<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Dave Cramer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davecramer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">davecramer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I use a mac for my desktop as well. You seem to have found your way around. There are some rather not nice things.<div>
<br></div><div>1) Just this morning my computer failed to start after shutdown. You have to unplug it and wait a while, or remove the memory. Make sure you have a backup machine to search for the solution to these problems</div>
<div>2) If you replace the hard drive, which I just did you have to 1) pay apple to do it, or 2) buy a special cable and a regular HD and very carefully do it yourself, 3) buy software to control the fan speed and very carefully do it yourself.</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I will probably never want to do that, I don't even think I could. The newest iMacs are like permanently sealed or something. Not worried, we have Apple Care :-)</div><div style>
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<div><br></div><div>Oh, almost forgot do yourself a huge favour and find a way to run time machine, when the hard drive in question failed I was able to completely restore my machine; albeit in 20 hours. This feature alone is worth a huge amount of time</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Someone showed me Time Machine, it looks pretty cool. Will definitely be setting that up. I've got a 1TB external with eSATA connection. Apparently I have to invest in a Thunderbolt to eSATA adapter which is NOT CHEAP. Oh well, it will be very handy I am sure. Another cool thing is I have a 27" display that I also want to connect and have dual displays :-)</div>
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<div><br></div><div>I use a drobo which I wouldn't recommend as it's flaky, but I've already got 600 bucks into it, so I'm not about to toss it.</div><div><br></div><div>Candidly I think apple has seen it's best days, but I'll still use it for a couple more product cycles</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Thomas Milne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>So I finally convinced my boss that our family needed a "family" computer and that the best choice for a variety of reasons is a new iMac :-)</p>
<p>It is awesome. Besides being ten times faster than what I've been used to it is so easy to use though some things take too many mouse clicks. I have been using Linux for about ten years so there are some weird things to get used to like installing apps and so on (no more package manager) but overall it had been really nice. </p>
<p>I was happy to see a lot of free software is available for Mac same as on Linux, especially Transmission and Gimp. I saw that there are even package managers for Mac to install these apps, namely Fink and MacPorts.</p>
<p>Anyone have any experience with these on Mountain Lion? I am still so new with the Mac I suppose I have a greater fear of making a mess of it.</p>
<p>Any free software tips or tricks for Mac appreciated :-)<br>
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