It's wired with home sharing on, but I just want to have it as a back up on other computers. Got my 4 port Real USB 2.0 PCI today, $19.99 new from computer store, and installed it in my G4 MDD. 7.5gb's took like 3 mins, or so (not 8 hours as with USB 1.0). Woot Woot!!!
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Sri Gupta <srigu...@tulanealumni.net> wrote: On Mar 24, 4:55 pm, akfreeridemtber <akfreeridemt...@yahoo.com> wrote: True. I'm home sharing my iTunes between my Mac Mini, G5 and want to put it on my Power Mac G4 MDD. USB 1.0 sucks. It said it would be 8 plus hours for only 2.7 gb's... : ( Sent from my iPhone If it's wired, share the folder over the network. Even with overhead, AFP should be faster than USB 1.0. Or get a firewire drive ;) Also, Other World Computing has a 4-port USB 2.0 card for $22. Compatible with all G4 Powermacs. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/IOGear/GIC251U/ -sri -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
