10.3 System Profiler problems
Hi, I've just installed OSX 10.3 and done all the updates but when I try and open the system profiler I get the following error message -
'The application Apple System Profiler has unexpectedly quit.The system and other applications have not been affected.
Would you like to submit a bug report to Apple?'
I tried about ten times and I'm getting nowhere. Just the same error message. Any ideas?
Thanks
madcap3,
According to Mac OS X: Issues After System Fonts Removed or Relocated: Applications, including Apple System Profiler, TextEdit, Address Book, and Safari, may unexpectedly quit if System fonts are deleted or moved from /System/Library/Fonts.I would recommend that you check out Font Management in Mac OS X Tiger and Panther, by Kurt Lang.
;~)
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Good Afternoon,
For some reason system profiler is freezing on me. When I click, the "Logs" section I get the rainbow spinning wheel, and the system profiler app becomes unresponsive. I have shut down and restarted my computers and still have the problem. What should I do?baltwo wrote:
Step one. Move thr com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist file out of your /Library/Preferences folder to the Desktop, restart, and try Sys Profiler again.
Done! and your solution worked!
thanks baltwo! -
8021.x EAP-TLS "User" vs "System" profile problems
Hello. I have a macbook using EAP-TLS (wired) with digital certificate authentication. Finally, it's working but I have the following workarounds/questions.
1. I have had to set the Username field to "HOST/<machine FQDN>". Other systems (ie: Windows) prepend "HOST/" automatically. Is this a known limitation or is there something I can/should do to have OS/X pull out the certificate identity and put it in as "host/identity" in response to the Identity EAP request?
2. This works fine for USER profiles, but I cannot get a SYSTEM profile to work. When I setup a SYSTEM profile, it screws with the keychain (my root CA has to be explicitly trusted, and the SYSTEM profile only turns on Trust for eapolclient), and the auth fails. There's not enough logging detail (LogLevel=1 only gives you a network trace...) to see what's going on, so I'll ask the experts here - what's going on?
I concede that I have played around with System profiles quite a bit, so maybe I need to delete the system profile and restart but I don't know how to do that.
Thanks!Assuming you're using the stock XP wifi client.
When running XPSP3, you need to set two things:
1) force one registry setting.
According to
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755892%28WS.10%29.aspx#w2k3tr_wir_tools_uzps
You need to force usage of machine cert-store certificate:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EAPOL\Parameters\General\Global]
"AuthMode"=dword:00000002
2) add the ACS certificate signing CA to the specific SSID profile "trusted CA".
- show available wireless networks
- change advanced settings
- wireless networks tab
- select your SSID, and then hit the "properties" button
- select authentication tab, and then hit "properties" button
- search for your signing CA, and check the box.
I did with a not-so-simple autoIT script, using the "native wifi functions" addon.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to share the script outside the company, but I'll be more than happy to review yours.
please cross reference to
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3280232
for a better description of the whole setup.
Ivan -
CS-4 Vista 64 Bit Installation problems - "checking system profile...."
Hello All:
I know that this has been discussed in the past, but I was hoping that perhaps someone has determined a fix for the following problem.
Background: In the past, with Windows XP Professional, I never had problems with loading any Adobe products. But just last week I reluctantly upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium because it came with a new power system PC that I purchased (AMD quad-core 2.4 gHz Phenom CPU, 8 Gigs of RAM and 1 TB HD) and this is where my problems began:
Nature of problem: I loaded the latest versions of Lightroom and Adobe Elements just fine - absolutely no problems there. But when I tried to load my Photoshop CS-4 upgrade disk, it never gets past the "checking system profile" bar at the very beginning of the install process. I mean to say that you initially get the install window and when you click "install," a small window comes up which indicates "checking system profile." Then the progress indicator goes all the way to the right - around 90% to the right but then just hangs there - and I mean stays there...period. I tried this several times, eventually having to use control/ALT/Delete in each instance to get it to stop. I even let it stay there for over 6 hours - all to no avail. What I found interesting is that just about all of my older programs - even those dating back to 2001 - all installed without a problem at all.
