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Convert Mac Icon File into Useable Web Graphic

by antbrown on September 25, 2008

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:
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Soundfonts and Garageband… Yippee!

by antbrown on February 7, 2008

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:

  1. Copy your soundfonts to “/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks” folder (It can be the one in your Home folder if you like)
  2. Goto Track info (create a new track first if you don’t have a spare one)
  3. Click the Details button (little triangle)
  4. Next to “Generator” choose “DLSMusicDevice”
  5. Click the Edit button (looks like a pencil)
  6. 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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Can’t delete mail in Mail

February 7, 2008

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 [...]

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