11/22/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8576

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Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "titnaw titnaw" titnaw@gmail.com   titnaw

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:01 am (PST)



Do you mean that I look in the finder folder. I tried that and it did not
work. What is HD that I open?
Sorry, new to all of this
Titnaw

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:22 AM, John Engberg <mrbyte@earthlink.net> wrote:

> **
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>
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> On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:30 AM, titnaw wrote:
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> > I do not know what I did but I lost my icon on the bottom screen for my
> documents.
> > Do you know how I get it back?
> > Thanks
> > Titnaw
> >
> >
> I presume you're talking about losing the icon that was in the Dock. To
> replace it, open your HD, open Users (that's you), and locate the Documents
> folder. Drag the folder down onto the the right hand side of the Dock, next
> to or near the Trash. When you get it into position, the icons will spread
> and open space for it. When that happens, just drop it there.
>
> You can not put a folder on the left hand side of the spacer in the Dock,
> you if the icons don't spread to accommodate the icon, move it to the
> right. Make sure that you bring it down far enough so that the Dock
> recognizes the action you are attempting to perform.
>
> John Engberg
>
>
>

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Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "John Engberg" mrbyte@earthlink.net   mrbyte

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:50 am (PST)




On Nov 21, 2011, at 7:01 AM, titnaw titnaw wrote:

> Do you mean that I look in the finder folder. I tried that and it did not
> work. What is HD that I open?
> Sorry, new to all of this
> Titnaw
>
On your desktop, in the top right hand corner, you should have an icon named Macintosh Hard Drive, (unless you have named it something else. In that case look for what ever you named it). This is your HD (hard Drive). If there is no Macintosh Hard Drive icon there, look around.

If you do not find it anywhere on your desktop, click on an open area on your desktop and go up to the menu bar at the top of your window. Click on Finder, and open the Finder Preferences and in the General menu, make sure that the "hard Disks" item is selected. It should now appear on the Desktop somewhere, normally in the upper right hand corner.

John Engberg

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:22 AM, John Engberg <mrbyte@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> **
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>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:30 AM, titnaw wrote:
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>>> I do not know what I did but I lost my icon on the bottom screen for my
>> documents.
>>> Do you know how I get it back?
>>> Thanks
>>> Titnaw
>>>
>>>
>> I presume you're talking about losing the icon that was in the Dock. To
>> replace it, open your HD, open Users (that's you), and locate the Documents
>> folder. Drag the folder down onto the the right hand side of the Dock, next
>> to or near the Trash. When you get it into position, the icons will spread
>> and open space for it. When that happens, just drop it there.
>>
>> You can not put a folder on the left hand side of the spacer in the Dock,
>> you if the icons don't spread to accommodate the icon, move it to the
>> right. Make sure that you bring it down far enough so that the Dock
>> recognizes the action you are attempting to perform.
>>
>> John Engberg
>>
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>>
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Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:51 am (PST)



On Nov 21, 2011, at 4:01 AM, titnaw titnaw wrote:

> Do you mean that I look in the finder folder. I tried that and it did not
> work. What is HD that I open?
> Sorry, new to all of this
> Titnaw
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:22 AM, John Engberg <mrbyte@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:30 AM, titnaw wrote:
>>
>>> I do not know what I did but I lost my icon on the bottom screen for my
>> documents.
>>> Do you know how I get it back?
>>> Thanks
>>> Titnaw

Titnaw,
Are you in fact talking about a folder for documents in the Dock? The Dock is the line of icons along the bottom of the screen that includes the Trash icon.

To open a window, click the blue "2-face" icon at the far left end of the Dock. A window will open. It's called a "Finder" window because within that window, you can find and view the documents, files, and folders on your computer.

In the left column (the "Sidebar") of the Finder window, you should see a section headed "Places." Under Places, you should see an icon like a house, with your user name by it. Click once on that house and in the section to the right of the Sidebar, you should now see some folders. One of them will be called "Documents." That is the one that John Engberg was telling you to click, hold down the mouse button, and draft it to the right end of your Dock, just to the left of the Trash icon. When the icons move aside to make s pace, you can let go of the mouse button, and now you will see a shortcut to your Documents folder.

If this procedure doesn't work, please describe exactly what you did at each step, so we can try to help better.

