Macbook Pro file transfer problem

hello ppl...I hav an NTFS formatted External Hard Disk..so is there any way by which i can transfer files from mac to HDD without formatting it...plzz do let me know if its possible..

thanks a lot dude.....problem's solved...i found much flexible tool for it.... SL NTFS looks better

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Mac Pro to MacBook Pro - File transfer problem

I just bought a new Mac Pro. It is connected to my Airport Extreme via ethernet. The Airport Extreme is connected to my cable modem vis ethernet.
The Mac Pro and the MacBook Pro appear in the others Shared part of the side bar. I have checked the permissions of the files (command I) that I am trying to transfer and in every case there are the usual names- admin, my name, and everyone - with Read & Write privileges. However, there is another one called (unknown) with read only. I can not change the privilege nor delete the name from the list.
1. I have repaired permissions on both machines
2. In "Get Info" I changed permissions and added "Administrators" and made it "Read & Write" to the files I am trying to share.
*The Problem is:*
I can transfer from the MacBook Pro to the Mac Pro but when I try to transfer from the Mac Pro to the MacBook Pro , I get the Alert:
"You may need to enter the name and password for an administrator on this computer to change the item named " Blah Blah"
When I click on "Continue", I get this message:
"The item "Blah Blah" contains one or more items you do not have permission to read. Do you want to copy the items you are allowed to read?"
When I click continue I get:
" The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items".
From the Mac Pro I have no problem moving files from one folder to another on the MacBook Pro.
Transferring worked perfectly when I had my old PPC G5 (where the Mac Pro is in the loop).
Can someone please help? Anyone have an idea or two?
Message was edited by: Garner Lewis

Have run into this problem repeatedly in the past two weeks. I first discovered I could tether my MacBook Pro to my Droid X and access the internet for free, so I was elated. After a couple of days I could no longer connect the phone to the Mac via Bluetooth as you describe. Then it magically came back a week later, and after two days I lost it again. I spent about 3 hours troubleshooting and solved it. I hope this works for you.
Open Network Preferences on the computer
HIghlight Bluetooth PAN
Select the ADVANCED tab
Click on "Renew DHCP Lease"
That did it for me.
Good luck,
Rob

MacBook Pro to MacBook Pro File Transfer

Perhaps too basic of a question, but I haven't been able to find the answer elsewhere.
I'm getting a new MacBook Pro in a couple of weeks and need to transfer non-application files from my old (early 2011) MacBook Pro to the new one. In the previous migration, also MacBook to MacBook I just started up the old MacBook as a Firewire Target disk and copied the files to the new one. Firewire has apparently been phased out because it is not on the new MacBook. Does Thunderbolt work in the same way? Can I hook the pair up using a T'bolt to T'bolt cable, start my present, soon to be old, MacBook up as a Target disk (hold 't' during startup?) and copy the files over?
Relatedly, what is the preferred or recommended method of transferring files used with Apple's Index-type Applications (i.e., iTunes, Mail, and iPhoto)? Is it OK to simply copy the files over to the appropriate location or should I use the "Import" or "Add to Library" choices with the new program? After twenty years of near-religious devotion to constant upgrading to the newest OS version, I've slacked off the last couple of years and am currently running OS 10.8.5, iPhoto 9.4.3, Mail 6.6, and iTunes 11.1.5, should version number figure into the answer. With my previous transfers, the "old" machine had the latest software and thus wasn't an issue.
Thanks!
Chris

Hi CB,
Not a problem, as Eric has pointed out correctly, TM works with Thunderbolt. If you have't got one on the old MBP, you would require a FireWire to Thunderbolt adaptor, for your new Mac that has not got a FW port. Then FW to the FW port on your old MBP.
Of course, with both having Thunderbolt, TB to TB - and whala! It is fast!
Let us know about the fun with the new Mac
Leo

