Big 7.5 problems

I upgraded to 7.5 and now when I dock my iPhone, after about a 15-20 second wait, I get a notification that the iPhone cannot be synced with iTunes because syncing is not enabled on this computer. It asks if I would like to enable it and I click Yes. Then I get a warning that syncing could not be enabled and my options are Override and OK. No matter which one I click it goes ahead and syncs but the next time I dock it the same thing happens.
Also, after the update Spotlight is missing from my menu bar. Command-space does nothing. How do I get it back and stop this syncing problem???

I have a PowerMac G5 2.0 Ghz with 4 GB of RAM running OS 10.4.10. I have an iTunes library of 9028 songs presently. With the new iTunes 7.5, every time I start the program it takes approximately 2 minutes of the spinning beach ball before I can use it. I really don't know what it's doing, other than perhaps figuring out what my music library is (every time I start the program).

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Big Time Capsule Problems

I'm having big problems with my time capsule.
I've had it a week and the first backup is not yet done. Today I have spent 6 hours watching it say 'preparing' but never backing up. Now it is saying 'failed' because 'The backup disk image could not be mounted.' What is going on?
Please help - I've spent nearly a week on this and I'm sick of it. It's not what I xpect from apple.

I have been having problems with Time Capsule being unable to create disk image or not mounting, on and off since I got it about a year ago. I have gleaned a series of different assists, which I apply en mass, each time I need to reset and start all over.
Here are the key things to do to rid it of gremlins. (I don't know whether they all help or one is the key to my problems)
1/ Network name. In system folder> Sharing make sure there is a name of your network. Less than eight characters and no punctuation.
2/ Run disk utility to verify and repair disks
3/ In TC preferences, select no disc.
4/ Turn off TC at wall.
5/ Delete the sparse bundle (Created by TC)
6/ Erase the disk (In disk utility), if it will allow you
7/ Change name of Time capsule in TC preferences. Same again, less than 8 and no punctuation
8/ Turn back on and select disk, newly named disc.
9/ Try backing up.
Even if you have done some of these before, I always need to make minor adjustments to the disc or network names to kickstart it again. This will necessitate a 24hour full HD backup to take place, and will wipe what is already on your disc.

Big and strange problem with my Zen Touch, please he

I have had my Zen Touch since October and I have never had a problem with it, but suddenly yesterday I stopped for no obvious reason, it just froze.
I have since tried to reset it a number of times, and everytime it goes into something called "recovery mode", where I can "clean up", "format all" "reload firmware" or "reboot". Only reboot works, when I try to choose the other options it just says "harddisk problem".
I have then tried to upgrade the firmware through USB 2.0, but it freezes shortly into the process...
So now I don?t know what to do, I really hope that some of you can help me... Thanks a lot

Well that's a big problem, but it's certainly not a strange one. In fact, it seems to happen to pretty much every Zen Touch ever.Last time it happened to mine I fixed it by putting the player in its case and dropping it on the floor. I'm not even joking.Edit: By the way, this usually means the hard dri've is stuck, particularly if your player is new. Smackin' it around a little really does help.Message Edited by debaser on 04-06-2005 02:8 AM

LaCie d2 Big Disk power problem / failure

I've always been a fan of LaCie drives until recently when I started hearing some horror stories about drives crashing. I've got a couple of LaCie Firewire drives, 80GB Porsche design and a d2 Big Disk 320GB Triple Interface (Firewire 800/400 + usb2).
Suddenly I've had a horror story of my own...
During the past month I have noticed that the drive seemed to lose power and shut down without warning, which in turn caused my computer to freeze and crash. The drive was connected to my computer via the Firewire 800 connection and normally runs all the time that my computer is on. Since the problems began, I have been ejecting it and then turning it off when I haven’t been using it.
Then a couple of weeks ago the drive no longer turned on when the computer is booted up and the power button on the drive has no effect. I have noticed that the power supply box light flickers when the power cable is connected to the drive. When I take the power cable out of the drive the light on the power supply remains on and constant.
So now I am left with a drive that's about 85% full (hours of my CD's uploaded in Apple Lossless format) and therefore I am incredibly anxious to save the drive but more importantly the data on it.
I haven't moved the drive in anyway and it certainly hasn't been dropped or damaged. Likewise nothing's happened to the power cable to subject it to any damage. Furthermore I haven't even installed any new software or hardware recently either.
I've contacted LaCie and my orignal supplier (Savastore) and they're both being backward about repair and warranty despite the fact that in Europe the product carries a 2-year warranty and it's only 18 months old.
Has anybody else experienced any similiar problems? Did you manage to resolve them?
Mark
PowerMacG4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) 1.25GHz, 1.25GB RAM, 167MHz Bus Speed Mac OS X (10.4.7) LaCie 80gb, LaCie d2 extreme (triple interface) 300gb, iPod Photo & Video 60gb

