Firewire and distance question

Hey everyone. I have a problem I thought could be solved by implementing a long firewire 400 cable but I've been reading up on this and have some questions. I know this is a final cut forum but I've been posting here for years and thought maybe some other editors might have tried something like this and have some insight.
I have 3 sony handicams. Vx2100's. I'm running all of them to a Sony Anycast Video mixing board. I need to set the cameras about 30 ft away from the anycast. I've been connecting them with s-video cables as I only need video. However, sometimes the video gets out of sync with the audio. The Audio is being supplied by an AKG 414 mic with XLR. I don't know what's causing the syncronization issues but I thought- maybe if I switch to a better cable system that would help.
The cameras offers regular RCA jax as well as a firewire jax to output. I thought maybe I would try a 30 ft firewire cable but after reading up on it this sounds like it may cause more issues as firewire was not made to be used in lengths of over 15' or somewhere around there. I will need twice that distance.
Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on this? I also read that as long as you don't need to power your devices that using a long firewire cable would work just fine? I can't tell fact from fiction. Can someone help me out?
Thanks.
-Drew

Hey Drew
+What does a repeater actually do? I'm guessing it's some kind of powered receiver that get's a signal and spits it back out ...+
Exactly.
+If I come in firewire what does a repeater go out to? I'd need, DV, RCA or s-Video+
Well, it goes back out to Firewire (DV) ... Sorry if I misunderstood, I had thought that was what you were trying to do ie to extend the reach of the DV signal whilst maintaining it's eventual format.
+Maybe I'll just stick to S-video. Do you happen to know the limit on that? I need to go about 30 ft.+
Should be fine. S-Video is good for about 100ft - 150ft, if you have good quality cables. Conservatively speaking I wouldn't want to run any analog cables more than 50ft if I could avoid it as the signal strength is going to degrade the longer you run it (you'll still get a picture on the other end but it wont be as good) ... but as you're only going 30ft you should have absolutely no worries at all.
Best
Andy

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On Location, Firewire, and Distance

OK, I realize that Firewire is the way to connect the cameras to the CS4 computer, and my camera only provides firewire output. I understand firewire has a limit of 9 feet. Does anybody have a solution for using On Location with multiple cameras that are both a hundred feet or so away from the computer, when both the computer and the camera are firewire?

The standard FW distance limit is 14.5 feet, not 9. Also, there are cables of this length available with active repeaters (they do need the 6-pin FW connector for powering the repeater). I've successfully cascaded as many as 3 of these cables (see http://sewelldirect.com/firewireextension.asp). Of course the head end must be able to provide the aggregate power needs of all the repeaters. I've had no need to determine what those needs are so I can't comment on that.
Having said that, the cable limit is meant to preserve the full FW bandwith of 400Mbps. Since the camera video (with audio) bandwith requirements are much more modest, only in the 25Mbps range, it follows that extending the cable length is certainly possible without detrimental effects. There are cables available in 60 foot (and up) lengths, these are 4 pin to 4 pin configurations and I have in my OL kit bag both 75' and 125' lengths that I've used successfully for multicamera setups such as you appear to need.
For a variety of long FW cables go to http://www.fullcompass.com/product/243858.html
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How to get iMovie version 9.09/2009 Mac version 10.7.5 to recognize JVC GR-DX77U camcorder via 9 pin to 4 pin firewire and import video

My question: Is it possible to get iMovie version 9.09/2009 MacBook Pro/ Mac Os X version 10.7.5 to recognize JVC GR-DX77U camcorder via 9 pin to 4 pin firewire and import video?
My camcorder is recognized with 4 pin to 4 pin firewire on laptop with Windows operating system; however, it will not recognize on MacBook Pro with 9pin to 4 pin firewire. JVC website does not offer any updated camcorder driver software for this camcorder and older version driver on CD will not download onto MacBook Pro.

