Missing disk image

This is a new one... the desktop no longer shows my inserted dvd or cd. What the heck? Why isn't my computer seeing the drive anymore and how can I fix it pronto?

Nevermind... I figured it out. I don't know how it got changed in the preferences, but it obviously did.
Thanks anyway.

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How do i find or replace the missing disk image for my HD

How do i find or replace the missing disk image? for my HD ........as it is missing when i try to back up with time machine,
i asked for assistance the other day with time machine
now i have worked out this is the reason i can not back up with TM, due to no disk image in my portable hard drive
I saw a post on youtube where it explains you can copy a your HD disk imag from your time machine back ups enabeling, time machine to back up
But i can not find where the TM Back up driver is situated in my TM Back up's
Some advice would be greatly appreceate as i am rather new to Mackintosh
Thank you
Aiden

Hi again.
Just re-reading your first post, I wonder if you're confusing a disk image backup with Time Machine?
It's certainly possible to create a disc image of your Macintosh HD and copy it to an external drive.
However, as a backup that method has a drawback; you can't boot from a disc image directly. It needs to be mounted on a bootable system before it can be used. So it's not really much use if the internal HD fails, at least as far as allowing you to carry on working while the repair is carried out.
Much better (and simpler) is to clone the whole drive to the external using CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper (there are plenty of others, but those appear to be the most popular).
That will give you a bootable backup which can be kept up to date by incremental backups using the same applications.
In the event of total internal HD failure all you need to do is replace the drive then boot from the clone and reverse clone to the internal to get up and running again.
Many of us use both a bootable clone and Time Machine (on seperate drives) as each has it's different uses.

Is the missing disk image stopping me from opening my software?

I just downloaded the trial version of Adobe Photoshop CS5.1, and the file appears to be there. However when i try to open it, it comes up with a window saying, 'Warning, the following disk images couldn't be opened' it then lists the image as some kind of code and the reason as 'error -4960'
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? I need this software asap so any help would be appreciated.

If i am not wrong, i think your are getting this error on your MAC as this is a known issue on the apple community. According to the Apple support forums, error -4960 means your download may have been interrupted due to some reason.
So, uninstall the Adobe download Assistant and try to download the same using a different browser like Chrome or Firefox and then check.
You may also get the direct download link for PS CS5.1 from the below link.
https://help-internal.adobe.com/content/help/en/x-productkb/global/direct-download-links-t rials.html

Disk Image Mounter is missing

I recently bought my mac, and i haven't been able to download anything, I don't have Disk Image Mounter, I have searched and searched even went as far as reinstalling the MacOSX bundle, and i still don't have it, I have not been able to download anything from the net since i bought it, is there a place where i can download it or do i just need to get on the phone with apple care and pitch a fit?

The path to DiskImageMounter is /System/Library/CoreServices.
If you're sure you don't have it. You can copy it from another Intel Mac, or You may be able to repair this with the 10.4.6 Stand Alone Combo Updater.
This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before. It has worked well for many.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions before and after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
Alternatively you might get someone to email you the app it's only 172K. Ask them to .zip it for safe transport.
Good luck. Let us know.
-mj
[email protected]

IDVD - disk image missing audio

I made a disk image of my iDVD project (with video & audio) to save space on my external hard drive. It appears that the audio did not transfer. Any help appreciated.

It appears that the audio did not transfer.
Not enough information, as that description can cover two different scenarios.
1. When you play the Disk Image in DVD Player there is no audio. That is a problem.
2. When you look in the TS folder of the disk image you find that the AUDIO_TS folder is empty. That is not a problem, it always is unless you have made an Audio DVD.
Which is it?

