date:20060118

Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the partitions  
on my external drive?

I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into  
two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy  
bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.

Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB for  
backups, 80GB for extra storage -

i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i have  
my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a  
portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make  
iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present,  
saving space and time).

so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have too,  
as this is a one time deal.

rick


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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from]

Rick,
You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the preferences,
right?  It's easier than writing an applescript command.  I have all my
music in the external drive and simply re-routed from the iTunes folder in
the desktop to the folder on the external drive...can't help you with the
resizing, but am interested in the response, as I have a similar issue...

Ciao for now!
Cathy GREEN ;-)

Atherton HS French
3000 Dundee Rd
Louisville, KY  40205
502.485.8202ext204
fax 502.485.8985
cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us

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> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the partitions  
> on my external drive?
> 
> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into  
> two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy  
> bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.
> 
> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB for  
> backups, 80GB for extra storage -
> 
> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i have  
> my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a  
> portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make  
> iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present,  
> saving space and time).
> 
> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have too,  
> as this is a one time deal.
> 
> rick
> 
> 
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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question

2006-01-18 Thread Jerry Freeman

VolumneWorks, is $60. I would just drag the contents to your HD's,  
repartition the external, and draggem back...jf

http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php? 
main_page=product_info&products_id=6

On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:09 AM, b3 wrote:

> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the  
> partitions on my external drive?
>
> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into  
> two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full  
> copy bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.
>
> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB  
> for backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>
> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i  
> have my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep  
> a portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to  
> make iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is  
> present, saving space and time).
>
> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have  
> too, as this is a one time deal.
>
> rick
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
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MacGroup: Linksys router as hub

2006-01-18 Thread Henri Yandell

Obviously you can setup Linksys B as a subnetwork. But in that case
you would find that the two machines on the subnetwork were not
viewable from the rest of your network. Possibly you could change the
netmask on your top network, but now you're into the kind of network
juggling that's worth spending 30 bucks on a hub for :)

The UPLINK one is odd. Not sure why a router would have both a WAN and
an UPLINK unless I'm just being especially brainless this morning.
It's possible that the UPLINK works like a hub and you happen to have
a router that can be used in a hub/switch-like state.

Other random ideas would be to plug a crossover cable into the wall
and into one of the 4 normal sockets. Then the other two into the
normal sockets too. ie) empty WAN and empty UPLINK.

Hopefully someone else has a better network grounding than I do; my
theory gets a little stretched when I have to be inventive about
what's happening inside a particular router/hub.

If none of the various lego combinations work, and if you've not got a
crossover cable to hand, and if there's nothing on the software's web
interface that looks applicable; then I'd just go buy a switch.

Hen

On 1/18/06, Dan Crutcher  wrote:
> I have two computers in a room that has only one Ethernet connection
> to my LAN. I want both computers to be connected to the LAN. I also
> happen to have have an unused Linksys cable/DSL router, which I'll
> call Linksys B.
>
> If I plug in the Linksys B router, run the Ethernet cable to one of
> its ports and run Ethernet cables from two other of the Linksys B
> ports to the two computers in the room, will they be able to access
> the network?
>
> Does it matter which Linksys B ports I use for either the cable from
> the network to the router, or for the two cables to the two
> computers? The Linksys has 6 ports: one labeled "WAN," one labeled
> "UPLINK" and four unlabeled ports.
>
> Does it matter that the LAN that is being connected to is currently
> being provided NAT services by an identical Linksys router, which
> I'll call Linksys A.
>
> Do I have to access the Linksys' web interface -- on either A or B --
> to change any configuration settings? (Such as turning off NAT on
> Linksys B?)
>
> Essentially, I want Linksys B to serve as a "dumb" router on the
> network to give me more Ethernet access points in that one room.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
> | The LCS Web page is .
> | List posting address: 
> | List Web page: 
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MacGroup: Linksys router as hub

2006-01-18 Thread Jerry Freeman

I have an ethernet crossover cable if anyone needs it I can send it  
to you. Haven't used it since Target Disk mode...jf

On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Henri Yandell wrote:

> if you've not got a crossover cable to hand
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MacGroup: Linksys router as hub

