08-09-2014, 08:54 PM
My concern would be that Gene's landlocked, and can't surf the waves of Mavericks, and beyond, on that old tower. A new Mini will probably be in his future anyway, so this bunch of hoop-jumping is basically a practice run; it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to give him that wonderful SSD experience that is continually praised amongst these parts. Whether all the apps and files are set up completely properly really doesn't matter. As long as enough of them are, he gets the SSD wow factor, which ought to be considered a success given the scope of his project.
'zook nailed THE solution, anything else is just part of an extended learning experience, which will hopefully be beneficial at some point in the future as additions to Gene's toolkit. If he gets it working, for now, whether it's 100% proper or not, and sleeps better, it is a win. Perfection awaits Gene on his future Mini... and he has something to look forward to; I'm pretty sure none of us here would wish for anyone to really be stuck on Lion forever.
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'zook nailed THE solution, anything else is just part of an extended learning experience, which will hopefully be beneficial at some point in the future as additions to Gene's toolkit. If he gets it working, for now, whether it's 100% proper or not, and sleeps better, it is a win. Perfection awaits Gene on his future Mini... and he has something to look forward to; I'm pretty sure none of us here would wish for anyone to really be stuck on Lion forever.
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