New MBP and 23" ACD problem

Here's my situation: when I'm at home I use my MBP with an 23" ACD (alu) and keep the MBP screen closed. I used this combo for over 6 months with a 15" MBP 2ghz core duo with absolutely no problems, including taking the MBP with me and using it by itself. I've now replaced my original MBP with the new 15" core2 duo 2.33 glossy. When I boot up in the morning I get 23" ACD flashing to a solid blue and then back to the regular screen about every 4 seconds until the system hangs. After rebooting a couple of times the problem seems to go away.
I notice there appears to be no screen closed detector on this model like there was on the old MBP. Is this a known bug? Anyone know of a setting etc that I might have to tweak. The new MBP works flawlessly on it's own.

If you want the MBP internal LCD to shut off while using the external display, just utilize clamshell mode. Plug in an external mouse, keyboard and LCD. Close the lid and put the machine to sleep. Wake the machine by either clicking the mouse or pressing a key on keyboard. This will wake your machine and make the external display your main monitor. You can now open the lid of the MBP to allow the heat to escape.
Also, right now I leave the lid open while the two
are connected. I'd like to leave the lid open while
running the machine to allow for heat venting comming
off of the keyboard. But even with the brightness
turned all the way down on the background image, the
image is still faintly displayed. Do you know how I
might bring it to a full off mode?

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New MBP and 24" ACD

I found this post on another forum and was interested to know if anyone on here has similar issues, I am thinking of buying this combo
"I previously owned the "first generation" of unibody MacBook Pro when it was released back in 2008. I purchased 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display with it. The two worked fine together and have enjoyed the combination.
With i5 processor upgrade, I thought it was worth the investment to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro. Now there seems to be some issues that users should be concerned or at least be aware about, especially if you were to attached an external monitor.
The integrated GPU on the new MacBook Pro is Intel HD Graphics, which is suppose to run under low profile situations or when running under battery to maximize the battery usage. As the information gathered on the internet, Apple adopted an automatic switching between the two GPUs, Intel HD and NVIDIA 330M it ships with, without logging on and off and interrupting your workflow or you even knowing about it.
Switching of the GPUs without logging off is great, but since it's automatic, there's no way of running it strictly on integrated GPU. You can choose to run it strictly on discrete GPU, but not the other way around.
The new integrated GPU is not powerful enough, or it just chooses not to, to run attached display. When the LED Cinema Display or any other external display is connected, even under a low power consumption situation, it will run under discrete GPU full time. Doesn't matter if all I'm doing is just some web browsing with Safari or running the Mail or iCal, it will run under the new discrete GPU. This generates the new MacBook Pro to have excessive heat, cooling fan inside to run faster, creating a loud fan noise. This happens when I'm doing just basic work.
I do use Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Photoshop once in awhile, but not everyday. Discrete GPU worked great, I just changed the setting in the preference and reboot or re-logged to run more powerful applications. (This with my old MacBook Pro)
Now, even if I wanted to run under integrated GPU with the LED Cinema Display attached, I can't do that. It might not be an issue to many, since discrete GPU is suppose to perform better. And it does. When rendering some videos or running powerful applications, i5 processor is much faster than the old Core 2 Duo. And since you'll be attached to the power adapter, it has nothing to do with your battery usage. I liked the integrated GPU I had with the previous generation that I owned, since it was quiet and didn't create much heat. Everyday work with the integrated GPU was more than enough.
I created a case with Genius Bar expert/agent, and have an option to return it or exchange for a different machine. I'm debating now since I like the new i5 processor (again, it does perform better than Core 2 Duo), but don't like the GPUs.
Maybe an iMac + lower-end MacBook Pro/Air combination might be an option for me.
Just my two cents."

Quote: "The new integrated GPU is not powerful enough, or it just chooses not to, to run attached display. When the LED Cinema Display or any other external display is connected, even under a low power consumption situation, it will run under discrete GPU full time."
Is this an inherent limitation of the IGP itself, or has Apple disabled it such that it can't be used to drive an external display?

