Mini vs. external DVD drive (or hard drive)

Hi!
I have a Powerbook G4, was planning to buy an external DVD burner (like a new LaCie with FW400), but now I'm considering getting a Mini instead if I could understand how two Macs can work together, to see if I can somehow have a smarter device for media burning and controlling hardware RAIDs (for storage, not performance). Can one use the Mini as a device for off-loading processing and media burning tasks that one doesn't want taking up time on their main Mac?
So here are my questions...
1) When connecting a Mini to a PB, is FW400 the best way to do it? I gather it is from one other posting I've found.
2) If I connect a Mini to my PB via FW400, can I use Remote Desktop from my PB to control the Mini (analagous to PC Anywhere for PCs)???
3) If I connect a Mini to my PB via FW400, can I somehow mount the Mini's internal DVD drive on my PowerBook, where the Mini acts as basically an external DVD drive for my PB? Can I do the same with any external hard drives attached to the Mini (see those external hard drives mounted on my PB)? If I do things like that, may I see performance decreases compared to just using external DVD or hard drives?
Any insight or links for related Mini discussions or web sites would be greatly appreciated!!!

Could be SL cannot be installed on your model computer, whatever it is.
Could be the external drive doesn't support Mac OS startup. (Maxtor)
Startup your Mac normally, and then insert your upgrade disk into the external drive and see what happens.

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I have recently purchsed the most basic model of the macbook, with a 60gb HD and the combo drive, cos i got a good deal on the price for that model only, however, the HD doesnt have enough space for much other than all my music files and i need an external drive, but am having trouble finding a cheap one that is mac compliant. All seem to be PC compatible, same with the dvd rewriters.
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also, any recomendations on cheap dvd+rw and hard drives? and where can i buy them (bearing in mind i am based in the UK)?
now i have bombarded you with questions, i hope what i have said is clear, and apologise or being such a mac novice!
any help would be gratefully received.
thanks

All seem to be PC compatible, same with the dvd rewriters.
Strongly recommend you look for firewire external devices, not USB. Your Mac will see them, and you will be able to initialise the hard drive using Disk Utility. As dvd burner, the same applies, except that you may want to consider third party software for burning.

Is it possible to connect an external USB 2.0 hard drive to a Thunderbolt Display?

Hello,
Is it possible to connect an external USB 2.0 hard drive to a Thunderbolt Display and back up a MacBook Air to the external hard drive using Time Machine?
I intend to connect my MacBook Air to the Thunderbolt Display using a Thunderbolt cable.
I would also like to connect my printer via USB 2.0 to the Thunderbolt Display. Will this also work?
Effectively using the Thunderbolt Display as a USB hub or docking station.
Regards,
Ben

Ok, thanks.
My 1 cable to ThunderBolt Display objective
MacBook Air -> (via 1 x Thunderbolt cable) -> Thunderbolt Display -> (via 1 x USB cable) -> USB 2.0 external hard drive
I would like to know if this configuration is possible and Time Machine will run correctly.
Your 2 cable suggestion (I think)
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When converting to StreamClip , for instance, which formate is best????
I have found that the QuickTime Pro/2 to 4 converter then into iDVD gives me the best results. Then right to iDVD.
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now we put the cart before the horse ...
mpegs are not meant for editing, any further processing; mpegs are a delivery- and playback format...
if you like to do editing (adding titles, music, disolves etc), use a recording-device which supports a codec which is MEANT for editing.. as "dv", on miniDV ...
Streamclip support basic editing (e.g. erasing parts)...
and the loss of audio by using Quicktime for convertign mpegs is another cup of tea ...
nack to your Original Post:
Capty is best in terms of quality, because no triple-conversion is needed, as long as you "burn" videoDVD with Toast or Sizzle ..
Streamclip (+mpeg2 plug-in) is best in terms of "options" ( you can edit AND convert)
DVD2DV is best in terms of usability .. one-click-only
VisualHub is best in terms of flexibility (swiss army knife converter)
ffmpegX + Sizzle is best in terms of cost - free (iLife comes preinstalled)
... and DVD as recording media is NEVER the best, compared to any/most miniDV camcorders... less usabilty (= not supported by iLife, needs additional processes etc), less quality AFTER adding anything/editing/processing, ...
so, back to Square One - get a miniDV for movie making ..

