Back in 1976

I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions/luck with speeding up a dial-up connection. I moved from a major city where I could get high speed to a rural area with two choices. Those being directway sat. and dial-up. I have tried direcway and was basicly paying allot of money for what I felt was no better then dial-up. So I am back to dial-up which is quite slow. I understand that line quality is an issue and there are a great deal of other issues that can play a part in connection speed but if anyone out there has had any luck with anything I would appriciate it.
Thanks, Mark

I'm assuming that because of your location DSL service is also not available. You might check with the telephone company to see if they have DSL service. If not ask if they have ISDN service. ISDN can provide data rates of 128 Kbaud over normal phone lines. This would probably be a big improvement over standard dial-up. You can also improve speed by other changes:
1. Have the phone company check your line for noise and put filters on the line to reduce noise.
2. Be sure that your connection to the phone company doesn't go through any old mechanical switches and that you have a direct connection without any intervening switches. This may not be possible depending upon the actual phone system's infrastructure, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Avoiding mechanical and/or intervening switchs will improve your throughput.
3. Install another phone line and modem, then use data combiners to effectively double your connection speed.
I am surprised to hear that the DW satellite service didn't perform for you because I've read lots of positive reports. Typical data rates reported was around 400 Kbps which is about 10 times a typical dial-up using a 56 Kbps modem. However, there are other satellite providers. Do a Google search to find alternatives.

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First, let me establish what I want to do as there may be another way of doing it.
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Absolutely stunningly sharp full-screen images!
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I wanna ask you something. My bro has an iPhone 5s that disabled for 23 million because of the time changed to 1976. So, how to make it back into 2015, make it enabled without erase the data

I wanna Ask you something. My brother has an iPhone 5s that disabled for about 23 millions minutes the time changed to 1976. So how to make it back into 2015 without waiting for 23 millions minutes later and enabled it without erasing any data? Please answer me ASAP because I really need it. Thank you for answer!

Hello theshadowhunters,
There is not much you can do to change the time back because he will not have access to change the time. The only option to get passed this is to restore the iPhone. Once the iPhone is restored and have a back up, you can put that back on once the restore is complete. For more information, take a look at the article below.
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*Hello all,*
I've been using Mac for almost 4 years now, and I gotta admit that I can't live without my Mac nor Mac OS X. My Powerbook G4 has got to be the best laptop ever made - it is small yet powerful. I bought mine 3 years ago when Tiger was out, and until yesterday I've never upgraded it save for migrating to Leopard early this year. FYI, I used my Powerbook to the max, doing a lot of heavy duty on its 512MB RAM like Photoshop CS3, Lightroom and etc. Over the year, I've done a lot of damages to my Powerbook, like denting its rear part, the battery losing almost 95% of its charge (thus making it unusable) and I even lost the Wi-Fi capability after I accidentally pulled out the AirPort card during an experiment.
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Charles.C
(www.asamBoy.com)

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the replies, and sorry for not signing in for the past one week as I was really busy at work.
Regarding your suggestions about cleaning up my HDD and all, I've tried 'em all and none seems to bring my PowerBook back to life. I also forgot to add one more thing - the screen was a bit fuzzy and there were purple-like thin lines across the screen whenever I start the PowerBook up.
After some consultation with a few Mac enthusiasts at my workplace, they concluded that my PowerBook's "death" was caused by the PowerBook's logic board failure. True enough, we opened up the thing and found out that the VGA component on the logic board was overheated and thus broke apart (literally!). The problem was a well-known one; according to my friends, the problem was also found in the iBook line and while the problem can be simply rectified on the iBooks by placing a piece of rubber (or whatever it is) on the VGA component, the same problem cannot be solved for PowerBook. Whatever it is, Apple was aware of the problem but did nothing to to solve the engineering/architecture defect.
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Yes, You should have a previous system folder after an archive and install.
Can you backup everything to a second HD? Or, were you running Time Machine (a good idea). If you can, then you can safely delete many things from the previous system folder. Or, at least enough to begin testing to see if your apps work.
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Hi,
I sorry for your experience, but there is no way to recovery the data encryped by BitLocker untill now.
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How can you get your data back on i tunes

