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Thu Jul 4, 2013 7:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"redhillsranger" jsm5320432
Brent:
Believe me we went through all that at the Apple store. That was not the issue. We were only syncing through "the cloud" and the duplicates kept replicating.
To this day no one at Apple Tech support or the local genius crowd can tell me why this happened.
I've a new MB Air and have no intentions of wasting a day or two of my practice trying to puzzle out that mystery.
John
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@...> wrote:
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> John,
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> If you sync contacts and calendar through both iTunes and iCloud you will end up with duplicates. Use one or the other.
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> Brent
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> On Jul 3, 2013, at 7:54 AM, redhillsranger wrote:
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> I am not sure if this situation is related but I also had a terrible time with an iphone 4S syncing with my MB Pro 10.7.5. All software was up to date. I set up icloud and then the problems started. Events were duplicated on my mac and phone EVERY time I synced.
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> I tried Apple Tech Support and they referred me to the nearest apple store (after many hours on the phone trying to resolve it) saying that it sounded like the iphone was "bad".
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> Went to the store, got a new iphone and tried again with my MB Pro and new phone at the Apple store with three apple genius people watching - and the problem came right back.
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> After spending most of my work day watching them try various solutions, they simply said to not use iCloud!
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> Since then I sync using usb and everything is fine. I presume if neither Apple Tech Support or three genius folks can solve the problem and advise against using icloud there may be some weird problems in play. So, I stay "off the cloud" as I have an practice to run.
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> Sometimes the simplest fix appears to be "Just say no" to icloud.
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> Not may advice. Apple's.
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> John
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> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@> wrote:
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> > On Jul 2, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Pat Taylor wrote:
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> > All I can think to do is to check that the time is set correctly on both devices & then restart them both. Hold down the home & sleep/wake buttons on the phone at the same time until the Apple logo appears on the screen. Also make sure that the same Apple ID is displayed in Calendar>Preferences>Accounts on your iMac & in the Mail, Contacts, Calendar setting on your iPhone.
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> > On Jul 2, 2013, at 6:13 PM, ennisart <john@> wrote:
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> > > Thanks Pat. I did not have wifi checked, but i use both wifi and ethernet to connect.
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> > > One oddity I found: I created a 9am event in the iCloud and it synced with the iPhone Calendar but at noon, not 9am. Then I added an event on the iPhone calendar for 9am and it synced with the iCloud for 6pm! Neither event appeared on my iMac calendar.
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> > > John
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> > > --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Pat Taylor <pat412@> wrote:
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> > > > Have you checked to see that iCloud is properly set up on both the phone & iMac? Be sure that the Contacts & Calendar tabs are turned on in the settings of each device. Also, with the phone cabled to your iMac, be sure that the WiFi sync tab is checked under Options on the Summary page.
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> > > > > I have an iPhone4 (iOS6.1.3), and use OS10.6 on an iMac. I connect them via cable (not bluetooth), and they initially synced contacts and calendar, but now they don't. Somewhere along the line I switched from direct syncing to the iCloud. Not sure if that created the problem.
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Believe me we went through all that at the Apple store. That was not the issue. We were only syncing through "the cloud" and the duplicates kept replicating.
To this day no one at Apple Tech support or the local genius crowd can tell me why this happened.
I've a new MB Air and have no intentions of wasting a day or two of my practice trying to puzzle out that mystery.
John
--- In macsupportcentral@
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> John,
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> If you sync contacts and calendar through both iTunes and iCloud you will end up with duplicates. Use one or the other.
>
> Brent
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> On Jul 3, 2013, at 7:54 AM, redhillsranger wrote:
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> I am not sure if this situation is related but I also had a terrible time with an iphone 4S syncing with my MB Pro 10.7.5. All software was up to date. I set up icloud and then the problems started. Events were duplicated on my mac and phone EVERY time I synced.
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> I tried Apple Tech Support and they referred me to the nearest apple store (after many hours on the phone trying to resolve it) saying that it sounded like the iphone was "bad"
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> Went to the store, got a new iphone and tried again with my MB Pro and new phone at the Apple store with three apple genius people watching - and the problem came right back.
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> After spending most of my work day watching them try various solutions, they simply said to not use iCloud!
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> Since then I sync using usb and everything is fine. I presume if neither Apple Tech Support or three genius folks can solve the problem and advise against using icloud there may be some weird problems in play. So, I stay "off the cloud" as I have an practice to run.
