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From: Woody on 7 Jul 2010 07:37 "Space Wombat #3" <rob_murfin(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> <rob_mur...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> it may be the time to make the move to a Sony Vaio laptop - my wife >>> has one for work and speaks nothing but praise for the build > > > quality. >> >> The Viao range is huge, and includes nice, well-made stuff and also >> Gateway-style dreggiest shite. Be very ware. >> >> Also, strip off the Windows and install from scratch. The shovelware >> they come with is unbelievably irritating to remove. >> > > > 1. Could I set up the Viao (new MS O/S whatever it is called) so it > could read my OSX 10.5 formatted external USB HD - that has 21 gig of > photos stored on it? No, it won't read that format, you will have to copy it to a fat32 disk that both the Mac and pc can read. > 2. Biiiig question - is there anyway of moving my iTune library, play > lists etc to a PC laptop like a vaio? I know that iPods are formatted > diffeerntly for PC or Mac use Yes. Well your library, you can probably import your playlists if you export them from the Mac first. Which I guess is tricky without a graphics card in your Mac! -- Woody
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Jul 2010 07:41 On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 04:22:10 -0700 (PDT), "Space Wombat #3" <rob_murfin(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >1. Could I set up the Viao (new MS O/S whatever it is called) so it >could read my OSX 10.5 formatted external USB HD - that has 21 gig of >photos stored on it? Try this - http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html You *do* have a backup of those photos, right? Cheers - Jaimie -- "Heisenberg may have slept here"
From: Space Wombat #3 on 7 Jul 2010 07:57 On 7 July, 12:41, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 04:22:10 -0700 (PDT), "Space Wombat #3" > > <rob_mur...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >1. Could I set up the Viao (new MS O/S whatever it is called) so it > >could read my OSX 10.5 formatted external USB HD - that has 21 gig of > >photos stored on it? > > Try this -http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html > > You *do* have a backup of those photos, right? > > Cheers - Jaimie > -- > "Heisenberg may have slept here" I have the photos all sorted in to folders, including the numerous holidays in Robin Hoods Bay :-), there are about 22,000 images at the last count - they are backed up onto a exteranal 500gig USB HD - but this is formatted so my G5 can read it - and PCs cannot. Also - my G5 does not seem able to read FAT32 formmated drives - but reads USB memory sticks fine. So is there a way say of copying the pics to my friends new mac, tehn reformatting the external drive to a format both PC and mac can read, then copying the files back to the drive - which would then be a dual readable? Sorry if this is a dormant question - I have been on Macs soley at home for the last 11 years
From: Space Wombat #3 on 7 Jul 2010 07:59 > > > Try this -http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html has anybody else tried this? Ta
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 7 Jul 2010 08:20
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 04:57:12 -0700 (PDT), "Space Wombat #3" <rob_murfin(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >So is there a way say of copying the pics to my friends new mac, tehn >reformatting the external drive to a format both PC and mac can read, >then copying the files back to the drive - which would then be a dual >readable? Yes, that would work fine. >Sorry if this is a dormant question - I have been on Macs soley at >home for the last 11 years I'd strongly recommend reconsidering about the Sony. You won't like being stuck with Windows! Cheers - Jaimie -- If you can't measure it, it's not science. |