Why is iMac being dropped as a shared volume?

I have a 21.5" iMac 2.5GHz mid 2011, 12GB ram running Lion 10.7.4.
It is connected via ethernet to a gen 5 Airport Extreme, so Airport on the iMac is off. I am also running a MBP .
Both are on iCloud Back-to-My-Mac. When the iMac is awake, it shows up on the MBP as a shared volume. After it goes to sleep, it disappears as a shared volume. Wake for network activity is checked on the iMac.
I don't remember having this problem before. The only thing I have changed is that I had been using a 1st gen Airport Extreme and upgraded to this 5th gen.
I've checked everything I can think of but the problem persists.
Anyone have any thoughts as to why the iMac keeps disappearing?

I figured it out- it must be the printer.
OK, here's another question. Ever since I installed Lion, Flash Player doesn't work at all. I've reinstalled it, de-installed it, changed settings, reinstalled again, numerous times. Nothing works. What am I doing wrong?

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Why is my iMac dropping off as shared volume- Back-to-My-Mac

I have a 21.5" iMac 2.5GHz mid 2011, 12GB ram running Lion 10.7.4.
It is connected via ethernet to a gen 5 Airport Extreme, so Airport on the iMac is off. I am also running a MBP .
Both are on iCloud Back-to-My-Mac. When the iMac is awake, it shows up on the MBP as a shared volume. After it goes to sleep, it disappears as a shared volume. Wake for network activity is checked on the iMac. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time, but it always drops off after it goes to sleep.
I don't remember having this problem before. The only thing I have changed is that I had been using a 1st gen Airport Extreme and upgraded to this 5th gen.
I've checked everything I can think of but the problem persists.
Anyone have any thoughts as to why the iMac keeps disappearing?

I have a 21.5" iMac 2.5GHz mid 2011, 12GB ram running Lion 10.7.4.
It is connected via ethernet to a gen 5 Airport Extreme, so Airport on the iMac is off. I am also running a MBP .
Both are on iCloud Back-to-My-Mac. When the iMac is awake, it shows up on the MBP as a shared volume. After it goes to sleep, it disappears as a shared volume. Wake for network activity is checked on the iMac. Sometimes it takes a little bit of time, but it always drops off after it goes to sleep.
I don't remember having this problem before. The only thing I have changed is that I had been using a 1st gen Airport Extreme and upgraded to this 5th gen.
I've checked everything I can think of but the problem persists.
Anyone have any thoughts as to why the iMac keeps disappearing?

Styles being dropped on network shared folder files in Dreamweaver CS5.5

Hello, apoligies if this has already been solved but I could not find anything similar. Recently we have upgraded our staff from Dreamweaver CS4 to CS5.5 and are having some issues with pages dropping the stylesheets which are linked relatively. The relative files are located on a shared network drive which is mapped in Windows 7 as a drive (e.g. My Computer shows the drive as R:).
In Dreamweaver design view up the top it reads:
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We never had this issue before so I was wondering if it was a new limitation of CS5.5 or if there was something I should look out for in the site definition.
Interestingly enough I was able to fix this on one machine by randomly toggling the live code/view buttons, havent had any luck doing that to other machines though.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Here are the specs:
O.S: Windows 7
Version: Dreamweaver CS5.5
Site Definition: Network shared drive

Interestingly enough I was able to fix this on one machine by randomly toggling the live code/view buttons, havent had any luck doing that to other machines though.
I would have to say that this operation could not possibly fix anything. I suspect that simply waiting the same amount of time as this operation required would have returned the same result, and it sounds like there is some latency in your network.
Your site is entirely contained on a network shared drive, right? Or is it that only SOME files are on the network shared drive (R:)? Also, where is it you are seeing this?
Address: file:///R|/acrrm/tinnitus/course_content/001.html

Why is my Wifi dropping on iMac but not other Apple devices?

I am trying to figure out why my iMac constantly drops the Wifi connection. My router is new and only a couple feet from my iMac. My husband's macbook pro does not drop the Wifi connection. Usually, the Wifi connection is lost for a matter of seconds or minutes and reconnects without me doing anything. My Wifi works at lightning speed when it is connected but drops off several times a day and sometimes multiple times an hour. This is so frustrating!

