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Recording Audio On Your Mac with Quicktime

April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I had to record a short voice-over for a presentation. Nothing fancy. Just 3 minutes of crisp clear audio destined to be imported into Adobe Soundbooth for editing. How lucky was I that my copy of Wiretap Pro had lost its registration when I upgraded to Snow Leopard? I was even more blessed when I discovered I had no idea where my license key could be. Did I use my moo email? Or was it info or thankyou or artgoons? I'm sure there's a hard copy of the receipt and email in my tax … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MacOsX, Software, Workflow Tagged With: audio recording, MacOsX, QuickTime, wiretap

Tested.com previews Mac OS X Lion 10.7

March 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I was about to write about zapping unwanted apps or publish another section of Roach's Intro to Photoshop, but Matt Braga's  review of the upcoming Lion made my tail wag. Considering I drag my feet when it comes to upgrading, it must be special, yes? Just the visual presentation of information on the About This Mac page is enough to make any graphic designer happy, but don't miss out on the new crash handling . Wow! It lets you keep working! Read it all : The 10 Best Things About … [Read more...]

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Why does Safari crash so much?

February 24, 2011 By 15 Comments
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I have hated Safari since Tiger. Granted, it was an improvement over IE for Mac but a sneeze or butterfly breeze can cause Safari to crash. Its  slow response to ad servers is infuriating and, OMG! Heaven forbid a webpage like HuffPO, NYTimes or BusinessInsider has a flash ad in its header. Initially I thought it was specific to my computer, my ISP, or my deodorant. However, I never seem to have the same issues with Firefox. Sometimes Firefox launches and loads a webpage while Safari is … [Read more...]

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A Quick Look at EPS Quicklook

May 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Right now, all I want is to be able to quickly scan my folder of EPS files to find what I need. I know it's in there. I just can't remember the filename. I have Leap. It's a great app- a musthave for anyone who works with images and graphics. (read Wendy's review called Getting Organized: Deep. Yep. and Leap. by Ironic) But right now, I  just want to scan some EPS files in this #$@%^& folder!  I know the thing I want is  in that folder. It is and  I don't want to launch another app … [Read more...]

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