Intel Mac Mini from 2006 won't boot up! Shuts off by itself.
I stuck a copy of Snow Leopard into my computer to upgrade it before realizing that there were certain things I hadn't thought to back up before I did. I tried to exit the install process by selecting the appropriate start up disc and then restarted. It took forever and ultimately just shut down. I turned the computer back on and it kept taking me to the os install screen until eventually it started shutting itself off before I even got there. I finally got the disc out of the mini by holding down the mouse button as it turned on, but I still can't get it to boot up into the usual os. When i turn it on, I get a blank screen, eventually an apple with the round symbol that something's loading and then eventually it shuts off before I get anywhere.
Can someone PLEASE help me? It was a dumb mistake, but I really need to get back into my computer. I reset the PRAM, but that didn't make a difference. Thank you in advance if anyone has any advice.
If you have the 10.6.3 disk you're in luck.
All you do is pop it in the DVD drive, hold down the 'C' key and reboot.
You'll have to reinstall the OS (it'll probably note that a newer version exists, and ask you if you want to overwrite it. Say 'yes'), then after installation is finished immediately do Software Update to get the system up to 10.6.8. This can be lengthy if you do it through the 'Software Update' utility. A shortcut is to download the 'combo' update here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1399
Just to be clear: you have to reinstall from the DVD BEFORE you try and download and run that combo update.
Once that's done, you should be good.
As a piece of general advice, never trash a system file and THEN try to update. You update with the file in place. Normally, just hitting 'software update' will do it. If you have a specific file that you think needs replacing, acquire the file first, then move it into place before rebooting.
Finally, never do anything like you did if you haven't got a backup. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to keep a regular clone of your entire internal HD. It would have taken you 5 minutes to boot into a clone and get the file off it that you trashed and saved you a whole load of headache!
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (105)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (64)
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid record count
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Invalid node structure
(4, 6995)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (11)
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Invalid record count
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x00730002)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (134)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #-1 invalid offset (0x0067)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7008)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid forward link (0x00730006)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x000B56C5)
hfs_swap_BTNode: offsets 2 and 3 out of order (0x0000, 0x0000)
Invalid node structure
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Invalid node structure
(4, 7016)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x007A0061)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (98)
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Invalid node structure
(4, 7017)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x00690063)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (107)
hfs_swap_BTNode: offsets 98 and 99 out of order (0x0072, 0x0050)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7018)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x00760056)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (105)
hfs_swap_BTNode: offsets 99 and 100 out of order (0x0000, 0x0000)
Invalid node structure
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Invalid record count
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Invalid node structure
(4, 7023)
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hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x00640070)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (97)
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Invalid node structure
(4, 7024)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x00120184)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node kind (-102)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (18)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid forward link (0x002D0032)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x002D006F)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (99)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #99 invalid offset (0x0065)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7027)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid forward link (0x006E0069)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x0061002D)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (115)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #102 invalid offset (0x0069)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7028)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x0184A0B1)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #21 invalid offset (0x81A4)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7030)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #-1 invalid offset (0x0075)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7031)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid forward link (0x00740068)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid backward link (0x002D0073)
hfs_swap_BTNode: invalid node height (104)
hfs_swap_BTNode: record #102 invalid offset (0x0073)
Invalid node structure
(4, 7032)
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Missing thread record (id = 691919)
Incorrect number of thread records
(4, 23903)
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Incorrect number of thread records
(4, 23903)
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Invalid directory item count
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Missing thread record (id = 741420)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 741429)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 9 instead of 13)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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(It should be 0 instead of 2)
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Missing thread record (id = 741510)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 691884)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 4)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
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Invalid directory item count
(It should be 2 instead of 5)
Missing thread record (id = 691904)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 691906)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 2)
Missing thread record (id = 691909)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 1)
Missing thread record (id = 743122)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 3)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 165 instead of 417)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 140922 instead of 140936)
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 701648 instead of 701678)
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
Incorrect number of Extended Attributes
(It should be 347482 instead of 346415)
** Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
** Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 59615838 instead of 50477719)
invalid VHB nextCatalogID
invalid VHB attributesFile.clumpSize
Volume Header needs minor repair
(2, 0)
Verify Status: VIStat = 0xa000, ABTStat = 0x0040 EBTStat = 0x0000
CBTStat = 0x0800 CatStat = 0x00004200
** Repairing volume.
Missing directory record (id = 691885)
** Look for missing items in lost+found directory.
FixOrphanedFiles: Created thread record for id=743119 (err=0)
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** Rechecking volume.