WiFi Problems:
Wifi problems seem to crop up a lot on here and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a 'one fix' solution.
However, sometimes any one of the following can help although, unfortunately, not always. In no particular order:
Check wifi security - if it's WEP change it to WPA or WPA2 (preferably, as it's more secure)
Change the wifi channel on the router
Create a new Network Location: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5289
Reboot the router
Also take a look at this link and the links within the article for other ideas. They mainly reference Lion, but still seem to be relevant to Mountain Lion and possibly Mavericks:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/06/lion-wi-fi-problems-solution-mac/?utm_source=feed burner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29&utm_conte n t=FaceBook
...and this link:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-m ac-os-x/

I want to share files from iMac to MacBookPro. In "Sharing" setup I want to check "screen Sharing" but get the error message"Screen Sharing is currently being controlled by the Remote Management service." What do I need to FIX???

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Why should you explicitly open and close shared variable connections?

I'm looking into switching over from the old Datasocket API to the new Shared Variable API for programmatic access to shared variables, and I noticed that LV doesn't seem to have any problems executing Shared Variable Reads & Writes without first opening the connection explicitly. That is, I can just drop in a shared varaible Read VI, wire a constant to the refnum input, and it will work. I'm wondering, then, what benefits are offered by explicitly opening the conenction ahead of time...?
I guess I could see some cases where you want to open all necessary connections in an initialization state of a top-level state machine, particularly if you want to use the "Open & Verify Connection"---so you could jump straight to an error case if any connections fail. But other than that, why else might one want to explicitly open the connections.
And, along those lines, are there any problems with implicitly opening the connections? One reason why I am hesitant to open them explicitly is because for one of our applications, we need to be able to dynamically switch from one variable to another at runtime. It would be nice to just switch the variable refnum (wired to the input of the Read function), without having to manually close out the old connection and open a new one. A quick prototype of this seems to work. But am I shooting myself in the foot by doing so?
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I'd expect there's a very small number of people at NI that would know the answer to the detail you're asking for. But, let's try to extrapolate from this rather old post to see if we can understand what they're forming their impression on.
The shared variable has to have some sort of reference going on in the background. It looks like they're calling this a connection. It's how LabVIEW knows where to find this variable on the network. We can also see this reference certainly exists if we're opening/closing the reference in the explicit method. You see the connection as just a string referencing the variable by URL. This "reference" has to be stored somewhere. No matter how we're looking at this, we're aware there's a reference of some sort stored.
Now, we'd want to look at what would cause this reference to go away. If you open/close explicitly, it's easy to see it goes away at the close. If it's implicit, when would it make sense to close it out? The VI can't be expected to guess where it's done being referenced and close it out. This puts us into a situation where the soonest it could close is when the VI ends. From my experience, references tend to be wiped when you close out LabVIEW. It's this kind of idea that makes the FGV possible. I wouldn't be surprised by Morgan's claim here.
If we look at scalability, you're talking about two different topics. You're talking about adding an extra open, close, read, etc rather than just a few wires. That certainly would look a mess. In terms of the dynamic swap that was being discussed, we wouldn't be adding all of those. The concern would be if enough connections were opened it'd start to behave similar to a memory leak. This could be something that works with a smaller number of variables. If you continue to scale, it becomes problematic. This is why they suggest it's not scalable.
To your questions:
Does LV allocate some kind of session in memory using that string as a lookup?
It would HAVE to allocate some memory to hold that string. Otherwise, it'd be pointless to even have the reference.
Does it reuse that session if other parts of the application reference the same variable, or does it create a unique session for each referencing call to "Read Variable.vi"?
I would expect this to be "it depends." With the implicit method, I would expect it to open a new reference in each point it isn't wired. This is similar to int x,y = 5; x and y share the same value but are their own unique memory location. If you wire the reference to the other points, it should use the same reference. This would make more sense to me than the program seeking out any other potential usage of the variable in the application to see if there's already a reference open. I could be wrong, though.
And what resources does this "connection" actually represent?
At best, this is just the string. At worst, it's the string and the TCP socket. I'd lean towards the first. Opening and closing sockets should be relatively easy in most applications. But, it also wouldn't surprise me if it holds the socket.
I'm sure others have a better understanding than I do. But, that's what I'd expect for anything you've asked.

