7/29/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 9028

15 New Messages

Digest #9028
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Hard drive clone by "Ardell Faul" computer_monitor_service_company
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Re: Hard drive clone by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
2a
Re: Mountain Lion App Compatibility List by "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen
3a
Cannot open files and pdf's anymore by "billwisse" billwisse
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Re: Lion Pulled From App Store by "Harry Flaxman" hflaxman001
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Re: Lion Pulled From App Store by "Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski
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Re: Lion Pulled From App Store by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
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Re: Lion Pulled From App Store by "Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski
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Time Machine Dimmed by "Jim Willett" hvmacman
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Re: Mountain Lion and the Missing Link by "Forrest Leedy" forrkazu

Messages

Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:56 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Ardell Faul" computer_monitor_service_company

I have a little MacBook Pro here with a failing hard drive. It takes
about 15 minutes to boot up and is quite slow after that, but I can
still navigate around enough so that I was able to install SuperDuper.
I have tried twice so far to back up the drive with the hope of saving
all the data and making the new drive bootable, but SuperDuper gets
about half way done and fails.

I am now running the hard drive utilities on it with the hope of
repairing it enough to give SD another try. If it still fails, I could
use some advice on cloning the existing drive in another computer as a
slave drive.

I am way more familiar with Windows systems and Macs, but I am not sure
I can clone this drive in a Windows environment.

Any help will be appreciated, and I can take a small beating by you
Windows haters if I must. :)

--
Ardell Faul
Computer Monitor Service Inc.
Ardell's Laptop and PC Repair
10816 E. Mission Ave.,
Spokane Valley, Wa. 99206
ardell@icehouse.net
509-891-5188

Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:46 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

Have you booted the MBP from the Install DVD and run Disk Utility > Repair
Disk?

Assuming you have another Mac available, you boot the failing Mac in Target
Disk Mode and connect it to the other Mac using FireWire or USB. The
failing Mac becomes an external drive on the "good" one. You then run SD or
CCC to clone the failing Mac's drive to an external drive. This is your
best bet as you are only trying to read the failing drive, not running the
OS and SD/CCC from it at the same time.

You could also try running Disk Utility > Repair Disk in the same way if
you don't have an OS X install DVD.

Otto

On 29 July 2012 02:55, Ardell Faul <ardell@icehouse.net> wrote:

> I have a little MacBook Pro here with a failing hard drive. It takes
> about 15 minutes to boot up and is quite slow after that, but I can
> still navigate around enough so that I was able to install SuperDuper.
> I have tried twice so far to back up the drive with the hope of saving
> all the data and making the new drive bootable, but SuperDuper gets
> about half way done and fails.
>
> I am now running the hard drive utilities on it with the hope of
> repairing it enough to give SD another try. If it still fails, I could
> use some advice on cloning the existing drive in another computer as a
> slave drive.
>
> I am way more familiar with Windows systems and Macs, but I am not sure
> I can clone this drive in a Windows environment.
>
> Any help will be appreciated, and I can take a small beating by you
> Windows haters if I must. :)
>

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Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen

Dan,
some of my favorites without going all the way through the list
1Password https://agilebits.com/products/1Password/Mac
AppZapper http://appzapper.com/
of course, Adobe's PS CS6, DW CS6, LR4.1
Alfred http://www.alfredapp.com/
Scrivener http://www.literatureandlatte.com/index.php (don't use it much but it is a great piece of software)
sharpshooter 2 http://www.kerlmax.com/products/sharpshooter/upgrade/?osv=10.8&email=&key=
PhotoMatrix Pro (HDR) http://www.hdrsoft.com/index.html

those are a few. i upgraded to Mountain Lion, and am loving it. my hands and wrists are hurting from finding and
removing PPC and some Classic (?) software on four drives.
apple made it easy too.

doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net

They keep you scared to keep you
subdued.

Stop being scared and start standing
up.

On Jul 27, 2012, at 7:15 AM, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.net> wrote:

> Howdy.
>
> Here is a web site that has a list of Lion and Mountain Lion
> applications and shows which are compatible with Lion and Mountain Lion.
>
> <http://roaringapps.com/apps:table>
>
> There are other similar web sites with similar info.
>
> If you find one that you think is good, please post a quick link for
> group members to use.
>
> Denver Dan
>
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Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:56 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"billwisse" billwisse

Hello all

Just upgraded to ML on my 2012 iMac and got a strange problem. I cannot open files or pdf's by clicking on it. I have to right click
and choose "open".

