MacTalk - Mac Apps http://www.mactalk.com.au/ en Wed, 16 May 2012 15:52:13 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mactalk.com.au/images/styles/ShinyBlue/misc/rss.png MacTalk - Mac Apps http://www.mactalk.com.au/ Diablo III - The Wait is Over http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108860-diablo-iii-wait-over.html Mon, 14 May 2012 06:41:21 GMT Back in the day...

There was once a dearth of Mac games for the early iMacs such as the iMac DV. Sure there are always games but not mega games. So we were served well by Blizzard North. Not just a port, Diablo II really fit the iMac. And it ran well too, something you can't really attribute to your typical port.

In terms of massive games, Diablo II was massive, breaking sales records all over the place. And we were right amongst it.

And so we waited for a sequel. We got an expansion pack after a while and it was incredible. But the sequel? Well, we waited and waited. And waited.

So I just can't avoid this indulgence. I gotta shout it from the top. The sequel, Diablo III, is upon us! Come 5pm tomorrow (pre-purchased boxes allowed from 9am in game stores) the servers will go live and I'll be in there swinging my sword!

A decade is a long time to wait. I am really overjoyed. ]]> Mac Apps Lilith http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108860-diablo-iii-wait-over.html Timeout to stop copy operation http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108855-timeout-stop-copy-operation.html Sun, 13 May 2012 23:53:21 GMT Hello,

I am trying to recover files from a bitmap-corrupted disk and some files are just plain rubbish and take forever to copy. I would like to use some kind of "timeout" to cancel the copy operation after a certain amount of time.
As far as I am now is using AppleScript:
Code:
--while iterating through the files
try
        with timeout of 15 seconds
                tell application "Finder"
                        duplicate this_file to target_folder
                end tell
        end timeout
on error
        return 0
end try
The problem is that after 15 seconds, the copy operation in Finder won't stop, it will just pause the script, which is the correct behaviour of the with timeout command (but not the one I need).

The only thread I could find about this topic was here and the intervention was rather useless...

Any ideas? You don't have to use AppleScript, any solution is welcome! ]]> Mac Apps southko http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108855-timeout-stop-copy-operation.html embedded youtube problems http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108844-embedded-youtube-problems.html Sat, 12 May 2012 23:31:08 GMT In recent days I have started to have a problem with youtube videos embedded in a web page. it doesn't happen all the time, but often it starts to load and then just goes black. This has happened both in OSX and the ipad.

It is also stuttering and locking up when it starts playback as it downloads. With a 100Mbps pipe and good quality graphics/CPU, that should not be a problem.

Could it be a problem with the HTML5 permanent beta on youtube? ]]> Mac Apps entropy http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108844-embedded-youtube-problems.html Indesign 5.5 resizing imported PDFs to 115% http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108805-indesign-5-5-resizing-imported-pdfs-115-a.html Wed, 09 May 2012 23:59:53 GMT place > PDF. 7 of them for some reason have scaled up to 115% and that ahs meant some data being...]]> Hi guys

i did a manual imposition in INDD cS5.5 for a client's business cards - they were being printed 21 up - various names etc - i imported them all exactly the same way - drew a pic box > place > PDF. 7 of them for some reason have scaled up to 115% and that ahs meant some data being outside the crops.....

is this a setting in indd that can be switched off - why did it only happen on 7 and not the lot when all PDFs are identical and imported in exactly the same way?!!

any help would be much appreciated.

cheers!
Bex ]]> Mac Apps Bexford http://www.mactalk.com.au/56/108805-indesign-5-5-resizing-imported-pdfs-115-a.html