Initial Mac Mini Experiences Part 2
Okay, first things first. I was able to get the Wifi working with my new Mac. The issue was the WEP Settings. In the original setup, there is a dropdown list, but since it defaulted to WEP Password, I assumed I was in the only WEP option. It wasn’t until my second go around that I found there were three options: 1. WEP Password, 2. WEP Hex, and 3. WEP Ascii. Once I setup my correct WEP option with the correct security string, everything worked great. One less wire is very nice. I’ve got most of my apps installed, but I’ve had some issues with getting my Mozilla Thunderbird profile migrated over. The messages won’t show up under the new Inbox. I assume there is an issue with the paths in one of the profile settings files. I’ve already adjusted the prefs.js file which had four different references that had to be updated. Essentially, Linux keeps everything in /home/[username]/.mozilla-thunderbird/ and OS X keeps everything in /Users/[username]/Library/Thunderbird/. Everything under the Preferences Menu of Thunderbird seems to be pointing to the correct paths, but still no emails. The profile I’ve copied over is about 1.2GB, so there should definitely be some messages somewhere. Other than this, I’m very impressed with this operating system. I can see how Mac lovers are so hard to switch back. The only thing that I find odd, but only because I’ve not read the details is why there isn’t more free software available. Almost everything is available, but for a price. I’ll post more later.
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