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Re: What are the chances (bandwidth) - Today
Another favorite: QuoteWhat a wonderful bird the frog are When he stand he sit almost; When he hop he fly almost. He ain't got no sense hardly; He ain't got no tail hardly either. When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got almost. —Anon. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
Quotesekker 2) I am KEEPING the SL copy around for some time to come. After my successful upgrade to ML, I now keep a CCC clone plus my TM. But I still have the SL boot drive around just in case I need to go back for a Rosetta application. As we discussed in this thread, I am thinking of keeping SL around as a virtual machine in either Parallels or Fusion, probably Parallels, since I alrby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
QuoteChakravartin QuotemrlynnUpdating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? No. But it may save you some trouble if you use a program like Onyx to clear user and system caches and then reboot before installing the new OS. I have found that most problems people experience jumping from 10.6.8 to 10.8.x are due to problems with those caches. ...And are you sure that your Macby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
BTW, I ran Disk Utility and verified my HD. Then I ran Repair Permissions. There were a lot, so I ran it again, and again, and again. It keeps finding things to repair. What's up with that? Used to be once or twice was plenty. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
MNB, after watching a technician remove the glass from my 27" iMac, I don't think I want to do it myself; I'm enough of a klutz that even if I don't break it I'll end up with dirt, cat hair, smudges, and whatnot inside. I've no problem swapping HDs in the old Dell Optiplexes that we used to have in the office, but those are designed (with plastic carriers) to make it easy. The iMac andby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
QuoteGGD Quoterz Quotemrlynn I got iPhones for myself and my wife. I want to sync contacts with my iMac, via iCloud, which requires ML. How often are you adding contacts that you have the need to constantly sync them? And do you realize that you can sync the iPhone contacts with your SL Address book without iCloud, just using iTunes when you connect it to the Mac, and you can back it upby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
MrNoBody, are you using an external HD for your User accounts and data? You'll pay a performance penalty for that. Or have you got a machine with room for two drives? That's a luxury these days (where is our inexpensive mid-sized tower, oh Apple lords?). My iMac has but one HD, and an optical drive, which I do use. So everything is going to stay on the one internal. I expect that's true oby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: another bridge bites the dust :( - Today
Sounds like the engineer of one train ran a red light at the track-crossing diamond. Lucky someone wasn't killed. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Don't you dare watch Arrested Development today on Netflix! - Today
Dare I ask: What's "Arrested Development," and why is it important? /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
Quotesamintx Don't upgrade. Everyday after my migration I have a new weird window pop up telling me I've done or not done something that is NOT TRUE ! ?? I haven't heard that from anyone else here, but I'm not here all the time, either. It sounds more like the kind of thing that Windoze users encounter routinely. Maybe you should elaborate in a separate post and see if the gurus here can diagby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Woman kicked out of gym for one minute cell phone call!!!!! - Today
Quotemodelamac I don't need to hear the latest gossip right now, or that you found a great deal, or found something I was looking for. I don't care what you are doing right now. I don't need instant gratification. I'm busy giving all of my attention to the present task, be it the people around me, driving, whatever occupies me at the moment. You should be too. :oldfogey: Hear! Hear! /by mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
QuoteDP Why are you doing it? I'm one of those on this august forum that isn't touching ML-too many problems. SL for me is stable, fast, and, and if it ain't broke... I got iPhones for myself and my wife. I want to sync contacts with my iMac, via iCloud, which requires ML. So I'm being sucked into the whirlpool of the 'Apple ecosystem', like it or not. The alternatives? Microsoft, or Googlby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
Thanks, WHiiP— That article was useful. One thing I didn't know is that ML deletes the Installer when it's done. I assumed I still had it from the install I did recently on my MacBook Pro. Nope; it's gone. Oh well. Better check my HD, and also see if my clone will still boot the iMac. And I've got to update some applications, especially Parallels. Funny thing is, I've got a pile oby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: What are the chances (bandwidth) - Today
QuoteA wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican, He can take in his beak Enough food for a week But I'm damned if I see how the helican! —Dixon Lanier Merritt (1879–1972) was an American poet and humorist. He was a newspaper editor for the Tennessean, Nashville's morning paper, and President of the American Press Humorists Association. He penned this wellby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Updating from 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion: Any Need To Wipe Drive? - Today
I know this has been discussed up, down, and sideways, but just to be sure: Is there any reason why I should not just download ML and run it on my iMac without wiping the HD and starting from scratch? I really don't have the time to reinstall applications, etc. There's doubtless a lot of junk that it would behoove me to weed out, but I'd really rather not bother. I just want to upgrade toby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Another iPhone Question: Why Can't I See the Computers and Printers on the Network? - Yesterday
