date:20081220





Hullo David

Thank you for replying - and thanks to everyone else who has been  
trying to help with my iPhoto problem.


I have tried various suggestions from WAMUG and also some given to  
me off-line, however with no luck.  I work with my iPhotos a lot,  
nearly every day - this is my passion - so if I lost my thousands  
and thousands of photos it would be a disaster for me.


To those who have recommended that I find someone to come and look  
at the Apple, I think that it is best I now do this.  I am starting  
already to have difficulty remembering what steps I have taken to  
rectify the problem, so I think it is time to call a halt.  Maybe  
the Apple help-line may be able to talk me over a solution on Monday  
morning, but maybe not.


Incidentally, I think the iPhoto Library was under my name, which  
was next to a home emblem, so perhaps something strange happened  
when I was first set up early this year with my (first) Apple.


My Apple details are as follows:

Mac OSX v.10.5.5
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
*Startup Disc - Information for this is not under the Apple emblem,  
with the above info.


I live in Kalamunda - I can see that you seem to be in Manjimup  
David!  Do you know of anyone who lives up this way?


Does anyone know of an Apple expert who lives near to Kalamunda?

Any names/phone no's. would be appreciated.

Many thanks - what a lot of frustration this rainy Saturday.

Again, thank you to everyone who responded.

Peta

On 20/12/2008, at 4:22 PM, David Moyle wrote:


Hey Peta

You seem to be experiencing some serious issue with iPhoto there,
where abouts do you live?

Cheers
Thanks, David Moyle

Manjimup, WA
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Any charities out there?

2008-12-20 Thread Lodge family


Hi all

Have several powermacs that I cannot use and would like to donate to  
school or charity.

They are G4 400 with 512Mb ram or more.
Please contact off list if interested.

Rob


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Re: iPhoto Issue

2008-12-20 Thread Les Standish


Hi Peta,
Use the Apple help line only as a last resort. The last time I use  
the service I was charged and it wasn't cheap.


Regards
Les Standish

On 20/12/2008, at 5:28 PM, peta belczowski wrote:





Hullo David

Thank you for replying - and thanks to everyone else who has been  
trying to help with my iPhoto problem.


I have tried various suggestions from WAMUG and also some given to  
me off-line, however with no luck.  I work with my iPhotos a lot,  
nearly every day - this is my passion - so if I lost my thousands  
and thousands of photos it would be a disaster for me.


To those who have recommended that I find someone to come and look  
at the Apple, I think that it is best I now do this.  I am starting  
already to have difficulty remembering what steps I have taken to  
rectify the problem, so I think it is time to call a halt.  Maybe  
the Apple help-line may be able to talk me over a solution on  
Monday morning, but maybe not.


Incidentally, I think the iPhoto Library was under my name, which  
was next to a home emblem, so perhaps something strange happened  
when I was first set up early this year with my (first) Apple.


My Apple details are as follows:

Mac OSX v.10.5.5
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
*Startup Disc - Information for this is not under the Apple emblem,  
with the above info.


I live in Kalamunda - I can see that you seem to be in Manjimup  
David!  Do you know of anyone who lives up this way?


Does anyone know of an Apple expert who lives near to Kalamunda?

Any names/phone no's. would be appreciated.

Many thanks - what a lot of frustration this rainy Saturday.

Again, thank you to everyone who responded.

Peta

On 20/12/2008, at 4:22 PM, David Moyle wrote:


Hey Peta

You seem to be experiencing some serious issue with iPhoto there,
where abouts do you live?

Cheers
Thanks, David Moyle

Manjimup, WA
e: moyla...@westnet.com.au






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Problem Solved: iPhoto Issue

Thank you all so very much for your efforts to help me with my missing  
iPhoto and my icon dropping from the dock (two problems).


This problem was caused by, in some mysterious unknown way, the iPhoto  
having placed intself into the wrong directory.  Now, a happy ending,  
I am reunited with my photos.


Have a great weekend and a fantastic Christmas/New Year break.

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Re: Problem Solved: iPhoto Issue


Hi Peta,

You mentioned in one email how important your photos are to you, it  
would be devastating to loose all your photos.


 I work with my iPhotos a lot, nearly every day - this is my passion  
- so if I lost my thousands and thousands of photos it would be a  
disaster for me.


Make sure you are doing current backups of your iPhoto Library onto an  
External Firewire Drive, or at least burn CD's / DVD's of all your  
photos.