Daly

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Re: iTunes - iCloud - Hughesnet

Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com   cookrd1

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:21 am (PST)



On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Fred <feljr@hughes.net> wrote:
>
> I just received the update announcement for iTunes 10.5.1, read the
> descriptor, and am concerned about data transfer to iCloud. Like thousands
> of others, I have Hughesnet satellite internet as my only provider.
> Hughesnet limits data transfer to about 400 Mb total (up and down) in a 24
> hour period,
>
Fred - I don't use iTunes but I do use Hughenet in my motorcoach while
traveling. Is there any way you can schedule your downloads to the free
time between 2-7AM EST? I use Folx to schedule regular downloads.

Bob

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Re: iTunes - iCloud - Hughesnet

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:47 am (PST)



> I just received the update announcement for iTunes 10.5.1, read the descriptor, and am concerned about data transfer to iCloud.
>
> Like thousands of others, I have Hughesnet satellite internet as my only provider. Hughesnet limits data transfer to about 400 Mb total (up and down) in a 24 hour period, with serious financial and/or speed penalties for exceeding the threshold. I am concerned that upgrading to the iTunes 5.xx on my iMac and devices (2 iPads and 1 iPod) will cause me problems in the amount of data being transferred to and from my network. Any thoughts? (I have a grand daughter living with me while she goes to college. She uses her iPod constantly and has a sizeable music library which she downloaded a little at at time to avoid data transfer penalties.)

Your (potential) problem isn't iTunes 10.5.1, it is iCloud. Upgrading iTunes ALLOWS new functionality, but it does NOT automatically switch iCloud on.

If you (or she) presently does syncing via MobileMe, it will be switched off in less than 8 months, and Apple expects you to move to iCloud.

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3a.

Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Michael P. Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net   mstupinski

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:40 am (PST)



Chris, can you explain what it does, and how, a little more clearly?
I suspect some of your sentence got dropped, and I couldn't get enough
info from the site because it's mostly in Italian. (Actually, many of
the products listed there look very interesting but I'm at a loss to
understand what they do.)

Thanks,
....................Mike

On Nov 21, 2011, at 2:45 AM, Christopher Collins wrote:

> SpeedMail
>
> Performs database compaction of Mail, the Mail application for Mac
> OS X, making it far more because it tends and responsive.
>
> http://www.1802.it/speedmail.php
>
> cjc
>
> On 21/11/2011, at 1:49 PM, haydn46 wrote:
>
>> The Mail program on one of our computers has suddenly gone on a
>> slowdown strike. When it opens, the beachball runs and runs and
>> only reluctantly yields control after 40 seconds or more. Mail
>> opens normally on the other two computers in our house.
>>
>> The machine is running Snow Leopard 10.6m and is a iMac Intel Core
>> Duo, 2.4 GHz with 3 GB of memory, and was purchased in January
>> 2008. Mail version is 4.5, and the System is 10.6.8.
>>
>> Repaired permissions several times, to no avail. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
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Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Ken" avlisk@cox.net   avliska

Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:46 am (PST)



This might have nothing to do with it, but coincidentally today, an email from a gregxx wouldn't delete from my macsupport mailbox. I had to delete the mailbox to finally delete the email. It didn't slow down MacMail, but it might be related. I mention it just in case.
Ken S.
>
> >> The Mail program on one of our computers has suddenly gone on a
> >> slowdown strike. When it opens, the beachball runs and runs and
> >> only reluctantly yields control after 40 seconds or more. Mail
> >> opens normally on the other two computers in our house.
> >>
> >> The machine is running Snow Leopard 10.6m and is a iMac Intel Core
> >> Duo, 2.4 GHz with 3 GB of memory, and was purchased in January
> >> 2008. Mail version is 4.5, and the System is 10.6.8.
> >>
> >> Repaired permissions several times, to no avail. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >

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Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "George Robertson" gcrobert@shaw.ca   haydn46

Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:15 pm (PST)



No, it doesn't. I'm wondering if clicking on Rebuild under Mailbox would solve the problem, or are there perils in that?

George

The first question that comes to mind is, does this Mail program include an account that is not present on the other computers?
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Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Christopher Collins" maclist@analogdigital.com.au   cjc1959au

Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:26 pm (PST)



Mail maintains all of your emails in individual files. It maintains your index files to those emails in a large sql database.

Speedmail goes through and compacts and compresses the sql database to make it smaller, and there make it run faster with Mail.

I used Google Translate to follow the Italian.

Although most of his software seems available on English language sites if you search Google or your favourite search engine.