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> Sometimes the simplest fix appears to be "Just say no" to icloud.
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> Not may advice. Apple's.
>
> John
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> --- In macsupportcentral@
> >
> > Three hours difference could be a timezone setting.
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> >
> > On Jul 2, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Pat Taylor wrote:
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> > All I can think to do is to check that the time is set correctly on both devices & then restart them both. Hold down the home & sleep/wake buttons on the phone at the same time until the Apple logo appears on the screen. Also make sure that the same Apple ID is displayed in Calendar>
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> > On Jul 2, 2013, at 6:13 PM, ennisart <john@> wrote:
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> > > Thanks Pat. I did not have wifi checked, but i use both wifi and ethernet to connect.
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> > > One oddity I found: I created a 9am event in the iCloud and it synced with the iPhone Calendar but at noon, not 9am. Then I added an event on the iPhone calendar for 9am and it synced with the iCloud for 6pm! Neither event appeared on my iMac calendar.
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> > > John
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> > > --- In macsupportcentral@
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> > > > Have you checked to see that iCloud is properly set up on both the phone & iMac? Be sure that the Contacts & Calendar tabs are turned on in the settings of each device. Also, with the phone cabled to your iMac, be sure that the WiFi sync tab is checked under Options on the Summary page.
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> > > > On Jul 2, 2013, at 3:04 PM, ennisart <john@> wrote:
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> > > > > Hi,
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> > > > > I have an iPhone4 (iOS6.1.3), and use OS10.6 on an iMac. I connect them via cable (not bluetooth), and they initially synced contacts and calendar, but now they don't. Somewhere along the line I switched from direct syncing to the iCloud. Not sure if that created the problem.
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Thu Jul 4, 2013 5:17 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
John:
I would hope so, but you did not mention that. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. It is sometimes good to cover the basics again.
And the techs can not always give you an reason why, especially not knowing the total system. And like you implied, if it is fixed, don't waste any more time on it.
Brent
On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:28 AM, redhillsranger wrote:
Brent:
Believe me we went through all that at the Apple store. That was not the issue. We were only syncing through "the cloud" and the duplicates kept replicating.
To this day no one at Apple Tech support or the local genius crowd can tell me why this happened.
I've a new MB Air and have no intentions of wasting a day or two of my practice trying to puzzle out that mystery.
John
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I would hope so, but you did not mention that. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. It is sometimes good to cover the basics again.
And the techs can not always give you an reason why, especially not knowing the total system. And like you implied, if it is fixed, don't waste any more time on it.
Brent
On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:28 AM, redhillsranger wrote:
Brent:
Believe me we went through all that at the Apple store. That was not the issue. We were only syncing through "the cloud" and the duplicates kept replicating.
To this day no one at Apple Tech support or the local genius crowd can tell me why this happened.
I've a new MB Air and have no intentions of wasting a day or two of my practice trying to puzzle out that mystery.
John
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Fri Jul 5, 2013 6:47 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"redhillsranger" jsm5320432
Brent:
If I were, perhaps retired, and had some time on my hands, I'd go back to Apple with my MB Pro and MB Air and my phone and try to solve this mystery.
Until that time comes, or I discover the equivalent of a Mac Sherlock Holmes, I'm letting the cloud bank alone!
John
--- In macsupportcentral@
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> John:
>
> I would hope so, but you did not mention that. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. It is sometimes good to cover the basics again.
>
> And the techs can not always give you an reason why, especially not knowing the total system. And like you implied, if it is fixed, don't waste any more time on it.
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> Brent
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> On Jul 4, 2013, at 7:28 AM, redhillsranger wrote:
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> Brent:
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> Believe me we went through all that at the Apple store. That was not the issue. We were only syncing through "the cloud" and the duplicates kept replicating.
>
> To this day no one at Apple Tech support or the local genius crowd can tell me why this happened.
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> I've a new MB Air and have no intentions of wasting a day or two of my practice trying to puzzle out that mystery.
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> John
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Thu Jul 4, 2013 10:54 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Paul" hlecptr
I have several small external back up drives (mostly WD and Seagate) I used when I backed up on my now long gone Windows machines.
I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
Any suggestions? I no longer have access to computers using Windows.
Thanks,
Paul
I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
Any suggestions? I no longer have access to computers using Windows.
