Problems mounting a Transcend StoreJet OTG 30GB on OS 10.5.5

Hi
I cannot make my Macbook Pro recognize my USB StoreJet at all. I have tried all USB ports and also with and without the power for the StoreJet attached. Zero response from my Mac? I have experienced absolutely no problems before with other USB devices .. such as my 500GB WD external HD for instance.
I just checked on a Vista laptop and here everything works perfectly, hence nothing is wrong with the StoreJet and the cables.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Jan

Hi Jan,
I got the same problem. Just bought my StoreJet OTG and my PowerBook does not recognize it. When using Booth Camp in Windows XP, it loads without a problem (it also loads on a friend's new PowerBook and on a PC).
Someone told me it might be a USB conflict and I needed to reinstall the OS. I'm reluctant to do this because I don't have much space left in the computer and I'd need to reinstall all the updates without being sure that it will work.
Where you able to make it work another way?

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I am having problems mounting NFS mount point from a Linux-Server onto a Solaris 10 Client.
In the following
=My server IP ..*.120
=Client IP ..*.100
Commands run on Client:
==================
# mount -o vers=3 -F nfs 172.25.30.120:/scratch/pvfs2 /scratch/pvfs2
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
nfs mount: retrying: /scratch/pvfs2
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
nfs mount: 172.25.30.120: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
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nfs mount: 172.25.30.120:/scratch/pvfs2: No such file or directory
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program vers proto port service
100000 4 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 3 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 2 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 4 udp 111 rpcbind
100000 3 udp 111 rpcbind
100000 2 udp 111 rpcbind
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100024 1 udp 42835 status
100024 1 tcp 36086 status
100133 1 udp 42835
100133 1 tcp 36086
100001 2 udp 42836 rstatd
100001 3 udp 42836 rstatd
100001 4 udp 42836 rstatd
100002 2 tcp 36087 rusersd
100002 3 tcp 36087 rusersd
100002 2 udp 42838 rusersd
100002 3 udp 42838 rusersd
100011 1 udp 42840 rquotad
100021 1 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 2 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 1 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 2 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 4045 nlockmgr
# showmount -e 172.25.30.120 (Server)
showmount: 172.25.30.120: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
Commands OnServer:
================
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100021 1 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 49927 nlockmgr
100021 1 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 32772 nlockmgr
100011 1 udp 796 rquotad
100011 2 udp 796 rquotad
100011 1 tcp 799 rquotad
100011 2 tcp 799 rquotad
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
100005 1 udp 809 mountd
100005 1 tcp 812 mountd
100005 2 udp 809 mountd
100005 2 tcp 812 mountd
100005 3 udp 809 mountd
100005 3 tcp 812 mountd
100024 1 udp 854 status
100024 1 tcp 857 status
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Export list for 172.25.30.120:
/scratch/nfs 172.25.30.100,172.25.24.0/4
/scratch/pvfs2 172.25.30.100,172.25.24.0/4
Thank you, ~al

I also tried to run Snoop on the client and wireshark on Server and following is what I see:
One Server: Upon issuing mount command on client:
# tshark -i eth1
Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous.
Capturing on eth1
0.000000 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
0.205570 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
0.205586 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
0.207863 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
0.207869 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
2.005314 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
4.011005 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
5.206109 Dell_70:ad:29 -> SunMicro_70:ff:17 ARP Who has 172.25.30.100? Tell 172.25.30.120
5.206277 SunMicro_70:ff:17 -> Dell_70:ad:29 ARP 172.25.30.100 is at 00:14:4f:70:ff:17
5.216157 172.25.30.100 -> 172.25.30.120 Portmap V2 GETPORT Call MOUNT(100005) V:3 UDP
5.216170 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
On Clinet Upon issuing mount command on client:
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Using device /dev/bge1 (promiscuous mode)
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
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? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> * ETHER Type=9000 (Loopback), size = 60 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
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pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (UDP port 111 unreachable)
Also I see the following on Client:
# rpcinfo -p pvfs2-io-0-3
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Failed (unspecified error)
When I try the above rpcinfo command on Client and Server Snoop And wireshark(ethereal) outputs are as follows:
Client # snoop -d bge1
Using device /dev/bge1 (promiscuous mode)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
atlas-pvfs2 -> pvfs2-io-0-3 TCP D=111 S=872 Syn Seq=2065245538 Len=0 Win=49640 Options=<mss 1460,nop,wscale 0,nop,nop,sackOK>
pvfs2-io-0-3 -> atlas-pvfs2 ICMP Destination unreachable (TCP port 111 unreachable)
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=2004 (Unknown), size = 48 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0003 (LLC/802.3), size = 90 bytes
? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
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? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
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? -> (multicast) ETHER Type=0000 (LLC/802.3), size = 52 bytes
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3.483752 172.25.30.120 -> 172.25.30.100 ICMP Destination unreachable (Port unreachable)
4.009741 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
6.014524 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
6.551356 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Cisco_3d:68:10 LOOP Reply
8.019386 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
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10.024411 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
12.030956 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
12.901333 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> CDP/VTP/DTP/PAgP/UDLD DTP Dynamic Trunking Protocol
12.901421 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> CDP/VTP/DTP/PAgP/UDLD DTP Dynamic Trunking Protocol
^[[A 14.034193 Cisco_3d:68:10 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32770/00:0a:b8:3d:68:00 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8010
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~thank you for any help you can provide!!!

