10.4.9 Destroyed my external drive?

Ok.. taking a deep breath. My new 802.11n apple extreme base station could no longer recognize my external drive. (post 10.4.9 install). I am not sure if the new aebs killed it or 10.4.9 or a combination of both.
Note I've had it this drive for about 2 years running, and it's been hooked up to the new router for about 1-2 weeks.
So I connected the external drive directly to my laptop (tried both USB2 and firewire).
I get a dialog box: Disk Insertion
The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.
I went on to disk utility and found this when trying verify/repair:
Verify and Repair disk “disk2s3”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Invalid node structure
Invalid B-tree node size
Invalid node structure
Invalid B-tree node size
Volume check failed.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Has anyone else had this issue. I have my photo library on my powerbook.. but my itunes library is on this 400gb external beast (along with some big home movie projects i have not backed up).
Please help help help!

I don't know if they monitor, but they do look at
them at some point. When I called Apple 3 days ago,
the tech (who didn't inspire much confidence) said
"I'm looking at the discussions and there does seem
to be a lot of issues." Of course, then he just
recommended I do an archive and install, which he
read from someone's post.
Anyway, Apple does appear to be aware of the problem.
After joining the Apple Developer Connection
(ADC--it's free) and posting the problem (along with
links to 17 other posts with the same problem), I
received this response from Apple today:
This is a follow up... After further investigation
it has been determined that this is a known issue,
which is currently being investigated by engineering.
This issue has been filed in our bug database under
the original Bug ID#
o they appear to know about it.
If anyone else wants to bug Apple (pardon the pun)
about this, become a member of the ADC at
https://connect.apple.com/MemberSite . Then go to the
Bug Reporter to report your problem.
You'll get an email response with a bug number so you
can track the issue.
Maybe if Apple gets enough bug reports on this
problem, engineering will be quick to come up with a
solution.
I'm curious to know exactly what the bug was that they say is an issue.
Also to answer the question that most you have, when you get the error your mac doesn't recognize the volume there is very little you can do to fix this. Usually something has corrupt the file system, which are all the b-tree and volume structure errors in disk utility, caused by improperly demounting a drive, a bad write to the drive, a problem with the drive, or bad blocks to name a few. The usual fix for this is to run a data recovery program to get the file off the drive then reformat the drive. Once its reformatted you can use the drive again. If you want to test the drive you can do a zero all data format and it will check the drive surface for bad blocks and the ability to write to the drive.

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Airport Express 802.11n Destroyed my external drive?

Ok.. taking a deep breath. My new 802.11n apple extreme base station could no longer recognize my external drive. (post 10.4.9 install). I am not sure if the new aebs killed it or 10.4.9 or a combination of both.
Note I've had it this drive for about 2 years running, and it's been hooked up to the new router for about 1-2 weeks.
So I connected the external drive directly to my laptop (tried both USB2 and firewire).
I get a dialog box: Disk Insertion
The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.
I went on to disk utility and found this when trying verify/repair:
Verify and Repair disk “disk2s3”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Invalid node structure
Invalid B-tree node size
Invalid node structure
Invalid B-tree node size
Volume check failed.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
Has anyone else had this issue. I have my photo library on my powerbook.. but my itunes library is on this 400gb external beast (along with some big home movie projects i have not backed up).
Please help help help!

No one can be sure of the effect of 10.4.9. And problems are still being worked out with 802.11n compatibility. However, I don't think that it would "destroy" a disk like you've said. You might try a program like Disk Genius to try to repair your external drive. No one would like to think about it - but it may also just have been a coincidence and your drive has failed. At any rate, it sounds like you stand a lot to lose, so you may want to invest in Disk Genius. Trying reviving your disk and then worry about the Airport issues later.

Taking the plunge - external drive and exclamation points

Okay...
I have cried for help on this forum before about the somewhat common problem of iTunes 7 having a strange relationship with music on my external drive. The drive in question is a Lacie 250 GB Firewire drive.
A few months ago, out of the blue, one day I opened iTunes to find a sea of exclamation points. Though all the music I had added after a particular date was there, most of the music I had added prior to that was tagged with the exclamation. When I'd try to play one of these songs, iTunes would say it could not be found, though I could manually locate it and things would work fine. I tried a few fixes recommended on this forum by well-meaning but misguided people that resulted in a few sets of duplicate playlists but no fix to the problem. Then, one day, out of the blue again...it started working fine.
I don't even recall having restarted the computer. iTunes had just fixed the problem somehow.
Well, now the problem is back, and I've dealt with it for about a month. But I'm not convinced that it will just go away this time. So, even if I destroy my painstakingly cultivated hundreds of playlists, ratings, play history and comprehensive information (artwork, composer, etc.), I am determined to fix this problem without manually locating over 10,000 songs.
I am posting my attempts here as a record that will hopefully help those struggling with this problem in the future. Though I would welcome any and all comments or questions, I have frankly come to expect very little assistance or even the willingness to assist from this forum (that is to say, I imagine my unresolved question will languish for awhile as a monologue until I either fix the problem or die).
The first thing I will do (after doing a final backup, of course) is to determine whether it makes a difference if an updated version of my iTunes library file and .xml are in the Music folder (on my hard drive) or in my Musica folder (on the external drive). The latest edition of the file is currently on the external drive.
So, here we go...
Grant
Dual 1GHz G4, 1G RAM, 80G HD Mac OS X (10.4.9) iPod (1st Gen), iPod Shuffle (1st Gen), iPod Mini, External HD