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
Missing thread record (id = 691886)
Missing thread record (id = 2049005)
Incorrect number of thread records
(4, 23903)
CheckCatalogBTree: dirCount = 140939, dirThread = 140941
** Checking multi-linked files.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 0 instead of 25)
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 701653 instead of 701678)
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
Invalid map node
(8, 0)
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
Verify Status: VIStat = 0x0000, ABTStat = 0x4000 EBTStat = 0x0000
CBTStat = 0x0800 CatStat = 0x00004200
** Repairing volume.
Missing directory record (id = 2049005)
Missing directory record (id = 691886)
** Look for missing items in lost+found directory.
** Rechecking volume.
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
** Checking multi-linked files.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 701678 instead of 701653)
Verify Status: VIStat = 0x8000, ABTStat = 0x0000 EBTStat = 0x0000
CBTStat = 0x0000 CatStat = 0x00000000
** The volume MACINTOSH HD could not be repaired after 3 attempts.
volume type is pure HFS+
primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
alternate VHB is at block 975093950 0x3a1ec0be
sector size = 512 0x200
VolumeObject flags = 0x07
total sectors for volume = 975093952 0x3a1ec0c0
total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00
fadil-shamir-khans-mac-mini:~ silentarts$
After all of that was done, I am now able to go back to Disk Utility and Completely Verify My Disk.
What should my next step be? Should I try booting to Mavericks from that hard drive or should I try to Repair the Disk?I upgraded to Mavericks, and had a "grey screen of death" when re-booting for the first time. Re-setting the PRAM fixed it for me. Worth a try:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14222 -
Mac Mini Late 2012 won't boot running OS X Server Mountain Lion
My Late 2012 Mac Mini with OS X Server ML is running perfectly - but when I reboot it from the menu's "restart" command, it just shuts down, then restarts showing the spinning wheel forever.
The configuration is:
Mac Mini running OSX Server ML
Disk Utility says OK
Update is 100% OK
Connected stuff:
- usb 2TB Seagate disk
- wired LAN
There's no connected keyboard, mouse, or monitor - running it remotely from nearby iMac
I have tried all combinations wheen booting up.
I even reinstalled OS X Server from scratch. No luck.
Only resolution (that works once) is to restore everything using Time Machine. Then it runs fine until power off...
So now I ask:
Why does this happen?
Could it be shutting down/restarting remotely that causes this?Open console in Applications>Utilities, check the system log for the date/time of the last problem & the Startup right after that for clues.
Or maybe try a Verbose boot... CMD+v -
My Mac Mini late 2012 won't boot up!
My Mac Mini late 2012 model with 500 GB and 4 GB won't boot up because I by mistake dropped it in the floor. I'm using OS X Yosemite. I've dropped it in the floor countless of times before but this time it just wont work. When I try to boot it up a picture of a folder with a question mark starts flashing in the middle of the screen, like this:
But mirror flipped.
I'm wondering if there is a way for me to fix this problem.
PLZ Help!!!!!That means a startup disk can't be found
A flashing question mark or globe appears when you start your Mac - Apple Support -
This morning I found my Mac mini mid 2011 frozen. I shut it down by holding the power button.
Now it does not boot. When I turn it on I don't hear the usual chime sound or any other beeps. I can hear the hard drive powering on and the fan starts to work at full speed. Nothing appears on the monitor. No output signal at all.
I have tried disconnecting all cables, press power button for five seconds and the. Try to boot again. No luck...
Any ideas?? I loads of work to do and I am loosing hope. No apple stores in Greece to take it in...I've tried everything including SMC rreset. No luck.
One other clue is that if try to boot up without Ram installed, it recognizes that ram is missing and beeps
so to summarize the symptoms:
1. Computer has power
2. No chime sound or any other beep when I power the computer on
3. Fan works at full speed
4. No output display signal
5. I can hear the hard drive powering on
6. The computer recognizes if you try to boot it without ram and beeps -
Mac Mini from 2005 won't play Netflix...
So now that I've got my previously owned Mini up and running properly, it seems it won't let me use Netflix because there isn't enough memory. (according to the Netflix page). So my question is, is there anyway to fix this? Is it possible to add more memory to my Mini? I'm new at all this and really don't know what I'm doing. All the other requirements (according to the Netflix page) are met (i.e. the OSX, etc), but not the memory.....
The 2005 Mac mini only supports 1 GB of RAM. If that is what it has and that is not enough for the technology that you wish to use, then that mini will not do the job for you. On the other hand, if it does not have 1 GB of RAM, and 1 GB would meet the Netflix minimum, then you could have a tech install more RAM.
-
Did security update on mac mini, now it won't boot.
