Sharing Mac Pro Promise R4 setup.

I need to use Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro with thunderbolt.
I would like to use the Promise R4 RAID that is attached to my Mac Pro 6.1 ( as a set up for the Mac Pro time machine and storage). What is the best way to do this ? I am a bit unsure if I can do this by thunderbolt daisy chaining without disconnecting the Promise from the Mac Pro.
Is there a way to use the thunderbolt capabilities for speed. I am running Mavericks.

If you're thinking of connecting the RAID via Thunderbolt to two different computers at the same time, you can't. What you can do is back up the MBP over the network. Create an AFP sharepoint on the RAID. Select it as the backup destination for Time Machine on the MBP.

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Mac Pro RAID 0 setup with bootcamp

I'm about to take the plunge and buy a Mac Pro as soon as I get the money (or credit) to. There have been things here and there that have turned me off but I found ways around some concerns, but this one I haven't been able to find.
I am a musician and want to utilize raw power that Mac does so well with. But unfortunately my DAW of choice doesn't support OS X. I hate Vista, I never upgraded, I stayed with XP but have been willing to change to OS X with XP as well, to get the best of both worlds. Then i find my DAW doesn't support XP 64 bit so i am going to have to use Vista 64-bit (bummer).
What I haven't been able to figure out is if it is possible to run a RAID 0 of the windows OS and all its data. The Mac Pro RAID card doesn't support any Windows OS so i am wondering if there is anyway possible to get the Windows OS in RAID, any good hardware or software that will accomplish this. Like if i get the Mac Pro RAID cad, is there a good software or hardware RAID that will allow me to install windows in a RAID 0 configuration?
If its possible I would have no reasons to not move over, but I really need to have my RAID setup in windows since I am using latency sensitive disk streaming programs that need to stream files in the GBs
Also could I just opt out for the Mac Pro Card and get a generic RAID card that supports both Windows and OS X? And if so any recommendations?
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I'm glad you are in the planning stages!
The question I didn't know to ask is always the one that bites the worst.
One of the best options might be the RR 4320
http://www.hptmac.com/US/product.php?_index=50&viewtype=details
http://www.barefeats.com/hard109.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Highpoint%20Technologies/RRAID4320/
One of the first Mac Pro RAID and Boot Camp work?
Games, hence the whole gaming graphics area, has and is not high on the list of features, which had been a large reason for people installing Windows on Mac.
I didn't want to see you invest in SAS and not get performance level you want.
StorageReview Performance SCSI/SAS vs VelociRaptor
Here is the card Barefeats felt was the card that Apple has to beat, and points to some of the limitations of SAS on the Mac Pro. http://www.barefeats.com/hard104.html
MacWorld SanFran in a couple weeks is when Apple traditionally would use to announce some of the new products for the next year (Snow, Mac Pro '09, new iMac, etc).
Apple is not very upgradeable. It would cost me more to upgrade the cpu than buy new (though can get a good $$ on my system - in part because it runs the prior version of OS X 10.4 "Tiger". New systems will only run the current/latest OS, you won't be able to run Leopard if a system comes with Snow. The graphic choices and upgrades can be lame. It is almost a closed box.)
I've talked to people that were into audio that used Fibre Channel in part due to low latency, increased queue depth (which is one area SATA has never implemented, 32 vs 256 I/O per sec).
+Forget trying to use the Apple search to find threads, it is 'busted' if I can't find the thread mbean and I had with someone only last week on RAID5/6. I turned to Google to find this thread +
Multi-core compiler optimization is big on Santa Intel's wish list to get into the hands of developers and vendors.
*3 GHz Nehalem outperforms the latest Opteron by a margin as high as 80% and more.*
Intel has apparently allowed HP and Fujitsu-Siemens to break the NDA on the Xeon 5570 processor for PR reasons as both companies have published SAP numbers on a Dual Xeon 5570. The Xeon 5570 is based on the same architecture as the Core i7. It is a 2.93 GHz quad-core CPU with 4 times a 256 KB L2-cache and one huge shared 8 MB L3.
http://anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=532
And AMD just gave Intel a new run for the money.
AnandTech’s Johan de Gelas has taken a look at AMD and Intel quad-socket servers. The quad-socket six-core Intel Xeon X7460 at 2.66 GHz is compared to the quad-socket four-core Shanghai-based Opteron 8384 at 2.7 GHz. And what were the results of a test using VMware’s ESX Server 3.5?
Shanghai’s 16 cores outperformed Dunnington’s 24 cores (or 48 if Hyper-Threading was used) by 6.5% or 8.8% depending on whether or not IBM or Dell’s chipset was used. But if we normalize that out per core, Shanghai outperforms by 59.8% (per core) or 63.2%. That is unbelievable!
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/amd-cleans-up-in-high-end-server-virtualizati on-20081223/

