iBhp - Think Different (Team-BHPians on a Mac)

dre@ms · 3rd December 2012, 08:49

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Originally Posted by shrjun

I'm unable to delete data from flash drives/external hard disks attached to my Macbook Pro.When I move files to the trash bin,the free space on the external drives does not decrease and I'm ultimately forced to format the drive to regain the lost space.

Any suggestions ?

This happened to me too. You need to empty the trash to get the free space in Ext HDD.

vtecker · 10th December 2012, 23:09

iBHPians (even plain BHPians

) ITunes India music store is now open for business. Personally was waiting for this since long. Surprisingly Not much publicized, may be i missed the news, not sure. Hope to see other online stores comeup. Songs are mostly INR 12 per song, Movies too.

bansal98 · 11th December 2012, 13:09

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Originally Posted by vtecker

iBHPians (even plain BHPians

) ITunes India music store is now open for business. Personally was waiting for this since long. Surprisingly Not much publicized, may be i missed the news, not sure. Hope to see other online stores comeup. Songs are mostly INR 12 per song, Movies too.

I personally use flipkart for music downloads. The prices there are typically 5/- per song compared to 12/- on iTunes.

C4CAR · 11th December 2012, 15:37

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Originally Posted by quickdraw

I think because it was mentioned in more then a couple of threads, I thought I should start a thread on Apple Computers, many of the t-bhpians who use these machines can share knowledge, troubleshoot and reccomend software to fellow users. And if there are some windows users out there who are thinking of switching we should be able to help them out as well.

Let me start I own a Aluminium iMac 20" and a MacBook Black (last gen)

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About more then a year ago I shifted to Mac by buying a iMac and there has been no looking back ever since. Everything is so much better. Bought the MacBook as well but hardly used it till a couple of days back. I am absolutely happy with Apple's service because I had a fault in the iMac in a couple of months of buying it and it was replaced no questions asked. Since then I've invested in a 500GB Time Capsule as well. I didnt like the new unibody MacBook's and never had the use for a MacBook Pro. Am looking at picking up a AIR in the near future for the absolute portability.

Oh and did I mention these things look fantastic and have amazing snob value as well. And if anyone here is going to ask about installing Windows on their mac's they will get flamed. Its just wrong. Please dont ever do it. 

Mine is a 2011 Imac and i recently upgraded to Lion, I am struggling with screen color calibration. I am into photography and am finding it difficult to deal with colors. Any help? will re installing OS helps? All the profiles in Color utility is missing.

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Originally Posted by khanak

Apple announced a beautiful new 13" Retina Macbook Pro for $1699 as well as a super sexy, super thin new iMac which I believe is for $1299.

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I always wonder why we need a super thin Desktop on a Table

JC

quickdraw · 12th December 2012, 01:07

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Originally Posted by C4CAR

Mine is a 2011 Imac and i recently upgraded to Lion, I am struggling with screen color calibration. I am into photography and am finding it difficult to deal with colors. Any help? will re installing OS helps? All the profiles in Color utility is missing.

Give this a quick read http://bythom.com/qadcolor.htm

dre@ms · 12th December 2012, 09:21

Any ideas how to downgrade from Mountain Lion. I didnt do any backup when I downloaded and upgraded Mountain Lion. Going back due to pathetic battery life.

Gandhi · 12th December 2012, 10:23

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Originally Posted by dre@ms

Any ideas how to downgrade from Mountain Lion. I didnt do any backup when I downloaded and upgraded Mountain Lion. Going back due to pathetic battery life.

There is no auto downgrade option. You will have to backup all your user data (and apps if you want), reinstall the older version using DVD and restore your data and apps.

dre@ms · 12th December 2012, 10:25

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Originally Posted by Gandhi

There is no auto downgrade option. You will have to backup all your user data (and apps if you want), reinstall the older version using DVD and restore your data and apps.

Backup in the sense, make use of Time Machine? I do not have a Ext. HDD which is free of space. Any alternate options to make a backup?

Gandhi · 12th December 2012, 10:53

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Originally Posted by dre@ms

Backup in the sense, make use of Time Machine? I do not have a Ext. HDD which is free of space. Any alternate options to make a backup?

Instead of going through all these, I suggest you try to fix your battery issues. How long will you be able to delay the upgrade? You will have to move up some day.

BTW Did you upgrade to latest 10.8.2? This release did improve battery life for me in general. See if you have any particular process that is using too much CPU, that can cause battery drain.

dre@ms · 12th December 2012, 11:07

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Originally Posted by Gandhi

Instead of going through all these, I suggest you try to fix your battery issues. How long will you be able to delay the upgrade? You will have to move up some day.

BTW Did you upgrade to latest 10.8.2? This release did improve battery life for me in general. See if you have any particular process that is using too much CPU, that can cause battery drain.

I have tried all the fixes listed in Apple support forums. And yes I am on 10.8.2
I have posted my issue in the community and shared the logs as well. Did try all their solution, but all in vain.

Gandhi · 12th December 2012, 11:16

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Originally Posted by dre@ms

I have tried all the fixes listed in Apple support forums. And yes I am on 10.8.2
I have posted my issue in the community and shared the logs as well. Did try all their solution, but all in vain.

Okay. You would first have to back-up all your personal files onto an external hard drive. Then, you would erase your Mac's hard drive. Then install Lion. Then move back all your personal files from the external to the Mac and finally reinstall all your applications.

dre@ms · 12th December 2012, 11:19

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Originally Posted by Gandhi

Okay. You would first have to back-up all your personal files onto an external hard drive. Then, you would erase your Mac's hard drive. Then install Lion. Then move back all your personal files from the external to the Mac and finally reinstall all your applications.

That seems to be a himalayan task. Cant I take a kind of image and then restore it. BTW, what tool should I use for the backup. Just the personal files should do.

Gandhi · 12th December 2012, 11:43

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Originally Posted by dre@ms

That seems to be a himalayan task. Cant I take a kind of image and then restore it. BTW, what tool should I use for the backup. Just the personal files should do.

By backup I meant, just copy over your personal files to an external harddrive and then copy it back to the Mac once you install Lion.

C4CAR · 12th December 2012, 11:53

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Originally Posted by quickdraw

Give this a quick read http://bythom.com/qadcolor.htm

Thank you. Pretty neat detail. Will try to set Gamma and do some tweaks as suggested.

JC

dre@ms · 12th December 2012, 11:54

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Originally Posted by Gandhi

By backup I meant, just copy over your personal files to an external harddrive and then copy it back to the Mac once you install Lion.

Ok. Any ways we can backup the installed apps and its data and restore them?

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