Marta, I got nervous a while back about not having things backed up and bought a LaCie HD from Mac Town They come in many sizes with different capacities. Mine has about 250 GB of storage... probably more than I actually needed. When my HD went out, it was good to know I had that to back up anything I might have lost... such as photos, documents, music, etc.
As it turned out, Ward and his cohort Rick there were able to retrieve the info on my computer and "clone" it onto the new hard drive they installed in the iMac. My LaCie back-up hard drive is programmed to automatically duplicate everything I enter into the computer itself onto the LaCie as I go. (Get the hook-up and disconnect sequence from Jerry if you do get one, by the way.) It is a little matte steel box about 7 and 1/4" deep by 4 and 1/4" wide and 1 and 1/2 " high... doesn't take up much room, and is compatible with the appearance of the other things to do with the iMac. I'd get one, if I were you. Mike On Apr 17, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: > Hi Marta, > > The ipod solution is not cost effective unless you desire to ?kill > two birds with one stone? and purchase both an mp3 player and > removable hard disk storage in one device. > > Just an ordinary external firewire hard drive will do the trick and > used in conjunction with a cloning utility like carbon copy cloner, > you are able to create an identical bootable duplicate of your > internal boot drive. > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY ?40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > From: Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> > Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:18:53 -0400 > To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Apple Updates and (Palm errata) > > Thanks, Jerry, since I know your unconventional sense of humour i > wasn't quite sure about those odd numbers- you know of the threes > ,sevens and elevens in fairy tales. - One such number might be enough > to turn you into an ugly dwarf. - - ?I guess I need more than a cup of > coffee to be isighted at any time of day. - Now to a Mac-User question > : Would it be a good idea to have one of those external hard drives so > you have everything backed up, all your settings ?and preferences in > all your applications etc?, in case your interior one gives out? -Ward > suggested once to use your iPod's other half ( if you have that big > size and are not wanting to put all the world's music on it ) as a > hard drive to make a copy of your Mac HD. I would not want to start > from scratch falls eine Katastrophe happened. > Marta > On Apr 16, 2005, at 15:56, Jerry Yeager wrote: > >> Hello Marta, >> >> On Apr 16, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Marta Edie PB wrote: >> >>> Jerry, what is an external firewire drive? I already downloaded that >>> update yesterday ( it comes up automatically), and why would an >>> uneven number make any difference? Or are you just joking like Lee >>> on April1? -I have never known anything about my firewire, it only >>> tells me that I have a firewire running when I do my iTunes and >>> therefore can't share them.( Who would?) ?I could turn this >>> announcement off, but I like to be reminded of this firewire >>> business, so that some day I would ask about it. And the day is now. >> >> Your iMac comes with an internal hard drive, but if you run out of >> space you can get another hard drive and connect it to your Mac using >> either the USB ports or the FireWire ports. >> >> There had been various reports from time to time of folks having >> problems with their external hard drives using FireWire connections >> after a 10.3.n o. s. update (usually the hard drive manufacturer had >> not been very serious about letting folks know about firmware updates >> and so after an update from Apple, there were some problems). These >> usually happened with the odd numbered updates and were fixed in the >> even numbered updates (and by updating the hard drive's firmware). >> >> >>> Palm errata!! Wow, now we are going into Latin, how glorious! BTW- >>> this iSight update i did not do. I doubt that i want to see anybody >>> anyway as I sit in front of this computer before breakfast. >> >> >> Need the morning coffee first ehh? >> >> ????????Jerry >> >>> Marta >>> On Apr 16, 2005, at 14:39, Jerry Yeager wrote: >>> >>>> Hey MIke, Marta is a guru (smile). >>>> >>>> It looks like Apple had nothing to do on a Friday night (smile), >>>> so yesterday they decided to release a couple of updates including >>>> 10.3.9. ?Get via Apple's web-site or via SUPP. >>>> >>>> One note: since this is an odd number update a thought of caution >>>> for those of you with external Firewire hard-drives connected to >>>> your Mac(s). Shutdown the external hard drive before doing the >>>> update. Then start the drive back up afterwards. >>>> >>>> ????????????Jerry >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 16, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mike. ?I ?learned the hard way. ?Having bought a Zire 71 ( a >>>>> couple of years back) I was able to use the hotsync feature (that >>>>> is what palm calls it) employing the palm software and make an >>>>> addressbook and a datebook ?typing data into the computer or/and >>>>> on the Palm (Zire) ,which went fine, but then I had trouble trying >>>>> to put the names from my already existent addressbook and date >>>>> book ( ICal) from Apple to cooperate. I could not sync them (Apple >>>>> calls it isync) ?into my palm. So I found out that I ?had to >>>>> disable the conduits for the hotsync operation , so the palm would >>>>> not get confused. And since the Mac is already set up to sync with >>>>> any palm, that was ?all I had to do. Of course I ?had to call >>>>> Apple and/or Palm to tell me where to find them. >>>>> ?hd/library/application support/ palm hotsync--- then you take >>>>> those conduits into the disabled folder. That folder is in there >>>>> already. ( ?I ?left the notes and todos ?in the enabled folder, >>>>> ?because I only use these features in my handheld )- and the >>>>> pictures ( ?my palm takes pictures) will be synced into pictures >>>>> anyway. - I only know this, because ?wanting to use my palm, I >>>>> ?had to figure it out. >>>>> Marta >>>>> On Apr 16, 2005, at 13:02, Mike Watkins wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Marta, >>>>>> >>>>>> This E-mail answer of yours is very impressive! I have little or >>>>>> no idea what you're talking about, since I've never dealt with a >>>>>> Palm Pilot (or any such creature). You sound like a guru >>>>>> yourself! Using terms such as cross-sync, hotsynching, and >>>>>> software conduits...Wow! >>>>>> >>>>>> Mike >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> But Harry, if you have a .mac account ?and iDisk and want to >>>>>>> sync with other computers, ?or already have an addressbook list >>>>>>> ?of names and calendar with data, you need the palm to isync >>>>>>> unless you want to retype every address into your new palm pilot >>>>>>> individually. -- ?I think, if I remember correctly, that was the >>>>>>> question asked. We, ?too, have one palm pilot here at home (my >>>>>>> husband's) only hotsyncing to one computer ?using only the palm >>>>>>> desktop software for that. And it works well. And I do like the >>>>>>> palm software, too. Palm is even nice enough to correspond with >>>>>>> you by e-mail and, for that matter, get you the right technician >>>>>>> if you tell them their answers were of no help. But if you want >>>>>>> to cross-sync between iCal and Apple addressbook with Palm,just >>>>>>> having bought a new one, you need to use the isync feature of >>>>>>> Apple ?and disable the hotsync feature ?for these two items in >>>>>>> the palm software conduits. >>>>>>> Marta >>>>>>> On Apr 15, 2005, at 16:06, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A while back someone asked about syncing palm pilots to Mac's >>>>>>>> address >>>>>>>> book, etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I just got a new Palm Tungston E to replace my handspring >>>>>>>> visor. I >>>>>>>> already had Palm Desktop OS 4.1 on my computer. I was syncing >>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>> handspring to the Palm software. It worked very well. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When I connected the Tungsten E to my computer and hit the >>>>>>>> hotsync button >>>>>>>> it also worked well. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm very happy with the palm software and have not desire to >>>>>>>> sync it to >>>>>>>> the Address Book or iCal. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>>>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>>>> | List posting address: >>>>>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>>> | List posting address: >>>>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>>> | List posting address: >>>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>>> | List posting address: >>>>> <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not >>>> sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>>> >> ----------------------------------- >> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 16048 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050417/d697cc4e/attachment.bin
