On 7/8/02 7:39 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/8/02 4:00 PM, "Kenneth Frazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Also, is there a "simple" way to copy my MUD from my iMac to my iBook? Via >> direct connection, etc.? I know I could copy it on CD, or zip disk, but it >> would seem that Apple has provided an easier way to do it. Any suggestions? > > There are loads of ways. if you just connect the two machines by Ethernet > cable, set up File Sharing on both machines and just copy it straight from > one to the other - just drag it to the mounted volume of the other computer > that now appears. (You'll have to read up on File Sharing. Your computers > need independent IP addresses, but you can just assign a dummy one if > necessary.) Once set up, you just get there by "Connect to server" in the Go > menu in the Finder. If they're both recent computers, you don't even need > crossover cable - regular ethernet cable will work. > > It's even easier if you have a FireWire cable and at least one of the > computers is recent. You turn it off, connect the cable, hold "T" down on > the keyboard and start it up. It becomes the "target" and now you can > drag-copy to the mounted yellow volumes. You can copy 200 MB in about 20 > seconds by FireWire. Thanks, Paul, Both computers are recent, and the FireWire option is the one I had heard about, but was not too familiar with. I do have the cable. Again, thanks. -- -------------------------------------- Ken Frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "All things swim and glitter. Our life is not so much threatened as our perception." R. W. Emerson, "Experience" -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
