HT203161 When turn on computer just get envelope with ? so did a internet recovery. If I pick install mac os x lion it is blank where you pick where you want to install. When I go to disk utility everything grayed out under the tabs

When I turn on computer just get envelope with ?, so did an internet recovery. If I select reinstall mac os x (it is nac os x lion), it is blank where you pick where you want to install, nothing to pick. If I go to disk utility, to the left it lists "mac os x base system", but if I click on any of the tabs it is all grayed out.

Your HDD needs to be replaced. It apparently is dead.
Ciao.

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If I remembered correctly, I was able to verify my system drive before.
Any idea?
Thanks!

Hi, and a Warm Welcome to the Power Mac G5 Forum!
You could check that Journaling is enabled on the drive - in Disk Utility > File menu > Enable Journaling
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
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I have totally messed up my HD, and now looking in Disk Utility I don't see the tabs that are normally associated -
When I click on Volume - First Aid and Partition are the only tabs available. No Erase, RAID, or Restore tabs. (picture attached)
When I click on Partition - First Aid, Erase, and Restore are the only tabs available. No RAID tab. (picture attached).
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Macbook Air -mid 2012. Came with ML, installed Mavericks, installed Yosemite. Long story short, since Aug I have erase and reinstall 3 times. This week I found that I was missing emails in Mac Mail App, and through researching where my lost emails were, I stumbled upon the missing tabs in Disk Utility. for my HD
As for the missing emails, my TM backups have not included a user/library folder since 8/16. This is about the time I did the very first erase reinstall. Last night I restored from TM backup and selected the 8/16 date to use, as my only option in getting those emails back. Of course, the emails missing between 8/16 and yesterday are gone forever. Since I restored using 8/16 I am now back on Mavericks. The restore did not bring these tabs back in Disk Utility for my HD. I won't upgrade to Yosemite again until I can resolve this Disk Utility HD problem.

I've heard that this has something to do with Yosemite. Once you upgrade to Yosemite, it changes disk utility and removes those tabs. From my research, some developers that were part of Yosemite testing saw this during the version tests before public release, and they feel it is a Yosemite bug, not sure why Apple would choose to change this, but maybe they have a product or feature coming in the future that may need a set up like this. It doesn't happen to all computers, just some, and think its directly related to the solid state HD.
I've seen in other posts a Terminal code that some said helped, but I am not sure I want to try that. What if Apple does something in an update somewhere that fixes or changes this as is, and I did the Terminal code now that then further messes things up if/when an update fix comes along.
I don't need to partition my HD, at the moment, so not highly impacted by this. Other than this, the computer is working fine. Its just strange that its now missing.

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I don't know why, but when I select a folder with multiple docs contained within it, or multiple files, the Compress option is grayed out under the File menu, nor is it available when I right-click. Please help.

Yes it is, but I have the same problem of the option does not appear with "right click" (I'm actually control-clicking), and COMPRESS is grayed out under the file menu. I'd like to fix it.
Hmm. After finding the Archive Utility,* I tried archiving the folder. It came out as .cpgz, ugh. Found there was a preference to make .zip the default. It worked!
And now…the menus are not grayed out. ?!?! OK.'
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Hi guys. Pls. help me. I recently bought a secondhand macbook and i decided to reset it. But it does not allow me to install mac os x lion without an apple id. What should i do?

Install the original version of OS X (the one that it came with)
How old is it?

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hi, i have tryed to install os x leopard, (its a old imac) , disk utility is greyed out , my install dvd cant find any hdd to install on , my only way to format and configure is through terminal but dont know what commands to execute...
i tryed diffrent commands such as diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ Disk1
diskutil list , wont show up my harddrive , i now its functionally cause it shows up in disk utility with name and i can get info about it , but everything is greyed out can only switch between "erase , partition , recover , Raid ,....
when i click the apple in the top left corner the whole menu is greyed out... what to do ? help me please
Sincerly AppleNoob92
p.s i have no experience in apple imac's at all never used before, but im kinda windows nerd so computers i understand but this imac make my insane, cant seem to find any solutions anywhere on the WWW....

Your HD may be crashed, so you probably should use the oringinal install discs to run Apple Hardware Test in extended mode. If error codes appear this confirms a hardware failure. In addition you cannnot repair the HD using Disk Utility from the startup disk, you have to use the origninal Install discs that shipped with the computer or the most up-to-date version of OS X on a disc that you have.

How to automatically open selected docs when turn on computer?

