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Molasses response [message #39044] Mon, 25 February 2013 17:09 Go to next message
JohnV is currently offline  JohnV
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Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7

OSX 10.4.11
several USB and FW external drives hanging off it.


I don;t know how much of this is coincidental and what, if any of it,
might point to a problem.

A few months back I replaced the second HD from a 300G to a 2T.
Put my iTUNES library there and since then it's acted sluggish
accessing songs.

Last week I got CARBON COPY for 10.4.11, installed and ran it for the
#1 boot drive (older 150G drive) onto the #2 2T drive as a backup
It did it's backup thing and then pointed out about 10 files that it
said were on a bad disc area.

at the same time teh system became HUGELY non-responsive, taking
seconds of beachball to respond to keyboard and mouse input,
progressing to MINUTES of beachball to respond to simple typing on
screen, clicks on opening files, seemingly total hangs ( which seemed
to be just REALLY long delays in response) to opening programs, ATARI
WORKS seeming to hang 1/2 way through startup. Attempts to FORCE QUIT
apps would take minutes to respond to, and force=quits would seem to
go in stages, minutes long, until eventually getting each program to
really quit. In general it seems to be getting itself VERY confused
and bound up, resulting in my repeatedly going to hold-the-power-
button forced shutdowns.

What would be my next diagnostic step here?


Thanks
John VEngrouskie


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Re: Molasses response [message #39045 is a reply to message #39044] Mon, 25 February 2013 20:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 25, 2013, at 4:09 PM, JohnV wrote:

> What would be my next diagnostic step here?


Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at startup. This will ignore the
boot cache files and rebuild them. Reboot normally after Safe Boot (no
need to login, just hit "Restart"), and see if this solves problems.

If this doesn't solve the problem, you can try either global solutions
which are a "shotgun" approach. Easiest would be to reinstall the
latest Combo Update (10.4.11 PPC Combo in your case). Alternatively
you might consider just upgrading to Leopard 10.5.8. In either case,
run Disk Utility>Repair Disk & Repair Permissions prior to running the
Combo Update or a System upgrade.

You could also try a more specific solution, such as examine the log
files using Utilities>Console, or use Activity Monitor when the System
is bogged down to see what's eating up the resources.

In a worst case scenario you may need to do a total reinstall, but
this is unlikely.

Also, Firewire rarely causes problems, but USB is notorious for
issues, and your USB externals could be the cause.

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Re: Molasses response [message #39046 is a reply to message #39044] Mon, 25 February 2013 20:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Il giorno 25/02/13 23.09, JohnV ha scritto:

> several USB and FW external drives hanging off it.

First, try using your G5 without any external peripheral connected (save for
monitor, mouse and keyboard).
Thus you'll know if the problem is related to some peripheral, or the
computer itself.

Second, run Disk Utility and check your disk(s); your troubles might be
related to a disk going bad.

Third (after trying the cache trick Kris told you), download, install and
run Applejack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/
(run it in Single user mode: hold Command+S at boot)
This will do a general cleanup and get rid of possible system issues.

Then, I'd try a reinstall of OSX 10.4.11.
I WOULDN'T upgrade to a diffferent OSX version, until the problem has been
identified (new things often means new troubles).

You can also check Activity Monitor (Utility folder): checking CPU loads,
you might identify some process that's hogging the machine.

Did you change anything about your Ram lately?
Sometimes a bad/failing/troublesome Ram stick might create this kind of
symptoms, I think.


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Re: Molasses response [message #39764 is a reply to message #39046] Wed, 27 February 2013 20:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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REMINDER of what this machine is:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 900 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7

Just tried pulling all the perifs off and SAFE boot and reboot, No
Joy there, still the same mess.

MAIL will run OK, but APPLEWORKS can;t get but 1/2 started and hang,
SAFARI works at first but then takes MINUTES to get the home URL up
and on screen. Any function makes the HD seem to work itself a LOT.
And in SAFARI it gets worse until there are 10's of minutes between
any input (mouse or keyboard) till you suddenly see the screen effect
of it.
when it hangs up during a LOGIC audio project, it will continue to
play back the audio but nothing on the screen moves.

COMMAND-OPTION-ESC to bring up the FORCE QUIT box can take seconds or
minutes to happen.

How can I check for RAM problems?

