Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?) From: Tod Hopkins
- 1b.
- Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?) From: Anthony Rahmanan
- 2a.
- Re: Simple database From: Tod Hopkins
- 2b.
- Re: Simple database From: Tod Hopkins
- 2c.
- Re: Simple database From: Bill B.
- 2d.
- Re: Simple database From: Tod Hopkins
- 3.1.
- Re: Mac Virus From: Tod Hopkins
- 3.2.
- Re: Mac Virus From: pat412255
- 3.3.
- Re: Mac Virus From: Biglt
- 4.1.
- iPhone From: cartoontagger
- 4.2.
- Re: iPhone From: Denver Dan
- 4.3.
- Re: iPhone From: John Ross
- 4.4.
- Re: iPhone From: Bob Cook
- 4.5.
- Re: iPhone From: Denver Dan
- 4.6.
- Re: iPhone From: Pat K.
- 4.7.
- Re: iPhone From: John Ross
- 4.8.
- Re: iPhone From: Pat K.
- 4.9.
- Re: iPhone From: Michael P. Stupinski
- 5.1.
- Re: Downloads From: Jurgen Richter
- 5.2.
- Re: Downloads From: Harry Flaxman
- 6a.
- Re: Problem installing Oxford English Dictionary on the Mac From: Jurgen Richter
- 7a.
- Re: search From: pat412255
- 7b.
- Re: search From: Harry Flaxman
- 8.
- Nikon D90 Movies From: mpstupinski@snet.net
- 9.1.
- Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro From: Charles Lenington
Messages
- 1a.
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Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?)
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:56 am (PST)
Yes, you must go through Leopard. The precise requirement - just have the disk or actually install - I'm not sure. Probably just need the disc if you are willing to do a full wipe and install. If you want to actually "upgrade" you probably have to run the Leopard upgrade first. There was no Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade, which really ticked off the earliest "Intel" purchasers who righty felt snubbed.
Cheers,
tod
On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Joan B Sax Ph.D. wrote:
> My husband has a Mac Mini (about 4-5 years old) that is running OS 10.4. I now have Lion on my computer and I am wondering if I can put Snow Leopard on his computer without going through the interim OS 10.5 (don't remember what cat that is, Leopard, I guess). Can I just install Snow Leopard, or do I have to go through Tiger and the Leopard, which of course means I have to find the disk for Leopard?
>
> Joan in Vermont where it is a balmy 22 degrees - no skiing but then no shoveling either - can't complain (and it wouldn't do any good if I did)
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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- 1b.
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Re: Upgrading to Snow Leopard from OS 10.4 (is that Tiger?)
Posted by: "Anthony Rahmanan" arahmanan@gmail.com arahmanan
Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:34 am (PST)
You can do it. I just upgraded from 10.4 to Snow Leopard on a Macbook Pro 15.
Anthony Rahmanan
- 2a.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:05 am (PST)
Nice list. Thank you. Might you have ever written a review of ScrapIt? I'd be curious about your further impressions.
tod
On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:42 PM, sew sews wrote:
>
> > Randy would you let me know what the message number is so I can
> > also read
> > this post
>
> I guess that folks missed it on the list, since some people are still
> saying that there "aren't any simple databases for the Mac". Here
> you go:
>
> NeoOffice (free)
> http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/ en/index. php
> LibreOffice (free)
> http://www.libreoffice.org
> (Office suites with included databases.)
>
> Bento $49
> http://www.filemaker.com/products/ bento/overview. html?nav= products- bento
>
> EagleData (free)
> http://www.eaglesoft.de/eagle/ eagledata. html
>
> FrontBase (free if you forego support)
> http://www.frontbase.com/cgi- bin/WebObjects/ FBWebSite. woa
>
> Panorama Sheets ($40)
> http://provue.com/panoramashee ts/index. html
>
> iList Data ($70)
> http://www.lakewoodstudios.com/ ilistdata/
>
> iDatabase ($20)
> http://www.apimac.com/idatabase/
>
> iData ($70)
> http://www.idata3.com/
>
> Valentina ($50)
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com/
> http://www.valentina-db.com/
>
> Papyrus $99 (an office suite that includes a database)
> http://www.rom-logicware. com/
>
> SuperCard $179
> http://www.supercard.us/
>
> Structured databases:
>
> ScrapIt Pro $25
> http://www.johnvholder.com/sipxdesc .html
> (What I use personally)
>
> InTouch With $50
> http://www.intouchwith.com/pages/ intouchwith. html
>
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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- 2b.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:10 am (PST)
I would be curious about further opinions on any of these. I've commented on OpenOffice Base (aka NeoOffice and LibreOffice). I am directly familiar with both. Powerful, but slightly unstable and not simple. FrontBase is very interesting to me, but I would not class this as "simple" either. EagleData appears to be both very simple and free. I find that quite intriguing. Some have commented on iData and I think someone tried iDatabase, which looks nice for a $20 program.
