I am pretty new to apple and I just got Leopard for mine and was wondering if it was like windows in anyway, If i have to use a cd key or not, or if it is just the disc that installs everything? any help would be appreciated!
View 2 RepliesI have a Macbook with an 80gb HDD, I want to put my leopard onto that external drive and then put that drive into my macbook. Is it possible to put a carbon copy of my original drive to my other one, only with more space.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I had a problem over the weekend where my iMac would wake up seconds after putting it to sleep, and also rebooting after shutting it down. The full story can be seen on this thread here: [URL] At first I thought it was caused by an installation of iMagneto, but it eventually becomes clear that it was caused by what I presume was a corrupted folder (Application Support).
I've not been able to find out any more info about this bug outside of the Apple support forums so I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. The original thread in the Apple forums dates back to early September so it looks like the 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 updates didn't address it. Is it a very rare bug I wonder?
I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard and I wanted to restore my computer so I found directions that said I should put the snow leopard disk back in the computer and restart it. Well, I did that and now all I have is a blue screen. What do I do!?!? I've tried manually turning it on/off and it will turn off, but still goes back to blue screen with nothing on it.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6)
I am considering making a w7 partition with bootcamp to use for gaming and game making, but am not sure how much data to put on it. I have a total of 250gb on my hard drive and 175.23 gb available. I'll still use my mac side for a lot of things so I want sufficient data on there. On the topic of hard drive expansions, I have many external drives so if I could use one of those to expand my hard drive I'd be willing to?
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I've got 2 SSD's left over from a G-TECH Mini SSD RAID.
What is the best way to add these to the Mac Pro? I do have 2 drive bays open but it makes more sense to use these in a RAID 1 or 0 in one bay.
I know about ICY DOCK MB982SPR-2S as a possible option but what else is there? I'm worried the speed won't be that great in the ICY DOCK. Does anybody have any testing to say better?
The two SSDs are 128GB's Samsung's.
I originally got a 120 owc ssd for a mac pro I was about to buy but at the last moment decided to hold off for a bit.
This leaves me with a ssd laying around gathering dust. Im thinking about putting it in my MBP but have read lots of horror stories on various forums about ssd problems.
Has their been any resolution to these issues (probs waking from sleep etc) ? I dont want to go to all the effort of reinstalling everything only to enter a world of hurt.
Is it possible to put the 64GB SSD into a 1.6ghz/80gb macbook air?
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs it normal for the mac to make such a loud noise when even just inserting a cd or dvd?
My lap top has always loaded like this from day one
So I thought it was normal until my friend said it sounds really odd
So my question is does everyones mac make this crunching noise when putting in a dvd or cd?
is there a "hard" 4 HD limit? (In other words: by putting a SSD in the 2nd optical bay, would the Mac Pro only recognize 3 of the 4 internal bays?)
View 24 Replies View Relatedi just bought my first mac and it's a Macintosh Classic with 4 MB RAM And 80 MB Hard Drive. It has a (i think) SuperDrive and right now i tried putting stuffit expander in it but it seems to not work. Right now if you guys can help me put 1 file on "Grandpa Mac" then i have progress. Programs I tried (HFV Explorer, WinImage, And TransMac).
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm considering getting a Mini for web programming. I do a lot of text searches so I want to put a SSD in it. Does the Mini have any limitations that might effect the performance of a SSD?
I'm trying to decide if I should get a Mini Server. I'd like to be able to have two internal drives so one can be SSD for OS and the code I'm working on, and the other can be my storage drive. However, I'm not sure if I'll be using the extra functionality of the server edition OSX or not, so I'm reluctant to pay the $200 premium. In a "regular" Mini I could put the SSD internal and use an external big drive, but would the external drive be fast enough via Firewire?
My buddy just gave me a B/W PowerMac G3 with a Sonnet Tech G4 1GHz upgrade kit and OS X 10.4.10.
I've been wanting to setup a proxy to bypass the content filters on the WiFi networks I find on the road. For instance, I can't go to the iPhone Dev Team website with the network I'm currently on.
Do the parts exist to also turn it into a Gigabit +Draft N router? It would sure be nice to kill two birds with one stone.
I don't know anything about setting all of this up, how would I go about it?
