Archive for August, 2009:
Final Cut Pro glitches when importing AVCHD footage
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I encountered an issue recently where Final Cut Pro will jitter and glitch out every half a second or so when importing AVCHD footage from a Sony HD camcorder. I eventually tracked down the error thanks to some google searching and it turns out that Perian is the culprit. Apple even have a couple of [...]
Mac OS X Upgrades
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Spotted around the interwebs recently is a Windows 7 Upgrade Chart that details which versions of Windows can be upgraded to Windows 7 by upgrading in place, and which versions need a clean install, or in Microsoft speak, a Custom Install. With the upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, I’ve drawn up [...]
The mysterious case of the missing Ethernet port
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I encountered a really strange issue with a Mac mini functioning as a small workgroup file server. The mini had dropped off the network and no-one could access it’s share points. I had the end user reboot it to see if that sorted it out and it didn’t so I went in and had a [...]
E-mail Download Issue in Entourage With Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008
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I encountered an issue with a client today where there were emails missing from their inbox in Entourage, yet when the user viewed their inbox in either Outlook Web Access, or used Citrix to view their inbox in Outlook, all the missing emails were there as clear as day. We tried rebuilding their Entourage database, [...]
Mac OS X 10.5.8
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The 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, as well as specific fixes for: compatibility and reliability issues when joining AirPort networks. an issue that could cause some monitor resolutions to no longer appear [...]
Online typography is looking better with .webfont
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It is looking increasing like the proposed .webfont file format for embeddable/downloadable fonts will be the standard, and will be supported in CSS3. Safari and Firefox support using TrueType and OpenType fonts, however the licensing restrictions on most fonts, in particular all the good fonts from the major type foundries, prohibits use in this fashion. [...]
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