Missing video on Disk Image

Hi,
I have had problems burning a movie from iDVD. The Promo, the Menues and half the movie were there but half way through the full length movie the video went to black. The audio is still there though. It plays fine in iMovie and iDVD. I tried creating a disk image and it has the same problem as the DVD. I moved lots of stuff onto an external hard drive so that there is 71GB of free space. Can anyone help please? I have spent two whole days trying to sort this out and I need to burn this promo.
Thanks
Annabel

Hi,
thanks for all your feedback. I have deleted the preference files, I have yet to test if that made a difference. But yes the movie is on my external hardrive. I moved the main movie (where the problem is) to the hard drive before I made the iDVD and I moved the promo (which is fine) after I made it, and then put it back in so that file conection was still there. I needed to move them to create space on the computer as they were by far the biggest files as they have heaps of editing in them. It is the first time I've really used iMovie so I don't know if there is some way of making them smaller. Yes the footage came from a mini-DV camcorder, from a few different ones actually. Some directly from the camera and some from DV tape. I have no idea what the camera was set to and I have no way of checking as the camera wasn't mine.
Thanks
Annabel

My back up failed and I get a messageTime Machine couldn't complete the backup to "TimeCap". The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/Mary Fleming's MacBook Pro .sparsebundle" is already in use.

I noticed today that my last back-up was this a.m. and it has tried several times to back up since but I keep getting this message
Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “TimeCap”.
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/ MacBook Pro ."sparsebundle” is already in use.
I have never had this problem before and don't know what to do. I am not that great around computers so if anyone can help I would appreciate it. I did try to do some research but could not understand any of the content I read. I sure don't know what "sparsebundle" is and this is the first time I ever heard the term.
If anyone can help woold appreciate it.
I have Version 10.9.1

This is a standard issue..
Been around since LION but you missed out.. !! Well the old rule applies.. there are three types of Mac users.
1. The bugs have bitten you, and you have done the work arounds.
2. The bugs are biting you and you are now trying to find out what is going on.
3. The bugs will bite you. And in the meantime you laugh at everyone with problems and say it must be all their fault. Doesn't happen to my system.
You were simply in the last group.. now, with the wonders of mavericks to help, you got bit.
The solution is simple.. unplug the power cord from the TC .. count to 10.. power up the TC again.
No luck look at the more technical help.
C12 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Your naming might also be an issue if this continues to happen.. see C9.

How do I convert TC sparse bundle to disk image?

Ok, this question could be cross-listed under a number of threads, so I had to just pick one...
A few months ago, the HD in my MB was clearly dying, so I replaced it with a larger, faster drive. All good, until I realized I had been close to maxing out my Time Capsule before I upgraded my MB's HD, so I upsized that, too.
Fast forward 2 months.
I have a weird problem where iPhoto events start going dark. The database had these previously imported files listed, but the files themselves were nowhere to be found! The event in iPhoto showed black squares where the images used to be, but even looking in finder... No pics!
I want to go back into my old (saved) HD that I pulled from my Time Capsule. I stuck it in an external USB enclosure, and hooked it up. I told Time Machine to use it as the backup, but after it 'verified' it, it didn't show me the archived files. It does show a 'sparse bundle' in finder, which I understand is similar to a disk image. So is there a way to convert the sparse bundle to a disk image? Do I need to plug my old TC HD back into the TC to get to that archive?
Help! Among the lost photos are ones from a trip to Australia and my grandmother's memorial service. I need to get these back!
Thank you in advance.

tgilk wrote:
I've already done the TC surgery once before and the hardest thing was loosening the adhesive on the rubber pad / gasket on the bottom of the unit. After that, I completed the HD replacement in about 15 minutes... piece of cake. There's actually a good tutorial on AppleFritter. But I digress...
It's not too much of a digression. Remember that if you are just firing up the Time Capsule with the old hard drive, you don't have to reassemble it. Just swap out the plugs from the old drive to the new and turn it on. A true PC geek never runs with the cover on.
However, messing around with adhesives and thermal paste introduces a new element of risk. If you know the dates that have good data, and you are comfortable merging the newer photos back in, accessing the data via the Finder on an external enclosure would be faster and safer.
So, can I turn the TM backups off and still enter 'TM' to browse through the backups on the drive? I've ID'd the specific dates of my missing photo events, so as long as I can get into the backup, I will know just what folders to search for in the 'Originals' folders in the backup.
Yes. That is probably one of the most important and least known tips about Time Machine. You can still use it even if the backups are turned off. Furthermore, if you ever start to have problems on your machine, you should turn off Time Machine to avoid further corruption of your backups.

