Some help needed for improrting and editing

Hi,
I need a litle help with two issues.
1) I was trying to edit a photo but when i click the edit button, I can see the photo at the top of the screen in the film strip but not in the edit screen and I have also noticed for this particular picture I cannot view it in full zoom. All I can see is an " ! " mark.
2) I deleted this picture and tried to import again but iphoto states that it cannot import because it already exists. I tried closed the program, deleting the cache.

Derek
It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss
iPhoto is a database and like any database it needs you to manipulate the data via the app itself, and not via a back door. So, that's why it thinks the pic is still there - because the entry in the database is still there.
The correct way to remove a pic is to move it to the iPhoto trash and empty the iPhoto trash. This will remove the pic from the database and the HD.
Now your database base is bunged up you have two choices: one is to return things precisely the way they were the other is to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Assuming you renamed a file to make it easier to find:
There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
To upload to MySpace or any site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use THIS
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser. Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
The change was made to the format of the iPhoto library because many users were inadvertently corrupting their library by browsing through it with other software or making changes in it themselves. If you're willing to risk database corruption, you can restore the older functionality simply by right clicking on the iPhoto Library and choosing 'Show Package Contents'. Then simply make an alias to the folders you require and put that alias on the desktop or where ever you want it. Be aware though, that this is a hack and not supported by Apple.
Regards
TD

Similar Messages

Some help needed for shopping calculator program

Hi. I would like to thank you in advance for helping me. At the moment I am pretty much stuck. I don't know how to add the input using 'while loop'. This is what I'm suppose to do:
Write a program called ShoppingCalculator.java that allows the user to enter the prices of several items they have bought and then tells them the total amount. The user can enter the prices for as many items as they want, until they click Cancel. The program should then output the total amount they spent, in a message dialog box. Use pounds for all the amounts.
So far I have written:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class ShoppingCalculator
    public static void main(String[] args)
            boolean done = false;
            double amount;
            String input;
            while (!done)
                    input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the amount you spent on the next item:");
                    amount = Double.parseDouble (input);
            if (done = true)
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "You spent a total amound of £" + amount );
}Sorry if the code doesn't make much sense cause I've been changing the code around so many times that.
At one point when I was playing around with the code, I manage to make the input dialog loop nicely but when I pressed cancel, the message dialog only output the last input I put in. What I'm really stuck here is I need to know how to add the input when using 'while loop' and is it correct to use the IF Statement on this program. Please give me some advice on how to and I will try to work on it again.

Ok. I have edit the code and this is what it looks like:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class ShoppingCalculator
    public static void main(String[] args)
            boolean done = false;
            double amount;
            String input;
            double total = 0;
            while (!done)
                    input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the amount you spent on the next item:");
                    amount = Double.parseDouble (input);
                        if (input == null)
                                    total = total + amount;
                                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, "You spent a total amound of " + total );
}I created another variable (total) and it even compiled. The only problem I have now is the message dialog wouldn't show at the end. When I press cancel and nothing happen. This is what I get on my output command window:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(FloatingDecimal.java:991)
at java.lang.Double.parseDouble(Double.java:510)
at ShoppingCalculator.main(ShoppingCalculator.java:23)
Java Result: 1
Anything that isn't right here?

Some help needed for guides.

Hi,
I need this script, or another, to place guides in "dead-centre" (50%/50%)horizontal and vertical!
Since I'm a nobody in Jsx I need some help, badly!! :)
For 2 day's I've seen nothing but "errors" :(
Can somebody help me, please?
Regards
Mahon
Code: start
// make guideline
function guideLine(position, type) {
// types: Vrtc & Hrzn
// =======================================================
var id296 = charIDToTypeID( "Mk " );
var desc50 = new ActionDescriptor();
var id297 = charIDToTypeID( "Nw " );
var desc51 = new ActionDescriptor();
var id298 = charIDToTypeID( "Pstn" );
var id299 = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
desc51.putUnitDouble( id298, id299, position );
var id300 = charIDToTypeID( "Ornt" );
var id301 = charIDToTypeID( "Ornt" );
var id302 = charIDToTypeID( type );
desc51.putEnumerated( id300, id301, id302 );
var id303 = charIDToTypeID( "Gd " );
desc50.putObject( id297, id303, desc51 );
executeAction( id296, desc50, DialogModes.NO );
Code: End

