Well, they're the BBC. They probably want a system that's going to be solid and they can sit on for years after the next best web video standard is out.
Considering all you need to do is enable the Develop menu and switch your UID, it's not a terribly big issue for end users either.
I still haven't tried either. I'm afraid to. Maybe next time I am near an Apple Store or other retailer that sells Macs. But I have plenty of time. I plan to get as much life out of this 2013 model as possible.
Is there any free software that will let you clone your HDD on OS X?
Disk Utility
Is there any free software that will let you clone your HDD on OS X?
Haven't tried Disk Utility for it in 10.11, but in 10.10 and earlier it is very opaque: when things work it is fine, but if they don't it isn't helpful.
SuperDuper! And Carbon Copy Cloner do (or did) work as simple disk cloners in free mode. If you are regularly cloning the same disks to the same targets they are absolutely worth buying.
If you are comfortable with the command line and only need a file-based clone, then look up rsync or ditto howtos. dd is a block level clone but is as opaque as Disk Utility (which I am sure used it). All three are built-in.
I just need to do it once, never done it before... I want to put a 2TB drive into my PS4 and try to clone the existing 500mb onto the 2TB rather than reinstall everything...
You can try Disk Utility, but you may end up with a 500GB partition on your 2TB drive which would then need to be enlarged.
No harm in trying it (so long as you don't get source and destination backwards!).
I'll try not to do thatlol
I once rescued a co-workers dying hard drive over another co-worker's system disk instead of the also-connected blank drive.
Oops.
Aww sorry man. That's butts.Wait.... In El Capitan disk utility will not clone a HDD unless you boot into safe mode.... Or something like that... Forget it I just redownloaded everything.
Aww sorry man. That's butts.
Does anyone actually use Continuity?
Aww sorry man. That's butts.
Does anyone actually use Continuity?
I have that but I never use it because you need to be sure both devices are powered on and seeing each other. If your not worried about data caps and you don't care about speed of transfer, like me, then just uploading to cloud storage and downloading to other computer, or device later is much easier.My hardware might actually meet the specs in four or five years, maybe. As is only my MBP supports it and I'm usually not using it that often.
The lack of Airdrop between my iOS devices and my desktop is the pain I more acutely feel.
I have that but I never use it because you need to be sure both devices are powered on and seeing each other. If your not worried about data caps and you don't care about speed of transfer, like me, then just uploading to cloud storage and downloading to other computer, or device later is much easier.
It's good for moving tabs between devices.Does anyone actually use Continuity?
Mostly the use case I'd want it is things like when I have to take shots of my phone (doing a promo for an app, etc.) and then quickly dump it on my desktop. Dropbox is slower, Gmail compresses the image to hell and back.
I do stuff like that with photo stream, but I usually don't need it like five seconds later.
I'm staying far away from iCloud photo and music libraries. I still sync my media with a cable like a dinosaur.
Does anyone actually use Continuity?
How long did you let it run? Some parts of the drive seem to take longer to copy; I think if it has lots of tiny files.So... I'm trying to back up (it is a first backup of) an 1.8 GHz i7 2011 MBA 13" running latest El Capitan... every single time about half way through the backup Time Machine slows to a crawl and it seems like it would take years to finish the backup... did everything I could think of and did everything I could read about on the internet to fix it. Tried a few different drives and the same thing keeps happening. Tested all drives with disk utility and they all seem to be in good shape.
Is this a known bug?
How long did you let it run? Some parts of the drive seem to take longer to copy; I think if it has lots of tiny files.
Anyway, I usually just let the initial backup run overnight. Are you canceling the backup? Have you tried letting it run?
Make sure it's outputting at the native resolution and play around with the color calibration for it. When you open Preferences to the Displays part, does it recognize the TV as a specific brand or just some generic display?I have a small TV hooked up via HDMI to my iMac and it looks like hot garbage--text is blurry, color is way off... Anyone know why?
Make sure it's outputting at the native resolution and play around with the color calibration for it. When you open Preferences to the Displays part, does it recognize the TV as a specific brand or just some generic display?
What do people recommend for iPad now? I normally refresh my iPad every two years but got thrown off because they didn't upgrade the normal line this year. I have an original iPad Air... Do I wait another year for the Air 3 or are the Air 2 or the Mini the best to go for now?
What do people recommend for iPad now? I normally refresh my iPad every two years but got thrown off because they didn't upgrade the normal line this year. I have an original iPad Air... Do I wait another year for the Air 3 or are the Air 2 or the Mini the best to go for now?
First are you sure it's outputting at the native resolution?Says "SAMSUNG".
I read that it might be a different color output but I'm trying to figure out how to force it to RGB and I'm getting confused.
This happened to another monitor at work but when we plugged in through DVI it was perfect. Unfornately this monitor only has HDMI outputs.
Two things, first is to just mess with calibration/settings on both the TV and iMac.Says "SAMSUNG".
I read that it might be a different color output but I'm trying to figure out how to force it to RGB and I'm getting confused.
This happened to another monitor at work but when we plugged in through DVI it was perfect. Unfornately this monitor only has HDMI outputs.
IMO the Mini 4 is the best iPad.
The speaker vibrations on the Air 2 are really unpleasant.
Air 2 has one more CPU core and more GPU grunt, but otherwise yeah they're pretty much identical. Well along with the smaller screen/body comes the lighter weight too.I'm kind of leaning towards that as I would share it with my girlfriend. Is there really much difference between the Mini 4 and the Air 2 besides screen size?
Decent enough, I'm using one right now, although if that's the 16GB one you might have to think about storage usage (fine for streaming, could get tight with big apps/games). Biggest thing for getting the mini 4 is 2GB RAM cause that allows side by side apps (vs just slide over and picture in picture), and should help with browsing and general multitasking. It's also thinner and (presumably) lighter, and has a better screen, and TouchID is nice.So I'm eyeing the iPad Mini 2 from Walmart for $199. Is it still a capable device with iOS 9 or should I shoot for something newer going the refurbished route?
Yeah the 16 GB of storage is really the thing holding me back from buying it. 32 or 64 GB should be the standard by now.Decent enough, I'm using one right now, although if that's the 16GB one you might have to think about storage usage (fine for streaming, could get tight with big apps/games). Biggest thing for getting the mini 4 is 2GB RAM cause that allows side by side apps (vs just slide over and picture in picture), and should help with browsing and general multitasking. It's also thinner and (presumably) lighter, and has a better screen, and TouchID is nice.
Have a few older Macs, and earlier this year was trying to get the data off the hard drive so I could wipe them clean and clear out some space in my apartment.
Turns out the disc drive on the one MacBook that is barely old enough to install Snow Leopard is broken, the power cable on the iMac is unstable such that it randomly turns off and so I haven't been able to back it up, and the iBook G4 doesn't want anything to do with Snow Leopard.
If I just rip out the hard drives and try to sell as-is, would I lose much value on the resale market? Not sure how much I'd be looking at getting either way, but assume that most people are picking these up for parts so I'm thinking I might still get some interest.
Assume the genius bar wouldn't be able to help with machines this old?