Well, the route of the problem was a malfunction with the the power supply inside the drive. I was lucky to find a 'friend of a friend' at LaCie who was able to fix the problem and save my data. Apparently LaCie's normal policy would have repaired my drive but as a matter of course they would have wiped the drive before it was returned and I would have lost everything. Let's just say I owe the 'friend of a friend' big time because data recovery would have been very costly.
Since the drive has been returned I have backed-up all of the data to a new Western Digital eSata drive. I'm now going to use the old LaCie drive for non-crucial items while I monitor its 'health'.

Lacie 500GB Big Disk Extreme problem.

I have a Lacie 500GB Big Disk Extreme (Triple Interface), that the Airport Extreme (n) is not mounting.
It's formatted as Mac OS Journalled, and works perfectly if connected directly to my MacBook Pro by USB or Firewire.
When connected to the AE(n), I get the following error message:
"Your AirPort base station is reporting the following errors:
Disk needs repair
Errors were found with a disk connected to your AirPort Base Station. Please connect the USB disk to your Mac or PC and use Disk Utility or another application to repair the disk."
I connected the drive to my MBP and ran Disk Utility, which reported no problems with the drive at all. After repeated attempts, with various cables, I updated the firmware on the drive to see if that would solve the problem. It didn't.
Anyone else having problems with their Lacie drives, especially those of you with the Big Disk Extremes?

Am trying to get my Lacie 300GB Big Disk triple interface to work with my (new) Airport Extreme - however it just doesn't recognise it through the USB port.
Problem A - my macbook works fine with the lacie through FireWire cables (which is what i've always used), but the disks don't mount when its plugged in through the USB.
Problem B - would the Hard Drive work on Airport Extreme if I had a powered hub (with firewire ports) plugged into the USB, and then link up the Lacie through the firewire?
cheers

Big fan noise problem: the rear fan won't shut off, the BIOS won't update, systemupdate locks up

I received new ThinkStaion (oh boy, lots of memory and CPU speed, yay!)
I unfortunately left the originally installed Vista OS on there. Very much regretting that as I believe it contributes to the following problems (BIOS).
So the original problem was that after just a month of using my new ThinkStation, the System Board died, and it had to be replaced. Honestly, all I did was choose the sleep or hibernate option in Vista to shut down. Afterwards,poof! didn't even get the proper Power lights on the system. I diagnosed this with the online docs and then sat for a few hours on our tech support line doing all the same things to re-diagnose it.
So after the replacement, the rear fan will not shut off. Jet engine noise all day. I went into the system settings and selected "Quiet" for the Fan settings but that did not help.
Research on this forum resulted in the possibility of a BIOS update fixing the problem. Comparison to my co-workers systems which arrived at the same time shows this BIOS is woefully out of date, so even if it does not fix the fan issue I want to update it. However, everything I've tried to do is failing for one reason or another.
(The fan issue does need resolution since in one week I will end up sharing an office (first time in many years, thanks IBM for nothing!) so since I don't want us both to have to wear noise cancelling headsets, I'd like to fix this without having to just pull the @#$@ power to the fan. Grrrr. )
I downloaded what I felt were the appropriate Lenovo apps to update both the BIOS and the serial number but none seem to work properly from the command line in Vista. One of the two (can't recall which) asks me to reboot and it never actually shuts down. Eternal "Shutting Down" message. Ga! The other throws some gosh awful
systemupdate le
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-69701
eternal reboot
BIOSD attempt:" 2xjy26usa
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-69701
error 1275 no admin priv - I AM the administrator account, there is no other acct to use!
Then I decided Vista might be the problem and found sites recommending flashing the BIOS from a bootable USB. So I started down that path and after burning the wrong version, finally geting the AIK Vista tools installed and to the point of trying to make the USB bootable, it won't allow me to put the OS boot on it. Ah, for the days when a simple "sys a:" took care of that.
So, after reformatting the USB and pounding my head in the wall, keyboard, etc. I am at my wit's end. What to do. I just want the fan noise to go away.
This does seem to duplicate other forum messages but I can't get anywhere on this. Help!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

