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Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:30 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
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.
We have all these explanations: Windows is cheaper, IT departments protecting jobs, and so on. But at my rather large semiconductor company it's just that the major programs run on Unix or Windows. There's no reason for people to use Mac and then Windows emulation for their work.
I know for a fact that the top executives all use Macs, but the real work is done with software developed for Windows or Unix. So the many thousands of engineers work in Windows and Unix. In my experience here and in earlier companies, it's all about the software.
This company used to be all Mac, but the inconvenience forced them to switch to Windows.
Daly
Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:42 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Earle Jones" earlejones501
On Mar 8, 13, at 4:30 PM, Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Barry Austern wrote:
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>> 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.
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> We have all these explanations: Windows is cheaper, IT departments protecting jobs, and so on. But at my rather large semiconductor company it's just that the major programs run on Unix or Windows. There's no reason for people to use Mac and then Windows emulation for their work.
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> I know for a fact that the top executives all use Macs, but the real work is done with software developed for Windows or Unix. So the many thousands of engineers work in Windows and Unix. In my experience here and in earlier companies, it's all about the software.
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> This company used to be all Mac, but the inconvenience forced them to switch to Windows.
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> Daly
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I worked for a publishing company for a couple of years. The number crunching was all PC and the creative work (graphics and layout, for example) was all Mac.
earle
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:39 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Mar 8, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> but the real work is done with software developed for Windows or Unix.
That's a chicken and the egg sort of thing. If lots of people in business were using Macs, all of the important software would quickly be ported to run on the Mac.
When Apple dropped support for the medical/doctor market a decade or two ago, all sorts of software packages for doctors disappeared almost overnight. When the Mac became popular again, and doctors started wanting to use them again, comprehensive apps for doctors popped up like crazy.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 8:41 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Mar 8, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
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>> but the real work is done with software developed for Windows or Unix.
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> That's a chicken and the egg sort of thing. If lots of people in business were using Macs, all of the important software would quickly be ported to run on the Mac.
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> When Apple dropped support for the medical/doctor market a decade or two ago, all sorts of software packages for doctors disappeared almost overnight. When the Mac became popular again, and doctors started wanting to use them again, comprehensive apps for doctors popped up like crazy.
I understand that. In fact, you are making my point in reverse. Where the software is available, the users will use the platform. Too bad Apple dropped support for the medical market.
The fact (to me, anyway) is that people like Macs. But they have to get their work done. And if that means they need PCs then that's what they will buy. Even if they would be willing to pay a little more for Macs... IF they could get the work done on them.
Daly
Sat Mar 9, 2013 1:59 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Mar 8, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> I understand that. In fact, you are making my point in reverse. Where the software is available, the users will use the platform. Too bad Apple dropped support for the medical market.
Back around the time that Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Apple dropped support for just about all markets, especially vertical business markets, to concentrate on its few core "creative"
Apple rebounded strongly in the medical market, though not necessarily due to Apple's own efforts.
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> The fact (to me, anyway) is that people like Macs. But they have to get their work done. And if that means they need PCs then that's what they will buy. Even if they would be willing to pay a little more for Macs... IF they could get the work done on them.
I think that you, like many folks, seriously underestimate what software is available for the Macintosh, and what software would pop up almost instantly if there was a demand. Also, folks can switch to the Mac before specialized software even exists, thanks to virtualization and remote control applications.
If there was a demand, there would be plenty of software. But in the Enterprise (large businesses) the Mac has too many other disadvantages other than just software availability.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Fri Mar 8, 2013 10:43 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Peter" peter_edwards04
Thanks very much for the help.
I have managed to restore the main section of iPhoto by using the repair option as suggested.
Only problem left now is that Faces will not appear at all.
Any suggestions - I have approx 20000 photos in the library most of which have faces that I have tagged.
Peter E
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Barry Austern <barryaus@...> wrote:
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Peter wrote:
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> > iPhoto has stopped working on my iMac.
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> > The stoppage was incremental over the last week - first Faces would not work, then it stopped loading any more photos into the Library.
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> > Now it does not want to open at all - message is that the files are corrupted.
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> > I have run Onyx and Mackeepr but no difference.
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> > How can I restore it and remove the corrupted files.
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> > 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.
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> > 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
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> Actually, you really do have access to the photos. Go to your home folder/pictures/iPhoto Library. This is a package. If you right-click (control-click) on it you can reveal the package contents. You will truly have a pain in the rear finding everything in there, but it is there, unless that folder itself is really corrupted.
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I have managed to restore the main section of iPhoto by using the repair option as suggested.
Only problem left now is that Faces will not appear at all.
Any suggestions - I have approx 20000 photos in the library most of which have faces that I have tagged.
Peter E
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> On Mar 8, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Peter wrote:
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> > iPhoto has stopped working on my iMac.
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> > The stoppage was incremental over the last week - first Faces would not work, then it stopped loading any more photos into the Library.
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> > Now it does not want to open at all - message is that the files are corrupted.
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> > I have run Onyx and Mackeepr but no difference.
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> > How can I restore it and remove the corrupted files.
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> > 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.
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> > 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
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> Actually, you really do have access to the photos. Go to your home folder/pictures/
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Sat Mar 9, 2013 3:29 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Jon Kreisler" jonkreisler
It is the LG model WH14NS40. I purchased it through tigerdirect.com
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7462667&CatId=3634
Unfortunately the unit I received did not have the latest firmware
revision. With the older firmware it was not able to write to any DL, TL or
QL media. The firmware update is downloadable, but is only available as a
Windows executable. I was able to run it using Windows 7 Pro under
BootCamp. It did not work under either Parallels nor VMWare Fusion.
HTH
Jon
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:44 PM, HAL9000 <jrswebhome@yahoo.com > wrote:
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> > I just bought a SATA LG Blu-Ray 14x burner for $60 USD.*
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> > 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
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http://www.tigerdir
Unfortunately the unit I received did not have the latest firmware
revision. With the older firmware it was not able to write to any DL, TL or
QL media. The firmware update is downloadable, but is only available as a
Windows executable. I was able to run it using Windows 7 Pro under
BootCamp. It did not work under either Parallels nor VMWare Fusion.
HTH
Jon
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:44 PM, HAL9000 <jrswebhome@yahoo.
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> > I just bought a SATA LG Blu-Ray 14x burner for $60 USD.*
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> > 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.
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