I am new to the Mac Rumors website, so I hope I am posting in the right place... but I have recently been working on an "App" (If your wondering why I keep putting app in parenthesis I used AppleScript Editor and know its not real coding) for mac and was wanting a little feedback. As of right now it can turn on and off "Mega Zooming" and the old tiger/2D dock... and that's it, I was just wanting to know if anyone else liked it...
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a new Mac Pro coming tomorrow. My current PowerMac is dead, so I'm planning on doing the Migration Assistant by putting in my old Drive into the new Mac Pro. The question I have is: Is it worth putting in my old Superdrive into the 2nd slot? Even it is not the newer 16x speed?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI keep hitting Suspend Activity... to save my old HD... then 5 minutes later I suddenly remember something I needed to do and fire it up again.... I manage to do this about 20 times a day and was wondering if it might be better for the HD to leave it to go to sleep all on its own. Does the physical effort of re starting each time put more strain on my HD than leaving it on. I have an "OLD" Pismo G3 and have night mares about it crashing for good, 'cos i cant afford a new Mac for the moment.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've been using terminal a lot lately and it would be much more sufficient if I could have it up there with the rest of my important controls?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have important and private information on my Mac Pro, could someone simply remove the hard drive, and put it into there Mac Pro, and have access to all my files?
View 24 Replies View RelatedI am now looking at the possibility of transferring the system into a G5 PowerMac Case. Why G5? Because they are cheaper than the Mac Pro cases and Mac Pro cases are even more rare than the G5 ones (in the UK anyway). Anyway, how difficult do you reckon this would be? I have been looking on InsanelyMac forum and it appears that the way to go would be to buy a removable motherboard tray from something like a Lian-Li case but what about the PSU/Drives/Cards, etc? What do you think? Is it worth the effort?
View 6 Replies View RelatedSo I've got an old macbook and I've used up all my internal memory in photos (lots and lots of photos). I'm wondering if I can put all my photos on an external hardrive and then have iphoto use the external as it's source for photos?
View 1 Replies View RelatedCan anyone tell me how to put a password on a Mac pro, so you have to enter that before it starts up?
I have an annoying little brother that loves to mess with my things so I always put passwords on my laptops, but I don't know how to on my mac.
My parents put a CD upside down into the slot-loading DVD drive of their iMac and it made some funny noises and eventually spit it out. I was just wondering if they hurt it at all. Does it have a protection feature that prevents damaging itself if this happens?
View 2 Replies View RelatedYears ago it was rumored spinning down was bad for hard disk head's. Of course there would be the obvious energy being wasted keeping them spinning all the time. I've been looking around to see if there's been any new opinions or new technologies that have changed. Obviously I'm talking about HDD's (not SSD's).
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just got a new macbook, and I want to place an application in the dock, while removing it from the desktop. How do I do this without deleting the application?
I tried searching but to no avail
Is there any way to have album art on my mac without it also being synced to my iPhone? The art takes up huge amounts of memory on the phone that I could put to better use with music.
Info:iPhone 4, iOS 5
I have a question regarding my MacBook Air's battery. I'm currently deciding to switch the battery for the new one because it has been 4 years and the battery can only last 1 hour 10 mins the most when fully charged. My question is if I pay $139 for the new battery, is this new battery the one for MacBook Air 4,1 (lasts 7 hours) or the one for the original MacBook Air 1,1 (lasts 5 hours).
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've seen the OWC info on being able to put 8 GB of memory in the mini but I've yet to see why this might be useful. Here are a couple of questions the answers to which I think will help me better understand what's what:
1) Has anyone figured out how to get a current generation mini to boot into a 64 bit kernel?
2) If the kernel is locked to 32 bits, does the mini have any capability of taking advantage of more than 4 GB memory? If yes, under what circumstance would that be?
I know this has probably been asked before but I have no idea how to formulate search terms to not get a ton of junk results, so please bare with me on this.
I have a PowerBook G4 with a 1.67GHz processor and DVI output and a retarded graphics card. I want to buy a Pismo and hotrod it as mentioned by The Apple Blog. Basically, I'm asking if I can pull the processor out of the G4 and drop it in the Pismo.
Also, if there's any site I can look up sockets and whatnot for these guys, let me know. MacTracker doesn't mention that stuff as far as I know.
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If i wanted to put several movies onto a dvd, what video format do they have to be in ?
Is idvd ok for this task or would i be best getting something like toast ?
