Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: Robert
- 1b.
- Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: N.A. Nada
- 1c.
- Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: Barry Austern
- 1d.
- Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: James Robertson
- 1e.
- Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: Christopher Collins
- 1f.
- Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's From: James Robertson
- 2.
- Kindle fire From: Blaine Gordon
- 3a.
- MB Air, Lion and eBay From: nztours
- 3b.
- Re: MB Air, Lion and eBay From: Otto Nikolaus
- 4.
- Sources: Apple scrapped troubled 15-inch MacBook Air for 2010, rebui From: Bill Boulware
- 5a.
- Disillusioned From: Blaine Gordon
- 5b.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Bob Cook
- 5c.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Bill Boulware
- 5d.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Blaine Gordon
- 5e.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Bob Cook
- 5f.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Otto Nikolaus
- 5g.
- Re: Disillusioned From: Bob Cook
- 6a.
- Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion From: Doug Neale
- 6b.
- Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion From: Harry Flaxman
- 6c.
- Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion From: N.A. Nada
- 7.
- No longer dissillusioned From: Blaine Gordon
- 8.
- Mac Mini i7 From: Blaine Gordon
- 9a.
- Password Protect Photos and Folders From: Michael Moloney
- 9b.
- Re: Password Protect Photos and Folders From: James Robertson
- 10a.
- Re: (OT) More on the Kindle Fire From: Keith Whaley
Messages
- 1a.
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Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "Robert" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:44 am (PST)
As reported by MacWorld and others, the latest update of Fusion support installation of non-server instances to Leopard and Snow Leopard. You just have to click that the OS you are installing is legit. One way to get your PPC apps back.
Bob
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Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:55 am (PST)
On Nov 19, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Robert wrote:
> As reported by MacWorld and others, the latest update of Fusion support installation of non-server instances to Leopard and Snow Leopard. You just have to click that the OS you are installing is legit. One way to get your PPC apps back.
Bob,
could you restate that more clearly and more fully. I am interested in an easier way to use a couple of my PPC apps.
Brent
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Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net barryaus
Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:23 pm (PST)
At 11:55 AM -0800 11/19/11, N.A. Nada wrote:
>
>
>
>On Nov 19, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Robert wrote:
>
>> As reported by MacWorld and others, the latest update of Fusion
>>support installation of non-server instances to Leopard and Snow
>>Leopard. You just have to click that the OS you are installing is
>>legit. One way to get your PPC apps back.
>
>Bob,
>
>could you restate that more clearly and more fully. I am interested
>in an easier way to use a couple of my PPC apps.
>
>Brent
Here's a further question: Can you run Tiger under Fusion, such that
you can then run Classic applications? If so then will they run even
if using an Intel machine, which can not run them under any OS?????
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
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Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net jamesrob328i
Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:36 pm (PST)
On Nov 19, 2011, at 4:44 AM, Robert wrote:
> As reported by MacWorld and others, the latest update of Fusion support installation of non-server instances to Leopard and Snow Leopard. You just have to click that the OS you are installing is legit. One way to get your PPC apps back.
>
> Bob
Too good to be true?
I purchased a refurb early 2011 15" 2 GHz MacBook Pro quad core i7 from the Apple online store, obtained a machine-specific Snow Leopard install DVD from AppleCare telephone support (the computer shipped with Lion installed), installed Snow Leopard on a second partition so that I could run Quicken 2006 (but only after reboot). In other words, the Installer DVD can put Snow Leopard on this machine, and the Snow Leopard install allows PPC apps to run via Rosetta.
HOWEVER, when I do what Fusion 4.1 says I can do now (create a VM that contains Snow Leopard), Fusion appears to virtualize the installer on the DVD into a disk image, starts up, asks me to become a lawyer (verify that I'm allowed to virtualize SL), all as described in the Macworld article, then tells me I cannot install this OS (SL) on this computer (my i7 Quad Core MB Pro).
The dialog that says "no way" also says I could restore the OS from a Time Machine backup. I have nothing to lose by trying that, and I'll report back.
