Lion 10.8.2 + Windows 8 + Shared exFAT data partition
Greetings!
I have a Macbook Pro 13 inch mid-2012 model that I self upgraded to 1TB HDD and 16GB RAM. The system runs flawlessly and VMWare is also fully functional for my basic needs on Windows. However I am at the point that I NEED BOOTCAMP, and VM is not an option for some of my needs.
Here is what I want to achieve, I have read numerous forums but entries either were somewhat dated, or did not have enough details on ALL the 3 aspects I mentioned above in the subject. Here is my plan, I would like to hear suggestions from the experts on this subject matter: I would basically like to have 3 partitions, 1 for OSX (100GB), 1 for Windows 7/8 (bootcamp, 100GB), and 1 for my user folder (remaining space, about 700GB+) which I intend to share between the 2 OS's.
Here is what I already know:
- I have to delete the recovery partition otherwise Windows will complain having more than 4 partitions on the boot drive (EFI, and the 3 others I mentioned). I am fine with loosing the reovery partition
- I know only exFAT is the format supported "natively" for BOTH read's and write's by OSX as well as Windows 7/8.
- I got some tutorials about somewhat convoluted and no so clean instructions on how to actually get the stuff installed, I am ready to take on the challenge and have backups etc so do not mind taking the risks
Here is what I want your advice on:
- Does exFAT perform well enough (as compared to HFS/NTFS on the same physical spinning drive I mean). Has anyone done something like this and if any suggestions
- Is it possible to get files corrupted while sharing the data like this between the 2 OS's
- Is creating the data partition as NTFS and installing some native NTFS I/O handler on OSX a better option if your experience on the above 2 is somewhat negative
- Anything else that I should be aware of?
Many thanks in advance,
Kaushik
Since yours is a newer machine, you have Internet Recovery, command option r held at boot up.
You need a Ethernet connection preferably, use Disk Utility to select the entire drive and erase with the middle selection and wait, it will take some time and map off any potential bad sector it discovers for a more reliable drive.
Next head to Partitions and click the box and set 3, option: GUID, adjust them to size, format the first partition OS X Extended journaled, name Macintosh HD. The second one exFAT and the last one MSDOS, name BOOTCAMP.
Install OS X into Macintosh HD partition, quit and setup. It will likely balk at you and say no Filevault or Recovery HD partition.
Follow the method to install Windows from disk, as you know the BOOTCAMP partition needs to be changed to NTFS by the Windows installer disk before it can install Windows.
Also follow the BootCamp drivers install from Apple.
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Use Cabon Copy Cloner to clone the OS X partition to one blank external drive and WinClone to clone the BootCamp partition to another drive.
EFI partition
Macintosh HD partition 100GB
ExFAT partition 700GB
BOOTCAMP 100GB
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Hi!
This is my first question and sorry for my broken English.
I'm currently trying to install Windows 8 in my Macbook Pro 15" machine. But I got this as an error message.
"Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style."
I heard Bootcamp Assistant cannot handle multiple partitions scheme. Anyway to install Windows with 2 data partitions like this?
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I would like to thank numerous sources, including Christopher Murphy's suggestions at:
Re: Repairing Boot Camp after creating new partition
Before proceeding, there are certain concepts needs to know:
Why Boot Camp does NOT allow further partitioning of drives after Windows has installed?
Answer: Because the way Apple configures the Mac to be recognized as non UEFI capable system on Windows.
Quote from Christopher Murphy based on the above line:
However, Windows on Macs right now use CSM-BIOS mode in Mac firmware that presents BIOS to Windows rather than EFI. Windows thinks it's on a BIOS computer, and therefore mandates the use of MBR for boot disks, rather than GPT. So that's why we have this hybrid MBR+GPT approach on Mac with Windows on it. You inherit the limitations of MBR, which is four primary partitions.
So what does it means?
It means that OSX + EFI + Recovery HD + Boot Camp partition = 4 primary partitions and thus any attempt to modify the disk will render booting issues of either system.
For more info on GPT (GUID Partition Table disks VS Master Boot Record or MBR in short, you may visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn640535%28v=vs.85%29.a spx)
So, how to overcome it?
The general guideline is to install ALL GPT ready OS first then create a Data partition, before installing Windows (Which is again, NOT supported GPT due to EFI configuration by Apple where end-users are not able to modify it).