FYI to all the helpful folks here (and any looking to shut their jet engine off as well): Flashing the BIOS did the trick.
First I had to find a website with DOS OS files and put those on the USB instead of Vista. Oldie but a goodie, but at least it booted! No other versions would.
I had been intending to use the WinPhlash utility that Lenovo supplied with the BIOS update but since I was booting from DOS that was useless. However, I found a DOS version of it and used that instead. Boom baby! Flashed and rebooted.
It did take two boots to get it back to normal (first one gave very alarming messages about no operating system being found but I think it was just a remnant of the reboot that was triggered from the DOS session). A second boot returned life to normal and blissful silence from the server. And I was finally able to get the model and serial number back in there to get rid of the bootup message it throws for that too.
Ahhhhhhh.
Thanks to all for the hints - I believe I had gotten the idea of flashing the BIOS to solve this from some other thread I found here. This is a very nice forum to have bookmarked.

Big hard drive problem after 10.8.5 supplemental update

Hello, I just tried installing the 10.8.5 supplemental update, but now I can't restart my iMac at all. It keeps trying to reinstall the update, and then shuts down. I can restart from the recovery HD, but I can't reinstall the previous software as it says that both of my disks are locked, the main HD and the recovery HD. I tried disk repair, but it says the main HD can't be repaired. Is there any way to unlock the disks? Any other options? Thanks.

You will have to do internet recovery OS X: About OS X Recovery
or Mountain Lion Recovery disk assistant OS X Recovery Disk Assistant v1.0
If you have a third party utility like disk warrior or techtool DiskWarrior 4 - The Disk Utility for Mac Disk Repair, Mac Directory Repair, Mac Disk Recovery, Mac Data Recovery or Techtool Pro 7
they might be able to fix your drive, but this is unlikely.
If you can get the drive repaired and you are still game for the update, I'd use the combo installer instead. A lot of people have had problems with the supplemental installer. I just used the combo installer the other day for a problem I was having with iTunes, worked like a charm. OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo)
If the recovery partition will let you, you might have to erase the drive and reinstall ML and reinstall your documents from backups, which I hope you have.
If it won't let you, and DW or TT or Disk Utility won't fix or erase your drive, then the drive has probably failed, and you'll have to replace it.

Oh no... Big PS Actions problems.

Good Morning!
I'm in a right old pickle, and could you some Photoshop wizardery.
I'll go in to as much detail as possible, so try not to get lost...
We have lots of Actions setup for the various products we design. These Actions when run, will take the image/product we have and resize, save, resize again, and save again in various locations across a network. We've had these actions since way back, like CS2, and they've worked like a dream right through to CS5 for a short while, then all of sudden, BOOM, when it comes to the save file command in the action, its starting renaming the file to a file thats already in the destination folder - resulting in wrong file names for images, let me explain further...
example:
i have a destination folder called MUSIC POSTERS (one of many folders the action saves to) on a backup computer on the network.
In this folder i have:
GUNS N ROSES.jpg
MOTORHEAD.jpg
EMINEM.jpg
If i take a new poster, say motorhead.eps and run the action, it will resize ok, but the save command will then place the name EMINEM in the save dialog!? resulting in us having a motorhead poster called EMINEM.jpg and the original EMINEM.jpg file overwritten!
I'm aware of the fact that if when writing an Action and you manually type a file name into the dialog, it will record that name and use from there on out, but i certainly didnt do this, and it's worked fine for years.
Upon looking in all the folders it saves to - it saves correctly to only one folder, this folder is on the same drive as 2 of the other folders which it doesnt save correctly to 0 which makes me think its not a problem with the drive on the network (because its managing to save at least one correctly.)
I've tried a couple troubleshooting's - re-written the action many times, tried storing and loading/using the actions from a folder on my Artwork Partition (my computer is partitioned into SYSTEM, and ARTWORK), and also tried storing and loading/using the actions from within Photoshops Actions folder within the applications folder.
Problem No.2 - occassionally the steps within actions will rearrange themselves, duplicate themselves, or even remove themselves!
Any clues please?
just downloaded and installed latest patch, still no luck.
The same actions are installed on 5 machines (each working from there own locally stored copies of the actions) and we all have the same problem, how can they all have corrupt!?

