How can I tell if my start up problems are RAM related.

I keep getting a blank white page a third of the way thru my startup sequence. I have tried everything I can think of to fix this but I now think it is due to a faulty RAM card. How can I find out if it is due to a bad RAM card or not?

Faulty RAM or slots at startup are generally detected during the process and signaled by tones before the computer even puts the screen with the Apple logo up. Do you hear startup tones? If there are no tones, then it more likely is the hard drive.

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How can I tell if my Time Machine backups are encrypted?

Hi - I would really appreciate it if someone could help me find out if my Time Machine backps are actually encrypted.
I know that there is an 'encryption' option when choosing a disc for Time Machine to backup to, but the problem is I cannot remember whether or not I actually ticked it (as it was a couple of years ago).
Other info that might be helpful:
- The disk I use Time Machine to backup to is actually a Apple Time Capsule
- I do have FileVault2 enabled on my mac
- I have never encrypted the Time Capsule disc itself (via Disk Utility or anything similar)
- One possible clue might be: When I go into Time Machine preferences, and click on 'Select Disk...' (as if to choose another disk to back up to), and select the disc that Time Machine currently backs up to (i.e. the Time Capsule disc), it does show an 'Encrypt backups' checkbox at the bottom of the window... however this checkbox is unchecked and also greyed out.
Thanks in advance
a_quinn

a_quinn wrote:
- Because I originally created this Time Machine Backup (to the Time Capsule) back in my 'OS X Lion' days,
I wondered; you posted in the Mountain Lion forum, but your profile still says Lion.
that means that my backups now (and moving forward) will continue to be un-encrypted
Correct (as of now, anyway). You cannot encrypt existing network backups. I doubt that will be available in the future, and would take forever.
- The only way to encyrpt my backups now, moving forward, is to remove this Time Capsule disc (from Time Machine Preferences), and start all over again ensuring that I check the checkbox next to 'Encrypt Backup' when selecting the Time Capsule's disc to backup to.
Well, in theory it's possible, but would take forever, squared.
You could archive the TC's contents to a USB drive connected to it, per #Q6 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule).
Then delete the original, start a backup with encryption, and as soon as the encrypted sparse bundle is created, cancel the backup.
Mount the sparse bundle, open the disk image, and delete the Backups.backupdb folder inside it.
Connect the USB drive to your Mac, mount that sparse bundle, open its disk image, and copy the Backups.backupdb folder to the one on the TC.
Depending on how large the sparse bundle is, that could easily take a couple of days, at least, even connected via Ethernet.
Just for testing one day, I encrypted a very small set of existing test backups on a F/W 800 drive - 6 dated backups using a whole 12 GB. Took an hour.
An alternative would be, just do the "archive" and keep the USB drive "on the shelf" for a while. You can always connect it to your Mac and access those backups via the Browse Other Backup Disks option.
Trying to keep a couple of years worth of backups usually isn't a good idea. It's a very complex structure, so the odds of damage increase, it takes much longer to populate the TM browser, and it works slower and slower, and if you didn't need something for 6 months, are you really going to need it in 2 years?

How can I tell if signals from two devices are truly synchronised?

Hi there,
How does one check that signals from two devices (two separate devices in a single X-series chassis) that should be synchronised actually are? I am using a PXIe6361 and PXIe4331 on a PXIe-1073, with Labview 2001 SP1 64-bit. All devices are using the Sample Clock from the 4331 device, and an AI Start Trigger, so they should be synchronised.
I thought that writing the signal data to file and checking the time stamp for each column of data would be the most accurate, but I have been told that timestamps are software created and therefore don't reflect the actual time that the signals were acquired by the hardware. When I do this, the timestamps vary by up to 150ms which is larger than I expected.
If I set the x-axis of the waveform graphs (on the GUI) to "Time" then it appears that the first data sample is taken at different times for the two plots (one plot per device).
If I set the x-axis of the waveform graphs (on the GUI) to "Ignore time stamp" (so that the x-axis just starts from 0 rather than a date-time) then the first data point occurs at "0" for both graphs. However, I'm not sure that this reflects the actual alignment of the signal.
What is the best way to check if signals collected on different devices in the same chassis are actually synchronised?
Thanks,
Claire.

