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mmm-five said:
PushedDover said:
That is the likely favourite now thanks. Downsides... ?
The only 'downside' I can see vs the Samsung is that the LG only has 1 x USB-C connection vs the 2 x Thunderbolt 3 ones of the Samsung.The rest of the specs are almost identical, with exceptions being:
- Screen curvature: Samsung 1500R vs LG 1800R (higher the number, the smaller the curve)
- Contrast ratio: Samsung 3000:1, LG 2500:1
- Colour gamut: Samsung 92% Adobe RGB (good) / 125% sRGB (maybe over saturated), LG 90% Adobe RBG (good) / 99% sRGB (great)
Samsung and the Thunderbolt would mean plug & play and charging in a simple screen extension , versus needing the hub via the USB-C of the LG?
PushedDover said:
Really appreciate this breakdown and guidance and the 'thunderbolt thing was noticed too.
Samsung and the Thunderbolt would mean plug & play and charging in a simple screen extension , versus needing the hub via the USB-C of the LG?
I believe the MBP offers video-out via the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port and both monitors pass power through these (about 85w max) for the MBP, so either would work (with the appropriate cable).Samsung and the Thunderbolt would mean plug & play and charging in a simple screen extension , versus needing the hub via the USB-C of the LG?
mmm-five said:
PushedDover said:
Really appreciate this breakdown and guidance and the 'thunderbolt thing was noticed too.
Samsung and the Thunderbolt would mean plug & play and charging in a simple screen extension , versus needing the hub via the USB-C of the LG?
I believe the MBP offers video-out via the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port and both monitors pass power through these (about 85w max) for the MBP, so either would work (with the appropriate cable).Samsung and the Thunderbolt would mean plug & play and charging in a simple screen extension , versus needing the hub via the USB-C of the LG?
Thank you, trigger finger poised
I have a 2018 MBP 13” and I will be buying the new MBP 14” when it launches.
Not used it before, but I plan on using Migration Assistant to turn my new Mac into my old Mac with the minimum of fuss.
But… I have been having disk space issues on my current Mac. I spent ages having a clean up a few weeks ago, got to 11Gb free, and now, for absolutely no reason, having changed or added nothing, I’m back to 1.6Gb free and getting warnings about low risk space.
I keep absolutely nothing on my Mac apart from software/apps. All my documents are kept on Dropbox with ‘online only’ selected.
The issue seems to be nearly 90Gb of ‘other’ files, which I absolutely cannot find or understand. Some seem to be various cache type files and folder, but the rest, no idea.
So my question is, will Migration Assistant bring all the crap across with it, such as this unknown 90Gb of assorted files, or will it essentially just copy my settings and migrate my apps/software?
Not used it before, but I plan on using Migration Assistant to turn my new Mac into my old Mac with the minimum of fuss.
But… I have been having disk space issues on my current Mac. I spent ages having a clean up a few weeks ago, got to 11Gb free, and now, for absolutely no reason, having changed or added nothing, I’m back to 1.6Gb free and getting warnings about low risk space.
I keep absolutely nothing on my Mac apart from software/apps. All my documents are kept on Dropbox with ‘online only’ selected.
The issue seems to be nearly 90Gb of ‘other’ files, which I absolutely cannot find or understand. Some seem to be various cache type files and folder, but the rest, no idea.
So my question is, will Migration Assistant bring all the crap across with it, such as this unknown 90Gb of assorted files, or will it essentially just copy my settings and migrate my apps/software?
Lord Marylebone said:
I have a 2018 MBP 13” and I will be buying the new MBP 14” when it launches.
Not used it before, but I plan on using Migration Assistant to turn my new Mac into my old Mac with the minimum of fuss.
But… I have been having disk space issues on my current Mac. I spent ages having a clean up a few weeks ago, got to 11Gb free, and now, for absolutely no reason, having changed or added nothing, I’m back to 1.6Gb free and getting warnings about low risk space.
I keep absolutely nothing on my Mac apart from software/apps. All my documents are kept on Dropbox with ‘online only’ selected.
The issue seems to be nearly 90Gb of ‘other’ files, which I absolutely cannot find or understand. Some seem to be various cache type files and folder, but the rest, no idea.