Good Morning!
I'm in a right old pickle, and could you some Photoshop wizardery.
I'll go in to as much detail as possible, so try not to get lost...
We have lots of Actions setup for the various products we design. These Actions when run, will take the image/product we have and resize, save, resize again, and save again in various locations across a network. We've had these actions since way back, like CS2, and they've worked like a dream right through to CS5 for a short while, then all of sudden, BOOM, when it comes to the save file command in the action, its starting renaming the file to a file thats already in the destination folder - resulting in wrong file names for images, let me explain further...
example:
i have a destination folder called MUSIC POSTERS (one of many folders the action saves to) on a backup computer on the network.
In this folder i have:
GUNS N ROSES.jpg
MOTORHEAD.jpg
EMINEM.jpg
If i take a new poster, say motorhead.eps and run the action, it will resize ok, but the save command will then place the name EMINEM in the save dialog!? resulting in us having a motorhead poster called EMINEM.jpg and the original EMINEM.jpg file overwritten!
I'm aware of the fact that if when writing an Action and you manually type a file name into the dialog, it will record that name and use from there on out, but i certainly didnt do this, and it's worked fine for years.
Upon looking in all the folders it saves to - it saves correctly to only one folder, this folder is on the same drive as 2 of the other folders which it doesnt save correctly to 0 which makes me think its not a problem with the drive on the network (because its managing to save at least one correctly.)
I've tried a couple troubleshooting's - re-written the action many times, tried storing and loading/using the actions from a folder on my Artwork Partition (my computer is partitioned into SYSTEM, and ARTWORK), and also tried storing and loading/using the actions from within Photoshops Actions folder within the applications folder.
Problem No.2 - occassionally the steps within actions will rearrange themselves, duplicate themselves, or even remove themselves!
Any clues please?
just downloaded and installed latest patch, still no luck.
The same actions are installed on 5 machines (each working from there own locally stored copies of the actions) and we all have the same problem, how can they all have corrupt!?

Big Apple startup problem.

after i used an external monitor through the dvi connection, when i startup the computer the apple loading screen is stretched out and i don't know why nor how to get it back to normal. any suggestions. its not a real "problem" but its not normal and unnecessary. any suggestions?

Alternatively, go to the blue apple menu and click on System Preferences. Then click on "Displays". With the "Display" tab highlighted, on the right side you will see "detect displays". Click on that. If needed, then click on the proper resolution on the left side of the window.

BIg Start-Up Problems Macbook

I had some sound problems with Quicktime earlier today so I decided to reinstall it. For reinstalling my MacBook needed to restart, but now it keeps restarting. It goes on and then it looks like its starting up but it doesn't go any further than the grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning wheel. After a minute or so my MacBook goes black and does the whole thing again, and again and again. Can anyone tell me whats wrong and how can I solve it?!
Thanks for your help.
Karin
PS I use a macbook 2.1 (2 years old) with Leopard
PS2 I've already tried to start it with "cmd + s" "cmd + v" "shift" and "c" but it doesn't help (or i've done something wrong)
Message was edited by: mackarin

put your leopard disc in the drive and restart the computer holding "c" immediately.
once you select english as your main language... you'll notice that the menu bar on the top appears
click "utilities" and click "disk utility"
select "macintosh HD" or whatever drive is the second from the top
then select repair disc

BIG nano connection problem

I got my iPod Nano delivered today & after it finished charging I installed the software that is on the CD.
My problem is that when i connect my Nano using the USB cable it doesn't show that it is connected in iTunes or My Computer or the iPod for Windows software update which means I can't choose to restore the Nano but my PC does make a ringing-type noise everytime i connect it.
What is the problem with it? When you install the software do you have to format the iPod? Because when it says to connect it to check if it does need formatting nothing happens so i clieck on the box to not check & carry on to install the software & have my songs added to the iTunes library. I have done this 2 or 3 times but still can't find out how to make my Nano connected so i can finally download my songs onto it!
I remember when i first connected the iPod a Windows message popped up saying 'found new device ipod' & said connect to internet to find updates for it to which i clicked on no. Then when i tried again later it said 'found new device Mass USB Device' & this time i clicked on the Windows message to find updates & it said something like aborted could not be done.
Can you please help me with this? I'm only 16 & have saved up for this & don't want it to be a waste of money!
Thanks hope this makes sense because I'm really tired!

I recieved my ipod nano and for 2 glorious days it worked. Then my pc could no longer detect it, it just said "malfunctioned usb device" and didnot appear in itunes. The Nano just has the menu as opposed to the "DO NOT DISCONNECT" screen
After a long and arduous day i managed to fix the problem.
By clicking on this link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651 it tells you how to fix it.
i just did this - (with the ipod connected to the pc)
1) turn hold on, and then off,
2)then press menu and the center select button simultaiously for 6 seconds
3)the apple logo appears
4)then it goes back to the menu briefly, and then goes to the "DO NOT DISCONNECT" screen
5)open itunes, wait a minute and your nano will appear
Wahooooo!
hope this helps everyone!
Ben