Mac Pro Hard Drive Setup

Hi,
I am waiting delivery of a mac pro dual quad 2.8 and I am getting a 500GB option in bay 1
I am ordering 2 x Samsung (finger crossed) F1 1TB drives (Bay 2 and Bay 3).
My main use will be for producing music which will therefore run plug-ins instruments, effects, work with audio files...
*Would a setup like this be ok?*
*_Setup A_*
500GB Drive 1 = System and other applications (e.g. Logic Pro, virtual insrtuments, other apps)
1TB Drive 2 = Audio library (Samples, sounds from virtual instruments many GBs large, etc... )
1TB Drive 2 = all sort of stuff from scratch disk to personal family files like photos, movies, music, etc...)
Will then use external Hard Drive to back up stuff I don't want to lose
*_Setup B_*
500GB Drive 1 = System (too large for just system)
1TB Drive 2 = Applications
1TB Drive 3 = Data (audio files, audio library, personal photos-movies-music, etc...)
*_Other option?_*
If I want to have a dual but with Windows XP... will I be able to just add another Drive (Internal/External) for a d*ual boot start up?*
Thanks for any help
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Either configuration should work fine. It's really entirely up to you. However, I note in your proposed configuration that there's no provision for backups. Since your work is obviously valuable to you, then you need a backup plan. Unfortunately, given what you will have there's only room for one more drive which can have a maximum size of 1.5 TBs. Not large enough to back up 2.5 TBs of extant capacity. I suggest you give some thought to the backup plan. You could use external Firewire drives for backup. Or you could make use of the two additional SATA drives that can be installed outside of the four existing bays. Unfortunately, there's not much room in the Mac Pro to install the drives internally.
Basic Backup
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Although you can buy a complete FireWire drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
Cool Drives
OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

Mac Pro Hard Drive Setup Question

Mr. FedEx brought me my Mac Pro today and I'm getting ready to set it up. I'm migrating from a PowerBook G4 17 inch and got the Mac Pro 3.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, and four 500 GB hard drives. I figure I should do a freash install of Aperture instead of using the Migration Wizard. The question for the night is, how should I handle the four hard drives? Out of the box I see four seperate hard drives labled Macintosh HD. For Aperture, should I use software raid across all four drives or only three leaving the OS drive by itselft for applications?
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Sure you can... I got a Raid 0 on two 300Gb drives on my boot drive... They host the OS and my apps.
The trick is that its got to be a fresh install. You boot with your hardware giag disk and in the menu you have the disk utility. Create the RAID setup and then quit. You can now boot the disk with the OS install and it will recognize it as such.
Now - a few things to consider. Next version of OS X has Time Machine that that expects a volume (a disk, the whole disk) for it to work. So it would be cool if you find out about it and sort of prepare for it.
Having said that I would Raid0 two pairs and Raid1 the two. This is called Raid 1+0 or Raid 10. Its a good compromise but if drive 1 AND 3 fail then there is no backup. I would also get an external firewire disk (say 300Gb or 500Gb) and use it as a vault. But that is because I can't think of running the machine with a full backup of what I got, still not a perfect solution.
The way I got it is using Raid 0 on my OS and Apps (600Gb) with an external Firewire disk for backup. (no Raid 0 - so there is no statistical odds to beat)
Apeture has two drives. Two Firewire 800 (1Tb) drives, one the library and the other is the vault. The vault also stores the deleted images, so you will have to clean every now and then or it will grow faster than your library.
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Mac Pro ideal HD setup for Logic?

