Re: trnasferring files Windows to Mac

[Ronda Brown]

On 19/07/2010, at 9:42 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

> 
> Good morning all,
> 
> My daughter has a Windows XP machine and is getting a 21.5" iMac, what is the 
> best method of transferring her photos and music etc. to the iMac?

Hi Adrian,

If you mean your daughter is changing completely over to a Mac (iMac) and 
wishes to transfer her Files, music, and photos from Windows to her iMac,
I have done a PDF Tutorial (with screenshots) for Transferring from WindowsXP & 
Vista to a Mac.

This is a tutorial for transferring your files, music, and photos from Windows 
to Mac using an external hard drive.
Transferring your Files in Windows to your External Hard Drive and then 
transferring your files from the External Hard Drive and placing everything in 
the correct places on the Mac.

It explains how to ‘consolidate’ your Windows iTunes Library for moving your 
music across into iTunes Library on the Mac.
If the Tutorial would be helpful to your daughter, email me 'Off List" & I'll 
email the PDF to you.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

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Re: Corrupt file - options ?

[James Devenish]

Hi Steven,

Your inadvertent attachment shows us something...the file is full of
NULL bytes. I.e. it's a 760 kb file full of zeros. There is no data.
This can happen if your original disk was corrupt...and you say that
the machine died? If the disk was corrupt, and it was giving zeros
instead of filedata, then the backups will also have zeros because
they simply back up what is given by the disk. On the other hand, the
backup drive itself might be corrupt, and it's returning zeros even
though the originals were okay. My guess is that the files are full of
zeros and can't be un-corrupted without resolving the disk issue.

Sorry,
James

On 17 July 2010 17:57, Steven Knowles  wrote:
> I seem to be coming across too many image files lately which for some reason
> have become corrupt. They seem to have become corrupt following a restore
> from Time Capsule, after one of my machines died. The reason I suspect this
> is because I can usually dive back into Time Capsule to recover a
> pre-restore version of the file and all is fine. Though that's only going to
> be good for so long until the older backups start to be replaced.
> There is one particular pdf file which although digging out the pre-restore
> version, that version is corrupt also.
>
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> If I try to open it with Preview, the message I receive is ...
> The file "name-of-file.pdf" could not be opened. It may be damaged or use a
> file format that Preview doesn't recognize.
> Similar messages if I try to open with Reader or Acrobat Pro.
> GraphicConverter tells me the file is broken, the format is unknown or it
> isn't a graphics file, presenting me with what appears to be a preview with
> lots of zeros.
> Interestingly, Apple's Mail won't let me attach the file to a message
> either.
> The file obviously contains data because it's 778Kb in size.
> Two questions ...
> 1. A long shot, but any suggestions as to what else I could try in a futile
> attempt at recovery?
> 2. Since I seem to be getting a lot of these corrupt files show up, anyone
> know of any software that could do, say, a sweep of all files on my hard
> drive and tell me which ones are corrupt? That way, I could perhaps try to
> recover them from old backups before those backups get wiped.
>
> Cheers, Steven
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Re: trnasferring files Windows to Mac

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Adrian,

Just a thought - if she has any Windows specific software or if for any
other reason she might also want to run /windows on the iMac she will
probably want to use Parallels or Fusion to do so.

If that is the case, she could just import her entire Windows XP machine as
a virtual machine - and everything would then be on the iMac.

Then there are various options for sharing stuff between the Windows and OSX
sides of things.

Personally, I like to keep the two sides fairly well separated - so I set up
a shared folder (or folders) for things that I either want to access from
both or transfer from one to the other (if I want it accessible to both
Oses, I leave it in the shared folder(s), if I want to transfer things, I
use the shared folder(s) as a halfway house).

I believe that you can also set it up so that the Oses share much more, eg
home folders etc - however that never really appealed to me - I prefer to
limit what Windows can see/access to the folder(s) I choose to share.

The main advantage (that I can see) in this approach is that she can change
everything over to Mac at her own pace - eg music now, photos later.

Also, if she used Microsoft Office on the XP machine (Word, excel etc) she
will need to decide (long term) whether to use Office for Mac or whether to
go with iWork (Pages, Numbers etc).

This approach would let her continue to use her PC version of Office on the
virtual machine whilst trying out the demo version of iWork that comes on a
new iMac - when she is happy with her choice, she can buy either iWork or
Mac Office. If she decides on Office, she could wait until the release of
Office for Mac 2011 (expected later this year) and continue with her PC
version until then.


