Connecting two macs together to increase render speed.......

hello edit land. i am writting from chili where we are trying to produce a trailer and finish production. Time and money are not around. I need to figure a way to increase the render time while i am collor correcting. i am a novice jack of all trades master of none type, and i have never explored quark, shake all that stuff and perhaps the answer lies there. Anyway i have an i book g4 with out fcp on it and a power book g4 that is doing the work right now, and 380 gig external drive (g raid). is there any way to use the three of these together to process render files faster? thanks kellam

Sorry. Currently the answer is no. Shake and DVDSP4 and Compressor can benefit from a network of computers, but not FCP...
Patrick

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Connecting two macs together wirelessly

I have no clue if this is posible but I would like to be able to connect to my imac down stairs from my macbook up stairs to send documents instantly.
I currently use an app called gdisk. Up loud my files (mostly documents) then come downstairs turn on gdisk on my imac download the files then print the files I need.
I believe I need my ip address which I got here
http://www.ipchicken.com/
then I went to find and said connect to finder. But I have no clue after that.
Is it posible to have my imac down stairs as an icon on my sidebar my macbook? Where I can just dobule click and have acess to transfer files.
if so is there any videos or step by step websites to help with this.
Thanks.

Not sure I understand your network problem, but to answer at least a part of your question - (Is it possible to have my imac down stairs as an icon on my sidebar my macbook? Where I can just double click and have access to transfer files.) - once you do get a network connection, a globe icon, representing your other Mac (the source you want to send data from), should appear on your desktop (the target or Mac you want to transfer the data to). Before logging out or quiting connection to server on the target, drag that globe icon of the source Mac to your dock of the target Mac; place it immediately to the left of your trash. Then, next time you need to connect to the source (i.e., connect to upstairs from downstairs), you should be able to click that globe icon on the dock of the target/downstairs Mac and be linked to the other (source/upstairs) computer.
Hope this helps a little bit! It works flawlessly with Airport.

Directly Connect Two Macs Via Ethernet

This has certainly been answered before, but a quick search didn't give any results. So here goes ...
I wanted to connect two macs via ethernet. I use the mount tool in finder "connect to server" all the time with machines on a network, but I've never done with with two macs directly connected.
So I connect them and my first instinct is to check the IP address of the machine I want to connect to. I then go to "connect to server" and type it in using the AFP protocol, but it doesn't work.
At this point I'm stumped and not sure what to do. I don't use the "network" item in the finder sidebar very often but I clicked it, and sure enough the machine I want to connect to was listed, and I was able to connect / mount.
So here's my question ... if I wanted to use "connect to server" tool, or even mount it manually with the mount command, how would I do it? Is it using AFP still to mount and the IP address is just bogus? Something else going on?

But I'm telling you I tried using the IP address ... here, let me try again ...
I find this address on the machine I want to connect to: 169.254.177.122
I put this into "connect to server" on the machine I want to connect from: afp://169.254.177.122
It spins for a while, then says it can't connect. Strangely, if I do a cmd-i on the machine in the network sidebar, it says: nfs:// automount ... into /Network
So are you sure putting in the ip should work? If so what am I doing wrong?
Okay ... plot thickens. When I cmd-i after I connect, it indeed says it is an AFP connect, but it gives the "local" name, say powerbook.local. But then, if I "ping powerbook.local" if gives me back the same IP I tried in connect to server. Huh?
mbp:~ rjcarr$ ping powerbook.local
PING powerbook.local (169.254.177.122): 56 data bytes
Weird. It isn't that big of a deal ... I just like to know what is going on.

Connect two macs wirelessly

How to connect two mac wirelessly?
I tried creating a network, but after that, I can't connect the internet.

If each Mac can get on the Internet, without re-wiring, your network is already in place.
Do not create a Network. If you did, you will need to tear that down before proceeding.
Enable File Sharing on each Mac, NOT Internet Sharing.
Mac 101: File Sharing

Can connect two Macs with USB2 cable?

Can connect two Macs with USB2 cable?

You can connect two Macs with an ethernet wire, or conect two Macs using Firewire if one is placed in target disk mode, but that is it.

Can I connect two macs with thunder bolt ?

can i connect two macs with thunderbolt like I do with firewire and IP? I don't want to transfer files by using the control "T" at startup . I want use VNC to control one mac from the other and use thunderbolt vs ethernet.
thanks for any help

You can connect the two. Whether you can use VNC, I have no idea.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC913ZM/A
Ciao.

Is it possible to connect two Macs via USB ?

