10.8 server shared drive graying out - then disappearing?

Hi,
Im new to the community and would really appreciate some help !!
I have installed two servers now (different hardware) macpro towers with 10.8.2 server and after a short period of time the shared drives gray out, the disapaer from the desktop.
Users can still connect across the LAN, the hardware is definately not daulty as i have swapped with new drives and rebuilt. Software was from the App's store as download.
Is this a server 10.8 bug?
Any help appreciated
tricky1234

Hi Simon,
Thanks for the reply.
Its the hard drive on the server its self that is disapearing, so when you are on the server screen the "work" hard drive (which is independant to the sysem HD) is dispappearing. This is happening on two server on two different locations and networks - all the hardware is 100% and the LAN users can still connect to the server share and copy and save.
The issue is on the server its self. The drive disappears and not even viewable in the finder - only way to access it is via "go" - "go to folder".
In disk utility the drive is there and is indicatig its mounted but its not !!!.....the server were both working fine for 2/3 weeks and the work drives were visable on desktop and fine, and in prefs the HD are set to be visable
Because its on two sites that are totaly indepndant the only common factor is both are running 10.8.2 server which indicates its a software / bug issue????
Hope that is clearer
Thanks again

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Command: servermgrd
Path: /usr/sbin/servermgrd
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5 servermgrd 0x00002920 0x1000 + 6432
6 servermgrd 0x000027c4 0x1000 + 6084
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After upgrading my 15-inch, Mid 2010 MacBook Pro to Mavericks (10.9 13A603) my NAS storage drives are grayed out in Finder. I can't go directly to my NAS drive in Finder. I can't simply click on the NAS drives in Finder and see what is in the directory. The directories are grayed out!.
In order for me to connect to my NAS stotage drive I have to go to "DEVICES" on the leftside of the Finder window and then click on the MacBook Pro HD. From there I have to click on "Network." From "Network" I can get a slow connection to my NAS.
As for as connection to other Macs in my office, I have to take the same steps above. I can't connect directly to the other Macs in my office in Finder. Nether can the other Macs connect to other Macs! All Macs in the office are set up to allow both AFP and SMB. However, one lonely 2009 iMac in our office is still on Mountian Lion and it can connect to other Macs and the our NAS without problems.
One strange things this, I can do a Screen Share to the other Macs from my 2010 MacBook Pro! I can't connect directly in Finder, but I can do a Screen Share. Strange!
Is there a fix for this or was Marverick let out the jungle to earily?
Help! and Thanks!

I forgot to add that everything was previously connected via an Airport express wireless system. I just got an Airport Extreme system which hasn't changed things a bit.

Difficulty sharing screen--grayed out

I set my mother-in-law up with a Mac Mini so that I could troubleshoot problems when she needed help. The ability to share screens via iChat is the main way we want to do this.
But when we were both on iChat, the ability to share her screen was grayed out. Under her video menu, "Screen Sharing Enabled" is grayed out.
Anyone have any idea what the problem might be? I can successfully share screens with others.
Is it an issue with the Mac Mini? Is a video camera and microphone required to share screens?

A Camera or Mic is not required to Screen Share although the Screen Sharing in iChat does include an Audio feed.
I have tried turning Off Share Screen option then selecting Microphone Enabled which in fact then Disables it. I can still turn On Screen Sharing again.
There is also a Show Audio (Video) Status (in the View Menu) which turns the Buddy Video and Audio icons Off. But these do not seem to effect things either.
Does she have System Preferences > Quicktime > Streaming set at 1.5Mbps ?
She will need to Restart iChat if she has to change.
Having said this, in Leopard if left at Automatic, iChat would be limited to 384k anyway which would be fast enough for Screen Sharing.
At this stage I am at a bit of a loss as to a Fix per se.
I would get her to try a Restart of the computer whilst holding down the Apple Key + ALT PR keys together until she hears three start up Bongs.
9:22 PM Friday; July 11, 2008

External Hard Drive Grayed Out?

