Recent content by Paul C

Hi All, I've had a 2006 Mac Pro with ssd drives, 32gb RAM and 1gb Radeon 5770 for a few years now, it's served me well but keep having issues with it mainly down to bodging El Capitan to work and after an update it won't boot. I'm looking to replace it but don't have a very big budget, I was...

Right, I've had enough messing around with this MP to get it working with newer versions os OS X and having no boot screen, basically I'm after a new (second hand) mac but unsure which to do for, I've just got a new GoPro Hero 4 and my MP struggles with 1080p @ 60fps so need something that can...

Hi all, I've just sold my late 2011 MBP (spec in sig), and I'm looking to replace it with a desktop, I've only got a budget of around £800 and was looking at a 27" iMac or a Mac Pro, I know if I get the mac pro I'm prob only going to get a 2008 model but I thought I could upgrade it and I'd...

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a NAS drive to work with my mac, iPad and PS3, basically I'll be using it to stream media to my PS3, backup my mac via Time Machine and it will also be used as an iTunes server. I haven't got a fortune to spend as if I did I'd go for a Synology straight away so...

To be honest I think the 17" i7 is a couple of £'s out of my budget, I could only afford an i5 2010 one :( Looks like it's a 15.4" i7 then :D

Hi all, I've just sold me 2009 2.26 13" MBP and my 2.5 i5 Mac Mini to get an i7 MBP, basically with my £1100 I was looking on eBay and I can either get an early 2011 17" model or a 15.4" Oct 2011. I've always wanted a 17" MBP but I wondered if the performance of the late 2011 15.4" will be...

Hi, Just wanted to say thanks for the input, it was due to the VPN router having a 192.168.1 range which was conflicting with the connecting routers having the same range, rookie mistake I know. Thanks Paul

Hi all, I'm looking for a NAS enclosure to use for time machine backups and as an iTunes server, so far the only ones which say they're compatible are the QNAP or Synology ones which are expensive even without drivers, I've found the ZYXEL NSA310 for £34.99 on eBay but I don't think they are...

I recently setup a VPN on our draytek router which works fine, problem is that when at home the VPN connects fine but I can't ping or browse the mac mini server (running 10.6), the VPN connection picks up an address on the same range as the server 192.168.1.X. Another weird thing is that is...

Hi, I bit the bullet and bought server this evening, I just wondered how I set it up as a mail server and how do I create my mac server mailbox on in mail.app on my MBP (ala exchange and outlook)? Thanks Paul

Hi Guys, I have an i5 Mac Mini and a 2009 MBP (both running Lion) so I thought I'd download Lion server for the Mac Mini just so I can have a play with a Mac network (my GF also has a MBP (2011 running Lion), I wondered what the opinion was from you guys regards lion server as the reviews on...

I have just bought a Macbook Pro off eBay and it has been upgraded to Lion, I wondered if I wanted to put a new HDD (upgrade to SSD) how would I get Lion back on it would out having to enter the old owners Apple ID and password? Thanks in advance Paul

Hi, My friend has a pptx file which he can open in Office 2004 on his Mac but the clips which have video are just blank (black) and don't show anything. I've tried opening with OpenOffice, tried initialling flip4mac just incase they are WMV files but that hasn't helped, his colleagues can...

I don't think the Intensity Shuttle will work because it says "USB 3.0. Requires an x58 based motherboard with onboard USB 3.0, or a USB 3.0 PCI Express card and an x58 or P55 series motherboard. Does not support USB 2.0 capture and playback. Please check the Support pages to see the full system...

I have a new spec mac mini and want a video capture card for camcorder and console recording, I was looking at a black magic intensity because it has hdmi but it's USB 3.0 only and the thunderbolt version is £100 more at £250, does anyone know of other options apart from the hauppauge he pvr as...