[QLab] recommended system configuration for video / best practices?

[Christopher Ashworth]

On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Paul Gotch wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:29:31PM -0500, Christopher Ashworth wrote:
>> Small tip:  At present an easy way to check if a menu bar is "legit"
>> is to try to Command-drag it.  If it drags, it's from Apple.  If not,
>> proceed at your own risk.
>
> That isn't 100% true as things like SoundFlowerBed, Skype, Temperature
> monitor, Butler etc. are OK as they use the StatusBar API.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/StatusBar/StatusBar.html
>
> This is also legit. These things won't command drag. Things which  
> use the
> Unsanity Menu Extra Enabler such as Rogue Amoeba SoundSource will  
> still
> command drag in my experience.

Color me corrected--thanks Paul!  Should have double-checked that.

> The whole premise of the Unsanity stuff appears to be "we could  
> binary patch
> random applications and do nasty unsafe and insecure things under  
> Classic
> MacOS why can't we do it under OS X mwwwwhhhaaaaa".
>
> Unfortunately some mainstream developers and some popular open source
> software for the Mac have chosen to use unsanity stuff to the  
> detriment of
> the whole platform, for example most uninformed observers will have  
> blamed
> Apple for the particular class of Leopard upgrade problems that were  
> in fact
> caused by the Unsanity Application Enhancer.

<cough>Logitech<cough>

-C