Yet another 10.4.9 issue, maybe a little different

I just got my Macbook back from the genius bar friday replacing a bad hard drive, so I'm starting fresh.
I try to install the Photoshop CS3 Beta, and it won't install because the OSX version is 10.4.6 on the hard drive install from the Mac store. This is literally the first add on to the fresh drive. There's no critical data added back to the drive from my backup external drive.
So, I try to upgrade yesterday, and 10.4.9 is on the dock. It times out several times before finally making a complete download. I restart per instructions and I now have a blank grey screen, no icons, although the computer does try to restart itself every Ten minutes or so from that screen.
Unfortunately, I shut it down and tried restart running disc warrior, but that did not work (same grey screen) and now I cannot eject the cd.
Questions:
1) Is there some way to eject a CD from the drive in these circumstances that I am missing? I am thinking there must be a simple workout that I am too cloddish to do the right search for.
2) Is there some way I can just reformat the disc and start fresh with my own discs that came with the Macbook originally? I literally have nothing on the new disc because I never got that far.
I have an appointment with the genius bar Monday, but need to get some remote work today (or not, as the case may be) away from the desktop.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

10.4.8 versions here. Pick the appropriate Combo version.
http://searchcgi.apple.com/cgi-bin/sp/nph-search-downloads.pl
Edit: Oops - that gives you a blank. Go search for 10.4.8 downloads here
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/

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Yet another post about speed issues !

So had my infinity for more than 10wks now. Have been told time n time again by customer service, sales and technical help that I should get between 67 and 80 meg but after countless phone calls and apparent 'tweaks' at the exchange I'm still only getting 46 at best. Openreach engineer I spoke to in the street said it leaves the box in the street ( 2 short streets away ) at 80 so surely the problem is been m between the box and my house! Why don't they send someone to check this. One of the tech help dept even told me my line can only support 40meg and that I have been miss led over the speed! ! Though others have said I can get the higher speed. Another call back promised for today did not receive any call!
Think I'll be joining virgin when this year's contact is up, 10 months to go and counting, unless I can get out sooner for miss selling.

mushka wrote:
similar prob as me,, yet john46 keeps copying/pasting same stuff week in week out im sure he works for bt as every one has issues with speed etc and he posts same thing over and over
If it's a similar problem would you not expect a similar answer! The reason you are asked to perform speed tests etc is to try and establish where the problem may be.
As most people can not be bothered or do not search the forum before posting and perhaps finding the answer it is necessary for those people who give up their own time to try and help, to post the same thing time and time again.
I just hope that if you do have a problem it is not the same as somebody else may have had since you don't seem to want a cut and paste answer.

Yet another 3G battery charge issue/question

All...
Lately my iPhone 3G is draining it's battery much quicker than it had previously. It will not last a full day. Even with no Safari, games, music, etc. Also, when I charge it, it gets hot, more than usual.
Not sure, but I think this all started when I let the battery completely drain. I partially charged then the battery completely drained again.
I've reset shut the phone off then back on with no improvement. I've had the phone for less than a year. Apple replaced my 1st 3G with this phone due to another issue.
I'm going to let the battery completely drain then will completely charge to see if that helps. Otherwise, any ideas?
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I am having the same problem. It barely makes it through 12 hours now, when previously I was used to about 36 hours. It has only started doing it recently, but I'm not entirely sure what I've done to provoke it.
Have seen similar issues in other threads, with people suggesting restoring/updating etc. I am yet to try this so will give it a go, but not convinced it will help.
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Yet another 3G to 1x issue

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I am having the same problem. It barely makes it through 12 hours now, when previously I was used to about 36 hours. It has only started doing it recently, but I'm not entirely sure what I've done to provoke it.
Have seen similar issues in other threads, with people suggesting restoring/updating etc. I am yet to try this so will give it a go, but not convinced it will help.
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Yet another Z3C with WIFI issues...

