Migrating ppc xserve to intel xserve - windows users

I have a PPC xserve that acts as our DNS, OD master, mail and Windows Server.
I have 30 windows users that access this system.
We have a new Intel Xserve and I intend migrating from the PPC system and retiring, reassigning the PPC m/c.
From what I understand the simplest way to achieve this is to set the Intel server up as required with DNS and OD settings from scratch.
Then bring over the OD archive from the PPC.
I can then add the (PPC) saved plists for mail etc.
Move all the required data and set up shares.
This all seems OK, what I want to know is if anyone has any experience with the windows users once this has been done.
Do they have to be rejoined to the "windows" domain, will I have to make copies of all their local profiles, in case the profiles get trounced.
Any experiences would be appreciated, as usual the less work per m/c the better.

I did a little research on the boards here and it
seems the method of choice to move a mail server is
to use the trusty mailbfr. I am curious if anyone has
used this method to move a ppc mail to an intel
mail?
I suppose the core components of the OS are the same
so my gut tells me this should work fine. Anyone know
differently?
Thanks,
JL
Yes, worked fine for me.

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How do I remove migrated PPC apps from Intel iMac that has the same apps?

Before I begin, please know that I've read a lot of previous posts but all the posts only had some of what I needed so I'm posting this as a new topic. OK, here I go:
My PPC running 10.5 just froze-up (that has since been solved) but in the process of solving that issue, I migrated everything as a different user (User B) INCLUDING my applications, to my Intel iMac - my iMac that also had the same applications on it - except they were intel versions and they were under User A.
So I essentially did an archive and clean install on my PPC.
Then, using Migration Assistant, I transferred User B onto my PPC. Now both of my computers have duplicates of most of my applications. In trying to fix this issue, I found out I should NOT have transferred my applications. So now I'm very confused as to which apps I should remove off my PPC and which I should remove off my intel iMac.
If I just delete User B from my intel iMac, that's easy enough but will that remove the dupes? I have a funny feeling it doesn't.
And then, which do I remove from my PPC?
AND THEN, are there other things I will need to remove from different places on my computer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
And now, I've used migration assistant to move everything from user (B) back to my PPC. Now I have duplicate applications with "(from old mac)"

Normally application go in the Applications folder at the top level of the hard drive, not in any user folders. If you have applications in user folders that are the same as those in the Applications folder, you can delete them from the user folders. If you actually migrated PPC applications into the Applications folder on an Intel Mac, it would have replaced the Intel versions. To fix that,you would have to reinstall OSX on the Intel Mac.
The same thing would apply on the PPC Mac.

Windows users doesn't work after migrating from old to new server!

We have done a complete re-install on our XServe with OD. We have about 10 Windows users, and after the installation all their settings and mail are gone. All the "normal" files are there though.
I'm not sure we have done it the right way though: We did a backup from the old server (a bootable copy with Super Duper), then we formatted and installed everything. We made new accounts (with different names if that's good to know) and copied the users home folders to the new location. The Mac clients seem to work good, but all the settings on the Windows clients are gone...
Is there an easier way to this? We still have the workable copy from the old installation. There seems to be some kind of export/import way to do this, but I haven't got a clue how to do that...
Please help!

davidh,
We didn't reintegrate smb.conf, but set the new server up just like the old one. We did however compare these files to see that the vital parts (netlogon, shares and so on, and of course basic settings) were correct.
We also copied the user files and profiles and made them identical on the new server, except for placing them under the new usernames.
Regarding the Local Settings folder, it doesn't exist on the old server, that's one of the weird things. We've checked the profile for a user on the client machine, and it is a roaming profile. That's why we're a bit puzzled as to why the login works and all files are there, but the user preferences and Outlook doesn't work.
I know I've read somewhere that the Local Settings aren't replicated like the other files in a roaming profile, but I haven't finished checking up on that. I wouldn't expect anything else than that Windows takes care of Outlook e-mail for a roaming profile as well though; I mean, the user must be able to read his/her mail from any computer in the domain, what else would the purpose of a roaming profile be?
Except for the weird thing about us not being able to find the user preferences or Outlook files for the client amongst the files on the server, I feel we're missing something; Apparently Windows isn't as straight forward as one would expect (not sure why I did expect anything, come to think of it).
We're going to give it a new go next weekend. Except for doing further research we're thinking of copying /etc/smb.conf and the files in /var/samba and /var/db/samba to the new server, along with exporting and importing the old user accounts to the new server, and then see if everything works as expected.
If so, we'll see if we can change the account names in a nice way, it's really desired to do so.
If not, we really need to do some more research, but if I'm not mistaking, the Samba-related files I just mentioned are the ones that pretty much make up the Windows Services in OS X, isn't that so?
Thanks!