So my question is, will Migration Assistant bring all the crap across with it, such as this unknown 90Gb of assorted files, or will it essentially just copy my settings and migrate my apps/software?
How big is your SSD? What apps do you have installed? What does your 'Manage Storage' window look like in 'About this Mac'?Not used it before, but I plan on using Migration Assistant to turn my new Mac into my old Mac with the minimum of fuss.
But… I have been having disk space issues on my current Mac. I spent ages having a clean up a few weeks ago, got to 11Gb free, and now, for absolutely no reason, having changed or added nothing, I’m back to 1.6Gb free and getting warnings about low risk space.
I keep absolutely nothing on my Mac apart from software/apps. All my documents are kept on Dropbox with ‘online only’ selected.
The issue seems to be nearly 90Gb of ‘other’ files, which I absolutely cannot find or understand. Some seem to be various cache type files and folder, but the rest, no idea.
So my question is, will Migration Assistant bring all the crap across with it, such as this unknown 90Gb of assorted files, or will it essentially just copy my settings and migrate my apps/software?
Most of my 'Other' space is used up by Application Support files in Macintosh HD/Users/YourName/Library
Edited by mmm-five on Friday 15th October 09:42
Thanks for the reply.
I just checked my Application Support folder and it is 4.5Gb
I'm back up to 10Gb now, and yesterday it was down to 1.5Gb. I have done nothing since then.
I have tried really hard to find files to delete. I searched the whole drive for any files or programs above 100mb and there was hardly much at all.
I just checked my Application Support folder and it is 4.5Gb
I'm back up to 10Gb now, and yesterday it was down to 1.5Gb. I have done nothing since then.
I have tried really hard to find files to delete. I searched the whole drive for any files or programs above 100mb and there was hardly much at all.
The 'small' up/down free space is due to MacOS built-in disk management - and will make temporary snapshots of you drive to help in repair/recovery. However, with such a small SSD to play with it will have to do this a lot more (128Gb is tiny).
The 'other' category is just a list of files/folders that the OS couldn't categorise properly - they could still be system files or applications, but with the wrong flags, so the OS doesn't know what they are.
Tracking them all down isn't that simple, because a lot of them could be invisible and you'd have to make them visible for the system to show them in the folders.
The other way of tracking down 'other' document is to install a 'directory tree' program, such as GrandPerspective (http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net) - which is free from the website (don't bother paying the £2.49 from the app store).
You can scan a volume and then find out what colour relates to 'Other' or 'Unknown' file types and then click on the biggest to see what they are. In my case they are iPhone and iPad backups and dynamic movie files for a screensaver (the big yellow and orange blobs). The black space on the left is the free/empty portion of the disk (mine's 50% used).
The 'other' category is just a list of files/folders that the OS couldn't categorise properly - they could still be system files or applications, but with the wrong flags, so the OS doesn't know what they are.
Tracking them all down isn't that simple, because a lot of them could be invisible and you'd have to make them visible for the system to show them in the folders.
The other way of tracking down 'other' document is to install a 'directory tree' program, such as GrandPerspective (http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net) - which is free from the website (don't bother paying the £2.49 from the app store).
You can scan a volume and then find out what colour relates to 'Other' or 'Unknown' file types and then click on the biggest to see what they are. In my case they are iPhone and iPad backups and dynamic movie files for a screensaver (the big yellow and orange blobs). The black space on the left is the free/empty portion of the disk (mine's 50% used).
Thanks again for the comprehensive answer.
I hate stuff ‘technical’ like this, and it is the first Mac I have ever had this issue with, which is why I’m finding it a bit annoying. It was a nightmare when I updated to Big Sur as I had to essentially offload MS Office and a load of others stuff just to get the update done.
You are right, the 128Gb drive is tiny, but I was ‘assured’ at the time of purchase by the Apple store that it would be perfect for my needs seen as how I never store any documents on the laptop. I never thought I would have to start to try to find a mysterious 80-90Gb of unknown files just to be able to stop it running out of disk space.
