Mac newbie trying to figure out best internal HD configuration

Greetings,
I've been trying to educate myself about internal hard drives by reading some of the posts here and doing a search about RAID but unfortunately I'm still a little confused. I'll try to post my questions about what I'd like to accomplish and if these have been answered before I'll gladly go read a post if someone can direct me to the right place.
First, I have only one internal hard drive on my MacPro and I'm tired of living dangerously! I need to install another hard drive to use as a backup of my work, digital images, music, etc.
1. Can someone explain (or link me to an explantion) the differences of RAID and which one i would want for the above scenario?
2. Given my original aim with the backup disc, can someone recommend a make/model that works well as a backup? (for example i read about differences between an SE and an RE drive from one manufacturer, and how one works better in this or that situation, but it all went right over my head)
3. Is there a software application I should consider that will help me automate my backup process on a daily (nightly) basis? (I'm more than a little forgetful)
Thanks very much for dealing with the newbie on these issues!
Enjoy the day,
Pedro
MacPro 2x2.66 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I don't use raid myself so I'll leave that explanation to others. I configure my Mac Pro with 4 drives. My main drive is my boot drive and has about 300+ gigs free. I have a backup drive for that which I use SuperDuper for backup, creating a fully bootable backup drive in the event my main drive has a problem. I only back up to that drive when my machine is "good and solid". That allows me to throw on the most recent update without much concern. If there is a problem then I just boot from my backup drive and I'm back up and running just fine. I also use the backup of my main drive for my Final Cut Pro scratch drive. I copy the files for my movies to external drives for archive when needed. For my data drives I use another set of 500 gig drives. One for data (mostly photos) and one to backup using superduper whenever I feel like it. You could automate it all with Retrospect for the data drives if you wanted to. I don't think Retrospect will make a bootable backup of a main drive. I use Western Digital WD5000KS ddrives, 500 megs each. They make another model for those wanting RAID. Set up RAID, by all means, if squeeking every ounce of speed is your goal to be sure. My setup is conservative, redundant and very safe. A simple search here or on google for RAID0 or such will turn up much info on raid configuations.

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Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
Google software is ,currently, not 100% compatible/compliant with OS X Mavericks. Especially Google Chrome and Drive.
So, uninstall all Google software per the instructions on Google's website until Google posts an "official" fix/update for these.
If you do not like Apple's Safari Web browser, try using Mozilla Firefox, instead. Mozilla constantly updates FireFox and there is a new update available.
Also, Telestream Flip4Mac plugin is an issue on OS X Mavericks. If there is no Mavericks update for this plugin, then completely unistall this plugin per instructions on the Telestream website. Use the newest version of VLC player, instead.
Completely Uninstall MacFUSE. There hasn't been any updates for this in a couple of years and is outdated and incompatible with Mavericks. Uninstall per instructions on the developer's website, also.
You need to update all of your third party software if there are OS X Mavericks updates that can be applied.
You may need to,ACTUALLY, go to the third party developers' websites if there are no updates through the Mac App Store.
Update all of your Web browser Internet plugins, extensions and add ons, also.
Also, if you have any connected third party devices, like non-Apple keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, hubs, card readers, etc, you need to go to the device makers' websites' and update the drivers for these devices to OS X Mavericks compatible versions, if available, applicable and needed.
Good Luck to you!

Hi - Re Keynote I'm trying to figure out how to create a music album on USB flash drive. What I want is a background picture with 'click-buttons' to play each track listed, also similar for embedded videos and photos etc. Is this possible with Keynote ?

Hi - Re Keynote I'm trying to figure out how to create a music album (as an artist) on USB flash drive, (accessible by both Mac and PC). What I want is a background picture with 'click-buttons' to play each track listed, and play in order (like a cd) - also similar for embedded videos and photos etc. This should all be on the one page.
Is this possible with Keynote, or any other software package for Mac (am using Macbook Pro) ?
Gav 88

Hi there,
Yikes, it sounds like you've been doing a lot of work on this project... Unfortunately, however, this isn't the Adobe Encore forum, but the Acrobat.com forum. While it seems like an exciting question, we're not able to address issues pertaining to other Adobe products and services. Here's a link to the Adobe Encore forum, where you're more likely to get help for this specific issue:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/encore
Sorry not to be of more specific help to you. Best of luck!
Kind regards,
Rebecca

HT2931 I am trying to figure out how to get the pre made "beats" with my garage band for my MacBook Air can u help

I am trying to figure out how to get the pre made "beats" with my garage band for my MacBook Air can u help

