Somethings wrong with my usb drive?

I connect my Ipod to my computer and my computer recognizes my ipod
but when I connect my camera to my computer it doesn't show up anywhere but i know it connects because on my camera it says PC.

Check the instructions for connecting your camera to a computer. Also launch iPhoto and in the iPhoto Preferences>General you can select what you want to happen when your connect a camera.

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It seems like there is something wrong with the USB of retina macbook pro

My mac is macbook pro with retina. It seems like there is something wrong with the USB. It cannot detect my amazon kindle, IBM CD driver and mp3 player, though it works well with U Disk and HDD. I don't know why.

You are still under warranty. Call Apple Care.
#1 - You have 14 days from the date of purchase to return your computer with no questions asked.
#2 - You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support.
#3 - You have the standard one year Apple warranty.
#4 - If you've purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan, your warranty last for 3 years. You can obtain AppleCare anytime up to the first year of the purchase of your computer.
Take FULL advantage of your warranty. Posting on a message board should be done as a last resort and if you are out of warranty or Apple Care has expired.

Shenanigans with new USB drive and Time Capsule

It is probably best explained by consulting attached screen grabs (moderator: these are GIFs with filesizes 24K and 32K).
Drive: STUFF has been attached to TC for a while
Drive: Stuff 2 is a relatively new addition (old drive whacked into a USB drive container) and attached to TC
Image e01.gif shows what happens soon after powering up Stuff 2 with error message "The operation cannot be completed because the original item for "Stuff 2" cannot be found."
Possibly I have mucked up some setting somewhere or maybe used wrong format on Stuff 2?
Nonetheless after a while (possibly 5 minutes maybe more or less?) I try to access Stuff 2 and BONGO! It mounts fine and dandy (see e02.gif)
All images have (I hope) been suitably redacted.
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There isn't a solution, the Apple TV will only read your iTunes library if iTunes is running and will only play content through iTunes.

Using Time MACHINE with a USB drive connected to an Airport Extreme

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
Please click here:
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Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme AirDisk
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Note: If you got here by clicking a link that looks like this:
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Note the number at the end, after the +*pound sign,+* (#) and click the corresponding item below:
Please pardon the inconvenience.
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QUESTIONS
*Q1. Can I use the USB drive(s) for Time Machine backups AND other data?*
*Q2. How do I set up Time Machine to back up to a USB drive connected to my Airport Extreme?*
*Q3. How do I delete backups?*
*Q4. How do I back-up my backups?*
If you don't see your question here, try Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
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PROBLEMS
*P1. The Backup disk image could not be created.*
*P2. Time Machine could not complete the backup . . sparsebundle could not be accessed. (Error 109).*
If you don't see your problem here, try Time Machine - Troubleshooting
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Hi, Nubz!
Yes, I just saw that, and am still chuckling.
Maybe that will mollify the Jive gods?
Thanks again,
Jim

FSCK and reboot issues with external USB drive

I'm having an issue with an external USB hard drive I'm using. I've always had issues with this drive cause my reboot to "freeze" when it's mounted. Basically the system message with be sent out, but it doesn't actually proceed with the reboot. No switch to init 6 or anything, but the shutdown process is still active. I can continue to use the computer as usual, but I can't cancel the existing shutdown or try to enter init level 6 by hand. So I just got around this by unmounting the drive before I shutdown. However, lately when I try to unmount the drive I get an error saying that the drive is in use and I should check to see what processes are using it by runing lsof or fuser.
Yesterday I tried copying dsome files from the drive but there wasn't and activity on the drive. cp didn't report any errors though, it just sat there and did nothing. I tried running fsck on the drive, but didn't get much farther. I'll see some activity on the drive for about a second, then all activity stops and fsck just sits there. When I try to kill fsck, it won't. Even with a kill -9.
I'm really confused as to what is going on. Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone have any ideas what could be causing all this or what I can do to stop this? Thanks in advance!
David
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Press the reset button on the device. It is located between the USB and power ports. Make sure to take-out the external USB drive before you reset the device. Or you can also restore the defaults by accessing the Administration tab > Factory Defaults sub-tab in the router’s web-based setup page. Check out this link for the set up; http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=32cffead811249aea7e9fc6730bf59ad_KB25681_EN_v1.xml...

Shuffle doesn't get along with other USB drives

Okay, so I purchased a new iPod Shuffle, and upon connecting it to my computer and installing all the software, I nearly had a heart attack. According to Windows Explorer, all my data on my 80 gig USB hard drive and my 1 gig flash drive had been erased. I unplugged the flash drive and plugged it back in, and Windows told me it had no idea what to do with that device.
Long story short, I've determined that it's the Shuffle that's causing it. If I plug in the Shuffle, Windows stops recognizing my other USB drives. If I disconnect the Shuffle and repower the other devices, they work normally again. The Shuffle has its own drive letter, so it's not a conflict there. Any ideas?