Well, I've made quite a mess of things. So I have 14,000 songs. Most were added years ago. Looking at the date added in correlation with the exclamation points, it seems as though iTunes forgot the location of most of the songs added before 5/9/06. Mind you, iTunes worked fine (with the exception of doing this whole thing once before) until about a month ago. So, in May 2007, iTunes forgot most of what happened before 5/9/06.
(For reference purposes, the gap seems to exist between two songs I downloaded. "Help Me, Ronda" by the Beach Boys is the last song with an exclamation point in the date added list (see two exceptions below). "Proud Mary" by Ike & Tina Turner, on the other hand, is exclamation point free and only a couple of songs added after "Proud Mary" have exclamation points. They are:
Freedom, by Richie Havens, added 6/3/06.
Slow Free Bird, by Geesekey, added 12/17/06, a song I made in Garageband.
Now, don't let me give you the impression that there is a solid wall of exclamation points up to "Help Me, Rhonda." Maybe about every 10/20 songs, there is a song with no exclamation point that plays fine. Following Jase's lead before (his advice to another user), I have investigated some of these songs that work fine, but can't find any reason why these work and others don't (any difference in the iTunes Library.xml, files created with/without track number, etc.).
So, here's what happened in the past couple of days: I dragged my "iTunes Music" folder (located in my "Musica" folder on the external drive) into the iTunes source list). Most everything was duplicated, with the new songs playing just fine but lacking ratings and play history. Also, the new songs were not included on any playlists.
What I did next was poorly executed. I sorted iTunes by the Date Added and selected the first few thousand (roughly, A-J; seeing them according to the Date Added reveal that they weren't added in exactly a linear fashion). I hit the delete button and selected "Remove", but I then told iTunes to "Move to Trash." What I should have done, I imagine, is told iTunes to "Keep Files". So, my A-J songs are now deleted off the External Drive and gone (though I have backup DVDs generated by the iTunes "Back up to Disc" feature).
What should I do next? is the pressing question. Should I rip everything out and start from scratch with my backup discs? I guess the question I would have with that approach is this: if I restore from backup discs made three months ago, will I still have all my playlists, ratings and play history as they were when I made the backup? If that's the case, that'd be fine with me...I just want to make sure that's what will happen. Also, I have a backup of my iTunes Library file before I've done all this crazy stuff of the past few days, so if that enters into the equation, let me know.
Otherwise, let me address your comments, Jase.
Anyway, here's a question. Can you export your
playlists, even though they're made up of songs with
exclamation marks? If so, you could try exporting one
of them as an XML file. Then import it--you'll
probably wind up with duplicates (playlists, not
songs). Does the newly imported playlist play, or
does it still have the exclamation mark problem? I
wouldn't know what to expect, but it might be worth a
try.
My playlists themselves are all still the same as they were (though there are exclamation marks all over the place). From what I can tell, they look fine when exported to an .xml (the music folder seems to have the correct path). When I import it, it's the same deal: exclamation points at the same places.
If your playlists are exportable, you might want to
export them to XML files, just so you'll have those
little databases of them. Then, if worse came to
worse and you had to give up on your current Library
file and reload your Music folder into a new library,
at least there's a chance you could import your
playlists and not have to build them again from
scratch (assuming nothing has changed in terms of the
organization of your Music folder).
I'm not willing to export every playlist, because I have hundreds and it would just take too long. Is there a way to export all or a lot of playlists at once? Anyway, I figured that my playlist data was stored somehow in the iTunes Library file, so I felt I had a backup already. I could be wrong about this, though, as I really don't understand much about the iTunes Library file and .xml and the like.
Can you drag songs that have exclamation marks into a
playlist? Somehow, I doubt it. But if you can, you
could use new playlists to make a record of some
information that you might want to save if you had to
start all over again with a new Library.
Believe it or not, I can add songs with an exclamation point into playlists and they're added just fine (though, they still have the exclamation point). How this works is: I can't drag and drop them into a playlist. However, I can control-click and select "Add to Playlist" and it works. There's another mystery for you.
Have you looked at your iTunes Library.xml file --
specifically at the location information for
individual songs -- to see if the location
information exactly matches the information you see
in the Finder? I have found mismatches when
investigating some exclamation marked files. I didn't
know how that happened, and I didn't know what to
about it, but it was intriguing to see evidence of
some iTunes mischief.
Is the iTunes feature to start music file names with
the track number turned on? To my mind, fewer missing
song file problems occur when this is on.
Yes and yes. Based on what you told others, I have looked at the .xml of some of the problem songs and the working ones and could find no difference, but I didn't really know what I was supposed to be looking for. I also use the Add Track Number feature and always have.
If you still have the 28,000 songs in your Library
and want to go back to the 14,000, you could sort all
your songs by Date Added and delete the ones you
added on June 21. Or, if you saved a copy of your
iTunes Library file before you dragged your iTunes
Music folder into the library, you could just throw
out the more recent Library file and reinstitute the
back-up copy.
I probably should have done the latter (just restore the backup of the iTunes Library file). Oh well...
Some advice for future experiments. Try them with a
small sample if possible unless you're absolutely
sure they will work the way you want them to. For
example, drag one album in your Music folder into
iTunes rather than the whole Music folder.
This is a great idea. I wish I would have checked my sample more closely or done more tests before I plunged off the cliff.
Back up your iTunes Library file, as well as your
Music folder. (You might already do this.)
Check.
Those are a few things to think about. They probably
will not be helpful. Like I said, I don't think there
are clear answers to this problem. The best I can
wish for you is that iTunes will magically fix the
problem, like it did once before. Then, maybe there
are some preventive measures you can take.
Since iTunes did fix it once before, I would not
throw your current iTunes Library file away, no
matter what. If you decide to start a new library so
that you can actually listen to your music, rename
this Library file and keep it around, since it has a
lot of your metadata in it. You can try it every now
and then and see if iTunes spontaneously revives it.
Okay, I will post what I do next, provided that I don't hear any compelling advice and make my own decision (though I should be even more gun-shy after my recent blunders).
Grant