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Thommo wrote:
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Yet another cant send mail issue

Hi, I am going nuts here!! At home I have Comcast and my dotmac account works via port 25 no set up, perfect. I am now in another house with comcast and I cannot send anything. I telnetted port 25, nothing shows, so I contacted Comcast and they sent me this url http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=EmailMail_(Mac)17798 it seems to have ALL the answers, but I am just going round in circles.
Assume I want to set up for traveling purposes. I set up a new account POP, used dotmac info for incoming mail/server info and for outgoing server I have smtp.comcast.net, I use the 465 port with ssl, and for the password authentication I use my dotmac name and password.
In advanced I use 995 port and ssl.
This info seems good to go, but when I try to send I always get the dialog box The SMTP server “smtp.comcast.net” rejected the password for user “dotmac account”.
I just cant work out why it wont accept the password. Should I have some extra comcast info?
this is madness, but oh well, is there an answer out there

Checking Comcast's website, Comcast's SMTP server settings should be as follows:
SMTP Server: smtp.comcast.net
Server Port: 587
Use SSL: Off or not selected.
Authentication: Password
User Name: The portion of your Comcast email address in front of the @ sign only.
Password: Your Comcast account password - the same password used to check the incoming mail server for new messages.
.Mac's SMTP server settings should be as follows:
SMTP Server: smtp.mac.com
Server Port: 587
Use SSL: On/Selected but isn't required.
Authentication: Password
User Name: The portion of your .Mac email address in front of the @ sign only.
Password: Your .Mac account password - the same password used to check the incoming mail server for new messages.
These settings will not guarantee being able to send messages with either account and SMTP server when traveling and not connected to the internet with Comcast. This is determined by the ISP being used to connect to the internet since all ISPs have restrictions on using an SMTP server that is outside of their network or not provided by the ISP.
You can use .Mac's authenticated SMTP server to send messages with your .Mac account only but you can use Comcast's authenticated SMTP server to send messages with your .Mac account when connected to the internet with Comcast.

Yet another iPhone 4 camera issue - flash positioned too close to camera!

I have noticed photos taken with flash leave a bloom of white light on the left side of the photos. Seems to be the glare due to the fact the flash is positioned so close to the lens! There are no 'divider' between the 2.
Usually on other phones, the lens and flash are hollow to minimise this effect, on the iPhone 4 both are on a flat surface and 2mm away from each other which exaggerate the problem even more!
This problem seems to resemble similar issue with the N97.
Why didn't Apple put the flash away from the lens to avoid this issue?
Sample 1 without flash:
http://venomrush.eu/apple/sample1_nonflash.jpg
Sample 1 with flash:
http://venomrush.eu/apple/sample1_withflash.jpg
Sample 2 without flash:
http://venomrush.eu/apple/sample2_nonflash.jpg
Sample 2 with flash:
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I thought this was a problem when I first used my flash, but realized I had my finger too close to the flash and it was reflecting off of my finger.. Just make sure the light is not bouncing off of something in the environment that is close to the LED i.e. fingers..

Yet Another MBP Airport Reception issue

My situation:
MBP 2.0 CoreDuo, 10.4.8, all updates and firmware applied.
On the same table, six feet (no obstructions) from an Apple Airport Express (not running Airtunes) and with no security enabled, the MBP will go from 0-2 bars while a MacBook and another MBP, each have 3-4 bars.
I have created a new user and tested, I have deleted the System Config folder, I have deleted and recreated the network prefs, checked for other wireless AP's, changed channels, and enabled/disabled interference robustness, with no effect.
The wild fluctuations are driving me crazy and I am really hoping this isn't a send in your MBP kind of problem.

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I know that I will not be getting the optimum speeds out of this setting however it beats router crashes and frequent disconnects due to weak signal.
Is there anything that I can do to get the 802.11g back with stable and strong signal? I have tried just about everything mentioned in these forums.
Do I just get another router? Is there a router out there working with a Macbook Pro Intel Core duo running on 10.4.8? AND using a Mixed mode or 802.11g Only mode? I am interested in hearing from you.

Yet another W540 external display issue...

