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Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:08 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Chris Jones" bobstermcbob
Hi,
You need to edit your ~/.bashrc file and define a PS1 environment variable
For instance mine is
export PS1="\[\e[32;1m\]\h\[\e[0m\] \[\e[33;1m\]\w\[\e[0m\] > "
giving
pciy ~/cmtuser >
so
<hostname> <current path> >
(Its also in different colours, but that is not so easy to cut N paste ;) )
There are plenty of online resources explaining the syntax.
cheers Chris
On 08/03/13 11:44, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> You can make changes to the cursor in Terminal > Preferences > Settings,
> but I suppose you want to do more than that?
>
> Otto
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> On 8 March 2013 08:28, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
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>> I search for this information and see lots involving long strings entered
>> into Terminal to make this change.
>>
>> I did this a few years ago but I don't remember it being complicated. I
>> thought it was just entering the phrase (ie, "mango" or such) and it
>> appears as your prompt.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to do this? Or am I just losing my memory...?
>>
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You need to edit your ~/.bashrc file and define a PS1 environment variable
For instance mine is
export PS1="&#
giving
pciy ~/cmtuser >
so
<hostname> <current path> >
(Its also in different colours, but that is not so easy to cut N paste ;) )
There are plenty of online resources explaining the syntax.
cheers Chris
On 08/03/13 11:44, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> You can make changes to the cursor in Terminal > Preferences > Settings,
> but I suppose you want to do more than that?
>
> Otto
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> On 8 March 2013 08:28, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
>
>> I search for this information and see lots involving long strings entered
>> into Terminal to make this change.
>>
>> I did this a few years ago but I don't remember it being complicated. I
>> thought it was just entering the phrase (ie, "mango" or such) and it
>> appears as your prompt.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to do this? Or am I just losing my memory...?
>>
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 10:01 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
> There are plenty of online resources explaining the syntax.
>
> cheers Chris
Thanks Chris,
Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but I *swear* I did it using a simpler method, But I guess I'm remembering something else...
Thanks,
Dave
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> cheers Chris
Thanks Chris,
Yeah, I've seen a lot of them, but I *swear* I did it using a simpler method, But I guess I'm remembering something else...
Thanks,
Dave
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 7:36 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Earle Jones" earlejones501
On Mar 7, 13, at 11:21 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
> I made a boot drive flash memory stick for OS X (10.6 & 10.8) and carry it on my keychain:
>
> http://www.tinyuplo
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> I was surprised how small the memory sticks have become. It's now just a USB connector, nothing more!
>
> (The one pictured is 16 GB...)
>
> FYI,
> Dave
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Dave: When you use your memory stick to boot your Mac, how long does it take?
I also have a memory stick (16GB) and it seems to be *painfully* slow to boot.
earle
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 9:55 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
Earle,
I haven't timed it but it doesn't seem to take longer than booting from disc -- and I'm sure it's at least a bit quicker.
The memory sticks vary quite a bit in read & write speeds. Do a net search for this and you'll see quite a few articles and web pages dedicated to comparisons. It was quite striking the range of speeds...
Dave
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On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Earle Jones wrote:
> Dave: When you use your memory stick to boot your Mac, how long does it take?
>
> I also have a memory stick (16GB) and it seems to be *painfully* slow to boot.
>
> earle
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I haven't timed it but it doesn't seem to take longer than booting from disc -- and I'm sure it's at least a bit quicker.
The memory sticks vary quite a bit in read & write speeds. Do a net search for this and you'll see quite a few articles and web pages dedicated to comparisons. It was quite striking the range of speeds...
Dave
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On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Earle Jones wrote:
> Dave: When you use your memory stick to boot your Mac, how long does it take?
>
> I also have a memory stick (16GB) and it seems to be *painfully* slow to boot.
>
> earle
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 9:58 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
O'Brien,
It's a Patriot:
Patriot 16GB Autobahn
Dave
On Mar 8, 2013, at 5:44 AM, OBrien wrote:
> What brand is that one?
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It's a Patriot:
Patriot 16GB Autobahn
Dave
On Mar 8, 2013, at 5:44 AM, OBrien wrote:
> What brand is that one?
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 10:02 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
> Patriot 16GB Autobahn
http://www.frys.com/product/7417985?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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http://www.frys.
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:39 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Christopher Collins" cjc1959au
The cheaper a memory stick for a given size, usually the slower it will be.
cjc
On 09/03/2013, at 2:36 AM, Earle Jones <earle.jones@comcast.net > wrote:
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> On Mar 7, 13, at 11:21 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
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> > I made a boot drive flash memory stick for OS X (10.6 & 10.8) and carry it on my keychain:
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> > http://www.tinyuploads.com/images/ReI3Sp.jpg
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> > I was surprised how small the memory sticks have become. It's now just a USB connector, nothing more!
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> > (The one pictured is 16 GB...)
