Lacie HD and iMac G3
Hi everybody,
I have an external HD Lacie Hub mini with my new macbook.
I have formatted The Lacie Hd in two partitions both in mac os extended journaled with guid partition table.
With the macbook no problem, but if I connect the HD to my old iMac G3 with os 10.3.9 it doesn't mount the two partitions. The HD is visible from Disk Utility with only one partition, but invisible in the finder...
Does someone know why?
thanks in advance
ok, it's sure that you're right, but in this way I will lose all data on the Lacie HD and I can't install an intel os on it...
any other idea?
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I edit using FCP 5.1.4 and have for years. I've had the same set up running for years and do high volume editing.
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2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500: Verifying partition map for “LaCie”
2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500: Starting verification tool:
2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500: Checking prerequisites
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2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
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2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500:
2013-11-07 06:26:25 -0500:
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2013-11-07 06:26:38 -0500: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
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2013-11-07 06:26:38 -0500:
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2013-11-07 06:27:21 -0500: Verifying and repairing partition map for “LaCie”
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2013-11-07 06:27:24 -0500:
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2013-11-07 06:28:05 -0500:
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2013-11-07 06:45:20 -0500: Verifying volume “LaCie”
2013-11-07 06:45:20 -0500: Starting verification tool:
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2013-11-07 06:48:12 -0500:
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2013-11-07 06:50:02 -0500: Checking extents overflow file.
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2013-11-07 06:53:10 -0500: Checking extents overflow file.
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2013-11-07 06:53:35 -0500: Checking catalog hierarchy.
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2013-11-07 06:55:26 -0500: Checking volume information.
2013-11-07 06:55:26 -0500: Repairing volume.
2013-11-07 06:58:06 -0500: Rechecking volume.
2013-11-07 06:58:06 -0500: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-11-07 06:58:06 -0500: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-11-07 06:58:07 -0500: Checking catalog file.
2013-11-07 06:58:12 -0500: Incorrect number of thread records
2013-11-07 06:58:18 -0500: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-11-07 06:58:31 -0500: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-11-07 06:58:50 -0500: Invalid volume directory count
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2013-11-07 06:58:50 -0500: Invalid volume file count
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2013-11-07 06:58:50 -0500: Checking extended attributes file.
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2013-11-07 07:00:22 -0500: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-11-07 07:00:24 -0500: Checking volume information.
2013-11-07 07:00:24 -0500: Repairing volume.
2013-11-07 07:03:03 -0500: Rechecking volume.
2013-11-07 07:03:03 -0500: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-11-07 07:03:03 -0500: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-11-07 07:03:04 -0500: Checking catalog file.
2013-11-07 07:03:09 -0500: Incorrect number of thread records
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2013-11-07 07:03:29 -0500: Checking catalog hierarchy.
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2013-11-07 07:05:19 -0500: Checking volume bitmap.
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2013-11-07 07:05:20 -0500: The volume LaCie could not be repaired after 3 attempts.
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2013-11-07 07:05:21 -0500:
2013-11-07 07:09:45 -0500: Disk Utility started.
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Preparing to erase : “LaCie”
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: 1 volume will be erased
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Name : “LaCie”
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Size : 999.86 GB
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Unmounting disk
2013-11-07 07:11:45 -0500: Erasing
2013-11-07 07:11:54 -0500: Initialized /dev/rdisk1s2 as a 931 GB HFS Plus volume with a 81920k journal
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2013-11-07 07:11:54 -0500:
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2013-11-07 10:39:32 -0500: The volume LaCie appears to be OK.
2013-11-07 10:39:32 -0500: Repair tool completed:
2013-11-07 10:39:32 -0500:
2013-11-07 10:39:32 -0500:I just got a call back from the upper level support person at apple care who had been advising me on my trouble with time machine and my LaCie 1 TB FWD. I had sent her much of the same verbiage as I posted here. As some of you have probably figured out, the verdict is that the drive is probably failing. She says this because I have had to do two erase and reformats. She thought that the intermitant problem that I have had with the drive unmounting when my iMac wakes from sleep could be related to the drive failing.
In the meantime I have a secondary back-up (not using time machine) and the LaCie 1 TB FWD is working for the moment.
Thanks to all who read all my verbiage.
And in the meantime, I've learned something. I marked this question as solved. But I'm open to other things to try.
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2) The headset jack in the imac is a trrs jack. The same as in the iphone, a tri-band jack that has three bands, two audio out channels and one mic in channel. A trrs headset works fine on the mac side with using the headset mic (as in iphone) rather than the built in mic. (this provides much better quality for sound recording). I don't want to use a usb mike.
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I have many windows programs I must have for my scientific research!I bought the top of the line Imac with all the bells and whistles because Apple promised that the machine could run Windows 7 in bootcamp natively!
It doesn't. This has been a nightmare of problems.
Is Apple going to step up to the plate and make good on their promises?
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Installing a few sound drivers and software should not require a complete reinstall. Getting the proper drivers for the headset jack audio in and audio out jack should be the most basic of fixes. Making the audio mixer work should be elementary.
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An American profesor in Europe.
