Mac Pro :: Lacie Ethernet Disk Hacking Possible?

Oct 20, 2010

Does anyone here have personal hands-on experience with hacking a Lacie Ethernet disk? I heard it's possible to make them run as a extremely cheap server.

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Hardware :: Lacie Mini Disk Ethernet Configuration?

Dec 16, 2009

I recently replaced my Netgear router with Apple's Airport Extreme Station. I had the Lacie ethernet mini disk connected to the Netgear ethernet port and it worked just fine.

With Apple's station, however, it just cannot see the mini disk. The green lights on both ends of the ethernet cable port are on. System Pref's Network shows the mini disk not connected or cable unplugged. Fiddling with it one day (mostly on the System Pref side) the disk appeared as an SMB in the Finder (as before) and I was able to access it. But just that one time only. Can't access it since.

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Hardware :: Lacie Ethernet Driver VersusMac Mini?

Aug 21, 2007

So I just got a new Lacie Ethernet Disk mini that I'll be hooking up to my router. I also have a "spare" Mac mini that I thought about using as a file server. Both would just be connected to the router.

Which do you think would be faster in terms of access speeds? The Mac mini or the Lacie drive?

Ultimately I'll just be storing/accessing things like photos and design files.

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Mac Pro :: Will Not Recognize Lacie Backup Disk

Jun 9, 2012

I connected Lacie Backup Disk and used Time Machine to select the disk.  But then a warning popped up telling me to eject the disk properly next time before disconnecting it, even though I never disconnected the device.  Now time machine does not even recognize it.

Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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Hardware :: Lacie Disk For Recovering Data?

Dec 19, 2010

After some warning signs in the last few weeks (not ejected properly, drive icon disappearing from desktop) my Lace BigDisk Extreme 1TB Drive is now seemingly gone forever. No backup.

Not ejected properly warnings were inappropriate as I never unplugged it ... icon disappearing - I simply pulled to power supply pin out of the back and re-inserted it and it came back. Now it-s gone. Lacie has sent a new power supply to me but it did not solve the problem ... the power supply brick light blinks very faintly .. when I pull the p/s pin out of the drive, the power supply brick lights up solid green.

This type of failure seems to be a common occurence. Anyways, I need to recover the data if possible. My options seem to be:

1. Pay a data recovery service $600.

2. Buy the current version of the Lacie that I have and swap out the disks, so that I can at least get to the data. I believe that the current version is the:
d2 Quadra Hard Disk 1 TB eSATA/FireWire800/FireWire400/USB 2.0 .. does anyone know for sure?

3. Buy some other lower priced enclosure with usb or firewire interface to get to the data (but I don't have a clue what to buy)

Does anyone know if either options 2 or 3 will work and which would be the least painful to deal with? I'm not a hardware guy

Lastly, I cannot get the screw off of the back of my dead Lacie drive .. it appears to be a small phillips head but it turns out it's not. What tool do I need to get it off? Or is it opened up some other way?

If anyone could guide me thru the steps to recovery it would be much appreciated!

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Windows On Mac :: File Exchange Mac/Pc Via LaCie Ext Disk

Jan 8, 2011

I want to exchange files between MacPro and Pc windows 7 64 bit. In Mac I have partitioned my LaCie 4big Quadro with 1 partition FAT32 DOS, GPT principle. Here Mac has no problem to copy my files to this partition, but my Pc cannot read this partition. The Pc recognizes the LaCie without problems in the Disk Utility, but cannot read it. I also cannot give this disk any name ((F: etc) in the pch disk utility.

I have seen en earlier thread on the seme topic, but not the problem when the pc cant read it.

suggest two partitions, one fpr Mac and one for Pc. OK - but how do I copy files from one to another.

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Hardware :: Lacie Disk Failure - How To Recover It

Sep 3, 2008

I have a 1T lacie "big disk" that makes a loud whirring noise, then a clack, over and over again. It never gets itself mounted. I am thinking about pulling the disks and plugging them into a another machine, or disk enclosure. Is there any point to trying this or is the fact that I have 4 250G disks tied together to show up as a single 1T drive preclude any heroics?

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OS X :: Unable To Mount LaCie Little Disk 320gb?

Mar 15, 2010

I bought the LaCie Little Disk 320gb about a year ago and it has been working fine till recently..

The problem that I have is that the laptop that I use (Powerbook G4) doesn't recognize the HD anymore..

I have tried all cables (both firewire's and the usb) but nothing works..

I did try it on multiple computers (macbook's / imacs and even some windows computers) not one did recognize it.

(well the windows computer I used it on did recognize it but it cant open it and Windows Explorer stops working till you pull out the HD).

