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by rcareaga
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10/3/17 10:44:54 AM
10/3/17 10:44:54 AM
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New a little turbulence at these altitudes
“High Sierra” appears to have broken Final Cut Pro, which lived on the machine when I bought it, and it may have killed my Firewire 400 card—at any rate, my external “iSight” camera, which connects via that venerable standard, is not recognized (further investigation pending, but much of my gear remains to be uncrated). I did not expect to get through this without any collateral damage, and these incidents fall within the acceptable range.

cordially,
Post #420,868
by rcareaga
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10/17/17 8:16:57 PM
10/17/17 8:16:57 PM
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New FireWire issue resolved in part
I still haven’t ascertained whether FireWire 400 breaks under High Sierra, or whether the USB/FireWire 400 card I had installed on the machine is somehow faulty—its USB ports work—but a little $10 dongle that adapts FW400 to 800, connected to the built-in FW800 port on Big Cheese, has restored the iSight to functionality. Woo and yay for small victories. For the rest, the big brute has performed more than satisfactorily thus far, and if I reach the end of October without Mudbrick Technologies yanking my chain with a subscription demand, I will feel very gratified indeed. SSD + 16x former RAM = Ahhhh...

cordially,
     Big Cheese is settling in, but… - (rcareaga) - (14) - Sept. 26, 2017, 10:50:22 PM EDT
         Update to macOS High Sierra yet? - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Sept. 26, 2017, 10:54:19 PM EDT
             At the moment, running El Cap - (rcareaga) - (1) - Sept. 27, 2017, 10:14:15 PM EDT
                 High Serra updates boot SSD to APFS w/o asking. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 28, 2017, 04:38:49 PM EDT
         iMacs are all-in-one, towers expect to have peripherals - (drook) - Sept. 26, 2017, 11:10:13 PM EDT
         Preparing to install “High Sierra” - (rcareaga) - (4) - Oct. 1, 2017, 07:40:07 PM EDT
             Backups are good. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2017, 08:31:33 PM EDT
                 So far, so good - (rcareaga) - Oct. 1, 2017, 09:03:33 PM EDT
             a little turbulence at these altitudes - (rcareaga) - (1) - Oct. 3, 2017, 10:44:54 AM EDT
                 FireWire issue resolved in part - (rcareaga) - Oct. 17, 2017, 08:16:57 PM EDT
         It’s the damnedest thing… - (rcareaga) - (4) - Nov. 2, 2017, 09:59:59 PM EDT
             Huh, wha? - (CRConrad) - (3) - Nov. 3, 2017, 07:09:59 AM EDT
                 Neither the Mini nor the G4 I bought off eBay had been scrubbed -NT - (pwhysall) - Nov. 3, 2017, 08:45:45 AM EDT
                 Indeed not, and even more oddly - (rcareaga) - (1) - Nov. 3, 2017, 01:10:30 PM EDT
                     iWork is now free, anyway. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 3, 2017, 11:00:51 PM EDT

What a feat!
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