This post is meant for Mac QuickTime Pro version 7.5. Other versions may work, but can’t be guaranteed.  I recently had a need to play along with a soundfile at the Baroque standard of A=415. I was, however, interested playing along using a Piano at A=440. The way I did this was simply to drag [...]

Recently, a friend of mine asked about transposing or working with Finale files without needing to purchase the commercial version.  I figured, since I already did some of the legwork, I could make a post about it, so here goes: Finale Notepad 2008 gives you the ability to import and export Midi files, and to [...]

Note: You should always have a backup of files that are edited in the following way. One of the great features of the freeware FTP browser Cyberduck, is the ability to edit files directly from the file browser.  The reason I am writing this post, is because I used Cyberduck for about three years before [...]

Here are mine. What are yours? 1) The “Reset Safari” problem Let’s say I want to change which parameters that get reset when I choose to “Reset Safari”. As it is right now, I can only have those parameters changed if I DO the action of resetting Safari. In other words, I have a list [...]

Pages, Numbers, Mail, Preview.  I am waiting for the Safari update called “Browser”; I know it will happen.  The problem is that finding help online is next to impossible. Check out the following hypothetical search:   As you can see, not a single of the top 5 results had anything to do with the application [...]

Cool stuff: Cycling ’74 has finally launched the much-anticipated Max 5. You can read about it on their website located here. I am not going to bore you with all the details of what Max 5 is, since a very comprehensive introduction can easily be located on their site. Rather, I will bore you with [...]