MacBook Pro :: How To Use Serial Port?
Nov 6, 2010
Im totally new to Mac's and have always used Windows based PC's. I work with Cisco kit a lot and often console into them using a serial port on the PC or a USB to Serial adaptor on the laptop. I can then use something like Putty to console to the Cisco kit via the com port assigned to the USB to Seriall adaptor...well Im having trouble getting my USB to Serial adaptor working with my newly purchase MBP (Just had it 2 weeks and still getting to grips with it)
Firstly when I plugged in my USB to Serial adaptor I expected some sort of pop up or activity while the MBP installs it but nothing has come up so maybe this one isnt compatible with the MBP. Secondly Im struggling to find an application that I can use like Putty on the MBP?
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Jun 28, 2012
How do I set up a MacBook Pro running Lion to interface with Starry Night software? My telescope is a Meade LX200GPS with a serial input. I have tried using a Radio Shack USB/Serial adapter which worked when I used a Windows 7 laptop but does not work with my MacBook Pro.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jul 15, 2009
I've got an old Palm Vx that, before I recently bought my iMac, was synced to a PC using a cradle w/a cable that connects into a serial port. The iMac obviously has no serial ports, so I looked online and found a USB to Serial adapter cable - brand was Cables to Go. BUT, it doesn't seem to work - I've not yet achieved a recognized connection on the iMac, and the cable documentation talks only about Windows. Anyone have any suggestions for cables specifically designed to work with an iMac?
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Apr 15, 2012
I'd like to know if it is possible to detect if something is attached to the serial port.
I have two USB uart which are connected to my mac mini. They are recognized by the serial port as "usbmodem" and then a number. I'd like to restart my computer is the Mac doesn't see them both.
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mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Nov 11, 2007
I recently purchased a PCI card made by SIIG: CyberSerial PCI 16550 RS232 Serial I/O Card. After I got it I noticed the system requirements only list Windows.For the **** of it I installed it in my Power Mac. The system seems to recognize it in "About This Mac..." as a "Serial Controller". There appear to be serial ports assigned to it: /dev/cu.pci-serial3a.When I try to run a serial terminal program over this port (connected to some known working hardware) I get gibberish. I've checked out the cable and remote hardware on another machine and it works fine.
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Power Mac G5 1.6GHz
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Jun 10, 2010
Does the logic board serial number match the computer serial number?
My reason for asking is that 4 months ago my sisters G5 17" logic board supposedly got replaced with a new or refurbished logic board but it seems by the workmanship of the board something fishy is going on.
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Aug 11, 2009
How many of you would like to see a HDMI Port? Why the miniDisplay port? Why not remove ethernet jack and miniDisplay port and replace it with a HDMI port. That way one HDMI cable feeds digital video AND audio. Am I the only one thinking of this?
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Jul 3, 2012
I have just ordered a new MacBook Pro and it does not have enough USB ports for my needs.If I have a USB 3.0 hub and I mix USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 peripherals on it, will the whole hub/computer USB 3.0 port be slowed down to USB 2.0 speeds?I am thinking back to Firewire, if you have Firewire 800 and 400 devices on the same chain, the whole chain slowed to Firewire 400 speeds.I don't think this is the same with USB but wanted some reassurance..
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), MacBook Air, Mac Mini
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Nov 22, 2009
I am having issues with my Dual Band 1TB time capsule for some reason the damn ports won't forward I have enabled the correct settings with the ip address and the ports, but when I use a program to test if the ports are open they are always closed, regardless on pc or mac. Does anyone have a solution to this? I even reset my Time capsule to see if it would work, but no luck.
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Jun 29, 2009
Here's the deal, I am so frustrated. I am trying to open port 59152 for Transmission on my Macbook Pro. I have the latest releases of everything, I am using an Airport Extreme base station with an older airport to boost my signal/connect my tivo w/out a wireless adapter.
I have managed to get it open in the past but there was an update or something a month or two ago and at first it was still open and then it closed. I don't know what changed with the update, all I know is that I did n't change anything.
I have granted permission for Transmission to accept incoming connections on the firewall, little snitch allows it too. I have lighthouse, which worked at first but now I don't even know why I bother having it run. I have the port mapped through the airport utility.
PLEASE don't say to go to portforward.com because they haven't updated the Airport section since Leopard came out, yet every search I do someone repeatedly tells the person needing help to go to [URL]
I am going to attach some screen captures so you can see what I've got going on and maybe point out something I've missed.
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Mar 16, 2010
Relevant newbie to the mac world. I have a MBP late 2009. I bought a third party Mini display port to HDMI converter so I can hook the MBP to my 46" Samsung screen.
This works fine, no major issues here. However the picture is not great. I compared watching a standard definition TV show through the MBP then burnt it onto a DVD. The DVD (using the PS3 as my DVD drive, connected via HDMI) had superior quality than through the MBP.
Also the picture does not quite fill the screen. There is a small black border running all the way around the screen. Does not sound significant but when doing the same comparison as above, you notice the difference when via DVD the movie fills the screen. I have played around with the resolution settings. Those that fill the screen chop bits of the mac desktop off, so thats no good either.