Is it possible to connect two Macs via USB just like Firewire back in the day via Target mode or is there something similar? I am asking this because about 2-3 years ago I would normally image Macs via Target Mode. I used to have a regular Macbook running 10.6 along with a customized-ready-to-go .dmg image saved on the Desktop. Whenever I needed to put that image into any Mac I would simply connect the two Macs via Firewire, I would then press "T" at startup which will get me in Target Mode, I would then see the disk appear in the desktop of the Mac I had the image. I would then copy that image to the T mode macbook using super duper. Can this still be done through USB with new models and if so will I also need to press T at startup ?

No, USB connection does not qualify for this, only firewire and thunderbolt, as I read (but cannot test, for the time being I have only one such mac around).
This is why the short series of alu MBs (2008) are not qualified for target mode either.
p.s. What ‘new models’ do you refer to?

Connecting two macs

Until recently my only Aperture library has been on my Macbook Pro (Aperture 3). Irecently bought a lovely new iMac, and installed the library on that via the vault on another hard drive. Its running very nicely on the iMac. So far so good. I now want to update the library on the Macbook Pro with what I have done on the iMac. I have foud the appropriate instructions in Aperture help and am set to go BUT dont know how I should connect the two macs. USB? Firewire? Ethernet cable? My wifi router? Iknow this is avery basic question but I am stumped.

My wifi router?
If they're both able to access the Internet simultaneously, open the Sharing pane of System Preferences on one machine, enable File Sharing, and use the Connect to Server command from the Finder's Go menu.
If you're using a non-802.11n wireless network, Ethernet will give you faster speed.
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Connecting two Mac Minis using wifi

My actual set up:
Bedroom - Macmini (2007) linked to a dsl modem via an ethernet cable. A Samsung display, a LaCie 2tb drive, are also connected to it.
In a very near future:
LivingRoom - Macmini (2011, to be delivered in a couple of days... hopefully) will have access to internet via wifi. A 55" TV, a LaCie Minimus 2tb drive (a clone of the other one in the bedroom) and a DAC will be connected to the new mini.
My question:
How can I connect the two minis together using wifi so that I can have easy acces to all the files in the drive connected to the Mac mini in the other room?
I have looked at the "File sharing preferences" in the system preferences but I am not that sure how to do it.
A little guidance would be greatly appreciated!

"File sharing preferences" is indeed how to do it. Connect both minis to your router (one by ethernet cable, one by wifi, it doesn't matter.)
Then turn on "File Sharing" in Sharing Prefs on both minis. Also, give them both meaningful, different names under "Computer Name".
Then, when you open a finder window on one mini, the other one should appear under "Shared", like this:

Connecting two Mac minis and using one monitor

I am thinking about getting two Mac minis to run concurrently, accessing both on the same Thunderbolt Display (also to be acquired) using screen sharing and connecting the two Macs via firewire (or thunderbolt).
I have certain programs I need to run in Windows (Bloomberg terminal and MS Excel in Windows version) but don't want to run them in parallel on one computer as (in my experience) the performance is very slow.
By running two computers at the same time, I'm hoping that can avoid the entire system griding to a halt. I also think it will allow me to upgrade more cheaply as the Mac mini is improved over time.
Is this a completely daft idea? Would I be better off with a new iMac or a refurbish Mac Pro?
Any feedback is welcome, even of the abusive variety.

"File sharing preferences" is indeed how to do it. Connect both minis to your router (one by ethernet cable, one by wifi, it doesn't matter.)
Then turn on "File Sharing" in Sharing Prefs on both minis. Also, give them both meaningful, different names under "Computer Name".
Then, when you open a finder window on one mini, the other one should appear under "Shared", like this:

Connecting Two ASAs together via local interface

Hi
I have two cisco ASA routers & wish to connect them together so that traffic between is permitted with out going outside interface.
Two asa are located at in ONE office and two have separate internet connection (ISP) configured.
So here is what I did so far.
configure one of the interface on each ASA with some IP adddress.
ASA 1 ------- interface 0/6 10.1.1.1 (ASA X 1512)
ASA 2 --------- interface 0/5 10.2.2.2 (ASA 5055)
now connected a Ethernet cable to these inferface.
I was able to addd a route on asa 2.
route add interface0/5 10.1.1.0/24 10.2.2.2
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route add interface0/6 10.2.2.2/24 10.1.1.1
%invalid next hop address it belongs to one of our interface.

