Startup woes

I have a wireless keyboard attached to my iMac.
Occasionally on power up, two things happen which are probably not related, but always seem to occur together:
My wireless keyboard takes a good 30 seconds to respond after the appearance of the login box, before I can type in my password.
The grey menu bar across the top does not appear until I open my first app.
Any ideas what's going on here?

Rusty Rat wrote:
Is there anything that needs to be reconfigured after the delete?
No, nothing.
Enjoy your Mac
EDIT: Actually it returns the right hand side of your menu bar to default, so you may need to checkmark in the preferences put back an item, if it's missing.
-mj
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TimeMachine 101
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http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
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You say you have a bootable clone? What happens if you boot from it?
You might want to try running SMART Utility:
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If I understand correctly, you tried to upgrade from Vista Business to Vista Ultimate using a pirated version which didn't work. Then you tried loading XP which also didn't work.
I'm going to assume you didn't make the backup discs before starting all this, so that you don't have a copy of the original pre-load to start over with. Contact support in your country, and purchase a set of the preload discs for Vista Business. Load them, and you should be back to where you were in the beginning.
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B Rob,
If you cannot get the Pismo up and running, you can always remove the HD and buy a very inexpensive ATA > USB cable assembly that allows you to connect a bare HD to a USB port on a host computer. You can also put the HD in a USB or FireWire HD enclosure and not only transfer data but use the drive as a backup device.
OWC Unversal Hard Drive (ATA/IDE) to USB 2.0 Adapter - Plug and Play your HD via USB.
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Hello, my PB won't get past login screen. It freezes specifically when it says "Login Windows starting".
Apple Hardware Test comes out fine but I can't repair using Disk Utility (the disk or permissions). Haven't tried Disk Warrior yet. I've tried starting in Safe Mode to no avail. I tried resetting PRAM and PMU with the same result.
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I'm sure you're ready to turn in the computer for repair or troubleshooting but I have a couple of suggestions if you haven't tried them already. First, when you open Disk Utility from your installation disc, on the bottom after selecting your hard drive, what does it say next to S.M.A.R.T. status? Does it say "Failing"? My experience is that this finds problems with hard drives better than Apple Hardware Test. If it says "Verified", have you tried to re-install your operating system, either "Archive and Install" or "Erase and Install?" I would attempt an Archive and Install first, then an Erase and Install and see how that goes. Good luck.