I don't think I've seen this one here yet.
I occasionally use my W540 with an external monitor on the VGA port. When I reboot (or just boot) the computer while the display is plugged in, it starts up fine until it gets to the login screen. From there, my laptop's display (primary) is a solid gray (that is my "background" color for the Windows 8 Metro interface), and my external display is black, as it should be. I can do whatever I want, except that I cannot see anything on the laptop screen.
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Only when I restart my computer and unplug the external monitor before the Lenovo splash loads does the computer return to its normal state. This did NOT happen on my old T510 with the same display, so something is going wrong here.
I have the latest drivers installed, as this is a three-day-old clean install of Windows 8.1.
Images:
Normal operation of the configuration - http://i.imgur.com/3ziJSoy.jpg
Login screen with problem - http://i.imgur.com/1ihqReS.jpg (Sorry about the bad lighting)
After login with the problem - http://i.imgur.com/pVDymUS.jpg
Display properties with the problem - ThinkPad, External
EDIT: Wow I'm dumb. The last two images should have been screenshots
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T510: i7-620m, NVS 3100m, 8 GB DDR3, 512 GB SSD

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W540: i7-4700mq, K2100m, 8 GB DDR3L, 512 GB SSD
T510: i7-620m, NVS 3100m, 8 GB DDR3, 512 GB SSD

Yet another 8.1.1 issue

I was uploading some voice memos, which went ok, but then I tried converting them to mp3 form to save space (I've done this weekly for a couple of years with recordings from an open mic, using an Alesis iMultiMix USB audio mixer). The first couple of memos converted, but the third said "can't be read" and the fourth just hung on "incomplete."
Now I can't get iTunes to run at all. Instant beachball, and a force quit says it's not responding. I downloaded 8.1.1 again; same result. iTunes is effectively totally disabled now.
From the other threads here, it seems that 8.1.1 was a step backwards.

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Yet another airport & 10.5 issue, low single strength

ok, i am upgrading my macs to 10.5, since i use a wireless network at home, i need to be able to rely on it.
two days ago, i installed 10.5 into my G4 1gig PB. I was at my desk, 7 feet from the Airport Extreme base station and the airport single strength indicator went from full bars to 2 (assuming the little dot at the bottom counts as one). in older OS, i could check single strength in the network settings preferences...i can't seem to do it in 10.5.
i then thought it was my home network, but today, i had the same problem at an office network using a lynsk (sp) router. the connection worked, but i would from time to time lose the 2nd bar leaving me the dot only. in the past, i have been able to get 4 bars from the same spot.
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i tried again, but this time using the G5 running OSX.4.10. reported as follows:
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Client Strength Noise Tx Packets (errors) Rx Packets (errors)
00:0E:7F:33:3C:5D -55 - -(-) -(-)
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Another iPhone 5 wifi issue I guess.

I've seen the issue many are having not being able to connect to wifi, or connect and still getting no usage out if it. My issue is a little different. I can connect, but the range of my wifi is noticeably shorter for some reason. I'm getting less bars in the same locations of my house, and just dropping wifi in these locations where I never had any issue before. Also my iPhone 5 is significantly slower on on my wifi, versus my iPhone 4 on the same wifi. I'll include a video I put on YouTube to show how much. Downloading the same app, in the same place, on the same wifi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmoHrzjCWU .... This is just 1 test. I did about 10 in total, 6 YouTube video races, and 4 app download races. My iPhone 4 won them all, most by a lanslide like in the video.
I've commented on the other wifi issue post. But I didn't really see anybody else reporting this kind of issue. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this or maybe you have a 4s or 4 and you can check yourself and let me know. Thanks :)

I think this is interesting because even if all the people who are having connection issues, do finally get connected to wifi. Are they then gonna have this issue? Maybe not even notice it, atleast for a little bit. Then it becomes super annoying!!

