Leopard 10.5.2 on MacBook nothing but trouble
I updated to 10.5.2 soon after its release and I've had no end of problems that has now culminated in the hard drive on this 6 month old MacBook to be totally trashed. I can't even repartition the drive any longer and now it's off to the Apple Store.
I've had more crashes and system lockups with 10.5.2 in the last 2-3 weeks than I did in the months with Leopard or even 10.5.1. I've had more crashes than in the 5+ years that I've had my PowerBook G4 that's still happy running Tiger.
When I try and just partition the drive to a single partition, just to get it erased, it says it fails to mount the drive.
That could be an indication of a hardware failure. (It's also possible your file directory problems are caused by a hardware failure.) I would put your Mac OS X install disk in the drive, restart and hold down on the "d" key. This will startup the Apple Hardware Test. Run the extended tests and see if an error is detected with the "mass storage" test. Again, if the hardware turns out okay, you may still be able to rescue your files with DiskWarrior. If you do find a hardware error, you should call AppleCare Support or take your MacBook in for service. They may need to replace the hard drive.
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I have been having nothing but trouble with OS 10.6.8. Many of my applications will not work.. HOw can I revert back to a previous version of OS x?
Before you revert anything try this:
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
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While having a perfectly running iTunes and all programs associated, I was notified of the iTunes 10.4 upgrade. After following typical directions, I have had nothing but trouble. First “iTunesHelper was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes. Error 7 (Windows error 5)” occurred. Following directions found at https://discussions.apple.com/message/15087646#15087646, I now get the following “iTunes.exe - System Error The program can't start because AVFoundationCF.dll is still missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”, Along with “iTunesHelper was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes. Error 7 (Windows error 126)” I am running Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit on HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx. I was one week away from buying an iPad but not if this is what I have to deal with. Please help
I actually managed to resolve this on my own by downloading iTunes from the Apple website and reinstalling iTunes that way. Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ That should fix your problem. Good luck!
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i downloaded firefox update, had nothing but troubles since, computer crashing when i try to open, or cursor lag for a long time ie. i try to move to do something it has to think about for 30 seconds to having to pushing reset to get anthing hapening
but still freezes up i put my comp into a very good repair store cost me $119 to only to find no problem with computer, they had it running ,burning , doing everything properly, but they were using ie, as soon as i stoped that and went to firefox, back to lag etc. com bluescreen then crashing when i got home twice so far tried using previous version in system same problem, how do i send my bookmarks from firefox to ie on this system, so i can completely uninstall then reistall a fresh earlier versionI have to agree, fixing something that was working fine and replacing it with the new crap has led me to switch browsers.BIG FAIL MOZILLA
Why do people do this shit.
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PC Suite 6.83--Nothing But Trouble
I was sent 6.83 over the Internet and anxiously installed the program on Win XP Home SP2 computer. Instead, I have had nothing but trouble. Nokia told me it was a MS problem. MS said it was my computer's manufacuturer's problem (Dell). Dell said that I had to reformat my hard drive (and you know how long that takes!).
I've done all that and have been reloading programs, but PC Suite still doesn't work:
-sometimes the icon keep spinning endlessly and only stops when I restart the computer.
-sometimes it connects once, then not again.
-I have reinstalled it at least twice and now I can't get the program to uninstall.
Please help!Thank you for the tip of using the last five digits of the message number.
However, this has not helped. I tried reloading an older version of PC Suite from the CD that I purchased with the cable as told byNokia tech support.
Again, I got the cable driver unloaded but not PC Suite.
Of interest is that when I click to uninstall PC Suite from the Add and Remove Programs site, the program which pops up is the new 6.83 version Installation program--not the uninstall program.
I am about ready to throw in the towel and go to my Pocket PC as my PIM and use the phone only on the 6682 until I can get a Windows Mobile Phone.
This has left a bad taste for me to Nokia and Symbian OS. -
K9A2 Platinum - Nothing but Trouble!!!
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and after that I have gotton into my OS fine, but on the odd occation I just get sudden freezes/crashes (the whole OS just pauses on my screen) and sometimes just goes to a black screen and restarts
and the extra software/utillities that come on the disc dont work properly!
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Put XP 32bit on it.
Vista (and special Vista 64bit) is the most unstable and crappy OS M$ has ever produced.
I have tried it on several machines, and never got it stable where XP runs like a charm with no bluescreens or lockups ever.
Vista did BSOD several times a day.
I've been using Vista x64 with my K9A2 P for months now--no blue screens, no problems whatsoever. Stable as a rock--wouldn't consider using anything else at the moment.
