วันเสาร์, มีนาคม 09, 2556

6 Things (or more) to do after buy a new macbook pro

    This blog post kind of instruction but I will not provide all of the details, it's just like the collections of knowledge to do such a things.


1. Buy a Solid state drive (SSD) install it into the macbook.

    I was bought OCZ Agility 3, NOTICE! there's a problem with the OSX 10.8 if it was installed as a second drive; not replace the HDD bay. So, please study/find information as much as you can that which model work flawlessly with OSX 10.8 ;) 

    iFixit website provide the instruction on how to replace the macbook pro's HDD.
here is the link of my model "macbook pro unibody mid 2012"

   I desired to install SSD along with the HDD. Start the OSX with SSD and keep the data in the HDD. To do this I need a accessory called "OptiBay" or "Optical Bay" you can google with that keyword ;) if you want one.

   The Optical bay will replace the macbook's optical drive (the DVD drive). Again, I find the how to took the optical drive off from the iFixit website. Replace the DVD drive with the Optical bay with the HDD inside.
   
    Check the new hardware installation; after install the SSD & the Optical bay (with HDD).  Turn on the macbook; hold on the Command button, to select disk to boot. We must select the MacintoshHD disk.

   Time to install an OSX into a new SSD :) 

2. Install fresh OSX Mountain Lion into the new SSD. with/from a Flashdrive.

    We already remove the DVD drive so we need a flashdrive to install a fresh OSX, The Mountain Lion. I successful with the instruction from the osxdaily.com website.

    BTW, You will need following things, to complete this bullet:
  • a Flashdrive, at least 8GB.
  • an OSX Mountain Lion copy, ISO or DVD.
3. Move the User's home to the HDD.

    This is one of many thing to tweak and it's best for SSD life. You can find the instruction and the more SSD tweaks from this website, "optimizing macosx lion for ssd".

4. NTFS disk/partition auto mount/unmount, so I can use External HDD, Flashdrive with the Window machine.
    
    I successful do this with the instruction from this website https://fernandoff.posterous.com/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-fntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f

That was on posterous.com, afraid that some day it might disappeared so I do made a note, what I had done to succeed. (In Thai)

Write/Read in 10.8, 10.7 using MacPorts
ref: https://fernandoff.posterous.com/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f
ดูตามหัวข้อ Fuse4x + NTFS-3G from MacPorts 

Summary step:
  1. ลง Fuse4x-0.9.2.dmg ก่อนแล้วตามด้วย  NTFS-3G.dmg *ไม่ต้องลง macports ถ้าลงแบบใช้ dmg ข้าม port selfupdate ฯ ไปเลย
  2. แก้ไข script, /sbin/mount_ntfs
  3. NOTE: ให้ลองตรวจสอบว่า ntfs-3g ที่ลง ลงไปที่ /opt/local/bin/ntfs-3g ตาม guide หรือไม่แต่ตอนที่ทำสำเร็จมันไปอยู่ที่ /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g 
  4. สามารถใช้คำสั่ง (at Terminal app) $which ntfs-3g เช็ค มันจะแสดง absolute path มันออกมา 
  5. ถ้าไม่ใช่ /opt ก็กลับไปแก้ที่ script ก่อน
  6. จากนันให้ทดลองเรียก ntfs-3g ที่ terminal มันจะถามว่าอยากจะให้ automount หรือไม่ ตอบ Y 
  7. restart OS ครั้งนึง กลับเข้ามาอีกที เสียบ ext HDD ที่เป็น ntfs มันน่าจะ mount แบบทั้ง read/wri้te ได้
5. Learn the OSX Tips & Trick.
  
    Time to learn more about the OSX, learn some tricks, tips that might help my productivity.
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