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    time capsule backup file smaller than disk?

    ah ok thanks, I only have change disk and options in the time machine preferences - I dont seem to be able to see the files. When I open time machine app and I get the repeating folder view - is that essentially looking at my time capsule then?
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    time capsule backup file smaller than disk?

    I have been using time capsule for only a few weeks and I have noticed that the file it has created "Elliot Newman’s MacBook Pro_001b63936847.sparsebundle" only reads a file size of 95GB, when the disk I am backing up has 148GB used. Does this mean the backup doesnt contain all my files? I...
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    restoring previous system apps

    I had some issues with my system recently and so I decided to re-install osx completely from scratch, I backed up my old Users directory onto an external drive and then wiped my internal HD and reinstalled 10.5 Now I am up and running again, with a fresh start I would like to get my mail back...
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    buying macbook on ebay

    I tried to find a UK craigslist but there doesnt seem to be one... the refurb macbook 2.4's are only available in the US - the UK store doesnt appear to have them yet... I wonder how long it will take until they start stocking 2.4 macbooks refurbed - thats the best solution!
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    buying macbook on ebay

    Yeah, your experience sounds like many stories I have heard, I cant believe ebay let this happen. I think the only way I will pick one of these things up is to find one from a genuine private seller - used, there have been a few auctions for macbooks from sellers saying "only opened once" or...
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    buying macbook on ebay

    would you trust this? here Its much cheaper than any other place I can find, but how trustworthy is buying from ebay like this? I have heard lots of bad stories...
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    2 x ext laCie mirror drives

    also, something I just thought about, I want to have the flexibilty to take the external hdd onto location shoots, and one of the bigger, raid setups probably will be too big for this. Also if it gets stolen then thats it! but at least, if I have two seperate drive's I could take 1 on location...
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    2 x ext laCie mirror drives

    looks like its usb2 I dont have that on my macbook pro... its also hard to find a uk dealer... and its expensive! but does look cool.
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    2 x ext laCie mirror drives

    I work with quite big files in photoshop, sometime 1gig I also do the occasional comp work and editing which can be 2K, HD or SD so I would like to have the ability to use firewire 800 at least. I will also be doing this all on a macbook pro 2.4. I was looking at this drive too so I can go raid...
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    2 x ext laCie mirror drives

    I would like to buy this and setup using disk utility so that they are mirrored, and use the machines internal drive as the boot drive and keep it quite empty, for apps etc. The thing I was wondering is how would I setup the two external drives, I presume they would both have to be connected...
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    powermac to macbook pro refurb

    Hi all, I am looking at moving over from the desktop world to the laptop world, and instead of upgrading my G5 to a mac pro I am thinking that the macbook pro is a better option, the spec of these laptops looks really good. I was looking at the macbook pro 2.4 15 inch model, and would like...
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    powermac G5 to macbook pro?

    Ok thats good information thanks. The programs I run at the moment on my PowerMac are Maya 6.5, Photoshop CS, and the latest vuescan. There are a couple other smaller apps that I use but they arent a problem to upgrage, and those two - maya and photoshop are due an upgrade anyway so it makes...
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    powermac G5 to macbook pro?

    oh and what do you mean by working with universal binary software?
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    powermac G5 to macbook pro?

    I thought you could goto 4GB with the new books?
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    powermac G5 to macbook pro?

    Hi all, I have a G5 dual 2 ghz 2 gig Ram running Tiger, and I am thinking about changing over to a macbook pro as I am away from home quite a bit... I work in film visual effects and I go on set for photoshoots and my work always give me an underpowered dell with windows media viewer to...
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    photoshop eats my ram

    the purge all button in photoshop didnt seem to do the trick, I dont understand why, with only safari running I was using almost 2 gigs of ram... it didnt state that in the user process list, but it stated active ram usage was at 1.8gig and total used was 2gig. After a restart it went back to...
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    photoshop eats my ram

    I do a fair amount of heavy photoshop work, that brings even my G5 dual 2ghz with 2bg RAM to its knees (I work with 10K X 8K multi layered 16 bit RGB tifs). The thing I dont get is even when I quite photoshop, activity monitor says I am still using 1.8 gigs of ram. Only after a restart can I...
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    upgrading my G5

    I have a G5 dual 2ghz PowerPC (the version with the 8 ram slots)... I have it configured with 4x 256mb ram and 2x 512mb to tally 2GB ram, I have a 250GB HD and the geforce 5200. I do a lot of hefty scanning - we are talking 500mb scans, so I often have vuescan and photoshop running with...
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    imagemagick install

    I cant seem to get imagemagick to install. I have downloaded from here: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php and I have tried to follow the install guide, but im no command expert so I must be going wrong somewhere, heres what I do: I have downloaded...
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