Posted by haynesycop
yes basically on ebay people are selling them for around £40 in the usa so they just email you the activation without sending the retail box out, they are legit copies.
Only thing is they are version 3 and the newest version is 4 i just wanted to know if there is much difference?
Really want this for the iweb feature but think £70 is abit steep you think they would include it free for big orders.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
yeh atleast for a year if you spend over 1g. With version 4 u prob just get more storage or something, but it may have some relation to the new ilife etc, also do you get iwork with your new mac?
Posted by Jools
As far as I know, once you have a .Mac activation key it will work with the latest .Mac features - there's no separate v3, v4 etc. As long as you've paid you get the current feature-set.
95% of iWeb also works without .Mac, however. You just publish your site to a folder on your HD and upload to any old webspace via FTP. I tried it and it works. Just a few .Mac only features are limited/disabled.
Posted by haynesycop
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Think i will just purchase an email for £7.50 and then buy a domain and transfer everything over that way, should be simple enough.
Cheers
Posted by mackem
where can i get windows media player from? i tried to d/l it from microsofts website,but it wouldnt run (it was a .sitx file)
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
http://www.microsoft.com/wind[....]are/Macintosh/osx/default.aspx
that one should work, if not
http://www.apple.com/download[....]ndowsmediaplayerformacosx.html
Posted by mackem
Neither of them worked.it says " there is no default application specified to open the document " windows media.sitx"
im using one of the new intel chip imacs.... if that makes any difference?
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
hmmm, jools probally knows, I did read from one place that they stopped developing wmp for mac, but it should still work as they have the thingy in the os. Whats the extension? also have you tried opening it with something like stuffit expander?
Also got a question. I have read you can change the mac os icons around, but how do you do this?
also I know I have posted this before, but I need to do it again as I still have problems. when I delete any data from any portable storage device - external hd, memory drives etc - the files are not deleted, you can't see the folders, but still the memory is used, I just checked on my back up hd and there is over 30gb of this mysterious space which i cannot wrte to unless i reformat my hd, which is really bad, as I need the info and have no where to put it. I tired formating the devices, but i still get the problem after ive written to them again.
also on the ideas of back up, I want to mirror my hd every week, but I tired using the program jools suggested, but am having alot of problems, is there a way to do it in disc utility?
cheers luke
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Posted by mackem
Ive got an ipod video that i used to use with a windows machine. ive now got a new imac,will i have a problem when i connect it to my mac?( i.e- my 3000 odd songs/videos being wiped off and replaced by the 4 or 5 songs that are on my mac?)
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Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
yeh it does that, and no whay to go back, its because your ipod has 2 formats, mac and pc, when you swap it has to be reformated
Posted by mackem
oh well. isnt there software out there which allows you to take files off the ipod.that way i could take all my music/videos off using my pc, and then transfer them via memory key to my mac.then format the ipod,and away i go?
Posted by Jools
It will ask you before doing anything though. It will just say its not formatted and give you the option of re-formatting it.
Best thing to do is backup all the stuff on the iPod on your PC (to DVD or whatever), transfer it to the Mac and set-it up in iTunes as you want, reformat the iPod, and use iTunes on the Mac to sync it all back again.
You convert an iPod formatted for Windows into an iPod for Mac by using the iPod for Mac Software Updater on the Apple website. Note that once it is reformatted, it will only work with Macs, unless you reformat it again.
Here's an Apple tech note on how to reformat:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
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cheers! ill try that tonight when i get home from work
edit- quick question,whats the best way of getting music OFF the ipod? as ive never tried before,but im sure ive heard it isnt as simple as other players
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Posted by Jools
Do you let iTunes automatically update your iPod when its connected? If so, you should have a complete backup of your iPod in your iTunes library on your PC.
If you manually manage the songs on your iPod (dragging and dropping songs and playlists yourself), then you'll have to use one of the many iPod song transfer utilities on your PC, unless you already have all the music on your iPod backed-up on your PC.
I've never used such a program on a PC so can't recommend any - but here and here are a few for starters you could try.
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Posted by haynesycop
@Jools i am using my ipod on my pc untill my mac arrives and i update automatically i also have my music backed up elsewere and have backed up all album art.
I was wondering in the itunes music folder if i transfer that over to my mac will the album art automatically be there or will i have to add them all on again one by one?
Just wondered!
Posted by Jools
Hi, it appears that the iTunes Music Library is compatible from Mac to PC and vice versa, but I've never tested it. So, in theory, you should just be able to copy the whole lot in one go.
This page may help: http://juniorbird.com/archive/000599.php
Posted by haynesycop
I see thanks seems pretty easy really, i know i wont have any problem with the music side but i would like to keep the album art and the music and artist titles then same etc ect.
