Tag: OS X

Mac

Another OS X 10.6.7 kernel panic that seems to indicate Canon printer/scanner driver problems

This is at least the fourth or fifth time that I've had a OS X 10.6.7 kernel panic that said "BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Canon IJ Network" (what I just saw a few minutes ago on my work MBP) or "BSD process...

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Quicksilver crash

I wasn't even using Quicksilver when this crash report popped up. Here's the text of the crash dump. This computer has been having a lot of kernel panics and crashing processes lately. I fear that it could be on the way out. Can...

Mac

OS X cron log

Surprisingly, I could not find a log on my Snow Leopard system that showed what cron was doing. I know that Apple is big on launchd (which is on my list of things to learn about someday), but I'm a Unix guy and I needed to debug...

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OS X 10.5.5

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,...

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Frequent Quicksilver crashes?

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....

MacMusic

Logic bug: Creating Apple Loops from a region

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...

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Finished “Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8” book

I had been working through the exercises in "Logic Pro 8 and Logic Express 8" by David Nahmani lately, mostly while on the shuttle bus to and from work (and yesterday on the VTA light rail on the way to SD West). I completed the...