6/13/2023 0 Comments Audacity for mac brokenI know she played around with audio settings yesterday because her original few slides had tons of background noise. au, which maybe I mistakenly thought was what we wanted. I have never used Audacity before, so I really have no idea! I knew I would be opening them back up in Audacity on my own computer, so that I could edit them and planned to convert to WAV at that point before moving into Articulate. I didn't see anything on the Audacity site about this issue. It's not a result of pausing because some of the files are cut right in the middle of words and sentences. She said when she saved, it was one file. I don't know if it's a Dropbox issue or an Audacity one. Is there some sort of setting that needs to be changed that is resulting in this? I'm wondering if there is any way to recover the ones she's already done, since this will add a significant amount of time to the editing process. When I go to open them in Audacity on my own computer, each slide is now broken up into multiple files! I'm having to go in and figure out which piece goes where and copy/paste the track back together. She wound up recording a ton of slides yesterday, saved them and shared them via Dropbox, each slide separately. I'm using Audacity to have an SME record narration. I swear I will provide fabulous tips and samples of my own some day to give back, after all I have taken!
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6/13/2023 0 Comments Halo jump startersIn addition, you can use it to charge your phone, tablet or other. After comparing the capacity, peak amperage, and ports for each model, we determined these as nine of the best portable jump starters. Powerful, compact and easy to use, the HALO BOLT COMPACT can safely jump start your car. Along with our use, we read through hundreds of Amazon reviews to separate good jump starters from great ones. We’ve spent many hours charging batteries with different chemistries (like lithium-polymer, lithium-ion, or nickel-metal hydride) and evaluating all manner of cars and accessories. Along with faster charging, a 12-volt rail expands the range of devices that you’ll be able to power. Most jump starters provide a number of USB ports, but the real kicker is to look for a 12-volt outlet. Product Brand Halo SKU 811279030120 Price 100.00 Product Dimensions 7.2 x 3.8 x 1.5 in. 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California Required Warning CANCER AND REPRODUCTIVE HARM Q - What is the Prop 65 warning, and should I be worried before I purchase?Ī - Our “WARNING” notices are mandated by California Proposition 65. 6/13/2023 0 Comments Elon musk red pillIf we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be depend on how Tesla is treated in the future. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. Meanwhile, a Texas county openly courted Musk after he tweeted, “Frankly, this is the final straw. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.” I will be on the line with everyone else. Musk responded by tweeting, “Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. Erica Pan, who had barred Musk’s company from resuming business via a county-wide order. Last week, Musk directly challenged California Interim Public Health Officer Dr. I think the people are going to be very angry about this and are very angry.” Give people back their goddamn freedom … Everything people have worked for all their lives is being destroyed in real time. But to say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they do… this is fascist. They should be allowed to stay in the house and they should not be compelled to leave. He reportedly continued, “If somebody wants to stay in the house that’s great. Now it’s overlooking another grassroots movement that may soon be of equal significance- the growing number of liberals “taking the red pill.” People of all ages and ethnicities are posting YouTube videos describing “red pill moments”-personal awakenings that have caused them to reject leftist narratives imbibed since childhood from friends, teachers, and the news and entertainment media. The mainstream media failed to see the rise of Donald Trump in 2016. As an opinion piece in Fox News explained in 2017: Some conservatives aver that taking the “red pill” means for a former liberal or leftist to embrace the conservative philosophy. In the film “The Matrix,” the hero, Neo, is offered a choice between a red pill and a blue pill the red pill would free him from a dream-world imposed on humanity and let him see reality. It can now mean shifting one’s political alignment to the right, and it’s often used in Internet forums related to Donald Trump or men’s rights groups.On Sunday morning, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave an indication of how fed-up he is with the leftist governance of his home state of California, apparently urging followers on Twitter to join the conservatives of America as he tweeted succinctly, “Take the red pill.” However, the phrase “take the red pill” has taken on a new meaning in Internet subculture, and it usually refers to conservative political beliefs. He offers Neo a choice: Take a blue pill and go back to his life and forget about everything, or take a red pill to learn the truth about the Matrix and his fake reality. On Sunday morning, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted a cryptic tweet, saying “Take the red pill” with an emoji of a red rose.