I wonder if fiddling with the defaults for the VM caused my installation to be nixed (I chose 2 GB RAM and 2 cores instead of the defaults).
--
Jim Robertson
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Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "Christopher Collins" maclist@analogdigital.com.au cjc1959au
Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:55 pm (PST)
Your disk is "machine specific". You will need the full retail disk.
cjc
On 20/11/2011, at 7:36 AM, James Robertson wrote:
> Too good to be true?
>
> I purchased a refurb early 2011 15" 2 GHz MacBook Pro quad core i7 from the Apple online store, obtained a machine-specific Snow Leopard install DVD from AppleCare telephone support (the computer shipped with Lion installed), installed Snow Leopard on a second partition so that I could run Quicken 2006 (but only after reboot). In other words, the Installer DVD can put Snow Leopard on this machine, and the Snow Leopard install allows PPC apps to run via Rosetta.
>
> HOWEVER, when I do what Fusion 4.1 says I can do now (create a VM that contains Snow Leopard), Fusion appears to virtualize the installer on the DVD into a disk image, starts up, asks me to become a lawyer (verify that I'm allowed to virtualize SL), all as described in the Macworld article, then tells me I cannot install this OS (SL) on this computer (my i7 Quad Core MB Pro).
>
> The dialog that says "no way" also says I could restore the OS from a Time Machine backup. I have nothing to lose by trying that, and I'll report back.
>
> I wonder if fiddling with the defaults for the VM caused my installation to be nixed (I chose 2 GB RAM and 2 cores instead of the defaults).
>
> --
> Jim Robertson
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Re: Fusion 4.1 support SL and Leopard VM's
Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net jamesrob328i
Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:07 pm (PST)
On Nov 19, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Christopher Collins wrote:
> Your disk is "machine specific". You will need the full retail disk.
Of course, I learned quickly that I could not restore from a Time Machine backup to an empty VM "drive," because Time Machine is linked to the physical machine that generated the backup and doesn't recognize the VM as being the same computer. Perhaps this is because the Time Machine backup was generated by my SL (10.6.8) partition, and Fusion has created its Mac OS X VM "container" in Lion.
Do you think I'd have any luck finding later than 10.6.6 retail SL install DVDs? And didn't those retail DVD installers require 10.5 to be present on the drive where the SL install was being done?
I've not tried installing Leopard as my virtual OS. I'm assuming that the Mac hardware (quad core i7 processor) won't permit a virtualized Leopard to run, either.
I do have one other thing I can try. My other Mac is a dual Quad Core 2.8 GHz Mac Pro. I have a trial Lion install on it. I could try installing Fusion 4.1 and then SL on it. That would limit me to running Quicken at home, so I'll try to see if there are retail SL install DVDs that are as new as my MacBook Pro.
--
Jim Robertson
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Kindle fire
Posted by: "Blaine Gordon" blainegordon@ymail.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:25 am (PST)
Perhaps I should have made the comparison between the fire and the iPad as between bananas and tomatoes. I am pleased to see my mother so happy with her fire. She buys Cookbooks and reads her emails. She does light web browsing and plays "angry birds". She requires very little technical support from me. She has looked at my iPad and would be very disappointed with it just as I would be with her kindle fire. To each their own.
Blaine Gordon
Sent from my iPad
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MB Air, Lion and eBay
Posted by: "nztours" nztours@yahoo.com nztours
Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:56 am (PST)
Latest MB Air, latest Lion, largest Safari(after reset) and current eBay Internet site.
Over the last week, I have been experiencing problems when attempting to print international shipping labels from within eBay.
The reoccurring error message I get is "Missing Plugins". When I select "What's missing" form the pop-up window, I'm directed to the Adobe download page. From there, I have downloaded the latest updates and installed the DMG file.
Each time I attempt to print an international label I receive the same error message while I am able to complete the process w/o a problem when shipping domestically.
I have contacted eBay's support w/o success.
