matt_gerhardt

So here's my problem... I own a quad core G5 which has a Pioneer DVR 110D

installed. From day 1 I couldn't get the DVD burner to burn at any speed over 1x

when burning DVDs, but CDs would write at 16x. Finally got frustrated with it

and called our local Mac retailer. What they told me was that Macs will only

"recognize" Apple's own DVD-Rs, thus allowing them to burn at 8x, but all other

DVD media was "unrecognized" and thus burns at 1x. Ok, fine, but Apple DVD's are

more than twice as expensive as what I'm currently using and still more

expensive than my new MAM-A Gold Archive DVD-Rs.

I know there are quite a few people on here using Macs so I'm sure I'm not the

only one who has run into this problem. So, has anybody found any other

company's DVD-Rs that will burn at full speed on a Mac? What I'm currently using

are Verbatim and MAM-A DVDs.

Pull your finger out AND add RAW for GODS SAKE!

My RAID system is 2.4 Tb so smaller external drives are out of the question. I've used Roxio Toast and like it, but it doesn't offer incremental backups which I really need.

Perhaps I should mention that I am using a Mac... Nero looks like my answer except it doesn't work on a PowerPC platform

I'm in the process of trying to create an optical (DVD) backup of my entire RAID

system. I am currently using Dobry Backuper but have run into multiple problems

with the program and I just don't think that it's reliable enough to use on a

regular basis. So, I'm wondering what other people are using to backup their

files and WHY you like that program.

Don't know of any resources, but good fall colors are usually best in the southern/central

rockies (I live in the La Platas) around the first to second week of October, however, we've had

a uncharacteristically wet and cool summer, so I'm guessing that if these low temperatures

keep up, then it will be best around the end of this month/first part of Oct.

Wasn't quite sure what forum to put this in...but here it goes. I'm using Moab Entrada Bright White inkjet

paper and have run into a problem with matting. All the white matt samples I have placed next to the

paper have either been too cream colored or too grey. I'm trying to get as close as possible and I'm sure

I'm not the first to run into this problem. Has anybody found a white matt board that is as white as todays

bright white fine art papers or am I s.o.l.?

Even if it doesn't work natively on the new Intel machines, I doubt that running it through

Rosetta will have that much of an effect on the speed (which is mostly an in-scanner issue

anyway)

Some of them look like they're Draganized. I know there are some free actions for CS2 out

there. Just google Draganize, or search for it in the photo.net forums

Something you may consider is running Colorbyte's ImagePrint RIP with the 2400 with their Phatte black system. Basically it allows you to run the matte black cartridge in the light light black slot without ever having to switch. I've been running it on the 9800 and I can see no difference in print quality between what I print now and what we got before we went with the Phatte Black system...it may not be worth the cost to you considering that the 2400's lines are a lot shorter, but it is a solution...plus ImagePrint is amazing anyway.

I've been running CS2 on my boss's new MacBook Pro (2gb ram/ 7200 rpm drive) and it's definately not as fast as on our Quad G5, but it's still pretty fast.

 

HOWEVER, I would recommend that you wait until Intel releases their new chip (about a month or two). I'm sure Apple will start putting them in the Pro line as soon as possible.

I'm having issues with dust on my new Moab Entrada rolls pre-print...what are some effective ways anyone

has found for solving this issue?