Cheers,
tod
On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:42 PM, sew sews wrote:
>
> > Randy would you let me know what the message number is so I can
> > also read
> > this post
>
> I guess that folks missed it on the list, since some people are still
> saying that there "aren't any simple databases for the Mac". Here
> you go:
>
> NeoOffice (free)
> http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/ en/index. php
> LibreOffice (free)
> http://www.libreoffice.org
> (Office suites with included databases.)
>
> Bento $49
> http://www.filemaker.com/products/ bento/overview. html?nav= products- bento
>
> EagleData (free)
> http://www.eaglesoft.de/eagle/ eagledata. html
>
> FrontBase (free if you forego support)
> http://www.frontbase.com/cgi- bin/WebObjects/ FBWebSite. woa
>
> Panorama Sheets ($40)
> http://provue.com/panoramashee ts/index. html
>
> iList Data ($70)
> http://www.lakewoodstudios.com/ ilistdata/
>
> iDatabase ($20)
> http://www.apimac.com/idatabase/
>
> iData ($70)
> http://www.idata3.com/
>
> Valentina ($50)
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com/
> http://www.valentina-db.com/
>
> Papyrus $99 (an office suite that includes a database)
> http://www.rom-logicware. com/
>
> SuperCard $179
> http://www.supercard.us/
>
> Structured databases:
>
> ScrapIt Pro $25
> http://www.johnvholder.com/sipxdesc .html
> (What I use personally)
>
> InTouch With $50
> http://www.intouchwith.com/pages/ intouchwith. html
>
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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- 2c.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:57 am (PST)
At 5:03 PM -0800 12/20/11, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>ScrapIt Pro $25
>http://www.johnvholder.com/sipxdesc .html
>(What I use personally)
I've been using this for years, from back in Classic days. I wish John was still actively developing it. It is really more of a Scrapbook replacement than a database manager, a bit like Evernote without the bells and whistles. One can password protect the datafile, but it is not encrypted and can be opened in a text reader.
What full featured relational database managers do you like? It seem everyone has heard of Filemaker Pro. It is powerful and now fully relational. Filemaker was the 1st DBM for the Mac and 1.0 came out during the Mac Plus days. It was flat file then, but very easy. Others came and went Foxbase, Double Helix...
My favorite has been 4th Dimension and though it can do anything you can imagine having a full programming language, I found it almost as easy to get a database started with 4D without much programming and fine-tune it as I learned the language and its peculiarities. The others like Foxbase and Double helix required a lot of programming to get anything usable.
Besides FMP and 4D are there any other full featured database managers for OS X other than MySQL/PHP and the likes?
BIll B.
- 2d.
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Re: Simple database
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:29 am (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Bill B. wrote:
> Besides FMP and 4D are there any other full featured database managers for OS X other than MySQL/PHP and the likes?
On quick glance, it appears that FrontBase would qualify. So would OpenOffice Base, though maybe not without combining with other Open Source depending on what features. No server app for instance.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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- 3.1.
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:13 am (PST)
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 1:32 PM, imran khan wrote:
> That's it i will just keep Quite and observe the mails no more discussion
> from my side. [?]
I was just teasing you. Please do NOT keep quiet. We value all opinions, young and old, experienced or inexperience. We learn from everyone.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
- 3.2.
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "pat412255" pat412@mac.com pat412255
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:39 am (PST)
41 here as well & I was working in an office using my first Mac.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:com
>
> >> OMG. I was two year old at 1986!!!!!!!
> >> Imran
> >
> > Wow! I was 30 in 1986~~ :) :)
> > Harry
>
>
> 41
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> --
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> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@...
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- 3.3.
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Re: Mac Virus
Posted by: "Biglt" eltay3@yahoo.com eltay3
Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:11 am (PST)
I don't pretend to be old, but my first computer was powered by kerosene, in front of the cooking fire.
Larry
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Barry Austern wrote:
>
> > Still almost in diapers. I was born in 1942. Since OS-X has a built
> > in calculator (bringing this back on topic) you can do the arithmetic
> > easily enough.
>
> You're a year older than my ex-wife!! She'll be happy to hear someone is! :)
>
> I just used Spotlight to figure that out!
>
> Harry
>
>
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@...
>
- 4.1.
