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The long wait is nearly over! According to several sources including Think Secret, Apple is all set to unleash Leopard during a launch event on October 26th at 6:00pm.

Leopard features a gorgeous new Desktop, Cover Flow built right into the Finder, Quick Look to view files without opening them, Time Machine for restoring files, Spaces to organize your virtual desktops and of course the ability to run Microsoft Windows!

UPDATE: It’s official. Apple made the announcement this morning! Leopard goes on sale October 26th. You can pre-order your copy and get free delivery as of today.

What better way to start off my series of Featured Articles on Final Cut Pro Tips than to share with you how to configure your Mac OS X for Final Cut Pro to get the maximum performance. Get Tiger to really make FCP purr! These tips are brought to you by HDvision Studio.

Let’s get started. Open System Preferences, this is where all the action will take place, and begin with…

Dashboard & Exposé
OS X’s default keyboard shortcuts for Dashboard & Exposé conflict with certain FCP keyboard shortcuts.

• In System Preferences click on the Dashboard & Exposé icon.
• Change the keyboard shortcuts F9, F10, F11 and F12 to Option-F9, Option-F10, Option-F11 and Cmd-Option-F12. (Option-F12 is used by FCP.)
• Make sure that all Active Screen Corners are deactivated.

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I recently posted about Dulce Systems on emotionDV. They’re a great new company from California that specializes in storage solutions for video editing and content creation. Their products have been getting great reviews from industry professionals and are compatible with both Mac and Windows.

This weekend Dulce Systems introduced the 5-bay HD Commander (RAID 0, eSATA, 250MB/s). This RAID is fast, comes with a Port Multiplier capable Host Adapter card and supports up to 5TB.

For those seeking even more performance with the added security of a RAID 3, 5 or 6 check out their Duo Quad systems. They claim 10 streams of uncompressed SD and 2 streams of uncompressed HD.

If you want to purchase some Dulce Sytems products in Canada, Precision Camera from Toronto will hook you up.

Apple announced their financial results for the 2007 third quarter. They have set many new records. Here are some of the more interesting results…

- Net profit of $818 million.
- Last year’s profit for the same quarter was $472 million.
- 1,764,000 Macs sold. (33% growth)
- 9,815,000 iPods sold. (21% growth)