I had 80gb free when I first started using this laptop and got all my software installed, but over the last 3-4 years that 80Gb has slowly been eaten away at for unknown reasons. I don’t use iTunes on the laptop, nor store any music, nor do I use it for backing up iPad or iPhone. They are backed up to icloud each night.
It’s one of the reasons I want to upgrade as soon as the new MBP as it apparent comes with 512Gb as a minimum on the base model.
Getting back to my previous question, will Migration Assistant copy over all the ‘crap’ from my current laptop, or will it just copy over my software and settings?
Thank you again
I hate stuff ‘technical’ like this, and it is the first Mac I have ever had this issue with, which is why I’m finding it a bit annoying. It was a nightmare when I updated to Big Sur as I had to essentially offload MS Office and a load of others stuff just to get the update done.
You are right, the 128Gb drive is tiny, but I was ‘assured’ at the time of purchase by the Apple store that it would be perfect for my needs seen as how I never store any documents on the laptop. I never thought I would have to start to try to find a mysterious 80-90Gb of unknown files just to be able to stop it running out of disk space.
I had 80gb free when I first started using this laptop and got all my software installed, but over the last 3-4 years that 80Gb has slowly been eaten away at for unknown reasons. I don’t use iTunes on the laptop, nor store any music, nor do I use it for backing up iPad or iPhone. They are backed up to icloud each night.
It’s one of the reasons I want to upgrade as soon as the new MBP as it apparent comes with 512Gb as a minimum on the base model.
Getting back to my previous question, will Migration Assistant copy over all the ‘crap’ from my current laptop, or will it just copy over my software and settings?
Thank you again
Lord Marylebone said:
Thanks again for the comprehensive answer.
I hate stuff ‘technical’ like this, and it is the first Mac I have ever had this issue with, which is why I’m finding it a bit annoying. It was a nightmare when I updated to Big Sur as I had to essentially offload MS Office and a load of others stuff just to get the update done.
You are right, the 128Gb drive is tiny, but I was ‘assured’ at the time of purchase by the Apple store that it would be perfect for my needs seen as how I never store any documents on the laptop. I never thought I would have to start to try to find a mysterious 80-90Gb of unknown files just to be able to stop it running out of disk space.
I had 80gb free when I first started using this laptop and got all my software installed, but over the last 3-4 years that 80Gb has slowly been eaten away at for unknown reasons. I don’t use iTunes on the laptop, nor store any music, nor do I use it for backing up iPad or iPhone. They are backed up to icloud each night.
It’s one of the reasons I want to upgrade as soon as the new MBP as it apparent comes with 512Gb as a minimum on the base model.
Getting back to my previous question, will Migration Assistant copy over all the ‘crap’ from my current laptop, or will it just copy over my software and settings?
Thank you again
Big Sur is certainly BIG and really shouldnt be used on a 128gb Mac but they dont make that clear at allI hate stuff ‘technical’ like this, and it is the first Mac I have ever had this issue with, which is why I’m finding it a bit annoying. It was a nightmare when I updated to Big Sur as I had to essentially offload MS Office and a load of others stuff just to get the update done.
You are right, the 128Gb drive is tiny, but I was ‘assured’ at the time of purchase by the Apple store that it would be perfect for my needs seen as how I never store any documents on the laptop. I never thought I would have to start to try to find a mysterious 80-90Gb of unknown files just to be able to stop it running out of disk space.
I had 80gb free when I first started using this laptop and got all my software installed, but over the last 3-4 years that 80Gb has slowly been eaten away at for unknown reasons. I don’t use iTunes on the laptop, nor store any music, nor do I use it for backing up iPad or iPhone. They are backed up to icloud each night.
It’s one of the reasons I want to upgrade as soon as the new MBP as it apparent comes with 512Gb as a minimum on the base model.
Getting back to my previous question, will Migration Assistant copy over all the ‘crap’ from my current laptop, or will it just copy over my software and settings?
Thank you again
Is this progress - needing a 256GB drive just to run an OS and store a few files?
Why is everything becoming so bloated?
I don't think the amounts of videos / photos / music have gone up that much in the last few years (the big jump on that was 5 years ago with higher def phone cameras)
Looking on my 256GB MBP and there is a file type called 'other' taking up 90GB!
Why is everything becoming so bloated?