Will see what happens, thanks.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
Also got a question. I have read you can change the mac os icons around, but how do you do this?
also I know I have posted this before, but I need to do it again as I still have problems. when I delete any data from any portable storage device - external hd, memory drives etc - the files are not deleted, you can't see the folders, but still the memory is used, I just checked on my back up hd and there is over 30gb of this mysterious space which i cannot wrte to unless i reformat my hd, which is really bad, as I need the info and have no where to put it. I tired formating the devices, but i still get the problem after ive written to them again.
also on the ideas of back up, I want to mirror my hd every week, but I tired using the program jools suggested, but am having alot of problems, is there a way to do it in disc utility?
cheers luke
Posted by Jools
1) To change icons, simply Get Info (Apple-I) on the icon you want to use, then click the icon in the info window, and do "Edit > Copy". Then do the same on the other file but paste the icon in the same place.
Loads of nice icons can be downloaded from www.iconfactory.com
2) You are remembering to empty the trash after deleting files?
3) Try Silverkeeper (http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/) for automated, scheduled backups, and its free!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
1) To change icons, simply Get Info (Apple-I) on the icon you want to use, then click the icon in the info window, and do "Edit > Copy". Then do the same on the other file but paste the icon in the same place.
Loads of nice icons can be downloaded from http://www.iconfactory.com
awsome, I had no idea
2) You are remembering to empty the trash after deleting files?
yep, but they are still ther, just not visible or something?
3) Try Silverkeeper (http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/) for automated, scheduled backups, and its free!
I use that as it came with my lacie hd, but i was looking for a better progrm
Posted by Jools
Not really sure why your hard disk doesn't seem to be deleting files. I've had it happen very rarely with a single locked file, but not gigabytes-worth of files and frequently like you. Very odd!
Try this free program: MainMenu, which has a bunch of system maintenance functions accessible from a little menu. One of them is a "Force Empty Trash..." which can help delete stuck files.
Without paying any money, Silverkeeper is your best bet. A friend of mine bought Intego's Personal Backup and say's its pretty good. I've never tried it though...
I must admit I rarely back-up my computer. I manually backup my iTunes and iPhoto libraries occasionally, and backup all the application installers to CD/DVD. But I never back-up my system. If something were to happen, I'd just start again from scratch!
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Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
I may end up buying the backup software, I recently learnt it pays to keep recent backups - (I lost all my work on my data stick when it corrupted its self, and had no recent back up)
I really don't know whats up with the hd, its only on my external memory, basically if I delete something off it, it just stas on there, but its all hidden, the problem I have is I have 350gb hd, split up into 3 partitions - 15 - 65 - 150 gb, now I use the 150gb secotor for film backup etc, but since Its not deleting things I have abour 30gb on this secotor that can't be used which is a real waste, but im going to try the progam you've recomended
What I am going to do is join 2 sectors (15 - 65 g ones ) so I can try to back up whats on the 150gb sector then do a format, which will erase all the unused data etc
Cheers for the help jools
Posted by haynesycop
Ok so i am stumped, i did manage to get my ipod working on my pc and had it all working fine and i went to update today to add a few more songs and when i ejected the ipod i found that out of 300 or so songs all with album art only a few shows the album art on the ipod when each songs has art in itunes. Wtf!!!
I have the display album art checked so i have no idea why it is showing up in itunes but only a few are displayed on the ipod.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
k go into itunes with ipod synced, then rict click update, and it will make sure they all have album art on then
Posted by haynesycop
Clicking update when ipod is connected makes absolutely no difference even though all album art is on itunes in the library when i click each song only a few are displayed on the ipod when it is ejected.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
hmmm, one sec im going to try it on my ipod right now, but i have a mac right now so it prob wont help
Posted by haynesycop
No worries i was thinking of moving the itunes music folder to the desktop and then swiping itunes clean and then copy and paste the itunes music folder again, do you think that would work.
This is arse, wouldnt happen on a mac he he! Have tried bloody loads of things, not to mention msn has cocked itself up, if you wondering were i disappeared.
GRR
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Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
your right it wouldnt have would it, but I have a new idea.... format your ipod, and let it update 100% again, in fact go to apple download the latest firmware patch, run it then you should have a option to reset ipod to factory settings, that wya you dont have to faff around with windows as much
Posted by haynesycop
Cheers i will try that now then? It was fine before, i think beforehand i will actually put the album art within the artist/album folders within the itunes music folder rather than just having a tag. Maybe that will help.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
hmmm maybe, is it in the itunes display pic? I did it with clutter (for mac) and it worked fine on my ipod...
Posted by haynesycop
Yeah when i double click a song to play it shows up in the corner like it should, just not on my ipod
Just trying the first thing before resorting to a firmware update.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
so did it work?