Please try this...
var strtRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
var strtTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;
guideLine(app.activeDocument.width.value/2, 'Vrtc');
guideLine(app.activeDocument.height.value/2, 'Hrzn');
app.preferences.rulerUnits = strtRulerUnits;
app.preferences.typeUnits = strtTypeUnits;
function guideLine(position, type){
    var desc27 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var desc28 = new ActionDescriptor();
        desc28.putUnitDouble( app.charIDToTypeID('Pstn'), app.charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), position );
        desc28.putEnumerated( app.charIDToTypeID('Ornt'), app.charIDToTypeID('Ornt'), app.charIDToTypeID(type) );
    desc27.putObject( app.charIDToTypeID('Nw '), app.charIDToTypeID('Gd '), desc28 );
    executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('Mk '), desc27, DialogModes.NO );

Career Help Needed for me and my wife..your suggestion would surely help!

Hi Guys,
I would really appreciate if you can solve our mid career Dilemma. Me and my wife both want to get in to SAP..Kindly suggest which module should we pick..
My Wife's Profile: She is an Economics honors graduate and an MBA too. she has got 7 years banking exp in two of the biggest Pvt sector Banks in India. Kindly Suggest which module would be in line with her domain Experience, she wants to get in to the functional side of SAP using the domain knowledge..
My Profile: I am a Science graduate and MCSE, have got 7 yrs exp in Sales and Business Development, should I opt for SD, CRM or HR? Though I am more keen on SD or CRM, but I mentioned HR as I have been doing Business development in staffing industry for the last 4 yrs now..
I am sure I would get the best advise in here..Also, do let us know the future prospects it will/may add..
Look forward to your suggestions..
Thanks!
Rohit
Edited by: Rohitgulati on Feb 7, 2012 9:11 PM

Hi Leon,
Thanks for your quick revert, but just wondering if Banking domain is good for FI/Co, as I guess it has more to do with Finance and not Retail Banking, I in the mean time searched another Module for Banking Industry called IS- Banking..I think, this module will be in line with the Banking Exp but whats the demand of this module in Banking sector that has to be seen!!
Thanks for your help!
Rohit

Some help needed regarding Files and URLs on a server

I don't get it - my applet works in a local directory, but not on a server. This has to do with the loading of files (I load an array of images to use, but when I attempt to use that array, it comes up with the error ArrayIndexOutOfBounds), but I can't understand what the problem is...
I have a code that loads files (using File objects) from the current directory (a .jar file) into the program. I do not simply type in the file names - I set it so that the program searches for them based on a prefix in the file name. This works fine on my computer, and I never navigate to files outside of the .jar file. Why might this have a problem on a server? Would URL objects be more appropriate?
Note: I alter the file base String in this way before loading it (this stands for the current directory)
fileBase = applet.codeBase.toString().replace('\\', '/');codeBase is simply the applet's codeBase() method put into a URL variable. The replace statement is there so that there are no backslashes. And this works perfectly on my computer. Any help? Would it work if I used a URL instead? If so, how do I perform a search function with a URL (so that all the filenames within a certain directory are returned as Strings)?

Thanks for the info, it helps a lot. You say there is no "practical" way to search for a file under a URL path. What I am trying to do is load a file that begins with a particular prefix. (eg. I wish to load a file called "funnyImage0011204924." However, the numbers after the prefix "funnyImage" are variable, and might require change in the future. Is it possible to load any file with the prefix "funnyImage," using URL methods? Would I need to create a new class? Is this impossible?)
Please remember that I do not plan to go outside the .jar file, so there is no point in trying to get around server permissions and all that if it is unnecessary.

Help needed for storing and sorting objects.

