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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Microsoft is nice enough to make a mac client: http://connect.microsoft.com/macrdc

I am too late. i was going to suggest that. i use it and it is great. must have for ppl who have a win machine that isnt close and you want to acess with a mac.

i just got my mac pro too and i am in the same situation... but i have another question on the sort of same topic ....does anybody know of a free program like windows live messenger that has webcam capabilities so i can talk to somebody on a windows machine. We both have microsoft accounts and i have a mac and she has a windows. mac messanger doesn't have video...

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Originally posted by archaudio I am too late. i was going to suggest that. i use it and it is great. must have for ppl who have a win machine that isnt close and you want to acess with a mac. i just got my mac pro too and i am in the same situation... but i have another question on the sort of same topic ....does anybody know of a free program like windows live messenger that has webcam capabilities so i can talk to somebody on a windows machine. We both have microsoft accounts and i have a mac and she has a windows. mac messanger doesn't have video...

i've been waiting for something like that for ages too... i use adium x (which in its own right is just awesome) but still no webcam support for msn.

if you can both use AIM, might I suggest you use iChat?

Or just use skype.

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Originally posted by keithos27 if you can both use AIM, might I suggest you use iChat?

+1 ichat works great (aim on PC) but I don't think any mac program interfaces with msn.

get adium if you want a messaging program. integrates pretty much all popular (domestic US and international programs)

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Yeah you just need to develop a work flow that works for you My work flow for new tracks: 1. Download new tracks to a "New Tracks" folder on my iMac desktop. 2. Open mixed in key, let it key the tracks. 3. Drag newly keyed tracks into iTunes into a "New Tracks" playlist. 4. Open Reason with a piano sound, fixing any tracks mixed in key keyed incorrectly by checking them by ear (MIK is wrong quite often, but does speed up the process) 5. Change the genre tag to one of my custom genres, so that the new tracks show up in the appropriate smart playlists. 6. Once I have that done, I use "Tuneranger" to synchronize the "New Tracks" playlist to my Macbook Pro over the network (which is where I DJ from) 7. Open Traktor and let it build the overlays for the new tracks. I also tend to make playlists in iTunes for when I know I'm going to be playing a set with specific "feels" or "moods". I also sync these up to my laptop. Keeps everything nice and well organized for me, with a copy on both my iMac and Macbook Pro. And when I plug in my iPod to my iMac, I get the new tracks as well as my playlists for listening in the car. Oh, and once every few weeks or so I use a great tool called "SuperDuper" to make a bootable full backup of both machines to external hard drives, which I then store in a safe.

Damn!!!! That's one hell of a sequence my friend..how much do you charge to do the same for me!! haha.

Funny thing is...the better organized you are, the better your sets will come out...I find anyways. I noticed when I wing a gig without at least doing some prep to my tracks etc...I get there, and often forget to play tracks taht I wanted to. I really should start thinking of applying a more formal sequence to my music folders and tracks. Another thing to add to the list.

I don't believe anyone answered my question regarding getting the 'album' culumn to show up. I don't mean in Serato...I mean right in OS X. Even the music folder within my profile doesn't have it. Do you guys have any ideas?

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I don't believe anyone answered my question regarding getting the 'album' culumn to show up. I don't mean in Serato...I mean right in OS X. Even the music folder within my profile doesn't have it. Do you guys have any ideas?

You can't view ID3 tags (album, genre, etc.) directly in Finder like you can in Windows Explorer. You can add it as a search filter, but not directly as a column.

It really doesn't take long. I can do 20 new tracks in like 15-20 minutes. And once it's done, it's done!

Oh another Mac thing that rocks... quick view. If you click a file (photo, mp3, pdf, video, etc.) in the finder, hit space. It's opens a nice little viewer/player thing to look at the files. I use that all the time now.

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Originally posted by OTtrancer Damn!!!! That's one hell of a sequence my friend..how much do you charge to do the same for me!! haha. Funny thing is...the better organized you are, the better your sets will come out...I find anyways. I noticed when I wing a gig without at least doing some prep to my tracks etc...I get there, and often forget to play tracks taht I wanted to. I really should start thinking of applying a more formal sequence to my music folders and tracks. Another thing to add to the list. I don't believe anyone answered my question regarding getting the 'album' culumn to show up. I don't mean in Serato...I mean right in OS X. Even the music folder within my profile doesn't have it. Do you guys have any ideas?

Ryan....the space key in Finder = SICK!!! Love it!