Hi
With the reservation of that I us:
• iMovie 9.0.4
• Mac OS X.6.9
see my notes
NO CAMERA or A/D-box
Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-pin) FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toggle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on <-> off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
• Camera set in Playback mode - NOT Recording mode
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK e.g. recording and playback to TV)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
• Try resetting it
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
• FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
External device’s (hard disk’s)
• Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minimum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited. No Camera or A/D-box
• GarageBands fix - Close iMovie, Open GarageBand, Play some notes, Close GB and iMove can now be OK
• Does Your Mac have a FireWire Port
• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
if not then a few Mac’s has a PCM-CIA slot and there are FW-Cards that makes a FW-port this way
else - NO SOLUTION
Only option as I get it is either
• Use another Mac to Capture material (to an external USB2 - Mac OS Extended formatted hard disk - or -
• Change to another Camera that can be used with Your Mac (no there are no miniDV tape Cameras that can)
• If Your Mac-Book has a PCM-CIA Card place - then there are FW-port-Cards and then
You can import via this - but I've not seen this on more modern Macs. My PowerBook G4
has one and this FW-Card-port works greatly.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref. file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
• Screen Saver - OFF
• Energy Saver - OFF
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
Other ways to import Your miniDV tape
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choice / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After un-installing Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
No Camera or bad import
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that helps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
MaryBoog wrote
Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
//support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odw_en_GB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
Yours Bengt W

Apple Macbook 13.3" Laptop-Black 2008 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo will not boot up and instead I get a grey screen with a folder and a question mark over it.

My Apple Macbook 13.3" Laptop-Black 2008 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo will not boot up and instead I get a grey screen with a folder and a question mark over it. I've tried Option key, and Control S keys and it still will not boop up. Can anyone help?

If you are running Snow Leopard:
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
If you are running Lion or later:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it isthree times faster than wireless.

My MacBook has a grey screen with a folder and a question mark in the middle what does this mean?

My MacBook has a grey screen with a folder and a question mark in the middle what does this mean?

It means a valid system cannot be found. You need to reinstall OS X.
If you have Snow Leopard:
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
If you have Lion or later:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Display Firewire and USB w/Macbook

Hi,
Two questions:
1. Would there be three connections between a Macbook and a Apple Display?
a. DVI
b. USB
c. Firewire
2. How would the Macbook (1 FW 400 and 2 USB 2 ports) treat the 4 USB's and two FW 400 ports on the display?
Thanks!
Donny

1) Yes
2) The ports (2 firewire and 2 USB) on the display are just from a hub. They'd be treated like any other USB or firewire port.

Firewire and USB

In my process of researching to buy a new Intel Macbook I've discovered that there is only one firewire port, two USB 2.0 ports, and no pcmcia port.
Here's my problem. This laptop will replace my old powerbook that I use for recording audio. I need one bus for audio to enter the laptop and one bus to access my external hard drive to write the audio. I currently have a firewire bus card in the pcmcia slot and use the firewire port for the other bus on my powerbook. This optimizes the amount of data that Logic can process. My worries with the new macbook is that USB 2 is typically slower than firewire. So using the firewire and USB 2.0 ports may slow me down. I know the old powerbooks with USB 2.0 had issues with the USB 2.0 bus being really slow compared to PCs. Was this problem ever fixed? Does anyone have any experience with this or any suggestions? I know I could just buy a macbook pro, but I really didn't want to spend that much money.