Mac mini server: Hardware test error on Hard Drive

Mac mini server: Hardware test error on Hard Drive
'checking for slow read failures': ERROR - Target device access failure - Test failed.
CAN I ACCESS HD (which is our data server) EVER AGAIN? IF SO, HOW?
Meanwhile we wonder if this is really a hardware error. It all happened during writing a time machine backup.
Probably while writing it, some data was relocated by accident, but we can not 100%-sure remember the sequence of actions :/
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- we switched on the mac mini
- we stopped time machine to the rules
- we shut down mac mini via command
- we booted the mac mini in save mode
- we see a loading bar
- no progress after 10th of loading bar
- switched off (power button)
- when we now switch on the loading bar below the apple-logo is all we see + the little wheel
- we started with cmd+alt+p+r pressed
- mac mini restarted but showed the loading bar scenario without progress again
- we started with 'd' pressed and did the hardware test (see above)
- we started with 'alt' pressed but it does not give us the recoverydrive to run the last backup
ANY IDEAS?
IS IT A SOFTWARE- OR HARDWARE ERROR?
THX IN ADVANCE!

BDAqua wrote:
I thnk Intenal 2.5" Drives for servers is silly, & Ithink the Minis & iMacs re poorly cooled.
I'd get Temprature Monitor & see what temps they're running.
Is Temperature Monitor an app or a device? If it's a temperature problem then that is essentially a design problem. Two drive failures in the same Mac mini server in four months combined with the fact that they're not really user serviceable already has me 90% on the way back to more pragmatically designed Linux servers. I think it would be foolish to waste any more money on these minis for my business hosting.

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I have a 120gb Western Digital external 2.0 USB hard drive.
When I plug the drive in (have tried both speeds of USB) nothing shows up.
The drive powers up and spins.
The first time I plugged it into the computer it ran perfectly. 5 minutes later after I restarted it would not show up.
I can confirm the drive works fine as it transferred data with no issue when it did show up.
I have tried the disk utility function and it just hangs and never resolves.
I have tried to look at it via the system profiler under the usb and again it just hangs.
This drive is used back and forth between a PC, my G4 Power book, and now this G5. For about 2 months it was working fine between the G4 and the PC. Just the other day it stopped working on the G4, and then when I tried it on the G5 I just got, as mentioned, it showed up the first time then nothing.
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The USB disk icon is also lost. I had just finished re-formating the drive to the MAC format, backup up mail and all of my pictures - and 2 users of mail files. Shutdown the system to install Leopard from Tiger. My IMAC is 20 days old ... not a lot of files.
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I have a External 2.0 usb hard drive that I use as a backup for my pictures, documents, videos etc. Currently I am using Windows XP but I want to get an Intel Based iMac. Can I just plug the hard drive in to transfer files or is it not that simple?
Thanks