External hard drive (Lacie) will not mount on finder. It shows up in Disc Utility, but the name is grayed out and when I click on "mount" nothing happens.
Is there any hope of getting that data back?
Thanks!

Click on the Repair Disk button with that disk selected in the Disk Utility; if the Disk Utility cannot repair it, an utility such as TechTool Pro or DiskWarrior might be able to, or you can try using Data Rescue to recover data from the drive without repairing any errors.
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IMovie '09 has all sharing options grayed out

My sister has been working on a video project, and she's been having a bunch of problems (can't add text, edits don't save, etc.) I decided to try exporting the entire movie and then re-importing to add text. Unfortunately, the entire "Share" menu is grayed out. Other things (like Project Properties, Duplicate, and Move to Trash) are grayed out as well.
I have not been hanging over her shoulder while she does this, so I can't give detailed information on what may have caused it. She is not an administrator and has very little computer knowledge. I have an iMac (Early 2008) with iMovie '09.
What can I do?

IT sounds like she is working with an Event, which is the source footage. She needs to start a project and drag clips from the Event into the Project. Then the Share menu will be active, you can add titles, etc.

HT4864 My icloud incoming mail server info is "grayed out" How do I fix this?

My iCloud incoming mail server is grayed out. Also my iCloud and Gmail accounts are showing offline. I just did update to Mountain Lion 2 days ago and now I cannot send mail.

New Info
Re: Messages Menu Commands Greyed Out
A simple solution...
After much troubleshooting, I have isolated the issue with the greyed out "Messages" app menu. The problem is due to the truetype font Apple Gothic missing which is required for the AppleID login window when you first launch Messages. You can just hit skip when the dialog box comes up, but until you do so the full messages menus are not available. So to fix, just drop AppleGothic.ttf in <bootdrive>/Library/Fonts and Messages 8.x should launch correctly. Apple should have really included this font in <bootdrive>/System/Library/Fonts since it is required for one of their Apps
Many people in the prepress or graphics arts fields will likely run into this issue when they customize fonts.
8:22 pm Wednesday; July 9, 2014
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

IPhoto sharing command grayed out

I am running a brand new 20" Intel iMac with Leopard 10.5.1. I successfully initiated video chat with my brother's MacBook running Tiger. I successfully put up PDF's and JPG's on his screen by dragging them onto the video window or using the "Share a File With iChat Theater" command.
However, I couldn't access the "Share iPhoto With iChat Theater" command. It is permanently grayed out. My brother thought it was because he was not on Leopard, but this doesn't make sense to me. Even when I am not chatting with anyone, the "Share a File With iChat Theater" command is black but the "Share a File With iChat Theater" command is grayed out.
It seems like iChat doesn't recognize that I have iPhoto '08 installed. I did manually install iPhoto '08 off the Apple installation discs after doing an clean install of the whole system (Leopard was not pre-installed). iPhoto '08 has been working great on its own. But I can't access it from iChat.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?
Jason

More follow-up, since I have seen this discussed a lot in other threads... I just chatted with my parents, who don't have Leopard, and was able to share photos and movies via both menu commands and drag and drop. On their screen, the images filled the screen and the small window remained with their own video feedback. On my screen, their video filled the screen and the images I was presenting filled the small window. So, this tells me that without Leopard on both the sending and receiving sides, you don't get the side-by-side iChat Theater presentation.
I also went to the Apple Store at the mall and played with iChat Theater on two Leopard laptops. When I shared any image or video, the video feedback of myself disappeared and was replaced by the shared content on a large angled window. The incoming video from the other party went into the small angled window at the bottom left. However, the other party saw both me (in the small angled window) and the shared content (in the large angled window), just like in Steve Jobs' presentation. What's more, I was able to continue running special effects, including background effects, while sharing content. In other words, the other party could see the shared video in the large window and the special effect video of me in the small window, simultaneously. Powerful stuff.
When I was chatting with my parents, though, I was not able to run the background effects simultaneously while sharing content. The normal special effects (Twirl, etc) were available, but the other two pages of effects didn't even show up in the Effects window. Clearly, there is some dynamic throttling of capability going on in the app, just as others have suggested.
Finally, I would note that, at some point at the Apple Store, I could no longer get the shared content to go into the side-by-side Theater mode. I could still share content, either through menu commands or through drag and drop, but it would always fill the screen. I brought an employee over and he played around for a while looking for a toggle switch, but to no avail. I figured it was a memory problem and suggested restarting iChat. When we did that, it fixed the problem and the side-by-side Theater mode was restored for images, videos, Keynote presentations, etc.
I thought these were some very interesting experimental results that gave me better insight into the behaviors of iChat Theater. Hopefully someone else can benefit from this information.
Jason

