Chris Miller » Mac

Adding non-Apple format movies to iTunes

Chris — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:46:53 +0000

I’ve been having a bit of trouble adding some movies to my iTunes library this evening – in that I’d have to convert a movie to a .mov file in order to import it at all.

A few google searches away and I’d found the answer to all my problems. If you have the Apple development tools installed (and are obviously on a Mac), you can simply change the file meta-data of the movies via the terminal in order to allow you to import them. It’s very simple to do:
SetFile -t "MooV" movie.avi

Via: AVI to iTunes on MacRumors Forums

I did, however, have to change the iTunes settings so that it didn’t take it’s own copy of the files when importing them. I have a separate Movies folder for a reason thank-you-very-much iTunes.
- Chris

Mac Pro

Chris — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:30:37 +0000

I’ve recently ordered a new Mac, a Mac Pro to be precise. It is currently en route to my gleeful embrace from Apple.

The specs are as follows:

Processors: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
RAM: 2GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
HDD: 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Optical: Two 16x SuperDrives
Connectivity: AirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi) & Bluetooth
Peripherals: Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse & Apple Wireless Keyboard

It should arrive later in the week, I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
- Chris

iPhone – Masturabatory pleasure for Mac enthusiasts

Chris — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:31:43 +0000

Well it had to happen some time, and eventually it has. Apple have released initial details at their Keynote of the new iPhone which will be a combination of the video/photo iPod and a mobile phone.

The overview given on the Apple site looks very nice. The device itself, if it works as detailed, will allow all control to take place with the use of your fingers – there’s no stylus in sight. Other fine looking features are the text message displays which look like an iChat conversation showing previous text messages you’ve recieved from the same contact; and self-reorientation of the screen – switching between either portrait or landscape based upon how the device is held.

It’s obvious to me that someone has dropped a large weight onto a PDA, Mac Book, mobile phone and an iPod and that this device is the result. It looks nice and it seems to be brimming with features. Let’s hope they make it and soon. Where can I preorder one?
- Chris