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Why are you dragging files into your root folder? You really don't want to mess around in the root directory. Permissions are set automatically to reflect that.
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Whiat kind of files and what were you doing when you lost them?
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Hard drives/SSDs are user replaceable now. Get a hard drive with your computer, wait a few months and get a new SSD. You'll save money by not using the Apple factory upgrade in the first place, you can get a newer, better performing drive, and you…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist Like I said: use FreeDMG to make an encrypted disk image on the USB key. If you make that disk image the size of the USB key's capacity, filling it to the max, then you've defacto got a password protec…
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Right. 10.6.5 --> 10.6.6 uses the update, going from previous versions uses the combo update.
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Apple posts them on the support site. Example: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1343
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Try it again without any programs running and let it run through to completion. You did quit iTunes right? Or did you just close the window?
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I'd say upgrading the internal drive's probably your best bet. There are even 3GB drives on the market now, so take a look at those too. An external for Time Machine is a good idea too, the bigger the better. In general, RAID 0 is a bad idea. …
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OK, I gotta get to bed, but I'll post this for you to chew on and for other people to correct me on. OK, here's the quick rundown on RAID from someone who's never dealt with it personally and doesn't know everything there is to know about it. …
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One final question: How much space do you want on this volume anyway?
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Wait, two drives to go into one enclosure, or 2 separate enclosures to mirror each other (or to just have one as a backup?)? Sorry, your wording's a bit vague.
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How many drives are you planning on using and what kind of RAID setup are you going to use? Firewire 800 is going to be quite a bit faster than USB 2.0 but not as fast as eSATA if that's an option on your computer. There are Expresscard eSATA ad…
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What are you using this drive for anyway? Occasional backup? Mobile storage? This'll kinda dictate what kind of drive you should be looking at. Even firewire 400's going to be faster than USB, so there is a speed benefit. Also, a firewire con…
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From what I understand, the firmware's the main functional difference between the two. Video card manufacturers (Asus, MSI, Powercolor, etc.) can tweak the actual hardware on the graphics cards even if they use the same graphics chipset by changi…
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Typically OSX installs are non-case sensitive from the factory. I'd pick that... It's less of a pain in the ass at times. Erase and install's the one you want.
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Personally I take the "best of both worlds" approach. Install Windows under Boot Camp, try it out. If you find it too annoying, install Parallels to work off of your Boot Camp partition. That way you can try the free solution for a while to s…
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Should just be in the Start menu under Programs.
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Apple won't sell 10.5, but there's this thing called Ebay. It's in low demand and should be reasonably cheap. As far as I know, 10.5 will run on it fine, you may want more RAM though. I'm honestly not sure about new programs requiring Intel, to…
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Have you thought about upgrading OSX? It would be very cheap to buy 10.5 nowadays.
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Any new keyboard is going to work on a Mac. The Windows key gets mapped to Command. The question is if you'll be able to learn the function keys and remember which ones control volume and other OSX features.