The fact that this file, AMDLLD64.SYS, was on his system indicates that he, like me, was running a dual-core Athlon prior to installing a Phenom quad core. I think this file is installed by the AMD dual-core optimizer software that you should *not* be running with a Phenom. He should uninstall the dual-core optimizer program. Better yet, he should do a fresh install of Vista x64 and start from scratch. That's what I did, and my problems went from a few to none at all as a result.
We get lazy sometimes when we update our hardware and we really don't want to do a fresh install and start from scratch. But sometimes it's not only desirable to do so, it's a necessity if you want a stable environment. Too many settings inside the OS are wrong for the new hardware and that causes the newer hardware problems. Best advice: do a fresh install of Vista x64--and *don't overclock anything*--at least until you get your system 100% stable, first.
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My questions are how can I uninstall Lion and revert back to Snow Leopard, and will this causes all my settings to revert back to default mode?
Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.
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Is a lenovo moderator even checking this forums? I don't see activities from days.
Anyway, My "NEW" lenovo B520 takes a long time to boot up, it get stuck at the lenovo splash screen for a long time, then it boots to windows, which then tell me a usb attached to the pc is not working proper.
There are not usb anything attached the to the pc. The usb ports on the left side always acted kind of funny since day 1
I think that is the hardware that is bad. Anyways I already restore windows, changed boot order and nothing works.
The computer is a bit over a month old, is there any recomendation? I really going to see If I can get a refund. But if someone has similar problem, is there any fix I can try? of course I already see is a hardware problem but I feel the need to ask anyway. Any person from lenovo reading this?
checking the device manager shows unknown device in usb and the display name in details is "Universal serial bus controllers"as you have already done what i would i would return it and ask for a repair dont mess about with it, its not work correct and just ring them up and return it under warranty
Thx dave
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4 MONTHS AND NOTHING BUT TROUBLE- NO SOLUTIONS ANY...
Joined BT in March 2011 -great almost 3mb (rural area) - stable at 2.4mb 1 week later .
Gradually got worse and erratic the last 6 weeks -dropped connection very slow -down to 855 -less than 1mb.
Over a week of constant call -all replied to by Indian call centre - they decided to tell me "there were lots of errors on my line " !?
Eventually today a BT engineer came out -checked everything -no errors !!!
Replaced the one socket i had with one with built in filters , changed connectors outside in 3 boxes on estate.
Told me i should be back up to almost 3mb as thats what it was round here .
Told to wait 4 hours for improvement .
7 hours later -NO IMPROVEMENT !
In fact its back to just over 1mb -SLOWER THAN BEFORE !
At my wits end and sick of being fobbed off and the Indian call centre -who are totally ignorant .
I rang them tonight -again said there were errors on my line and they would "FIX THEM !" AND RING ME BACK .
GUESS WHAT -THEY DIDNT !
4 MONTHS AND HAD ENOUGH - EVEN WORSE THAN TISCALI !!!!!- I was with them 8 years and had loads of problems -BUT didnt expect them with BT in 4 months !
I have no idea how to post these stat things -been doing BB checker tests at regular times and tried different tests .
All showing just over 1MB .
I got 1.5 with Tiscali !
Ready to leave already !!!!!!in order to help please can you post the adsl stats from your router may need to 'show detail' to get all stats (if hub enter 192.168.1.254 in your browser and navigate to adsl or use a-z, if netgear enter 192.168.0.1) and run btspeedtester (MAC users may have problems) http://speedtester.bt.com and post the results .
Have you tried the quiet line test? - dial 17070 option 2 - should hear nothing - best done with a corded phone. if cordless phone you may hear a 'dull hum' which is normal
Someone may then be able to offer help/assistance/suggestions to your problem
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Nothing but trouble since signing up for triple play
I should have known from the moment I tried to register for a triple play service online that something was fishy. While trying to register, I could get almost to the end but it would not process. I called for support, who walked through the process with me and again it would not go through. No problem he said, I will honor the online price (which I am still trying to get settled 30 plus days later). As soon as I recieved my first bill for the tripl play bundle I registerd for, I knew it was wrong. I was charged 175.25 for an $89.99 package. If that wasn't bad enough, I was charged for a phone number I didn't have. After a month of trying to seek assistance from a variety of departments which, at one point included waking up to no service at all virtually nothing has been resolved even though several supervisors have assured me it would be resolved on the next bill. After an extrodinary number of "hours" of phone calls trying to get nothing more than what I originally ordered I was directed to set up a new MyVerizon account to access the phone number I was suppossed to have all along. Now all that seemed reasonable until I had to also choose a new primary email (now that I've already notified my contacts of the original change). The straw that broke the camel's back was receiving a new bill not for the amount arranged witha supervisors assistance but rather $216... $94 more than the bundle cost. I have always attempted to be reasonable on the phone even though the frustration has reached the breaking point.