So I am wondering why this is? Is it because the mini display port is not a DVI port, hence I am not getting true HD quality picture? How can I overcome this if at all. I'm thinking of getting a mac mini as a media hub/HTPC but want to ensure I dont encounter the same problems.
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Jan 21, 2009
Do the macbooks support serial ata 2 hdd or ssd. i was looking into an ssd and most are serial ata.
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Jul 18, 2009
just a quick question. On the new uMBP is there anyway to find the serial number with out booting the machine? On the older styles they use to be under the battery where you removed the screws to get to the ram. All the photos I could find doesn't really show the bottom that well.
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Sep 25, 2009
Does anyone know if there is such as thing as a "serial drive hub"? I have a few serial hd's that I would like to connect to my MacBook Pro in order to used as storage.
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Mar 29, 2012
I have a problem whit the serial number of a macbook that recently i bougth. The macbook is a second hand and the serial number that i can read in ABOUT MY MAC is different from the real serial number.I dissemble the macbook and i could read a different number.. Is only 2 different thing.. one N that the real is a M and D that the real is a G Why can i have different serial number?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 18, 2012
My macbook has just been stolen, but need the serial number to report it. **** l didn't write it down and am not any where near the original box. Any way l can get that information from my profile ?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Nov 4, 2010
I'm thinking about upgrading to a SSD but wanted to know if my MacBook (see sig) had a Serial ATA speed of 3 Gigabit or 1.5. The System Profiler says :
Vendor:NVidia
Product:MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:1.5 Gigabit
Description:AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
under Serial-ATA. So I'm not sure if that means the the port is a 3 Gigabit port but the HD is only 1.5. Does that mean the SATA cable is a 1.5 Gigabit speed, and I'd need a new cable, or what? Also if it is 3 Gigabit port that means it's SATA II, right?
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Mar 22, 2009
Today when I tried to find the serial number of my MacBook in "About This Mac" and System Profiler it says Serial Number System Sal#. I haven't replaced the logic board or had any service done and I'm wondering why it would suddenly disappear like this. My MacBook also has not been "sleeping" when the battery gets low, the computer just shuts off without the low power sleep state it usually goes into around ~1% battery left.
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Jul 3, 2009
When I go to About this mac and click to Serial number, all it says is "Serial Number System Serial#". I wanna fix this
I'm on a Unibody "Collector's Edition" MacBook, btw.
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May 31, 2010
I recently had my MBP taken to the Geek Squad to have the optical drive replaced under the extended warranty through BestBuy (which I didn't know I was getting BestBuy's warranty, not the AppleCare). When I sent it in, they replaced the bottom casing, optical drive, and the logicboard. When I got it back, I noticed that my serial number for my MBP is missing, they didn't enter the number when they replaced the logicboard. Is there a way so I can personally enter my serial number back into my MBP. I figure if I go back to BB, they will send my MBP off to the service center in Kentucky or something.
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Jun 12, 2010
My MBP recently had its logic board replaced after it wouldn't power up. Now, seemingly every piece of software that I own needs me to input a serial # to re-register, which is a problem because some won't let me re-register with a serlai that has already been used, and I am missing others....
I think the problem is that the new logic board has a new MAC Address, however I am not sure, and even if that is the problem, I have no idea if/how I can fix the problem.
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Jul 24, 2010
I just bought a MBP 13 off of CL and was checking the serial # info -- W8029. Does this mean that the MBP I just bought was made this week (week 29)? I'm not sure how this would be possible...
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Mar 25, 2012
My MacBook freezes at login screen since last update. What do I do to fix the problem?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5)
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Apr 16, 2012
My MacbookPro was recently stolen and I need the serial number to report it. However, I never registered my computer on Apple. Is there any way I can ge the serial number?
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MacBookPro
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May 2, 2012
I am having trouble downloading Adobe Flash Player. Please help. The serial # on my MacBook Pro 13" is QO*****7M (or ZM) - it's hard to see.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), OS Lion
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May 5, 2012
I cannot get into my Mac Book.It will not accept the password nor allow it to be reset using Apple ID.
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MacBook
Pro
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May 22, 2012
I recently got my MacBook Pro for school and i, so far, have not find any problem with software, but when trying to determine what a CD had written, or not for that matter, and once realized that it had nothing, I tried to get it out WITH NO RESPONSE. how can I get out ? is there a series of procedures in case one or two do not work ?
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MacBook Pro, Other OS, not sure of the os its uses
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Jun 21, 2012
Does anyone know if its difficult to replace a Serial ATA Drive with a SSD? And if possible and not difficult, which specs should this SSD have?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2.9GHz Dual-core i7, 8GB SDRAM
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Jun 30, 2012
How do I access my account under the icloud service if is not showing under my system preferences on my MacBook?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Sep 8, 2014
My Macbook Air not even appeal ( Serial Number ) this word on About This Mac.
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MacBook Air, iOS 7.1.2
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