Is there any reason I shouldn't blow away all of Lenovo's special recovery partitions?

They are geetting in the way of a working multiboot scenario of OSX, Windows 8, and Linux. What am I losing by doing this? I can easily build my own Windows 8 USB install stick with all of the Helix drivers on it.

Well there are a handful, but they don't seem to be insurmountable. Going with a retail build of Mountain Lion 10.8.3 (meaning a legitimate purchased copy of the OS only). I've had to rely on a nan/compact USB dongle for both WiFi and Audio, but both are teen small and fit nicely into the back of the device. As for digitizer, it works, but at the moment as you move away from the center of the screen, the pointer will float increasingly until you reach the edge, and it's off by about 150 pixels (or an inch or so of screen space). It's still very usable if you can make that mental adjustment. Not sure if any linux wacom drivers could be ported.
Right now the biggest issue I have is getting a battery indicator (I have none at the moment, so it's tough to know when I'm about to run out), screen brightness, and waking up from sleep (it sleeps just fine, but no go on the wake up). SpeedStep seems to be working, which is essential to using it for more than a few hours.
The triple boot config is not hard at all, take a look at a blog post by RehabMan from TonyOSX86.
I suspect people with more patience than I will eventually get a lot more of the device working, but for overall purposes it's pretty darn functional at the moment, especially for developing apps on.

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Given the lack of batch capture in FCE is there any reason why I shouldn't work in the following way:
1. Import video in large chunks using capture now
2. Use DV start stop and Make sub-clip
3. Export just the sub-clips I want as self-contained movies
4. Close the project and delete the original capture files and the FCE project file
5. Start a new project and import the movies I saved in step 3.
My reasons for wanting to do this are mainly to save disc space but also to reduce clutter in the bins. So far as I can see this works fine. The only downsides I can see are:
1. The extra time it takes but this is offset against the chore of capturing individual clips instead of using capture now.
2. The fact that reimported clips have their audio tracks set to mono mix but it seems easy enough to correct this. (As an aside, if I import a .mov file saved from Quicktime it imports into FCE with the audio set to stereo - why the difference?).
I'd be happy enough working this way, I think, provided I could be confident that I'm not going to lose quality by saving and then re-importing. Will I? Are there any other downsides I've not thought of?

You shouldn't lose any quality in the audio or video, but you may lose the timecode track. I'm not sure if you'll lose it, but if you do, you won't be able to recapture the project clips from the original tape because the timecode would be required. This isn't an issue, if you don't ever need to recapture. The timecode may even be retained... I'd have to do an export to see. As a matter of workflow, you may want to think seriously about keeping the timecode, because you can back-up your project file and have some assurance that you can recover from a chatastrophic failure simply by restoring the project file and recapturing from the original tape.
Regarding your audio and video; unless you were to add effects to the video, there should be no loss in exporting and importing. Losses in DV are incurred when you add filters (alter the image) and recompress. The audio is uncompressed PCM, so no losses to be had there, unless you change the sampling rate.

FireVault: Any reason I shouldn't enable it?

Years ago, an AppleCare phone rep advised against using FireVault, as it he said it made it more likely that a minor corruption would cause a big problem on my computer. Given the state of Internet security these days, I'm re-considering.
I'm running 10.10.1 on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, maxed out at 8 GB RAM and with an almost-full 500 GB HD and an external HD usually attached to it. I backup to Time Capsule. Is there any reason I shouldn't enable FireVault? Thanks!

FileVault works differently now than it did a few years ago. A few users have reported problems activating it in Yosemite, but on the whole it has no effect on reliability and no noticeable effect on performance. The only real drawback is that if you forget the password and lose the recovery key, there is no way to recover the data (unless you have an unencrypted backup.)

Any reason I shouldn't do it this way? RAID backup question

I'm using three 1TB drives torn out of Western Digital external hard drives (hard to find internal drives in Italy) as a RAID 0 for 3TB internal storage in the three extra internal bays. I'd like to mirror that, or something close to it, for a reasonable price. Is there any reason I shouldn't just buy three more external 1TB drives (around €110 for USB2 each) and combine them into a RAID 0 using Disk Utility? Since I'll be using it as a backup for my internal raid, speed isn't really an issue. I'd like to be able to just use Synchronize Pro or Super Duper to regularly schedule backups.
I'm asking because it seems like the cheapest alternative is 4TB RAID boxes like Jobo, Lacie or WD that run about €1000.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated...

Hi,
The only draw back that I can see with mounting three more hard disks internally in the Mac Pro is that you may need to remove the DVD, the Mac Pro will run warmer and of course it will be louder. You will need to decide if this is what you want.
I find that the SeriTek/5PM is a better solution.
http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata5pm2se2.html
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/5pm/
The SeriTek/5PM is quiet, provides great HD cooling, and allows the user to easily turn off or remove hard disks that are not currently needed. This reduces energy usage, helps backup disks last longer, keeps the Mac Pro cool and quiet and provides virtually unlimited hard disk capability as hard disks can be hot swapped as needed. It will cost more for this configuration but it provides much more flexibility.
Have fun!