Rsync system backup to disk image

Hi,
I had quite 'small' HD ~60Gb and I backed up on ~1.5 Tb NAS with ext3 file system via DiskUtility - it was creating an exact copy of my hard drive in a .dmg file (and I can mont them, etc).
Now I have ~250 Gb HD, and some free space, but also a lot of data (=regular files like images, text, etc. that can be usefull even on PC). So I want to
1) backup only OS X system+applications to some bootable disk image - so that I could restore function in case my drive fail and get back all my programs and settings.
2) copy user data (some selected folders) to NAS and make them available on the local network.
So I tried TimeMachine, but it fails to create sparcebundle on the NAS and it fails to recognize one if I create it locally and copy to NAS (there are tips on how to make TM recognize network storage).
So I create sparceimage, 60Gb(enough for OS X+applications) on NAS and I can mount it fine over network on my MacBook. Then I try rsync (versions from OS X, RsyncX and Macports) but all fail with variouse error messages after copying fe Gb of data. Also they render sparceimage unreadable (no mountable file system). Example of errors:
rsync error: protocol incompatibility (code 2) at sender.c(562)
or
recv_generator: mkdir "/Volumes/blablabla" failed: Input/output error
or
rsync: rename "/Volumes/blabla" -> "blabla": Input/output error (5)
The commands I used
sudo /usr/bin/rsync --exclude-from /Users/me/user_data.txt -av --hard-links /Volumes/MacintoshHD/ /Volumes/Backup2012/
or (RsyncX)
sudo /usr/local/bin/rsync --exclude-from /Users/me/user_data.txt -av --hard-links /Volumes/MacintoshHD/ /Volumes/Backup2012/
or
sudo /opt/local/bin/rsync --exclude-from /Users/me/user_data.txt -av --crtimes --hard-links --acls --xattrs --fileflags /Volumes/MacintoshHD/ /Volumes/Backup2012/
Backup2012 has 1 HFS+Journaled single GUID partition in sparceimage format, with 60 Gb limit. I guess I am missing somethig. Any ideas?

Why aren't you using -E option to preserve extended-attributes ?
It is a good point. I have got 3 flavors of rsync (macports, RsynX and apple) and I was using --xattrs attribute, but I guess I dropped it somewhere.
Are you sure it's --exclude-from /Users/... and not --exclude-from="/Users/..." ?
Same thing here - it seems to work for some rsync, but I will check.
Have you set permissions on the mounted backup ?
Yes. Still thank you for reminding.
I thought about target mode, but it seems to be not the issue. Also I would not like to reboot for a backup. And I do not have to have 50Gb free on HD to make backup and then copy it - it is ridiculous.
Now I have Taurus LAN - truncated Linux box for 60€ which I can SSH to and do whatever to the Linux inside, but it will essentially drop all modifications on reboot unless I build my own installation and keep it on USB stick. It has no Mac compartibiliyty or backup, and I want bootable disc image to restore OS X from. Data (images, texts, etc) I can just copy there as is. So I just keep .dmg there and mount 1st Taurus LAN over smb (it shows itself on local network), then I mount .dmg and use it as if it was locally. I figured out I can create dmg over night, but now I just will do it on FireWire HD and copy - then I willtest rsync on .dmg and see if it performs better than on sparceimage.
CCC and 50 other alternatives http://www.lbackup.org/alternatives - yes, but I want some simple Unix way, or OS X way, so that I am not dependent on some stupid application beeing discontinued or something.

I can't get the Firefox Disk Image to go away. I delete it after install, but everytime I open the program the program asks to be installed again. Help?

I downloaded the update .DMG for 4.0.1 and installed the program to my applications folder like instructed. Then deleted the .dmg and "application disk image" (the icon looks like an external device on the desktop). But now every time I open Firefox, the program prompts me to install it to the applications folder again. Am I missing something?