Of course, these considerations may not be applicable/important to you - I
just thought I would offer it as something to think about.



If you just want to make a clean break and jump into a Mac-only set-up, you
have a number of options to transfer over files, depending on your
experience & what equipment/set-up you have available:

- If you use Dropbox (and have enough storage space) you can link both PC
and iMac to your Dropbox account and transfer/sync between machines.

(if you haven't already got an account, this link:

Will give you [and me] an extra free 250 MB)

- You can connect both machines to a home network and transfer files over
the network.

- You can use USB drives(or Firewire if the PC has it- most don't) - just
make sure that you use a format that is accessible to both systems - use
desktop/portable external drives or thumbdrives for small stuff.

- You can burn DVDs/CDs (again take care to choose formats).

If you decide to just go for the machine to machine file transfer, just make
sure you find/include every thing you want/need before getting rid off (or
re-formatting) the old PC!!!
(not a problem if you import the whole machine as a VM).


Cheers



Neil
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on 19/7/10 9:42 AM, Adrian Skehan at adrianske...@me.com wrote:

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> Good morning all,
> 
> My daughter has a Windows XP machine and is getting a 21.5" iMac, what is the
> best method of transferring her photos and music etc. to the iMac?
> 
> 
> Adrian
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RE: trnasferring files Windows to Mac

[Crisp, Peter]

Hi Adrian, I have a process where I continuously synchronise photos
between an XP laptop and a Macbook in that direction almost weekly -
this is so that I can have the collection available in two places. I
presume you want the photos and music on the imac hard drive and not on
a connected external drive. 

I use a FAT32 formatted external drive connected to my Time Capsule.
When in iPhoto - I go to File menu and select "Import" and then browsing
to the root folder in the first instance (or specific folder for
subsequent updates) iPhoto will nicely bring them in and order them for
you. It can take some time depending on the size of your collection. I
presume this is a once off operation for you. 

It's a similar process with iTunes to import from Windows machines to
OSX based machines.

Once you've done the import, if you have a remote drive for Time
Machine, the next update will in turn recognise the import of the
Photos/Music and take quite a bit of time to synch with the imac but its
automatic and pretty seamless.

I'm sure Ronni will have a more elegant way of doing and articulating
this.

Regards

Peter...
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Good morning all,

My daughter has a Windows XP machine and is getting a 21.5" iMac, what
is the best method of transferring her photos and music etc. to the
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Re: USB vs Firewire

[Daniel Kerr]

Thanks Rod
Interesting,..
As Ruben said, wonder if it (the Firewire) was using a 5400rpm Hard Drive
and the USB one using a 7200rpm Hard Drive.
Normally would be faster with Firewire.
Interesting to see though.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 19/7/10 6:40 AM, "Rod Blitvich"  wrote:

> Hi Daniel
> The folder was a Final Cut project including all the raw footage, scratch disk
> etc.
> It was copied from an 18 month old macbook pro internal drive in both cases.
> The FW drive was quite old, maybe 5? yrs and almost full.
> The USB drive was brand new.
> cheers
> Rod
> 
> 
> On 18/07/2010, at 9:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Curious, as I'm never found USB to be faster then Firewire (even
>> FIrewire400) for large amounts of data transferred.
>> What type of files were you copying?
>> Which sort of machine were you using. And were both copied from the same
>> internal drive to the external drive one after the other?
>> 
>> Would certainly be interested to hear more info.
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> On 18/7/10 7:20 PM, "Rod Blitvich"  wrote:
>> 
>>> Some interesting figures
>>> I copied a 23 GB folder to a USB Drive and then to
>>> a Firewire Drive. The FW drive is several years old, the USB is new (don't
>>> know if that makes a difference)
>>> Firewire was slower.
>>> Firewire = 22 min
>>> USB = 12 min
>>> 
>>> Blitto
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trnasferring files Windows to Mac

[Adrian Skehan]

Good morning all,

My daughter has a Windows XP machine and is getting a 21.5" iMac, what is the 
best method of transferring her photos and music etc. to the iMac?


Adrian
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Re: iMac Server

[Ray Forma]

Stuart,

For your point 3 have a look at:

http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter/

On 18/07/2010, at 20:58 , Stuart Breden wrote:



Our server died last Sunday.  Not to worry we admitted to  
palliative care some time ago but its death was rather  
inconvenient.  We backed up the entire drive the day before.  We  
have taken 2 or 3 other copies on other drive just in case.


In the mean time we are going to use an Intel iMac to run the Genie  
Solutions server and administration files.


