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I was using a new app called DVD Creator PRO 3 when it locked up my computer. Being a newbie to Apple OS i did not know how to force quit the application and Command Q wasnt working so I turned the power off on the Mac Mini. When it rebooted my Superdrive was no longer visible, there is simply no device in finder or at the top of my screen. I restarted again, no change. I unplugged my Superdrive, and after 20 minutes plugged it back in (USB). Still nothing. Not sure what else to do?

Just for sake of clarity, is this what you did ?
You basically shut down the Mac properly,
unplugged the power cord,
    waited 15 seconds before plugging
      the power cord back in.
     You then waited 5 seconds.
       Finally you turned the Mac on.
          SuperDrive started working normally..

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I work for a university and teach IT courses to undergrad and graduate students. The details below are pertaining an isolated lab environment
I had a storage failure in my lab and the DCs became corrupt. This is a university lab environment so there isn't anything crucial on here. I just would rather avoid rebuilding the domain/forest and would rather use this as a learning experience with my
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Upon the promotion process, I get the following error message (also worth mentioning - the account performing these operations is a member of DA, EA, and Schema Admins)
The operation failed because:
Active Directory Domain Services could not create the NTDS Settings object for this Active Directory Domain Controller CN=NTDS Settings,CN=domainVMDC1,CN=Servers,CN=Default-
First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu on the remote AD DC domainVMDC2. Ensure the provided network credentials have sufficient permissions.
"While processing a change to the DNS Host Name for an object, the Service Principal Name values could not be kept in sync."
As you can see, this error seems odd considering. Now that I'm down to a single DC and DNS server, the sync should be corrected. I've run a repadmin /syncall and it completed successfully. Since then, I've run dcdiags and dumped those to a text as well and
here are my results...
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = domainVMDC2
* Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\domainVMDC2
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\domainVMDC2
Starting test: Advertising
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test Advertising
Starting test: FrsEvent
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test FrsEvent
Starting test: DFSREvent
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test DFSREvent
Starting test: SysVolCheck
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test SysVolCheck
Starting test: KccEvent
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test KccEvent
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test NetLogons
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: Replications
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test Replications
Starting test: RidManager
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test RidManager
Starting test: Services
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test Services
Starting test: SystemLog
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00001795
Time Generated: 12/18/2014 00:35:03
Event String:
The program lsass.exe, with the assigned process ID 476, could not authenticate locally by using the target name ldap/domainvmdc2.domain.school.edu. The target name used is not valid. A target name should
refer to one of the local computer names, for example, the DNS host name.
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test SystemLog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test VerifyReferences
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
For the partition
(DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=3098109a-ff99-41d4-8926-0e814ac8efde,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... ForestDnsZones failed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition
(DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=3098109a-ff99-41d4-8926-0e814ac8efde,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... ForestDnsZones failed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
For the partition
(DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=2f0b8ac0-2630-441a-891f-b5fcb91498a8,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... DomainDnsZones failed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition
(DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=2f0b8ac0-2630-441a-891f-b5fcb91498a8,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... DomainDnsZones failed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition
(CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we
encountered the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=Enterprise Schema,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... Schema failed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition
(CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=Enterprise Configuration,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... Configuration failed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : domain
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... domain passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
For the partition (DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu) we encountered
the following error retrieving the cross-ref's
(CN=domain,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu)
information:
LDAP Error 0x52e (1326).
......................... domain failed test CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : domain.school.edu
Starting test: LocatorCheck
......................... domain.school.edu passed test
LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
......................... domain.school.edu passed test Intersite
From what I can gather, there is a definite DNS issue but I don't have any stale records to the old DC stored anywhere. I've tried this with a new server as well and get similar errors...
At this rate I'm ready to rebuild the entire forest over again. I'm just reluctant to do so as I want to make this a learning experience for the students.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