2006-01-18 Thread Brian O'Neal

I think what you want to do is this. Go to the setup page of Linksys
B and turn off DHCP. Give it an ip address. If your Linksys A ' ip is
192.168.1.1 make the last number of the digits a 2. So you would give
Linksys b 192.168.1.2. Remember that address so you can get to its
configuration page if needed after you're set up. Now plug one of the
4 or 5 ethernet ports from Linksys A in to one of the Linksys B's 4
or 5 ports. Avoid plugging it in to any other port on Linksys B (like
wan, internet, possibly your uplink port as well.) This takes up a
port on B, but gets done what I think you are wanting to do. This
should turn your B router in to just a pass through. No crossover is
needed.

Brian O'Neal

On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote:

I have two computers in a room that has only one Ethernet connection
to my LAN. I want both computers to be connected to the LAN. I also
happen to have have an unused Linksys cable/DSL router, which I'll
call Linksys B.

If I plug in the Linksys B router, run the Ethernet cable to one of
its ports and run Ethernet cables from two other of the Linksys B
ports to the two computers in the room, will they be able to access
the network?

Does it matter which Linksys B ports I use for either the cable from
the network to the router, or for the two cables to the two
computers? The Linksys has 6 ports: one labeled "WAN," one labeled
"UPLINK" and four unlabeled ports.

Does it matter that the LAN that is being connected to is currently
being provided NAT services by an identical Linksys router, which
I'll call Linksys A.

Do I have to access the Linksys' web interface -- on either A or B --
to change any configuration settings? (Such as turning off NAT on
Linksys B?)

Essentially, I want Linksys B to serve as a "dumb" router on the
network to give me more Ethernet access points in that one room.

Thanks.

Dan

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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from]

Cathy,
  I use the apple script to maintain Two separate iTunes Libraries,  
with different tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc.
this way, i have ~10-15GB of music on my laptop, and the entire 36GB  
library on the external that i plug in when i'm at home at my desk.
That way, i can still listen to (some) music while i'm away from  
home, without having to manually go in and choose the library that i  
want, or without having song show up in my library with the "!",  
meaning i can't use them when i'm not connected to the external drive.

once it was set up, it isn't any harder than using i tunes. i saved  
the applescript as an application, and assigned it the same icon as  
iTunes.
i removed iTunes from my dock and placed the "Launch iTunes" script  
into the dock.

now, when i click on it, if i'm connected, i get the full library, if  
not, i get the portables library.

well, that's how i do it anyway, so that i don't have to manually  
switch things around.
it's pretty cool too, because whichever library that i;m using at the  
moment, shows up in the media viewer in the other iLife apps...

rick

On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Green, Cathy wrote:

> Rick,
> You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the  
> preferences, right?  It's easier than writing an applescript  
> command.  I have all my music in the external drive and simply re- 
> routed from the iTunes folder in the desktop to the folder on the  
> external drive...can't help you with the resizing, but am  
> interested in the response, as I have a similar issue...
>
> Ciao for now!
> Cathy GREEN ;-)
>
> Atherton HS French
> 3000 Dundee Rd
> Louisville, KY  40205
> 502.485.8202ext204
> fax 502.485.8985
> cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us
>
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> Reply To:   macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
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> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
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> from]
>
> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the partitions
> on my external drive?
>
> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into
> two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy
> bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.
>
> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to
> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB for
> backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>
> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i have
> my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a
> portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make
> iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present,
> saving space and time).
>
> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have too,
> as this is a one time deal.
>
> rick
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
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thanks.

i may end up having to go that route, but i was trying to avoid it  
because i have more stuff on the external than will fit on the frees  
pace on my powerbook.
i guess i'll just have to burn everything to a dvd and then reimport  
it, but i was hoping to avoid such a thing.

and i'd rather not spend $60 on a program that i would (most likely)  
only use once.

rick.