Thanks,
Paul
Thu Jul 4, 2013 12:10 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Vandrei Jaques" vandrei_jaques
You can use a 3rd party (Like PARAGON NTFS) to read and write NTFS drives. But i strongly recommend to after make some backup files from this harddrives, format they to OSX.
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Thu Jul 4, 2013 12:19 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"David Brostoff" dcbrostoff
On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:54 , Paul <HLECPTR@aol.com > wrote:
> I have several small external back up drives (mostly WD and Seagate) I used when I backed up on my now long gone Windows machines.
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> I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
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> Any suggestions? I no longer have access to computers using Windows.
Assuming that you don't need the data on the drives, I think you should be able to reformat (erase) them with Disk Utility. What happens when you mount the drives? What happens when you open them?
David
> I have several small external back up drives (mostly WD and Seagate) I used when I backed up on my now long gone Windows machines.
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> I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
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> Any suggestions? I no longer have access to computers using Windows.
Assuming that you don't need the data on the drives, I think you should be able to reformat (erase) them with Disk Utility. What happens when you mount the drives? What happens when you open them?
David
Thu Jul 4, 2013 12:34 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Paul wrote:
> I have several small external back up drives (mostly WD and Seagate) I used when I backed up on my now long gone Windows machines.
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> I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
Did you not see them in Disk Utility? Or were the options grayed out, or something? Please describe what you did. "I don't seem to be able to do it" doesn't give us much to go on.
Daly
Thu Jul 4, 2013 3:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Paul wrote:
> I have several small external back up drives (mostly WD and Seagate) I used when I backed up on my now long gone Windows machines.
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> I would like to be able to use them to back up data from my Mac, but I don't seem able to do it. I was hoping to format these drives and start from scratch with my Mac.
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> Any suggestions? I no longer have access to computers using Windows.
Use Apple's Disk Utility to reformat the drives for your Macintosh. Here are the instructions:
http://help.
Scroll down to: "Follow these steps to format your hard drive as an HFS+ volume:"
This procedure will erase all of the Windows data that is currently on the drives.
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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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Thu Jul 4, 2013 1:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Carol" floridabouvs
I have DropBox and SugarSync on my iPads, iPhone and a PC. I haven't put them on the iMac.
Since I have photos in the Cloud and have no one else I want to share them with, I don't need them on DropBox or SugarSync. Yet early on, before I knew any better, I managed to get photos on there which are taking up valuable space.
If I delete photos from those programs, apparently they are deleted everywhere I have a DB or SS link.
So since all the pictures are also on the iMac, am I safe to delete them?
Or is there a better way to delete them so I can still keep them on the iPads and iPhone?
Thanks.
Carol
Since I have photos in the Cloud and have no one else I want to share them with, I don't need them on DropBox or SugarSync. Yet early on, before I knew any better, I managed to get photos on there which are taking up valuable space.
If I delete photos from those programs, apparently they are deleted everywhere I have a DB or SS link.
So since all the pictures are also on the iMac, am I safe to delete them?
Or is there a better way to delete them so I can still keep them on the iPads and iPhone?
Thanks.
Carol
Thu Jul 4, 2013 4:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"ihor n" ihor43us
My hard drive has too many corrupted sectors to load snow leopard.
I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
Ran Disk Utility from the install disk, verified OK. Thought I would reinstall Snow Leopard. Install very slow and right at the end it failed. Tried two more times All failed. Took it to the Genius Bar. They ran a diagnostic and it showed a lot of bad sectors.
Nothing super critical on the drive, I keep the important stuff on email (just send it to yourself as an attachment) but there is stuff I would rather not lose.
Two things:
1.I am looking for a program that would read the files and write them to a flash drive. After all, the installer can load anything not just the OS. There must be a program out there that loads a HD read/USB write routine. Any ideas?
2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
TIA,
Ihor
I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
Ran Disk Utility from the install disk, verified OK. Thought I would reinstall Snow Leopard. Install very slow and right at the end it failed. Tried two more times All failed. Took it to the Genius Bar. They ran a diagnostic and it showed a lot of bad sectors.
Nothing super critical on the drive, I keep the important stuff on email (just send it to yourself as an attachment) but there is stuff I would rather not lose.
Two things:
1.I am looking for a program that would read the files and write them to a flash drive. After all, the installer can load anything not just the OS. There must be a program out there that loads a HD read/USB write routine. Any ideas?
2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
TIA,
Ihor
Thu Jul 4, 2013 4:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
You have no backups that contain the stuff "you would rather not lose"? Can
you "see" any of it when running from the install DVD?