Windows user migrating, need config advice

I'm a Windows user and making the switch. (I already have a Macbook Air, so I'm not entirely green.) I'm replacing a fairly powerful Windows machine and I'm trying to configure a Mac Pro that's relatively high powered. I got about 5 yeaers out of the Windows machine and expect the same this time around. Aside from standard office functions, my biggest use is Photoshop. I'm really just looking for some feedback on the configuration and to see if I'm making any short sighted decisions or bad trade-offs.
I think I've settled on a 2 processor, 2.4Ghz model (8 cores) with 12Gb of memory. I'm thinking a 512GB solid state primary system drive and (2) 2TB hard drives. I can't use the Apple RAID controller if the array contains a solid state drive, so I won't do any mirroring or striping. I really like the Apple 27" monitor, and I'm headed toward the Radeon 5870. I have a couple of other monitors from my Windows machine so I think I'll hang one of them off of the DVI port and one off of a Mac display port with an adapter. I'll end up with 3 monitors, with the "main" monitor the Apple monitor and the lesser quality units on either side.
Is it worth a processor upgrade? While my primary use is photo editing, I'm not a professional photographer and won't be editing photos 8 hours a day. How about the graphics card? Is it worth the extra $$$ for the 5870?
Would welcome feedback or suggestions.

The big payback is in establishing a Boot Drive. Having the Boot Drive on a fast Hard drive is an incremental improvement, and on an SSD is an additional incremental improvement -- not a major improvement, just a little bit better. I agree that it may not be worth the cost.
I can't use the Apple RAID controller if the array contains a solid state drive, so I won't do any mirroring or striping.
Disk Utility will Mirror or Stripe or JBOD without the needless complexity and excessive cost of the Apple RAID card. The Hatter swears by SoftRAID software, US$129 for these tasks, and raves about its ability to recover and to probe for defects.
In 64-bit mode, you can address over 4GB RAM for a single Applications, which can almost completely eliminate the need to consider "Scratch drive" -- provided you add lots of Error-Correction Code (ECC) RAM.
For best performance, each of System, Source, and Destination should have its own drive or RAID. Sharing a RAID between Source and Destination kills its peak performance.

New windows users cannot logon to system

We recently had a Network switch failure. As a result we had to reboot the server (G5 xserve 10.4.7).
This machine is a PDC to approx 50 Windows users. All users are in and working but new users are not being allowed to login.
Looking at the samba logs shows a lot of messages where there is a forcing election with other systems (windows).
eg
Server NORTH_24 at IP 192.168.7.24 is announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup NCS and we think we are master. Forcing election.
How can I stop this from happening and allow my new users to login??

