I have had my iMac since early 2009. They say that because they want to sell more.
Friendly word of advice, don’t listen to Apple. smile > On Jan 14, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Richard Corey <rickcore...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Apple says you should replace your Mac every 3years. > Ricky >> On Jan 14, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Gordon Kent <dbmu...@cybernex.net> wrote: >> >> I have a mac book pro which was the top of the line when I >> bought it over 4 years ago. I took it to the genius bar at my local apple >> store yesterday because it had been very sluggish since installing yosemity, >> and then it stopped booting up. I completely cleaned my hd intending to >> reinstall the os from scratch. I noticed that the touch pad was all out of >> allignment, and the battery wasn't working at all. What they told me was >> that if you leave it plugged in and continuously run it off AC power, the >> battery will eventually swell up, pushing up the touch pad and killing the >> battery. They had to send it out. SO if you are using a mac book, don't do >> what I did and treat it like a desktop, leaving it running all the time. Not >> only that, but they told me that although my system is an intel i7 with 8gb >> of ram, el capitan is optimized for newer processors that use a slightly >> different instruction set. My system barely matched minimum requirements. I >> think that I will probably get a desktop system since I really don't use the >> laptop as a portable system that much anyway, and the components are a lot >> less expensive for what you get. Even the new mac book pros come standard >> with 16 gb of ram now. >> Gord >> -----Original Message----- From: Martin (Punky) Sopart >> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:09 AM >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: PT12.4 or me >> >> Hi Slau! >> >> I think, I got it. >> >> Selecting a track by pressing Command+Option+F is not the same like using p >> and semicolon. >> P and semicolon moe the insertion point to the desired track and >> Command+Option+F not. >> Maybe thats the whole trick. >> >> Thank you for your great assistance and have a nice day! / Martin >> >>> Am 13.01.2016 um 01:01 schrieb Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> I just opened the original zipped session file and I was able to recreate >>> the behavior you've been seeing. As I suspected, it's the issue with having >>> some sort of insertion point within the track. This time, I avoided any >>> kind of scrubbing or shuttling while performing the actions and the audio >>> was not deleted. As soon as I scrubbed momentarily in the track, any type >>> of deletion or editing was possible. BTW, I believe I mistakenly mentioned >>> linking the edit and timeline selection in my previous message. While that >>> should always be checked (except for very specific circumstances), I meant >>> "edit selection Follows Track Selection." With that option turned on, one >>> would think that simply selecting a different track should move the >>> insertion and vice versa. That may be true but, until there's an insertion >>> point of some kind, it's likely that, when a new track is created, there's >>> no insertion cursor, per se. Once there is, however, selecting a track >>> moves the insertion cursor and moving the insertion cursor selects the >>> corresponding track. I think it's specific to a newly-recorded track where, >>> before any editing takes place, there's no insertion point anywhere within >>> the session until you intentionally create one. >>> >>> I'll see if I can verify this further but I'm pretty sure that's the case. >>> Cheers, >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Slau! >>>> >>>> The edit window is opened and all numpad navigation commands work perfect. >>>> Waveform is selected and the track hight is set to middle. >>>> But still no deletion possible. >>>> Starting and stopping shuttle lock mode once by pressing Control+Numpad0 >>>> followed by the Spacebar and the deletion works again for this track. >>>> Same procedure again when adding another new track. >>>> >>>> Strange… >>>> >>>> Many thanks for your help and regards! / Martin >>>> >>>>> Am 12.01.2016 um 16:02 schrieb Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Martin, >>>>> >>>>> I opened the session and followed your steps and, yes, the deletion works >>>>> fine. >>>>> One thing I did out of necessity is open the Edit window. By default, the >>>>> session had only the Mix window opened. Without the Edit window being >>>>> opened (even if it's just in the background), the numeric keypad commands >>>>> for navigation wouldn't work. >>>>> One thing I would check on your newly created track is that the track >>>>> view selector is set to waveform. If it's not, you'll hear the audio but >>>>> what's actually displayed in the timeline is whatever is selected in the >>>>> track view selector pop-up. That could be volume information or pan, >>>>> send, mute information, etc. If you select and delete, the only thing >>>>> you'd be deleting is whatever the track view is displaying. It won't >>>>> affect the audio. Double-check that your newly created track is set to >>>>> waveform in the edit window. If you don't see the track view selector, go >>>>> to the track options button and make sure your track height is set to at >>>>> least small and not micro or mini. Actually, you can also set the track >>>>> view from the track options pop-up list even if the height is set to >>>>> micro or small. >>>>> Let me know if that solves the issue. >>>>> Slau >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 12, 2016, at 4:30 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Slau and list! >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is the link to my favorite test session. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30728751/Uke.zip >>>>>> >>>>>> It's out of the ProToolsWithSpeech tutorial added with an raw recorded >>>>>> uke. >>>>>> Sorry for the size but I did not want to change anything. >>>>>> And all testers who do not own a copy of ProToolsWithSpeech should trash >>>>>> this session after testing. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Do the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> Open the session with Pro Tools 12.4 or 12.3.1. >>>>>> Select track 4 (the acoustic guitar) by using scroll to track - >>>>>> Command+Option+F. >>>>>> Go to bar 6 by using NumpadStar followed by Numpad6 and NumpadEnter. >>>>>> Select to the beginning of the session by using Shift+Enter. >>>>>> Delete the selected audio by pressing Delete or Command+B. >>>>>> Press Enter for session start and Numpad0 for audition. >>>>>> Now the guitar starts at bar 1. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And now: >>>>>> >>>>>> Insert a new mono audio track next to the guitar by pressing >>>>>> Shift+Command+N followed by VO+Space. >>>>>> Arm the new track by pressing Shift+R. >>>>>> Start recording by pressing Numpad3 and record 4 bars of what ever. >>>>>> Stop recording by pressing Numpad0. >>>>>> Unarm the track by pressing Shift+R. >>>>>> Go to bar 3 by pressing NumpadStar followed by Numpad3 and NumpadEnter. >>>>>> Select to the beginning of the session by using Shift+Enter. >>>>>> Delete the selected audio by pressing Delete or Command+B. >>>>>> Press Enter for session start and Numpad0 for audition. >>>>>> Did the deletion work? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards! / Martin >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] >>>>>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 3:28 PM >>>>>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> Subject: Re: PT12.4 or me >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Martin, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let's try an experiment. Create a small session with one or two tracks >>>>>>> where >>>>>>> you can recreate this behavior. Zip it up and share a Drop Box link to >>>>>>> it and >>>>>>> let's see if others experience the same thing. I've never seen this >>>>>>> before so >>>>>>> I'm curious to figure out what the issue might be. >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Slau >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 11, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello Slau and list! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here is an additional observation. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When opening sessions which where recorded with older Pro Tools >>>>>>> versions deleting of selected audio works as expected. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Inserting a new audio track into the same session results in the >>>>>>>> strange >>>>>>> behavior for only that new audio track. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards! / Martin >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] >>>>>>>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn >>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 4, 2016 6:34 AM >>>>>>>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: PT12.4 or me >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Martin, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm not exactly sure why you're seeing that particular behavior. When >>>>>>>>> Edit >>>>>>>>> and Timelines are linked and Edit Selection Follows Track Selection >>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> checked under the Options menu, the normal behavior, despite which >>>>>>> tool is >>>>>>>>> selected seems to be normal. In other words, if those are checked, any >>>>>>>>> selection made in the Edit window with any particular track that is >>>>>>> selected >>>>>>>>> just simply works. Frankly, I don't remember the last time I had to >>>>>>>>> change >>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> edit tool for any given session. If I ever am specifically looking to >>>>>>>>> see >>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>> tool is selected, I opt for the Selector Tool but, again, I don't >>>>>>>>> remember >>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> last time I had to verify because anything I ever do with editing >>>>>>>>> just works >>>>>>>>> without any issues. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> All that said, I have to say that one detail that is absolutely >>>>>>>>> always true as it >>>>>>>>> pertains to any editing that I do is that I always use either the >>>>>>>>> scrub mode >>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> the control surface or, at the very least, Shuttle mode on the numeric >>>>>>> keypad >>>>>>>>> to navigate within a track to get to the edit point. Since I always >>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>> "insertion follows scrub" checked in the Preferences window, I'm >>>>>>>>> guaranteed to have an insertion cursor in the track because of that >>>>>>>>> fact. >>>>>>>>> Having the Edit Selection following Track Selection under the Options >>>>>>> menu is >>>>>>>>> supposed to ensure that same behavior but who knows, maybe there's a >>>>>>>>> crazy overlooked issue with that. I'm not sure. >>>>>>>>> Let me know if anything changes or you discover anything else. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>> Slau >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <m...@cakewalker.de> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Slau! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for answering and helping again. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> All the settings, options and prefs. Were set correctly. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> After testing the whole day I experienced something reliable and >>>>>>>>> reproducible. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Not shure if this is a new PT 12.4 thing?... >>>>>>>>>> I never came to that before. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Here are my observations: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> After opening a new empty session and adding e.g. an audio track I >>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> enable the Scrubber-Tool by pressing e.g. Control+Numpad0. >>>>>>>>>> After that I habe to disable that tool by pressing Spacebar or >>>>>>>>>> Escape. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Having done these two steps deleting copying and cutting works fine >>>>>>> again. >>>>>>>>>> Where does this come from? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Another short question: Is there a difference between Command+B and >>>>>>>>> the Delete key? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Best! / Martin >>>>>>>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>>>>>>>>> Von: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] >>>>>>>>> Im >>>>>>>>>>> Auftrag von Slau Halatyn >>>>>>>>>>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 3. Januar 2016 06:29 >>>>>>>>>>> An: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>>>> Betreff: Re: PT12.4 or me >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> check to make sure Track Selection is following Edit selection >>>>>>>>>>> under the >>>>>>>>>>> Options menu. Also, make sure edit selection follows scrub under the >>>>>>>>>>> Operations tab of PT Preferences. After recording a track, you >>>>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>> able >>>>>>>>>>> to delete audio within a track easily. If the track is selected >>>>>>>>>>> and, say, >>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>>> shuttled or scrubbed through the audio for even a split second, >>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>>>>> be an insertion point in the track for sure. Press Return to get to >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> beginning of the timeline and then press Shift-Option-Return to >>>>>>>>>>> select >>>>>>>>>>> everything in the track to the end of the timeline and press Delete. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Let us know if that helps, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Slau >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2016, at 9:48 PM, Martin (Punky) Sopart >>>>>>> <m...@cakewalker.de> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I just installed PT12.4 under Yousemite. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> When opening existing sessions I'm able to delete selected audio >>>>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> only >>>>>>>>>>>> out of existing tracks. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> When inserting a new mono audio track and recording something I'm >>>>>>> not >>>>>>>>>>> able >>>>>>>>>>>> to delete the selected audio. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Same with new sessions. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Loop playback of the selected audio works fine and all selecting >>>>>>>>> functions >>>>>>>>>>>> do also work. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I checked all the time- and edit-line settings, Grabber-Tool etc. >>>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>>>>> success. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Could it be a window size or zoom issue? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> If so... Could I reset that values without assistance? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> What else could I check? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks! / Martin >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>>>> send >>>>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>>>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>>> send >>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>> send >>>>>>> an >>>>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an >>>>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an >>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an >>>>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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