Same problems here. (-50 erros when trying to autofill and -1480 errors when attempting to Restore) I have two other iPods and they sync fine. I'm also having the same hang-up problems once I plug in the Shuffle and try to either Restore of Autofill. I successfully managed to load songs once after 40 minutes of work. Now, nothing. I've tried absolutely everything.
Please fix this!
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NB200 running Windows XP - What's wrong with my USB ports?

I bought a new NB200 recently and have had a problem with my USB ports ever since.
Independently, both rhs ports operate fine with my Logitech wireless mouse - unless I attach it via a USB hub. When I use the second port to attach another device - in this case an external DVD-RW - the mouse simply freezes. Meantime, the DVD-RW itself is recognised by Device Manager, etc - ("Working fine - with plenty of available power output per port), but it nonetheless fails to work and Windows Explorer is unable to read any disc inserted in it.
Furthermore, the lhs USB port is pure decoration only; nothing I attach to it (even the mouse) will work, neither will the Sleep & Charge capability (at any of the 4 Modes).
I've uninstalled the USB controllers and ports using Device Manager which, after re-booting, continues to report that all's well, both with the devices I attach and the ports themselves, albeit i's still patently not!
I'm concerned that I'm still unable to create a recovery disc should the worst happen so can anyone help me resolve my conundrum, please?
Am I doing something wrong or, less likely to be the case, I'm sure, is there perhaps a fault with my machine??
Any advice would be helpful, please.
Regards
Bob

Thanks for the suggestion, Guys, but neither provided the solution. I'd already updated both BIOS and Chipset drivers to the latest available.
Incidentally, the OS is the version of XP that came already loaded - subsequently updated via Windows Update, of course.
Any further thoughts anyone??
Bob

I accidently used Disk Utility to fix a partition. I cant boot in with any USB drive. Help.

I accidentally used Disk Utility to fix a partition. It erased it. I desperately need to restore it.
I have an imac without a cdrom. How do I create a bootable usb with testdisk as for some bizarre reason it seems impossible to create a bootable usb drive for osx. I tried GParted and the ultimate boot disk that both have test disk.
I am stumped. Why can't I boot into my imac with a usb? I have a mac air that I just cant seem to create a usb drive with testdrive thats bootable. I even tried rEFit but no luck.
Anyone have an idea? How do I fix my system ?

I have an imac OSX 10.8.
I tried creating a usb drive of testdisk on my mac air so that I could use it to boot into the iMAC and restore the partition table.
I created it using:
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dd if=./target.img.dmg of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
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[SOLVED] Problem with external USB drive started yesterday

My system freezes for about 65 seconds at the login screen. After 65 seconds, I can login and everything is normal afterwards.
I discovered that I can eliminate the freeze by disconnecting the external USB drive from the PC. Here are the error messages from kernel.log when the drive is connected:
Oct 15 23:10:14 localhost kernel: [ 17.035091] usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 15 23:10:29 localhost kernel: [ 32.155955] usb 1-1.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
Oct 15 23:10:29 localhost kernel: [ 32.325394] usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
Oct 15 23:10:31 localhost kernel: [ 34.045126] MediaState is connected
There is supposed to be a kernel boot option (irqpoll) to prevent this from occurring. However, that option seems to no longer work for kernels after 2.6.39. If I try using it with Arch, the system will not boot, saying all the CPU's failed.
I also don't understand why this just started happening yesterday, as the USB drive has been connected to the PC longer than I've been using Arch. Also, my kernel has not been updated since I installed Arch on Oct 8.
Does anyone know another fix or workaround for this problem?
Thanks,
Tim
Last edited by ratcheer (2011-10-17 01:30:08)

Problem solved
I feel stupid, but I also feel better. I turned off the PC, disconnected the power from the USB drive for about 15 seconds, reconnected the power, rebooted, removed the irqpoll kernel option, and Ubuntu started, perfectly. I need to learn that the USB drive just goes freaky sometimes and remember to do this. But, this is only the second time I've had to do this in months of use.
Tim

Custom Icons with FAT32 USB Drive

Hi
I want to put a custom icon on a USB drive that's formatted to FAT32.
When I do this with a Mac OS Extended formatted USB drive, it works fine - the icon is attached to the dive, and appears when the the drive is mounted on another Mac.
But when I do this with a FAT32 formatted USB drive, the icon works on my desktop, but does not appear when the drive is mounted on another Mac.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
Thanks for your help.
Bruno.

Hmm, error -20 is:
-20 writErr Driver can't respond to Write call
I'm not sure why it would be doing that. I've got two PNY brand flash drives and have no problem erasing them under Tiger or Panther. You mention trying to repartition the drive. I suppose it's possible that you can't have more than one partition on a flash drive. Maybe the whole thing has to be one format type. Don't know that for sure, though. I've never tried it.

