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Martytoof posted:Lightroom/Aperture comes to mind. So does photomechanic. Sorry, should've been a little more specific and maybe provide a little background info. I work at a college athletic program and in charge of sorting various sports photos - we use them in a variety of ways web, print, media requests, etc. So each subject having their own folder makes it easy for me to complete certain requests. After a sporting event I get the photo DVD and then import the 500-1500 images onto my computer and then start the process of putting the photo subject into their own folder. Sometimes multiple players are in the shot and if it's good enough to use for multiple people, I'll just copy and paste the file and distribute it over the correct player folders. Example, I see a photo of #99 John Smith, I move that picture out of my event folder that I just imported to, then move it over to John Smith's folder. Here's a quick screen grab video of what I'm doing, if that helps explain it better: http://youtu.be/idZ9NAgJyeA Downloaded Lightroom and played around with it a few minutes but will have to wait until after work to really figure it out. Thanks for the recommandations so far.
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Yeah, definitely go with Lightroom or Aperture then. YOu don't need to worry about folders at all. Just import all your photos, then tag them with the appropriate keywords. After that, you can just search on those particular keywords and if you want a folder to give someone after the fact just export that selection to a directory and bam you're off to the races. It might take a little while adjusting to a new workflow though. I wouldn't expect it to be simple or anything, but I think it'll pay off. Check out the Dorkroom sports photography and post-processing threads and ping the guys there, maybe they'll have some organization tips.
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Had no idea that thread existed, awesome...Thanks for the help.
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I just noticed that Lion's autocorrect detects what language you are typing in! How long has this been the case? (Obviously pre-Lion we didn't have autocorrect, but there was spell check.)
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I work every once in a while for a photographer and he wants me to organize and tag his external harddrives using lightroom. I have lightroom, but I'm on a PC and he's on a Mac. I know Mac's cant read NTFS, so how should I format the drives so that both of our computers can read them? Is there a way to make my PC be able to read whatever Mac's format is? I heard FAT32 might work, is that a good option? TotallyGreen fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 01:08
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TotallyGreen posted:I work every once in a while for a photographer and he wants me to organize and tag his external harddrives using lightroom. I have lightroom, but I'm on a PC and he's on a Mac. I know Mac's cant read NTFS, so how should I format the drives so that both of our computers can read them? Is there a way to make my PC be able to read whatever Mac's format is? Use exFAT.
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Cyne posted:Use exFAT. That looks perfect. Thanks!
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Action Jackson! posted:It sounds like you set this up as a Time Machine backup disk and not just a plain AirPort disk. Here's exactly what I did: 1. Had USB drive plugged directly into iMac. All Users had read/write access to the drive. 2. Purchased Time Capsule. Worked flawlessly for ~6 months 3. Plugged USB drive into Time Capsule instead of iMac. Set drive it to automount on login for both users (in User Preferences). Did NOT change any settings on Time Capsule. 4. I am able to read/write files on the mounted disk. My wife cannot read or write files on mounted disk. I see a disk drive on my desktop, she sees a blue folder with a red strikethrough icon on her desktop. Thoughts?
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Nov 2, 2011 03:39
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I want to send my photostream to Dropbox automatically. On Windows, you can just assign photo stream to any old folder. If I could do that on my mac, I would just put the photostream folder in my dropbox folder, or use a Folder Action to copy images as they get added. On OS X, though, the photostream just goes in to your iPhoto library and there's nothing you can do about it. Anyone have any ideas for sending images from photostream to Dropbox?
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Nov 2, 2011 09:44
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dexter6 posted:I'm not sure what exactly the article was for (I didn't see anything that seemed to fit my situation), but I did not do anything special. japtor posted:Well I mention it cause last time I messed with AirDisk it does permissions by giving each user a folder on the drive, rather than the usual OS X permissions. Otherwise for #3, I have no clue but is it necessary to auto mount for both users? How are you setting it to automount? Just curious since volumes mount at /Volumes/drivename, like it's not a per user thing afaik. What happens if your wife's account logs in first and tries connecting before yours does? Maybe the OS is essentially giving ownership to the first user and the second can't access the same /Volumes/drive it as a result. japtor fucked around with this message at 10:27 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 10:25
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Hey guys, I want my MBP to go to sleep whenever I close the lid, even if there is an external monitor connected. Presumably this can be achieved by applying some console magic. Would one of you happen to know what to type? That's for OSX Lion. duep fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 16:13
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So I found out a wacky hint from MacOSXHints this morning. If you look in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ you'll find a folder that gets automatically synced between all your iCloud enabled devices, including your macs. If you use any apps that store "Documents in the Cloud" you'll find folders for those apps. And if you notice there's a folder for each iWork app. If you save say a Pages document from your Mac in there, and open Pages on your iOS device, you'll see the file just show up automatically. Unfortunately when you edit the file on iOS, it ends up modifying what shows up in that folder to be a folder with the extension ".pages-tef" Which OS X Pages can no longer open. I need to see what happens if you just stuff some stuff in that folder.. I wonder if it syncs over to your other macs? Edit: Holy crap it works. I just made a folder in there and dropped an image file and a few seconds later it was on my other mac. echobucket fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 16:33
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echobucket posted:Edit: Holy crap it works. I just made a folder in there and dropped an image file and a few seconds later it was on my other mac. Edit: I mean deleted from that folder, not that random other files will go missing.
