I’ve updated all of my Mac’s to have the latest version of iLife (‘08). Last week I was a bit nervous because I recorded a podcast episode using the old version of GarageBand and expected to do editing in the new version. However, Apple must have thought about that scenario because it worked perfectly.
This week, I recorded in the ‘08 version and went to another machine to do the editing (again in ‘08). I then got 48 error messages that looked like this:
Don’t bother trying to search on that error, there’s nothing out there. There was no further explanation of the problem once I got through all 48 copies of this message. There was, however, several missing audio files from when I recorded it.
The missing files have to rhyme or reason. They’re all in the same track. They’re all over the timeline and there’s no single consistent element among them. They’re just … gone.
If I figure out why, I’ll post the answer. I’m shocked that this happened to an Apple product. I’m shocked at the lack of an explanation, and the multiple error messages and the lack of a support document. If it seems that my expectations are set too high, its only because Apple has done a great job of raising those expectations over time.
Meanwhile … I got home last night to find a message from DirecTV. I thought “finally – they’re going to admit to upgrading my DVR!” Not quite.
They told me that some exciting new features will be available to… (wait for it)… my DirecTV-TiVo receiver. Not the new DirecTV branded HD one they’ve “strongly suggested” I get … and have been updating without explanation … and told me they’d focus on supporting and adding new features to instead of the other DVRs they’ve had in the past. No, the OLD one I held on to (thankfully) that they told me they had pretty much stopped supporting.
The new features sound great! The ability to manage recordings on the web and better functionality in the menus … all sound awesome. But … where are those features from the device I bought, per their suggestion, that was supposed to have all of that first?!
If it seems that my expectations of DirecTV are still too high – well, that one’s my fault. They’ve been doing a great job lowering them over time. I just refused to realize that was what was happening.
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