You're right, iTunes works fine on the Mac while updating an iPod. I've had my lowly PowerBook playing an H.264 vidcast, downloading more podcasts and syncing with two iPods at the same time with no problems.
iTunes will happily let you use an iPod in disk mode and drag the files from your library onto the iPod on your desktop. Then connect the iPod to the other computer and drag them off again. Easy.
The nano plays Apple Lossless, why not convert your 1411kbps AIFF files to lossless (around 850-930kbps) and get some space back without losing sound quality?
There's something wrong with that iMac G5 - my guess is that it was switched off instead of shutting down cleanly and it's doing a filesystem check. My 1.5ghz PowerBook boots from cold in under 50 seconds and an iMac will crush it.
It seems to me that if there are still a few Classic apps that people run in this day and age, there's a business opportunity for a small developer to make a good Cocoa implementation and clean up. I wonder why this isn't happening. It's especially noticeable with educational software - there seems to be nothing on OS X if the complaints I read on Mac forums are accurate.
The Quicktime Streaming Server is pretty damn nice too, and it's free (if you use the Darwin Streaming Server, which is the same technology but without support).
Actually that OS X control panel is the entire thing, not a category view. It's far simpler to use that the Windows equivalent (God, I hated having to work out which view a clueless sub-literate customer was in when I worked in tech support).
And I ripped my hundreds of CDs to DRM-free AAC. I'm getting tired of the 'OMG IPODS USE DRM FOR EVERYTHING' nonsense being spewed by the people that have obviously never used one.
DRM is only included in files downloaded from the iTMS, just like the WMA files from the other major online music stores. With both formats (AAC and WMA), the songs you rip from CD are DRM-free.
Try setting the processor speed to Highest instead of Automatic. My 1.5Ghz PowerBook can handle H.264 at DVD resolution, no reason your iMac shouldn't.
1. There's no such thing as an AlTi PowerBook, it's either Al or Ti.:)
2. There was no recall. Apple simply acknowledged the problem and authorised their service centres to replace the screens if customers brought one in with a bad screen. I had my screen replaced twice and Apple Australia declared my laptop a lemon and replaced it with a faster model.
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No, he's right.. the US are great at solving energy crises. They just invade another oil-producing country and pow! Problem solved for another term...
You're right, iTunes works fine on the Mac while updating an iPod. I've had my lowly PowerBook playing an H.264 vidcast, downloading more podcasts and syncing with two iPods at the same time with no problems.
iTunes will happily let you use an iPod in disk mode and drag the files from your library onto the iPod on your desktop. Then connect the iPod to the other computer and drag them off again. Easy.
The nano plays Apple Lossless, why not convert your 1411kbps AIFF files to lossless (around 850-930kbps) and get some space back without losing sound quality?
There's something wrong with that iMac G5 - my guess is that it was switched off instead of shutting down cleanly and it's doing a filesystem check. My 1.5ghz PowerBook boots from cold in under 50 seconds and an iMac will crush it.
It seems to me that if there are still a few Classic apps that people run in this day and age, there's a business opportunity for a small developer to make a good Cocoa implementation and clean up. I wonder why this isn't happening. It's especially noticeable with educational software - there seems to be nothing on OS X if the complaints I read on Mac forums are accurate.
The Quicktime Streaming Server is pretty damn nice too, and it's free (if you use the Darwin Streaming Server, which is the same technology but without support).
The green button doesn't maximise windows, it zooms between two states which are defined by the developer. Window -> Zoom does the same thing.
It didn't fail to hold on when I tripped on the cable for my girlfriend's open PowerBook... ouch. Thank Christ our home insurance covered it. :)
I wonder if you've used it in a while. iMovie HD has no such limit on audio or video clip length, which puts you about a year out of date.
Hey, I won't tolerate you destroying my fantasies with logic! EN GUARD! *wields plastic lightsaber*
It's lost the s-video output also. I'll bet $10 that an upgraded Airport Express with video output is on the way to make up for that.
My Nano sounds terrific through a pair of Grado SR-80s - certainly seems to have more grunt in the output stage than my old 3G iPod.
No, CNET said that.
What the fuck does the colour of their skin have to do with anything?
Heh. You probably think your teens aren't having sex too. :)
Working fine here on two PowerBooks. Sure you're not running a Safari plugin like Saft or PithHelmet?
I've read that at high bit rates, MPEG 2 looks just as good as H.264. You can find examples at http://www.shapeofdays.com/
Actually that OS X control panel is the entire thing, not a category view. It's far simpler to use that the Windows equivalent (God, I hated having to work out which view a clueless sub-literate customer was in when I worked in tech support).
And I ripped my hundreds of CDs to DRM-free AAC. I'm getting tired of the 'OMG IPODS USE DRM FOR EVERYTHING' nonsense being spewed by the people that have obviously never used one.
DRM is only included in files downloaded from the iTMS, just like the WMA files from the other major online music stores. With both formats (AAC and WMA), the songs you rip from CD are DRM-free.
Try setting the processor speed to Highest instead of Automatic. My 1.5Ghz PowerBook can handle H.264 at DVD resolution, no reason your iMac shouldn't.
Works fine on my PowerBook as well (running 10.4.2).
Here's a couple of effects links:
h /profile.php
http://www.cgfocus.com/phproot/profiles/emilesmit
http://millimeter.com/mag/video_serenity/
Check out Gimpshop. It's a version of the Gimp customised to behave as closely as possible to Photoshop. http://www.gimpshop.net/
1. There's no such thing as an AlTi PowerBook, it's either Al or Ti. :)
2. There was no recall. Apple simply acknowledged the problem and authorised their service centres to replace the screens if customers brought one in with a bad screen. I had my screen replaced twice and Apple Australia declared my laptop a lemon and replaced it with a faster model.