, play games (not action games), and write documents).

hi iatrosm,
Yes, i had internet access from both windows xp and from mac for about a year and a half, and then one day the windows access 'disappeared'
i had a microsoft certified technician (son of a friend who also works in the field) come and look at it.
we could only find that for whatever reason the modem was not receiving the signal any longer from windows. the windows showed that the modem was receiving it.
That's indeed very odd.
naturally apple said it was a windows problem and microsoft said it was an apple problem.
my personal feeling is that it is a hardware problem--but the issue is receiving from windows.
the modem works fine from my mac side.
Is this a dial-up modem or part of DSL ?
And how is it connected (ethernet...) ?
Has it some sort of self-test feature or the possibility for a full reset ?
While hardware can break, it usually breaks completely, not OS-dependent.
Is the modem shown in the Device Manager of Windows (Control Panel - System - Hardware) ?
Any system updates you have installed in Windows prior to the failure of the modem ?
Any Firewall settings changed ?
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When using cloud backup, what files does it make sense not to back up?

I have signed up with Zipcloud for cloud back up of files (after both time capsule and seagate external drives failed on me).
It's been a few days and I am very frustrated by what was not explained before I signed up, such as upload times, etc.
I ask my question about what files it might make sense not to back up to the cloud, because at the rate of backing up 4-8 GB a day (which is what Ziplcoud says to expect) it will take 3 months to back up all my data! Seems crazy.
Also, although I have been told by Zipcloud that there software will not interfere with my computer's performance, my experience is to the contrary. Coincidence? Wondering about the experience of others in terms of impact on computer's performance?
I welcome general opiions and experiences with cloud backup as well as the answers to my specific questions. I also am open to suggestions of reliable affordable back-up companies with support.
Zipcloud's email based support could not be much more frustrating! I send a question that doesn't really get addressed with my original question dropped from the reply so that I need to repeat my question—each answer coming from a different customer service person, no continuity within the same issue, no real resolution.
Is cloud back up really worth it?? And back to my original question, for which files and for which files not to bother.
Thanks,
Ani
PS. Final question: have people found data recovery problematic from cloud backup?
I have a MAcbook Pro OSX 10.8.5

Methodologies to protect your valuable data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection approaches
Cloud based storage should not be considered a data archive due to security concerns, and the transient ephemeral nature of cloud storage which can only be quasi-possessed.
There is no such thing as "cloud storage"........ Cloud storage just means 1000s of HD in a building
5. *The above leads to another question, which is for how long to trust an external drive?
Given the second law of thermodynamics, any and all current mfg. HD will, under perfect storage conditions tend themselves to depolarization and a point will be reached, even if the HD mechanism is perfect, that the ferromagnetic read/write surface of the platter inside the HD will entropy to the point of no return for data extraction.
HD life varies, but barring mechanical failure, 3-8 years typically.
Some advantages of a cloned hard drive:
If you do an option key startup at boot you can directly boot to your cloned drive externally and operate from same like normal.
Sandboxing: With the help of the Cloned Drive, you can perform sandboxing, or the testing of new software, their updates and applications before they are installed on your Mac system. Moreover, if there are issues with the system, you can troubleshoot them by booting off the Clone. Many people test new APPS or experiment with a secondary clone and never worry about a failure or serious issue since the internal HD is untouched and the secondary clone can be wiped afterwards if any major issue occurs in testing. This is an invaluable tool in many instances.
If you sell you computer for purchase of a new one, you can take the clone you have on hand and install same or clone it to the new internal drive of your new Mac.
As it turns out one of the huge positive benefits of a clone is that people were seeing faster HD speeds; with APPS booting up from the clone than they had seen with the internal HD. The cloning applications in cloning the drive defragments the data to the clone and remove the “holes” in the cloning process.
With a small portable HD clone you can take your ‘computer’ anywhere to most any other current Mac and boot from your HD clone and have your entire system and its data immediately there for use. In case one is across the world and their macbook gets stolen, or damaged, with another Mac you can be up and 100% in the time it takes to boot to the new or borrowed Mac!
You can clone from your external clone to the internal HD/SSD in case of corruption.
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In separating out your system hub (OS) and your data hub, and storing them separately, is if you make only periodic clones (every month or so), and have a HD crash, the worst case outcome is that what is lost on your clone are some bookmarks and preferences since your data hub containing your vital files is constantly archived separately as it should be.

What Items Does It Make Senses NOT to Back Up?

I've been muddling through with Time Capsule, having some successes (thanks, in part, to this forum) and some failures. (It's amazing how much information one has to discover on one's on and through others.)
I know one way to cut down on the initial backup time is to exclude some folders and files.
Which items does it make sense NOT to back up? For example, is it pointless to back up System files? Applications? Libraries?
If I somehow lost all files on my desktop's hard drive, what would be essential to have as backups on the Time Capsule?

