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10.7 All the Little Things!
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Quicktime 7 stays, which is lucky because version x is still terrible for anything other than playback of .mov files. The sooner they add more options for export and plugins the better. At the moment it's useless. :/
Thanks for letting me know, at least one of my concerns with Lion is put to rest. I couldn't stand using QuickTime 10 on SL and it sounds as if it is still just as hopeless in Lion.
Three Rivers: Real or F/X
There was a CBS TV medical series called Three Rivers in 2009 where they use very large, transparent displays. The opening of files and manipulation of data was reminiscent of what IOS or Lion OS might be, or become. It is so similar to what I have seen of these OS's that I wonder if this was a real OS prototype based on Apple's research. It appeared extremely realistic, and useful. On the other hand, perhaps it was all just f/x.
Does anybody have any information on the history of their very cool computer interface?
There was a CBS TV medical series called Three Rivers in 2009 where they use very large, transparent displays. The opening of files and manipulation of data was reminiscent of what IOS or Lion OS might be, or become. It is so similar to what I have seen of these OS's that I wonder if this was a real OS prototype based on Apple's research. It appeared extremely realistic, and useful. On the other hand, perhaps it was all just f/x.
Does anybody have any information on the history of their very cool computer interface?
I meant the export options it presents. They all seem to be for idevices or sharing straight to websights. Quicktime 7 allows me to choose from way more formats to export as, something that I need to do a lot.
For playback quicktime x is fine, but for conversion at the moment it just stinks. Still I guess that's why it's called quicktime player.
Doesn't it only work because it uses quicktime 7 in the background? Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that was the case. I remember seeing somewhere that if you open up an unsupported movie file in x, in activity monitor you can see 7 as a background process to play it, even if you're using x.
Perian does indeed seem to launch using the Quicktime7 'legacy bridge', in 32 bit mode no less.
I've also noticed that Quicktime never seem to start when launching files from the finder: the Quicktime icon bounces then disappears. I have to launch it a second time for it to take. Some problem with inniating Quicktime7 perhaps.
I've also noticed that Quicktime never seem to start when launching files from the finder: the Quicktime icon bounces then disappears. I have to launch it a second time for it to take. Some problem with inniating Quicktime7 perhaps.
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Finder Column Auto-Expand
Maybe I'm missing something but the Auto-Expand button at the bottom right of a Finder Column when in List Column view has disappeared. Is there a replacement gesture/key combination to expand the column to the width of the longest file name?
Maybe I'm missing something but the Auto-Expand button at the bottom right of a Finder Column when in List Column view has disappeared. Is there a replacement gesture/key combination to expand the column to the width of the longest file name?
Yes. Because it is a download it is in your Mac. No disc to store or lose somewhere.
iTunes no longer hogs the play/pause key. If there is another app that uses it currently in focus like QuickTime or VLC, pausing doesn't resume the play of music in iTunes.
When all apps are in the background (iTunes, VLC, QT for example), the app that last was in focus gets control of the play/pause key.
for me in Snow Leopard the pause/play button works fine for whichever media app is in the foreground. if iTunes is in the background it pauses and the foreground window plays, then go back to iTunes and press the play key and it continues playing again.
edit: just tested Spotify and it continues playing, you will have to wait for Spotify to fix that issue.
edit: just tested Spotify and it continues playing, you will have to wait for Spotify to fix that issue.
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This probably isn't the right thread for this question, but i didn't want to start a new one, for such a small issue.
When Apple releases the incremental updates to the OS do they ever bring in new features? i've had a Mac for about 8 months, and in the 2/3 updates i've applied, i've never got new features, except the Mac App Store. Obviously i understand Apple was lowering their focus on SL at this point due to Lion's progression. But can we expect some new features to be added in the 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes etc?
TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?
When Apple releases the incremental updates to the OS do they ever bring in new features? i've had a Mac for about 8 months, and in the 2/3 updates i've applied, i've never got new features, except the Mac App Store. Obviously i understand Apple was lowering their focus on SL at this point due to Lion's progression. But can we expect some new features to be added in the 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes etc?
TLDR: Are Apple likely to add any new features in 10.7.X updates, rather than just bug fixes?