Hi, I've been playing Smurf's village for a year now and just last week, i tried to get into the app but it keeps rejecting and goes back to the main page. Is there any reason for this? I've been updating the app everytime and now it's not letting me in

Hi, I've been playing Smurf's village for a year now and just last week, i tried to get into the app but it keeps rejecting and goes back to the main page. Is there any reason for this? I've been updating the app everytime and now it's not letting me in. Pls advise. Tq

Reset the device, restart the device, try downloading any other app.
All of these are basic steps that could have been found by a simple search of the forums as a resolution for the issue.

Is there any reason photos in an album page display small on the iPad, but normally on an iMac? And videos on a movies page don't play on the iPad, but are OK on the iMac?

Is there any reason photos in an album page created in iweb display small on the iPad, but normally on an iMac? And videos on a movies page don't play on the iPad, but are OK on the iMac?

there are three displays in photos page:
1) thumbnails grid - smallest
2) deatial view and detail view slideshow - large
3a) pop-up slideshow - vary - this is slideshow.html
3b) or iphone/ipad slideshow phoneshow.html - iphone/ipad can't do pop-up
it's difficult to know which you refer to.
if you refer to pop-up slideshow then you should not look into iwebmediagrid.js as wyodor suggested.
instead look in phoneshow.html and change width and heigth of element id slideshow:
#slideshow {
position: relative;
width: 320px; /* this is default width */
height: 360px; /* this is default height */
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
overflow: hidden;

HT5622 Is there any reason why my apple id and password allow log in to App Store but say invalid password when trying to activate Facetime ?

Is there any reason why my apple id and password allow log in to App Store but say password invalid when trying to activate Facetime - I thought that Id and password were the same for all functions ?

try the steps in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

Is there any reason or my why cursor is stuck on the spinning rainbow wheel?

Lately my macbook has been freezing, and I'm thinking that it's being overloaded. Most of the time the cursor is stuck on the spinning rainbow wheel, but it will eventually return back into the arrow. It's currently stuck as the spinning wheel, but I am able to click and access sites. Is there anything I should do to get this checked?
EDIT: When I open a new tab, the cursor goes back to normal. Is there any reason why it is doing that in the other tab?

Hi,
Use the PC KB and hold Windows key + r key at bootup.
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.
If that doesn't help Reinstall the OS.

Is there any reason to use FCP text vs. Borris 3D?

Is there any reason to use FCP text vs. Borris 3D?
Thanks.

boris is vector based, and the basic fcp text is bitmapped. What that means is that you can resize and reposition your type in the control tab with boris without any loss in quality. You cannot do this with fcp text. Also, I think the dropshadow, kerning and leading options are more extensive with boris. Not positive about this as I abandoned the basic fcp titler a long time ago.

Is there any reason that my lock keeps unlocking in my network settings? Is there any way to keep it locked? It sure is inconvenient when I have to reboot to get back on the internet and re-lock that lock.

Is there any reason that my lock keeps unlocking in my network settings? Is there any way to keep it locked? It sure is inconvenient when I have to reboot to get back on the internet and re-lock that lock.

You could try changing the settings in System Preferences/Security & Privacy/General/Advanced/Require an Administator password to access locked preferences
But this will affect all Preference settings.

I have just installed 11.0.7 on my iMac. Is there any reason to keep 9 or 10 in my "applications" folder?

I have just installed 11.0.7 on my iMac. Is there any reason to keep 9 or 10 in my "applications" folder?

No.

Is there any reason why my computer won't recognize my iphone

is there any reason why my computer won't recognize my iphone?

Have a look here
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch not appearing in iTunes
From Here
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/devices/

HT4597 I use google for my email, calendar and contacts. My photos are in iPhoto on my Mac. I have an Android phone. Is there any reason I should move to iCloud?

I use google for my email, calendar and contacts. My photos are in iPhoto on my Mac. I have an Android phone. Is there any reason I should move to iCloud?

If you don't use MobileMe then there is no point moving to iCloud.

I have purchased a mac mini only to find I am unable to run Logic pro 9 , is there any way this can be achieved? It has been suggested that I partition the drive and install a copy of an older operating system to run the Logic Pro, is this feasible?

I have purchased a mac mini only to find I am unable to run Logic pro 9 , is there any way this can be achieved? It has been suggested that I partition the drive and install a copy of an older operating system to run the Logic Pro, is this feasible?

BDAqua wrote:
....but some other new Macs will boot frome a clone of 10.6.8...
Only with a whole lot of effort and instability. As the new Minis have
hardware (HD4000, USB 3.0, etc.) that is totally unsupported in old OSes.
The only option would be to see if it would work by installing in a virtual machine
running 10.6.8. I'm sure there will be some performance hit but whether it would
be enough to be unusable is the question.

Is there any tec support i can call?, all my output is in Question Marks "?"

is there any tec support i can call?, all my output is in Question Marks "?"

Frequently asked questions about Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37 --> Can I change the answers to the security questions for my Apple ID? --> Yes. You can change the answers to the security questions provided when you originally signed up for your Apple ID. Go to My Apple ID (http://appleid.apple.com/) and click Manage your account.
Forgotten security questions - https://discussions.apple.com/message/18402551 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/18625296
More involved forgotten question issues - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3961813
Kappy 09/2012 post about security questions - https://discussions.apple.com/message/19569468
John Galt's tips (09/2012) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/19809294
If none of the above work, contact iTunes Support at http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ and follow the instructions to report the issue to the iTunes Store.

Is there any reason I shouldn't blow away all of Lenovo's special recovery partitions?

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