Re: Duplicating

2008-12-15 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 15, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to store a copy of my wifes MacBook HDD on my MDD > computer. > > How do I copy her HDD to one of my storage drives? > > TIA, > > Dan Currie I make a backup copy (clone) of my drive on my Yikes! to an external FW

Duplicating

2008-12-15 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello, I would like to store a copy of my wifes MacBook HDD on my MDD computer. How do I copy her HDD to one of my storage drives? TIA, Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for t

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-13 Thread Dan
At 2:13 PM -0500 12/12/2008, Dan wrote: > >Some of my mp3 tracks are quite old; their volume levels are low >etc. And I'm using a better set of speakers... Got tired of bumping >the volume level of the speakers for one song, just to have the next >blast my ears. Found a "Sound Check" setting

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-12 Thread Dan
At 12:33 PM -0500 12/3/2008, Dan wrote: >At 7:02 AM -0800 12/3/2008, MIKO's Support, Design and Development >Services wrote: Hey! MIKO! You there? ...Setting aside the dups issue for a bit. I figure once I get past the format issues, I'll revisit culling dups. >>1. Always import music whil

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Dan
At 3:01 PM -0800 12/3/2008, MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services wrote: >Did anyone even see my post about iTunes and avoiding duplication? I >thought I was doing something helpful but I never saw it make the list and >never saw any comments... I guess I should just be humorous and p

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Ralph
Howdy, I saw it, but I have no interest in iTunes. It just does not work well enough to merit use. I am responding so you know your message got through. Good day, Ralph On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 15:01 -0800, MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services wrote: > Did anyone even see my post abou

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:01 PM, MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services wrote: > > Did anyone even see my post about iTunes and avoiding duplication? I > thought I was doing something helpful but I never saw it make the > list and > never saw any comments... I guess I should just be hu

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services
Did anyone even see my post about iTunes and avoiding duplication? I thought I was doing something helpful but I never saw it make the list and never saw any comments... I guess I should just be humorous and political and give up trying to be helpful... On 12/3/08 1:00 PM, "Clark Martin" <[EM

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Clark Martin
Bruce Johnson wrote: >> I love my Mac. >> >> Have I mentioned I love my Mac? >> >> Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files >> around etc, was slower than on my 300-MHz Smurf. Mass-changes in >> iTunes tracks... 1/10 the speed of my trusty Smurf. And everything >> to

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Dan wrote: > I noticed that. And it seems to have no mechanism to show which dup > is better (higher quality etc). In View > View Options you can select bitrate, sample rate and kind to display in List view. Higher bitrates == better quality and kind is sortabl

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Dan
At 7:02 AM -0800 12/3/2008, MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services wrote: > >The "Show Duplicates" option is not fully trustworthy because I've >tested it and known duplicates did not show up in the list of >duplicates. iTunes ONLY looks for dupes by exact name. I noticed that. And

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Dan
At 8:53 AM -0700 12/3/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Dec 2, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Dan wrote: > > Did I mention I love my Mac? >> >> Just took a shower. I feel better now. > >Congratulations. Now you know how I feel on a daily basis.:-P I couldn't do it. My skin would be raw from all the anti-coot

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 2, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Dan wrote: > > Spent a few hours tonite using iTunes on a peeeceee (XP), fixing a > broken library. > > OMG. > > I love my Mac. > > Have I mentioned I love my Mac? > > Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files > around etc, was slower than o

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Dec 3, 2008, at 12:09 AM, insightinmind wrote: >> >> Spent a few hours tonite using iTunes on a peeeceee (XP), fixing a >> broken library. >> >> OMG. >> >> I love my Mac. >> >> Have I mentioned I love my Mac? >> >> Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files >> around

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-03 Thread MIKO's Support, Design and Development Services
I meant to get in on this ITunes discussion a while ago. As mentioned before by someone else, iTunes has a "Show Duplicates" option and I'm mentioning it here in case anyone wants all the advice possible (that I can offer) in one document. The "Show Duplicates" option is not fully trustworthy be

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-02 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Dan wrote: > > Spent a few hours tonite using iTunes on a peeeceee (XP), fixing a > broken library. > > OMG. > > I love my Mac. > > Have I mentioned I love my Mac? > > Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files > around etc, was slower than

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-02 Thread Dan
Spent a few hours tonite using iTunes on a peeeceee (XP), fixing a broken library. OMG. I love my Mac. Have I mentioned I love my Mac? Fast new pc laptop file manipulation - moving hundreds of files around etc, was slower than on my 300-MHz Smurf. Mass-changes in iTunes tracks... 1/10

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-01 Thread Dan
At 4:00 AM -0600 12/1/2008, Kris Tilford wrote: >On Nov 30, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Dan wrote: > > From a podcast, I have some nice mp3 tracks. How do I move them from >> the podcast category to the regular Music area? I don't when to get >> lost, when I dump the podcast. >> >> I tried doing an "a

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-12-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 30, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Dan wrote: > From a podcast, I have some nice mp3 tracks. How do I move them from > the podcast category to the regular Music area? I don't when to get > lost, when I dump the podcast. > > I tried doing an "add" on the mp3 file itself, after removing it from > the p

