What have you done with an early Intel recently?

[avz]

But I have no experience with streaming music downloads though. What happens if you just try to rescan ("Add to Library") the music folder containing the .m4p files? Music.app has an option to only show duplicates if you need to clean up duplicates. I would have to reboot to check iTunes.

As it turns out streaming music downloads are not the same as purchased music downloads. "Add to Library" works very well for the purchased/ripped from the CD music downloads but not for the streaming music downloads.

I knew from the outset that streaming music downloads are "too good to be true" and there will have to be a catch somewhere.

 

[eyoungren]

@Dronecatcher

You may be interested in this… SomaFM miniplayer.app

For Mac (Intel) in the App store. Rather than the full SOMA FM app, it puts itself in the menubar and you can play stations from SOMA FM directly. Found that today when looking for the SOMA FM app.

 

[Dronecatcher]

@Dronecatcher

You may be interested in this… SomaFM miniplayer.app

For Mac (Intel) in the App store. Rather than the full SOMA FM app, it puts itself in the menubar and you can play stations from SOMA FM directly. Found that today when looking for the SOMA FM app.

Alas, not compatible with El Capitan...thanks though

 

[eyoungren]

Alas, not compatible with El Capitan...thanks though

That is unfortunate, I'm sorry.

I am just going to post this though: https://github.com/ealeksandrov/SomaFM-miniplayer/releases/tag/1.2.0

Apparently they have an App store version and this un-sandboxed version. The un-sandboxed version responds to media keys, the one in the App store does not.

 

[tensixturtle]

@Project Alice (or others who might have an idea) I have been trying to set up SL Server and Netboot on my 2010 Mac mini but my efforts are in vain. I made a post about it in the Server forum without much success. Could someone be willing to assist please? Thanks.

Update: It works now. Thanks again @Project Alice!

 

[bobesch]

Migrated all my peripheral brain from my early2008 17" MBP and different other sources to a late-early-intel mid2012 non-retina 15" MBP (16GB RAM, matte HiRes-Display, 2TB SSD, Mojave to keep 32bit-compatibility).
Now only one machine to keep it all! (Plus 3 external rugged USB3 drives for backups with CCC.)
The kind of Zen of Mac, I intended to start with in 2009, but got a bit lost recently leading to a dispersion of stuff over a bunch of Macs (PPC and intel).
I have to admit, that I really miss daily working on my emerald-early2008 17"MBP and it's superb non-glossy high-res display and 5 USB-port (2 of the USB3 via PCExpressCard).

Edit: today the early2008 17" MBP found it's way back into working life as an unobtrusive remote-client for home-office/VPN.
Now bare of it's loads of files, but well connected with iCloud, webDAV, VPN, RDP-Client, screen&file-sharing.
(And also for watching streaming video and listen to iTunes - attached with BassJump-subwoofer)
It's nice to clean the "desk" at the end of working-procedures and transfer all relevant stuff to other places to have a clean start on the next occasion.

 

[theMarble]

5 USB-port (2 of the USB3 via PCExpressCard).

That's where Thunderbolt hubs comes in!

 

[bobesch]

That's where Thunderbolt hubs comes in!

Is there any Thunderbolt1-connected Hub you could recommend?
Drawback might be, that the first version of Thunderbold-connected hubs probably need extra power-supply (opposite to the newer USB-C connected hubs).

 

[Amethyst1]

Is there any Thunderbolt1-connected Hub you could recommend?

Thunderbolt hubs only came with Thunderbolt 4 and don’t work on Thunderbolt 1 Macs.

@bobesch: My recommendation, if you want to go down that route, would be a Thunderbolt 2 dock, e.g. the Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD I had. They can be had reasonably cheaply (but make sure a Thunderbolt cable is included if you don't already have one, those can get expensive on their own!), don’t require any adapter to connect to your MBP — Thunderbolt 3/4 ones do — and provide at least three additional USB 3.0 ports, among other goodies. They do come with a large-ish external power supply (12V 6A or something like that) though. All Thunderbolt 2 docks seem to be very similar to each other so it shouldn't really matter which one you get.

Two Thunderbolt 1 docks I’d avoid are the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock (slow USB 3.0 ports at ≈130 MB/s max — but a FireWire 800 port) and the Matrox DS1 (first on the market but very buggy).

 

[bobesch]

Thunderbolt hubs only came with Thunderbolt 4 and don’t work on Thunderbolt 1 Macs.