It's also worth noting that as a fall back, I dusted of an old Dell running Win XP and Explorer and completed the process w/o a problem.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
TIA
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Re: MB Air, Lion and eBay
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:03 am (PST)
You say you installed the DMG file. Did you actually download it, then
double-click it? If so, did it contain an installer or apps to be dragged
into Applications?
Otto
On 19 November 2011 13:56, nztours <nztours@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Latest MB Air, latest Lion, largest Safari(after reset) and current eBay
> Internet site.
>
> Over the last week, I have been experiencing problems when attempting to
> print international shipping labels from within eBay.
>
> The reoccurring error message I get is "Missing Plugins". When I select
> "What's missing" form the pop-up window, I'm directed to the Adobe download
> page. From there, I have downloaded the latest updates and installed the
> DMG file.
>
> Each time I attempt to print an international label I receive the same
> error message while I am able to complete the process w/o a problem when
> shipping domestically.
> I have contacted eBay's support w/o success.
>
> It's also worth noting that as a fall back, I dusted of an old Dell
> running Win XP and Explorer and completed the process w/o a problem.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
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Sources: Apple scrapped troubled 15-inch MacBook Air for 2010, rebui
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:58 am (PST)
http://feedproxy.google.com/ ~r/9To5Mac- MacAllDay/ ~3/p_gx0zC54fY/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Sources: Apple scrapped
troubled 15-inch MacBook Air for 2010, rebuilding for 2012 via 9to5Mac
by Mark Gurman on 11/19/11
The 13-inch MacBook Air of today
Had Apple's "next-generation of notebooks" announcement in October 2010
played out as planned, the MacBook family of today would look very
different. In October 2010, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs took the stage
at the Apple Cupertino campus to unveil a preview of OS X Lion,
FaceTime for Mac, iLife '11 and the latest MacBook Air design as the
closing "one more thing" announcement. That MacBook Air brought with it
an all-new and thinner form-factor, a higher-resolution display, an
incredibly light body, a large Multi-Touch single-button trackpad,
flash SSD storage, and battery life improvements.
Those aforementioned features, according to Apple, are what constitute
the future of notebooks. This notebook announcement not only brought
the successor to the previously available 13-inch MacBook Air, but
brought along with it an 11-inch MacBook Air for the first time.
But these new notebooks weren't the only planned pieces of the late
2010 MacBook Air story, though. Reliable sources have told us that not
only were 13 and 11-inch models planned, but a groudbreaking new 15
inch MacBook Air was scheduled for a late 2010 release.
This 15 inch MacBook Air looked exactly like the 13 and 11 inch MacBook
Airs of today, and was built using many of the same parts.
But this was the problem. In late testing, these 15-inchers, which had
the same hinges as the smaller Airs, were failing to reliably hold the
weight of, and stay affixed to, the larger bezel/screens. Within weeks
of production, Apple made the decision that a whole new hinge would
have to be designed. Unfortunately, the 15-inch Air would have to to be
skipped for the current product cycle.
Prototypes of the 2010 15-inch MacBook Air are still floating around
the Cupertino campus and even with its weak hinges, our sources have
maintained an unhealthy amount of affection for these products.
Over the past year or so, Apple has apparently been working on a new
ultra-thin 15 inch notebook – the replacement to what could have been.
These Airs will likely contain Intel's new 22 nm Ivy Bridge processors
which are not only faster with better on board graphics, but they also
consume considerably less power. These processors are scheduled for
release in early 2012 and we expect to see a re-designed 15-inch
MacBook Air, along with updates to the MacBook Air line at the same
time.
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Disillusioned
Posted by: "Blaine Gordon" blainegordon@ymail.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:14 am (PST)
I just finished talking to my brother who has been a Mac man since the beginning and got me hooked on Macs. He has an iPad and a kindle fire. He just told me he prefers the kindle fire over his iPad because the kindle is smaller and easily taken places. TRAITOR! He did admit his iPad is much more powerful and syncs with his other Macs and Mac toys. I have used both and disagree with him. What he said is true but give me the power of Mac anyway. An iPad with a nice cover like mine is no burden to carry at all.
