Author: jibran

Just Learned About FCPX Roles for Exporting Media

Working on a quick music video of mine, I needed to do some scrubbing on just the audio track. After detaching the audio I tried copy and paste, as that works in Logic Pro 8 and 9, but that didn’t

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Sharing Custom Compressor 4 Settings Between Computers

I recently needed to share a custom Compressor 4 setting from one Mac to another. It’s pretty simple, yet, I don’t understand why there’s no import / export feature to accomplish this. On source computer navigate to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Compressor and

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If You Own Logic Studio, You Own A Quicktime Pro 7 License

Yes, a Quicktime Pro 7 license comes with Logic Studio. I stumbled upon this because the Quicktime 7 ‘pro’ features on my new Macbook Pro were disabled. I had yet to install Logic Studio. Once I did, it unlocked everything.

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This also includes beaming

I was signing up for a new twitter account this evening, and their terms of service state: […] you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license […] in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).

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jQuery Templates, Test for Undefined JSON Variable

I needed to test for an undefined JSON variable today. It’s pretty simple. I found the answer in the comments on the jQuery template {{if}} tag page: http://api.jquery.com/template-tag-if/

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Favorite terminal command in Lion

A favorite terminal command on Lion: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES And of course its opposite: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO Thanks to this guy for the tip.

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DIY: 2009 iMac Internal Disk Upgrade

There are many video’s and blog posts about how to upgrade your 2009 iMac’s internal disk, but this is my version; it’s simpler and you’re gonna need a chopstick. At the time I did this, I did not have the

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