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Best/Easiest Migration to New Mac 20 38 (6/14/2008 2:47:49 AM) comp.sys.mac.system We just got a new Mac. MBP with Leopard. My wife has a G3 PB with Leopard. And I have a G3 with Tiger. Taking new Mac on a trip and trying to figure out what is best and easiest (and fastest) way to migrate/... Norm

Leopard Retrospect backup ? 4 24 (12/30/2007 5:26:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife just upgraded her Mac to Leopard. Since I haven't and I do the backups, I have a couple of basic questions if someone has the time. My Mac OS X 10.4.10. What is the relative base size of Leopard vs. ... Norm

External HD Ignore Ownership Setting 0 54 (8/2/2007 5:27:04 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have an external hard which is partitioned. Computer is a PB G4 with 10.4.8. One partition on the external is a clone of the internal so on that I do not check the "Ignore ownership" setting box. The othe... Norm

Save Document location 4 36 (7/15/2007 9:16:10 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Something I've never figured out over the years is why I'm presented with the locations that I am on the Save dialog (mainly in MS Word) when I Save a new doc. Today I was saving a word document and the defa... Norm

Recent Apple Updates OK ? 5 32 (3/6/2007 11:25:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Been traveling and noticed I have 6 updates showing in Software Updates: Java 5.0 QT 7.1.5 iTunes 7.1 iChat 1.0 Security Update 2007-002 (didn't see a 001) Daylight Saving Time Update 1.0 I'm on a PB G4 Ti (... Norm

Beginner Intel Mac ? 6 23 (2/16/2007 10:17:12 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife and I both have PowerPC Macs (Powerbook G4s of different vintage) and both run OS X 10.4.8. I backup and clone both to external FW hard drives connected to one. If I have a problem/crash, I can boot ... Norm

Help Please w/ Crash 3 37 (2/5/2007 4:36:20 AM) comp.sys.mac.system This oldie who hasn't experience a hard drive crash before could use some help. Thanks much in advance. Only good news for me is that I do have a clone but it does not include today's work. And I did quite a... Norm

Appearance Pre changed ? 3 29 (12/4/2006 7:07:48 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Curious as to what would cause the Appearances Preferences (highlight color, and scroll arrows) to change in one application and the next time on launch they were back as I defined. Haven't changed those pref... Norm

Retrospect Restore ?s 0 28 (11/18/2006 12:16:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps This is a rather lengthy question.... if any Retrospect user has the time, I'd appreciate your advice. Thanks in advance. I'm trying to test how to run a run Restore if (or rather when ;) ) I have an emerge... Norm

No Force Quit ? 16 46 (11/4/2006 12:00:53 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Are there other ways to Force Quit? Recently I had a situation with the spinning beachball while in Safari. After trying all the key combinations for a Force Quit and the computer not responding at all, I po... Norm

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Recommend: external FW drives(/enclosures) 8 32 (3/15/2006 1:08:44 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm trying to find a good FW400 drive or drive enclosure that is reliable and fast and works well with OSX 10.4.5. I have never purchased an external drive before so I'm a bit ignorant of some of the criteria.... curtis.batt (1)

Crash Restore from clone ?s 2 44 (5/21/2006 7:24:57 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This is a hypothetical question, at least right now ;) , but since a hard drive will fail at some point I'd like to be prepared as best one can. Assume a major crash and the main hard drive is completely gon... NOSPAM129 (241)

Due to QuickTime 7.1? 7 17 (5/26/2006 10:30:45 PM) comp.sys.mac.system We have an older Mac (Powerbook G3 "Lombard") running 10.3.9 that we use as backup/travel. After applying some recent Apple updates, I noticed when I tested with the new Apple TV ads that the screen would re... NOSPAM129 (241)

Firewall beginner question 3 23 (6/14/2006 9:48:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.system This is a very basic/beginner security question. I don't really understand completely what a firewall does. However on our home office network we have a router (Netgear RT314) between the DSL modem and our c... NOSPAM129 (241)

Compare Mac Book to MBP 3 18 (9/14/2006 10:55:56 AM) comp.sys.mac.system A friend who is in the PC world would like to try a portable Mac but believes he needs the top of the line for his work/presentations. He asked if Apple will have a 12" version of the Mac Book Pro. Any rumor... NOSPAM129 (241)

Airport Base Station port ?s 6 17 (9/26/2006 1:30:57 AM) comp.sys.mac.comm Should I use the LAN or WAN port on the AEBS for my type of network? The network setup is: a Netgear gateway router (Netgear RT314) connected to: a DSL modem for internet, two Macs, a printer, and from time to... NOSPAM129 (241)

No Force Quit ? 16 46 (11/4/2006 12:00:53 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Are there other ways to Force Quit? Recently I had a situation with the spinning beachball while in Safari. After trying all the key combinations for a Force Quit and the computer not responding at all, I po... NOSPAM129 (241)

Appearance Pre changed ? 3 29 (12/4/2006 7:07:48 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Curious as to what would cause the Appearances Preferences (highlight color, and scroll arrows) to change in one application and the next time on launch they were back as I defined. Haven't changed those pref... NOSPAM129 (241)

Help Please w/ Crash 3 37 (2/5/2007 4:36:20 AM) comp.sys.mac.system This oldie who hasn't experience a hard drive crash before could use some help. Thanks much in advance. Only good news for me is that I do have a clone but it does not include today's work. And I did quite a... NOSPAM129 (241)

Leopard Retrospect backup ? 4 24 (12/30/2007 5:26:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife just upgraded her Mac to Leopard. Since I haven't and I do the backups, I have a couple of basic questions if someone has the time. My Mac OS X 10.4.10. What is the relative base size of Leopard vs. ... NOSPAM129 (241)