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Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:12 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Biglt" eltay3
Jim,
I had both eyes done several years ago, with similar results to Carol - no glasses, even for reading! The surgery is a snap, and not worth fretting about.
Larry
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Carol Corley wrote:
>
> Jim, good luck. I had cataract surgery, one eye in April, the other in May, and now I don't need glasses at all.
> Carol
>
>
> Jim Saklad wrote:
> > My cataract (dominant left eye) gets replaced by an artificial lens this coming Thursday.
> > I am hoping for greatly improved central acuity in that eye.
>
> Sent from my iPad 3
>
I had both eyes done several years ago, with similar results to Carol - no glasses, even for reading! The surgery is a snap, and not worth fretting about.
Larry
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Jim, good luck. I had cataract surgery, one eye in April, the other in May, and now I don't need glasses at all.
> Carol
>
>
> Jim Saklad wrote:
> > My cataract (dominant left eye) gets replaced by an artificial lens this coming Thursday.
> > I am hoping for greatly improved central acuity in that eye.
>
> Sent from my iPad 3
>
Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:20 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> Jim,
> I had both eyes done several years ago, with similar results to Carol - no glasses, even for reading! The surgery is a snap, and not worth fretting about.
> Larry
I find this surprising, unless they implanted a new-model "variable-focus" IOL.
Otherwise, you have a fixed focal distance lens in your eye, and something -- either near or far -- should NOT be in focus.
I've been nearsighted for about 50 years, and want good vision without glasses at the distance of an iPhone, iPad, Kindle, laptop, or book, magazine, or mail. I'm happy wearing glasses for distance/driving, since I have for all those 50 years.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
> I had both eyes done several years ago, with similar results to Carol - no glasses, even for reading! The surgery is a snap, and not worth fretting about.
> Larry
I find this surprising, unless they implanted a new-model "variable-
Otherwise, you have a fixed focal distance lens in your eye, and something -- either near or far -- should NOT be in focus.
I've been nearsighted for about 50 years, and want good vision without glasses at the distance of an iPhone, iPad, Kindle, laptop, or book, magazine, or mail. I'm happy wearing glasses for distance/driving, since I have for all those 50 years.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:59 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
It takes time to sink into my brain that it will work if the Burn Folder has been previously created, directing from any finder window to this burn folder. Thanks for your patience, again. jr
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan wrote:
>
> Howdy
>
> Glad it worked.
>
> I think it would work also in Disk Utility but with more steps.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "burning through an Apple window menu."
>
> Denver Dan
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> On Jan 29, 2013, at 5:55 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
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> > Dan, tried your method of creating the burn folder through the finder menu.
> > It worked. Appreciate your experiment. If burning through an Apple window menu or through the Disk Utility menu does not work any longer, why would they include them in the window menu's? But thanks for your experiment. John R
> >
> > --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , "HAL9000" wrote:
> >>
> >> SimplyBurn worked first time every time, but I thank you for your experiment. jr
> >>
> >> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Howdy.
> >>>
> >>> I just did a test and burned 3 .mkv videos to a DVD-R RW disc.
> >>>
> >>> The burn worked just fine. I just played one of the videos on the DVD
> >>> disc and it played OK.
> >>>
> >>> So. Here were the steps I used and also a couple of notes.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Create a new burn folder.
> >>> In Finder choose File menu and New burn folder.
> >>>
> >>> A new folder should appear on the Desktop named Burn Folder.fpbf
> >>>
> >>> 2. Drag your files and a couple of mkv videos to this Burn Folder.
> >>> Remember to keep the total file size to the size of the blank DVD disc.
> >>>
> >>> 3. Insert a blank DVD disc.
> >>> Wait for it to do it's thing.
> >>>
> >>> 4. Choose Burn Burn Folder.fpbf command from Finder's File menu.
> >>>
> >>> You should see a progress bar as it burns and then a 2nd progress bar
> >>> as it verifies.
> >>>
> >>> That's it.
> >>>
> >>> So why won't this work for you?
> >>>
> >>> Some possibilities are:
> >>>
> >>> Bad, dirty, or scratched or damaged DVD disc.
> >>> BTW, I use micro fiber clothes to clean the data side of optical
> >>> discs.
> >>>
> >>> It's possible to get a box or cake box spindle of bad optical discs all
> >>> made in the same batch and all problematic. This has happened to me.
> >>>
> >>> Incompatible brand of DVD disc. Happers fairly often especially when
> >>> using more exotic media such as BD-RE DL discs, printable double layer
> >>> DVD discs, etc.
> >>>
> >>> I've had some problems with Memorex brand discs on my Mac system.
> >>> After experimenting with 10 to 12 brands of optical discs I settled on
> >>> Verbatim brand and for single layer DVD-R printable the Sony brand.
> >>> Verbatim also works well for me with DVD single layer discs.
