Is this a Mac Pro or Hackintosh? I dunno about Boot Camp on Mac Pros, but if you're booting using Chameleon or something on a Hackintosh, unplug all but the HDD you're installed the OS to. Apparently Windows 7 and Leopard put a bit of data on all the HDDs when installing which freaks out the other OS.ChiboSempai said:
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Kimosabae said:
iDisk is part of the Mobile me service that costs around 100 bucks a year. it's 20 GB of online storage. You can have your mac sync with this online drive so multiple macs can always have access to the same documents.
However, for free, you can use something like Dropbox that gives you 2 GB of online storage and does the same job.
Time machine is an integrated backup system. do you have a backup? If not, make one stat. hard drives fail.
Time machine can be used to revert to older versions of a file that you changed days or months ago and it can also be used to restore a system onto a brand new hard drive should the one you have fail.
I strongly recommend using Time Machine for "set it and forget it" backups if you don't already have a backup solution.
iDisk is decent but not worth the annual fee for Mobile Me unless you need the service's other features.
123rl said:
the screen is much better (better viewing angles, better color reproduction), the keyboard is backlit. the thing is strong like a bull and won't fall apart (the white plastic macbook has "meh" build quality). the battery life is insane. plus an SD card slot (eh)
the extra 200 dollars is well spent for the improvements in the new macbook. it's pretty much the best notebook apple has put out. ('sup 12" powerbook users).
the physical differences are more than enough to justify the price difference. it's obvious once you use one.
It sounds like it is then. Thanks for that. $200 would be worth it just for the better screen and the battery life. I'm thinking of getting one the next time I go to America. US price is $999 vs £750 (exchange rate atm would mean I'd pay about £600) means I could save a fair bit of money that way and put that money into a RAM upgrade
I've used the white Macbook before and I did like it. My friend has had one for a while. I see what you mean about the build quality though
I've used the white Macbook before and I did like it. My friend has had one for a while. I see what you mean about the build quality though
Since i've been away from my Mac on this crappy Toshiba/Vista laptop I tried to make it feel more like home, did I do ok?
It has stacks and everything, this computer is temporary and it's shared so the icons might not all be mine but I still tried to make it fit right. I haven't been on my mac in so long that I forget how it specifically looks sometimes.
It has stacks and everything, this computer is temporary and it's shared so the icons might not all be mine but I still tried to make it fit right. I haven't been on my mac in so long that I forget how it specifically looks sometimes.
New disc won't work on an old mac. The install disc that comes with new macs are tied to the specific mac model they came with.Patrick Roy said:
It's more like the OS X version of Windows Backup and Restore Center.Kimosabae said:
Another question:
The 3.0 iPhone update was supposed to allow syncing both ways between notes through Mail and on the iPhone/Touch... has anyone managed to actually get this to work? I check Notes in iTunes and I still don't see the notes from my iTouch in Mail or vice versa.
-Kimo
The 3.0 iPhone update was supposed to allow syncing both ways between notes through Mail and on the iPhone/Touch... has anyone managed to actually get this to work? I check Notes in iTunes and I still don't see the notes from my iTouch in Mail or vice versa.
-Kimo
Kimosabae said:
Time Machine is an external back up system that happens to have versioning in it. It's nearly like just a clone of your drive, but recopies every new version of a file (keep old ones for a set time schedule). You CAN use it to restore a system exactly. You just can't boot from it (that is, just plug in a time machine and boot your mac - if you're doing a system wide restore, you have to reinstall the OS, and restore from the time machine drive).
A hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive. Get anything you want. It just needs to be formatted for Mac OS X (journaled), and possibly partitioned as GUID. These both can be done using Disk utility in Mac OS X.
Patrick Roy: No prob.
The hell? I can't get it to work at all. I know where the Notes are located in Mail and I see them listed, but the Syncs do nothing. I've been trying for at least 30 minutes. Notes is checked in iTunes (interestingly, it unchecks itself after each Sync attempt). I even checked the Notes option at the bottom of the iTunes Info section that says:
"During the next Sync only, iTunes will replace..." etc.
Argh.
-Kye
"During the next Sync only, iTunes will replace..." etc.
Argh.
-Kye
I remember similar issues, and one time it just worked and worked fine every time after that.Kimosabae said:
Try googling some answers, as I'm sure this is a common issue.
edit: Try closing mail and syncing.
Double edit: Also try syncing with mail open and the notes tab open.
Kimosabae said:
Yup, same ol' issues with same ol' solutions.
If anything ever goes wrong in computing, I follow a hierarchy of trouble shooting, if one doesn't work I move on to the next:
1) Close apps and relaunch.
2) Log out and relaunch.
3) restart and relaunch.
4) Turn off and cold restart and relaunch.
Most idiosyncratic issues are resolved by this stage.
5) Google, and search interwebs for similar issues (often leads to deeper research and learning a lot about how something works).
6) Ask on a forum.
Pristine_Condition
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LCfiner said:
I disagree. I like iDisc a lot. To me and my friends, iDisc and their related public folders are worth the price of MobileMe alone, easily. It's even more of a killer app than wireless sync. I have Instant access to 14 friends' public folders here on this laptop, and now, through the iDisc app on the iPhone.
I haven't used Dropbox. Does Dropbox reside in Finder just like another hard drive like iDisc and public folders do, or do you have to go through a browser to use it?
Pristine_Condition said:
fair enough. there is use for iDisk for some people but unless you need the 20 GB of storage (or other mobile me features) I think dropbox is better for simple, low bandwidth document syncing between machines.
yeah, you have a folder on your HD that's the dropbox folder. so it shows up within Finder (or windows explorer on a PC), not a browser (but that's an option too)
dropbox also has nice version control features. i don't think idisk has those. every delta of a file you upload gets saved and you can revert back to earlier versions.