Interestingly, since Mac Pro 2013 Late supports only Windows 8 and above, thus it is not known if this CSM-BIOS applies to it or not.
Do take note that GPT disks in Windows can only be booted when the system meets the 2 requirements:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn640535%28v=vs.85%29.a spx#gpt_faq_win7_boot
1) Windows x64 version (Which is a must for newer Macs. If you cannot go to Boot Camp 5, then you need Windows 7 x86 or 32bit version)
2) UEFI system. However, Windows sees all Macs (With the possibility of Mac Pro 2013 Late is an exception. To be determined) as BIOS, or rather NON-UEFI system.
In short, booting on GPT disks is not possible for Mac in Windows.
Summary,
It is tested that a combination of the following will not work:
- OSX + Windows + Linux
- Windows + OSX + Linux
- Windows + Linux + OSX
Usually it can create the system un-bootable or OSX refused to install due to the system does not recognize such partitions and / or Disk Utility refused to format a free space. An example screen-shot is provided below:
The error message is shown as
Title: "Failed to erase volume" Message: "Failed to wipe volume, as an error occurred: MediaKit has reported that the device does not have enough free space to execute the requested operations."
The second thing is about the preparations we need.
1) 1X Windows 7 or 8 DVD or USB thumbdrive
1A) If you uses a DVD to install, you will need another thumbdrive to load the BootCamp drivers for Windows as well as may requires an external DVD drive for newer Macs
2) 1X Linux DVD of your choice. Personally I choose Fedora 20.
So ready? Let's go.
1. Using Disk Utility, shrink the OSX's partition size to what is needed. For me, I give OSX 150GB. Do NOT create any new partition.
Disk Utility should see something like below whereby only OSX partition is left with desired disk space. The remaining space are to be unused disk space for the moment.
Note: Click on the top most item that should start with the size of your HDD / SSD. Then clicked on "Partition" and specify the desired OSX size. Hit "Apply" after that.
2: Download Boot Camp drivers only via Boot Camp Assistant. The USB thumbdrive shall be used later after Linux's installation.
Boot Camp Assistant should see this:
I have only selected "Download latest Windows Support Files from Apple"
3. Insert Linux DVD, reboot Mac into EFI mode (The left most first "EFI mode").
Note 1: Before rebooting, please plugged in an Ethernet adapter because Wi-Fi drivers is not installed.
Note 2: For Thunderbolt adapters, it must be plugged in before reboot as hot-swapping is not supported under Linux. More on the tips at the end of this article.
Note 3: Press and hold "Option" after the screen turns black. Release Option key after you see the image as below:For the unfortunate part that did not make it on time to edit the images:
9. Install the Windows Support software from your CD/USB drive to gain full functionality of your computer. Reboot and go to Windows again.
Note 1: You may choose to eject disc at this point of time. For Apple SuperDrive users, you will need to wait until the drivers (i.e. Boot Camp support files) is installed and rebooted before ejecting is reasonably possible (As I failed to figured out how to right click without the drivers)
Note 2: Unlike Windows 7 on KBase article TS4599 Keyboard/trackpad inoperative, black screen, or alert messages when installing Windows 7, USB stick can be plugged in after the Windows installation is done. This is because Windows 7 (And probably Windows 7 with SP1 DVD) does not have a built in USB 3 drivers when it was released back in 2009 where USB3 has not arrived then.
Note 3: Due to TPM, Bitlocker is not supported without the use of thumbdrives.
10. Using Disk Management to determine the given drive letter for the DATA partition (DO NOT DELETE and RECREATE partition or else you can goodbye to booting Linux and OSX). Disk Management will not allow you to format it as exFAT / FAT32 in graphical way.
Note: You may remove or modify some of the disk letters in Disk Management. However, do NOT remove / modfify the drive letter for the partition with 200MB size in HFS. This is because it will disallow booting of Linux and neither could Windows nor OSX can do anything EXCEPT to reinstall Linux only.
11. Open Command Prompt in Administrator Mode (Important!!), and key in the following command:
format F: /FS:exFAT
Give this volume a label after it has successfully formatted before hitting "Enter" again.
Note: Mine Data partition was assigned as F drive. Please make necessary adjustment to "F:" should your Data partition is assigned to other letters.
12. After that, Setup your Data partition structure as you like.
Tip: Minimally create the important folders such as:
- Music
- Documents
- Movie (Videos)
- Downloads
- Pictures
All these folders are commonly used by the 3 OSes. I do NOT recommend changing of /home (OSX and / or Linux) and / or user home directory (Windows) either partially or as a whole.