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imac Sound issues.On another thread a few people have responded saying that their imac has the same situation, the cpu is going crazy and the imac gets hot with headphones or speakers plugged in. But this doesn't happen in the mac side.
If you have an late 2009 imac and don't have these audio issues, let us hear from you. If you don't, lay out the problem here.
Here is my last two cents in to the inquiry.
Not only does the cpu run crazy but the imac 27 gets very, very hot. Since I unplugged the headphones, it runs much, much cooler.
Certainly, some Mac engineers should take care of this problem, it seems it is universal on all the imac 27's and from what I gather, the smaller screened cousins too.
Also, we certainly want a stereo mix option for audio in or out, or what is called "what you hear" or wave out. Imac is supposed to be much geared to multimedia apps.
Finally, the mic jack part of the trrs set up MUST be fixed! A lot of manufacturers are going to headset combo jacks as they call them, mic in and stereo out on the same tribanded plug. But, the old single jack for mic in and single jack for stereo out are two tiny parts of the hardware and super inexpensive for the manufacturer. Why in the **** to go to the "advanced" triplug if the **** thing doesn't work.
Mac has a great reputation. I hope they remedy these problems right away.
Anyone whose imac 27 or 24 whose headset plug is working correctly. Let us know! I don't think anyone's is, but I think that few people understand that their cpu is running so much faster with the plug in, plus few even understand the combo jack and the triband, or trrs audio jack! Out of 4 audio technicians I talked to, not one of them knew what a trrs jack was or that you even have a mic in jack as part of the headset jack!
When I told one senior that it worked on the Mac side, he didn't believe for a while, thought my sound might be recorded from the onboard mic, but I proved it to him by tapping iaudibly on my iphone mic headset and and it showing up in garage band clearly and listening to big difference in audio.
As for a usb audio adapter, I am in a neon light environment and find that those adapters are more sensitive to electrical interference. Besides I want to use the headset jack as it was meant to be used!
Thats it.
Again, if anyone using an imac 27 and windows 7 64 or 32 doesnt have these problems, let us know! We are all anxious for a fix!
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As there is seemingly too much data to store on iCloud, we need to find an alternative solution.
My possible solution is:
(1) Load my master iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie libraries ("iTPM libs") on a Mac mini
(2) Buy a new MacBook Pro or iMac (probably doesnt matter which)
(3) Link the MacBook Pro(s) and iMac to the Mac mini to access iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie and the master iTPM libs
(4) Plug the portable hard drives into the Mac mini whenever I need to access the video content stored on the portable hard drives
(5) Add "users" to the system (i.e. family members), in the same way you would access a shared server at work
(6) Over time, buy more computers to access the system in the same way
My questions are:
(1) Is this system feasible?
(2) If so, can I edit the iTPM libs from the MacBook Pro or iMac?
(3) If so, what happens if both the MacBook Pro and iMac are accessing the libraries at the same time? Which takes precedent?
(4) Would this solution be significantly slower than having separate libraries on the different computers?
(5) Is there an alternative approach that might work better for my needs? (which are, after all, relatively straight forward). When I went to the Apple store they were unsure!
Many thanks.I heavily use iTunes (190 GB), iPhoto (120 GB) and iMovie (30 GB, but want to do more when I get time). Additionally, I store lots of old videos on circa 10 portable hard drives (1 TB each), which I access occasionally.
The family use all this content and we currently have a MacBook Pro and are considering buying a new computer - either a new MacBook Pro or an iMac. We also have iPads, iPhones etc and a Time Capsule.
[…] We want all our music and pictures in single master libraries that we can all access and update.
The "update" portion of this is where your problems will arise. You'd be better to consider your proposed system initially in terms of content "consumption", before getting into the nitty-gritty of editing shared content.
iTunes has the Home Sharing feature built-in, which solves the content consumption issue.
I don't know anything about sharing iPhoto libraries, but this KB article looks useful.
As for iMovie, I think there are two things you want to do: share the raw data (sound effects, music, photos etc.) that are used to create iMovie content; and share the finished results. Is that right? I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that, but if you clarify your aims in this regard, it'll help the next person who comes along.
When it comes to updating content, such as adding new music to iTunes or iPhoto, I'd suggest you do it through the Mac mini directly. This seems the least problematic solution. You wouldn't necessarily need a dedicated display for the Mac mini - you could use remote desktop or VNC or what-have-you.
As for speed: doing anything across a network is always going to be slower than doing it locally. But, it probably won't matter for content consumption (though if you're all watching different movies at the same time the drives on the server may struggle, and the wifi bandwidth might be tight).
I hope this represents a good initial response to your query. -
How can I do to have the same contacts in all my devices, pc, iPad and iMac?
I have severl devices and the last taime I updated my contacts was almos manually. I would Like to be able to have the same contacts in all, pc, iPad, and iMac.
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes) in the search box. Note the timestamps of those log messages, which refer to the times when the system was booted. Now clear the search box and scroll back in the log to the last boot time when you had the problem. Post the messages logged before the boot, while the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract.
Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
PLEASE DO NOT INDISCRIMINATELY DUMP THOUSANDS OF LINES FROM THE LOG INTO A MESSAGE. If you do that, I will not respond.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
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