Hello
I have an assignment and it is to create a guessing game, here is the question,
In this assignment you are to write a game where a user or the computer is to guess a random
number between 1 and 1000. The program should for example read a guess from the keyboard, and
print whether the guess was too high, too low or correct. When the user has guessed the correct
number, the program is to print the number of guesses made.
The project must contain a class called Game, which has only one public method. The method must
be called start(), and, when run it starts the game. The game continues until the user chooses to
quit, either at the end of a game by answering no to the question or by typing 'quit' instead of a
guess. After each game has been played, the program is to ask the user for a name and insert this
together with the number of guesses into a high score list. When a game is started the program
should print the entire high score list, which must be sorted with the least number of guesses first
and the most last. Note, the list must be kept as long as the game-object is alive!
each score also
consists of the game time. In case there are two high scores with the same number of guesses, the
game time should decide which is better. The game time starts when the first guess is entered and
stops when the correct guess has been made. There should also be input checks in the program so
that it is impossible to input something wrong, i.e. it should be impossible to write an non-numeric
value then we are guessing a number, the only allowed answers for a yes/no question is yes or no,
every other input should yield an error message an the question should be printed again.
I understand how to code most of it, except I am not sure how to store the playerName, playerScore, playerTime and then sort that accordingly.
I came across hashmaps, but that wont work as the data values can be the same for score.
Is it only one object of lets say a highScore class, and each time the game finishes, it enters the values into an arrayList, I still dont understand how I can sort the array all at once.
Should it be sorted once for score, then another array created and sorted again, I dont get it I am confused.
Please help clarify this.

Implode wrote:
We had the arrayList/collections lecture today.
I asked the teacher about sorting objects and he started explaining hashmaps and then he mentioned another thing which we will only be learning next term, I'm sure we must only use what we have learned.
How exactly can this be done. I have asked a few questions in the post already.
ThanksWell, there was probably a gap in the communication. Hash maps (or hash tables, etc.) are instance of Map. Those are used to locate a value by its unique key. Generally, to speed up access, you implement a hashing function (this will be explained hopefully in class). Think of name-value pairs that are stored where the name is unique.
Contrast this with items that are sorted. Any List can be sorted because its elements are ordered. An ArrayList is ordered, generally, by the order you inserted the elements. However, any List can be given its own ordering via Comparable or Comparator. You can't do this with an ordinary Map. The purpose of a Map is speedy access to the name-value pairs, not sorting. The List likewise has different purposes, advantages, disadvantages, etc. List can be sorted.
A Map is generally similar to a Set. A Set is a vanilla collection that guarnatees uniqueness of each element (note, not name-value pairs, but simple elements). There is one concrete class of Map that can be sorted, TreeMap, but I doubt your professor was referring to that. The values or the keys can be returned from the Map and sorted separately, but again, I doubt he was referring to that.
Take a look at the Collections tutorial here on this site or Google one. It is fairly straightforward. Just keep in mind that things (generally) break down into Set, Map and List. There are combinations of these and different flavors (e.g., Queue, LinkedHashMap, etc.) But if you can learn how those three differ, you will go a long way towards understanding collections.
(Oh, and be sure to study up on iterators.)
- Saish

Some help needed with initWithNibName and UITableViewCell

Hiya guys, been going at this for a few hours now and came to the conclusion I can use a helping hand.
*Here's the .m file* http://thepreciousyears.com/web/MainViewController.m
The jist of the issue is I have a table view that has custom cells, each individual cell calls its respected detail view from separate nib files. This is working as expected.
In the CustomCell I used IB and setup custom IBOutlets as you'll see in the code. I got this working fine.
The issue is I can't seem to figure out how to give each cell its own respective title/author/date/image. If you look at the above code you'll see that title/author/date/image will repeat.
Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers!

// tell our table what kind of cell to use and its title for the given row
- (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *) tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
// Define CellIdentifier @"customCell"
// ** make sure the expansion of kCellIdentifier is entered under InfoViewCustomCell Attributes in IB
InfoViewCustomCell *cell = (InfoViewCustomCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:kCellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
// ** this line isn't doing anything except making a memory leak
// cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:kCellIdentifier] autorelease];
cell = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"InfoViewCustomCell" owner:nil options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
// ** be careful about hard coding a zero index in the above nib array; that index can be version dependent
// ** (e.g. it could be one)--it's safer to take the last element of the array or even to walk the array
// ** to find an object of the expected class.
// ** the next four lines are setting the properties of each cell to the same info,
// ** so we would certainly expect each cell to display the same text and image
[[cell articleName]setText:@"Article1"];
[[cell authorName]setText:@"John Doe"];
[[cell date]setText:@"June 21st, 2009"];
[[cell image]setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"test.jpg"]];
// ** this is the kind of statement which would populate each cell with different
// ** text, since the text selection is based on the row:
//cell.textLabel.text = [[self.infoTableData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:kTitleKey];
// ** thus the above four lines should be implemented something like this:
// ** NSDictionary *rowData = [self.infoTableData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// ** [[cell articleName] setText:[rowData objectForKey:kTitleKey]];
// ** [[cell authorName] setText:[rowData objectForKey:kAuthorKey]];
// ** etc.
return cell;
Hope the above is helpful. I haven't run the recommended code in a test bed yet, so please don't be surprised if I made a typo. If there are bugs you can't find right away, just let me know. I'm running very similar code in several projects, so any glitches should be very easy to fix.
- Ray

