About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk
About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk
Anyway, for the sake of a good story, let’s say that Rocket Science Central is, oh, six monthsbehind the rest of the planet when it comes to OS upgrades. After all, we have to make surethat all our software, or at least the Core Products, work with each new OS. We have a guythat does this—he’s very good at it—for which he receives the esteemed title of Core ProductsManager. After he pokes and prods, twists and genuflects, he produces a Core ReleaseCD with which the SAs can do OS and software upgrades, for which we each get theesteemed title of Install Monkey.Unless a customer wants to do the installation himself. Apparently, he wants his steak rare.Two months and several meetings and exchanged emails later, instead of us simply tellinghim he can’t do it, he now gets to fill out a form, and we provide a temporary server for himto access the CD Image.I got the signed form back last week.This is almost as good as a service call I had back in July. The caller was getting a virus checkerror when he attempted to create a new document in MS Word. Upon further inspection,he was running ten applications at the same time. A quick install of an Alsoft utility later, Idiscovered that he had 346 open files. Using Mac OS 8.6 and lower, the open file limit is 348,due to OS restrictions. So, I went into his Startup Items folder, and had him pared down to amanageable 262 open files on startup. I explained the situation, asked him to wait patientlyfor OS 9, and closed the case.This customer, however, wanted fries with his steak; two months later, he called back toreopen the case. He says he’s reconfigured his system, and the same problem is coming back.Obviously, I didn’t fix it the first time. Never mind the fact that the fix was still anothermonth away at that point, with the release of OS 9 and a nice, comfortable upper limit of5,169 open files. OK, KFC does serve potato wedges, but go with me on this. Why anyonewould want 5,169 files open is beyond me; nevertheless, this guy needed this capability yesterdayif not sooner.Some unfortunate SA gets to do this install next week. I fully expect to see the batsignal inthe skies above Pasadena shortly thereafter.ATPM 6.04 ← 32 →Columns: But I Ordered Steak
I Want My iMovie, and I Want It NowApple is having a KFC moment of its own, regarding iMovie. When you buy an iMac DV, theiMovie software comes included on a CD of its very own. So far, the only way to obtainiMovie is through purchasing an iMac DV, as I briefly went into last time. We all waited—OK, I waited with breathless anticipation at Steve’s Macworld Expo keynote for theannouncement of iMovie being made available as a stand-alone product.It never came.Here we are almost three months later, still waiting. On the MacDV mailing list I recentlyexposed you to, every once in a while someone will post something along the lines of “I’mrunning iMovie on a [insert your favorite non-iMac here] and I’m experiencing [any one ofseveral issues]. Anyone out there having similar problems?” Inevitably, two or three postslater, another ’lister will respond with the answer. Currently, Apple maintains that iMovie isonly supported on the iMac and, conversely, Final Cut Pro shouldn’t work on an iMac; yetwe, the consumer, want A-1 with our steak.So, when will we be able to obtain iMovie for ourselves? The answer is “I don’t know.” Wemay never get it. I’m not one to participate in conspiracy theories, however I did pick up acopy of Catcher on the Rye last week, so I won’t speculate that this is an effort on Apple’s partto drive up the sales for Final Cut Pro. My long-time readers know that I would never dothat. I would simply imply or infer it, because when I go into KFC, I order Original Recipe.72 and sunny in Redondo Beach.e You next time.Disclaimer: Mike is currently searching for a female lead for “Diamond in the Rough,” as the woman he originallycast is nowhere to be found. For this and other sad stories, Mike can be reached at mshields@atpm.com.ATPM 6.04 ← 33 →Columns: But I Ordered Steak
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Anyway, for the sake of a good story, let’s say that Rocket Science Central is, oh, six monthsbehind the rest of the planet when it comes to OS upgrades. After all, we have to make surethat all our software, or at least the Core Products, work with each new OS. We have a guythat does this—he’s very good at it—for which he receives the esteemed title of Core ProductsManager. After he pokes and prods, twists and genuflects, he produces a Core ReleaseCD with which the SAs can do OS and software upgrades, for which we each get theesteemed title of Install Monkey.Unless a customer wants to do the installation himself. Apparently, he wants his steak rare.Two months and several meetings and exchanged emails later, instead of us simply tellinghim he can’t do it, he now gets to fill out a form, and we provide a temporary server for himto access the CD Image.I got the signed form back last week.<strong>This</strong> is almost as good as a service call I had back in July. The caller was getting a virus checkerror when he attempted to create a new document in MS Word. Upon further inspection,he was running ten applications at the same time. A quick install of an Alsoft utility later, Idiscovered that he had 346 open files. Using Mac OS 8.6 and lower, the open file limit is 348,due to OS restrictions. So, I went into his Startup Items folder, and had him pared down to amanageable 262 open files on startup. I explained the situation, asked him to wait patientlyfor OS 9, and closed the case.<strong>This</strong> customer, however, wanted fries with his steak; two months later, he called back toreopen the case. He says he’s reconfigured his system, and the same problem is coming back.Obviously, I didn’t fix it the first time. Never mind the fact that the fix was still anothermonth away at that point, with the release of OS 9 and a nice, comfortable upper limit of5,169 open files. OK, KFC does serve potato wedges, but go with me on this. Why anyonewould want 5,169 files open is beyond me; nevertheless, this guy needed this capability yesterdayif not sooner.Some unfortunate SA gets to do this install next week. I fully expect to see the batsignal inthe skies above Pasadena shortly thereafter.ATPM <strong>6.04</strong> ← 32 →Columns: But I Ordered Steak
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