So, I know this question has been asked before, but what is the procedure to move your home folder off the SSD and onto the HDD? Am I correct that it comes with it setup on the SSD?
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2011 Thunderbolt iMac w/ SSD Shipment Tracker
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I have a theory that TNT has to change planes between Shanghai and Sydney in Singapore, maybe this means yours did not make its connection??
Ordered 6/5 with expected ship date of 7/19 and expected delivery of 7/26 to Fort Worth, TX by standard shipping. Looks like it'll be here tomorrow. I was surprised that it went from China to Memphis without stopping in Anchorage.
Date/TimeActivityLocationDetails
Jun 16, 2011 12:39 AM International shipment release MEMPHIS, TN
Jun 15, 2011 11:20 PM Arrived at FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Jun 15, 2011 9:48 AM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Jun 15, 2011 2:24 AM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
Jun 14, 2011 11:20 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Jun 14, 2011 11:15 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx
Date/TimeActivityLocationDetails
Jun 16, 2011 12:39 AM International shipment release MEMPHIS, TN
Jun 15, 2011 11:20 PM Arrived at FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Jun 15, 2011 9:48 AM In transit SHANGHAI CN
Jun 15, 2011 2:24 AM Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
Jun 14, 2011 11:20 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Jun 14, 2011 11:15 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx
i also received my imac today. finally.
first thougth: display illumination - if i compare with my old 30" cd its much brighter but the illumination is irregular.
now have problems from coping my old hard drive from my mac pro... boot strap and so on.. dont want to new-install everything..
first thougth: display illumination - if i compare with my old 30" cd its much brighter but the illumination is irregular.
now have problems from coping my old hard drive from my mac pro... boot strap and so on.. dont want to new-install everything..
I just called Apple, and I was told since it was not bought as an 'educational' machine, I did not qualify?
Liking your style nearly as much as what's in the box! Unpacked picture necessary I think
well looks like i got some movement. Delivery is 2 days late. it has to be here tommorow. The wait is driving me crazy.
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16 Jun 2011 17:22:00 Northampton Hub Shipment Received At Transit Point.
16 Jun 2011 17:22:00 Northampton Hub Shipment In Transit.
15 Jun 2011 07:54:58 Arnhem Hub Shipment In Transit.
10 Jun 2011 20:50:47 Pudong International Airport Shipment In Transit.
10 Jun 2011 20:45:43 Pudong International Airport Shipment Received At Transit Point.
10 Jun 2011 20:39:00 Shanghai Shipment In Transit.
10 Jun 2011 19:47:06 Shanghai Shipment In Transit.
10 Jun 2011 19:05:39 Shanghai Shipment Collected From Sender.
Woke up this morning with an email from Apple that it shipped. (i7 maxed out).
Ordered 6/7.
Original delivery: 7/27
Revised delivery: 7/26
Revised again yesterday: 6/27 - 6/29
As of this morning: 6/20 (picked up by FedEx)
Destination: Indianapolis
awesome! congrats
hopefully mine will change soon too!
O yea.. of course you have to be a student or teacher. My wife is a teacher, so therefore the discount and promo.
Finally!
TNT is really bad, really.
The "delivered" my mac to me at 11:58 am and I signed for it. But I was 10km away at the time at work, as was my wife. I dont think my cat can forge my signature and she certainly cant turn the door lock.
I called Apple and asked wtf was going on, why their site said delivered when TNT site said it was still in Holland. They checked and confirmed delivery.
So I got home a few hours later, no delivery note, no parcel at the door. Nothing. Called TNT and to make a formal complaint. The guy on the phone was not at all happy with the driver, whom he contacted, as Apple has strict no delivery to 3rd party requirements, a of course forging my signature in effect.
It turns out he had left it at another house, expecting me to be telepathic about its location I guess.
Anyway, the iMac is here, unpacked and goes faster then free beer in a sports bar. Ive decided to set this up from new, no data transfer, just install the programs I use and my iTunes fresh. Ive moved my home directory to the HD.
Someone above asked how to move the home folder, its easy.
Make a Users folder in the root of the HD
Drag and drop a copy of <yourname> folder into the new User folder
goto the account manager and right click on your name and select advanced options.