Some other examples of large monolithic files that aren't great candidates to have Time Machine backup are:
Certain mail apps - not Apple Mail, but Eudora, Entourage, Thunderbird?? store mail in large mailbox files so every incoming, every delete, changes the entire mailbox and the whole thing gets backed up.
Certain photo apps. like Adobe Lightroom and IView maintain large catalog files that change every time you do anything - then the whole thing gets backed up. (I don't know about the inner workings of Aperture or iPhoto so I can;t comment on them)
You do want to back these things up, and while Time Machine will work with then, they chew up space very quickly. Probably better to make/update copies of these files periodically.
There is a valuable App - [Time Tracker|www.charlessoft/TimeTracker.zip].
It is useful, particularly when getting started, or anytime it looks like some backup is unusually large.
It will tell you for each backup exactly what was backed up and how much space was required for each drive, folders within drive, files within folders etc....
It will enable you to determine if there is something being backed up that was large which you didn't realize, or identify things you don't want it to backup etc.

I'm trying to extend the range of an Airport Extreme 802.11g by adding an Airport Express 802.11n. I set the Express up to join the existing network, but it does not make any difference in the range of the network. What's wrong?

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I set EQ presets to all my songs in iTunes. When I change the EQ settings on my iPhone (3.1) while listening to a song, it does not make any difference to the sound, regardless of the preset I choose.
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is your mute switch turned on (above the volume) ? remove case and screen protecter.
is volume turned up?
if so do this
account security
Please call apple @ 1-800-692-7753 in USA
ask for the account security team
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Peace, Clyde
check # for your country
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
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What difference will upgrading boot drive make?

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tx in advance
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I bought my iphone 5s a week before and now its volume "up" button is not working when pressed.Does anybody know what to do to make it work?I have a one year warranty.Should i give it to apple retail shop or is there any way to solve this problem?

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iPhoto > iDVD6
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Chose Share > Send to iDVD.
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Using iDVD6 to create a slideshow
As an iDVD slideshow (within iDVD6)
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You can also use iMovie to build a series of images like this:
Adding photos from your iPhoto library
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Tip: You can also search for a photo by typing text in the search field. As you type, photos that contain the text you entered appear in the Photos pane. To see all photos again, click the Reset button (an "x" in the search field).
Select the photo you want to add to your movie.
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Adding motion to a photo
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is there still a limit of 99 photos per slideshow album using iPhoto or iDVD?
To quote Len Goff:
These days it's the limitation of players, since Apple removed that DVD Forum spec.
I don't know about you, but I want a way to access a slideshow "topic," rather than wading through 1000 images to see one at 342.
Is there a way to add more than 99 photos to a chapter
If you have Toast, use Motion Pictures HD, or build in iMovie, or build in iPhoto and export as QuickTime file.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3148953&#3148953
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Apple id has been disabled when i want to make a purchase, what the **** does that mean

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We develop finance software using Adobe AIR. One of our customers recently posted on our forums asking me about the Debian installer package. In particular, he has this to say:
I was dismayed to see that the AIR installer issued a warning concerning an executable it uses which makes changes to critical system components, but that no information whatsoever was offered about just what those changes were. At the termination of the installation routine I clicked the gdebi details button to see the changes, and gdebi told me that there was an error in retrieving the information. If I'm not mistaken that means that Adobe is deliberately blocking the notification of the system about changes made by the installer. I've used gdebi for installation of many .deb packages before on systems I maintain at work, and I've never seen this error.
I'd really appreciate it if the developers of YNAB could make available the information about changes made to the system by both the AIR installer and the installation process for YNAB3.
Could someone from Adobe give me a hand with this? I am not familiar enough with Debian packages to know why gdebi can't report on the behavior of this particular package. I'm hoping that there is a way to easily answer this question and tell him what changes are made to his system during install of both AIR and an AIR product.
Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated!

What distribution/version are you running on?
Could you please specify the steps that you performed for installing the YNAB application and AIR runtime?
If you could also attach screenshot of the dialog that you see during the installation of AIR runtime and/or AIR application, that would also help in analyzing the problem.
Regarding your query for the actions performed during the installation of AIR runtime rpm/deb package:
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2. Sets itself as the default application for .air extension.
2. Updates the system's icon/mimetype cache for changes to be reflected.
AIR runtime package conforms to the debian packaging guidelines and doesn't hides anything from the user in the process of installation of runtime or application.
You can look at the following installation scripts on your system (debian system) after AIR runtime installation:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/adobeair.postinst
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