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On migrating to a new Mac - part 2

Part 1: here.

It's twenty days since I first acquired my new 27 inch iMac. I continue to remain in Apple Heaven.

There were two minor problems along the journey, but now I just enjoy the big screen: two A4 pages next to each other with room to spare! (or two spreadsheet pages) That's great. And much better than the slave monitor solution I use at work with a smaller iMac.

Telecom CEO, Paul Reynolds. Image by Getty Images via @daylife

My first problem was using up my Telecom NZ monthly download allowance of 10 Gigabytes. That resulted in dropping down to dial-up internet speed. Very tiresome. The cause was all the software updates my Mac had busily downloaded. Over 1 Gb in one instance. Times three Macs in the house since my daughter's iMac also came for a brief visit! Finding the need to upgrade to a permanent, expensive, and higher data plan with Telecom prompted an investigation into alternative internet providers with more flexible broadband plans.

Starting my search with the Consumer NZ review of ISP providers, I explored Actrix, Slingshot, Vodafone, and Orcon. Slingshot was the best contender as offering a flexible 'one-stop-shop' for broadband, flexible download purchase plans, mobile, and internet telephony via its highly-acclaimed iTalk scheme. However, the recommendation of Orcon by my near-by Mac service technician swung the day: 'blazingly fast and reliable'. Today is the day scheduled for the transfer to Orcon. Later, maybe I'll switch my mobile cellphone service to Orcon from Vodafone, too.

The second problem was that my HP psc 1210 all-in-one printer scanner would not scan using my usual scan software: HP Scan Pro. The printing was fine. Again, I spent a day hunting the web for solutions to this 'known' issue. In brief, I downloaded new print drivers, tried unplugging and plugging in the HP psc; standing on my head.... Eventually, a simple scanner capability appeared as an option in Preview, or through using the Preferences settings for the Printer. (Weird). One feature was that HP had abandoned support for its general utility program, HP Scan Pro under Snow Leopard . So I had to deinstall that software to stop it being activated eg by Smartscore.

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I have a particular need to scan multiple pages into one .pdf document. Conveniently. However, the built-in scan capability of the Mac OS scans to individual pdfs (or jpegs, tiffs, etc). Since I am not much inclined to hand-merge the resulting files - or use a separate Automator process - I opted for a modestly-priced, highly functional purpose-built scanning software, VueScan.

So now I'm poised for productive work with no excuses ... until the broadband dysfunctions whilst being switched from Telecom to Orcon.

With more memory, a computer gets a new lease on life (chron.com)

The 27-inch Apple iMac Review (2011) (anandtech.com)

Apple issues EFI and Thunderbolt updates for new iMacs, MacBook Pros (tuaw.com)

Apple issues iMac Hard Drive Firmware Update 1.0 (tuaw.com)

ARM-based MacBook Air test sample spied (reghardware.com)

iMac for a beginner... (edugeek.net)

2011 iMac Drive Replacement Solutions, 'Evangelical Frenzy' Over Apple, Linux MintPPC, and More, Mac News Review (lowendmac.com)

"Apple to push Mac security update as new variants of MacDefender emerge" and related posts (afterdawn.com)

MacBook Pros, new iMacs get slew of software updates (macworld.com)

New iMacs To Use SSDs As A "System Cache" For Spinning Hard Drives? (macstories.net)

MacDefender Malware Morphs to More Dangerous Variant (pcworld.com)

With Big Graphics, HD Cameras, And Triple Monitor Support, iMacs Are More Pro-Like (crunchgear.com)

iMac Top Choice Among All-in-Ones (computershopper.com)

Hard Drives in 2011 iMac are NOT replaceable (canadiantechblogger.com)

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