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Hello all,
Doubt this issue relates to a recent and ugly issue but sharing anyways (resolved thanks to a user here: LaPastenague)
Time Capsule won't backup if Modem (Motorola SB6121) attached
This was on Feb 10th resolved. Few days later I upgraded to Yosemite. Backups were working fine since.
Yesterday I happen to notice my last backup was 5 days ago. I looked in the console logs and saw:
2/25/15 3:55:06.127 PM com.apple.backupd[2777]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Paul;AUTH=SRP@Time%20Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local./Data
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I called Apple. Their front line was clueless. He suggested resetting the TC (latest "tower" model btw") which then a backup kicked off YEAH
But the next hour it failed
Called Apple again, this time to Sr Advisor. He suggested factory reset of the TC and set up again. Also first backup worked then rest failed
Third call to Apple useless also. He was asking questions I didn't feel relevant. He also was asking me to reset the TC which I told him was done 2 hours prior. He asked me to reboot which I could NOT at that time.
I begged him to collect data to submit to engineering, which will take days to get a reply.
So I thought I would throw this out to the community....
TC Is NEW (replaced from last issue). Mac is 8 months old (iMac 27"), Os is Yosemite, TC also new (latest model)
Thanks...

Yosemite is problematic on two fronts.. Networking and Time Machine.. so the combo of doing both with a Time Capsule is like bugs on bugs.
Here is my standard list.. but your problem maybe difficult to resolve.. and my suggestion is simple.. until Apple get their act together and fix TM.. buy Carbon Copy Cloner and use that for your backup. It is solid and reliable.. even better if you use USB drive plugged into the computer and do a bootable clone.. because then you have a backup that is able to be tested for full functionality 2min after the end of the backup.
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Factory reset universal
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2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
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You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
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Start from the bottom and work up.. What I list here is good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
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RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ
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I'm new to both Macs and forums, so please bear with me if some of the terminology is wrong. Also, from the other posts I have looked at this seems to be a longstanding but unanswered issue, so feel free to direct me to other places if an answer is out there.
Basically, since I bought my MacbookPro in May almost all of the time cds mounted automatically and it found the CD info on the internet. Sometimes it hadn't been doing it first time round, but it wasn't too great an issue. However, earlier today I downloaded Itunes 10. Now, cds won't mount when I'm connected to the internet. In fact Itunes has a kind of flickering attack as though it's struggling to read the cd. Trying to manually mount the CDs using Disk Utility also doesn't work in this case. But if I UNcheck the "automatically retrieve cd track names from the internet" it mounts.
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2. If I was to import the cds first, is there a way of adding the track information later, given what I wrote above.
So far my first few months using a Mac have been very pleasurable. However, this problem is quite frustrating at the halfway point of importing my cd collection to my Mac, so any answers would be really appreciated.

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Yesterday, I imported a few CDs no problem. Then I noticed that one of my albums on my iPhone had the tracks in the wrong order (a pain on a gapless album!) but it's OK on the iMac.
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I noticed that although the disc is mounted in the finder, it's not in iTunes and neither does it go off to check gracenote.
Anyway I fixed that issue with a reboot but the wrong track order still persists.
Hey ho, just await the update I guess.

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MODULES=()
# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30
# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"
# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="localhost"
# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Wired network setup
# - interface: name of device (required)
# - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
# - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
# - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=
interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
# If you are sure nothing else touches your hardware clock (such as ntpd or
# a dual-boot), you might want to enable 'hwclock'. Note that this will only
# make a difference if the hwclock program has been calibrated correctly.
# If you use a network filesystem you should enable 'netfs'.
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng network crond alsa dbus cupsd)
Thanks!
Last edited by gamezelda (2011-11-08 19:28:04)

I solved it.
The Wiki page for Mounting for normal users with PCManFM tells to create a "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/55-myconf.pkla" file specifying the privileges to grant to the user. The problem is that it does not include the privilege needed to mount internal drives (which was what I was trying to mount). To fix it, I added:
;org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
To the "Action=..." line.
(Though I have no idea why it worked before it broke, or why restarting dbus after initializing my WM fixed it.)
As for the power issues, I've concluded that it was working, but restarting dbus after initializing my WM broke it (my bad for not checking it before restaring dbus). So it all works now.

