Tony! Hulette
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There are copious invisible files on your Mac. Most of them are very important parts of OS X and cannot be deleted. That is probably where much of the space your missing has gone. Also, formatted drives are always much smaller than the hard drive companies tell you. Additionally, if you do a “Get Info” on a folder or file to see the size, go by the number in-between the parenthesis’, as it will like be the number the drive manufacturers are using (it’s a bigger number). Temporary cache files can sometimes eat up a ton of space as well. Finally, did you calculate the size of the Desktop folder/s for each user on your machine (and the trash)?
Drives are really cheap now, I’d buy a much bigger one if possible (heck get two, they really are a bargain for the 250gb and under ones).
Tony!
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The easiest way to get online is to simply plug an Ethernet cable between your Mac Pro and your DSL or Cable modem (which should already be plugged into the wall and configured by your ISP). Then get the settings from your cable or DSL provider to enter into your Network system preferences (Apple Stores won’t know this info, it’s up to your ISP to give you it). It’s pretty simple and should only take a couple minutes to get you online this way. You may want to run a router between the modem and the Mac with a firewall if added security appeals to you (OS X also has a Firewall option built-in that can be turned on the system preferences).
If you want to go wireless with your tower (slower), then you uplink your Airport Base-Station (or other brand wireless router) into your cable/dsl modem. Your Airport Extreme card should have been installed in your Mac Pro already if you ordered it with one (if not, you have to pay Apple to install it – its not considered a do-it-yourself install). You can then run the Airport setup assistant found in your Utilities folder. If you use a non-Apple wireless router, then you’ll have to contact that company or read their manual for help setting it up. Either way, its normally quite easy to do, but its up to you to get the info from your service provider (they should write it down for you when they come to install their modem).
Also, if you’re having trouble with a Network internet connection you can click on the “Network” system preference and then click on the “Assist me” button and OS X will try to help you find any connection problems and resolve them.
I guess the bottom-line is that I wouldn’t blame Apple for not being able to fix a problem that uses third party equipment. Either way, you’ll have to get your ISP’s help to put in the correct info as they are the only ones that know what you need for their service. If you do make an appointment with a Genius, then make sure you bring all your ISP’s info as well as your user name and passwords. They still won’t be able to test it out for you as they are not at your house and won’t know how your cable/dsk modem and routers are configured. Calling your ISP is your best bet as they can talk you through the setup over the phone.
Good Luck,
Tony!
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Congrats on the big decision switch. You’ll be amazed everyday at how well the OS and all the Apple applications are integrated (and how easy they are to use) once you get over the initial “this doesn’t work the way I did it on a PC” shock.
[stevem1928] “Sorry for the lack of details. I was thinking I was still in the After Effects forum. I use Photoshop, After Effects and 3D Max. I do a lot of high-end video editing. I have a lot of expensive software which I hate to buy again. I am not sure if I can purchase an upgrade, or have to buy the full version. I also use Premiere Pro. I know that one does not have a Mac compitable version. I would have to swithc to Final Cut Pro.”
Here’s a cool thing that many pro’s don’t know. If you go to an Apple Store they sell something called “Pro Care.” For just $99 a year, you get 1 on 1 training with one of the Apple Creative’s once a week for a year. Yes, that’s $99 for up to 52 hours (once a week) of one on one training on any Apple (and some non Apple) applications (or just how to do almost anything on the Mac you need help with). You can even bring your own projects and they’ll help you do them. Its’ a steal at that price in my opinion. I know you’re a pro, but you don’t know the Mac and you could learn a lot about Final Cut and the other applications with some one on one time with an experienced Apple Creative.
Last I checked, Adobe does do cross-grades for really cheap (like the cost of shipping). The trick was finding the right person at Adobe that knows about doing it. I believe you want to call Adobe sales and not Adobe tech-support. You might look into running Maya to replace 3D Max, or remember that you can boot the new Mac Pro’s into Window’s if needed to run PC only software (3D Max), but I doubt you’ll want to use Window’s once you get used to OS X.
Final Cut, Motion, LiveType, DVD Studio and Soundtrack (Final Cut Studio) are awesome and well worth the time you’ll invest to learn these great applications.
[stevem1928] “Money is not much of concern. I am looking at something like a Powermac G5. I currently use a PC with dual 21″ monitors, CRT VGA each set at 1600 x 1200 (total 3200 x 1200). One of the monitors blew out this morning. I am currently trying to get it back into service as I am writing this. It is hard for me to work on such a small space now. I don’t think a single 24″ widescreen is enough. The 30″ are pricey. I may go with 2 – 20″ LCD’s.”
Forget the 2 20″ screens. The 30″ Cinema Displays are down to $1995 and are worth every cent. Other than a new Mac, it will be the best purchase you make in the coming years.
[stevem1928] “Items I am trying to re-use are things hard drives primarily, maybe a video card, firewire card, printers, and scanners. I have both SATA & IDE drives. The main concern would be how to copy the data from one system to another. I typically have 3 drives installed on a computer. When I build a new system, I just pull the back up drive and put it into the new computer. I don’t know if I can do this when changing over to a Mac.”
Not as hard as you might think:
https://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
https://www.apple.com/macosx/switch/howto/software.htmlHope that helps,
Tony!
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It’s been fine for me so far.
Tony!
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No problems for me. I’ve been running all the latest games on my Edit Bay’s for years with no problems at all.
Tony!
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Yes, I believe he needs to update FCP for it to work correctly – just run software update.
Tony!
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I know it can be frustrating not to know what’s coming when you are about to make a big purchase. But, secrecy is important in the tech industry for many reasons (and especially for Apple). So most of us don’t know the answer. The few lucky ones that do, of course, can’t post the answer on the forums, or tell anyone outside of Apple.
Just buy the best gear available for your client right now and don’t worry about what might be coming.
Tony!
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I know it can be frustrating not to know what’s coming when you are about to make a big purchase. But, secrecy is important in the tech industry for many reasons (and especially for Apple). So most of us don’t know the answer. The few lucky ones that do, of course, can’t post the answer on the forums, or tell anyone outside of Apple.
Just buy the best gear available for your client right now and don’t worry about what might be coming.
Tony!
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You want to turn off “Allow Host Cache Flushing” and “Use Steady Streaming Mode” in RAID Admin. Turn on the other two options. I use 8 stripes and it gives me good speed. With only 7 drives and running RAID 5 you’re not going to get great speeds with an Xserve RAID (turn off journalling if you do stripe two halves together in Disk Utility and use 64k or 128k, instead of the default 32k). They need to be fully loaded with 14 drives and striped together as RAID 50 for optimum performance.
Tony!
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[Frank Nolan] “Wow, that’s the exact same drive enclosure I got but it’s about twice the price by the time you add in the power supply and all the cables. Check it out here at $109 all inclusive. Add some hitachi 7200rpm sata drives from mwave.com for $75 a piece and you’ve got pretty cheap archiving storage.
https://www.cooldrives.com/esata-firewire-800-enclosure-case-external.html
https://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA34700
“Hi Frank,
There are definitely cheaper enclosures than Wiebetech’s, but what I was recommending as a possible option was Wiebetech’s DriveDock’s – like their ComboDock. I couldn’t link right to the page its on, but if you click the DriveDocks button on their website you’ll see what I use. It’s quicker/easier to switch out bare drives with this solution in my experience. However, there’s nothing wrong with getting a standard enclosure or doing it another way. I just presented what I’ve been using the last couple years and it works well.
https://www.wiebetech.com/home.php
Tony!