No magic tool?

I would really appreciate it if you could add the magic tool to the online Ps editor. Thanks

Good day!
• There is no Tool called "Magic Tool" in Photoshop. (Edit: Maybe the "Magic Wand Tool" is meant.)
• The proper place for Feature Requests is
Photoshop Family Customer Community
• What is the "online PS editor"?
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

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Where can I find the tool that convert LV 3 to LV 6?

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Bojan

There is such a "magic tool"!!! You can have it from NI. Call them and ask for the conversion kit! It shoul be for free.
Ciao
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Luca

Gnome3 upgrade, multiple gnome tools stop working

So I made a rather large pacman -Syu earlier today, and there are some problems that have surfaced since.
First of all, gnome-settings-daemon doesn't work anymore. When I try to run it I get the following error:
GnomeDesktop:ERROR:gnome-rr.c:256:screen_info_free: assertion failed: (info != NULL)
There is only one google result on this line, and that leads to an attached file in a bug report in the bug tracker. I can't determine if the issue there is related or not.
Secondly, it might be related to gnome3 or it might not, but I can't use my media keys to adjust the volume or mute.
I can't provide more information about the issues at the moment, since I don't have more. If you need any info at all, feel free to ask.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I don't actually use Gnome, I use Slim+Awesome, so if there is some magic tool that I've forgotten to load, let me know.
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More stuff going broken.
Networkmanager (or maybe nm-applet, I have no idea) has decided that it won't work properly either.
After a reboot it wasn't able to connect to any wireless network at all (although wired seems fine). If I fired it up from the console (nm-applet --sm-disable) then at first I got these errors when I tried to connect to my WiFi:
(nm-applet:4094): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_table_foreach: assertion `hash_table != NULL` failed
(nm-applet:4096): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_hash_table_unref: assertion `hash_table != NULL` failed
That was if I ran nm-applet without sudo (I thought it could be a ck-launch-session problem), but adding sudo didn't help much.
After about ten minutes however (and it persisted after reboot) the errors above disappeared, and now I get a "provide the password to the network"-window. The sad part is that it drops a message about there being no keyring secrets for my network, even though I had such a secret before the upgrade.
The even more frustrating part is that even if I manually provide the passphrase for the network, it rejects it as if it was wrong (it fails right after pressing OK).
If i run nm-applet with sudo (even though I should not have to) I get this (among other less important) error:
** (nm-applet:4090): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) No session found for uid 0.
So I guess there's no point in trying to use root to start that application.
Last edited by linduxed (2011-05-07 10:48:42)

How can we stop the finger pointing? Apps Vs iPad

Here is a WiFi problem I sent the Print Magic HD developer with the hopes of getting Print Magic HD working on my iPad. Check out their response blaming Apple WiFi. My Wifi works well with all other Apps! Whose to blame?
Set up:
Print Magic HD version 1.0
Brother HL-2170W; Rom Version 1.09; Net Rom version 1.06; Ram 32Mb iPad Version 3.2; 14 Gb; Model MB292LL; WiFi address 7C:6D:62:D9:16:E0
Problem – Can’t Print
Symptom: Print Magic HD seems to turn off WiFi after “Print” is pressed.
I purchased the App after using your free Print Magic test App. With the test App, I was able to able to print from my iPad to my Brother HL-2170W WiFi laser printer. It did however, take a number of retries, but I was successful.
I then purchased and installed Print Magic HD App and I'm not having any success.
After confirming my Wifi is live, and the iPad is connected, here is what happens:
1. Launch Print Magic HD
2. Screen displays “looking for printers”. Please note that the iPad WiFi icon is displayed in the tool bar at top.
3. Screen then shows “Brother HL-2170W series in Print Magic tool bar at top. I can observe the iPad WiFi icon is active in the tool bar.
4. I then Press “Print” to print the simple telephone number I previously copied into the “Pasteboard”. I immediately observe that WiFi has been turned off by Print Magic HD as the WiFi icon is no longer displayed.
5. Print Magic HD then quickly displays “Print Failed” error code. Sub text displays “Sorry, an error occurred while printing”. I then press “Ok” to dismiss prompt.
6. Screen continues to display “Printing” with red Cancel button underneath and WiFi remains off. This App just hangs there.
7. When I now check iPad settings, WiFi is indeed turned off.
I can turn WiFi on and repeat this sequence verbatim every time.
If I launch Safari after Print Magic HD error, it detects that WiFi is off and turns in on. Maybe your App should do the same??
Is there a fix for this?
RESPONSE:
Hello,
I spoke with our developers this morning and this is what I learned.
Print Magic can not, in any way, control your wifi. Even if it was a bug, there is nothing in the app that can make this happen. What they did say was the iPad has had some "sketchy" wifi connections and has been going on and off more with certain applications. This is a universal complaint and has to do with the iPad itself. We are hoping Apple can correct this problem in their next software update. I have noticed at times that my wifi connection is not solid and is listed as "not connected" on my iPad when my PC is working fine.
Also, the test app and HD app have all of the same coding and are exactly the same. Nothing has changed as far as that goes.
I hope this information helps.
Thanks,