It has become obvious to me that Verizon is not interested in hving me as a new customer and that customer service only provides lip service under the quise of correcting difficulties when in reality it's just a brush off. Even the E-Center (when I fianlly got to them) told me the problem I encounted attempting the online registration happens all the time.
In this day of technology and with verizon claiming to be the "best", it seems strange to me that they can't take of basic customer service and provide a customer with what they ordered. It's also obvious that one department doesn't know what the other is doing as you get shifted around, put on hold, disconnected and hung up on which has resulted in several three-hour phone calls.
Does anyone have ayn idea of how to speak to a human being that is actually cabable of addressing and resolving a problem without making you feel like you are center ring in a three-ring circus?
I will make one more attempt and then it's Comcast... come back. And there is no way I will pay a early termination fee. For what I've been put through, asking for nothing more that the bundle I registered for, Verizon should be paying me to stay. I have reached the point where I am ready to notify the better business bureau, local media and other consumer watchdog alliance.
Help.For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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A few weeks ago, everything worked very nicely on my desktop computer. Then I succumbed to the nagging and "upgraded" to FF13, as well as the new Flash and Real players. Immediately, FF started crashing. First, it would instantly crash with any tab that had Flash embedded.
OK, I disabled and then finally uninstalled Flash and Real, but that didn't solve the problem; it would still crash 3 or 4 times a day, and with as few as 30 tabs open (the previous version could easily run 100+ tabs). Apart from those 3 "updates", the only other thing I had done was to update my existing plug-ins and add-ons, but I even tried disabling all of my plug-ins and add-ons; FF still kept crashing!
Today, I got fed up and uninstalled FF13 (after using MozBackup), and d/loaded and installed the previous version of FF. Did that solve the problem? Nope. Now, I can't get Tab Mix Plus to work, nor can I find my hundreds of old saved Sessions with Session Manager.
I tried uninstalling Tab Mix Plus and then reinstalling it, but I just get an error message saying it couldn't be installed. In fact, this is the THIRD time I've had to type this post, since the first time, I mistakenly tried to open a new tab to search Tab Mix Plus in Google, but the f{ck1ng tab opened Google right over this page, wiping out my almost finished post, and the second time, I went to Tools-->Options-->Manage Add-Ons-->Tab Mix Plus-->Options, and it froze up FF, requiring restarting it! Indeed, it seems as if the entire Manage Add-Ons menu is now buggy and generally freezes up.
I am *this*far*away* from ditching FF entirely (after 7 years of being loyal to it) and trying Chrome. It really is infuriating how difficult it is to get this straightened out! Any help would be greatly appreciated.Have you tried creating a new Firefox profile and testing whether that will run without crashes? This is a non-destructive test that creates a new settings folder. It picks up plugins from the registry, but otherwise looks like a fresh install.
If you haven't used the Profile Manager before, this article describes how to start up into it and create a new profile: [[Use the Profile Manager to create and remove Firefox profiles]].
You can import your bookmarks by restoring a backup from your previous profile folder. For convenience of access, make a copy of your last bookmarks backup on the desktop. You can find that folder using Help > Troubleshooting Information > Show Folder; navigate up one level to view your last active profile, then into the bookmarkbackups folder. Copy the latest .json file to the desktop. Then in the dialog pictured in the article "[[Back up your bookmarks or move them to another computer]]", use Restore > Choose File to import that file into your new profile.
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I have nothing but trouble putting podcasts on my devices.
With earlier versions of iTunes, I could just check the box of the podcast I wanted, and it would load onto my device. With the current version (11 and later), when I try to check the box, nothing happens. Sometimes I can check the box below the podcast I want, and the one above it will check and other times it won't. The best way to get podcasts is to click on the little elipsis (3 dots) right next to the podcast title and select "Add To..." and click the device to which I want to add the podcast. There is absolutely NO way to delete a podcast once you've put it onto the device. With earlier versions, all you had to do was uncheck the box when you were done listening to the podcast, and it would go away. It doesn't matter which device I'm using, iPod Nano, iPhone, or iPad. Does somebody have a solution?
Since the message you see says that the file type is not suppoorted by the iPod, then my question is do you mean MP3 when you say MPEG?
Your Touch should be able to play MP3 files in 48Kbps format. However, I notice you also say that the files are greyed out in your Library. So are these files in the Books section of your Library (as audio files) and can you play them in iTunes?
Perhaps a quick solution would be to try and convert the files (in iTunes) to a format that the Touch definitely likes. -
WRT610N, Xbox Live, Moderen Warfare 2 and nothing but trouble !!
