more info here:

How to Open MHT Files | eHow.com

Ping?  eh, ok … iTunes – sometimes best to leave well enough alone.   I like(d) the little arrows next to the songs so when something is playing I can click the arrow and go to either

• the song in it’s location within the catalog (if you click the arrow next to the song from within a playlist, for example)
• the album in it’s location within the catalog (if you click the arrow next to the album from within a playlist)
• the artist in it’s location within the catalog (if you click the arrow next to the artist)

Ya, well that’s great, but first of all, they used to take you to the iTunes store unless you held the option key.  Ya, there was a fix to that.  A command to run in terminal so that when you click the arrow you are navigating within your OWN world instead of capitalistically being sucked into the iTunes store.  That was GREAT for getting around within your playlist.  A tune comes up that you like and – YEAH – gimmie more of that artist.  Click the arrow.

So now the arrows are gone, never mind reversed.  Want ‘em back?  Want to click an arrow and navigate your OWN collection?  (option click to go to the store).

1. QUIT iTunes
2. Run the following in terminal:

defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE

defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows 1

defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool YES

Done.

Launch iTunes.  Happy days are hear again.

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.

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

HOW TO:

Within Image Capture:

• Select, “Delete after import”
• Select a target folder that makes sense to you – for me I made a folder called _iPhone pics to go inside my Pictures folder  /Users/<username>/Pictures/_iPhone pics
• In iTunes set to include in its sync the contents of this folder back to the iPhone  (I set to sync the “Pictures folder and click the tick box for this _iPhone pics folder (and a few others)).

image capture settings

So the result is that you can manage the photos on your computer and don’t have to be messing around so badly on the iPhone with individual deletes, etc.
Keep the photos on the iPhone that you want.  If you don’t want it to sync back, of course, remove the picture from the folder you set to sync and put it elsewhere.

I could stop there, but here is MY next step:

I import the photos into Lightroom using copy.  I send them to another folder called iPhone pics – but this one in with my REAL photos.  Now I have an archival copy – because unlike other cell phone pics, iPhone pics are quite good! So the photos that remain in the  originally mentioned iPhone pics folder become the fun/sync-with-iPhone photos and the the others are the real deal keep / process, etc.

Of course, this is a Mac solution, not PC.

++++++

I am new to the iPhone – yes, delayed gratification – I have waited almost the full 2 years for my previous cell phone contract to expire and then waited a bit more for the right time, the right deal.  Anyway, I have arrived and now it’s all “new” to me.  LOL

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.

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 & sharing service.  Allows you to rebuild from previous versions and create easy photo galleries.
• Jumpcut – saves your clipboard cuttings  - do you have any idea how empowering that is?

I’m not quite as smart when it comes to this subject …  I have condemned myself to attachment.   I actually backup my files both to an external hard drive and to an off-site service.  It takes up a lot of my time.  No wait – no it doesn’t.  Actually I don’t do anything – it happens in the background with no effort.  My computer is completely backed up both in house and off-site through the internet.

In-house my Apple computer backs up to a terabyte drive using “Time Machine” (comes free with the OS).  So if I deleted a file by mistake last week or 2 months ago I can navigate through my computer using a snapshot of the file contents from the past.  It is truly like going back in time.  I can grab the file out of the past and then transport it forward to the present.  I sometimes enter Apple’s Time Machine just for the entertainment value, but sometimes it has condemned me to going back and rummaging through the past to get that “valuable” file.  Strange values.  Call it a weakness – attachment to the past.  Note: Many external hard drives come with some kind of incremental backup software nowadays for those of you who had to buy a PC

Off-site I backup using “Backblaze.”  If my house burns down I can devote the time to saving the children.  My files are safe elsewhere.  The first backup took months because of the size of my drive and my internet connection speed, but now the incremental stuff happens overnight.  Yes, computer running.  I spoke to an Apple engineer about this.  He said the computers live longer if you never shut them down.  (UPDATE MARCH 3, 2010: I have had such good luck with Backblaze that I now have an affiliate relationship with them.  If you are interested in signing up, please do so by using this link to Backblaze Thanks!  Clyde)

So, sarcasm aside – I DO suggest that you backup your files using an external hard drive with software that backs up incrementally and also to an off-site server.  It’s not IF, it’s WHEN your hard drive fails …  what’s your plan?  What are you willing to lose?

Here is a list I came across of some external drives.  This is not an endorsement, but just to get the thoughts flowing.

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

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?