Monthly Archives: September 2006

MacBook Heat Shutdown Issue

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It’s been reported many times lately at Apple’s Discussion Board in the U.S., Japan and other countries that MacBook shuts down all of a sudden. Apple officially acknowledged in September 1 that MacBook has a shutdown problem. And you are requested to contact AppleCare if your MacBook experiences such problem. A sudden shutdown + portable Mac implies that it’s a heat problem that must be causing the CPU to stop clocking. Especially if you can restart MacBook after its CPU has cooled down, the cause must be heat. Actually, the problem is not that simply. One German blog writes this article, and the following is its rough English translation: Continue reading →

BitTorrent Basics Video Tutorial

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BitTorrent… Many people must have heard of it by now. BitTorrent applications have been used to download movie and music files. It’s not illegal to use these applications. And there are many legal ways of using them. For instance, movie trailers and game demos are legally distributed through BitTorrent. Moreover, many old movies and music pieces that have entered the public domain are also freely distributed through BitTorrent. Continue reading →

How to Configure Wireless Routers (Mac Only)

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This VTC shows how to use a non-Apple wireless router as Access Point on Mac. A wireless router we use in the VTC is one from Planex Communicaions Inc. How to set up a wireless router is pretty much the same whoever makes it, Buffalo, Corega, D-Link, IO Data, Linksys, NEC, Netgear, Panasonic or whatever, as long as you can access it with an Internet browser. So you don’t necessarily have to have a Planex router to learn how to set up a Wireless router through this VTC. Continue reading →

What’s Coming Up Next

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Some of the VTCs we are currently planning to work on are

  • How to Configure a Wireless Router (Mac Only)
  • Torrent Basics
  • LimeWire Basics

    And we are also planning on short VTCs for Final Cut Pro techniques such as

  • Spotlight Effect
  • How to use ‘Color Corrector’
  • Pleasantville Effect

    We may change our plans. The first three VTCs may come out within a few days with no guarantee. The most difficult part of our job is actually to convert QuickTime video into Flash because it’s terribly time-consuming.

    We will continue to produce more VTCs with your donations and support, or we won’t. If you have made a donation to become a member, you are invited to make VTC requests. (Click on ‘Contact’ on the top menu bar) But note that we rarely work on shareware titles. And there is no guarantee that we have the software title for which you expect us to make a VTC.

    • Apple Releasing QuickTime 7.1.3

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    Apple Computer, Inc released on Tuesday QuickTime 7.1.3 update. According to Apple, this update fixes numerous bugs and critical security holes. This upgrade will be required to play the contents that are newly available at iTunes store because of FairPlay, which decodes Apple’s copy protection restrictions. Furthermore, Apple notes that QuickTime 5 and 6 Pro users are required to purchase a new QuickTime 7 Pro key to use QuickTime Pro functions.