New MBP and existing network

Hello All,
I've just migrated from a G4 PB 1.5 to a new MBP and, while I can log into the existing WiFi, I can't see any of the other nodes on the network. I have my wife's MP Black and a Mini acting as a HTPC/Server. I just migrated through using the assistant and didn't change any of the settings yet.
The Mini is sitting headless downstairs so I used to log in remotely using Chicken of the Sea VNC. Now it no longer is visible, nor do the computers show up via network.
It's been a while since I set this network up and I know that 10.4.8 has altered some of the security. What do I need to tweak??
Cheers,
JC

A router separates two LAN networks and creates two broadcast domains. The standard Microsoft workgroup browsing will only list what is inside your LAN and never something outside or across a router.
If you want to access what is on the other side you must manually enter the share with its IP address. If the computer you want to access has IP address 192.168.100.12 then you enter \\192.168.100.10\share.
But as you want to be able to share freely inside your LAN anyway, I would suggest you set up the WRT as wireless simple access point. That way, you only have a single LAN and a single broadcast domain and thus you can find all other computers if you check for other workgroup computers. Instructions how to set it up as access point are here.

Help with new MBP and iTunes

I need some help fast. I bought my wife a new MBP and in setting everything up we inadvertently setup a new and wrong iTunes account. We haven't transferred anything yet, I want to get this account off her computer before I bring everything from her Win 7 machine.
Can't find any specific instructions, can somebody help me out?
Thanks!
Mark

It's late so this will be rather short:
1. Make sure you update the older version of iTunes to the latest version
2. Go into iTunes Settings and Authorize iTunes with your Apple ID and Password
3. In settings, turn off Automatice sync
4. Connect your iPad and once recognized, right click the device from the left side of the the iTunes screen
5. Transfer purchases
6. You can then sync
A lot to digest and I don't have the time to walk you through every step. If you need to, google the points and you'll find lot's of information on where to find these in iTunes.

Got a new MBP and old external hard drive is too full for backup

I just got a new MBP and got all my data migrated and everything. I plugged my external hard drive in to run a backup, and it apparently is too full to run a backup of the new computer. Even though all the files are the same (mostly), I guess it's not going to overwrite anything because it's a new computer. Should I just get a new backup drive and start fresh for this computer. Should I reformat my old backup drive (and if so, how?)? Advice?

You should always have two backups of all vital data in any regard. A good 1TB Toshiba USB is $65
If there is NOTHING on the external HD you cant lose, format in disk utility > erase > format MAC OSX extended journaled.
then apply a Time Machine backup to the old HD of your new computer. That will free of a great deal of space.
However you should still have a 2nd backup of data. 2 backups is 1, and 1 is none.

Help! Brand new MBP and Mid '04 23" Cinema Display cable issue!

Just got a new MBP, and I can't figure out which adapter I need to use my trusty 23" display. The mini display port to dual-link DVI adapter doesn't look right, and I already know the mini display port to DVI adapter doesn't work.
Will the dual-link version work? If not, what do I do?
Thank you kindly in advance!

You need the Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjkyNjI0MQ>
If the display has ADC
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you will also need a DVI to ADC adapter
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8661LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MjE0NTg4NA>

Brand new MBP and the user directory is corrupt?

hi, i just installd my new MBP and did a sync of my G5 settings (all except bookmarks) added a few things to my desktop and when i rebooted the desktop was cleared and the home directory was missing "Movies" "Music" "Pictures" in the left most column. all that is left is "Applications" and my user home symbol.
i tried to create a new user and when i did so was given a message that the "home" folder could not be located. weird.
anyway. i also installed a canon IP4300 driver. can anyone tell me what may be going on? do i need to erase the drive and do a fresh install?
UPDATE: i see what happened! the User directory somehow got into the Applications folder! no idea how. but i can't seem to get it out. can anyone help me out?
thx
Message was edited by: Frank Jacob

Open the Applications folder and drag the Users folder inside to the top level of the hard disk; you may need to press the Command key when dragging the item and/or provide an administrator username and password. When done, log out and back in. If only the home folder is present in the Applications folder, move it to the Users folder. Rename existing items as needed.
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New MBP and SSD problems?