On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote:

> VolumneWorks, is $60. I would just drag the contents to your HD's,  
> repartition the external, and draggem back...jf
>
> http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php? 
> main_page=product_info&products_id=6
>
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:09 AM, b3 wrote:
>
>> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the  
>> partitions on my external drive?
>>
>> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned  
>> into two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for  
>> full copy bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and  
>> such.
>>
>> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
>> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB  
>> for backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>>
>> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i  
>> have my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only  
>> keep a portion of my music on the portables, and use an  
>> applescript to make iTunes check at startup to see if the external  
>> library is present, saving space and time).
>>
>> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have  
>> too, as this is a one time deal.
>>
>> rick
>>
>>
>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
>> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
>> | The LCS Web page is .
>> | List posting address: 
>> | List Web page: 
>



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MacGroup: Linksys router as hub

2006-01-18 Thread Dan Crutcher

I did this and it worked. The only difference is I did not assign  
Linksys B any IP number -- I just left it blank. I had to disconnect  
Linksys B from the network before it would let me get to its  
configuration menu (because typing 192.168.1.1 into my browser took  
me to the config menu of Linksys A if Linksys B was on that same  
network). Once I did that and turned off DHCP, it worked just as you  
said. The network is connected through Port 1 (not Uplink or WAN) and  
the other two computers are in ports 2 and 3.

I made one other change in the config, although I'm not sure if it  
made any difference. One of the configuration pages allowed me to  
define Linksys B as either a "Gateway" (default setting) or "Router."  
I chose "Router," since that sounded more like what I'm trying to  
accomplish.

Both computers now appear on the network and all seems to work well.  
By the way, just to experiment, I also tried plugging the network  
Ethernet cable into the Uplink port on Linksys B and that also seemed  
to work.

Thanks.

> I think what you want to do is this. Go to the setup page of  
> Linksys B and turn off DHCP. Give it an ip address. If your Linksys  
> A ' ip is 192.168.1.1 make the last number of the digits a 2. So  
> you would give Linksys b 192.168.1.2. Remember that address so you  
> can get to its configuration page if needed after you're set up.  
> Now plug one of the 4 or 5 ethernet ports from Linksys A in to one  
> of the Linksys B's  4 or 5 ports. Avoid plugging it in to any other  
> port on Linksys B (like wan, internet, possibly your uplink port as  
> well.) This takes up a port on B, but gets done what I think you  
> are wanting to do. This should turn your B router in to just a pass  
> through. No crossover is needed.
>
> Brian O'Neal
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote:
>
> I have two computers in a room that has only one Ethernet  
> connection to my LAN. I want both computers to be connected to the  
> LAN. I also happen to have have an unused Linksys cable/DSL router,  
> which I'll call Linksys B.
>
> If I plug in the Linksys B router, run the Ethernet cable to one of  
> its ports and run Ethernet cables from two other of the Linksys B  
> ports to the two computers in the room, will they be able to access  
> the network?
>
> Does it matter which Linksys B ports I use for either the cable  
> from the network to the router, or for the two cables to the two  
> computers? The Linksys has 6 ports: one labeled "WAN," one labeled  
> "UPLINK" and four unlabeled ports.
>
> Does it matter that the LAN that is being connected to is currently  
> being provided NAT services by an identical Linksys router, which  
> I'll call Linksys A.
>
> Do I have to access the Linksys' web interface -- on either A or B  
> -- to change any configuration settings? (Such as turning off NAT  
> on Linksys B?)
>
> Essentially, I want Linksys B to serve as a "dumb" router on the  
> network to give me more Ethernet access points in that one room.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
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MacGroup: Photoshop Help

2006-01-18 Thread Jerry Freeman

 From the Swiss cheese. In the Finder. Applications/Adobe Photoshop  
7.0/Help/help.htm. Click on help.htm and Get Info CMD+I. Click Open  
With, then select Firefox.app from the dialog box. Do not click  
Change All. Quit APS 7 if it's open, Firefox should be the default  
Help browser on APS 7 relaunch...jf
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Rick,
Can you send me your applescript?  I overlooked the fact that your two
libraries are not identical, sorry.  But I'd like to do the same thing,
keeping my whole library on the external drive and only selected playlists
on the laptop & iPod...