The only think I can think of is that I pulled out the HD to many times without safely removing it first..

I got a lot of data on the HD and I'd (offcourse) like to get it back,

I haven't been to the store yet (going somewhere this week).

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Hardware :: LaCie Little Big Disk 200GB Options In My System

Jan 3, 2008

I purchased a LaCie Little Big Disk 200GB. It's an external HDD with two 2,5" 7200RPM hdd's paired as a raid 0 system.Great on paper, horribly risky in practice.So, *stupid me* started using this disk as a backup device for some important data. Of course the disk has started to malfunction. When I plug it in, there's this terrible clicking noise and it no longer mounts.I have already voided the warranty as I opened it up thinking/hoping it was a faulty connection.

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OS X :: LaCie Big Disk Extreme Failure Occurs In My System

Jul 6, 2009

I have a 1 TB LaCie Big Disk Extreme 2 that is actually made up of 2 500GB drives. It failed on me. I have most of it backed up but there are a few things I would like to recover. I tested another power cord and it didn't work. So I talked to a few people and they said that if I bought a new seagate controller board that matches my 500GB drives identically I would be able to get the data off one drive at a time. There is some good and some bad. When I tested the new controller board on each drive (one at a time only because I only have one new controller board) they both started up normally! Success I thought.. but no.. Both Leopard and XP said "drive needs to be formatted" or "initialized".

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Software :: Disk Utility Message/verify My Lacie Disc?

Sep 11, 2009

When I used Disk Utility to verify my LaCie disk, I received this message:

Disk Utility stopped verifying "LACIE" because the following error was encountered:
The underlying task reported failure on exit.

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IMac Intel :: Wipe Disk And Verify Backup On Lacie Drive?

May 18, 2009

I have to send my iMac 27 back to apple for replacement (flickering screen issue) and I would like to erase my personal information. How do I do that on a Mac? I have a Lacie Drive connected via Firewire 800 and have been using Time Machine for backups. I also want to make sure that I have a complete backup as well. I am new to Mac OS X

Information:
iMac 27 & MacBook Pro
Mac OS X (10.6.2)

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Hardware :: Lacie Big Disk Extreme Make A Repetitive Click Sound?

Jan 6, 2010

My Big Disk Extreme (1TB) was working great, until the other day, while on it started making a repetitive "Click" sound. Im assuming this is somehow related to the drive spinning and whatnot, but the problem is it wont mount on the desktop, nor can i find any way to "reset" the hdd.When on, the blue light works just fine, it does not turn Orange or anything. The drive just clicks and wont do anything...

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IMac Intel :: Lacie External Hard Drive Doesn't Show Up - Sporadically Appears In Disk

Feb 19, 2009

Odd stufff, I have a 500 gig Lacie ext HD that my user uses on her Vista machine...

I am setting up a replacement for the Vi$ta machine, which is a 24 inch imac.

I plugged in the ext HD and nothing happened after I powered on the ext HD.

I checked disk utility and it showed up but as a 2TB size ext HD...

I unplugged the Lacie and plugged it back in and all the info showed up correctly.

But ALL the buttons under "First Aid" are greyed out so I cant verify permissions, disk, or repair disk or permissions.

Information:
imac 24 inch
Mac OS X (10.5.8)

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PowerPC :: Hacking A PPC G5 To Intel?

Jun 24, 2008

I am a victim of progress. I needed my Power pc G5 to complete a photography job and sure enough 3 months later....the switch to intel....I have heard rumors of people putting intel motherboards into their g5s.

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PowerPC :: Hacking Powerbook G4 Battery

Mar 26, 2008

My Powerbook G4 is only 2 1/2 years old, and yet my battery only lasts for a short time. I've read various consumer reports that laptop batteries these days (regardless of computer brand) only last 2-3 years, so this disappointingly seems to be the norm.A replacement battery from Apple costs quite a bit, so I can't help but think that if I replace the battery cells inside the battery casing myself I could save a bundle. This and this site shows how, but so far I haven't found anything specific concerning the Powerbook G4 battery. Does anyone here have more info on the subject?

By the way, what's the best way to "reset" the battery? My Mac seems to be uncertain of how much power the battery actually has (it might show 45 minutes left, then suddenly turn off) -or maybe this is just a sign of a worn out battery.

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OS X :: Apple's IPhone, Safari On Mac Exploited At Annual Hacking Contest

Mar 25, 2010

Virtually every major browser and operating system were targets at this week's "Pwn2Own" hacking contest, with Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer 8 vulnerabilities exploited, along with flaws in the iPhone OS.

On the first day of the competition based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, researchers found a way to take advantage of Apple's Safari browser in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, its latest operating system, according to CNet.