Sorry if I was not clear
I have two separate ISPs connecting two two separate ASAs.. Two asa are now connecting separate LANs.
Now I want to communicate between LANs.
So I connected an ethernet cable bw ASAs and trying to configure the route.
But not able to establish
Here is the configuration of ASA where I am faceing problem, while trying to add route
route add voice-interface 10.1.1.1/24 255.255.255.0 10.2.2.2 1
I get error says
route already exsists
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
nameif outside0
security-level 0
ip address 0.2.5.2 255.255.255.252
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
shutdown
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
nameif inside2
security-level 100
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
interface GigabitEthernet0/5
nameif voice-interface
security-level 100
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
object network NETWORK_OBJ_12.1.3.0_2
subnet 12.1.3.0 255.255.255.0
object network NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.1.0_24
subnet 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
object network OBJ_ALL_NETWORK
subnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
description Any Network
object network voice-asa-network
subnet 10.2.2.0 255.255.255.0
object network 10.1.1.1
host 10.1.1.1
access-list outside0_cryptomap extended permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 12.1.3.0 255.255.255.0
access-list inside2_access_in extended permit ip 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 any
nat (inside2,outside0) source static NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.1.0_24 NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.1.0_24 destination static NETWORK_OBJ_12.1.3.0_24 NETWORK_OBJ_12.1.3.0_24 no-proxy-arp route-lookup
object network OBJ_ALL_NETWORK
nat (any,outside0) dynamic interface
route outside0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.2.5.2 1
dynamic-access-policy-record DfltAccessPolicy
user-identity default-domain LOCAL
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart warmstart
crypto ipsec ikev1 transform-set ESP-DES-MD5-TRANS mode transport
crypto ipsec security-association pmtu-aging infinite
crypto map outside0_map 1 match address outside0_cryptomap
crypto map outside0_map 1 set pfs
crypto map outside0_map 1 set peer 9.2.5.1
crypto map outside0_map 1 set ikev1 transform-set ESP-AES-128-SHA ESP-AES-128-MD5 ESP-AES-192-SHA ESP-AES-192-MD5 ESP-AES-256-SHA ESP-AES-256-MD5 ESP-3DES-SHA ESP-3DES-MD5 ESP-DES-SHA ESP-DES-MD5
crypto map outside0_map 1 set ikev2 ipsec-proposal AES256 AES192 AES 3DES DES
crypto map outside0_map interface outside0
crypto ca trustpool policy
crypto ikev2 policy 1
encryption aes-256
integrity sha
group 5 2
prf sha
lifetime seconds 86400
crypto ikev2 policy 10
encryption aes-192
integrity sha
group 5 2
prf sha
lifetime seconds 86400
crypto ikev2 policy 20
encryption aes
integrity sha
group 5 2
prf sha
lifetime seconds 86400
crypto ikev2 policy 30
encryption 3des
integrity sha
group 5 2
prf sha
lifetime seconds 86400
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection scanning-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
no threat-detection statistics tcp-intercept
ssl encryption aes128-sha1 3des-sha1
group-policy GroupPolicy_6.2.5.1 internal
group-policy GroupPolicy_6.2.5.1 attributes
vpn-tunnel-protocol ikev1 ikev2
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic

How do I connect two lines together.

I have two lines at an angle but where the corner of the angle is supposed to be there is a little triangle missing. I tried joining the two lines together but when I hit join one line goes past the other.
Before Joining:
After Joining:

There is no need to lock one of the paths, because you do not have to tediously select endpoints just to join paths. Doing so was necessary in Illustrator for most of its history, but it finally (decades behind other drawing programs) gained the ability to join paths at their nearest endpoints by just selecting the paths.
Undo (or cut) the unwanted join.
Black pointer: Select the left and right paths.
Join.
Alternativley, when drawing line art, it is not uncommon to set your default Graphic Style to use rounded endcaps. That negates the problem of the "missing triangle" (as you call it) appearance of coincident straight end caps.
JET

Connect two Macs to one Thunderbolt Display?

I am using a MacBook Pro and Thunderbolt Display. I own also a Mac Mini without Thunderbolt port but HDMI and wonder if I can connect this Mac mini to my Display as well using the second Thunderbolt port on the Display and a HDMI/Thunderbolt adapter? I have been searching for a HDMI/Thunderbolt switch but without success. Any other thoughts?

TB display will only work using TB port. There is no adapter that I know of to connect to any other type of port.