Yet another MacBook Pro with display issues (NVdia chip)

Exactly one year and 1 week after purchase, my video controller started freaking out. So just 1 week out of warranty, my display started flickering, blinking, showing garbled clumps of pixels and got progressively worse over the last week until, now, it locks up and/or reboots after about 15 minutes of uptime.
I have:
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- reset PRAM
- re-seated RAM
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Tomorrow, I'm taking it in to the Apple store for service. Everything I've read here tells me it'll be at $1,000 logic board replacement since I'm a week out of warranty. Needless to say, if I come home tomorrow with a $1,000 receipt AND no laptop I'm going to be pretty upset.
What really concerns me is that, if I have to get the logic board replaced, they'll just put in yet another faulty board with another NVdia chip that will do the same thing all over again. There has to be another option, short of just getting a new iMac or tower with an ATI card instead. What else can I do?

bikemonkey wrote:
I think my GPU is borked too.
http://noizesurge.com/downloads/gpu1.jpg
http://noizesurge.com/downloads/gpu2.jpg - incidentally my computer had completely frozen at this point.
I'm pretty sure from observing these types of glitches that this is a hardware fault. I shall ring Apple on Monday and hopefully they can pick it up and sort it all out! Does anyone know roughly how long a turnaround is in the UK?
Yes, your video controller is toast. That's exactly how mine looked.
Just to make certain, run the Hardware Test:
- Put in DVD 1 that came with your MacBook Pro.
- Shut down
- Restart, holding the D key
- You'll be put into test mode, run the default test (no need to run the robust test at this stage)
I'm betting it will return a message that looks like: "4VDC/1/40000003: videocontroller"
If so, your logic board will have to be replaced.
The Apple Store I went to (Michigan Ave, Chicago) told me it would take 5-7 days. I'm not sure what UK times would be like, but I'd expect a little longer.
bikemonkey wrote:
Incidentally, people are saying that they've have logic boards and what not replaced only for the problem to reoccur. Does this mean nVidia haven't properly fixed the issue?
Correct. Nvidia hasn't done a thing about this (that I'm aware of), and Apple seems to be putting the same logic boards with the faulty Nvidia chips back in.
Until we see a new/refreshed line of MacBook Pro's, I think we're stuck.

Yet another export issue with Aperture 3

Judging by a search of topics, there seem to be a myriad of problems associated with getting files out of Aperture, some of which represent occult setting issues, others which seem to be actual bugs. I've run into an issue which seems to defy categorization, and I'm not sure if it's me doing something wrong, or if it is actually yet another bug with this software. I've been an Aperture user since 1.0 and I have to say the current version I'm running (3.4.3) is by far the worst yet. Anyway, enough whining. Here are the issues:
I'm running Aperture on a 6 core Mac Pro with Lion 10.7.5. There are two thing happening.
1. Exporting JPEGs is INCREDIBLY slow - perhaps as long as 4 or 5 minutes for a 3MB file.
2. This is the one driving me batty right now. Tried exporting a batch of images as JPEGs at the 50% original size setting. The master files are large 16 bit TIFF images from Nikon D800 RAW files, post-processed in Nik HDR Efex Pro 2. They are 80-100MB in size. When I export the images to a file on my Desktop, it consistently exports 6- 10 KB thumbnails. I've checked and rechecked my export settings and can find nothing amiss there. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Could the view I'm working in have anything to do with this? I work 95% of the time in split view.
Thanks,
Russ

I agree that there re a lot of posts about exporting, but a very large number of them refer to the same thing, and it's not a bug, but rather a misunderstanding.
For instance:
Tried exporting a batch of images as JPEGs at the 50% original size setting.
Okay.
The master files are large 16 bit TIFF images from Nikon D800 RAW files, post-processed in Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Not relevant.
They are 80-100MB in size.
Not relevant either.
Why?
Because size refers to the dimensions of the image. So a 1,000 x 1,000 pixel image exported at 50% will turn out as 500 x 500 pixels.
Were you expecting a jpeg between 40 and 50 MB? That's Jpeg quality or the amount of compression applied to the image. And as you're compressing a lossless format (tiff) to a lossy one, and one with an aggressive compression algorithm, he resulting Jpeg, even at high quality, will be much, much smaller, more likely in the 6 - 8 MB range.
That's the nature - and indeed the point - of Jpegs.
So, if you're getting 6 - 10 kb images, you're exporting at a very low Jepg Quality.
This may also explain why it's taking so long to export. Getting rid on 99.99% of the data and compressing into 10kb is always going to take time.

Yet Another P7N Diamond Issue

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