Re: problems with macbook pro restore help help please!!!!
Further to my earlier post Still can't access TM with Migration Assistant but can 1) see my sparsebundle from left menu 2) can (fortunately) access individual folders/ files to restore Weirder and weirder Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 20 April 2013 14:48, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: We have a pair of Macbook Pros* *MacBookPro5,5 (just 3 years old) which were running very badly, [very very slow, crashing, freezing etc etc] I did all usual stuff, ran disk repairs, repaired permissions etc We took them to the Genius Bar at Garden City. The guy ran a disk diagnostic (which I had done, but never mind) and said the hard drives were OK. He said it would probably be a good idea to do a clean install of Mountain Lion, and restore from backup, and asked if we have backups. We told him yes we had Time Machine backups, hard drive backups, and Crash Plan backups. So we went shopping and he re-loaded Mountain Lion. My husband's machine went well. We restored the users etc folders from his clone backup using Setup and left the applications (because the guy said it was a software problem and we should load one by one) The only problem was we couldn't get the ML updates on the wireless connection, couldn't connect to apple store or iTunes, although other sites were fine. I connected him by ethernet cable directly to the modem and then all was well. My machine was a different story. I couldn't restore from my clone backup because it had failed when I did a last minute backup that morning.[yes, I know stupid...] When I tried to use Migration Assistant from Time Machine it wasn't granular and just downloaded everything and my computer was back to sludge. So erased the partition, re-installed ML and connected to TM again with Setup. I was tired and not paying attention. I downloaded my husband's backup. I realised my mistake, erased the partition, re-installed ML and tried to connect to TM again. Now I could only see my husband's backup. I took it to the Genius Store twice more (the 1st time without the TM drive!) and the next time with it. The assistant there also could only see my husband's backup. My computer still thinks it is his (came up, before I even looked for the TM with his name and his personal email address. Where have my TM backups gone How can I access them? If I deleted how did I do that? I can download the Crashplan backup but that will take weeks. * * *Processor* 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo *Memory* 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 *Software* OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) Kind Regards Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: problems with macbook pro restore help help please!!!!
Hi Rosemary, I am by no means a Time machine expert so these are just a few of my thoughts: The good: the fact that you can see the sparsebundle from your old TM backup means you have not somehow accidentally erased it so all your data is there (at the moment). Since your clone is not useable, this is your only easily accessible back-up without going the crash-plan route. If it was me, I would create a separate copy of this back-up on a separate disk Just in case ;o) Perhaps the reason you can¹t access TM with migration assistant is that, since you downloaded your husbands back-up, your computer now has an identity crisis and thinks the TM back-up belongs to another computer? (I could be way off track here, just thinking). However, when you DID use Migration Assistant from Time Machine it just downloaded everything and your computer was back to sludge. So maybe your best bet for a really clean installation would be to reformat your hard drive (rather than just erase the partition) re-install ML for a totally clean start - and then set it up afresh for your self. Then bring over just what you want/need from your old TM sparse bundle and take this opportunity to leave behind all the detritus that accumulates over the years ;o) As I say, just my thoughts, and it will depend a lot on how you WERE set-up before as to how much extra work this might entail and how much cleaner the result will be but, given the reason you started down this path, it might be worth the effort. But I would definitely make a copy of that TM sparse bundle first otherwise you are only one mistake away from lost data. Other, more knowledgeable, folks will no doubt be able to offer more insight. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/4/13 4:47 PM, Rosemary Spark at arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: Further to my earlier post Still can't access TM with Migration Assistant but can 1) see my sparsebundle from left menu 2) can (fortunately) access individual folders/ files to restore Weirder and weirder Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 20 April 2013 14:48, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: We have a pair of Macbook Pros MacBookPro5,5 (just 3 years old) which were running very badly, [very very slow, crashing, freezing etc etc] I did all usual stuff, ran disk repairs, repaired permissions etc We took them to the Genius Bar at Garden City. The guy ran a disk diagnostic (which I had done, but never mind) and said the hard drives were OK. He said it would probably be a good idea to do a clean install of Mountain Lion, and restore from backup, and asked if we have backups. We told him yes we had Time Machine backups, hard drive backups, and Crash Plan backups. So we went shopping and he re-loaded Mountain Lion. My husband's machine went well. We restored the users etc folders from his clone backup using Setup and left the applications (because the guy said it was a software problem and we should load one by one) The only problem was we couldn't get the ML updates on the wireless connection, couldn't connect to apple store or iTunes, although other sites were fine. I connected him by ethernet cable directly to the modem and then all was well. My machine was a different story. I couldn't restore from my clone backup because it had failed when I did a last minute backup that morning.[yes, I know stupid...] When I tried to use Migration Assistant from Time Machine it wasn't granular and just downloaded everything and my computer was back to sludge. So erased the partition, re-installed ML and connected to TM again with Setup. I was tired and not paying attention. I downloaded my husband's backup. I realised my mistake, erased the partition, re-installed ML and tried to connect to TM again. Now I could only see my husband's backup. I took it to the Genius Store twice more (the 1st time without the TM drive!) and the next time with it. The assistant there also could only see my husband's backup. My computer still thinks it is his (came up, before I even looked for the TM with his name and his personal email address. Where have my TM backups gone How can I access them? If I deleted how did I do that? I can download the Crashplan backup but that will take weeks. Processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Software OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) Kind Regards Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 tel:%2B%2061%208%2094336609 Mobile: 0414268043 tel:0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Re: Opinions?
