.mac system pref

Has anyone had any problems with .mac system pref?

Scott,
I did a quick check on System Preferences Help and this is what I found:What to do if .Mac syncing seems sluggish
Sometimes we need coffee as a pick-me-up; sometimes .Mac Sync may seem like it could use some too. If you've noticed that syncing your .Mac data is taking longer than it used to, reset your data to speed things up again.
Each time you make changes to your data and sync it to .Mac, it creates new entries. Over time, all these separate entries can start to slow down the sync process.
To avoid this, reset your data to create a single complete record for each type of data that you're synchronizing (bookmarks, keychains, contacts, and so on). As you reset your data, it will take a while as it's uploading all the data, but in subsequent syncs .Mac will be able to read these entries more quickly than having to go through multiple records, which should perk your sync time right up.While I realize this information may not apply to your situation, and until you hear from someone else you may want to look at the System Preference Help Topics for more tips.
I consider the iDisk copy on my computer extraneous and I have iDisk Syncing Off.
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.mac system pref gives wrong password

I saw this question in the archives, but it was not answered. I hope someone can help me. I have acquired an iMac and am trying to sync and run Backup. Backup says it is in trial version because I am not a .mac member. Sync says my iDisk is not connected or mounted. However, the iDisk is mounted and I can see all of my data stored on it. I can also sign into .mac online and on my Powerbook. I can run backup on the PB, too. Now
When I access the .mac system prefs, the password automatically fills in with way too many characters. Since these characters are all dots, I do not know what it is putting in. When I go into the keychains or log into my .mac online, it accepts my correct password. I don't know what is going on and how to get the sys. prefs to let me put in the correct password. Now I just checked the prefs on the PB and it is doing the same thing, but it WILL allow me to use sync and Backup. Does anyone know how to get the iMac to recognize my .mac membership?

I have tried and tried, but I am not able to reset anything in iSync on the imac. iSync will not run, saying it cannot access my .mac account. I have 4 macs in my house, including a G3 that cannot even install Tiger (due to no DVD drive), and 3 of them can sync and can do all they should do. The imac is the only one with this problem. It will not recognize that I am a .mac member, thus, will not allow me to sync or set prefs.
If anyone has any more suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them and would like to try them. The only thing different about this imac is that it was formerly owned by someone who had a .mac account. His account is no longer active and I want to make the computer my own. I was able to change the passwords and could change everything except the short name of the home folder. I wonder if this has any connection with my .mac identification problem. My other 3 Macs all have different names, though, so I don't see how that could affect it.

How can i use my smart TV as a second monitor for my Power mac (2010) via HDMI cable? i've made the connection but no options show in system prefs display.

How can i use my smart TV as a second monitor for my Power mac (2010) via HDMI cable? i've made the connection but no options show in system prefs display.
the computer:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.9.5), 2 x 2.66 Ghz 6-Core intel Xeon
the TV: LG Smart tv

The Mac uses a highly-parameterized universal Driver for every display. The parameters are set at certain times when a query is sent to your display. The display MUST answer with its name and capabilities, or the screen stays dark. A TV set that is off or "not paying attention" because it is set to a different port when the query occurs will rarely answer, and so will often remain dark.
You can use tools in the System Report to see whether your display has been detected at all. If it has, the report will look something like this, but its name will appear:
The times when the query is sent are:
• at Startup
• at wake from sleep
• when the Mac-end of the cable is inserted
• when using the Option ( Detect Displays ) button in displays preferences

I have a photo cd from photographer that was burned on a mac but it will not open on my mac. It goes in, makes some noise, then ejects. My system pref. is set to open iPhoto when a photo cd is inserted. She has sent me 2 disc and both do the same thing

I have a photo cd from photographer that was burned on a mac but it will not open on my mac. It goes in, makes some noise, then ejects. My system pref. is set to open iPhoto when a photo cd is inserted. She has sent me 2 disc and both do the same thing. Any ideas?