Hope this helps.

cjc

On 22/11/2011, at 12:40 AM, Michael P. Stupinski wrote:

> Chris, can you explain what it does, and how, a little more clearly?
> I suspect some of your sentence got dropped, and I couldn't get enough
> info from the site because it's mostly in Italian. (Actually, many of
> the products listed there look very interesting but I'm at a loss to
> understand what they do.)
>
> Thanks,
> ....................Mike
>
> On Nov 21, 2011, at 2:45 AM, Christopher Collins wrote:
>
> > SpeedMail
> >
> > Performs database compaction of Mail, the Mail application for Mac
> > OS X, making it far more because it tends and responsive.
> >
> > http://www.1802.it/speedmail.php
> >
> > cjc
> >
> > On 21/11/2011, at 1:49 PM, haydn46 wrote:
> >
> >> The Mail program on one of our computers has suddenly gone on a
> >> slowdown strike. When it opens, the beachball runs and runs and
> >> only reluctantly yields control after 40 seconds or more. Mail
> >> opens normally on the other two computers in our house.
> >>
> >> The machine is running Snow Leopard 10.6m and is a iMac Intel Core
> >> Duo, 2.4 GHz with 3 GB of memory, and was purchased in January
> >> 2008. Mail version is 4.5, and the System is 10.6.8.
> >>
> >> Repaired permissions several times, to no avail. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>

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Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com   randybrucesinger

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:04 pm (PST)




On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Michael P. Stupinski wrote:

> Chris, can you explain what it does, and how, a little more clearly?

SpeedMail deletes the Mail envelope database. Unlike other e-mail
programs, Apple's Mail doesn't have a monolithic database that
includes your archived e-mails. It keeps all of your e-mails as
individual files on your hard drive with a small SQLite database to
keep track of what is where. Deleting your envelope database causes
a new database to be rebuilt automatically, thus eliminating any
corruption and compacting the database, thus speeding Mail. There is
no danger in running SpeedMail.

Another common Mail problem is receiving a corrupted/malicious e-mail
that causes Mail to choke. The way to deal with that is to log into
your ISP's mail server using the Web-based interface most ISP's
provide and to delete the problematic e-mail manually. The
problematic one is usually easy to spot. It's usually either spammy
or unreadable.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "titnaw" titnaw@gmail.com   titnaw

Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:47 am (PST)



I have thunderbird and seem to miss a lot of messages. I do have this email on another computer that uses Outlook Express. Do you think that is what is happening
Titnaw

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, paul smith <kullervo@...> wrote:
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> The first question that comes to mind is, does this Mail program include an account that is not present on the other computers?
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Grand Central Apple Store, the biggest in the world, scheduled to be

Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com   boulware0224

Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:22 am (PST)



http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F~r%2F9To5Mac-MacAllDay%2F~3%2FQR3nfmGS8vY%2F
Sent to you via Google ReaderGrand Central Apple Store, the biggest in the
world, scheduled to be announced this
Tuesday<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/QR3nfmGS8vY/>Click
to view slideshow.<http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2011%2F11%2F20%2Fgrand-central-apple-store-the-biggest-in-the-world-scheduled-to-be-announced-this-tueday%2F%23gallery-1-slideshow>

We reported on the construction progress of the future Apple grand Central
store earlier this
month<http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2011%2F11%2F08%2Fapple-store-grand-central-closer-to-opening-and-updated-apple-store-app-released%2F>and
have since received further information and pictures
from our trip<http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2F7fzmal>to
the location and from the tech blog,
Techfootnote<http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechfootnote.com%2F2011%2F11%2F18%2Fapple-store-grand-central-almost-ready-to-go%2F>.
Both sources grabbed shots of the upcoming Grand Central Apple Store as it
was actively being worked on Friday, November 18th. There were dozens of
construction workers and corporate reps putting the final touches on the
future store. In the images you can see what looks to be several large
hanging boards. The boards are hung on large hooks, which would make it
easy to pull off and reveal what is behind the boards.

9to5Mac has heard that Apple will officially announce the opening of the
Grand Central Apple store this Tuesday and presumably pull the black boards
to reveal the announcement. This store garners extra special attention
because it will be Apple's largest in the world by square footage and
resides in a building where 750,000 people pass daily and over 1,000,000
people during the holidays. Check out our previously posted
spyshots<http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=reader&u=http%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2011%2F10%2F22%2Fspyshots-of-the-new-grand-central-terminal-apple-flagship-store%2F>of
the location for a sneak peak of the store.