Good advice. Thank you. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 19/04/2013, at 10:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi People, I find especially since OS X 10.7 OS X 10.8 I now very rarely use any third-party Disk Utilities. I have TechTool Pro 6, Drive Genius, CleanMyMac, DiskWarrior other utilities installed on my MacBook Pro and also on my support external drive. Apple have improved hardware and OS X that you don't really need to use any third-party disk utility except in an emergency. A Mac running any version of OS X later than 10.2 does not need to be defragmented and you should NEVER Defrag SSD drives. A solid state drive has no moving parts, so there's no mechanical delay. Reading a section of data takes approximately the same amount of time no matter where it's located in the flash. Defragmenting a solid state drive is actually harmful because it forces the drive to move data around for no good reason, and flash chips have a limit on how many times they can rewrite a section. I agree with what Peter has mentioned previously, and Severin's housekeeping measures are fine. The below article by Joe Kissell - 'Do you need a third-party disk utility?' is worth a read before you spend quite a bit of money on third-party utilities. OS X performs certain disk maintenance tasks automatically in the background—for example, it defragments smaller files on the fly, keeping all their segments contiguous on a hard disk so they’ll load faster. (Solid-state drives don’t require such defragging.) And, when you perform a safe boot (starting your Mac with the Shift key held down), OS X runs a more extensive set of diagnostic and repair procedures without you doing anything else. http://www.macworld.com/article/2030516/do-you-need-a-third-party-disk-utility-.html The most important thing is to have a good Backup Strategy in place, which includes regular Bootable backups, Offsite backups, Incremental backups. Hard Drives do die and you are only as good as your last backup! Regards, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 18/04/2013, at 2:26 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Ken, I have looked at Disk Tools Pro but as I already have Tech Tools Pro, which I believe is better, I went no further. As Peter says, the OS handles most things, but I still run Clean My Mac and Disk Warrior monthly as housekeeping measures and hold Tech Tools Pro at the ready in case of need. For speed and ease of use I have these and other utilities on an up to date bootable partition on a separate external drive, which I find to be an excellent arrangement. Best wishes Severin Crisp On 18/04/2013, at 1:20 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Hey thanks Peter for such an in depth response. Yes it's a part of one of those bundled packages being offered. Yes I'm backed up but I may just buy the package to have it there just in case, thanks again Peter, Ken On 18 April 2013 07:42, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 17/04/2013, at 5:03 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, has anyone tried this? Would anyone recommend it? DISK TOOLS PRO I have Disk Tools Pro. I think I received it as part of some software bundle at one time. Fortunately I have never had to use it in anger, so I can't testify to its effectiveness. Like all software of this type, I would not regard it as maintenance software, rather than a tool to have around in case of emergency. Writing information back to a hard drive always carries risks, and software such as this always has the potential to make a bad problem worse. Knowing this makes such software difficult to road test. Sure, you can test it on a non-essential drive, but if it comes back with no errors you are none the wiser. If it does come back with errors, it's probably time to back up that data and replace the drive. The other problem is that hard drives have so much capacity these days that they are quite likely to have bad sectors, etc, out of the box. Any attempt to repair these is usually futile. Modern OSes are designed to deal with these as a routine matter, so unless they are demonstrably causing problems they can generally be safely ignored. By all means it is probably a good idea to have a tool such as Disk Tools Pro, or any of its cousins such as Tech Tool Pro, Disk Warrior, Drive Genius, etc. They all have different tools and purposes, but ultimately they are all designed to rescue you from a disaster. The best defence remains a good backup strategy. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac
problems with macbook pro restore help help please!!!!