Posted by haynesycop
Yeah a restore fixed it thanks took ages though.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
Hi, got 3 questions:
no 1: I changed a couple of icons around but need to cange them back to the originals, where are these kept on the hard disc? Or is there a button I se to change them back?
no 2: due to not all my data being wipped off one drive I need to repartition it, but cannot just format it and do it that way (I only have one 250gb hard disc), I have 3 partitions and want to merge 2 of these into one, is there a free program that can do this without having to format the hard disc?
no 3: My ipod video as been acting up recently, its been having 2 main problmes, the 1st, when playing videos after about 30 sec the sound cuts out till you fast foard a bit then works fine for the rest of the video (the files themself are fine and it has only just started doing this). The other problem is sometimes but not all the time near to the end of the a song it will just change songs and cut rapidly, I don't think there is anything wrong with the music as its fine on my mac. I was just wondering if it would be best to send it back and have it fixed (prefered as il get a brand new one back) or if i should just try to format it and start again(this is not prefered as I have over 17gb of files on it and my mac is only usb 1.1 - which means its goign to take atleast 12 hours to update it again)? All I want is a opinion really
Cheers Luke
Posted by Jools
1) Usually you can just 'Get Info' on the icon, select it and press delete to go back to the original default icon.
2) There's no free programs that I know of - in fact the only programs I know of that can change partitions without reformatting are VolumeWorks 1.31 and DiskStudio 1.1.1 but I've not tried any of them, and apparently there's always the risk of data loss with these type of programs.
3) Before sending it back, I'd try downloading the latest iPod Updater and applying that.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
1) Usually you can just 'Get Info' on the icon, select it and press delete to go back to the original default icon.
Cheers I really didnt have a clue was trying for about 30 minuites to get my hdlogo to change back to the normal one lol
2) There's no free programs that I know of - in fact the only programs I know of that can change partitions without reformatting are VolumeWorks 1.31 and DiskStudio 1.1.1 but I've not tried any of them, and apparently there's always the risk of data loss with these type of programs.
I have heard of a loss of data with these, I know the windows ones are pretty good like partition magic etc, do you think its likely that I would lose data, or is it just one of theose chances you take?
3) Before sending it back, I'd try downloading the latest iPod Updater and applying that.
I already have version 1.1 on there, I suppose there is no harm in running it again, though I am quite tempted to go for a new ipod lol, though mine is in great condition even though its 3 months old now
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
with .mac accounts do you get your own website?
Posted by Jools
Yes, you get up to 1GB of space (upgradeable to 4GB)
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/features.html
Posted by w900boy
Woo hoo!!!! Took delivery of my Brand New Intel iMac last Tuesday! What a machine! Awesome!
I'm glad to see that there's some other mac users on Esato! Nice to meet you all!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
Hi there welcome to the world of mac - the best a man can get - corney
Jools, you say you get a website, but do you get the whole www.iownamac.com address
I looked at the site and can't work it out I understand you get 1gb of storage fro files and website hosting, but I'm not 100% on the whole website stuff, am I correct in thinking you need a domain name and server space, are both of these included?
Cheers
Posted by Jools
Basically you get some webspace, for which the URL of will be http://web.mac.com/[your username]
You can buy your own domain name separately and point it to your .mac webspace if you want.
Personally, I've bought separate web-space from www.1and1.co.uk but .mac does have a lot of cool Mac-only features for syncing and backup. If you only want the web-space you'd be better off with something like 1and1.
Posted by w900boy
I like the way that iWeb designs webpages, but can I publish these to domain names other than .Mac? Or can I only publish them if I have a .Mac accounts with a website?
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
I have managed to come up with yeat another question. I browse the web and I will use ebay as a example for this, when using safari if you click ona item half way down the page and then go back, it would normally go back to the same place in the page, not right up the top again. My one seems to start off at the top every time, occasionally it won't buyt 80% of the itme it will, this is so annoying, is there a setting you can change etc? I have cleared the cashe and cookies but am lost to why this happens
Posted by Jools
@w900boy
With iWeb, you can publish to a local folder then manually upload the files to anywhere you want via an FTP client.
@luke
Not sure about your problem. There's no preference files that would help as far as I know. Sometimes if the page hasn't fully loaded it will do that, but otherwise I don't know what to suggest!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
hmmm, odd I thought maybe it was something to do with the cashe or cookies, but since I deleted them it still does it and is really annoying, I have run software updater regually will I have the latest version of safari?
Another question ive been meaning to ask for ages is with imovie. I filmed a mates party in widescreen, and imported it into i-movie, now the problem is its all squashed, I cannot see anything obvious in the settings that changes i-moive to widescreen, is there a option to do this?
cheers
Posted by Jools
When you start a new iMovie project you should be prompted to choose the video format. Make sure you choose widescreen. I think that may be the problem.
Posted by mackem
Jools- do you know of any software / hardware that will convert vhs tapes to dvd?
Posted by Jools
Here you go - the Formac Studio DV Bridge.
Converts old-style analogue video footage to DV, so you can edit it in iMovie and create your own DVDs with iDVD.
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perfect. thanks!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
jools your right, its a tiny little option barely noticed it. Is there anyway I can import all the editied work I have done already onto into this new format, or do I have to start again?