We have two Intel iMacs: 2 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (3 GB 667 Mhz DDR2  
SD Ram) and 3.06 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (4GH 1067 Mhz RAM).


1 Will using the newer, 3.06 GHz iMac provide faster network speed  
with the Genie server?


2 What regular housekeeping should we be doing to ensure the  
integrity or the hard drive?


3 Is there any way of telling of when we should be replacing the  
hard drive?


Stuart Breden
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Re: USB vs Firewire

[Rod Blitvich]

Hi DanielThe folder was a Final Cut project including all the raw footage, scratch disk etc.It was copied from an 18 month old macbook pro internal drive in both cases.The FW drive was quite old, maybe 5? yrs and almost full.The USB drive was brand new.cheersRodOn 18/07/2010, at 9:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:Curious, as I'm never found USB to be faster then Firewire (evenFIrewire400) for large amounts of data transferred.What type of files were you copying?Which sort of machine were you using. And were both copied from the sameinternal drive to the external drive one after the other?Would certainly be interested to hear more info.Kind RegardsDanielOn 18/7/10 7:20 PM, "Rod Blitvich"  wrote:Some interesting figuresI copied a 23 GB folder to a USB Drive and then to a Firewire Drive. The FW drive is several years old, the USB is new (don'tknow if that makes a difference)Firewire was slower.Firewire = 22 minUSB = 12 minBlittoRod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256   rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blittoI haven't lost my mind.. ...it's backed up on disk somewhere!-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscribe - ---Daniel KerrMacWizardryPhone: 0414 795 960Email: Web:   **For everything Macintosh**-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscribe - 
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Re: USB vs Firewire

[Dark1]

My best guess would be that the actual external hard drive used for the 
firewire was slower than the one used by the usb.

Ruben

Curious, as I'm never found USB to be faster then Firewire (even
FIrewire400) for large amounts of data transferred.
What type of files were you copying?
Which sort of machine were you using. And were both copied from the same
internal drive to the external drive one after the other?

Would certainly be interested to hear more info.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 18/7/10 7:20 PM, "Rod Blitvich"  wrote:

> Some interesting figures
> I copied a 23 GB folder to a USB Drive and then to
> a Firewire Drive. The FW drive is several years old, the USB is new (don't
> know if that makes a difference)
> Firewire was slower.
> Firewire = 22 min
> USB = 12 min
> 
> Blitto
> 
> Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> 0409 681 256  
> rb...@iinet.net.au
> http://web.me.com/blitto
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> I haven't lost my mind..
> ...it's backed up on disk somewhere!
> 
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Re: iMac Server

[Chris]

Hi Stuart,

Re point 1 I don't think you'll get better network performance out of the 
faster iMac as I believe they both support gigabit speeds. I do think you might 
get better Genie response out of the faster machine, though this depends on 
what else you'll be doing on it. I also look after Genie running on a Mac mini 
server, so good luck.

Regards,

Chris 

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On 18/07/2010, at 8:58 PM, Stuart Breden  wrote:

> 
> Our server died last Sunday.  Not to worry we admitted to palliative care 
> some time ago but its death was rather inconvenient.  We backed up the entire 
> drive the day before.  We have taken 2 or 3 other copies on other drive just 
> in case.
> 
> In the mean time we are going to use an Intel iMac to run the Genie Solutions 
> server and administration files.
> 
> We have two Intel iMacs: 2 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (3 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SD Ram) 
> and 3.06 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (4GH 1067 Mhz RAM).
> 
> 1 Will using the newer, 3.06 GHz iMac provide faster network speed with the 
> Genie server?
> 
> 2 What regular housekeeping should we be doing to ensure the integrity or the 
> hard drive?
> 
> 3 Is there any way of telling of when we should be replacing the hard drive?
> 
> Stuart Breden
> PO Box 132
> Kalamunda WA 6926
> Ph: (08) 9257 1577
> Mbl: 0417 053 266
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Re: USB vs Firewire

[Daniel Kerr]

Curious, as I'm never found USB to be faster then Firewire (even
FIrewire400) for large amounts of data transferred.
What type of files were you copying?
Which sort of machine were you using. And were both copied from the same
internal drive to the external drive one after the other?