2. Actions I took to try and correct this:
a. Then, in my attempt to find fixes for this, I made sure to close out any background programs that were running (and Vista has a million of 'em), to include Firewall, Windows Defender, any other malware and anti-virus programs, not to mention a bunch of smaller programs that have items running in the background. Then I tried loading CS-4 again....but still no go, the "checking system profile" indicator just hangs at 90% complete. Note that at no time did the install process ever load any files at all - I checked everything to ensure this wasn't the case, otherwise I would have removed them.
b. On my next try, I then I copied all of the files from the CD to a folder on my desktop and tried to run the program from there - still no go as the "checking system profile" window still hangs at 90% I even tried loading the program by right clicking on the exe file and installing "as administrator," but that didn't do the trick either.
c. Then I rebooted into safe mode, trying both to load the programs first from the CD and then from the desktop folder - still no go, but in this case it told me right up front that the action was unable to be completed. I assumed this meant that in Windows Safe Mode, the installer was not available.
Help Needed: So folks, I know this has been discussed in the past, but I don't know of any fixes that are available. Can anybody help me through this process? You can also send me direct emails at: [email protected] - which means I'd get them right away.
This has been driving me up a wall because some other folks with Vista 64 Bit systems report that they had no problems with installation. Again - it never makes it to installation, but gets hung up at the "checking system profile" stage.
Argggggggg......
Thanks,
Ben Herrmann
Fuquay-Varina, North CarolinaI believe you are falling victim to some known incombatibility of LR vs. PS CS4 installer. This should be covered in the knowledge base, so check there. A short way to happiness may be using the CS4 Clean Utility to remove the debris from the failed installs and unregister other Adobe installs, then install PS CS4, but since I don't use LR and never have tried this, I'm not sure if this specific case is covered.
Mylenium -
IPod not recognized by iTunes & Disk Utility - Recognized by System Profile
I have a 40GB iPod Clickwheel (4th Gen?) that i'm trying to fix back to life since my mini was just stolen and i'm out on the road on tour all the time. my iPod actually powers up by itself just fine, the battery life is just peachy, and it can run independently without songs (i'm able to look around just as though i had songs on there - i can play games, alter settings, etc etc.).
However, there's a few things i've noticed!
When i go to the iPod's about menu (when disconnected from the computer), it shows there's no songs, that there's 0 capacity, 0 available - shows that the version is 3.1.1, the serial and model numbers, but the format is unknown.
I've tried plugging the dang thing into my computer to much avail - IF iTunes recognizes it, it says it needs to be restored -- GREAT! so i try to restore the iPod, however, i almost instantly get an error: The iPod cannot be restored because it is currently busy. When i clicked the help tag, it says it's a common problem in iTunes 7.0 - great, i have 8.0.2; and i've tried running everything from a restart on the ipod to a restart on the computer, updating all my system files, running the iPod in disk mode, etc, but nothing seems to make it want to restore.
when i look in system profiler; it shows that the iPod is hooked up to my USB port (which is just fine, and i've never had problems running a click-wheel iPod through that before); however both Disk Utility and iTunes do not acknowledge it's existence. what gives?
is my iPod a goner? how would i go about restoring this so i can use it? I've tried it on my Power PC (Specs below) as well as trying it on an iBook and iMac; with the same results every time. i know it's not the cable, because the iPod actually charged via that cable last night!
any help!?If you can get it to show up in Disk Utility, try reformatting (erasing) it in Disk Utility. If that process completes without stalling or errors, quit Disk Utility and run iTunes. Immediately attempt to do another Restore to install the iPod's software and initialize.
If the iPod does not erase successfully (it should take less than one minute for a standard erase) in Disk Utility, the iPod's hard drive may be faulty. -
To generate xml code in encoding as specified in system profile options
Hi,
i have a customer bug wherein the report page which is generated after a particular process, which is a .xml file, does not open because we have special characters which are not getting encoded properly!..
the probable solution to this would be to encode the .xml file in the encoding format specified in system profile options.
After the content generation the following code is used to generate the tags and the .xml page:
DBMS_XMLGEN.setRowSetTag(l_qryCtx,'INVOICE_SET');
DBMS_XMLGEN.setRowTag(l_qryCtx, 'INVOICE_RECORD');
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'BATCH_ID', p_batch_id);
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'SUPPLIER_ID', rec.supplier_id);
DBMS_XMLGEN.setBindValue(l_qryCtx,'SITE_ID', rec.site_id);
l_result_clob :=DBMS_XMLGEN.GETXML(l_qryCtx);
l_result_clob := substr(l_result_clob,instr(l_result_clob,'>')+1);
l_temp_invoice_count := DBMS_XMLGEN.getNumRowsProcessed(l_qryCtx);
l_invoice_count := l_invoice_count + l_temp_invoice_count;
DBMS_XMLGEN.closeContext(l_qryCtx);
clob_to_file(l_result_clob);
here we have a transaction type in portugese like Nota de Crédito
and the issue summary is as follows
It contains some foreign language symbols which are not encoded in UTF-8 format hence IE is showing the error. Even though in mozilla the file is completely opened but the same foreign language symbol is not shown. So the error exists in all the browsers.