> >>>
> >>> If you use RW or ReWritable discs, there can be some issues when they
> >>> are erased. You may find that if you burn a DVD-RW using the Finder's
> >>> built in burn command and then later you want to add to this disc, you
> >>> copy the contents back to your HD and then use Disk Utility to erase
> >>> the disc. Here's the fly in the ointment for erasing. If you then
> >>> start using a 3rd party burn program, you may need to do a full erase
> >>> (not a quick erase) of the previously Finder burned DVD-RW using the
> >>> new 3rd party program you buy. RW discs can be a problem when you
> >>> attempt to use them with different burning and erasing programs.
> >>>
> >>> I have owned Roxio's Toast Titanium burning (and much more) program for
> >>> many years and use it to do all my burning and erasing but I have run
> >>> into this problem with doing a Quick Erase and it not working on Toast
> >>> if the disc had previously been burned via Finder's burn command.
> >>> It's not a permanent problem because you can use the 3rd party burn
> >>> program to do a Full Erase and the disc should then start working fine
> >>> via the 3rd party program.
> >>>
> >>> Good luck!
> >>>
> >>> Denver Dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:49:35 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> >>>> 27" iMac10,1/3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/12gig RAM/OSX10.8.2/1 TBHD
> >>>>
> >>>> Memorex DVD+RDL (8x, 8.5GB, 240min)
> >>>>
> >>>> I moved several m4v movie files (apps. 5GB data) to the desktop into
> >>>> a folder.
> >>>> Opened Disk Utility, clicked Burn, finder window opens for me to
> >>>> identify what files to burn to the blank DVD.
> >>>>
> >>>> Why are the movie files unrecognized by Disk Utility? It's like Disk
> >>>> Utility doesn't see them as burnable data files. They will have
> >>>> plenty of room on the DVD.
> >>>>
> >>>> jr
> >
> >
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--- In macsupportcentral@
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> Howdy
>
> Glad it worked.
>
> I think it would work also in Disk Utility but with more steps.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "burning through an Apple window menu."
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> [|][|][|][|]
> iSent from iDan's iPhone
>
> On Jan 29, 2013, at 5:55 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
>
> > Dan, tried your method of creating the burn folder through the finder menu.
> > It worked. Appreciate your experiment. If burning through an Apple window menu or through the Disk Utility menu does not work any longer, why would they include them in the window menu's? But thanks for your experiment. John R
> >
> > --- In macsupportcentral@
> >>
> >> SimplyBurn worked first time every time, but I thank you for your experiment. jr
> >>
> >> --- In macsupportcentral@
> >>>
> >>> Howdy.
> >>>
> >>> I just did a test and burned 3 .mkv videos to a DVD-R RW disc.
> >>>
> >>> The burn worked just fine. I just played one of the videos on the DVD
> >>> disc and it played OK.
> >>>
> >>> So. Here were the steps I used and also a couple of notes.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Create a new burn folder.
> >>> In Finder choose File menu and New burn folder.
> >>>
> >>> A new folder should appear on the Desktop named Burn Folder.fpbf
> >>>
> >>> 2. Drag your files and a couple of mkv videos to this Burn Folder.
> >>> Remember to keep the total file size to the size of the blank DVD disc.
> >>>
> >>> 3. Insert a blank DVD disc.
> >>> Wait for it to do it's thing.
> >>>
> >>> 4. Choose Burn Burn Folder.fpbf command from Finder's File menu.
> >>>
> >>> You should see a progress bar as it burns and then a 2nd progress bar
> >>> as it verifies.
> >>>
> >>> That's it.
> >>>
> >>> So why won't this work for you?
> >>>
> >>> Some possibilities are:
> >>>
> >>> Bad, dirty, or scratched or damaged DVD disc.
> >>> BTW, I use micro fiber clothes to clean the data side of optical
> >>> discs.
> >>>
> >>> It's possible to get a box or cake box spindle of bad optical discs all
> >>> made in the same batch and all problematic. This has happened to me.
> >>>
> >>> Incompatible brand of DVD disc. Happers fairly often especially when
> >>> using more exotic media such as BD-RE DL discs, printable double layer
> >>> DVD discs, etc.
> >>>
> >>> I've had some problems with Memorex brand discs on my Mac system.
> >>> After experimenting with 10 to 12 brands of optical discs I settled on
> >>> Verbatim brand and for single layer DVD-R printable the Sony brand.
> >>> Verbatim also works well for me with DVD single layer discs.
> >>>
> >>> If you use RW or ReWritable discs, there can be some issues when they
> >>> are erased. You may find that if you burn a DVD-RW using the Finder's
> >>> built in burn command and then later you want to add to this disc, you
> >>> copy the contents back to your HD and then use Disk Utility to erase
> >>> the disc. Here's the fly in the ointment for erasing. If you then
> >>> start using a 3rd party burn program, you may need to do a full erase
> >>> (not a quick erase) of the previously Finder burned DVD-RW using the
> >>> new 3rd party program you buy. RW discs can be a problem when you
> >>> attempt to use them with different burning and erasing programs.