Unsurprisingly, Charlie Miller, principal security analyst with Independent Security Evaluators, took home the $10,000 prize after he hacked Safari on a MacBook Pro without having access to the machine. He's the same researcher who cracked Safari in Mac OS X last year, taking home the $5,000 prize. He also hacked a MacBook Air in 2008 at the competition.

Miller has also repeatedly said that he believes Macs are a safer alternative to Windows PCs for average users. He cited the lack of malware on the Mac platform as the principal reason for his recommendation.

Last year Miller also discovered an SMS hack in the iPhone that Apple quickly patched after it was made public. But researchers at this year's Pwn2Own found yet another SMS hack to take home a $15,000 prize.

Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, from the University of Luxembourg, and Vincenzo Iozzo, from German company gained access to an iPhone that was not "jailbroken," a procedure that allows users to run unauthorized code and unlock the handset for use on unapproved carriers.

By making a user visit a malicious Web site, the exploit allowed the researchers to access the phone's entire database of text messages, including deleted ones. The two wrote the hack in about two weeks, and the data was received in the competition in under 20 seconds.

The two said the hack could be modified to allow access to more data, such as contacts and photos. The transfer takes place without the victim ever knowing they have been hacked.

By accepting prizes at the Pwn2Own competition, put on by TippingPoint, the exploited methods are revealed only to the affected company so that they can patch the exploits.

Also hacked in this year's competition was Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 browser. Peter Vreugdenhill, an independent security researcher from the Netherlands, took home a $10,000 prize by taking advantage of two vulnerabilities for a four-part hack that compromised the user's system.

Another person who went solely by Nils, the head of research MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K., discovered an exploit in Firefox in the 64-bit version of Windows 7. He took home a $10,000 prize.[ View this article at [URL]]

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OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Hacking Internet Speed: Slow Connection?

Apr 10, 2012

I am trying to download MediaWiki 1.18.2 and it is stuck downloading! 

* I have all apps closed.

* The router/modem and computer are in range.

* The correct network is chosen (SkyCaptian)

* I can access the internet on my iPod without problems. 

The internet speed is less than 1 mb/s, I am looking for a way to hack this speed?

Info:
iPod and iTunes, Mac OS X(10.6.2)

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Hardware :: Hard Disk Ethernet Connection To Airport Extreme

Nov 26, 2009

Can anyone provide clear instructions on connecting a 2Tb Lacie hard drive to the Airport Extreme via one of the ethernet ports? The HD does not support a USB connection and I already have another HD connected to the Airport Extreme via the USB port. I am also working off of a PC laptop.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Malware/hacking Attack - Redirect, Login & Password And Fake Email Setup

Jun 7, 2012

I have a mac mini and macbook pro.   As you will see, the issues are complex.  I spoke to both Apple and my server many times:  all determined to help solve the issue as a technical problem, but rather complacent about the strong possibility of new malware.  Both ended up basically with 'dunno'.    Needless to say, I backup regularly via time machine. These probs represent the downside!   My workplace techs said one was probably flashback (dealt with as per apple advice), the other like dnschanger - but a new and more invidious version. I'm probably giving away too much information, but it's a bit late to worry about that.   

Both did different things AT THE SAME TIME, with the same sites.  Therefore, it was definitely not a server issue.  Both were consistent.I've had odd behaviour:  redirect included bypassing my proxy server and going online despite not putting in login details, and after logging in: in both instances, I was taken to Wikipedia front page.  Also:Many times, lists of links instead of genuine front pages:  Apple and server. Only 'big names' seemed affected.  Other times, it looked ok but when I clicked on links I got nothing. I had problems logging on to App store and broadband provider, as well as software sites (2 x legit big apple-oriented companies).  After the going online and redirect issue above, I decided to create new apple id and o2 email.  I did a secure (as far as it goes) 7-layer wipe  of the macbook, and reinstalled.Within a week, I had odd behaviours again.  Two examples:

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OS X :: Install A Ethernet Bond With Two Additional Netgear Ethernet Cards?

Jan 25, 2010

I like to install a ethernet Bond with two additional netgear ethernet cards. but i dont have a signal on the bond.

who knows more. the machine is a powermac g5

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OS X :: Ethernet Cable Connecting Ethernet Port To IPhone - Feasible?

May 20, 2009

I was just wondering if any other macrumorsmembers have been in the situation where there's no wifi, no decent 3G, but ethernet ports available to use, but you don't have a computer handy? Would it be possible that you could create an ethernet cable one end, dock the other, and literally connect e.g. an iPhone into the ethernet? At my place of work, there's no signal (dodgy GPRS/flakey Edge), some wifi, but in halls of residence, you get 1 ethernet port, and you can't put a wireless router onto it. It would seem that it would be an interesting solution, if it was possible.