Error Code -36 While Writing to External Drive

I have a 2.16GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro with the 100GB 7200 RPM HDD and 1GB 667 RAM. I am trying to use my MBP with a Western Digital 250GB MyBook Essential external HDD connected via USB 2.0.
The external HDD used to be formatted with FAT32 (I was unaware) and I could read and write small files to the drive with no problem. However, when I tried to copy my iTunes folder to the drive (21.7 GB) I would always get an error soon after the transfer began. The error message reads:
The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "08 Bottle of Blues.mp3" could not be read or written. (Error Code -36).
The message will always come up on the same file. If I delete the file mentioned in the error message, the error will still come up after about the same amount of time has elapsed, but just on a different file.
Recently, I learned that the external drive was FAT32 so I formatted it with Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I still get the same error.
I have tried using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.0b5 and SuperDuper! 2.1.4 and neither application can complete the transfer--using the Mac OS Extended file system. CCC gives me the error:
15:45:02 Error: asr: could not copy /./Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app/Contents/Resources/no.lproj/ScriptEditorHelp/gfx/sedebug.jpg; Input/output error
15:45:02
15:45:02
15:45:05 ccc.sh: The restore operation failed, Error code: 98
SuperDuper! gives me the error:
| 04:00:49 PM | Error | ditto: /Users/caseyhancock/.Trash/Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive/Office/Fonts/./MS Mincho.ttf: Input/output error
AppleCare support hasn't been able to help me, and I feel like I've searched exhaustively for information about Error Code -36. If anyone could shed some light on my problem and help me backup/copy files to this external HDD I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
MBP 15" 2.16 1GB 100GB 7200RPM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

In my experience, it was a BAD EXTERNAL DRIVE...
sometimes they are bad (and the one I had was a external USB 120 GB Western Digital) due to fall, or something, and you can format and they work, but they have a place on the disk that is just bad, and freezes the external disk, and it is unable to accept commands.
A way of testing this, is to write to the entire disk..
Doing this will kill the entire drive, but will allow you to verify that you can write to the whole drive... (in addition to erasing everything on it.. )
make sure the disk is mounted in the finder.. and give it a uniqe name... so it will be easy to distinguish in the commands below.
THE FOLLOWING IS INTENDED AS A GUIDE. VERIFY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU DESTROY VALUABLE DATA..
open the terminal program:
type the following:
df -h
you should see all the disks that the are connected to the system. a sample of the output is below:
it does not look so nice, as the font is not monospaced, but on the terminal window it lines up nicely:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2 186G 124G 62G 67% /
devfs 97K 97K 0B 100% /dev
fdesc 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
<volfs> 512K 512K 0B 100% /.vol
automount -nsl [182] 0B 0B 0B 100% /Network
automount -fstab [198] 0B 0B 0B 100% /automount/Servers
automount -static [198] 0B 0B 0B 100% /automount/static
/dev/disk1s1 466G 463G 2.4G 99% /Volumes/wd-usb-250
in my case the last disk is a WD mybook that I called "wd-usb-250"
now, in the finder, unmount the disk and make sure nothing is accessing it...
notice that the computer thinks that the disk is connected via the path:
/dev/disk1s1
VERIFY THAT THIS IS THE SAME FOR YOU.. IF NOT THEN USE THE APPROPRIATE DRIVE..
this next step will go and write zero's to the whole drive.. if you are not so adventures you could just read from the entire disk.. if there are major problems then the read will not work either.
SO: to write in the terminal do the following: THIS WILL KILL THE DISK YOU ARE TESTING... INSURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING...
NOTICE HOW IN THE COMMAND BELOW I HAVE /DEV/DISK1 NOT /DEV/DISK1S1.
TRUNCATE YOUR DEVICE ACCORDINGLY...
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk1 bs=16m
let it run till it either quits because of a i/o error or says it reached the end of the device.. if it reached the end of the device the device just had zero written to it..
it at the end will tell you how many 16Mb chunks of zero it wrote.. (this is assuming that your disk is a even multiple of 16Mb).
now to test that the device actually works, we can read the whole thing. by issuing the following command in the terminal.
dd if=/dev/disk1 | hexdump -C
you should get an output that looks like this (with the records being changed to be the size of your disk divided into 16 Mb chunks...:
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
16777216 bytes transferred in 23.666544 secs (708900 bytes/sec)
Sorry for the long post, and hope this is not too technical but helps.
S.
Macbook, Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9) + virt machines, linux, xp, vista 2 gb RAM 200 Gb

Trying to restore photos from external drive and realized TimeMachine had been turned off. Found in Imac backup folder in iPhoto library a modified folder with many of the missing pics. Can I restore these?

I recently had a hard drive crash on my iMac. After replacing the drive, I discovered that TimeMachine had apparently been turned off for six months, and all my photos from that period were missing after the restore. In looking on the external drive used by TimeMachine, I discovered a folder called Imac backup, and under iPhoto Library was a folder called Originals and subfolders for each year. To my surprise, there were photos covering the missing time period! Somehow I imported the 2011 folder from the external drive into iPhoto, and then I discovered they were small files of less than 100 KB each, not the 1-2 MB original photos. So now all of 2011 is screwed up, not just from May on. These photos also include faces pulled from many larger group photos.
I can get Jan - April restored using TimeMachine. But in continuing to explore the Imac backup folder, I found a similar folder in iPhoto Library called Modified. This folder has many of the missing photos in their original MB size in folders indexed by date for the missing period after April. Is there a way that I can get these modified photos back onto my new hard drive and into the iPhoto library without causing more damage? If TimeMachine was turned off after April, how did those modified photos and all those small images from the missing period find their way to the external drive?
Any wisdom greatly appreciated.