Which iMac is it, and how large is the drive? There's no problem in
obtaining drives but we need some idea of what you need.
Otto
On 5 July 2013 00:18, ihor n <ihor43us@yahoo.com > wrote:
> My hard drive has too many corrupted sectors to load snow leopard.
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> I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the
> console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
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> Ran Disk Utility from the install disk, verified OK. Thought I would
> reinstall Snow Leopard. Install very slow and right at the end it failed.
> Tried two more times All failed. Took it to the Genius Bar. They ran a
> diagnostic and it showed a lot of bad sectors.
>
> Nothing super critical on the drive, I keep the important stuff on email
> (just send it to yourself as an attachment) but there is stuff I would
> rather not lose.
>
> Two things:
> 1.I am looking for a program that would read the files and write them to a
> flash drive. After all, the installer can load anything not just the OS.
> There must be a program out there that loads a HD read/USB write routine.
> Any ideas?
>
> 2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a
> replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
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>
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you "see" any of it when running from the install DVD?
Which iMac is it, and how large is the drive? There's no problem in
obtaining drives but we need some idea of what you need.
Otto
On 5 July 2013 00:18, ihor n <ihor43us@yahoo.
> My hard drive has too many corrupted sectors to load snow leopard.
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> I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the
> console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
>
> Ran Disk Utility from the install disk, verified OK. Thought I would
> reinstall Snow Leopard. Install very slow and right at the end it failed.
> Tried two more times All failed. Took it to the Genius Bar. They ran a
> diagnostic and it showed a lot of bad sectors.
>
> Nothing super critical on the drive, I keep the important stuff on email
> (just send it to yourself as an attachment) but there is stuff I would
> rather not lose.
>
> Two things:
> 1.I am looking for a program that would read the files and write them to a
> flash drive. After all, the installer can load anything not just the OS.
> There must be a program out there that loads a HD read/USB write routine.
> Any ideas?
>
> 2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a
> replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
>
>
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Thu Jul 4, 2013 6:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> My hard drive has too many corrupted sectors to load snow leopard.
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> I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
The very next thing that should be done at this point is to copy/backup anything on the sick drive that can possibly be read. Before doing ANYTHING else.
> 2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
I usually use OWC:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/hard_drives_and_SSD >
or NewEgg:
<http://www.newegg.com/Internal-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-14?Tpk=internal%20hard%20drive >
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
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> I have an iMac running snow leopard. It was running slow, I checked the console logs and saw the there were a lot of read errors.
The very next thing that should be done at this point is to copy/backup anything on the sick drive that can possibly be read. Before doing ANYTHING else.
> 2. The iMac is more than 5 years old so the Apple Store cannot order a replacement drive. Any suggestions where I could get one?
I usually use OWC:
<http://eshop.
or NewEgg:
<http://www.newegg.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Thu Jul 4, 2013 5:13 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Yes, Dave, if you don't have another piece of hardware, then you need to have the Mac create a computer-to-computer network. Otherwise it is like one tin cans, with no string and a second can.
You need to set up the network and set up the sharing, like I said before.
Brent
On Jul 4, 2013, at 12:58 AM, Dave C wrote:
> AFAIK all you should need to do is:-
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> Enable Internet Sharing (already done).
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> Connect an ethernet cable. This will automatically become the primary
> network connection.
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> Leave AirPort (Wi-Fi) *on* and it will be available for sharing.
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> I'm on 10.8 but I'll try this later if you have no luck.
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> Otto
I do as you say and none of the devices that want to share the internet (ie, iPhones, other Macs) don't see a wireless broadcast to connect to.
I am now thinking that I need to set up a computer-to-computer network in order to share the internet connection over this link?
Dave
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
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You need to set up the network and set up the sharing, like I said before.
Brent
On Jul 4, 2013, at 12:58 AM, Dave C wrote:
> AFAIK all you should need to do is:-
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> Enable Internet Sharing (already done).
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> Connect an ethernet cable. This will automatically become the primary
> network connection.
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> Leave AirPort (Wi-Fi) *on* and it will be available for sharing.
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> I'm on 10.8 but I'll try this later if you have no luck.
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> Otto
I do as you say and none of the devices that want to share the internet (ie, iPhones, other Macs) don't see a wireless broadcast to connect to.
I am now thinking that I need to set up a computer-to-
Dave
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB & 750 GB
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