Sam165

Wow! $8K/! Yes, I don't think I'll spend anymore $ on this machine. I'll wait until spring and then get your advice on what to buy then. Thanks so much Brian. You are the best!

Thanks Brian. I was afraid to update my Big Sur but since you recommend it, I will do this. Unfortunately, I live in Canada and a new Mac is close to $6,000 CAD. However, you have confirmed my suspicions about needing a new computer soonish. I'll wait for the minor refresh you mention and then probably bite the bullet. Ugh..

I have a Mac desktop running Big Sur 11.6.4 and Photoshop 23.3. It is over 6 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 776GB free out of 1 TBGB, and it runs a Radeon Pro 555 2 GB graphics card. The last time I shut down was last night. I run a cleanup program about once a week. I have 2 EHD's and they have 4 tb available out of 6 tb. These are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) . I also run Time Machine with a WD hard drive and I have 679gb available on a 4tb drive. It is APFS format. On my desktop I have 3 aliases, icons of my 2 ehd's (when turned on), icon of Time Machine ehd and icon of Macintosh HD.

Hi Brian, quick question. I have a 2017, 20.5" iMac, 775 GB available of 1TB. It takes about 4' for my computer to boot up in the am. Is this excessive? Should I worry about this? Thanks.

Thank you so much for this information Brian. Just a few questions. I have a laser printer in a separate room, my computer in another room, TV in another room and Router in another room. So I think I will need 4 different APC units. What size do you think I should get for each of these? (Maybe next year looking at more up to date computer to handle the new software but trying to hold off for the moment.) Thanks.

Hi Brian. I live in an area where the power goes out very frequently, usually for no apparent reason. This can be for very short periods or long. I am wondering if there is a battery backup I should have for my computer (we have one for the house but by the time it kicks in, the computer has shut down)? Or if I can get away with power bars? Which ones? Do I need both? Thanks so much for your help.

Ok, thanks. I'm thinking white. Can't get more neutral than that, I guess.

Hi Damien. Not sure if this is where this question should go but here goes. I am getting a new to me desk and it needs painting. Does it matter what colour I paint it when I use this desk for photo editing? Thanks.

Thanks so much for answering this for me.

Hi Brian, just quick question. When I turn my computer off at night, should my ehd's be turned off as well. Should I eject them? The lights on them are still on all night and all day. Thanks for your help.

Thanks.

Hi Brian, I have these files showing up (don't know how this happened) and wondering how I open them. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks Brian for your insight.

Holy cow! A laptop, taxes in, $6,000 CAD. Desk top even more! Do you see anything changing in future? Should we update 1TB to 2TB? Yikes.

Hi Brian, So I just ejected the ehd, shut down computer, re-started computer. Ehd was then checked with First Aid and all was good. Guess turning off computer works again

Hi Brian, I thought I'd check in and found an old post that is applicable to me today. This same thing happened today on an ehd. I was doing a First Aid because in Clean My Mac, it failed to check this hard drive. It is MacOS Extended (Journaled). I am not sure if this is the same ehd as in April but thought I'd better contact you. Thanks

All is good now Damien. Thanks so much. Turning off the computer seemed to do the trick

I have a Mac desktop running Big Sur 11.6.4 and Photoshop 2022 -23.3.0. It is over 4 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 804GB free out of 1 TB. The last time I shut down was more than 24 hours ago. I run a cleanup program about once a week.

Hi Damien, I am having flashing of NEF and PSD files from this mornings shoot. Was ok earlier today. Now there is flashing - can't see image in the Content part of Bridge but when I click on it, I can see the photo in Preview. What would be causing this and how do I fix it? Thanks.

Ok. Thanks. Great info. I'll do that.

So far USB is fine. My other G -Drive works fine with Thunderbolt port. ??

Ok. I'll give the USB ports a try.

Ok, Brian. It seems my 6-TB G-Drive Pro Thunderbolt 3 external hard drive is the culprit. I purchased this March 28/22. Do I have a chance getting this replaced by the company?

So I have disconnected EHD's and things seemed ok. Now will attach ehd one at a time to computer to see if they are the culprit. Will advise after testing these.

My computer is now turning off on its own - many times I have tried. Can't access anything at this point. As a matter of fact, I am typing this on my laptop, not my desk top. I have an SOS out to Brian but if you can add anything, I am all ears.