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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 5:26 am
Advice needed regarding whether to uninstall memeoautosync and memeobackup programs. They came as software embedded in Western Digital 1 tb MyBook external hard drive. I bought the drive to have room to store my music CD collection and my many digital photos. All I've read about the programs is that they're totally troublesome. Any opinions here? They are purported to be slow, hoggish with resources and cumbersome. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 5:56 am
Unfortunately it's not my call, Juju-you'll have to convince Colossus. Good luck with that LOL. (HOWEVER - he is actually the one who installed the new email account resulting in the problem, so - yeah.) I'm going to have to figure this out.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:37 am
I have like seventeen e-mail accounts. I can't imagine having just one or worse yet, sharing it with a spouse. Just go to yahoo.com and sign up for an account. It is easy as pie. The trouble is re-building the address book. But if you can print out your old one, it can be done manually one at a time.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:24 pm
Either Yahoo or Gmail better than the other or the same?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 4:35 pm
I have both Yahoo and Gmail. I like Yahoo a little bit better. I have never quite got used to the archiving system of Google and the way it assumes certain messages are related and lumps them together. I prefer the old fashioned mail folders of Yahoo.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 7:22 pm
GAL, check to see if you have outgoing email settings specified. You may have to specify an SMTP server or check a box that says authentication is required (and then enter your password). Look at the pix at http://www.icnet.net/images/Netscape/mail2.htm (scroll down to the last pic for outgoing server) and check to be sure YOUR outgoing server name is there. (It should be something similar to what you use for your Internet provider, like mail.cox.net, for example). If it still doesn't work, go to your Internet provider's web site and look to see what the outgoing mail server is supposed to be. I have so many different email accounts, and I use each one for different reasons. I don't think either one is better than the other, it's just what you're used to. I kinda like the threading you can get from Gmail, but I hate to use threading with Yahoo. Go figure!
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Friday, January 22, 2010 - 2:02 pm
Can someone please advise as to my post above? Thank you very much. If you can find other articles about the advisability of keeping this program, I'd really appreciate your help. I'm off to guitar practice with DS and Cheer practice with DD.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Friday, January 22, 2010 - 2:23 pm
I use memeoautosync to backup photos from my laptop to 2 external hard drives. Because I set the autosync based on changes to a specific directory (with over 10,000 photo files), it only copies when there is a change or a new photo added to that directory. I am making changes via photoshop, so I want the backup directory to copy the files as soon as the change is made. When you first turn on the computer it also verifies that the sync is still inplace. I haven't seen any extensive hogging of the system. It just runs in the background for the specified directory, so I have no issues with it. Having said that, if you have another backup program, you would not need Memeo.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 7:16 pm
Kooklie, thanks for answering. I have never backed up a file in my life and have no idea how to do it. After buying the WD external drive (MyBook 1tb), I found that the computer was working extremely slowly. I could only assume that was because of the auto-backup and auto-sync programs that were running all the time. Add to that the Norton Internet constantly updating the virus files and you might get an idea of how aggravated I felt! I just uninstalled both Memeo programs about an hour ago. I have not had any programs hang up and stall out since then. How do you back up files? Why are there no written instructions and why is there no information on-line on how to actually USE the memeo programs? I am just not that computer-literate, I guess. Things that are supposed to be intuitive just stump me! Thanks for any info.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 7:54 pm
Just an example - note that I only backup photos with Memeo, not everything else. My photos are in directory C:\..\Pictures. I created a directory in Memeo named G:\..\Pictures (the \...\ are all the various directory names prior to the Pictures directory. I thought this was easier to explain by focusing on the Pictures directory, which is the directory that will be backed up) I use Memeo autosync. In there I create a new Sync Plan that defines C:\..\Pictures will be copied to G:\...\Pictures. Then, it does it's thing. If you want to see how it works, create a sync plan with a small directory. If you don't like how it works, you can Remove the sync plan and start all over. Sia, Memeo was not free. I got mine with the Western Digital external directory, bu after 30 days or so, I had to pay for it's use. Something like $20. You should always back up your files. But, in reality, you don't need Memeo if you manually copy your important directory files to the external drive. Everyone will probably have a different way (different programs) to backup their hard drives. So, there's no 1 answer to the issue.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 8:38 pm
Kookliebird, the Memeo program was going to be $29 or something, but it was noted as a "Subscription," which I took meant that you'd have to buy it each year. That made my $99 external drive no longer cost-effective, in my estimation. It might be a one-time purchase, but that wasn't clear and up-front; anything that hard to figure out I usually pass on. So how do you do a manual back-up? I can't even reliably copy or move files. This is all so confusing.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 9:03 pm
Basically, you copy from one directory to another. Someone you know could probably show you how or you can google it for the steps.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:14 am
The way I manually back up files or photos is to open the files where I want to back up from and to, so I can see both windows. Then I highlight one file in the From window, hold down the Ctrl button and then hit a, which should highlight all. Then I right click on the highlighted bunch and drag them over to the other window and release the mouse button over there. A menu pops up asking what you want to do. Choose Copy. And I need to do that again right now or in the next couple days.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:03 am
Juju - good explanation, I wasn't sure how to make the steps clear.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 2:35 pm
I'm doing it -- I am making the switch from PC to Mac early next month. Went to Apple Store this morning to ask questions, etc. and total things up. Any advice or whatever?