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Nov 2, 2011 18:28
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japtor posted:Well I wrote this on the last page: I did try having my wife log in first and sure enough she gets the disk icon on her desktop and I get a locked folder. So user accounts are definitely the problem here. Any other thoughts?
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Nov 2, 2011 18:41
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anotherone posted:I want to send my photostream to Dropbox automatically. Symlinks should fix that: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/SyncOtherFolders Though that would sync everything in that folder, not sure if that's a problem for you.
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Nov 2, 2011 18:49
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FistLips posted:Symlinks should fix that: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/SyncOtherFolders Yes, but which folder?
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anotherone posted:Yes, but which folder? I found where the photo stream photos are ending up on my Mac. ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub And then each photo is stuck in it's own folder. Not ideal for automatically moving into Dropbox. Maybe someone could whip up a script to copy them as they show up... or maybe you could use something like Hazel or Automator with folder actions to copy the files into Dropbox automatically. Edit: I came up with a Hazel rule that works. Step one, add the "sub" folder to Hazel Step two, add a rule that runs all the rules on all the subfolder contents step three add a rule that copies all files that of "Kind" "Images" to your preferred Dropbox folder. Hazel really is awesome  echobucket fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Nov 2, 2011 |
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Nov 2, 2011 20:21
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I'm curious, what does Hazel do that Automator doesn't?
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Krakkles posted:I'm curious, what does Hazel do that Automator doesn't? Nothing, technically, but it's a hell of a lot easier to use than making folder actions or scripts and then setting them as a cron job or whatever. It actively monitors folders to take action, and allows you to easily set filters based on file type, age, etc. I used to have it set to sort my downloads into dated folders within the ~/Downloads folder, unless they were music files of any kind, in which case it'd move them into a 'new tunes' folder in ~/Music that I'd then fix and tidy tags on before importing into iTunes. It also does a similar job to things like AppZapper, whereby it'll search for associated files when you drag an app to the trash and offer to remove them as well.
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dexter6 posted:I don't have to give a password, but I do recall when I set up the time capsule a while back that I set up a password and I think I saved to the users' keychains. Didn't look into it much but it seems like if you don't mind having the drive mounted a second time at /Volumes/Backup-1 for the second user, that might be a solution, basically just connect to the drive again from the other account and it'll mount it for that user. The other solutions seem to have to do with mounting it at the system level before any user logs in, and/or mounting at different points like at /Users/Shared/Backup or something...I have no experience with doing either of those, but the query above should bring it up here and there. Just make sure whatever you find is applicable to whatever version of OS X you're using I guess.
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Seeing as others were discussing Time Capsule problems I'll chime in with my own (hope thats not rude), I was copying files to my Time Capsule last night and somewhere along the line the power went out and the transfer was interrupted. This confused it or something because now this happens I'm prepared to just restore it since the Aperture library I keep on it is also backed up on an external HD and I can redownload most of my iTunes library now that that's a thing, but before I do all that just checking to see if theres some kind of fix 'cause that'd be cool
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Any recommendations for working with Latex in OSX? I've never used it before and need to learn for a project.
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Any recommendations for working with Latex in OSX? I've never used it before and need to learn for a project. Download the MacTex package and start rolling really. I did most of my writing in TextMate, but if you are looking for a a program with a little more features texmaker may work. I believe that you get TexShop with the MacTex package. If you need help with the language I recommend finding some intro guides and working trough them. (There are books you can buy too, but i find them unnecessary) Once you get the hang of it, it really is a god send for technical writing. For the last 3 years of college, I wrote every assignment in latex.
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I'm looking for a way to sync bookmarks across my macs and 1 PC. I currently use Chrome across all of them but want to use Safari as well so chrome sync doesn't work in this case. I've thought of using Dropbox but not sure how that would work against 2 different browsers. Suggestions? Ideas?