Blaine Gordon
Sent from my iPad
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:22 am (PST)
Not sure I understand. I use whatever is best for my needs, and often that
is not Apple (in fact, more and more often). Doesn't mean I don't like
Apple, I love Apple. Blind allegiance to a company - not me!
-Bob
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Blaine Gordon <blainegordon@ymail.com >wrote:
> **
>
>
> I just finished talking to my brother who has been a Mac man since the
> beginning and got me hooked on Macs. He has an iPad and a kindle fire. He
> just told me he prefers the kindle fire over his iPad because the kindle is
> smaller and easily taken places. TRAITOR! He did admit his iPad is much
> more powerful and syncs with his other Macs and Mac toys. I have used both
> and disagree with him. What he said is true but give me the power of Mac
> anyway. An iPad with a nice cover like mine is no burden to carry at all.
> Blaine Gordon
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:25 am (PST)
Must tech pundits and I agree that the Kindle Fire and iPad are not
competing devices, they are completely separate sectors. The fire is 40%
the price, 1/2 the size, and ~1/4th as powerful. It is strictly a content
consumption device and Amazon portal.
Their philosophy is completely separate, even at the base, Apple is a
hardware company that created iTunes, The App Store, etc to sell more
hardware. Amazon is a content company that created the Kindle, Kindle
Fire, etc to sell more content.
I don't think anyone really needs both as the iPad can do everything the
Fire can do (sans flash) and the Fire can do most of the iPad can do as far
as consuming content but you aren't going to get any apps for creation /
productivity. But I do see the potential of using it as an extension of
Amazon, I would use one but I wouldn't spend $200 to have it..
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:14, Blaine Gordon <blainegordon@ymail.com > wrote:
> **
>
>
> I just finished talking to my brother who has been a Mac man since the
> beginning and got me hooked on Macs. He has an iPad and a kindle fire. He
> just told me he prefers the kindle fire over his iPad because the kindle is
> smaller and easily taken places. TRAITOR! He did admit his iPad is much
> more powerful and syncs with his other Macs and Mac toys. I have used both
> and disagree with him. What he said is true but give me the power of Mac
> anyway. An iPad with a nice cover like mine is no burden to carry at all.
> Blaine Gordon
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Blaine Gordon" blainegordon@ymail.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:11 am (PST)
I have to Agree with you after some thought. I also think that just because I love apple it is not the final word. I happen to have three flavors of Linux as virtual machines on my Mac mini. I happen to be a Linux fan. I still like Mac the best. I guess I spoke without giving it enough thought. You were right to set me straight. Thanks
Blaine Gordon
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Bob Cook <cookrd1@discoveryowners.com > wrote:
> Not sure I understand. I use whatever is best for my needs, and often that
> is not Apple (in fact, more and more often). Doesn't mean I don't like
> Apple, I love Apple. Blind allegiance to a company - not me!
> -Bob
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Blaine Gordon <blainegordon@ymail.com >wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I just finished talking to my brother who has been a Mac man since the
> > beginning and got me hooked on Macs. He has an iPad and a kindle fire. He
> > just told me he prefers the kindle fire over his iPad because the kindle is
> > smaller and easily taken places. TRAITOR! He did admit his iPad is much
> > more powerful and syncs with his other Macs and Mac toys. I have used both
> > and disagree with him. What he said is true but give me the power of Mac
> > anyway. An iPad with a nice cover like mine is no burden to carry at all.
> > Blaine Gordon
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:17 pm (PST)
No apology necessary. I started out almost desperately wishing Apple could
replace everything I had - I think I bought one of most everything they
had, only to find that I preferred some of my other gadgets. So, my rather
long list of "disillusionments" just increased by one. I ordered a car
without a test drive, only to find out when I got it that the turn signals
are little switches on the front of the steering wheel that don't
self-cancel; that was a bigger disappointment than no Home/End/Up/Down key
on the MBP!