This is because of compatibility issue.
On a side note, iTunes Media Library used in OSX and Windows are NOT able to be use interchangably due to hard-coded path used.
13. Useful troubleshooting in Fedora / Linux:
With references to these:
http://chaidarun.com/fedora-mbp
http://anderson.the-silvas.com/2014/02/14/fedora-20-on-a-macbook-pro-13-late-201 3-retina-display/
http://unencumberedbyfacts.com/2013/08/16/linux-on-a-macbook-pro-101/
I would like to highlight a few important points:
1) Wi-Fi driver:
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
Note 1: The sound driver should be installed at Out of Box Experience. However, the Wi-Fi is not.
Note 2: Install both free and non-free repository. By the way, some other software like VLC can only be found after the Free Repository is installed.
Search for "akmod-wl" in Gnome-Package-Installer in order to install Wi-Fi drivers
Note 3: For those who do not have Ethernet adapters and their Mac does NOT have a built-in Ethernet port, it is recommended to get one. This is because Fedora 20 does not have a good support for iPhone USB tethering. Unsure for Andriod / Blackberry / Windows Phone users.
2) Grub Menu:
It will show several options to boot into OSX, even of the capability to boot into x86 or x64 mode. However, neither of them is bootable except Linux and the rescue.
Hence, it is recommended to remove the items by hand in this file:
/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
Command to be used:
"sudo gedit /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg"
Parts to be removed:
- For any extra kernels, delete the target entry by locating the line "menuentry" under "/etc/grub.d/10_linux" sector to one line above the next "menuentry".
It is recommended to keep one main kernel, and one recovery at the minimal.
- For other OS, delete all the entry (Since neither it can works) under "/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober" sector without removing the lines starts with ###.
Auto Mount exFAT partition:
- After installing extra packages for exFAT support (Since it is not supported by Fedora 20 from a default installation), you may wish to edit "/etc/fstab" in order to mount the exFAT partition during boot time.
Command to be used:
"sudo gedit /etc/fstab"
Add the following line in gedit:
UUID=702D-912D /run/media/Samuel/DATA exfat defaults 1 2
Note 1: For DATA partition, OSX & Boot Camp partition, Fedora defaults mounts under: "/run/medua/<Username with case sensitive>/<Partition Label Name>"
Note 2: UUID is unique ID. You can find out the UUID by:
Step 1: First determine the DATA partition number:
"sudo gdisk /dev/sda"
Step 2: Determine the UUID of this partition number:
"sudo blkid /dev/sda8"
Reference 1: http://manpages.courier-mta.org/htmlman5/fstab.5.html
Reference 2: http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/short-tip-get-uuid-of-hard-disks/
3) Overheating CPU
Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo"
4) System resumes immediately after suspend
Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo XHC1 > /proc/acpi/wakeup"
5) What does not works well out of box:
- Both GNOME and KDE's fonts are too small to be readable for out of box experience. Additional configuration is a need. (Some of the info can be found on "More Tips" later)
- Thunderbolt hotplugging is NOT supported under Windows and Linux so far. Neither FaceTime HD camera works as well.
- The red light in Headphone jack is always on. I do not have luck in switching off the light without losing the sound.
Note 1: It is determined that the module "snd_hda_intel" is used by both cards (HDMI and normal output)
Note 2: It is also known that blacklisting it can switch off the redlight at the price of muting the system.
Note: Based on this article, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1574
A Mac (Except Mac Pro) needs servicing when there is a red light while the system fails to detect internal speakers. However, this article does NOT applies to this issue.
5A) More Tips:
Install gnome-tweak-tool for more customization
Search for: "gnome-package" to install:
Install Gnome Package Installer for advanced package repository
Install Gnome Package Updater for advanced updates to be install (Whereby Fedora's App Store alike might not show the relevant updates)
14. Verify if disk is still GPT:
Use Gdisk to determine if the disk is pure GPT:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1742682
Command: sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda (The entire hard drive)
You should see the MBR is "Protective" instead of anything else.
15. Congrats, the system is ready for triple boot. (I forgot to eject my Windows DVD when the photo was taken)
Note 1: You cannot set the default startup disk in Linux due to the lack of Boot Camp Control Panel in Linux.
Neither is changing startup disk recommended in Windows due to the inability to display correctly.