I have changed the setting in /etc/smb.conf
os level = 8
to
os level = 255
This is suppossed to make sure this system wins all elections.
I have made sure any Windows systems were off and reset the server.
However as soon as windows systems turn back on then I start getting the following in log.nmbd :
[2007/04/25 10:34:22, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdincomingdgrams.c:process_local_masterannounce(311)
processlocal_masterannounce: Server H8YD32J at IP 192.168.7.89 is announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup TCP and we think we are master. Forcing election.
[2007/04/25 10:34:22, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdbecome_lmb.c:unbecome_local_mastersuccess(149)
Samba name server SYBSERVER has stopped being a local master browser for workgroup TCP on subnet 192.168.7.3
[2007/04/25 10:34:41, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdbecome_lmb.c:become_local_masterstage2(396)
Samba name server SYBSERVER is now a local master browser for workgroup TCP on subnet 192.168.7.3
[2007/04/25 10:38:22, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdincomingdgrams.c:process_local_masterannounce(311)
processlocal_masterannounce: Server H8YD32J at IP 192.168.7.89 is announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup TCP and we think we are master. Forcing election.
[2007/04/25 10:38:22, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdbecome_lmb.c:unbecome_local_mastersuccess(149)
Samba name server SYBSERVER has stopped being a local master browser for workgroup TCP on subnet 192.168.7.3
[2007/04/25 10:38:41, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-92.13/samba/source/nmbd/nmbdbecome_lmb.c:become_local_masterstage2(396)
Samba name server SYBSERVER is now a local master browser for workgroup TCP on subnet 192.168.7.3
If I turn this particular machine off, the system will start complaining about another one.
This was not happening prior to a Network switch failure and a reboot of the server.
On a good point any new users that are created can now logon to the system. I am not sure though, if that is to do with the change to the smb.conf file
Xserve Mac OS X (10.4.8) Intel and PPC systems

Syncing Windows users with Mac users home folders

Hello,
I have setup my 10.6 XServe to allow Windows user to connect.
The Windows machines log into the server just fine but when they save something to their Documents, Desktop etc... it doesn't show up when they log into a Mac machine and vice versa.
I did find a script on WazMac for a logon vbs but that does not work.
Any help?

Thank you Linc Davis,
I did some investigation on the internet to see the default ACLs on the "users" folder and I noticed that I added a group access. I deleted it and ended up with the correct configuration. I have now each user accessing his own home folder with read and write access to all the folders (desktop, music, video...) and sees the others users' home folder with access denied.
I think I can live with that configuration. Problem solved.

HT204350 Migration PPC / Leopard to Mavericks

I've got to migrate user data from a G4 PowerBook running Leopard to a new MacBook Air.
What's the best strategy for doing this and how do I avoid getting all the redundant PPC and Classic files coming over to the Air?