I don't think the amounts of videos / photos / music have gone up that much in the last few years (the big jump on that was 5 years ago with higher def phone cameras)
Looking on my 256GB MBP and there is a file type called 'other' taking up 90GB!
Edited by hungry_hog on Saturday 16th October 11:30
hungry_hog said:
Looking on my 256GB MBP and there is a file type called 'other' taking up 90GB!
Use the tool mentioned below to find out what the Other files are.Some times it shows you something really obvious, that you've installed and forgotten about - or sometimes it's the OS no cleaning up properly after an upgrade.
HI all,
I wonder if i'd be able to request some assistance please with a bug in Safari on my parents' iMac.
It's a 2015 model running OSX El Capitan 10.11.6, I have run all available software updates on it.
It has what appears to be a common bug where Safari refuses to open trusted websites (including our online banking login page) by claiming that it can't establish a secure connection. These pages all work fine on my work Windows laptop and on their iPad.
I have, from googling, so far tried the following:
- double checked the web address is the genuine one I want
- disabling IPv6 by setting it to manual configuration
- adding the google secure DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- checked date and time are correct and set to automatically update
none of these have worked. I see there is also an idea about telling keychain to manually trust these sites, however this seems to require copying information from the little padlock icon in the browser bar, and I don't get that when safari refuses to load the sites.
I'm a bit stumped now with my limited tech-spertise and the parent's keep talking about "Just getting a new computer" which is patently ridiculous for what should be an easily fixed bug....
I wonder if i'd be able to request some assistance please with a bug in Safari on my parents' iMac.
It's a 2015 model running OSX El Capitan 10.11.6, I have run all available software updates on it.
It has what appears to be a common bug where Safari refuses to open trusted websites (including our online banking login page) by claiming that it can't establish a secure connection. These pages all work fine on my work Windows laptop and on their iPad.
I have, from googling, so far tried the following:
- double checked the web address is the genuine one I want
- disabling IPv6 by setting it to manual configuration
- adding the google secure DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- checked date and time are correct and set to automatically update
none of these have worked. I see there is also an idea about telling keychain to manually trust these sites, however this seems to require copying information from the little padlock icon in the browser bar, and I don't get that when safari refuses to load the sites.
I'm a bit stumped now with my limited tech-spertise and the parent's keep talking about "Just getting a new computer" which is patently ridiculous for what should be an easily fixed bug....
mmm-five said:
PushedDover said:
Me again - still looking for the tright / best solution for an external monitor for my MacBookPro M1 chip.
What dow the experts say to : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-LC34J791WTRXXU-Cu...
It does not 'say' 4k. but otherwise appears right?
The clots at Currys this evening is the reason we all buy from the internet !
Or.... https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/329P9H_00/brilliance... is the answer?
No, it's not 4k, as that would be a 2160 horizontal resolution - the Samsung is closer to a 'double-wide' VA 1440p monitor.What dow the experts say to : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-LC34J791WTRXXU-Cu...
It does not 'say' 4k. but otherwise appears right?
The clots at Currys this evening is the reason we all buy from the internet !
Or.... https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/329P9H_00/brilliance... is the answer?
It's a perfectly good monitor, and has more screen real estate as the 4k IPS Philips...just depends whether you're happier with an ultra-wide or a standard-format 4k monitor?
Personally, I'd go for a cheaper (arguably better) version of the Philips type like the LG 32UL750 (£540):
https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-32ul750
...or a cheaper version of the Samsung ultrawide like the LG 35WN75C (£490):
https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-35wn75c
...or if you want LOTS of screen, and have the space, there's the LG 43UN700 (£630):
https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-43UN700
Edited by mmm-five on Thursday 14th October 09:24
I’m happy with that big curved Samsung I mentioned above.
MBP charges off it so the peer adaptor can live in my bag rather that digging it out all the time. Better solution than the hub and dual screens I had
Yet to see how I can have the keyboard keys for volume work the speakers on the monitor though
MBP charges off it so the peer adaptor can live in my bag rather that digging it out all the time. Better solution than the hub and dual screens I had
Yet to see how I can have the keyboard keys for volume work the speakers on the monitor though
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