Chuck,
I got an email last week from PI Engineering concerning the
long-standing conflict with MacroWorks for xKeys and Tiger. The
recommended NOT using MacroWorks since there was a conflict with OS X
10.4, and they were working with Apple to resolve it. The email said
as much that it was resolved and the software fix was on their website.
I didn't know if you were up on this so I thought I'd mention it since
it does relate directly to the problem you've been having and a
possible solution to get xKeys working again.
J.D. Thomas
ThomaStudios
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J.D. Thomas
ThomaStudios
West Linn OR
www.thomastudios.com
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On Aug 7, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi all,
Good news/bad news.
First: the problem is eliminated when I start the system without the
Macromanager software that controls the X-keys keyboard. All Finale
tools behave as they should. Whew! All the preference file
questions, installation issues etc. turned out to be dead ends because
it was an entirely different kind of problem, and none of you could
have known (Hiro was on the right track when he suggested turning off
Quickeys). I should have been looking more closely at the last thing
that I changed before the problem appeared. I was seduced into
ignoring that because the device itself was working properly, and it
had taken me several hours of setting it up through a new piece of
software that wasn't exactly transparent in its behavior to get it
going. I like using the keyboard. It has 20 programable keys that I
have set up mainly to select tools - no menu scrolling, and no mousing
on a pallet, just a single push button, and you change to the tool you
need. It's so quick that it even renders the selection tool a little
redundant.
Lesson learned: I had an emotional commitment to not looking at
something that had taken so much effort to set up, and that I like
having in the system.
Bad news: I can't use it unless (or until) the software conflict is
resolved.
Many of you have been wonderfully patient and attentive as I worked
through this yesterday. It may seem maudlin, but the feeling of
community and cooperation the comes through on this list is palpable
and holds special importance to me because we live so far from most of
the community of musicians with whom I share similar relationships.
Thanks beyond words.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
230 North Garden Terrace
Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
www.chuckisraels.com
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