Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 11/6/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >The last version of Final Cut Studio contained Final Cut Pro 7. I was >wondering >if you could upgrade just the Final Cut Pro component or the Compressor >component after Final Cut Studio was discontinued.? Yes you can. In fact Compressor is

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-11 Thread Bruce Nagel
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:55:21 -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: I'd never say anything about your taste, mostly because I haven't tasted you, and probably wouldn't want to. MARK! On 6/10/2019 8:02 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: I almost never lack for inspiration, sometimes skill, often taste, but

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-11 Thread John
On 6/11/2019 06:18:41, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 10/6/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed: Could you upgrade the individual components of Final Cut Studio separately? Absolutely. The big jumo was FCS 2 to 3 back in 2007? In any event now FCP7 is not supported anymore (having been replaced

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I'd never say anything about your taste, mostly because I haven't tasted you, and probably wouldn't want to. On 6/10/2019 8:02 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: I almost never lack for inspiration, sometimes skill, often taste, but rarely for something to photograph. On June 10, 2019 4:41:45 PM

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-11 Thread David J Brooks
speaking of concrete. There are two types of concrete in the world Concrete that has cracked Concrete that has not cracked, yet. Dave On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 6:19 AM Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 10/6/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Could you upgrade the individual components of Final

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-11 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/6/19, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Could you upgrade the individual components of Final Cut Studio separately? Absolutely. The big jumo was FCS 2 to 3 back in 2007? In any event now FCP7 is not supported anymore (having been replaced with FCPX) but I still use it every day and in

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread John
On 6/10/2019 23:27:41, Larry Colen wrote: John wrote on 6/10/19 8:15 PM: On 6/9/2019 22:04:16, Larry Colen wrote: Mark Roberts wrote on 6/9/19 6:30 PM: The official Apple web site began its instructions on moving JPEGs with instructions to install iTunes on the desktop computer. And it

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread John
Could you upgrade the individual components of Final Cut Studio separately? On 6/10/2019 16:40:15, Steve Cottrell wrote: As an aside, my Final Cut Studio software that I bought brand new around 2006 was supplied with a full set of paper manuals (all 5 books!) and I find them easy to read, very

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Larry Colen
John wrote on 6/10/19 8:15 PM: On 6/9/2019 22:04:16, Larry Colen wrote: Mark Roberts wrote on 6/9/19 6:30 PM: The official Apple web site began its instructions on moving JPEGs with instructions to install iTunes on the desktop computer. And it shouldn't take ANY learning or "an app or

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Larry Colen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 6/10/19 9:57 AM: Regards "the fucking manuals", Larry, since I was a tech support engineer, technology manager, and later a staff writer at Apple for years and years, I take personal offense when you say Apple decided not to provide manuals anymore. Apple produced

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread John
On 6/9/2019 22:04:16, Larry Colen wrote: Mark Roberts wrote on 6/9/19 6:30 PM: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Similarly, if you can’t figure out how to move JPEGs on and off an iOS device, you either really don’t want to or you just don’t want to learn how. It’s not hard, and you don’t need ITunes

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread John
On 6/9/2019 22:06:42, Larry Colen wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 6/9/19 6:40 PM: No one is born with the knowledge of how to operate a computer. Of course it takes learning, and of course it takes code. And that is why, for decades, the first step to do something on a computer is RTFM. 

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread lrc
I almost never lack for inspiration, sometimes skill, often taste, but rarely for something to photograph. On June 10, 2019 4:41:45 PM PDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 10/6/19, l...@red4est.com, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I don't know what I'd do these days if I had a problem and my network

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/6/19, l...@red4est.com, discombobulated, unleashed: > I don't know what I'd do these days if I had a problem and my network >connection was down. In that case the correct procedure is to pick up a good book by your favourite photographer and sit down for some inspiration. With a really

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/6/19, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >Well Cotty, I no longer take for granted that my iPad has a working >keyboard. I've come to the conclusion that nothing - and I mean nothing - is absolute. Doesn't matter if it's an iPad, a car, a house. Nothing! There's only degrees of

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread lrc
I'm afraid that software these days makes me wish it had Unix man pages. I will give Apple props that the terminal shell is still there man pages and all. When I got my first iMac I found the missing manual book to be indispensable. I don't know what I'd do these days if I had a problem and my

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread P. J. Alling
Sadly the level of documentation for just about everything has reached the level of UNIX' original Man pages, which ran the gamut from obscure to impenetrable.  Useful perhaps if you already knew what you were doing, but needed a hint for an operation not normally used, but not much else. On

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread P. J. Alling
I remember when using Mac OS was easier than Windows, and certainly easier than DOS.  Now, you plug your device into a USB port on the computer, and if it is recognized, and damn few devices aren't, it defaults to storage, and you just copy the files back and forth using whatever method you

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread William Robb
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 2:41 PM Steve Cottrell wrote: > As an aside, my Final Cut Studio software that I bought brand new around > 2006 was supplied with a full set of paper manuals (all 5 books!) and I > find them easy to read, very clear in instruction, and easy to search in. I > have never

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
As an aside, my Final Cut Studio software that I bought brand new around 2006 was supplied with a full set of paper manuals (all 5 books!) and I find them easy to read, very clear in instruction, and easy to search in. I have never bothered with the software manuals as I enjoy picking them up

