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iphoto

I'm pretty sure that iphoto just imports them from wherever they've saved - it doesn't mess up the original files but just copies them and puts them into your iphoto library. Not sure if I've explained that very well!
 
donmei said:
MB Hockey - Thanks. I've been around long enough to have experienced . .lets see a whole lot of OSes. You need to get used to switching. The only thing that really annoys me is the people here who act like OSx is FLAWLESS. Sorry. It isnt, its flawed like everything made by man. There SHOULD be a maximize button. But if thats all I've got to bitch about, then fine. By the way, you've got me thinking. The list goes like this, in chronological order. TRSDOS, CPM80, CPM86, PCDOS,VMS,MS-Dos, Win 3.1, Netware 3.12, Netware 4, OS400, NT Server 3.5(1), Win95,98,2000,xp, Linux, OSx.

Ok, a few more. I didnt check the archives, but since this thread may become some kindof reference, here we go:

6) F5 - in the PC world, this is a very useful kbd shortcut. In an explorer window it refreshes the contents. They usually update real time, but if there is a lot of file system activity, this background activity can lag. F5 makes it happen instantly.

More importantly, if done in IE, it forces a refresh of that web page.

What is the apple equivalent of F5. Give me 2 different commands if one is necessary for Safari and the other in finder??

7) If I open a photo in a folder, it opens in Preview. Clicking the Next arrow (hover over text is "go to next page" does NOT take me to the next pic in the folder. So I need to close preview and double click on the next pic. This is assinine. So, I know that I must be missing something. What am I missing. How do I quickly flip through pics in a folder that exists on a NAS????

Also, please dont tell me to use Iphoto. I've got 5 years of digital photos. Until someone tells me that it wont reorganize them and move them from their original folders, I'm not using it. (I want to preserve the very organized and structured folder protocol that I'm using now) If iphoto builds a catalogue just like iTunes does (it builds a database while leaving your file system untouched) then I'll use iphoto. But I started another thread with that question and havent gotten any answers
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6. I'm not sure why you'd need to refresh a Finder Window...that just doesn't process with me. I mean, you move something...it's there. Why would you need to refresh it? :confused:

7. Yeah, it doesn't work that way. With Preview you've got a few options (though I think most Mac users prefer to browse their photos in iPhoto...i know i do). But in Preview, you can select all the pictures in the folder (via the Finder) and open them all at once (this opens one Preview window with all of the pictures in its sidebar where you can click next/previous until you heart's content). You can also take the entire picture folder and drag it onto Preview's Dock icon...which will accomplish the same thing but is (somewhat?) more elegant.
 
I can understand needing to refresh a finder window. Let's say you have it alphabetically sorted then you extract a zip/rar, it likely just adds files but doesn't automatically re-alphabetize them. As to the solution, I don't know of one for refreshing finder windows. I would say the fastest way is the do :apple:+up arrow to go up one level then back to your desired folder depending on which finder view you use (hint: get use to column view - then it's just right and left arrow keys to move up/down).

As to the Preview photo issue, I think of Preview as a jack of all trades. It's not that great for images - for example, why in the world can't it play animated gifs? Instead, check out Xee, which is an excellent replacement for Preview:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29046

It has the functionality you desire. i.e. if you view one pic in a folder, using next/previous will allow you to see other photos in the same folder.
 
The refresh in finder is not something I'll use everyday, but thanks for the info.

Still waiting on refresh in Safari. Any thoughts?? (this is something I'll use several times a day. For example to check for additional posts to this thread)

Thanks,

Don
p.s. I fully expected to dislike Safari. I've been using Firefox on Wintel for a while and just thought I'd use it on the mac. But its been over a week and I still havent bothered to install firefox.
 
To view multiple pictures in the Finder, I just use Quicklook. I'd say that'd be your best bet. If you're in list view, just hit your spacebar when you're on a picture, then use the arrow keys to navigate up and down. No need to load Preview at all.
 
killmoms said:
To view multiple pictures in the Finder, I just use Quicklook. I'd say that'd be your best bet. If you're in list view, just hit your spacebar when you're on a picture, then use the arrow keys to navigate up and down. No need to load Preview at all.
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After getting used to Quicklook I have saved three days of time not spent opening applications for one single file. Totally awesome.
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killmoms said:
To view multiple pictures in the Finder, I just use Quicklook. I'd say that'd be your best bet. If you're in list view, just hit your spacebar when you're on a picture, then use the arrow keys to navigate up and down. No need to load Preview at all.
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That's a really good point. I had forgotten all about Quicklook.
 
donmei said:
Guys,

Thank you for all the great info. Just to clarify one thing. When working with videos, I want to save them in a format that is NATIVE to a windows Pc. i.e. it can be viewed by pretty much anyone with win2k or above and a reasonably recent version of Windows Media Player with no special plug-ins.