What you want to do is merge the two Libraries? The only way to do this is to use the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager
I created a new iPhoto Library on the iMac and dragged the entire iPhoto Library from the MacBook into that new Library. It worked, however it all came over into one big album and my previous album structure was gone
Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
Regards
TD

Time Machine Backup on External Drive Stops working after one week

Hello,
I'm having a problem with the Time machine backup on an external LaCie drive. After e few days, it suddenly locks up, not performing any backup unless I force-restart my computer and switch off the drive.
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- LaCie external drive 320 Gb - design by Porsche, connected to the FW 400 port of the iMac --> this is the one used for the bakcups, it is left powered on at any time (never switched off)
- 2 other LaCie external drives 160 Gb - design by Porsche, connected to the FW 400 port of the iMac --> they are generally switched off
TimeMachine is setup to its default scenario, backing up automatically on the external 320 Gb.
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- sleep time for computer is set to 1:30 hour
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Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexHead' (fd=17) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexPostings' (fd=18) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexPositions' (fd=19) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexDirectory' (fd=20) left open on device 234881029
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Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/live.0.indexIds' (fd=25) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/journalAttr.183' (fd=26) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb' (fd=27) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/329E6119-D3C1-41DF-B404-4A2 C2B8DA6C6/indexState' (fd=28) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexCompactDirectory' (fd=29) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:41:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[61]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Christelle Geiger's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:41:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[61]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Raphael Josse's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: [460] http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/web/sequence/0,2-3208,1-0,0.html line 460: TypeError: Null value
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/ from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379025621&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.interfacelift.com%2Flocal%2Fvc_728x90.html&prev_fmts=728 x90_as%2C728x15_0ads_al_s&format=728x90_as&output=html&correlator=1195379025621& channel=5424080503&url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Ficons-mac%2F&color_bg=e4 e4e4&color_text=000000&color_link=0000FF&color_url=0000CC&color_border=e4e4e4&ad _type=text_image&cc=99&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hid=572 641411&ga_fc=true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_tz=60& u_his=1&u_java=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:09: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=date from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379027911&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.interfacelift.com%2Flocal%2Fvc_728x90.html&prev_fmts=728 x90_as%2C728x90_as%2C728x15_0ads_al_s&format=728x90_as&output=html&correlator=11 95379027911&channel=5424080503&url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Fwallpaper%2F index.php%3Fsort%3Ddate&color_bg=e4e4e4&color_text=000000&color_link=0000FF&colo r_url=0000CC&color_border=e4e4e4&ad_type=text_image&ref=http%3A%2F%2Finterfaceli ft.com%2Ficons-mac%2F&cc=99&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hi d=881176033&ga_fc=true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_t z=60&u_his=2&u_java=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:09: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=date from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379030801&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Finc%2Fads%2Frmxdirect_120x600.html&forma t=120x600_as&output=html&correlator=1195379030801&channel=7199947456&url=http%3A %2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Fwallpaper%2Findex.php%3Fsort%3Ddate&color_bg=E4E4E4&co lor_text=000000&color_link=0000DD&color_url=EE0000&color_border=E4E4E4&ad_type=t ext_image&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hid=424116187&ga_fc= true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_jav a=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x1e01e].com.microsoft.DatabaseDaemon[144]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:42:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[79] (0x10cd80.Locum[722]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:42:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel Disk Utility[723]: ********
Nov 18 14:42:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel Disk Utility[723]: Disk Utility started.
Disk Utility is then locked up, and I force the computer to shut down.
*Console log extract after forced restart* :
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Nov 18 14:45:34 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Nov 18 14:45:34 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/chum.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/pilotfish.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.distccdConfigd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cups-lpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost DirectoryService[11]: Launched version 5.0 (v514)
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost DirectoryService[11]: WARNING - dsTouch: file was asked to be opened </Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/.DSIsRunning>: (File exists)
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kextd[10]: 406 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 770909 free pages and 15523 wired pages
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 79
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: 101 prelinked modules
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for mb
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-164 (Nov 4 2007 13:23:04)[17]: starting
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: using 15728 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: devfsmakenode: not ready for devices!
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 3BE69CB3-F529-3692-9254-BF5682D3F1EB
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled1@2
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: setting hostname to "rjosse-iMac-Intel.local"
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 18105344 to: 25136640 (joffset 0x8650000)
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 001cb3fffe7fdb1e; max speed s800.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start []
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::switchToHCIMode legacy
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: USBF: 2.378 CSRHIDTransitionDriver[0x5672e00](IOUSBCompositeDevice) GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) returned NULL
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver... done
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][FindInterfaces] mInt0InterruptMaxPacketSize = 16
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 2 orphaned unlinked files or directories
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel mDNSResponder[17]: SetDomainSecrets: mDNSKeychainGetSecrets failed error 0 CFArrayRef 00000000
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Nov 18 14:45:40: --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: 4.170.25.8.2yukon: Ethernet address 00:1b:63:96:3a:de
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1c:b3:77:77:d8
Nov 18 14:45:41 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (52617 17 52672)
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled port 0
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.distccdConfigd[44]): Exited with exit code: 255
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[36]: Login Window Application Started
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel org.ntp.ntpd[27]: Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: AppleTalk startup
Nov 18 14:45:42 rjosse-iMac-Intel bootlog[48]: BOOT_TIME: 1195393524 0
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpdate[58]: can't find host time.apple.com
Nov 18 14:45:45 rjosse-iMac-Intel blued[49]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started.
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel rpc.statd[33]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpdate[58]: no servers can be used, exiting
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: D113BE4C-EACE-44B4-A5C1-32140ED4714A
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel /usr/sbin/ocspd[66]: starting
Nov 18 14:45:51 rjosse-iMac-Intel kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Nov 18 14:45:52 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: AppleTalk startup complete
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:06: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel authorizationhost[81]: MechanismInvoke 0x127320 retainCount 2
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel SecurityAgent[82]: MechanismInvoke 0x12a370 retainCount 1
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel SecurityAgent[82]: MechanismDestroy 0x12a370 retainCount 1
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel authorizationhost[81]: MechanismDestroy 0x127320 retainCount 2
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: USER_PROCESS: 36 console
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[77]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[86]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/machinit_peruser.d/RemoteUI.plist
Nov 18 14:46:08 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[60]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Christelle Geiger's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:46:08 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[60]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Raphael Josse's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:46:09 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[9 6]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:09 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[9 6]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[98]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[98]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon[115]: Started
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x11011].com.stuffit.MagicMenu[111]: 2007-11-18 14:46:11.155 MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon[115:10b] Started
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSPostKillRequest(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x8008].com.apple.systemuiserver[96]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 17]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 17]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:47:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s3: replay_journal: from: 3197440 to: 5989888 (joffset 0x952000)
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s3: journal replay done.
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: event logs in /Volumes/Aristotle/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (45648 2 52766)
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: log dir: /Volumes/Aristotle/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 3DC60C6C-8E59-425A-A831-5C9FE4025DDC
Nov 18 14:48:55 rjosse-iMac-Intel Adium[140]: PGBContactTimeZonePlugin Loaded!
Next backup runs fine after fixing the drive :
Nov 18 14:49:02 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backup requested by user
Nov 18 14:49:02 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Starting standard backup
Nov 18 14:49:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb
Nov 18 14:49:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume Machiavel
Nov 18 14:49:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
Nov 18 14:49:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x22022].com.microsoft.Entourage[141]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:49:30 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x25025].com.microsoft.entourage.syncservices[150]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:51:12 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpd[27]: time reset +0.538285 s
Nov 18 14:54:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel /usr/sbin/ocspd[158]: starting
Nov 18 14:58:48 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 768.4 MB requested (including padding), 165.04 GB available
Nov 18 14:59:25 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Copied 1915 files (231.1 MB) from volume Machiavel.
Nov 18 14:59:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 491.4 MB requested (including padding), 164.80 GB available
Nov 18 14:59:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Copied 1282 files (93 bytes) from volume Machiavel.
Nov 18 14:59:30 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Starting post-backup thinning
Nov 18 14:59:33 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-141141: 164.82 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:34 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-131052: 164.83 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-124718: 164.85 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Post-back up thinning complete: 3 expired backups removed
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backup completed successfully.
Nov 18 15:04:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Entourage[141]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
Raf

