Q. I am trying to make a bootable external hard drive to install OS X 10.5.6 onto a netbook, but I don't have a Mac.
Thanks for the third answer, which I gave a thumbs up. The other 2 people were sadly misinformed, and lacking knowledge, the 4th is not me, so what is worth my time, and money, is up to me. I shall repost the question.
Thanks for the third answer, which I gave a thumbs up. The other 2 people were sadly misinformed, and lacking knowledge, the 4th is not me, so what is worth my time, and money, is up to me. I shall repost the question.
A. You'll need to format the drive for HFS first using a utility such as : http://www.macwindows.com/disks2.html
Then you follow normal steps as per :http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-create-a-boot-osx-usb-key/
Then you follow normal steps as per :http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-create-a-boot-osx-usb-key/
How to upload videos from my sony handycam dcr-sr68 onto iMovie?
Q. I have a USB that came with it. I know there is an application I can download but what is it?
A. The Sony DCR-SR68 is a standard definition video, hard disc drive based, camcorder that records to highly compressed MPG files. iMovie generally cannot deal directly with these (neither can Windows MovieMaker, so you aren't missing anything).
Connect the camcorder to the Mac with a USB cable and put the camcorder in "Play" (or PC) mode. This should mount the camcorder to the Mac's desktop. Look through the camcorder hard disc drive... locate the MPG files. DO NOT move or delete ANY of the files on the camcorder using the Mac... Copy the MPG files to the Mac. You will need to download and install a transcoder - converter - to change the MPG files into something more useful.
MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com and HandBrake from www.handbrake.fr are good transcoders - there are others...
iMovie can deal with lots of file types - DV and MP4 are good... use the transcoder to convert the MPG files. After the conversion is done, quit the transcoder application, launch iMovie and drag the converted video file to the iMovie "storage" area.
Since you did not tell us which Mac or which version or OSX or which version of iMovie, that's about all the help available at the moment. Consider registering with, and using the Apple support communities at https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie
If you only want to play the MPG videos, then just download and install Flip4Mac
http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.asp?prodid=flip4macwmv
so QuickTime (but not QuickTime X) can playback the MPG files.
Connect the camcorder to the Mac with a USB cable and put the camcorder in "Play" (or PC) mode. This should mount the camcorder to the Mac's desktop. Look through the camcorder hard disc drive... locate the MPG files. DO NOT move or delete ANY of the files on the camcorder using the Mac... Copy the MPG files to the Mac. You will need to download and install a transcoder - converter - to change the MPG files into something more useful.
MPEG Streamclip from www.squared5.com and HandBrake from www.handbrake.fr are good transcoders - there are others...
iMovie can deal with lots of file types - DV and MP4 are good... use the transcoder to convert the MPG files. After the conversion is done, quit the transcoder application, launch iMovie and drag the converted video file to the iMovie "storage" area.
Since you did not tell us which Mac or which version or OSX or which version of iMovie, that's about all the help available at the moment. Consider registering with, and using the Apple support communities at https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie
If you only want to play the MPG videos, then just download and install Flip4Mac
http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.asp?prodid=flip4macwmv
so QuickTime (but not QuickTime X) can playback the MPG files.
Can I install Windows 7 on my external harddrive and run it on my Macbook?
Q. I have a 500gb Western Digital Passport external harddrive that I use to back-up my harddrive and I own a Macbook (160gb HD) running OSX 10.5.8 and am interested in purchasing Windows 7 but want to install it on my external drive and run it with my Macbook. Is it possible? How would I go about it?
A. 1. you need a windows computer, then plug in a FIREWIRE drive (has to be firewire not usb ill tell you why later)
2. put the windows 7 install disk in the computer drive them reboot like your going to install windows 7
3. when it asks you which drive to install to, select your external hard drive
4. let it install
5. plug it into you macbook via firewire( macs can only boot from external firewire drives not usb)
6. when you are starting up, on the mac hold down the option key you should see a gray background with two drives listed (unless you partition)
7.select your external drive from the list and you should boot into windows 7
2. put the windows 7 install disk in the computer drive them reboot like your going to install windows 7
3. when it asks you which drive to install to, select your external hard drive
4. let it install
5. plug it into you macbook via firewire( macs can only boot from external firewire drives not usb)
6. when you are starting up, on the mac hold down the option key you should see a gray background with two drives listed (unless you partition)
7.select your external drive from the list and you should boot into windows 7
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