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I'm adding Mavericks to a 2009 MacBook Pro on behalf of the Mac User Group. The trick was to get 6.4 GB of updates across to the new partition (it'll be a dual-boot, Snow Leopard & Mavericks) in a reasonable timeframe. The updates were on a USB 3·0 stick but the target Mac is USB 2·0/FireWwire 800 only.

But I have an adaptor cable with FW 800 at one end & SATA drive interface at the other, and another similar one with USB 3·0 instead of FW. Add a 120 GB SSD to the mix, now it's getting easier.

Copy from the thumb drive to the SSD via the MacBook Air, took about a minute for the transfer. Remove the SSD from the USB adaptor & connect it to the FW one. Plug that into the target Mac & initiate the transfer.

Only took two minutes to move the 6.4 GB updates across, was going to take longer over USB 2·0. So now Mavrix is trying to install itself onto the larger of the two partitions of the non-standard 320 GB 7,200 rpm HD in the old MBP.

@matigo At the time it wasn't expanding. Of course, now that someone who knows something about the system is available, the problem doesn't manifest itself.

http://www.macworld.com.au/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wireless-mesh-networks-145976/#.WZS9N1nTQ6s

Currently using three of the four USB 3·0 ports on the iMac plus 2 of the three USB 2·0 ports on the Logitech AudioHub (powered speaker/USB hub). One of the two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports is free, the other has a Thunderbolt 1-to-USB 3·0 & Gigabit Ethernet adaptor attached in turn to a T/Bolt3-to-T/Bolt 2 adaptor. Done this way I can connect USB thumb drives to USB 3·0 without pivoting the iMac to access the ports at the back.

In another week or so I'm receiving a 4-port USB 3·0 front-facing clamp-on hub.

@streakmachine They've replaced hot coals in Hell.

I ordered the iMac on Aug 9th. Apple confirmed on Aug 12th that it had been shipped & it was ready for pickup on the 15th.

An app called Coconut ID says the Mac was made in Shanghai, China between the 7th & 13th of Aug.

Image uploaded from 10C's Admin interface.

Upload button in Cappuccino ain't working for me.

@matigo https://www.youtube.com/watch containing the following lyrics:
Night time again
Seems I'm my only friend
Wander the streets alone
The lost in search of his own

Once again I've played the clown
Used my friends and let them down
Walk the streets just staring out
Late at night the strange come out

Had to restart the iMac to fix a glitch. Data transfer to/from Windows phones wasn't working properly: apps would start then fail to recognise the connected phone. At the same time, Bluetooth-connected devices were disconnecting & reconnecting at random.

Fixed with restart.

@matigo definitely