For me, I click "Cancel" whenever I am on this tab (Feel free to make other Boot Camp adjustments in other tabs).
Only OSX I know that can show the startup disk options correctly.
Note 2: For some reason, OSX likes to auto mount the EFI partition everytime it boots up. It is not known to have any issue for ejecting other disks or mounting disks via Disk Utility.
Note 3: It is not determined if any Firmware or System upgrades will cause issues. It is only known that all 3 OS's regular updates should not be an issue.
System Updates excludes Mac OSX 10.9.3 updates to OSX 10.9.4 type as I had done it on a OSX 10.9.4 Mac or Windows 8.1 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 since my Windows DVD comes with Update 1.
System Upgrades refers to OSX Mavericks to Yosemite, Fedora 20 to Fedora 21, Windows 8.1 Update 1 to Windows 8.2 / Windows 9 for that matter.
Note 4: Reset SMC and / or PRAM will NOT affect your ability to boot any of the OS (OSX, Recovery HD, Fedora & Windows 8)
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I have tested this function with Windows and IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari with no problem. I have tested it with my Macbook system running Snow Leopard and Safari, with no problem. I have tested it with my Macbook and Firefox with no problem. I've used the Firefox Firebug debugging tool with no errors found.
Debugging has proven that the data is being captured by the popup, and it is assigned to the returnValue. However, the website never receives that data - the object is empty. This error is happening with every popup I've tried in the system covering a wide range of uses.
The only thing I have found that fixes/masks the problem is turning on the Developer menu in Safari, and then starting Javascript debugging. In that mode the problem does not occur, but I can't find any errors to fix.
It seems as if there is some change in Lion that affects the security of popup windows and returned data, but an internet search turns up no similar complaints. I have been able to reproduce the error on 3 different Macs running Lion.
I have verified that pop-up windows are not blocked, and java and javascript are enabled. I've also compared the settings on my system with the failing systems and find no Safari settings that make any difference. I've tried all the simple things like system reboots, safari resets, and cookie cleaning.
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if (window.showModalDialog)
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Lion after install delete NTFS data partition
Before install i have follow schema - 200 mb + 100 gb HFS with Snow Leopard + 280 gb NTFS partition with data + 300 gb NTFS partition with windows 7.
After install - 200 mb + 100 gb HFS with Lion + 600 mb new unknown partition + 580 gb NTFS with windows, but in explorer its only 300 gb.
How I can recovery my NTFS data partition?yunoshev wrote:
Before install i have follow schema - 200 mb + 100 gb HFS with Snow Leopard + 280 gb NTFS partition with data + 300 gb NTFS partition with windows 7.
After install - 200 mb + 100 gb HFS with Lion + 600 mb new unknown partition + 580 gb NTFS with windows, but in explorer its only 300 gb.
How I can recovery my NTFS data partition?
Ok this is what happened.
1: Lion installed a 600 MB recovery partition
2: Lion installer saw only one NTFS partition on the drive and combined the two into 580GB
You have to remember Apple only works with their Boot Camp system that makes one more Windows partition only.
Anything after that your on your own.
Hopefully you have your data backed up, if not your going to have to use software in Windows (as it reads NTFS) to read the platters directly via the 1's and 0's to recover your data to a external exFAT, FAT or NTFS formatted drive.
Once that's done, your going to have to backup the files from OS X.
Then wipe the entire drive and reformat holding c and booting off the 10.6 disks, reinstall OS X 10.6 then 10.7, then run Boot Camp and reinstall Windows to only ONE partition, then return files from backup.
I think EFI can only handle 4 partitions on the drive, so when the 600 MB recovery partition was installed, took your NTFS data partition away.
Hopefully it kept the data in place. -
Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7 Issues
Couple of questions regarding Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7... I never had issues with Snow Leopard and setting up Windows 7 on my iMac (expcept the dreaded black screen after restart, bu got that fixed)
Let me start off with my specs and then I will ask my questions:
iMac 27"
i7 Quad Core (1st gen)
16GB Ram
1TB HDD
OS X Lion (Fresh Install - Not Upgrade)
All updates for OS and iLife and other installed software:
Adobe Creative Suite CS5
MS Office 2011
Boot Camp 4.0
Window 7 Ultimate
Ok... here are my questions.
When I fixed my black screen issues after installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 - I had to install MacFUSE and Tuxera NTFS in order to delete the the stock ATI driver so the second rebot on the install of windows 7 would work and boot correctly. After rebotting into my mac side I now always get this message from Tuxera.