Hey guys - just want to ask suggestions for the ideal hard drive set up for using logic.
I have a dual quad 2.8 mac pro with 10gb of ram. External sound card is usally a line 6 ux1, but when im recording vocals or anything miked up it's
my focusrite saffire pro 40.
I have 4 internal drives:
1. boot up drive is 240gb SSD,
2. "tracking" drive,
3. "loops" drive,
4. personal data drive - pics, docs, movies, music, etc....
So i was told many years ago (when i had a imac) that the idea drive set up was to have a boot/apps drive, tracking drive, & loops drive.
I've done that but im not sure how to get logic to work like that. Even though my projects are all stored on the tracking drive,
the loops end up there too...
Is it ok like that or can someone suggest an alternative? Im using logic studio 8 btw
thanks in advance
Mal

I have a Mac Pro 2*2.26 system. I use Logic and iPhoto extensively with a 200 GB iTunes collection and a 80 GB iPhoto collection.
I use the default 640GB drive as my boot drive with applications. I use a second 1 Terrabyte drive as my "Home Directory" for documents (iPhoto library, iTunes library, Logic files, etc...). I use a third Terrabyte drive for my Time Machine backups. All are internal drives.
Given you have over a terrabyte of data files, it would seem logical to keep the boot drive for system files and applications. For your documents or "Home Directory" it would seem a 1.5 or 2 terrrabyte drive is in order, with a third 2 terrabyte drive for your Time Machine backups.
I don't think a RAID configuration would be of benefit to you if you are not finding performance issues with Final Cut Express.
Barr

Mac Pro Freezes within seconds

I have a Mac Pro and last week I occasionally occurred problems with the spinning beachball/pinwheel (2-3 times a day for about 45 seconds on each spell) This morning I opened the machine and the problem was obviously worse, locking up for minutes at a time (instead of seconds) and then often as every 10 minutes. As the morning went on it the spells got longer and more frequent. Till finally by early afternoon the machine pinwheels within seconds after restart, and refuses to snap out of it.
My main goal right now is to save my info, but it only gives me seconds after boot up to recover my info and I have several GBs of info to extract.
I've tried:
Disk Utility (CD)
Reset PRAM
Safe Boot &
Archive & Intall
I would like to do a erase and install, but I'm unable to buy enough time to save my info to another HD.
Thank you for any assistance!
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The worst idea is to continue to use or reinstall the OS.
One reason I always recommend Mac Pro owners to setup a small emergency boot drive with Disk Warrior, and a couple of clones of your system.
Disk Warrior has Preview mode that mounts the partition as Before and After images to allow you to recover files and see what you can copy or will look like.
I would start by building a new system - new drive and clean install and keep that (image it) for maintenance only, and clone it to 3rd drive which will become the new system boot drive.
And yes Disk Warrior will do a better job than Apple First Aid even today. And can help. You may have any number of issues with files, directory, your home folder (Application Support / SyncServices is one).
Then with a clean system see what is anything is the cause. It may be a faulty cable or external device that doesn't play nice.
TechTool Pro 5.07 is handy too for scanning and looking at files; at disk media. you want to rule out a bad sector that needs to be deactivated and mapped out.
And you may want to pull the hard drive and put it in an external FW case while you build a new foundation to work from and become the new system. Easier to turn it on after startup, stay out of the way, and repair the directory.
Data Recsue 3 is another utiility worth looking at if you have to recover files.

HELP !! I have a Mac Pro Quad dual 2.66 with Ram disfunction juntion

ok I woke up this morning after putting my mac to sleep last evening and went to power up to find the light blinking and no start up. I then looked into it and pulled a bunch of Ram figured out that something is going on with my risers, but the risers are working with both original 2 gig chips on the top riser slot and thats it nothing is working otherwise so I basically went from 10gb of Ram to 4gb. I tested both of the original ram chips in the top riser slot on both risers and they work. but only in the top slot. So i am left thinking the logic board is not working correctly or something but I am not sure. I am tech savvy but new to the mac pro with this setup. Any suggestions?

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You can buy memory at OWC or Crucial > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory#800-memory Those sell compatible memory with all Macs. You can use another memory, but you can be sure that the memory that these brands sell are compatible

Replacing a mobile media setup with a Mac Pro

We have a mobile media setup that consists of an aging Xserve, Promise array with a fiber channel connection. We have a Mac Pro that connects to the array for video editing, an iMac also for video, plus a couple of Macbooks that connect via Ethernet working on sound and stills. This is used on a serious level, 3 times a year and by all accounts, it is under-utilized.
As this equipment is 3 years old, we want to upgrade and, if possible compact this into a smaller space. I was hoping a thunderbolt array would work however since it is DAS, sharing out the media assets simultaneously seems to be an issue (max 4 workstations)
I am wondering if I can load up a Mac Pro with 4 drives and somehow get that to function both as the main production workstation AND a SAN to the other machines? Or if anyone know another way I can convert a T/B array from a DAS to a shared asset?
I am fairly new to those so my apologies is this is overly simplified or unclear.

