Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Apple's First Step Into Health Tracking Is Small But Powerful

The FT article is better but paywalled.

Nah, they need to crack on with the 4k display, 12inch fanless retina Air and the Mac Mini updates...

Oh yeah, that's what I meant

I have had the most frustrating night using flipping Photoshop last night. So I was working on an image with a fair few text layers, the total file size is merely 200MB ish, it kept crashing every 10 mins and everything I tried to do is slow motion, it woudn't even save properly so I ended up having to redo the same thing over and over again. It even stopped my Mac from restarting... tried other programmes, even did some heavy video editing, all is fine. can I safely point my finger at Photosop and not my Mac? Some of you might remember mine is a brand new MBPr with i5 and 16GB ram, and yes I did allocate more ram to photoshop and clear all the crap, didn't make a blind bit of difference...

200mb!

Don't use Photoshop for text work?
#standardunhelpfulresponse

^^^ text layers are vector so don't add much to file size but take a ton of processing power.

Sort your workflow if you can. Ideally so you've created a flat tiff in PS, then bring that into Indesign for text.

If you're doing some arty-farty, stretchy-texty illustration then use the History panel to create Snapshots (so you can revert backwards) and rasterize text layers as you go. You'll find the Rasterize Layer option in the Layers palette options.

Don't use Photoshop for text work?
#standardunhelpfulresponse

I know, I usually don't but for this particular piece I am making, this is the easiest option, it worked last time...

Corrupt font?

^ Good call.
Could be worth trying ot do the type in illus and bring it in as a smart object....

doing it in Ai now and its a bit faster, but still a bit slower than expected... oh well...

2009 imac keps dropping wifi connection. Turning airport off and back on fixes it... for about 10 mins. Any ideas?

Need a new ASMB013 battery for Go Ellis's MacBook 1.1 - which obviously are super expensive via the macstore.

There's been a few posts about it on this thread, but I'm struggling to find an answer to ease my small (pc) brain.

What's best - spend the cash on Apple, or risk a second hand / non branded one off Amazon?

CASH! APPLE! BATTERY!

Unless you want to risk having you mac explode...

I bought a non apple one and it was fine.

I bought a non apple one and it was fine.

csb...

I bought a non apple one and it was fine.

Until it's not...

Ta, I'll be working the mean streets of Herne Hill for £107. Should only take a few months.

I keep getting a popup box in the top right corner of my screen, which links to a Techcrunch "just published" page.

I'm sure I haven't consciously signed up to this, and it's bugging me. How do I get it to fuck off?

csb...

Err.. someone was asking about experiences with apple/non apple batteries? Hence sharing my experience so far.

I keep getting a popup box in the top right corner of my screen, which links to a Techcrunch "just published" page.

I'm sure I haven't consciously signed up to this, and it's bugging me. How do I get it to fuck off?

in safari? go settings>notifications then deny or remove tech crunch

Anyone got recommendations on an old 20pin adaptor to iPhone 5 stylee eight pin job? The hard wire connection to my car is the old style so can't connect the 5s.

Half of the Amazon product reviews are awful, half excellent for the same products so I'm confuserised.

So has anybody been trying out Yosemite then? I ran it for a bit on a partition, perfectly useable beta

in safari? go settings>notifications then deny or remove tech crunch

Not in safari, it pops up in the top right corner of the desktop, even if browser is closed.

Settings/Notifications/find the relevant app/techcrunch - alert style off.
or maybe you've installed some 3rd party software? Google says Notifyr so check the settings in that if you've got it installed

Sorted, cheers.