Cheers,
Ronni


On 20/12/2008, at 6:19 PM, peta belczowski wrote:

Thank you all so very much for your efforts to help me with my  
missing iPhoto and my icon dropping from the dock (two problems).


This problem was caused by, in some mysterious unknown way, the  
iPhoto having placed intself into the wrong directory.  Now, a happy  
ending, I am reunited with my photos.


Have a great weekend and a fantastic Christmas/New Year break.

Peta



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Re: Problem Solved: iPhoto Issue


Thanks for this Ronni

Yes, I had plugged in my Maxtor external hard drive (which I had been  
using with my Toshiba notebook and which was  set to automatically  
back up every 24 hours) when I bought my Apple earlier this year.  I  
unplugged the Maxtor a while ago because I don't think it was that  
happy to work with the Apple.  So on my list of things to buy was an  
external hard drive for the Apple.  These were really expensive at  
that time, so it was put onto hold.  I note they have been coming down  
in price more and more recently.


Any recommendations of brand/size or other thoughts?

*Incidentally, I did not discover and solve the (various) problems  
with iPhoto by myself - I had a very patient and helpful off-line  
helper, during nearly the whole of Saturday.  So much appreciated -  
there was no way that I could have solved this by myself!


Peta


On 21/12/2008, at 7:58 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Peta,

You mentioned in one email how important your photos are to you, it  
would be devastating to loose all your photos.


I work with my iPhotos a lot, nearly every day - this is my passion  
- so if I lost my thousands and thousands of photos it would be a  
disaster for me.


Make sure you are doing current backups of your iPhoto Library onto  
an External Firewire Drive, or at least burn CD's / DVD's of all  
your photos.


Cheers,
Ronni


On 20/12/2008, at 6:19 PM, peta belczowski wrote:

Thank you all so very much for your efforts to help me with my  
missing iPhoto and my icon dropping from the dock (two problems).


This problem was caused by, in some mysterious unknown way, the  
iPhoto having placed intself into the wrong directory.  Now, a  
happy ending, I am reunited with my photos.


Have a great weekend and a fantastic Christmas/New Year break.

Peta



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Re: Problem Solved: iPhoto Issue

2008-12-20 Thread Mike Armson

G'Day Peta
Had your problem with iPhoto on three machines using Apple Time Capsule and
WD My Book (both 500GB). No problems with a Unitek SATA HDD Docking Station
and Superduper, about $65 plus whatever size HD you use.
www.engadget.com/2008/06/26/uniteks-sata-hdd-dock-throws-in-multicard-reader
-one-touch-bac/

Seasons Greetings
Mike Armson


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 Any recommendations of brand/size or other thoughts?
 
 
 
 Make sure you are doing current backups of your iPhoto Library onto
 an External Firewire Drive, or at least burn CD's / DVD's of all
 your photos.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 

 
 
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Re: Problem Solved: iPhoto Issue


Hi Peta,

I highly recommend Western Digital External  Firewire Drives. The SATA  
3.5 1TB (as long as you have a Firewire 800 port) or the Western  
Digital 3.5 IDE 7200rpm Drives (Firewire 400 port) in a Sarotech  
HardBox enclosures.

I've never had any of my drives fail.

Send an email to Daniel Kerr. I have purchased all my drives at  
reasonable prices from Daniel Kerr of Macwizardry,

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Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 8:50 AM, peta belczowski wrote:


Thanks for this Ronni

Yes, I had plugged in my Maxtor external hard drive (which I had  
been using with my Toshiba notebook and which was  set to  
automatically back up every 24 hours) when I bought my Apple earlier  
this year.  I unplugged the Maxtor a while ago because I don't think  
it was that happy to work with the Apple.  So on my list of things  
to buy was an external hard drive for the Apple.  These were really  
expensive at that time, so it was put onto hold.  I note they have  
been coming down in price more and more recently.


Any recommendations of brand/size or other thoughts?

*Incidentally, I did not discover and solve the (various) problems  
with iPhoto by myself - I had a very patient and helpful off-line  
helper, during nearly the whole of Saturday.  So much appreciated -  
there was no way that I could have solved this by myself!


Peta


On 21/12/2008, at 7:58 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Peta,

You mentioned in one email how important your photos are to you, it  
would be devastating to loose all your photos.


I work with my iPhotos a lot, nearly every day - this is my  
passion - so if I lost my thousands and thousands of photos it  
would be a disaster for me.


Make sure you are doing current backups of your iPhoto Library onto  
an External Firewire Drive, or at least burn CD's / DVD's of all  
your photos.