I have been having problems over the last few months with constant drop outs on Xbox live and now specifically MW2. I have tried every option I can think of in the settings (Xbox and Linksys WRT610N) but no luck. I thought I would share my story in hope that either I might be able to help someone with what I have learned so far or get lucky that someone might offer up a solution that I have not been able to work out yet.
Let the story begin ......
Issue: Can connect to Xbox Live but will drop me out of the middle of games (Halo, Live Arcade, etc), and especially MW2 only to bring me back into the same game with my score set back to 0 each time. This happens on every game and every mode. If I am the host of a game then it will boot everyone else out half way through the game, bring up a message that enimies are about to forfeit and then finally rejoin everyone with their scores all set back to 0.
Back Story:
Have tried 3 different routers (this one being the latest) the other was a top of the line Belkin and older Linksys model
Have power cycled and reset and restored factory defaults on all many times.
Have changed out the actual ethanet cables as well.....No luck
Have 2 Xbox's in the House and both produce the same results.
My Current Settings:10N
Product = WRT610N
ISP = Bellsouth
Xbox360 = Hardwired
NAT = Open
PPPoE
IP and DNS are both Manual........
Entered in matching DNS1 & DNS2 into Xbox settings
IP = Manual and sits with DMZ enabled and assigned the Xbox a manual IP address outside Router IP range at .200
Port Forwarding on for 88 & 53 Both (Tried UDP Only) ....53 & 3074 Both
MTU = 1452
Even added in specific Xbox Mac address into the Router page...no luck
Upnp: = Disabled......Tried it enabled as well
Went into QoS in the Application and Gaming section of the Router to try and priortize all the Xbox Live and MW2 advanced ports above and below.
Read on a forum post to try unchecking Filter Anonymous Internet Requests in the Security tab settings....no luck
Called Xbox Live support..............Went to 2nd level tech twice.
They said IW/Activision had given them specific port settings for MW2 that I could try. My intial thought was Houston we might have lift off:....Tried opening additional Ports based of 2nd Level Support:
3658 = UDP
3478 = UDP
3075 = UDP
443 = TCP
5223 =TCP
Unfortunately no luck !
Next I tried reading another million posts and forums to no avail.
Help please, please pleaseI finally got it to work 10 min ago !!!!!!!
Here is the issue so if others incounter the same problem you will have some potential options to explore.
Having 2 Xboxes going through the Linksys Router to Xbox live is the issue. This is what you need to do in your settings.
Make both Xbox IP's Automatic
DO NOT USE Port Forwarding.............You must enter these in Port Range Triggering:
Xbox Live port settings 80, 88, 53 & 3074
Same for Modern Warfare 2 ports = 3658, 3478, 3075 & 443
On the setup page enable Keep Alive: Redial Period = 180
MTU = 1364
Disable Home Network Defender
Enable Upnp
Disable DMZ
QoS = Enable Internet Access Priority and Add in the ports above and set to High
Add in the Mac addresses of the two Xboxes (you can find these in the advance network settings of you Xbox)
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New iPhone. Nothing but trouble.! Help.!
Hi, 2 days ago I purchased a 16GB iPhone 3G. I did manage to register it using iTunes 7 and I then updated to iTunes 8, This prompted me to update the software on the phone. I started to do this and part way through I got the 'blue screen of death' and the pc rebooted. This left my iPhone with no software and completely unusable. I tried many times after to update but with no luck (my laptop) now wont boot at all. I tried updating on a friends Mac but it again would not update my phone. I have since tried on 2 other pc's and each say the iTunes update server cannot be reached. Right now I'm wishing I'd stayed with a Nokia. Anyone have any ideas please.?
Go back to your Nokia..........
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If I reply to an email instead of composing a new one, the original message is gone. It is my business. Yahoo mail then will not just the original message, it has all the conversations between me and my customer.
Further, yahoo made itself my default browser. My default has been mozilla firefox for many years but i cannot even pull up firefox anymore.
I am about to quit yahoo and go through the inconvenience of having all my customers change my name again. I have a mac, did the preferences to identify firefox as default but yahoo is still there
I HATE YAHOO--I was just going to use their email for my business because I started receiving so much spam on my Mac mail.You should be able to switch your Firefox settings to your preferred home page and search engine. For example, this extension will restore Google as your search engine, the built-in home page as your home page, and the normal "new tab" page: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
But you also need to check for any Yahoo-specific add-ons that could keep driving your settings back to Yahoo. You can do that on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Command+Shift+a
* "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then review that list for anything Yahoo-related, unrecognized, or nonessential and disable those.
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