Used FindMy on my wife's 2011 MBA to ping her iPhone. She totally forgot where she left it. Again.
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@eyoungren: I forget where my blasted iPhone is all the time. 
I am absent minded. As a kid, that wasn't so bad, but when I turned 16 it became a problem. I went to the school bathroom once and placed my wallet on top of a towel dispenser. Because I was focusing on something else I completely forgot that I'd left it there. It stayed there a week while I replaced my license and other items - only to find it later.@eyoungren: I forget where my blasted iPhone is all the time.
I also began to lock myself out of the car because I wasn't paying any attention except to what I was focused on. After the third or fourth time of this I'd had it with myself.
Anything of value or importance goes in a specific spot. I have trained myself that keys, wallet, phone go in ONE place. I do NOT lay them down anywhere else. For phones, that place may change based on where I am in the house. But I have business card holders in those places that are SPECIFICALLY for my phone.
I also trained myself NOT to lock the car unless the car keys were in my hand. There was one point where I was forcing myself to lock the car doors from the outside. That meant I had to have the keys.
All of this has led to two things. I always know where my phone/wallet/keys are and I do not lock myself out of my car.
My wife's tack on things is, "I'm going to put this some place safe!" Then, because it's not a normal place (unsafe?) she would put whatever it is, she forgets. SMH.
Her phone was found under the bedsheets. I almost sat on it without realizing it at one point.
That reminds me of a friend who lost an expensive phone a few months after getting it. After having suspected everyone of having taken it, he discovered it had slipped out of his pocket and gotten under the bedsheets. And he couldn’t ring it up because the battery was flat. SMH.
I was just glad I finally thought to use FindMy. I used her MBA, but I could have just as easily used her iPad.
But this was only after trying to use iCloud online and finding out that the password I have for her wasn't working. And Keychain on the MBA was only giving me her hashed password. So it took me twenty minutes just to try the actual app.
Apparently, that only started with Catalina though - which just happens to be the OS on her MBA.
Finally finished installing my Mac Pro 2,1 with xserve raid to serve as a backup for an international research project involving childhood cancers
I also use it to manage tissue archives
I also use it to manage tissue archives
I still have a working single drive enclosure for 1TB drives. Dropped in a 1TB WD Green and connected it to the work MBP.
This way I can move work related files off my own HD.
PS. That's the Moshi adapter that's giving me ethernet through USB. Finally using the USB port it has.
This way I can move work related files off my own HD.
PS. That's the Moshi adapter that's giving me ethernet through USB. Finally using the USB port it has.
I have one of those, Macally? Mine is lost in a box somewhere full of 10.5 PPC era iLife libraries and backups.
Yes, MacAlly!
I have two, one of which was advertised as being a 'NAS'. It is, but the firmware is garbage so it's better as a drive enclosure. But it's finicky, so I'm using the first one I got which is NOT a 'NAS'.
This one I originally got because it has FW400. But most of the Macs I used now have FW800 and the work MBP doesn't have Firewire at all. I had it connected to an Airport Extreme (Goodwill find) which only takes USB. That meant a hunt for a USB Type A to Mini-B USB cable, which is not easy to find as this is not the same type of cable that you charge Android phones or headphones with.
Used my early 2009 Mini to rip DVDs and convert the rips to MP4 files I could watch on my iPod touch. Ripping took anywhere from 30-45 minutes depending on how many episodes I selected. Conversion to MP4 took about 13 minutes per file. Could I have shaved off a few minutes by using my Core i3 Lenovo Ideapad instead? Sure, but that would have meant using Windows 10 and I don't like using Windows 10.
I've been using my Mac Pro 2,1 to help a friend get her old PC laptop's hard drive's photos to her modern Mac. This thing is a beast when importing thousands of photos from folders on the hard drive. Now, I just need to find an app/AppleScript that lets me get rid of duplicates after they've been imported. There were many folders that had duplicate photos but when importing it didn't catch them all, so some files are in there 10 times, but not everything! Any suggestions?
I worked with my recently acquired A1261 on some vector graphics uising gravit.io, a web based vector app like illustrator.
Am on High Sierry right now but will prpbably upgrade to mojave or even Catalina after I did some RAM upgrade when maxing out to 6GB.