The Grand Central Apple Store will have little over 300 employees, which
are currently training in other local NY Apple stores. All Apple retail
employees will be attending a holiday-focused (policies / loss prevention)
meeting tonight.

From what we have now heard, Apple will be filling the store with stock and
applying the finishing touches this week putting the the actual opening of
the store on Black Friday or shortly thereafter. The goal all along has
been to get the store open for the holiday shopping and to make a big
splash with Apple's new crown jewel of retail.

Wall of Monitors spied between pillars, right, Video of the store space
below (

Sent from a mobile device, please ignore any autocorrected or typographical
errors.

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Re: [ADMIN] Re: [macsupport] (OT) More on the Kindle Fire

Posted by: "The Wizard who eats Gizards" THEWIZARDOFAZ@COX.NET   wizardofaz2002

Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:02 am (PST)



Wow. I usually read the subject line for a topic and if it isn't something I'm interested in, I don't even read it. But, wow….
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"Save As" Option seems Limited?

Posted by: "Nick Andriash" Nickster248@telus.net   andriash2005

Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:25 am (PST)



I received 3 attachments via Email and when I went to save the attachments, I found the "Save As" option limited in the sense that I could not drill down into my Documents Folder and place the attachments in the Folder of my choice. I ended up simply dragging/dropping them where I wanted, but was wondering if there is any way to 'expand' on the Save As dialogue box so I can pick a Folder within 'Documents'?

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andriash@telus.net
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iPad2 WiFi & 3G, 64GB
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Re: "Save As" Option seems Limited?

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:44 am (PST)



Did you try 'export'? Where there is no save as selection in 10.7, export usually accomplishes what save as used to.

Harry

On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Nick Andriash wrote:

> I received 3 attachments via Email and when I went to save the attachments, I found the "Save As" option limited in the sense that I could not drill down into my Documents Folder and place the attachments in the Folder of my choice. I ended up simply dragging/dropping them where I wanted, but was wondering if there is any way to 'expand' on the Save As dialogue box so I can pick a Folder within 'Documents'?
>
> --

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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Re: "Save As" Option seems Limited?

Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com   waldonny

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:59 am (PST)



Click the "Disclosure triangle" just to the right of the document name. That expands the "Save as" dialog box.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.2

On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Nick Andriash wrote:

I received 3 attachments via Email and when I went to save the attachments, I found the "Save As" option limited in the sense that I could not drill down into my Documents Folder and place the attachments in the Folder of my choice. I ended up simply dragging/dropping them where I wanted, but was wondering if there is any way to 'expand' on the Save As dialogue box so I can pick a Folder within 'Documents'?

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Re: "Save As" Option seems Limited?

Posted by: "Nick Andriash" Nickster248@telus.net   andriash2005

Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:23 pm (PST)




On 2011-11-21, at 10:59 AM, Paul Smith wrote:

> Click the "Disclosure triangle" just to the right of the document name. That expands the "Save as" dialog box.

That was it... Thank you very much Paul

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UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "vixpix" vixpix@frontiernet.net   nyskater

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:29 am (PST)



I've been trying to migrate my older iMac to a newer iMac (Leopard) for the last two weeks. The problem I am having now is that both the recognized hard drive or Time Machine shows
0.00 files to transfer. I have:

Updated both computers to the latest OSX
Kept both computers with unique user accounts
Run disk repair on my old computer
Run disk repair from the original disk (problems were "solved"
Connected via FireWire cable
Created a disk image on an external drive
Brought it to an Apple Genius, who said I need to move my files manually

Is there any more hope? I have lots of software I do not want to install fresh, such as the Adobe Suite.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Vickie

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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:45 am (PST)



What I would try is to do an erase and install on the target machine/drive. Once the new system starts, choose to migrate as soon as the initial program offers, before registering the machine and manually creating accounts.

Then, you should be able to move everything over. Don't create the accounts. Don't let it get that far.