can you please suggest how the encoding maybe done so as to avoid the above problem!...
and also how to include the encoding as per mentioned in the system profile options.Hi,
>>>The XSD doesn't have any messages only simple and complex types - I can't seem to relate (via drag and drop) them to a data or message type to generate the required objects.
maybe it has some reference inside to some other types which you did not get?
if so you need to import into IR/ESR all files and put the correct reference (external archives)
this would be the proper way to get the file generated according to the xml schema
Regards,
Michal Krawczyk -
USB doesn't recognized by System Profiler
Hello,
I'm a MacOSX newbie and I'm trying to discover an error.
I've got a problem with USB Controller device(i think the problem is in EFI partition) because when I insert different USB flash disks, no one appears in System Profiler. I'm using MacOSX 10.5.8, and a Macbook Air (adquired at August, 2009-MacBookAir2,1).
I'm gonna put some info:
System profiler don't recognizes anything:
Bus USB de alta velocidad:(High speed USB)
Ubicación del controlador de servidor: USB incorporado(USB incorporated)
Driver del controlador de servidor: AppleUSBEHCI
ID del dispositivo PCI: 0x0aa9
ID de la revisión de PCI: 0x00b1
ID del fabricante de PCI: 0x10de
Número de bus: 0x26
I have other three USB Bus (iSigth, Apple Internal Keyboard/Trackpad-IR, Bluetooth)
Obviously, when I do diskutil list, it didn't appear.
DMESG Before plug some USB Device:
DeVir-2:~ devir$ sudo dmesg | grep USB
USBF: 0.533 AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ConfigureHubDriver - USB Generic Hub @ 1 (0x4000000)
USBF: 0.599 EHCI Root Hub Simulation[0x43c9b00]::InitializeExtraPower - we have a kAppleCurrentAvailable with 500, but maxPortCurrent is 1500, setting it to that
USBF: 0.600 AppleUSBHub[0x4450800]::ConfigureHubDriver - USB Generic Hub @ 1 (0x24000000)
USBF: 0.613 AppleUSBHub[0x4450200]::ConfigureHubDriver - USB Generic Hub @ 1 (0x26000000)
USBF: 2.368 [0x4492400] USB HID Interface #0 of device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad @ 3 (0x4600000)
USBF: 3.191 [0x4572000] USB HID Interface #1 of device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad @ 3 (0x4600000)
USBF: 3.234 [0x45fae00] USB HID Interface #2 of device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad @ 3 (0x4600000)
USBF: 5.574 AppleUSBHub[0x4677e00]::ConfigureHubDriver - USB Generic Hub @ 1 (0x6000000)
USBF: 5.843 AppleUSBHub[0x4677600]::ConfigureHubDriver - USB Generic Hub @ 2 (0x6100000)
USBF: 15.729 [0x4c3be00] USB HID Interface #0 of device IR Receiver @ 2 (0x4500000)
DMESG after plug it: EQUAL
USB Prober (before input device log)
10.739 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBMultitouchDriver)[0x4572000]::InterruptReadHandler error kIOReturnAborted. Try again.
