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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1685386" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"><span style="color: #404040">Tune in for the <a href="https://plus.google.com/" target="_blank">Mac-Forums weekly video chat </a>at 7:00 p. m. Central time tonight. Expect a forum rundown, a bit of Apple news, and a few tips. We'll also have my initial impressions of the latest 27 in. iMac.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Members 282,728 Welcome to our newest member, <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=363957" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Jamila31H</span></a></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Some users do not like using the new Apple TV remote for navigating through longer lists of content due to the amount of swiping that is needed. Some users find the older remote more useful in this situation because you can hold down the arrow buttons to scroll quickly. The good news is<a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/use-the-old-apple-tv-remote-with-the-new-apple-tv/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=88557ab646-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-88557ab646-298436589" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> the old remote will work with the new Apple TV. </span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="http://mcelhearn.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f2ac52eb76937d37f02e2e90&id=7247a564c8&e=27eea57fd4" target="_blank">Overview of Disk Utility in El Capitan</a></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">New report suggests <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/395921/apple-has-already-shipped-almost-7-million-apple-watches/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Apple may have sold nearly 7 million watches to date.</span></a> These sales numbers outstrips all other vendors’ <em>combined</em> smartwatch shipments over the past five financial quarters. Apple was the only smart watch vendor to ship more than 300,000 units in Q3 2015.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #000000">David Pierino at</span>Cult of Mac has a photo of a new <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/395468/yes-your-glass-apple-tv-remote-will-break-if-you-drop-it/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Apple TV remote that’s reportedly been dried from a users nap</span></a>. This leads to questions about just how Apple tests the durability of the remote. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #454545">Cult of Mac writer Rob LeFebvre has some thoughts on <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/396048/pro-tip-get-your-apple-tv-sounding-just-right/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">audio settings you might want to tweak on the new Apple TV. </span></a></span>A downward swipe while a video is playing brings up numerous audio options. Another option allows you to boost loud sounds, enhance dialog, or control where audio is output.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you’re using the new Apple TV Rob also has some thoughts / tips and tricks that just might make you an <a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/395666/5-hidden-tricks-make-you-apple-tv-expert/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Apple TV Remote power user</span></a>. The tips cover re-arranging app icons, deleting apps, faster swiping and entering alternate characters. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Suppose you want to move your user account from an old Mac to a new one but for whatever reason can’t run Migration Assistant immediately. Here’s a solution that might save you a few headaches with permissions on your files:</span></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On the new Mac create a user account with the<strong> exact same user name and password</strong> as you are currently using on the older Mac.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Complete setup for the Mac with your iCloud password etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Continue using your Mac until you can run Migration Assistant.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Before you run Migration Assistant <strong>backup any files you’ve created with the new account</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Run Migration Assistant - Because the account names are identical you will be asked what you want to do. There is an option to replace the user account on the new machine with the user account from the older Mac. This is the option you want to choose.</li> </ol><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">I have only noticed this option in El Capitan though it may have been present before now. User this at your own risk. It has had limited testing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Machine Speed Shootout - Preliminary Findings</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">2008 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of ram and 500 GB SSD vs. Late 2015 5K 27” iMac w 3.3 GHZ Core I5 processor and 8 GB ram. Note these are simply initial impressions further speed comparisons will follow in the weeks to come.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Transferring my existing El Capitan installation <em>to the new Mac </em>took just under 90 minutes with the MacBook Pro SSD in a USB 3 drive carrier. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">I haven’t tested boot time for the new machine which has a 2 TB Fusion drive. I don’t expect much of a difference in boot time since the OS is kept on the Flash portion of the Fusion drive. Boot time is not a major consideration for me since I do not reboot very often. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">On the new iMac Handbrake converted a 12.08 GB m2t to 5.13 m4v in 1:39:40 with conversion parameters set to Apple TV 3 preset. That same conversion, the same parameters. The same conversion is currently running on my 2008 MacBook Pro since 9:35 this morning. By the time I finish writing this post the conversion will have been running for 11 hours and Handbrake estimates there is another half hour to go. Final data is in: The MacBook pro took 11 hrs. 22 min. to perform the same conversion </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The graphics card in this model seems to have no trouble driving the 5K display and an external 24” monitor simultaneously. Stay tuned for more. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">I am loving the feel of the new keyboard and mouse. Normally I don’t like things this small but in this case it works. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">BTW as I mentioned during the show I’ve liked most Apple monitors in the past with the exception of one 17” CRT. I’ve usually used other monitors due to cost but I love this new 5k display. The picture quality is remarkable.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1685386, member: 131855"] [FONT=Roboto][COLOR=#404040]Tune in for the [URL='https://plus.google.com/']Mac-Forums weekly video chat [/URL]at 7:00 p. m. Central time tonight. Expect a forum rundown, a bit of Apple news, and a few tips. We'll also have my initial impressions of the latest 27 in. iMac.[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Members 282,728 Welcome to our newest member, [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=363957'][COLOR=#e4af09]Jamila31H[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Some users do not like using the new Apple TV remote for navigating through longer lists of content due to the amount of swiping that is needed. Some users find the older remote more useful in this situation because you can hold down the arrow buttons to scroll quickly. The good news is[URL='http://www.mcelhearn.com/use-the-old-apple-tv-remote-with-the-new-apple-tv/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=88557ab646-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-88557ab646-298436589'][COLOR=#e4af09] the old remote will work with the new Apple TV. [/COLOR][/URL] [URL='http://mcelhearn.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f2ac52eb76937d37f02e2e90&id=7247a564c8&e=27eea57fd4']Overview of Disk Utility in El Capitan[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]New report suggests [URL='http://www.cultofmac.com/395921/apple-has-already-shipped-almost-7-million-apple-watches/'][COLOR=#e4af09]Apple may have sold nearly 7 million watches to date.[/COLOR][/URL] These sales numbers outstrips all other vendors’ [I]combined[/I] smartwatch shipments over the past five financial quarters. Apple was the only smart watch vendor to ship more than 300,000 units in Q3 2015.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#000000]David Pierino at[/COLOR]Cult of Mac has a photo of a new [URL='http://www.cultofmac.com/395468/yes-your-glass-apple-tv-remote-will-break-if-you-drop-it/'][COLOR=#e4af09]Apple TV remote that’s reportedly been dried from a users nap[/COLOR][/URL]. This leads to questions about just how Apple tests the durability of the remote. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#454545]Cult of Mac writer Rob LeFebvre has some thoughts on [URL='http://www.cultofmac.com/396048/pro-tip-get-your-apple-tv-sounding-just-right/'][COLOR=#e4af09]audio settings you might want to tweak on the new Apple TV. [/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR]A downward swipe while a video is playing brings up numerous audio options. Another option allows you to boost loud sounds, enhance dialog, or control where audio is output. If you’re using the new Apple TV Rob also has some thoughts / tips and tricks that just might make you an [URL='http://www.cultofmac.com/395666/5-hidden-tricks-make-you-apple-tv-expert/'][COLOR=#e4af09]Apple TV Remote power user[/COLOR][/URL]. The tips cover re-arranging app icons, deleting apps, faster swiping and entering alternate characters. Suppose you want to move your user account from an old Mac to a new one but for whatever reason can’t run Migration Assistant immediately. Here’s a solution that might save you a few headaches with permissions on your files:[/FONT] [LIST=1] [*]On the new Mac create a user account with the[B] exact same user name and password[/B] as you are currently using on the older Mac. [*]Complete setup for the Mac with your iCloud password etc. [*]Continue using your Mac until you can run Migration Assistant. [*]Before you run Migration Assistant [B]backup any files you’ve created with the new account[/B]. [*]Run Migration Assistant - Because the account names are identical you will be asked what you want to do. There is an option to replace the user account on the new machine with the user account from the older Mac. This is the option you want to choose. [/LIST] [FONT=Helvetica]I have only noticed this option in El Capitan though it may have been present before now. User this at your own risk. It has had limited testing. [B]Machine Speed Shootout - Preliminary Findings[/B] 2008 MacBook Pro with 8 GB of ram and 500 GB SSD vs. Late 2015 5K 27” iMac w 3.3 GHZ Core I5 processor and 8 GB ram. Note these are simply initial impressions further speed comparisons will follow in the weeks to come.[/FONT] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Transferring my existing El Capitan installation [I]to the new Mac [/I]took just under 90 minutes with the MacBook Pro SSD in a USB 3 drive carrier. I haven’t tested boot time for the new machine which has a 2 TB Fusion drive. I don’t expect much of a difference in boot time since the OS is kept on the Flash portion of the Fusion drive. Boot time is not a major consideration for me since I do not reboot very often. On the new iMac Handbrake converted a 12.08 GB m2t to 5.13 m4v in 1:39:40 with conversion parameters set to Apple TV 3 preset. That same conversion, the same parameters. The same conversion is currently running on my 2008 MacBook Pro since 9:35 this morning. By the time I finish writing this post the conversion will have been running for 11 hours and Handbrake estimates there is another half hour to go. Final data is in: The MacBook pro took 11 hrs. 22 min. to perform the same conversion The graphics card in this model seems to have no trouble driving the 5K display and an external 24” monitor simultaneously. Stay tuned for more. I am loving the feel of the new keyboard and mouse. Normally I don’t like things this small but in this case it works. BTW as I mentioned during the show I’ve liked most Apple monitors in the past with the exception of one 17” CRT. I’ve usually used other monitors due to cost but I love this new 5k display. The picture quality is remarkable.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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