hello Esther and others,
that was a interesting article. I thought that it was possible that
maybe Dropbox took up more bandwidth then Google Drive causing the busy
problem, but the article seems to imply that The default Dropbox setting is
taking up less.
If I can figure out how to access the Dropbox settings I'll try to play
with them. it would be fun to try to fix the problem.
the Mini is a greg little computer over all. It is very snappy compared to my
2009 mac book with 4 gigs. this 2011 computer with 8 gigs is deffinately more
responsive. I would be perfectly happy to use it without a screen, but if
unexpected performance problems can be avoided by getting a screen then that
will be my solution.
Now I just need to learn a little about modern computer screens as I have not
looked into that for well over a decade. I don't even know what HDMI stands
for or what the HDMI to DVI converter cable is.
Anyone out there have screen info for me?
Eric Caron
On Jul 23, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> That's very interesting about being able to use Google Drive. I think the
> relevant property about the kind of outside network resources that you use,
> and how it might impact your Mac Mini's Finder busy message, is what happens
> with the file syncing and updating of information. With Dropbox, and also
> with Google Drive, there are advanced menu options for controlling what you
> sync and the syncing speeds for upload and download. I've never experimented
> with these, but this basically establishes the amount of network bandwidth
> you might be using with your various file operations. I suspect that this is
> what is contributing to amount of Finder activity that you're seeing without
> a monitor. In the meantime, you've provided a useful piece of information
> for other Mini users who want to use a file transfer facility.
>
> I'll give you a link to a recent Lifehacker article that compares Google
> Drive and Dropbox, and describes the differences in syncing speed. There's
> also an interesting comment about being able to use Google's OCR capabilities
> on scanned document files. I'm not sure whether all the features that are
> mentioned are accessible.
> • "File Syncing Faceoff: Dropbox vs. Google Drive" by Whitson Gordon, April
> 24, 2012
> http://lifehacker.com/5904731/desktop-file-syncing-faceoff-dropbox-vs-google-drive
>
> Hope you are otherwise enjoying your Mini.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> On Jul 23, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
>
>> Hi Esther and others,
>>
>> the blog post from John is very helpful and makes me feel better that
>> once I find a monitor I'll have a nicely functioning mini. One interesting
>> thing about the observation concerning outside network resources. I have
>> this problem with Dropbox but not with google drive.
>>
>> This is helpful as I can use google drive as a easy way to transfer files to
>> and from my mini just like dropbox. i'll do this until I find a monitor. I
>> do rely on Dropbox so this is only a temporary solution.
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
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