10.745 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::message(0xe0004002)(kIOUSBMessageHubSuspendPort) - isInactive(false) _myPowerState(4) _powerStateChangingTo(-1)
10.745 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeRaisedPowerState(+) now (1)
10.745 [2] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::TakeDoPortActionLock - calling through to ChangeDoPortActionLock
10.745 [2] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeDoPortActionLock - setting _doPortActionLock to true
10.745 [2] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ReleaseDoPortActionLock - calling through to ChangeDoPortActionLock
10.745 [2] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeDoPortActionLock - setting _doPortActionLock to false and calling commandWakeup
10.745 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeRaisedPowerState(-) now (0)
10.745 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCKeyboard)[0x4492400]: received kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenSuspended
10.745 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBMultitouchDriver)[0x4572000]: received kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenSuspended
10.745 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCButtons)[0x45fae00]: received kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenSuspended
USB Prober (after output device log)
24.229 [3] AppleUSBOHCI[0x43d5800]::PollInterrupts - ResumeDetected Interrupt on bus 4 - ensuring usability
24.230 [2] AppleUSBOHCI[0x43d5800]::ResumeUSBBus - Delaying 20 milliseconds in resume state
24.250 [2] AppleUSBOHCI[0x43d5800]::ResumeUSBBus - Changing bus to operational
24.285 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeRaisedPowerState(+) now (1)
24.296 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCKeyboard)[0x4492400]: received message kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenResumed (0xe000400b), rearming interrupt read
24.296 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBMultitouchDriver)[0x4572000]: received message kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenResumed (0xe000400b), rearming interrupt read
24.296 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCButtons)[0x45fae00]: received message kIOUSBMessagePortHasBeenResumed (0xe000400b), rearming interrupt read
24.296 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::ChangeRaisedPowerState(-) now (0)
24.296 [3] AppleUSBHub[0x4450e00]::DecrementOutstandingIO(260), outstandingIO(0), _interruptReadPending(false) - rearming read
24.296 [3] AppleUSBOHCI[0x43d5800]::UIMCreateInterruptTransfer - root hub interrupt transfer - clearing unneeded memDesc (0x444f600) from dmaCommand (0x440c100)
24.296 [2] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBMultitouchDriver)[0x4572000]::RearmInterruptRead - already had outstanding read pending - just ignoring
24.296 [2] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBMultitouchDriver)[0x4572000]::RearmInterruptRead - already had outstanding read pending - just ignoring
24.296 [2] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCKeyboard)[0x4492400]::RearmInterruptRead - already had outstanding read pending - just ignoring
24.296 [2] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleUSBTCButtons)[0x45fae00]::RearmInterruptRead - already had outstanding read pending - just ignoring
This kind of line occurs when I press some key too, reason why I think isn't very important. Althougth, I put everything I see related.
([0x45fae00]::RearmInterruptRead - already had outstanding read pending - just ignoring)
With TestDisk over EFI partition:
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
Warning: Incorrect number of heads/cylinder 16 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
Warning: Incorrect number of sectors per track 32 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
EFI System 40 409639 409600 [EFI]
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
Warning: Incorrect number of heads/cylinder 16 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
Warning: Incorrect number of sectors per track 32 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
EFI System 46 409645 409600 [EFI]
Before the problem, I did some things:
- I installed rEFTit
- I investigate how to boot from HD a Ubuntu LiveCD. I successfully boot from one partition created with Disk Utility but ubiquity has a bug error and can't umount /cdrom when it is going to change the partition table. I don't think Linux changed my partition table at all, neither GPT either EFI partition. But I don't know how to probe it.
- I had done a boot from pendrive with a really extrage crash that advertises Macintosh doesn't well prepared for USB flash booting from rEFIt.
- Something I found that I think isn't normal is a second option that appears with rEFIt when I only have a HFS+ partition and an EFI partition. Seems like the GPT/EFI partition didn't well update when I changed my partitions (and no USB HD device was input).
Notes:
- My USB device/controller/software was fine until (I think) booted from a FAT partition with an Ubuntu ISO image and I tried to install it(hipotesis).
- Once I had an extrange problem when I disconnected an USB HD and I couldn't mount any more until I halted the system.
- I tried with the IOUSBFamily kext for 10.5.8(349.4.3), but nothing changes.
- I tried reinstall rEFIT.
- I tried updating Partition table.
- I can't backup my data with no USB, I don't wanna format (if possible) my HD and I want to discover the problem.
- My USB HDs function in other PCs.
- Map Partition Scheme: GUID Partition table.
- My knowledge on this subject are scarce
I think the problem is EFI partition but I want to confirm previously before trying to recover this partition.
Thanks for the patience,
Alejandro.
(Sorry about my english, if you don't understand anything, please tell me)I am having exactly the same problem. I have a LaCie 750GB HD that I've been using to store files too large for my internal HD and suddenly it won't mount to my computer (when it plug it it I get a message that says "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." And when I tried to fix it using disk utility it said my only option was to backup my HD and reformat, but I can't access the files on the HD to back them up and I would rather not lose everything. Any ideas?
