Free software and the Mac

[Dave Cramer]

Dave Cramer


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Thomas Milne
<thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Dave Cramer <davecramer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> I use a mac for my desktop as well. You seem to have found your way
>> around. There are some rather not nice things.
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>> 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
>> 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.
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> 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 :-)
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Well apple care still means you have to go there and get them to do it. I
doubt they are permanently sealed. Changing the HD isn't that tough, the
outside glass is held on with magnets, I used my GPS window suction cup to
remove it


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>> 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
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> 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 :-)
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You got a second thunderbolt display, cool, Im jealeaous

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>> 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.
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>> Candidly I think apple has seen it's best days, but I'll still use it for
>> a couple more product cycles
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>> Dave Cramer
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>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Thomas Milne <
>> thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>>> 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 :-)
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Any free software tips or tricks for Mac appreciated :-)
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> Thomas Milne
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