Re: Joystick for X-Plane 9
Ha, thanks Ronni. Yes this warning about Time Machine is mentioned on the XPlane website but nowhere in their instruction manual so I only read it after I had set the silly thing up. I guess I will have to go in somehow and make changes to Time Machine as I do not want to back it up. Grrr. Wendy On 09/12/2009, at 18:06 , Ronda Brown wrote: What I wanted to warn you about is Time Machine X-Plane 9. -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Joystick for X-Plane 9
Hi Wendy, Just go into System Preferences Time Machine. Turn Time Machine Off Then click on Options button, click the + button and add a folder to the Do Not Back Up list ... navigate to the X-Plane installation directory, select it, and click Exclude Click Done and turn Time Machine back on. An International Pilot just cannot completely retire from flying it seems ... Captain Thomas can fly my plane anytime :-) Cheers, Ronni On 09/12/2009, at 6:03 PM, Wendy S. Austin wrote: Ha, thanks Ronni. Yes this warning about Time Machine is mentioned on the XPlane website but nowhere in their instruction manual so I only read it after I had set the silly thing up. I guess I will have to go in somehow and make changes to Time Machine as I do not want to back it up. Grrr. Wendy On 09/12/2009, at 18:06 , Ronda Brown wrote: What I wanted to warn you about is Time Machine X-Plane 9. -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Joystick for X-Plane 9
Greetings All Can someone please advise a Joystick for X-Plane 9. Thomas bought a Saitek X52 Pro and we have now discovered that it really does not work well with the Mac (it will do the basic functions but not all the stuff we paid lots of money for) so it is going back. Any advice welcomed by Thomas. Thank you. Wendy Wendy S. Austin 211 Bathurst Street Hobart Tasmania 7000 -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Joystick for X-Plane 9
Greetings Wendy, I don't have any experience with Joysticks, but as Michael Waldie has recommended Logitech. I have heard good reports on Logitech's high-end Flight System G940 hands-on: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/04/logitechs-high-end-flight-system-g940-hands-on/ What I wanted to warn you about is Time Machine X-Plane 9. By default, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is set to automatically back up the entire hard drive using Time Machine. This includes a user’s X-Plane directory. Most users would prefer not to have this backed up, due to the fact that it demands a significant amount of space (for something already backed up to DVDs) and generally also comes with a performance hit. For this reason, it is recommended that users disable Time Machine while installing X-Plane, then re-enable it after telling it to exclude the X-Plane directory from its backup. This can be done using the following instructions: 1. Before installing X-Plane, choose System Preferences from the Apple Menu. 2. Click the Time Machine icon. 3. In the window that appears, turn Time Machine off. 4. Install X-Plane according to the previous instructions, noting where it was installed to. 5. With X-Plane installed, open the Time Machine preferences as before and click the Options button. 6. Click the + button to add a folder to the “Do not back up” list and select the X-Plane installation directory. 7. Click the Done button and turn Time Machine back on. Cheers, Ronni Greetings All Can someone please advise a Joystick for X-Plane 9. Thomas bought a Saitek X52 Pro and we have now discovered that it really does not work well with the Mac (it will do the basic functions but not all the stuff we paid lots of money for) so it is going back. Any advice welcomed by Thomas. Thank you. Wendy Wendy S. Austin 211 Bathurst Street Hobart Tasmania 7000 -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