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Error messages in Console Log of Apple System Profiler
Today, I manually executed some CRON scripts from the Terminal window as part of a regular maintenance cycle. Before doing so, I ran the Apple System Profiler (OS 10.2.8), clicked on the Logs tab, and checked the Console Log. It had three days of error messages and other info (more on this later), but my intent was just to check the last entries in the log before running the CRON scripts, so that I could detect any additional errors logged as a result of the CRON scripts.
Having checked the log, I quit the Profiler and all other applications. Then I opened the Terminal window and entered:
sudo periodic monthly
I was prompted for my adminstrator password, and it then executed the script. It took just seconds to execute. Following this, I also executed
sudo periodic weekly
sudo periodic daily
The weekly CRON took about 2 minutes to finish, and the daily only a few seconds. I ran Apple System Profiler again and checked the console log and found this additional error message (not present prior to running the scripts):
Feb 15 13:43:10 Drake-Bradleys-Computer sendmail[865]: NOQUEUE:
SYSERR(root): /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 93: fileclass: cannot open '/
etc/mail/local-host-names': Group writable directory
(I have inserted hard returns to break the single-line error message into three lines to avoid requiring readers to use the horizontal scroll bar.)
Can anyone tell me what this error means, and what, if anything, I should do about it?
Following all of this, I next repaired my permissions with Disk Utility (and yes, after dragging iTunes 6.0.2 to the desktop). I then ran the profiler, checked the log, and encountered these two additional error messages:
file not in an order that can be processed (local relocation entries out
of place): ./Library/Frameworks/StuffIt.framework/Versions/A/StuffIt
file not in an order that can be processed (local relocation entries out
of place): ./Library/Frameworks/StuffIt.framework/Versions/A/StuffIt
(Again, hard returns are inserted.)
The errors are identical. They presumably were generated by my running disk permissions, as other applications were shut down. It appears the error refers to the Suffit application.
Any ideas what causes these errors?
Finally, a last question. (And thanks for being patient with such a long post.) The console log contains a large number of error messages for each day. This occurs even on days when I have had no apps hang, or any other system problems (power failures, etc.) that I was aware of. Many of the errors seem to involve windows manangement. The most common one is:
Feb 14 17:11:18 Drake-Bradleys-Computer /System/Library/
CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer:
kCGErrorIllegalArgument : CGSGetWindowGeometry: Invalid window
But other examples are:
Feb 14 17:42:21 Drake-Bradleys-Computer WindowServer[194]:
Cannot merge groups (yet) for wid 1877, otherwid 1881
Feb 15 10:34:37 Drake-Bradleys-Computer WindowServer[194]:
Reserved range exhausted. (0xbbf45000 to 0xbc271000 goes out of
bounds)
Feb 15 10:35:03 Drake-Bradleys-Computer WindowServer[194]:
CGXRemoveTrackingArea : Invalid tracking area
Is it fairly common for the console log to be filled with dozens of errors like this on a given day even though the iMac seems to be functioning normally?
Thanks for any advice,
Drake Bradley
P.S. I have a Casio digital camera and an HP printer hooked up to the iMac, and very recently, an Iomega HDD. (The latter was not connected for the tests reported above.)534/2980
Hi Drake,
Yes, it is common, and I wouldn't worry about it.
These "errors" are not about anything wrong. My guess is that it's a developer jargon to indicate that something didn't happen, only because there is no possibility of it happening given your specific settings/system options.
See for example the statements "System woke from sleep" or "System going to sleep" in "error_log"...
We don't know to what extend these "errors" belong to so many unmodified files that used to do something in UNIX 15 years ago, but are now completely useless, harmless and so small they can't affect Mac OS X performance in any way?
Enjoy your Mac!
Axl -
IPod shows up in system profiler but not in /dev and disk utility
Hi,
I have a Problem with my iPod. It works perfectly when I connect it to other macs.
Though on my mac it appears only in the system profiler, but not in itunes, /dev or diskutilities. Other USB devices are working correctly.
I already reseted my ipod but this doesn't solve the problem. Neither did the update of the iPod firmware.
Does somebody know this Problem? What can I try to solve it?
Thanks.
About my iPod:
It's an iPod Touch, system Profiler is telling:
Version: 0.01
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Product ID: 0x1293
Serial Number:
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
iTunes says:
serial number: 910952nua75j
Running the system 4.2.1
About my Mac:
It's a MacBook Pro, 2,16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running 10.4.11I'm pretty upset. It seems that the only solution to this problem is to buy some new mac products!