.mp4 should meet that need. Can I set iMovie so .mp4 is the DEFAULT file type?

NEW ??
1) My NAS is set up with FAT32. All my music and photos are on it. (backed up to an off-line usb drive every couple of weeks) Will that formatting work with the MAC? I'm hoping so. I specifically did not format it with NTFS for compatability reasons?

2) Would the Mac been able to mount it if it was NTFS?

3) Is it easy to map a drive to a NAS box.

Thanks again. if I deserve a RTFA then flame away.

Don
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I see this has been answered incorrectly a couple of times, but I haven't checked the rest of the thread for any other ideas yet. My apologies if this has been covered.

If you are using a NAS device, it does not matter what file system you are using on the NAS device. Your mac doesn't have physical access to the drive, and all data is handled (and "translated") by the NAS software.
 
I just found quick look. wow, its great. You can even scale the preview window to be pretty good sized. Its enormously powerful

Chilljam - thanks for setting it straight. I suspected that. I needed a file from my work Lenovo so I shared out the directory temporarily and grabbed it from the apple. the lenovo is NTFS

I guess the question is more relevant for a usb attached drive. Then OSx is directly managing the drive.

In that case Fat32 seems like a good "universally accessable" choice. Thoughts?

Don
 
donmei said:
I just found quick look. wow, its great. You can even scale the preview window to be pretty good sized. Its enormously powerful

Chilljam - thanks for setting it straight. I suspected that. I needed a file from my work Lenovo so I shared out the directory temporarily and grabbed it from the apple. the lenovo is NTFS

I guess the question is more relevant for a usb attached drive. Then OSx is directly managing the drive.

In that case Fat32 seems like a good "universally accessable" choice. Thoughts?

Don
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Yes - FAT32 is a good "universal" choice. Beware, though - FAT32 has a maximum file size limit of around 4 GB. You generally won't run into this limit unless you're working with high-definition movie files, or very high pixel density images. HFS Plus (Mac OS X's native file system) and NTFS (the native file system for recent versions of Windows) have a much larger limit.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
6) Parallels or Synergy (dont bother with this one, I'm sure its covered in the archives)
VMWare Fusion. Parallels is emulation, synergy is physically running a 2nd PC.
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I thought Parallels was virtualisation, not emulation?
 
I just purchased a boxed copy of Fusion on ebay last night.

Is there any benefit to waiting until it arrives before installing it.

Or will I end up with the same thing if I install the eval licensed version downloadable from VMWare?

I'm assuming that once the box arrives, I can at some point re-enter the full license number into the s/w and it will become fully licensed as opposed to an eval.

Or will I get a cleaner install if I wait till I get the instal disc?

Thanks,

Don
ps the pc guy in me is so paranoid about registry pollution, I never want to install un-install anything if I can avoid it.
 
donmei said:
I just purchased a boxed copy of Fusion on ebay last night.

Is there any benefit to waiting until it arrives before installing it.

Or will I end up with the same thing if I install the eval licensed version downloadable from VMWare?

I'm assuming that once the box arrives, I can at some point re-enter the full license number into the s/w and it will become fully licensed as opposed to an eval.

Or will I get a cleaner install if I wait till I get the instal disc?

Thanks,

Don
ps the pc guy in me is so paranoid about registry pollution, I never want to install un-install anything if I can avoid it.
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Having never used VMware, I am not sure about the answer to your question. That said, if I were you I'd just wait until the full version arrives - that way, you minimize the chances of problems with the trial and full version co-existing.

Oh, and you don't have to worry about registry pollution with Mac OS X - there is no central registry. Instead, application preferences and other data normally stored in the registry get their own per-application files, stored in well-defined locations depending on their purpose. For example:

Global preferences (for all users of the machine) go in /Library/Preferences
Per-user preferences go in /Users/username/Library/Preferences

Other types of files follow this exact same scheme, just with different folder names.
 
so worldwizard

would it be correct to say that a sloppy uninstall could at worst just leave some extra data on the hd.

as opposed to win, where a sloppy (or failed) uninstall could leave relics around that will actually slow the machine down.