> >>>
> >>> I have owned Roxio's Toast Titanium burning (and much more) program for
> >>> many years and use it to do all my burning and erasing but I have run
> >>> into this problem with doing a Quick Erase and it not working on Toast
> >>> if the disc had previously been burned via Finder's burn command.
> >>> It's not a permanent problem because you can use the 3rd party burn
> >>> program to do a Full Erase and the disc should then start working fine
> >>> via the 3rd party program.
> >>>
> >>> Good luck!
> >>>
> >>> Denver Dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:49:35 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:46 am (PST) . Posted by:
"John Engberg" mrbyte
This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine Weirdness journal.
At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
John Engberg
On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:00 PM, HAL9000 jrswebhome@yahoo.com > wrote:
> You're welcome.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , John Engberg wrote:
>>
>> I was getting ready to repartition the 3TB drive, but I thought I try some experimentation first.
>>
>> I unmounted the 3TB drive and entered TM. The backups were even hours (e.g., 2,4,6 ) and corresponded with the backups on the 1TB drive. This is exactly the opposite of what I observed with both drives mounted. I then remounted the 3TB drive and reentered TM and noted no change, still showing even hours.
>>
>> I removed the 3TB drive from the TM backup drives in the TM System Preference Pane and reselected it. Nothing changed.
>>
>> However, talk about WEIRD - this is truly weird. When I check the size of the 3TB drive in Disk Utility, is shows 3TB with 985.11GB used. When I check the size of the Backups.backupdb file on that disk in the Finder, it shows the size to be 7.27 TB - yes you read that correctly, it's 7.27 TB. What on earth is going on here?
>>
>> Later...
>>
>> I repartitioned the 3TB disk (GUID partition map, HFS Journaled) and selected it as a backup disk in TM. According to the info in the TM Preference Pane window, TM would backup alternately to each drive.
>>
>> I now can open the Backups.backupsdb folder on each drive, and the sharing and permissions are identical to those on my other drives - no Custom or Wheel, just me-read & write, staff - read & write, and everyone - read only.
>>
>> I'm wondering if I forgot to repartition the drive when I got it. It's an OWC Mercury Elite Pro drive. I know I deleted all the files on the drive when I got it.
>>
>> One other bit of real strangeness: When I selected "backup now" in TM, and looking at the sidebar in a Finder window, I see that the icon for My Time Machine drive (the 1TB drive) is indicating activity (the little circle is churning) and my Time Machine 2 (the 3TB drive) is indicating no activity; however, when I open the drives and look at the backup folders on both drives, I find that the backup is actually occurring on the 3TB drive! A check of the TM System Preference Pane also shows the backup being accomplished on the 3TB drive. Will these wonders ever cease.
>>
>> My never ending thanks to "HAL9000" for his invaluable suggestion!
>>
>> John Engberg
>> -
>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:23 AM, John Engberg wrote:
>>
>>> I might try that on the 3TB drive, since I can't open the backup folder from the finder anyway, even though the backups I see when I enter TM would appear to be on that drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could try repartitioning the external TM drives, not simply erasing, then back up to them again. But I have never used multiple alternating backup drives. That's new to me.
>>>>
>>>>
>> -
>>>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , John Engberg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a 27 in 2.7 GHz i5 iMac with 32GB of RAM running 10.8.2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a really strange situation with Time Machine (TM). I had been backing up with TM on a 1TB external drive, and I bought a 3TB drive, to replace it. When I opened TM to select the drive, I was asked if I would like to use both drives for an alternating back up. I thought about that and decided to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Subsequently, I looked at the TM drives to see how this alternation was working out. I looked first at the 1TB drive and saw that it was backing up every other hour. When I tried to look at the 3TB drive it was grayed out and the Backups.backupdb folder could not be opened. Checking the size I noted that some of the space had been used.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried booting from an another external drive to see if I could open the backup folder on the 3TB drive, but it was still grayed out. I checked the info on the 3TB drive and found in the Info window that the name column in the Sharing and Preferences showed "Custom" with read/write privilege. Also in the name column, there was a "Wheel" with read/write privilege. I was listed as read only, as was "staff" and everyone. I changed my privilege to read/write, but it didn't make any difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I enter TM, I do not see an hourly backup - I only see a backup every two hours (E.G. 1,3,5), and the time does not correspond with the time listed for the backups on the 1TB drive(E.G. 2,4,6). It would appear that what is showing up, are the backups from the 3TB drive. I am able to restore with out a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any idea about what's happening here, or any suggestions as to how to be able to see the 3TB backups and how to get TM to display all the backups when I enter TM? I'm baffled.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Engberg
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
John Engberg
On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:00 PM, HAL9000 jrswebhome@yahoo.
> You're welcome.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@
>>
>> I was getting ready to repartition the 3TB drive, but I thought I try some experimentation first.
>>
>> I unmounted the 3TB drive and entered TM. The backups were even hours (e.g., 2,4,6 ) and corresponded with the backups on the 1TB drive. This is exactly the opposite of what I observed with both drives mounted. I then remounted the 3TB drive and reentered TM and noted no change, still showing even hours.