I know this will sound like a conspiracy theory, but maybe Apple doesn't want you printing from your iPad... yet. Could be something Apple did so as not to "Steal their Thunder" when they announce the upgrades on the next generation iPad. Just a thought...

My wishlist after 1 year with Lightroom

I have used LR for the past year as my primary workflow tool and have grown to really appreciate the productivity it delivers. However, we all know there is room for improvement. So I thought I would take a little time to read through the feature requests in this forum, consider my own needs, and assemble a list of the key features that would really matter for my workflow.
A little background I primarily shoot sports often shooting 300-1000 frames per event. I use LR to select, correct, and crop my keepers then export them to my website for sale. I will spend more time fine tuning some the better images, build galleries and occasionally print. I really havent found a need for slideshow. I now have a little over 40k images in my primary catalog. I am at the point where I need more productivity processing the images, particularly for noise removal and color correction, and better tools for managing a larger volume of images.
I hope you find this useful.
a) Better camera calibration - integrated with LR maybe a built-in tool designed to work with a standard color checker
b) Better noise reduction (Noiseware-like)
c) Previews with NR and sharpening applied
d) Improve auto-toning perhaps with configurable options like auto-levels in PS
e) Some kind of magic tool to help correct color when dealing with cycling vapor lights (I shoot a lot of indoor sports in caves) - maybe skin-tone driven. Am I dreaming?
f) Geometry correction tool in lens corrections
g) Gradient tool or similar for ND-like effect to help fix skies etc..
h) Green-eye removal tool
i) Improved spot removal/healing (make it work consistently when applied to the corner of an image)
j) Grain control to help emulate film look
k) Output sharpening in export USM or similar, ideally with some sort of preview feature to enable you to fine tune settings
l) Output sharpening in web galleries again, USM or similar with some sort of preview
m) Improved export plug-in architecture need a formal approach for combining/chaining plug-ins on export (piglets seem a tad limited and they are cumbersome to install and manage)
n) Lua needs to offer the ability to bind in external DLLs or similar libraries (command-line invocation is too crude and slow, and flashing windows consume focus making it impossible to use another tool while export is running)
o) Softproofing for print output
p) Faster performance when scrolling images in grid mode (Elements can do it, why cant LR?)
q) Better tools for backing-up/archiving sets of folders to offline storage
r) Archive to DVD / burn disc feature
s) Plug-in architecture for image processing components
t) Vignette effect tool that works with crops with the ability to set the center-point manually
u) Ability to move sets of folders in one operation

