Best way to copy total start up HD to a new HD to be used as the new start up disc
Have installed two new internal 2 TB HD's. I wish to copy the entire contents of the CURRENT (older) start up HD to one of these new HD's and then use that as the new start up HD. What is the best way to copy the entire start up disk so that it can be used as the new start up disk (hard drive)?
Thanks for any advice.
Disk Utility => Restore (and use the Help menu)
Programs that clone are essential.
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Best way to copy range of paragraphs
I'm getting all the changebars in the files of a book, and copying them out into a separate, single change document. Once I find the Pgf with the changebar, what would be the best way to copy the info out to the change doc? I want to copy the entire section that contains the changebar.
I figured I would move backwards and find the most recent section heading and set the beginning of a TextRange there at the beginning of that Pgf. Then I move forward and find the following heading pagagraph, and move back one pgf from that and set that as the end of the range.
At that point should I use copy and paste into the new document?
Thanks, MarkHi Mark,
Glad you are making progress. About the Pgfs in tables: yes, they are in a world of their own. Each table is a more or less closed object anchored to a paragraph in the document. You can step through all Pgfs in a document (including the ones in your text flows as well as the ones in table cells) using one single linked list, but that list does not care about the order in which the paragraphs appear in your document, and also includes paragraphs on your master and reference pages. This is not what you want to have.
You mentioned you wanted to copy not just the paragraph with changebars but the section that contains at least one paragraph with changebars. One strategy is finding a paragraph with changebars and then tracking back to the previous heading and forward to the next heading, so that you can determine which section to copy to your changes document. With the requirement of checking paragraphs in tables added into the equation, this becomes a complex matter. Even if you know that a paragraph in a table cell has a changebar set, you should track back to the table anchor, then to the paragraph in which the anchor is located, and then back to the section that you need to copy. And if the section also contains a paragraph with changebars outside a table, you do not want to copy it again.
This might require a completely different approach to the problem. Build an array with paragraph identifiers of all headings in your document, and create an array of booleans all set to false that has the same number of entries. Then find all paragraphs with changebars and, for each found paragraph, walk back to the nearest heading, find the heading identifier in the headings array and set the corresponding entry in the boolean array to true. Then do the same thing with paragraphs with changebars in tables. In this case, you track the paragraph in the table back to its table anchor, then to the paragraph containing the table anchor and from there walk back to the nearest heading.
In the end you will have an array of heading paragraph identifiers and a matching array of booleans telling you which sections to copy to the changes document. Doing the copying is dead easy, as you already have the start and end paragraph identifier for each section. Just create a TextLoc pointing at the first heading Pgf with offset 0 and a TextLoc pointing at the next heading Pgf with offset 0 and copy this range.
I hope this makes sense to you. If things get too complicated, throw me an email (you will find my mail address in my profile) with a sample file and I will have a look at it. If I think it will take me more than a couple of hours to write, I will make you a decent offer.
Kind regards
Jang -
Best way to copy VHS onto MBP?
hello,
ok so im supposed to be copying a bunch of vhs tapes and dvds (that part is easier of course) onto my machine to consolidate them on to dvds or maybe an external HD. what would be the best way to get all that in? vhs>dv tape> machine or just use this as an excuse to pick up a hybrid eye tv unit and just connect a vhs player to my machine? other idea with other connections/steps/voodoo magic/jedi mind powers?
-mattwould the 250 plus vs the HDHomeRun be any different in function?
for when i use it later to watch tv im only going to really be able to use my 15 in built in display (couldnt afford the external display and in the long run wouldnt want to waste the usage on an external display). so not sure if that should be swaying me
-EDIT- never mind, looked into it more and it appears that the only one that would work from them is the 250 so, i have that option figured out.
so i have the hybrid or the converter box and with the price i think the hybrid is the best over all solution but just want to see if anyone else agrees, disagrees, or has something totally different
-matt
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What is the best way to copy Audio Books. I just bought all the Harry potter on CD's. I have a 30g 5th gen IPOD had it for 2 month. Upgraded ipod to 1.2 and iTunes 7.0.1.
Everything is running fine.
Thanks,
Windows XP ProHello again,
I went and checked PDF document properties. The document was created by an application called (3B2 Total Publishing). It's the application that the printing press used to creat the PDF file. Unfortunately I don't have the source document and the printing press claim they don't have any source files but used in-house applicatin to create the PDF book.
I checked fonts used in the PDF file and I found 17 fonts named T1 to T17 and all (Type 3) fonts. I'm seasoned IT engineer but no experience in publishing. So, no idea whether or not this information is usefull to find a way to publish these books in epub.