Ok, so I installed an Intel SSD in my new MBP( I am eventually getting the MCE OptiBay to put my regular HDD back in. Here's the thing...Every time I run Boot Camp Assistant, and click to install Windows...it restarts...grey screen, then...flashing folder with question mark. Any ideas?? I've reinstalled OSX on this drive twice now. There seems to be nothing wrong with the drive because OSX installed and runs fine on it. What's going on? Do the new MBP's need a new Boot Camp update, or something?

Intel 2G SSD? Did you remove the 'mechanical' drive for now?
There were problems in the past with Intel and with 3rd party SSDs.
What I would like you to try doing is use the mechanical drive for now for OS X if possible, and disconnect it, and with just the SSD in there (pretty hard I guess???) forget using BCA, and boot Windows 7 DVD and have at it.
Firmware on Mac's, firmware on Intel SSD...
I assume holding Option/Alt on startup doesn't work either.
10.6.6 did a couple things, still no idea why:
Wants to download drivers to CD (broken);
Takes longer to boot back to OS X (no idea);
OS X reports to be running slower than before.
OS X still lacks TRIM for SSD and OS X suffers (still faster but not what it should be).
Oh, what version of Windows? you may need Windows 7, and if you bought it from school or electronic download, did you have to burn ISO to disc? That can act or behave in odd ways like this.

Getting a new MBP and I have a few questions

I'm getting a new MacBook Pro, replacing my Late 2008 model (2.8 GHz T9600, 320 GB HD, 4 GB RAM) for this years' late 2011 model, a 2.4 GHz (2760QM) quad-core Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge, 750 GB, 4 GB RAM.
Now, this new computer is basically an early xmas gift, as opposed to an informed purchase. I haven't done much research on the latest MBP, or their improvements in the past 3 years, so my first question is...how much of an improvement is this computer from my old 2008 model? Even though it's 3 years old, I've never had many problems with it. Programs like Photoshop and Logic work well. The only time the computer has shown its limitations is when I started playing Starcraft II.
Another issue: As we all know, our computers can get cluttered over time with forgotten apps, old versions of apps, old preferences or system files, remnants of apps I've deleted (I do have CleanApp but the program scares me...I'm afraid of deleting something important)...just digital garbage that manages to accumlate over time. There's some critical things that I want to transfer over from my old computer to the new one, but I don't want to transfer that clutter either. I'm pretty sure I prefer to start with a fresh disk and just slowly go through my old data while reinstalling the apps I want, but that brings up concerns about products that limit # of installs. I also don't want to worry about forgetting something, not realizing I've overlooked it until a while later. I'm sure I'm overthinking all this, but I'm sure people on here have gone through these options. I want to start fresh, but not completely fresh, you know? (e.g. I don't mind reinstalling Chrome, but I want to keep all my bookmarks)
Last issue,
I may possibly enter a line of work where I'll need to work with Windows (uggh), so I want to know what the better option is...Boot Camp or Parallels? I had Parallels on the old computer and I found it frustrating. Especially since all of the Windows apps/files show themselves on Launchpad, or sometimes I would accidentally select a Windows item while in Finder and Parallels would start booting. Boot Camp seems much simpler, but I've never used it. Can you use an external hard drive for it, or do you have to partition your internal one? Is there someway you can transfer files between operating systems...this is the only appeal of Parallels if not. It doesn't have to be instantaneous; just wondering if I can access windows files while in OS X and vice versa.
Sorry for long post and all the questions , I look forward to the responses.

Performance differences for simple applications will be virtually undetectable when compared with your older MBP. The more complex the application, the differences will be revealed. Games often are notorious resource hogs and I suspect you will see a significant improvement there.
As far as transferring data, that is an individual call as to what is desirable and should be retained and what can be omited. Before you start the transfer process, do have backups just in case.
Best of luck with your new MBP.
Ciao.