I think Travis has produced a well thought out list.
I agree with most of it, except that I would put somethiings
higher up the list.
(BTW: Thanks to the Adobe team for the antifringing improvements
they actually work and are great!)
I am a pretty intensive user of LightRoom. I only have 20K images
but the flow rate has increased and although I find LR to be very
efficient the limitations are starting to bug me. Hence I am always
hoping for an update that delivers some more functionality.
My List: (Shorter, but things left off do not mean I don't want them!)
1. Need a better starting point than just the raw with invisible camera calibration presets applied.
a. I want a lot more control over the auto application and set up of camera calibration presets. An ISO 100 image is handled way differently to an ISO 800 or 1200.
b. I want an auto toned, colored (something like "Perfectly Clear" used in BibblePro) as my start point. In otherwords I want a way more
intelligent start point then the current fairly crude and invisible
one. (Other auto engines include ColourScience, DXPro). However at
present I prefer the Perfectly Clear. Some of these do things like
move greens and blues to nicer hues, remove green (or other) color
casts, local contrast enhancement, face detection and de-redding
skin tones e.g. ColourScience) etc.
c. The option to plugin 3rd party stuff (in particular global
auto editors) and to set it an intelligent default start point.
(I know the start point won't be right for every image but it
will be for a enough to make it really valuable.)
2. The Sharpening (though improved) and Noise control needs to be
much better. At present the preview does not reflect sharpening
changes accurately.
(I have a v-large, high gamut monitor and sharpening and noise changes
are accurately reflected in BibblePro but not LightRoom).
2. More global image edits need to be available. For example- transformations (e.g perspective, lens distortion correction, ND
gradient exposure adjustments, Chanel mixer, etc).
3. Sometimes the LR controls are too coarse, I would like some way to
quickly (e.g. hit "minus" a few times) reduce the range of these some of the controls. Or maybe better choice of range for some controls
could be based on preset or on adjustable default settings, e.g.
right click brings up gain control on each slider say!?.
4. As a image manager it is a problem that LightRoom has a problem with some large images. LightRoom should simply handle the lot
no questions asked. In particular I have photoshop pano tiffs that
LR complains about. Also it would be great if I LR could process
my BibblePro files. (BiblePro uses ".bib" files in place of ".xml"
to do exactly the same thing as LR.)
5. Collections are way improved, but still need more control over
them. i.e. ability to sort on a number of criteria. Also joining,
dividing, evaluating images independently of ratings in underlying database/catalogue.
Anyway I hope the LightRoom Adobe team keep up the good work.

From Pages to epub format

On June 2, in a post entitled Pages to ePub, I evoked the challenge of transforming a novel, written in Pages, into epub format for the iPad device. Over the last week, I've succeeded in carrying out this task completely, in an essentially manual way.
Harrison Ainsworth's excellent tutorial on building epubs, which is perfectly sufficient for the basic stuff, can be found at
http://www.hxa.name/articles/content/epub-guidehxa72412007.html
The first operation consisted of exporting all my Pages files as pure text. Then I used BBEdit (on my iMac) to insert countless pairs of XHTML tags: basically "p" tags. The steepest learning curve for me (as an enthusiastic Flash developer who hasn't touched HTML for years) was getting the knack of how to write a perfect XHTML-oriented Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) file.
Curiously, I was hung up by a trivial obstacle for several days: the necessity of zipping together all my files, to create the final .epub document. Here again, Harrison Ainsworth kindly solved this problem by pointing me to a magic tool (in fact a tiny AppleScript device) that can be found on a MobileRead forum at
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55681
While waiting to buy an iPad, I'm using the Adobe Digital Editions tool on my iMac to display my novel. Finally, the most convenient way of validating the end result consists of using the website at
http://www.threepress.org/document/epub-validate
So, my 318-page novel is now ready (well, almost ready) to be published. I'm awaiting an ISBN number from the French authorities. And maybe I should get a professional graphics artist to produce a first-class cover illustration. For the moment, I haven't looked into the question of whether Apple will be prepared to accept my novel for their iBooks distribution (since I live in France).
I'm now faced by the following tough question: Should I carry on using Pages as a creative-writing tool, or would I be better off using an ebook-oriented environment right from the start? For the moment, there are two or three significant advantages in using Pages for creative writing: (1) There's no technical barrier between the author and his/her output. (2) I can distribute my stuff conveniently to friends and colleagues in the form of PDF files. (3) I can print out pages on A4 paper, for checking.
As much as I'm really fond of Pages, I'm not sure that these advantages justify the messy operations involved in moving to epub format. Consequently, I fear that I might soon be putting Pages in mothballs… alongside Textures, PageMaker and InDesign.