New problems mounting an old external drive!

I have a 3TB external hitachi drive that has worked great. I have it formatted as MacOS extended Journaled. I haven't used it for quite a while I plugged it in today and I get a popup box:
The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.
I initialize it and first of all - the imac only reads it as 801.57GB disc.
I cannot repair or verify the disk as I get this message:
Error: Partition map check failed because no slices were found
I'm kind of freaking out because I have 3TB of data on this drive that I'd like access to.
Any ideas how I can get my partition/data back?
***EDIT: I have multiple 3TB drives and all of them now seem to be affected by whatever is going on. I haven't used any of them in like the past month... Not sure what's going on.
***EDIT 2: SO I think I understand a bit more what's going on but not how to fix it. I have an external that has both esata and USB2.0 ports. Today, when trying to hook up the drive to my imac I was using USB 2.0. Usually however, I connect the drive to my imac via esata using a
Sonnet - Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter
I just tried using that and now the drives mount OK. Should I contact sonnet about this issue or can someone tell me when my 3TB drives would mount ok using esata and this adapter but not through USB 2.0. - Maybe I'm ejecting them incorrectly?

I am having a similar issue. I use an external Aluratek dock to connect my 3 tb barracuda drive to my Mac Pro using eSATA but when I try to connect that same 3 tb drive to my laptop via USB, it asks me to initialize the disk. It is unreadable. This is a serious problem and I think the issue is with Apple's OS as I have tried connecting the same drive via another portable USB dock and had the same problem.

Problems mounting fat drives

Whenever I try and mount either my floppy drive or my memory stick in my clie I am told that there is either a bad block or wrong file type.
I have fat (vfat) compiled into the kernel, but it still doesn't work. I'm confident there isn't a problem with the drives.
Can anyobne suggest anything? This is quite frustrating...

Check dmesg to see if the stick is recognized as /dev/sda. If it is, run fdisk /dev/sda to see what partitions are on it.
If there are several partitions, mount the stick with
mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/usbstick
I used to mount my stick with /dev/sda (even though it held 4 different partitions! Found that out afterwards), but today I had to repartition and format the thing, so I made one big (256MB) FAT16 partition which I now have to mount with /dev/sda1.

Problems mounting a Sony DVD+R DL disc

Hi I have a MacBookPro 2,2 - Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.33 GHz - 15''
When I load a blank Sony DVD+R DL 8.5gb - AccuCore - RW - disc into Finder it shows up fine, burns without a problem (I burned it with finder), mounts after its done without a problem, it ejects without a problem.
Now when I try to use the disc the next day. It wont mount. The drive tries to read it for 30 seconds and than just ejects it back out. I have Toast 7 Titanium but I mainly use it to make movie DVD's with DVD+R's for clients.
I thought maybe the disc's are bad or something. So I did a little experiment using Parallels Desktop with Windows XP SP2 on it. It loaded the disc into the drive and it showed up. Seems that the drive nor the disc are the problem but the OS.
Any help on this would be awesome.
MacBookPro 2,2 - Intel Core 2 Duo - 2.33 GHz - 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Raul,
No thanks to yourself and Sony you are in this pickle. You allowed yourself to have less than 2 copies of your data, and Sony for not following the DVD+R DL standard that Apple has tried to follow with the rest of the industry. Unfortunately the rest of the industry can't agree upon a standard. It really is too bad that's the case, but that's the situation with the bleading edge on media format. DVD-R is more reliable than DVD+R DL.
That's where the problem happened. Apple didn't tell you to delete the data.
My suggestion is to follow my backup FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
to avoid such problems in the future.
You may be able to recover the information with Prosoft Data Rescue, or Subrosasoft's File Salvage.
Good luck!
* Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Problems mounting USB drives

I am having some problems getting USB flash drives to (auto) mount on my system.
In the past, when I plugged in the device (a simple USB flash drive), it showed up in Thunar and I could click on it to mount it. Now nothing shows up in thunar when I plug in the device. dmesg shows the following, so I know the device is being recognized:
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 14
but it isn't being assigned to /dev/sd*. fdisk -l also doesn't show the device. lsusb shows the following for the device:
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 0781:b6b7 SanDisk Corp.
I added a udev rule to automount in /media, as per the udev wiki instructions, but that didn't do anything. Installing udisks and udiskie was similarly unhelpful. I tried this with multiple USB drives (which I both confirmed were working on other machines) so it doesn't seem to be a HW problem.
Thanks in advance.