How to open automatically selected docs when turn on computer? (Text Edit docs particularly, and others)
I wist not that I must tediously select and open my same usual documents one by one, each time I turn on computer to work.
I either have to find my usual documents under "File/OpenRecent"
&/or search through the FINDER for them.
I wonder if anybody else has every had this problem before, and found a solution?
Has modern technology advanced to the point where this can be done automatically?
(Now it just occurred to me that
I could put my 'usual documents' (or Alias) into a separate Envelope
in the finder, and
then select them all at once and click to Open all at the same time.
But is that the best or only solution?)
There's a grateful thank you, two (2) "Helpful's", and 1 "Solver" award to be given out. Good luck.

Cool. Coolidge, indeed. So wise.
You ARE "THE SOLVER"
& entitled to all the rights and privileges accorded therein.
Sincere Thank yous, also,
oh, and Kudos to you.

**** i really wanted to just get on with computing but here we go again !

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There really pleased ! However I, having purchased a machine for myself, the 20" version only days before,I was a little surprised as to the fact that there machine was almost silent ! No constant eeerrrrrrrrrgggggg( you know what I mean that bl*y fan noise type sound) from the back of the machine at all. Really quiet and the room was silent !
Upon realisation of this fact I thought I should get the machine doing a few tasks and see if that did not induce some noise from the machine. I had about ten apps runnning Garage band imovie idvd mail safari iphoto itunes vlc player and whatever and then played a little nanosour the free stupid game that comes with the computer and it did not even make the slightest difference the noise level was the same, virtually silent. Very impressive. But what about my machine ? the fans always make noise and when I run more than a couple of apps they rev up. So I guess I will have to complain to apple. Fine but how much human life is going to get waisted like this before someone can just get on with there work. Ok I could ignore it ! But that would meen me coming out of my £1200 purchase without as good a machine as others have and that rubs me up the wrong way. So what the f**k, I will be phoning apple, god how boring ! Why can't they just get it right ? Quality control ? I do not understand.

Steve:
It seems the 17" iSight is much quiet than the 20". This is a turnaround from the previous versions. If you can, I would suggest you return the bigger iSight and exchange it for the smaller version. I don't know how extensive it is but it seems more and more people are complaining about the fan noise. Your questions are well taken. I don't know why they can't get it right. It absolutely amazes me. Apples response is: perception. You perceive there is noise when actually there isn't. Can't you understand that. Within specs. is another well worn phrase Apple uses.

HT201412 when turned on all I get is a white screen

My Ipod when turned on all I get is a white screen. I tryed to do a reboot w/power and home button and nothing

Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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How make my internet open/start immediately when turn on computer?
ps: using FFox, if it makes any difference.
Don't think I wont't thank you, Cuz
I will.

Thank you verry much, HipHop.
FFox has long been on my doc.
I clicked it and it shows i have instructed it to 'Open at Login'.
Same thing with Apple/Prefs/Accounts/Login items where it shows i have instructed it, and also Safari now, to Open at Login (and not checked to Hide).
But still it never opens.
Safari opens at login. But not Firefox.
And it's not that the 2 are conflicting, cuz
I had this problem with FFox long time when started this question;
and I only just the other day added Safari to open at login cuz I was advised to try it just to see if Saf wd open on Login.
I did contact my isp, dslextreme, but they couldn't help me other than the advice I've already gotten here, said not their specialty, that I should ask Apple or FFox (I'll try that).
Thanks again, everybody.
I still dream of what I will do with all the time I will save someday by not having to actually click on the FFox icon to start it. Call me a dreamer, but I'm not the only one (or am i?)
ps: Are you really hip hop?

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iTunes for Windows: "Unable to load data class" or "Unable to load provider data" sync services alert
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iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
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How do I backup my MacBook Pro when the disk image is grayed out?

I have a MacBook Pro (15 inc. four years old) running OSX 10.6.8 and last night I got the color pinwheel of death. I could not force quit anything and had to manually power down.
When I powered back up I got the folder with the question mark. I ran Disk Utility and tried to Repair Disk, but I got:
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I hooked up an external hard drive and tried to make a copy of the disk image, but it is grayed out. I also tried to partition the main Hitachi drive and make a "New Image" but I got: "Unable to create backup (input/output error)
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When I try to install Lion it tell's me "You can't use this version of the application install mac os x Lion with this version of Mac os x" even though I have the latest update 10.5.8 of Mac os X?

When I try to install Lion it tell's me "You can't use this version of the application install mac os x Lion with this version of Mac os X" even though I have the latest update 10.5.8 of Mac os X?
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