From: "doodlebun" <gbleser@bellsouth.net>

Date: July 21, 2008 11:36:48 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Astro IIDC preferences issue

  The time has come to air one of my pet peeves about a minor software 

issue. I have a license for my MacBook and my G5. My DMK camera is 

always kept on the telescope in the Florida Room with a firewire 

attached to make for quick connection with the MacBook outside. When 

the photography is finished the MacBook is brought inside and connected 

to the G5 desktop. Typically 5 - 10 GB of movies are transferred to the 

local drive on the G5. All the stacking and processing is done on the 

much faster G5. The software needs to be told where to put the stacked 

files. You must open the preferences to set the directory for those 

files. But the preferences is grayed out unless you attach the camera. 

So to change directories, I have to remove the camera and drag it into 

the house with the barlow on it so the CCD stays clean. Surely there 

can be a simple solution to this problem, perhaps one I've overlooked.