Cheers,
Ronni


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HP Photosmart Studio

2008-12-20 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond


Has anyone used this application.  Opinion?
Thank you
Merv

http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/free/software/index.html
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DROBO - Storage Robot


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to send  
some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using the  
2nd Generation DROBO-Storage Robot for over a month now and I'm  
thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting on  
my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always available  
and it's also inherently backed-up on the Drobo and protected  
against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big Pool of  
Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5 SATA1  SATA11  
Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB SATA  
Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being used for  
Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the RED ALERT  that I must  
insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the red light.

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobolator.html 



You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace a  
smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or reconfiguration  
is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup software  
and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the backup I use).


 You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2008/04/drobo_hard_drive_bac.html

Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once  
you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple  
external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated as that  
28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet.


This latest release Second Generation has 2 Firewire 800 ports  1  
USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and ease  
you need, with the speed and interface you want.


http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobodemo.html?ID=Macworld1

http://www.drobo.com/Products/FAQs.html

Mini-Review from Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/drobo-second-gen-mini-review/

In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly showing  
Windows side, it's quite informative):
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Reviews/Drobo-DroboShare-In-Depth-Review.html 



The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot unit.  
Then you use your SATA Drives or  purchase more or larger drives when  
you need them.

http://www.conexus.com.au/detail.php?item=DDH001

Cheers,
Ronni



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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot

2008-12-20 Thread Duncan Hardman Lists

I agree this is a great product BUT make sure you update the firmware  
before you format the drives as we had a few minor issues.


Cheers

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/12/2008, at 11:10 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote:


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to  
send some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using the  
2nd Generation DROBO-Storage Robot for over a month now and I'm  
thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting on  
my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always  
available and it's also inherently backed-up on the Drobo and  
protected against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big  
Pool of Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5 SATA1  SATA11  
Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB SATA  
Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being used for  
Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the RED ALERT  that I  
must insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the red  
light.

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobolator.html 



You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace a  
smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or  
reconfiguration is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup software  
and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the backup I use).


You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2008/04/ 
drobo_hard_drive_bac.html


Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once  
you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple  
external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated as that  
28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet.


This latest release Second Generation has 2 Firewire 800 ports  1  
USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and ease  
you need, with the speed and interface you want.


http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobodemo.html?ID=Macworld1

http://www.drobo.com/Products/FAQs.html

Mini-Review from Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/drobo-second-gen-mini-review/

In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly showing  
Windows side, it's quite informative):
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Reviews/Drobo-DroboShare-In-Depth-Review.html 



The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot unit.  
Then you use your SATA Drives or  purchase more or larger drives  
when you need them.

http://www.conexus.com.au/detail.php?item=DDH001

Cheers,
Ronni



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USB flash drive security

Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a  
flash drive being seen?  I have used lockngo with Windows but it  
does not work with MAC OS.


Barry

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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot


That's interesting Duncan.
I know I updated the Firmware without any problems at all. I think if  
I remember Drobo Dashboard asked me to, not sure though?


What issues did you experience?
Was it to do with your Firewall blocking the web-based firmware update?
Or did it fail to install?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 11:50 AM, Duncan Hardman Lists wrote:

I agree this is a great product BUT make sure you update the  
firmware before you format the drives as we had a few minor issues.


Cheers

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/12/2008, at 11:10 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote:


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to  
send some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using  
the 2nd Generation DROBO-Storage Robot for over a month now and  
I'm thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting  
on my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always  
available and it's also inherently backed-up on the Drobo and  
protected against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big  
Pool of Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5 SATA1  SATA11  
Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB SATA  
Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being used  
for Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the RED ALERT  that I  
must insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the  
red light.

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobolator.html 



You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace  
a smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or  
reconfiguration is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup  
software and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the backup  
I use).


You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2008/04/drobo_hard_drive_bac.html 



Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once  
you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple  
external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated as that  
28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet.


This latest release Second Generation has 2 Firewire 800 ports   
1 USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and  
ease you need, with the speed and interface you want.


http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobodemo.html?ID=Macworld1

http://www.drobo.com/Products/FAQs.html

Mini-Review from Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/drobo-second-gen-mini-review/

In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly  
showing Windows side, it's quite informative):
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Reviews/Drobo-DroboShare-In-Depth-Review.html 



The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot  
unit. Then you use your SATA Drives or  purchase more or larger  
drives when you need them.

http://www.conexus.com.au/detail.php?item=DDH001

Cheers,
Ronni



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Re: USB flash drive security

2008-12-20 Thread Neil Houghton

Hi Barry,

One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all anyone can
see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it asks you
for the password. No password, no mount.