Hello Mattxy2,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like you would like to add some Apple Loops to your project. I recommend reviewing the following sections in Garageband Help:
GarageBand Help - Search for Apple Loops
http://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.0/#gbnd3002ab64
GarageBand Help - Add Apple Loops to your projects
http://help.apple.com/garageband/mac/10.0/#gbndc1d3db81
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

[solved] trying to figure out BASH configuration files

I am trying to figure out where to properly place commands in the many stated/existing BASH configuration files —reading the wiki and the man page I see there are what at first glance are too many files:
from: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual … rtup-Files
invoked as an interactive login shell or with --login:
1. executes /etc/profile
2. executes-first-one-of-the-following: ~/.bash_profile
2. executes-first-one-of-the-following: ~/.bash_login
2. executes-first-one-of-the-following: ~/.profile
from: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bash#Configuration
configuration file sourcing order at startup ... by default in arch:
/etc/profile (indirectly) sources /etc/bash.bashrc
/etc/skel/.bash_profile (which users are encouraged to copy to ~/.bash_profile) sources ~/.bashrc
which means that /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc will be executed for all interactive shells whether they are login shells or not
It isn't clear to me what exactly means file#1 "indirectly sources" file#2: including ? append target file ? use file#2 instead of file#1 ?
It isn't clear either if ~/.bash_login and/or ~/.bash_logout are ignored (or not) in arch
so /etc/profile should be the (preferred) system-wide configuration file ?
so ~/.bash_profile should be the (preferred) user-specific configuration file ?
If so, does it means I should delete /etc/bash.bashrc (this is where I currently have system-wide commands) in favor of (ie: moving the content to) /etc/profile ?
Last edited by ivanborodin (2014-06-10 16:28:21)

First and foremost: thanks for the replies.
Ziusudra wrote:As the Wiki states ...
I am fully aware of what the wiki is stating —I even included the link in my first post. The problem is not that I am not aware of what it is stating, it is just I don't understand it and thus my post to begin with. More precisely; this highlighted line:
Note: /etc/bash.bashrc is non-standard, only some distributions like Arch Linux have this included because packagers have added a -DSYS_BASHRC="/etc/bash.bashrc" flag at compilation time, in order to have a system bashrc file.
which clearly states /etc/bach.bashrc is non-standard was the first hint to me that these files were legacy/going-to-be-deprecated/something-like-this (my assumption) in favor of newer (my assumption) /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile
Maybe I am asking some obvious question (this is why I am asking it in the newbie corner) but please, have in mind that for someone coming from the Windows world some things/concepts are totally alien at first sight, for eg: in Windows you start Powershell and you have one (only one) place to set your configuration options and the like. Here I am offered with:
• 2 possible system-wide files: /etc/profile and /etc/bash.bashrc
• 2 possible user-specific files: ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc
• 1 possible user-specific files: ~/.bash_login (and ~/.bash_logout)
... so I have (at least) 5 different places to execute commands upon login.
I was carefully reading all the files present on my current installation and now I understand what "indirectly sourced" means: including (if the file is present just insert it here)
I still don't understand what commands should be placed in which file; for eg: system-wide aliases should be placed in /etc/profile or in /etc/bash.bashrc ?
One more time, I am not a rocket-scientist nor I am a dummy, but the wiki just states file precedence without offering any details as best practices or something like that and just figure out: that for such a basic-thing I am getting different answers from two users (someone with 6000+ posts) ... either one: or the wiki is not clear or this thing is a little more complex than it seems at first sight ... just my thought.
Anyway, needless to say, thank you both for your time and patience.

Trying to figure out how to print four postcards per two-sided page.

I've been a Mac user for a little over a year, and I love it, but with this latest (2014, OS X) version of Pages, I cannot find out how to set up my document so it will print four, two-sided postcards. The only postcard templates are two per page, and it feels like I've gone to the end of the application and back trying to figure out the answer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
:Danul

Just adding to Viking's reply.
The trick is to get the second page (the back) to print behind the first set (the front) when you feed the paper back into the printer or use the duplexing function, if your printer has that.
Desktop printers do not feed paper very accurately so it is hard to align the two. It will pay to test if there is a consistent error in positioning and move the 2nd set to allow for it.
Best to aim for the centre of your paper stock, so adjust the artwork to have the two samples head to head exactly in the centre of the page with a 10mm or 3/8th inch gap between them. You can do this using the Graphics Inspector to position them and rotate the top postcard 180°.
Step by step:
1. Group and rotate the top postcard 180°
2. Position it with 10mm or 3/8th inch gap above the 2nd postcard
3. Group the two postcards and centre the set on the page
4. Do the same to the back set
5. Print the front set
6. Tumble turn or rotate the paper (test for what works) and put back into the printer to print the back set
7. Test by printing simple boxes the right size and shape to see how they align. Move template on the page to allow for any errors the printer makes.
For a set of 4 follow above on a landscape page, with another pair next to this one.
8. If there is only one design for the postcard (1 front and one back) they can be on the same page, head to head (see above) and when you feed the paper back in the printer, the back should print behind the front and the front behind the back to make up two double sided postcards.
Simply test, using dummies to indicate paper direction, rectangles with F & B in the centre, and take note which direction, and side up needs to go into the printer for what result. Then keep that information handy by the printer, with step by steps to repeat them.
Peter