And will probably watch some movies tonight.
Am on High Sierry right now but will prpbably upgrade to mojave or even Catalina after I did some RAM upgrade when maxing out to 6GB.
And will probably watch some movies tonight.
I don't know why but your avatar reminds me of V.I.N.CENT. from the Black Hole (Disney Sci-Fi movie of 1979).
V.I.N.CENT. was a hero so it's cool.
Put a new battery in my 2006 2.33ghz C2D MBP. I got rid of the original battery awhile ago because it was preventing the Mac from booting and I didn't replace it because I didn't think I needed one. Over time, however, the gap at the bottom of this laptop where the battery would be was starting to annoy me. I also noticed some random slowdown when playing a video and I thought maybe putting a battery in here would rule out lack of battery as being a cause.
I have two magsafe chargers, one from 2007, which came with the 2006 2.16ghz C2D MBP I had before this MBP, and one from 2006, which is the one that came with this Mac. Up to this point, I had been using the 2007 one since the prongs of the wall plug were loose on the 2006 one. I discovered, however, that while the 2007 charger can power the laptop, it can't charge the battery. Thankfully, the wall plug part of the chargers are removable so I swapped out the 2006's wall plug for the 2007's and voila! I am now using the 2006 charger to charge the battery. I am at the final stage of calibration, almost back to being fully charged.
Too early to tell whether or not the slowdown issue has been solved, but I think performance overall feels a bit better than before.
I have two magsafe chargers, one from 2007, which came with the 2006 2.16ghz C2D MBP I had before this MBP, and one from 2006, which is the one that came with this Mac. Up to this point, I had been using the 2007 one since the prongs of the wall plug were loose on the 2006 one. I discovered, however, that while the 2007 charger can power the laptop, it can't charge the battery. Thankfully, the wall plug part of the chargers are removable so I swapped out the 2006's wall plug for the 2007's and voila! I am now using the 2006 charger to charge the battery. I am at the final stage of calibration, almost back to being fully charged.
Too early to tell whether or not the slowdown issue has been solved, but I think performance overall feels a bit better than before.
MacBooks underclock their CPU if the battery is dead or missing, so performance should™ be better now.
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Been itching to get my Nikon film scanners back up and going, so I finally set it up this past week.
A few months back, I bought a computer specifically to run it, as I don't really have space now for a tower, can't run anything newer than 10.6.8 if I want to actually use Nikon's software(which ultimately gives me better results than I can get with alternatives even if it's quirky), and want as much processing power as I can get as big scans can really bog down even a decently specced computer(even a dual 2.7 G5, which would have been a high end option when these were current, is slow at some tasks and side by side it's actually faster than a Quad, but I digress).
In any case, the computer I bought was a 2011 Mini Server. The server version is quad core, which is why I wanted it. Snow Leopard can be made to run on them, although it's not quite as nice and neat as late 2011 MBPs(which really do just need the restore disk from an early 2011).
I finally got this set up and I have it driving a 27" Cinema display. I impluse bought another new toy a few weeks ago, a Matias Tactile Pro, which I'm giving a trial run on this computer as I don't know if I'm ready to ditch my Spacesaver M on my main set-up. I like how much quieter the Tactile Pro is, although I can't decide if I like the switch feel of it or the Model M better. The Tactile Pro is the equal of the Alps-based Extended II keyboards I've used in feel and better than the Mitsumi-switched Extended IIs, plus it's nice knowing I have a while before I'm going to be repairing or replacing switches on it. When I was using Extended IIs regularly, I had about 4 I rotated through that I'd shuffle off when a key would start acting up, then spend a day going through and fixing all my broken ones to replenish my stock(either refurbing the switches, swapping touchy ones for less used switches on the same board, or robbing switches off other boards I'd written off completely). I like the original Extended much better, and I've never had to repair switches on the one I have.