>>
>> I removed the 3TB drive from the TM backup drives in the TM System Preference Pane and reselected it. Nothing changed.
>>
>> However, talk about WEIRD - this is truly weird. When I check the size of the 3TB drive in Disk Utility, is shows 3TB with 985.11GB used. When I check the size of the Backups.backupdb file on that disk in the Finder, it shows the size to be 7.27 TB - yes you read that correctly, it's 7.27 TB. What on earth is going on here?
>>
>> Later...
>>
>> I repartitioned the 3TB disk (GUID partition map, HFS Journaled) and selected it as a backup disk in TM. According to the info in the TM Preference Pane window, TM would backup alternately to each drive.
>>
>> I now can open the Backups.backupsdb folder on each drive, and the sharing and permissions are identical to those on my other drives - no Custom or Wheel, just me-read & write, staff - read & write, and everyone - read only.
>>
>> I'm wondering if I forgot to repartition the drive when I got it. It's an OWC Mercury Elite Pro drive. I know I deleted all the files on the drive when I got it.
>>
>> One other bit of real strangeness: When I selected "backup now" in TM, and looking at the sidebar in a Finder window, I see that the icon for My Time Machine drive (the 1TB drive) is indicating activity (the little circle is churning) and my Time Machine 2 (the 3TB drive) is indicating no activity; however, when I open the drives and look at the backup folders on both drives, I find that the backup is actually occurring on the 3TB drive! A check of the TM System Preference Pane also shows the backup being accomplished on the 3TB drive. Will these wonders ever cease.
>>
>> My never ending thanks to "HAL9000" for his invaluable suggestion!
>>
>> John Engberg
>> -
>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:23 AM, John Engberg wrote:
>>
>>> I might try that on the 3TB drive, since I can't open the backup folder from the finder anyway, even though the backups I see when I enter TM would appear to be on that drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:04 am (PST) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:46:25 -0500, John Engberg wrote:
> However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I
> can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed
> up last.
That makes sense to me.
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> However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I
> can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed
> up last.
That makes sense to me.
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:17 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine Weirdness journal.
>
> At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
>
> John Engberg
I am going to assume that your purpose in a "2TM" system is to protect yourself from physical drive failure.
I would think that, if you were starting from scratch, the best approach to this would not be an *alternating* system, but 2 matched drives set up as a "Mirror RAID".
I do realize that this may not be a practical option for you at this time, however.
>
> At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
>
> John Engberg
I am going to assume that your purpose in a "2TM" system is to protect yourself from physical drive failure.
I would think that, if you were starting from scratch, the best approach to this would not be an *alternating* system, but 2 matched drives set up as a "Mirror RAID".
I do realize that this may not be a practical option for you at this time, however.
Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:14 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue
This may provide a way to achieve TM redundancy:
https://www.macworld.com/article/2026503/how-to-create-redundant-time-machine-backups.html
> Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com >
> January 30, 2013 9:17 AM
>
> > This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine
> Weirdness journal.
> >
> > At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time
> machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the
> Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the
> backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that
> backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I
> can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd
> hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
> >
> > John Engberg
>
> I am going to assume that your purpose in a "2TM" system is to protect
> yourself from physical drive failure.
>
> I would think that, if you were starting from scratch, the best
> approach to this would not be an *alternating* system, but 2 matched
> drives set up as a "Mirror RAID".
>
> I do realize that this may not be a practical option for you at this
> time, however.
>
>
> John Engberg mrbyte@earthlink.net >
> January 30, 2013 4:46 AM
>
> This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine
> Weirdness journal.
>
> At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time
> machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the
> Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the
> backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that
> backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I
> can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd
> hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
>
> John Engberg
> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:00 PM, HAL9000 jrswebhome@yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
> > You're welcome.
> >
> > --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com
> , John Engberg wrote:
> >>
> >> I was getting ready to repartition the 3TB drive, but I thought I
> try some experimentation first.
> >>
> >> I unmounted the 3TB drive and entered TM. The backups were even
> hours (e.g., 2,4,6 ) and corresponded with the backups on the 1TB
> drive. This is exactly the opposite of what I observed with both
> drives mounted. I then remounted the 3TB drive and reentered TM and
> noted no change, still showing even hours.
> >>
> >> I removed the 3TB drive from the TM backup drives in the TM System
> Preference Pane and reselected it. Nothing changed.
> >>
> >> However, talk about WEIRD - this is truly weird. When I check the
> size of the 3TB drive in Disk Utility, is shows 3TB with 985.11GB
> used. When I check the size of the Backups.backupdb file on that disk
> in the Finder, it shows the size to be 7.27 TB - yes you read that
> correctly, it's 7.27 TB. What on earth is going on here?
> >>
> >> Later...
> >>
> >> I repartitioned the 3TB disk (GUID partition map, HFS Journaled)
> and selected it as a backup disk in TM. According to the info in the
> TM Preference Pane window, TM would backup alternately to each drive.