I have Applications on my computer that will not work on a new system and I don't want to update my system + all expensive apps just because my ipod refuse to downgrade.
I used to be a mac fan and I still like it, but this kind of "tricks" are unacceptable. I bought an ipod because I didn't want to spend time on fixing some stupid problems and now I already spent weeks trying to make my expensive ipod work on my mac (and all this because of a stupid firmware problem). I am now really disapointed.
So if anyone should have an idea on if it's possible to downgrade my ipod (or other solution?) in order to make it work again with my system, please post it here. Thanks. -
DVD stuck, drive not recognized in system profiler, can't eject, HELP!
I am distraught, my DVD/CD drive is quite sick, if not dead. Alright, I watch DVDs on my computer somewhat regularly, but this one time I was about an hour into a movie when it just stopped playing. I couldn't finish the movie because now my computer doesn't recognize the disc or even the fact that it has a DVD/CD drive at all. The DVD doesn't appear on the desktop and the eject button doesn't do anything, it's been stuck my drive for maybe a month or so and I forgot about it for a while actually.
The scariest thing is that when I check my system profiler I can't find any info about my DVD drive. When I click on disc burning, it says I dont have a disc burning device installed.
I've tried resetting the power manager (PMU) but to no avail. I would really like to solve this without taking my computer somewhere.
Any suggestions?Welcome to Apple Discussions
Simple step first. If the "stuck" is due to a software problem, restart the computer holding down the click pad through the start-up until the disk ejects. This usually ejects anything in the drive.
You'll find other suggestions here (Donald Worrell post).
If none of the above suggestion work, you'll need to get a technician (Apple certified, if still under warranty) to look at the machine. If the DVD ejects, but the profiler still does not recognize the drive, then a trip to the Technician is your only recourse. -
I need help trying to format an external hard drive. My Mac won't recognise it anywhere other than System Profiler.
The problem is that it is a Western Digital 3.5 inch internal hard drive housed inside a hard drive caddy. So the only way to connect it to my computer is through a dock.
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No keychain access or system profiler or mail - very alarmed
Today I repaired permissions and backed up my system to an external drive with silverkeeper 1.3. I also ran Macjanitor 1.2.1. I have been using OS 10.4.3 for about 3 weeks with no problem although just lately things seemed a little slow, which is why I was doing maintainance. Everything was working fine, includin Mail, after the maintenance. Shut down.
Returned home, started up, Mail icon bounces once, won't open. System Profiler opens but won't run. Keychain access bounces in the dock once, stops. Safari is fine, so is Address book. Disk Utility can open but only gives me the option to restore a disk. The disk utility log says "No icon found for DMdisk object" This is getting VERY SCARY!
Anyone have any ideas? I am pretty sure macjanitor was a dumb thing to do as it wasn't the latest version and maybe isn't tiger compatible.. Has it trashed something essential?
Thanks
PhoebeThis crash followed a backup to an external drive. Didn't read the part in the instructions that say "always create a fresh backup after installing a new system"
Had to reinstall then restore files from the backup. -
New Hard disk is not appearing in the System Profiler
I am doing a fresh install using my ligitimate Snow Leopard DVD on my USB disk.
My SSD is not appearing in the System Profiler under Hardware>ATA
or under Hardware>Serial-ATA
It is a PATA device as was the original disk I've replaced.
So I have NO disk to install onto.
Any ideas what the problem could be?
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History
My hard disk died, and I am replacing it with an SSD.
I bought a Mach Xtreme Technology Pata 1.8" SSD (Part no MXSSD1MNANOZ-120G)
(I can send this back if I have to)
The SSD is unusual in that it has to be a 1.8" size with a ZIF PATA connector.
The SSD is preformatted (but not necessarily to Apple formatting).
With the SSD the same way around to the original 80GB HDD, Pin 1 of the new SSD is towards the back of the computer.
I cannot find any information as to which Pin on the original HDD is Pin 1.
I used this tutorial to dismantle and reassemble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnV7mHS7Qi8
I've double checked the connections inside.Thanks, this was the answer.
The connector on the SSD I used was indeed arranged reverse to the original Apple Drive. So it looked different to all the tutorials.
I knew where Pin 1 was on the new SSD but could not see it on the old drive.
The original 80GB hard disk had Pin 1 is towards the middle of the computer.