Although some things didn't work out as hoped, I am still a very happy and
loyal Apple customer, so I can understand some folks exuberance.
-Bob
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Blaine Gordon <blainegordon@ymail.com >wrote:
> **
>
>
> I have to Agree with you after some thought. I also think that just
> because I love apple it is not the final word. I happen to have three
> flavors of Linux as virtual machines on my Mac mini. I happen to be a Linux
> fan. I still like Mac the best. I guess I spoke without giving it enough
> thought. You were right to set me straight. Thanks
> Blaine Gordon
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Bob Cook <cookrd1@discoveryowners.com > wrote:
>
> > Not sure I understand. I use whatever is best for my needs, and often
> that
> > is not Apple (in fact, more and more often). Doesn't mean I don't like
> > Apple, I love Apple. Blind allegiance to a company - not me!
> > -Bob
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Blaine Gordon <blainegordon@ymail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > I just finished talking to my brother who has been a Mac man since the
> > > beginning and got me hooked on Macs. He has an iPad and a kindle fire.
> He
> > > just told me he prefers the kindle fire over his iPad because the
> kindle is
> > > smaller and easily taken places. TRAITOR! He did admit his iPad is much
> > > more powerful and syncs with his other Macs and Mac toys. I have used
> both
> > > and disagree with him. What he said is true but give me the power of
> Mac
> > > anyway. An iPad with a nice cover like mine is no burden to carry at
> all.
> > > Blaine Gordon
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:29 pm (PST)
This is *very* off-topic but what was the car?
Otto
On 19 November 2011 22:17, Bob Cook <cookrd1@discoveryowners.com > wrote:
> No apology necessary. I started out almost desperately wishing Apple could
> replace everything I had - I think I bought one of most everything they
> had, only to find that I preferred some of my other gadgets. So, my rather
> long list of "disillusionments" just increased by one. I ordered a car
> without a test drive, only to find out when I got it that the turn signals
> are little switches on the front of the steering wheel that don't
> self-cancel; that was a bigger disappointment than no Home/End/Up/Down key
> on the MBP!
>
> Although some things didn't work out as hoped, I am still a very happy and
> loyal Apple customer, so I can understand some folks exuberance.
>
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Re: Disillusioned
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:30 pm (PST)
458 Italia, (no longer own it, gone back to the Enzo era).
-Bob
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail. com
> wrote:
> **
>
>
> This is *very* off-topic but what was the car?
>
>
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Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion
Posted by: "Doug Neale" doug@dougneale.co.uk djneale
Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:36 am (PST)
Hi Harry,
>Not appearing on the desktop, to me, would be irrelevant. As long as I
can boot the OS. Do they appear in the Finder? Have you checked
Finder/preferences as to what is selected to appear on >the desktop?
No they don't appear anywhere in the finder, and everythings ticked in
the prefs.
So I went into Terminal, navigated up to the top of the tree where it
showed the volumes folder.
I did 'ls -l' from the volumes folder and it only lists the mac volumes
plus its own bootcamp partition, so I guess the finder really can't see
them!
Disc Utility shows them greyed out!
iPartition shows them but they can't be resized or changed.
Do you think it's part of Apples 'bulletproofing' scheme?
Anyway, I can live with it, so long as I'm careful.
Regards,
Doug Neale
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Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:07 am (PST)
Not being able to be manipulated, other than erased, by Disk Utility, or the command line diskutil, is normal. They should appear grayed out.
Will they appear as a boot option if you shut down, then start up, holding the option key?
Harry
On Nov 19, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Doug Neale wrote:
>>
>> Not appearing on the desktop, to me, would be irrelevant. As long as I
> can boot the OS. Do they appear in the Finder? Have you checked
> Finder/preferences as to what is selected to appear on >the desktop?
>
> No they don't appear anywhere in the finder, and everythings ticked in
> the prefs.