What does this mean? Now in the finder when looking at the computer drives.. It does not show the BOOTCAMP partition...
However, when I resart i can hold down the ALT key and get this menu:
I know this might seem strange to ask, but why are the Macintosh HD and the Recovery HD text smoothed and the Windows text not? Being a design I see the difference and it makes me wonder why this is. (It is almost like the BSOD icon apple used forwhen connecting with shared PCs)... Anyways, I can boot into windows when clicking this drive.
After getting to windows 7 it will not let me run updated. The OS is activated and I have even installed SP1 manually, but it always tells me that the Update service is not running. When in fact it is. I have checked it and it is set to start automatically. I have reset and shutdown my computer more than 10 times... I can't figure out what the issues are.
Overview:
Why do I get the Tuxera NTFS error?
Why can I see the boot camp partion when manually selecting it form startup, but it does not show in OS X
I can't get Windows to update? Any ideas?
Thanks for any help you can provide.These various utilities like Tuxera are incompatible with Lion. Partly because MacFuse is incompatible. You need to remove them completely.
As for the Windows partition you might consider using Boot Camp Assistant to remove it. Then make a new partition and install Windows. Remember to use the Windows formatter to format the Windows partition NTFS. -
Osx+tuxera ntfs+itunes+windows == 150GB of data gone
When i bought this mac (macbook pro 8,2) i had this nifty idea of repartitioning the hdd so that i would have a small osx and linux partition and all the space left for windows and data on one ntfs partition, i regret that now....
This idea was because of good support (read write permissions etc) for a filesystem is quite hard when you have 3 os'es al with a little compatibility with each other. ntfs was the best choice for the job, it has good support on mac (tuxera ntfs) windows uses it nativly and linux also has good support for it.
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The day after i wanted to store some music on my data partition, so i pointed itunes to a new library path, on the ntfs drive specificaly.
I had a folder named Media, in it were subfolders: films and series. music was added by itunes.
Then the day came i booted to my windows and wanted some music there too, i clicked on media, and what happened i got a big fat error saying it couldt open the folder and i had to make sure it was connected to the network and what not..
So i booted back into osx, folder gone... itunes couldnt access the folder anymore and reset the library path.
Both windows and osx couldn't access the folder anymore (osx didnt even see it anymore), probably because windows changed something to the ntfs folder while some parts were hfs+ for itunes (or something like that) it overwritten some crucial hfs+ header info.
the real fun started here, the ntfs drive reported a remaining GB count that matched my previous, before the **** went to ****.
Itunes was never made to write to ntfs because osx normally can't.
After that i tried to do a checkdisk, it started to delete every entry from its own filesystem it had record of for that media folder, there went the dire straits, coldplay etc. etc.
after checkdisk was gone it booted into windows, i checked my drive and the directory was also gone in windows. the only good part was that it finally reported the right available GB again..
so this was the story of a guy putting his faith into both windows and osx for not ******* up eachothers filesystems while working with it....
i wont make this mistake anymore.
Can someone from apple shed some light into this?
does itunes keep in mind the library can be placed on an ntfs drive, and that windows doesnt like hfs+ files on its ntfs partition...
this results in both of the oses shredding eachothers filesystems to pieces and leaving the user with no data....i would have a small osx and linux partition and all the space left for windows...
so this was the story of a guy putting his faith into both windows and osx for not ******* up eachothers filesystems while working with it....
You forgot Linux. Are you certain that whatever you did in Linux didn't muck everything up?
...Can someone from apple shed some light into this?...
As Terence said, Apple doesn't respond in these forums.
...does itunes keep in mind the library can be placed on an ntfs drive,...
It's not completely clear, but I interpret that you were working with iTunes in OSX, but the library was stored on the NTFS partition. In that case, then no, iTunes in OSX does NOT "keep in mind" that the library is on an NTFS partition since OSX does NOT support writing to NTFS. You added that capability by installing Tuxera NTFS, which is not an Apple product. BTW, I use Tuxera NTFS so I don't necessarily believe that Tuxera NTFS was the cause of your issues. I'm just noting that iTunes in OSX would not have the capability by itself of working with a iTunes library located on a NTFS partition, so making the assumption that OSX iTunes would work perfectly with an NTFS iTunes library is, well, you know what they say about assumptions.
