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error while upgrading from Apple Aperture 3.1.2 to 3.1.3

It's always good to have a patch or new release, even just a camera raw update. And things didn't go well after my 3.1.3 upgrade(1)(2)(3). I just cannot open an 130 gig 3.1.2 library! those were almost a year of works. So I google it! In this thread, users posted similar sympton and even some trial solution were provided.  I tried the one that "create a new lib and import the one you cannot open" which takes half an hour and nothing's there for me.
Then it came to Time Machine. I have a regular backup but I did not use it ever! Not even a single restore. And people responded that they just restored the old Aperture! Amazing! So I entered Time Machine...

Just move mouse over to the date you desire, click the app and check the version info.
It is worth mentioning that I did not replace the 3.1.3. I restored 3.1.2 to desktop and renamed it. So I can have them all in the application folder.
Voila~ There's nothing perfect. However, as smart as Apple, big heads have to offer a near perfect and comprehensive solution for those mistakes.

Hope Aperture team brings up another patch for this soon.

AirDrop Only Shows on Certain Macs

AirDrop

supports the following Mac models:

• MacBook Pro (Late 2008 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2010 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 or newer)
• iMac (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac mini (Mid 2010 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2009 with AirPort Extreme card, or Mid 2010)

http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html

#bummer

Image Quality Between SPlayer and Quicktime+Perian

As you can see, the quality from QT(below) is bit sharper and the skin tone is warmer/ saturated than what SPlayer gave. However, the ability to search subtitle automatically in seconds and quicker rendering time of mkv files are impressive.

by numbers- population density

All under each square mile from Wikipedia 

• New York City- 26,821.3 
• San Francisco- 17,179.2
• Los Angeles- 8,092.3
• Hong Kong- 16,444
• Tokyo- 15,144
• Taipei- 24,954.4
• Dublin, California- 3087

a truck flying 332 feet, a football field, perhaps

Tanner Foust, host of Top Gear US, jumped a truck 332 feet (101 meters) ,at the Indianapolis 500, setting a new world record. Watching thru the interview, few things that I would like to share. 1, there's no windshield. 2, it's like falling from 10-story building. 3, at 100mph, on a soft truck, the jump is like a wall to hit. 4, he controlled the flying angle of the truck by hitting the gas or the brake. AMAZING!!!


ref: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/tanner-foust-soars-332-feet-to-set-record-at-indy-500/

iTunes Account Deauthorization

I have been syncing too many iOS devices with way too many computers. While I started to sync my first gen ipod to freshly setup iMac, I realized I had authorized 3 computers which I cannot even remember who they are. This iMac should be the only one syncing my account. So you want to know deauthorization.

You could easily deauthorize a computer from iTunes menu. If you want to deauthorize all computers at a time like I wanted to do, you might want to take a note on the conditions.

You may only use this feature once per year. The Deauthorize All button will not appear if you have fewer than 5 authorized computers, or if you have used this option within the last 12 months. If you need assistance on using this feature, please contact the iTunes Store support via email (http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/).

In short, I need to authorize another pc to get all my unknown linked computers invalid!