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Moving files from any Apple device to an Apple computer is simple and fast with Airdrop. Paul > On Jun 10, 2019, at 11:33 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > There are perhaps more efficient ways of moving files between iPad and > computer, but I've found the easiest is to use a Sandisk iExpand

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sneaker net with an external storage device and its mated controller app is a very good way to move files back and forth between iOS devices and macOS or Windows systems. This will become even easier when iPad OS ships in the fall because then the iPads will support direct access to external

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
There are perhaps more efficient ways of moving files between iPad and computer, but I've found the easiest is to use a Sandisk iExpand drive as a version of sneaker.net. https://tinyurl.com/y4z2oul6 -p On 6/9/2019 6:26 PM, William Robb wrote: And here I thought Apple stuff was supposed to

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-10 Thread Nolan Hinshaw
On Jun 9, 2019, at 19:19, Larry Colen wrote: [TFM] > It's a technical term, here let me help you with that: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM A) The Apple FMs I’ve seen come from O’Reilly’s “Missing Manual” series. 2) and then there’s The Jargon File, formerly resident on rtf.mit.edu,

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Larry Colen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 6/9/19 7:17 PM: I don’t recall Apple ever providing “fucking manuals.” That was never a service they offered. It's a technical term, here let me help you with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM G On Jun 9, 2019, at 7:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: And

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don’t recall Apple ever providing “fucking manuals.” That was never a service they offered. G > On Jun 9, 2019, at 7:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > And that is why, for decades, the first step to do something on a computer is > RTFM. However, Apple no longer provides fucking manuals. >

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Larry Colen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 6/9/19 6:40 PM: No one is born with the knowledge of how to operate a computer. Of course it takes learning, and of course it takes code. And that is why, for decades, the first step to do something on a computer is RTFM. However, Apple no longer provides fucking

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Larry Colen
Mark Roberts wrote on 6/9/19 6:30 PM: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Similarly, if you can’t figure out how to move JPEGs on and off an iOS device, you either really don’t want to or you just don’t want to learn how. It’s not hard, and you don’t need ITunes to do it. I move JPEGs, raw files, PDFs,

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No one is born with the knowledge of how to operate a computer. Of course it takes learning, and of course it takes code. You just don’t care to find out how. Even your Android requires learning, and code, to accomplish this task. It took me just as long to learn the routine way to do it on

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Similarly, if you can’t figure out how to move JPEGs on and off an iOS device, >you either really don’t want to or you just don’t want to learn how. It’s not >hard, and you don’t need ITunes to do it. I move JPEGs, raw files, PDFs, and >all kinds of other data back

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There’s nothing wrong with Bill’s iPad Pro.. there’s something wrong with theiPad Pro keyboard cover, presuming it’s a first generation model. If it is, and it’s in the right serial number range, Apple was replacing those covers free of charge. It’s an elegant design but the multiple flex

Re: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Postmaster
William Robb wrote: >And here I thought Apple stuff was supposed to be a cut above the rest for >quality. >I have an iPad Pro that has gone really flakey about the attached (Apple) >keyboard. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn’t. This started happening >after the last update. >I have followed

Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread William Robb
And here I thought Apple stuff was supposed to be a cut above the rest for quality. I have an iPad Pro that has gone really flakey about the attached (Apple) keyboard. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn’t. This started happening after the last update. I have followed the simplistic instructions

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Paul
Definitely get as much memory as you can afford. I don't think you'll be disappointed in the Air 2 but if the 128 gig is within your reach, go for it. Sooner or later you'll wish you had. As for data transfer, there are a multitude of cloud services to which iPad apps will connect - Box,

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Bill
I ended up ordering the Ipad Pro, as the Air 2 just barely met the specification I needed to run my quadcopter. I went with the middle memory package, which is 128gb. It's more memory than I will ever need on the thing, I expect the 32 GB one would have been fine. bill On 4/18/2016 9:06 AM,

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Bruce Walker
I bought a 9.7" iPad Air last fall primarily for tethering to my camera during shooting. I also use it for browsing the web and social services at home or coffee shops via WiFi. I chose the base 16 Gig unit as I didn't (and don't) plan on storing anything on it. I don't try to use it for

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The biggest mistake made when buying iPad devices is to buy too little storage memory. I would consider 32 G an absolute minimum... 64 or 128 G are better. Yes, you can read from SD cards with the Lightning SD card connector. You need an app to write to an external file system like a disk

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
directly, no mine does not. But you can but an adaptor to plug into the lightning port. I bought an iBridge unit, works well but sucks ther battery Dave On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Bill wrote: > I find myself in a situation where an iPad is the best tool for

Re: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-17 Thread Bill
get - you won't be sorry & probably won't need it all. Go for the size that feels best in your hands. They're really handy devices. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bill" <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> Subj

Re: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-17 Thread Ken Waller
.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bill" <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> Subject: OT: Stupid iPad Question I find myself in a situation where an iPad is the best tool for the job. I am thinking the 9.7 inch ipad pro as the best compromise of cost, future proofin

OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-17 Thread Bill
I find myself in a situation where an iPad is the best tool for the job. I am thinking the 9.7 inch ipad pro as the best compromise of cost, future proofing and usability. Can these things take an SD card as well? I'm thinking 32 gigs might be a little light, but I don't want to spend extra if