PC MAC ETHERNET ONLY
I have a vintage PC used for vintage Excel macros.
We're talking Excel 2003...which is still used at work.
Excel V.x is compatible with all but system calls [like when you have one workbook open and read another] which has to be PC verified.
Would like to connect PC to iMac using Ethernet Only. Just for moving files around without "Thumb Drive In Thumb Drive Out".
Is there a tutorial out there that describes Windows xp <--> Mac Connections just using Just the Ethernet cable and not the home network?
-wbajr tbc
[ the home network approach was so simple my jaw dropped, bidirectional movement between the PC "Shared" and MAC "public" was achieved quickly]
Have you Reset the Pram to see if the Firewire ports would work again?
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Use Time Capsule over ethernet only?
Running Mavericks. Have a 2 TB surplus Time Capsule that I would like to use to back up an iMac using an ethernet cable between the iMac and the TC rather than wirelessly. (I am trying to avoid yet another Wi-Fi device on my Airport Extreme network and the reduced performance that comes with extending a network.) Indeed I have made this work per Bob Timmons prior posts by hooking the TC to both the iMac and temporarily to the Airport Extreme via ethernet cable.
Due to house configuration, it is not possible for me to permanently run ethernet between the Airport Extreme and the TC. In my experimenting, after setup I unhooked the connection between TC and Airport Extreme and the iMac and I thought the iMac was continuing to recognize the TC and backup to it over ethernet, but after a re-start I cannot get that configuration to work again.
1. Do I understand that the design of the TC is such that it cannot be used as an attached ethernet hard drive for Time Machine backups unless it is at all times also connected to a [Airport Extreme] router?
2. If No. 1 above is true, is there any wireless configuration of the TC that would allow for the benefits of ethernet connection to the iMac but not have the permanent router/TC ethernet connection?
3. Finally, if I am out of luck on ethernet only from the iMac, since I don't use the iMac wirelessly for anything, can a create a new network with the TC and have the iMac wirelessly connect with that without a permanent router connection?
Thanks very muchThanks for your insightful questions and comments!
If you have an Ethernet cable connected to the iMac, the iMac will default to the Ethernet connection, even if wireless is on at the iMac.So, if you want to backup the iMac over wireless, you will have to manually disconnect the Internet Ethernet cable at the iMac every time that you want to back up the iMac. Once the backup over wireless is completed, then you will have to connect the Internet Ethernet cable again to the iMac.
Is this true? I was referring to the ethernet cable running between the iMac and the TC, not the main ethernet connection to my home network. My entire goal here has been to simply hookup the TC to the iMac solely for backup purposes via ethernet. However, you have convinced my I cannot do that without the TC also being connected to the Airport router at the same time., which I believe is not practical for the reasons below. So again, assuming that the iMac is connected to the TC via the TC's separate wireless network, is not the ethernet cable between iMac and TC not used - or will the iMac communicate to the TC via faster ethernet instead of defaulting to the slower wireless network?
The iMac is about 12" away from the iMac and I am not trying to hide it - I just want to use it as a ethernet backup disk!
I guess I'm wondering why.....if the Mac connects to the AirPort Extreme using Ethernet.....you cannot connect the Ethernet cable from the AirPort Extreme to the Time Capsule first, then connect another Ethernet cable from the Time Capsule to your iMac.
Then, the iMac is always connected using Ethernet, and you won't have to use wireless at all. You can backup over the much faster Ethernet connection. Everything will stay connected all the time.....no cable disconnecting.....and you have the best performance as well.
Good question! My newly remodeled house has an ethernet network wired throughout. One ethernet outlet per room. (The Airport Extreme router connects to a Comcast modem via the ethernet network, each in separate rooms. I was able to connect the TC to the Airport router using an 80 foot temporary cable running between rooms.) Maybe there is a way to have the TC "share" the iMac single ethernet port in the room that I am not aware of? Appreciate your thoughts.
But, again....If the TC and iMac will be close to each other....why mess with wireless and cable swapping when you can do everything over Ethernet, and always stay connected to the AirPort Extreme network.
You are preaching to the choir. I don't want to use wireless at all for backup or even have it on for my iMac. The lack of a connection between TC and Airport router is what seems to be stopping me.
The TC will create both a 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz network automatically. The iMac will look at both signals and choose the best with which to connect. If the iMac has line-of-sight, or is in the same room as the TC, then it will likely connect at the faster 5 GHz connection.
And here is the last puzzle. Assuming that I cannot resolve the ethernet to router issue, I am today backing up to the TC (also connected via ethernet cable to iMac) via the separate WiFi network created by the TC. The backup has worked several times today. Despite this, Airport Utility reports that the TC cannot be found even though it was "previously part of the network." Any ideas on that one?
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Mac Reinstaller only has option to reinstall OSX mountain lion, but...
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Jackgram wrote:
I have merged my iPhoto and Photo app. I have over 19,000 pics on my Mac but only 4,000 are showing up in the cloud.
Were you perhaps using a mix of "managed" photos (copied into your iPhoto library) and "referenced" photos (kept only external to your library)? Only "managed" are eligible to be in iClout Photo Library.
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Is it possible to run a mac on a windows based server? We have a server based on Windows 7 in our school, and our techies are reluctant to let me buy a mac as they say macs can only read a number of folders deep, which would preclude me from accessing shared folders on our servers. Is this true, and is there a way round this? I would eventually like to get a suite of macs, but because all our resources are on the server, I have to be able to access them.
Thanks for any help,
MikeI have found that both Linux and Mac (unix) are capable of reading "deep" folders while win 32 will have issues, your it people are clearly wrong. I run a network with both win/mac. And as long as the win servers/pc's that have shares are set to allow apple file sharing in their folder properties. And the macs are set to allow smb there should absolutely no trouble with you accessing anything across the platforms, heck, from a Mac to a win pc on some occasions you don't even need to include a "domain" name to log on to, and you can create aliases and make your own shortcuts etc... So you don't have to manually connect each time you boot up etc... But that's all personal preferences I suppose.
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I have an external hardrive for MAC, I needed to save something from my work computer so I can pass it on to my MAC, it requiered me to re-format my external HD and now when I connected to my MAC I only have "read only rights". How do I fix it? I run my Itnues from this external and now my library is gone. Luckily I have it saved somewhere else, which is not a problem, but I won't be able to write to this HD for right now. I can't see an option to give those permission back.
cptjuanjvarona wrote:
I have an external hardrive for MAC, I needed to save something from my work computer so I can pass it on to my MAC, it requiered me to re-format my external HD and now when I connected to my MAC I only have "read only rights". How do I fix it?...
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Hello all, I am a photographer and have my portfolio, edited and raw images backed up on a Seagate Free Agent External Hardrive. I mounted my external hard drive to a pc recently and now I don't have edit or write permissions to it on my Mac (read only). How do I get them back without erasing the drive and loosing my valuable work?
If you re-format it you will lose all the data on it!!!!! So make sure you have backed up the drive or moved all the data on it to another external HD or the internal HD on your iMac.
Below is an Apple Advice letter that explains how to format an external HD, it's written for Aperture but you can use the instructions to formate any external HD.
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FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE
1. Turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTune (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port
4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTune and plug.
5. Release Home button.
ON COMPUTER
6. iTune has detected iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTune.
7. Select "Restore iPad"...
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How do I connect my iPhone to my mac and only have items sync manually?
Go to preferences in itunes and set it not to auto sync
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