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I noticed that some of my photos that I downloaded from my iPhone are PNG and some are JPG.

All those that I set to send directly to facebook are PNG.  They are also 720 x 540 (or 540 x 720) whereas the photos kept on the camera are 2048 x 1536 (and the ones I have with a special 7 Megapixel app are 3180 x 2385!  Wicked.

Lightroom doesn’t like the PNG files.  Why?  That’s another story.

So I just wrote a quick action in Photoshop that is a “Save As” JPG.

Then I threw all my PNGs into a folder called _PNG tank and ran a batch on that folder and voila – done.

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The best way to remove photos, archive on computer, keep select photos on iPhone.

Answer:
Remove photos from iPhone using Image Capture
/Applications/Image Capture.app

HOW TO: [Read more →]

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I have a 667 MHz PowerPC G4 – purchased in 2002 – which I don’t use often enough to warrant getting a new one.  For what I need on the road – it works fine!  Like the love and lore of an aging truck (yes I have one of those, too)  I have been compelled to just tinker with the unit I have and put my money elsewhere (like into food).   For this laptop I have done the obvious – upgraded the RAM to 1 GB – I believe that is the max amount.  When it failed I replaced the original 30 GB hard drive with a 120 GB hard drive, and so on.

PCMCIA card

OK, the USB 2.0:  I purchased a 2-Port USB 2.0 PCMCIA Cardbus PC Card from Amazon.com.

I put it into the slot.  I connected the cable that goes from the middle of the card to one of the 1.x USB slots in the back – to supply POWER.  Good as gold – right as rain.  Done.

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Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens … plus related software and hardware.  This is a Mac list – not Windows …

I consider these items must have / must use:

• Time Machine – software included with Leopard+ for backing up files.
• Backblaze – on line backup service (if you have decent internet connection speed)
• 1Password – password management software

Some new prospects:

• Dropbox – file synchronization service

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I love using iCal – simple to use and in combination with [Read more →]

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If you do not have a backup for your computer hard drive it’s ok. It’s very cathartic to just get rid of everything now and then.  I once lost some items due to a flooded basement area.  I will never have to worry about those things again.  You know the expression, “material possessions, the more you own the more they own you.”  Think of all the file management you do that you would be freed of if you lost your hard drive.  Done.  Check it off the list.  Of course, your list may be gone, too.  And all your emails.  All those photos that you wanted to print but never did – no worries.  Gone.  You can move on. And I’m sure you saved your tax return as a PDF AND have a printout.  So as long as there is no fire, you’re all set.  No more dwelling on the past with a bunch of photos of yesterday or yesteryear.  Free your mind.  Now you can be in the moment and forward thinking thanks to your hard drive “crash.”  Ya, hard drives live, and they die.  It’s not a matter of “if” they will die it is a matter of “when.”

I’m not quite as smart when it comes to this subject …   [Read more →]

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If you use Mail and organize your messages into folders, you might find that some of your folders have a white folder icon, while others have a blue folder icon …

Blue and white Mail folders explained | E-mail and Internet | Mac OS X Hints | Macworld

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I got a call today to help a client whose email just stopped sending. Bad news, since I personally just set up her new email accounts a handful of days ago. I rearrange my day, drive over; check it out. Yep, it won’t send. The email client (Outlook) on their desktop machine constantly asks for the login info. I finally eliminated all other possibilities (including deleting the account I so very recently installed) and since the error persisted I concluded that it MUST be the ISP – give them a call. So the client called them. To make a long story short – the ISP made changes without telling anyone. My client called and there was a voice mail stating the same. Sigh. Thanks.

All this time, while my client was on the phone, I was exploring their brand new Windows 7 laptop – looking for the email client – such as outlook – so I could setup email on that new computer. I looked, and looked and looked. Am I dumb or what? I can’t find any email client. Feeling quite low IQ, I searched the internet. It seems Windows 7 doesn’t have an email client installed ….

Downloading Thunderbird and installing. Nice.
Back to the 21st century.
What IS Microsoft thinking with that?

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