Posts by RBR

Marvin,   Well, I got an answer. "You can't get there from here." It's not the answer I wanted, but at least it's an answer.   It seems that the version of Disk Utility shipping with OS 10.8.2 AUTOMATICALLY creates a...

Thanks, Marvin,   This is getting "curiouser and curiouser".   I booted to the factory HDD, set up and admin account and connected to my WiFi network. I then got the expected "doesn't recognize" disk message for the...

Thanks, macxpress and Marvin,   I will need to clone the OS over from the factory drive. I don't have an App Store purchase of Mountain Lion as this is the first Intel Mac I have acquired. I will be using it to purchase...

I am setting up a new Mac Mini that I put a SSD and a 7,200 RPM HDD in before ever starting it.    I attached the factory HDD to a PPC Mac and made a disk image of it as a backup of the OEM install. (It came out at...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmm  <snip> That would be cool, although I've never seen an external device that would be compliant with such a thing unless a special cable that delivers via eSATA with a usb...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmm  The eSATA standard can be faster than usb. It depends on the implementation, but you can get SATA bandwidth with minimal overhead. Some cards are much faster than others. I've never...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    It's a tablet! You're forced to touch it! You can't control the OS completely from the keyboard! What are you talking...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Identity. Crisis. It becomes a laptop that you're forced to touch. Make the darn thing bigger and most people won't want to use a physical keyboard at all. That's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  <snip>  You'd rather have a keyboard built into your case whether you need it or not? Did you actually look at the picture or read the description? It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    They are. It's called the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. You can even get cases that have slots for both the iPad and the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, and there are...