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Confusing Time Machine Error Message

August 5, 2008 Posted in Graphics, Mac, rants by Matt

Following on from my last post, here’s another in my series of confusing, annoying or just-plain-baffling error messages. “This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 1.2 GB, but only 1.5 GB are available.” Rrrrrright. Last time I looked, 1.2 was, in fact, smaller than 1.5. I think Apple may have […]


Screencast: Creating an iTunes Music Visualizer in Quartz Composer

December 5, 2007 Posted in Animation, Design, Graphics, Mac, Screencast, tutorial by Matt

I’ve put together a basic screencast tutorial which introduces you to Apple’s Quartz Composer, the graphical programming environment which ships with OS X. Quartz Composer is a graphics generator, capable of drawing 3D graphics, animations, and all sorts of Good Stuff. And you make it work just by dragging little boxes about and connecting them […]


Please describe any steps needed to trigger the problem…

December 2, 2007 Posted in Geekery, Mac by Matt

Sometimes, I really wish I was an Apple devleoper. Not because I’d like to work in the funky headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, although I imagine it’s quite fun. I don’t even want to score myself a free iPhone  —  well, not until they come with 3G, anyway. No, I want to read their error reports. […]