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Dan
From a podcast, I have some nice mp3 tracks. How do I move them from the podcast category to the regular Music area? I don't when to get lost, when I dump the podcast. I tried doing an "add" on the mp3 file itself, after removing it from the podcast, but it Knew. So it reappeared in the po

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Dan
At 1:36 PM -0700 11/29/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Dan wrote: > > I'm guessing once you put a gift card code in, there's no way to undo >> it. I figured I'd find the stuff I wanted *first* then "redeem" the >> cards. At this point, I'm thinking I might be better

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Dan
At 1:30 PM -0700 11/29/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Nov 29, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Dan wrote: > > Main iTunes window, list as a "Grid", it shows things in a black >> background with gray text. >> >> I find it very difficult to read that tiny low-contrast text. How do >> I change that to a high-c

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Dan
At 2:00 PM -0600 11/30/2008, Kris Tilford wrote: >On Nov 30, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Dan wrote: > >> The iTunes library AND the folders in which my "master" copy be are >> on the same volume. In fact, they're both in ~/Music. > >The "iTunes library" is just a small cataloging file and has no music

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 30, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Dan wrote: > The iTunes library AND the folders in which my "master" copy be are > on the same volume. In fact, they're both in ~/Music. The "iTunes library" is just a small cataloging file and has no music or music copies in it. It only keeps formatting informat

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-30 Thread Dan
At 11:55 PM -0500 11/29/2008, Charles Davis wrote: > > At 9:59 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Clark Martin wrote: >>> Dan wrote: At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Ray wrote: > Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy > files to iTunes Music folder when adding to libr

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Charles Davis
On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 9:59 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Clark Martin wrote: >> Dan wrote: >>> At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Ray wrote: Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every >>>

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 29, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Dan wrote: > > I'm guessing once you put a gift card code in, there's no way to undo > it. I figured I'd find the stuff I wanted *first* then "redeem" the > cards. At this point, I'm thinking I might be better off just giving > 'em to the neighbor's kid. Gift car

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 29, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Dan wrote: > > How do I get rid of the left-side bar when I'm trying to view stuff > in the Store? > Alas not. Apple's store is designed for wide-format screens. It looks very nice on my 19" 1440 x 960 monitor, which is pretty small for a wide screen monitor.

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 29, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Dan wrote: > > Main iTunes window, list as a "Grid", it shows things in a black > background with gray text. > > I find it very difficult to read that tiny low-contrast text. How do > I change that to a high-contrast - preferably a white background with > larger bla

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
At 11:58 AM -0600 11/29/2008, Charles Lenington wrote: >Dan wrote: >> How do I get rid of the left-side bar when I'm trying to view stuff >> in the Store? >> >> The Store's layout is so wide that it has to be scrolled left and >> right all the time. This with the window full-screen on my 17"

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Charles Lenington
Dan wrote: > How do I get rid of the left-side bar when I'm trying to view stuff > in the Store? > > The Store's layout is so wide that it has to be scrolled left and > right all the time. This with the window full-screen on my 17" > monitor. > > - Dan. > Like most web designers they probab

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
How do I get rid of the left-side bar when I'm trying to view stuff in the Store? The Store's layout is so wide that it has to be scrolled left and right all the time. This with the window full-screen on my 17" monitor. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
Main iTunes window, list as a "Grid", it shows things in a black background with gray text. I find it very difficult to read that tiny low-contrast text. How do I change that to a high-contrast - preferably a white background with larger black text? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
At 9:59 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Clark Martin wrote: >Dan wrote: >> At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Ray wrote: >>> Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy >>> files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's >>> Mac that I have looked at has duplicate son

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
At 9:55 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Clark Martin wrote: > >A good question is why isn't there the option to move music files to the >iTunes fulder (in addition to the others). I've done a whole bunch of feature requests and bug reports over the last day+. In addition to the above, I asked for the forma

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-29 Thread Dan
At 9:59 PM -0600 11/28/2008, Kris Tilford wrote: >On Nov 28, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Dan wrote: > > I don't trust apps like iTunes (or iPhoto) to manage my collection >> permanently, ever. > >I think iTunes does a near perfect job of cataloging music. In my >experience the "copies" are 100% perfect.

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-28 Thread Clark Martin
Dan wrote: > At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Ray wrote: >> Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy >> files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's >> Mac that I have looked at has duplicate songs because of this >> default. Why would you want this

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-28 Thread Clark Martin
Ray wrote: > > > _Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy files to > iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's Mac that I have > looked at has duplicate songs because of this default. Why would you want > this fault anyway? If you rip a CD, sure it

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Ray wrote: > Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy > files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's > Mac that I have looked at has duplicate songs because of this default. On Nov 28, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Dan wrote:

Re: iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-28 Thread Dan
At 4:57 PM -0800 11/28/2008, Ray wrote: >Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy >files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's >Mac that I have looked at has duplicate songs because of this >default. Why would you want this fault anyway? Becaus

iTunes and duplicating songs

2008-11-28 Thread Ray
_Another odd thing about iTunes is why the default is set to "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". Every person's Mac that I have looked at has duplicate songs because of this default. Why would you want this fault anyway? If you rip a CD, sure it would go into the iTun