Mac Tips Tricks and sometimes painful resolves
Why a tips and tricks... well I must say as a mac user of over 12 years, I commonly run into problems with all of my macs. I find I am constantly searching for answers in forums and all over and here are the final answers to most of these issues I have. I like to share with you my resolve that normally takes me an additional 20 minutes to google to find the correct answer. Enjoy!Compressor Qmaster
First go into System Prefs ---> Qmaster and Stop Sharing - ( you may have to unlock depending on your settings ) From There click Options for selected service- A dialog box will appear. This number it is asking you to choose it the amount of processors you can use. I normally would select half to less than half. I have found using more can cause crashes and problems. Once you have selected - Choose Start sharing.
Now Open up compressor -
Once you have set your settings and source for your file and submit - You will be asked about where to send it-
Mac Book Pro Battery Issues
Recently I was asked about an issue pertaining to the mac book pros batteries - This is an issue I have seen and had - And I must add that Apple is not that great about the resolve- If you do have issues... note that it may take some time for apple to recognize the request as it did for me... twice- A few links
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Error (-36) while moving files
This can be a result from many things... it can actually be from a few problems some of which can be easily resolved. I cannot stress the importance of backing up!!!
This is caused by hidden (dot) files in the files that you cant see-
Heres is what to do:
Adding Recent Applications to your Dock
Recent Items Stack
Stacks are quite the handy addition to your Mac’s dock and we figured out a way to make them even more useful by creating a stack that automatically contains your most recent applications.
These can of course be found under the Apple menu as well but it’s much more convenient to have them right in the dock.
CYBERDUCK- ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PERMISSIONS -
Cyberduck is one of my personal favorite FTP clients right now. I go between Filezilla and cyberduck quite often but with Cyberducks recent connection to both Rackspace CDN and Amazons S3 - you cant go wrong
However... errr... this has caught me a few times now in the process of uploading media and files via Cyberduck you can change them in the preferences panel in transfers. Good thing to keep them like at 755 -
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