Re: How cool is Zune
On 03/11/2006, at 10:33 AM, Martin Hill wrote: The story just keeps getting worse. Frankly I can’t see Zune getting any sort of traction. Actually, I think Apple is the only one to benefit as in one fell swoop Microsoft has killed Apple’s main opposition - the “Plays Fer Sure” ecosystem - and admitted that Apple’s vertically integrated model is the best after all. And now we can add the fact that the Zune is apparently not going to be marketed outside the US in the foreseeable future. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: How cool is Zune, but forgot reference
Sorry all - I sent this without including the reference URL On 03/11/2006, at 10:33 AM, Martin Hill wrote: The story just keeps getting worse. Frankly I can’t see Zune getting any sort of traction. Actually, I think Apple is the only one to benefit as in one fell swoop Microsoft has killed Apple’s main opposition - the “Plays Fer Sure” ecosystem - and admitted that Apple’s vertically integrated model is the best after all. And now we can add the fact that the Zune is apparently not going to be marketed outside the US in the foreseeable future. http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39163836,00.htm -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Problems after trying new version of Silverkeeper
Hi, eMac OS10.2.8 backing up to partition on external firewire disk We use Silverkeeper to do our routine backups. and recently upgraded. The new version(1.1.4) was incompatible with the old version, and offered features we wanted, including the ability to make the backup disk bootable. We archived our old backup (thank heavens), erased the backup disk, and tried out the new version with somewhat disastrous results. Although the backup appeared to work ( it took a couple of hours and files appeared on the backup disk), the only entry written to the log was an error (code 50 - indicates timeout). After finishing the backup and rebooting we found that about half our applications had disappeared from the Applications folder (and weren't on the backup disk). That was solvable, since we had the archive. but we are left with a rather strange problem. Our internal drive now shows the unix directories (/var, /etc, /usr and so on) in the finder window. Initially we thought it might be a permissions/ownership problem, but fixing permissions didn't sort it out (although there were thousands of file permissions that changed). Further investigation shows that our internal disk has / as its mount point. I would normally expect all disks to have /Volumes as the mount point. Can we change the boot disk mount point without causing problems? If so, can someone remind us where the appropriate unix config file can be found? We're familiar enough with unix to be able to edit the file directly, but can't find the right file! A secondary problem is the existence of an alias visible from the finder called dev that points to nothing (and gives an error), with root/wheel as owner/group having no access as the permissions, which are grayed out and unchangeable. Attempting to change the ownership from the finder asks for admin password, then gives a no permission error. It doesn't show up at all in Terminal, and /dev itself is fine. Any ideas? Needless to say, we've gone back to the old version of Silverkeeper. Cheers, Kaye Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.omninet.net.au/~kg/
Re: Problems after trying new version of Silverkeeper
Howdy Kaye Geoff , In my experience with something like this the end result of trying to patch the existing system has never been totally satisfactory . It has been quicker , easier , and more reliable to bite the bullet , Reformat the hard drive and copy back an archive .. but how effetctive that is for you depends on whether you have actually archived a total copy of Applications and System , as well as your User files . I use Superduper running from another source to copy the contents of a Disk Image of my Hard Drive , back to the working Hard Drive. The copy usually takes 1 to 2 hours and everything is sweet after. Cheers Bob On 06/11/2006, at 11:40 AM, Kaye and Geoff wrote: Hi, eMac OS10.2.8 backing up to partition on external firewire disk We use Silverkeeper to do our routine backups. and recently upgraded. The new version(1.1.4) was incompatible with the old version, and offered features we wanted, including the ability to make the backup disk bootable. We archived our old backup (thank heavens), erased the backup disk, and tried out the new version with somewhat disastrous results. Although the backup appeared to work ( it took a couple of hours and files appeared on the backup disk), the only entry written to the log was an error (code 50 - indicates timeout). After finishing the backup and rebooting we found that about half our applications had disappeared from the Applications folder (and weren't on the backup disk). That was solvable, since we had the archive. but we are left with a rather strange problem. Our internal drive now shows the unix directories (/var, /etc, /usr and so on) in the finder window. Initially we thought it might be a permissions/ownership problem, but fixing permissions didn't sort it out (although there were thousands of file permissions that changed). Further investigation shows that our internal disk has / as its mount point. I would normally expect all disks to have /Volumes as the mount point. Can we change the boot disk mount point without causing problems? If so, can someone remind us where the appropriate unix config file can be found? We're familiar enough with unix to be able to edit the file directly, but can't find the right file! A secondary problem is the existence of an alias visible from the finder called dev that points to nothing (and gives an error), with root/wheel as owner/group having no access as the permissions, which are grayed out and unchangeable. Attempting to change the ownership from the finder asks for admin password, then gives a no permission error. It doesn't show up at all in Terminal, and /dev itself is fine. Any ideas? Needless to say, we've gone back to the old version of Silverkeeper. Cheers, Kaye Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.omninet.net.au/~kg/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Cameras, HD, 1080 etc
Hi, Be careful buying video cameras that burn to dvd, they aren't very versatile. They are not meant to be used to edit video on iMovie. Of course, it is possible to rip the video off the dvds and edit them in iMovie but its a lot of work. The new Sony HD camera that saves its video to hard drive encodes in a new format which is not natively supported by iMovie or Final Cut Pro either. Its called AVCHD, and its a variant of H.264 so its likely that it will be supported by Apple in the future, but not at the moment. I haven't tried it but you can probably open the video in quicktime. For the moment, If you want true compatibility with Apple's software you are better off going with HDV cameras which record 1080i video to the same miniDV tapes that older cameras use. Both Canon and Sony make consumer camcorders using this format: http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras/cameras_video/hv10.html http://www.sony-asia.com/handycam/hc3/flash.html Cheers, Thomas. Hi I've seen some new Sony Video Cameras labelled Full HD, 1080 and one that burns to DVD disk which provides direct playback on upcoming blue-ray devices What is full HD and 1080? Are these things we should be considering when planning a new video camera purchase next year? These 2 Sony cams record to DVD or hard disk drive. Are they still compatible with macs. Do they import into iMovie or Final cut? Thanks Rod Blitvich
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For the moment, If you want true compatibility with Apple's software you are better off going with HDV cameras which record 1080i video to the same miniDV tapes that older cameras use. Again, though, make sure you read up on HDV before you decide to purchase. This is a completely new format which requires a fast computer to work with, and must be 'conformed' at the end of editing which can take hours. Also, there are complaints about motion artifacts during any fast movement. Some people love it though. Just a good idea to understand it before you buy it. And understand what changes you will need to make to your workflow to work with it.
[Meeting] Meeting Reminder Tuesday 7th November 2006 - 7.30pm
Hi All Just a reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday 7th November 2006) is the normal WAMUG meeting. Same place and time. (Starts at 7.30pm) http://www.wamug.org.au/meetings/index.shtml (Ignore the date and time part) :o) Some interesting things will be on,. There will be a 24 Intel iMac shown off, as well as the iPod range (iPod Shuffle, iPod nano and iPod video) as well as software demos and more interesting things. Oh, and you can pick up your copy of the new MacTalk magazine as well. Matt will come along dressed up as a horse seeing as it's Melbourne Cup day!! (OK, he won't really, but I got your attention for a second!) So come along and enjoy!! See you there. Kind Regards Daniel
