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Preventing Quicksilver’s Clipboard History window from popping up when quitting applications

By Marc, on February 22nd, 2009%

A few months ago, I noticed that Quicksilver’s Clipboard History window would pop up unexpectedly when I used Cmd+Q to quit applications. Mildly annoying.

I finally decided to search for a solution and I found a workaround at least:

Basically, the workaround is to dock the Clipboard History window to one of the sides of . . . → Read More: Preventing Quicksilver’s Clipboard History window from popping up when quitting applications

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Xcode/iPhone error 0xE8000001: problem and fix

By Marc, on October 24th, 2008%

As you all probably know, I’ve written a word game for the iPhone called Word Up!

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Tonight, I started getting an error while trying to run my app from Xcode on my device (provisioned for development). The error was:

Your mobile device has encountered an unexpected error (0xE8000001)
during the install phase: Copying file.
Try disconnecting and powering off the . . . → Read More: Xcode/iPhone error 0xE8000001: problem and fix

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OS X 10.5.5

By Marc, on September 15th, 2008%

You can now grab OS X 10.5.5 from Software Update.

What does it have? From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2405:

General

Includes recent Apple security updates.
Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, and remote disc sharing for MacBook Air.
Addresses an issue in which some Macs could unexpectedly power on at the same time each day.
Resolves a stability issue in TextEdit that . . . → Read More: OS X 10.5.5

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New MacBook Pro Firmware

By Marc, on April 22nd, 2008%

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1 just popped up in Software Update:

After installing . . . → Read More: New MacBook Pro Firmware

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Frequent Quicksilver crashes?

By Marc, on April 2nd, 2008%

Lately, Quicksilver has been quietly dying very often and I’m constantly restarting it. I suppose I should try reinstalling and/or deleting my preferences, but before I do that, I was wondering if anyone else was seeing this.

Interestingly, I’ve also noticed that the “check for updates” functionality always fails to connect to the server. I’ve wondered if . . . → Read More: Frequent Quicksilver crashes?

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Thoughts on the Apogee Duet

By Marc, on March 12th, 2008%

My Apogee Duet Firewire audio interface arrived.

Thoughts:

It looks great. It’s bigger than I thought it would be, but still a nice size. With it’s simple controls and silver, rounded body, it looks right at home with my MacBook Pro.
Ease of set up. No problems. Downloaded the latest software package from Apogee’s site, installed it, rebooted, and . . . → Read More: Thoughts on the Apogee Duet

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Logic bug: Creating Apple Loops from a region

By Marc, on March 8th, 2008%

While following the exercise “Creating Blue Apple Loops” on page 262 of “Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8″ by David Nahmani, I was running into some trouble.

1. Open Logic project file: “07 New Day”.
2. Drag the Marquee tool (Command-click tool) over the High Arpeggio region from bar 5 to bar 7. Verify that before releasing . . . → Read More: Logic bug: Creating Apple Loops from a region

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