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Tips on how to back up your Mac using Mozy.com

By • Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

Why online backup?  The answer is simple: Time Machine, external disk, or CD – DVD backups are only as secure as the media they are on, and the location they are in.  Time Machine backups, despite being wickedly convenient, are likely going to be backed up to your home location. This means that a fire, [...]



Interface Fader for Max 5: fade interface objects in and out like the pros do

By • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: Software

Interface Fader lets you fade any interface object in and out.   You can copy and paste Interface Fader to any Max 5 patch.  Here is how it works: Step 1. Open patch Step 2. Put your fading interface elements behind the white panel. You can use Get Info to change the color of the [...]



Snow Leopard Screenshots

By • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Photo

Here are some screenshots of the new Macintosh OS 10.6: Snow Leopard.  This is a Facebook album, so you can leave comments if you are on my friend list, otherwise you can browse the photo album. Go to pictures



How to re-enable printing to PDF with Finale 2009 after upgrading to Snow Leopard

By • Aug 31st, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

If you just upgraded to Snow Leopard, but you haven’t re-installed your printer yet, you may be having trouble printing PDF files from Finale 2009. This will normally result in blank pages.  If your business is sharing sheet music, then this is a big problem. Finale has a workaround listed here: [go to workaround] This [...]



How to use the Alesis IO26 with Logic Pro 7 without getting distortion, dropouts, and ultimately having the thing die on you

By • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Tutorials

After two months of problems, I’ve finally figured out why my Alesis IO26 would die after 10 minutes of use with Logic Pro. It turns out that the device is very fussy – no surprise there. A call to a very helpful “Andy” at customer service got me going in the right direction. Thanks, Andy. [...]



Golden Mean Finder: A Max/MSP standalone that lets you see the Golden Mean of any sound file graphically

By • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Software

The Golden Ratio (or Golden Mean) is an area indicated by a proportion based on the Fibonacci series [more info]. Since the Renaissance (and likely before), artists, architects, and composers have been aware of the importance of the Golden Mean and have used it in numerous works. Therefore, it’s only natural that we should be curious as [...]