Please help.... New MBP and its a disaster

I bought a MBP i5 4GB in December thinking that it would be a high performance machine, I would at least expect it to do the basics in a reasonable amount of time. Trying to play a youtube video today in Safari and it stalled more than 10 times even though the video is fully downloaded, DSL is 15MB line connected over 802.11N with a perfect signal. MBP is generally slow stalling between applications, hanging.
Ive had a mac mini for about 3 years now and never had any problems with it. Ive been using Windows for about 18 years and really like it but can get a bit boring when you know it inside out.
With Windows, if you fill the partition which Windows is located on to 80% or even 90% of its capacity it will not impact on performance. I have read that filling the Mac drive/partition can have a serious impact on performance, is this true?
Im so disappointed with the performance of my MBP, im ready to smash it to pieces. In an effort to gain the performance im looking for from it, im swapping out the stock hdd for a Crucial RealSSD C300. If this doesn't solve the problem, it goodbye MBP, hello "half the price, twice the performance" machine. Is anyone else having these problems from their MBP? Any suggestions as to how I can improve the performance?
The MBP feels very basic, with no biometric scanner, no eSata and it weighs a tonne. Im sure ive missed a number of features which are standard on the majority of Laptops these days. Another thing im missing a lot from Windows is the ability to call up a Run Prompt (Windows R) type in a command/program (intl.cpl, compmgmt.msc, mstsc, c:\program files\...., \\192.168.1....,cmd, control, etc). I have since come across (Mac Space) for spotlight but I dont think its as easy to have a guaranteed match every time, maybe I just need to get to know what to type to ensure the top hit is exactly what im looking for. I also recently discovered Mac Down/up to move through folders as suprisingly Enter does not open a folder, no it renames it... I think this is an example of Apple trying to do things differently to Microsoft just purely for the sake of being different but failed to consider convenience/efficiency. Its a question of one key or two to do the same task.
The one thing which annoys me the most, is that after numerous revisions of the Mac OS, there is still no cut and paste. Apple's reason being that there is a risk of losing files because if you cut a file then it might be gone if you forget to paste it... Maybe someone needs to break it down for Apple what we mean by Cut, its:
1. Mark for move
2. Copy the file/folder to the location where it has been pasted
3. On completion of the copy, delete the original file/folder
You can drag an item to a new location, presumably because theres no risk of you forgetting to paste it and it becoming lost but you can't ctrl x and ctrl v (Command X and Command V (Just to be different)) in case you forget to paste. MS have had Cut and Paste since the very first GUI and theres no problem with it. I know theres a number of ways of hacking the OS to get this functionality but it should be standard or at least optional.
Im also really missing Windows E for Windows Explorer, why Apple did not just use Mac F for finder and Ctrl F for find within an application??? I suppose it was just another case of wanting to be different and screw convenience/efficiency. The closest thing ive found is (fn ctrl F3) but its not guaranteed to always launch Finder, I guess the only option is to hack the OS again like before to get the move functionality.
Another question someone may be able to answer...
In IE if I type Apple in the address bar then press *Ctrl Enter*, it completes the address to http://www.apple.com . If I try the same in Safari replacing ctrl with Command it does complete the address but in a new tab. Actually, ctrl enter seems to complete most addresses but it seems like theres a web search in the middle? Will it always just add http://www. .com to the contents of the address bar? or is it searching for a closest match?
I was running a Windows 7 VM through Parallels but I gave up on it because of the poor performance, the MBP is so bad its unusable... I have an old Dell Latitude D600 (Dinosaur) which performs better than the MBP.
/Rant

