2 Macs linked?

External Since: Jun 26, 2005 Posts: 26

I tried this enquiry elsewhere but got no response. Hoping someone here
can help.

I am currently running a G5 with 10.4.11. I plan to buy a new MacPro,
and I would like to be able to network the two machines so that when
I'm using Final Cut the G5 can do the rendering in the background while
I continue to work on the new machine. I have several questions I hope
someone can answer.

1. Is my plan feasible?

2. What sort of network should I use between the two machines? Is a
simple Ethernet cable run between them sufficient? How do I "bless" the
new machine as the master and the older machine as the slave?

3. Will I need to have the same OS on both machines or can I leave
Tiger on the old machine while running Leopard (or Snow Leopard) on the
new one?

4. Are there other apps (Photoshop, for example) that can assign
processor-heavy jobs to the older machine while running on the new one?

5. Will I be able to run apps that reside only on the older Mac?

7. Are there any pitfalls in my plan I have to take into consideration?

Thank you.

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External Since: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 41

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:47:13 -0700, Mark Dintenfass wrote
(in article <010820082047132405%mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com>):

> I tried this enquiry elsewhere but got no response. Hoping someone here
> can help.
>
> I am currently running a G5 with 10.4.11. I plan to buy a new MacPro,
> and I would like to be able to network the two machines so that when
> I'm using Final Cut the G5 can do the rendering in the background while
> I continue to work on the new machine. I have several questions I hope
> someone can answer.
>
> 1. Is my plan feasible?

I depends. You didn't really explain the plan fully enough for anyone to make
a reasonable reply. Do you intend to have Final Cut on the G5 and the digital
files on the MacPro? Or the reverse?

>
> 2. What sort of network should I use between the two machines? Is a
> simple Ethernet cable run between them sufficient? How do I "bless" the
> new machine as the master and the older machine as the slave?

You can use an ethernet connection to share files between the computers. You
will need an ethernet hub, switch or router to plug both computers into. You
can't just plug a wire between the two.

I'm not sure what you mean by blessing the new machine as master and using
the older machine as slave. Over a normal ethernet connection, both machines
are peers, with file sharing between the two as allowed. For example, you
could host the digital files on the newer machine, but have the processing
done by Final Cut running on the older machine.

>
> 3. Will I need to have the same OS on both machines or can I leave
> Tiger on the old machine while running Leopard (or Snow Leopard) on the
> new one?

There is no need to have identical OSes on both machines.

>
> 4. Are there other apps (Photoshop, for example) that can assign
> processor-heavy jobs to the older machine while running on the new one?

No.

>
>
> 5. Will I be able to run apps that reside only on the older Mac?

Not entirely sure what you are asking here. Apps that are on the older Mac
will only run on the older Mac, unless you were to install or copy them to
the new Mac, AND they are compatible with the new Mac. If you have an
application installed on both machines, and they are networked, you can't run
the application on both machines at the same time.

>
> 7. Are there any pitfalls in my plan I have to take into consideration?

Since you didn't fully explain what your plan entails, I will reserve my
answer until such time as you explain further what your plan is. Please
explain exactly what you are trying to do and why.

>
> Thank you.
>
>

StephenC