Īs most movie buffs know, “take the red pill” is a reference from the Wachowski sisters’ sci-fi blockbuster “The Matrix.” In the movie, Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) reveals to the protagonist Neo (Keanu Reeves) that he’s been living in a computer simulation. “ Matrix” co-creator Lilly Wachowski wasn’t happy that Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump were quoting her movie. 6/13/2023 0 Comments Reiki timer clockThe Audio Option allows you to substitute these sounds with one of your own. The timer has four built-in gong sounds from which to select. This option allows you to substitute the built-in gong sounds with your own recordings, which can be short (a few seconds) or long recordings (up to the limit of the file size that the SD Chip can hold). You can also install your own music or other chime sounds on the SD Chip. Start the timer and the recording will be played on the internal speaker of the timer. For example, you can load an MP3 file of meditation instruction onto the chip. The Audio Option provides an SD Memory Chip Slot (memory chip not included), which allows you to add up to 10 of your own sound tracks to be played by the timer. If you are looking for additional Meditation Timer ideas ranging in price from $10 to $100, please review our Blog Article: The Best Meditation Timers for Yoga, Meditation, and Massage TherapyĪudio Timer Option - Not Available at this time Customers outside the US and Canada can shop for this item at ONGNAMO in Germany. Shipping to the United States and Canada only. The Meditation Timers are imported from Germany and we have a very limited supply.Ĭlick here to download and view the Gong Timer Instruction BookletĬlick here to read a Review of the Reiki Pyramid Gong Timer in our Blog. Setting the timer is quite easy with the controls. An interval setting of "0" will program the duration of the session with no interval gongs.įor example, you can set the timer for a 1 hour session with single gong sounds every 5 minutes. The Reiki Timer's precise controls allow you to set a repeating gong interval from 1 minute to 60 minutes and a duration of 1 minute to 199 minutes. The electronics are contained inside the pyramid and the controls are accessible on the bottom of the timer so that the pyramid top is undisturbed. The pyramid shape is modeled to the proportions of the Great Pyramids of Giza. The beautiful wood pyramid has the Japanese Reiki Symbol embossed on one face of the pyramid. The Reiki Pyramid Gong Timer is an interval gonging timer that can be used to time Reiki, Mindfulness Meditation, and Yoga sessions. Just respond yes to both questions.Due to the ongoing Chip Shortage and other supply issues, these Pyramid Gong Timers are currently unavailable. HELPFUL HINT: If you enable notifications, you’ll get a message even if the timer isn’t showing on your screen. Who knows? Maybe you’ll choose a mid-afternoon Reiki “nap” on the couch instead of another coffee! That means you can quickly switch between a full practice and a shorter, modified practice. The timer stores your settings until you change them, which you can do easily in a few moments. To get started, simply touch Settings, then:Ĭhoose a prelude long enough so you have time to get comfortable before the timer starts.Ĭhoose how many hand placement intervals you want.Ĭhoose how long you want the intervals to be. The slightly louder cascade of 3 chimes marks the end of your session, helpful if you’ve dozed off and missed a chime or two. It also tells you which interval you’re on-so helpful when you’ve dozed off while practicing!Ī single chime marks the end of each interval. The countdown appears as a large, easy-to-see visual so you can know at a glance how much time is left in each interval. You can even choose to practice in silence (my favorite), or with bansuri or shakuhachi flute, played by master flutist Steve Gorn. In just moments you can fully customize each session. This is the Reiki timer you’ll use for your daily self practice, for sharing treatments with a friend or in a Reiki circle, and for group practice when teaching a class or leading a Reiki clinic or circle. And one of my favorite features-your phone stays open while the timer is in use, so you don’t have to worry about the timer shutting off when your screen closes. It’s so easy to set up and you can change your settings in seconds. I couldn’t find a timer with the ease and customization needed to inspire people to practice, so I designed this one to be the Timer of your Dreams! And it’s a huge support for teachers holding classes and events. I know an easy-to-use, easy-to-customize Reiki timer makes it easier to practice on yourself-most important!-as well as on family and friends. As a Reiki professional since 1986, I’m always encouraging Reiki students to practice regularly so you can feel better no matter what challenges you might be facing. Here I recommend Cisdem DVD Burner for Mac, it can help you burn torrented movies to DVD, and edit movies to get the personalized and better visual effect, it also enables you to make a nice DVD menu for easier navigation while playback. Once the Torrent Movies on Mac get downloaded to Mac, we need to get a professional torrent movie to DVD Burner. How to Burn Downloaded Torrent Movies to DVD on Mac? 