Honestly, at the moment if you are writing fiction, the easiest answer is to use Word or one of the Open Office variants and then use an aggregator and let them hassle with the coding parts (although I must point out that there are some difficulties for the future in terms of the publisher code and the ISBN ownership). Or else get really good at writing CSS/XHTML for yourself, or hire someone to do it for you. There are places where you can get a manuscript formatted for all the major outlets.
For any kind of heavily formatted book, I think the solution is to hunker down and wait a bit. People in the industry are still figuring out how to enforce a lot of formatting (there are some magnificent cookbooks in ibooks right now, for instance, but section headers and captions may not appear in the right place if you tinker with the settings), and it remains to be seen exactly what Steve Jobs meant by including PDFs in ibooks. He didn't say "sell PDFs through the ibookstore", and for material where there's any kind of fixed formatting, PDF is still the best way.
There are some serious bugs in InDesign CS5 for epub creation, although the chapter splitting feature is very tempting. But I think a lot of production shops are waiting to see if Adobe will release a point update before moving to CS5, for all the hassles in CS4.
The other big consideration is the platform wars. If you want maximum readership, you will need separate formatting for Nook, Kindle, ibooks, and now there is a new ereader that is going to be sold in all kinds of general purpose stores like CVS, for example. Formatting for that isn't known yet.
Eventually this will all shake out. They are working on a new standard for epub that should help with a lot of the current problems, but that's probably 18 months away or more.
Another option is to publish your book as an app. I did see a press release last week from someone who is selling a kit to turn a book into an app, but I haven't heard any feedback about whether it's any good or not. Or you can do what the Take Control series has been doing: sell a PDF and recommend GoodReader.
I was pretty excited about that blog post last fall where someone claimed to have found ebook creation embedded in the Pages package, but in reality right now it's a highly complex process, no matter where you start, so it's not surprising this hasn't come to pass. My own ideal would be to be able to lay out a book in Pages and use that as the basis for a PDF or just send a perfect epub straight to the ibookstore, but I'm not sanguine that this will ever be possible.

Looking for a usable GUI Designer/Container...

Hi all.
Since a while, I'm looking for an integrated environment to develop and execute Java/Swing GUI and it seems it's not possible to find such a thing...
I explain : we are developping lots of J2EE applications hosted in a well known Application Server, and for what concern server, we can find 'on the shelf' almost all we need. Thus, using Session Beans, EJB3, Spring (...), it's pretty comfortable to build professional applications.
But generally speeking, these applications have a graphical part, and at this point, things become more complicated. For years, we have been using only Java, for both server and client part (Swing, even in its firsts versions... souvenirs...). But even after 10 years of Java, it seems that it is still not possible to find a tool in which we can design, test, deploy and execute our GUIs.
Since Matisse appeared, it is a little bit easier to design panels (but not so trivial... JFormDesigner has released a beta version supporting the GroupLayout : still lots of bugs) but for what concern, let's say, the 'GUI Container' part, it seems that market/open source has no answer. I tried Netbeans RCP (and also Eclipse...), but these containers have been thought for IDE, and concepts are not easy to map on a standard GUI. Moreover, these containers are huge and not so easy to understand, so very often, the decision to build full custom applications is taken, re-writing for the 1000th time the main window, the menubar/toolbar management, the MDI controller (using sometime a docking framework), ... Thus, the cost of the development and the baseline is high, and of course, our clients are dissatisfied.
Recently, a new way of developping applications appeared : server part is developped using Java/J2EE, and the client side (fat client) is made using .Net. Interop between client and server leans on WebServices or binary interop (JIntegra).
I'm totally convinced that this kind of architecture is a mistake, but it's more and more difficult to defend Java on the client side. C# tools seem to be easier to use, more productive, ...
So my question is : what are your opinions/experiences on this subject? Have you found "the magic tool", "the magic framework", ... that make of Java/Swing a good challenger for desktop developments... or do you think that the game is over, and that Microsoft .Net has definitively won the client?
Thks for your answers!!
Rd