Actually there's more than just another FW port. It's a FW800 port, ExpressCard/34 expansion slot, faster and better GPU with more VRAM, faster CPU, more RAM, bigger hard drive, and higher resolution screen.
You're buying a business computer. That means you are making an investment. You can write off the investment which reduces taxes. Doesn't it make better sense to be dollar wise rather than penny foolish? Over a three year write-off period you're bartering over $250 per year.
The MacBook has no expansion future whereas the MacBook Pro does.
However, this is ultimately your decision. All I wanted to do was point out the benefits of the MBP over the MB. I should probably stop here lest I sound like I'm making a sales pitch - which I'm not. I own a MacBook and two MBPs. I like them both.
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G4 mdd & firewire for ipod question

Hello all:
I posted this in the ipod forum, but figured I should post here too.
I will be buying an ipod classic 160gb in the near future. Currently I'm uploading my entire cd collection to a new external firewire 500gb drive I just bought in preparation.
My system is a G4 powermac which I love, but which only supports usb 1.1. Thinking ahead to when I sync this massive library to my new ipod, I'm going to wish it was at faster speeds than usb 1.1. From what I can tell, people have had spotty luck trying to use usb 2 pci add on boards in these systems........so I'll ask this.......do the NEWEST generation of ipod classics, the 80/160 have the ability to be sync'd via a firewire connection? Seem to recall that in the old days mac sold the ipod with both usb & firewire cables. Guess they don't anymore, but still my question is (a) can the newest ipod classics be sync'd via firewire and then (b) does anyone sell the cable???
Thanks!
TM

do the NEWEST generation of ipod classics, the 80/160 have the ability to be sync'd via a firewire connection?
No. While there still is a FW iPod cable on the Apple Store, it implicitly states that it's for the older iPods that supported FW sync. It will charge a new iPod, but it won't sync it.
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-Douggo

Ram and HD Questions

I know I have seen a suitable answer to my following question on this board before, but I can't seem locate it with the search function.
I would like to eventually, likely soon, upgrade my mini's 512 megabytes of ram with a 1 gig stick. For those doing this ourselves, what is the best and or cheapest (also expensive options please) ram that works with the mini and what sites carry it.
Also, has anyone actually installed a 7,200 rpm HD in the mini? I am also curious regarding any experiences with 5400 rpm do-it-yourself-void-the-warranty HD upgrades.
Thank you,
William

Actually I do have a 120 gig 7200 rpm Western Digital drive in a firewire enclosure. This was my first experience with firewire, and only 400 at that. Where I had previously had the drive housed in a USB enclosure, firewire's dedicated processing for i/o over the contention of system cpu cycles provides for such very competent usage and transfer rates that even now I still find myself impressed. I have often wondered, but never ran any associated benchmarks to dictate the change, if I am cheating myself by booting OS X from the internal IDE. I otherwise run and store my largest files and run my most frequented 800 meg+ programs and play videos and music off my Firewire drive.
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Account with an icon of a face and a question mark

Same issue of other user in Yosemite Apple Support.
Following advises on that thread I also installed the ETRECHECK software tool, report is as follows:
Problem description:
At the login screen I find an icon with a face and a question mark in it - with a message it needs an update.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated 02 gennaio 2015 12:37:26 CET
Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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System Software: ℹ️
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EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 498.89 GB (467.03 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
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Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Applicazione (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Dropbox ApplicazioneHidden (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Pin It Button [Installed]
Save to Pocket [Installed]
Add To Amazon Wish List [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      14% WindowServer
      3% hidd
      2% Safari
      1% Dock
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
333 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
155 MB mds_stores
137 MB Safari
137 MB Finder
86 MB Dropbox
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
7.76 GB Free RAM
4.88 GB Active RAM
3.28 GB Inactive RAM
1.26 GB Wired RAM
4.73 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 2, 2015, 11:15:06 AM Self test - passed
Jan 2, 2015, 12:06:57 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Dropbox109_2015-01-02-000657_[redacted].cpu_res ource.diag [Details]
---------- is there any troubleshooting for delete that fake account every time I start my Macbook Pro?
thanks and regards
Edoardo

Smiley face with a ? means a bootable system is not found.
There maybe a problem with either system software or hard drive itself.
Try this.
Repair Disk
Steps 2 through 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Best.