Quotedavemchine Files Connect This program will let you see all the shares on your network and access files. A very good program. Your phone should see any printer with AirPrint capabilities. If your printer doesn't have that you can install FingerPrint onto a computer and it will make your printers work with your ios devices. Hmm. . . Collobos suggested downloading Bonjour Browser (freeby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Another iPhone Question: Why Can't I See the Computers and Printers on the Network? - 2 days ago
Following upon this thread, I'm puzzled why I can't see printers on our home network. And then, why can't I see the computers on the network, either? The iPhone certainly sees the network, and uses it fine. You would think it would be able to share files, or at least see shared files, and print to any network printers. I know Apple has this thing called Air Print, but while my printeby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
NEVER MIND [Re: Have to Update Parallels for ML?] - 2 days ago
Found this on the Parallels Forum: QuoteI'm afraid due to massive changes in Lion (Mac OS 10.7) and Mountain Lion (Mac OS 10.8), Parallels Desktop 6 is not compatible with Mountain Lion. And only the latest build of PD 6 is partially compatible with Mac OS 10.7 Lion. So that answers the question. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Have to Update Parallels for ML? - 2 days ago
I'm perfectly happy with Parallels 6 under Snow Leopard, but I'm planning to move to Mountain Lion. Do I have to update Parallels to v. 8? Or is it fine to stick with 6? Parallels wants $50 for the upgrade. Oddly, Amazon offers a new (boxed, I assume) edition of Parallels 8 for the same price. Odd. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: "Parasites May Be Good for You!" - 2 days ago
QuoteMGS_forgot_password By definition, if they are good for you, they technically aren't parasites. Yes, the distinction between parasite and symbiote is often blurry. The benign bacteria in your gut are symbiotes, helping to maintain your digestive health. Hookworms and whipworms may be helpful in providing the necessary stresses for tuning your immune system against over-reacting to invadeby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: So I say to the cop, "No." - 2 days ago
Near Harvard Square a short street called Mason St. joins Brattle St. at a bit of an angle. There's a stop sign there, but most drivers roll through it, turning right, as did I one Saturday afternoon. Suddenly there were blue lights in my rear-view mirror. I pointed out to the Cambridge policeman that no one ever stopped for that sign. "Yeah," he said, but not with a police car behiby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
"Parasites May Be Good for You!" - 2 days ago
QuoteWorm therapy: Why parasites may be good for you By Rachel Nuwer Jim Turk initially put his symptoms down to stress. The self-described "health nut" who was in training to run marathons suddenly found himself unable to jog for more than a couple of minutes before coming to a gasping, staggering halt. His speech began to slur. Turk, then in his early thirties, blamed the combinby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Smart-Phone App vs. Website—Which Is Better? - 2 days ago
DRR, I figured an 'in general' response might be more useful. The product is the Tarascon Pharmacopoeia: /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Smart-Phone App vs. Website—Which Is Better? - 2 days ago
My wife wants to subscribe to a pharmaceutical database. The company offers a smart-phone app. They also offer an 'online' Web subscription, which you can access from any computer or mobile device. Obviously the latter is more versatile. But looking at it just on her iPhone, is the dedicated iOS app likely to be easier to view and search than the website? Or would they be the same? /Mrby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Finally! someone is making Mac clones! - 2 days ago
"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery." —Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, volume I, no. 183 (1780 - 1832) Usually rendered as "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: Wood Ducks, Herons & Turtles - pics from the park (BW Warning) - 2 days ago
QuoteWHiiP I follow you pics as well. Always nice. I think a nice letter to your local mayor and the guy in charge of parks would be in order. I'm sure that the employees Never get any recognition. Put a smile on their face! :agree: with both sentiments. Do those herons always stand on one leg? /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: So I say to the cop, "No." - 2 days ago
QuoteSpeedy I am going to take her to a different stop today. My wife says I am stupid if I don't move to another stop. And she says that I better not even think about getting a moving violation (impeding traffic) because of our insurance as well as the fine. She is even less keen than anything about me fighting it in court because of the money but says I can call the attorney just to see howby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: So I say to the cop, "No." - 3 days ago
No shoulder, no parking. Sounds like you're blocking a travel lane, light traffic notwithstanding. Is it worth your time going to court for such a minor matter, just because you're ticked off? I'd say forget about it and drive to a different bus stop. Or, if you've got all this free time, drive your daughter to work. Good chance for a nice chat. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: New (Used) Watch: Hamilton Navy Pioneer - 3 days ago
Handsome watch. I like that the minute and second hands actually touch the markings. Of course, to be authentic '40s, you'll need to wind it by hand. /Mr Lynnby mrlynn - Tips and Deals
Re: New to iPhone: Where's the Finder? - 3 days ago
Quotedecay iExplorer, when it's connected to your Mac. iExplorer lets you easily transfer music, movies and playlists from any iPhone, iPod or iPad to your computer and iTunes. With its gorgeous user interface, you can view and save your photos, SMS, voicemail, address book contacts and even call histories. iExplorer can also seamlessly mount your iPhone or iPad like a flash drive in Mac'by mrlynn - Tips and Deals