Just use Disk utility to create it.

Cheers



Neil
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Email: n...@possumology.com


on 21/12/08 12:19 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote:

 Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a
 flash drive being seen?  I have used lockngo with Windows but it
 does not work with MAC OS.
 
 Barry
 
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Russell Mather - iPhone

Russell - there is a message addressed to me with your smartchat  
address in the WAMUG list.  However, there was no message apart from  
Sent from my iPhone.


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backup - possibly DROBO Storage Robot


Thanks everyone for suggestions.

I will contact Daniel.

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Re: USB flash drive security


Hi Barry,

There is a Corsair Flash Padlock. http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.pdf 

http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx if you feel the  
need to buy another flashdrive.


Creating an Encrypted Disk Image on the FlashDrive as Neil has  
suggested is good.
Just make sure to always eject -- since the disk image is encrypted,  
if it is damaged, the whole thing goes kaput!


Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi Barry,

One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all  
anyone can
see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it  
asks you

for the password. No password, no mount.

Just use Disk utility to create it.

Cheers



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on 21/12/08 12:19 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au  
wrote:



Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a
flash drive being seen?  I have used lockngo with Windows but it
does not work with MAC OS.

Barry


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Re: USB flash drive security


Thanks Neil

I was aware of tis method. however. as I understand it this requires  
setting up a new blank image.  I was hoping not to have to copy all  
the information I have on the flash drive to a somewhere and then copy  
it back to an encrypted image.


Barry


On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi Barry,

One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all  
anyone can
see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it  
asks you

for the password. No password, no mount.

Just use Disk utility to create it.

Cheers



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on 21/12/08 12:19 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au  
wrote:



Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a
flash drive being seen?  I have used lockngo with Windows but it
does not work with MAC OS.

Barry

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Anybody with surplus CD/DVD-rom from G4 Mac ?

2008-12-20 Thread Robert Howells


Hi Everybody ,

I could use a CD/DVD-Rom for the 2 grand kids G4 Digital Audio so they  
can view DVD's  !


Does anybody who has updated have one or 2 of these surplus ?


Thanks

Bob

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Time Machine Failures

2008-12-20 Thread Rod Blitvich

Hi WAMUGers
For several weeks I have been unable to perform a Time Machine backup. It
starts off and then later I discover it has been unable to backup. I get
error messages such as
there was an error copying

Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the
backup volume.

I have removed the old backup and started again - with no success.
I have used Disk Utility to repair the backup drive - it says no problems.

10.5.6
Backing up to an external Firewire 1TB drive.

Please does anyone have any ideas?
Ta
Rod
 


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Re: USB flash drive security

Thanks for that Ronni.

Do you know if these are readily available and if they are
horrendously expensive. They look as if they could solve my problem.
At the moment I have considerable data duplicated onto two flash
drives, one is encrypted for when I need to use it with MAC OS and the
other is protected with lockngo for use on Windows machines (yes I
occasionally have to use these!). What I need is something to secure
the drives for both OS and this could fill the bill.

Regards

Barry

On 21/12/2008, at 1:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Barry,

There is a Corsair Flash Padlock. http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.pdf

http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx if you feel
the need to buy another flashdrive.

Creating an Encrypted Disk Image on the FlashDrive as Neil has
suggested is good.
Just make sure to always eject -- since the disk image is encrypted,
if it is damaged, the whole thing goes kaput!

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

Hi Barry,

One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all
anyone can
see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it
asks you

for the password. No password, no mount.

Just use Disk utility to create it.

Cheers

Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com

on 21/12/08 12:19 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au
wrote:

Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a
flash drive being seen? I have used lockngo with Windows but it
does not work with MAC OS.

Barry

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Re: Time Machine Failures

2008-12-20 Thread Eugene


Hi Rod,

Not sure if this helps but make sure you have verified the  
permissions on the source drive with 'Disc Utilities'. And that you  
have ownership on all the enclosed files that are being backed up.


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 21/12/2008, at 2:27 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:


Hi WAMUGers
For several weeks I have been unable to perform a Time Machine  
backup. It
starts off and then later I discover it has been unable to backup.  
I get

error messages such as
there was an error copying

Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files  
to the

backup volume.

I have removed the old backup and started again - with no success.
I have used Disk Utility to repair the backup drive - it says no  
problems.