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OK, so I have been less than complimentary of Logic in recent times in other forums but now I have gone back to experiment with Express and (Environment excepted) it seems to actually be very efficient for what I now do. I am currently using Cubase SX but it's infinite flexibility seems to be a hinderance as it seems to create a very cluttered interface. Logic Pro now seems to be worth an investment in time to learn (and I love Apple, so it's a loyalty thing).
My question is, what are the current major functionality and bug gripes with Logic Pro and what are the "Feature Requests" that seasoned users request? I occasionally visit this forum to keep an eye on trends but it seems that there have recently been no major complaints of late. Can anyone volunteer to tell me what's wrong with Logic. I can then assess whether these are showstoppers for me.
Also, as I mainly use AU plugins, can anyone tell me how to access a single plugin's additional audio outputs in different Audio Instrument tracks so I can manipulate them independently. I have tried both environment multi-timbral configurations and Audio Instrument solutions but none seem to work like Pro Tools where a single Instrument track's AU plugin can have it's additional audio outputs accessible from other tracks (if that makes sense).
Many thanks for any feedback.
Regards
David.
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HI D,
Welcome to the forum.
The brouhaha about bugs may have quieted down a bit, but that's not to say that the major bugs have been fixed; with 7.1.1 being at least 6 months old, and without a recent update, I think people are just getting back to work and dealing with Logic's foibles, utilizing the many workarounds which, discussed and shared by this forum's members, are now fairly common knowledge.
There are a few people here who swear by 7.2.1 which was not an upgrade but a crossgrade (and there's a significant difference which I won't expound upon). Others have quickly abandoned 7.2.1 and reverted to 7.2. But I'm still on 7.1.1. It's stable and I'm getting work done. No reason to rock the boat, change horses mid-stream, blah blah blah, unless there's going to ge a significant advantage in doing so.
7.1.1 -- the latest and only version of 7 to use IMO. As I said, it's stable; haven't had a crash in months when using it primarily for MIDI & straight-up audio recording. I don't use any 3rd party plugs for engineering type tasks -- I only use Logic's native plugs (there is nothing to be read into that statement other than it's a personal choice).
I use EXS-24 extensively and have only a few minor problems with it. Third party instrument plugs, tho, are my biggest headache. For example, loading up multiple instances of GPO, EWQLSO, various Peter Seidleczek and other plugs will occasionally cause Logic to crash under a variety of circumstances.
Here is my short list of extant bugs in 7.1.1. This list is a combination of my own experience PLUS what I've been reading on this forum:
SIDS (sudden instrument dropout syndrome), where MIDI regions will suddenly stop playing inexplicably. Purportedly fixed in 7.2.1 however. I haven't experienced this in 7.1.1 for quite some time, but when using 3rd party instrument plugs I do experience a really frustrating situation where Logic will drop notes when playback commences from a downbeat. Playback started somewhere before the downbeat seems to alleviate the problem. It's a major, major pain.
Song Corruption and its Manifestations
Inexplicably, songs will become corrupted, resulting in a number of strange and extremely PITA behaviors. The worst manifestation of this is an UNDO bug, where hitting undo one time will result in multiple previous edits becoming undone. Certain types of edits are more prone to disappearing than others, notably score markings (i.e., after entering multiple double bar symbols, hitting undo results in all of the double bars disappearing). Another manifestation: enter a bunch of markers, then edit a note and undo the edit. Blammo -- all of your markers will disappear, not just the last one entered.
Logic songs become corrupted is commonplace. And the corruption can exist without the user knowing it until they attempt just the "right" operation. If you know what I mean...
Solo Bug after Undo
Boy this one peeves me. If you have a track (or region) solo'd, do some editing and then hit UNDO, that track/region loses it's solo status. In short, undo=lose solo. You have to re-select the track/region and re-solo it to get it to work. If multiple tracks/regions are solo'd and you hit UNDO, only one of those tracks will remain solo'd.
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So if you're going to take the plunge for Logic, there may be some growing pains. If you're lucky, there won't be. But if you do run into problems, this is a fine place to go for help.
You can also check out www.logicprohelp.com which is run by an Apple-certified Logic guy who recently helped me out of a real jam (and I've been on Logic for 10 years).
HTH give you some perspective.

24" iMac display woes on startup

About a month and a half ago I began to notice my display would not come up when I powered up my iMac. The power light would come on but no display would show. I obviously tried everything suggested in the Support pages and then called Apple Support and they had me do everything a 2nd time. After talking with support they shipped out parts and had a tech come work on my iMac.
My computer was worked on about two weeks ago and the problem was at first solved, but now it is back again. I can occasionally get the display to come on if I cross my fingers just right. I am really sick of this problem, has anyone had similar problems? When the guy came out and "repaired" my iMac he put a new graphics card in and that was to supposedly fix the problem. Sometimes the display will work perfectly when I start the iMac but rarely. Sometimes the display will come on but it is dimmer than full brightness and when I go to turn up the display brightness with F15 it shows as at max, so I try F14 to turn it down but it will go down a notch from full brightness then automatically check back up to full.
I'm really looking for any help possible even if somebody just tells me to call Apple again. I'm at wits end because I've had this machine worked on twice now and the problems never seem to stop. Have I just gotten a lemon? I had a Powerbook G4 for three years and never had any issues with it.
I am almost certain this is not a software issue so I haven't bothered formatting and reinstalling everything, could that help for any reason?

Welcome to Discussions, jfff!
It didn't cost you cash out to get it fixed - certainly better not have, so let Apple keep fixing it until they get it right.
Apple REALLY does not want you to have this problem, they want you happy and using it so that you'll want more Macs. The quicker you can let them know it still isn't right, the quicker they can send someone out again to try something else.
Although it's not always evident ahead of time what needs to be done, they can fix it, and they will, regardless how much effort, or how many parts it takes them, without quibbling, so don't hesitate to keep them informed. At some point, if they put too much effort into it, they'll decide to just replace it.
That's all it should take - inform them, no need to complain or anything dramatic, as they get plenty of those calls from others who haven't even bought a Mac yet. You know the kind of calls - "why can't I get a black one, I'll pay extra for it?"