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What is the best way to copy aperture library on to external hard drive? I am getting a message that say's "There was an error opening the database. The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported". What does that mean? I am trying to drag libraries (with metadata) to external HD...wondering what the best way to do that is?
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Hi Shane. Not much in the way of thoughts - - but fwiw:
How is the drive attached?
Can you open large files on the drive with other programs?
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I attached the UltraMax Plus with a USB cable. The UltraMax powers the cable so power is not an issue. I can open other files. Also, there is 500GB of files on the drive so I cannot re-format it. Although, I noted I could import the entire Aperture Library. However, I do not want to create a duplicate on my machine because that would be defeating the purpose of the external drive.
Thanks,
Shane -
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Ya know what I'm on a brand new MBP just about 24 hours old and you know whats been working amazingly for me. I have a 27inch iMac as well and i've just connected it to my network and been dragging files and apps across the network onto my new MBP. Its really working fast and its flawless. You could always do that option, Just go into sharing options and turn them on for both Macs. Then just click and drag. Of course they have to both be on the same network for this to be possible.
Look at my network.
Shared is what your looking at. I click on there see all my computers files and then drag the ones i want form its folder to my MBP folders. Hope that helps if your looking for a very simple way on a wireless network. -
What is the best way to copy a DVD I made from iMovie? It was HD720 and I don't want to lose any quality in the copies. I need to distribute it to about 20 people. It's 42 minutes long.
You will need to save it as a video to the camera roll.
Import it into windows as you would a photo.
Then purchase DVD authoring software, and create a DVD. -
I am looking to start developing apps for the iTunes Store, but I have no previous experience. What is the best way for me to start on this? As in which programs and materials must I need and what I need to know. Thanks!
You will need a Mac, with OS X 10.6+ on it, to be able to develop iOS apps.
There is some info on these pages :
developer site : https://developer.apple.com
developing for iOS 7 : https://developer.apple.com/ios7/
developer support : https://developer.apple.com/support/
developer forums : https://devforums.apple.com/index.jspa (you will need to be a registered developer to access them) -
What is the best way to copy data....
Hello friends,
What could you think is the best way to copy this data ? :
- I have two identical databases (Oracle 9i)
- I want to migrate the data of 90 tables (all tables begin with the same string, i.e. 'TAB') from Database1 to database2.
- There are integrity constraints, referentials, etc.
I'd like to generate a script to automate/accelerate the process.
So, I'm thinking on the following:
- Disable all the constraints in Database2.
- Connect to Database 1 and generate a script with the 'inserts' using TOAD (or another similar application)
- In a Database 2 session, execute the script...
Of course if I use TOAD I can't generate an unique script to do this process in one step so...
Any better idea? (Using export/import, ... or some script you have...)
Thanks.
Jose.Use exp and imp. It works... seriously! And you don't need to drop the user/schema. But don't take my word, run an example...
On Database 1
First let's create a couple of tables with referential integrity to each other to make sure exp/imp can handle it...
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Table created.
SQL> create table t2 (t2_id number constraint pk_t2 primary key, t1_id number);
Table created.
SQL> alter table t1 add constraint fk_t1_t2 foreign key (t2_id) references t2 (t2_id);
Table altered.
SQL> alter table t2 add constraint fk_t2_t1 foreign key (t1_id) references t1 (t1_id);
Table altered.
SQL> insert into t1 (t1_id, t2_id) values (1, null);
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1 row created.
SQL> update t1 set t2_id = 2 where t2_id is null;
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SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select * from t1;
T1_ID T2_ID
1 2
SQL> select * from t2;
T2_ID T1_ID
2 1
SQL> select table_name, constraint_name, constraint_type, r_constraint_name from user_constraints
2 where table_name in ('T1','T2');
TABLE_NAME CONSTRAINT_NAME C R_CONSTRAINT_NAME
T1 PK_T1 P
T1 FK_T1_T2 R PK_T2
T2 PK_T2 P
T2 FK_T2_T1 R PK_T1
SQL>
Now let's export those tables. You can build a parfile manually or even spool it from a sql script with the names of all tables you need to export...
$ cat parfile.txt
tables=(\
t1,\
t2
$ exp rc/pwd parfile=parfile.txt file=db1.dmp log=db1.log
Export: Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production on Mon Jan 9 20:49:17 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
Export done in UTF8 character set and UTF8 NCHAR character set
About to export specified tables via Conventional Path ...
. . exporting table T1 1 rows exported
. . exporting table T2 1 rows exported
Export terminated successfully without warnings.
