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Quick Fix: Make sure you're connected to the internet. Open the "System Preferences" application (accessible via the Apple menu). Click "Software Update" and then "Update Now." Select all items with "Java" in the title.
It is also possible that you need to upgrade your entire
system. Stay calm! If you're running OS X, this should be
free.* In order to get the latest Java, you must have OS 10.1.5.
Explanation: Java is not updated
automatically with OS X. Although the update is free and online,
you have to specifically request it.
*That is, it is free to upgrade from any version of OX 10 to OS 10.1.5, which is what this program requires. Subsequent updates beyond version 10.1.5 are not free.
Quick Fix: Extend the movie
a few milliseconds or shorten the soundtrack a few milliseconds.
Explanation: The soundtrack
is just a fraction of a second longer than the visuals of the
movie. Quicktime will continue to play the sound, and when it
sees that there are no frames to accompany it anymore, it fills
the screen with gray.
Quick Fix: Make sure the object
it selected, and click the rightmost button at the top of the
window.
Explanation: None. I don't
understand, but the new dialog box somehow forces a redraw that
gets the image to load.
Quick Fix: None. Instead,
open the Cartoon Editor and press Command-O (or select "Open
File" from the File Menu).
Explanation: Because Java
is platform independent, the Mac OS has trouble communicating
with it sometimes. The new version of Java supported by Apple
1.4.1 probably addresses the issue, but for the sake of not alienating
all my OS 10.1.5 users, I won't upgrade for a while.
Quick Fix: Convert the problematic
file to a gif file. Then make sure the filename ends with ".gif".
Explanation: Java can correctly
read jpg, gif and png images. Whenever a filename indicates that
the file is one of those three types, I use Java to load the file.
Otherwise, I default to QuickTime. Although Quicktime supports
over 50 graphic types, it doesn't correctly render transparencies
into Java Images.
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