> >>
> >> I now can open the Backups.backupsdb folder on each drive, and the
> sharing and permissions are identical to those on my other drives - no
> Custom or Wheel, just me-read & write, staff - read & write, and
> everyone - read only.
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if I forgot to repartition the drive when I got it.
> It's an OWC Mercury Elite Pro drive. I know I deleted all the files on
> the drive when I got it.
> >>
> >> One other bit of real strangeness: When I selected "backup now" in
> TM, and looking at the sidebar in a Finder window, I see that the icon
> for My Time Machine drive (the 1TB drive) is indicating activity (the
> little circle is churning) and my Time Machine 2 (the 3TB drive) is
> indicating no activity; however, when I open the drives and look at
> the backup folders on both drives, I find that the backup is actually
> occurring on the 3TB drive! A check of the TM System Preference Pane
> also shows the backup being accomplished on the 3TB drive. Will these
> wonders ever cease.
> >>
> >> My never ending thanks to "HAL9000" for his invaluable suggestion!
> >>
> >> John Engberg
> >> -
> >> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:23 AM, John Engberg wrote:
> >>
> >>> I might try that on the 3TB drive, since I can't open the backup
> folder from the finder anyway, even though the backups I see when I
> enter TM would appear to be on that drive.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You could try repartitioning the external TM drives, not simply
> erasing, then back up to them again. But I have never used multiple
> alternating backup drives. That's new to me.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> -
> >>>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com
> , John Engberg wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a 27 in 2.7 GHz i5 iMac with 32GB of RAM running 10.8.2.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a really strange situation with Time Machine (TM). I had
> been backing up with TM on a 1TB external drive, and I bought a 3TB
> drive, to replace it. When I opened TM to select the drive, I was
> asked if I would like to use both drives for an alternating back up. I
> thought about that and decided to do it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subsequently, I looked at the TM drives to see how this
> alternation was working out. I looked first at the 1TB drive and saw
> that it was backing up every other hour. When I tried to look at the
> 3TB drive it was grayed out and the Backups.backupdb folder could not
> be opened. Checking the size I noted that some of the space had been used.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I tried booting from an another external drive to see if I could
> open the backup folder on the 3TB drive, but it was still grayed out.
> I checked the info on the 3TB drive and found in the Info window that
> the name column in the Sharing and Preferences showed "Custom" with
> read/write privilege. Also in the name column, there was a "Wheel"
> with read/write privilege. I was listed as read only, as was "staff"
> and everyone. I changed my privilege to read/write, but it didn't make
> any difference.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When I enter TM, I do not see an hourly backup - I only see a
> backup every two hours (E.G. 1,3,5), and the time does not correspond
> with the time listed for the backups on the 1TB drive(E.G. 2,4,6). It
> would appear that what is showing up, are the backups from the 3TB
> drive. I am able to restore with out a problem.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does anyone have any idea about what's happening here, or any
> suggestions as to how to be able to see the 3TB backups and how to get
> TM to display all the backups when I enter TM? I'm baffled.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> John Engberg
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Group FAQ:
> > http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/ >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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https://www.
> Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.
> January 30, 2013 9:17 AM
>
> > This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine
> Weirdness journal.
> >
> > At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time
> machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the
> Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the
> backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that
> backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I
> can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd
> hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
> >
> > John Engberg
>
> I am going to assume that your purpose in a "2TM" system is to protect
> yourself from physical drive failure.
>
> I would think that, if you were starting from scratch, the best
> approach to this would not be an *alternating* system, but 2 matched
> drives set up as a "Mirror RAID".
>
> I do realize that this may not be a practical option for you at this
> time, however.
>
>
> John Engberg mrbyte@earthlink.
> January 30, 2013 4:46 AM
>
> This is perhaps the last or next to last chapter in my Time Machine
> Weirdness journal.
>
> At this point, I am able to backup alternateingly to my two time
> machine drives, and I can access the files on both drives from the
> Finder. However, when it comes to restoring, I can't see all the
> backups. I can only see and restore from the backups on the drive that
> backed up last. So, to simplify, this is basically the way it works: I
> can only restore from drive one on even hours or drive two on odd
> hours. Just slightly inconvenient, to say the least.
>
> John Engberg
> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:00 PM, HAL9000 jrswebhome@yahoo.
> > wrote:
>
> > You're welcome.
> >
> > --- In macsupportcentral@
> , John Engberg wrote:
> >>
> >> I was getting ready to repartition the 3TB drive, but I thought I
> try some experimentation first.
> >>
> >> I unmounted the 3TB drive and entered TM. The backups were even
> hours (e.g., 2,4,6 ) and corresponded with the backups on the 1TB
> drive. This is exactly the opposite of what I observed with both
> drives mounted. I then remounted the 3TB drive and reentered TM and
> noted no change, still showing even hours.
> >>
> >> I removed the 3TB drive from the TM backup drives in the TM System
> Preference Pane and reselected it. Nothing changed.
