macfidelity

Via Slashdot bin ich auf einen interessanten Beitrag gestoßen der einen Rückblick auf die Geschichte von Apple macht. Im Fokus stehen Features bzw Technologien die Apple irgendwann abgeschafft hat, oft deutlich vor anderen Mitbewerbern. Im Hinblick auf die aktuelle Entwicklung von FireWire könnte man fast schon Rückschlüsse ziehen.

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Für Einzelanwender sicherlich nicht notwendig - wer jedoch in einer größeren Umgebung Mac’s verwaltet und administrieren darf wird sich ggf. über die Freeware DeployStudio freuen.

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Nun gibt ers nicht nur eine User-Petition gegen die Abschaffung von FireWire an einigen Mac Modellen, NEIN es gibt jetzt sogar eine Petition gegen die Glossy Displays.

Was kommt einem da in den Sinn ?

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Diverse Seiten / Usergruppen diskutieren aktuell die Problematik des fehlenden FireWire Anschlusses bei den neuen Macbook Modellen.

In kurz habe ich meinen Senf schon bei ApfelNase hinterlassen, will das aber nun nochmal hier vertiefen.

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Some users might realize that their Macs do prioritise the Wireless connection via Airport over the Ethernet connection.

This doesnt make sense at all, but if it happens to you too its solved quite easy

• Open System Preferences
• Navigate to Network
• Select the Drop Down element at the bottom of the left-sided network-devices list
• Select: Set Service Order
• Reorder the list & done

Some images:

As you can see, my Mac Pro has no wireless device, so i can only organize my 2 ethernet devices and firewire

Yeah we all love Time Machine….or at least the idea behind it

Unfortunaly many users do hate the dialog which pops up, each time you plug-in a new external device.

So … if you have already defined your backup-target and Time Machine is working as suppose,d there is an easy way to disable this dialog for new disks plugged into your mac.

• Open Terminal.app
• Enter:
  • defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool YES

If you want to enable this dialog again, just replace YES in the command above with a NO and done.

Hope you enjoy this hint (based on macosxhints.com)

OsXDaily posted 11 Startup keys for Intel Macs

Howto boot from CD or DVD:
Press C during startup
Start up from a bootable CD or DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc that came with the computer.

Howto run Apple Hardware Test:
Press D during startup
Start up in Apple Hardware Test (AHT), if the Install DVD 1 is in the computer.

Howto Reset NVRAM:
Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps.
Reset NVRAM

Howto access Startup Manager:
Press Option during startup
Starts into Startup Manager, where you can select a Mac OS X volume to start from. Note: Press N to make the the first bootable Network volume appear as well.

Howto eject devices:
Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse (/trackpad) button Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.

Howto Netboot:
Press N during startup Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).

Howto startup in FireWire Target Mode:
Press T during startup
Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode.

Howto boot in safe mode:
Press Shift during startup
Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items.

Howto verbose boot
Press Command-V during startup
Start up in Verbose mode.

Howto boot Single-User mode:
Press Command-S during startup
Start up in Single-User mode.

Howto netboot:
Press Option-N during startup Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.

Thx for that summary.

Source: OSXDaily.com