Category Archives: Projects
Art/CMD Lab System Images
Worked on new combined image for Art and CMD Macs; installed Audacity, TextWrangler, iLife 06, latest system updates; changes to login script (old one didn’t clear files in /Users/customer proper, just sub-folders thereof). Started to re-image art macines, starting with … Continue reading
This and that (whatelse I did today)
tracked down CMD Software orders; diagnosed and informed TSG of problem with Quicktime Streaming Server
Directory Lookup Edits
serious edits (improvements?) to the UVM Directory Lookup pages.
Boot MacBook Pro from External HD for use with Boot Camp (Windows)
Not as easy as it looks. Trick is to partition external HD using GUID partitioning. So I partitioned and instaled and booted, but Boot Camp refuses to partition an external drive.
Video Links
Faculty having problems getting WebCT links to RealMedia files working. Helped him out.
Changing User Name on OSX
omebody asked how to change the user name (or Short name) in Mac OSX. Simplest is to use NetInfo, but be sure to change namae in admin group, too! or you lock yourself out of the system. Sems like ChangeShortName … Continue reading
bootcamp as disk partition utility
Client asked if bootcamp could be used as disk partition utility. Well no, not really. Boot Camp Assistant allows non-destructive repartitioning of startup disk, and perhaps only the internal startup disk. Also, disk must be partitioned correctly. Still investigating.
Proposal for video scratch space
Composed a proposal to get 1-2 terabytes network storage for video editing rojects across campus. Sent to CIT TSG.
Landscape Change Project
Correspondence with TSG regarding securing additional disk space; extinguishing file upload brushfires for project leader
Streaming/Web Video questions
Answered similar questions from 2 different users about creating web friendly Quicktime movies from a DVD and using the QuickTime Streaming Server