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iPhone
Posted by: "cartoontagger" pat.my3maltese@gmail.com cartoontagger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:42 am (PST)
Just switched from Android to the iPhone.
Is it possible for me to get a notification sound I liked on the Android phone onto the iPhone? If so, how?
Thanks.
Pat
- 4.2.
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:31 am (PST)
Howdy.
You can make a ring tone from almost any song in your iTunes music
library.
There are also several free applications available for making ring
tones.
Go to <http://www.macupdate.com/ > and search on the term ring tone.
To make a ring tone from a song in iTunes you need to also have
GarageBand installed. Garage Band is a free application from Apple
installed when the OS is installed.
In GarageBand, there is a section named iPhone Ringtone.
You'll need to search online for the exact steps to to this. Also, if
you haven't used GarageBand before, when you first launch it take the
tutorial lesson that is part of it.
The basic idea is that you can drag a song from iTunes to GarageBand,
use the features in GarageBand to make the ring tone and to adjust the
length (duration) of the ring tone. I think 40 seconds is the maximum
allowed.
Then you drag the ring tone you've made back to iTunes where a new
section for ring tones is created. This way you can sync ring tones (1
or many) to your iPhone when connected to the Mac. Then on the iPhone
you use the Contacts to select the ring tone for an individual.
Denver Dan
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:42:34 +0000, cartoontagger wrote:
> Just switched from Android to the iPhone.
> Is it possible for me to get a notification sound I liked on the
> Android phone onto the iPhone? If so, how?
> Thanks.
> Pat
- 4.3.
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "John Ross" johnaross@mac.com john_a_ross
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:38 am (PST)
Pat, which particular sound are you after? - John.
On 21 Dec 2011, at 13:42, cartoontagger wrote:
> Just switched from Android to the iPhone.
> Is it possible for me to get a notification sound I liked on the Android phone onto the iPhone? If so, how?
> Thanks.
> Pat
>
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:40 am (PST)
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM, cartoontagger <pat.my3maltese@gmail.com >wrote:
> **
>
>
> Just switched from Android to the iPhone.
> Is it possible for me to get a notification sound I liked on the Android
> phone onto the iPhone? If so, how?
>
Yes, the iPhone has finally caught up to Android in some key areas. Here
is a link that will help:
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/ article/389279/ ios_5_finally_ gets_custom_ notification_ tones/
Hopefully, Samsung or Google won't sue Apple over this.
Bob
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:42 am (PST)
Howdy.
I think I forgot an important point!
You may have to start with an MP3 music file in iTunes.
If you have a music file in a different format, it may not want to
import into GarageBand.
Perhaps a more experienced ring tone maker here can, as it were, chime
in on this topic.
Denver Dan
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:31:29 -0500, Denver Dan wrote:
> To make a ring tone from a song in iTunes you need to also have
> GarageBand installed. Garage Band is a free application from Apple
> installed when the OS is installed.
>
> In GarageBand, there is a section named iPhone Ringtone.
>
> You'll need to search online for the exact steps to to this. Also, if
> you haven't used GarageBand before, when you first launch it take the
> tutorial lesson that is part of it.
- 4.6.
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Pat K." pat.my3maltese@gmail.com cartoontagger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:42 am (PST)
TaDa John.
Pat
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:38 AM, John Ross wrote:
> Pat, which particular sound are you after? - John.
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "John Ross" johnaross@mac.com john_a_ross
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:49 am (PST)
Pat, is this it? - John.
http://audiko.net/my?add& ring=15739213& type=iphone
On 21 Dec 2011, at 14:42, Pat K. wrote:
> TaDa John.
> Pat
>
> On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:38 AM, John Ross wrote:
>
>> Pat, which particular sound are you after? - John.
>
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Pat K." pat.my3maltese@gmail.com cartoontagger
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:56 am (PST)
No, that's not it. It's a default notification sound on the Samsung Captivate and also the LG Optimus. I wonder if I can just record the sound from my old phone and then email it to myself?
Pat
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:48 AM, John Ross wrote:
> Pat, is this it? - John.
>
> http://audiko.net/my?add& ring=15739213& type=iphone
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Re: iPhone
Posted by: "Michael P. Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:03 am (PST)
I think you also need a relatively new version of GarageBand. I have
GarageBand '09 (v5.1) and, although it provides for exporting
GarageBand tunes to iTunes as ringtones, I see no way to get a file
(mp3, at least) into GarageBand.
.........Mike
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I think I forgot an important point!
>
> You may have to start with an MP3 music file in iTunes.
>
> If you have a music file in a different format, it may not want to
> import into GarageBand.