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Anyone having issues with their imac continually dropping the wireless connection?

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Community - My iMac keeps dropping and instantly resetting my wifi connection

Hey folks - I know a lot of people have been complaining about desktop issues and wifi connectivity, but this seems to be quite the variant from other folks' problems...
Every 2-20 minutes, my iMac is dropping, then instantly resetting my wifi connection. The actual wifi drop lasts no longer than 5 seconds, and instantly reconnects itself with no input from me... the problem is it completely interrupts any downloading, streaming, gaming, or anything else I might be doing that requires a constant internet connection. It seems to drop off just long enough to stop the connection, then it resets all on it's own.
I'm currently using a mid-2011 27 inch iMac intel core i5 3.1 ghz processor w/ OS X Lion 10.7.3. I have a Linksys router and a GCI issued modem, unsure of the brand as there are minimal markings on it. The internet/tv service (run by GCI) is smooth throughout the rest of my home, and no other items we own connected to the net seem to have the same problem...
I have tried soft resets on both the modem and router. I have restarted my machine several times and re-added the network location and wifi connection to my computer. I have unplugged both modem and router to let those reset and have unplugged and reconnected my coax cable for several minutes as well. No time of day seems to work well, and it's becoming quite difficult to work and do other fun functions like stream television or game.
Any help here would be super appreciated, and I need to warn folks right away that I am NOT very tech savvy, so any kind of messing with DNS or other what I would call 'advanced' settings may be tough :O Thanks and cheers!
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Hi Monty, I know you're not tech savvy but if you can get an 802.11n router your iMac would be able to take advantage of the less crowded 5 GHz spectrum. The Linksys ought to have some markings on it which you could look up to determine if it is 802.11n capable or not.
The symptoms you describe are consistent with wireless interference. The ability to use 802.11n in lieu of the older 802.11g your Linksys router is probably using is one way to mitigate its effects.
The Apple AirPort Extreme base station and the Time Capsule can both create two simultaneous wireless networks: a fast 5 GHz one for your iMac, and a 2.4 GHz one for other devices.
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Why can' I see other Mac in Shared area of Finder

MBP with Snow Leopard
MP with Leopard
iMac with Leopard
The MBP shows the iMac and MP in the Shared area of the finder.
The MP show the iMac but not the MBP.
However, I can connect to the MBP by entering its IP address via Finder Connect to Server.
The MBP does show up in the MP's finder sometimes but I can't seem to figure out when or why. This is driving me nuts. Any ideas?
Thanks.
The MBP can see the MP in the Finder under S

waxwing wrote:
On the machine that has Sno, I can see the other machine in Shared.
Can you connect to it?
On the machine with Leopard, I can connect to the other machine but I can't see it in the finder.
My suggestions for getting shares to show up under shared in finder fit here.
Both machines have no problem seeing a third machine that sleeps a couple of times per day.
Can they connect to it?
Thanks for the ideas but it doesn't look like we have a solution yet.
You are very welcome. Post back if you think my inserts above are pertinent to your problem.

IMAC keeps dropping the internet connection using Wi-Fi.

iMAC keeps dropping internect connection when using wi-fi.

Best way ti fix it !
iMac and MacBooks have the ( PHY Mode:    802.11n ) as standard
there not supporting 802.11g or other types
what you need to do
go About this Mac > More Info... > Overview > Than > System Report..
Than from the lest under Network - Wi-Fi
you will get report about your network Interfaces ,
your router name here :
PHY Mode:    802.11n
BSSID:    bc:76:70:5d:c6:a7
Channel:    7
Country Code:
Network Type:    Infrastructure
Security:    WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise:    -74 dBm / -101 dBm
Transmit Rate:    52
make sure that your router setting on your router match the machine
in example the router set on : Mode:    802.11n only !
and Security:    WPA2 Personal
after that you mac will work faster and smooth
why is that happened ?
when your router set in auto mode , if any other pc or laptop join the network the router will change the mode from 802.11n than your mac will lose the connection setting and you will need to refresh the network
agin and agin and agin .
make sure you buy good router that support 802.11n
very easy job takes me 1 year for find it and no one have the right answer on the net

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The update from Microsoft was already released to Verizon. Verizon is still testing 8.1 Cyan. This update is already active on AT&T.
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