I believe it is not about winning and lossing. Its about learning. By the way, let me mention that God who is the mastermind of all variations is a God of diversity. Every diverse expression of whatever kind is a reflection and coextension of its maker -and that means that even you are a coextension of Himself.
Perhaps, if you are really looking for a tool that would satisfy your demands or desires along with Java, isnt it not logical to say that... or shall I say "perhaps" God is leading you into that new expression of diversity -a diversity that will challenge the whole creation? I dont blame others with what I cant do for myself.
One saying says,
"Seek and you shall find; Knock and the door will be opened to you; Ask and it shall be given you." The shorter way of saying it is..."Be patient and you will be satisfied."
If the clients lost patience. Make them understand how complex it is to make a java application. They will appreciate your wisdom.
Well nothing is impossible. The best part of your mind [one variation of the others] will always suggest: "All things are possilbe".
Therefore, do not despise what God is blessing.
Oliver Bob Lagumen
Newbie in Java

How to copy the bullet point format/style from MS Word to Pages?

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to make the swap from Mac Word to Pages but the one thing that frustrates me so much to the point of not using Pages is the bullet point system.
In Word the set spacings are exactly how I want them - whereas in Pages, everything is tighter - there is less space between the margin and the point, the point and the text etc.
I've painstakingly inserted all the spacings from Word into Pages and saved it as a "style" but it just reverts back to the default positioning when I open up a new document and select my saved style.
Any ideas / a magic tool to just copy the style from Word? It's such a shame because Pages is a much slicker programme than Word and I really want to use it but as a student, bullet points are my world.
Thanks,
James

Hi Peter, thanks for your reply.
Yeah I get the font and formatting for the text copied no problem when copying but I'm talking about from scratch in a new document, I insert a bullet point and even when selecting my saved style, it just reverts back to the default.
I agree, massive pain. It is the only thing stopping me from making the full switch now iCloud Drive is getting close to Dropbox.
Am I a misguided fool for thinking there's a patch or modification of some description that can copy the default bullet spacings from Word and create a new style following them in Pages?
Thanks, James

Handling bad records in a file.

Hi,
I am using external tables for loading data from text files. I am doing it well. I came across a case, where some records are not good, those records are diverted to bad file.
In that case, we are losing the valuable data. We can do some validation and we can use it.
Could anyone please suggest me the way we could perform this.
And I have one more doubt. Using OWB we can create single external table for multiple files. I would like to differentiate the records of each file, by adding filename as one extra field.
Can we do this using owb?
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks and regards
Gowtham Sen.

Indeed,
OWB is not a magic tool, but just a good ETL tool that will do what you tell it to :)
You must first figure out what cases you come a cross, and then figure out what you can do to solve each strange case.
First of all, as has been pointed out, get all the data into your external tables. Avoid doing any type checking or casting at this case. just stick to VARCHAR fields (and perhaps NUMBER but even here I tend to use VARCHAR). Then, in a second mapping, try to get your data in to a staging table and there you can isolate the bad records, and perhaps allow for human interaction to correct the data if all else fails.
Regarding the files, you have before mentioned that delta loads are what you have to do. Unless you are running your loads in a "live" system where data is flowing in on and off during daily operations, then going for a whole refresh would make your life so much better (20 mins of loading during the night is quite a good deal, if it makes your loading logic so much simpler).
But, as you have said before, you need delta loads.
Using UNIX shell scripts, you can use the 'diff' command to create your datafiles. That should be quite straight forward. Otherwise you can perhaps use staging tables and the MINUS operator. There isn't always a quick solution.
Borkur

Create a database - MS Access + JFrame.

I have a quiz application that writes questions and answers to an access database and a second app that retrieves them and then gives you a score - with hints during and explanations at the end. It is well.
What I would really like to do is to use a 'template' empty database so that when data is written to it it creates a new table and preserves the template for the next usage. Sorry if I've missed something obvious, but I cannot find this in the API, any clues /hints are welcome.

Thank you - it was one of those things that I thought there might be a java magic 'tool' for, but this is a workable solution.
Any other links - ideas?

Need a help to this but I can't find a specific community.

