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The weight of data (in gigs) doesn't really matter with iPhoto. That's just file storage. If you have a large HD with plenty of free space (30%+ and never less than 10%), it really doesn't matter.
iPhoto used to be rated for 250,000 items in the library, but in the most recent update it has the same format as Aperture, and that is effectively unlimited.
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I can confirm this is a bug with the Intel Graphics 4000 GPU. I see the graphics artifacts on my 13" Retina MacBook Pro and not on my older MBP which has Mt. Lion and an Nvidia Geforce GPU.
I have first hand experience with this issue while trying to develop css buttons for websites...
I believe the artifacts can be reproduced by using the css3 ...
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Antialiasing could still play a part in making the rendered scenes look their best, but, yes, the retina display probably obviates most of that.
As with AA on a non-retina display, it's a tradeoff between the processing resources used and how much better it looks, and that's something only you can judge for yourself. You may find that some AA looks good, ...
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It's likely the Finder's application icon is corrupted.
To check, navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/ and select Finder.app. Get information on the file and see what the icon looks like.
I'm not sure where you can get a replacement icon (maybe another computer or the install disks with some package exploration). I'd post mine here but for Apple's ...
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According to Apple's specs listed under Tech Specs for the Mac Pro it should be able to handle 3 displays at up to 2560 by 1600 pixels over the digital connections. I think the trouble is coming from a little known about techology from AMD called Eyefinity. Which seems to require "Active" Adapters in order to run more than 2 displays at a time.
According ...
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In a 3D environment, you will see objects at varying distances, colors, lighting, and other types of scenery that will always make aliasing apparent at any resolution in any game with a lot of "hard" edges, or edges/shapes sculpted using fewer polygons.
In my opinion, antialiasing is always required for optimal viewing quality, but this requires substantial ...
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I don't have a recent MBP, but in my experience the applications should run well.
For games, I suggest to look at youtube videos. For example, Diablo 3 Beta Gameplay MacBook Pro.
You can find a good comparison of the graphics chips here:
Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) Review
If you have time, I would wait about one month (until June/July 2012); ...
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By snooping around in the iPhone simulator app bundle, i came up with this in
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/Resources/:
It's higher quality, already has the middle (screen area) cleared out, and the aforementioned folder even includes a sprite for the ...
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Right click the finder icon in the dock (or under the go menu, click "go to folder…" and enter in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/contents/Resources and you'll find a folder full of all sorts of mac os icons, including those used for plugged in devices such as this iPhone:
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gfxCardStatus will let you choose which Graphic Card to use. It has three modes:
Dynamic Switching: An alias for the built-in automatic graphics switching feature in OS X.
Integrated Only: Forces the more battery-friendly graphics on and disallows automatic switching.
Discrete Only: Forces the more power-hungry graphics on and disallows automatic ...
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That was one of the things I also noticed and found a bit strange - therefore, I developed the app My Photo Note.
You can let the app set a link of your photo note into the iPhone calendar - tapping the link will open up the photo note in My Photo Note.
My Photo Note is also not free ($1.99 for the full version), but you can try the lite version for free: ...
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View the list of photos in the Camera Roll (or other album), hit the Actions button in the upper-right (the button with the rightward-pointing arrow). Now, when you tap on a picture or video, it greys out a little and gets a checkmark. Check all the items you want to delete and hit the red delete button at the bottom of the screen.
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Ok, so the problem is that new Java plugin2 does not support Java3D and JOGL: source.
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The current MBP's have similar benchmark scores and performance to my 27" iMac from late 2010. Diablo 3 runs great, with only the shadows turned down a bit.
Bottom line is that if you can wait, it's always worth it to get the next model, assuming it is soon. If you need a computer today, the current MBP's are great. I've got a late 2011 15" MBP at work ...
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You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically.
This is the only way that ...
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Unlike on a Windows gaming machine you don't have many choices to fix such issues on a Mac. As far as I know there are no dedicated drivers sections on the NVIDIA or ATI pages and no possible beta-drivers from Apple.