All of that aside, I can't say I'm 100% pleased with this set up. My biggest complaint is that even though SL is supported, it's kind of buggy. It still will only drive one display, although that's a moot point now as I don't have room for a second where this one is(and yes, I've tested the computer-it does two displays just fine on supported OSs, whether using daisychained Thunderbolt displays or driving one off the displayport and one off the HDMI port). Software stability is an ongoing issue, and some programs just won't run. Nikon Scan seems to randomly lose communication with the scanner or crash. I've had much more success running it as a Photoshop plug-in, but I lose some file output options going that route. On the whole, I think I'm just going to take the MP 4,1/5,1 I have sitting here and drop the SSD out of the Mini into it and just do what I need to do to make space.
Still, though, I'm glad to have at least tried putting this computer into service in this role even if it didn't work the best.
A few months back, I bought a computer specifically to run it, as I don't really have space now for a tower, can't run anything newer than 10.6.8 if I want to actually use Nikon's software(which ultimately gives me better results than I can get with alternatives even if it's quirky), and want as much processing power as I can get as big scans can really bog down even a decently specced computer(even a dual 2.7 G5, which would have been a high end option when these were current, is slow at some tasks and side by side it's actually faster than a Quad, but I digress).
In any case, the computer I bought was a 2011 Mini Server. The server version is quad core, which is why I wanted it. Snow Leopard can be made to run on them, although it's not quite as nice and neat as late 2011 MBPs(which really do just need the restore disk from an early 2011).
I finally got this set up and I have it driving a 27" Cinema display. I impluse bought another new toy a few weeks ago, a Matias Tactile Pro, which I'm giving a trial run on this computer as I don't know if I'm ready to ditch my Spacesaver M on my main set-up. I like how much quieter the Tactile Pro is, although I can't decide if I like the switch feel of it or the Model M better. The Tactile Pro is the equal of the Alps-based Extended II keyboards I've used in feel and better than the Mitsumi-switched Extended IIs, plus it's nice knowing I have a while before I'm going to be repairing or replacing switches on it. When I was using Extended IIs regularly, I had about 4 I rotated through that I'd shuffle off when a key would start acting up, then spend a day going through and fixing all my broken ones to replenish my stock(either refurbing the switches, swapping touchy ones for less used switches on the same board, or robbing switches off other boards I'd written off completely). I like the original Extended much better, and I've never had to repair switches on the one I have.
All of that aside, I can't say I'm 100% pleased with this set up. My biggest complaint is that even though SL is supported, it's kind of buggy. It still will only drive one display, although that's a moot point now as I don't have room for a second where this one is(and yes, I've tested the computer-it does two displays just fine on supported OSs, whether using daisychained Thunderbolt displays or driving one off the displayport and one off the HDMI port). Software stability is an ongoing issue, and some programs just won't run. Nikon Scan seems to randomly lose communication with the scanner or crash. I've had much more success running it as a Photoshop plug-in, but I lose some file output options going that route. On the whole, I think I'm just going to take the MP 4,1/5,1 I have sitting here and drop the SSD out of the Mini into it and just do what I need to do to make space.
Still, though, I'm glad to have at least tried putting this computer into service in this role even if it didn't work the best.
Finally got my other desk from the old house moved over the long weekend and got the thick boi out and am updating it to 11.6.7 from 11.6.5.
27 " Mid 2011
6970 1GB
i5/32/512 TB SSD
11.6.7 (soon I hope)
27 " Mid 2011
6970 1GB
i5/32/512 TB SSD
11.6.7 (soon I hope)
Are you considering upgrading it? You can put 1st gen Xeon E3's in it which will perform just as (or faster) than a i7 2600 (max official CPU) while costing less. You can also put in a GPU that doesn't fail as it has a MXM-B slot, and since yours has the 6970, it supports the biggest cards like the Radeon WX 4150!
Greatt machine as it is though!
I was really considering the GPU for awhile before non metal was supported in OCLP, but with the root patch and beta blur its perfect now. This quad i5 still runs Big Sur like a champ. I am thinking of putting the SSD internal but haven't gotten around to it, I have it in a TB enclose and get almost SATA speeds anyways.
I got quite the surprise when I enabled Beta Blur (on my 320M), looks like a supported card and feels just as fast! Which Thunderbolt enclosure do you have? I'm considering getting one myself.
It’s a LaCie rugged I took apart and put a SanDisk SSD in it. It gets about 300-350s.
I have one setup on my late 2013, it’s been really solid.
And runs circles around the SATA-to-TB solution, right?