Would certainly be interested to hear more info.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 18/7/10 7:20 PM, "Rod Blitvich"  wrote:

> Some interesting figures
> I copied a 23 GB folder to a USB Drive and then to
>  a Firewire Drive. The FW drive is several years old, the USB is new (don't
> know if that makes a difference)
> Firewire was slower.
> Firewire = 22 min
> USB = 12 min
> 
> Blitto
> 
> Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam¹s Dad
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>  0409 681 256  
>  rb...@iinet.net.au
>  http://web.me.com/blitto
> 
> I haven't lost my mind..
>  ...it's backed up on disk somewhere!
> 
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iMac Server

[Stuart Breden]

Our server died last Sunday.  Not to worry we admitted to palliative  
care some time ago but its death was rather inconvenient.  We backed  
up the entire drive the day before.  We have taken 2 or 3 other copies  
on other drive just in case.


In the mean time we are going to use an Intel iMac to run the Genie  
Solutions server and administration files.


We have two Intel iMacs: 2 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (3 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SD  
Ram) and 3.06 GHz Intel core 2 Duo (4GH 1067 Mhz RAM).


1 Will using the newer, 3.06 GHz iMac provide faster network speed  
with the Genie server?


2 What regular housekeeping should we be doing to ensure the integrity  
or the hard drive?


3 Is there any way of telling of when we should be replacing the hard  
drive?


Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
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Re: Corrupt file - options ?

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Steven,

You can't restore to a different machine from a Time Machine backup, the 
restore has to be to the same computer. 
If you want to transfer your files to a different Mac, you should use Migration 
Assistant instead. 

The Migration Assistant appears when you are first setting up your new Mac or 
you can find it in the Utilities folder of your Mac.  If you are already 
affected by the issues because "Restore System From Backup" was used instead of 
Migration Assistant.
You could, perform a reinstallation of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, using the 
Mac OS X v10.6 DVD included with the computer or a Snow Leopard retail DVD.







Cheers,
Ronni

On 18/07/2010, at 5:24 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> 
> Hi Ronni
> 
> I was using a 17" MacBook Pro as my primary machine, which was backed up to a 
> Time Capsule.
> 
> Some evidence of hard disk failure started to appear in the MBP, which 
> ultimately led to me taking it in for inspection. The hard disk was replaced.
> 
> I had to leave the MBP to await replacement disk, and so in the meantime 
> restored the backed up file to a more recent model 13" MacBook. Both MBP and 
> MB running latest versions of SL mind you. 
> 
> Once the MBP was ready, I stopped using the MB, but restored the latest 
> backup from Time Capsule to the MBP.
> 
> So I guess the problem I'm experiencing with corrupt files could be a result 
> of restoring a backed up file to MB and then back to MBP, if as you say 
> problems can occur when restoring files to a different kind of Mac (which if 
> so is a big problem ... if a hard drive crashes, it is most likely that a 
> user will be restoring to a different kind of Mac simply due to the passing 
> of time and model updates), or perhaps corruption was occurring during the 
> period in which I was experiencing signs of a failing hard disk on the MBP, 
> and so as files became corrupt they too were backed up to the TC. No way of 
> telling, and with 735,000+ files on the hard disk, impractical for me to 
> check files one by one for corruption.
> 
> I suppose I could restore my oldest backup on the Time Capsule to a spare 
> hard disk, to maximise my chances of recovering files found to be corrupt 
> along the way, but the only spare hard disk I have is in another MacBook, and 
> that seems like a waste of a MacBook.
> 
> I suppose the world still turned before people became so paranoid about 
> having their life backed up.
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> On 18/07/2010, at 9:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello Steven,
>> 
>> On 17/07/2010, at 5:57 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> I seem to be coming across too many image files lately which for some 
>>> reason have become corrupt. They seem to have become corrupt following a 
>>> restore from Time Capsule, after one of my machines died.
>> 
>> Am I understanding correctly that you restored your system backup on Time 
>> Capsule to a new/different machine?
>> If this is the case, how did you do the System Restore?
>> 
>> Restoring a Time Machine backup to a different kind of Mac can cause issues.
>> 
>>> The reason I suspect this is because I can usually dive back into Time 
>>> Capsule to recover a pre-restore version of the file and all is fine. 
>>> Though that's only going to be good for so long until the older backups 
>>> start to be replaced.
>>> 
>>> There is one particular pdf file which although digging out the pre-restore 
>>> version, that version is corrupt also. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
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USB vs Firewire

[Rod Blitvich]

Some interesting figuresI copied a 23 GB folder to a USB Drive and then to a Firewire Drive. The FW drive is several years old, the USB is new (don't know if that makes a difference)Firewire was slower.Firewire = 22 minUSB = 12 minBlitto
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Re: Free laser printer & zip drive

[John Daniels]

Hi Peter
I would appreciate your offer of the printer if it's still going.
Cheers
John
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> Just bought a new laser printer at the end of June, so now my trusty Brother 
> HL 1240 is ready to go to a good home for free. It works well and has a spare 
> cartridge.
> 
> I also have an Iomega 100Mb disk drive and about 12 disks also for free.
> Regards,
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Re: Corrupt file - options ?

[Steven Knowles]

Correction ... the 13" Macbook I referred to is an MBP also I think ... anyway, 
the one in the aluminium case. It's probably irrelevant anyway.


On 18/07/2010, at 2:06 PM, Jim D wrote:

> I'm a newbie on Mac, 13" MBP, from Linux for a decade.  Still have all my 
> other machines on Linux (Mint).  When I got my MBP I looked at Time Capsule 
> and read the reports on the Apple site.
> 
> Horror!!
> 
> Hundreds of complaints.  Seemed not to last past 2 years at most, most from a 
> fried power supply, a frying that also knackered the hard too!?  Ugh...
> 
> So I looked elsewhere and got the WD My Book World Edition II, 2TB, $400, and 
> it seems, thus far quite satisfactory, using time machine software to talk to 
> it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On 18 July 2010 17:24, Steven Knowles  wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronni
> 
> I was using a 17" MacBook Pro as my primary machine, which was backed up to a 
> Time Capsule.
> 
> Some evidence of hard disk failure started to appear in the MBP, which 
> ultimately led to me taking it in for inspection. The hard disk was replaced.
> 
> I had to leave the MBP to await replacement disk, and so in the meantime 
> restored the backed up file to a more recent model 13" MacBook. Both MBP and 
> MB running latest versions of SL mind you.
> 
> Once the MBP was ready, I stopped using the MB, but restored the latest 
> backup from Time Capsule to the MBP.
> 
> So I guess the problem I'm experiencing with corrupt files could be a result 
> of restoring a backed up file to MB and then back to MBP, if as you say 
> problems can occur when restoring files to a different kind of Mac (which if 
> so is a big problem ... if a hard drive crashes, it is most likely that a 
> user will be restoring to a different kind of Mac simply due to the passing 
> of time and model updates), or perhaps corruption was occurring during the 
> period in which I was experiencing signs of a failing hard disk on the MBP, 
> and so as files became corrupt they too were backed up to the TC. No way of 
> telling, and with 735,000+ files on the hard disk, impractical for me to 
> check files one by one for corruption.
> 
> I suppose I could restore my oldest backup on the Time Capsule to a spare 
> hard disk, to maximise my chances of recovering files found to be corrupt 
> along the way, but the only spare hard disk I have is in another MacBook, and 
> that seems like a waste of a MacBook.
> 
> I suppose the world still turned before people became so paranoid about 
> having their life backed up.
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> -- 
> Jim Duffield
> 0405583977
> Skype:  oldozsapper
> 
> Australian two party system:  "In any event...the real need for reform is not 
> so much in the institutions of government as in the political parties. They 
> have become narrowly based, factionalised, undemocratic oligarchies, apt to 
> be controlled by too few people, closed to public view but open to 
> manipulation and outright corruption. Reforming them would make the 
> institutions of government work better without changing those institutions, 
> but without reforming them the institutions cannot work very much better than 
> they do at present." - Harry Evans, Clerk to the Senate in 'The Australian' 
> 10 March 1997.



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Re: Corrupt file - options ?

[Jim D]

I'm a newbie on Mac, 13" MBP, from Linux for a decade.  Still have all my
other machines on Linux (Mint).  When I got my MBP I looked at Time Capsule
and read the reports on the Apple site.

Horror!!

Hundreds of complaints.  Seemed not to last past 2 years at most, most from
a fried power supply, a frying that also knackered the hard too!?  Ugh...

So I looked elsewhere and got the WD My Book World Edition II, 2TB, $400,
and it seems, thus far quite satisfactory, using time machine software to
talk to it.