New to MacBook - slow LAN file transfer problem

My new MacBook is painfully slow when wifi-ing to my house LAN.
I turned in my old G4 iBook for a MacBook (2GHz C2D, 2GB, 10.4.9, all updates). I have a LAN that consists of a wired 1G Ethernet backbone (a Mini and a Powermac G5 are wired in) and a Snow AEB that provides 802.11g wifi access to the LAN. The wired LAN connects to a D-Link GB Ethernet switch so the wired systems can exchange files fast. The switch connects to a D-Link EBR2310 router that connects to a cable modem to ComCast. The router has the latest firmware (1.05, it's an 'A' version router).
The Mini, G5, and MB are static IPs on the LAN. The D-Link router passes out DHCP addresses >100, with addresses <101 reserved for static LAN IPs. I use static IPs for network reliability when recovering from power outages and other unforeseen glitches. The LAN has worked very well in this configuration, with fast file transfers among machines and good stability.
With my old 802.11g G4 iBook, I was able to watch DVDs that are stored on an external FW drive connected to the Mini. No stalls, no pauses, no dropouts - MenuMeters showed an average throughput of about 700KBytes/sec on the iBook when viewing a DVD. I used both VLC and DVD Player with good results.
With my new MacBook, I can't view my DVD files. 802.11g network transfer rates to the MB (indicated by MenuMeters and by Activity Monitor) vary rapidly from a high of about 1.1 MBytes/sec to 20 KBytes/sec. Movies stall, skip, etc.
Simple file copies from one system to another are also much slower with the MacBook - an average of ~100KBytes/sec vs. ~ 1.5 MBytes/sec with my old iBook. In short, the MacBook is dog-slow in file transfers from the other machines compared with my old iBook when using the wifi connection, with no change to the network infrastructure in going from the old laptop to the new. I would like to fix this.
My AEB is set up in bridge mode (simple access point) with WPA2 security. All three Macs are completely current with latest updates, as is the Snow AEB. The MB has 4 bars of signal strength. Slow file transfer problem does not change when moving the MB to or from the AEB.
Curiously, when I download a large file (like the Intel 10.4.9 combo update), the MB shows a steady ~800KBytes/sec download speed, with none of the speed variation it shows with file transfers from either the Mini or the G5. File transfers to/from the MB to either of the other Macs are very slow.
Both the Mini and the G5 have Airport cards: when I switch them from wired Ethernet LAN to wifi LAN, they transfer files between each other at ~ 2MBytes/sec - about what you'd expect from an 802.11g protocol. So the slow file transfer doesn't seem to be due to the AEB, it seems to be specific to the MacBook. When I connect the MB using its hardware Ethernet port, files transfer just as fast as the other systems.
I have tried these measures, without effect on the problem:
- power off/restart of every component in the system;
- changing the AEB to an open network mode;
- changing the MB from static IP to DHCP;
- toggling IPv6 on/off;
- running no applications other than Finder on all systems;
Activity Monitor on the MB doesn't show anything sucking up CPU cycles during file transfers. I have plenty of RAM. The only thing I've changed in the network is the swap of the iBook for the MacBook.
Can anyone suggest what else I can try to make acquisition of this nice shiny MacBook a step forward, rather than a step back? Thank you!
G5 DP 1.8, Mini CD1.83 GHz, MacBook C2D,2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)
G5 DP 1.8, Mini 1.83 GHz, G4 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)
G5 DP 1.8, Mini 1.83 GHz, G4 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi,
Did you want to use the Live Migrations for that?
We recommend that you configure separate dedicated networks with gigabit or faster speed for live migration traffic and cluster communication, and these networks should be separate from the network used by the management operating system, and from the network
used by the virtual machines.
For more and detail information, please refer to:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff428137(WS.10).aspx
Regards.
Vivian Wang

File transfer problem

I have a 2009 intel iMAC running 10.6.8. Several months ago it developed a file transfer problem. When transferring files to an external server via ethernet cable, most of the time it will only let me transfer one file at a time whether is a small word document or a large video file that is several gigabytes. Even with transferring just one file, the elapsed time bar will not indicate the file has completely transferred. It stays open and appears as if it is still trying to transfer even though the file size transferred is equal to the size of the file. Plus the only way I can close the the transfer bar is to relaunch finder. Then when I go to the folder it was transferring it to, the entire file will be there.
Suggestions?

