New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

If it were me I would be worrying that it was migrating all the random unixy shit I've installed to random parts of my filesystem over the years; that would actually just make me start off with a janky computer.

― whoop, up the butt it goes (silby), Tuesday, November 1, 2011 6:55 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is precisely what i'm worried about. i've spoken with apple, and rebooted, and it looks like nothing even got moved over?

is there an easy way to check this?

also dude basically told me that doing it all manually would be the best bet

personally i start from scratch each new machine, copying stuff over manually. i feel like my chi is stronger that way.

that is what i'm going to do from here. really hope i didn't already shit it up with that bum migration

If you've got a backup of your old stuff you can safely shit up anything.

wipe and reinstall, it's the only way

plz tell me yr kidding

take it back to the shop and ask them to shoot it with a gun

you guys are making me nervous

then throw the hdd in a river then throw the river into the sun

caring about "getting the migration right" is so PC, no?

don't forget to repair your permissions

i did actually just repair the permissions

i actually do copy stuff over manaully, but that says more about me than it does about the OS. just do whatever works gbx

lol xp you monster!

mostly what i am interested in is knowing what, if anything, got transferred

I would bet it just on being files, docs, and preferences

probably also a sense of 'sibling envy'

The "gotta repair permissions after you do everything" people were the bane of the os x world for the last few years

I would bet it just on being files, docs, and preferences

― dayo, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 8:09 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

i can't find anything!

Did you create an account on the new computer with the same username, and then attempt to migrate over an existing account?

ROOKIE MISTAKE

It probably created an account parallel to yours named "gbx2" or something.

(I have done this multiple times.)

i didn't! i intentionally created a differently-named acct to avoid just that

Pulled the trigger and am typing on an iPad at Potbelly. The one I have doesn't have the new OS updates.

Oh, and stopped at Marshall's and got a nice leather case/stand for it for something like $7.99.

hot tip: smart covers are THE shit

how do you repair permissions on ipad

lol

gbx: Migration assistant is really good for the Mac stuff. It mostly ignores any unix stuff, you have to move that yourself.

http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/11/itunes_match_end_of_october.jpg

So did that happen? (I'm in the UK so we don't get it anyway)

Yes, it happened two days ago, that is why James posted it as a newsworthy picture

(lol)

ayo gbx http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad

Jealous of gbx's iMac

Dayo I use atomic web on ipad and it's just like on a MacBook

Also took my 4S back to the Mac store and the 'genius' couldnt even run diagnostics on it so I got a brand new one. Yay!

Lately When my father in law calls he asks what everyone is up to and my answer is 'one is on the iPad (2 y/o), one is one the iPhone (4y/o) and one is on the iMac (pp). Makes for some peaceful evenings tbh

guys how do i burn video (.avi, etc) to dvds that'll work on a dvd player?

it's impossible, just kill yourself

i just did :(

o no

its realy sad he liked to fart and was crazy

Actually I think you are looking for http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

anyone use airplay with their apple tv? mine craps out after about an hour every time.

Airplay through the Apple TV is sort of awful. I select my music directly in the Apple TV instead.

Works great for me! I have a relatively recent Time Capsule w/802.11n that the ATV is directly plugged into, though.

crazy that apple is replacing 1st gen ipod nanos. I have one that is absolutely dead - will not turn on. wonder if I can sneak it in.

airplay seems to have completely stopped off my MPB, wonder if it still works off my phone or the other computer in the house....

AirPlay works great for me on a pretty new Samsung TV, iPhone and a very old Onkyo amplifier. I don't think I've ever even tried it with my computer. Would be totally pissed if it did after an hour each time.

After five years (!) with my absolutely beloved first generation core duo macbook (my first laptop after fifteen years of apple desktops, and easily the best computer I've ever owned,) I'm finally ready to upgrade. In most respects it's still doing a good job, but the wifi cuts out whenever it gets hot, the battery only gives me 45 minutes, the left speaker's gone and the screen's starting to give signs of flickering. Now, the inability to upgrade to lion and a payrise has pushed me over the edge. So.

I know the issue of 13inch pro vs air has been discussed a bit already upthread, and I'm pretty positive an air would make more sense for me (I want an ssd, don't give a shit about the optical drive, like the idea of a higher screen resolution and the increased portability is a happy bonus.) The one thing that's given me a tiny pause for thought is the ram. This might sound a bit stupid right now, but I wonder if the hardwired 4gb will feel paltry in three years' time. I don't have particularly dazzling system reqs; beyond the obvious web/mail/vlc/itunes/office stuff, I tinker a bit in photoshop and keep photos in lightroom. And that's pretty much it. This probably isn't something I need to worry about, is it..?

upgrading to 8GB really made a difference with aperture - haven't noticed much else tbh. lightroom is supposedly much leaner, right?

with the price of RAM these days I wouldn't be surprised if 8GB were introduced as standard on higher end models. sucks that you can't BTO 8GB of RAM

Haven't tried aperture but lightroom is usable (but not great) on my current machine. Yeah that's something to think about too I guess - feel like I'd be more upset if in three month's time a new machine came out with a small processor iteration but double the ram than if it was an ivy bridge machine with the same amount. 4gb just seems oddly small for the max possible configuration on the highest-end air.

But I'm aware this might be a problem of my perception from years of "a ram upgrade is the single best thing you can do for your computer" rather than any grounding in reality..

(Which also makes me wonder - would I feel any real benefit in paying an extra 85 quid for the i7 over the i5?)