Thanks... We are not having to change yet however there is always something new, right around the corner, that will (in theory) make for a better solution.
The TB missing on the Pro line is not really an issue at this time since TB devices are direct attached and we need to serve up the assets to multiple machines. Someday there will be a TB switch (of sorts) but for now, I am still wondering if I can collapse all this down to a Mac Pro with lots of drives.

Itunes library sharing on single Mac Pro with 2 users.

Recently I have setup a Mac Pro with 2 users. Primarily the thought was to have this as the media server for a couple of AppleTV (2nd generation) and other users. The primary user on the Mac Pro (me), has the iTunes Library located in the Public Directory. Home sharing is enabled, on all systems. There is no problem when the Primary user is logged in and iTunes is running. When the second user, logs into the Mac Pro, nobody has access to the iTunes Library of the primary user.
I was thinking of setting up the secondary user with the same itunes directory, but when new content is added by the primary user, the secondary user would not see it automatically, would they?
Basically I am trying to set up a common iTunes library for all users and all devices. Is it possible

michaelfromsherwood park wrote:
The primary user on the Mac Pro (me), has the iTunes Library located in the Public Directory.
while logged in to the other user account, launch iTunes while holding the option (⌥) key, click on choose library when prompted, and select the iTunes folder in the shared folder.
if you're using fast user switching, user A must quit iTunes before user B can access the library.
Home sharing is enabled, on all systems.
home sharing is designed to work between two (or more) computers on the the same LAN.

Mac pro no longer connects to web via internet sharing

My Mac Pro does not have an airport card so I have often used a PowerBook G4 or MacBook Pro to share a wireless internet connection via ethernet. A few months ago this method began failing but I was able to share a connection via firewire. Now I am not able to do either.
I have attempted to use both the mbp and the pbg4 to no avail using both ethernet and firewire for days, employing various troubleshooting methods including zapping PRAM, repairing permissions, and dumping network cache. I've tried static IP addresses and manual setups. The mac pro shows that it is connected to a network and displays all the proper IP information but is unable to load a web page and the diagnostics window shows an ISP, server, and internet failure regardless of any changes I make to network settings on it or the mbp/pbg4. Meanwhile, the laptops are connected to the internet just fine and are able to share a connection with each other.
What can I do to make my tower susceptible to internet sharing once again?

Your local LAN runs through your router.
All your ethernet ports, and your modem and router, should be behind and filtered from excess current. That means a UPS generally. And run input line thru UPS (coax) first, then run RJ45 back through UPS again (there can still be excess surge or current on the line).
Modems and routers can be compromised by surge outage or storm. So can ethernet ports.
You have two ethernet ports and you tried with both also.
What you did not do that I would have added is SMC Reset / Reset NVRAM/PRAM.
This is what I have had for the last year, very nice and stronger signals thruout the house.
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-Gigabit-R6200/dp/B008HO9DIG/

File Sharing MacBook with Mac Pro

Have been researching how to set up the ability to see my Mac Pro's HD from my Mac Book. Have 4 HD's installed in Mac Pro and would like to access my photos on my Mac Pro from Mac Book. Have Photoshop CS3 Extended on both machines (need to de-activate one not running on) and would like to edit image files with CS3 on my Mac Book. Mac Book has 120GB HD with 4 GB RAM to run CS3.
Mac Pro is hard wired (ethernet) to cox.net and Mac Book is wireless to cox with Netgear router-WEP.
Have gone into system preferences on both machines and under "Sharing" enabled file sharing.
However I still don't know what to do next.
Customer service person at Simutek in Tucson said she sees her Mac Pro in the left side of a finder window on her Mac Book. ( I had taken my Mac Pro there to have an Airport card installed thinking that was necessary for file sharing, but she said I can do that with my existing home wired/wireless setup). I'm a novice on setting up a home network system, so would appreciate a step x step procedure for file sharing my two machines.

If you just want to do this on your home network, wired or wireless, and you've already enabled file sharing, you're done.
Just hit command/k to Connect To Server, then hit browse.
Your MacPro should show up.
Double click on the icon, and since you have Leopard, you have a choice of connecting as a guest, or as a registered user; choose the Connect As button, and the first time, you'll have to type your administrator password, and check the Remember Password In My Keychain box.
Now you'll get a choice of volumes, or drives, to mount on your MacBook's desktop.
You should be able to use the new Screen Sharing feature, too, which lets you see and control the MacPro remotely.
To see the Mac Pro in the left side of the finder window, you'll need to go to Finder Preferences, and check the Connected Servers box.

