Solving technology problems, one at a time
After upgrading to 10.4.7 I started noticing frequent slowdowns in Safari. The “Spinning Rainbow Cursor of Death” was becoming a constant occurence.
There are plenty of recommendations about how to fix this common issue.
with a copy from a Mac OS X system that does not have problems
(subscription required)Our SumTotal (Docent) 6.5 learning management system uses SCORM to launch learning activities and quizzes. We had a case where several Perception Quizzes would not launch using Safari, but any other browser did launch them.
Continue readingTarget disk mode is a handy way to quickly transfer big files between a laptop and desktop Mac. You simply connect the 2 firewire ports, and restart the laptop while holding down the “T” key.
Continue readingThe new piano sounds available for the Nord Electro B3 clone keyboard only work with Nord operating system v. 3.0 or greater. So you may find that even if you haven’t updated before, you will want to do so now.
The updater is pretty easy to use: simply download it from Update Nord Electro OS v3.00 (OS X) or
Update Nord Electro OS v3.00 (Windows)
You will need a midi interface, the Nord, and your computer. You may also need drivers for the midi interface, possibly even if you are using a Mac.
Continue readingEvery so often, I show up in the office to see that my year-old G5 tower has decided to emulate a jet engine. Overnight, the fans rev up to the maximum, and stay that way
Continue readingAlthough I don’t use Adobe GoLive much for day-to-day work, it has certain features that are hard to find anywhere else. One of them is a rather impressive Javascript authoring environment. It gives contextual hints,
Continue readingMy home page doesn’t show horizontal scrollbars in version 1.5.0.6 of Firefox on the Mac. I’m sorry about that. It is a known bug that has been fixed in a patch that I assume will
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The best browser to use to check javascript errors is Firefox, hands down. Other browsers have some error reporting, but none give you anywhere near the detailed information as Firebug, an addon to Firefox. The extensions available allow you to snoop into every aspect of your page, and into the communication between page and server.
You will need to get several Firefox extensions:
Firebug
Firebug is the one extension I can’t live without. It shows errors in javascript, css, allows you to inspect the HTML source, computed style, events, etc.
In iPhoto 6, I’ve noticed that at times the red-eye correction seems to stop working. In older versions of iPhoto, you would select the red-eye tool, then select around the area to be corrected with
Continue readingA small difference in the way IE and other browsers interpret table attributes:
Browsers other than IE will show padding if it is applied to the table tag.
table {
padding:6px;
}
IE does not recognize table padding, and will show contained elements as flush with the edges of the table.
For example:
This is the way Safari 2.0 renders the code below. Note the 6 pixel white padding area between the edge of the table and the edge of the tr.