Saturday, October 27th, 2007
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Are you upgrading to Leopard? The Unofficial Apple Weblog has some very useful articles on the topic to help guide you through the process.
First take a look at their Getting Ready for Leopard guide for tips on what to backup and how to make a smooth transition to your shiny new OS X.
When you’re ready read their Leopard How To: Clean Install guide.
I’m not making the upgrade right away. I’ve decided to wait a week or two before making the jump in order to read about other people’s experiences.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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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.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
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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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