NOt an iPhoto issue - either a bad CD or a bad Superdrive on your computer - no way for us to tell try the CD in a different computer
LN

System prefs .mac trouble

Kind of wierd....
When I open system prefs and click on the .mac area. My name is right but the password is wrong. When I change the password and hit enter it changes to the correct amount of dots hiding the password. However if I click on advanced or something it instantly changes the password back to whatever and has login troubles. I go back to the window with the username and password and its not the correct password (has way to many letters) as expected.
How can I get it to delete the old (although not created by me) password and hold the new password in this area so it will sync properly. Thanks!

Hello John.
This is a security feature - more dots are shown than text and/or numbers entered for the correct password and doesn't mean your password has been changed.
If this is an existing password, you can't change your .Mac account password from the .Mac System Preferences.
Can you access your .Mac account information via the .Mac website?

My volume is greyed out when I turn on the Mac, but for some reason it works again when I turn on bluetooth. Nothing in system prefs changes this???

My volume is greyed out when I turn on the Mac, but for some reason it works again when I turn on bluetooth. Nothing in system prefs changes this??? Its all very random and sometimes I do not have this problem at all or it is fixed again when I restart the Mac.

please let me know if you figure out how to do correct it because mine has exacly the same problem.

HT4436 I do not have I Cloud on my Mac..I have checked system pref and its not there. how do I add I cloud to my applications?

I do not have I Cloud on my Mac..I have checked system pref and its not there. how do I add I cloud to my applications?

Upgrade the computer to at least Mac OS X 10.7.2.
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I'm experiencing the same issue on my Mac since installing ML this morning. However, I am able to sign into iCloud via my iPhone and iPad without issue. This only occurs when I attempt to go into iCloud setting in system pref's... I have attempted to chan

I'm experiencing a log in issue on my MBA since installing ML this morning. However, I am able to sign into iCloud via my iPhone, iPad and on the web without issue. This only occurs when I attempt to go into iCloud setting in system pref's... I have attempted to change my password and also reloaded iCloud. Neither of these actions resolved the issue. When I open iCloud preferences in system preferences on my Mac, it prompts me to enter my appleID and password. Once entered, it just hangs...
What exactly did you do (verified your apple ID/iCloud but in a very difficult way)?
Thanks!

Hi,
In the Finder use the Go Menu whilst holding down the ALT key.
Select the Library that appears when you do this.
Navigate to Containers/com.apple.soagent/Data/Library/Preferences
You will notice that many of the items are Aliases (to the Originals in ~/Library/Preferences).
But there are exceptions.
Delete (Drag to Trash) the com.apple.soagent.plist and com.apple.messageshelper.AccountInfoController.plist
Restart the Mac (I have not worked out is SOAgent launches when the Mac does).
Restart Messages.
If this does not work navigate to ~/Library/Preferences
In here find and Delete com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist
This will need a Restart of the app.
You will be asked Again for your Apple ID
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Disk System Prefs on a Mac Pro with SSD

I have recently installed an OWC 120 GB SSD on my Mac Pro in the 2nd Optical Bay and am using it as the boot disk. Should I leave the system prefs settings at the default, or should change them so that the disc does not go to sleep. I have had a few freezes when staying in one app for an extended period (Front Row watching movies, for example) and am guessing that the power down of the disks in the default settings is the culprit.
Unchecking the box seems to cure the problem, but imagine that the regular disks in bays 1-4 are now spinning. What is the answer.

Most likely it hung trying to spin down the SSD. You are better off disabling the spin down option anyway. Modern hard drives are designed to run all the time. The spin down option is just for energy saving or battery saving on a laptop.
The only time my drives stop spinning is if I turn off the computer. I haven't done that in since August and most likely won't until the end of April.

HT1338 i lost my iphone and my macbook pro does not show the icloud in system pref. What do i do? how do i download icloud?