@bobesch: My recommendation, if you want to go down that route, would be a Thunderbolt 2 dock, e.g. the Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD I had. They can be had reasonably cheaply (but make sure a Thunderbolt cable is included if you don't already have one, those can get expensive on their own!), don’t require any adapter to connect to your MBP — Thunderbolt 3/4 ones do — and provide at least three additional USB 3.0 ports, among other goodies. They do come with a large-ish external power supply (12V 6A or something like that) though. All Thunderbolt 2 docks seem to be very similar to each other so it shouldn't really matter which one you get.

Two Thunderbolt 1 docks I’d avoid are the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock (slow USB 3.0 ports at ≈130 MB/s max — but a FireWire 800 port) and the Matrox DS1 (first on the market but very buggy).

Thanks! Thunderbolt for me is new terrain ...
I think I'm gonna look for such a Belkin TB2 Express Dock, so I can keep scanner and USB-backup-drives connected and connect one or two acrylic Apple Cinema Displays ... ?
Thing is, that I have to move into seclusion then, cause my family certainly won't appreciate both my MacBook and additional two 22" displays permanently sitting on our dining table ... ?
I think, I'm gonna access the mid2012 15" MBP remotely through my favourite early2008 17" MBP while sitting at my favorite place at the table in our dining/living room opposite to inherited grandma's sofa. Nice perspectives - so that's a win-win situation after all.

 

[joevt]

Thunderbolt hubs only came with Thunderbolt 4 and don’t work on Thunderbolt 1 Macs.

I've added a new post there regarding Thunderbolt 1 support. #52

 

[Amethyst1]

I think I'm gonna look for such a Belkin TB2 Express Dock, so I can keep scanner and USB-backup-drives connected and connect one or two acrylic Apple Cinema Displays ... ?

If you want to hook up two non-Thunderbolt displays, you need two Thunderbolt 1/2 docks — or one Thunderbolt 3 dock.

Belkin say their Thunderbolt 2 dock can run two displays, but the thing is that one of them must be a Thunderbolt display — or a non-Thunderbolt display hooked up to a second dock daisy-chained to the first dock.

 

[eyoungren]

Finally got around to installing my Goodwill find, Targus PAUK10U numeric keypad to the L:09 Mini. It's also a two-port hub and both ports work!

My USB extension cable came in and I was able to hook it up.



Note: The Magic Mouse is attached to the E:09 Mini and the Magic Trackpad to the L:09 Mini. Just sharing the same physical space.

 

[eyoungren]

So, it would appear that I have finally achieved transparency!



To do this you want to make sure SIP is disabled. If you object to that then there is no way to do it. But I routinely work with SIP disabled just so I can customize things.

Anyway, after that, install MacForge. Search for Afloat and install that. Note, AfloatX is for Catalina and above.

The hot keys do not seem to be working, but perhaps that is because something is overriding mine. But they work when I click on it.

 

[dandeco]

Finally maxed out the RAM in my mid-2009 A1181 MacBook to 8 GB. The compatible 4 GB RAM modules aren't cheap, so I bought both separately over a one-week period (so it wouldn't take a big bite out of my weekly paycheck).

But since I already have Mac OS X El Capitan installed on my mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro, I'm considering "downgrading" the A1181 to Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, a system I also used on such a MacBook back then. With my collection of older Macs, I like the variation of operating systems on some of them.

 

[Amethyst1]

[…] I'm considering "downgrading" the A1181 to Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, […]

If you want to see it fly, Snow Leopard is also worth considering.

 

[ricom2ger]

With 10.9 you still get an up to date browser, Chromium.

 

[rampancy]

Finally maxed out the RAM in my mid-2009 A1181 MacBook to 8 GB. The compatible 4 GB RAM modules aren't cheap, so I bought both separately over a one-week period (so it wouldn't take a big bite out of my weekly paycheck).

Thank you! I see lots of people all around the web talking about how they have 6 or 8 GB in their 2009 A1181, and I have no idea where people are finding 4 GB SO-DIMMS for anything less than a king's ransom.

Anyway, congrats on the upgrade! My 2009 A1181 still has just 4 GB RAM but with dual 500 GB SSDs it still flies.

 

[dandeco]

Thank you! I see lots of people all around the web talking about how they have 6 or 8 GB in their 2009 A1181, and I have no idea where people are finding 4 GB SO-DIMMS for anything less than a king's ransom.