> >>
> >> However, talk about WEIRD - this is truly weird. When I check the
> size of the 3TB drive in Disk Utility, is shows 3TB with 985.11GB
> used. When I check the size of the Backups.backupdb file on that disk
> in the Finder, it shows the size to be 7.27 TB - yes you read that
> correctly, it's 7.27 TB. What on earth is going on here?
> >>
> >> Later...
> >>
> >> I repartitioned the 3TB disk (GUID partition map, HFS Journaled)
> and selected it as a backup disk in TM. According to the info in the
> TM Preference Pane window, TM would backup alternately to each drive.
> >>
> >> I now can open the Backups.backupsdb folder on each drive, and the
> sharing and permissions are identical to those on my other drives - no
> Custom or Wheel, just me-read & write, staff - read & write, and
> everyone - read only.
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if I forgot to repartition the drive when I got it.
> It's an OWC Mercury Elite Pro drive. I know I deleted all the files on
> the drive when I got it.
> >>
> >> One other bit of real strangeness: When I selected "backup now" in
> TM, and looking at the sidebar in a Finder window, I see that the icon
> for My Time Machine drive (the 1TB drive) is indicating activity (the
> little circle is churning) and my Time Machine 2 (the 3TB drive) is
> indicating no activity; however, when I open the drives and look at
> the backup folders on both drives, I find that the backup is actually
> occurring on the 3TB drive! A check of the TM System Preference Pane
> also shows the backup being accomplished on the 3TB drive. Will these
> wonders ever cease.
> >>
> >> My never ending thanks to "HAL9000" for his invaluable suggestion!
> >>
> >> John Engberg
> >> -
> >> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:23 AM, John Engberg wrote:
> >>
> >>> I might try that on the 3TB drive, since I can't open the backup
> folder from the finder anyway, even though the backups I see when I
> enter TM would appear to be on that drive.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 20, 2013, at 10:15 PM, "HAL9000" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> erasing, then back up to them again. But I have never used multiple
> alternating backup drives. That's new to me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> -
> >>>
> , John Engberg wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> been backing up with TM on a 1TB external drive, and I bought a 3TB
> drive, to replace it. When I opened TM to select the drive, I was
> asked if I would like to use both drives for an alternating back up. I
> thought about that and decided to do it.
> >>>
> >>>
> alternation was working out. I looked first at the 1TB drive and saw
> that it was backing up every other hour. When I tried to look at the
> 3TB drive it was grayed out and the Backups.backupdb folder could not
> be opened. Checking the size I noted that some of the space had been used.
> >>>
> >>>
> open the backup folder on the 3TB drive, but it was still grayed out.
> I checked the info on the 3TB drive and found in the Info window that
> the name column in the Sharing and Preferences showed "Custom" with
> read/write privilege. Also in the name column, there was a "Wheel"
> with read/write privilege. I was listed as read only, as was "staff"
> and everyone. I changed my privilege to read/write, but it didn't make
> any difference.
> >>>
> >>>
> backup every two hours (E.G. 1,3,5), and the time does not correspond
> with the time listed for the backups on the 1TB drive(E.G. 2,4,6). It
> would appear that what is showing up, are the backups from the 3TB
> drive. I am able to restore with out a problem.
> >>>
> >>>
> suggestions as to how to be able to see the 3TB backups and how to get
> TM to display all the backups when I enter TM? I'm baffled.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Group FAQ:
> > http://www.macsuppo
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:54 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Douglas Neale" djneale
Hi Brent,
The Refit boot menu allows you to select which bootable partition you
want to start from.
Normally this amounts to which hard drive, so in the case of my MacPro,
fitted with 4 drives, I get the choice of two OSX boots or 2 windows boots.
The window choice then leads on to the Windows Boot management (Usually
BCD) from which you can choose an individual boot partition.
If you only have one bootable windows partition on every drive, Refit
would show all of them plus any OSX partitions.
HTH
Doug Neale
The Refit boot menu allows you to select which bootable partition you
want to start from.
Normally this amounts to which hard drive, so in the case of my MacPro,
fitted with 4 drives, I get the choice of two OSX boots or 2 windows boots.
The window choice then leads on to the Windows Boot management (Usually
BCD) from which you can choose an individual boot partition.
If you only have one bootable windows partition on every drive, Refit
would show all of them plus any OSX partitions.
HTH
Doug Neale
Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:30 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
Does anyone know how to get a Mac Mini to automatically restart after power failure... IF the system is running Windows under Bootcamp?
I should be able to test in a few days, but at the moment I'm working blind and I was trying to research. Can't find a good answer. It appears from what I've read that the OSX features for restarting are not persistent beyond reboot, so when you boot into Windows, they are gone. I would presume that the Windows settings won't work as Windows expects such things to be handled in the BIOS.
Anyone have a solution for this? Some type of boot loader or Bootcamp settings or something?