Hi i am Justin,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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8/29/2014 7:15am
It seems to me that if Microsoft's platform can not fix it with the troubleshooter that the troubleshooter sucks. It does not know when errors are thrown so your developer sucks on creating software for errors that are popping up in your software?
if a error is thrown in Windows 8 it should catch it upon a thrown error in programming? This hsould be a level 1 ticket. Since when I call you support for error in your product no one wants to address problems in your software and get mea tech to resolve
it?
The question now is how do I fix this and why is it causing me an internal error 500 for my web server install?
I may have other issues but I need access to my web server through my browser I used fsocketopen to troubleshoot it?
It gets back a internal 500 on Gecko process in firefox and on IE it just won't serve out the document in my web server abyss or apache? So the question is what service is broken so I can't serve my [web server] pages out? Let me go through all the event
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Saved Cache: 1 0: Evenet Id level 326.
6) SearchIndexer (3476) Windows: The database engine started a new instance (0). (Time=0 seconds)
7) Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.000, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.000, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000. eveent level 105
8) SearchIndexer (3476) Windows: The database engine (6.03.9600.0000) is starting a new instance (0). Error Level 102
Under Security:
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Under Setup: no errors.
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2) Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
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Wake Time: ‎2014‎-‎08‎-‎29T13:13:47.945773100Z
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Sincerely, William Dunlap {removed} N. Academy blvd, 201, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 http:\\interfacesone.fnhost.org
{removed}. I need a tech to help me get my web server up?

So now you don't release the security breaches in windows 8. You mean to tell me that you can use Powershell - Using WMI to breach security in VB apps on the web by getting my file structures?
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Most of my equipment has toasted, and I need the data back.

I must have been a very, very bad person in a past life. This week has been more technologically harrowing than I'd thought possible.
My cherished Titanium Powerbook died after a valiant battle, and the Apple techs said that there was nothing they could do, Apple just doesn't support such antiques (not sure if they meant me or the PB). They did let me download my files onto my 80G Smartdisk FireLite, and though the PB hard drive was acting a bit wonky and transfer was slow, I got most of the files. Most everything already had been backed up on the FireLite, but I grabbed the remainder. This means that My Entire Life resided on the FireLite.
I was about to download the files onto the G4 cube, and plugged in a USB hub with an optical mouse and a jump drive on it--and something started to burn. The jump drive, the mouse, and the hub fried. Now it looks as though the well-named FireLite is toast too, since though it powers up, it won't mount and nothing recognizes it. The cube is fine.
I still have the hard drive from the late lamented Powerbook, so if it holds up a bit longer, I ought to be able to save most if not all the files. Can I do this myself if I can get an external case to power the PB drive? And if the PB drive does indeed hold up, could I continue to use it? (This would be helpful, since the MacBook Pro won't run Classic, which is necessary in the short term for all my current programs and most peripherals.)
If an external case is feasible, can someone give me specs for what to get? I'm hoping it's affordable, though I'd also look for one to borrow.
If it isn't feasible, would someone please shoot me now?
Thanks.

Hi A,
Just one thought to add: I would get a FireWire enclosure so if you ever want to clone an entire HD on a Mac, you would then have a secure backup which was also able to boot said Mac.

Back up using time machine and external hard drive

Hello,
I am having a difficult time deciding the best way to back up important documents.
I have:
1TB internal hard drive
3 TB external hard drive and
1TB external hard drive
I currently have about 1TB worth of data to be stored, but that will increase to about 1.5TB once I get a bunch of stuff off the HD camera's hard drive. I would like to keep my internal hard drive somewhat free to keep the computer running fast, but also want to make sure I am properly backed up.
Should I put ALL (or nearly all) of the files on the 3 TB external hard drive, and have time machine back that up and not worry about the rest? I'm a little weary about putting all of the files on one device even if it is backed up by TM.
If I do this, do I need to back up the 3 TB external drive in addition to using TM?
Thanks!

