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This happens because Lion makes Time Machine local snapshots on hourly basis. When this process runs the movie file cannot be written as the file is in use.

To address this you need to switch off the Time Machine Local Snapshot process.

Firstly verify that the local snapshot service is on:

• Open System Preferences
• Select Time Machine
• See what Time Machine keeps

  

Once you have confirmed the local snapshots are on, you can switch it off in Terminal by typing the following command:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

Hit Return, provide admin password and you’re set. The Time Machine options will now show

and you will be able to export your movie.

To re-enable the Time Machine Local Snapshot service use the following Terminal command:

sudo tmutil enablelocal

Unless you have a paid account, which gives you the desktop sync tool, you can use box.com as a network drive, so at least drag and drop works OK.

To map box.com as a network drive on your Mac please follow these steps:

• Open Finder
• Click on Go > Connect to Server (or Command-K)
• Enter the following address:
  https://www.box.net/dav/

  

• Click on Connect
• Provide your box.com log-in details
• Enjoy!

  

I use GAFYD but it takes about 6-8 seconds to load the page once I click the link in my Favourites. Comparing this to Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, it’s easily 3-4 times longer.

I followed a number of suggestions such as clearing the browser cache, removing Google Labs applications, disabling browser extensions and what not, but no luck.  However, I have found that disabling browser check speeds things enormously. All you need to do is use the link below, it works fine with both Gmail and GAFYD.

https://mail.google.com/mail/?nocheckbrowser&shva=1#inbox

Now Gmail loads in about 2 seconds, pretty much same as Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.

Use the link above and let us know how did you go.

This was reported to both Apple and Adobe, and Adobe was quick enough to respond that this was nothing to do with their software, and rightfully so, but rather with MBP graphics card drivers. Meanwhile, and much to the userbase frustration, Apple took their time to look into this issue.

Finally, the OS X 10.7.3 release has addressed this and the adjustment brush works normally once again.

I have observed similar behavious with several tools in Photoshop Elements 9, and this appears to be fixed as well.

Thumbs up for fixing this Apple, but thumbs down for taking so long.

• Open Finder and navigate to your Applications folder. Now select the application you wish to add and click and drag the icon to the Dock. You can place it anywhere, the other  icons will nicely move out of the way and make room for the new one.
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• Open Finder and navigate to your Applications folder. Double-click the application you wish to add to the dock. This will open the application and add it to the Dock temporarily, until it’s closed. Select the application icon in the Dock and move it to a different location, anywhere will do. Once you move it the application will stay in the Dock even after you close it.
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• Open Finder and navigate to your Applications folder. Double-click the application you wish to add to the dock. This will open the application and add it to the Dock temporarily, until it’s closed. Right-click on the application icon in the Dock and select Options > Keep in Dock.  If you are not running Lion (10.7) then right-click and select Keep in Dock.
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If you wish to remove the application from the dock simply click and drag its icon off the Dock and it will disappear in a puff of smoke. Note: This will only remove the application from the Dock, it will not remove it from your Applications folder.

This works only in OS X Lion (10.7)

You can get your own personal cloud file sync and online backup for all your devices including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, and more.

SugarSync offers 5 GB of free cloud storage with a a bonus 500 MB if you register via SilverMac, for total of 5.5 GB.

Cloud storage is ideal for backing up your documents, music and photos. You can even share your photos or entire photo galleries with friends and family and access your files from anywhere and anytime.

The free 5.5 GB are more than enough to store 5,000 – 10,000 photos and if you need more you can always upgrade to a 30GB plan that costs only $4.99 per month. In fact if you register via SilverMac, you’ll get a bonus 10GB, for a total of 40GB.

Fear not, the function is still there but for some reason Apple decided to switch it off by default.

To enable it, head to System Preferences, click on Universal Access, select Seeing and un-tick the “Zoom in window” option.

The screen zoom is back on again.

Having been there myself I had to choose a host that provides me with a great photo hosting/sharing options and amongst many others I have opted for SmugMug.

Have a look for yourself, you will get a 14 days free trial account and don’t forget to use the SmugMug discount coupon X6dRIaxh10P1k - that will save you $5.00 of the regular price for any type of the account.

By the way, my SmugMug gallery is here if you’d like to have a peek and let me know what you think.