Direct Network of 2 MACS?

[Zane Barker]

You are in more danger of geting hit by a car on your way to work then you are of getting a virus on your mac.

Yet you are still going to go to work.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Curtis Thompson]

let it go. please. just let it go.

[Michael Hancock]

One of the best reasons to isolate any edit system from the internet, PC or Mac, is to avoid unwanted updates to software. If you forget to uncheck even one Automatically Check for Updates box and your machine updates, it can break something critical.

Editing computers should be treated as specialized workstations, not general purpose computers. One rogue Quicktime update, OS security update, etc… can cripple a machine, and every minute the machine is down is money lost. That’s likely a big reason your bosses want to keep the systems offline. It’s better for business.

Networking the two systems together, though, is smart business. Hope you find an answer to that one.

Michael.

[Steve Cohen]

Thanks;

That is what I thought, but just trying to confirm it.

Thanks again.

Steve Cohen
Senior Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Zane Barker]

[Michael Hancock] “One of the best reasons to isolate any edit system from the internet, PC or Mac, is to avoid unwanted updates to software. If you forget to uncheck even one Automatically Check for Updates box and your machine updates, it can break something critical. “

Good point but a better way to do that is by having administrator accounts and standard accounts. The editors get standard accounts that do not have authority to run updates, and the person that maintains the machines has the access to the administrator account, he then updates all the machines at the same time when he deems that the update is good.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Michael Hancock]

[Zane Barker] “Good point but a better way to do that is by having administrator accounts and standard accounts. The editors get standard accounts that do not have authority to run updates, and the person that maintains the machines has the access to the administrator account, he then updates all the machines at the same time when he deems that the update is good.”

Point taken, but that’s assuming you’re using an edit system that functions properly with standard accounts. I’m not 100% sure about Avid on a Mac, but on a PC you require at least a power user account for the software to run right. That means you can update the OS and Quicktime if you don’t turn them off.

I just believe that you should keep your edit systems offline. The more variables you can remove the from equation the less likely you are to run into problems. When the machine is integral to your bread and butter, it’s really best way to do it.

Michael.

[Zane Barker]

[Michael Hancock] “I just believe that you should keep your edit systems offline.”

Just your opinion, I will stick to mine that as long stick to mine.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Curtis Thompson]

michael, i suspect that most here agree with you (and i know i do), however you are fighting a battle that you cannot win…i spent several posts and gave up after trying to make the same logical argument…

he’s determined to have his macs plugged into the internet no matter what…so let him….

[Christopher Wright]

Yes sometimes MAC worship makes you blind to computer programming and hacking reality.

Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
Octocore 8 GB Ram, Radeon card, MBP, MXO
Windows Vista Adobe Studio CS4, Vegas 8.0, Lightwave 9.3, Sound Forge 9, Acid Pro 7, Continuum 5, Boris Red 4, Combustion 2008, Sapphire Effects

[Steve Cohen]

On 2 G5 Mac Power PC’s all I needed to do was connect a standard Ethernet cable and turn on file sharing under the “Sharing” setting in Systems Preferences, then I was able to see each computer from the Connect to server area under Go.

I found a really good description on how to do it at Associated Content.

Steve Cohen
Senior Editor
O2 Media Inc.