All of this coupled with the CARBON COPY consistent warning (it runs
every midnight) that it has about 10 files on what it calls a bad
disc area makes me think I should replace the 200GB #1 drive ASAP.

Never done this one before, I'll admit.
I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate?
Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive?
How do I prep things for this? CCC has been backing this #1 drive to
the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days.
I want to keep this G5 at 10.4.11 and will check, but should have all
the install disks.

THanks for the help
John Vengrouskie

On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:

> Il giorno 25/02/13 23.09, JohnV ha scritto:

>

>> several USB and FW external drives hanging off it.

> First, try using your G5 without any external peripheral connected

> (save for

> monitor, mouse and keyboard).

> Thus you'll know if the problem is related to some peripheral, or the

> computer itself.

>

> Second, run Disk Utility and check your disk(s); your troubles

> might be

> related to a disk going bad.

>

> Third (after trying the cache trick Kris told you), download,

> install and

> run Applejack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

> (run it in Single user mode: hold Command+S at boot)

> This will do a general cleanup and get rid of possible system issues.

>

> Then, I'd try a reinstall of OSX 10.4.11.

> I WOULDN'T upgrade to a diffferent OSX version, until the problem

> has been

> identified (new things often means new troubles).

>

> You can also check Activity Monitor (Utility folder): checking CPU

> loads,

> you might identify some process that's hogging the machine.

>

> Did you change anything about your Ram lately?

> Sometimes a bad/failing/troublesome Ram stick might create this

> kind of

> symptoms, I think.

>

>

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Re: Molasses response [message #39765 is a reply to message #39764] Wed, 27 February 2013 21:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:43 PM, JohnV wrote:

> MAIL will run OK, but APPLEWORKS can;t get but 1/2 started and hang,

> SAFARI works at first but then takes MINUTES to get the home URL up and on screen. Any function makes the HD seem to work itself a LOT.

> And in SAFARI it gets worse until there are 10's of minutes between any input (mouse or keyboard) till you suddenly see the screen effect of it.

> when it hangs up during a LOGIC audio project, it will continue to play back the audio but nothing on the screen moves.

>

> COMMAND-OPTION-ESC to bring up the FORCE QUIT box can take seconds or minutes to happen.

>

> How can I check for RAM problems?


Install Applejack, boot in single-user mode and press X after starting Applejack to get to the memory test menu

>

> All of this coupled with the CARBON COPY consistent warning (it runs every midnight) that it has about 10 files on what it calls a bad disc area makes me think I should replace the 200GB #1 drive ASAP.


Run disk repair.


>

> Never done this one before, I'll admit.

> I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate?


Yep/

> Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive?


No, I see no reason to partition drives unless you have need for multiple OS'es or a dedicated scratch partition.

> How do I prep things for this? CCC has been backing this #1 drive to the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days.


If this is a straight-up volume-volume copy in CCC (and the 'Make Bootable' option is checked), just boot holding down the option key, select the CCC backup to boot from it. run CCC to restore everything to the new drive and you're good to go. If it isn't, and you're insistent on sticking with 10.4 then it's a more difficult proposition, since you cannot use Migration Assistant.

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Re: Molasses response [message #39798 is a reply to message #39765] Wed, 27 February 2013 22:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I really hope this isn;t annoyingly verbose, and that my ignorance-
based concerns about process here may look like I'm somehow arguing
with your recommendations which is COMPLETELY not the case.

There is , I think, something I failed to make clear. This is a long-
overdue clean up of several systems that have been taking over from
each other when one or the other got problems, done in a disorganised
and ignorant manner over time. That's unpleasant but needs to be
understood.
IF it sounds confessional, well, I feel like these machines deserve a
better caretaker than I've been. No excuse, just fact.

I have two main systems here that are supposed to fulfill different
functions, they are a mess right now since I haven't dealt well with
crashes and transfers over the last 18 months.

What I WANT (and used to have clearly) is:

the G5 started as a wonderful G5 2.7 dual retired from video
production and was a phenomenal audio workhorse. That G5 developed
bad issues and is on the bench waiting for a new power supply. I
simply moved the drives from it into a borrowed 1.8GHZ DUAL and
proceeded from there. It is meant to be primarily a media workstation
running the 10.4.11 era LOGIC and FINAL CUT PRO as well as PPC
favorite things like AppleWorks and some OS9 stuff that works under
CLASSIC. It I don;t plan to use it as regular internet access,
though in a pinch it should have the basic capability there if
needed. It;s currently the ONLY machine with legacy email history and
account setups.