Help needed for Audigy and Audigy 2

Hi, I got a set of Audigy Platinum EX and I have a Audigy 2 ZS. Can I use the external I/o part of Audigy Platinum EX on Audigy 2 ZS?Thanks

Remember you pay your carrier every month for them to provide you with a quality service.
contact them again, and ask them to provision your account correctly.
Once that is done, go here and create a new BIS account.
https://bis.eu.blackberry.com/html?brand=tesco
The search box on top-right of this page is your true friend, and the public Knowledge Base too:

Help needed for new (and confused) BT Infinity cus...

Hi,
I upgraded to BT infinity from the normal broadband 3 days ago after being told on the phone my speeds would increase to 38mpbs on the download and the upload would rise up to 10mbps. I have waited the recommended 3 days stabilisation period and currently the download speed is around 17mbps and the upload is barely 1.5mbps. I have tried various methods to try and fix this but with no joy, any help or advice would be greatly, oh so greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Can you post your line stats from the HH5 please? These are in Troubleshooting/Helpdesk on the web interface at http://192.168.1.254
Lines 1-13 will be enough
If you found this post helpful, please click on the star on the left
If not, I'll try again

Help needed for Validating and Redireting website form

Hello
I know that this is probably a beginners question, but I
can't seem to figure it out. Yes I am rookie.
I want my form to validate itselves and if it was successful
to redirect to a website that was selected by the client from a
drop-down menu in the form.
I have tried to use a jumpmenu but the problem is that it
redirects the webbsite the moment the client makes a selection.
e.g.
Client select between three options
Yahoo
Google
Vista
Client enters details
Name
E-Mail
Then submit form. If above entered detailed was validated
simply as e.g. for containing an e-mail address the form should
then redirect to user choice.
I prefer to use a Javascript is possible.
Thank you
David

I would probably advise server side code to accomplish this
.. in whatever
server model you use.
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
Author: Dreamweaver 8 e-book for the DMX Zone
Co-Author: Dreamweaver MX: Instant Troubleshooter (August,
2003)
Technical Editor: Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual,
DMX 2004: The Complete Reference, DMX 2004: A Beginner's
Guide
Mastering Macromedia Contribute
Technical Reviewer: Dynamic Dreamweaver MX/DMX: Advanced PHP
Web Development
"DavidLeRoux" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fsj53v$55d$[email protected]..
> Hello
>
> I know that this is probably a beginners question, but I
can't seem to
> figure
> it out. Yes I am rookie.
>
> I want my form to validate itselves and if it was
successful to redirect
> to a
> website that was selected by the client from a drop-down
menu in the form.
>
> I have tried to use a jumpmenu but the problem is that
it redirects the
> webbsite the moment the client makes a selection.
>
> e.g.
>
> Client select between three options
> Yahoo
> Google
> Vista
>
> Client enters details
> Name
> E-Mail
>
> Then submit form. If above entered detailed was
validated simply as e.g.
> for
> containing an e-mail address the form should then
redirect to user choice.
> I prefer to use a Javascript is possible.
>
> Thank you
>
> David
>

Some help needed for navigation

hey
Am working a website :
see jpg :
One
Two
Three
Actually am trying to make it one whole movieclip and when
you click on one of the buttons it moves and rotates to the desired
location. And on mouse scroll it will zoom in or out.
Well the issue with this is flash can't go more than 2880 px
up.
My movieclip goes way above that.
Anybody got some idea or references of how i can create that.
Thanks

you can go past 2880px with your base navigation movieclip.
you just can't load an or swf with width or heigth greater than
2880 and have it work correctly

Some help needed for installation of rich client component runtime demo

i have dwnld the demo and also read the Instructions
And while installing it asks jre/java path and my jdk is intalled in this path C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_27/bin/
And i have typed the same path with java.exe at the last but it its says Insert a valid path.
How can i give the correct path.
And the another question is that, i have jDeveloper 11g 11.1.1.5.0 installed with Weblogic Server, does the installation package also contains WLS or only the war file?

Hi Shay,
the file i downloaded was over 900MB. So i want to know that it contained WLS also or the war file was so big as i have WLS installed. And the compressed archive had two folders named Disk 1 and Disk 2 and the Disk 1 had an exe file and when i run the file a command prompt like windows opens. At this point the path is asked.
So to directly download the war file i searched google and i got a link to this page
http://jdevadf.oracle.com/adf-richclient-demo/docs/release.html#Download
where these file were found
SHERMAN rcf-dvt-demo.war
SHERMAN adf-faces-demo.ear
But i couldn't download these files. or may be they were not available.
The 900MB file i downloaded is from this link:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/documentation/adf-faces-rc-demo-083799.html
"Installing the ADF Faces Component Demo
Download the ADF Faces rich client component runtime demo web archive (WAR) file and store it on the local file system (e.g. c:\rcf-dvt-demo.war). Once Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3 is installed and started, open the WebLogic administration console in a browser window. To access the WLS console, type "http://localhost:7001/console" into the browser address field, assuming that Oracle WebLogic is installed on the local machine with the default port configured at 7001."
And it forwarded to this page:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/downloads/index.html
As i had jDeveloper 11g 11.1.1.5.0, i downloaded the right version.
So can you provide the war/ear file directly?

Color management help needed for adobe CS5 and Epson printer 1400-Prints coming out too dark with re

Color management help needed for adobe CS5 and Epson printer 1400-Prints coming out too dark with reddish cast and loss of detail
System: Windows 7
Adobe CS5
Printer: Epson Stylus Photo 1400
Paper: Inkjet matte presentation paper with slight luster
Installed latest patch for Adobe CS5
Epson driver up to date
After reading solutions online and trying them for my settings for 2 days I am still unable to print what I am seeing on my screen in Adobe CS5. I calibrated my monitor, but am not sure once calibration is saved if I somehow use this setting in Photoshop’s color management.
The files I am printing are photographs of dogs with lots of detail I digitally painted with my Wacom tablet in Photoshop CS5 and then printed with Epson Stylus 1400 on inkjet paper 20lb with slight luster.
My Printed images lose a lot of the detail & come out way to dark with a reddish cast and loss of detail when I used these settings in the printing window:
Color Handling: Photoshop manages color, Color management -ICM, OFF no color adjustment.
When I change to these settings in printer window: Color Handling: Printer manages color. Color management- Color Controls, 1.8 Gamma and choose Epson Standard it prints lighter, but with reddish cast and very little detail and this is the best setting I have used so far.
Based on what I have read on line, I think the issue is mainly to do with what controls are set in the Photoshop Color Settings window and the Epson Printer preferences. I have screen images attached of these windows and would appreciate knowing what you recommend I enter for each choice.
Also I am confused as to what ICM color management system to use with this printer and CS5:
What is the best ICM to use with PS CS5 & the Epson 1400 printer? Should I use the same ICM for both?
Do I embed the ICM I choose into the new files I create?
Do I view all files in the CS5 workspace in this default ICM?
Do I set my monitor setting to the same ICM?
If new file opens in CS5 workspace and it has a different embedded profile than my workspace, do I convert it?
Do I set my printer, Monitor and PS CS5 color settings to the same ICM?
Is using the same ICM for all devices what is called a consistent workflow?
I appreciate any and all advice that can be sent my way on this complicated issue. Thank you in advance for your time and kind help.

It may be possible to figure out by watching a Dr.Brown video on the subject of color printing. Adobe tv
I hope this may help...............

Best drives for sharing and editing Lightroom library remotely or onsite?