Connect to Server: Guest option grayed out

This has worked for me previously, but now it doesn't.
I need to connect to a file server as guest. Well the Guest radio button is now grayed out. What have I done, and how do I get it back?
Thanks!!
VV

I jumped to the conclusion that it was something that I had done (I am new to OSX). The administrator of the server had changed the authentication method without my knowledge. Guest logins are no longer valid on this box.
Thank you for your help and sorry for the trouble.
VV

IPhoto library grayed out, or disappears

Because my old iMac has such a tiny hard drive, I have to keep my iPhoto library on an external hard drive. This seems to create troubles like:
1) Sometimes when I start up iPhoto, the iPhoto library is missing.
2) Other times, the library is there, but it's grayed out.
I have a second external hard drive that I keep a backup on. My current situation is that when I try to open iPhoto using my original library, it's grayed out. When I open the library in the Finder, it is not. I tried copying the iPhoto library from my backup external drive to the original external drive, but it failed. Currently I'm using the backup version to look at my pictures, but I want to get the library back on my primary external drive before I add any pictures or make changes. I have about 10,000 pictures and I've already lost a year's worth of pictures and metadata on even more due to the library disappearing.
Questions:
1) What can I do to keep the library from either disappearing or becoming grayed out?
2) Why won't the library copy to the original external drive from the backup?
3) What can I do to resolve my current issue with the least risk of losing my backup version?
(Using iPhoto of iLife '08)

My current situation is that when I try to open iPhoto using my original library, it's grayed out.
What method are you using to select the Library? Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'? If so, iPhoto won't open this Library because it does not see a valid Library file there.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 08* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Event Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
When I open the library in the Finder, it is not.
Do you mean by clicking on the Library Icon? In iPhoto 08 this simply opens the +last opened library+ not necessarily the Library you click on.
Regards
TD

Some audio clips suddenly grayed out, waveform disappeared, not working

In CS6 on my MacBook Pro, I was all done editing several sequences and exported them via Media Encoder so that I could have video files to upload to the web. When I looked at the final video files that came out, 4 out of the 6 were missing the audio from the A1 track. I went back into the project file and found that the audio seemed to have disappeared from those particular sequences. The waveform no longer appears and it's grayed out. This is very strange since two of my sequences were fine and exported correctly.
I was able to double click the original audio source files in the project browser and the audio played fine from that. I took a clip from the source file and dragged it into the affected sequence and that particular clip's audio played fine too. The audio files are all .wav format.
I read other posts about similiar issues. I tried cleaning my media cache database. I also tried deleting preferences using Shift+Command when opening Premiere. I really don't want to have to go back and find all the audio clips and drag them in again!!

i'm afraid i don't have a useful answer for this one...
if the POD has level controls of its own (knobs, sliders, whatever), what you're seeing is generally the normal condition:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#volumesliderdisabled
perhaps someone else has an idea why this worked before.