The 1.83GHz INtel Core Duo iMac running 10.6.8 is the main everything-
else computer (or, again, is SUPPOSED to be), supposed to be
handling email, web access and all the usual office and personal
stuff. It has iLife and some of the same programs installed on it as
the G5 since it was the backup for the G5 at one point, but it's not
as smooth working with the PPC programs.

What I need (or THINK I need...) is to get the passwords, keychain
items and other working elements off of the g5 onto the iMac so it
can pick right up doing that. That's be MAIL accounts, log-in ID and
Passwords for various website forums (forae?) and commercial sites
like AMAZON, etc etc

That process of Moving Things from teh G5 to The Imac needs to
consider that the iMac is NOT a fresh clean machine but one already
running programs on its own, needs some tweaking (it has user
accounts that I no longer need on it for example) and my ignorance
wonders about transferring EVERYTHING off the G5 to the iMac rather
than just what MAIL and SAFARI need to connect and operate in place
of the G5 versions. I do understand that there;s a plethora of OS
stuff beyond that that may well have to go along to make the system
happy.

On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>> How can I check for RAM problems?

>

> Install Applejack, boot in single-user mode and press X after

> starting Applejack to get to the memory test menu

>


Haven;t done this yet

>> Run disk repair.


did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems


>> I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate?

>

> Yep/

>

>> Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive?

>

> No, I see no reason to partition drives unless you have need for

> multiple OS'es or a dedicated scratch partition.


My ignorance to the fore here, Do I recall something about boot
partition can;t be bigger than Some Size...?
I just slapped the new 2T drive in for HD #2 and it works fine except
for the odd sluggish response of iTunes (I have teh iTunes library on
HD2)
it seems this is just as simple, buy a drive, pop it in,


>> CCC has been backing this #1 drive to the #2 (2T) drive for the

>> last few days.

>

> If this is a straight-up volume-volume copy in CCC (and the 'Make

> Bootable' option is checked), just boot holding down the option

> key, select the CCC backup to boot from it.


I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that the
AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED DESTINATIONS ?


> run CCC to restore everything to the new drive and you're good to

> go. If it isn't, and you're insistent on sticking with 10.4 then

> it's a more difficult proposition, since you cannot use Migration

> Assistant.


Don;t follow you there... why does 'sticking with 10.4.11' make this
MORE difficult... it's 10.4.11 restoring to itself... or am I missing
something?
Again with my apparently endless ability to project more problems by
assuming I'm missing key elements:

INSTALL EMPTY NEW #1 DRIVE
Boot under CCC backup
(seemingly magically) just transfer CCC backup to empty drive #1 and
I should be happy?
Wasn;t that CCC backup from a damaged disk in the first place? Do
Not Re-install OSX, Do not pass Go , do not pay local Mac Shop $200...?

thanks tons for your patience here.
I have spent my life doing troubleshoot/repair of analog systems and
machines but this common home-computer maintenance is just driving me
bats... I feel dense. grumblrlrlgmblblbl.....hrmph!

John V




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Re: Molasses response [message #39828 is a reply to message #39798] Thu, 28 February 2013 10:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:13 PM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

> The 1.83GHz INtel Core Duo iMac running 10.6.8 is the main everything-else computer (or, again, is SUPPOSED to be), supposed to be handling email, web access and all the usual office and personal stuff. It has iLife and some of the same programs installed on it as the G5 since it was the backup for the G5 at one point, but it's not as smooth working with the PPC programs.

>

> What I need (or THINK I need...) is to get the passwords, keychain items and other working elements off of the g5 onto the iMac so it can pick right up doing that. That's be MAIL accounts, log-in ID and Passwords for various website forums (forae?) and commercial sites like AMAZON, etc etc

>

> That process of Moving Things from teh G5 to The Imac needs to consider that the iMac is NOT a fresh clean machine but one already running programs on its own, needs some tweaking (it has user accounts that I no longer need on it for example) and my ignorance wonders about transferring EVERYTHING off the G5 to the iMac rather than just what MAIL and SAFARI need to connect and operate in place of the G5 versions. I do understand that there;s a plethora of OS stuff beyond that that may well have to go along to make the system happy.