Connecting two macs to run programs

Hello,
I've posted elsewhere but was redirected here.
This is a very open ended question about connecting my Mac (Main) to another one (White).
I use open source software such as R, currently on my Macbook. However, my programs are time consuming, so I outsource some of the work to another Macbook that someone lends me, as follows: R is installed on both machines, and I transfer the source files from Main to White using the shared folder.
Is there a better to do this? Ideally I'd like to be able to send instruction from Main to White, and have display of White within Main. Is it asking for too much?
I also have an older Linux machine I'd like to put to use. Here I don't have a shared folder, so I use a flash disk... Any better idea?

I also have an older Linux machine I'd like to put to use. Here I don't have a shared folder, so I use a flash disk... Any better idea?
Mac OS includes support for NFS, the native Unix network file sharing system. You may share files between Mac OS X systems with NFS as well as other Unix Systems. However, the documentation on how you make the shares is rather limited. Once you learn how to configure the net info database with the netinfo command, the shares are not too hard to make.
While it is not require,NFS encourages you to have common UIDs and GIDs.
"NFS Manager is a graphical user interface to control all built-in NFS features of Mac OS X. "
http://www.bresink.de/osx/NFSManager.html
[QUOTE=bogoliubov;2472988]Ok, so how can I check my UID? I've heard that it's dangerous to change the UID, so how should I do if I want the permissions to work in both OSes?[/QUOTE]
You can change the permissions of files and directories in either OS.
I suggest that you make a complete backup of your system. You should create a second administrator account from which you use to change your original account. You should log out your original account before proceeding.
Mac OS X ... harddrive -> Applications -> Utilities -> terminal
Ubuntu ... Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Your current user is:
echo $USER
Let's assume myuser
To find out your UID and GID do:
ls -ln
ls -l
Or, you can use the id command.
id
compare the output and write down what you find.
You best use the numeric value for your userid. In this case it is 500. To list all the files owned by a userid do:
sudo find / -user 500 -exec ls {} \;
# adding a -x before the / limits the search to the current file system.
Mac OS X ... harddrive -> Applications -> Utilities -> NetInfo Manager
In the middle column is the function. Pick users then select your user. Click on the lock at the bottom of the panel. Go into the property list and change UID and GID.
In the Ubuntu terminal,
man 5 passwd
... will give you the format of the passwd file.
sudo nano /etc/passwd
... the format is user-name, password, uid, gid, ...
control-o
... to save
control-x
... to quit
The groups are defined in /etc/group
cat /etc/group
Now change the UID and GID of all files:
You best use the numeric value for your userid. In this case it is 500.
sudo find / -user 500 -exec chown 1100:211 {} \;
/* Where chown has the format of chown uid:gid file-name */
/* adding -print before -exec lists the files that will be changed. */
/* You may want to leave off :211 if your uid & gid are not paired. */
/* Notice the -exec runs another command on the found file. */
sudo find / -group 20 -exec chgrp 211 {} \;
On the Mac you get into single user mode by holding down command-s when you poweron your machine. Just in case you run into problems.
On Mac OS, there are a few files that have the old uid as part of their names. The .Trashes file will be only removal media and maybe everywhere.
/.Trashes/501
/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.501
/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.sbdl.501
/Library/Caches/com.apple.user501pictureCache.tiff
On Linux, there are a few files that have the old user name as part of their file and folder names:
Here is another explaination of the procedure. ( It misses some file because the auther checks only the most likely places.
http://lissot.net/netinfo/change_user.html
Robert

Hooking two macs together

Hello,
The business I work for is purchasing a new Intel Mac and they want to utilize its processing power with the current mac we have now.
The current mac we have is the PowerPc with Tiger OS.
The idea is that I edit a project and then pass it on to the old mac or the new one depending on what would work best so that it can render a project in the timeline or run compressor while I continue to edit on another project. Is that possible? I have looked at connecting the two via firewire and targeting one of the macs. I don't understand if that would be an advantage or not.
Any ideas or pitfalls?
I'm guessing having an older mac and a new one with different operating systems is going to be our first hurdle.
Thanks for any input.
Ymir Jr

The computers, if on a shared network, could share files more naturally;
in fact PCs and Macs work together in a network.
FireWire (Target Disk Mode) won't work to naturally share files since one
of the two computers would be only seen as an external FW hard drive.
Setting up a small computer network would be a better idea; since you
can also share internet and other things. This could be done over an
Ethernet network since all devices (or many) have hardware identifiers
that help route data to and from them accurately & securely in a LAN.
But, I know nothing about setting up such a thing; so hopefully others
with that kind of information or links to refer to, will contribute here.
More information on both the computers involved, their OS X systems
and hardware configurations (build model, year, etc) would be helpful.
Good luck & happy computing!

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