How to find a second point on a line given a point and distance

Hi All,
My requirement is: Given a point on a line and distance, I have to find the second point. All geometries are in LRS.
I tried using SDO_LRS.LOCATE_PT, it is returning the second point from the start of the segment but I want to locate the point from the given start point. Kindly suggest in how to solve this.
SQL Used:
SELECT SDO_LRS.LOCATE_PT(a.shape, m.diminfo, 9, 0)
FROM lrs_access_fiber a, user_sdo_geom_metadata m
WHERE m.table_name = 'LRS_ACCESS_FIBER' AND m.column_name = 'SHAPE' AND a.unique_id = 1996;
Regards
Venkat

Hi Luc,
Thanks for the information. I have implemented this in a slightly different way like:
1. Firstly, found the distance (Distance_a of the point selected from the start point of the segment using:
SELECT SDO_LRS.GET_MEASURE(SDO_LRS.PROJECT_PT(a.shape, m.diminfo,MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY(2301, 8307, NULL, MDSYS.SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 1, 1), MDSYS.SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(xa,ya, NULL)) ), m.diminfo ) into Distance_a FROM LRS_ACCESS_FIBER a, user_sdo_geom_metadata m WHERE m.table_name = 'LRS_ACCESS_FIBER' AND m.column_name = 'SHAPE' AND a.unique_id = Input_Fiber_Id;
2. Then added the given distance (b) to this computed distance (Distance_a ) to get the distance of the second point (Distance_b).
Distance_b := abs (Distance_a + b);
3. Then used SDO_LRS.LOCATE_PT with offset=0 and distance=Distance_b to get the second point.
select SDO_LRS.LOCATE_PT(a.shape, distance_pt, 0) into point_geometry from LRS_ACCESS_FIBER a where a.unique_id = input_fiber_id;
Please give your inputs and feedback.
Regards
Venkat

How to connect my new MacBook Air to a LaCie hard disk with TIme Capsule backup from my old Imac? LaCie has USB 2.0, FireWire and eSata ports.

How can I connect my new MacBook Air to a LaCie hard disk with TIme Capsule backup from my old Imac? LaCie has USB 2.0, FireWire and eSata ports.

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Performance issue and functional question regarding updates on tables

A person at my site wrote some code to update a custom field on the MARC table that was being copied from the MARA table. Here is what I would have expected to see as the code. Assume that both sets of code have a parameter called p_werks which is the plant in question.
data : commit_count type i.
select matnr zfield from mara into (wa_marc-matnr, wa_marc-zfield).
update marc set zfield = wa_marc-zfield
     where werks = p_werks and matnr = wa_matnr.
commit work and wait.
endselect.
I would have committed every 200 rows instead of every one row, but here's the actual code and my question isn't around the commits but something else. In this case an internal table was built with two elements - MATNR and WERKS - could have done that above too, but that's not my question.
            DO.
              " Lock the record that needs to be update with material creation date
              CALL FUNCTION 'ENQUEUE_EMMARCS'
                EXPORTING
                  mode_marc      = 'S'
                  mandt          = sy-mandt
                  matnr          = wa_marc-matnr
                  werks          = wa_marc-werks
                EXCEPTIONS
                  foreign_lock   = 1
                  system_failure = 2
                  OTHERS         = 3.
              IF sy-subrc <> 0.
                " Wait, if the records not able to perform as lock
                CALL FUNCTION 'RZL_SLEEP'.
              ELSE.
                EXIT.
              ENDIF.
            ENDDO.
            " Update the record in the table MARC with material creation date
            UPDATE marc SET zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate
                       WHERE matnr = wa_mara-matnr AND
                             werks = wa_marc-werks.    " IN s_werks.
            IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
              " Save record in the database table MARC
              CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT'
                EXPORTING
                  wait   = 'X'
                IMPORTING
                  return = wa_return.
              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'S'.
              " text-010 - 'Material creation date has updated'.
              wa_log-message = text-010.
              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate.
              APPEND wa_log TO tb_log.
              CLEAR: wa_return,wa_log.
            ELSE.
              " Roll back the record(un save), if there is any issue occurs
              CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK'
                IMPORTING
                  return = wa_return.
              wa_log-matnr   = wa_marc-matnr.
              wa_log-werks   = wa_marc-werks.
              wa_log-type    = 'E'.
              " 'Material creation date does not updated'.
              wa_log-message = text-011.
              wa_log-zzdate = wa_mara-zzdate..
              APPEND wa_log TO tb_log.
              CLEAR: wa_return, wa_log.
            ENDIF.
            " Unlock the record from data base
            CALL FUNCTION 'DEQUEUE_EMMARCS'
              EXPORTING
                mode_marc = 'S'
                mandt     = sy-mandt
                matnr     = wa_marc-matnr
                werks     = wa_marc-werks.
          ENDIF.
Here's the question - why did this person enqueue and dequeue explicit locks like this ? They claimed it was to prevent issues - what issues ??? Is there something special about updating tables that we don't know about ? We've actually seen it where the system runs out of these ENQUEUE locks.
Before you all go off the deep end and ask why not just do the update, keep in mind that you don't want to update a million + rows and then do a commit either - that locks up the entire table!