So long as you do not try to import a user with the same name as an existing one, this is what Migration Assistant is for. You can specify in the dialog whether you want users, applications or 'other files', and you can select users individually.

However the imported users cannot have the same short name as an existing user on the iMac.

Migration Assistant is smart enough to deal with your concerns, all you want to do is import the user profiles for your needs, which will include all settings like mail accounts, user keychains, etc.

Really, Migration Assistant 'just works', and it works well; I use it all the time.

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Re: Molasses response [message #39829 is a reply to message #39798] Thu, 28 February 2013 10:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:13 PM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

>

> Haven;t done this yet

>

>>> Run disk repair.

>

> did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems

>


Ok you've either got disk hardware issues or it's a corrupted volume. If it's the latter DiskWarrior can fix this.

>

>>> I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate?

>>

>> Yep/

>>

>>> Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive?

>>

>> No, I see no reason to partition drives unless you have need for multiple OS'es or a dedicated scratch partition.

>

> My ignorance to the fore here, Do I recall something about boot partition can;t be bigger than Some Size...?

> I just slapped the new 2T drive in for HD #2 and it works fine except for the odd sluggish response of iTunes (I have teh iTunes library on HD2)

> it seems this is just as simple, buy a drive, pop it in,

>


It is that simple. The limitation you're remembering is ancient ancient history: there were some early OS X-capable Macs that required the OS to be in an 8gb or smaller partition, but that doesn't apply here.


>

>>> CCC has been backing this #1 drive to the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days.

>>

>> If this is a straight-up volume-volume copy in CCC (and the 'Make Bootable' option is checked), just boot holding down the option key, select the CCC backup to boot from it.

>

> I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that the AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED DESTINATIONS ?


No, in fact saving as a disk image is NOT what you want to do. I don't know what version of CCC you're using. Older versions had a checkbox to allow the backup to be bootable, so long as the drive was formatted correctly and with the correct partition type.

Just checked my version (v 3.3.3) and it will automatically create a bootable clone if the drive is properly formatted and you've selected a disk instead of disk image to back up to.


>

>

>> run CCC to restore everything to the new drive and you're good to go. If it isn't, and you're insistent on sticking with 10.4 then it's a more difficult proposition, since you cannot use Migration Assistant.

>

> Don;t follow you there... why does 'sticking with 10.4.11' make this MORE difficult... it's 10.4.11 restoring to itself... or am I missing something?

> Again with my apparently endless ability to project more problems by assuming I'm missing key elements:


If your CCC backup is not bootable, you will have to boot from a bootable device, then copy the CCC clone to the new drive. This will be a more complicated project. I thought 10.4 doesn't inculde Migration Assistant, but apparently it does <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1554> This article covers some of the info you need to know.

>

> INSTALL EMPTY NEW #1 DRIVE

> Boot under CCC backup


New hard drives typiically come either unformatted, or formatted as FAT or NTFS for Windows use. You have to reformat your new drive before this will work:

Start Disk utility, select the new drive ( the line in Disk utility that includes the size) and click on the Partition tab. Under Partition Layout, select '1 Partition', then click on Options and make sure 'Apple Partition Map' is selected.

> (seemingly magically) just transfer CCC backup to empty drive #1 and I should be happy?


Not magically, start CCC on your cloned drive and clone itself to the new hard drive.

> Wasn;t that CCC backup from a damaged disk in the first place? Do Not Re-install OSX, Do not pass Go , do not pay local Mac Shop $200…?


You mentioned a few files that CCC complains about. What are they? If they're not in the System or Library folder thay'll have nothing to do with the Mac running or not. CCC won't copy disk damage.

>

> thanks tons for your patience here.

> I have spent my life doing troubleshoot/repair of analog systems and machines but this common home-computer maintenance is just driving me bats... I feel dense. grumblrlrlgmblblbl.....hrmph!


We have all been there. I spent yesterday deep in the guts of the Internet Email specifications <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt> to figure out why some mail servers were mangling emails a program was sending out. I'm now an expert on multi-part MIME message construction…for a week or so until I have to become an instant expert in something else that breaks :-)

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Re: Molasses response [message #39830 is a reply to message #39828] Thu, 28 February 2013 11:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>

> So long as you do not try to import a user with the same name as an

> existing one, this is what Migration Assistant is for. You can

> specify in the dialog whether you want users, applications or

> 'other files', and you can select users individually.

