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I use it to record electronic music via Logic so like as much IO as I can get, hate it bombing out with 'slow disc' messages.
With 4 discs striped I can run quite a lot of tracks without hitting the buffer. Due to the spaces required SSD would cost £1000's.
My MacBook pro is a 2011 model and has a faster CPU but with the single drive I just can't do anything with it.
Will have to sack it off I reckon until drives come back down in price, can't stomach paying nearly £600 for what was £200 only a few months ago.
With 4 discs striped I can run quite a lot of tracks without hitting the buffer. Due to the spaces required SSD would cost £1000's.
My MacBook pro is a 2011 model and has a faster CPU but with the single drive I just can't do anything with it.
Will have to sack it off I reckon until drives come back down in price, can't stomach paying nearly £600 for what was £200 only a few months ago.
One other slim possibility is your RAM. I am running an identical machine - no RAID, and originally 14Gb RAM. I had all sorts of issues all of a sudden, and it turned out to be a faulty stick of RAM. I had to remove a pair, so am now running 10Gb. All was sorted however.
Perhaps worth experimenting with - it's an easy one to troubleshoot an worth ruling out.
Perhaps worth experimenting with - it's an easy one to troubleshoot an worth ruling out.
Yeah I've thought RAM or at least a problem with the NVRAM.
Flattened the machine again and killed the RAID volume, installed 10.6.0 onto a single drive (4) installed OK but died during patching, same fault as before.
Re-installed again onto drive 3, installed and patched OK. Will fill the drive with data and see how it goes, then do the same with the other 2.
Fingers crossed I've finally found it.
My keyboard has died also though which is an arse, keys are activating the keys next to them, tried plugging it into the MBP and it's the same so can't blame the MP for that one, it's only a few months old.
Flattened the machine again and killed the RAID volume, installed 10.6.0 onto a single drive (4) installed OK but died during patching, same fault as before.
Re-installed again onto drive 3, installed and patched OK. Will fill the drive with data and see how it goes, then do the same with the other 2.
Fingers crossed I've finally found it.
My keyboard has died also though which is an arse, keys are activating the keys next to them, tried plugging it into the MBP and it's the same so can't blame the MP for that one, it's only a few months old.
On another note. How do I set up a folder on a mac such that multiple (all) the users (there are three users) can have full read/written/delete access to the files on the folder.
The users are all constantly logged in and may be accessing the folder simultaneously through background processes so it won't be single discreet users accessing the folder.
I hope that description makes sense!!
I've tried just moving files tothe shared folder in the user directory but that only allows read access by other users.
Thanks for your help
The users are all constantly logged in and may be accessing the folder simultaneously through background processes so it won't be single discreet users accessing the folder.
I hope that description makes sense!!
I've tried just moving files tothe shared folder in the user directory but that only allows read access by other users.
Thanks for your help
mojitomax said:
Is there an app or way to test ram? I bought 8gb from crucial in 2x4gb sticks and since then it's been intermittently freezing. It's the only thing that's changed.
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/memtest/http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
I've used Memtest86+ on a PC to detect bad RAM before.
Not on a Mac, though. So your mileage may vary.
CommanderJameson said:
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/memtest/
http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
I've used Memtest86+ on a PC to detect bad RAM before.
Not on a Mac, though. So your mileage may vary.
Great. Thanks. I'll give it a whirl tonighthttp://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
I've used Memtest86+ on a PC to detect bad RAM before.
Not on a Mac, though. So your mileage may vary.
Another odd OSX problem/dilemma:
I have a 2011 i7 MBP, which came with 10.6, it's fine but now and again the screen just goes blank (light blue actually), the machine is still running but I can't see anything or get it back without sending it to sleep/waking it up again.
If I install 10.7 on it then it's perfectly fine, put it back then the problem returns so I think it's a bug/driver issue.
Normally I'd therefore just stick with 10.7 but the significantly slower boot times frustrate, and the fact that several bits of software I use isn't yet compatible (and there doesn't seem to be a fix any time soon) puts me off, in addition I can never get Perian to reliably work to watch .avi files so have to use VLC which is less nice. So ideally I'd like to run 10.6 and get to the bottom of the screen blanking thing, just happens whilst you're using the machine, doesn't seem to be any pattern to it.
In addition, I use MacMail with a POP3 account, Apple have changed the format of the mailbox in 10.7 so if I try to import my mail back into 10.6 it finds it, goes through the motions of importing it but there's nothing there. Don't really want to lose those messages. If I hit export it doesn't do anything other than dump a small file, doesn't actually export any mail. Anyone know of a method to migrate mail from 10.7 to 10.6?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank.