When reading my report, I forgot to mention how the external hard drive is formatted :
Hard Drive FW/USB:
Manufacturer: LaCie
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B78070AD64B
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
Hard Drive FW/USB Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x110
Product Revision Level:
Sub-units:
Hard Drive FW/USB SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Aristotle:
Capacity: 297.97 GB
Available: 164.85 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/Aristotle
Raf

Best way to set up partitions on 250GB external drive

Hi all,
I've decided to go with an Iomega eGo 250-GB FireWire portable drive to back up my iBook's hard disk (30 GB) plus to store my photos and maybe hold a bootable copy of OS9.
This is my first time using an external drive, so I don't really know how to go about setting things up.
What would be the best way to set up the partitions on the external drive?
1) I know I should create a 30GB partition for the iBook backup, but what about for the remaining volume? Is it best to leave it as a single large 200GB partition, or split it into two 100GB chunks? Other than the clone of my iBook, I'll mainly be storing photos (at the moment no more than around 10-12GB).
2) I don't yet have a huge iTunes collection, but if I later want to store iTunes music that doesn't fit on my internal drive, is it fine to put it in the same partition as the photos, or would it be preferable to create a separate partition?
3) If I want to install OS9 on the drive, how much space should I allot to it? Would this enable me to run legacy apps on my iBook?
4) Does it matter how I name the partitions (i.e. should the name for my iBook back-up be the same as the original volume or should it be different?)
5) As I still don't know exactly what I need, If today I decide to create only 30GB partition to backup the iBook, can I later partition the remaining space without having to start all over again?
6) Also, the drive came out of the box with Mac OS Extended format. Is this the best format or is there another that would be better?
Thanks for any advice
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1) I know I should create a 30GB partition for the iBook backup, but what about for the remaining volume? Is it best to leave it as a single large 200GB partition, or split it into two 100GB chunks? Other than the clone of my iBook, I'll mainly be storing photos (at the moment no more than around 10-12GB).
2) I don't yet have a huge iTunes collection, but if I later want to store iTunes music that doesn't fit on my internal drive, is it fine to put it in the same partition as the photos, or would it be preferable to create a separate partition?
The answer to both question is that it's completely up to you. Partitioning or not partitioning won't affect operation significantly.
3) If I want to install OS9 on the drive, how much space should I allot to it? Would this enable me to run legacy apps on my iBook?
The iBook G4 can not boot from OS 9 so you would only be able to run OS 9 in the "classic" environment.
4) Does it matter how I name the partitions (i.e. should the name for my iBook back-up be the same as the original volume or should it be different?)
No
5) As I still don't know exactly what I need, If today I decide to create only 30GB partition to backup the iBook, can I later partition the remaining space without having to start all over again?
There are a few tools which promise the ability to change the partitioning without destroying the data on the drive. But you should never do this without making a backup of the data on the drive. Data loss can easily happen and in a big way.
6) Also, the drive came out of the box with Mac OS Extended format. Is this the best format or is there another that would be better?
That is the best format.