Have you tried restarting the external drive and the computer?

Macbook pro touchpad/curser problems.

macbook pro touchpad curser problems. typing randomly jumps to wherever the curser is resting at the time. unbelievably maddening. multiple devices same all have same problem. hard to believe we cannot find anything on the apple site about this. MANY complaints outside of this site on this issue... clearly a touchpad/battery design flaw being ignored by Cupertino. during the writing of this post, the curser jumped randomly and started typing in a different location six times. IMPOSSIBLE to use as a word processor since typing becomes quite frustrating. HELP. any ideas? Fanboy and shareholder. three macbook pros in the house...all the same problem. (please do not offer separate keyboard as solution...this is a laptop, not a Surface Pro...)

Go step by step and test.
1. Restart
2. Shut down the computer.
    Clean the trackpad with moist not wet microfiber cloth.
    System Preferences > Point & Click
    Try turning off three finger dragging and then turning it on after testing.
3. Is there any Bluetooth device nearby with failing batteries? If so, replace the batteries.
4. Reset PRAM:   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
5. Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    Choose the method for:
    "Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
6. Close all windows and quit all applications.
    Click the Spotlight -the magnifying glass icon- in the menu bar. Enter Disk utility in the box.
    Select Disk Utility from the drop down. When the Disk utility window opens up,
    select Macintosh HD, then First Aid.
    Click Repair Disk Permissions button.
    Ignore the time remaining estimate.

My 15" macbook pro have big problems identifying and connecting to my wireless network

my 15" macbook pro have big problems identifying and connecting to my wireless network. I have no problem connecting to my neighbour´s. Also I have a 13" macbook pro, a 13" macbook, 2 ipads and 3 iphones (3, 4 and 5) and none of these have any problems connecting to my wireless. My 15" is running Mac OS X 10.7.5, has a 2.66 GHz Intel Core I7 proc and 8 GB Ram

Hi Frodey,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has steps to take to troubleshoot connecting to a wireless network and may help:
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Cheers,
- Ari

2012 MacBook Pro Intel i7 (purchased May 2013) constantly drops airport connection. My 2006 MacBook Pro has no problems connecting and staying connected.

I received a 2012 MacBook Pro INtel i7 for my birthday this May 2013. It constantly drops my airport connection. My ancient 2006 MacBook Pro has no problem connecting to airport, nor staying connected. I've had to write this message several times as I keep losing the airport connection and have to reconnect. BTW: I am less than five feet from the airport base.
Thanks for help.

After trying all of the above the suggestions, the problem returned as before. However, after digging some more I discovered that the issue appears to lie with the 10.4.10 version of the Mac OS; when I checked the software log under the system profiler I noticed that I had installed that update at about the time my Airport problems began. Apple then quietly released a v 1.1 combo update to 10.4.10 on July 2nd, which once installed appears to have resolved the problem. You can find the download at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10410comboupdatev11intel.html
What's curious is that originally Apple listed that the v 1.1 combo update resolved some issues with RAW image data, and some sound problems, which don't seem to have anything to do with Airport.

