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  1. alancairns

    External Hard Drive

    At the present price point, SSDs are unsuited to the purpose of data backup. They are pricey and smaller than HDs.They're great as boot and programme drives - I use them exclusively for that. For an external backup drive a large spinning platter drive is best. If you want smaller, there are...
  2. alancairns

    RFI: Listing software for MAC

    Can't go wrong with either Bird Brain or Wings on a Mac. Alan
  3. alancairns

    Jucheck.exe

    Unfortunately, Illustrator CS6 demands Java, at least on a Mac. I have no idea why. The otherCS6 apps don't. Alan
  4. alancairns

    Laptop update

    One problem with desktop Linux is that it does not have any birding software. None of the available Windows (or of course Mac) packages will run. And no, they won't run under WINE either. Alan
  5. alancairns

    email client

    +1 for Thunderbird Alan
  6. alancairns

    Hawk in flight San Antonio, TX USA today

    Red-tailed hawk. Alan
  7. alancairns

    Black capped or mountain?

    Hi birdygirl Yes, it's a Black-capped. I like your photos. Alan
  8. alancairns

    United States, North Dakota Badlands

    Yes, Yellow-breasted Chat. Alan
  9. alancairns

    need second opinion on duck in michigan

    Mallard Alan
  10. alancairns

    Alternative to Acrobat reader?

    Indeed it does. Schubert IT (http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/ pdf plugin) allows insertion of a signature.
  11. alancairns

    Alternative to Acrobat reader?

    Hi Niels I use PDF-Exchange (http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer). It views pdfs, and also has an in browser element. It enables editing of pdfs, and the price is unbeatable. There is a paid version, but the free one does everything you're likely to need. Alan
  12. alancairns

    Is all this bird ringing necessary?

    'The Truth we learn by turning stones' - Judie Tzuke 'Do not move the stones.' - Sappho.
  13. alancairns

    Buzzard with Grass Snake

    Looks very Mexican! Alan
  14. alancairns

    hard drive failure

    The fact that the drive is making a clicking noise is ominous. Alan
  15. alancairns

    Wings 6 - free bird listing software

    Thanks for letting us know. I just checked the site last week. I wonder why he's made it free, not that I'm complaining. I also wonder if it will be compatible with Mountain Lion. I guess I'll soon see. Alan
  16. alancairns

    Bird Identification Help

    It's a Green Heron. Alan
  17. alancairns

    "Scythebill" Easy to Use Bird Recording Software for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux

    Andrea I know of two good solutions for Mac. Wings (http://web.mac.com/wings_4d/Wings/Welcome.html), and Bird Brain (http://www.birdwatching.com/birdbrain/). Wings works in Mac and Windows. Neither is free. Alan
  18. alancairns

    Web building software

    My favourite is Joomla. It can do almost anything, having many available extensions and modules. It certainly beats using Dreamweaver, which is very painful. It isn't really intuitive, though. I learned it using a book called "Joomla Explained", available on Kindle. Alan
  19. alancairns

    Bird that had eyes underneath wings in Tucson, AZ.

    My guess would be Pigmy Owl. The "eyes" are in fact behind its neck, but they are a feature of the bird, and the OP definitely was impressed by "eyes". Alan
  20. alancairns

    Exotic dove in Cabanas, Algarve

    Did it look like this? This is a Diamond Dove. Alan
  21. alancairns

    Data backup and external drives

    There are various applications such as Chronosync which will keep the two drives in sync without copying the files that already exist. I believe you could do it with Carbon Copy Cloner, which is free. Alan
  22. alancairns

    Large raptor S Coastal BC

    Yes. I think that is the most likely by far. Thank you both. Alan
  23. alancairns

    Large raptor S Coastal BC

    Taken this afternoon. It was quite far away by the time I got my camera. I guess the options are Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, and Red-tailed Hawk. Pretty poor photos, but some of you seem to be good on silhouettes. Thanks for looking. Alan
  24. alancairns

    Apple Imac

    CS5 certainly runs on Lion. It is the earlier versions (CS3) that don't. Alan
  25. alancairns

    Apple Imac

    I have a 21.5 iMac with a 256 GB SSD and a 1 TB hard disk. It is an excellent display, and handles Photoshop with aplomb. Alan
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