Forum: General
08-10-2008, 02:50 PM
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Dave, what took you so long, that was nearly a...
Dave, what took you so long, that was nearly a minute! I think you're right. Maybe I should just neglect to update VB altogether, at least until the Mac OS gets more popular and the virus makers...
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Forum: General
08-10-2008, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 4
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re: Intego where art thou?
7-22-2008
If this is so, then all is well. if not, is there a shell script that can be used to turn off VirusBarrier background scan during automatic scheduled SD! backups? Otherwise, I'll have...
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Forum: General
08-09-2008, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,034
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Forum: General
08-09-2008, 06:29 PM
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Views: 14,034
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Forum: General
08-08-2008, 07:02 PM
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Views: 14,034
I just noticed that I installed Leopard on the...
I just noticed that I installed Leopard on the primary (original) volume, Macintosh HD. Maybe that should instead be done to the Sandbox: that is, do a clean install on the Sandbox, then boot from...
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Forum: General
08-08-2008, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,034
So, to recap:
Installing Leopard on a Tiger volume:
1. Run SD to update backups.
2. Do a clean install of Leopard on the primary volume.
3. Re-Boot from primary volume.
4. Immediately use Migration...
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Forum: General
10-18-2007, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 21,062
Dave, thanks for the quick reply. I'll wait.
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Dave, thanks for the quick reply. I'll wait.
James - give Shirt Pocket credit - have you followed the problems the developers have had with the latest Windows system? They jumped the gun, and...
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Forum: General
10-16-2007, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 21,062
10.5 Leopard - yes or no?
Dave,
I just received my pre-release purchase offer from Apple for Leopard. I have an iMac 1.9GHz G5 with iSight, 1.5 Gb memory, and lots of HD, currently running OS X 10.4.10. I assume you've...
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Forum: General
03-11-2007, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 10,024
Long time no see
Dave,
I'm a very satisfied user who started out by wiping out my entire HD with SD by not operating by the book. I was just about ready to throw in the towel, but thankfully reconsidered. This...
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Forum: General
05-04-2006, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 19,509
Can't (won't). I have set Energy Saver for...
Can't (won't). I have set Energy Saver for "never sleep", so the HDs aren't winding up and down several times a day. Only sleep the display until day's end, then sleep the iMac via SD! after...
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Forum: General
05-04-2006, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 19,509
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Forum: General
04-28-2006, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,670
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Forum: General
04-28-2006, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,670
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Forum: General
04-25-2006, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,473
Attaching/Preserving custom icons
SD! is a great backup utility. But it has an “undocumented capability”, in conjunction with a script, set_icon, recently provided by Dave Nanian, to install & preserve custom icons to the target...
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Forum: General
04-24-2006, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,494
Fred:
Maybe it’s less confusing to visually...
Fred:
Maybe it’s less confusing to visually compare the contents of Sandbox with those of the internal HD.* If you directly open the internal HD (“Mac HD”) by double-clicking on its icon on the desk...
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Forum: General
04-24-2006, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 10,372
SuperDuper! really Super!
Dave, take a look at this:
http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/04/23/mac-backup-software-harmful/
(Except SuperDuper!) Can't ask for much better than that.
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Forum: General
04-19-2006, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 15,532
OK, I'll give it a try. I've never tried to...
OK, I'll give it a try. I've never tried to write any kind of script, so it's lucky someone else did, else I'd have to actually learn to do it. I'm not averse to work, I can watch people working...
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Forum: General
04-19-2006, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 15,532
Preserving HD Desktop Icons
When an external HD is first hooked up and mounted, a distinctive manufacturer's icon is displayed. After working it over with Disk Utilities, the generic orange OS X HD icon replaces it. It...
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Forum: General
04-16-2006, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 33,011
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Forum: General
04-16-2006, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 33,011
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Forum: General
04-15-2006, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 33,011
sdsl, I'm not sure I have any of the "asl.log"...
sdsl, I'm not sure I have any of the "asl.log" problems, and use macaroni so the system.log file is probably under control. I've tried looking for these files, can't find them, even using the "find"...
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Forum: General
04-13-2006, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 17,134
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Forum: General
04-13-2006, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 17,134
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Forum: General
04-04-2006, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 16,248
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Forum: General
03-28-2006, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 26,496
Just answering Dave's question, the Ultra...
Just answering Dave's question, the Ultra enclosure uses the Prolific FireWire chipset, which will boot Tiger, but is kind of flaky about mounting, etc. Best avoided. Dale Meyn.
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