A Basic Guide for Data Migration
If you are migrating a PowerPC (PowerMac) system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Note: if you are upgrading to a Mac with Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or later, or with the intent of upgrading to 10.7 or later anytime in the future, be aware that any applications that are not labelled Universal, or haven't been upgraded to Intel CPU compatibility will not run on Lion or later. Documents may migrate if an Intel native application exists that will open them, but applications that are PowerPC only will not. This user tip explains what else is needed for upgrading to Lion: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2465.
This also means for any Mac model whose hardware or firmware that has been refreshed on or after July 20, 2011, you won't be able to install 10.6.8 or get Rosetta from it unless you follow a link at the end of this tip. It may be better to get a used or refurbished Mac that predates July 20, 2011. See the Snow Leopard tip on the bottom for which Macs support Rosetta, which in turn supports older PowerPC applications.
Both Leopard (10.5) , and Tiger (10.4.4 through 10.4.11, excluding 10.4.0, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, and 10.4.3) have PowerPC and Intel Mac support, and upgrading to either, this tip here, as well as links to my tip on Tiger and Leopard will help with your upgrade.
The Knowledgebase article Intel-based Mac: Some migrated applications may need to be updated refers to methods of dealing with migrating from PowerPC chips to Intel with the Migration Assistant safely. The authors of this tip have not had a chance to verify this works in all instances, or that it avoids the 10.6.1 and earlier Guest Account bug that caused account information to get deleted upon use of the Migration/Setup Assistant. However, a well backed up source that includes at least two backups of all the data that are not connected to your machine will help you avoid potential issues, should they arise. In event it does not work, follow the steps below.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior 4.1, TechTool Pro 4.6.1, SuperDuper 2.5, and Drive Genius 2.0.2 work properly on Intel-Macs with Leopard. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries. Leopard Cache Cleaner, Onyx, TinkerTool System, and Cocktail are now compatible with Leopard.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ
Because Migration Assistant isn't the ideal way to migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode, copying the critical contents to CD and DVD, an external hard drive, or networking will work better when moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs. The initial section below discusses Target Disk Mode. It is then followed by a section which discusses networking with Macs that lack Firewire. You can also determine if you have Firewire by looking at this image of the ports typically found on a PowerMac G4 Firewire 800, which has two 6 pin Firewire 400 (IEEE 1394a) ports below the USB ports, and below that, a Firewire 800 (IEEE 1394b).
The 4 pin Firewire found on many camcorders is just a Firewire 400 port that is not powered by the computer. Cables exist that can convert between all three.
If both computers support the use of Firewire then you can use the following instructions:
1. Repair the hard drive and permissions using Disk Utility.
2. Backup your data. This is vitally important in case you make a mistake or there's some other problem.
3. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
4. Startup your old Mac in Target Disk Mode.
5. Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and registration screens, but do NOT
migrate data over. Get to your desktop on the new Mac without migrating any new data over.
If you are not able to use a Firewire connection (for example you have a Late 2008 MacBook that only supports USB:)
1. Set up a local home network: Creating a small Ethernet Network.
2. If you have a MacBook Air or Late 2008 MacBook see the following:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- What to do if migration is
unsuccessful;
MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook Air- Remote Disc, Migration, or Remote Install Mac OS X and wireless 802.11n networks.
Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac:
In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Fonts
/Home/Library/Widgets
/Home/Library/Syndication (Tiger) or /Home/Library/PubSub (Leopard) <<< RSS
/Home/Library/Internet Plug-In
Credit goes to iBod for this information.
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to make sure the contents are there for each of the applications.
Special instructions for those who have purchased Mac models that do not support Rosetta:
The newest (post 2010) Mac models run only Lion or Mountain Lion. They are not able to run Snow Leopard at all. However, you can still run PPC applications using Snow Leopard and Rosetta by intalling Snow Leopard as a virtual machine using Parallels. This is not an exercise for the truly inexperienced user, but it is completely doable provided you are willing to spend some money and some time. For complete instructions on what to do see https://discussions.apple.com/message/18280105#18280105. Although the instructions are keyed to Parallels 7, you should instead use the latest version, Parallels 8. (This information was contributed by user MlchaelLAX.)
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.

Slow written in windows user using samba

Hi!,
I have a xserve with 10.5.8 mac os X server.
Since 2 weeks more or less, When my windows user wants to save a .doc/.xls file, they have to wait a little bit until the written is ok.
If you read o browse the folders and files, you dont have problems. Only when I open a file and save it. you have to wait a little to complete the operation.
I restart de SMB service and the server but the problem continue.
Any idea about that?
Thank you very much and sorry for my English.
Álvaro.

Hi,
The problem was fixed restating the server but now I have the problem again. I've noticed that the written files problem appears in directories with many files and many ACLs definied.
Any ideas?
Thank you

Advice on migrating from G5 to Intel Core Duo Mini

I'm running 10.5.8 on a G5 and wanting to migrate to a new Intel Core Duo Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. I would like to migrate all of my files and settings and applications to the new machine, but am looking for advice about potential pitfalls. I've read in some of the other discussions about problems with software from my G5 overwriting the Intel versions of the software on the newer machine, but could not glean enough from those to fully understand what the issues are. My principal software components that I don't want to have to reinstall are things like CS3, Office 2008, and older versions of things like iMovie, etc. I have a Time Machine backup that I could also migrate from, but don't know if that will alleviate potential problems. Any advice would be appreciated.

Before you jump the bandwagon, make sure to have read this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295
Sometimes the Migration/Setup Assistant doesn't work between PowerPC and Intel Macs. The CoreDuo Mac Mini is not much of an improvement over a G5 except for the native Windows virtualization, and support for Snow Leopard, and Intel Mac only applications, and built-in Front Row support. The Core2Duo Mac Mini on the other hand supports Lion, and generally is faster than a G5 except for the few applications that are G5 optimized or can take advantage of the higher RAM upgrade possibilities than most of the Mac Minis, and the G5 supports Classic applications where the Mac Mini Intel versions do not. So before getting the Mac Mini make sure all the applications or at least some can take advantage of the Mac Minis own advantages.