Ciao for now!
Cathy GREEN ;-)

Atherton HS French
3000 Dundee Rd
Louisville, KY  40205
502.485.8202ext204
fax 502.485.8985
cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us

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> From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3
> Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:56 PM
> To:   macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Subject:  Re: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from]
> 
> Cathy,
>  I use the apple script to maintain Two separate iTunes Libraries, with
> different tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc.
> this way, i have ~10-15GB of music on my laptop, and the entire 36GB
> library on the external that i plug in when i'm at home at my desk.
> That way, i can still listen to (some) music while i'm away from home,
> without having to manually go in and choose the library that i want, or
> without having song show up in my library with the "!", meaning i can't
> use them when i'm not connected to the external drive.
> 
> once it was set up, it isn't any harder than using i tunes. i saved the
> applescript as an application, and assigned it the same icon as iTunes.
> i removed iTunes from my dock and placed the "Launch iTunes" script into
> the dock.
> 
> now, when i click on it, if i'm connected, i get the full library, if not,
> i get the portables library.
> 
> well, that's how i do it anyway, so that i don't have to manually switch
> things around.
> it's pretty cool too, because whichever library that i;m using at the
> moment, shows up in the media viewer in the other iLife apps...
> 
> rick
> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Green, Cathy wrote:
> 
> 
>   Rick, 
>   You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the
> preferences, right?  It's easier than writing an applescript command.  I
> have all my music in the external drive and simply re-routed from the
> iTunes folder in the desktop to the folder on the external drive...can't
> help you with the resizing, but am interested in the response, as I have a
> similar issue...
> 
>   Ciao for now! 
>   Cathy GREEN ;-) 
> 
>   Atherton HS French 
>   3000 Dundee Rd 
>   Louisville, KY  40205 
>   502.485.8202ext204 
>   fax 502.485.8985 
>   cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us 
> 
>   -- 
>   From:   owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of b3 
>   Reply To:   macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu 
>   Sent:   Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:09 AM 
>   To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu 
>   Subject:MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question
> [bcc][faked-from] 
> 
>   Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the
> partitions  
>   on my external drive? 
> 
>   I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had
> partitioned into  
>   two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy
> 
>   bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such. 
> 
>   Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd
> like to  
>   change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB
> for  
>   backups, 80GB for extra storage - 
> 
>   i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives,
> as i have  
>   my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a  
>   portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make
> 
>   iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present,  
>   saving space and time). 
> 
>   so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't
> have too,  
>   as this is a one time deal. 
> 
>   rick 
> 
> 
>   | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will 
>   | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. 
>   | The LCS Web page is < http://www.kymac.org>. 
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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question

On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:09 AM, b3 wrote:

> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the  
> partitions on my external drive?
>
> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned into  
> two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full  
> copy bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.
>
> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB  
> for backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>
> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i  
> have my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep  
> a portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to  
> make iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is  
> present, saving space and time).
>
> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have  
> too, as this is a one time deal.
>
> rick

Also try:



It's a demo version.  Full version is $45.
-- like VolumeWorks, it, too, has dynamic repartitioning (resize  
without erasing).

Regards,
Russ Preston




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MacGroup: Photoshop Help

2006-01-18 Thread Dan Crutcher

That did the trick. Thanks.

> From the Swiss cheese. In the Finder. Applications/Adobe Photoshop  
> 7.0/Help/help.htm. Click on help.htm and Get Info CMD+I. Click Open  
> With, then select Firefox.app from the dialog box. Do not click  
> Change All. Quit APS 7 if it's open, Firefox should be the default  
> Help browser on APS 7 relaunch...jf




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MacGroup: QuickTime question

On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Green, Cathy wrote:
> Greetings, group!
> I currently use QuickTime 6.5.3 running OS10.3.9 on my G3iMac.  If  
> I d/l version 7, does it overwrite the older version?  I need the  
> older version for suppport materials that came with the textbook  
> series that I have to use for 6 more years, but some video clips  
> elsewhere require version 7 to run them.  Is there any way to  
> install version 7, while keeping version 6 intact?  TIA,
>
> Ciao for now!
> Cathy GREEN ;-)
>
>
Are you sure your textbook series must use **only** QT v6.5.3?  ...or  
might it possibly have specified requirements as "QT v6.5.3 or greater"?