Cheers,
tod
I should be able to test in a few days, but at the moment I'm working blind and I was trying to research. Can't find a good answer. It appears from what I've read that the OSX features for restarting are not persistent beyond reboot, so when you boot into Windows, they are gone. I would presume that the Windows settings won't work as Windows expects such things to be handled in the BIOS.
Anyone have a solution for this? Some type of boot loader or Bootcamp settings or something?
Cheers,
tod
Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:51 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dane Robison" macdane1
Now that nine months or so have gone by, I'm wondering if anyone's found good replacements for MobileMe's Gallery and iDisk tools. I've tried a lot of options but everything seems crippled compared to what MobileMe gave me.
Specifically, what I miss about Gallery is the ability to post a gallery of photos and either make them visible to the world or not. No accounts necessary to view the photos, and then a simple click of the mouse downloads either individual full-size photos or a ZIP file of the entire gallery.
With iDisk, the toughest feature to replace is the ability to give someone the public link to upload files to me. Again, no account necessary.
So what have you folks found?
Dane
Specifically, what I miss about Gallery is the ability to post a gallery of photos and either make them visible to the world or not. No accounts necessary to view the photos, and then a simple click of the mouse downloads either individual full-size photos or a ZIP file of the entire gallery.
With iDisk, the toughest feature to replace is the ability to give someone the public link to upload files to me. Again, no account necessary.
So what have you folks found?
Dane
Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:13 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
input.
I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
it worked but note that Hal9000's question had to do with using Disk
Utility.
I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
without a ready answer.
While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
files to a DVD.
Am I barking up the wrong tree??
Thoughts?
Denver Dan
I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
input.
I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
it worked but note that Hal9000'
Utility.
I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
without a ready answer.
While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
files to a DVD.
Am I barking up the wrong tree??
Thoughts?
Denver Dan
Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
Hi Dan,
I think that this has changed over OS X versions. There used to be Disk
*Copy* utility that allowed you to burn files/folders to CD/DVD but at some
point this became Disk *Utility* and that ability changed.
Additionally, DU might well have changed from version to version. Mine, in
10.5.8, doesn't seem to allow direct burning of files/folders, but you can
create a disk image, place files in it, then burn that image. So, you *can*
burn files to disc but only after putting them in a disk image first.
Otto
On 30 January 2013 16:13, Denver Dan denver.dan@verizon.net > wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
> Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
>
> I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
> input.
>
> I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
> it worked but note that Hal9000's question had to do with using Disk
> Utility.
>
> I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
> was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
> Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
> without a ready answer.
>
> While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
>
> 1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
>
> 2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
>
> 3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
>
> But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
> files to a DVD.
>
> Am I barking up the wrong tree??
>
> Thoughts?
>
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I think that this has changed over OS X versions. There used to be Disk
*Copy* utility that allowed you to burn files/folders to CD/DVD but at some
point this became Disk *Utility* and that ability changed.
Additionally, DU might well have changed from version to version. Mine, in
10.5.8, doesn't seem to allow direct burning of files/folders, but you can
create a disk image, place files in it, then burn that image. So, you *can*
burn files to disc but only after putting them in a disk image first.
Otto
On 30 January 2013 16:13, Denver Dan denver.dan@verizon.
> Howdy.
>
> I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
> Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
>
> I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
> input.
>
> I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
> it worked but note that Hal9000'
> Utility.
>
> I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
> was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
> Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
> without a ready answer.
>
> While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
>
> 1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
>
> 2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
>
> 3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
>
> But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
> files to a DVD.
>
> Am I barking up the wrong tree??
>
> Thoughts?
>
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:56 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
You are correct. To burn a collection of files you can assemble them in a folder and right click, and you will see "Burn ---- to disc." By default, this creates a Mac-only disc. I think it's possible to make these cross platform, but I've never bothered because I always use Toast or Burn.
I advise everyone to find a copy of Toast somewhere. Almost every retail, aftermarket burner comes with some version of Toast. You do not need the full commercial version. I regularly and happily use versions back to 8 and even earlier. Not much has changed except Blu-ray burning. There are lot's of copies of older and "lite" versions of Toast laying around in drawers unused. Ask around.
If you can't find a copy of Toast, get "Burn" which is open source.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
> Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
>
> I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
> input.
>
> I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
> it worked but note that Hal9000's question had to do with using Disk
> Utility.
>
> I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
> was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
> Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
> without a ready answer.
>
> While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
>
> 1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
>
> 2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
>
> 3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
>
> But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
> files to a DVD.
>
> Am I barking up the wrong tree??
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Denver Dan
>
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I advise everyone to find a copy of Toast somewhere. Almost every retail, aftermarket burner comes with some version of Toast. You do not need the full commercial version. I regularly and happily use versions back to 8 and even earlier. Not much has changed except Blu-ray burning. There are lot's of copies of older and "lite" versions of Toast laying around in drawers unused. Ask around.
If you can't find a copy of Toast, get "Burn" which is open source.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I've been looking at Hal 9000's question about mkv videos and using
> Disk Utility to try to burn a DVD disc.
>
> I think I know the answer to this problem but want to ask the group for
> input.