IMAC won't start with external USB drive

I've been running Leopard for a few weeks now and decided to connect an external USB hard drive to use with Time Machine, it did the backup fine and seems to be working fine... however, every time I start my imac in the morning I get a gray screen that just hangs. I have to unplug the USB drive then reboot again.. that salves the problem.. but is annoying to have to do that each time.. I also noticed today that my ipod when plugger in via USB will not mount on the desktop.. I have to unplug the USB hard drive then plug the ipod in again.. that solves the problem..
Anyone have this same issue..??? It seems to be USB related or Time Machine related.. maybe both..
Cheers
D.

The Disks are formatted with Ntfs as i am using Bootcamp with Windows 7. So repairing disks would not work in Mac OSX, and is not needed as the disks are ok. I would be a strange coincidence that both disks would be corrupted at the same Time.
I have tried three different other USB disks in the meantime and the Macbook could Boot up everytime with no problem. I found the answer in another forum. The controllers (USB to SATA) in the enclosures of the disks are not compatible with my Macbook, they are rather cheap WD disks and a lot of other users reported the same problem. ist might be possible to upgrade the firmware, but i will rather look for some other disks and try them first before i buy.

RAID with two USB drives?

I just bought two USB drives (2 x WD 3 TB MyBook Essential) and tried to set them up as mirrored RAID on my Mac Mini (Mid 2010 model, OS X 10.7) using Disk Utility. It lets me do all the configuration (pick disks, etc.) but when I hit create, I get the following error:
POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed. Operation not permitted.
Is there any way to solve this / explanation why this happens?

Here is an app that should do what you are looking for.
http://qgf.in/BBRBMh
that will take you to a shareware page at apple.com. The software lets you compare two different drives and select which way you want the changes to go.
It is shareware so you should be able to try it out before you buy it. Make sure it does what you want.
Another option is Chronosync http://qgf.in/PLfpeu . It is a little pricey, but it works well.
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Deal with corrupted usb drive

I have been using a USB drive frequently for the last two years, and had more than 600 files on it (including MP3 and MP4). There has never been a problem before, but last night my MacBook Pro wouldn't open the drive, and when I tried using my mother's Windows 7 computer all it said is the drive was corrupted. Is there any way to try and rescue what is on that drive, or do I have to give up and loose hundreds of hours of work?

I was not able to drag or eject the USB drive from the desktop.
This problem does not happen every time, but frequent enough to be concerning. When problem occurs, I was not able to shut down Mac OS properly. I kept the USB drive plugged in and was able to close all my applications, except Finder. If I attempt to Force Quit the Finder, I would not even get to the top menu to shut down the Mac OS, and I had to force power down.
Is there a way to debug this issue or should I just take my Macbook and USB drive to the Genius Bar?

I can't use Time Machine with a USB drive plugged into an Airport Extreme.

I connected an external drive to the USB port of an Airport Extreme, intending to use it with Time Machine and one of the laptops in the Wi-Fi network (call it Laptop). The drive is visible from the Disks tab of each computer’s Airport Utility but from nowhere else, in particular not to Laptop’s Time Machine preference.
Laptop is relatively new and arrived with Mavericks. Time Machine used to work on Laptop before I upgraded the rest of the network (a desktop Mac Pro and another laptop) from OS X 10.6 to Mavericks.
The drive is formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I have tried other external hard drives, with the same behavior. The desktop correctly use Time Machine to back up its internal drive to another internal drive. Another possibly relevant factor is that our DSL connection has recently been upgraded, and now uses a 2Wire modem that provides its own router, so Airport Utility’s Network Router Mode is set to “Off (Bridge Mode)”.
I would be grateful for suggestions of what to try next.

Here is one from Pondini, who was the foremost Time Machine expert in the world.
http://pondini.org/TM/Airport.html
And another from Apple. Info near the bottom.
AirPort base stations: About USB disks
And another miscellaneous from Apple:
AirPort base stations: Time Machine hard drive compatibility

Nano with windows USB Driver problem?

Everything worked fine with my nano for a few days.
I've gone through all the troubleshooting tips for the nano itself. (3 Rs, etc).
Latest,I have deleted the USB device and reboot the computer. Windows recognizes new hardware found and tries to install the driver for it.
I get the following error:
Error: The initialization failed because a function driver was not specified for this device instance.
Seem to me to be a problem with the Ipod Nano software since windows is recognizing it. I have used other usb devices with this port in the past though I am not using any with it currently.

Taking it back for an exchange is probably your best bet then, but there is one more thing you might try first. Some people have found that by putting the iPod in disk mode, it keeps the USB port alive and lets it charge. It doesn't sound quite like your situation, but it migh be worth a try. Or, you could even take it to a different computer and plug it in there for three or four hours to see if it will take a charge. You don't need iTunes on that computer. But if those don't work, then the exchange is probably your best bet at this point.

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