iMac11,2
OS X 10.6.8

Data Back Up Plan

Hi,
My internal hard drive, 320 GB, 'fully loaded', on my 2 year old imac crashed 10 days ago.
Since I had the extended warranty, the 'local' Apple store replaced the internal drive within hours
at no charge and even loaded Snow Leopard and iLife. With a well updated TimeMachine on an external hard drive I was back working at my imac the next day. When I realized after the crash that my precious 250 GB of pictures in Adobe Lightroom and iPhoto, along with a few videos were saved on just one older Maxtor external hard drive, it made me think about a more solid back up procedure.
The idea now is to move all big volume files to one or more external hard drives.
In the meantime I have transfered the iPhoto and Lightroom files to an external hard drive (WD MyBook II, 2x1 TB in RAID 1), which gives me the first layer of back up: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/552322-REG/WesternDigital_WDH2Q20000N_2TB_My_BookStudio.html
In a second step I am planning on making a clone (with SuperDuper or CarbonCopy) of the internal hard drive (mainly operating systems and applications) and the external hard drive (all big data files) on one additional external hard drive, i.e. OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro Raid 0, 2 TB http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/ME8Q7T20GB64/
I am looking for advise here:
Do SuperDuper or CarbonCopy (I only know the names from the discussion forums) allow me to make a clone from 2 separate hard drives
Would it be good practice to create a large clone of ultimately 2 TB with ALL files or wouldn't it be better to make 2 clones , one of the internal and one of the external drive.
TimeMachine had helped me to get back to work quickly after the crash. I expect to fill the WD 1TB drive rather quickly. Where should I plan on using Time Machine in my new back up plan?
Would appreciate comments and advise.

reckling wrote:
Do SuperDuper or CarbonCopy (I only know the names from the discussion forums) allow me to make a clone from 2 separate hard drives
No. A clone is of your boot volume only. But those apps can make separate backups of multiple drives, either to multiple drives or to separate partitions on the same drive.
Would it be good practice to create a large clone of ultimately 2 TB with ALL files or wouldn't it be better to make 2 clones , one of the internal and one of the external drive.
2 is not only better, but your only option with CCC or SD.
TimeMachine had helped me to get back to work quickly after the crash. I expect to fill the WD 1TB drive rather quickly. Where should I plan on using Time Machine in my new back up plan?
There is no "right" answer, just a number of possibilities. Some thoughts:
You could use TIme Machine to back up both your internal HD and the WD set to the OWC, if it's at least twice the size of the data on both. It looks like it can be configured as a +Concatenated RAID set+ (both drives into a single 2 TB volume), so that should work well.
Or use TM to back up your OSX drive, and CCC or SD to back-up the media drive.
The CCC or SD backups usually aren't practical to run more than once a day, so consider them your "secondary" backups.
Also strongly consider getting something off-site (safe deposit box, workplace, relative's house, etc.), so you're also protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines. Portable external HDs are great for that. Some things may even be appropriate to take to DVDs.
The problem with that is, there aren't many portables over about 640 GB (LaCie has a 1 TB for either $300 or $400: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11357).
CCC is donationware, so you can use it free for a while. If you decide to keep it, send them some $$ so they can keep it up to date. SD has a free version, but to do updates (rather than a full replacement) or automatic scheduling, you need the paid version (about $30). Either is available via Google, VersionTracker.com, or MacUpdate.com.

Should I Give it Up and Go Back To Tiger?