Flipping the SSD over meant it was about 3mm closer to the back, which made the zif ribbon buckle. So I had to cut away some of the rubber shock absorber to the back, and use tape. The SSD should not need the shock absorber as it is not mechanical/vibrating.
It is now working well.
(Although I now have a different problem restoring from the Time Machine. ) -
How can a system profile shift inside applications?
I have a vintage macBook pro, running Snow Leopard, PS CS3, DW CS3. I also have an old Dell running XP and PS 7 and a lenovo Vista. I have been using i1 Display 2 for monitor calibration on the mac and the Dell they all share one Display. I replaced the display with a Dell U2412 and found the Dell monitor profile was very good on the lenovo & Dell except for the black and the next gray were both black, it did not work on the mac (no drivers?). The custom profiles looked terrible, spotty grayscale, good skin & dull primaries or over sat. skin & okay primaries. I bought an i1 Display Pro, the grayscale is perfect, skin is great primaries are good all but the blue and the mag both are soft that is to say the blue 255 B and 74 % tone in the PS info pallet is a medium cobalt blue and with no intensity as is the mag. a soft pure pink. These custom profiles (I tried many) are loaded as the system profile on the mac. I was viewing them in PS on the mac and I was in the process of e-mailing them to myself to view on the two PCs when I saw that they looked great in Mail? They also looked good in Preview?? I opened Dreamweaver and loaded a blue/mag patch (looked soft) on a webpage and put it on my site, and it looked soft in all browsers on the mac. When I say soft I mean soft! unmistakable not even close SOFT!. I looked at the web page on the lenovo with IE and it displayed correct as did the target examples I had used on the mac using the Dell U2412 profile. I then installed thei1 Display Pro software on the lenovo profiled the display from the lenovo, the targets looked correct as did the patch on the webpage using IE.
I only mention all things not mac as controls.
Recap;
The Dell U2412 is capable of displaying the colours.
The custom profile is loaded as the system profile on the mac.
The mac with custom profile displays the 2 colours correctly in Mail and Preview both native mac apps
The mac with custom profile does not display the 2 colours correctly in Safari a native mac app (actually part of the OS) also no good in PS and DW adobe products as well as all other web browsers (all 3rd party)
If you go to the Display widow of the System Preferences and change the profile, the screen and all windows in Photoshop change.
The profile is being used by PS.
The profile is being altered or corrupted in certain applications but corruption is limited to its use within those apps and does not alter the profile as it works in other apps before during and after it has been used by PS.
Has anyone experienced anything like this with any of the hardware/software listed?
Thanks
ChrisJust to add something the MacBook Pro does display the 2 colours the same in preview and Photoshop only the second screen (Dell U2412) has this problem.
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I downloaded the trail version, and had the same problem and never got it to work. Like an idiot I thought if I bought it I would get a better version to download but I am having the same problem. I am frustrated hurt and angry the Adobe has not been able to solve this problem because I have googled this issue and it seems that I am not the only one that has had this problem. Please anyone help me. I have tried everything that they have told me and it is not working and I have a project due monday.
I did what you told me and looked in the library log to see what is going on as it check system profiles. It appears to be stuck inside a loop. The following loop message appears over and over again. Any suggestions?
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
CAPS_28B98837_8526_4159_B4E7_D0FD5E235960.Payload42 {string}: {C346D126-437D-4CCC-854E-5B19D832C8D7}
Log of: string
0 {string}: {
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
1 {string}: C
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
2 {string}: 3
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
3 {string}: 4
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
4 {string}: 6
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
5 {string}: D
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
6 {string}: 1
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
7 {string}: 2
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
8 {string}: 6
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
9 {string}: -
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
10 {string}: 4
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
11 {string}: 3
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
12 {string}: 7
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
13 {string}: D
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
14 {string}: -
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
15 {string}: 4
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
16 {string}: C
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
17 {string}: C
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
18 {string}: C
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
19 {string}: -
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
20 {string}: 8
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
21 {string}: 5
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
22 {string}: 4
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
23 {string}: E
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
24 {string}: -
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
25 {string}: 5
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
26 {string}: B
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
27 {string}: 1
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
28 {string}: 9
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
29 {string}: D
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
30 {string}: 8
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
31 {string}: 3
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
32 {string}: 2
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
33 {string}: C
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
34 {string}: 8
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
35 {string}: D
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
36 {string}: 7
Log of: string
0 {LOOP}: Reference to object up 0
37 {string}: }
Log of: string
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