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Jools
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@fatreg: To be honest, I'm not sure if the iMac has 2 IDE slots inside. I'm fairly sure it doesn't have space for more than one internal drive though.
However, with the iMac open you may be able to daisy-chain the new drive to the old one in master-slave configuration, reboot, then use "Carbon Copy Cloner" to clone the old drive to the new one. Then disconnect and reboot on the new drive.
While you're at it though, I'd definately recommend partitioning the new drive. Have one for the Mac OS and Applications, and another for iTunes music for instance, and another for all your files. Makes life a lot easier if you ever need to re-install the OS.
@indian:
I always recommend Crucial for Mac RAM. Much cheaper than Apple.
Just choose your Mac from their series of pop-ups for Manufacturer and Model etc.
http://www.crucial.com/uk/
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG4 on 2007-05-08 20:39 ]
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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ooooh ok doke cheers jools..
hadn't thought about doing that for tunes and apps etc...
cheers..
now just need to find out what HDD i need...
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indian
Joined: Oct 17, 2004
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From: London, England
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cheers joolg4 just ordered myself a 1gb stick, was a lot cheaper than i thought |
haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Memory is sooooo cheap £60 for 2 x 1gb, i know what i will be buying when i get paid.
Nice one!
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WelshTom
Joined: May 20, 2004
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From: Costa del Cardiff Phone: K610i
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On 2007-05-08 21:02:22, JoolsG4 wrote:
Just drag the Applications folder onto the dock, as you would any other icon. Then single-click to open the Apps folder, or click and hold to reveal a menu with all your apps on to launch them.
Perhaps I am being a Muppet but I can't get this to work - I drag it to the dock but it wont add the icon - it simply returns to my Mac HD window from which I am dragging it?! What am i doing wrong?
Cheers
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Try dragging it to the area immediately to the left of the Trashcan icon (in between the Trash and the feint vertical divider line).
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indian
Joined: Oct 17, 2004
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From: London, England
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just another question,
i just wanted to find out if there is a free anti-virus software for the mac.
oo and my memory came in this morning, took two mins to get it working. fantastic.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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you don't need anti virus on a mac....
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indian
Joined: Oct 17, 2004
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From: London, England
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sweeet
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Indian did you buy from crucial? I think i am going to get the 2mb ram from them and take out the 512mb i have already. Hopefully it will make a huge difference.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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2gb?
I've got 1.5gb and it's soo much better than the 512mb i had..
it's great..
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Man i am officially losing it lol! Yeah 2gb, will it just make thing run faster ie more programs open and responds quicker etc etc?
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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means you can have more open apps...
sometimes quicker.. you'll notice that itunes opens quicker..
loosing it? did you ever have it to loose in the first place? 
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indian
Joined: Oct 17, 2004
Posts: 221
From: London, England
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yea i bought from crucial.
no prblems what so ever, was a bit gutted when i found out that i had 2x 256mb pre-installed, but looking into getting another 1gb on payday.
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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BTW, if you buy your RAM from Crucial, go via Quidco to get 7% cashback:
http://www.quidco.com/crucial-technology-uk/
Or go to the link below for 5% off:
http://www.crucial.com/macuser
To possibly combine the two discounts, try the following:
Clear your cookies before going through your QuidCo link to the Crucial website. Once on the Crucial website, copy and paste this link into your address bar: http://www.crucial.com/macuser
There's a possibility it might not track, but it should do once you're on Crucial's website... |
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Posted: 2007-05-08 21:36