Now find the home folder path and next to it select the choose button and navigate to the HD User folder/ and select the home folder.
Now reboot (relog maybe enough)
check your home folder on the HD which should now show a little house
Delete the SSD version of your home folder.
I had a slight problem in that I did my user folder from an admin folder account and It made my ~/Library folder have the wrong rights, but this was quickly solved.
ok, now back to installing!
TNT is really bad, really.
The "delivered" my mac to me at 11:58 am and I signed for it. But I was 10km away at the time at work, as was my wife. I dont think my cat can forge my signature and she certainly cant turn the door lock.
I called Apple and asked wtf was going on, why their site said delivered when TNT site said it was still in Holland. They checked and confirmed delivery.
So I got home a few hours later, no delivery note, no parcel at the door. Nothing. Called TNT and to make a formal complaint. The guy on the phone was not at all happy with the driver, whom he contacted, as Apple has strict no delivery to 3rd party requirements, a of course forging my signature in effect.
It turns out he had left it at another house, expecting me to be telepathic about its location I guess.
Anyway, the iMac is here, unpacked and goes faster then free beer in a sports bar. Ive decided to set this up from new, no data transfer, just install the programs I use and my iTunes fresh. Ive moved my home directory to the HD.
Someone above asked how to move the home folder, its easy.
Make a Users folder in the root of the HD
Drag and drop a copy of <yourname> folder into the new User folder
goto the account manager and right click on your name and select advanced options.
Now find the home folder path and next to it select the choose button and navigate to the HD User folder/ and select the home folder.
Now reboot (relog maybe enough)
check your home folder on the HD which should now show a little house
Delete the SSD version of your home folder.
I had a slight problem in that I did my user folder from an admin folder account and It made my ~/Library folder have the wrong rights, but this was quickly solved.
ok, now back to installing!
So I suppose waiting another month or two for Lion will not really damage mySSD?
I wouldn't worry about it too much. See the screenshot for what i did. On the left are the aliases to the selected folders on the right. Left is the SSD right is the HDD.
Good luck!
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Thanks for the reminder, called today and got the $100 gift card - student purchase.
Sorry to get a bit off topic, my iMac will be arriving in just a few more days, very excited.
I have a few questions hopefully this thread can help me with.
I plan on migrating the data from my MBP to the new iMac, all the data (300GBish) won't fit on the SSD so will the migration assistant allow me to chose the drive I transfer the data too? If not how will I get round this?
I would like (like most people) to store my iTunes, iphoto, aperture, and movies folders on the HDD and the OS on the SSD,do I create 2 home folders? Or just have 1 home folder on the HDD, and how do I do this? Any good tutorial pages etc?
Hope you guys can help me, it's my second mac, never had to transfer data, never had 2 dhard drives.
I have a few questions hopefully this thread can help me with.
I plan on migrating the data from my MBP to the new iMac, all the data (300GBish) won't fit on the SSD so will the migration assistant allow me to chose the drive I transfer the data too? If not how will I get round this?
I would like (like most people) to store my iTunes, iphoto, aperture, and movies folders on the HDD and the OS on the SSD,do I create 2 home folders? Or just have 1 home folder on the HDD, and how do I do this? Any good tutorial pages etc?
Hope you guys can help me, it's my second mac, never had to transfer data, never had 2 dhard drives.
I'm not sure about the first question, but here's the second:
http://jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/00E03B83-1ADA-406E-A940-396D39F598EA.html
CONGRATULATIONS!! Especially since you are the one to start this thread!
If you are like me you will be peaking out the window constantly for the driver, turning off any ambient noises so that you don't miss the sound of someone knocking, and counting every minute.
id do the same lolol
were some sick people
It will ask you what data to transfer to your new drive (the SSD). You can select the subfolders in your homefolder (only one level deep). So, deselect music, video, photo's etc. Then continue, after all data has transferred you can manually transfer the data via your ethernet/firewire network. I transferred the data to my 2TB disk directly, created some aliasses and dragged those aliasses to my homefolder. Check my previous post about my setup, i have iPhoto on the SSD (because it fits) and video / music on the hdd. Al works great, the only thing slightly more complicated is the Downloads folder (or any other "system"-folder. Check a few posts back, there were some good answers there. Hope it helps