6/28/2013

[macsupport] Digest Number 9627

8 New Messages

Digest #9627
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Re: Need to clean up space on C drive by "Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
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Re: Need to clean up space on C drive by "Charles Carroll" charlesmarkcarroll
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Re: ePub readers for Macbook Pro or iMac by "Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue
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Re: Changing default settings for printer? by "Chris Jones" bobstermcbob

Messages

Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger


On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Charles Carroll wrote:

> What are best free tools on the Mac to find huge files and clean up....

DiskInventory X (free)
http://www.derlien.com/

GrandPerspective (free)
http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

OmniDiskSweeper (free)
http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/

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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.macattorney.com/ts.html
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Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:24 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Charles Carroll" charlesmarkcarroll

http://lifehacker.com/5835082/five-best-hard-drive-space-analyzers
mentions DaisyDisk it never runs for me after installing. No idea why!

anybody know any good ones that work?

http://guides.macrumors.com/Freeing_Up_Hard_Disk_Space
focuses on CleanGenius buts its $10 and mixed reviews. I don't mind
spending the $10 if people here had good experiences with it....

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com> wrote:
> I read the archives and found OmniDisk sweeper which is good but not
> as pretty as the Windows space reclainer utilities.
>
> Thsi leads to 2 follow up questions:
>
> 1. Is there a prettier more graphic one?
>
> 2. Most of wy wasted space is a BootCamp partition that is TOO BIG. Is
> there an easy way to size it down and give bakc spack to Mac OSX all
> the solutions I saw are very Unixy and command liney and scary and
> not friendly at all. I do not mind spending some money for something
> taht makes resizing bootcamp partitions easy and backing them up easy.
> Any suggestions?
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com> wrote:
>> On Windows I use tools like TreeSpace or such.
>>
>> What are best free tools on the Mac to find huge files and clean up....

Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:17 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> Is there an easy way to go to Apple Store or mail to 3rd party and upgrade to 512 meg or 1 terrabyte drive and keep all my OSX and Bootcamp data?

First, I don't think Apple this. Second, it's not that hard.

The first step, if you haven't already, is completely backing up all the data on the drive. I would say, for the Mac side, preferably by creating a bootable clone. (I can't advise with respect to the Boot Camp side; no experience there.)

Then, have a look at iFixIt:
<http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2012+SSD/9706/1>

If you don't think this work is beyond your capabilities, I would get the new drive probably from OWC:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Retina_2012>

Terabyte SSD's are becoming available, but I'm not sure you can easily get them in this form factor.

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Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:09 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jay Abraham" kerala01212001

Just back up everything to an external hard drive using Time Machine or some other software (Carbon Copy Cloner, etc). Have them install upgraded hard-drive and then restore using the backup.

Jay
On Jun 27, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Pat Taylor wrote:

> I recently got a new MacBook Air & used Migration Assistant to transfer all of my info, but I'm not using Boot Camp. Here's an Apple support article about it:
>
> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4889
>
> Sent from my iPad...
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com> wrote:
>
> > is there an easy way to go to Apple Store or mail to 3rd party and
> > upgrade to 512 meg or 1 terrabyte drive and keep all my OSX and
> > Bootcamp data?
> >
>
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>
>

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Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:21 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Michael King" prudencehalliwell507

Check out OWC
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/SSDAP12R480/
I Put that one in my 15 inch MacBook Pro Retina last year and it really work
well and it faster than the Drive that come with the Notebook.
Mike

On 6/27/13, 4:18 PM, "Charles Carroll" <911@learnasp.com> wrote:

> is there an easy way to go to Apple Store or mail to 3rd party and
> upgrade to 512 meg or 1 terrabyte drive and keep all my OSX and
> Bootcamp data?

Michael King
2.3GHz Quad Core i7 15 inch MacBook Pro (Retina) •
10.9 Mavericks

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Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:02 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"John Richardson"

Hello,

What would be the best options to read documents in ePub format for the
Macbook Pro or iMac?

John F. Richardson

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Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:22 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue

I've been happy with Murasaki - http://genjiapp.com/index_en.html

> John Richardson <mailto:richards@spawar.navy.mil>
> June 27, 2013 4:19 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> What would be the best options to read documents in ePub format for the
> Macbook Pro or iMac?
>
> John F. Richardson
>
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>
>

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Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:38 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Chris Jones" bobstermcbob



On 27 Jun 2013, at 08:52 PM, Jennifer Roane <jroane@knology.net> wrote:

> I don't understand that at all!
> Am I supposed to open the printer properties?

No. As i said you need to run a command at the command line.

First, you need to start the Terminal application. You will probably find it in the /Applications/Utilities folder. If you cannot find it, try searching for it in spotlight.

Once you have it running, you will see a small window pop up. Select it, then type into it

cupsctl WebInterface=yes

Then hit enter to run the command.

Chris

>
> I'm close to just saying forget it with trying to change the default!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Chris Jones <jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 27/06/13 14:18, Jennifer Roane wrote:
>>> Hi Pat,
>>>
>>> Thanks! I tried that and got this message:
>>>
>>> The web interface is currently disabled. Run "cupsctl WebInterface=yes" to enable it.
>>>
>>> I'm totally unfamiliar with this! Does this make sense to you? Thank you for helping me!
>>
>> Open the Terminal application, and run the command it suggests, i.e.
>>
>> cupsctl WebInterface=yes
>>
>> then try again, it should then work.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>>
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 26, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Pat Taylor <pat412@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's some further info on the subject that might better serve what you want to do:
>>>>
>>>> <http://lavagoat.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/change-default-printer-settings-on-mac-os-x/>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad...
>>>
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