I am trying to figure out how I can get my library transferred to the Honda Accord 16gb hard drive? I have purchased music of off I tunes and do not have the physical CD. Anybody with any suggestions on how this can be done?

I am trying to figure out how I can transfer my library to my new 2014 honda accord that has an internal 16gb hard drive. The manual for the car says that it needs to be original CD's but I have purchased alot of the albums/songs I have from I tunes therefore not having the original CD. Can someone help me with this as I dont want to load each CD into the player to record and have some albums that I purchased off of I tunes that I would like to be on the hard drive.
Thanks Any Help is appreciated.

If Honda says you need the original CDs, you need the original CDs.

I am trying to figure out how to merge my AD network account.

I am trying to figure out how to merge my AD network account with my Mac account. The main reason for this is wanting to log into my admin account on the Mac, and have it also log into my network account so I do not have to log into differing accounts depending on wether I am on the network or not. And I am going to be running VMware fusion with windows on top, so having one account would be essential to this.
Thanks.
P.S. I am brand new to Apple, not by choice. ;-)

Basically I want to link a network account to a local account, so that I always log into the same account, even if I do not have network access....

Need help- trying to figure out if Spotify would work for my senior living community

We are a senior community that has activity programs running in like 7-10 areas in the building. Music is a big part of our day. CD's for all these areas is getting crazy. There has got to be a better way. We want to be able to pick music genre, a song even to hear and have playlists. What we have currently: We have some laptops and desktop computer using windows. We also have a few MP3 players, boomboxes and IPODS. We also have Wifi. But sometimes of course we have Wifi issues. We have access to usually a laptop or boombox. We could use the MP3 players/ipods. I like the idea of playlists that we share, pulling music that is alike. These are my quesitons or issues below: Things are my questions:1. Can we have 1 account be made for different appliances and be on spotify at the same time? Premium said 3 but you can't be both logged in under each account. Is this still true? Postings were old. 2. With even the Spotify family can you be on to the account at the same time? 3. What would be our best solution for this for accounts- would we have to set up different account for each device if we want to play at the same time? Any ideas - I just really need suggestions4. If we did our laptops, we would need speakers? Also for boomboxes- is this possible? I am assuming using like an MP3 player or IPOD. Spotify work through them? Is it certain type of MP3 players and IPODS. I believe a few of ours are older ones. 5. If we have tons of accounts, can I start all accounts on same computer? Would I set them up by each device we have?6. Can you run ipod/mp3 through large TV speakers? or laptop music through big screen tv speakers?7. For the music itself, can you pick what exact songs in playlist? Can you make lots of playlist per account? I saw 3,300 songs but can you name the playlist and stay forever? Sorry for all the questions. I am trying to figure out if this is even possible or worth doing. If we have seperate accounts - how much monthly is that? Is there a deal for that many devices? Thanks

Spotify has 2 different account types. You can see the difference between the two at the bottom of the homepage: http://spotify.com
1: Each Spotify account can only play on one device at a time. You can have the account logged into as many devices as you want, but you can only play on one device at a time.
2: With Spotify family, there are several Spotify accounts under one plan. Each account is able to play on one device at a time.
Check out the family help guide here:
https://support.spotify.com/learn-more/guides/#!/article/spotify-family
Also check out this thread for information:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Accounts-and-Subscriptions/Spotify-Family-Q-amp-A/td-p/988520
3: Yes, as stated above
4: You wouldn't necessarily have to have speakers hooked up to the laptop. If the laptop has speakers or you input headphones, that should work. Spotify doesn't work with MP3 players/iPods. To use Spotify you have to have the Spotify app.
You can find a list of compatible devices here:
https://support.spotify.com/learn-more/guides/#!/article/spotify-system-requirements
7: Yes you can search Spotify and add any song you want to a playlist. And you can also make lots of playlists. Each playlist has a limit of 10,000 songs. The 3,333 limit you saw is for the offline limit on premium accounts. Up to 3,333 songs can be downloaded for offline listening.
Hopefully this information helps. The family plan can have up to 5 accounts. It might end up being too expensive for what you need. The free plan has ads, but it still might be worth looking into.

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