Hi Guys,
I got some designs that I need to do a Mock-up on Responsive HTML5 (JUST MOBILE.. not desktop So I need to build something just for Phones and Tablets). I got all the screens on Photoshop. I need to get those designs and build a responsive prototype on HTML5...
Should I use EdgeReflow ?? The code will be clean and nice? OR Should I build on Muse?
I don't have time to code everything .. Need some magic tool that will make the stuff.
After build the prototype I will give to the Back-end guy, he will do his job with "getting data from the server stuff" and we will put the files on PhoneGap to build a Hybrid App.
What is the best choice? Deadline is short.
Cheers!!
JUST SOME EXAMPLES:
TABLET:
PHONE:

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Problem with consuming web service from abap

Hello,
I want to consume this web service VatatWebService Web Service From SAP.
The transaction code soamanager doesn't exist in our system, i'm the only man who use SAP in our company(we don't have BC peoples....).
I find some advice to use "wsadmin" and "lpconfig", but i do not know the step: wish data i have to fill in in tcode "wsadmin" or "lpconfig".
I'm very new in this case...
Is there any doc showing the step to consume a web service?
Thank u very match.
Ouail

Hi,
Have you tried to search using that magical tool called Google? If I search for "SAP LPConfig" I get lots of promising looking answers:
You could also try searching help.sap.com
I appreciate you are new but one of the best skills you can learn in the world of SAP is how to search out and find information, so you aren't dependant upon SCN and/or others to help you when you get stuck.
Cheers,
G.

Batch Command Freezes up CS5

Suddenly, when I use the batch command, CS5 freezes up and has to be closed using alt-ctrl-delete. I've been using the command for a long time with no problems. All the other commands under the "Automate" line work. I reinstalled CS5, and it appeared to fix the problem. However, when I scanned a BUNCH of photos, and went to use the command, it froze again. Any ideas?

Ok since I got some free time, I updated to 12.0.4 again, with reallocating the temp path.
The freezing bug is still there, and it's still creating those .mvm file(1-14 inside the C:Temp. and 15 at the root of E). Since http://forums.adobe.com/thread/747353 is still discussing this issue, I'll leave it for a while.
With the update, my selection issue is also remaining there, I'd like to talk about it, since it's not only happnening to selection or magic tool, but to any tools involving moving cursor.
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/photoshop-troubleshooting/29186-photoshop-cs4-cs5-acti ng-like-they-possessed.html
http://digitalweddingchat.com/showthread.php/14289-weird-mouse-problem-in-PS..-posessed-mo use!
I'll save myself the trouble of describing since the above posts have done it really well. And their fixes do not apply to me.
What I could add to this:
1) Regarding the selection tool, this issue mostly happens after I move my cursor, and once it's "activated", I could just click like hell without moving my mouse at all, while creating a crazy record of below( simply caused by clicking mouse, which
"moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>moving marquee>cancel selection>".
But if I simply open PS, and start clicking on the picture with selection tool, keeping my mouse from moving in the first place, then usually I can't duplicate this issue.
2) Also, the issue will also occur if I move my mouse and click, but we could get some hint if we duplicate it this way.The unintended selection caused by this issue, which we take rectangular selection for example, will have a corner at the place where I ever put my cursor at. So from my point of view, it's like photoshop is ignoring my action, which is releasing the left button. For PS, I first move my mouse to point A, pushing left button down, (igored)releasing left button(ignored), moving mouse to point B,and a new unintended selection! Though this pattern only occurs sometimes of the issue, but it might hold some word.
3) As I keep testing, the easiest way to duplicate the issue is to move my mouse for a long distance and click, opposed to rapid small displacement and click.Well not that useful.
4) The way I deal with it now, is to endure it. I keep reselecting and usually the issue will disappear for a while, and come back at unknown future. I tried changing my mouse/graphic card/memory, as well as their drivers, ended up no fixing.
Any idea on this, Noel?
-Monkey

Trackpad swipe gestures

I'm not sure how to search for this problem, if it even is a legit problem but I'm having issues with my trackpad on my late 2011 Macbook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.1. This has just started happening recently but my trackpad will constantly swipe back a page instead of scroll down using Chrome. I've been using the same swipe motions since I purchased this computer but recently it's become much more touchy. Is this just user issue or is there a something going on with my trackpad? Thanks!