Moving iTunes library to an external drive converting to different format

I want to move entire iTunes library to an external drive. I've found several Mac 101's to help but those helps makes no sense. I should be able to move music to another drive and give iTunes the path to find it but that does not work.
All files are iTunes Plus including everything from Amazon but I want to convert everything to a mp3 or other format so all files are independent of iTunes. Lots of old music from CDs I imported and lots from iTunes as well as Amazon. I guess i could sit and burn everything to a physical cd but that would take months and hundreds and hundreds of cds. Can someone advise how I can convert these files and then move to an external drive?
I'm running mountain lion and version 10.7 of iTunes. Two external drives and 145 gigs of music. Any guidance will be most appreciated.
Thanks.

HI Limnos,
Thanks for the reply. Something I forgot (age) to mention, this quest to move the library is precipitated by the Mac drive is running out of space. While I still have about 50 gigs of room left, I was thinking I should just plan on opening up the space by moving the iTunes library.
The other reason is, I read an article about how upon ones death one can not bequeath ones digital music or book files to loved ones. IE; If all of the music was on LP's, tapes, cd's then this physical format can be left in ones final will. But according to what I read and trying to read the user policy by Apple, Amazon etc when one downloads music or a book or whatever that use policy says we don't own the material we only can read it or listen to it. When we die it dies with us. Several people in the article as well as myself believe this is crap. At one time I was purchasing content and then burning it. I stopped because I thought how silly to burn it, I have back ups on an external drive. Man was I wrong. If I have to I'll sit here in my last days and burn hundreds of cd's.
So realizing this, I want to take all my music files and save them to another drive as though this drive was hundreds of cd's. That way all those files in some other format can be played independent of iTunes or transfered to one of my kids PC's or a Mac if they get with the program. If the conversion process destroys the integrity of the file then I have no choice but to burn cd's.
In my estimation, I'm doing nothing wrong. I bought downloadable music just as if I'd bought cd's. I should be able to throw it away or give to my kids upon my death. The kids can decide what they want to do with it once I'm gone. I now no longer buy any music or books in a digital download. All content is purchased with a physical copy. That said, more content providers are moving towards downloads only or like Amazon and Apple towards the cloud and streaming. I realize all this gets into the fair use act but I think most people are unaware of this issue.

USB external drive not readable by mac but readable by windows

Hi, I have a usb external drive (Seagate FreeAgentDesktop Media) which works fine with windows xp but cannot be read by the mac. I reinstalled the mac a couple of days ago because it was being very slow and I had a bunch of junk on it. Anyway, after that, it won't read the external drive. It will give me an error message saying that the disk is not readable by the computer. Sometimes it will give me the message saying that the drive was unmounted improperly by windows and for me to unmount it correctly. When I go back to windows, it's there, then I restart and go back to mac, it'll give me the message that the disk is not readable. I have 2 of these drives and both of them have this issue. I also tried disk warrior but it says that the file system cannot be rebuilt. I tried USB flashdrives and they work. I got all the data off of one of the external drives into the other and I couldn't format or even erase the drive because it says that the permission was denied. However, I could format it and erase it with the installation DVD. But I had the same result no matter what format they were in. I have very important data on these drives and I really need to be able to use them with both operating systems. Thanks a lot!

Hi Schmerz Meister;
If DiskWarrior say it can rebuild the disk about your only other alternative it to reformat it.
This will of course destroy all data on the disk so make sure you have copies of the data elsewhere,
Allan

Best way to change Iphoto library referenced across multiple external drives

Hello,
I am relatively new to mac and I think I've gotten myself into trouble with my large collection of photos. I have a single iphoto library which references photos on multiple external drives. However, iphoto is now very slow to launch and I believe this is due to the number of photos (~160k+, I think) in the library. How should I reconfigure my iphoto library for better performance? I would still prefer to have a single library if possible, am willing to have multiple if necessary.
Is the best approach to destroy my iphoto library and recreate multiple libraries, one for each drive with the libraries being located on the external drives with the photos? Any negatives to this? I am really worried about losing photos.
From searching the forums I believe I have an approach but I am uncertain if it is the best way. Is the best approach to destroy my iphoto library and recreate multiple libraries, one for each drive with the libraries being located on the external drives with the photos? Any negatives to this? I am really worried about losing photos.
The library itself is on the main hard drive while the photos are spread across 3 external drives, with some on the main drive as well. I have been manually importing the photos through finder, then adding them to iphoto. I am using Iphoto 11.
Any tips, pointers, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

1 - a referenced library is extremely problematic and is strongly not recommended - especially one spread accross several volumes
2 - iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - can convert to a managed library - check the option to copy imported items to the iPhoto library and rebuil using IPLM
3 - this is likely to cure the slowness too
4 - multiple libraries are not necessary or desireable
5 - the only protection against losing photos is a great backup scheme - I run Time Machine giving me hourly backups and do a daily bootable clone giving a second backup - plus do an occasional off site backup
LN