Distiller 8.1.3 Crashes on Startup, and Other Pro8 Woes

I bought Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 a couple years ago, and Distiller 8.1.3 has never worked. I have a Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, currently running 10.4.11. Whenever I double-click Distiller, it doesn't even get as far as an opening screen before it crashes. All it tells me is:
The application Distiller quit unexpectedly.
Mac OS X and other applications are not affected.
Meanwhile, I've never been able to create a PDF using the print function. I make the settings, it goes through the motions, an icon of a laser printer or something appears down on the toolbar, and no file is created.
What I really need this for is to create a PDF of my book interiors from Quark XPress 7 for the print-on-demand printer. Formerly, they've been able to work with exported PDFs, but now they claim they absolutely need it done with Distiller.
Any suggestions?

oN
ThrillingWonder wrote:
I bought Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 a couple years ago, and Distiller 8.1.3 has never worked. I have a Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, currently running 10.4.11. Whenever I double-click Distiller, it doesn't even get as far as an opening screen before it crashes. All it tells me is:
The application Distiller quit unexpectedly.
Mac OS X and other applications are not affected.
Meanwhile, I've never been able to create a PDF using the print function. I make the settings, it goes through the motions, an icon of a laser printer or something appears down on the toolbar, and no file is created.
What I really need this for is to create a PDF of my book interiors from Quark XPress 7 for the print-on-demand printer. Formerly, they've been able to work with exported PDFs, but now they claim they absolutely need it done with Distiller.
Any suggestions?
Try the Following:
Go to Printer Setup Utility and remove AdobePDF from Printer list.
Choose either Acrobat or Reader from from help menu choose repair installation.
Click on AdobePDF.
Now try to create a PDF.
Open Disk Utilities and Try repair permissions.
since your using X.4 look for and download AppleJack.
Restart in SingleUser Mode (Command -S) and when B&W screen finishes loading Text info and there is a Blinking cursor.
At that point Type applejack.go through all the procedures do items 3 & four both for system and for each user. When finished type return then choose restart.
If that doesn't work you may have a problem with Print driver. It not be up to date.
Go to Printer's website and download the latest version.
Next go to Printer Setup and remove you printer from the printer list.
Next open and install the New Driver (even if exactly the same version as previous).
Now try to create a PDF either by Apple's print menu PDF button. Or by choosing AdobePDF in the print menu.
If that don't work try:
Gather up your Acrobat install Disk and download from Adobe Support > Udates , all items related to Acrobat 8.
Now open Acrobat Director (Folder) and choose uninstall.
Next from finder choose file menu > Find. When opens up type in first Acrobat and remove all items associated with Acrobat 8 to trash and empty. Make sure they are only related to acrobat.
Next Type Adobe and repeat. DO NOT REMOVE YOUR PDF'S.
Now run Disk Utility and repair permissions.
Install install Acrobat and open. Close the run each updater in turn.
Now try to create a PDF. If none of this works then you might have some type of extension, control panel, or other item installed in your system interfering. Most ly you don't and one of the bove methods will get you running.
(Please note information is given by an Experienced User of Acrobat. I am not an employee of Adobe.)

MacBook Pro Startup and Display Issues

I've been having some random problems with my MacBook Pro (2.16 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB 7200 rpm hard drive, ATI Radeon X1600 graphics). Specifically:
1. Lines across the screen and purple boxes sometimes appear.
2. The graphic effects (e.g. zooming a window) sometimes get "frozen" on the screen. In other words a remnant from the animation will stay until the window is refreshed.
3. The Mac sometimes freezes during the startup process. Sometimes the login screen will be unresponsive and other times the Mac will almost bootup but fail when loading startup items.
4. Less frequently the Mac will freeze randomly. I previously had iStat Menus installed and each time the MacBook Pro froze up it indicated both read and write disk activities.
Yesterday I decided to wipe the machine clean and start from scratch in case there were a software issue or corruption on the hard drive that was causing my woes. I completely erased my hard drive and even zeroed the entire disk to make sure everything was completely wiped out. I also disconnected all peripherals to simplify things as much as possible.
The first time I tried the reinstall everything completed successfully but the "Welcome" movie froze part way through. I then had problems running the install again. I was able to boot off the Leopard DVD, but the machine froze a couple of clicks into the install procedure. After numerous tries I was able to erase the hard drive once again and install Leopard. This completed successfully and I installed all updates.
The problems started to show up again almost immediately, however. I installed iLife and iWork and all the updates and had the computer freeze up on me again during a reboot. I also noticed that the display issues started to show up again even before installing any third-party software.
I've tried running disk tests with Drive Genius 2.1, but no errors have been reported. I've also used the freeware Rember program to run memory tests but have yet to see any errors. Sometimes my Mac powers up without any problems and once it's powered up it often stays running for days. The display issues appear quite frequently. I've using iStat Menus to keep an eye on the temperature sensors and everything appears to be normal - so it doesn't appear to be temperature related.
Fortunately the computer's still covered under the extended AppleCare warranty, but I would like to have some idea what's going on before I take it in just in case they're not able to reproduce the issues.
Any suggestions and insights would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance for reading my rather long-winded message.
Cheers,
Tim

I took my MacBook Pro in for repair and it turned out to be an issue with the logic board. I had the logic board replaced (fortunately it was covered under my extended AppleCare warranty) and these problems are a thing of the past.