As you can see, there seems to be some errors. The one that I did correct was the one around the _msdcs NS record being unable to resolve. For whatever, reason the name wasn't resolving the IP but all other NS tabs and records were. Just that one _msdcs
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that I should check the firewall settings. All three profiles are disabled in Windows Firewall (as they have been the entire time). Thank you in advance for your help!
C:\Windows\system32>dcdiag /test:dns /v
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
* Verifying that the local machine domainVMDC2, is a Directory Server.
Home Server = domainVMDC2
* Connecting to directory service on server domainVMDC2.
* Identified AD Forest.
Collecting AD specific global data
* Collecting site info.
Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu,LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectCategory=ntDSSiteSettings),.......
The previous call succeeded
Iterating through the sites
Looking at base site object: CN=NTDS Site Settings,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu
Getting ISTG and options for the site
* Identifying all servers.
Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu,LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectClass=ntDSDsa),.......
The previous call succeeded....
The previous call succeeded
Iterating through the list of servers
Getting information for the server CN=NTDS Settings,CN=domainVMDC2,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=school,DC=edu
objectGuid obtained
InvocationID obtained
dnsHostname obtained
site info obtained
All the info for the server collected
* Identifying all NC cross-refs.
* Found 1 DC(s). Testing 1 of them.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\domainVMDC2
Starting test: Connectivity
* Active Directory LDAP Services Check
The host
3a38b19c-4bb3-4542-acb6-9e5e97cc15c4._msdcs.domain.school.edu
could not be resolved to an IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP,
server name, etc.
Got error while checking LDAP and RPC connectivity. Please check your
firewall settings.
......................... domainVMDC2 failed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\domainVMDC2
Test omitted by user request: Advertising
Test omitted by user request: CheckSecurityError
Test omitted by user request: CutoffServers
Test omitted by user request: FrsEvent
Test omitted by user request: DFSREvent
Test omitted by user request: SysVolCheck
Test omitted by user request: KccEvent
Test omitted by user request: KnowsOfRoleHolders
Test omitted by user request: MachineAccount
Test omitted by user request: NCSecDesc
Test omitted by user request: NetLogons
Test omitted by user request: ObjectsReplicated
Test omitted by user request: OutboundSecureChannels
Test omitted by user request: Replications
Test omitted by user request: RidManager
Test omitted by user request: Services
Test omitted by user request: SystemLog
Test omitted by user request: Topology
Test omitted by user request: VerifyEnterpriseReferences
Test omitted by user request: VerifyReferences
Test omitted by user request: VerifyReplicas
Starting test: DNS
DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
See DNS test in enterprise tests section for results
......................... domainVMDC2 passed test DNS
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : domain
Test omitted by user request: CheckSDRefDom
Test omitted by user request: CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : domain.school.edu
Starting test: DNS
Test results for domain controllers:
DC: domainVMDC2
Domain: domain.school.edu
TEST: Authentication (Auth)
Authentication test: Successfully completed
TEST: Basic (Basc)
Error: No LDAP connectivity
The OS
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (Service Pack level: 0.0)
is supported.
NETLOGON service is running
kdc service is running
DNSCACHE service is running
DNS service is running
DC is a DNS server
Network adapters information:
Adapter [00000010] vmxnet3 Ethernet Adapter:
MAC address is 00:50:56:A2:2C:24
IP Address is static
IP address: *.*.100.26
DNS servers:
*.*.100.26 (domainVMDC2) [Valid]
No host records (A or AAAA) were found for this DC
The SOA record for the Active Directory zone was found
The Active Directory zone on this DC/DNS server was found primary
Root zone on this DC/DNS server was not found
TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
Recursion is enabled
Forwarders are not configured on this DNS server
Root hint Information:
Name: a.root-servers.net. IP: 198.41.0.4 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: b.root-servers.net. IP: 192.228.79.201 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: c.root-servers.net. IP: 192.33.4.12 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: d.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.91.13 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: e.root-servers.net. IP: 192.203.230.10 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: f.root-servers.net. IP: 192.5.5.241 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: g.root-servers.net. IP: 192.112.36.4 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: h.root-servers.net. IP: 128.63.2.53 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: i.root-servers.net. IP: 192.36.148.17 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: j.root-servers.net. IP: 192.58.128.30 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: k.root-servers.net. IP: 193.0.14.129 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: l.root-servers.net. IP: 199.7.83.42 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Name: m.root-servers.net. IP: 202.12.27.33 [Invalid (unreachable)]
Error: Both root hints and forwarders are not configured or
broken. Please make sure at least one of them works.
TEST: Delegations (Del)
Delegation information for the zone: domain.school.edu.
Delegated domain name: _msdcs.domain.school.edu.
Error: DNS server: domainvmdc2. IP:<Unavailable>
[Missing glue A record]
[Error details: 9714 (Type: Win32 - Description: DNS name does not exist.)]
TEST: Dynamic update (Dyn)
Test record dcdiag-test-record added successfully in zone domain.school.edu
Warning: Failed to delete the test record dcdiag-test-record in zone domain.school.edu
[Error details: 13 (Type: Win32 - Description: The data is invalid.)]
TEST: Records registration (RReg)
Network Adapter [00000010] vmxnet3 Ethernet Adapter:
Matching CNAME record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
3a38b19c-4bb3-4542-acb6-9e5e97cc15c4._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.a9241004-88ea-422d-a71e-df7b622f0d68.domains._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kerberos._tcp.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kerberos._udp.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kpasswd._tcp.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Matching SRV record found at DNS server *.*.100.26:
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.domain.school.edu
Error: Record registrations cannot be found for all the network
adapters
Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain
controllers:
DNS server: 128.63.2.53 (h.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 128.63.2.53
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.112.36.4 (g.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.112.36.4
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.203.230.10 (e.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.203.230.10
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.228.79.201 (b.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.228.79.201
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.33.4.12 (c.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.33.4.12
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.36.148.17 (i.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.36.148.17
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.5.5.241 (f.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.5.5.241
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 192.58.128.30 (j.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.58.128.30
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 193.0.14.129 (k.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 193.0.14.129
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 198.41.0.4 (a.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 198.41.0.4
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 199.7.83.42 (l.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 199.7.83.42
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 199.7.91.13 (d.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 199.7.91.13
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: 202.12.27.33 (m.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 202.12.27.33
[Error details: 1460 (Type: Win32 - Description: This operation returned because the timeout period expired.)]
DNS server: *.*.100.26 (domainVMDC2)
All tests passed on this DNS server
Name resolution is functional._ldap._tcp SRV record for the forest root domain is registered
Summary of DNS test results:
Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg Ext
Domain: domain.school.edu
domainVMDC2 PASS FAIL FAIL FAIL WARN FAIL n/a
......................... domain.school.edu failed test DNS
Test omitted by user request: LocatorCheck
Test omitted by user request: Intersite

