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iMovie HD - Importing HD video 32 9 (5/19/2013 4:48:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I bought a new camera -- a Canon S100 -- for a just-completed vacation trip. This was my first experience with shooting HD video. The camera produces video in .MOV format at 1080p. When it is imported i... John

Safari can't reach some URLs 74 25 (3/24/2013 11:21:02 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Today I discovered that Safari can't access some common sites including Google, Bing, and Apple. There are a couple of bookmarked sites that I can reach, but many others can't be reached. Error message: ... John

iTunes data base 12 18 (2/7/2013 7:59:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Many of my iTunes entries were copied from LP records. They have pops and scratches and vary widely in loudness. Slowly but surely I have been going through the collection cleaning and balancing them wi... John

iTunes and incoming network connections 24 30 (1/14/2013 10:16:06 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Every time I open iTunes a pop-up asks, "Do you want the application 'iTunes.app' to accept network connections?" Respond "Allow", authorize, and everything is fine until the next time, when the same annoyi... John

Computer's name on the LAN 20 28 (1/11/2013 10:27:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I gave my computer a name on the LAN and it was accepted and worked fine for ages when I ran OS X 10.6.8 and earlier. Then I upgraded to 10.8.2. Not long after, the system announced that there were othe... John

iPhoto "Places" lost its maps 1 14 (1/7/2013 12:22:18 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps My maps have disappeared from iPhoto. Everything was working fine yesterday but today the Places window in the Info display of a photo is blank. The map area of the Manage My Places window is also blank. ... John

Writing to external optical drive 4 29 (12/23/2012 2:28:35 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My iMac will not write to the external optical drive. Every program I've tried insists on writing to the internal drive. Is there some way to get Disk Utility etc. to recognize the external drive as writa... John

Is it Esperanto? 3 35 (12/8/2012 2:53:17 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I just installed Mountain Lion. Now when I log onto the App Store the authorisation pane says, and I quote: "App Store esta intentant comprovar si hi ha programari nou subministrat per Apple. Type an adm... John

Multiple Apple IDs 1 15 (12/8/2012 2:47:04 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Over the years I have accumulated multiple Apple IDs. I don't know how or when, but there they are. For years this didn't matter because I almost never had to use one. But now I've updated (I'm not sure ... John

Spurious eject disk error 7 27 (8/28/2012 12:11:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife's early Intel iMac running 10.6.8 has started popping up an error pane from time to time that says "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject disk..." No disk has been ejected... John

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iMovie HD - Importing HD video 32 9 (5/19/2013 4:48:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I bought a new camera -- a Canon S100 -- for a just-completed vacation trip. This was my first experience with shooting HD video. The camera produces video in .MOV format at 1080p. When it is imported i... newlamps (518)

New Mac Pro 118 3 (6/10/2013 9:08:15 PM) comp.sys.mac.system https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ Summary: Cylinder form factor 25.2 cm high x 16.7 cm dia. in a "Darth Vader" helmet look. (About the same volume as a 1st gen Drobo). Central core vertical heatsink ... alan.browne (4001)

Mavericks????? 171 2 (6/10/2013 7:56:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Don't people from California get that nobody else cares about their "culture"? Reminds me of New Yorkers. -- Nelson ... nelson (329)

So you think your passwords are strong? 68 5 (5/30/2013 8:59:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/ Of course, as long as login account sites ke... alan.browne (4001)

iPhoto crashing 3 10 (5/29/2013 7:38:57 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hi, I have a MBP with Mountain Lion (10.8.3) fully patched and iPhoto '11 also fully patched. When I use iPhoto for a while iPhoto crashes. This past weekend (Sunday or Monday if that matters) iPhoto hard ... mikee2856 (45)

Odd Word behavior 4 20 (4/15/2013 3:32:11 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps When opening docs on server, Word 2008 sometimes displays message, "" is being used by "another user". Do you want to make a copy?" Click cancel and double-click in Finder again, doc always opens. What's go... RonTheGuy686 (66)

Collated? 20 23 (4/17/2013 11:43:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.system When you tick the "Collated" box in print dialogues, what does it prevent? Does it prevent the printer printing page 56 first and then say the last page and then the tenth one, as it feels? How can the ou... dorayme (2002)

Syncing folder with the cloud 26 14 (4/29/2013 11:14:36 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, OS 10.6.8 I have a folder that I would like to keep synced with a copy in the cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, whatever). Googling turned up an app, MacDropAny, wit... dfmanno (368)

Firefox and "Restore Session" 3 13 (4/30/2013 4:38:36 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Never happened before, but with Firefox 20, every time it launches, it throws up a "Restore Session" page, telling of its embarrassment at being unable to display whatever page it thinks I was looking at pr... isw (689)

10.8.4 is out 8 4 (6/4/2013 8:49:15 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Available at the usual places. OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 is now available and addresses the following: CFNetwork Available for: �OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 to v10.8.3 Impact... michelle14 (18613)