My 2011 intel dual core duo iMac apparently has "Airport" ans apparently it is "on" although the icon (upper right) is gray. I'm not sure what "airport" is
My 2011 intel dual core duo iMac apparently has "Airport" ans apparently it is "on" although the icon (upper right) is gray. When I click on the <gray> airport icon it says it's "on" and the option is to turn it off.
I'm not sure what "airport" is, and I have no idea what a router is supposed to accomplish. I got a "smartphone" (not an iPhone, an android) and at a "Smartphone class" at the senior center I was told I need a router.
Oly wrote:
OK, so, in installing a router could I attach the router to my Verizon DSL modem and have the iMac get it's internet from the router by wi-fi?
This way I could place the router 1/2 way between the only two places in my home where wifi devices (wife's tablet, my iMac) are.
Yes, exactly.
For the router I suggest you consider one of the three Apple AirPort Base Stations, not only because it will be easier to get help with using them on this website, but they are generally regarded as the most reliable wireless routers. Technical support directly from Apple is free for the first 90 days.
Slightly cheaper alternatives exist. I have tried other manufacturer's wireless routers, and I don't recommend them.
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I have an issue where my iMac crashes and reboots 9/10 times when I log my wife's account off. I'd like to get it resolved as it is very annoying. We switch between accounts all the time and everytime it crashes I lose a bunch of info from my account. Can anyone help me understand how to fix this issue?
After the reboot a window tells me that my system has recovered from a seriour issue (sounds much like Window$ to me...) and a crash report is show:
Sun Nov 3 11:03:50 2013
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff8022edc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80231d38ae, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000170, CR3: 0x000000042a49c043, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0xffffff8046d5f590, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x00000000031f0000, RDX: 0xffffff8044427800
RSP: 0xffffff81f4343870, RBP: 0xffffff81f4343880, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff8044427800
R8: 0xffffff80655b0c00, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff81f4343780, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff
R12: 0xffffff80655b0c00, R13: 0xffffff80461be808, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000000002
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff80231d38ae, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000170, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x3
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81f4343500 : 0xffffff8022e22f69
0xffffff81f4343580 : 0xffffff8022edc19e
0xffffff81f4343750 : 0xffffff8022ef3606
0xffffff81f4343770 : 0xffffff80231d38ae
0xffffff81f4343880 : 0xffffff7fa37fcf61
0xffffff81f43438b0 : 0xffffff7fa37fd6a8
0xffffff81f43438f0 : 0xffffff80231b38f4
0xffffff81f4343950 : 0xffffff80231bc5e4
0xffffff81f43439a0 : 0xffffff80231bc2e5
0xffffff81f4343a00 : 0xffffff80231ca2d1
0xffffff81f4343f50 : 0xffffff802323de23
0xffffff81f4343fb0 : 0xffffff8022ef3e06
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.webroot.driver.SecureAnywhere(104.0)[4516877C-BD60-3F95-93D2-D2A9EC8F0A00]@ 0xffffff7fa37fb000->0xffffff7fa37fffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(2.0.0)[1185D338-98A5-345E-84F8-E59DF819A61B]@0xffff ff7fa3776000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: loginwindow
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide: 0x0000000022c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8022e00000
System model name: iMac12,2 (Mac-942B59F58194171B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 196008980876705
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Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
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http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
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Problem Description :
Our LV/DCS 8.6.1 application uses shared variables to log data to Citadel. It is running on many similar computers at many companies just fine, but on one particular Intel Dual Core computer, the data in the Citadel db has strange shifting timestamps. Changing bios to startup using single cpu fixes the problem. Could possibly set only certain NI process(es) to single-cpu instead (but which?). The old DSCEngine.exe in LV/DSC 7 had to be run single-cpu... hadn't these kind of issues been fixed by LV 8.6.1 yet?? What about LV 2009, anybody know?? Or is it a problem in the OS or hardware, below the NI line??
This seems similar to an old issue with time synch server problems for AMD processors (Knowledge Base Document ID 4BFBEIQA):
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/1EFFBED34FFE66C2862573D30073C329
Computer info:
- Dell desktop
- Win XP Pro sp3
- 2 G RAM
- 1.58 GHz Core 2 Duo
- LV/DSC 8.6.1 (Pro dev)
- DAQmx, standard instrument control device drivers, serial i/o
(Nothing else installed; OS and LV/DSC were re-installed to try to fix the problem, no luck)
Details:
A test logged data at 1 Hz, with these results: for 10-30 seconds or so, the timestamps were correct. Then, the timestamps were compressed/shifted, with multiple points each second. At perfectly regular 1-minute intervals, the timestamps would be correct again. This pattern repeats, and when the data is graphed, it looks like regular 1-sec interval points, then more dense points, then no points until the next minute (not ON the minute, e.g.12:35:00, but after a minute, e.g.12:35:24, 12:36:24, 12:37:24...). Occasionally (but rarely), restarting the PC would produce accurate timestamps for several minutes running, but then the pattern would reappear in the middle of logging, no changes made.
Test info:
- shared variable configured with logging enabled
- data changing by much more than the deadband
- new value written by Datasocket Write at a steady 1 Hz
- historic data retrieved by Read Traces
- Distributed System Manager shows correct and changing values continuously as they are writtenMeg K. B. ,
It sounds like you are experiencing Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Drift as mentioned in the KB's for the AMD Multi-Core processors. However, according to this wikipedia article on TSC's, the Intel Core 2 Duo's "time-stamp counter increments at a constant rate.......Constant TSC behavior ensures that the duration of each clock tick is
uniform and supports the use of the TSC as a wall clock timer even if
the processor core changes frequency." This seems to suggest that it would be not be the case that you are seeing the issue mentioned in the KBs.
Can you provide the exact modle of the Core 2 Duo processor that you are using?
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National Instruments -
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Lion System Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
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Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the drop down menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Be sure to boot from the OS X installer DVD, not a backup clone.
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