Also in Numbers and Pages I CANNOT open new files anymore.When I click on "new from template" the icon comes up but when I click on it nothing happens. ( the spinning wheel doesn't show). I tried with the mouse and also with my trackpad.

Anybody has any idea what's happening here?

Greetings from Bill W

Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:55 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"paul smith" waldonny

Two questions.
Which mouse are you using?
Have you installed the latest updates for Numbers and Pages, released earlier this week?
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.8 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1.1

On Jul 28, 2012, at 11:56 PM, billwisse <wisse@iinet.com.au> wrote:

> Just upgraded to ML on my 2012 iMac and got a strange problem. I cannot open files or pdf's by clicking on it. I have to right click
> and choose "open".
>
> Also in Numbers and Pages I CANNOT open new files anymore.When I click on "new from template" the icon comes up but when I click on it nothing happens. ( the spinning wheel doesn't show). I tried with the mouse and also with my trackpad.
>
> Anybody has any idea what's happening here?

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Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:14 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"billwisse" billwisse


Thanks for replying.

There's nothing wrong with the mouse because when I use this mouse on my Windows ( Parallels) it works the same as before. Also I'm not only using the mouse but also the trackpad.

And i just discovered that in iTunes , when clicking on a song, nothing happens. I have to right click and choose 'play".

Bill
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, paul smith <kullervo@...> wrote:
>
> Two questions.
> Which mouse are you using?
> Have you installed the latest updates for Numbers and Pages, released earlier this week?
> --
> PSmith
> MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.8 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1.1
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 11:56 PM, billwisse <wisse@...> wrote:
>
> > Just upgraded to ML on my 2012 iMac and got a strange problem. I cannot open files or pdf's by clicking on it. I have to right click
> > and choose "open".
> >
> > Also in Numbers and Pages I CANNOT open new files anymore.When I click on "new from template" the icon comes up but when I click on it nothing happens. ( the spinning wheel doesn't show). I tried with the mouse and also with my trackpad.
> >
> > Anybody has any idea what's happening here?
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:52 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

You say "click"; do you mean "double-click"?

Otto

On 29 July 2012 07:14, billwisse <wisse@iinet.com.au> wrote:

>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> There's nothing wrong with the mouse because when I use this mouse on my
> Windows ( Parallels) it works the same as before. Also I'm not only using
> the mouse but also the trackpad.
>
> And i just discovered that in iTunes , when clicking on a song, nothing
> happens. I have to right click and choose 'play".
>

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Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Eric" emanmb

I had noticed this as well the other day. This can be problematic.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@...> wrote:
>
> Macworld reports that Lion is no longer available in any form, from the
> App store.
>
> This might be problematic, the magazine reports:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/article/1167879/apple_pulls_lion_from_the_mac_app_store.html#lsrc.fb_mw
>
> Harry
>

Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:48 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Harry Flaxman" hflaxman001

On 7/29/2012 5:44 AM, Eric wrote:
> I had noticed this as well the other day. This can be problematic.
>
> --- Inmacsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Harry Flaxman<harry.flaxman@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >Macworld reports that Lion is no longer available in any form, from the
>> >App store.
>> >
>> >This might be problematic, the magazine reports:
>> >
>> >http://www.macworld.com/article/1167879/apple_pulls_lion_from_the_mac_app_store.html#lsrc.fb_mw
>> >
>> >Harry
>> >

One thing I did after I downloaded Lion was to make a flash drive
installer that I now keep 'locked up in the safe'.

A good utility to do this using the original install file is Lion
Diskmaker. It's free and does a good job of creating a dvd or flash
drive installer:

http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/

Harry

Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:05 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski

I chased this through three levels of support at Apple last week to no avail. The best I could get was that they would enter a formal complaint from me on the issue and that, if enough such complaints were received, the company might change their mind and make Lion available again.

I'm not an early adopter and, with a Snow Leopard-based MBP, wanted to move it to Lion once I received my new iMac with Lion and was sure I would like it. I got my new iMac less than a week before ML was released, decided to upgrade the MBP to Lion, but now have no way to accomplish that. From what I've read about it I'm not sure I want to move both to ML, at least not yet.