> >
> > FYI,
> > Dave
> >
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> Dave: When you use your memory stick to boot your Mac, how long does it take?
>
> I also have a memory stick (16GB) and it seems to be *painfully* slow to boot.
>
> earle
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cjc
On 09/03/2013, at 2:36 AM, Earle Jones <earle.jones@
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> On Mar 7, 13, at 11:21 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
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> > I made a boot drive flash memory stick for OS X (10.6 & 10.8) and carry it on my keychain:
> >
> > http://www.tinyuplo
> >
> > I was surprised how small the memory sticks have become. It's now just a USB connector, nothing more!
> >
> > (The one pictured is 16 GB...)
> >
> > FYI,
> > Dave
> >
> >
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> *
> Dave: When you use your memory stick to boot your Mac, how long does it take?
>
> I also have a memory stick (16GB) and it seems to be *painfully* slow to boot.
>
> earle
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 11:31 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Paul Smith" waldonny
That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.com > wrote:
> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.
> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
Fri Mar 8, 2013 11:56 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
I firmly believe that one of the big reasons that Windoze machines are so dominant in business is the IT department�s wanting to protect their jobs. Macs are so much easier to fix, both hard- and software problems, that employees can do a lot of it themselves, not having to call support.
On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>
> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
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On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>
> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
>
> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.
>
> > My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 2:30 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
I remember talking to a scientist at SRI International, in either 1998 or 1999, about the ratio of IT staff to users there. IIRC, he said the IT staff was something like 1 full-time paid IT staffer to every 20 PC users.
He was the only part-time volunteer Mac IT staffer at the Ravenswood location for about a 100 Mac users, and this was on top of his paid work as a research scientist and as the department head.
Yeap, sounds like self preservation to me.
Brent
On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Barry Austern wrote:
I firmly believe that one of the big reasons that Windoze machines are so dominant in business is the IT department�s wanting to protect their jobs. Macs are so much easier to fix, both hard- and software problems, that employees can do a lot of it themselves, not having to call support.
On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>
> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
>
> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.com > wrote:
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>> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
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He was the only part-time volunteer Mac IT staffer at the Ravenswood location for about a 100 Mac users, and this was on top of his paid work as a research scientist and as the department head.
Yeap, sounds like self preservation to me.
Brent
On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Barry Austern wrote:
I firmly believe that one of the big reasons that Windoze machines are so dominant in business is the IT department�s wanting to protect their jobs. Macs are so much easier to fix, both hard- and software problems, that employees can do a lot of it themselves, not having to call support.
On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>
> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.
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>> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:43 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Christopher Collins" cjc1959au
What a load of crap. Windows machines are dominant simply because they are cheap.
The ongoing cost is irrelevant as it is not a capital expense.
Blame the bean counters.
cjc
On 09/03/2013, at 6:56 AM, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.net > wrote:
> I firmly believe that one of the big reasons that Windoze machines are so dominant in business is the IT department�s wanting to protect their jobs. Macs are so much easier to fix, both hard- and software problems, that employees can do a lot of it themselves, not having to call support.
>
> On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
>
>> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
>> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>>
>> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.com > wrote:
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>>> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
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The ongoing cost is irrelevant as it is not a capital expense.
Blame the bean counters.
cjc
On 09/03/2013, at 6:56 AM, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.
> I firmly believe that one of the big reasons that Windoze machines are so dominant in business is the IT department�s wanting to protect their jobs. Macs are so much easier to fix, both hard- and software problems, that employees can do a lot of it themselves, not having to call support.
>
> On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
>
>> That sounds similar to policies at my former employer, a state governmental agency. Contracts could only be awarded through a competitive bidding process.
>> In 1999, under the influence of Y2K hysteria, the agency accepted the low bid to replace their entire inventory of aging PCs with brand new Dell desktops. The failure rate of those new Dells was appalling (at least to me). Our IT staffers put in insane amounts of overtime for months in order to get everyone a computer that actually functioned.
>>
>> MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.2
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:27 AM, bob morin <rbmorin11@gmail.
>>
>>> My son works at Honeywell writing software for computers that fly our planes and space vehicles. They are not allowed to use Apple products since they have a very firm rule that they cannot utilize hardware that can't be multiple sourced
>> _
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>>
>
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> Barry Austern
> barryaus@fuse.
Fri Mar 8, 2013 12:42 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Peter" peter_edwards04
iPhoto has stopped working on my iMac.
The stoppage was incremental over the last week - first Faces would not work, then it stopped loading any more photos into the Library.
Now it does not want to open at all - message is that the files are corrupted.
I have run Onyx and Mackeepr but no difference.
How can I restore it and remove the corrupted files.
Tried to get help from Apple but their suggestion was to take it to their shop as it was the hard drive - I have tested this - and that it could not possible be their program.
Please help as I have a large number of photos that I have no access to now.
The stoppage was incremental over the last week - first Faces would not work, then it stopped loading any more photos into the Library.