Pioneer BDR-202 hard reboots system in Encore CS3

I am having a problem where Encore CS3 hard reboots when building my project at the point where it starts to actually write data to disc. The weird thing is it works absolutely fine with a BD-RE and will not work at all with BD-R media from the same manufacturer (TDK). I've tried creating an image and then burning, and it still happens. I'm not sure what's wrong and I really don't want to be stuck with a drive that only does BD-RE's (which we just ended up having to send to a client).
After the system hard reboots, Windows XP comes back up stating it recovered from a serious error and when I look into the error it appears device driver related, though it doesn't say exactly which driver. I've also tried using IMGBURN software and the Roxio software that came with the drive and I get the same problem.

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Hello, pjcad48.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you are experiencing an issue with charging your iPad. Here is an article that I would recommend going through for this. If these troubleshooting steps do not resolve the issue then see the section labeled Get more help.
If you can’t charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203030
Cheers,
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Is it possible that BootCamp destroyed something of the hardware? Moreover, what more can I do to "reset" my MacBook to its original state, additionally to putting a new HDD in it? I think and hope that no hardware is damaged, so a total reset of all possible properties could probably help me. Will I have to flash the EFI? Is that even possible?
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Hello, Grandma Mo.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I would first make sure all updates have been processed for the computer and iTunes. You may need to place the device in recovery mode before iTunes will recognize the device. Here is the article that explains that process.
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If the device is still not recognized by iTunes, see the steps in the two articles below.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591
Cheers,
Jason H.