I have a similar question but I am earlier in the process.
I want to transfer my files (iTunes, photos, etc) from my Windows XP Dell to my new iMac. I have an 80GB Iomega USB external hard drive that I can borrow from work. Should I format it in one manner (Fat32 or NTFS) before I start the whole process? And then is it just as simple as putting the files on the hard drive, ejecting it, and then plugging the USB into the iMac?
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I have an external USB 2.0 hard drive which I'm trying to power off (after unmounting all partitions, of course) using:
$ udisksctl power-off --block-device /dev/sdb
When I do this, the drive spins back up after a few seconds. Only when I issue the same command again does the drive stay powered off.
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linux 3.13.7-1
udisks2 2.1.3-1
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- Plug in the drive's USB cable
- Issue the power-off command
- After the drive spins up again, issue the command again
Mar 29 19:51:01 miki-desktop kernel: usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
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Mar 29 19:51:01 miki-desktop kernel: usb-storage 1-5:1.0: Quirks match for vid 1058 pid 0704: 8000
Mar 29 19:51:01 miki-desktop kernel: scsi12 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
Mar 29 19:51:01 miki-desktop mtp-probe[21301]: checking bus 1, device 10: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-5"
Mar 29 19:51:01 miki-desktop mtp-probe[21301]: bus: 1, device: 10 was not an MTP device
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Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:02 miki-desktop kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Mar 29 19:51:47 miki-desktop udisksd[21107]: Powering off /dev/sdb - successfully sent SCSI command START STOP UNIT
Mar 29 19:51:47 miki-desktop udisksd[21107]: Powered off /dev/sdb - successfully wrote to sysfs path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb1/1-5/remove
Mar 29 19:51:47 miki-desktop kernel: usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 10
Mar 29 19:51:47 miki-desktop kernel: usb 2-5: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ohci-pci
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop kernel: usb 2-5: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop kernel: usb-storage 2-5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop kernel: usb-storage 2-5:1.0: Quirks match for vid 1058 pid 0704: 8000
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop kernel: scsi13 : usb-storage 2-5:1.0
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop mtp-probe[21555]: checking bus 2, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb2/2-5"
Mar 29 19:51:48 miki-desktop mtp-probe[21555]: bus: 2, device: 9 was not an MTP device
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 5000BMV External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:49 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:52 miki-desktop kernel: sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Mar 29 19:51:52 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Mar 29 19:51:52 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Mar 29 19:51:52 miki-desktop kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Mar 29 19:52:20 miki-desktop udisksd[21107]: Powering off /dev/sdb - successfully sent SCSI command START STOP UNIT
Mar 29 19:52:20 miki-desktop udisksd[21107]: Powered off /dev/sdb - successfully wrote to sysfs path /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb2/2-5/remove
Mar 29 19:52:20 miki-desktop kernel: usb 2-5: USB disconnect, device number 9
What is interesting is that on first connect, the drive is using ehci-pci driver, then after the first try powering it off, the drive appears to reconnect using the ohci-pci driver. Not just that, it appears to 'jump' from one USB bus to another. How is this even possible?
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation nForce 630i memory controller (rev a1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:03.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 SMBus (rev a1)
00:03.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:03.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:03.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i USB (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 [nForce 630i] USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI) (rev a1)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 PCI Express bridge (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 IDE (rev a2)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP73 Ethernet (rev a2)
01:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio (rev 10)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710 [Radeon HD 4550]
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1058:0704 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Passport External HDD
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 15ca:0101 Textech International Ltd. MIDI Interface cable
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04d9:1603 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c001 Logitech, Inc. N48/M-BB48 [FirstMouse Plus]
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Before the first power-off attempt:
$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/10p, 12M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 0, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 1, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/10p, 480M
|__ Port 5: Dev 9, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 480M
After the first power-off attempt:
$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci-pci/10p, 12M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 1.5M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 0, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
|__ Port 4: Dev 7, If 1, Class=Audio, Driver=snd-usb-audio, 12M
|__ Port 5: Dev 10, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 12M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/10p, 480M
Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Is it a device quirk, a driver bug or something?
Last edited by ackalker (2014-03-29 19:21:04)

Just to be sure, I rebooted my system, shut down lightdm from another VT, made sure that really nothing is using the drive, no partitions are mounted, no services that could try to use the drive (except udisks2.service, could this one be the problem? But how am I supposed to use the udisksctl command when the service isn't running?).
Tried the same command again. same result: I needed to run it twice in a row for it to 'take'.
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Last edited by ackalker (2014-03-29 19:35:29)

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If what doesn't work?
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If you can't comfortably clear a minimum of 30GB off the internal drive, you really need a larger internal drive right now, and you shouldn't bother fooling around with the inadequate one you have — you'll just quickly overfill it again.
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I have only used DVDs that are not supposed to be copied. Now I have a video course that recommends installing the DVD to the hard drive, and suggests launching the program from the hard drive will be better.
I have no clue how to install a DVD.
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Insert the DVD, double-click it to show the folder, and drag that to the desktop, then it will copy.

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I don't believe iPod Nanos can display video. If you are asking about importing music then you use iTunes to import from music DVDs. iTunes will convert the imported files to mp3s. After import you can then sync your iPod Nano and iTunes will automatically download to the iPod.
You should find this explained in both iTunes Help (Help menu of iTunes) and the user guide for your iPod Nano.

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Please respond.
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I know that it's been discussed all the time, but none of the posts are useful for me.
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Hi,
The best option is to pull the card out and plug to your computer UNLESS your computer does not have a card reader. If your computer did not have a card reader, you need to map the cardreader on your printer to your network using the following method:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c00149194
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BH
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HT1338 how much is the mac mini A1347,i7,4GB RAM,1TB hard drive ?? and wat maximum upgrading for the ram ? thannks :D

how much is the mac mini A1347,i7,4GB RAM,1TB hard drive ?? and wat maximum upgrading for the ram ? thannks

go to Apples website and look. That's what anyone else here would do.

My Samsung External 1tb 3.0 Hard drive is no longer showing up on my mac?

I've tried it on my friends mac and it shows up straight away. Any ideas?
It's a Samsung USB 3.0 1tb. All my other External Hard drives work fine. Just this one wont show up on my mac anymore.
Like i mentioned before it does show up on my friends macbook.
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~~It's just strange that it reads fine on a different macbook.
Superficially its very strange, however Ive seen same countless times, minor power diff. between Macs on a dying SATA card. Thats why its called "haunted (external) hard drive syndrome", .. 2 symptoms are illogical diagnostically
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