Goodbye (hopefully?) to broken USB connectors in your camera body used for tethered shooting?
http://www.shop.tethertools.com/JerkStopper-Camera-Support-JS020.htm
At least with Canon 5D bodies broken USB is repaired expensively by changing the whole motherboard of the camera.
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Nice set of tricks to keep an eye…
(Checked with VLC 2.0.1 for Mac, 2012-04)
On a lower end machine, loose visual quality but get rid of lagging & skipping! Change…
Preferences >> Show All >> Input/Codecs >> Video Codecs >> FFmepg >> Allow speed tricks >> Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding >>
…from “None” to “Non-ref” and restart VLC player. If the video still doesn’t play smoothly, then change the settings to “All”
Preferences >> Show All >> Video >> Subtitles/OSD >> On Screen Display Text rendering module
Change from “Default” to “Dummy”
Greater value should be more robust but makes manual skips to a new point in the file slower. Change
Preferences >> Show All >> Input / Codecs >> (scroll long way down, don’t click on the submenus on the left) >>
Then use the sliders to adjust the caching of Live capture, Disc or Network.
There is a nasty trojan out there. Update your OS X Java now with Software Update (Lion & Leopard)
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/
or disable the Java browser plugin for good (all older variants) with the /Applications/Utilities/Terminal command
sudo rm -rf /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
for i in Safari Firefox FirefoxAurora SeaMonkey Opera Google\ Chrome; do if ( defaults read "/Applications/${i}.app/Contents/Info" DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES ); then
echo TARKASTA; fi; done
See also https://github.com/hjuutilainen/adminscripts/blob/master/check-for-osx-flashback.K.sh
grep -1 VersionString /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Info.plist | tail -1 | sed -E 's,^.*>(.*)<.*$,\1,'
2012-04-15: After the 2nd update and should be 13.7.2 for Snow Leopard or 14.2.2 for Lion
2012-04-16: The update really is important as new variants using the same vulnerability emerge.
My father-in-law has found and is happily using a very nice, reasonably priced home heating solution, the Attack DPX Lambda
Amasing how much functionality you get with a 30 MB .iso image
Check your browser’s plugins and disable those you don’t really need.
For Flash players on your different platforms, Adobe’s latest version information might be handy. You can even tighten your personal settings.
If you need to use big, over 2 GB files both in Windows and Mac OS X’s, MBR partition format and exFAT file system could be the most practical option for your mobile HDD.
However, note that there have been reliability problems with exFAT in hard use. Always keep a backup on a trusted media.
Mac OS X’s Disk Utility is easy, but what to do if you have to quickly reformat an GPT/EFI disk (from Mac or Win 7) to MBR partition layaout and exFAT file system in Windows 7 or XP ?
Let’s assume the external hard disk is Disk 3 (check with Computer -> Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management) and the drive letter is G:
2) In Windows 7, Choose Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt -> Right-click & choose “Run as administrator”
In Windows XP, use Windows-R and cmd — for exFat support you have to install a patch first: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955704
3) Type commands
diskpart select Disk 3 clean create partition primary assign letter=g exit format g: /fs:exfat /q exit