I get white screen with flashing apple, question mark folder and circle with a line through it. Checked HD, it's not damaged. What do I do? Please HELP!!!!
Startup - prohibitory sign at OS X bootup
Startup – Question Mark
Startup - Gray, Blue or White screen at boot, w/spinner/progress bar
Startup Issues - Resolve
Startup Issues - Resolve (2)
Startup Issues - Resolve (3) -
Can't Migrate from G4 to Intel Mac Mini
Hi
I have been unable to migrate files from my old G4 destop to my new Intel Mac mini. I wonder if anyone could help.
I first tried first using the migration assistant on the Mac mini and used the G4 as a fire wire drive. Failed twice, the process froze both times.
Erased Intel Mac mini and tried to do a restore from G4 using Disk Utilty. Failed twice. Didn't complete process.
I then tried the same twice using Supe Duper. Completed process (took hours) but in both cases couldn't boot Mac mini. Get the folder icon on boot indicating can't find system (I think).
I though I would then clean re-install system files from restore disks that came with MIni mac and start a fresh, but won't allow me to do this !! Spent two days and no further forward.
Any suggestions ?
Would erasing Mac mini and and trying Carbon Copy Cloner work ?
Can I add files manually from G4 to mac mini ?
Thanks in advance.
G4 ibook. G4 desktop, mac mini (intel) Mac OS X (10.4.7)Exactly which model G4 tower do you have? The
PCI-graphics G4 towers do not support FireWire Target
Disk Mode.
If FWTDM works, have you replaced the hard drive that
came with the G4? Technically, Apple claims FWTDM
will only work with the OEM (original) hard drive
that came with the G4 tower. If you've replaced it or
added a second drive, it might not work correctly in
"target" mode.
If you do have a new hard drive, you should be able
to put it into a FireWire (or USB) external hard
drive case and use the Migration/Setup Assistant to
copy your files over.
If you're still having trouble, you can copy your
files over manually. Do you know which files you're
interested in copying? If your G4 tower works in
"target" mode, but the Migration/Setup Assistant is
having trouble, you can usually just drag all the
files and folders from your user's old home folder to
the new folders on the new computer. (Macintosh
HD/Users/YourUserName/Pictures > NewMacintosh
HD/Users/YourUserName/Pictures)
-Doug
Yes I did change the hard drive to a bigger one so that may be the problem.
When I use the Traget mode I do see my "old" drive (both partitions) on my desktop so it suggests firewire is working.
Won't take everything across including applications, library etc.
Will let you know how I get on.
Thank you for your time. Geatly appreciated. -
Using External Boot Drive with New Intel Mac Mini
I have a 1st Gen MacMini and use an external 7200 RPM Lacie drive as the system boot drive along with all the applications.
If I were to purchase a new Intel Mac Mini, is it possible to use the current external drive as the system drive or is there some conversion steps that would be necessary ?
Thank you.You can use the hardware, but will have to repartition and reinstall the OS from the disk shipped with the new Mac Mini.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303220
If you create a disk image of the Lacie on your Mini, you can later use setup assistant to restore users and applications from that image. -
Intel Mac Mini Core Solo - Kernel Panic on Boot
I was wondering if anyone who has purchased the Intel Mac Mini is having issues with Kernel Panics during the booting sequence?
I got a Core Solo from the local Apple store (couldn't wait to play, I'm waiting on the Core Duo I ordered online to come still ). The first thing I did was fire it up check it out for a few minutes, then I put the install disc in and reinstalled a clean OS, with less options because I'm planning on hooking it up to my TV so I don't need space hogs like Garageband etc on my TV computer. I got the updates that popped up, then shutdown the computer. I took it out to the living room and hooked it up to the tv and I got a black message about needing to restart (a kernel panic) right when the blue progress loading bar comes up on boot. I spent a while with it trying to figure out what was wrong, ran the Apple Hardware Test, booted it fine in Safe Boot. Finally I got tired of it and reinstalled the OS again.
It was fine for a day, working fine out on the tv. I brought it back in my room to play with a few things like Darwine, etc. Shut it down, came back an hour or so later booted it up and got the kernel panic on boot. Safe boot still worked fine. I spent some time trying to look for panic logs but didn't see any. I ran the disk utility and did a Full erase and it worked fine. I reinstalled the OS again. Ran MemTestOSX and it worked fine. I left it running the Apple Hardware Test for about 6 hours or more, and it performed perfectly.
This morning it still seemed ok, except sometimes on a cold boot when the blue progress bar screen should come on... my monitor just shows black and the light on the monitor goes inactive. So, I press the button on the back to sleep it, then bring it out of sleep with the keyboard and the OS is sitting there booted.