Hi Lynn,
Thanks for your help and for sending the demo.
I understand the concept of how the signals will look if they're not synchronised and your demo shows that nicely. I guess I have been perplexed by someone else telling me that the timestamps in the output file (and following from that I assume timestamps on a waveform graph) do not give an indication of whether signals are synchronised. The reason they gave for this was that the timestamps are manufactured by the software, not the DAQ hardware. They suggested that I put the setting "ignore waveform timestamps" on my waveform graphs, and then check that both signals come in at the same time (i.e. both start at zero), but I'm not convinced about this.
When I use an analog trigger, neither the timestamps in my output file or on the two waveform graphs are synchronised. If I don't use the trigger, then there is far less disparity in the timestamps in the output file. I've attached two output files here, and my VI.
This is my first attempt to synchronise a voltage module and a strain gauge module on an X-series chassis, so I want to make sure that I'm achieving the best synchronisation that I can, and the difference in behaviour with and without the trigger worries me.
Thanks,
Claire.
Attachments:
without trigger.txt ‏5 KB
with trigger.txt ‏6 KB
Multi-Device Synch-Analog Input-Finite Acq-Analog Start_Claire_wDigitalin_12June2012 PTbridge.vi ‏196 KB

How can we tell if a VI is already running before calling Start Asynchronous Call?

The new Start Asynchronous Call node is awesome for spawning multiple instances of reentrant VIs. However, I've stumbled a bit in using it for non-reentrant VIs. The old practice of using the "Run VI" method would allow us to check the Execution.State of the VI before invoking the method to run it. That way if the State was Running or Run Top Level, we could skip the invoke node and just use a property node to open its front panel. WIth the Start Asynchronous Call node, it looks like we have to use a strictly typed static VI reference, and when we open the VI reference, the VI gets reserved and its Execution.State = Running. So, how can I tell if it is not just reserved by the thread but actually executing before making a redundant Start call?
By the way, the redundant Start has interesting behavior. It will actually cause the targeted VI to be executed again after it stops. Even if you hit the Abort button on the target VI, it will immediately execute again and again equal to the number of times the Start Asynchronous Call node was run. There's nothing wrong with that, and I suppose the simple answer is to just go back to using the old "Run VI" method. It's just that the ability to wire up those inputs directly to the connector pane is so nice. Perhaps I am missing something obvious. Oh, I am referring to the Call and Forget mode (0x80).
Thanks,
Dan
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Just throwing it out there, I know I'm a year.5 late on this but if it's a psuedo-modal dialog or some other window that you only want a single instance visible at one time, you can check the FP.State property on the strictly typed vi reference. If it's loaded and visible to the user it will be "Standard", if it was closed or not opened prior then the state will be "Closed".
I think the standard behavior of serializing execution on another thread would be great for doing a pre-set number of iterations with a sub vi in a non-blocking sort of way but for sub vi's meant for UI interaction checking FP.State works.
Philip
CLD

How can I tell my computer what applications to open upon start up?

How can I tell my computer what applications to open upon start up?

If your Mac is running OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
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Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
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How can you tell if a pic hasnt been tagged by iPhoto, and do you then...

How can you tell if a pic hasnt been tagged by iPhoto, and do you then do you then have to draw "missing box" around them
What I mean is tagged a few faces, imported some more pics, checked a few and they dont show as named faces, but are faces that are in my Faces source list (ie identified and named)
So do I then have to draw a box around known faces to me, and name them again (I think iPhoto will pop up as Im typing the names I already have)
It just means that even when i import and it doesnt name, I may have lots of pics that are of faces but not tagged and so not in my faces source list
please help
cheers
ps when are Apple going to upload the Getting Started manuals for iLife 09? its been a while since released now, ad they give a bit more insight than the video tutorials alone

No-one? It'll be nice to know how many pics of faces that arent yet tagged
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How can you tell who the original sender of a group text is on an iPhone 5, when all that appears is a list of recipients in no particular order

how can you tell who the original sender of a group text is on an iPhone 5, when all that appears is a list of recipients in no particular order? I can't seem to identify the sender in the details list.

Start a separate thread to the original sender.

How can I tell if my Muse is up-to-date?

I know how to check Muse > About Muse to see which version I am running. But, how can I tell if I am running the latest version of Muse? I can't seem to find anywhere on the Adobe site that will tell me what the latest version is, nor, can I find a "check for update" command within Muse.

The 2.0 release is not yet out, however, you can participate in the Adobe Muse Public Beta you can get regular updates!
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How can I tell if I am receiving 4G on my new Verizon WiFi/4G iPad?