10.5.6
Backing up to an external Firewire 1TB drive.

Please does anyone have any ideas?
Ta
Rod



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Re: Time Machine Failures



On 21/12/2008, at 2:27 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:


Hi WAMUGers
For several weeks I have been unable to perform a Time Machine  
backup. It
starts off and then later I discover it has been unable to backup. I  
get

error messages such as
there was an error copying

Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to  
the

backup volume.

I have removed the old backup and started again - with no success.
I have used Disk Utility to repair the backup drive - it says no  
problems.


10.5.6
Backing up to an external Firewire 1TB drive.

Please does anyone have any ideas?
Ta
Rod


Hi Rod,

It could be choking on a file.

The Time Machine menu bar extra (the reverse-arrow sync icon) will  
have a black triangle exclamation mark in it.
The extra's drop-down menu will have Latest Backup: Failed… in the  
top line.
Selecting that menu item takes the user to the System Prefs pane for  
Time Machine which then shows an info button in red next to the word  
Failed (also in red).


Clicking on the red i brings up a drop-down sheet declaring the  
following:


Time Machine Error

Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to  
the backup volume.


To ascertain which is the offending file, one could use the Console -  
All Messages option.


Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: USB flash drive security

2008-12-20 Thread Neil Houghton

Well, that's one way of doing it.

Another way is to create a blank disc image (or more than one if you want to
split the info into parts) on your mac, then copy the info from the flash
drive to the disc image(s) on the mac. Then erase the flash drive before
copying the disc images across.

I don't know of any way to leave the info in situ on the flash drive and
just lock the drive - but you could always Google - it's amazing what you
can find out there!


Cheers


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on 21/12/08 1:39 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote:

 Thanks Neil
 
 I was aware of tis method. however. as I understand it this requires
 setting up a new blank image.  I was hoping not to have to copy all
 the information I have on the flash drive to a somewhere and then copy
 it back to an encrypted image.
 
 Barry
 
 
 On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
 
 Hi Barry,
 
 One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all
 anyone can
 see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it
 asks you
 for the password. No password, no mount.
 
 Just use Disk utility to create it.
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
 Neil
 -- 
 Neil R. Houghton
 Albany, Western Australia
 Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
 Email: n...@possumology.com
 
 
 on 21/12/08 12:19 PM, Barry Sexstone at bjsexst...@netspace.net.au
 wrote:
 
 Is anyone aware of software to lock and prevent the contents of a
 flash drive being seen?  I have used lockngo with Windows but it
 does not work with MAC OS.
 
 Barry




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Re: USB flash drive security

Hi Barry,

http://www.tech4u.com.au/product_info.php?
products_id=68764ref=ShopBot

$51.77 5 in stock

http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/81791/FLASH_USBFLASH2/Corsair/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.asp

$62.80. RRP $77

Or give Daniel Kerr a call. He will probably be able to source one for
you.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 2:36 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote:

Thanks for that Ronni.

Do you know if these are readily available and if they are
horrendously expensive. They look as if they could solve my
problem. At the moment I have considerable data duplicated onto two
flash drives, one is encrypted for when I need to use it with MAC OS
and the other is protected with lockngo for use on Windows machines
(yes I occasionally have to use these!). What I need is something
to secure the drives for both OS and this could fill the bill.

Regards

Barry

On 21/12/2008, at 1:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Barry,

There is a Corsair Flash Padlock. http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.pdf

http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx if you feel
the need to buy another flashdrive.

Creating an Encrypted Disk Image on the FlashDrive as Neil has
suggested is good.
Just make sure to always eject -- since the disk image is
encrypted, if it is damaged, the whole thing goes kaput!

Cheers,
Ronni

Re: USB flash drive security

Many Thanks

On 21/12/2008, at 2:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Barry,

http://www.tech4u.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=68764ref=ShopBot

$51.77 5 in stock

http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/81791/FLASH_USBFLASH2/Corsair/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.asp

$62.80. RRP $77

Or give Daniel Kerr a call. He will probably be able to source one
for you.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 2:36 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote:

Thanks for that Ronni.

Do you know if these are readily available and if they are
horrendously expensive. They look as if they could solve my
problem. At the moment I have considerable data duplicated onto
two flash drives, one is encrypted for when I need to use it with
MAC OS and the other is protected with lockngo for use on Windows
machines (yes I occasionally have to use these!). What I need is
something to secure the drives for both OS and this could fill the
bill.

Regards

Barry

On 21/12/2008, at 1:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Barry,

There is a Corsair Flash Padlock. http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/CMFUSBPADLOCK-4GB.pdf

http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx if you feel
the need to buy another flashdrive.