This is how I feel when I use my Mac:
http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/1 0/Slow-Computer-Collage1.jpg
Well today the MBP just gets even better, it was sleeping and I opened it up to do some work when I was greeted with a notice You need to restart, please hold down the power button..... i.e. Anything you were working on has just been lost. There must be something wrong with this machine?
Are these events from Console anything to be concerned about?
Feb 14 21:58:52 MacBook-Pro KernelEventAgent[38]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_DEAD (32)
Feb 14 21:59:47: --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Feb 14 21:59:46 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.712317, # of Inserts: 7, # of bytes written: 307093, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:22 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:5.606298, # of Inserts: 23, # of bytes written: 67275, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:26 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.395219, # of Inserts: 5, # of bytes written: 11137, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:41 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.161092, # of Inserts: 3, # of bytes written: 567451, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:00:50 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.533573, # of Inserts: 38, # of bytes written: 247035, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:04:49 MacBook-Pro mDNSResponder[18]: PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -73695, (server penaltyTime -1264158219, timenow -1264084524) resetting the penalty
Feb 14 22:05:11 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.889702, # of Inserts: 2, # of bytes written: 9078071, Did shrink: NO
Feb 14 22:05:36 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:24.416692, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:01 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:24.999482, # of Inserts: 1, # of bytes written: 17022, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:21 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:20.236561, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:43 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:21.189691, # of Inserts: 11, # of bytes written: 159536, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:06:57 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:14.442057, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:21:56 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:4.502820, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:25:07 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:10.774557, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
Feb 14 22:29:30 MacBook-Pro Safari[8152]: INSERT-HANG-DETECTED: Tx time:3.474486, # of Inserts: 0, # of bytes written: 0, Did shrink: YES
@eww
I continue to use Windows on a daily basis, I am a system administrator for a Windows environment for 1200 users. I would like to get to know Apple's operating system better, I find your comment unhelpful and immature.
@Baumkartoffel
*• If a fully downloaded video playing in Safari is stalling, what would the DSL speed and 802.11g signal have to do with it, since it has been fully downloaded? Have you considered playing videos in a dedicated video player such as VLC (or even iTunes)?*
Video content on youtube is flash based, I dont think VLC or iTunes is capable of playing flash content, this is something I expect of any browser (with a flash plugin of course). The reason I mentioned the speed of the DSL and wireless signal was just in case some Johnny know it all came along and tried to say that maybe that was the issue. Flash video content fails to play smoothly if I wait for it to finish downloading or if I try to play it without waiting. I wouldn't be surprised if someone tries to make out that the problem is Adobe's flash plugin rather than Apple's Browser/OS/Hardware even though the plugins work without issue on a number of operating systems in different browsers. It was 802.11N btw, not 802.11g.
*• Where did you read that a filled Mac partition can have a serious impact on performance? Did that source give any further information, such as how full the partition need be to affect performance — 80%? 90%? 95%? 99.44%?*
http://guides.macrumors.com/EnhancingPerformance_of_yourMac
http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/Mac-Performance-Tips-Keep-Plenty-Of-Fre e-Disk-Space.htm
http://www.cultofmac.com/why-is-my-mac-running-so-slow-macrx/62124
It seems as though all of these articles are referring to the drive being in a state where there is not enough space for the swap file and temporary files generated by the OS which I would expect to cause a problem. It was more when I was looking into the use of a SSD in the Mac that I was coming across information to indicate that the Mac may slow down by adding more files to it, this could be plausible through indexing or something else. From your experience of Macs, do you think this is the case?
*• What sort of performance are you looking to improve? You’d mentioned video playback; in which other areas would you like to see performance improvements?*
Switching between applications, opening applications, selecting a different tab within a browser, etc..
An example of slowness, when opening this page (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=676966) in the fourth tab of Safari it took more than 3 minutes to open.
*• If you were unhappy with the lack of a biometric scanner or eSATA, why did you buy the MacBook Pro? The MacBook Pro technical specification page on the Apple website clearly shows the 15″ MacBook Pro as weighing 2.54 kg; if that “tonnage” is too heavy a burden, again, why did you buy it?*
I can read the technical specifications. I bought the machine purely for no nonsense performance which it is failing to deliver. My point is that these are standard issue on the majority of laptops these days and for the price point that the MBP is at, I think its poor that it does not have these features. More money for less tech. I could accept the absence of these items if the machine was fast at the basics but it is not.
*• Apple has had its own set of keyboard shortcuts for many years. Try searching for "mac os x" keyboard shortcuts at your favourite search site to discover equivalents to your preferred Windows shortcuts. One can even customise the shortcuts by opening System Preferences and selecting Keyboard, then Keyboard Shortcuts.*
There is no direct key combination to open Finder by default in OS X. The only way to do it without third party tools that I have come across is:
There actually is a way to do this without 3rd party software. See below
I. Create a service
1) Open "Automator" - (Search for it in spotlight if you don't know where it is)
2) Double-Click on the "Service" button to create a new Service.
3) From the "Library" menu on the left hand side, click "Utilities"
4) From the list of Utilities, double-click "Run AppleScript"
5) In the main area, there should be a window that says "Run AppleScript". Above it, choose "No Input" next to "Service receives selected"
6) In the "Run AppleScript" window, replace (* Your script goes here *) with tell application "Finder" to activate
7) Click File --> Save As... and save it as "Finder Activation"
II. Create a Keyboard shortcut for the service
1) Open system preferences
2) Click "Keyboard"
3) Select "Services" from the left hand pane
4) In the right hand pane, Scroll down to the bottom. Under "General", there should be "Finder Activation".
5) Ensure "Finder Activation" is checked
6) Assign a Keyboard shortcut by clicking near the right side of the "Finder Activation" selection. The trick is to assign a shortcut that is not used by any of your favorite applications, since application-level keyboard shortcuts will override this.
Seems like a lot of hassle just to get a keyboard shortcut to open the default file browser.
*• If someone who was accustomed to using OS X chose to buy a Windows computer, would it be equally valid for that person to note that Microsoft chose to do things differently in Windows purely for the sake of being different from Apple, and that Microsoft had failed to consider convenience/efficiency for a person who was accustomed to OS X?*
Efficiency is not a matter of opinion, its a matter of fact. If it takes more keys/actions (ultimately time) to perform the same task in OSX than it does in another operating system, that makes OSX less efficient.
Take for example my last point of opening Finder:
The most efficient way I have found so far is to press *fn control F3* then press Enter
An alternative is to press *Command Tab* until you get to Finder, then press *command N*
In Windows, its just simply *Windows E*
When I say Apple is doing things for the sake of being different, Microsoft puts its minimise, maximise/restore and close buttons on the top right of its windows, Apple puts their Close, Minimize and maximize buttons on the top left of their windows. Ctrl C, Ctrl X, Ctrl V..... Command C, Command X, Command V. To be honest you may be right, im only seeing things from one perspective, someone coming from Mac to Microsoft may feel the same way.
*• I can’t answer your Safari address completion question, as I don’t regularly use Safari — my first choice is Firefox on OS X, Windows, and beyond, and I turn off address completion in Firefox. Maybe I’m a Luddite at heart. ;)
Luddite
•any opponent of technological progress
•one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
Just dont make my MBP any worse than it already is
Any ideas why the MBP might be performing so poorly? Whats the best way to check a Mac's vitals? The HDD sounds awful, always busy...