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When assigning a background to a song, it’s best practice to place a background on the first slide. To assign a still or motion background to a slide, simply drag and drop a background of your choice from the Video/Image Bin, or from Finder (Mac) and File Explorer (PC) to an individual slide. This is particularly useful for establishing your chosen backgrounds ahead of time. How To Add A Background To A Slide In ProPresenterīackgrounds can also be added to directly to each slide in a presentation. You can add media to the Video/Image Bin from your hard drive by dragging the files into ProPresenter or by clicking on the plus button below the thumbnail section. The Video/Image Bin is made up of two parts: the left column contains all of your playlists, folders, and tags the right column contains all of your media cues. The first time you open this, it will be empty, but once you have started adding content it will begin to look like the image above. Once the bin is open, you will find it below the slide area. To access the Video/Image Bin, click on the Video/Image icon in the toolbar, use the keyboard shortcut (Control-V for Mac, Control-Shift-V for PC), or select it from the View menu. The Video/Image Bin is the location for managing your media within ProPresenter. How To Add A Background To The Video/Image Bin In ProPresenter Simply download, then drag-and-drop into ProPresenter to instantly improve the look of your worship slides!ĭid you know that CMG has a massive library of not just still graphics, but of thousands of stunning motion backgrounds? Give them a try to take your worship slides to their maximum creative level. These JPEG stills will work with all presentation software, including the popular ProPresenter. This pro content makes it easy for your church to look great. These FREE still backgrounds are a gift from Church Motion Graphics that we hope will be a blessing to churches around the world as you seek to improve your worship visuals. By adding vivid colors and powerful imagery to your church’s screens, you can bring personality to an otherwise boring visual-plain text. Looking for an easy way to make your lyric slides pop on your screen? These 99 still worship backgrounds are the perfect place to start. 6/13/2023 0 Comments Long rest timeYou're limited to a single one every 24 hours, though.įor humans and most player races, the benefits of 8 hours of sleep are as follow: When you reach 8 hours, you get the many benefits of a long rest. The rules make no effort to encourage that distinction, but they're unambiguous on it.Ī rest is a period of downtime. And a completed 4-hour elvish trance explicitly counts as a long rest. To summarize: Now a long rest means 8 hours without exertion, of which 6 must be spent sleeping. While I am annoyed, I actually prefer the new rules as they sidestep the issue and just make sense. More than 2 years later, the rules changed. I wrote my original answer in April 2015. Since the "Trance" trait replaces the need for sleep (which most races need in order to complete a long rest), the elf is able to satisfy the requirements of the long rest while in a semiconscious trance for four hours. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps for at least 6 hours and performs no more than 2 hours of light activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or standing watch.Įlves don’t need to sleep. Interactions between the "Trance" trait and long rests This ruling reverses guidance in the earlier version of the SAC, due to errata changing the rules for long rests. This answer has been altered as a result ofĪ tweak to the rules for a long rest, which appears in newer printings Meditating elf otherwise follows all the rules for a long rest only Trance trait), the elf finishes the rest after only 4 hours. Q: Does the Trance trait allow an elf to finish a long rest in 4Ī: If an elf meditates during a long rest (as described in the Which is it? Please provide supporting information, possibly from previous versions.Īn elf receives the benefits of a long rest in 4 hours while using the "Trance" trait.Īccording to the 2017 update to the Sage Advice Compendium:
6/13/2023 0 Comments Google drive iconThis file extension is very popular and contains all the necessary graphic information for full-color images of good quality. If the user needs to change the saved image in the PNG version, just use image editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Windows Photos, as well as Corel PaintShop or ACD Systems. PNG documents are also available in any web browser. In the Windows operating system, you can open PNG by simply double-clicking to view images. You can open a file with the PNG extension using virtually any viewer. You should know that unlike GIF, PNG does not support animation effects. The main difference between gifs is that such a graphic file is limited to only 8 bits (256 colors in total). PNG supports a color depth of up to 48 bits. Among the owners of web resources, PNG images are famous for their excellent characteristics against the background of such formats. ICO was developed to replace the GIF format, because the latter required paid software for a long time. Thanks to the Deflate compression algorithm, bitmaps with the PNG file extension are available for compression