>

> However the imported users cannot have the same short name as an

> existing user on the iMac.

>

> Migration Assistant is smart enough to deal with your concerns, all

> you want to do is import the user profiles for your needs, which

> will include all settings like mail accounts, user keychains, etc.

>

> Really, Migration Assistant 'just works', and it works well; I use

> it all the time.


thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that
stuff from the originating system?
There was something I read also about authorizations of things like
iTunes and other software that is registered.

Again, my ignorance and history of having Unexpected Consequences
resulting in mangled systems (or at least not what I intended) from
this sort of thing has me badly gun-shy about losing things in a
process.

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Re: Molasses response [message #39831 is a reply to message #39830] Thu, 28 February 2013 11:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

>

> On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>

>>

>> So long as you do not try to import a user with the same name as an existing one, this is what Migration Assistant is for. You can specify in the dialog whether you want users, applications or 'other files', and you can select users individually.

>>

>> However the imported users cannot have the same short name as an existing user on the iMac.

>>

>> Migration Assistant is smart enough to deal with your concerns, all you want to do is import the user profiles for your needs, which will include all settings like mail accounts, user keychains, etc.

>>

>> Really, Migration Assistant 'just works', and it works well; I use it all the time.

>

> thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that stuff from the originating system?


No, MA is a read-only process, nothing is removed from the old system.

> There was something I read also about authorizations of things like iTunes and other software that is registered.


iTunes authorization is partly based on the ethernet hardware address of the computer (it's how it keeps track of the five computers you can authorize); you need to authorize any new computer. Some software needs to have the serial number re-entered, but I've not run into that issue in a long time.


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Re: Molasses response [message #39832 is a reply to message #39829] Thu, 28 February 2013 11:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Bruce (and all of you...!) thanks again for patience and guidance.

Onwards...

On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>>

>> did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems

>

> Ok you've either got disk hardware issues or it's a corrupted

> volume. If it's the latter DiskWarrior can fix this.


I see advantage to more storage on this machine so going ahead with
the HD swap makes sense...?



>> I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that

>> the AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED

>> DESTINATIONS ?

>

> No, in fact saving as a disk image is NOT what you want to do. I

> don't know what version of CCC you're using.


3.4.7


> Older versions had a checkbox to allow the backup to be bootable,

> so long as the drive was formatted correctly and with the correct

> partition type.

>

> Just checked my version (v 3.3.3) and it will automatically create

> a bootable clone if the drive is properly formatted and you've

> selected a disk instead of disk image to back up to.

>


so whatever is in the CCC backup -IS- my clone?


I was looking in teh PREFERENCES box, adn nothing simply says MAKE A
BOOTABLE DISK,
there are 5 check boxes for various things

- automatically create an archive of lion's recovery HD volume (checked)

-automatically save to a disk image on non-HFS+ formatted
destinations (NOT checked)

- indicate when a block level clone is possible (NOT checked)

-dont show a warning when choosing the startup disk as the
destination (NOT checked)

- ask for confirmation before pruning archive content during an ad-
hoc task (checked)


> You mentioned a few files that CCC complains about. What are they?


Cant seem to grab text from the CCC reports i saved... there are
consistently 10 files that show up as flagged.



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Re: Molasses response [message #39833 is a reply to message #39831] Thu, 28 February 2013 11:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>

> On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

>> thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE

>> that stuff from the originating system?

>

> No, MA is a read-only process, nothing is removed from the old system.


are existing things on the NEW system wiped and replaced by the
incoming Migration, or just added-to... things like handshakes (user-
id + password) on forums and such already on the new system in, say,
SAFARI, do those get DUMPED and replaced and I'm left ONLY the stuff
from the migrating system's SAFARI info, or does it all get combined
(what I'd hope...)?



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Re: Molasses response [message #39834 is a reply to message #39832] Thu, 28 February 2013 12:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:53 AM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

> Bruce (and all of you...!) thanks again for patience and guidance.

>

> Onwards...

>

> On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>>>

>>> did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems

>>

>> Ok you've either got disk hardware issues or it's a corrupted volume. If it's the latter DiskWarrior can fix this.

>

> I see advantage to more storage on this machine so going ahead with the HD swap makes sense...?

>

>

>

>>> I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that the AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED DESTINATIONS ?

>>

>> No, in fact saving as a disk image is NOT what you want to do. I don't know what version of CCC you're using.