After a couple of years I ended up with a separate Bootcamp partition for the gaming fun because (forgive the harsh words) all the CrossOver, ...
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ImageMagick has a command line tool called convert which does all sorts of things in addition to converting file formats. There are lots of options, but the simplest way would be to do
convert file.pdf file.svg
That might not give the best quality, so you may need some flags such as -density - check the man pages. ImageMagick can likely be installed ...
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You will need to figure out what is causing a processing bottleneck on the Mac.
You'll need some understudying of basics like being able to tell if the virtual memory system is swapping (vm_stat 5 will show paging when you reproduce the issue) as well as Activity Monitor to see what the overall RAM and disk IO are as well as look for processes that are not ...
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If your MacBook Pro has NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, it's more likely to be an issue with the GPU.
Apple acknowledged this issue and is offering free replacement. I got mine replaced two months ago.
For more information http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
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The following Automator workflow creates thumbnails for every page:
Get Specified Finder Items
Render PDF Pages as Images
Scale Images
Move Finder Items
With the thumbnails created, you can then delete all but the first page images. You may be able to automate this step as well; consider adding a Filter Finder Items Action before the Move Finder Items.
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Since there is no way to extract a single page from a PDF in Automator, you can try with this Python script. It will extract the first page of each passed pdf in a temporary pdf file:
#! /usr/bin/python
#
import sys
import os
import tempfile
from Quartz.CoreGraphics import *
from os.path import splitext
from os.path import basename
from os.path import join
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I had this and fixed it!
Basically something was overheating. It would freeze as it hit the overheat temperature and then resolve once the temperature dropped about 5 degrees celsius.
So I downloaded some random fan speed app (link below), cranked it up to full speed and haven't had a problem since!
http://www.eidac.de/
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A quick fix to this problem is using a transform on the object with the border-radius or other damage causing property. That way you're forcing a redraw with the graphics card, and that removes the problem.
Apply the following property: -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); - And you should be fine.
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Building on lhf’s comment above, when you view an image in Safari it’s actually still HTML under the surface, so it’s possible to apply a custom stylesheet. This style declaration should do what you want. I've tested it in Safari 6.
html > body > img:first-child:last-of-type { display: block; margin: 0 auto; }
You'll need to save that line as a file ...
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I have read nothing but high marks for this sort of PCI expansion when you want to get any PCI card to work with a Mac.
As long as the card itself would work when it's in a Mac Pro, there's no reason to think an Air wouldn't recognize it. Any program that can offload calculations to the GPU would see a speed boost, but unless you ran an external monitor - ...
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I successfully resolved the glitch/lag problem on my Retina MacBook Pro by re-installing Mountain Lion without use of the Migration Assistant. I have outlined my steps below:
Backed up all my data to an external hard drive
Completely powered off my MacBook
Turned on my MacBook while holding down the "Option" key
Entered the Recovery partition
Used the Disk ...
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Most recent 15" MacBook Pros have dual graphics cards — one integrated into the CPU (the Intel 3000), and one discrete card (the Radeon). It switches dynamically based on what programs are running and how they use the GPU.
Some more info from Apple:
MacBook Pro: How to determine which graphics card is in use
MacBook Pro: How to set graphics performance
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Graphics switching is where the integrated graphics is switched for the discreet graphics when more performance is required (and where performance is more important than battery life & heat output).
You can see the current graphics card that is enabled, and forcefully switch between the two, with gfxCardStatus.
Integrated graphics should be used ...
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Have a look at the following Software for visualizing X,Y,Z Data as a 3D Scatter and 3D Surface graph:
IGOR Pro
QtiPlot
R
Graphing Calculator
These are for the most part scientific tools, so don't expect any friendly UI. There are some other tools for *nix and Windows, but the you have to use Wine, Crossover or some VM to use it.
There is also ...
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When you go from mains power to battery, OS X decreases display brightness. (It should go back to normal brightness when you reconnect to mains power.)
To turn this off, go to System Preferences > Energy Saver, choose the Battery tab, and un-check "Slightly dim the display when using this power source".
The display can also change brightness because it ...
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