Harry

On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:29 PM, vixpix wrote:

> I've been trying to migrate my older iMac to a newer iMac (Leopard) for the last two weeks. The problem I am having now is that both the recognized hard drive or Time Machine shows
> 0.00 files to transfer. I have:
>
> Updated both computers to the latest OSX
> Kept both computers with unique user accounts
> Run disk repair on my old computer
> Run disk repair from the original disk (problems were "solved"
> Connected via FireWire cable
> Created a disk image on an external drive
> Brought it to an Apple Genius, who said I need to move my files manually
>
> Is there any more hope? I have lots of software I do not want to install fresh, such as the Adobe Suite.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
>
> Vickie

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:47 am (PST)



Oh yes, to do an erase and install these days, you must use Disk Utility to erase the disk first, while booted from another drive. Then, run the Lion installer and choose the empty drive to install to. ONce the system starts from that drive, you will initially be offered to move data over to the new drive. Do that. Don't go past that and create users or register yet. You'll do that later.

Harry

On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:29 PM, vixpix wrote:

> ve been trying to migrate my older iMac to a newer iMac (Leopard) for the last two weeks. The problem I am having now is that both the recognized hard drive or Time Machine shows
> 0.00 files to transfer. I have:
>
> Updated both computers to the latest OSX
> Kept both computers with unique user accounts
> Run disk repair on my old computer
> Run disk repair from the original disk (problems were "solved"
> Connected via FireWire cable
> Created a disk image on an external drive
> Brought it to an Apple Genius, who said I need to move my files manually

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "vixpix" vixpix@frontiernet.net   nyskater

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:51 am (PST)



I forgot to add that I did that too, but when I chose to move the files over, it said it couldn't because I had to update the OSX first!

Vickie

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On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@comcast.net> wrote:

> Oh yes, to do an erase and install these days, you must use Disk Utility to erase the disk first, while booted from another drive. Then, run the Lion installer and choose the empty drive to install to. ONce the system starts from that drive, you will initially be offered to move data over to the new drive. Do that. Don't go past that and create users or register yet. You'll do that later.
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>> ve been trying to migrate my older iMac to a newer iMac (Leopard) for the last two weeks. The problem I am having now is that both the recognized hard drive or Time Machine shows
>> 0.00 files to transfer. I have:
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>> Updated both computers to the latest OSX
>> Kept both computers with unique user accounts
>> Run disk repair on my old computer
>> Run disk repair from the original disk (problems were "solved"
>> Connected via FireWire cable
>> Created a disk image on an external drive
>> Brought it to an Apple Genius, who said I need to move my files manually
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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:55 am (PST)



Are you sure that you are installing the latest version? 10.7.2? I did this not 2 days ago and migrated from another drive that I had an original backup of. It worked flawlessly. I also migrated from 10.6.8 and that worked.

If you are moving files from 10.6, make sure that's up to 10.6.8 and you have the Migration Assistant update for Snow Leopard.

Harry

On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:51 PM, vixpix wrote:

> I forgot to add that I did that too, but when I chose to move the files over, it said it couldn't because I had to update the OSX first!
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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "vixpix" vixpix@frontiernet.net   nyskater

Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:02 am (PST)



I'm not at the computers right now, but I believe the older one is at 10.6.8 and the newer one only updates to 10..5.8.

Vickie

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On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@comcast.net> wrote:

> Are you sure that you are installing the latest version? 10.7.2? I did this not 2 days ago and migrated from another drive that I had an original backup of. It worked flawlessly. I also migrated from 10.6.8 and that worked.
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>> I forgot to add that I did that too, but when I chose to move the files over, it said it couldn't because I had to update the OSX first!
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Re: UGH! Trouble with Migration Assistant

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:26 am (PST)



I am not sure if the Leopard machine will transfer using Migration Assistant. I know the 10.6.8 machine should. I've had no trouble doing that two times anyway.

I would check the Apple knowledge base articles and see what it says about 10.5 to 10.7 migration.

With past operating systems, a couple of releases apart weren't a problem, if I remember properly, as long as you were going from older to new.

Harry

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> I'm not at the computers right now, but I believe the older one is at 10.6.8 and the newer one only updates to 10..5.8.
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1Password

Posted by: "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen@earthlink.net   dougyelmen

Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:00 pm (PST)



OK, here's the deal. what i have been experiencing for sometime now.
i open 1Password to enter my name, address, etc.
instead of filling in the form, 1Password (the latest version, of course)
just lists the information. i don't' get it.
i can still generate passwords, which is great.
those are the two main things i use.
for now, i have Chrome fill things in.
i'd still like to understand what is going on.

Happy Thanksgiving to All.

doug
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The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
- - Ram Dass

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