Did anyone see the Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) demo on WWDC2006?
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Did anyone see the Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) demo on WWDC2006? If not, you should. Go to apple.com where there is a link to the QuickTime video. I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista. EDIT: Here is the link to the Leopard demo screenshot[^]
Link2006 wrote:
I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista.
It already exists in Windows Server 2003, where it's called Volume Shadow Copies, and if your XP machine is connected to a network share on a Server 2003 machine where the feature is enabled, you can manage previous versions of files. In Windows Vista, it's enabled by default, and there's a Previous Versions button in Explorer which lets you see and manipulate previous versions of a file or folder.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Link2006 wrote:
I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista.
It already exists in Windows Server 2003, where it's called Volume Shadow Copies, and if your XP machine is connected to a network share on a Server 2003 machine where the feature is enabled, you can manage previous versions of files. In Windows Vista, it's enabled by default, and there's a Previous Versions button in Explorer which lets you see and manipulate previous versions of a file or folder.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Really? It is a simple little app that launches, plays the video and closes. :confused:
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eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Really? It is a simple little app that launches, plays the video and closes.
And then it tries to take over your entire machine. I don't remember asking QuickTime to play MP3's or MPEG's inside my browser window. I really appreciate it taking 10 times longer than it used to to play a music file, though.
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Yeah the system tray thing is annoying but is easily removed in the settings. As for the file format issue you just click No when it asks you. Windows Media Player also wants to play for everything.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Yeah the system tray thing is annoying but is easily removed in the settings. As for the file format issue you just click No when it asks you. Windows Media Player also wants to play for everything.
I forgot to deselect a couple of associations when I installed it initially. Later on when I realized that for some reason all my MP3 files in firefox were played using stupid builtin quicktime plugin I tried to delete associations, it did nothing. I completely uninstalled it and now every time there is embedded audio in the page it gives me an error. Fvsk quicktime, fvsk apple... I will not be installing anything apple on my machine anymore. The only good it is for is playing movie trailers from apple.com anyway so not a huge loss. And what's funny, the reason I installed it last time to watch a couple of movie trailers, but guess what, it didn't work, the sound stuttered like crazy so I couldn't hear anything.
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Paul Watson wrote:
Yeah the system tray thing is annoying but is easily removed in the settings. As for the file format issue you just click No when it asks you. Windows Media Player also wants to play for everything.
I forgot to deselect a couple of associations when I installed it initially. Later on when I realized that for some reason all my MP3 files in firefox were played using stupid builtin quicktime plugin I tried to delete associations, it did nothing. I completely uninstalled it and now every time there is embedded audio in the page it gives me an error. Fvsk quicktime, fvsk apple... I will not be installing anything apple on my machine anymore. The only good it is for is playing movie trailers from apple.com anyway so not a huge loss. And what's funny, the reason I installed it last time to watch a couple of movie trailers, but guess what, it didn't work, the sound stuttered like crazy so I couldn't hear anything.
I think your problem comes from Firefox. Firefox uses his own file associations database, and Firefox sometimes forgets to refresh its file associations database when something changes in your system. Try it with IE or Opera to be sure. I think Quicktime has nothing to do with that. ;)
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Link2006 wrote:
I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista.
It already exists in Windows Server 2003, where it's called Volume Shadow Copies, and if your XP machine is connected to a network share on a Server 2003 machine where the feature is enabled, you can manage previous versions of files. In Windows Vista, it's enabled by default, and there's a Previous Versions button in Explorer which lets you see and manipulate previous versions of a file or folder.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
Mike Dimmick wrote:
In Windows Vista, it's enabled by default, and there's a Previous Versions button in Explorer which lets you see and manipulate previous versions of a file or folder.
I should install Vista before commenting, but... From a technical standpoint, TimeMachine isn't terribly impressive. It's the UI that makes it interesting. Remember, MS has included system-wide full text search capabilities in Windows for years, but due to a poor UI it got little attention until Spotlight and Google Desktop came on the scene. Similarly, i still encounter surprise when i talk about the ability to create hardlinks and reparse points, even though those have been available since Win2k. But maybe Vista gets it right. We'll see...
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Really? It is a simple little app that launches, plays the video and closes. :confused:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
> Really? It is a simple little app that launches, plays the video and closes. It's a simple little app with an uninstaller that's busted when you try to use it on XP x64. Selecting its "don't load automatically when I login" option crashes, and so does the uninstaller.
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Did anyone see the Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) demo on WWDC2006? If not, you should. Go to apple.com where there is a link to the QuickTime video. I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista. EDIT: Here is the link to the Leopard demo screenshot[^]
I thought TimeMachine was copying something already in Vista??? Am I wrong? Haven't seen our touched Vista but I heard that...
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Mike Dimmick wrote:
In Windows Vista, it's enabled by default, and there's a Previous Versions button in Explorer which lets you see and manipulate previous versions of a file or folder.
I should install Vista before commenting, but... From a technical standpoint, TimeMachine isn't terribly impressive. It's the UI that makes it interesting. Remember, MS has included system-wide full text search capabilities in Windows for years, but due to a poor UI it got little attention until Spotlight and Google Desktop came on the scene. Similarly, i still encounter surprise when i talk about the ability to create hardlinks and reparse points, even though those have been available since Win2k. But maybe Vista gets it right. We'll see...
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You ever considered a blog? "Shog on Software... With a dash of cooking." You don't post often but usually when you do on food/cooking or software it's worth reading top to bottom. You should blog it!
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You ever considered a blog? "Shog on Software... With a dash of cooking." You don't post often but usually when you do on food/cooking or software it's worth reading top to bottom. You should blog it!
I only read cp for the articles.
Iron Speed Designer MVP
Check out my 7 Part Series on Networking[^]
Spyware Giving You Fits? Read My Latest Article.[^]Heh... I actually have a blog, i just don't post very often. :)
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Did anyone see the Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) demo on WWDC2006? If not, you should. Go to apple.com where there is a link to the QuickTime video. I wonder if Microsoft would develop something like TimeMachine in Vista. EDIT: Here is the link to the Leopard demo screenshot[^]
This is off topic, but nothing new for me ;) There is one thing in the GUI I hate with Macs, it is the multiple column selection with scroll bars such as in the top of this: http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/macosxleopard/0608wwdc/source/automator.html[^] I would prefer a simple tree control instead of select one column, to then select the next column, to next select.... Seems like GUI alpha .001...
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