nearly everytime I reload the program it completely resets the preferences. Its wierd.
I can t runs scripts
I can't save preferences.
this is not easy to use out of the box
-Dave
how do you get it to save preferences on a mac
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how do you get it to save preferences on a mac
Dave Ramsey
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Saving Settings on MacOSX
With WhiteCap running in iTunes, click your mouse cursor anywhere on the screen to show the menu (right side of screen). Make your changes and then click the "set" button (Presets on top of each menu). The "set" button turns red, then click one of the numbers (usually 1 first) "Set" button turns off indicating that you set button number one to everything you changed but also to what was left unchanged. This will save setting 1 and should be the one WhiteCap goes to first when you relaunch.
Test it by clicking the preset button (number 1) a few times to see if WhiteCap restarts (fades to your settings).
Unfortunately, WhiteCap remembers where it was when you go back to your music lists and sometimes when you change the visualizer type too. You may have to quit iTunes to test if it remembers. If it doesn't try selecting that preset button to see if your changes were remembered. Otherwise see below...
If your WhiteCap settings (i.e. selected/deselected WaveShapes, ColorSchemes and Backgrounds) are not being saved within the Mac OS X version of iTunes, then please try the following:
Close iTunes and wait a few seconds.
Open the "Disk Utility" (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility).
Select "Macintosh HD" in the box to the left.
Click "Repair Disk Permissions" toward the bottom of the window.
Once this process has completed, please restart your computer.
Repairing permissions is a good Mac maintenance feature and may actually help resolve other issues with programs/applications elsewhere on your wonderful machine. I use it occasionally and it seems to speed up the computer's ability to find utilities/sub-programs.
Have fun!
Test it by clicking the preset button (number 1) a few times to see if WhiteCap restarts (fades to your settings).
Unfortunately, WhiteCap remembers where it was when you go back to your music lists and sometimes when you change the visualizer type too. You may have to quit iTunes to test if it remembers. If it doesn't try selecting that preset button to see if your changes were remembered. Otherwise see below...
If your WhiteCap settings (i.e. selected/deselected WaveShapes, ColorSchemes and Backgrounds) are not being saved within the Mac OS X version of iTunes, then please try the following:
Close iTunes and wait a few seconds.
Open the "Disk Utility" (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility).
Select "Macintosh HD" in the box to the left.
Click "Repair Disk Permissions" toward the bottom of the window.
Once this process has completed, please restart your computer.
Repairing permissions is a good Mac maintenance feature and may actually help resolve other issues with programs/applications elsewhere on your wonderful machine. I use it occasionally and it seems to speed up the computer's ability to find utilities/sub-programs.
Have fun!
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More on Presets
Because WhiteCap cycles constantly, whatever you have showing on the screen when you select the "set" (choose preset number) is what will be saved. This will drive you crazy unless you first turn off the slideshow feature.
So - before making your changes - first go to each of the three layers (Wave Shapes, Color Schemes, Backgrounds) Find the "New Waveshape Every..." feature and set it to "Slideshow Off" (Default was Every 15 Seconds). Remember to do that for each of the three layers: "New Waveshape Every..." AND "New Color Scheme Every..." AND "New Background Every..."
Now make your changes and use the Presets button to Lock that in. (See above post.)
You're not done yet...
You probably wanted the cycle/slideshow features to work - at least to cycle/blend through the Color Schemes regularly - and probably cycle through Wave Shapes and Backgrounds too. When you go into each menu it will seem that it has defaulted now to 5 seconds rather than 15 but it hasn't; not until you select one with the mouse cursor or highlight it with the arrow buttons and type <enter>.
You won't need to reset the preset button again for this feature to "stay". Once you decide on the timing (Every 5, 15, 30 seconds etc.) of the "New Waveshape/Color Scheme/Background it will stay fixed unless you reset the defaults (Settings "Reset All Settings")
WhiteCap may have to alter this for updates so it doesn't drive people crazy who want to save changes
So - before making your changes - first go to each of the three layers (Wave Shapes, Color Schemes, Backgrounds) Find the "New Waveshape Every..." feature and set it to "Slideshow Off" (Default was Every 15 Seconds). Remember to do that for each of the three layers: "New Waveshape Every..." AND "New Color Scheme Every..." AND "New Background Every..."
Now make your changes and use the Presets button to Lock that in. (See above post.)
You're not done yet...
You probably wanted the cycle/slideshow features to work - at least to cycle/blend through the Color Schemes regularly - and probably cycle through Wave Shapes and Backgrounds too. When you go into each menu it will seem that it has defaulted now to 5 seconds rather than 15 but it hasn't; not until you select one with the mouse cursor or highlight it with the arrow buttons and type <enter>.
You won't need to reset the preset button again for this feature to "stay". Once you decide on the timing (Every 5, 15, 30 seconds etc.) of the "New Waveshape/Color Scheme/Background it will stay fixed unless you reset the defaults (Settings "Reset All Settings")
WhiteCap may have to alter this for updates so it doesn't drive people crazy who want to save changes
I had a problem with this myself, I thought whitecap was not saving my presets but it was.
I thought I could save a few different configs at a time and whitecap would then play only those configs but when you save a setting white cap is only saving whats showing on your screen at that time .
so if wav shape A, background C and colormap F are showing setting a preset will only save those three current figs as a setting.
this is what whitcap will save a a setting
one wav shape
one color map
and one background
thats all, it will not effect the other settings like frame rate/height, sound responce or menu size or any of the other settings seen in WC, which is how I would have liked it..
. if you want to customize WC do it manually with the check boxxes for each set of configs. This way WC will only play the figs with a check in their box
I thought I could save a few different configs at a time and whitecap would then play only those configs but when you save a setting white cap is only saving whats showing on your screen at that time .
so if wav shape A, background C and colormap F are showing setting a preset will only save those three current figs as a setting.
this is what whitcap will save a a setting
one wav shape
one color map
and one background
thats all, it will not effect the other settings like frame rate/height, sound responce or menu size or any of the other settings seen in WC, which is how I would have liked it..
. if you want to customize WC do it manually with the check boxxes for each set of configs. This way WC will only play the figs with a check in their box