I recently purchased a the new (3rd gen) Verizon WiFi/4G iPad. When I activate the cellular service, all that I see on the screen is Verizon and the bars for signal strength. How can I tell if I am receiving 4G or 3G data?

My understanding is that when you start it up that you will have service for at least one month. The other thing to be aware of is the two types of deactivating your account. You can see my post in the iPad 2 forum. But basically, you can suspend or cancel your account when you don't want to use the data plan. If you suspend your account, it will automatically start up again after a specific period of time unless you know to and remember to resuspend your account. The advantage of suspending it is that you can activate and deactivate on the web. If you cancel the account it will not start up again automatically, but I believe you have to call to start up the data plan.

How can I tell the device is connected to itunes 12?

how can I tell the device is connected to itunes 12? I have Windows 8. I hear that the device is connected, but don't see the device to manage. Only thing that happens is on the phone it says Trust the computer.. I say Trust and nothing happens.

in ituens at the top where you see the small icons for Music, Movies, TV etc when your device is connected you will see a small icon representing your phone or ipad etc popup click that and it will show you the usual interface for backup and syncing.
if that doesnt happen, like it didint for me initially, you should close itunes fully via task manager if you know how to do this and start it again with the device unplugged then plug it in after itunes has finished loading.
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Help Please! How can I tell what is stored on my iPod?

I just recently got a new iPod Nano, and started using iTunes to upload music to it. But, for some reason, I can only fit like 60 or so songs onto it. I have a 1 GB Nano. If I click onto my iPod in iTunes, it says at the bottom of the screen that I have 59 songs, 3.2 hrs of music, 223.2 MB, but just above that, where the bar is that shows how much is stored to my iPod, it says I have used 750.5 MB and have 142.1 MB free. Where is the other 527.3 MB being used and how can I tell? Is it being used in the games? I have no pics or videos at all on my iPod. It's getting very frustrating because I can't fit very much at all on my 1GB Nano. Help!

sussan-b,
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Usually other is files that have been copied to the iPod directly, or space you have told the iPod to reserve for other files by enabling disk use.
This article has more information and screenshots:
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Hey. i'm about to travel to thiland and i'm thinking to buy there Macbook air\pro. how can i tell if it's fake?

hey. i'm about to travel to thiland and i'm thinking to buy there Macbook air\pro. how can i tell if it's fake?
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If possible, I'd make sure to register it on Apple's online system at first start IN THE STORE, and verify it is a kosher serial number before walking out. That way you'll be sure to be covered by the warranty. If the machine is fake, Apple's system won't accept the serial number. If it is stolen and already registered to someone else, it won't accept the repeat registration.

How can I tell how much is uploaded to iCloud?

My entry appears to have been deleted from yesterday, I think.
Anyway.
How can I tell what of my 7gb of data that needs uploading to iCloud has actually gone to iCloud?
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When will this upload finally reach totality? And how will the iPhone know?

I'm not sure how else to phrase this? I just want to know how far along my upload is, as I cannot do it all in one sitting - it would take ages - and every night when I start it rolling again the blue bar just starts from the beginning.

How can I tell if movie fully downloaded on i-pad

How can I tell if movie rented from I-tunes fully downloaded on my Ipad? It only loads partially and then goes to sleep. Continues downloading when I wake it up. Forgot to finish and today I don't see any download pending. But I'm sure it didn't finish. How can I check without starting the movie - which only has 24 hours to view?

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PAL or NSTC, how can i tell what format the vid clip is?

The 2nd abbreviation might be wrong...
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How can you tell what format clips are in before iMovie tells you?
I don't want to combine the formats and cannot figure a way to tell the difference before trying to burn the dvd

At the top of the iMovie project window it will tell you by giving the name you gave to the project as well as 'DV NTSC, or DV NTSC Widescreen.
Somewhat confusingly, when you set your choice of NTSC or PAL in iMovie's preferences when starting a new project (you can't switch later), these are only identified as 29.95 fps (which is NTSC) and 25 fps (which is PAL). Once you have set that, all iMovie projects you start will default to the same until you change it. You cannot combine the formats in the same project.
As you are in the USA yours will probably default to NTSC which is the TV system you use there. In Europe we set it to PAL which is what we use here.
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How can I tell if my start up problems are RAM related.

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