Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread Dave Carlson
With no consideration for any other factors aside from music editing, you should go for as much hard drive space as your funding will allow. 1 Tb sounds a very good choice. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Oregonian, Pioneer, Musician, Engineer, and Farfar On Jun 17, 2021, at 8:24 PM, Jijesh A wrote:

Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread Jijesh A
What do you think about hard disk consideration while I use it for music and sound editing purpose does one TB help or can I go ahead with 512 GB hard drive plus an external thunderbolt hard drive for Apple they are charging enough money for hard disk upgradation And I am wondering

Re: trying to clean install catalina on 2012 mac book pro please help.

2021-06-17 Thread Trahern Culver
Hi Tim, thank you for your reply. Yes this is legitimate signed copy of the installer. The Mac is already run in Catalina so I know this will Not be an issue. On 17 Jun 2021, at 04:15, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, My first questions is, where did you get the Catalina

Re: App Store Notifications

2021-06-17 Thread Brad Snyder
FYI — You can also go to the Apple Menu in the Menu Bar, using VO + M, and down arrow to AppStore, If there are updates pending, there will be a number showing how many updates are pending. If there is a macOS update pending, there will be a number next to System Preferences in this same Apple

Re: App Store Notifications

2021-06-17 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Brad, Okay, that is really helpful. Every day I am learning something new about the Mac. Keeps my brain active and healthy! Best, Les > On Jun 17, 2021, at 5:33 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Go to your AppStore app on your Mac, press CMD + NumberRow 8, to select > Updates. > Here you can see

Re: App Store Notifications

2021-06-17 Thread Brad Snyder
Go to your AppStore app on your Mac, press CMD + NumberRow 8, to select Updates. Here you can see what apps have been recently updated. Next time you get a notification that updates are available, you can go to the Updates section of the AppStore app, and see what updates are pending before you

App Store Notifications

2021-06-17 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi All, I received a notification that updates were available for my Mac. I tried navigating with VO arrow keys, but I could not locate anything to activate. So I invoked a menu with VO Command Space and chose install. I could not determine what updates I was receiving, nor could I view the

Re: Selection process with macOS

2021-06-17 Thread FIOGKOS
Hey Brad and all just wanted to confirm that I tried this again today and yes my quick NAV was on that’s why I was able to do it using the arrow keys without the VO I have to admit sometimes all these options on the Mac of doing things with more than one way confuses me, however sometimes it

Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I’d say 200 Gb should be ample. Gives you room for data storage both on the Windows and Mac sides as well as space to work. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jun

RE: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Tim. in my MacBook-Pro, I have 512GB with 16GB of RAM, how much should my realistic allocation be for Windows10 if I want to install it with Bootcamp? Thanks! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:38 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, 256 should be sufficient for both, unless you plan on saving all data locally. An external could be used to save data that’s not going to be used right away. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)

RE: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread Fazil
Hi, Tim. Should 256GB be exclusively for Windows or total 256gb is sufficient for both? Thanks! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro Hi, How much RAM in this

Re: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, How much RAM in this MacBook Pro? Using ProTools are best ran with at least 8 Gb RAM, but I’d recommend 16 Gb for best results. With respect to BootCamp and Windows, the answer is definitely yes. Drive space is a consideration when installing Windows, so if you have at least a 256 Gb

RE: My plan to upgrade MacBook Pro

2021-06-17 Thread josephlhodge
If you plan to buy any M1 device the answer to that is no. If you buy the intel models the answer would be yes. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jijesh A Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:22 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: My plan to