Cheers,

Jim


On 18 July 2010 17:24, Steven Knowles  wrote:

>
> Hi Ronni
>
> I was using a 17" MacBook Pro as my primary machine, which was backed up to
> a Time Capsule.
>
> Some evidence of hard disk failure started to appear in the MBP, which
> ultimately led to me taking it in for inspection. The hard disk was
> replaced.
>
> I had to leave the MBP to await replacement disk, and so in the meantime
> restored the backed up file to a more recent model 13" MacBook. Both MBP and
> MB running latest versions of SL mind you.
>
> Once the MBP was ready, I stopped using the MB, but restored the latest
> backup from Time Capsule to the MBP.
>
> So I guess the problem I'm experiencing with corrupt files could be a
> result of restoring a backed up file to MB and then back to MBP, if as you
> say problems can occur when restoring files to a different kind of Mac
> (which if so is a big problem ... if a hard drive crashes, it is most likely
> that a user will be restoring to a different kind of Mac simply due to the
> passing of time and model updates), or perhaps corruption was occurring
> during the period in which I was experiencing signs of a failing hard disk
> on the MBP, and so as files became corrupt they too were backed up to the
> TC. No way of telling, and with 735,000+ files on the hard disk, impractical
> for me to check files one by one for corruption.
>
> I suppose I could restore my oldest backup on the Time Capsule to a spare
> hard disk, to maximise my chances of recovering files found to be corrupt
> along the way, but the only spare hard disk I have is in another MacBook,
> and that seems like a waste of a MacBook.
>
> I suppose the world still turned before people became so paranoid about
> having their life backed up.
>
> Cheers, Steven
>
> --
Jim Duffield
0405583977
Skype:  oldozsapper

Australian two party system:  "In any event...the real need for reform is
not so much in the institutions of government as in the political parties.
They have become narrowly based, factionalised, undemocratic oligarchies,
apt to be controlled by too few people, closed to public view but open to
manipulation and outright corruption. Reforming them would make the
institutions of government work better without changing those institutions,
but without reforming them the institutions cannot work very much better
than they do at present." - Harry Evans, Clerk to the Senate in 'The
Australian' 10 March 1997.


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Re: Corrupt file - options ?

[Steven Knowles]

Hi Ronni

I was using a 17" MacBook Pro as my primary machine, which was backed up to a 
Time Capsule.

Some evidence of hard disk failure started to appear in the MBP, which 
ultimately led to me taking it in for inspection. The hard disk was replaced.

I had to leave the MBP to await replacement disk, and so in the meantime 
restored the backed up file to a more recent model 13" MacBook. Both MBP and MB 
running latest versions of SL mind you. 

Once the MBP was ready, I stopped using the MB, but restored the latest backup 
from Time Capsule to the MBP.

So I guess the problem I'm experiencing with corrupt files could be a result of 
restoring a backed up file to MB and then back to MBP, if as you say problems 
can occur when restoring files to a different kind of Mac (which if so is a big 
problem ... if a hard drive crashes, it is most likely that a user will be 
restoring to a different kind of Mac simply due to the passing of time and 
model updates), or perhaps corruption was occurring during the period in which 
I was experiencing signs of a failing hard disk on the MBP, and so as files 
became corrupt they too were backed up to the TC. No way of telling, and with 
735,000+ files on the hard disk, impractical for me to check files one by one 
for corruption.

I suppose I could restore my oldest backup on the Time Capsule to a spare hard 
disk, to maximise my chances of recovering files found to be corrupt along the 
way, but the only spare hard disk I have is in another MacBook, and that seems 
like a waste of a MacBook.

I suppose the world still turned before people became so paranoid about having 
their life backed up.

Cheers, Steven

On 18/07/2010, at 9:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> Hello Steven,
> 
> On 17/07/2010, at 5:57 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> I seem to be coming across too many image files lately which for some reason 
>> have become corrupt. They seem to have become corrupt following a restore 
>> from Time Capsule, after one of my machines died.
> 
> Am I understanding correctly that you restored your system backup on Time 
> Capsule to a new/different machine?
> If this is the case, how did you do the System Restore?
> 
> Restoring a Time Machine backup to a different kind of Mac can cause issues.
> 
>> The reason I suspect this is because I can usually dive back into Time 
>> Capsule to recover a pre-restore version of the file and all is fine. Though 
>> that's only going to be good for so long until the older backups start to be 
>> replaced.
>> 
>> There is one particular pdf file which although digging out the pre-restore 
>> version, that version is corrupt also. 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni


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Link to video from iPhone 4 conference / Steve Jobs

[Daniel Kerr]

In the press conference they referenced a video about the "so called"
"Antenna problem".
Was just having a look through it and it's very funny (and well done).
The same guy then wrote one about Steve Jobs, which is actually quite good
as well.

For those interested, the links are here:-

The iPhone Antenna Song


Steve Jobs:-


(Apparently he writes a song a day,...lol).

Enjoy! Just thought I'd share it,.. :)

Kind Regards
Daniel
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