Telestream | Digital video transcoding and workflow solutions HDTV on Your Mac by Erica Sadun, author of Modding Mac OS X 03/29/2005 So the other night, I popped over to Target to pick up an antenna. You remember what those are, don't you? Those telescoping metallic things that connect to television sets? That predate cable? Rabbit ears? It was the packaging that hit me first. As a platform, Macintosh is a little late to the HDTV party. HDTV Broadcasts Author's note: This article discusses American NTSC broadcast of high-definition television. When you watch TV on a traditional television set, you're watching fairly low-quality video. When you watch TV on a traditional analog set, the television (or a converter box) grabs this digital signal, converts it to analog format, and displays it. Types of Digital Video Broadcasts In the United States, you can receive any of three kinds of digital video broadcasts. Terrestrial digital video, which is broadcast over the airways using the ATSC standard. From a Mac point of view, reception options are limited.
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Software Incompatibilities Introduction The programs listed below have compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, ranging from minor incompatibilities that do not affect core functions to major problems that prevent use. This list is compiled from developer statements, and where possible, we've included links to the official statements, information on expected updates, and other notes. (Some developers appear to have been caught by late Leopard changes made between the last seed release developers received and the official release available now. Developers did not have access to the official release version until October 26, the day that it became available to consumers, which delayed compatibility testing.) For notes from MacInTouch readers on their experiences with various programs running on Leopard, including problems and possible workarounds, see our Leopard Reader Reports. 4D Inc. The company has released 4D 2004.7 and 4D v11 SQL Release 1, both of which are certified for use with Leopard. Absoft Adobe
Productive Macs - Mac OS X productivity software bundle The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components A notice to all of our users and supporters We began the Perian project over 6 years ago. We wanted to simplify viewing your content. Our team has attained that goal and with that in mind, Perian will be retired soon. From the beginning we kept Perian simple. There are some projects that we never got to. Starting 90 days after the final Perian release, we will no longer provide support. Here's what our roadmap looks like: We will soon release the final version of Perian, including all the fixes we've worked on since the last release. Here's what we're looking for from you, our users Download Niceplayer , it's pretty great -- and those folks are doing a fantastic job. A final word: If and when Perian stops working, try looking into VLC or MPlayer OS X. Thanks for all of your support over the years. Chris Forsythe Graham Booker Alexander Strange Augie Fackler PS We would like to thank Erica Sadun for helping us write this letter, and for general guidance. Installation and Removal of Perian
5: Set up Time Machine on a NAS in three easy steps Here's a three-step process to create a Time Machine backup on a network-attached storage (NAS) unit. Create a sparsebundle image on your local system. I'm not sure of the reason why, but I haven't been able to kick Time Machine off just by specifying a network share. It "prepares" for a while, then says it was unable to create the disk image. The solution appears to be to create a sparsebundle image locally.