Getting a G4 and MacBook Pro to transfer files via ethernet

Thank you for the help on setting up file sharing. File sharing looks to be working on both computers (now) but it prompts a new question: I now have a problem with the ethernet connection. I unlugged my cable modem ethernet cable and connected it to the ethernet port on the back of the G4 and to the MacBook Pro ethernet slot (as recommended in Mac Help). I opened File Sharing in both computers. I've followed the steps in Mac Help to get the MacBook Pro to recognize the G4 so I can start transfering files to the MBP. No success getting them to "see" each other.
It appears that the MacBook Pro wants me to do it over the Internet but Mac Help is telling me I can do it directly from computer to computer since I've got them connected via the ethernet cable. (Step 3. is "connect to server" and, once connected, there is a "browse" option). My hope is to use the G4 as the "server" but I can't determine how to make the MBP connect to the G4 so I can transfer files. (each computer has a different name.)
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you.
PowerMac G4 Mac OS 9.2.x MacBook Pro 17" laptop 2.16 GHz, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Thanks for the suggestion. In following your recommendation I get a window on my MBP that says, "Connection failed. The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name of IP address."
In trying to "connect," I've inserted the ethernet cable into the port on the MBP and the G4. So, I'm not connected to the cable modem. Since there is only one ethernet port on each computer, that seemed sensible. Maybe not.
On the MBP I also tried, in the Sharing folder under "Internet," there is an option to share my built-in MBP ethernet connection with the built-in G4 ethernet. When I tried that a message popped up saying, "if you turn on this port, your ISP might terminate your service to prevent you from disrupting its network. In some cases (if you use a cable modem - which I do - you might unintentionaly affect the network settings of your ISP and violate the terms of your service agreement."
On the G4 I've enabled file sharing and enabled file sharing clients to connect over TCP/IP.
I don't know if this is relevant, but my TCP/IP on the G4 is configured to connect via Ethernet and configure using DHCP server.
Thank you.
The most consistent way I have found, is to use the
IP address. The Browse function should work, but
sometimes it does not.
If you want to connect from the MBP to the G4 (G4's
volume shows up on MBP desktop), you need to know the
IP address of the G4. Go to the TCP/IP control panel
(on the G4). You should see the G4's IP address
there. Note it down.
On the MBP, go to Menu -> Go -> Connect to Server...
as you have already done. Instead of hitting the
Browse, just type in that IP address where it says
Server Address. Now hit the Connect button.
You should be prompted for user name and password for
the G4.
PowerMac G4 Mac OS 9.2.x MacBook Pro 17" laptop 2.16 GHz, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Transfer old MacBook Pro files to new Mac mini via wifi stuck

I'm going through the setup of my new Mac mini. The first thing it is having me do is transfer old data and applications via wifi from my MacBook Pro (running snow leopard) it is taking forever (over 24 hours now) and apparently stuck. How do I stop and restart the transfer using Ethernet cable or FireWire to speed up the transfer process. This is a brand new mini running some version of mountain lion. Thanks!

How are you transferring the files now?
To me the easiest, most reliable, and generally fastest method is..
With both computers powered down connect them back to back with a firewire cable
Boot the old computer into Firewire Target Disk Mode by holding down the T key during boot
Boot the new computer and the old computer should appear on the desktop as a firewire drive
On the new computer launch Migration Assistant (found in /Applictions/Utilities)
Follow MA's on screen prompts to transfer the data from another disk drive (the old computer running in Firewire Target Disk mde) This last step is best performed during the initial setup of the new computer when prompted early in the initial setup phase

Photoshop CS5.1 on 15" Macbook Pro (File opening/Application Frame problem)

I have seemed to narrow the problem to my preferences file but cannot figure out why.
I installed a clean, fresh version on my Mac. (No previous versions were ever installed).
When I open Photoshop for the first time, everything runs fine: I can open files and edit as usual.
As soon as I close it and re-open many things happen:
a) I can go to open a file, but with Window>Application Frame unchecked, I cannot see the open file.
b) All other palletes go awry. I cannot change the open palletes and or edit anything.
c) If I check Window>Application Frame, everything is back to normal. No problems here.
So, what is going on? Anyone else having this problem?

