Category Archives: apple

Leopard Mac Refuses to Stay Asleep…

Posted on November 22, 2009 by David

The last week or so my Leopard iMac has been waking up in the middle of the night… it’s quite annoying. Finally found the answer here: macrumors – leopard imac waking from sleep issue. It turns out the problem is … Continue reading →

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At last: Region Free First Gen Macbook Pro DVDs

Posted on October 24, 2008 by David

As I’ve been working in the States twice in the last two years and spent most of the last season working with video I’ve had to change my DVD region several times, which is limited to 5-6 changes by default. … Continue reading →

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iPhone and Guitar

Posted on August 31, 2008 by David

So I’m home and just about over the jet lag, and quote glad I bought my dad a James Taylor DVD. It’s awesome and makes me want to be BETTER. Expect to hear me trying to play You’ve Got a … Continue reading →

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One thing… (aka. The joys of rendering)

Posted on August 23, 2008 by David

There is one thing that would put me off the notion of working semi-professionally in the video field. That thing is Rendering. Rendering is when you take some source videos, audio and whatever processing you wish to apply to them … Continue reading →

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Mac Pages Launch Beachball Crash

Posted on May 12, 2008 by David

Handily, as I clicked the Pages icon on my Dock this evening, the little ink pot bounced as normal, but whenever I tried to open any saved documents the application hung and the beach ball came and never went. Handily, … Continue reading →

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Sony Ericsson Phone Mac Crash Bug

Posted on January 31, 2008 by David

Courtesy of this fella http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/k750igrabber/ and thanks to this fella (via google search) http://www.mattheweaves.co.uk/2005/10/25/sony-ericsson-k750i-quickshare-mobile-phone-mac-osx-104-tiger-kernal-panic-crash-fix/ it appears there is indeed a way to stop my k800i crashing whenever I unplug it’s usb lead from my macbook pro. This little driver package … Continue reading →

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Sony HVR-V1E First Look / Beaver Cross 2008 / MacBook Air

Posted on January 16, 2008 by David

So obviously it’s not the first look; but it is mine. Ordered a Sony HVR-V1E last night from Jigsaw24.com and it arrived this morning before 10… Impressive (CityLink in County Down works depite what Ally says about the Belfast bunch!). … Continue reading →

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