On Database 2
Copy your .dmp file to Database 2
Import
$ imp rc/pwd full=y file=db1.dmp log=db1_imp.log
Import: Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production on Mon Jan 9 20:51:15 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.3.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
Export file created by EXPORT:V10.01.00 via conventional path
import done in UTF8 character set and UTF8 NCHAR character set
. importing RC's objects into RC
. . importing table "T1" 1 rows imported
. . importing table "T2" 1 rows imported
About to enable constraints...
Import terminated successfully without warnings.
All data is there...
SQL> select * from t1;
T1_ID T2_ID
1 2
SQL> select * from t2;
T2_ID T1_ID
2 1 All constraints are there...
SQL> select table_name, constraint_name, constraint_type, r_constraint_name from user_constraints
2 where table_name in ('T1','T2');
TABLE_NAME CONSTRAINT_NAME C R_CONSTRAINT_NAME
T1 PK_T1 P
T1 FK_T1_T2 R PK_T2
T2 PK_T2 P
T2 FK_T2_T1 R PK_T1It does work! -
What is the best way to copy 700 local folders full of email to a new computer?
I am moving my wife from and old computer (Thunderbird, Win XP) to a new one (Thunderbird Win 7). She has about 700 local folders with thousands of email messages in them. What is the best way to copy them to the new computer?
The easiest way is just copy the whole profile.
Help menu > troubleshooting information
Close Thunderbird
In windows explorer select all and copy.
paste everything onto a thumb or other read/write portable media (not CD or DVD)
on the new Machine repeat the troubleshooting and close steps to get the current profile folder
This time paste everything from the portable media into the profile replacing what is there
Open Thunderbird, your done mail contacts add-ons everything -
I purchased iMatch because my old computer was failing and I was afraid of losing my music library. Now I bought a new laptop; what is the best way for me to transfer my library to my new laptop? Will iMatch help me do this?
Is/was failing or has failed?
If the old computer still runs one of these methods may be best.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
I don't have personal experience with iTunes Match, but in principle you should be able to download all the tracks currently registered to your iTunes Match account. This isn't quite the same as restoring your previous library exactly as it was. There is always the potential for iTunes match to provide the wrong version of a song and could be content such as movies, podcasts, audiobooks etc. that would have been excluded.
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Best way to transfer files from old Macbook Pro to new one?
I just got a new Macbook Pro from Apple...YEEEEAAAHHHH!
So....
What's the best way to transfer files from old Macbook Pro to new one? I know Migration assistant, but is there a recommended way? I don't want to put do a system restore or transfer everything from the old laptop, but I do want to move important things like photos, music, documents and such over. Any suggestions on best way to do this?
Another question, perhaps subquestion. If I have, say, an older version of iPhoto but a newer version of one on my new Macbook Pro, will it still transfer photos no problem?
Just looking for hints from the experts so this puppy is set up in the best way possible.Just one comment on this:
‘If I have, say, an older version of iPhoto but a newer version of one on my new Macbook Pro, will it still transfer photos no problem?’
the problems are ALWAYS in the reverse way, when you have the newest (or a newer) version of a given app, and wish to transfer its library to an older version.
Otherwise, see the link to Pondini.
I have been using Martin Jahn’s iBackup, with which I have become accustomed and works fine. It also makes daily backups. Its advantage over other apps is that you may add whatever you wish to save, beside its default settings (which you may delete or cancel, of course, even if not recommended); it also has a friendly interface and easily customizable. Of course, this is a personal view, you may try other methods as well, or other backup apps. All are good if you are satisfied and correspond to your needs. -
What is the Best way to move my library from old PC to new PC?
what is the Best way to move my library from old PC to new PC?
See this migrate iTunes library post.
tt2 -
Can someone tell me the best way to view and edit OpenOffice files on my new iPad Mini (originally Word and Excel files)? Thanks!
wmf files is a MS Windows video file, you will need a tool to covert the wmf files to another file format OS X will read. Simply Google to find a converter you are interested in and use it.
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Is there a way to prevent ibooks author from shutting down after just one or two uses of the alpha tool?
Hello One Job at a time,
Deleting the application will not delete your projects.
Normally I keep all my work files on a separate drive.
If you command click on the title name of your project you will get a drop down path to show you the location of your book project.
or you can click on the drop down triangle beside its name to duplicate.
Just remember where you saved the file too.
In your applications folder on your computer select the iBA icon and press delete and also erase / empty the trash can.
You can then go back to the APP STORE and install iBA from new again.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Nigel
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