I have a 2011 i7 MBP, which came with 10.6, it's fine but now and again the screen just goes blank (light blue actually), the machine is still running but I can't see anything or get it back without sending it to sleep/waking it up again.
If I install 10.7 on it then it's perfectly fine, put it back then the problem returns so I think it's a bug/driver issue.
Normally I'd therefore just stick with 10.7 but the significantly slower boot times frustrate, and the fact that several bits of software I use isn't yet compatible (and there doesn't seem to be a fix any time soon) puts me off, in addition I can never get Perian to reliably work to watch .avi files so have to use VLC which is less nice. So ideally I'd like to run 10.6 and get to the bottom of the screen blanking thing, just happens whilst you're using the machine, doesn't seem to be any pattern to it.
In addition, I use MacMail with a POP3 account, Apple have changed the format of the mailbox in 10.7 so if I try to import my mail back into 10.6 it finds it, goes through the motions of importing it but there's nothing there. Don't really want to lose those messages. If I hit export it doesn't do anything other than dump a small file, doesn't actually export any mail. Anyone know of a method to migrate mail from 10.7 to 10.6?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank.
On your last question, I've never had to do it so don;t know, but I suspect going via a third party programme like Mozilla Thunderbird would do the trick. Inelegant and clunky, but may be worth a try.
Install TB, import from mail 5.1, then export to file or get old mail to import from TB?
Just a guess.
Install TB, import from mail 5.1, then export to file or get old mail to import from TB?
Just a guess.
You can block third-party cookies in Safari. When you reset Safari, you can choose what to delete.
If you wish to block lots of adverts and other horrors, I recommend Glimmerblocker. It's system-wide, so no need to configure individual web-browsers for it.
One maintenance tip I use is, on a fortnightly-or-so basis, delete the contents of ~/Library/Caches by typing the following command into Terminal:
If you wish to block lots of adverts and other horrors, I recommend Glimmerblocker. It's system-wide, so no need to configure individual web-browsers for it.
One maintenance tip I use is, on a fortnightly-or-so basis, delete the contents of ~/Library/Caches by typing the following command into Terminal:
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches
CommanderJameson said:
You can block third-party cookies in Safari. When you reset Safari, you can choose what to delete.
If you wish to block lots of adverts and other horrors, I recommend Glimmerblocker. It's system-wide, so no need to configure individual web-browsers for it.
One maintenance tip I use is, on a fortnightly-or-so basis, delete the contents of ~/Library/Caches by typing the following command into Terminal:
Thanks for the reply, I have it set to block third party but was shocked to see how many cookies were stored just from going on google !If you wish to block lots of adverts and other horrors, I recommend Glimmerblocker. It's system-wide, so no need to configure individual web-browsers for it.
One maintenance tip I use is, on a fortnightly-or-so basis, delete the contents of ~/Library/Caches by typing the following command into Terminal:
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches
I will check out glimmerblocker.
Ben
Thanks for the replys.
I can remove them easily enough but I would rather only get cookies for the logins I need and nothing else, sort of like a preferred list that blocks all other cookies.
It hasn't caused me any trouble but i was shocked at how many sites had attached cookies just from browsing.
I have a problem - my iPhone doesn't seem to be recognised by iPhoto anymore. I tried image capture, but that doesn't recognise it either.
iPhone 4 - iOS 5.0.1
OSX Lion 10.7.2
iPhoto '09 8.1.2
So this all is up to date. It's been going on a while and half works half doesn't. iTunes always recognises it no problem. I've done a search but although there is a few with this problem, there seems no solution.
iPhone 4 - iOS 5.0.1
OSX Lion 10.7.2
iPhoto '09 8.1.2
So this all is up to date. It's been going on a while and half works half doesn't. iTunes always recognises it no problem. I've done a search but although there is a few with this problem, there seems no solution.
Xaero said:
I have a problem - my iPhone doesn't seem to be recognised by iPhoto anymore. I tried image capture, but that doesn't recognise it either.
iPhone 4 - iOS 5.0.1
OSX Lion 10.7.2
iPhoto '09 8.1.2
So this all is up to date. It's been going on a while and half works half doesn't. iTunes always recognises it no problem. I've done a search but although there is a few with this problem, there seems no solution.
Why not use Image Capture in the Applications? That's what i've been using to get all the footage and pictures off my mates iPhones for yonks. iPhone 4 - iOS 5.0.1
OSX Lion 10.7.2
iPhoto '09 8.1.2
So this all is up to date. It's been going on a while and half works half doesn't. iTunes always recognises it no problem. I've done a search but although there is a few with this problem, there seems no solution.
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