Creating an Encrypted Disk Image on the FlashDrive as Neil has
suggested is good.
Just make sure to always eject -- since the disk image is
encrypted, if it is damaged, the whole thing goes kaput!

Cheers,
Ronni

Re: Time Machine Failures

2008-12-20 Thread Rod Blitvich

Hi Ronni and Eugene
I just found this:
 In order to find the corrupted files (Disk Verify in Disk Utility did
not detect the corrupted files) go to the CONSOLE program, them click
system.log. In the finder box for Console, type backupd to narrow the
log to messages associated with backup. Look for references to files
associated with ERROR (-36) after you attept to run the back up. Then delete
those files and restart the backup from where it left off. If it halts
again, go back to the system.log and see if you can pick up any additional
corrupted files and delete them. I found several iPhoto files, as well as
iTunes files I had downloaded which were causing the Time Capsule to abort
backing up. (it was not reassuring that photos would be corrupted like this,
but oh well.) I also ended up deleting the enormous SYSTEM ARCHIVE file from
my old OS before I upgraded to Leopard, because this also seemed like a
problem. 

Looking into Console I found my backup may have been choking on a faulty
file which was identified with the error -36 code.
Have deleted that file and will try again.
Ta
Rod


on 21/12/08 2:41 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote:

 
 On 21/12/2008, at 2:27 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
 
 Hi WAMUGers
 For several weeks I have been unable to perform a Time Machine
 backup. It
 starts off and then later I discover it has been unable to backup. I
 get
 error messages such as
 there was an error copying
 
 Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to
 the
 backup volume.
 
 I have removed the old backup and started again - with no success.
 I have used Disk Utility to repair the backup drive - it says no
 problems.
 
 10.5.6
 Backing up to an external Firewire 1TB drive.
 
 Please does anyone have any ideas?
 Ta
 Rod
 
 Hi Rod,
 
 It could be choking on a file.
 
 The Time Machine menu bar extra (the reverse-arrow sync icon) will
 have a black triangle exclamation mark in it.
 The extra's drop-down menu will have Latest Backup: Failed in the
 top line.
 Selecting that menu item takes the user to the System Prefs pane for
 Time Machine which then shows an info button in red next to the word
 Failed (also in red).
 
 Clicking on the red i brings up a drop-down sheet declaring the
 following:
 
 Time Machine Error
 
 Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to
 the backup volume.
 
 To ascertain which is the offending file, one could use the Console -
 All Messages option.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot

2008-12-20 Thread Duncan Hardman

No problem with updating the firmware but the firmware out of the box  
gave us issues with all red warning lights coming on all the drives  
and therefore no data or protection. Once we had updated the firmware  
for both the drobo and the drobo share we have had no problems at all  
and love it too :)


Hope this clears it up

Cheers

Duncan


On 21/12/2008, at 12:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


That's interesting Duncan.
I know I updated the Firmware without any problems at all. I think  
if I remember Drobo Dashboard asked me to, not sure though?


What issues did you experience?
Was it to do with your Firewall blocking the web-based firmware  
update?

Or did it fail to install?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 11:50 AM, Duncan Hardman Lists wrote:

I agree this is a great product BUT make sure you update the  
firmware before you format the drives as we had a few minor issues.


Cheers

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/12/2008, at 11:10 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au wrote:


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to  
send some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using  
the 2nd Generation DROBO-Storage Robot for over a month now and  
I'm thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting  
on my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always  
available and it's also inherently backed-up on the Drobo and  
protected against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big  
Pool of Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5 SATA1   
SATA11 Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB  
SATA Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being  
used for Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the RED ALERT  that I  
must insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the  
red light.

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobolator.html 



You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace  
a smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or  
reconfiguration is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup  
software and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the  
backup I use).


You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:
http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2008/04/drobo_hard_drive_bac.html 



Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business.  
Once you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping  
multiple external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated  
as that 28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet.


This latest release Second Generation has 2 Firewire 800 ports   
1 USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and  
ease you need, with the speed and interface you want.


http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobodemo.html?ID=Macworld1

http://www.drobo.com/Products/FAQs.html

Mini-Review from Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/drobo-second-gen-mini-review/

In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly  
showing Windows side, it's quite informative):
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Reviews/Drobo-DroboShare-In-Depth-Review.html 



The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot  
unit. Then you use your SATA Drives or  purchase more or larger  
drives when you need them.

http://www.conexus.com.au/detail.php?item=DDH001

Cheers,
Ronni



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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot