Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

first place I looked, if its there its not obvious

n/m, found it, can't see the wood for the trees

I've just installed a new HD and a clean install of Lion, only to find apple have decided to flip the scroll direction on the track pad, how the bloody hell do I change it back!?

i found this while briefly borrowing someone's imac with lion..
the real question is why the fuck did they think that would be a good idea?

i'm still on snow leopard - i presume lion isn't worth the upgrade yet?

The theory is that you use the same movements as on your iPhone or iPad. Stupid though unless you are on a touch screen. Easily switched off though.

ahh, i see. makes sense now.

they did it because its the same as the ipad etc it. Lion seems quite nice, always good to have a fresh start etc. i probably wouldn't have been in any rush though if i didn't have to upgrade the HD

Perhaps someone can help me. I have run out of space on my laptop and need to transfer my media to a larger HD. However I don't want to have to always have a external HD plugged in when I want to listen to music.

I am hoping to buy a Time Capsule to store all my media and then stream it across to my laptop. Would this work?

Perhaps someone can help me. I have run out of space on my laptop and need to transfer my media to a larger HD. However I don't want to have to always have a external HD plugged in when I want to listen to music.

I am hoping to buy a Time Capsule to store all my media and then stream it across to my laptop. Would this work?

In theory yes, it works just fine, but Time Capsules are expensive for what they are, and you can't format them remotely - you need to crack them open, drop them into a dock/external case and format the drive, which voids warranty (not always a bad thing!)

I'd suggest buying the lowest capacity Time Capsule (or an Airport express) and plugging a cheap USB HD, then streaming files from that - that way, you keep backup and media separate.

Another thing - TC's can't back up network drives, so if a USB drive is plugged into a Time Capsule, Time Machine won't back it up. (it will, of course, back it up if you plug it into your laptop)

If you want to get busy with a screwdriver, you can always replace your superdrive with another harddrive; Optibay make conversion kits, but you can always find cheaper alternatives on ebay. I did this with my old MBP when I wanted SSD speeds but no sacrifice on space.

Good space-saving utilities:
X-Slimmer will strip out unnecessary binaries and language files from applications, which can free a good few gB, depending on the apps you have. Demoware.

DaisyDisk (app store) or GrandPerspective (freeware) will give you a good visual representation of what directories take up most room.

Decloner or Chipmunk (app store) do a byte-by-byte file comparison to help weed out duplicates.

Thanks that will save some money. I'll get the Airport Extreme as I already have a 2tb external HD. the superdrive replacement sounds interesting and will be something im gonna look into.

My 2009 15 inch MacBook Pro 5 needs a new home as I now need a smaller model.

alex, swap with me for the moment

alex, swap with me for the moment
me want macbook air though.

easily sorted

How much?
not thought that far. need to check out what the going rate is for 2 year old MacBook Pros...

http://www.mac2sell.net/

^ thanks very much!

why don't you just upgrade the internal drive to one that is larger in size?

The largest internal HD I have seen is 1TB which is not enough. I'm hoping to get a 3/4TB one which should last me a while.

Why do you need a HD that size for, are you a Porn baron or a 419 scammer?

Can't I be both :) I had a monumental Cd (15000+)collection that I copied (lossless). Along with the fact that I buy 3/4 albums a week means I require a lot of memory. At the moment I only have my most listened to stuff on my mac and the rest is on a few external HD that I'll plug in if I want to hear something. Getting this all saved onto one large HD with easy access means that I can start listening to all my music again rather than just a small selection.

Remember to accost a student for your 14% discount on Mac comps
OOOH - good call. I must have at least one student friend...

you "buy" albums?

Indeed I do. I use piratebay an awful lot too but I like to support the artists whose work I enjoy.

It was 10 years ago today

http://www.cultofmac.com/125480/an-ode-to-the-click-wheel-as-the-ipod-evolves-ipod-10th-anniversary/

Are the issues with Lion all ironed out now? I had heard from the early adopters that it wasn't working with Word and some other little hangups.

Word works for me but seems pretty slow (I can't remember how fast it was with Snow Leopard though)

Thanks, good to know it works. I don't need Word for anything fancy, but I do occasionally need it for work.