Now it does not want to open at all - message is that the files are corrupted.
I have run Onyx and Mackeepr but no difference.
How can I restore it and remove the corrupted files.
Tried to get help from Apple but their suggestion was to take it to their shop as it was the hard drive - I have tested this - and that it could not possible be their program.
Please help as I have a large number of photos that I have no access to now.
Fri Mar 8, 2013 1:21 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
On Mar 8, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Peter wrote:
> iPhoto has stopped working on my iMac.
>
> The stoppage was incremental over the last week - first Faces would not work, then it stopped loading any more photos into the Library.
>
> Now it does not want to open at all - message is that the files are corrupted.
>
> I have run Onyx and Mackeepr but no difference.
>
> How can I restore it and remove the corrupted files.
>
> Tried to get help from Apple but their suggestion was to take it to their shop as it was the hard drive - I have tested this - and that it could not possible be their program.
>
> Please help as I have a large number of photos that I have no access to now.
>
> .
>
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As I see it, it is one of three things, hardware (as they suggested, and you reject) the iPhoto program itself, or files related to iPhoto. First thing to do is to log into a virgin account and see if iPhoto works there. There are always some photos you can use even in the virgin test account, such as pictures supplied by Apple as desktop images. If it works there then you know that the program itself is okay.
OK. Now log back in and launch iPhoto holding down the command and option keys. It will give you a menu with checkboxes asking you what you want to repair. See if that works. It might take a while
Actually, you really do have access to the photos. Go to your home folder/pictures/
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 2:10 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
>> Hi Earle,
>> I did as you suggested and when I got to the Mountain Lion page, under the picture of the mountain lion, it gave a price of $19.95, which suggests it is not free, at least not for me. Maybe this is because I did not originally purchase the ML app from the App Store. I purchased my new iMac from the Online Apple Store and the ML came preinstalled.
>
> Barbara:
> When I downloaded Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.2) I did not get charged. But that is no doubt because I had previously paid for it and I have an active account with the Apple AppStore.
>
> What I received when I downloaded the OS was the complete 4.4GB version. When installed it uses about 7+GB of space. I thought, since you bought a machine with Mountain Lion already installed, you should not have to pay to re-download it. But that might not be correct. You might have to contact Apple to find out whether you would have to pay.
>
> In my earlier note to you, I added this:
>
>> Since you already own 10.8 (Mountain Lion), you should be able to download the installer without any charge. (Note: Randy and Jim: Is this always true?)
>
> I had hoped that Randy and/or Jim would comment on this. I will cc them on this email. Randy Singer and Jim Saklad are active and knowledgeable Mac folks.
My experience so far is only with the "transition" regime -- upgrading to Lion (or Mountain Lion) a computer that came with an older version of the OS -- where downloading the installer is a necessary part of installing the system.
Hopefully, later this year, I will have 1st-hand experience with a Mac that *came with* ML, but not yet.
I think the suggestion of talking to Apple about it is a good idea, but my message from 24 hours ago citing material from <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US > included instructions for "Installing OS X on an external storage device"
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>> I did as you suggested and when I got to the Mountain Lion page, under the picture of the mountain lion, it gave a price of $19.95, which suggests it is not free, at least not for me. Maybe this is because I did not originally purchase the ML app from the App Store. I purchased my new iMac from the Online Apple Store and the ML came preinstalled.
>
> Barbara:
> When I downloaded Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.2) I did not get charged. But that is no doubt because I had previously paid for it and I have an active account with the Apple AppStore.
>
> What I received when I downloaded the OS was the complete 4.4GB version. When installed it uses about 7+GB of space. I thought, since you bought a machine with Mountain Lion already installed, you should not have to pay to re-download it. But that might not be correct. You might have to contact Apple to find out whether you would have to pay.
>
> In my earlier note to you, I added this:
>
>> Since you already own 10.8 (Mountain Lion), you should be able to download the installer without any charge. (Note: Randy and Jim: Is this always true?)
>
> I had hoped that Randy and/or Jim would comment on this. I will cc them on this email. Randy Singer and Jim Saklad are active and knowledgeable Mac folks.
My experience so far is only with the "transition&qu
Hopefully, later this year, I will have 1st-hand experience with a Mac that *came with* ML, but not yet.
I think the suggestion of talking to Apple about it is a good idea, but my message from 24 hours ago citing material from <http://support.
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 2:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
> I just bought a SATA LG Blu-Ray 14x burner for $60 USD.*
> It is the best of all worlds. You only need extra software if you want to
> deal w*ith burning Blu-Ray media or playing Blu-Ray movies. *
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Sir, where did you buy this burner? I'd like to check it out too. Thanks. jr
> It is the best of all worlds. You only need extra software if you want to
> deal w*ith burning Blu-Ray media or playing Blu-Ray movies. *
>
Sir, where did you buy this burner? I'd like to check it out too. Thanks. jr
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