I get this same issue with PS CS5.1 a recently purchased 15" Macbook Pro
In PS5.1 use File/Open to open an image file but image doesn't appear (histogram and other properies dialogs show the right info, though),
switching to Application Frame mode makes the photo appear,
trying to switch back out of App Frame mode locks PS5 up (ie nothing displays & have to Quit and restart via the Dock icon).
For me this issue only happens when my secondary display in NOT connected. If the 2nd display is hooked up everything shows up normally. Doesn't seem to matter about the power profile (ie running on battery or not) and not affected by various background apps, devices hooked up (eg backup drive, USB mouse. All Mac & CS5.5 software updates have been applied to date.
System details:
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Operating System: Mac OS 10.7.3
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Physical processor count: 4
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Processor speed: 2400 MHz
Built-in memory: 8192 MB
Free memory: 4729 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 7074 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 70 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
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OpenGL Crash File: Not Detected.
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Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: ATI Radeon HD 6770M OpenGL Engine
Display: 2
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Video Card Memory: 1012 MB
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Application folder: Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe Photoshop CS5.1:
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
Macintosh HD, 697.8G, 504.8G free
Primary Plug-ins folder: Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe Photoshop CS5.1:Plug-ins:
Additional Plug-ins folder: not set

Macbook Pro Beach Ball Problems

I have a '08 MBP that has the spinning beach ball showing up in all the apps during use and everything runs slower.
Web pages take 5-10 seconds to load.
Lightroom photos take 5-10 seconds to load. Commands and mouse selections take 4-5 seconds to respond.
It slows down even more with an external monitor being used.
The fan runs high 85% of the time.
Hard drive was replaced with an SSD about 2 years ago, which helped calm HD noise.
The HD has 15.5 GB left right now, but the beach ball problem has been there even with half the HD full.
Problem has been going on for a couple of years, but I've managed around it.
This issue occurs even with only 1 app running. For instance, I'll shut all apps except one application, and it still drags, whether that one app be Safari or LR.
I realize the MBP is older, but it used to be very responsive with the same apps. Never used to see the beach ball during app usage, only at startup of app if anytime.
I believe the RAM is maxed out for what this machine can handle at 4GB, but again, the system didn't slow down before.
I believe the problem may be some processes running in the background that are dragging down everything, but not sure what to look for.
Any advice any fixes are greatly appreciated.
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1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off merely by the seeming complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can read it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Macbook pro data transfer to macbook air ????????, macbook pro data transfer to macbook air ????????

How (without using Migration assistant) can I (using an ethernet connection from my Macbook pro on 10.6.8 to a Macbook air on 10.7.3 with a thunderbolt ethernet adaptor) make a connection between the 2 computers and selectively transfer files and applications (complete).
I turned on sharing on both computers, went to finder menu and selected connect to server under the go menu - at first they saw each other but no connection. Now they do not even see each other.
On the pro I can find its IP address, on the air cannot find anything about an IP address. On the pro there is in network option for ethernet, on the air, nothing about ethernet.
Surely there must be a simple way?
Any ideas welcomed - probably I'm missing one or two steps in the connection process

Did you try a different cable?
Your problem is to get a reliable network connection - perhaps the thunderbolt port is the problem. The USB / ethernet adapter may work better:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MC704ZM/A/apple-usb-ethernet-adapter
Perhaps there is no info about ethernet on the MBA because it does not have an ethernet port. Does it?

New MacBook Pro Image Related Problems

Hello,
I see that there are already a lot of issues centering around networking problems with the new MacBook Pro. I would like to add mine to the list (I will be opening a ticket with AppleCare after this post).
I work for an educational institution, and one of the things we need is imaging capability to restore a notebook/computer to a "clean" state.
This has worked fine for all of our previous MacBook(Pro)s and desktop systems.
The new MacBook Pro is a big problem.
1. It won't netboot (yes, I've created a new netboot image with the base image from a new MacBook Pro). Bootup dies, and sits there with an AppleYukon2 rcv ring overflow message being repeated.
2. After being imaged with a 3rd party application (Casper), it won't communicate properly with Apple servers (roughly 1MB/Sec on a Gigabit network). Console log reveals an AppleYukon2 rcv ring overflow error message being repeated. Oddly enough communications with Windows servers is GREAT! But SMB file transfers between Apple servers ends up with the same AppleYukon2 error message.
3. After being imaged with APPLE'S DISK UTILITY, I get the same results as the 3rd party utility.
I would like to know if anyone else who is working with disk imaging is have the same problem with the new MacBook Pros.
Has anyone else experience AppleYukon2 error messages with a rcv ring overflow?
Thanks,
Josh Nudell
IT Manager
iMac, MacBook(Pro), MacPro, Xserve Mac OS X (10.4.10)