Regards,
Russ Preston


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No, unfortunately, it states specifically that the materials will not work
in QT v7...

Ciao for now!
Cathy GREEN ;-)

Atherton HS French
3000 Dundee Rd
Louisville, KY  40205
502.485.8202ext204
fax 502.485.8985
cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us

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> On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Green, Cathy wrote:
> 
>   Greetings, group! 
>   I currently use QuickTime 6.5.3 running OS10.3.9 on my G3iMac.  If I
> d/l version 7, does it overwrite the older version?  I need the older
> version for suppport materials that came with the textbook series that I
> have to use for 6 more years, but some video clips elsewhere require
> version 7 to run them.  Is there any way to install version 7, while
> keeping version 6 intact?  TIA,
> 
>   Ciao for now! 
>   Cathy GREEN ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Are you sure your textbook series must use **only** QT v6.5.3?  ...or
> might it possibly have specified requirements as "QT v6.5.3 or greater"?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Russ Preston
> 
> 
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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from]

Cathy,

here is a link to macosxhints that i got the script from:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050123205848370

i of course adapted it to work with the external volume names on the HD.
it did take me a try or two to get it set up, but it worked.

over all, it takes iiTunes only about 1-2 sec. longer to launch, as  
it has to first launch the script, then iTunes, but it is worth the  
effort to me.

let me know if you have any problems, this little tip is one thing  
that made me very happy.

rick
On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Green, Cathy wrote:

> Rick,
> Can you send me your applescript?  I overlooked the fact that your  
> two libraries are not identical, sorry.  But I'd like to do the  
> same thing, keeping my whole library on the external drive and only  
> selected playlists on the laptop & iPod...
>
> Ciao for now!
> Cathy GREEN ;-)
>
> Atherton HS French
> 3000 Dundee Rd
> Louisville, KY  40205
> 502.485.8202ext204
> fax 502.485.8985
> cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us
>
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> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Subject:Re: MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc] 
> [faked-from]
>
> Cathy,
>  I use the apple script to maintain Two separate iTunes Libraries,  
> with different tracks, playlists, podcasts, etc.
> this way, i have ~10-15GB of music on my laptop, and the entire  
> 36GB library on the external that i plug in when i'm at home at my  
> desk.
>
> That way, i can still listen to (some) music while i'm away from  
> home, without having to manually go in and choose the library that  
> i want, or without having song show up in my library with the "!",  
> meaning i can't use them when i'm not connected to the external drive.
>
> once it was set up, it isn't any harder than using i tunes. i saved  
> the applescript as an application, and assigned it the same icon as  
> iTunes.
>
> i removed iTunes from my dock and placed the "Launch iTunes" script  
> into the dock.
>
> now, when i click on it, if i'm connected, i get the full library,  
> if not, i get the portables library.
>
> well, that's how i do it anyway, so that i don't have to manually  
> switch things around.
> it's pretty cool too, because whichever library that i;m using at  
> the moment, shows up in the media viewer in the other iLife apps...
>
> rick
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Green, Cathy wrote:
>
>
> Rick,
> You know that you can set up the re-route in iTunes in the  
> preferences, right?  It's easier than writing an applescript  
> command.  I have all my music in the external drive and simply re- 
> routed from the iTunes folder in the desktop to the folder on the  
> external drive...can't help you with the resizing, but am  
> interested in the response, as I have a similar issue...
>
> Ciao for now!
> Cathy GREEN ;-)
>
> Atherton HS French
> 3000 Dundee Rd
> Louisville, KY  40205
> 502.485.8202ext204
> fax 502.485.8985
> cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us
>
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> Reply To:   macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
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> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Subject:MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked- 
> from]
>
> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the  
> partitions
> on my external drive?
>
> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had  
> partitioned into
> two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for full copy
> bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and such.
>
> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd  
> like to
> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB for
> backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>
> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives,  
> as i have
> my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only keep a
> portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript to make
> iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is present,
> saving space and time).
>
> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't  
> have too,
> as this is a one time deal.
>
> rick
>
>
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Russ,
thanks for the advice.
i actually decided to just go ahead and do it the long way.
I remembered that i could use my iPod, so i deleted the music on it,  
and deleted the music files on the Powerbook.
between the two of them, there is enough free space to transfer  
everything from the external, reformat, and transfer back.