I lost my iphone and my macbook pro does not show the icloud in system pref. how do i get icloud on my mac?

iCloud is only available in Lion, 10.7. You will have to upgrade to Lion in order to get into iCloud. If you transfered a .mac or .me address to iCloud through mobile me, or you have another device iCloud enabled, then you can log into the iCloud.com website.

TS4006 How do I add iphone4s to iCloud's "find my phone"? I turned on macbook pros system prefs to "find my phone", turned on iphone4s's "location services" and set up iCloud, etc. iPhone4s still won't show-but macbook does show. It receives gmail, weathe

How do I add my new iPhone4s to iCloud's "Find my iPhone"? I followed the iCloud instructions and turned on Macbook Pros' system prefs to "find my mac", turned on iPhone4s's "location services" and set up iCloud, etc. In the "Find my iphone" tab of my new iCloud account (on my Macbook Pro) my iPhone4s still won't show—but my macbook does show. I had my iPhone4s set up at the phone store (2 days ago) and It receives gmail, my contacts and calender entries, the weather, etc. I installed the "Find iPhone" app from iTunes on the iPhone4s, synched to iTunes, even reset the phone, but the only device that gets located is my Macbook Pro. I can send a "sound" message to my Mac (and the Mac recieves it) but unable to see the iPhone4s from my Mac, let alone send any message. Any suggestions to get the iPhone4s device to appear in iCloud?
Thank you in advance for your help.

OK, I figured it out...I deleted the iCloud account off my iPhone (Settings, iCloud, Delete Account), and then added iCloud back in (Settings, iCloud, SignIn)....and then my email (iCloud) and "Find my phone" features worked! Nice!!!!

Built-In Audio Panning L&R malfunctions, system prefs.

I have noticed on my own Mac, as well as my peers' computers which include iBooks, PowerMacs, iMacs, and even a new MacBook pro, that the audio coming from the Built-in audio card will randomly be panned completely to the right, or the left.
A quick troubleshoot will lead you to find that in the system preferences the panning slider is set to the right or left, an undesirable setting.
All of the computers I mentioned are running the latest updated versions of Tiger, 10.4.6, and with the exception of my self running Pro Tools, none of the other computers mentioned are running any third party audio interfaces/cards or software that uses audio other than the applications included with Tiger: iTunes, iChat, Quicktime, Safari, etc.
Unfortunately there is no Lock in the audio system preferences, which could potentially be a quick fix to the problem because if an application like iChat had a bug which caused audio panning, the lock in system prefs. would prevent that..
I am quite boggled.
question:
What might be causing this, and is there a solution?

Thanks for the response guys. It seems we're in the same boat.
The problem is intermittent on my machine . It has occurred three times since I bought it. The fist time it lasted for a day and a half. I rang Apple support and went through a number of steps until the P-RAM suggestion which seemed to fix it. A few days later it disappeared again and resetting the P-RAM had no effect. My wife continued to use the computer (without sound) and some hours later it came back after a restart (she only restarted it because she is in the habit of shutting down instead of using sleep). The problem occurred again. That time I restarted the machine a number of times, with and without the external speakers plugged in, with them turned on and off etc. This had no effect. I gave up. Some time later my wife went to use the computer and it came back. I now believe that the P-RAM solution that seemed to fix the problem the first time was just a coincidence.
I rang Apple support again and they gave me the following steps (A,B & C of which I went through the first time the problem occurred):
A: Log in through another account and see if it had the same problem.
- The built-in audio was still missing.
B: Run the disk utility on the hard drive (after booting from installation DVD).
- There were nil problems on the HD, but it did not fix the problem.
C: Reset the P-RAM.
- This worked the first time though it has not worked on subsequent re-occurrences of the problem.
D: Do an Archive Reinstall.
- I did this today; though the built-in audio was working, I just wanted to complete the suggestions the Apple support person gave me. The problem has not reoccurred yet, but it has only been a few hours. I will be using the computer as much as possible tonight to see if the problem reoccurs.
If the problem reoccurs I'll be taking the machine in for warranty repairs, or better still replacement.