That's the decision I'm wrestling with right now. My issues are not legion. Mostly they revolve around three things: Stability, Usability and Speed.
STABILITY:
I get odd freezes and random program crashes that have now twice resulted in having to push the power button to reboot. The mouse moves, but nothing works, no menus, can't even bring up the Force Quit window to quit an offending app.
In one day Mail crashed over-and-over until I could no longer use the computer and shut down and pulled out my PowerBook to send an email! After rebooting and fsck'ing and repairing Permissions the problem seemed to go away, but I have way too many crashes of even Apple programs that ought to be playing nicer with Leopard.
I also get a LOT more bouncing beachballs with Leopard in almost every app than with Tiger. Although my main Mac is not Intel or even G5, I should still be well within the system requirements for Leopard with a dual 1.25GHz G4 with 1.75 GB of RAM. My system drive has over 100GB open (I have four internal drives equaling 1.3TB) and I keep all of my software updated.
I do have one 2nd party PCI USB 2.0 card that doesn't require drivers and it works, but I haven't tested Leopard without that card, but I do have USB 2.0 devices that I need to run, so that alone would require a step backward if I couldn't run the USB 2.0 card because of some odd compatibility issue.
USABILITY:
Two things just irritate the heck out of me and one is a minor irritant that I probably just need to learn more about
One is the lack of hierarchical menus in the dock. Unlike a lot of people I like Stacks, but I'd like to have the option to go seamlessly from a Stack to a hierarchical menu.
The other is the inability to put a custom icon on a dock drive or folder. I have to create a dummy folder, put a blank space at the front of the name and use it as the icon for the item, but even then, all those icons behind it clutter up the look of the folder/drive and thus, the dock as a whole. There should be an option for having a SINGLE clean icon without going through odd gymnastic to get one!
I have a very small issue with the behavior of Spotlight. In Tiger, a Spotlight search's results were displayed in a more quick and orderly way, at least that how it seems to me. In Leopard when you click "show all" although it categorizes them as I have it set up in Spotlight's preferences, there isn't a clear delineation between classifications and there is no "info" button to quickly see the path and general info for the file. To see info you have to right click and choose "Show Info" unless I am missing something.
However, the addition of Boolean logic categories by option-clicking the plus sign or clicking to add categories to the search rules negates a lot of my gripe about Spotlight. I'd like to see it be as responsive as Tiger, but it's hard to argue with the ability to drill-down to exactly what you're looking for.
But, Spotlight is also MUCH slower than Tiger's Spotlight which leads me to:
SPEED:
As mentioned, I have one of the fastest G4s and a dual processor to boot and I'm nearly maxed on RAM, so you'd think Leopard would run faster, but there is a general lag in usability across the board. Not a killer lag, but noticeable and the aforementioned beachballs pop up enough to add even MORE of an irritating lag to the process. I find myself hitting "Force Quit" a LOT more often and seeing "'program x has stopped responding" in the Force Quit menu.
I like Leopard. There are some nice features that truly do improve the overall utility of the OS, so I think it's a good release, but there are just too many issues for me now, maybe because of my G4 PowerMac, it seems to have fewer issues (except for the speed thing) on my FW 800 Powerbook, but for now I want fast and logical and Tiger is all that.
I will return to Leopard if I step back because it's just too good an update to ignore and it is after all, the future of Macs, but right now Leopard is killing my productivity. On more than one occasion I've lost data before saving when a crash happened and that was a VERY rare occurrence with Tiger.
JoeL
Message was edited by: joeldm

Thanks for the responses!
I always do a clean install, backing up, formatting the drive, etc. I find it reduces the number of issues overall.
I was going to do a dual-boot setup with Tiger originally, but I've had such good luck with OS X updates that I wasn't concerned. But since I've had these problems, I hadn't revisited that option so, since I eventually will return to Leopard that may be a good solution.
However, I just read elsewhere after writing this as one of you mentioned, that the 10.5.2 update is slated to be a big release with a lot of fixes, so that may be worth the wait before doing anything precipitous.
There is one very odd thing, though . . . I have an iPhone and while I could sync without a problem initially, recently I've had some issues syncing until now I can't sync at all. I took the iPhone in and they swapped it out for a new phone, but I came home and had the same issues, so before returning to the Apple store I tried it on my PowerBook (running Leopard) and sure enough, it synced with no issues!
So I'm wondering if there isn't some problem that may be hardware-related that is causing me to have more issues on the PowerMac side than on the PowerBook side? I think I need to strip the PowerMac down to its original components, basically unplug everything but the keyboard and mouse, remove that USB card and see what happens.
It ran fine under Tiger so I'm not happy about having to do this, but hey, it's the price of progress and at least it's not that "other" OS!
BTW, I think it's funny how some tech writers are trying, straining to compare the issues that some of us are having with Leopard with the Vista release which was an unmitigated disaster!
I'm content to work through it until I find the same stability I had under Tiger with this new cat . . . let's hope the new update does the trick. Anyone heard a release date for 10.5.2?
Thanks for the suggestions!
JoeL

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