Myself, my iMac, and the bleeding edge of technology.
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As a producer and a new Macintosh user, I just about wet myself when these hit the stores. I scrape up some jangle and head to the Mac store, surrender my savings account to the cashier, and run home to set it up in my studio. I hadnt been this excited since xmas of 88 when I opened my Nintendo.
After I set up, transfer all my crap from my peecee to my mac, and load Reason and my other audio apps, I get a message from Reason saying that my brand new mac is not fast enough to handle the same song i had been producing on my amd athlon 1.8ghz.
I then learn that rosetta mishandles the mac version of reason by only using the powerpc side of the dualcore processor. Luckly I found Reason 3.0.4 beta for intel macs.
I'm loving my Mac's ability to handle most everything I throw at it, but I am wondering how often I can expect to see issues like this, since my copy of ReCycle is in planning stages of beta development, and much of my other PC/Mac stuff is rendered trash because of the intel core.
Anyone out there having the same kinds of problems?
I'm sorry but someone has badly misinformed you about Rosetta and an Intel Core Duo chip!
There is no such thing as the Power PC side of the Core Duo. The Core Duo is basically two Intel Pentium M chips on one chip. Rosetta is software integrated into the Mac OS version that was specifically written for the Intel Chip that "translates" the software code written for the Power PC chip and sets up an environment that allows it to run on the Intel chip. It does this transparently and quite well for a lot of the Power PC software.
But Apple, Steve Jobs specifically, said that it was currently a work around for the transition to the new chip and would not work well for everything. They recommended that if you intended to use an iMac in a commercial situation that the Intel machines may not be the right choice until more 3rd party software was available. And until the software someone specifically needed was written to operate on the Intel platform.
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Most of my linux experience has happened running Arch, and I've come to really enjoy the rolling release model, aur dev pkgbuilds and overall bleeding-edge aspect of the distro.
As a hacker at heart, I like to keep up with the latest versions of my favorite software, excrutiatingly configuring every bit to taste.
However, I've had a backlash lately, when my work got me administrating a couple of vps boxes running other linux distros.
What happened was that most of my dotfiles simply didn't work with the versions packaged on these distros, to a point that trying to find the culprit options ended up being too time consuming, so I just gave up and used the dreaded defaults for most things, from bash to tmux, which was rather frustrating.
Has anyone faced the same issues, and managed to find a way to stay on the bleeding while using arch, yet maintain the portability of their configs, or is it just too much work ?to be honest, I'm a natural born slacker and don't bother about bleeding edge at work. I keep my own computer running on Arch with my very own, personal setup, but all the other machines I look after get the pre-installed-default-outofthebox-setup with only necessary tweaks to suit the working environment.
I did try running arch on a number of machines at our shop, but in the end it's too much work. Also, when I'm not there, nobody knows what to do to keep the machines up-to-date. Now everything Linux is running Debian and Linux-Mint and everybody is happy.
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Arch User Magazine Issue 3 - The Bleeding Edge
Take a walk on the bleeding edge.
This month brings you the usual great stuff plus…
* Better Fonts for the Web
* Living at the Command Line: History Modifiers
* Lessons in VIM: The Basics
* and a special interview
Enjoy!
Check out our website at http://archuser.com
Direct download link for Issue 3 hereVery nice issue, and thanks for it!
Forgive me if this has been proposed before, but has merging the magazine and the newsletter been considered? I know the newsletter is more focused on Arch community happenings and the magazine seems more focused on general features, but I think it'd be awesome if we could get both in one. -
How do i use my iMac and the macs wired internet connection to share the internet with my iPod and iPhone. For 6months I had set up a network that shared the internet through bluetooth to my iPod 5th gen but i messed it up when i tried to add my iPhone 5s and i can't remember how to do it.
The following has instructions: OS X Mavericks: Share your Internet connection
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I've recently been given a macbook pro from uni, with lots of adobe software on. I want to pair it with my iMac which has music etc and is it possible to get the software to the imac and the files to the macbook?Giving me the best of both :-)
You would need the original installation disks or files for the Adobe software to get it onto your iMac, and having it on two computers may not be allowed by your university's licensing. Talk to whoever issued the MacBook.
