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From: Peripatetic
Snow Leopard on Sale
Didn't put it in the Mac thread but created a new one for visibility.
On sale as off about 30 minutes on the Apple store site.
£25 for single use licence and £39 for the family licence.
Delivery by Aug 29th.
Apple Store UK
On sale as off about 30 minutes on the Apple store site.
£25 for single use licence and £39 for the family licence.
Delivery by Aug 29th.
Apple Store UK
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From: Timbuktu
Apologies if this has already been posted, but there's a very good website at iFixit: Apple Mac, MacBook, iPod, and iPhone Repair Parts which provides step by step instructions on how to replace nearly any part in nearly any mac- although sometimes it's a case of "easier said than done". Remember that Mac internals are not designed to be prodded routinely- antistatic precautions and a lot of restraint in the face of adversity is required! 
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From: Canada
Not everything is sweetness, my Expresscard E-SATA access to my external drive is no go. Probably a driver issue which is not Apples fault. My raw files from my Canon 5D Mk2 will not open in CS3. They are not supposed to but with Leopard after clicking on a warning they did. Guess I will be sending Adobe $$$ for the CS$ upgrade.
Excel from MS Office 2004 has to have Rosetta installed to run.
The price of progress I suppose. I do feel that a lot of things are a bit faster and no doubt there will be developments that will make SL worthwhile down the road. I hope,
Edited to add that I am finding a lot of instances of "cannot find file" in iPhoto.
I keep my photo library on an external drive to avoid running into capacity problems on my MBP internal drive, maybe there is a disconnect somewhere but it was not a problem prior to SL.
Excel from MS Office 2004 has to have Rosetta installed to run.
The price of progress I suppose. I do feel that a lot of things are a bit faster and no doubt there will be developments that will make SL worthwhile down the road. I hope,
Edited to add that I am finding a lot of instances of "cannot find file" in iPhoto.
I keep my photo library on an external drive to avoid running into capacity problems on my MBP internal drive, maybe there is a disconnect somewhere but it was not a problem prior to SL.
Last edited by innuendo; 1st September 2009 at 04:51.
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From: 45 yards from a tropical beach
Transferring Data
I have a 'Group' containing 50+ e-mail addresses in Entourage on my MacBook. Is there any quick and easy way to transfer the Group to Entourage on my desktop eMac without having to enter each one individually?
Cheers,
Neppie
Cheers,
Neppie
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From: Peripatetic
Just after a bit of advice on the best place to advertise to sell my old Macbook Pro. I just bought the new 17" Macbook Pro to use as a desktop after giving my Mini to a nephew (why didn't I have an uncle like me 
). That means my old 15" 2.33Gb (2006 Core 2 Duo) is surplus to requirements.
It's not in bad nick, I replaced the HDD with a 320Gb a few months back, just replaced the DVD burner yesterday as the old one had stopped writing and get it in full working order.
Looking on the web the going price in the USA is about $1250, but parts also seem to sell well - a new logic board is £799 + VAT
There don't seem many on eBay, and their costs seems quite high these days. Any recommendations on whether I'd get more for the bits then complate and/orone know a good alternate UK centric site to advertise it on?
). That means my old 15" 2.33Gb (2006 Core 2 Duo) is surplus to requirements. It's not in bad nick, I replaced the HDD with a 320Gb a few months back, just replaced the DVD burner yesterday as the old one had stopped writing and get it in full working order.
Looking on the web the going price in the USA is about $1250, but parts also seem to sell well - a new logic board is £799 + VAT
There don't seem many on eBay, and their costs seems quite high these days. Any recommendations on whether I'd get more for the bits then complate and/orone know a good alternate UK centric site to advertise it on?
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From: Mystic Orient
Up-to-date
The update under the heading of 'Up-to-date' on the Mac site for systems bought recently -- to upgrade from Leopard to SL -- seems to be offered only if you are in or around US.
I bought a MacBook on 26th July from a Mac Store in US. This laptop is now in India.
Just can't suss out how to have the $9.99 upgrade DVD delivered here!
Any ideas/ advice/ suggestions please?
I bought a MacBook on 26th July from a Mac Store in US. This laptop is now in India.
Just can't suss out how to have the $9.99 upgrade DVD delivered here!
Any ideas/ advice/ suggestions please?
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From: HKG
I cannot boot up my G5 Imac, any suggestions please?
I was having a tidy up (I thought) but when I next tried to boot up it wouldn't. Tried using the Leopard disc and that works for an instal but will erase all on the disc.
If there is no other option that is what I'll have to do, I think I've got most of it backed up.
Its a 150Gb hard disc but was practically full (only 3.5 GB left).
All thoughts welcome.
If there is no other option that is what I'll have to do, I think I've got most of it backed up.
Its a 150Gb hard disc but was practically full (only 3.5 GB left).
All thoughts welcome.
Ramasseur des pommes
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From: UK
BusyB,
Try running Disk Utility from the Leopard install disk to see if it can recover the disk:
Leopard Install
You might have problems with only 3.5Gb free on the disk, particularly if applications are using a lot of virtual memory.
Applemacster
Try running Disk Utility from the Leopard install disk to see if it can recover the disk:
Leopard Install
You might have problems with only 3.5Gb free on the disk, particularly if applications are using a lot of virtual memory.
Applemacster
Ramasseur des pommes
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From: UK
BusyB,
It sounds like the disk is pretty far-gone. The only applications which will help are DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro
Each comes with a bootable repair disk.
Applemacster
It sounds like the disk is pretty far-gone. The only applications which will help are DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro
Each comes with a bootable repair disk.
Applemacster
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From: Down Under
Network Question
I run 2 wireless networks at home. One, called "NETA" is a D-LINK wireless router and modem which gives all my Macs at home internet access. The other is an AIRPORT EXPRESS network called "Music Network" so I can use my Mac to play iTunes thru the stereo. Trouble is, when I am on the internet, I can't play music to my stereo and vice versa.
How can I 'bridge' the 2 x networks into one network so I can surf the net as well as play my iTUNES thru the stereo at the same time?
I remember being able to do this years ago when I had Airport extreme instead of the D-LINK router / modem but the dang thing broke down.
Thanks for your help.
How can I 'bridge' the 2 x networks into one network so I can surf the net as well as play my iTUNES thru the stereo at the same time?
I remember being able to do this years ago when I had Airport extreme instead of the D-LINK router / modem but the dang thing broke down.
Thanks for your help.
Last edited by Bell_Flyer; 20th September 2009 at 10:24.