The ENQUEUE lock insure that another program called by another user will not update the data at the same time, so preventing database coherence to be lost. In fact, another user on a SAP correct transaction, has read the record and locked it, so when it will be updated your modifications will be lost, also you could override modifications made by another user in another luw.
You cannot use a COMMIT WORK in a SELECT - ENDSELECT, because COMMIT WORK will close each and every opened database cursor, so your first idea would dump after the first update. (so the internal table is mandatory)
Go through some documentation like [Updates in the R/3 System (BC-CST-UP)|http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCCSTUP/BCCSTUP_PT.pdf]
Regards

How can i restore my iphone 5s as i forgot my icloud password and sec questions

I bought a new iphone 5s (32G Gold)
and when I connect it to itunes asked me to restore from my old iphone 4
with all my account settings and passwords.
but I have a problem with my account for icloud password and security questions because my cloude id is *************** and with no problem with my apple id "*****************", I tried to restore my new iphone after I turned off find my iphone from icloud setting and when its restore was finished the iphone is locked and asked me to unlock the iphone with a ****************** that I forget the password and security questions and when I tried to enter my account id "**************** with no problem with its password it says to me "this account can't unlock this iphone"
when I visit tradeline (Apple products dealer) I found no answer and they adviced me to contact apple directly.
Name : Alaa Rashed Abd el Hafiz
Country : egypt
<Personal Information Edited by Host>

First, remove your personal information from your post. That's not needed here. This is a public forum, and it is unwise to provide your personal data online.
Second, here's how you reset your password and/or security questions.
How to reset your Apple ID password.
Go to iforgot.apple.com and type in your Apple ID, then click 'Next'.
Verify your date of birth, then click 'Next'.
You'll be able to choose one of two methods to reset your password, either E-Mail Authentication or Answer Security Questions.
If neither method works, then go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Lost or forgotten Apple ID password'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.
How to reset your Apple ID security questions.
Go to appleid.apple.com, click on the blue button that says 'Manage Your Apple ID'.
Log in with your Apple ID and password. (If you have forgotten your Apple ID password, go to iforgot.apple.com first to reset your password with a password recovery email)
Go to the Password & Security section on the left side, and click on the link underneath the security questions that says 'Forgot your answers? Send reset security info email to [email]'. This will generate an automated e-mail that will allow you to reset your security questions.
If that doesn't work, or there is no rescue email link available, then click on 'Temporary Support PIN' that is in the bottom left side, and generate a 4-digit PIN for the Apple Account Security Advisor you will be contacting later.
Next, go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Forgotten Apple ID Security Questions'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.

How can I access files that I moved from an older MacBook Pro to a newer one via Firewire and Migration assistant. The files show up on the new MacBook but cannot be opened. Thanks!

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