You should be getting CS5 adobe stuff. Forget Tiger (10.4 and Leopard
(10.5)... switch to Snow Leopard 10.6) pronto. But make sure your old
adobe stuff will run on Snow Leopard (just google 'cs3 snow leopard' for
example)
Go to http://www.otherworldcomputing.com/
You can get all manner of Mac stuff at decent prices there. I bought
memory, an external hard drive and an external burner.
You said: "specs that 10.4.8 is the minimum OS needed."
The higher the number, the most recent the software is... kinds makes
sense, right? So if you have something higher, like 10.4.11, that'll
work. In other words 'minimum' really means 'equal to or greater than'
Re backing up, I use CDs, DVDs and an external hd... I can't be bothered
with Time Machine, I do it all manually. I back up important stuff every
day to the external HD, and then burn to CD/DVD every couple of weeks
(you should back up to more than one form of media since you never know
when any given hard drive is going to die. Also have duplicate back-ups
in more than one location... in some other residence I mean
Kathy K wrote:
I'm trying to do my homework before making a purchase, and I'm just
ending up befuddled, and wondering if some kind folks on this list can
clear things up for me.
I am running 10.4.11
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB Memory
Hard Drive Capacity: 232.57 GB, Available: 116.82 GB
I use this computer for graphic design/illustration, family photos,
and internet-based games (social facebook kind of games).
I would like to get an external drive to back up all my graphics work
and photos. I've been looking at the Seagate FreeAgent drives
(1TB-2TB) but I'm seeing in the specs that 10.4.8 is the minimum OS
needed. Is this just for the purpose of using TimeMachine? Or do I
need 10.4.8 just to dump files on the drive?
Also, it seems any external drive will work with a Mac, it's just a
matter of reformatting if it's a PC drive—correct? But do I really
have to by a Mac drive to make use of TimeMachine? Will TimeMachine
not recognize other Mac-formatted drives?
I was mainly looking at Seagate because of the 5yr warranty, decent
reviews, and Mac compatibility. What other drives should I consider?
I would like to upgrade to 10.5 Leopard and perhaps later 10.6 Snow
Leopard. Couldn't I get one of these drives now, manually back up
files to it by drag/drop, then upgrade to 10.5 and begin using
TimeMachine then? Because a lot of my stuff is not backed up anywhere,
I do want to back everything up before doing an OS upgrade.
Along with the OS upgrade, I'd also like to add 2 GB Memory, as this
computer can be pretty sluggish. I currently have 1 GB in each of the
two banks—so that means buying 2 new 2 GBs to replace the 2 1 GB.
I have also considered upgrading the external drive (faster and
larger) but don't know what to do there.
I don't have loads of $ to spend, and also need to know that my
graphics software is going to be compatible with the OS upgrade.
(Adobe CS3, and InDesign CS2, Quark 7, Freehand MXa—yes, the suite
needs upgrading and yes I'm still attached to Freehand.)
If you've read all the way through—I thank you. If you're considering
a reply—I thank you doubly!
Kathy K
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