Os x serve 4 and windows users

Hello,
just migrated one of my servers to Yosemite 10.10.1 and Server 4.0.
the objective is a share files between mac and windows users within a group (meaning all of them can see, read and write all files within the sharepoint).
the directory is shared with AFP and SMB, the group of users has read/write access on the directory (users and group are managed in OD).
I added ACLs on the directory : the group of users is full control on the sharepoint. And I propageted all permissions to subfolders and files.
Everything works fine for Mac users, but not for Windows users : when they open a file they got a message saying that the file is already opened by an another application. Same issue if the windows user write a new file on the server.
If i look at the permission on a subfolder, there is the full control for the group. If I look at a file (whatever from a mac or windows), there is a special access.
I think the problem is there, but how to solve.
Does somebody knows any magic command line to force propagation of ACL and permissions to files ? or any tips to solve that issue ?
Thanks for any help
Regards, Thomas

Hi
OK I have tried pritty much all the suggestions so far...the MAC has no problem connecting to the PC (there's no surprise! - it worked straight away but the PC cannot connect to the mac - here's what happens:
I have the correct IP address and when I enter in the IP address and my short username, the PC prompts me with a username and password box as you would expect...but when I enter in the details, it just throws up another username and password dialog box and has changed the username to PCCOMPUTER/the-username-I-just-entered - so I click ok again, and it just throws the dialog box up again. I feel like I am so close, yet so far to connecting the PC to the Mac - it seems to get stuck in a loop at the last moment. Any ideas what could solve the problem?
It doesn't seem to be a firewall problem as I turned them all off - and still got the same problem.
Any other ideas?

Trouble sending only attachments that I want to send to Windows users

Hi, I am a newbie who needed to send jpeg images to tech-support (non-Apple hardware (not a computer)); these people use Windows. I attached the jpeg files as Windows Friendly attachments using Apple Mail (Intel 24 inch iMac 3 GHz Core 2 Duo 4 GB RAM 512 MB graphics card 1 Terabyte hard drive running Mac OS X 10.5.2 all software up-to-date). They told me (at least 2 people) that they couldn't see my photos (but I think one of them could). After talking with them on the phone one of them said that they were clicking on .dat files. I presume that the jpeg files were also sent as well. I think that invisible .DS and invisible .dat files are created using Mac OS X (invisible to Mac users who haven't elected to see invisible files). However, I believe that these files are visible to Windows Users (for example, taking a flash drive and copying a Mac folder and displaying it on Windows shows the .DS and the .dat files).
If I am correct, then perhaps I am unintentionally emailing .dat files (I don't know if I am also unintentionally emailing a .DS file as well).
If this is indeed the case, I of course would strongly prefer not to have to ask Windows users to ignore certain files that I have sent and to only click on everything else. What I obviously would like to do is to ONLY send the files that I wished to attach minus .dat and .DS files.
Parenthetically, while we are at it.... Can you tell me how to not have the .DS and .dat files when I am copying a folder with a thousand files inside it and am going to give it to a Windows user on a flash drive? They seem to have a .DS file and a thousand .dat files to get rid of so that they can now deal with the stuff that I actually wanted to give them.
I think a solution of making Windows users typically not seeing .DS and .dat files (like Mac users) probably won't cut it unless Microsoft were to do this themselves. I have a feeling that IT people might not want to make those changes at these companies.
If this helps, I took the digital camera, hooked it up to my computer, iPhoto '08 imported the photos. I copied the photos to a separate folder and closed iPhoto after deleting the images from iPhoto. I turned off the camera and disconnected it from the iMac. I then opened up Aperture 1.5.6 and selected the images I wanted to email and Aperture compressed the photos to medium size and opened up Apple Mail for me. I typed in my text, made sure that Windows Friendly Attachments was checked, and hit send.
Sorry if this topic has already been answered elsewhere.
I am a newbie.
Thank you.

