GarageBand Update 1.0.1 Released

Apple has released GarageBand 1.0.1, which, according to the release notes, "clarifies specific alert dialogs regarding system performance." The update is a 21.5MB disc image. Yes, updating your alert dialogs takes 21.5MB.

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Red Jewel

[Michael.Forman]

GarageBand does take quite a bit of horsepower. Previewing and rendering even these songs required me to turn my 1-GHz Titanium laptop's CPU performance to "full", when I'm on the go.

GarageBand notifies the user of the system load by changing the color of a clear time-indicator jewel as it sweeps across the samples. It's a brilliant way to display the system load directly in a program. I speculate that the update affects not just the dialogues but also the subsystem which monitors and displays the CPU usage. (Hey, now I'm making up news just like CNN does.)

Michael

Re:Red Jewel

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I'll say it does, the fan on my powerbook starts about a minute after I've started Garageband.

More fun, I have a Powerbook G4 with an 800 MHz processor, only about a year and a half old, but I think the hard drive is a 4200RPM. I get this error when I play a creation with four or five tracks for more than a few seconds.

Re:Red Jewel

[BorgCopyeditor]

I don't have Garage Band, or a Powerbook for that matter, but you aren't by chance recording all your tracks in 32-bit/192KHz or something crazy like that, are you? Audiophile hype aside, real recording engineers will likely tell you that that super-fast sampling rates are unnecessary. And CD audio is only 16/44. Anyway, my $.02.

Re:will it work on pirated copies?

[johnjosephbachir]

there is also the argument, hmm where i have i heard it before, that restricting distribution of software is unethical because it restricts access to information, truth, tools, et cetera. it currently is a luxury, and i (and perhaps other slashdot readers) think that is a bad thing. digital divide==bad. luxury items should be things that people don't need, but want. if i want to have a leather couch i have to work a little harder to make the money to afford it instead of a cloth one. if i want a big useless rock on my finger, i have to work even more. but if i want tools to use to express ideas and create things, an easy way to access information, or even a decent meal, i shouldn't have to do anything exceptional to get it. of course some might say my argument is wishy washy since it hinges on concepts like easy and exceptional, but i assert that these terms have widely consistent definitions.

the example you gave is ridiculous (btw the only reason i am using such harsh words is because you are anonymous, so i am insulting your argument and not you :), because you used an exceptional case, where someone has a lot more money in the short term than they did when they made the decision to pirate.

most of the time, people have a pretty good idea of what their budgets are going to be in the short and medium term, and also their needs and wants in that same time frame. so it's not sensible to not pirate something because you might win the lottery next week!

however it is sensible to not pirate because maybe you could eat out a little less often or buy one less drink when you go out, and save up for that software you need.

it's all about where to draw the line i guess. well, with most things it's all about where to draw the line, but in this case i think we need to migrate to a different value structure, first with music and movies, and then with software. and i don't just mean, do it like redhat, sell service, although that will probably be a significant part of intermediate steps. but the fact of the matter is, a copy of software is not a can of beans. no one is completely and intuitively comfortably with our current notion of virtual, history(development cost)-aware value. it's so easy to copy, but it's illegal...... but we've all hear this before. i can't wait for The Future when we get to see what the new value models will be.