The Intel Compute Stick (L) alongside an apple product (R). IS THIS THING ON? The HDMI end goes into a display, the power goes into an outlet, and a blue light comes on but the Stick does not boot. Either tap or long press the power button, then switch the display input source after a few seconds.
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Just by looking at the Stick you cannot tell if it’s off, on, or booting. Long press the power button and you may end up at the boot menu or the blue light may go off—I suppose making the Stick even more off than previously.
Try. – – –.
SEBCAC It boots. This is where you need to find a keyboard, then a little later find a mouse. See, there’s only one USB port on the Stick so we ended up swapping peripherals during the setup.
This gets old instantly so either get a USB hub or some bluetooth peripherals. Unsurprisingly, the Microsoft bluetooth keyboard we got from our local StaplesMax Depot did not like the Ubuntu version of the Stick so we needed a hub. You will want to plug the included HDMI extension cable into the Stick or your wifi will be—at least in my experience—absent.
Use the micro-USB charger that came with the Stick if you want it to boot at all. It’s a proprietary charger masquerading as non-proprietary. It’s better to find this out now rather than on the road. All of these non-moving parts make for somethingsquiddy. Regularly scheduled popup, even after emptying. I’m sure we can safely ignore it from now on Web pages load with a small delay but I have little complaint there.
YouTube, for example, runs smoothly and overall the Stick is fine for common tasks. While typing I get periodic freezes. No words appear and then all of a sudden abracadabra. Opening a folder in the file manager sometimes takes a few beats. There’s a 64-bit quad-core Atom processor inside® but it sometimes feels like Mac OS 8 or Windows 3.1 on 20 year old hardware. Fun fact: the Ubuntu Stick has 1GB RAM / 8GB storage while the Windows Stick has 2GB RAM / 32GB storage. The internet says you can install Linux on the Windows version.
I have recently investigated what options there are for remote access to a computer specifically for macs. The reason is because I would like to use a desktop mac at work and my laptop at home, but would like the convenience of accessing both computers, either at work or at home. I wanted to do this without setting up VPN, which would take months to set up at my current work. The best option is to use a website called www.logmein.com. It works across PC's and macs and most importantly is FREE for as many computers as possible. Security is good and I have had no reports of issues relating to hacking.
I have trialled this. It works when I access my home computer from work even through my work firewall and despite my home computer being set up on an airport network. It doesn't work if NAT is set up on the airport. However it is quite slow. Other options weren't as good. Using the 'MobileMe' subscription service with its 'Back to my mac' option would cost $99 US/year.
I investigated setting up SSH, but the setup would have been too complex. I also gave up on trying to set up a VNC server, because it would have been very difficult to make it secure. I have managed to install Yellowdog linux 2.3 for PPC to an iMac 333 MHz powerpc.
It's a little slow but much better than OSX. These are the steps: 1.
Downloaded YDL 2.3 (sometime ago) (Dayton release) which is based on Red Hat Linux, kernel 2.4.19-4a 2. Rebooted mac, pressed 'C' on chime to boot up disk. Follow instructions on screen 4. When it asks you to create swap space, use at least 2x amount of RAM (I have 128MB RAM, created 1GB swap space). This is crucial - swap space is used by the processor as 'extra RAM' in case you run out. I did this as buying RAM for this computer would have been too expensive (over $100 australian!).
Can also create a swap file if required - lots of instructions on net. I find that I use all of the 128MB RAM and about 6-10% swap space (i.e. Another 60-100MB) just to run an internet browser. Rest of disk partitioned for linux. Everything else is straightforward. I use GNOME as my desktop - KDE is a little slow.
Opera for PPC is the best internet browser I have found. The existing netscape does not render web pages well. I have 6GB on my hard drive - I use about 3GB.
I have been unable to install Xbuntu as I cannot create a boot disk from the downloaded disk images. I bought an Airport extreme - it has been difficult to set up, as it does not connect to any other wireless router unless 'WDS' is used.
I can now connect to my airport express using WDS. It shares my printer and a 500GB hard drive and works well.
Does not have the capacity for Airtunes however. Also, if WDS is not used, then the airport extreme cannot be used to extend the network.
I have to say that it works very well at extending the range of my network. I can now browse effortlessly in the bedroom whilst my cable modem is connected in the living room to an airport express.