Moving photos from external drive to iPhoto '11

OK. I'm going nuts. I recently purchased an iMac and I migrated all of the photos from my old G5 with no problems. All of my photos and their Album structures came along. Now, I also have a lot of different photos on a MacBook that is also running 10.6.6 and iPhoto '11. The MacBook is backed up onto an external drive which I am trying to use to move the photos to the iMac. I have tried what Terrence Devlin suggests. I tried to drag the MacBook iPhoto library into the iMac Pictures folder, but it asks me if I want to replace the existing iPhoto library. I most certainly do not. I don't want to lose anything that is already on the iMac.
I tried manually exporting folders from the external drive by clicking individual albums in iPhoto and "exporting" them to the iMac desktop, but not all of the photos come in the export, no matter which folder I try to export.
Yesterday, before I updated the laptop to iPhoto '11, I created a new iPhoto Library on the iMac and dragged the entire iPhoto Library from the MacBook into that new Library. It worked, however it all came over into one big album and my previous album structure was gone. There are waaaaay too many photos for me to go back through and sort them again. Did that happen because I was going from an older version of iPhoto to a newer version or will it happen again if I drag the MacBook iPhoto Library into a NEW library on the iMac? (I only ask before I try because it took several hours the first time.)
So what do I do? I want all of my photos on the iMac with my existing Album structure. If I have to do it Album by Album fine, but how? Selecting every photo from an album and dragging it to a folder on the desktop doesn't work either. I can always take every photo minus one. Weird.
Thanks,
John

What you want to do is merge the two Libraries? The only way to do this is to use the paid ($20) version of iPhoto Library Manager
I created a new iPhoto Library on the iMac and dragged the entire iPhoto Library from the MacBook into that new Library. It worked, however it all came over into one big album and my previous album structure was gone
Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
Regards
TD

Why does my external drive disappear from my desktop?

I am switching from PC to Mac. I have 2 externaldrives. Both have been formatted in FAT 32 by the MAC. When I plug them in the desktop and finder see them, then with both of them they have disappeared from the desktop and from finder. Still can be seen in disk utility and system profiler. How can I find them and why does this happen?

If you daisy chained then try without. May not be enough power to handle both at sme time. Other than that read some info:
1. Shut-down your Mac, and unplug the power cord
2. Turn the power off on your external FireWire devices
3. Unplug the FireWire devices from the Mac
4. Wait for 5 min.
5. Plug the power cord to your Mac only
6. For PPC Macs: Restart the Mac while holding the Option-Apple-O-F, and keep holding until you get the ">" prompt, then release the keys
7. At the ">" prompt type:
      reset-nvram and hit the Return key
      set-defaults and hit the Return key
      reset-all and hit the Return key
the last command will restart your mac
8. Shut down your Mac
9. Connect all your FireWire devices to the Mac and turn them on
10. Restart your Mac.
All your FireWire devices should reapear, if not repeat the procedure
How to avoid the issue :
The only really proven way to avoid burning up a FireWire port is to connect all devices and to turn them on PRIOR turning on the Mac. Likely, one must unplug them and turn them off AFTER the Mac has been turned off. If you need to connect another device, then you're on for a shutdown of your machine...  It's a tad annoying but it guarantees that the FW ports won't be damaged.  Be careful when using self powered devices such as webcams, iPods, hard drives or hubs, as they can destroy the port pretty easily. Another thing is to avoid daisy-chaining hard drives.
When the FW port doesn't respond anymore :
In this case, peripherals won't be mounted upon plugging, and won't be displayed in Apple's System Profiler. The self powered devices will still be fed by the port, but won't respond either.  It happens that the PHY just hangs after a surge or a random problem. Once hung, the port will not respond any longer, it is possible to reset the component by going through the following steps :
1° boot the PPC mac in Open Firmware by holding [ Apple key - Option - O - F ] after the startup chime.  2° you'll get to a command prompt. the keyboard mapping will be QWERTY, so pay attention when you type the following :  RESET-NVRAM (enter)  RESET-ALL (enter)  3° Now the mac should restart itself and the port should function properly again.  If it still doesn't work, then it means that the PHY is damaged.
http://www.hardmac.com/articles/16/
From Kappy post:
922 is only used in dual drive cases to provide a "build-in firmware RAID support"
912 or 912+ is FW800, the "+" means USB2
911 is FW400
924 adds eSATA support along with FW400/800
MacSales, OWC Tech Support library is where I would go first, as they do tend to have or links to, firmware updates for Oxford.
From Wiebetech:
I just upgraded my Mac OS, and now I'm having trouble with my FireWire device. What can I do?
A: With nearly every OS update Apple releases, some external drives are not recognized after the update. The typical symptom is that the device will not mount but the volume is visible and grayed out in Disk Utility. This means that the device is working properly, but the OS does not recognize the volume as mountable. Sometimes the drive does not show up at all.
The first thing to do is to see if repairing Permissions with Apple's Disk Utility First Aid feature solves the problem. If not, try repairing the disk with First Aid. Another possible solution is to zap the PRAM. This is done with a keyboard command while rebooting. Restart your computer and hold down the Command, Option, P and R keys. Consult the Apple web site for details.
If this does not work, then try pushing the PMMU reset button on the logic board. Consult the Apple web site for locations of the button for your Mac. If the drive still does not show up, shut down, disconnect all peripheral devices, and boot from the Mac OS Installation CD. The later the OS version, the better. Do not reinstall the OS, but when the Installer is loaded up and ready to begin, go to the File menu and use the Disk Utility program. Connect the drive that is having problems, then start the Disk Utility application. If you see the external drive and it is not grayed out, you know the drive is okay. Run Disk First Aid on it anyway. Then run it on your internal boot drive while you are at it. When done, unmount the external drive and UNPLUG it! Then restart the Mac.
When the Mac has restarted and is running on the internal boot drive, reconnect the external drive.