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vikingstrike posted:Download the MacTex package and start rolling really. I did most of my writing in TextMate, but if you are looking for a a program with a little more features texmaker may work. I believe that you get TexShop with the MacTex package. Holy crap, the MacTex package is 1.8gb!
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I'd like to finally use the Boot Camp assistant and put Windows 7 on my iMac (late 2009 running Lion). Quick question: what do I need except for a copy of Win 7 (which I ordered today; Home Premium 64-bit). I guess just a usb - drive for drivers etc.? edit: The Apple FAQ is my friend Jack's Flow fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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I have a strange little issue with Lion; whenever I use quicklook for something, I usually can resize the window at leisure. But for some reason after a while the window locks up to a random size and cannot be resized from any edge. So far the only solution I've found is either relogging or rebooting. What's up with this? 
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Moeru posted:I'm looking for a way to sync bookmarks across my macs and 1 PC. I currently use Chrome across all of them but want to use Safari as well so chrome sync doesn't work in this case. I've thought of using Dropbox but not sure how that would work against 2 different browsers. Suggestions? Ideas? http://www.xmarks.com/
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What is the best program to convert files so they play on my Apple TV? I currently use SmartConverter which is easy and fast, but it doesn't let me do batch conversion.
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Epic Fail Guy posted:What is the best program to convert files so they play on my Apple TV? I currently use SmartConverter which is easy and fast, but it doesn't let me do batch conversion. Handbrake will, but you have to pick each movie file one at a time. But you can queue them up, and just hit "Add to Queue" again. It's annoying extra clicks that the dev refuses to fix, but it gets the job done.
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vikingstrike posted:Download the MacTex package and start rolling really. I did most of my writing in TextMate, but if you are looking for a a program with a little more features texmaker may work. I believe that you get TexShop with the MacTex package. Just seconding this. I've been doing a lot of LaTeX writing recently in TextMate which has been pretty painless so far. Pantsmaster Bill posted:Holy crap, the MacTex package is 1.8gb! There's a 25 MB core package floating around somewhere on the MacTex website, that'll get you started if you don't want to download the whole shebang.
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Incredibly stupid question. I recently bought an iMac and I'm trying to print something from Pages for the first time. For some unknown reason, the document is printing with the little triangles that denote a tab or whatever. How the hell do I get it to stop doing that? Thank you in advance. EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out. I had to "Accept Changes" in the Tracking bar. Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Holy crap, the MacTex package is 1.8gb! Yep, but the Maths postgrads and academics at my work swear by it.
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Epic Fail Guy posted:What is the best program to convert files so they play on my Apple TV? I currently use SmartConverter which is easy and fast, but it doesn't let me do batch conversion.
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greatest gatsby posted:Seeing as others were discussing Time Capsule problems I'll chime in with my own (hope thats not rude), I was copying files to my Time Capsule last night and somewhere along the line the power went out and the transfer was interrupted. This confused it or something because now this happens Stare-Out posted:I have a strange little issue with Lion; whenever I use quicklook for something, I usually can resize the window at leisure. But for some reason after a while the window locks up to a random size and cannot be resized from any edge. So far the only solution I've found is either relogging or rebooting. What's up with this? IUG posted:Handbrake will, but you have to pick each movie file one at a time. But you can queue them up, and just hit "Add to Queue" again. It's annoying extra clicks that the dev refuses to fix, but it gets the job done.
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japtor posted:Next time it happens open up Console and see if anything useful pops up there. How long does it take to manifest?
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Oh I think I know what you're talking about...but not the part where you can't resize it manually. For the rest I think there's just some voodoo algorithm that determines when to resize the preview window or just scale the content. It's probably simple but I don't mess with it enough to be sure.
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You Am I posted:Yep, but the Maths postgrads and academics at my work swear by it. Yeah, I was a Linguistics major in undergrad and it was pretty great. My physics PhD buddy uses it all the time to. As for a guide, just download lShort. Very useful, at the least for the basics.
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Model: iMac 2011 OS: Lion Issue: Apple posted an EFI update today. I accepted the update and it restarted my computer. Problem is it restarted twice by itself and then went into recovery mode. Disk tools reported nothing wrong with the SSD or HDD. I tried choosing a Time Machine backup to restore and it wouldn't work despite what I tried. Now I'm reinstalling Lion from scratch. I'm quite upset.
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I would have tried rebooting, setting my startup disk, and calling AppleCare before reinstalling Lion.
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