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devo
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| Dinshaw wrote: | | Beyond backing up files, what else are you guys doing to prepare? |
I cleared out a smaller capacity external for Time Machine this afternoon.  |
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zen
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| Yvan256 wrote: | I'll also watch it on my AppleTV, right after opening it in QuickTime Pro and exporting it with the wrong aspect ratio.  |
Its already in perfect 16:9 ratio. Filled my 20" widescreen 100%. No black borders at all. |
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Yvan256
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| zen wrote: | | Yvan256 wrote: | | I'll also watch it on my AppleTV, right after opening it in QuickTime Pro and exporting it with the wrong aspect ratio. |
Its already in perfect 16:9 ratio. Filled my 20" widescreen 100%. No black borders at all. |
My 4:3 TV doesn't have a letterbox/widescreen mode. The AppleTV doesn't have a 4:3 output option. Everything sent by AppleTV to my TV shows up as anamorphic (i.e. vertically stretched, tall people).
If I export with a wrong aspect ratio (i.e. "reverse anamorphic"), it ends up displaying with the right aspect ratio on my TV (16:9, letterboxed). |
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jleggz
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Wow, ive just watched the apple leopard tour, and coming from a pc and on my way to being a mac mini user next week, i cant wait, it looks an amazing operating system, i cant slate my pc too much as its always done what ive asked it to and it will still be around as my girlfriend uses it alot, but im so looking forward to receiving my mini
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zen
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Yvan256 wrote: | | zen wrote: | | Yvan256 wrote: | | I'll also watch it on my AppleTV, right after opening it in QuickTime Pro and exporting it with the wrong aspect ratio. |
Its already in perfect 16:9 ratio. Filled my 20" widescreen 100%. No black borders at all. |
My 4:3 TV doesn't have a letterbox/widescreen mode. The AppleTV doesn't have a 4:3 output option. Everything sent by AppleTV to my TV shows up as anamorphic (i.e. vertically stretched, tall people).
If I export with a wrong aspect ratio (i.e. "reverse anamorphic"), it ends up displaying with the right aspect ratio on my TV (16:9, letterboxed). |
Thats a lot more complicated than it should have to be. Maybe its better to use a mini instead. |
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Yvan256
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| zen wrote: | | Thats a lot more complicated than it should have to be. Maybe its better to use a mini instead. |
That's more complicated than it should have to be because:
- my TV doesn't have a widescreen mode for 16:9 content
- the AppleTV doesn't have a letterbox mode for 4:3 TVs
Granted, I knew all this when I bought it, but I was half-expecting Apple to release a simple software update to add 4:3 support to the AppleTV, which could easily be done. After all, the AppleTV wasn't supposed to support 480i either, but it did anyway.
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marka87uk
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Really liked this introduction to Leopard; makes me want it even more!  |
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clintbradford
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g5g5
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: Re: Preparing for Upgrade |
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| clintbradford wrote: | Our good friends at MacFixIt have an excellent tutorial on getting prepared for upgrading this Friday. Unfortunately, too many people will NOT properly prepare themselves, and then blame Apple for locking up their machines...
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20071023091749337
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That is an excellent guide for newbies. It might even be good for us old creatures of habit to take a peak at.
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