Comments on: Cupertino Syndrome http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/ :: lost at the intersection of technology, design and user experience Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:49:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pete in Cincinnati http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-12811 Pete in Cincinnati Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=422#comment-12811 I have used earlier versions in the past and was able to crank fun and interesting videos. I haven't done used imovie in awhile and I didn't realize that they significantly changed it (no timeline). I updated ilife 09 and now I regret it and I can't get the old version back. For the first time in my life I am unbelievably disappointed in MAC. It's a little like finding out that there is no Santa. I have used earlier versions in the past and was able to crank fun and interesting videos. I haven’t done used imovie in awhile and I didn’t realize that they significantly changed it (no timeline). I updated ilife 09 and now I regret it and I can’t get the old version back. For the first time in my life I am unbelievably disappointed in MAC. It’s a little like finding out that there is no Santa.

]]> By: Dan http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-12008 Dan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:25:53 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=422#comment-12008 Thanks for the tips, Callie. I transferred over an previous version of iMovie (v. 5) from my old Mac laptop onto my new machine - I'll give that a shot. Thanks for the tips, Callie. I transferred over an previous version of iMovie (v. 5) from my old Mac laptop onto my new machine – I’ll give that a shot.

]]> By: Callie B. Carroll http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-11787 Callie B. Carroll Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:17:55 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=422#comment-11787 I found iMovie HD versions 5 and 6 very easy to use, and after purchasing a Canon miniDV camera a few years ago I thought I'd use iMovie again to do quick editing of clips. I'd gotten a new machine, and/or upgraded to a newer version of iLife, so was faced with iMovie '08. It made me want to scream... or was that just give up? '08 was much more difficult to use than the older application, and I normally have quite a lot of patience in exploring updates and changes. Additionally, it was unable to correctly pull in footage from that particular camera (was a known bug, might've been fixed in a later patch), so I managed to find my iLife '06 software and legally downgrade to HD 6. I made my quick edits and haven't thought about it since then. In Leopard, I used iShowUHD Pro and QuickTime Pro, the last time I needed to pull together some screen movies... avoiding the issue altogether, but only out of the luck that I haven't needed the advanced features that iMovie offers/offered. Now, I have Snow Leopard with iMovie '09, and the questionable, god-has-no-idea-what-QuickTime-Pro-abilities. I've only used '09 for a few minutes, as I didn't feel like I had time for crying, right then. My sympathies to you... (Caveat: I'm no expert, but I've used iMovie 3, 4, HD 5, HD 6, '08, and '09, with varying amounts of success and stress.) Are there rainbows, butterflies, bunnies hopping, birds chirping? Do you still own a Mac that came with iLife '06? Yank out those installer discs! Or, you may have purchased iLife as a boxed upgrade, later. If so, you might consider installing HD 6 over/under/aside '09. Check here for the version chart, and more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie#Version_history http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2096766&start=30&tstart=0 I found iMovie HD versions 5 and 6 very easy to use, and after purchasing a Canon miniDV camera a few years ago I thought I’d use iMovie again to do quick editing of clips. I’d gotten a new machine, and/or upgraded to a newer version of iLife, so was faced with iMovie ‘08. It made me want to scream… or was that just give up?

‘08 was much more difficult to use than the older application, and I normally have quite a lot of patience in exploring updates and changes. Additionally, it was unable to correctly pull in footage from that particular camera (was a known bug, might’ve been fixed in a later patch), so I managed to find my iLife ‘06 software and legally downgrade to HD 6. I made my quick edits and haven’t thought about it since then. In Leopard, I used iShowUHD Pro and QuickTime Pro, the last time I needed to pull together some screen movies… avoiding the issue altogether, but only out of the luck that I haven’t needed the advanced features that iMovie offers/offered. Now, I have Snow Leopard with iMovie ‘09, and the questionable, god-has-no-idea-what-QuickTime-Pro-abilities. I’ve only used ‘09 for a few minutes, as I didn’t feel like I had time for crying, right then. My sympathies to you…

(Caveat: I’m no expert, but I’ve used iMovie 3, 4, HD 5, HD 6, ‘08, and ‘09, with varying amounts of success and stress.)

Are there rainbows, butterflies, bunnies hopping, birds chirping?
Do you still own a Mac that came with iLife ‘06? Yank out those installer discs! Or, you may have purchased iLife as a boxed upgrade, later. If so, you might consider installing HD 6 over/under/aside ‘09. Check here for the version chart, and more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie#Version_history
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2096766&start=30&tstart=0

]]> By: Dan http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-11729 Dan Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:39:53 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=422#comment-11729 Good call. I didn't think of it as a marketing / positioning thing so much as an design-driven decision, but yeah. I could see that. I've seen it happen before in other industries - mobile phones - where all the technology is there in a device, they just cripple it so they can upsell you on the 'premium' option. Good call. I didn’t think of it as a marketing / positioning thing so much as an design-driven decision, but yeah. I could see that. I’ve seen it happen before in other industries – mobile phones – where all the technology is there in a device, they just cripple it so they can upsell you on the ‘premium’ option.

]]> By: Sam http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/2009/11/28/cupertino-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-11725 Sam Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://dangreenblatt.com/blog/?p=422#comment-11725 Of course iMovie sucks. They don't want it to intrude on final cut. Windows Movie Maker is even worse. Of course iMovie sucks. They don’t want it to intrude on final cut. Windows Movie Maker is even worse.

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