With all these fancy-free Mac Icons you can download, why not spice up your web applications and use them online?
The problem is that the Icon files can’t be opened by Photoshop (there might be a plug-in I’m unaware of that does this). So we need a way of importing the graphic into Photoshop.
Luckily you can do this by simply copying the icon to the clipboard and then pasting it into Photoshop, here’s the process:
Read on…
Filed in Snackin' on my Mac | Tags: icon, mac, web design, web graphics
I was just sorting through a bunch of old CD’s when I came across one filled to the brim with Soundfonts - You know those magical files that are actually software instruments made up from samples - Well it turns out You can use Soundfonts in Garageband! Here’s how:
- Copy your soundfonts to “/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks” folder (It can be the one in your Home folder if you like)
- Goto Track info (create a new track first if you don’t have a spare one)
- Click the Details button (little triangle)
- Next to “Generator” choose “DLSMusicDevice”
- Click the Edit button (looks like a pencil)
- Next to “Sound bank” choose the Sound Font you just copied across
That’s it!! Simple stuff.
Now here’s a video of how to find all that stuff in GarageBand:
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Filed in Computer music | Tags: Computer music, garageband, mac, soundfonts
This damn near drove me insane for a few months. However I never looked for a solution, never read the manual (who does?) and never asked anyone. I just silently stared at my email that couldn’t be deleted…
Until today.
Finally I figured you can click on Mailbox and then Rebuild and it fixes everything up just fine! Apparently it also fixes a lot of other bits and pieces that can go wrong in Apple Mail.
Another reason you could be getting all these deleted messages hanging around is if you’ve inadvertently pressed Cmd+L. This turns on “Show Deleted Messages” which you probably don’t want.
Hope that helps,
Filed in Snackin' on my Mac | Tags: apple mail, email, mac, mail