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Mac Pro :: Routing - Connect Ethernet Switch To One Of Pro's Ethernet Ports

Nov 2, 2008

I just bought an airport extreme w/gigabit, and I'm wondering if it's possible to connect an ethernet switch to one of my pro's ethernet ports and have things like my xbox 360 and ps3 run off it, however, my mac pro would be connected to my airport extreme via 802.11n. is that possible?

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OS X :: IChat Hacking Warnings From IChat?

Nov 27, 2009

I was away from my computer for a day and when I returned I had an IM from a Screen Name that has been harassing me for a couple of months. They keep trying to video chat me or IM me, but I never answer. When I returned to my computer this morning, there was an IM that I opened and was finally going to say something to the person, but when I opened it, there was a couple of messages saying that they have downloaded all of my information and passwords and files. I am going to attach a photo so you can see. It looks a little fishy. I called Apple and they have never seen it. There are no articles about anything like it on google. The persons SN is bolded which is odd since usually when iChat tells you if someone has signed off or on, the SN is not in bold. Also iChat never gives warning messages like these. I feel like it is some script for iChat that someone started using. If not and someone has in fact hacked my system, which I don't believe someone can do through iChat, can someone let me know what to do. Also if they hacked my system some other way, I don't see why iChat would warn me about it and not something else in the computer.

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OS X :: Lacie Backup Drive Not Being Seen

Dec 12, 2010

I using a LAcie mini HUB to backup my macmini, store photos on, to store my itunes library on, and my iphone and ipad backups. Basically my whole life is on there. Well, my macmini does not recogize it anymore. I tried connecting it to my MBP and that does not recognize it. THe lacie drive has light that glows when it is turned on, but it looks like it is pulsing.

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Mac Pro :: LaCie External Will Not Mount

Mar 25, 2008

I knocked my external off the desk. Smash, buggered that hard drive. So I bought a new drive, made sure it was the same drive, installed it fine. But it's not mounting. The blue access light on the front just flashes continuously, but the drive won't mount so I can format it.

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Hardware :: Lacie Ext Hdd Not Mounting?

Aug 18, 2005

i have a powerbook G4 running Tiger and was using a lacie d2 firewire hard drive. i wrote all my music onto the lacie and then ejected it but the device removal warning came. i thought nothing of it. i then tried to reconnect my lacie and read of it but now it spins up but my laptop doesn't recognise anything happening. it's not recognised in disk utility, profiler, and disk warrior can't find it either. i have tried a new cable, switching of the laptop and taking the battery out, most simiple things. don't have a clue what else i can do because nothing on my laptop even knows there is something connected to it

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OS X :: Lacie Porsche Not Mounting On MacBook Pro?

Jan 20, 2007

I used to have a PowerBook G4 and the 160GB Lacie Porsche Hard-Drive worked just fine, now, on the MBP it does not mount... System profiler doesn't even see it.. Any ideas? I have looked for drivers or other mac users with similar problems, but haven't found much. I have tried the obvious, and it seems to be a problem of communication betwen the machine and the hard-drive.. because surprisingly it mounted for a few seconds and I was able to see the data, however, it crashed when I tried to eject it and then it never mounted again..

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OS X :: Unable To Show Up Lacie 500 Drive

Jul 6, 2009

I have three external drives daisy chained up to my iMac, an 80, 500 and 1TB. Recently the 500 has failed to show up on the desktop alongside the other drives. I can't remember exactly when it happened, but it may well have been after my computer crashed and forced me to shut it down using the power button.

All other drives appear to be fine, and the 1TB which is daisy chained through the 500 to the 80 shows up just fine. I've checked Disk Utility and there's no sign of the 500 drive there. However in System Profiler there is an "Unkown Device" next to the other drives in the Firewire section.

I've tried the 500 on a G5 and turned it on/off, restarted the computer and all the other usual things.

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PowerPC :: LaCie DVD-RW Compatibility With PowerMac G4 AGP

Jan 11, 2010

I have a PowerMac G4 AGP graphics with a 450 MHz single processor, a second internal Seagate Barracuda 120GB Hard drive and 1.2 GB of RAM.

I have my eye on the LaCie DVD-RW firewire drive designed by RA Porche. The LaCie data sheet specifies a minimum G4 500Mhz processor for compatibility. Does any one know whether my 450 Mhz processor will work? If no, can anyone recommend a DVD RW firewire external drive, or failing that, an external, firewire CD RW drive that I can add to my kit?

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