>
> I was able to list steps to use Finder > Burn to do this burn job and
> it worked but note that Hal9000'
> Utility.
>
> I think the answer is that you can't do in Disk Utility what Hal9000
> was attempting to do. I had never tried to do in Disk Utility what
> Hal9000 was attempting so his very legitimate question caught me
> without a ready answer.
>
> While Disk Utility can burn CDs and DVDs it has some specific limits.
>
> 1. You can use Disk Utility to make a duplicate of an existing DVD.
>
> 2. You can use an existing Disk Image file and burn that to a DVD.
>
> 3. You can use Disk Utility to create a Disk Image File.
>
> But I don't think you can use Disk Utility to just burn any collect of
> files to a DVD.
>
> Am I barking up the wrong tree??
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Denver Dan
>
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:28 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Doris" untoldexpressions
Thanks,
I think I have decided to purchase the One to One where the Genius Ba will
do the transfer for us.
Can they do it from the Time Machine Backup or will it be necessary to lug
the old machine in?
Thanks,
Doris
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Daly Jessup jessup@san.rr.com > wrote:
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Doris wrote:
>
> > We have an older (2005?) iMac20; can I use migration assistant to
> transfer
> > data to a new 21.5?
> >
> > If so, how is it done?
>
> That's not much information, but here's an article.
>
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US >
>
> Basically, be sure you have a firewire cable or an ethernet cable to
> connect the two computers. Have the older computer off but connected by the
> cable to the new computer when you start up the new computer for the first
> time. Then just follow the screen instructions.
>
> Daly
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Group FAQ:
> http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/ >
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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I think I have decided to purchase the One to One where the Genius Ba will
do the transfer for us.
Can they do it from the Time Machine Backup or will it be necessary to lug
the old machine in?
Thanks,
Doris
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Daly Jessup jessup@san.rr.
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Doris wrote:
>
> > We have an older (2005?) iMac20; can I use migration assistant to
> transfer
> > data to a new 21.5?
> >
> > If so, how is it done?
>
> That's not much information, but here's an article.
>
> http://support.
>
> Basically, be sure you have a firewire cable or an ethernet cable to
> connect the two computers. Have the older computer off but connected by the
> cable to the new computer when you start up the new computer for the first
> time. Then just follow the screen instructions.
>
> Daly
>
> ------------
>
> Group FAQ:
> http://www.macsuppo
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:29 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Carol Corley" floridabouvs
Dave, sorry for your loss. Did I not read somewhere that you can contact Apple with your iPad's serial number and they can inactivate it so that it can never again be used?
And yes, the bad guys can inactive the Find my iPad setting. I had to turn mine on, so they can turn it off.
Good idea to set a passcode. I did that on all my devices after talking with the staff at my Apple store -- they all use passcodes. I now use a code to get into any of my devices, and an auto turnoff of 1 min for iPhone, 15 min for iPad, and I have an alarm on the iPad so if I go away and leave it on the table when out somewhere, and my husband is otherwise occupied, and someone tries to pick it up, the alarm will go off.
Hope you can at least inactivate your iPad so the bad guys can't enjoy it.
Carol
Perhaps some of you have an idea why the Find my iPad �rase�command failed to work. Is there some sort of lengthy time-lag in Find my iPad that permits connection to the internet for a time? Perhaps there� a way to prevent the Find my iPad on the iPad from being accessed. Is there some way for the bad guys to block Find my iPad so that it won� work, for example, by blocking all incoming traffic at the router to which the machine is accessing the internet? I� not very good at these sorts of things, and certainly no hacker, but it seems that if it� this easy to defeat Find my iPad, then it� basically worthless.
Thanks for all the help and comments.
BTW, my new iPad 4 is on its way. And, the first thing I�l do is set the passcode.
Dave Clark
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And yes, the bad guys can inactive the Find my iPad setting. I had to turn mine on, so they can turn it off.
Good idea to set a passcode. I did that on all my devices after talking with the staff at my Apple store -- they all use passcodes. I now use a code to get into any of my devices, and an auto turnoff of 1 min for iPhone, 15 min for iPad, and I have an alarm on the iPad so if I go away and leave it on the table when out somewhere, and my husband is otherwise occupied, and someone tries to pick it up, the alarm will go off.
Hope you can at least inactivate your iPad so the bad guys can't enjoy it.
Carol
Perhaps some of you have an idea why the Find my iPad �rase�command failed to work. Is there some sort of lengthy time-lag in Find my iPad that permits connection to the internet for a time? Perhaps there� a way to prevent the Find my iPad on the iPad from being accessed. Is there some way for the bad guys to block Find my iPad so that it won� work, for example, by blocking all incoming traffic at the router to which the machine is accessing the internet? I� not very good at these sorts of things, and certainly no hacker, but it seems that if it� this easy to defeat Find my iPad, then it� basically worthless.
Thanks for all the help and comments.
BTW, my new iPad 4 is on its way. And, the first thing I�l do is set the passcode.
Dave Clark
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