Thoughts?
 
donmei said:
so worldwizard

would it be correct to say that a sloppy uninstall could at worst just leave some extra data on the hd.

as opposed to win, where a sloppy (or failed) uninstall could leave relics around that will actually slow the machine down.

Thoughts?
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Yes, you are correct. That is exactly how it works.
 
Next Question

For working with MS Office docs, I have 2 choices:

1) Office 2k7 for windows in Fusion XP VM
2) Native Office 2k4 for mac

Neither will cost me any additional money.

3) Another option is to buy Office 2k8 for mac, but that will cost me about $40

I'm interested in your guys reply. Again, bloated registry paranoia has me leaning towards O2k7 in a VM, since I can discard it if necessary.

Please dont suggest that I just use Open Office or iWork or Google Docs. They are all great. But i need to be able to work on Work docs and I need 100% guaranteed, assured document compatability. (including highly complex templates and macros created by our PMO)

Plus, my work environment, we are highly integrated into Sharepoint and Project Server. I am very confident that iWork or OO will NOT meet my needs.

Don
 
donmei said:
… 6) F5 - in the PC world, this is a very useful kbd shortcut. In an explorer window it refreshes the contents. They usually update real time, but if there is a lot of file system activity, this background activity can lag. F5 makes it happen instantly.

More importantly, if done in IE, it forces a refresh of that web page.

What is the apple equivalent of F5. Give me 2 different commands if one is necessary for Safari and the other in finder?? …
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refresh or "Reload page" in Safari is command+R. pretty much all keyboard shortcuts in OS X revolve around command, option and shift and are all pretty self explanatory. if you want to know a keyboard shortcut or you forgot where a menu is type the keyword into the Help search menu and a funky arrow will point to it for you.

you cant refresh the Finder in the GUI but you can via CLI with a terminal command. but theres a script here that refreshes the Finder and you can add it to Finder's toolbar.

donmei said:
… 7) If I open a photo in a folder, it opens in Preview. Clicking the Next arrow (hover over text is "go to next page" does NOT take me to the next pic in the folder. So I need to close preview and double click on the next pic. This is assinine. So, I know that I must be missing something. What am I missing. How do I quickly flip through pics in a folder that exists on a NAS???? …
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yeh Preview doesnt do this. command-A or highlight all the photos you want to view then press command-O and they will all open or Preview with a sidebar so you can arrow to the next photo. or you can use Quick Look which allows you to arrow to the next photo.
 
donmei said:
For working with MS Office docs, I have 2 choices:

1) Office 2k7 for windows in Fusion XP VM
2) Native Office 2k4 for mac

Neither will cost me any additional money.

3) Another option is to buy Office 2k8 for mac, but that will cost me about $40

I'm interested in your guys reply. Again, bloated registry paranoia has me leaning towards O2k7 in a VM, since I can discard it if necessary.

Please dont suggest that I just use Open Office or iWork or Google Docs. They are all great. But i need to be able to work on Work docs and I need 100% guaranteed, assured document compatability. (including highly complex templates and macros created by our PMO)

Plus, my work environment, we are highly integrated into Sharepoint and Project Server. I am very confident that iWork or OO will NOT meet my needs.

Don
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For your needs, either of those will work. It really comes down to performance. If you need performance as well as macro support, it's a no-brainer: Office 2k7 in a VM is the clear winner. Otherwise, you could consider Office 2k4 Mac edition - do keep in mind that it'll run anywhere from 50% to 80% of native speed (since it's a PowerPC-only app, and must be translated by Rosetta).
 
Screen Scrape?

Things have been going well the last couple of weeks. I picked up a Vista machine (scratch and dent) for $195 a couple of weeks ago.

The contrast is astonishing. I've had to spend HOURS screwing around with vista to get it where I want it.

The mac I just get on, do what I want/need to do, and get off. It wakes up in <5 seconds and shuts down when the lid is closed.

So anyway.

How do you do a screen scrape in OSX. The Win equivalent is <ctrl> <prtscr> (print screen)
Thanks in advance,

Don
 
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