STUMPED: iBook G4 powers up - Hangs at 'grey apple startup screen'

ok, I'm trying to help a friend with her iBook woes. Info you need to know:
She dropped it once, while the screen was open, hard disk potentially active. Yes, it has sudden motion sensor but I'm not sure if that matters.
She brought it to me because it was performing slowly, some apps were hanging at launch and the like. I started by starting it up and taking a look around. Sure seemed slow. I updated to 10.4.11 and some Java updates. I can't recall exactly but the computer ended up hanging at some point. Might have been during the end of the installation process. I restarted and finished the update process. All that was left to update was Java and it didn't require a restart. At some point thereafter the computer gave me the spinning beach ball and was hanging. We waited a while, then restarted. On restart, it just hung on the 'grey apple startup screen'. So we waited, maybe 10 minutes and I figured something was wrong.
I force shut down the iBook. I then set another iBook (iBook 2) next to it and started it up in Firewire disk mode. I then connected the two iBooks with a firewire cable and started iBook 1 while holding down [option] and chose the disk on iBook 2 as my startup disk.
This is where it gets interesting. I assume the problem is with mismatched or badly written info on the internal disk (iBook 1), OR the disk is physically damaged. I open up Disk Utility and attempt to verify the disk (iBook 1). I get an ERROR MESSAGE: Disk failed to unmount.
Ok, try again, oh, it works this time. D.U. finds a bunch of problems. I repair the disk, I repair disk permissions.
I restart.
Computer works fine for a while. Still running slow. We open iTunes and attach an iPod. somewhere in the syncing process the system hangs, iTunes hangs, the Finder hangs. We wait, and eventually, restart.
At this point, or even sooner I would have run Apple's Hardware test utility from the iBook restore DVD. Well, my friend has misplaced it, or its at home in another state. So i'm left to my own devices.
I have run disk utility from other disks several times. It finds not a single problem.
Computer hangs at startup as previously described.
I have reset the PMU. No difference.
I would, if I had possession of the iBook DVD, run the Hardware test and, after backing up the drive, erase it and re-install the OS.
ANY IDEAS? WORKAROUNDS???
THANKS!!!!!!!

Another way of repairing the hard drive is booting into Safe Mode. This takes quite awhile longer than a normal startup because it does a file check and repair of the hard disk.
You will see the normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Click on the top hard drive icon in the left sidebar and note the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom right of the pane. What does it say?
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar ("Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it). What is the hard drive capacity and how much space remains available on it? Repair permissions on it.
Maybe this will give us a clue as to what is wrong.

10.5.5 update for airport woes

A quick look around the various sections of these usergroups shows that 10.5.5 hasn't done much for most people that have airport woes BUT I can report that for me at least, 10.5.5 has cleared up all of my airport reconnection problems. A sure way to send my Macbook into a "password request infinite loop" used to be when I took my Macbook too far away from my airport express, when I brought it back in range it would require a shutdown, same when I closed the lid or it went to sleep by itself, getting it to find the airport again would require a shutdown (mind you iStumbler coud see the express the whole time)
So Apple must be doing something as my reconnection problems seem to have vanished with 10.5.5
Now they just need to figure out why my wireless sensitivity is now about 25% of what it used to be before I installed 10.5.2!
Mark

Worked great for me.
Have you repaired permissions with Disk Utility, tried resetting the PRAM or starting up in Safe Mode.
Reset PRAM - hold down Option-Command-P-R keys when starting until you hear the startup chime a 2nd time.
Safe Mode Startup - hold down the Shift-key at startup until you see the login screen.
Check your System Preferences after each - reselect your startup disk and reselect your wireless network (even if showing OK).
If the above does not work then a factory reset of your AEB might be in order. The setup manuals for all AEBs are here: http://support.apple.com/manuals/#airport

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