>

> 3.4.7

>

>

>> Older versions had a checkbox to allow the backup to be bootable, so long as the drive was formatted correctly and with the correct partition type.

>>

>> Just checked my version (v 3.3.3) and it will automatically create a bootable clone if the drive is properly formatted and you've selected a disk instead of disk image to back up to.

>>

>

> so whatever is in the CCC backup -IS- my clone?


Yes.

>

>

> I was looking in teh PREFERENCES box, adn nothing simply says MAKE A BOOTABLE DISK,

> there are 5 check boxes for various things

>

> - automatically create an archive of lion's recovery HD volume (checked)

>

> -automatically save to a disk image on non-HFS+ formatted destinations (NOT checked)

>

> - indicate when a block level clone is possible (NOT checked)

>

> -dont show a warning when choosing the startup disk as the destination (NOT checked)

>

> - ask for confirmation before pruning archive content during an ad-hoc task (checked)

>

>


If the CCC dialog looks like this when you've selected the appropriate disks, then it's bootable <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/ccc.png> (I added the red oval)


>> You mentioned a few files that CCC complains about. What are they?

>

> Cant seem to grab text from the CCC reports i saved... there are consistently 10 files that show up as flagged.



Email me one of the reports offlist, I'll look at them.

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Re: Molasses response [message #39868 is a reply to message #39833] Thu, 28 February 2013 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:58 AM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

>

> On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>

>>

>> On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, JohnV <vengbjohn@verizon.net> wrote:

>>> thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that stuff from the originating system?

>>

>> No, MA is a read-only process, nothing is removed from the old system.

>

> are existing things on the NEW system wiped and replaced by the incoming Migration, or just added-to... things like handshakes (user-id + password) on forums and such already on the new system in, say, SAFARI, do those get DUMPED and replaced and I'm left ONLY the stuff from the migrating system's SAFARI info, or does it all get combined (what I'd hope…)?


This is where the issue of duplicate users comes in. You can only use MA to import unique users. (It's smart enough with the applications and such to not duplicate older apps, etc)

If I have Mac A user 'Sam' and Mac B, user 'Joe', I can use MA on Mac B to import user Sam and all his settings, files etc from Mac A to Mac B.

You cannot use MA to *merge* two user accounts.

If I have Mac A user 'Sam' and Mac B, also user 'Sam', I CAN NOT use MA on Mac B to import user Sam and all his settings, files etc from Mac A to Mac B.

This is most common when folks do the standard Mac setup and end up with one account 'Your Name' on the computer THEN want to import their old settings. This won't work.

There are several ways to do this:

Presuming we have the user account 'Sara' on both Macs.

If the account on MacB was just created (ie, it's a brand new Mac, or you just added that user) the fix is simple:

Create a new administrative user on Mac B. Log off as Sara and in as the new user. Delete the user Sara on Mac B, then use MA to import the Sara account from Mac A.

If the Sara account on MacB has been in use (Ie: there's stuff you wish to keep), you can change the Sara account on Mac B to have a different name <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428>, then use MA to import Sara from Mac A.

Then you end up with two accounts to swap back and forth between. Pretty cumbersome.

You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via FWTarget mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara-MacA's files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc.

<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key> Will give you some help doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain access on MacB, but I"m not sure.

You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as needed.


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Re: Molasses response [message #39869 is a reply to message #39868] Thu, 28 February 2013 13:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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THIS all starts to make sense from what I was reading... what -I-
want to do is not what it's set up to do...
thanks.


> You cannot use MA to *merge* two user accounts.

>

>

>

> You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via FWTarget

> mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara-MacA's

> files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc.

>

> <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key> Will give you some help

> doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain

> access on MacB, but I"m not sure.

>

> You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain

> Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and

> viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as

> needed.


I don;t mind the tediousness, just the likelyhood of making a mistake
or missing something.

I got some studyin to do...

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Re: Molasses response [message #40122 is a reply to message #39869] Fri, 01 March 2013 17:05 Go to previous message
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Just brought home the 2T seagate , will try putting it in sunday...

>>

>> You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via

>> FWTarget mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara-

>> MacA's files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc.

>>

>> <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key> Will give you some help

>> doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain

>> access on MacB, but I"m not sure.

>>

>> You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain

>> Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and

>> viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as

>> needed.

>



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