iMac Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/imac/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:53:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg iMac Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/imac/ 32 32 2696646 Carbonite Problems and Backup Woes https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/12/carbonite-problems-backup-woes/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/12/carbonite-problems-backup-woes/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:59:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15142 Well, I have my new iMac all set up and running. Data Migration The migration procedure was fairly straight forward thanks to the fact that I have plenty of cloned backups courtesy of SuperDuper!. I simply started up the new iMac and used Apple’s built in set-up assistant to transfer my data from a cloned...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/12/carbonite-problems-backup-woes/feed/ 2 15142 Time for a new iMac https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/time-new-imac/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/time-new-imac/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:01:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15035 If you can’t decide which new iMac to get, then the decision process I went through whilst deciding which iMac to buy may just hep you. That’s why I’m sharing it here. Mac vs PC Before you Windows guys tell me to ‘get a PC’, it won’t work. I’ve used Apple Macintosh computers ever since my...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/applecare-woes/feed/ 3 10615 You know you’ve spent too much money when… https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/you-know-youve-spent-too-much-money-when/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/you-know-youve-spent-too-much-money-when/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:34:07 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3124 You know you’ve spent too much money for one day when your credit card company phone you up to check that the purchases made with your card were actually made by you and that your card hasn’t been stolen. Its good that they do it and that they are on the ball. We’ve had it...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/you-know-youve-spent-too-much-money-when/feed/ 1 3124 Which Mac shall I get!!! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/which-mac-shall-i-get/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/which-mac-shall-i-get/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 12:39:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1593 I know, I know, now isn’t the time to buy and don’t worry I shall wait until WWDC in June just in case anything new is announced, but my Dual processor G5 Powermac is feeling a little long in the tooth now so I shall be upgrading soon. The G5 actually does everything I want...

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