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:27 pm
Thanks, Juju. I'll give that a try. I have so many photos!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:46 pm
Not advice color but personal experience. We bought a Mac just a few weeks ago. It is our kitchen/homework/family computer. I was surprised at the complete lack of training that we needed to use it. I thought it would be harder to feel comfortable on an Apple after decades of Windows. I miss not being able to right-click the mouse, in fact I am not crazy about the mouse at all but that's not a deal-breaker of course. My genealogy program doesn't come for Apple so that stays on my other computer. I understand you can put the Windows OS on the Apple and switch back and forth but I have no interest in loading the hard drive with all of that. Unless you have specific programs that you must have I think you will find the Apple easy to use. Ohhhh, the Apple guys are able to negotiate!! At least they did for us with very little prodding. I wanted a set system and knew the price. They offered an upgraded warranty for about $100, I said no. They asked if they lowered the price by $80 would I then pay for the warranty. I said I would think about it but I also wanted the program that replaces MS Office Suite and I did have a dollar limit. In the end I paid only $20 more and got the warranty AND the program (Equivalent of Word, Excel and Power Point). I am sure that's a feel-good game they play but keep it in mind that they can do it for you if you ask nice. LOL
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 25, 2010 - 4:58 pm
Thanks for your comments, Rissa. I know it will take some getting used to -- trackpad instead of mouse, etc., etc. Not too worried about that kind of thing. (I remember eons ago at work -- switching from WordPerfect to Word. Yikes! But you do get used to the new.) Rissa and anyone, what about a wireless printer? Apple sells a Canon and an HP. I checked reviews of Canon on Amazon. No, thank you. Set-up / installation was horrible for the most part. Didn't work too well otherwise. HP seemed pretty much the same. Both of them were all-in-ones. I just want to keep it simple. Wireless printer for printing only, easy to sep-up / install, etc. for a computer illiterate. I am trying hard not to get my (former?) computer consultant involved in this.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:58 am
I'm going crazy. When I went to bed last night, thought all I'd need to do is plug any Mac-compatible printer into AirPort (router?) and I could print from a wireless computer in the system. I bought my current printer in June '03 -- maybe I could still use that one? Get up this morning and read something on another message board someone said. Now I'm not so sure. I'm losing it . . . . Help!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Rissa wrote: I miss not being able to right-click the mouse, in fact I am not crazy about the mouse at all but that's not a deal-breaker of course. Actually, you can use a regular mouse with a right-click button. It's essentially the same as holding the Apple key down when selecting an item. I use right-click all of the time on my (work) Mac (that I hate to use). I don't think you can just plug your old printer into a wireless router and get it to work. You'd have to set it up as a print server. Or set up the printer attached to another "always on" computer and "share" that printer via your wireless network.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 4:30 pm
If you have the Airport Express, it has a single USB port, and you should be able to plug the printer into it, and set it up using the printer utility. Some folks have plugged hubs into the Express base and used multiple USB items, but I haven't had much success with that personally. You'll need to see if your printer is supported by whatever operating system is on your new Mac. That's a question for your Apple salesperson. Starting with 10.4, most print drivers were built into the operating system. Hope that helps!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 4:56 pm
Colord - have the Apple Store dude explain it to you, but it's fairly simple to plug a printer into the USB port of an Airport base station and then print to it wirelessly. We have multiple printers set up this way (more than one Base Station), but I don't remember if we had to download drivers for them or not. They can tell you at the Store if your older printer is compatible with this method.

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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 5:16 pm
I thought you had to have a wireless printer.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 5:34 pm
In this case, you don't, because you are connecting the printer to the wireless router via a cord. The computer talks "wirelessly" to the Airport router; and the router "speaks" to the printer via a traditional USB connection. You're just connecting to the router instead of your computer.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:15 pm
But she's got a 2003 model printer, and I'd bet it's not compatible out of the box. It may not even have a USB connection. 
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