And you're using iTunes in a way that is not supported as far as I can tell. (i.e.: shared iTunes library, particularly between the OSX and Windows versions of iTunes.) A lot of what you're doing is unsupported (e.g.: Linux, more than the "two" partitions for OSX and WIndows.) While unsupported does not mean "does not work", it does mean, you need to be more careful with what you do since you've gone beyond what Apple will guarantee. (And Apple doesn't guarantee that even a supported version of Windows won't muck things up anyway. It's Windows, after all. ) -
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Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1994-2004
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Doing a google search for the error revealed this discussion on Ars Technica, where folks seem to think this problem is caused by installing Xcode 2.3 on an Intel Mac. That would match my situation. Does it match yours?
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/267005829731
Someone there posted a technique for disabling just certain background daemons, rather than disabling Windows Sharing entirely. Personally, I'm more comfortable disabling Windows Sharing than fiddling around at a lower level. I've found that if I disable and then re-enable Windows Sharing, everything is OK until I reboot. That will work fine for me until Apple has a chance to fix Xcode.
I'm going to post a developer bug report about the problem, and suggest you do the same.
--Stuart -
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I hava one window with enterable fields and when you click on a button it opens another window .Both forms are backed by the same bean .since both forms are nearly the same .
The bean is a managed bean in request scope .
when I fill in the first window with values and click on the link it opens the second but the first windows elements and now empty .
Even though it is in Request scope when the second window is being loaded the bean is re-initialized . I would expect a new intance of this bean to be created for the second window .
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Thanks for your help .
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Now I'm trying to setup shared review environment using WebDAV.
but, only when i use acrobat on MacOSX, can't access review data.
when i use windows this problem doesn't happen.
Does anyone know the any of reasons, workarounds?
* Environment
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Client : Mac OSX 10.6.8
Acrobat : Acrobat Pro 10.0.0
* Repro Steps
1. Open Safari
2. Access to WebDAV Url
3. Acrobat (plugin) on Safari seems to open pdf file correctly, but error dialog is appeared.
dialog says "can't connect to ... (in Japanese)"
* Additional Info
I can uploaded pdf file to WebDAV folder with this(MacOSX) client. (use Shared review wizard of Acrobat)
I can access review data when I use Windows(XP Pro, Acrobat X Pro and Acrobat Reader X 10.1.0)
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This problem occured both of via http and via https.AmbooS wrote:
A similar issue was fixed in Acrobat 10.1 patch. Download and install the patch from Adobe website and see if your issue is resolved.
I installed Acrobat Reader 10.1.0 on the above Mac (I didn't apply the patch). but the same problem reproduced with this Acrobat Reader.
( get the Dialog box which says "Acrobat cannot connect to the Review Server ..." )
Then I changed the following preferences, This problem has not been solved yet.
1. Security(Enhanced)
Add webdav host to Privileged Locations.
2. Trust Manager -> Internet Access ...
Click 'Change Settings...', then Allow webdav site address.
I verified the followings.
1. MacOSX Safari can't access to PDF(Shared Review) properly.
After the installing Adobe Reader 10.1.0, while loading pdf, progress bar of Acrobat Reader Plugin began to not progress (not finished to open).
When I open the PDF(not for Shared Review), Reader Plugin can open it correctly.
(I verified Safari's installed plugin setting for pdf is "Adobe Acrobat Plug-in, Version 10.1.0")
*I verified the following 2-4 with Firefox on MacOSX.
2. I checked http access log (of webdav server), but there are no access logs from (MacOSX's) Adobe Synchronizer.(I verified this when the firewall of MacOSX was disabled)
3. Access to PDF file is working properly (Acorobat Reader on MacOSX can display PDF (but shared review data are not)).
4. When I accessed from Windows XP(Acrobat Reader), like the following http access log has been recorded.
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - suda [22/Sep/2011:15:41:55 +0900] "GET /webdavtest/2/413/1/NEW_0003_review.pdf__735c6012134e4f9f9fbdebb4b9029b39/masao.suda.at.i nteraction-i.co.jp.xml HTTP/1.1" 304 - "-" "Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; Adobe Synchronizer 10.1.1)"
It seems that Adobe Synchronizer on MacOSX (Adobe Resource Synchronizer) doesn't work properly.
In the previous post. Once I (and my co-worker) verified this was solved certainly.
I found similar issue ( http://forums.adobe.com/thread/850377 ). was this problem solved?
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