now i just need to import the "selected"  songs back into my local  
(powerbook) library, and sync the iPod.

not as easy as a resize partition program i would imagine, but what  
the heck?

rick

On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:36 PM, R. D. Preston wrote:

> On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:09 AM, b3 wrote:
>
>> Is there a free/cheap program that will let me resize the  
>> partitions on my external drive?
>>
>> I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that i had partitioned  
>> into two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for  
>> full copy bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and  
>> such.
>>
>> Since getting the PowerBook, which has an 80GB drive, i'd like to  
>> change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this - 80GB  
>> for backups, 80GB for extra storage -
>>
>> i'd like to be able to do this without erasing the drives, as i  
>> have my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only  
>> keep a portion of my music on the portables, and use an  
>> applescript to make iTunes check at startup to see if the external  
>> library is present, saving space and time).
>>
>> so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much) money if i don't have  
>> too, as this is a one time deal.
>>
>> rick
>
> Also try:
>
>  ipartition.html>
>
> It's a demo version.  Full version is $45.
> -- like VolumeWorks, it, too, has dynamic repartitioning (resize  
> without erasing).
>
> Regards,
> Russ Preston
>
>
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 24  at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway.
> | The LCS Web page is .
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MacGroup: Repartition/Resize question [bcc][faked-from]

ize the partitions  
>   on my external drive? 
> 
>   I have a 160GB external firewire drive, that
> i had partitioned into  
>   two volumes, one 60GB (to match the size of the iBook) for
> full copy  
>   bootable backups, and one 100GB one for extra files and
> such. 
> 
>   Since getting the PowerBook, which has an
> 80GB drive, i'd like to  
>   change the partition sizes on the external to reflect this -
> 80GB for  
>   backups, 80GB for extra storage - 
> 
>   i'd like to be able to do this without
> erasing the drives, as i have  
>   my main 36GB iTunes library on the storage volume (i only
> keep a  
>   portion of my music on the portables, and use an applescript
> to make  
>   iTunes check at startup to see if the external library is
> present,  
>   saving space and time). 
> 
>   so, any help? i'd rather not spend (much)
> money if i don't have too,  
>   as this is a one time deal. 
> 
>   rick 
> 
> 
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MacGroup: QuickTime question [bcc][faked-from]

**WARNING**
  DANGER!  DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!:-)

Well, I'm in rather unfamiliar territory with Unix; but since no one
  else has responded to the question yet, I'll give it a go, albeit with
  an old work-around method...

The following is from pre- osX user level testing procedures, and I
  don't know if this kind of thing will work with Unix/Sys osX, so
  please just read for consideration/discussion only.

-- navigate in the Finder on your system disk to [System > Library]
  and find the QT & Java folders.
-- copy them to a safe/protected location.
-- proceed with QT v7 install (overwrite old QT in System).
-- restart.
-- later, as the need arises, switch QT versions and restart, moving
  those component folders back and forth; restart each time.

Like I said, it worked with pre- osX; certainly, those Unix-savvy
  people here will correct this pronto if it's improper.

Regards,
Russ Preston


On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:53 PM, Green, Cathy wrote:
> No, unfortunately, it states specifically that the materials will  
> not work in QT v7...
>
> Ciao for now!
> Cathy GREEN ;-)

> Are you sure your textbook series must use **only** QT  
> v6.5.3?  ...or might it possibly have specified requirements as "QT  
> v6.5.3 or greater"?
>
> Regards,
> Russ Preston

>> On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Green, Cathy wrote:
>>> Greetings, group!
>>> I currently use QuickTime 6.5.3 running OS10.3.9 on my G3iMac.   
>>> If I d/l version 7, does it overwrite the older version?  I need  
>>> the older version for suppport materials that came with the  
>>> textbook series that I have to use for 6 more years, but some  
>>> video clips elsewhere require version 7 to run them.  Is there  
>>> any way to install version 7, while keeping version 6 intact?  TIA,
>>>
>>> Ciao for now!
>>> Cathy GREEN ;-)

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