WindowsLookAndFeel on Linux : BIG and complete PROBLEM

Hello,
I have implemented a GUI application with the windows look and feel. I work under Linux with the jdk 1.3 and eclipse.
To run my application with the windows lf, I add the following lines in my code :
System.setProperty("os.name","Not Windows");
try {
     UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new WindowsLookAndFeel());
} catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
          SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(getRootPane());
In Eclipse, it works well, but an execution from the line command in a Xterm generate the following exception :
java.lang.NumberFormatException: multiple points
     at java.lang.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(FloatingDecimal.java:1073)
     at java.lang.Float.valueOf(Float.java:186)
     at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel.initialize(WindowsLookAndFeel.java:108)
It seems that the problem is caused by the following line :
System.getProperty("os.name","Not Window");
the system property os.name is parsed as a float.
what can I do to run my application with the windows lf and under linux ?
any help will be helpful
Regards,
Anne

In Eclipse, it works well, but an execution from the
line command in a Xterm generate the following
exception :
java.lang.NumberFormatException: multiple points
at
java.lang.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(Floatin
Decimal.java:1073)
     at java.lang.Float.valueOf(Float.java:186)
at
com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel.ini
ialize(WindowsLookAndFeel.java:108)Make sure that Eclipse is using the JDK matching the JRE you use to run the program (Windows/Preferences/Java/installed JREs or somesuch)
It seems that the problem is caused by the following
line :
System.getProperty("os.name","Not Window");
the system property os.name is parsed as a float.Using an official System property is shooting yourself in the foot. You can't tell what else on in the Java runtime has a depency on it. You can set your own property
for this (System.setProperty("MyFalseOpsSys","Not Windows")). I wonder what use you have for it since you force the Windows L&F anyway?
>
what can I do to run my application with the windows
lf and under linux ?
any help will be helpful Maybe find a JRE which supports it natively. Or, if you are very lucky, extract the relevant classes and resources from the JAR of a Windows JRE (in Sun's rt.jar, com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/) and put them into some independent JAR you add to your Linux classpath. For better luck, use the very same version for both JRE. Pray that there are no native methods involved.

Really big jpeg file problem

I have a several files that when I save to JPEG it comes out at 3.6mb when the file is open it says in the document size that its 362.5k the pixel dimensions are 450x275 and RGB.
This has happened on several files now and I can not figure it out. If I save for web its fine and the file size is 46K but it changes the name and in this instance that is a problem as it links to a spread sheet and that breaks if the file name changes.
Any ideas whats happening?

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If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster).
a screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too.
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

Big I-Pod problem!!!!!! Help A.S.A.P!

Rite, first thing first i have a 60GB I-Pod Video. This problem stems from me trying to put tracks from CD's into a playlist them one by one (album) putting them onto my i-pod, as i find it is easier. But then finding out that after i put one album on the i-pod, putting another one on afterwards, deletes the previous one?!!?!? How comes that happens??
THE MAIN PROBLEM......
While i was getting stressed by that problem, another came along, a bigger one! Now my I-pod wont connect to I-Tunes at all. Ive tried re-installing it & begging it, but to no avail. The thing is, my i-pod just stays on "DO NOT DISCONNECT" it is now as i speak, has been for past 20mins! Battery is fully charged.
I cannot think of anything else thats the problem.
HELP PLEASE!

That is correct, simply plug in the iPod to the computer as you did with the nano. You do not need to install any software, as it is all already on your computer.
I hope this helps!

Help! Big QT importing problems!

I've been importing a lot of movie files into iMovie for ages, and I rarely have problems. I've done dozens of these without an issue. But suddenly, everything I import looks like crap on my computer screen and even worse on a TV set.
-Sorensen3-based QTs have a halo effect around anything that moves, and anything that moves breaks down into horizontal lines if it moves too quickly (I think this is some kind of interlacing problem, but I don't really understand what interlacing is).
-A QT file done in H.264 has huuuge blocky video sections (artifacts?), especially in areas that are supposed to be solid black.
-Meanwhile, video grabbed from old iDVD files using DVDxDV looks all pixelated in iMovie, even material that was grabbed using the higest capture rates.
All of this started right around the time I installed the new Tiger update. Is this a coincidence?
More importantly, what can I do to fix these video files and the way they import into iMovie? I need to use them in a presentation soon and right now, they're basically unwatchable because the visual noise onscreen is so distracting. Can anyone help me out?

Hi Dolt:
Not really sure, but which version of quicktime do you have?
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime701reinstallerforquicktime703.ht ml
Some say to go back to the earlier version.
Sue

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