I urge all who disagree with Apple's decision on this to make a complaint.

........Mike

On Jul 29, 2012, at 5:44 AM, "Eric" <emanmb@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I had noticed this as well the other day. This can be problematic.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@...> wrote:
>>
>> Macworld reports that Lion is no longer available in any form, from the
>> App store.
>>
>> This might be problematic, the magazine reports:
>>
>> http://www.macworld.com/article/1167879/apple_pulls_lion_from_the_mac_app_store.html#lsrc.fb_mw
>>
>> Harry
>>
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

Is there some way of getting 10.7 from the new Mac onto the old one, via a
clone, perhaps?

Otto

On 29 July 2012 12:05, Michael P. Stupinski <mpstupinski@snet.net> wrote:

> I chased this through three levels of support at Apple last week to no
> avail. The best I could get was that they would enter a formal complaint
> from me on the issue and that, if enough such complaints were received, the
> company might change their mind and make Lion available again.
>
> I'm not an early adopter and, with a Snow Leopard-based MBP, wanted to
> move it to Lion once I received my new iMac with Lion and was sure I would
> like it. I got my new iMac less than a week before ML was released, decided
> to upgrade the MBP to Lion, but now have no way to accomplish that. From
> what I've read about it I'm not sure I want to move both to ML, at least
> not yet.
>
> I urge all who disagree with Apple's decision on this to make a complaint.
>

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Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:04 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski

I guess it's possible there's a way to do it, Otto, but I'm not sure and can't look into it further for a few more days as I'm away on a trip right now.

I notice a couple of Mac lists are lighting up on the subject, so Apple may respond to the complaints.

This is not as bad as what's happening to some Epson printer owners, though, where the Epson driver portion of the ML upgrade is turning their printers into bricks if they're using non-Epson inks. Epson doesn't like people doing that, and I understand why, but disabling their printers is unethical if not illegal!

........Mike

On Jul 29, 2012, at 7:12 AM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Is there some way of getting 10.7 from the new Mac onto the old one, via a
> clone, perhaps?
>
> Otto
>
> On 29 July 2012 12:05, Michael P. Stupinski <mpstupinski@snet.net> wrote:
>
>> I chased this through three levels of support at Apple last week to no
>> avail. The best I could get was that they would enter a formal complaint
>> from me on the issue and that, if enough such complaints were received, the
>> company might change their mind and make Lion available again.
>>
>> I'm not an early adopter and, with a Snow Leopard-based MBP, wanted to
>> move it to Lion once I received my new iMac with Lion and was sure I would
>> like it. I got my new iMac less than a week before ML was released, decided
>> to upgrade the MBP to Lion, but now have no way to accomplish that. From
>> what I've read about it I'm not sure I want to move both to ML, at least
>> not yet.
>>
>> I urge all who disagree with Apple's decision on this to make a complaint.
>>
>
>
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Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Willett" hvmacman

My iMac is connected to a firewire Time Machine Drive. The iMac is running Mountain Lion, which was upgraded late Thursday night. If I enter Time Machine through Mail it only goes back to Friday. The dates farther back are listed, back to June of 2010 when the drive was set up, but they are dimmed out. However, if I select my Home folder and enter Time Machine, all backups are available. Has anyone else encountered such a problem or else have an idea of how to correct it?

Thanks in advance for any advice/help.

Jim Willett

Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:10 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Ken" avliska

I just installed Mountain Lion Saturday to get the mirroring function, and it works great. But, in the new OS, I've lost the ability to forward a YouTube page link. It used to be in Safari, under the "File" pull-down menu. I forget what it was called, but clicking on it would open an email page and put that YouTube link in the body of the new email.

Any work-arounds to get this function back?
Thanks.
Ken SIlva

Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:31 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Forrest Leedy" forrkazu


On Jul 29, 2012, at 10:10 AM, "Ken" <avlisk@cox.net> wrote:

> I just installed Mountain Lion Saturday to get the mirroring function, and it works great. But, in the new OS, I've lost the ability to forward a YouTube page link. It used to be in Safari, under the "File" pull-down menu. I forget what it was called, but clicking on it would open an email page and put that YouTube link in the body of the new email.
>
> Any work-arounds to get this function back?
> Thanks.
> Ken SIlva

I think what you are asking for is under Safari>file>share.

Forrest

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