You could be correct. But I hope not.
We all need to help each other. Everyone has a weakness, so helping each other is a form of Paying It Forward. There is a great feeling in that.
And from a teacher who has begun his 54 year of teaching (and still loving it), while teaching the best way I know how, I continue to assist my own students with different styles. Jrados, you are absolutely right.
Relative to UHH, I hope all of us remember, from time to time, what it was like when we began our photography experience.
The only dumb or stupid question is one that is not asked.
Well, my 4 year old iMac was replaced in February 2019. During initial powering up, there was no driver that would work with my Wacom tablet. That is what I meant by 'lost' hardware. Also too, the flat bed scanner I had been using for teaching was not identified by High Sierra, and there were no drivers for the scanner that would work with High Sierra. Don't get me started with what I lost in my $1,400 spent on all the Photoshop updates, along with the initial purchase of Photoshop back in the early 2003's. I was 'put in my place here' when I was asked: "What do you expect for a 5 year old software?" That as PSCS5. I was able to load it onto the computer, but would instantly close when I would attempt to print anything.
I'm not bitter about updating OS's, but I'm very disappointed in Apple making my hardware and software obsolete, so very quickly. And that is what I'm trying to learn from my fellow UHH members.
Wow. I've purchased three PC's over the years ... Sony, Gateway, and ?. Then I learned that PC and Adobe didn't play well together, and the reason why I saw the Blue Screen of Death so often. The reason why I switched. And since then, while I had continued using Photoshop, I never saw a BSofDEATH on an iMac.
And the PC world has had its Hell Roads with bad OS, Millennium for example. I've just been disappointed with Apple doing some of the same things. And that is why I was asking the experience of other iMac users.
My six month old iMac has High Sierra, and Apple has been pushing Mojave, and I see they will then replace all that with Catalina in "autumn 2019". What are other iMac users experiencing?
While this is not exclusive to camera use, all of us photographers use computers for your camera work. I would like to learn IF I am being too cautious.
I'm an Apple iMac user, and enjoy it. HOWever, I've learned that anytime I must purchase a new iMac, or be "coached" by friends to update the Operating System, I find that I always lose (a) hardware, or (b) software, or both. When I replaced a 4 year old iMac, I lost *a scanner, *a Wacom tablet, and *a piece of software. In the past, I've lost a printer. I've believe in the conclusion "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", so every time Apple sends me a link to """upgrade""" my High Sierra OS, I decline. The computer is only 6 months old.
Am I the only one who has lost hardware, or software, or both over a """""new""""" operating system?
JD, thank you for saying that. We're in the same club. iMac here, true and true.
LOL . You'll understand, then, when I tell you one of my Word files is a 'catalogue' of what general topics/images are on each CD/DVD.
I'm probably going to ruffle some feathers, but ... my first back up is that I burn each memory card to a DVD, first and foremost. Then when it's time to work on one, I'll save that "work" file to my 1st external HD. Once I have the image finished, ready to print on whatever format, I save that onto a 2nd I call "Archive" HD. Been counting? So far, I have three saved files, with the first a RAW on a DVD.
I never save any image files on the computer's HD. I don't even save any Word files on it either. (Remember, I'm a teacher with test files.) Those Word files go onto the 1st external HD.
And before anyone tells me that saving my original RAW files onto DVDs is a bad idea, let me share this experience. Begining in the early 2000's, I saved my RAW files on a CD, via Toast. Just last week, I pulled some images from 2004, from four of those CDs, and they loaded perfectly. I'm a strong believer of a making my first saved file on a CD, or now a DVD.
I join you in liking Photomatix 6. True, there are many automatic presets, but what I like is that I can "fine tune" any. So I pick the one closest to what I'm looking for, and then use the sliders to "fine tune".
Ghery, This is our first year with GlobalEntry, and I've wondered what the renewal process was. So that can all be done via mail, and no second interview?
I am probably way too anal about details, but before every flight, I call the airlines, usually Delta, and confirm that our ticket will reflect Pre check. I've always been given the affirmative.
I have not seen any of you mention Pre with Global Entry. We went through the interview process, and now when returning to the US, we get to go into the short line. That is also very helpful at London Heathrow. I thought it was worth the price too.
Mark, you've identified a well kept secret, so many teachers are now aware of. So many teach the 'subject', and there are those of us who teach the 'students'.
I hope you are chuckling about what is on that green chalk board, and not my post. But should you be chucking about my post, please feel free to tell me why.