Monthly Archives: August 2011

video and audio not in sync: Apple Support Communities

video and audio not in sync: Apple Support Communities. Turns out its due to software called “Boom” installed. How frustrating to find out this way.

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Deactivating Font Book: Apple Support Communities

Deactivating Font Book: Apple Support Communities. Thanks Kurt! I never deleted Font Book before and other programs like Font Explorer X seemed to work just fine. So it isn’t a requirement for all programs. FEX won’t work right until you … Continue reading

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Gmail Badge won’t update: Apple Support Communities

Gmail Badge won’t update: Apple Support Communities. Nice solution by Scott Nash. I wonder if this is a weakness with Lion Mail? Ok.  With the help of tech support, I managed to fix this problem.  Since I’m clearly NOT a … Continue reading

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Unable to add image to a song (won’t ‘take’)

Thanks Terry Brown. I wondered if it was locked as well. Strange, the file format is .aiff, I didn’t think iTunes played any except .m4a. Solved: I used iTunes “advanced” menu item to create an .mp3 version of the song … Continue reading

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Facetime vs Skype

Why would i use Facetime over Skype?: Apple Support Communities. This is a nice summary and good list of the pros/cons of different video conferencing software. Right now FaceTime is mostly used by consumers and small businesses, and Skype tends … Continue reading

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Looking for free educational software for young children?

GCompris – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is targeted for kids 2-10 but is a great resource to help children learn. What a great purpose and use Open Source has been used for!

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FireWire 800-400 Adapter for $10

FireWire 800-400 Adapter. The one year warranty concerns me. Don’t they believe in their own product? Still I would try one and see how it works out.

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Macintosh clone – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Macintosh clone – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I had a customer once who bought a Umax Macintosh clone and it was a piece of junk. I was asked to fix several issues, but the biggest one was hardware issues. After … Continue reading

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