My G5's hard drive died after doing a software update while iPhone was connected.

My G5's hard drive was corrupted and unbootable after doing a software update while my iPhone 4 was connected. Coincidence or related?
Attempts at rebooting produced the file folder icon with flashing question mark. It's been a LONG time since I last saw that.
Disk Utility/First Aid reported that drive had "invalid node structure." The disk could not be repaired because it "could not be unmounted."
Is the failure possibly related to the iPhone being connected at the time of the software update and restart?

Possible the iPhone had something to do with it, but I like to make sure the Disk Directory & Permissions are good before any update.
Was that Repair/Verify done when booted from the Install Disc?
You must repair the HD, if Disk Utility or fsck should fail to repair it then...
Your best bet is DiskWarrior, you need the CD/DVD though.
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
But others that may work…
Drive Genius…
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php
TechTool Pro…
http://www.micromat.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=83

Login Screen freezes after Lion 10.7.2 upgrade - needs 3 hard reboots

Just upgraded my 21.5" late 2009 iMac to OS X Lion 10.7.2.
0. Power up from cold start: login screen appears, and mouse works, but clicking on users does not bring up the password box. No option except for hard reboot.
1. Hold down power button until it shuts down. Power up, still no respponse (see 0.).
2. Hold down power button until it shuts down. Power up, still no respponse (see 0.).
3. Hold down power button until it shuts down. Power up, responds normally, can login (or start computing if login screen is bypassed).
I saw messages (mostly for MacBook Pros) dating back to July/August 2011 with similar problems. But none for 10.7.2, and none where it consistently takes 3 hard reboots to get a response. I tried all of the suggestions that applied: SMC reset, repair disk permissions, change password, bypass login screen. If I use automatic login, it boots up into my desktop and all the services seem to start. The mouse works, but nothing responds when I click on it (see 0.).
Any ideas?
thanks,
david

Thanks lynque. It turns out I did need a keychain repair, but that didn't fix the problem. I probably should have done this earlier, but I ended up unplugging all peripherals (2 firewire + 3 USB) then powered up without issue.
So I shut down, plugged in one at a time, and ran into the problem again after plugging in an external hard drive (WD My Book Essential). I repaired with disk utility, but the problem remained.
I then rebuilt the partitions with Disk Warrior, and now everything seems to work....

Iphone stuck on 'plug into itunes' symbol - even after hard reboot

Deciding to update my iphone 3G with the most current version release, my computer 'blue screened' while putting the updates on the iphone. Now my computer does not recognise any operating system (not good!) and my iphone (even after hard reboot) does not get past the 'plug into itunes' symbol.
How do I fix my iphone? - I don't want to reset it to factory settings as my computer with everythihng on it (songs, movies, apps, contact, etc) no longer works!
Any ideas, other than going to the Genius Bar and hoping they can fix it?
Thanks
Jo

Place the device in DFU mode (google it) and restore.
Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 40
These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. Follow Troubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

In Final Cut Pro I was trying to move an Event Library from one hard drive to another as explained in the Help section. After doing so, I received a message that my event is already open with the same identifier as the new one I just creat

In Final Cut Pro I was trying to move an Event Library from one hard drive to another as explained in the Help section. After doing so, I received a message that my event is already open with the same identifier as the new one I just created on the new disk. It says the second document cannot be opened and to move one of these documents out of your Final Cut Events folder. It also says to avoid this problem, copy events from within Final Cut Pro, but that is what I did in the first place. What should I do to avoid the double opening conflict?

What exactly are you doing and what version are you using with OS X 10.8?

Why does my iPhone 5 take very grainy flash photographs in the dark will a hard reboot be safe to do to try to fix or is it a hardware issue?