Config. a New MBP and Wanting Some Advice.

(I apologize for the spelling errors ahead of time, but I need to hit the sack. However, I wanted to get this out since I do need to make a final decision on the new MBP early am. Getting feedback, other people's experiences, pointing out my crazy way of thinking, etc. all help me.)
Hello-
I am configuring a new 17" MBP. I have a ton of questions mostly because I stopped updating the OS at Tiger 10.4.11. Due to being accepted into a grad.school of architecture, panning, and preservation earlier than I thought, I will not be able to do what I was planning. that was learning Leopard on a friend's computer while taking what I thought was my last upper division course and having the basics of that OS, and having SL on the new 17" MPB for school. which I am now starting 4 months before I thought.
I stopped at the Tiger version because Macs were real hard for me to learn and I am still probably way behind what most kids can do. (Oh, just out of the blue, what does it mean when Apple uses OS X a lot? (Are all of the Operating Systems OS X or how does that work?)
Any feeling on skipping over Leopard and getting a Mac with SL installed, if indeed that is what they are now doing.
I could go of on some more technical questions but I am going to not make this too long and ask m last question about the iPods. When they fist came out, I tried one and I broke it. it told me to install this software on the Pod but it already had it installed on it and I could not get it to work after that. The second time, I was exercising with it and I guess the jogging on the treadmill was too hard on the hard drive and it was out flat and cold as ice.
So, I just switched t my old FM Sony and used that but I would like to get an iPod with the new Mac and hopefully use it with iTunes to download the thousands of songs I have purchased o iTunes onto the iPod. Any suggestions on how to learn using it? I am sure it is simple for most of you and you guys are laughing at me, but am serious, there has got to be another person out there, who did not grasp how to use it like the rest of the world.
Also, I have never understood why Apple does not come with a practical Owner's Manual? Every time I look up something it is not there or has such little written about that are, it does me no good. I have heard about the Missing manuals and that they have one coming out for th iPods.
any recommendation on an iPod for a beginner? Not something too large but comfortable, holds up to a clumsy big person, like I hope my MacBook Pro will. What is the name of the one you recommend and anything else as far as ear plugs or security straps that will help me keep it intact for awhile? Any resources that yo know of that is a good resource? Any on here in a section some people have sent me to but I cannot seem to find the Article section in the Apple Support area but I know there are a lot of good articles on how to do a lot of stuff somewhere. maybe it is not as organized as I assumed it was. it seems so good, I wold even like to have it on hard copy here at my desk, but probably copyright problems there.
thanks for any recommendations and accessories for the iPod. I do not really have thousands and thousands of music I would like to download into m iPod.
I'll sneak one last one in here, are the Macs with 2 graphics architecture really something that is needed, or maybe I do not understand how the 2 that are used-NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processors used all the time when needed (which is determined by the software like games, architecture apps, etc.? I know in my are I will need this for sure but I just do not understand it like I should. I will read up on it but if anybody has any "bits and pieces" that could help me understand why the average "Joe" would get a notebook with this intense graphic ability, I just do not understand.
I also understand that you can turn them on and off or use one or two, but is this something the user can do or the notebook does? I was also wondering if these intense graphic cards draw from their own dedicated power or what? Is this e of the reasons why the new MBP give one the ability to put up to 8 GB of pretty intense RAM in this machine.
the 13 MBP does not have both graphic cards, right? But it will take up to 8 GB of RAM. I am not getting something or my technology skills need to be worked on.
The mini display port which seems like most notebooks are installing now, allows for pure digital connection to external displays. Can somebody give me a few examples of what this would be? Are they talking about larger displays that work off of the notebook but sit o your desk or can be used to watch a movie? I am not familiar with the term "pure digital.
OK, thanks a ton. Sorry again if it is not clear but I need to it the sack. I really appreciate being able to come to a place like this and get some pro help.
BTW, if anybody has come across some rude or strange posts using this Profile Name, I have been having trouble with my 2 sons doing this stuff. I have a rule that all computers are open to anybody as long as they ask if they can use it and do not snoop around looking for personal stuff. One of them found this site and ...well, long story but I am trying to deal with it like my family deals with problems like this--not the typical way most families will deal with this, but I know it will stop now.