Access to non-apple system prefs

We are in a corporate environment. When setting up new Macs we turn off access to the System Preferences using the Accounts Control Panel. We want to prevent users from changing Network settings, Sharing options, etc. that we setup up for our company.
The problem with this is when we install software for third-party products such as mice or graphics tablets. Many of these items install Control Panels that are accessed only through the System Preferences, but a non-admin user cannot go in and change the individual settings for these devices without having full admin rights to the System Preferences.
Are there any workarounds for being able to control which Control Panels users have access to when using System Preferences?
Thanks for any help!

If your users are non-admins, they shouldn't be able
to change the Sharing or Network prefs unless they
enter an admin password. When setting up the new
accounts, go into those prefs and ensure the little
padlock icon is locked.
Apparently this has improved over earlier versions of OS X when I wasn't looking. When we intially loaded OS X I remember turning on the access to System Prefs and locking the various control panels for the non-admin users, but I recall that some of them didn't stay locked. That's why we started turning off access to them completly. After that initial install of our desktop Macs I never tried this again. We've updated the OS a couple times, but never went in and tried this again because everything was working fine. But when I went to setup some new laptops with wireless mice that had their own control panels this became an issue and that's why I was looking for the workaround. It would be nice if Apple gave you a way in System Preferences to turn on/off access to the individual CPs without having to muck with system like this. But this will work for now.

System Prefs - options greyed out or non-functional

I have been having a bad time lately with my System Prefs. I first noticed it when settings to Mouse and Sound would not retain after a restart.
Now the problems are much worse...
I cannot open the Date & Time pane at all (ignores clicking), all options in Sharing are grayed out and cannot be changed (even though account is admin and the lock is unlocked), I am unable to create a new user, and changes to Energy Saver result in spinning color wheel.
I have deleted every preference and cache I could find in the user and rebuilt permissions but no luck. I am considering enabling root and seeing if that can go in and make changes since I cannot create a new admin user otherwise.
Short of a painful OS reinstall anybody have suggestions?
I also might consider riding it out and waiting for 10.5.

Ralph Johns (UK) (to Emily Vu) 19 minutes ago
Hi,
Check the Font AppleGothic.ttf is active and validates using the Font Book app.
if you have to change anything restart the Mac.
If this is not the issue go to ~/Library/Preferences and find com.apple.ichat.plist and Drag it to the Trash and then restart Messages.
The above reply in another thread solved my issue! Namely that my apple gothic font was disabled, breaking the entire Messages app.

I have just upgraded to OSX Maverick and now my Apple TV has taken over my iTunes videos. I have tried turning off homeshare and iHave gone into system prefs and disabled the remote, but the problem persists. Any ideas.

After upgrading to OSX Maverick my Apple TV has taken control of my iTunes videos insisting I have to watch it on my TV. I have tried disabling home sharing on iTunes and on the Apple TV menu, I have also checked the disable Infrared facility in Systems Prefs Security. Even if I put the Apple TV in standby as soon as I hit a key on my iMac, Apple TV comes back on and on my Itunes screen I get the Apple TV logo imprinted on the screen, meaning I can no longer watch it on my MAC, I have run out of ideas. Can anyone help.

I think you're headed the right direction. There is an AirPlay icon (on mine it is up near the play/pause controls) that I believe is used to set the default desitination for the video to play.
I'd never seen your issue before, but opened iTunes on a recently-upgraded-to-Mavericks MacBook and it did exactly as you described. While the video was loading, I switched the AirPlay option to the computer instead of ATV and it began playing locally (after a delay as you'd mentioned). I then read this page, which is actually quite old: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1091073, which lead me to the icon near the play/pause button. It now has Computer selected on it, and defaults to play locally instead of the ATV even after quitting and reopening iTunes. I hope that is helpful.

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