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Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:31 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Richard Prokopchuk" wizardofaz2002
I was looking at my activity monitor listings and system software overview and noticed secure virtual memory is on. I never noticed it before. Is it supposed to be on or even necessary to be on and if not, how do I turn it back to regular memory?
I've also noticed that my iPhoto version 9.3.2 is on in 32 bit, while everything else on the machine with one or two exceptions is in 64 bit mode. Is this version in need of a purchase to get it up to 64 bit?
Rick
I've also noticed that my iPhoto version 9.3.2 is on in 32 bit, while everything else on the machine with one or two exceptions is in 64 bit mode. Is this version in need of a purchase to get it up to 64 bit?
Rick
Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:39 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Nick Andriash" andriash2005
On 2012-08-14, at 1:07 PM, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.
> Excellent point. However, I "knew" I had excluded the externals from
> my Spotlight search
I think where I am running into trouble is my TM Backups that I have on an external 2TB Drive, but Spotlight will not allow me to exclude that drive, saying that Spotlight needed to scan TM backups. So, that leaves me having to unmount the external drive each time I want to check the MAS for updates. No big deal I suppose, but hopefully Apple will someday fix the problem as you mentioned in an earlier post.
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:14 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Ian Gillis" ianjgillis
On 15 August 2012 18:39, Nick Andriash <medic65@telus.net > wrote:
> I think where I am running into trouble is my TM Backups that I have on an external 2TB Drive, but Spotlight will not allow me to exclude that drive, saying that Spotlight needed to scan TM backups. So, that leaves me having to unmount the external drive each time I want to check the MAS for updates.
I too have a 2TB external drive with TM backups and a Carbon Copy
Clone. Thanks to this thread I tried un-mounting the drive, which
worked for a while, until the next TM backup when the "update
available" tag appeared on the App Store icon.
So I went to System Preferences/Spotlight/Privacy and excluded the
external drive from the Spotlight scan.
Now the App Store icon shows no updates required.
regards,
Ian
> I think where I am running into trouble is my TM Backups that I have on an external 2TB Drive, but Spotlight will not allow me to exclude that drive, saying that Spotlight needed to scan TM backups. So, that leaves me having to unmount the external drive each time I want to check the MAS for updates.
I too have a 2TB external drive with TM backups and a Carbon Copy
Clone. Thanks to this thread I tried un-mounting the drive, which
worked for a while, until the next TM backup when the "update
available" tag appeared on the App Store icon.
So I went to System Preferences/
external drive from the Spotlight scan.
Now the App Store icon shows no updates required.
regards,
Ian
Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:03 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
At 9:14 PM +0200 8/15/12, Ian Gillis wrote:
>I too have a 2TB external drive with TM backups and a Carbon Copy
>Clone. Thanks to this thread I tried un-mounting the drive, which
>worked for a while, until the next TM backup when the "update
>available" tag appeared on the App Store icon.
>So I went to System Preferences/Spotlight/Privacy and excluded the
>external drive from the Spotlight scan.
>Now the App Store icon shows no updates required.
Yesterday I did exclude all my backup drives, including the TM drive,
and have restarted the computer (iMac running 10.6.8) at least twice,
and the app store icon still shows that I do have to make that one
update, but when I click on the update icon on top it says that it
has already been updated and it is grayed out. I guess I'll live with
it until there is another update to Weatherman Lite.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
>I too have a 2TB external drive with TM backups and a Carbon Copy
>Clone. Thanks to this thread I tried un-mounting the drive, which
>worked for a while, until the next TM backup when the "update
>available" tag appeared on the App Store icon.
>So I went to System Preferences/
>external drive from the Spotlight scan.
>Now the App Store icon shows no updates required.
Yesterday I did exclude all my backup drives, including the TM drive,
and have restarted the computer (iMac running 10.6.8) at least twice,
and the app store icon still shows that I do have to make that one
update, but when I click on the update icon on top it says that it
has already been updated and it is grayed out. I guess I'll live with
it until there is another update to Weatherman Lite.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:40 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rob Frankel" robfrankeldotcom
At 4:23 PM +0000 8/15/12, Jim wrote:
>Interesting.
>
>All the external drives I've bought since Macs had Firewire have
>been Firewire capable drove from OWC, bought specifically because
>they were Firewire capable, and connected to the computer(s) by
>Firewire.
>
>Have not seen the problems you describe. Assuming your externals are
>different than my externals, my guess is the Firewire
>firmware/chipset chosen by the maker of the external case.
>
>What brand of external case have you been having triuble with?
>Do you know from other data that the firewire connector on your
>computer is okay?
The external drive is a brand new 750GB G DRive Mini, with two FW 800
ports, one USB 2.0 port and an optional 12V input for an external
power supply (if needed).
Every other FW drive connecting through my MBP's FW 800 has been
totally fine. This is the only drive to have experienced any issues.
Based on comments here and on other lists, I've dedicated this drive
exclusively to TimeMachine duty.
At 4:23 PM +0000 8/15/12, Otto wrote:
>
>It could be a faulty FW cable. It would be good to know what Rob has tried.
>Does the drive have FW400 as well as 800?
>
>Otto
>PS this is an example of why I never buy drives/enclosures with only one
>connection: if one fails another might work, as it has for Rob.
All the cables I tested worked fine with other drives. This drive,
being new, has only FW 800 and USB 2.0, so FW400 was never an option.
Amazing, however, how reliably TimeMachine has worked since the
switch over to USB.
--
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>Interesting.
>
>All the external drives I've bought since Macs had Firewire have
>been Firewire capable drove from OWC, bought specifically because
>they were Firewire capable, and connected to the computer(s) by
>Firewire.
>
>Have not seen the problems you describe. Assuming your externals are
>different than my externals, my guess is the Firewire
>firmware/chipset chosen by the maker of the external case.
>
>What brand of external case have you been having triuble with?
>Do you know from other data that the firewire connector on your
>computer is okay?
The external drive is a brand new 750GB G DRive Mini, with two FW 800
ports, one USB 2.0 port and an optional 12V input for an external
power supply (if needed).
Every other FW drive connecting through my MBP's FW 800 has been
totally fine. This is the only drive to have experienced any issues.
Based on comments here and on other lists, I've dedicated this drive
exclusively to TimeMachine duty.
At 4:23 PM +0000 8/15/12, Otto wrote:
>
>It could be a faulty FW cable. It would be good to know what Rob has tried.
>Does the drive have FW400 as well as 800?
>
>Otto
>PS this is an example of why I never buy drives/enclosures with only one
>connection: if one fails another might work, as it has for Rob.
All the cables I tested worked fine with other drives. This drive,
being new, has only FW 800 and USB 2.0, so FW400 was never an option.
Amazing, however, how reliably TimeMachine has worked since the
switch over to USB.
--
Rob Frankel
Branding Expert http://www.RobFrank
Twitter: @brandingexpert
AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrank
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