Suppose you want to take 1000 music files that are AIFF but you need (want, actually) to use them at work and you only have Windows Media Player, so you have had them converted into WMA files. Now, using Mac OS X, just copy the 1000 WMA files and put them in a folder that you have already created on your USB flash drive. (I just use the Finder application, I don't use terminal, at least not yet). I forgot whether I am copying the files directly to the flash drive or if I am first putting them in a folder on my Mac desktop and then copying and pasting the file onto the USB flash drive. Anyhow, then take the flask drive and hook it up to a Windows XP computer, and you will see the .DS and the . files (they actually may not be .dat files but just . files).
But just copy 2 files (you don't have to do 1000, even one file at a time does the (unfortunate) trick.
If on the other hand this is Apple's .xml data so that iTunes can handle everything, then it is a feature that is not going to go away. I suppose that is the underlying question...
Thanks

Leopard server and windows users

We run a mac + pc environment with some users on macs, many on pcs, and our office server is a windows exchange for email etc. As a multi-location consulting firm, we need to set up a good collaboration system that is hosted internally (to preserve confidentiality) and allows us to create a web-based knowledge creation, sharing and collaboration environment. We have looked at some of the new web services offers, but all are hosted by the providers.
We are considering buying a mac leopard server and have the following questions:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
Any thoughts or inputs would help. FYI, alternatives we are evaluating are jive software's clearspace or basecamp or zoho's web based suites.
thanks / Suresh
Message was edited by: suresh Venugopalan Shankar
Message was edited by: suresh Venugopalan Shankar

suresh Venugopalan Shankar wrote:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
Yes, the web based interfaces work just fine for both OS's, the chat server is using jabber (clients on about every OS) and the calendaring is using the standards based iCalendar format.
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
I don't know of functionality to send out e-mail notifications on new posts, but you can subscribe to RSS feeds of things posted in the blog section of the wiki server. I'd need a little bit more information to understand what you're looking for as far as creating project and team specific areas.
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
On the front end most of this stuff is very easy to use, and is in my opinion even simpler than facebook and such.
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
It's pretty easy to set the server up as long as you read the documentation. There's also a lot of resources online if you have problems (like this forum). It would probably be helpful to have someone familiar with LDAP systems and at least some command line usage on the server, but like I said, the documentation is pretty good. You can go read it to get an idea at http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
Hope that helps out some.

Windows users - "Access Account" gets disabled by server every night?!?

I have an OS X Server 10.4.7 on a new Mac Pro in our office. All of my windows users connect to a basic Windows fileshare using the server's IP, then I map the network drives, so they should auto connect. I connect the users, verify the connection, log out, log back in, the drives re-connect like normal. However, TWICE now, I verify that thye all work, then the next morning (or over the weekend), it's like the OS X Server disabled everyone's accounts, except mine (i'm an adminstrator account). Nobody can get to their shares, and all the "Access Account" checkboxes on all my users are unchecked.
I have Open Directory set as an OD Master, with default policies.
Under Windows I have it set as a PDC (I'll migrate my old domain accounts once I have the server working, unless this is my whole problem)
I disabled the file share of "users", but I can't see why that would be my problem. It works until overnight, seemingly.
Ideas?

System.log has thousands of these:
Sep 18 07:47:32 Genesis1 kernel [0]: (11997: ps) ftp: failed on 0:
asl.log has a bunch of these:
[Time 2006.09.18 17.29.48 UTC] [Facility daemon] [Sender DirectoryService] [PID 63] [Message Failed Authentication return is being delayed due to over five recent auth failures for username: anish.] [Level 1] [ UID -2] [GID -2] [Host Genesis1]
The only thing I've set up on any machine is network drive connections, and I manually entered names and passwords. Not sure if XP is doing anything else on its own.
- Bill

