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i had the dreaded ipad error 14 today when installing the new update to the ipad. half way through it jumps to the end of the progress bar and gives the error (14) message no matter how many times you try it.

after much swearing and hunting about, i couldnt find anyone with any decent answers on the internet other than “try a different mac” or “a different usb port” or “take it to the apple store” and i tried everything on the apple support site as well. none of it worked…

then i found a you tube video showing how to fix the problem on a pc, which was a problem as i dont have a pc, nor was the problem due to a pc. anyway, i tried hunting about for a few files that might work on the mac, and low and behold, it worked first time after 2 hours of getting incredibly pissed off trying all the other suggestions!!!!!

so here you go, how to fix “error (14)” on the mac.

go to your user log-in home folder in the finder, then library, then itunes, then select the folder for the software update for the “i” product you are having difficulties with. in my case it was the ipad. in that folder, delete the “.ipsw” file thats in there, and then empty your trash.

open itunes, plug in your “i” device, and it’ll download the latest version of the software, which was the same one that appeared to cause the issue in the first place…. once this is downloaded, itunes will then restore the device automatically, and to my surprise it works just fine, no “error (14)” messages!!

you can then restore to the last back up, which hopefully was just before  all this happened.

why the fuck cant apple just tell you this on the support site???

damn you mr jobs. you do make some “magical” gear but why, oh WHY cant you just give us a simple fix like this instead all of the other nonsense thats on the support site?

and while i’m at it, WHERE THE HELL IS IOS4 FOR THE IPAD?!?!?!!!?!!!!

(whilst this worked for me, i give no guarentees it will work for you. if it doesnt, er…. try what it says on the support site, try another mac or take it to an apple store…)

One happy customer has sent a link for a track he produced using his ripple synth. Nils McKim, Scotland, produces some pretty dirty techno noise!

I hope he doesn’t mind me linking to his work, but I’m sure he’s available for weddings, christenings and the odd club night. It’s called Bang That Bitch. Any complaints regarding the name should not be directed at me…

Nice!

We have a new site theme and layout, nothing too exciting but I hope it meets every ones approval!

Let me know if you find any broken links or anything. There are still a few issues with comments on the pages, and I’m hoping to have these back up shortly….

Cheers,

Bod.

It’s been a while since the site was updated. Been working on a few projects and keeping my head down due to interviews, lack of funds for projects and sheer boredom. Sorry.

My new PSoC dev kit just arrived. This should be fun!

Well things are hotting up round here with the impending start of the GI festival. With each passing day I get roped into assisting with more and more shows!
There’s some wonderful stuff coming up, including A Typical Root, Vestiges Park and the Beer and Pub Project. See the previews at Glasgow Internationa

Now optimised for all good smart phones!!!!

Well, mostly all of it, still having problems with audio… Let me know if you find any other faults.

for the time being all comment postings are closed, please email me for any info or discussions. sorry for the inconvenience.

bod

my dr-110 arrived last week and i promptly set about dismantling it to modify. the dr-110 was one of the last analogue drum machines produced by boss and was severely lacking in control over the drums. as standard it came with accent, tempo, volume and balance control.

there are two great sources of mods for these machines, dave magnuson of resonant frequencies, for which the website has been down for some time, but there’s copies of the pages available to download from the electro-music forum, and a guy called rob from this page.

i’ve added mods mainly from daves, and a couple from robs huge list, and the results are phenomenal! i know have 13 additional pots, and the whole lot is being rehoused in a mini flight case thing i found in maplin for a tenner in the sale.

i’m writing a page on the mods i did so check back for the results.

my trusty HR-16 (or one of them at least) has bit the dust. think i have a fault in the master reset circuit, according to the service manual.

it was the one with the led’s as well. what a waste.