without obvious quality loss. Such a graphic format is quite often used in the world wide web when assigning different images to web pages. The PNG data contains a specific palette of colors used in the drawing. The PNG file (Portable Network Graphic) refers to bitmap images. In addition, it should be noted that browser support for SVG has proven to be incomplete - currently a large number of browsers, including Internet Explorer, require an additional plugin (which many users will not have) to display the SVG image. Specifically, SVG Tiny (SVGT) and SVG Basic (SVGB) are subsets of the full SVG standard primarily intended for use on a device with disabilities such as mobile phones or PDAs. There are several versions of the SVG format in use today (SVG 1.0, SVG 1.1, and SVG Tiny 1.2 at the time of this writing). SVGZ format is a modified SVG format that uses GZIP compression and thus solves the problem of large SVG file sizes.
6/13/2023 0 Comments Imageranger photo stitchingYou can also get the ImageRanger Pro edition for three PCs for a monthly fee of $10 that will you have to pay annually. ImageRanger Pro Edition is $99.00 for two PCs, as a single-time payment. ImageRanger Home Edition is $49.00 for a single PC, as a single-time payment. ImageRanger doesn’t offer any free versions, but you can make use of the free trial that lets you try out the software for 10 days. All made adjustments are saved automatically, with both the original image and applied changes being preserved in the same version. This software relies on non-destructive editing, meaning your original photo will always remain intact so you don’t have to create backups before you start working on them. Moreover, Lightroom truly shines when using it with RAW images since you can recover more shadow and highlight detail, which is typically lost in smaller JPG files, while also adjusting the white balance without any quality loss.Īdditionally, Lightroom comes with state-of-the-art local adjustment features that allow you to apply gradient filters to darken overly bright areas, radial gradient filters for “relighting” specific image parts, and a manual adjustment brush. This photo editing software is a great choice for editing RAW, JPG, and TIFF files without having to do any conversions beforehand. Lightroom also offers advanced photo filtering and search features, enabling photographers to save Smart Collections based on user-defined search parameters that will locate and show all matching photos automatically. This photo management software for Mac allows conveniently sharing single photos, image packages, or entire folders with fellow professionals, relatives, and friends. Lightroom is a cloud-based platform that provides all the tools you need for editing, managing, storing, and sharing your images on any device. More experienced users can take advantage of this advanced batch photo editor to enhance large folders of images, with the changes only being applied to relevant files. The software also lets you locate and categorize all low-quality photos so that you don’t have to search for them manually to delete them. All essential editing settings (brightness, contrast, sharpness, saturation) are provided in a convenient UI, and the Undo feature lets you cancel any mistakes you made. If you decide to handle editing manually, you can select the darker and brighter parts of the photo, and experiment with different correction parameters. The software also offers convenient features for rating images, converting RAW files, adding keywords, and examining metadata.Īnother handy addition is the ability to apply automatic edits to several photos simultaneously. ImageRanger is compatible with most popular formats including RAW images taken by Nikon, Canon, and Fuji cameras. This software lets you index images on NAS and USB devices, meaning you can browse through them later even when the device has been plugged out while maintaining the ability to filter and conveniently sort your catalogs. ImageRanger also provides state-of-the-art search functionality as well as the ability to edit the brightness and contrast of a picture among other parameters. It offers automatic image organization, dividing files into folders without forcing you to copy and paste them manually. ImageRanger is a photo organizing software available for Windows/Mac devices. Lightroom is a terrific choice for beginner and professional photographers and studios alike. It offers an extensive array of advanced photography features that range from single-click adjustments to intricate parameter controls. Lightroom mixes photo organizing and editing. This software is a good choice for small and established photography studios, as well as media and design companies that like to store their work internally. It provides keyword tags, EXIF metadata editing, visual metrics, and advanced algorithms that allow you to conveniently sort photos based on various criteria. ImageRanger offers a fantastic user experience for organizing your photos and videos. The main difference is that Lightroom can be enjoyed on both mobile and desktop devices, while ImageRanger is only available on Windows and Mac. Who deserves to come out on top in the ImageRanger vs Lightroom battle? Both options provide high-quality tools for sorting, managing, and filtering images on your PC, external hard drives, and SD cards.