Former Windows user

Hi
I am a former Windows user and really like my Mac! COuple questions though:
1. In Windows IE, you could type the site name, hit Ctrl ENTER, and IE would add the prefix 'Http://' and the suffix '.com' to whatever you typed. For instance: Myspace, Ctrl ENTER becomes Http://myspace.com. Can this be done on a Mac too?
2. Whenever I am on a site and click the URL line, the cursor sits at the end of the line in append mode. I would like the whole URL line highlighted so that as I type, the full line gets replaced, instead of having to back space then type the new line.
3. The DELETE key just deletes info to the left of the cursor. Is there a key combo that will delete from the point of the cursor to the right?
Thanks
Rich

Hi Rich,
1. Just hit Return- Safari (and Firefox) will automatically fill in the rest assuming it starts with www and ends with .com. (This doesn't always work if you're using OpenDNS.)
3. Hold down function and hit delete. If you've got a full Apple keyboard, use the delete key two keys under the F14 key.
Good luck and congrats on your move- you won't regret it!
John
17" MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo) Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB RAM, 7200 RPM 100 GB Hard Drive

ITunes setup on a NAS with multiple windows users - how?

iTunes setup on a NAS with multiple windows users?
I am very confused on what is the best way to handle this setup for my friends family. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry in advance as I know this is a long winded post - I have a feeling this will help others faced with the same issues or questions.
CURRENT SETUP
I have three new Windows 7 machines networked (two desktops and one laptop) that have four users on each - as busy family with children who need the computers for homework, projects, games, etc... The goal of this setup is that any user can log onto any computer and have there documents available to them no matter computer was free to use. I set this up using the library function in Windows 7 and seems to work pretty well.
I have put a Buffalo Linkstation NAS on the system as well. This was going to serve two purposes 1) run some backup software to protect the computers and 2) consolidate the iTunes content in one place for all users. There is also an iPad in the home that I should would be better served by accessing the content on the NAS without requiring any of the computers being on. Dave is thinking about getting some other playback devices like Apple TV so thought a NAS would be a good way to go.
CURRENT ITUNES SETUP - I have created a new iTunes library on the NAS by holding the SHIFT button down while starting iTunes and pointed to that folder on a Share on the NAS. There was no music on the system at the time as we are planning to copy this over from an OLD machine that is now not being used. I have also authorized all the computers and turned on the home sharing feature (although I am not sure what good that does).
This “shift” button trick seesm to also point the default directory there without point to it in the advanced setup tab of iTunes.
I then synced one of the iPods with purchased content on it and synced that to the library after asking me to do so before an update. All the content showed up in the library and was playable - awesome.
I then logged into each user on each machine (yikes) and installed iTunes and used the “shift” trick to connect each users iTunes to the database on the NAS. Everything seems to work - but I have not tested it thoroughly.
SUMMARY
3 new Windwos 7 networked machines
4 identical users on each machine
1 TB Buffalo linkstation
iTunes setup with the folder on a SHARE
all user’s itunes connected to the iTunes folder on the NAS
all computers authorized with home sharing turned on.
one iTunes user account signed in on each machine
multiple iPods and one iPad in the system
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
Is there a better way to do this on a NAS?
Would home sharing be better in some way?
I understand the NAS should show up under the shared section in iTunes - I assume that would mean that would mean each user has an iTunes library on their documents?
I have read that there may be corruption issues if users on the different machines try to access iTunes at the same time.
Will there be any issues syncing that various iPods with?
Ugh - sorry for the long post and all the questions. I am just trying to find the best way to do this. I wish Apple would put out a best practices document for setups like this. Thanks in advance.

This is a user to user support forum. Your fellow users can offer solutions or workarounds based on their experience with the application. If you think it should work differently drop a line to iTunes Feedback.
For reasons unknown Apple haven't chosen to allow iTunes to be suspended in one profile and active in another. My recollection is that this applies even if each profile has a different library, although it is some time since I've committed a personal test.
I'm not sure why my suggestion make less sense that your current approach?. As I understand it currently everybody is either signed into their own account when they can do something other than work with iTunes, or they sign into the special iTunes account where they can't access any of their other stuff. You don't have to disable fast user switching. Follow exactly the same steps, but make sure everyone closes iTunes before turning the computer over to another user. Disabling fast user switching helps to enforce that action.
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