My 4yr old was banging on the keyboard and now all the color schemes are messed up, the color setting in System Preference don't indicate the right colors. A restart hasn't fixed it. Running Tiger. -Paul Meyer Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org
----- Original Message ---- From: Phil Marchetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 9:58:50 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] cloning iMac drive Gerald, I'd say to get an external FireWire hard drive either 400 or 800MHz transfer speed. Forget the USB drives that you have as backup drives for your Mac, use FW. Use the USB drives for other things. I have not had a chance to evaluate Time Machine that comes with OS 10.5 So, I'd say... Get software called SuperDuper, set the schedule for every day or every week and you will have a clone (and a complete backup) with minimum fuss, and high reliability. SuperDuper is $28 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ A good FW drive from OWC is a good thing. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go A compact (no power adapter needed) 160GB 5400 RPM is $150 and has FW 400 + USB 2.0 ! Hard to beat and I have dozens of them running all over DC on my customers Mac's. I use the default schedule of 9:30PM on most of them. Phil Marchetti Mac & PC consultant for over 15 years. On Nov 4, 2007, at 9:51 AM, gerald wrote: > bought wife an iMac last month. bought a copy of 10.5 for her to > load. she wants to clone her drive with the 10.4.X on it before > install of 10.5. > > there is a recommendation of using an external firewire drive > instead of an external USB drive. I have a couple USB drives > around, but do not have a firewire around. is it really better or > necessary to use firewire? > > will the 2.4ghz 24" support a second internal sata drive? is the > cable or connection for support already in the machine? > > > ********************************************************************** > ** > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in > <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L > YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: ComputerGuys-L- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************************************** > ** > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ********************************************************************** > ** ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