We have a pair of Macbook Pros* *MacBookPro5,5 (just 3 years old) which were running very badly, [very very slow, crashing, freezing etc etc] I did all usual stuff, ran disk repairs, repaired permissions etc We took them to the Genius Bar at Garden City. The guy ran a disk diagnostic (which I had done, but never mind) and said the hard drives were OK. He said it would probably be a good idea to do a clean install of Mountain Lion, and restore from backup, and asked if we have backups. We told him yes we had Time Machine backups, hard drive backups, and Crash Plan backups. So we went shopping and he re-loaded Mountain Lion. My husband's machine went well. We restored the users etc folders from his clone backup using Setup and left the applications (because the guy said it was a software problem and we should load one by one) The only problem was we couldn't get the ML updates on the wireless connection, couldn't connect to apple store or iTunes, although other sites were fine. I connected him by ethernet cable directly to the modem and then all was well. My machine was a different story. I couldn't restore from my clone backup because it had failed when I did a last minute backup that morning.[yes, I know stupid...] When I tried to use Migration Assistant from Time Machine it wasn't granular and just downloaded everything and my computer was back to sludge. So erased the partition, re-installed ML and connected to TM again with Setup. I was tired and not paying attention. I downloaded my husband's backup. I realised my mistake, erased the partition, re-installed ML and tried to connect to TM again. Now I could only see my husband's backup. I took it to the Genius Store twice more (the 1st time without the TM drive!) and the next time with it. The assistant there also could only see my husband's backup. My computer still thinks it is his (came up, before I even looked for the TM with his name and his personal email address. Where have my TM backups gone How can I access them? If I deleted how did I do that? I can download the Crashplan backup but that will take weeks. * * *Processor* 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo *Memory* 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 *Software* OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) Kind Regards Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Can't send Eudora messages
Peter, You have to log into your ISP (in this case Westnet) securely, if you want to send your mail via another service provider. Either that or you have to know and use the outbound settings for each different service provider. It is quite easy to use Westnet, and instructions for setting up secure outbound services are shown here. http://myhelp.westnet.com.au/display/page/20086786 Even though Eudora isn't there you should be able to work it out using the Mac Mail settings. Basically you have to do the opposite of what you described. Authorise your login to mai.westnet.com.au use port 587 use password authentication set your full email address as username set your email password as password. r On 21/04/2013, at 6:38 AM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, are you using IMAP or POP. If POP, you need to change the outgoing server to the one used by that provider. Westnet setting will only work for incoming mail. iexpect you have already tried that, but you haven't mentioned it in your email. Regards, Susan Sent from my iPad On 21/04/2013, at 4:01 AM, peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: I am in Europe (UK) but for some reason I can't send Eudora messages using Eudora 6.4.1 for Mac. I have tried switching off authorization ( Special:Settings:Personalities and select the Personality that you use for sending mail. Look for the 'Allow authorization' option at the bottom and un-check it) But I get the message server not responding I have checked my email settings for westnet (mail.westnet.com.au) and I can receive mail but not send it. I am using a Huawei E5331 3G 21Mbps Mobile WiFi on 3G network which appears to work fine for internet and other mail like webmail. However I do need to use a good email client (any suggestions if Eudora will not behave!) for work being done in Australia. Any help would be appreciated -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Watching Australian TV overseas/Elgato EyeTV DTT Deluxe
Thanks. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 15/04/2013, at 7:34 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Stuart, I have been using Elgato devices for many years and they work well, including the software. They use the broadcast digital TV signals, its not Internet based. Australian program's are only available in Australia. It's precisely like having a digital TV. It's best to use your external house antenna rather than the dinky antennas that may come with the device. You will need to set up the device using the software and you can set it to automatically scan for the channels. You can record program's and also 'time shift' that is, pause live TV and come back to the program when you are ready. ABC iView, which is TV on the Internet, is not available outside of Australia. I'm not sure about other Australian Internet TV content. You can access ABC radio program's whilst overseas through the Internet. Regards, Susan Sent from my iPad On 15/04/2013, at 7:18 AM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I have decided not to get a digital TV but to wait to see what happens with the rumoured Apple iTV. However I've decided to get an Elgato EyeTV DTT Deluxe. From looking at various reviews there does not seem to me much criticism of the device. Two questions. Has any one used Elgato EyeTV DTT Deluxe? Can you watch Australian TV programmes with this device if you are holiday in, say the USA or other overseas countries? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Can't send Eudora messages thanks, fixed
Thanks to everyone, changing the port did the trick Basically you have to do the opposite of what you described. Authorise your login to http://mai.westnet.com.aumai.westnet.com.au use port 587 use password authentication set your full email address as username set your email password as password. -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD WA 6147 Phone: +618 9457 0747 (h) Fax:+618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Peter Mobile: in Europe 07580662256 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Irene Mobile: in Europe 07455432266 Email: peterfau...@westnet.com.au-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
