In Windows, if I wanted to add files to an existing zip file, I just dragged the files onto the zip and they would be added. How do I do this on the Mac? Dragging the files in Finder onto the existing zip file doesn't seem to do anything. And if I double click on the zip file, it just gets automatically expanded. So, I don't get any option to add files.
View 7 RepliesI've just received my new Mac and I'm wanting to transfer my documents etc. from my old Mac to my new one. I'd rather do it manually than use the migration assistant as I have more control that way.
I've got my two Macs set up side by side and have shared the home directory of my user on the other Mac. Thing is, I've run into a permissions problem. Obviously my old Mac only lets my old user access the files.
Is there any way to migrate the files between users on two Macs manually without resorting to something like "chmod -R 777 ~" to mass change permissions? Ideally, I'd like to just drag the files across and have them automatically change permissions when they're transferred to my new Mac.
I'm trying to understand how itunes imports files and where it puts them. Does itunes duplicate existing files when your first install it?
In other words if I have some songs and videos in my computer and I install itunes, I know it will search for files during the installation and add them to the itunes library so, here is where my question comes, does itunes copies the files it finds to the itunes library and leave the exiting files in its original location or it moves them to a new location?
I'm just trying to understand how itunes imports and stores files and where it puts them.
i recently deleted some stuff on my mac and i think i might have deleted something important so i used the mac os x to reinstall the mac os x. by doing that does it replace any missing files and removes all the history and everything and starts out fresh?
View 3 Replies View RelatedThe monitor on the far right is the one in question. I have a dual monitor set up with the other two. I don't know why that third one exists (I don't have a third monitor, TV, or anything else hooked up); it's annoying since windows seem to randomly appear over there and I have to "fish" them out. All I know is that that display is called "Television". Any ideas? I'm running Tiger, fully updated, on a PowerMac G5.
View 11 Replies View RelatedMaking the leap from Windows to Mac. Just purchased new Mac and mobile me. When I activated Mobile Me it asked me for my email address which is with another ISP. However, when my account was completed it gave me an @me.com address. Can I not use Mobile Me with my existing ISP?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a HD in my Mac Pro that is about 80% filled. I wanted to add another HD and configure the 2 as a RAID, Can I do this without reformatting the existing drive, or loosing my 80% capacity data?
The first HD is a 1TB and im looking to add an identical HD to make a 2TB drive.
I have a 250 GB external I've been using for Time Machine since late 2007. I happened to check it today and it was nearly full~so I'm in that process of deleting some of the older data (that process is taking forever).
I would like to partition this external and use some space for iPhoto since my main HD is getting full. Is this a fool's mission? I can understand if I started from scratch but with a nearly full one is it possible?
I do have backup off site (Carbonite)~~maybe it would be easier to erase the external and start fresh?
So I have moved all of my photos from my pc over to my mac harddrive. When I look for the pictures in Finder it uses Preview to open the pictures. To see them in iPhoto I guess I have to import all of the pictures? Is that correct? If I do this the pics will be on my machine twice?
Now let's say I have new pics on a camera that i'm trying to get on my machine. Is the only way to import into iPhoto or is there a way I can get the pics into my pre-existing folders?
I am facing the fact that if I want the most versatile for my music library it is MP3. Now I have more than 200gb of AAC formated music that I want to convert to MP3 and maintain the best quality sound I can.
Older version of iTunes (pre v8) I could go to Advanced > Importing > Convert Selection to ___
Now I cannot find the Convert Selection to ___ option anywhere. In fact when I look at the help file, it refers to the same location as I was used to going to... but the import tab is no longer a tab.. its a button on the General Tab.
I do like the concept of wireless routing/networking capabilities and integrated design of using Time Capsule w my new iMac 1tb HD (STILL not here yet), but am wondering if my 240gb WD HD is sufficient backup storage for the time being.
Maybe I can just spend the $300 for 500GB Time Capsule later on? Or should I just spend the $$$ and stop my sniveling? Once my iMac is delivered, should I take it to the Apple store and have them set it up, or is the setup easy enough for a Windows refugee to handle?
Please give me your feedback regarding this matter. Understand that I really have no wireless networking experience. Anyone whose read my previous threads will further understand that I'm currently a Mac Noob (virgin), and any elementary additional help is greatly appreciated.
Can I use my hard drive with Time Machine ? I got the drive in use already so my question is wether I can additionally use it as a backup disc without erasing its content? Do I just connect my drive and start Time Machine app and it will create Time Machine folder on its own ?
View 9 Replies View RelatedSo I've just got a new MBP to replace my three year old model. I have a full external HDD with Time Machine backups on it going back in time. WHat I'd like to do is to have the new machine use the same disk for Time Machine backups, and to just carry on appending data - so that I can enter Time Machine from the new MBP, and see all of my old backups. I haven't migrated a TM backup onto the new machine, as I wanted a 'clean' install. When I connect the existing TM drive to the new machine, it doesn't recognise that the machine is full of backups - is there a way around this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have an airport extreme base station (wireless n draft). problem is, my room is all the way in the back and i get poor reception.
