Re:OS X Finder Laundry List - Please add yours.
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Renaming files: There is a delay in renaming that makes me crazy. I'll click on a file and it won't go into the rename unless I wait a moment and click again.
Does not. Here, I'll test. Click and keep the mouse pointer over the file name. After 2 seconds it goes into rename mode, no further click required. (Yes, the delay is still required)
Click twice, but quickly move the mouse after the second click. No delay, except for that between the clicks. Not fast enough? Click once, hit return. Instantly in rename mode.
For a smaller online seller, I find Other Music has an excellent selection of otherwise import-only CDs. And a great selection of older/obscure music in general.
These claims seem to crop up everytime Apple releases a new update to OS X. I remember reading the exact same claims when 10.2.3 was released, in the Apple support forums.
Lithium Ion batteries (the type used in the iBook/TiBook) simply don't last very long. Best estimates I've heard is 300-500 charge cycles. Depending on how often you charge your battery, its easy to go through this problem.
I had awful problems with my iBook battery, after only 5 months. In a matter of weeks, it went from 4 hours of battery life to under an hour. But when I did the math out, my estimated charge cycles in those 5 months was around 400.
Nothing to do with the OS update...just a battery at the end of its life. Good thing it was still under warrenty...after a few calls to Apple tech support I got a new battery.
Bullshit this is not. Lithium Ion batteries (like the ones used in the iBook, as well as most any other laptop made recently) have a half-life of about 300-500 charge cycles.
If you are not charging your laptop every day, then these cycles will last you years. However, if (like me) you end up seeing several charges a day, you can easily kill a battery in a matter of months.
I've never used the IBM 600 series laptops. Any chance those aren't even Lithium Ion batteries?
When I'm looking for new music, I often find myself looking through my music collection for what labels my favorite musicians recorded on, then jumping on that label's website to browse their current releases. Especially with small labels that only cater to a small genre, its easy to find interesting new music.
A good option for doing 3D modeling and animation is Hash's Animation Master. Last I checked, it was priced around $300...much more affordable than the professional software people have been listing here.
I don't do much 3D animation work myself, but I've been told that individual artists often use this product to make demo animations, until they get some sort of break and are able to buy professional software.
I don't believe there is a Linux port, and the Mac version is terribly unstable. Still, the Windows port is pretty solid.
One of the differences I see in wearable devices vs. current technology (Palm Pilots, cell phones, etc.) is that wearables tend toward being a pervasive device. Its the difference in having a tool such as a screwdriver, and something like eyeglasses, which are so tighly integrated in your existence that you don't even notice them as tools.
I'm not sure if I believe it, but one of the arguments for having these pervasive devices is that they are so flexible that they would give a trememdous boost to 'being human'. This sort of augmented living would certainly be an exciting application of computing...I'm just not sure if its as exciting as wearables advocates make it out to be.
This is not a comparison of x86 Linux vs. OS X on the XServe. This is a comparison of Linux vs. OS X, running on the same hardware, in an attempt to gauge speed differences between the two OSs.
I haven't tried this software out (so I may be completely wrong), but it sounds as if this application provides recording on a per-application basis. Rather than just recording all the sound that would normally be coming out of your speakers, it seems to sit between an application and the system audio (CoreAudio?) recording (and modifying) only the sound from a particular application, then sending it on its way to be mixed and sent to output.
Unless things have changed dramatically in Apple Dev program in the past few years, the $100 => one-time-20%-discount is only available as part of the student developer package. The cheapest non-student package costs about $500/yr, though it offers a single yearly hardware discount.
More information on Apple's developer's program here.
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Renaming files: There is a delay in renaming that makes me crazy. I'll click on a file and it won't go into the rename unless I wait a moment and click again.
Does not. Here, I'll test. Click and keep the mouse pointer over the file name. After 2 seconds it goes into rename mode, no further click required. (Yes, the delay is still required)
Click twice, but quickly move the mouse after the second click. No delay, except for that between the clicks. Not fast enough? Click once, hit return. Instantly in rename mode.
For a smaller online seller, I find Other Music has an excellent selection of otherwise import-only CDs. And a great selection of older/obscure music in general.
These claims seem to crop up everytime Apple releases a new update to OS X. I remember reading the exact same claims when 10.2.3 was released, in the Apple support forums.
Lithium Ion batteries (the type used in the iBook/TiBook) simply don't last very long. Best estimates I've heard is 300-500 charge cycles. Depending on how often you charge your battery, its easy to go through this problem.
I had awful problems with my iBook battery, after only 5 months. In a matter of weeks, it went from 4 hours of battery life to under an hour. But when I did the math out, my estimated charge cycles in those 5 months was around 400.
Nothing to do with the OS update...just a battery at the end of its life. Good thing it was still under warrenty...after a few calls to Apple tech support I got a new battery.
Bullshit this is not. Lithium Ion batteries (like the ones used in the iBook, as well as most any other laptop made recently) have a half-life of about 300-500 charge cycles.
If you are not charging your laptop every day, then these cycles will last you years. However, if (like me) you end up seeing several charges a day, you can easily kill a battery in a matter of months.
I've never used the IBM 600 series laptops. Any chance those aren't even Lithium Ion batteries?
When I'm looking for new music, I often find myself looking through my music collection for what labels my favorite musicians recorded on, then jumping on that label's website to browse their current releases. Especially with small labels that only cater to a small genre, its easy to find interesting new music.
A good option for doing 3D modeling and animation is Hash's Animation Master. Last I checked, it was priced around $300...much more affordable than the professional software people have been listing here.
I don't do much 3D animation work myself, but I've been told that individual artists often use this product to make demo animations, until they get some sort of break and are able to buy professional software.
I don't believe there is a Linux port, and the Mac version is terribly unstable. Still, the Windows port is pretty solid.
One of the differences I see in wearable devices vs. current technology (Palm Pilots, cell phones, etc.) is that wearables tend toward being a pervasive device. Its the difference in having a tool such as a screwdriver, and something like eyeglasses, which are so tighly integrated in your existence that you don't even notice them as tools.
I'm not sure if I believe it, but one of the arguments for having these pervasive devices is that they are so flexible that they would give a trememdous boost to 'being human'. This sort of augmented living would certainly be an exciting application of computing...I'm just not sure if its as exciting as wearables advocates make it out to be.
AT&T Labs Research has some recent work in TTS. I'm not sure how state-of-the-art it is, but its certainly much better than the TTS refered to.
This is not a comparison of x86 Linux vs. OS X on the XServe. This is a comparison of Linux vs. OS X, running on the same hardware, in an attempt to gauge speed differences between the two OSs.
I haven't tried this software out (so I may be completely wrong), but it sounds as if this application provides recording on a per-application basis. Rather than just recording all the sound that would normally be coming out of your speakers, it seems to sit between an application and the system audio (CoreAudio?) recording (and modifying) only the sound from a particular application, then sending it on its way to be mixed and sent to output.
Unless things have changed dramatically in Apple Dev program in the past few years, the $100 => one-time-20%-discount is only available as part of the student developer package. The cheapest non-student package costs about $500/yr, though it offers a single yearly hardware discount.
More information on Apple's developer's program here.
> A misstep can be fatal in the fast-moving computer business.
I'm sure Apple is going to try to make sure a misstep in the fast-moving business of online journalism is just as fatal.