Dorchester — Apr 12th 2011
As usual, it began with a Q&A session, very much assisted by Gordon.
Michael had a problem in that he had lost his Address Book entries, and was having difficulty in restoring them using Time Machine. Where is data stored? Reference was made to files which were kept in association with different applications; in this case, the place to look may be in the appropriate user folder / Library / Application Support / Address Book
Lionel commented that he had reinstalled Safari reloaded after it had been deleted - and that the data - bookmarks had been preserved independently
In answer to another query - in some web forms, Web Text fields can be limited in the case of some browsers if the website has not been properly set up.
Maggie then gave a demonstration of using iMovie 09 to import data from a video camera, and then using this, with a wide variety of other media; still photos (with `Ken Burns effect), and sound clips to generate a film project. A large variety of tools is available, including precision editor, cropping tool, and transitions. The resulting project is automatically saved in the Project library. She then went on to demonstrate how the project can then be published in DVD form using iDVD, which offers a variety of themes within which the project can be stored, and into which the project can be dragged, and to which control buttons can be added. This was a comprehensive demonstration, which must have encouraged members to aspire to a high degree of professionalism in preparing videos from movie clips.
Euan spoke on Light Peak, or Thunderbolt, as it is known in the Apple context.
He had been heralding the appearance of the Light Peak technology for a little while, but now it had arrived! The new MacBook Pro has a Thunderbolt port (Lightning flash to Left of port). this can be used to transmit / transfer a full length film in 30 sec.
Can daisy chain devices, and transfer data bi directionally at a rate of 10 Gbps for each stream, together with 10 watts of power for attached devices. For comparison, usb 2.0 can transmit up to 480 Mbps, and fire wire 800, 800 Mbps plus 45 watts power. Gordon commented that this promised high potential particularly for display purposes. However, some of the other technologies may be potentially more versatile, with more power available. This development strengthened the trend away from delays occurring in the links between systems, and would highlight the limitations due to delays in accessing moving memory (e.g. disk drive) and would thereby reinforce the trend towards static RAM (e.g. as used in the MacBook Air).
This was a most interesting, and highly interactive meeting, and everyone present must have learnt something!
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