New Mac convert...

I finally made the jump to Mac yesterday, and it was a very expensive jump, but I am so glad I did. Lightroom really does run better on my new MacBook Pro than it did on my HP Pavillion. I admit that I was having a lot of problems with the PC and Lr is not the only reason I changed by any means.
I was also one of the people who just could not get a good print from Lr with all the prints being too dark and muddy. Using the same printer I for some reason have more profile options than I had on PC and now I get great prints.
I'm a believer!

Yeah, Mac is great that way. Just messing with ya. Don't want to start an OS war.
However, if a place servers Pepsi, I always order a 7Up. Not nice when you ask for a Coke and they serve you Pepsi without telling you it aint the 'Real Thing' in advance.
THe odd ball thing was on my recent Holiday to Montreal many places served Pepsi, but mixed the brands and had Sprite instead of 7Up. Strange.
Actually Sprite is my second favorite. I do Shandies of Sprite with Welch's Red Grape Juice. It is my summer cooler of choice. (Not much of a beer drinker).
Don

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So after taking it home for one day the computer once again locked up at the startup. So I decided that since I have backed up my music files, i would do a erase and install and take it back to factory specs.
Heres the new problem. My iMac takes much much longer to boot up, sometimes 5 to 8 minutes. When I to to system preferrences and click on the .Mac icon my computer locks up and show the mulitcolor pinwheel cursor. It also does this on the iPod opitons when I click on the contacts and calendars sections. And at times safari and/or iTunes takes awhile to start up. Can anyone help?

I'd do a PRAM reset. Here's the instructions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
If that doesn't do it reset the PMU. Here's some more instructions.
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Import Confusion-New Mac Convert

I have both iPhoto and Aperture (trial) loaded on my system. All of my photos (from my PC days) are on an external HD now connected to my Mac. I'm very confused about the import and storage process. Technically, all my photos are already stored, yet when I 'import' them into iPhoto as 'events' it appears they are being restored somewhere else- maybe just my own paranoia, but it's taking longer than I'd expect to just be storing thumbnails. Next issue, when I connect my camera, photos start to load into both iPhoto AND Aperture.
I'd like to keep my photos 'stored' on my external hard drive, not my internal mac drive. How do I control this in a way that isn't discouraging? In the PC world I considered myself an expert and things were very controllable and logical. Help! Thanks.

psurgery
I considered myself an expert and things were very controllable and logical.
As they are on the Mac. And if you want to replicate the system you used on the PC then do that. A simple, logical system of folders in the File System (the Finder) will be something that any expert can understand
If, however, you want to use iPhoto (or Aperture) then you need to realise that these are not FILE organisers but PHOTO organisers. It's a key difference and the first one you need to grasp to make sense of the Applications.
The advantage of either application is simple: it offers vastly more organising, categorising and searching power than folders in the Finder. They integrate throughout the Operating System. They do other stuff too. I'll talk about iPhoto here, though anything iPhoto does Aperture does - and then a whole lot more.
By default, iPhoto copies the files to the iPhoto Library on import. It wants to manage the FILES so you can manage the PHOTOS. The idea is that you focus on the iPhoto Window and do all your work there - create Albums, Smart Albums, keywords and so forth.
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. It will create an alias to the Original file, a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, that can be easily done from the iPhoto Window.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use THIS
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Aperture has more robust tools for working with managed files than iPhoto.
Remember, you've changed OS, there's a learning curve and it takes a little time.
btw: The photos are not imported into either application unless you expressly tell the apps to import.
Regards
TD
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New mac user problems

So I'm a new mac convert - purchased my first macbook this summer - loved it... till recently. Basic setup, just using Parallels5 to run Win7 from bootcamp partition- everything fine. Then recently I noticed major slow down on bootup/shutdown, hanging on a blank blue screen at startup, not shutting down/restarting (get a message that I have to force it manually) and recently, the keyboard is unresponsive at login (seems to return after coming out of sleep). I thought that maybe it was software as I had updated to Parallels6, so I tried uninstalling it - no fix. Tried reinstalling/repairing the OS - no fix. So like any former Windows user, I figured I should wipe and start over. Booted from Mac OS startup DVD - took forever to load and also hung on a blue screen, but eventually was able to use Disk Utility to erase/format the Mac partition. I should mention that I ran the usual disk and hardware checks first and no problems were found. Then I tried reinstalling OSX6.3 - took about 40 minutes. However, when finished it gave me some installation failure message, asked me to restart and try again. I happened to restart without the DVD just to see and after a while it eventually booted OS, but again keyboard was unresponsive.
So I've very perplexed! Now it seems like it might be a hardware issue? Maybe a firmware problem? Anybody out there that could help - I'd be grateful.

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would like to convert my LPs to digital on my new mac book pro with retinal display
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hallo everybody,
can someone help?
my new mac pro 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 / 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 is converting raw files in camera raw really too slowly, about twice the time took with an iMac 2,7 GHz.
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First of all, welcome to the bright side! ; )
Seriously, I am sure you will enjoy your new Mac experience.
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Numbers 3 will not open Numbers '08 documents.
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Thanks

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