Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

RE: Recall on 1st gen ipod nano

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/12/20/apple-indeed-replacing-recalled-ipod-nano-units-with-current-generation-models/

My new Nano came yesterday! Now have too many ipods...

hopefully mine will come soon.
issue diagnosed and product awaiting replacement according to apple - did you get a 6th generation one?

^Thanks so much for the advice JonoMarshall, shall give it a go!

Actually, as long as the hard drive you have is larger than the hard drive in the iMac, you don't even need to partition it.

Once time machine has finished backing up, it'll have a folder the size of the used part of your hard drive, but you'll be able to use the remaining space as you see fit.

The advantage of partitioning is that it may avoid complications with backing up once the hard drive is quite full.

hopefully mine will come soon.
issue diagnosed and product awaiting replacement according to apple - did you get a 6th generation one?

I got a silver one, 8gb.

Once time machine has finished backing up, it'll have a folder the size of the used part of your hard drive, but you'll be able to use the remaining space as you see fit.

This isn't quite accurate, if you use the remaining space as you see fit you risk the following during a Time Machine backup:

Over-filling the drive once the TM process has already begun and corrupting that (one) backup once it runs out of space that was initially labelled as free space.
Corrupting the backup drive entirely by changing the permissions/name/hierarchy of that one folder by mistake.
Reading/writing to the drive excessively whist TM is doing it's thing... this usually corrupts that (one) backup but can also require the drive to be re-formatted for TM if you're very unlucky (if you manage to stall the TM process as it's clearing up/assigning the new file allocations for the drive).

Perhaps not such a big deal for casual users (as they'd simply start to backup from scratch again), but I would be pissed if I lost my old backups (indexed amends by date).

Replaced the 300gb hard drive on my 3 year old mac book (unibody) with a 1TB samsung which cost £100. Swapping them over took maybe 20 minutes, installing a new copy of the OS an hour and then I imported my files aps and settings from time machine which took three hours.

In terms of use, loads more space, no extra noise, battery life seems the same, maybe very slightly faster. A very well spent £100.

I got a silver one, 8gb.

cheers, hope i get the same.

Anyone know how running two drives works? Two internal ones? That prob sounds daft, but I am thinking about putting a small SSD in with my usual drive, how would I go about transferring my OS and all that? Keep documents on the big HDD? Would my Movies and iTunes folders be ok on a dif drive?

^Clueless.

I use iCal on both my laptop and iphone and have been very happy doing so for the last couple of years, and they automatically synchronise every time I plug my phone in. However life is getting increasingly busy and it would be really useful if my girlfriend and I could see each other's calendars in the same place (mainly because I'm always forgetting what I've been told...). She doesn't really use a computerised calendar at the moment so isn't tied into anything. My guess was that google calendars was the best bet but is there an easy way of syncing with iCal so that I can download her schedule onto my phone/computer and my schedule gets uploaded to the same calendar? If not is there a good alternative that we can use across devices?

I have iCal on my iPhone, ipad and hackintosh all using my google calendar account and everything always seems to be synced between the web and all devices. No extra software needed.

Anyone know how running two drives works? Two internal ones? That prob sounds daft, but I am thinking about putting a small SSD in with my usual drive, how would I go about transferring my OS and all that? Keep documents on the big HDD? Would my Movies and iTunes folders be ok on a dif drive?

^Clueless.

Yes, you can do exactly that, assuming the Mac is physically capable of holding two drives.
When you install the OS you decide where you want it, and in iTunes you can set where the music all gets saved.

chris,

as long as your computer can hold the two drives, it's fairly straightforward. Once you've got the two hard drives installed, then you can simply insert the OS disk that came with your computer, or hold down Command - R while powering on if you're running lion (probably), and select whichever of the two drives you want to install the OS on.

I'm assuming you want to run the OS off the SSD and have the stuff on the large HDD to improve performance and whatnot?

two things. 1, I'd recommend checking the warranty status of your machine (if it's a mac), because fooling around with the internals of macs will potentially void any warranty you have, if only for the internal hardware you're removing/changing.

2, have a back up of your stuff, on a third, separate drive. This would allow you to do a clean install of the OS on the SSD, and then wipe all the unnecessary OS information off the old HDD, then transfer the files and folders back across.

As for itunes and other stuff, as long as itunes knows where to look for your library, it doesn't matter where it is. It could be on the same drive as the application, or on a networked drive, usb stick, etc.

hmm...

Crucial seems to be telling me that I can go to 16gb ram in my late 2011 13" macbook pro. I thought the limit was 8?

Any ideas?

edit: just read the page a bit more (tl;dr and all that), apparently crucial have tested it and it works. It's freaking expensive though, £185 for the 2x8gb upgrade vs £36 for the 2x4gb upgrade.

2x4gb is silly value, it runs so much better with 8gb

Cheers BlueQuinn and qckpckt!
Great advice.. usually I don't think about the warranty but maybe I will hold off until its expired before tampering... it's a recent Mini so a second hard drive will fit in no probs... running Lion and have back ups... just popped in 8GB of ram from Crucial, the stock 2GB rendered the Creative Suite unusable, far worse than SL.
Anyone know of a good program for viewing disc usage? So I can see where my 400GB are filled, I can't image my OS and apps being more than 20GB and then 20GB of pics and music so a 64GB SSD would suffice then keep all other files on the non HDD... does that sound like it makes sense?
Also... I now have 2 spare 1GB ram chips from my 2011 Mini if anyone has a use for them (free).

ah mac mini. Cool computer that. I think one of its touted features is how easy it is to install ram/additional hard drives. so you might find that's the one mac computer where warranty wont be affected. check on apple.com/support/ to be sure. :)

The ram was dead easy but the HDD will require some extra bits and some faffing.. I've always had an external display and keyboard and mouse so replacing my old MBP with a Mini seemed a good idea, was slightly regretting it until I maxed the ram, AI took literally 10 mins or so to launch, insanity.. great now though. Defo recommend one.
Cheers again for the help!

looking for some torrent software...any reccomendations?

Tks

utorrent

utorrent

Thanks buddy

Does anyone know anything about apple swapping graphics card/logic board in the early Macbook Pros for free (even out of warranty) because of an inherent hardware failure?

I’ve heard something about this but can’t find the details online. I’d like to know exactly which models it applies to.

looking for some torrent software...any reccomendations?

Tks

Transmission is good too.

I need a good keyboard cover to protect my MacBook Pro from the food and drink I seem to be so skilled at throwing at it.

Any suggestions?

Griffin Elevator - Computer Laptop Stand: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

laptop stand that elevates the mac a few inches - good for your neck + cheap insurance if you spill on the table

• a keyboard
  

make a new desktop background that read:

"NO FOOD OR DRINK NEAR THIS MACHINERY"