Thanx. I suspected it might have something to do with FF 4.0 still being in Beta. Guess I'm heading back to the old version until such time as the changes are made.
Again, many thanx. Pete

Creating floppy disk images (from Disk Utility) recognized by Parallels

Hi there,
After making the Parallels plunge last week, and installing a couple of my old OS's in it, I unearthed my old MS-DOS 6.22 disks. (remember that, boys and girls?)
With the help of my brother, I managed to export the contents onto a USB flash drive in the hopes of creating the necessary .fdd files that Parallels uses to create a virtual DOS machine.
(FYI - I already have DOSBox installed... but now with Parallels, I was looking to install the real deal)
Normally, renaming a .dmg file (created through Disk Utility) to a .fdd should force Mac OS to associate the image with Parallels, and thus allowing it to be recognized as a valid floppy image.
Unfortunately, this hasn't been the case for me. Parallels cannot recognize the disk images created as floppy drive images. Even after formatting the volume as both MS-DOS and MS-DOS (FAT 16), nothing seems to work.
I've already checked the Parallels forums, but couldn't drudge up anything. I was hoping one of the Level 3+'s here had some experience with this.
Am I missing something in the Disk Utility .dmg creation process of these files, or would I need a separate application to create a valid .img/.ima file to get this to work?
Thanks!
Steve

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Cannot remove Disk Icons from Disk Images or External Drives from Desktop

After years with PPCs, I just upgraded to an Intel Mac. I am now running into a funny problem. The majority of the time (although occasionally it works as it should), I am unable to eject disks. These include disk images from my internal hard drive, external hard drives, and disk images from external hard drives.
I do not get the “Cannot eject this disk because it is in use” error that happens when something is trying to access a file on the disk; instead, nothing happens. I’ve tried ejecting by dragging the icon to the dock, hitting the eject icon in finder, right-clicking and ejecting from there, and even using a terminal-based script that I found on the WEB. None of these do anything- no errors, but the icon hangs about as if nothing happened.
Occasionally I cannot log off at all (I just get the SBBOD); here I have to do a hard reboot. Sometimes I can log off properly. Either way, all seems to be fine when I log back in.
I’ve run Applejack multiple times.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated! Thank you.
OS 10.5.6
2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac with 2 GB factory RAM

The linked macfixitforums topic is over seven years old and isn't applicable. Follow nerowolfe's suggestions. Once you sort things out, see these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
MacFixIt Tutorials,
MacTips, and
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides,
Take Control E-books, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

10.4.6 update limbo, disk image mounts fail

Not sure what happened with the 10.4.6 update. Software Update was in process. Then I blinked and returned to a shut down machine. In "about the computer" the ac OS X version is listed as 10.4.6. But in System Preferences / Software Update, the 10.4.6 Mac OS update is not listed.
Another indication that all is not well, mounts for disk images fail. This means I cannot get at the standalone updater -- or an updated version of Cocktail.
Initial checks on the HD seem okay. All permissions repaired. What next to get out of this limbo?
(Other comments on using standalone updates instead of automatic Software Updates noted and appreciated -- but frustrating in this situatioin with failures on disk image mounts.
PowerBook G4 17"/PowerBook5,1 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
PowerBook G4 17"/PowerBook5,1 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

With apologies for missing the previous relevant thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=430262&tstart=30
Thanks to steveo23's post of the 10.4.6 combo PPC update download in sit format...
http://www.hi-fidigital.com/extras/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.6PPC.pkg - Control Click and Save As.
...I was able to recover. This was especially helpful since I'm travelling and don't have a firewire option available for the rest of the week.
Now I'm looking for ways to return steveo23's favor... places I can respond as "helpful" and not sure I'm connecting.
PowerBook G4 17"/PowerBook5,1 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

How do I compress a disk image (or DVD)