>
> So I went into Terminal, navigated up to the top of the tree where it
> showed the volumes folder.
>
> I did 'ls -l' from the volumes folder and it only lists the mac volumes
> plus its own bootcamp partition, so I guess the finder really can't see
> them!
>
> Disc Utility shows them greyed out!
>
> iPartition shows them but they can't be resized or changed.
>
> Do you think it's part of Apples 'bulletproofing' scheme?
>
> Anyway, I can live with it, so long as I'm careful.
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: Win7 Boot Issues in Lion
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:50 am (PST)
To your second subject below, not the Windows question.
Your Lion Recovery HD is hidden and can only be viewed by restarting with either the option or R key held down. The same is true if you make a Recovery HD on a Flash drive.
Start your reading here to create a Recovery HD Flash drive for emergencies.
http://support.apple.com/ kb/DL1433
In your reading, when you find reference to Lion ESD or EDS, that is the upgrade software.
Brent
On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:48 AM, Doug Neale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now I'm confused.
>
> Harry said:
> >Sure it does. I had an XP partition, created a long time ago. As long
> as you don't install the new Bootcamp >software in Windows, Lion will
> recognize it.
>
> The new bootcamp software installs in the Window partition to allow
> Windows to recognise its new environment, not in Lion itself.
>
> When I first installed Lion by itself, before starting its Bootcamp
> operation, none of my other three Bootcamp partitions, nor my external
> NTFS drive showed up on the desktop and still don't!
>
> Unfortunately, it would not be easy to repeat the scenario just to test
> it all again, not least because I never managed to find where the
> downloaded copy of Lion was installed from, so I don't have a Lion
> backup DVD!!!
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No longer dissillusioned
Posted by: "Blaine Gordon" blainegordon@ymail.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:14 am (PST)
My last post made it seem like you were a traitor if you didn't use Mac gadgets for everything. How untrue. I do not use a Mac gadget if I have something stuck between my teeth. I use a toothpick. If I were going to buy lots of books I would buy a kindle fire. I was to quick to compare, just as I had warned against, to compare apples and tomatoes. Ah, to be human.
Sent from my iPad
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Mac Mini i7
Posted by: "Blaine Gordon" blainegordon@ymail.com blainegordon@ymail.com
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:27 am (PST)
After the Christmas season, I am thinking of getting the Mac Mini i7. Il currently own an early 2009 Mini and AppleCare will be running out soon. I would like to know the pros and cons of the new Mini. Note that not having an optical drive is not a con for me, I am interested in data transfer using FireWire. Anything else I should know?
Thanks, Blaine Gordon
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Password Protect Photos and Folders
Posted by: "Michael Moloney" Michael.Moloney@gmail.com moloney_mj
Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:45 pm (PST)
Hi there,
Does anyone know of a good application to use with respect to password
protecting photos and folders?
Thanks.
Regards,
Michael Moloney
Email: michael.moloney@gmail.com
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Re: Password Protect Photos and Folders
Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net jamesrob328i
Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:27 pm (PST)
On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Michael Moloney wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good application to use with respect to password
> protecting photos and folders?
You could use Disk Utility and create a sparse bundle volume disk image to store what you want protected. That will create a disk image on your desktop; you "mount" the protected volume on your computer by double-clicking its icon in Finder. You'll be prompted for its password, and that will unlock its contents for you. Once you "eject" the volume, the contents are protected again. One of the nicest things about this is that the volume doesn't take up more disk storage space than it's actually using - it expands as you add files to it up to the maximum size you set for the sparse bundle volume when you create it in disk utility.
If you're running Lion, you can protect your entire hard drive using FileVault2, which is claimed to be reliable and very secure.
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Jim Robertson
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Re: (OT) More on the Kindle Fire
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:09 pm (PST)
I recall having seen someone write that the Fire user cannot turn down
the sound, and that's not true.
The Fire does have a volume level control as well as a brightness control.
You can also toggle WiFi and sync settings. Not bad, eh?
keith
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