IMac12,2 osx 10.6.8. wont recognize external audio output

iMac12,2 osx 10.6.8. wont recognize external audio output via USB. The device, focusrite scarlet 2i2, works fine on my laptop not drivers are required and should work on 10.6.5. or greater. Any help would be very much appreciated.

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You should check in System Profiler, under the USB section to see if the drive appears there (Apple -> About This Mac -> More Info -> USB)
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Searching Avid Xpress on http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ , I find that Xpress Pro is the only version of Xpress that has been updated since Tiger's release. It says it works with 10.4 PowerPC which means it should work on any G5 that could install 10.4.6 or 10.4.7:
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Versiontracker's listing is a little old. They do have a version 5.7.5 also which works with 10.4.10 and both Intel and PowerPC Macs:
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Time Machine will recover any system that is stored in its recovery disc but you need a 10.5 installer disc to recover from it and a Mac that can install 10.5 (867 Mhz G4 or newer). If your G3 Powerbook has Firewire, it may be able to backup the Powerbook if it is mounted as a Target Disk Mode hard drive to another machine putting the Powerbook into Target Mode by booting it with the T key held down:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
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Because something has gone wrong. I have no way of knowing what, and without backups, you're in a very bad situation.
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IMac12,2 osx 10.6.8. wont recognize external audio output

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