Can i just buy another standard $40 wireless G router and "extend" my wireless network? if so, how easy would this be to accomplish?
would it be as simple as hooking up the $40 router with my airport extreme using via ethernet cable so that it extends it?
update: I am looking at this router...would this accomplish my purpose?
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I have an existing striped raid 0 setup with 2 x 500 GB hard drives.
I just bought 2 more x 500 GB hard drives since i noticed HDD is a bottleneck for my 8 core system.
my question is, can i add the 2 harddrives to my existing raid 0 partition ? (so i have one raid partition of 2 TB )
I have an account I use for iTunes. For reasons I cannot fathom, when I try to sign up for iCloud using that username/password, Lion comes back with "This Apple ID cannot be used to sign in to iCloud. Create a new Apple ID or sign in with a different one." I do NOT want yet another Apple ID and I certainly don't want to have one different from what I use in iTunes for purchases.
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Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Can I sync another phone to my already existing itunes account without losing any information on both the computer and Iphone?
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Mac OSX 10.7.3 iTunes 10
I cannot just drag and drop new tracks into an existing playlist. I do NOT want a whole new playlist, just want to add these tracks into a play list I already have. But itunes will not let me do this.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), also have an iBook and an iPod Touch
Me again this script works but if you then delete the last folder creation and run again it won't create the folder. I was try to make an,  if folder exists then ignore else make folder? Matt  set folderPath to "Hal 9000:Users:matthew:Desktop:DIVA_WK30_PSD"set {oldTID, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, ":"}set folderName to last text item of folderPathset my text item delimiters to "_WK"set FolderEndName to last text item of folderNameset brandName to first text item of folderNameset my text item delimiters to "_PSD"set weekNumber to first text item of FolderEndNameset my text item delimiters to oldTID set this_local_folder to "Hal 9000:Users:matthew:Pictures:2011-2012"tell application "Finder"try set localWeekFolder to make new folder...
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
since updating to the new security requirements I cannot update my existing apps...i receive the cannot connect to the iTunes store note. However, I can use the store app to search,select, connect to the store and download new apps.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I was investigating a problem with my time machine backups I found that my mac constantly tries to start up something called com.tvmobilisvcd[number]. It then reports it cannot do so because it cannot find the file or folder. 08/05/2012 19:25:24com.apple.launchd[1](com.tvmobili.tvmobilisvcd[10598]) posix_spawn("/Applications/TVMOBiLi.app/Contents/MacOS/tvmobilisvcd", ...): No such file or directory?I tried running disk permission repair but that doesn't seem to do teh trick (in fact when I repeat disk permission repairs it keeps doing teh same stuff over and over)Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
I have few questions with regards to the above. First here's the facts: I have existing .mac account, but never use it for Mail. Only for iTunes & everything else related to my Mac including this communityI've tried using MobileMe for a trial period and never subscribed to it after it was over. Therefore I also have a .me account under my (chosen) usernameI am currently using MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.3 I do sync my Mac with iPhone (or vice versa) via iCloud for many apps except Mail Now, I'm trying to enable Mail & Notes from my iCloud setting on my Mac. But it's asking me to create an email address (username@me.com). I tried keying in my existing .me account but obviously that won't work. How do I do this using my existing .me account or better if I can use my .mac account. Personally I prefer my .mac account of course
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Macbook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.2)
can I convert an existing playlist to mp3, then burn or do I have to go back to each after... . and how can I look at just files that are mp3...? should I convert my whole library?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
How do I split my existing iPhoto library? I wanna split my existing iphoto library by organizing iPhoto libraries by year, so if I create a new library, how can I transfer some of the photos on my existing iphoto library to the new iPhoto library I just created?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have just bought a X25-M SSD drive for my MBP (mid-2010). Is it recommend to clone my existing stock drive to get OSX on the SSD or should I rebuild from scratch and perhaps use Time Machine to recover all my apps and settings?
Any advice appreciated.
I'm having a perplexing issue with Time Machine. Time Machine (the app) recognizes all the backups made to its drive; however, System Preferences doesn't recognize the last backups and won't make automatic backups to the drive. When I try to force a backup, it starts an entirely new backup (as in, separate folder and the whole system).
I just want Time Machine and System Preferences to recognize the backup that I've been running for weeks.
I have XP running beautifully on a 150 GB Raptor (via bootcamp). I'm thinking of adding Vista, but I'd like to avoid formatting the drive and creating two partitions for XP and Vista.
Can I slice off some of the 150 GB for Vista leaving XP intact?
What is Airport Extreme? Can I use it in conjunction with my existing modem / router and share it with my internet connection?
View 10 Replies View RelatedCan Time Capsule be used as a repeater on an existing network ? Is there a way to use speakers with it and use airtunes with it ?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just ordered a new MBP 13.3' and I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to move my existing Leopard installation (White Core Duo Macbook), along with all my files.
Instead of migrating however, I want to swap my existing hard drive to the one of my new Macbook Pro since it's a 320Gb 7200rpm drive.
Is this going to work if I just drop in my old hard drive to my new MBP?