Anyway, congrats on the upgrade! My 2009 A1181 still has just 4 GB RAM but with dual 500 GB SSDs it still flies.

Thanks! I also put a 512 GB SSD into it, replacing the physical hard drive, but I kept the SuperDrive intact, just because.

Installing Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Transferring data from my 2008 BlackBook to the 2009 MacBook via Target Disk Mode. All my Macs pretty much have the same personal files and documents, manually copied/duplicated onto each one. Talk about crazy prepared! (And yes, I also do Time Machine backups of my M1 MacBook Air and 2012 15" Unibody MacBook Pro.)

I've forgotten how much I missed that 2007-2014 Mac OS X style. While the current one indeed looks nice, there's indeed something fun and nostalgic about the older designs and interfaces.
Of course after taking that pic, I updated it to version 10.9.5 and installed some additional software, including Chromium and a fix for the Weather widget on Dashboard!

 

[rampancy]

When life gives you lemons (or in my case, three A1181 MacBooks with dead motherboards), you make lemonade...or in my case, you cannibalize them for the bits and pieces you need to build a MacBook out of random spare parts.

I took the display assembly, topcase, optical drive, and screws from all three of my dead white MacBooks, and combined them with a mysterious untested black A1181 bottom case and motherboard that I'd assumed were most likely dead. Lo and behold, not only was it quite alive, it was also one of the mighty 2.4 Ghz MacBook 4,1 units too. I tossed in 4 GB of RAM stolen from my (not-yet-dead) A1211, and the nearest hard drive lying around and hoped for the best...it now runs Zorin OS 16.1 Lite and powers through stuff like Discord, Twitter and Zoom video chats with aplomb.

My newly resurrected A1181 chimera goes quite well with another MacBook chimera I built out of parts back in 2020, a MacBook 2,1 with white bottom and topcase, combined with a black display assembly.

 

[B S Magnet]

When life gives you lemons (or in my case, three A1181 MacBooks with dead motherboards), you make lemonade...or in my case, you cannibalize them for the bits and pieces you need to build a MacBook out of random spare parts.

I took the display assembly, topcase, optical drive, and screws from all three of my dead white MacBooks, and combined them with a mysterious untested black A1181 bottom case and motherboard that I'd assumed were most likely dead. Lo and behold, not only was it quite alive, it was also one of the mighty 2.4 Ghz MacBook 4,1 units too. I tossed in 4 GB of RAM stolen from my (not-yet-dead) A1211, and the nearest hard drive lying around and hoped for the best...it now runs Zorin OS 16.1 Lite and powers through stuff like Discord, Twitter and Zoom video chats with aplomb.

My newly resurrected A1181 chimera goes quite well with another MacBook chimera I built out of parts back in 2020, a MacBook 2,1 with white bottom and topcase, combined with a black display assembly.

A1181 MacBook Domino Edition.

 

[mikiotty]

I will take my Hackintosh off my main setup (which I'm considering selling BTW) today and just use a freshly RAM-upgraded og Mac Pro as my main and only machine for a while. We'll see how it goes!

 

[m1maverick]

When life gives you lemons (or in my case, three A1181 MacBooks with dead motherboards), you make lemonade...or in my case, you cannibalize them for the bits and pieces you need to build a MacBook out of random spare parts.

I took the display assembly, topcase, optical drive, and screws from all three of my dead white MacBooks, and combined them with a mysterious untested black A1181 bottom case and motherboard that I'd assumed were most likely dead. Lo and behold, not only was it quite alive, it was also one of the mighty 2.4 Ghz MacBook 4,1 units too. I tossed in 4 GB of RAM stolen from my (not-yet-dead) A1211, and the nearest hard drive lying around and hoped for the best...it now runs Zorin OS 16.1 Lite and powers through stuff like Discord, Twitter and Zoom video chats with aplomb.

My newly resurrected A1181 chimera goes quite well with another MacBook chimera I built out of parts back in 2020, a MacBook 2,1 with white bottom and topcase, combined with a black display assembly.

You need to swap on a black top cover and then you can have an Oreo MacBook.

 

[MBAir2010]

WOW
the new Java update revitalized my early intel MacBook air
were b4 the upgrade, Safari was lagging a bit and the pictures were not bright.
thank you Java, Oracle!

 

[Wowfunhappy]

WOW
the new Java update revitalized my early intel MacBook air
were b4 the upgrade, Safari was lagging a bit and the pictures were not bright.

Wat? That shouldn't be possible? Are you running Java software while web browsing?