You might try reformatting the usb drive using Disk Utility. Use MacOS Extended(Journaled). That might help.
lenn

Problem mounting network drive after upgrading router firmware

Hi guys,
It's been a while since I last posted a question of my own here, but I'm at my wits end. As I may have mentioned, I live in France, and my ISP is Free (no, not free, Free...). I've got what they call a "box" here, i.e. a sort of super-modem that will let you connect to the Internet via xDSL (and soon VDSL2), receive hundreds of TV channels, read BluRay discs, store files (videos, music, photos, what have you) on a integrated NAS, place and receive phone calls, whether via a landline (DECT) or, since recently, through a femtocell.
All in all, the package is impressive and works flawlessly. But...
(Of course, there had to be a "but)
... Yesterday, I let my "box" (it's called a Freebox Revolution, or Freebox V6--for Version 6--by the way) upgrade its firmware, reboot as it always does in such circumstances, and since that, the NAS won't mount in the Finder the way it used to under the Shared left pane.
Now, every time I reboot my Mac, I have to open a browser windows and type "smb://mafreebox.freebox.fr" in order mount the NAS in the Finder. I've saved the credentials (login, no password) in the keychain, hoping it would help, but it doesn't. I've got a PC running Windows 8.1 Preview at the moment, and created a shortcut to the NAS on the Desktop. Guess what? I double-click on the shortcut, and sure enough, I can access the content of the NAS from Windows, but not from the Mac.
I must add that I haven't changed anything on the Mac since, or before, upgrading the "box" firmware.
Any ideas?

OK, you must think I'm going bananas, but my issue is gone... For now...
Seriously, what do you guys think about this problem with network drives mounting or not, depending on, I don't know, the weather, maybe?

Microsoft office download problem " Mounting Failed "

Hello there ,
Thank you for your time . Im trying to download Microsoft office for mac but every time i download the file i get the message " Mounting Failed " Dont know what the problem .
thank you

As Office is not an Apple product, I strongly recommend asking in the Microsoft Office:Mac forums here:
Office for Mac
Everyone there is a Mac user AND an Office user, something you can't say about Apple's forums. You will get the fastest help there and I think you will find the contributors more than helpful.

Problems mounting a Camera as USB device [RESOLVED]

Usually, when I plug in my Canon PowerShot Pro 1 to my Archlinux laptop, I get an icon appearing on my desktop. I just double click on this icon and Nautilus opens up showing the individual photos.
However, I've recently invoked pacman -Syu and now I find there is no such icon registering.
dmesg | tail gives:
[n00b@thinkpad ~]$ dmesg | tail
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
How do I mount the camera?
Last edited by Shagbag (2007-10-10 19:48:22)

Thanks for the suggestions guys but neither worked. Pudge, I was already part of the camera group. Logging out and logging back in didn't fix it. Interestingly, when I followed rayjgu3's suggestion I can't see any block device in /dev being created when I plug the camera in. That suggests to me that this is the problem: no creation of a block device even though the device is recognised by the kernel (result from dmesg | tail).
I'm out of my depth here. Why would the kernel recognise the device but fail to create a block device for it?
Last edited by Shagbag (2007-10-09 06:15:24)

Problems mounting usb Maxtor disk Help PLZ

Usb maxtor disk that already has 2 OSX partitions does not want to mount in 10.4.9 updated mac mini.
Disk utils in 10.4.9 is smoking some weed and does not / or want to do anything with the usb Maxtor.
Tried on windows with Macdrive 7.0.4 trail and nothing mounting as well.
Success on windows with Macdrive 6.1.5 trail and it mounted.
Any idea what is going on here as it used to mount perfectly in osx sometime ago but not sure if it was in 10.4.8 or earlier.
Help would be appreciated

Indeed, I too have externals, both USB and FW attached to Macs running 10.4.9 and have no similar problems. I think the signs are that 10.4.9 is fine and that the issue in this instance is with your Mac or drive. Understanding that should help focus attention where it needs to be in order to resolve the problems you are experiencing.
First things first - if you are using a hub, shut the Mac and drive down, disconnect the hub and connect the drive directly to the Mac. Then power up the Mac, and once booted, power up the drive. Open Disk Utility (in Applications>Utilities on your mini), select the external drive (the entry giving the make/model/size) and select 'repair disk'. Next, select the first partition on the drive in Disk Utility, and repeat the repair disk. Lastly, select the second partition on the drive, and again, repair disk. If you get an error with any of these repairs which then reports a repair cannot be effected, the drive has damage - likely data rather than physical - which will either require a utility such as DiskWarrior or Tech Tools Pro to attempt to resolve, or a reformat after you have backed up your data. Problems of that sort can often result from drives that are powered down or disconnected while writing or updating.
If Disk Utility reports no errors after undertaking all three repairs, or the system continues to be unable to read the drive correctly, the problem is with the MacOS install on your system. In that instance, first try to repair permissions on your internal hard drive (also using disk utility). An SMC reset may also help.

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