As to the music, just copy it over to the MacBook, either via Home Sharing, file sharing, or an external storage medium (hard drive, USB flash drive, etc.).
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I have an IMAC and I'm running OSX 10.9.2. I'd like to store my Aperture /IMovie Libraries on an external hard drive. In addition, I'd like to partition the external hard drive so that Time Machine can use it to both back up my IMac and the external library drives. Is this possible? Can I set up a RAID 5 format for redundancy?
I'd like to store my Aperture /IMovie Libraries on an external hard drive.
That is fine and recommended.. use the fastest disk you can afford.. ie Thunderbolt>USB3>FW800>USB2.
In addition, I'd like to partition the external hard drive so that Time Machine can use it to both back up my IMac and the external library drives.
Let me be clear.. you want to partition the one disk.. use it for TM and move your files to the external disk.. and then backup to the same disk.. You can do it.. but that is not a backup.. that is an experiment in how long you can get away with running files and backups on the same disk before you lose everything.. like Russian Roulette.. pull the trigger enough times and laws of probability will do you in.
You must have backups on a different disk .. otherwise it is pointless.
Can I set up a RAID 5 format for redundancy?
No.. you can buy special USB and Thunderbolt external drives that support RAID..
BUT that is still not a backup.. let me show why.. you make a silly move and corrupt your file in aperture.. it is not that rare.
Raid will corrupt all copies of the files.. it is replicated across all disks.
Delete a photo it is deleted across all disks.. you have no recovery.
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I have an iMac 5.1 which is running OSx10.5.8 - it runs very slowly and I can't find if there is a particular problem. In the process, I have tried to install 10.6 [I have a new iMac] and the 5.1 won't accept the install discs.
As you have discovered... you cannot use the install discs from another Mac...
Re the iMac running OS X 10 5 8... and for your New Mac...
See Here for keeping your Mac Happy...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintainingmacosx.html
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I have an iMac and I am running out of disc space. I am considering an external drive to house my iTunes library. If I buy a second drive to operate as a back up will time machine back up the disc on the IMac and the external drive with the iTunes library?
If you have a considerable photograph and/or movie collection you may want to consider off loading those to the EHD too. Here are Apple's article showing how handle iTunes & iPhoto libraries.
iTunes: library on EHD
iPhoto: How to move the Library to EHD
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Can time capsule back up an external hard drive attached to my imac and the iMac internal Harddrive
Can time capsule back up an external hard drive attached to my imac and the iMac internal Harddrive
In addition to Kappy's comments, the external drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in order for Time Machine to be able to back it up.
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I am trying to migrate from macbook to a new imac and the looking for source keeps spinning
I am trying to migrate from macbook to a new imac and the looking for source keeps spinning
The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.
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Nvidia CUDA for 27" iMac and the Mac Pro
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No. Open the App Store on one computer running Snow Leopard. Purchase and download Lion. On the other computer open the App Store, log on using the same Apple ID, re-download Lion at no extra charge.
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Have a 2 year old imac and the email will not send as it is stuck on drafts file
have a 2 year old imac and the email will not send as it is stuck on the drafts file -- any ideas please?
As Stated... The iPad 2 does not offer this Feature.
iOS System Requirements > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3574
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I am trying to set up iCloud on my iMac and the iCloud icon does not appear in system preferences under "internet & wireless". How do I proceed. I have already set it up on my iPad & iPhone.
You have to upgrade to Lion for the iCloud preferences to be available.
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I have an IMac and the sound is stuck on headphones when I go into perferences and try to change the sound setting from headphones to computer it won't let me switch.
Check out > I have no sound on my iMac internal...: Apple Support Communities
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I purchase my QuickTime 7 Pro registration key via a friend in USA as it was not available to residents in South Africa. I now have a new iMac and the registration code doesn't want to activate PRO. It works fine on my MacBook Pro. Do I have to buy a new registration code for my newiMac?
i'm in SA and it say Apple Support not available at the moment or something like that.
Just got the new iMac.
Still using MacBook Pro.
Files are on a external drive shared between these 2 mac platforms and I need to be able to
edit in QT 7 Pro on both as well.
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