Small company needs to move Lightroom folders from one iMac to a new drive, so more than 1 of us can import and edit in Lightroom 5.6. I need to move all my Indesign documents and Lightroom folders and photos off my iMac and onto something accessible to multiple iMacs and Windows PCs. Some Windows workstations will just be viewing and printing the pdf versions of the Indesign forms. And they will be accessing Word docs and Excel files in these shared folders. But my daughter and I need to open and edit all Indesign documents and Lightroom photos from home or from office. I think we would prefer to work on these files without having to first download them to our local hard drives.
4 Windows PCs and 2 iMacs in our office are on a LAN so we can access our business application software. So some of our tech support trusted advisors are suggesting Samba folders on our office server. Others say a NAS drive is a good solution or maybe cloud based storage. All these people know well the basics of sharing files on a mixed network--but none of them work in Lightroom or Indesign.
96 GB is total amount of all files, photos, and folders. Some of these are duplicate folders I'll delete and consolidate as I move them to new location. The dng photos and Photoshop files we work with are all under 5 MB. If our homes use regular Time Warner Cable and AT&T Uverse internet access, is it reasonable to expect we can work from home with same speed as when we are in the office? And does either a Samba folder on our RedHat linux box or/vs a NAS drive or/vs some cloud based storage offer any better chance of speed and ease of working from home?
Thank you for reading all of this. Any advice would be appreciated.
Tim

You don't need a Mac Mini server to do that. Any cheap system could do that. I'd check Freecycle or even ebay and criagslist. Look for some old Pentium 2/3/4 system someone is looking to offload. Slap in a high capacity drive or two, load a copy of Linux on there, set up SAMBA for SMB file sharing, or even a simple FTP server, and you're good to go. You can probably just run it without a monitor, off to the side somewhere, and just use SSH or VNC to monitor it.
The only problem with that, is that the electricity demands will get a bit high compared to some dedicated NAS hardware. NAS devices will have a higher up front cost, but they'll use considerably less electricity, so be cheaper in the long run.
Of course if you expect to be using the system as a HTPC as well, then I might be more able to give the nod to the Mini Server. Though the non-Server mini would work just as well, with the exception of only having the one HDD.

Best drives for sharing and editing Indesign files remotely or onsite?

Small company needs to move Indesign folders from one iMac to a new drive, so more than 1 of us can open and edit in IndesignCC. I need to move all my Indesign documents and Lightroom folders and photos off my iMac and onto something accessible to multiple iMacs and Windows PCs. Some Windows workstations will just be viewing and printing the pdf versions of the Indesign forms. And they will be accessing Word docs and Excel files in these shared folders. But my daughter and I need to open and edit all Indesign documents and Lightroom photos from home or from office. I think we would prefer to work on these files without having to first download them to our local hard drives.
4 Windows PCs and 2 iMacs in our office are on a LAN so we can access our business application software. So some of our tech support trusted advisors are suggesting Samba folders on our office server. Others say a NAS drive is a good solution or maybe cloud based storage. All these people know well the basics of sharing files on a mixed network--but none of them work in Lightroom or Indesign.
96 GB is total amount of all files, photos, and folders. Some of these are duplicate folders I'll delete and consolidate as I move them to new location. The dng photos and Photoshop files we work with are all under 5 MB. If our homes use regular Time Warner Cable and AT&T Uverse internet access, is it reasonable to expect we can work from home with same speed as when we are in the office? And does either a Samba folder on our RedHat linux box or/vs a NAS drive or/vs some cloud based storage offer any better chance of speed and ease of working from home?
Thank you for reading all of this. Any advice would be appreciated.
Tim

Small company needs to move Indesign folders from one iMac to a new drive, so more than 1 of us can open and edit in IndesignCC. I need to move all my Indesign documents and Lightroom folders and photos off my iMac and onto something accessible to multiple iMacs and Windows PCs. Some Windows workstations will just be viewing and printing the pdf versions of the Indesign forms. And they will be accessing Word docs and Excel files in these shared folders. But my daughter and I need to open and edit all Indesign documents and Lightroom photos from home or from office. I think we would prefer to work on these files without having to first download them to our local hard drives.
4 Windows PCs and 2 iMacs in our office are on a LAN so we can access our business application software. So some of our tech support trusted advisors are suggesting Samba folders on our office server. Others say a NAS drive is a good solution or maybe cloud based storage. All these people know well the basics of sharing files on a mixed network--but none of them work in Lightroom or Indesign.
96 GB is total amount of all files, photos, and folders. Some of these are duplicate folders I'll delete and consolidate as I move them to new location. The dng photos and Photoshop files we work with are all under 5 MB. If our homes use regular Time Warner Cable and AT&T Uverse internet access, is it reasonable to expect we can work from home with same speed as when we are in the office? And does either a Samba folder on our RedHat linux box or/vs a NAS drive or/vs some cloud based storage offer any better chance of speed and ease of working from home?
Thank you for reading all of this. Any advice would be appreciated.
Tim

Some help needed for improrting and editing

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for