Trackpad ++ is the only viable option for swiping et. al and is very simple to install.
If you follow the install instructions and read them thoroughly you'll see what I mean.
Read the later posts from page 33 to the end here...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2436935?start=480&tstart=0
The only other option is the Magic Tools http://www.trackpadmagic.com/magic-trackpad/home
but it does not provide the features you are seeking.
Those of us using Tackpad++ are well pleased and Vladimir just keeps improving it consistently..

Slow reading speed on Time Capsule disk

I get terribly slow TC disk speed when measured with Black Magic tool using Wifi and even slower on Ethernet.
I get low speeds on Wifi but even lower speeds on Ethernet connection. See attached pics below.
Wifi:
My TC is on Wifi using N network and 5ghz and it seems the speed I get over the Wifi is reasonable. Based on Pondini blog, here are approximate speeds for USB, ethernet and Wifi:
http://pondini.org/TM/29.html
Pondini's figures don't seem to take into consideration a 5Ghz Wifi connection, which should be about 2x faster than 2.4ghz (144Mbps vs 300Mbps). So I am assuming the transfer would be around 20-40 GB per hour which was roughly what I experienced when doing testing using file transfers (and slightly below USB 2.0). TC will not operate on this maximum speed as there are other factors, such as overhead, internet connection and TC hardware itself.
It seems to be reasonable, it takes me about 4-6 hours to backup 100GB Time Machine backup. Is this amount of time normal? I assume yes.
Ethernet:
Recently I needed to restore a file from TimeMachine. I started to browse but the browsing using the TimeMachine app was horribly slow. So I thought using Ethernet cable instead of Wifi would make things better. No way. So I tested the speed of the hard drive using the Black Magic tool and below is what I get - the speed of Reading on Ethernet is much slower than Wifi.
If I interpret the numbers correctly, the Black Magic tool shows MB/s, in which case 11-15MB/s should be about 80-120 mbps, which is roughly the G speed on Wifi and roughly about 50% of the maximum speed of N network?
Are these calculations correct?
If these numbers are correct, the results are acceptable, as I would not expect the Time Capsule Hard Disk to reach the maximum speeds provided through the Ethernet or Wifi connection.
However, what concerns me is why is the reading speed through Ethernet so slow. It's only 3.5 MB/s.
Activity monitor is not much help, it's hard to figure out where is the issue.
My Setup:
MacBook 2012, Mavericks 10.9.4, Time Capsule 2012, Ethernet, Wifi N 5Ghz. No other machines or appliances active. Internet and network seems to operate fine, no issues.
This is ETHERNET:
THIS IS WIFI:

OSX:
Yes there are many issues with Mavericks, it almost feels like OSX 11.0 and not 10.9.5 from the bugginess. I can't speak for how the system is changing from inside but most of it doesn't affect me, so it's mostly the annoying things that pop up and the good things that just go away because Apple keep "dummy-fying" the OS.
I was considering downgrade to Snow Leopard couple of months back but it would not support the hardware. It wasn't so much editing the supported hardware list to installation but the drivers are missing for newer hardware in SL. I used to mess around with Windows but I am not ready to mess OSX yet. I still keep Snow Leopard on one of my machines and I always like to go back to it as it feels consistent and light.
Speed:
You found the reason.
1. Yes I turned off wireless and ethernet when testing one or the other.
2. Ethernet is 100baseTX and grayed out.. because..
3. I should have realized it's because I use USB ethernet Apple adapter. But given the USB has 480Mbs speed, after taking into account some overhead, the speed should still be higher than Wifi. Or maybe not.. I made assumption it should be fast enough so I didn't even consider that could be bottleneck on it's own.
TC:
If your TC is 2012 then it is Gen4.. .... recommend you downgrade the firmware to 7.6.1.....
Yes, I upgraded to latest firmware. Yes, it's TC Gen 4. By mistake, I didn't know there are issues. But soon I realized for instance Apple has removed the setting in Airport to force "N" radio for network only. To simplify things, you get now combined N, B, G whether you like it or now. Now things may interfere with your other networks and if you happen to use non-apple clients connecting to AirPort, you end up with hodge-podge N and B/G connectivity that slows down the network even more.
If Apple releases the BASH update, it probably needs to be upgraded anyways? I assume their software on Airport is also Unix / Linux flavour?

No magic tool?

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