Why does my iPhone 5 take very grainy flash photographs in the dark will a hard reboot be safe to do to try to fix or is it a hardware issue?
And By hard boot I mean holding the home and power button down at the same time for 10 seconds or whatever
I see other people have these grainy flash photographs if you try to take a picture in darkness the picture comes out very dark and grainy I thought the software would ultimately fix this but it's been going on for over a year I usually take my photographs in daylight but I need this to be fixed
If it is a hardware issue I hope Apple will replace my iPhone 5 because I was just waiting for one of the iOS updates to fix it I bought my phone in November 2012 its the iPhone 5
Please help or advise if you can was this just a software or hardware issue I know Apple was aware of it but I was advised that iOS update would fix it but obviously not
Is it safe to do a hard boot on my iPhone five by holding the power and home button at the same time for 10 or 20 seconds I saw someone said that fixed there's at least temporarily
I'm typing this on my iPhone five right now why do the words go off to the left and right no matter if I hold the phone vertical or horizontal the words bleed off to left right so for me to proofread it I have to move my text left to right to proof read it
Thank you

The flash on a smartphone camera is tiny. It only lights up a very small area right in front of the camera. It won't light up the whole scene.
Have you seen the size of the flash on a professional camera? Even they can't light a whole scene in the dark.
Fact is, a smartphone camera is not capable of taking good photos in the dark, even with the flash.
You'll need to buy and learn how to use a professional, dedicated SLR camera to be able to take good photos in the dark. It is not easy.

Mac Pro 2009 Raid Set Lost after Hard Reboot

We have a newer Nehalem based Mac Pro with a 2009 Black Apple Hardware Raid card. The Hard Drive Configuration is: 4 x 2TB Western Digital drives setup as a Raid 1+0 array providing 4TB of space with what we believed to be optimal performance and redundancy. We had two volumes / partitions configured on the array, one 120GB for the OS and the remaining 3.8TB for data.
Everything was working fine when the server froze up. ON the Screen an error message said there is a problem with your Raid controller, Please open Apple Raid Utility.. Unfortunatly when we tried to do that we just got a spining beachball. We tried to open finder and it beachballed. We tried to force quit and nothing working. Finally we were left with no choice but to do a hard restart of the server and turn the machine off and then back on.
When the server came back on it would not boot up. We were greeting with the Folder with a Queston Mark. We booted from the Mac 10.6 Snow leopard Server Disk and opened up Apples Raid utility software. Much to our shock the Raid Set and the two Volumes were not shown in the Utility. However all 4 of the drives were listed and all being shown as Green light good status, but listed as "Roaming". We weren't sure what to do, the volumes weren't accesible since they didn't exist, the Raid set wasn't there, there was no way to run something like Data Rescue Recovery software. We tried calling Apple and have to wait until they open this morning. After looking online at various forums we came accross this problem with no solutions. Most of the people with the problems had the older 2006 Blue Raid card, and this appeared to be a common issue amoung others with the older card. I decided to try and re-create the Raid 1+0 set. However as soon as I did that I was prompted by Raid Utility that the drives I was selecting to use for the Raid set were already a part of another raid set and using them would delete the data on the set. I obviously canceled the process. Crazy enough the system knows the drives belong to a Raid set but doesn't realize it should know what the raid set information is.
We were using Mac OS 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Server, and I even tried installing and updating an external drive with 10.6.7 Server and booted from the drive from the machine and try to run Raid Utility. That did not work either. Any advice from anyone would be awesome. I'm worried what Apple is going to say when I do get a hold of them, the system is under Apple Care warranty. Thanks in advance for anyone's time.

I haven't lost data, but in my 2010 Mac Pro with 2009-vintage Apple RAID card, it has this Really Annoying Habit of constantly losing Disk 3 (the spare) in my 4x2 TB internal RAID5 array whenever I have to do a hard reboot.
I keep having to re-mark the now-"Roaming" drive as a Spare and then wait 8+ hours for it to rebuild the array ... grrr.
I saw an Apple KB article that suggests removing the Roaming disk and re-inserting it. Duh. Fat lot of good that did. Really wish there was some answer to this issue ... hard reboots should NOT cause array disks to go from "Assigned"/good to "Roaming"!

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Have either of you had any luck with this issue. It began happening to me today when I was trying to purchase music on iTunes. I have purchased music and games in the past and have had no problem. Any help would be appreciated.

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