You can't edit a post after anyone else has responded to it, and you can't ever completely delete it — but during the short time it's available for editing (30 minutes or so, if no one has responded), you can delete all the text from it.
Maybe you could try prioritizing your questions, so folks here will know which ones are most important to you and focus on those first?

Just Got New MBP and need to reinstall Software

I just got a 15inch MBP and installed Final Cut Studio 2 which I did not know was 55 gigs. I want to install it on an external HD so I want to reinstall Leopard with my disc I received when I bought my MBP from Apple. Will I still get all of my extras such as ilife with my install disc and will it restore it to factory (as I received it when I first bought it?) Thank you!

An 'erase and install' will remove EVERYTHING from your harddrive, and if you've already got Leopard installed, that's your only option.
Reintalling Leopard will NOT install iLife; to my knowledge there are no Leopard+iLife 08 install DVDs. . . just Leopard DVDS. I may be wrong, as I have an old Mac and not a new one, which may come with a software package I've never seen (but I'm getting my GF a new MBP for Christmas!!). I think you need to (and should have) a seperate iLife 08 disk with which you can reinstall iLife.
A couple of questions and some advice:
-I assume you have at least a 120gb harddrive. Why do you want to install FCP2 onto an extrnal DVD? If you plan to use that space to store media, it would be a better idea to store the media (i.e. the video footage, etc) on an external drive and keep your FCP application on your internal HD.
-Also, if you are going to run FCP on an external HD, get a FIREWIRE 800 external HD. They are quite a bit more expensive, but I had a LOT of problems just using FCP1 to edit footage stored on an external USB HD . .. I can't IMAGINE the problems you would have running FCP2 off of a USB external HD.
-Thinking about it again, where are you going to store your footage? On the same external HD as FCP? I think that will work . . .
Looking forward to hearing more!
CMF
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New MBP, and am having memory trouble errors with MS Word 2004

