Tony! Hulette
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DTMS has pretty good training DVD’s on OS X and many other Apple & Adobe software titles: https://www.digitalmediatraining.com/products/tiger/index.html
Tony!
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[Chris Babbitt] “One more thing….
Can I re-install software without assigning a new Administrator name, so that the new buyer can start fresh, and put in his name when he first boots-up the machine?”Not really, but he can create a new user (admin) and then delete yours. Just use “Admin” for the name and something like “1234” for the password.
Tony!
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The biggest reason not to go with a Intel Mac right now as I see it is because many/most of the plugins for After Effects, FCP and other applications will not work at all. I believe many of the plugin companies are waiting until Adobe gets its act together and updates the major apps to universal. Other than that new Intel Mac’s are awesome. If you don’t use a lot of plugins, and your sure that the applications you need will run acceptably (most do – some need to be updated), then go for it.
Tony!
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[mortimer heathcliff] “but would not play on DVD Player on the same Mac G5 that created it! rather odd. “
Typical DVD voodoo. Who knows why one works and the next doesn’t? It can be related to the media used, the burn speed, just a glitch, because it Thursday, whatever. Always test on the device it going to be played on and use name brand media.
Tony!
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[Chris Babbitt] “I have copied all my Home folders onto an external drive. Can I just replace the Library and other folders on the new machine with the folders from the old G5?”
Using Target Disk Mode by connecting the computers by Firewire and holding down the “T” key while starting the old Mac is the correct method and very easy. You may need to reinstall some applications from scratch and/or their serial numbers as they don’t like to be copied this way.
[Chris Babbitt] “Also, what would be the best method for prepering the old machine for sale?”
Erase the hard drive and reinstall the software. But before you do that, be sure to deauthorize the old Mac if it is authorized in iTunes. Also, if its set to sync with another computer using .Mac syncing you should remove it from the syncing list. Look in the Advanced pulldown menu in iTunes.
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I believe (haven’t tried it) if you create a new burn folder, drag the files into it, then click “Burn” that should do it.
Tony!
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I’ve found it to be better to just fade out the transparency of the layer (pen tool – 2 keyframes) rather than trying to use a dissolve transition to do it. Problems have been common with the latter method.
Tony!
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[Bob Zelin] “aside from the fact that the MAcBookPro does not have native FW800 ports. “
Hey Bob, just a small correction: The 17″ MacBook Pro’s do have a FW 800 port, it was the 15″ models that didn’t one in the past. However, with yesterday’s announcement, now all MacBook Pro’s have a FW 800 port as well as many other new features.
https://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
Tony!
P.S. I would go with a SATA external drive solution/raid as recommended above.
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Have you checked out Apple’s Aperture applications? It could be the solution you’re looking for: https://www.apple.com/aperture/
Tony!
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Probably best to not try and fix whatever is going on, instead just startup off of the OS X installer disks and do and “Archive and Install” to replace the current system/s that you have installed. Be sure to repair the permissions and drive using Disk Utility (from the installer disk) before and after installation and any major updates. After you’ve done the archive and install and updated the OS back to the current version (or whatever version you want to use), then repair the drive and permissions one more time. This whole process is much easier than it sounds. Be sure to select the options to save your settings and personal files (I forget the name/s of the options). As with everything on a computer, you should backup and important info before doing any installs or repairs just to be safe.
Tony!