Sharing external hard drive between PowerMac and Mac Pro

I have a western digital external hard drive connected to a PowerMac and one connected to a Mac Pro. The PowerMac can see the Mac Pro external, but not vise versa. Can someone tell me what could possibly be wrong? Both computers have the sharing setup and we have partitioned the hard drives.
Thanks

I'm assuming that you have Leopard on both Macs? When you say that you "see" the Mac Pro's external drive, are you seeing it in the sidebar? And if so is that showing up as the Mac Pro, or as the drive? It seems to me that if you're seeing the one, then what you've done is to "connect as" with the user login, but haven't yet done that with the MacPro to the PowerMac. Have you from the PowerMac clicked Add at the bottom of the User's list to add the right username, or clicked New Person to enter a name and password?

File syncing/sharing between 3 Mac Pros

Does anyone know what I can use or buy to sync/share files between three Mac Pros. Kind of like a network, where one file can be opened in any computer and the changes synced throughout.
Example: an InDesign file is opened and worked on and closed in Mac Pro A, another user could open the same InDesign file on Mac Pro B and see the updates done in Mac Pro A?

Are you accounts the same on the mac's in question? I just tested this at my home. When you access the shared folder, how do you log into the shared folder?
For example:
I'm on a Mac Pro, username is xxxx
My wife on a iMac, username is yyyy
My sone on a iMac, username is zzzz
When I access files on the iMac, I select it from the sidebar and use account yyyy (I know the password). Now I can access any of the files and work on them directly. When I log in as xxxx, I can't access the files in her account, I can only access the public folder and then to read only. Think about your strategy to deal with this. Several come to mind where you don't need to share passwords....maybe a neutral account called homeshare with the appropreiate password. Everyone just logs in as "homeshare" and puts in the password. All files are located in the homeshare account.
I also have a 2TB disk on my AEBS (airport extreme basestation). This drive is setup to allow any of my family members to access it. It works great as a simple file server. Just remind people to dismount it when they are done or you'll keep it spun up. This is method goes by the name NAS.
Look at this picture...see the "connect as" button? When you connect as someone with an account on the machine, you get full access to that account

New Mac Pro setup questions..

Hi,
Just pulled the trigger on a Mac Pro 3gh, 4gb, ATI 1900. I am going to that from a dual 1.42 quicksilver and had some questions.
It seems migration assistant may not be the best way to go. Is this true, should I reinstall everything? Is it possible to drag and drop apps to the new machine?
Is it possible to get mail info from another machine to the new one? I have an iMac at home that I have been using Mail with and would like all the email addresses on the new machine at work. My old setup, I was still using Enterouge (sp) and would like to use Mail like at home.
I have the stock 250gb drive and I need to figure out different drive scenarios. I recently bought two external 500gb drives before even thinking about a new system. I am a commercial photographer and one drive is a backup that lives offsite from my studio for protection. Should I mirror with an external?
Thanks for any help!
HD

This FAQ may be helpful:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC 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.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3 or G4 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 (does not work), TechTool Pro (pre-4.5.1 versions do not work), SuperDuper (newest release works), and Drive Genius (untested) may not work properly on Intel-Macs. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries.
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
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
Here is a list of where your important data is stored ("~" stands for "Home"):
Your Data in Documents:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in ~ / Library/ Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
~ / Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library
If you want cookies:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in ~ /Library/ Preferences/Microsoft
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I am trying to setup iCal syncing with Mobile Me on Mac Pro and Mac Pro Notebook. I have accounts added in for MobileMe and Gmail. Problem is that iCal does not appear as one of the Sync choices in the MobileMe sync window on either computer?

I am trying to sync iCal with all my computers and devices via MobileMe. I cannot sync iCal on my Mac Pro nor Mackbook Pro. I believe accounts to be setup properly BUT on both computers there is NO choice to select iCal among the choices in "Sync Menu" on the MobileMe window in System Preferences. Help?

Greetings,
If you delete individual messages they will be deleted from other accounts.
If you setup the accounts as IMAP (which is the default for MobileMe accounts) you can remove the accounts and the other users will still have the email.
Alternatively if you don't want to see the account in the other user go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts > MobileMe account > Advanced > remove the check mark for "enable account". This leaves the account and just turns it off so you don't see it and it doesn't send / receive messages.
Finally, you should be backing up your data for safekeeping so even if you did delete the account and the messages magically vanished you could restore them: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
Hope that helps.

Sharing Mac Pro Promise R4 setup.

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