Migrate from File Server Shared Drives to Document Libraries, while Keeping Modified and Created Date

I am doing some file migration for a client, using SharePoint 2013 on prem.
Whether copying files from a local or network drive, to a Document Library, or from Document Library to other Document Library, I want the option of
preserving file dates and created/modified by fields.
I am developing a pretty cool tool in Excel to analyze files and directory names for restricted characters, large file sizes, and long path names...and then
it generates copy commands or rename commands as desired. I will share this with you if you like. This little glitch is the last remaining barrier.
Can we copy and retain Modified/Created Data and time? Can I do this using xcopy or robocopy or do I need to use powershell, ShareGate, or some other tool?
I have tried Windows Explorer drag-n-drop, "robocopy /COPY:DAT" and "xcopy /k"
and these seem to work great in th CMD window until you display the resulting files in SharePoint...and the modified date shows as now and modified by
shows as me.
Any suggestions you can provide are most welcome.

Hi Gerry,
try content matrix it gives you free 25 GB and it keeps metadata
http://www.metalogix.com/Products/Content-Matrix/Features.aspx
Kind Regards, John Naguib Technical Consultant/Architect MCITP, MCPD, MCTS, MCT, TOGAF 9 Foundation

CD/DVD Optical drive appears and then disappears, replacement also does not show up

My laptop: HP Pavilion dv9601AU
I have read a similar post here but my problem is different. My problem is that the DVD drive *sometimes* show up in My Computer and *sometimes* dont. Even the BIOS does not detect it. When I formatted my laptop with Windows 7, to my surprise it was gone. But it appeared again and I somehow installed all the required drivers from my driver DVD.... then it dissapered again. It never came back.
Failed attempt 1: I tried to re-format the PC using virtual drive but the problem persists.
Failed attempt 2: Thinking it to be a physical loose connection, I took it to local HP service station, they removed the drive, put it back firmly, but in vain.
Failed attempt 3: They attached other similar optical drive but to my surprise, the new drive was also not detected.
Failed attempt 4: I tried Microsoft's "Fix It" thing and also read about removing "upper filters" and "lower filters" in registry. However, I didnt have any of those filters entry in the first place so no question about making changes to the registry.
Facts:
1) The drivers are installed. There should not be any problem with the drivers.
2) The lens is perfect. I was able to install all the drivers from DVD when the drive appeared for a short period of time.
3) The HP logo tht appears upon starting the laptop lingers for a longer period of time compared to what it was doing so when the drive was fine.
4) The boot menu does not show the optical drive.
5) I live in India where normal room temperatures go upto 42 degrees Celcius and my laptop gets much much warm most of the times. I think some damage has been done to the internal circuitry.
Please, if somebody can provide me a solution to this. How can I get back my DVD Drive working. The support personnel here are having no clue (especially after learning the fact that their new optical drive also didnt show up) I hope I get some guidance from you guys as what should I do next. Please help me.
Message Edited by jal_desai on 10-09-2009 06:51 AM

I am having the exact same problem with my customer's dvd drive sometimes showing up during boot (BIOS) and sometimes not. Also ran full system diagnostic software and everything else tests fine, although the drive is not showing present. I have also tried 2 different drives but they do the same thing. I would go on to say that if you always left the dvd drive out of the laptop, your boot problems would probably go away. This would then tell you that it's not your drive at all, but the connections on the MOBO or the traces (wires) connecting the drive to the MOBO.
I work on computers and have for several years and most times this is related to a MOBO issue since that is the only item left in this situation. You know it's not the drive since it's been replaced with the same issue so drivers/firmware are not the case. I am assuming you have already updated the BIOS as well, but this shouldn't matter. There could be a dirty contact, faulty component, or a bad trace (wire) on the MOBO which is almost always harder to fix and is better to just replace the MOBO. However, replacing the MOBO is usually expensive when you have to buy the part and then pay someone to install it making it not usually the best option. Even if it is a dirty contact, it was probably caused by something that was spilled which could cause problems later. In this case, I am probably just going to recommend disabling the internal dvd drive and buying a slim external usb dvd drive, and then saving their money for a new laptop. You will still have to wait through a slower boot while staring at the HP screen, but I don't think replacing the MOBO is the most economical thing to do, unless you are the manufacturer and have several laying around.
I know this isn't good news, but it is what I've found to be the case in my experiences. Anybody else care to chime in?

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