OK to repartition external drive w/data using Disk Utility (split in two)?

My Time Machine backup folder on my 500GB external drive just kept growing and growing, nearly filling the drive (which I use for other things). I read that one way to limit Time Machine's appetite is to point it to a partition that is only so big. (Apple: There should be a setttig for this in Control Panel.)
So, I've made 150GB of space on the external drive by deleting the old Time Machine backup folder (this is just for a few minutes, what are the odds the my MBP drive will die? I would like to create a new partition on the drive of, say, 125GB (for the the 100GB drive in my MBP). Then point Time Machine at it...
But I'm a little nervous to do this, since partitioning drives has historically led to significant pain and suffering. I've read that Disk Utility can repartition external drives, with data on them, safely. Is this true? Anyone have experience in this? Thanks.
...Rene

Rene,
No, you cannot dynamically re-partition that one, without first destroying all the data on it by making an initial partition of the entire drive (actually, a new partition map will often be written with a simple format of the drive, but that still destroys all data). In fact, the "Master Boot Record" (MBR) is a Windows thing, and prevents a few Mac functions.
Scott

Is RAID the solution to safeguard my external drive data?

I have a 1TB WD My Book attached to my iMac, which has about 10 years worth of 'stuff' on it. My son's baby pictures are probably the most precious in all of that.
I have another external 320GB hard drive connected that I use for Time Machine.
Recently, I thought I lost the WD My Book and my heart skipped a few beats - stopped - then kicked back into life. Needless to say, I'm very anxious at the moment.
I was thinking of getting another 1TB WD My Book (it's quite a bit cheaper now :-)), daisy chain the two drives, and create a RAID 1 set of the two 1TB drives.
Could the wise and kind souls of this forum advise if this would work, and indeed, if it is the best option for what I want to do?
I have toyed with getting a Drobo, but that company does not retail to Malaysia at this time.
Thank you.

azsharom wrote:
I have a 1TB WD My Book attached to my iMac, which has about 10 years worth of 'stuff' on it. My son's baby pictures are probably the most precious in all of that..
I guess my main consideration for RAID was that it would be 'real time mirroring/cloning' but since my data isn't mission critical - but more 'sentimentally critical', a Super Duper routine that does a copy of the 2 drives every time I shutdown, or something along those lines, may suffice.
If your most precious data is currently only on one drive, then a constant mirroring solution or daily connected clone solution is the wrong next step. You're skipping a more important step. You need to have a backup that is off site, or at the very least, usually disconnected or read-only.
Even with your current proposal, your data is too vulnerable. You could lose it in these ways.
a. A fire destroys the home. Both original drive and backup are destroyed.
b. A burglar steals your entire computer system, including all connected drives. Which means he also has your backup drive, and you have nothing.
c. A lightning strike hits your home electrical system. The computer and all connected peripherals are fried.
d. A glitch or bug corrupts a critical file, but you don't notice. That night, your backup routine copies that day's changes to your backup disk. Later, you try to open the critical file, but you discover that the original is corrupted, and the backup is also corrupted because the last good version got written over with the bad copy during the backup. You no longer have a good copy of that file.
If you don't already have your baby pictures and other similarly critical data already copied to a disk that is not always connected to your system, you are vulnerable to the above and more. If your most critical files fit on a few DVDs, put them on DVDs and store them at another location, like a relative's house or a safe deposit box. I do clone to external drives, but I only connect them during the backup; when not backing up they are locked away in a safe so that if something bad happens to the computer, maybe it won't also happen to the backup. And there is more than one backup drive so that I can have more than one version and one is kept off site and rotated in occasionally. And I started using Time Machine for more frequent backups, and more versions of changed files.
Automatic online mirror/clone or Time Machine = near term backups, can't be an archive
Multiple hard drives rotated off site = protection against disasters to on site storage
Read-only media like DVDs = long term archives of irreplaceable files

Time machine does not recognize my external drive

I have a perfectly good IOgear externaldrive with four partitions which I have used for years to backup files from variuos macs.
Upon connecting the drive to backup my current imac (os 10.6.8), it informed me that time machine would erase one of the 4 partitions in order to do the backup. Fine .After this happened, the partition simply disappeared from the Time machine menu, so I attempted to re-mount the external drive. The computer then gave me a message- 'the diskyou have mounted is not recognized by this computer.' Not very informative.
I attempted to use disk utility to repair the disk, no luck. Although botht the System disk and my external drive are recognized as in the same format, the external drive is 'not mounted' Tried disk repair, but says it cannot repair the disk.
Very disheartening, since I have used this external drive for years and have collected a massive number of files on it. Moreso since the system one depends upn for security ends up destroying your files My fear is that the information is not retrievable, that the drive will have to be reformatted, if that's possible. Any suggestions would be appreciated..>????

Yep, certainly looks that way. For 5 or 6 years I've been happily culling, backing up, and restoring files from/to my external drive, neatly arranged in 4 partitions.Ten minutes with Time Machine, and all that seems to be lost. I'm sorry I ever set eyes on that ugly little icon on my desktop.I can certainly understand an error occuring while erasing a partition, but rendering the entire drive useless and unretrievable? This should never happen, not in this day and age.
Sorry for the rant, but I'll never use Time Machine again...

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