1. It won't netboot (yes, I've created a new netboot
image with the base image from a new MacBook Pro).
Bootup dies, and sits there with an AppleYukon2 rcv
ring overflow message being repeated.
. After being imaged with a 3rd party application
(Casper), it won't communicate properly with Apple
servers (roughly 1MB/Sec on a Gigabit network).
Console log reveals an AppleYukon2 rcv ring overflow
error message being repeated. Oddly enough
communications with Windows servers is GREAT! But
SMB file transfers between Apple servers ends up
with the same AppleYukon2 error message.
. After being imaged with APPLE'S DISK UTILITY, I
get the same results as the 3rd party utility.
I would like to know if anyone else who is working
with disk imaging is have the same problem with the
new MacBook Pros.
Has anyone else experience AppleYukon2 error messages
with a rcv ring overflow?
YES, We do.
Brand new MacBookPro 17". Everything fine as standalone.
We plug it in our 1000BaseT (Gigabit) LAN. Transfer speed drops dramatically after about 30 seconds. Our 300MB test file transfer takes approx 90 minutes, not 30 seconds as usual. No error messages to the user, just an extreme slowness. Digging with console, we notice a repeating line (every second or two): "kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 skgehw - cppSkDrvEvent - SKDRV_RXOVERFLOW: rcv ring overflow ", and sometimes this one: "AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sky2 - RX ring overflow -- dropped a packet" or "AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sky2 - RX ring overflow -- dropped 2 packets".
There is an option to stop the problem: we slow down to 100BaseTX the Eth speed (Network/Ethernet) and everything works, at moderate speed.
Oddy enough, if we: a) plug in or plug out a USB peripheral (as a card reader); or b) plug in or plug out a FireWire peripheral (as an external disk); or even c) mount or unmount a connected FireWire external disk; then the speed arises and console stops to get the error lines. Anyway the good effect lasts for 30 secons, then again in the mess. In short, if you repeatedly plugin/plugout you can transfer files.
For sure we will ask Apple, this is our situation at the present time.
MacBook Pro 17" Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Linksys WCG200 and Macbook Pro - local transfer rates of 0.5~1MB/s ??

Hi all, I got quite an annoying problem with extremely slow transfer speeds in a local, mac to mac, network setup.
My setup:
WCG200 cable modem/wireless router combo
- allowed for mixed a/b/g speeds)
- firewall off
- secured with WEP 64-bit key
Macbook Pro C2D connected to WCG200 wirelessly
- interfere robustness on
- 4 bar strength,
- using 64-bit WEP key
Mac Mini connected to WCG200 wired
When I transfer files locally (MBP~mini) it literally moves at the pace of 0.5~1MB/s (megabytes) whereas my old, cheap (but dead) viewsonic averaged around 6~10MB/s (used WPA encryption).
I called Linksys and to my surprise they told me they didn't support mac file sharing.
Any suggestions?
(listening to shared MP3s between machines cuts out, not to mention videos)
MBPC2D $2499 option. Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Well,
Yeah i guess this is one way to isolate the problem, and identify whether its the wireless card or the router itself.
Have tried it for a short while at my friends place, who has a Belkin 802.11b router. The disconnection did not happen over there. Then thinking of swapping my Wireless card with the one of my friend, this maybe help in isolating the card problem. Then thinking of chaging the router itself.
Anyways thanks again,
Regards,
S.F.Hasan.

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