The airport extreme however is fairly pricey. Could have got by with 2 airport expresses. The hard drive sharing feature works well as long as the hard drive is formatted to the MAC standard HFS.
I had left the hard drive on the default formatting (MS-DOS) and it was difficult for our mac laptops to find it. After formatting to HFS, the hard drive (connected via USB to airport extreme) is automatically discovered and mounted on the desktop. A note about the airport express. I have tried to use the airport express to wirelessly extend my internet connection. I have a Netgear DG834 ADSL ethernet modem which is automatically connected to the internet.
I am able to use the airport express for wireless printing and music without it being connected directly to the Netgear modem, simply by configuring the AP to 'connect to existing network'. However I am unable to use the AP to have a PC connect to the internet using the AP (either wirelessly or connected by ethernet line from PC to AP). After searching through numerous posts, I have found that the Netgear modem does not support WDS. Airport express only does a wireless extension of a network from another airport express or airport extreme. Just a few days ago my airport express (AP) stopped working (i.e.
I had been doing a hard reset of my airport express a few times because I was altering some configurations on it, when I noticed that I was no longer able to connect to the AP. There was no light at all with the AP plugged in. I tried unplugging and replugging, and also tried the hard reset option, but to no avail. I have had the AP for 20 months so it was out of warranty.
I have applecare (extended for 3 years) with a Macbook Pro I bought earlier this year, but as I did not buy the AP with the Macbook pro, I was pessimistic that the AP would be covered. I rang the apple hotline (133 MAC) and initially they said that there was nothing that I could do. However, thanks to this forum I found out that the applecare warranty I currently have with my Macbook pro DOES cover the airport express - see the wording below: 'Comprehensive coverage The AppleCare Protection Plan covers your Mac, as well as an AirPort Extreme Card, an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, and Apple RAM used with your Mac.
Mac mini, Power Mac, MacBook Pro, and PowerBook customers may also enroll one Apple display for coverage, provided that the Mac and the display are purchased together.' I told them about this and they were, after some discussions with the 'manager', able to sort it out. They gave me a special number to give to the nearest service centre. So I have given my old AP to a service centre and am still waiting for my new AP (they said it would take about 10 days). It is times like this that reading the fine print actually HELPS rather than holds you back!!
I have discovered something very important - macs are fragile. My Macbook Pro, warmly seated in my laptop carry case, slipped out of my hand and fell about a foot to a concrete floor. To my consternation, a dent had been created on one corner, so that I could not plug in my Magsafe power point cord. My day got worse when I discovered that my applecare plan (worth over $400!) does not cover accidental damage.
The Apple Fixit centre quoted $424 to take out the whole bottom shell and replace it. What choice did I have but to get it replaced! I thought titanium was strong! Obviously whilst it is strong, it is also extremely malleable. I have found out how to use Airport Express as a relay station for my internet connection.
I am currently connected to the Internet using an ADSL connection with a Netgear DG834G wireless router/ethernet modem. The Netgear modem is configured so that DHCP is turned on.
Using the Airport Admin Utility, I clicked 'Configure' to edit the Airport Express configuration. Under the first tab 'Airport', I found, halfway down, 'Airport Network'-Wireless Mode. Scroll down to the choice 'Join an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client) - choose Wireless Network (in my case, 'NETGEAR') - I was prompted for a WEP password which I duly entered. Then I said 'Yes' to the usual confirmation prompts and presto!
- Airport Express is a relay station. I now have Airport Express connected in my living room to my stereo (play Airtunes) and printer (printer server). I have now bought a Macbook Pro.
It is the Intel 2.0 GHz with 7200rpm 100GB hard drive and 2GB memory. So far I have had little problems. Universal programs run blindingly fast while programs like Microsoft Word which run in Rosetta run slightly better than my G3.
Overall, I am very happy. I had a problem printing from my Macbook Pro to a Samsung SCX-4216 connected via its USB port to an Airport Express. When I entered the Airport Express Base Station Configuration, I found that the 'Remote Printer Access' button was unticked - ticking this fixed my problems.
Otherwise, there are no network problems. Initially I thought it was because I had updated to 10.4.6, as the old Ibook, which runs 10.4.5, still connects to the printer fine.
Whilst dotMac is interesting, I am not finding it that useful. I bought it mainly because of its backup space - however it is only 100MB and the speed of backup is quite slow.
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I think it is better to email my backups to my Yahoo account which has 1GB of space.