TheyCallMeMoney
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Has anyone found a good "how to" site to install PHP on the mac internal web server. I looked around and most of them are written like shit. Do I really need to go in and change the php.ini file in a text editor and all that stuff to get it to work?
duracell017
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LCfiner said:
hmm so i gotta make sure my apps have a 64 bit version.
Blindfutur3
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Anyone know how to jump to the top and/or bottom of a page? There's got to be a keyboard shortct for it
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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What? Even 64-bit Windows doesn't make you do that.duracell017 said:
Oh come on, if you're trying to explain Time Machine to a Windows user the closest thing to it is the Backup and Restore Center. They both automatically allow you to backup your files and make it easy to restore them. Sure the execution is completely different and Time Machine has a more user friendly GUI, but the end result is exactly the same.Jasoco said:
Blindfutur3
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LCfiner said:
Thanks LCfiner! Owned a Mac for over two years now and never worked that one out :lol
I only recently found that out myself. I know there's a whole bunch of shortcut keys tout there that I'd find useful, but I just don't know them. I only found this one out after I found I used it a lot after using the NeoGAF webapp for iPhone.Blindfutur3 said:
Can someone explain the distinctions between Time Machine as a backup system vs. Windows Backup and Restore Center?
Time Machine is more of a versioning backup, where it stores incremental backups each hour. (or whatever you want with TimeMachineEditor)mrkgoo said:
Backup and Restore is more of a traditional software where you schedule automatic backups daily/weekly/etc.
User interface wise, the advantage is obvious with Quick Look and in-Application support.
I just looked up and it seems like Microsoft has indeed allowed specific folder/file backups in 7. That's a relief.
giga said:
I was looking at the Microsoft stuff, and they have what's called a Shadow Copy.
I mean, I'm guessing there's a major difference somewhere for people to always chime in and say that it's 'nothing like Time Machine'. Or is it just in implementation?
While I'm on the subject, people should try out Time Tracker - a neat app by teh Pacifist Guy (still a work in progress, however). When you open it, it scans your Time Machine Drive and details out how large each backup is, and exactly which files were replaced.
Never said it was bettergiga said:
You can exclude folders in TM while B&R will only allow you to exclude certain file types, hourly backups on TM for the past 24 hours while B&R has shadowed copies, TM has a schedule for automatic backups it sticks to while B&R allows you to choose when you want your automatic backups performed (daily, weekly, or monthly), TM allows you to preview files before restoring them, B&R allows you to create an image of a drive and restore it via B&R or a Vista disc (Disk Utility on a Mac does a better job at this than B&R), B&R allows you to restore files via Right Click -> Previous Versions while TM has its own interface you have to use, and TM has the way superior GUI compared to the B&R restore option.mrkgoo said:
Killthee said:Never said it was better
You can exclude folders in TM while B&R will only allow you to exclude certain file types, hourly backups on TM for the past 24 hours while B&R has shadowed copies, TM has a schedule for automatic backups it sticks to while B&R allows you to choose when you want your automatic backups performed, TM allows you to preview files before restoring them, B&R allows you to create an image of a drive and restore it via B&R or a Vista disc (Disk Utility does the same thing better on a Mac), B&R allows you to restore files via Right Click -> Previous Versions while TM has its own interface you have to use, and TM has the way superior GUI compared to the B&R restore option.
I realise there will always be option and GUI differences, but what is the technically fundamental different way in which they back up? For example, Time Machine replaces whole files if they are changed, but hard links them so when you view any previous backup folder it just looks like you are looking at the root drive.
How does Windows do it?
duracell017
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LCfiner said:
oh wow that is awesome. thanks for the heads up.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Shadow Copy only backs up to the same drive and it does it at a long interval which makes it nearly pointless as both a backup system as well as a version control system.Firestorm said:
Not to mention that it's only available for Business/Pro or higher as well.
donkey show
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I've definitely enjoyed iDisc for those same reasons. Include MobileMe integration with the iLife programs and other native OSX stuff and I definitely enjoy the value of it. Again, it's not for everyone, but the sharing aspect of MobileMe is great.Pristine_Condition said:
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Ok, so the shadow copy is the version control system, but it works only on the same drive, while the restore side of things is kind of separate?
Interesting.
I did up some more reading about this stuff:
roughlydrafted said:
In practice, as a laptop user, I only backup approximately once a day anyway, so my version control is limited to daily snaps anyway (which get removed as well, after a week).
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Dropbox is ridiculously better than MobileMe iDisk. You have a Public folder, you have a Sharing feature where you can share specific folders with other Dropbox users (think about people at work sharing a project folder), and it all works through Finder and Windows Explorer in the background without you having to think about it. It also has a web version and an iPhone web app.Pristine_Condition said:
I don't think MobileMe iDisk has a single feature that Dropbox doesn't do better. Even just creating public web links is as easy as right-clicking the file in Finder/Explorer. 2GB for free or $100/year for 50 GB is better as well.
It's been a while since I last used B&R but iirc, B&R would first make a master full backup and a database that cataloged all the files. Any future backups would just add the files that had been changed to the master backup folder along with their info to the database file. All the backup files were thrown into folders under the master folder, given new names, and were split up if they were too big iirc. Thanks to that method of backing up you couldn't restore anything without using the B&R Center or Previous Versions and everything was dependent on the database file.mrkgoo said:
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
I'm guessing the draw of mobile me is more the other features. Just like anything else in the Mac lifestyle, the integration with your software, hardware, and mobile devices is probably what makes it shine. I don't have mobileme, so I can't really comment, however.