It seems like a weird combination of software and hardware problems, but maybe it's all hardware problems. I can't get past Safe Boot working when the OS stops loading. Right now the computer is working fine.
I'm waiting for my Core Duo to come in the mail and verify that it works flawlessly, then I'll take the Solo to the store and ask them to look at it.
Anyone have any similar experiences so far?It seems like the mini is doing alright so far. I think maybe the full erase solved whatever issue it was having. I also got my Core Duo Mini yesterday in the mail and it's performing like a champ. Definitely a nice machine.
I'll close my question for now, since the Core Solo Mini seems alright. But, as a warning don't get on Front Row's bad side. I tried force quitting it because it was taking too long to load the videos folder and then tried shutting down from a terminal and ended up having to turn the machine off. -
Someone tell me why is it so difficult to print from my Intel Mac Mini
I'm so frusrated at this Intel Mac Mini of mine. I wish honest to God that I never bought this evil little machine.
I have the following printers:
HP Photosmart 7550
HP Laserjet 1012
Canon MP830
I can't get anything to print! It so **** frustrating. I switched my wife from her WinXP to a Intel Mac Mini (10.4.6). She hates the Mac Mini because she can't print anything.
Why is it so difficult? Please someone enlighten me.
After months (not kidding) of searching on the web I was able to get the Photosmart 7550 to print using one of the gimp drivers, but I couldn't get it to change the paper type or quality. So that tells me I can't print any photos from my Mac. Need to use the WinXP box.
Then I was able to get the 1012 printing by selecting "open using rosetta" for the Printer Setup Utility, and selecting the "HP LaserJet 4 series - Gimp-Print v5.0.0-beta2". So now I could at least print BW docs. Great the Mac Mini is not a total waste. Then I updated software, which include the Mac mini SMC Firmware Update. I don't know what did it, but now I can't print to the 1012 anymore. ARGHH!
I tried deleting the Library/Printer/HP directory, Reseting the Printing System, Restarting the CUPs, Installing PDDs, Installing the gimp drivers. What the ****! Why do I need to do any of this? I thought the Mac was suppose to be so easy. With all those **** commercials talking about how the Mac can do anything a PC can do, you would think one of those things is being able to print.
Those people making those commericals should try using the "Printer Setup Utility" program. That will change their tune. First you have to search for your printer, then pick the Printer Model, and then pick the specific model. And God forbid you click to fast, oops you've now picked a generic printer, needs to start all over again. There's no back button. You've already committed to the generic printer type. Now you have to open the Printer Setup Utility again and delete the generic printer and go search for your printer again. Lame.
Don't get me started with the Canon MP 830. I thought, ok maybe its because the 1012 and 7550 are older printers. I'll go buy a new printer - they must have current drivers for that. Canon tells me that the MP 830 is only a single OS machine, meaning you can only connect it to a windows machine and only other windows machines can print from it, or connect it to a Mac, and only other Macs can use it - Again, Lame.
Really I wanted to love the Mac OS. When I first got it, I was loving it. But what good is it if I can't print. I searched the web and it seems I'm not the only person having issues with printing.
I hate this Intel Mac Mini with every fiber of my being. Ok, maybe my printing woes are only because it's a Intel chip, and the PPC macs are golden. But come on, if you can't print from a computer, what good is it?
Please, someone help me. Otherwise, anybody want to buy a Intel dual core Mac Mini?
mac mini duo core Mac OS X (10.4.6)You have two different issues: HP and Canon.
I don't know if I believe the Canon people. Windows XP has lots of different print options. Try installing Bonjour on Windows and then setting up a networked, Color Apple Laserwriter PS printer using "http://macmini.local:631" (assuming macmini is the name of your Mac). I have done this before (though not on a Canon). I am sure Canon will only support a standard configuration and this is not quite standard. Give it a try. It doesn't sound like it can hurt anything in your current setup.
For the HP, you might have to just wait for an updated driver from HP. HP has always had this problem. They are a huge printer company and I'm sure they get Apple hardware and OS versions before anybody else in the world. And yet, it seems as if they don't even begin working on their drivers until Apple officially releases a new OS. HP drivers are always the last to show up for a new OS and the first to break. If you get it working under MacOS 10.4.6, and then upgrade to 10.4.7, it is very likely that the HP drivers will stop working.
Unlike some of the other big companies, HP seems to have made the transition from Classic MacOS to MacOS X seamlessly. Their printer driver software works just as well on MacOS X as it did under MacOS.
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