6/13/2023 0 Comments Upgrade busycalIt is always best to check before upgrading.īut, for me, this was the right time to make the change.Īpple recommends that if you plan to run more than one operating system on your computer, you create a dual-boot system using a separate volume for each version of macOS. So, is it safe to upgrade? As always, it depends … upon whether the software you rely on for your work supports Big Sur. All my data transitioned safely and I’m fully operational. I’m using two monitors and both work – earlier reports of monitor problems not withstanding. One of the surprising results is that my mouse still works! It’s a bit stuttery, but useable. The list is surprisingly long – here’s the link.Īlso, as you’ll read in the Comments, Aaron Weiler suggests another great site he uses for tracking Rosetta 2 and Native M1 app compatibility: AppleInsider has an outstanding article listing all the applications that do not yet support M1 Macs. Not all of these apps also support M1 Macs, yet. There are other apps I also deleted, but this was the only app I cared about that wouldn’t run. One app – Final Cut Library Opener – did not survive the transition. Here’s the list of updates that required money: Here’s the list of free updates I needed: Some updates were free, others required payment. Then, it was time to update the supporting software I use regularly. NOTE: I’m pretty sure Microsoft apps need updating, but I don’t use them, so I don’t really know. After updating these to all the latest released versions, they now do. Clearly, I needed to be sure that all my Apple and Adobe apps support Big Sur. Then, it was time to update applications that I purchased directly from the company’s website. (The most important of these was Apple’s Remote Desktop, which is how I control a couple of headless Mac minis.) Since these were all displayed in one place, that was easy. macOS updates do not affect data, though they may alter device drivers.įive applications obtained through the Mac App Store required updates. NOTE: I trashed apps and their supporting files. Instead, I dedicated a separate Mac to an older version of macOS and earlier versions of Adobe apps. While hanging on to old apps is nice, especially for legacy projects, most won’t run safely on the new OS. Given the new operating system, I trashed all my older versions of Adobe Software. So consider this a guide, not step-by-step instructions. Obviously, your list of important applications will be different from mine. Check all the applications I cared about and upgrade those that needed it: 3 hours.Do a complete Time Machine backup of the system I’m upgrading: 1 hour.I made a point to do this upgrade before starting the update process. Nothing worse than updating your computer only to lose access to all your data. ( UPDATE: The Unimouse drivers went beta on March 29, 2021.) However, I also discovered that my OWC RAIDs also needed a driver upgrade to run on Big Sur. I knew, going in, that my mouse – a Contour Designs’ Unimouse – did not support Big Sur. NOTE: For those that need to run more than one OS, I added a section on creating dual-boot systems at the end. But, after an afternoon spent testing all my software and upgrading what I needed, I’m back in full operation. It took time, cost money and required updating a lot of other software. But, when you feel the time is right, here’s what I learned. I also know other editors who want to take advantage of the latest in computer hardware and software. I know many professional editors earning a living using FCP 7 on 2010 Mac Pros running OS X 10.6. There is no requirement that you upgrade to Big Sur. Still, now that macOS 11.2 is out, I figured it was about time for me to upgrade. For me, keeping my system running smoothly is more important than running the absolutely latest version of macOS. People pay me to be productive, not discover bugs in software. When it comes to updating the operating system on my main production Mac, I’m a laggard. |