>
> Perhaps a more experienced ring tone maker here can, as it were, chime
> in on this topic.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:31:29 -0500, Denver Dan wrote:
>> To make a ring tone from a song in iTunes you need to also have
>> GarageBand installed. Garage Band is a free application from Apple
>> installed when the OS is installed.
>>
>> In GarageBand, there is a section named iPhone Ringtone.
>>
>> You'll need to search online for the exact steps to to this. Also,
>> if
>> you haven't used GarageBand before, when you first launch it take the
>> tutorial lesson that is part of it.
>
>
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> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
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Re: Downloads
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:17 am (PST)
I've had no problems with Snow Leopard, Parallels and Win XP SP3 on my
wife's iMac.
There is a downloads folder on the desktop and > everything < gets
downloaded to that folder. When in Windows mode (Coherence Mode in
Parallels) Windows has direct access to the same downloads folder.
So if a particular file is *.exe then it is definitely a Windows format
"executable" file that will do nothing under OSX. So you can certainly
mix and match files within a folder if you want.
Personally I have two subfolders within that - "OSX" and "Windows" - to
make the initial path a bit more civilized.
- 5.2.
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Re: Downloads
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:43 am (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Jurgen Richter wrote:
> I've had no problems with Snow Leopard, Parallels and Win XP SP3 on my
> wife's iMac.
> There is a downloads folder on the desktop and > everything < gets
> downloaded to that folder. When in Windows mode (Coherence Mode in
> Parallels) Windows has direct access to the same downloads folder.
> So if a particular file is *.exe then it is definitely a Windows format
> "executable" file that will do nothing under OSX. So you can certainly
> mix and match files within a folder if you want.
> Personally I have two subfolders within that - "OSX" and "Windows" - to
> make the initial path a bit more civilized.
The problem lies with a Bootcamp partition and the NTFS format. As of now, OS X cannot write to that filesystem in it's native format. Certain add ons allow this.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: Problem installing Oxford English Dictionary on the Mac
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:26 am (PST)
Looking at that directory list, it appears that there are two versions
within that folder - a Windows one - swhx.exe (some sort of
self-extracting Windows archive, until you run it, not sure what it
launches....)
and a Flash document that could be run on both a Mac and PC - OED.swf
It would appear thus that the the Dictionary is an interactive Flash
file and not so much as an "application" as such.
The Flash application for Mac is also located in that directory -
flashplayer.bin
===
> On 18.12.2011, at 23:42, neelie wrote:
>
>> It seems to me that with many Mac applications, all you need to do
to install is drag the application icon to your Applications folder.
>
> But where is the application here?
>
> http://min.us/mSjCW3AHk <http://min.us/mSjCW3AHk >
>
>
>
> Anna
- 7a.
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Re: search
Posted by: "pat412255" pat412@mac.com pat412255
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:42 am (PST)
Spotlight is also handy for doing quick calculations.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:34 PM, sew sews wrote:
>
> > Thank you all.
> > I have Lion so I am using both Harry and Denver Dan's idea.
> > It is great to see the path cause I frequently forget where I store
> > documents
> > Sews315
>
> Don't forget Spotlight too! Upper right menubar, magnifying glass icon.
>
> Harry
>
>
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@...
>
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Re: search
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:44 am (PST)
On Dec 21, 2011, at 9:42 AM, pat412255 wrote:
> Spotlight is also handy for doing quick calculations.
Absolutely. That's what I was referring to in another thread. I use nothing else if the calculation is simple enough.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Nikon D90 Movies
Posted by: "mpstupinski@snet.net" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:26 am (PST)
Can anyone here tell me if video recorded by a D90 is compatible with iMovie '11? I don't see the D90 listed on Apple's iMovie page, but I'm not sure why they have no Nikon DSLRs shown.
Thanks,
...............Mike
- 9.1.
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Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro
Posted by: "Charles Lenington" macsonly@brightok.net fooltouse2
Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:31 am (PST)
On 12/13/11 4:10 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>> My present Samsung 24" LCD monitor has 1920x1200.
>>
>> I agree about having two monitors. I used to do graphic design, and found two monitors to be way better than just one larger monitor. I would go for two 22"-24" Samsung monitors. This affords a +huge+ amount of real estate...more than one far more expensive large monitor. I had mine set-up to use the left monitor for my working area (Photoshop, drawing, and layout apps), with the right monitor used for displaying all my associated toolboxes.
>
>
> I've seen a video production set-up using 3 30-inch monitors.
>
> But keep in mind that those 60" HDTV plasma screens are 1920X1080.
>
(Catching up on mail)
There is a poster on hq-a@google.com that has a 6 monitor set up.
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