Hi,
I know this has been talked about before, but I'm not sure where to post this question. I have a new MBP, with a full version of Word (no previous trial software installed). I have been trying to copy and past basic text files from Yahoo mail, to create a book of emails of sorts. My file size has been approaching my memory capacity (basic setup). Does it not create a swap file and let you keep going if you approach the limits of the onboard memory? I understand it will run a bit slower, but I'm only moving text files and nothing else. Why the proverbial memory/disk full error messages? Does it have anything to do with the software being non universal code?
Do I need to get rid of temporary files, as Im copying and pasting alot? If so, how?
Anyone have the same trouble, and have a clear solution? I could also swear my MPB is running alot slower with Word than I would have expected.
Any help you can give me would b appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave

I’ll try to answer your questions briefly without going into too much detail. First of all, I think the error message you are seeing is generated by MS Word and not your operating system. That particular error, and other similar ones, are quite common in Word in particular situations and are the result of a known bug.
As far as I know, there is no fix, but there are several work-arounds. The bug has to do with the number of temporary files that get created when working with large Word files. As you might guess, the larger your file, the larger the temp files, and they will quickly fill up your existing RAM, which then causes the error that generates the message. You have to delete the temp files---you can do that by saving and closing your file, then restart it. There are some scripts you can run, but that is beyond what I want to get into here (and usually is not necessary).
The other problem is that by copying and pasting text from Yahoo Mail, you are not pasting simple text---you are pasting all the HTML code, formatting, and everything else that is contained in that text. And Word saves it all, then adds its own formatting and other code---leading to corrupt files sooner or later.
And then, to make it all worse, if your file is as large as you say it is (close to system memory in size), that is one huge Word file, and Word does not handle really large files very well, especially Word 2004, but all versions of Word, Windows versions included, have trouble with large files.
Word does in fact run slowly on even the newest MacBook Pros because Word is not yet compiled for the Intel Macs and does not run natively as a universal binary but runs under Rosetta, which translates Word to run on Apple computers running Intel CPUs. If you are working with small files, it isn’t too bad, but big files will slow it down to almost a crawl at times, or it will even stop responding for several seconds between each command.
You can work around these problems by breaking your file into much smaller ones, save often (and close the file once in while), and save as a text file, rather than as a doc file.
An alternative is to use another word processor or text editor to save your copied text---there are many that will work as well as or better than Word for what you want to do. Pages is a good alternative----I have to collaborate on Word files every day, and I prefer to work on my MacBook Pro (although I also use Windows-based computers about as frequently, too), and except for the most complex Word files with tables, charts, and pictures, Pages works very well, and you can save the file as a Word document, too, if you need to.
Hope that answers some of your questions----and always remember….I could be wrong.

New MBP and Time Machine won't let me search out my NAS to save too. Any ideas?

When trying to set up time machine and using a NAS drive in my wireless network Time Machine won't let me search and select the storage device. I can access the storage and save/retrieve files so I can see and use it. Anyone got any ideas please?
Brand New MBP running Mavericks.

I'm having the same issue with Mavericks - and it appears to be Mavericks specific. I don't have this problem with Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion can see both of my NAS drives.
Additionally, with Mavericks Time Machine won't see your backup properly. It may only see the most recent backup. Though in my case it wouldn't load either one (I had two on different drives). To recover some files I had to use a machine running Mountain Lion to mount a backup file then I was able to extract the files to a USB drive, which I then moved to the Mavericks machine.
I've tried using terminal to run tmutil commands without luck. I have mounted the volume I want to use - it shows when I do "ls -l /Volumes". Then when I do sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/VOLUMENAME the system seems to go into an infinite loop. I have to ^c to get back to terminal.
Clearly with Time Machine on Mavericke Apple has really screwed the pooch.
MacBook Pro 2.3GHz i7 with DVD drive and standard resolution display.

New MBP and transferring software

I've just ordered a new MBP w/ retina and want to transfer all my sofware to the new computer from my older MBP. Will migration assistant move software as well as files or only files to the new computer. Is there an easy way to move my software (office 2011, aperture and CS3) to the new computer?

I would have both your new and your old computer on the same network, via Ethernet cables, and when you first start-up your new machine elect to use Migration Assistant to tranfer everything from your old machine to the new. It will transfer you user data, your settings, your apps - everything except the 'old' system files. I've used this technique a number of times with no problems. It's what MA is supposed to be used for and works quite well.
Good luck,
Clinton

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