... You definitely want to start with Disk Utility before you try more extreme measures. It should do what you want. (Click on the disk, then select ...
Hi, I just bought a new HD for my MacBook. Now, I plan use the old drive as a USB/Firewire drive. The prices and features vary wildly. A little research seems...
Thanks, Allison, for the suggestion. I solved the problem by moving the cable on the LaCie HD to the _upper_ FireWire port from the lower (Maybe I moved it...
man, are firewire drives finicky or what? I have to put mine on a table, support the power cable, plug it in the right order with powering it up, sing to it,...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 2, 2006 4:51 am
10568
Firewire provides a faster sustained transfer rate than USB (even though the quoted specs show USB 2 at 480mbps and firewire 400 at 400mbps). I haven't heard...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 2, 2006 5:16 am
10569
I'm honored!...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 2, 2006 5:47 am
10570
Also, Firewire offloads the majority of read/write operations to the Oxford or equivalent chipset that connects the Firewire interface to the Hard Drive's ATA...
Brian Bautista
tonphanan@...
Nov 2, 2006 6:43 am
10571
... Yes, Intel Macs can boot from external USB drives. And yes, Firewire is better than USB2. My understanding is that Firewire opens a pipe and pushes data...
Macarena: once again no more than a demo virus for Mac OS X Symantec has been predicting for quite a while now that virus authors would increasingly dedicate...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 4, 2006 2:08 am
10573
Hi folks, I'm subscribed to some free podcasts through the iTunes store. I'd like to be able to save them as mp3s to my iTunes music library and be able to...
Thanks for the plug Matt! I think the part you might be missing is actually non-obvious. To burn a song or podcast from your iTunes library, you have to...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 5, 2006 6:03 pm
10576
Hi, I have iPod 60 GB Video "Windows Formatted". I am using it in conjunction with Mac Mini (with Intel processor and MAC Tiger 10.5 OS). I noticed that...
Gregory Korzon
gkorzon@...
Nov 6, 2006 7:04 am
10577
Gregory, iPods come in two operating systems format  Windows or Mac. With your Mac you can reset the Windows format using the iPod Software Updater (look in ...
Thank you for your help! Is there any advantage of formatting iPod as for MAC OS versus Windows? Or shall I leave it as it is now (Windows)? Some video...
Gregory Korzon
gkorzon@...
Nov 6, 2006 6:46 pm
10579
Hi, My MacMini already came with iTunes software which appears to work OK with my iPod 60 GB Video. So probably that is iTunes Windows Version. I updated it...
Gregory Korzon
gkorzon@...
Nov 6, 2006 6:58 pm
10580
... You can use the iPod as an external/removable hard drive if you set it to "Enable Disk Use" in the iPod's "Summary Info" shown in iTunes when you plug the...
David Kemsley
dhkemsley@...
Nov 6, 2006 7:12 pm
10581
... However, for the power-user-geek, you can only install Mac OS X on a Mac formatted iPod disk. You can then boot your Mac from a Mac formatted iPod (e.g.,...
David Kemsley
dhkemsley@...
Nov 6, 2006 7:32 pm
10582
Thank you fopr the info. So, what you are saying, iPod will run "better" when formatted for "Mac"? Is that why it will NOT play some Video PodCasts saying that...
Gregory Korzon
gkorzon@...
Nov 6, 2006 7:43 pm
10583
Thank for that interesting suggestion. Which controls do I use to set up iPod as a "hard drive" to transfer files, etc... Gregory Gregory American Services ...
Gregory Korzon
gkorzon@...
Nov 6, 2006 8:13 pm
10584
... See below......
David Kemsley
dhkemsley@...
Nov 6, 2006 8:32 pm
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Thanks for the tip Allison (and the other contributors too). That answered my question. Ed...
New iPod Shuffle Uses Samsung, Not SigmaTel, Decoder By Colleen Taylor -- 11/3/2006 Electronic News Recent research shows that Apple Computer Inc.'s new iPod...
Carl W Cullings
ccullings@...
Nov 7, 2006 3:55 pm
10587
Anyone figure out how to get the You Tube videos to iPods yet? No, I don't have one yet, but perhaps Santa will be nice....
But of course - I podcasted about this three times! I put a full tutorial for Windows and Mac on my podcast website. go to http://podfeet.com, click on...
Allison Sheridan
asheridan@...
Nov 8, 2006 4:17 am
10590
Hi folks, For some reason, tonight, my Mail program has started to prompt me for my passwords over and over again. I get a popup window that says my ISP has...