I have a DVD that's 7.6GB and I want to compress it and save it on my hard drive. It's a concert DVD (copyright protected I'm sure) so I want fairly simple access to it after compression. I made a disk image of the DVD and then saved the disc image to the desktop using Disc Utility. A disc image file that ends with ".CDR" is created and saved on the desktop. I have no problem opening the resulting file (.CDR disc image) and getting it to play in the DVD player or anything like that, however it's still a 7.6 GB file. Is there a way to compress the disc image? I read a post about dragging/dropping the disc image from the desktop into terminal (which I've never even opened before today) and then terminal would automatically compress the disc image. Is this correct? If it is, where is the resulting file (the compressed disc image) then stored? Is this even the easiest way to compress a DVD? Do I even need to make a disc image first, or is there software that will automatically compress the DVD for me and allow my DVD player to open it? It seems like there ought to be an easier way. What am I missing here? I'm not going to save a DVD (or disc image for that matter) that takes up that much space (7.6GB) on my hard drive. Thanks for any help. Michael

Copy protected DVD's (if that is what this one is) make copying difficult by intent. You can try MactheRipper to "rip" it to unprotected form, but please read & heed the caution about the legality of doing so at the developer's web site.
This app may or may not remove any copy protection, since DVD makers understandably sometimes modify their schemes in an attempt to defeat apps like this one. You may also need to make decisions during the ripping process that may affect the way the content plays. IOW, this isn't a 'one-button & your done' sort of thing.
That said, any unprotected DVD can be compressed in various ways by various apps, but you should be aware that compression affects playback quality. Different apps give you greater or lesser control over this & it may well be that compressing the content to a size acceptable to you results in quality that isn't acceptable.
The commercial apps Popcorn & Toast Titanium 7 are probably the easiest to use for this, but that is because they mainly are intended to compress 'jumbo' DVD's down to a size that fits onto regular ones, about 4.7 GB. For better control of compression vs. quality, you will probably have to use more 'geeky' stuff and/or use MactheRipper to discard whatever is least important to you.
If all this sounds like too much trouble, consider investing in more drive space for your .cdr files or just buying extra copies of the DVD's you need to archive.

Lost All SD Card Data Via Create "Disk Image" - Any Hope To Recover?

Hi All,
Hope this is the right place to post - I run Snow Leopard on a June 210 2.66 i7 UMBP. Please forgive my very limited knowledge but I was following instructions on how to create a "Disk Image" of a SDHC Card to preserver exact data so as to enable easy import of Full HD 60FPS AVCHD/.MTS stuff shot on a Sony DSC-HX9V Camera. (Sony PS Video Mode)
I am basically "Monkey See. Monkey Do" & was having a nightmare trying to figure out why I could not transfer the stuff on the SD Card to iMovie 11/ iMovie HD. I read lots of threads here & elsewhere & the advice seemed to be to make a "Disk Image" of the SD Card via Disk Utility & then import into iMovie from there. I found the following online instructions:
http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/13/ba...to-disk-image/
I followed the exact instructions to the letter but kept getting error messages a few times & the process would not complete. On the last occasion (4th), the process completed very quickly & a "Disk Image was created on my desktop. I noticed that it said that there was pretty much 16GB free out of the 16GB capacity of the card & when I opened it, all I found were folder icons & garbled descriptions with some strange files - The SAME was true of the stuff on the SD Card which I was desperately trying to back up & save. The Card was full of Data when I inserted it.
All the photos & videos in all folders are now missing/gone & I do not know why. I am desperately hoping there might be some way I can get all the stuff back - is there any hope? What, as someone of very limited understanding of these things, do to recover the stuff on the SD Card if at all possible? I have enclosed some pics so you can see what I see. What happened here - where did all my stuff go?
Many Kind Thanks!

You were on the right track, but now the disk free space doesn't give me much hope you'll recover anything. The .MTS files are in fact the video files:
http://www.etinysoft.com/
Total Video Converter can convert these files to MPEG-4 that iMovie, iTunes, iPhone, and iPod can use. First double check that there aren't any .MTS files left with http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/ And if it can't find any, use one of these data recovery tools:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1689
Once you have it, then you can use Total Video Converter to get it to a format you can use. I have a Sony DSC-HX-100V and it makes the same sort video files.

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