All software uptodate. I have strange issue with USB ports. After ejecting USB drive (external HDD, powered by USB bus), which worked perfectly, USB port does not recognize anything, nor providing power. Turning MBP off and then booting back solves this issue.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), MBP 15" 2011
I have a Seagate 500gb GoFlex external drive, which I'm using with Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro. Now, when ever I eject the drive (by right clicking or dragging to trash) it appears to disconnect from my MacBook, but the drive itself continues running, i.e., the lights stay on and I can still here the fans / drive whirring away. This continues unless I pull the USB cable out. Is this normal? Should the drive completely shutdown upon ejecting? Or is simply 'ejecting' from the MacBook enough for 'safe' removal?
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Mac OS X (10.7)
I've seen several discussions on external drives randomly ejecting, but didn't see any concise resolution. I have a Western Digital Passport, P/N WD320ME-01 2209A, using the OEM USB (2.0 I think) cable (~12 inches long). My ~4 year old mac book is running OSX 10.7.3. I use this drive for Time Machine B/U. Seemed to work ok (no ejects) when Leopard was the OS, but, after going to Snow Leopard, and now Lion, I get 'disk improperly ejected' errors when trying to run TM, or ever Repair under Disk Utilities. I did get one good TM back up, under Lion, after reformating the drive [extended (journaled)], but the next time I tried to run TM I started getting the 'improperly ejected' errors. Don't know if there is an issue with Lion (and earlier SL), or with WD drives. The fact that it originally worked leads
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View 9 Replies View RelatedThis is proving a bit a bit of a puzzle to me. I have a 1TB External LaCie hard drive connected directly to my iMac via USB. It has two partitions, both empty. I set the back-up going and it works for a while and then I get:"Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk may have been ejected or disconnected from your computer." Â
I've amended the Energy Saver settings in the system preferences to keep the machine on given the length of time the first update is going to take, but this doesn't seem to make any difference - and I'm not even touching it! I promise! Then the drive disappears from the disk utility. I then have to turn it off and then on again to get it back. I have the TM widget and this is what it has to say:Â
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine backup 70/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Backup content size: 196.7 GB excluded items size: 1.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
233.92 GB required (including padding), 465.34 GB available
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
i want to ask if the tv with usb port can read the external HD formatted by mac (hfs/hfs+) in playing movies?
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As you know, there are 2 USB ports on the left side on a 13inch Macbook pro. The one closest to me (the front one) works fine when I use it with a flash drive. But when I connect my external 7200RPM external drive to it, after about a minute, it ejects then re-recognizes the disk.
I video edit with FCP and use the external as one of my scratch disks.
At first I thought maybe it was the cord or the drive that was messed up. But then I connected my other external drive to this port and the same thing happened. But when I connected it to the back USB port, everything works fine. I haven't had any trouble. So i make sure it's connected to that port when using the external.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Final Cut Studio 3
I know it sounds strange, but my Time Machine HDD works only on one USB Port.Â
The facts:
I Have an encrypted Time Machine Backup on an External USB 2.0 HDD.
My MBP 13 inch 8,1 (Early 2011) runs the latest OS X Yosemite Version (10.10.1).
Any other external Drive (Flash drives or HDDs) do work on both USB Ports perfectly.
If i plug in my Time Machine HDD in the left port everything works fine.
If i plug in my Time Machine HDD in the right port it isn't even listed as an unmounted device in Disc Utility.
I connect the USB port directly from the HDD to my MBP (without USB hubs or anything else in between).
I am not sure but i believe that both USB Ports are internally connected to one USB Port, so i know its a strange issue i am having here.Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
So I have 2 USB Ports on my Mac. I use both of them and I am looking to get a Mic for recording youtube stuff. I use one for my wireless mouse, and I use the other for an external hard drive because the amout of space on my Mac is no-where near enough for what I am going to use up.Â
I am just wondering if there is a way I can either:
1. Get more USB ports (if its possible)
2. Hook up my mouse to a Thunderbolt port (again if that is possible)
or 3. Hook up my External Hard-Drive to the thunderbolt port.Â
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), I have 2 USB (3.0), 2 Thunderbolt
I do not own any Mac at home, but looking into one for college. I have read up on all the pros/ cons of the MBA (non-removable battery and RAM, lack of ports and optical drive, etc). I am not a computer gamer, so I stick to the consoles. I was wondering if a MBA is ideal for any kind of music production. Can it handle heavy music editing with GB or Logic Pro? Is it ideal with the somewhat "lack" of external ports? share your opinions and/ or experiences with music production for fun or work on a MBA. (By the way, I am asking this to decide whether I should be looking into a MBA or MBP for college September of 2009, so I have LOTS of time to wait for newer models).
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I've tried all the possible combinations between the MAC and the Monitor but it would seem a random matter.
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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), Mavericks 10.9.4
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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In normal circumstances, as soon as I plug the speaker cable in the port, the internal speaker of the Mac would disabled itself (even if the KRKs are not powered). However, now I plug the cable it and the internal Mac speaker keeps running. It seems as if the port does not recognise that there is an external source connected. Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a 15" unibody MBP bought in Nov '08.
Had been using the Mini Displayport > DVI adapter just fine with both HDTV and Dell monitor, BUT then all output has stopped completely!
No monitor is detected by the laptop (although the display does blink blue, as if it had detected it), tried different cables, different displays, using the Displayport firmware update, speaking to Apple, deleting the com.apple..plist files, etc
Edit: it also doesn't work in XP on Bootcamp
I'm a bit frustrated here. My Macbook keeps spitting out my camera software, "Olympus Master 2" CD... It says it's Mac compatible on the CD and in the manual. But everytime I insert it inside of my Mac it spits it out!?
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
I just finished an install of Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro (2008). Everything works fine, as of now, except that the DVD will not eject cd/dvd. An error displays when ejecting form the sub-menu and the eject key registers the eject graphic on screen but nothing happens. Any one else have this problem? Any solutions?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a late 2009 iMac with Firewire 800 input on the back. I have a Western Digital Passport external hard drive with USB Micro-B input that I would like to connect to the Firewire (4 USB inputs aren't nearly enough on the iMac). I can't find an adapter to do this. As an alternative, is there an adapter that will convert the Firewire 800 to standard USB2.0?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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
I own a macbook pro, mid 2009 and its superdrive was working fine till 3 days ago. Now, whenever I try to insert a CD or DVD, the drive doesn't read it at all and after 2'' it ejects it. I tried reseting SMC and PRAM with no luck. I also tried that "batmac" trick [hold the mac upside down] with no luck either except my neck is now damaged too..
So, two questions:
1)What could the damage be? It's not a lens thing since it doesn't even try to read the cddvd.
2)My warranty is no longer valid [expired 1 month ago..]. How much would it cost to replace it? I live in Greece and no Apple Store exists here yet. I must take it to my provider [authorized reseller], check it [don't know how much this is going to cost either] and have it replaced.
How do I get a disc to eject? I press the "eject" button but it won't come out....
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I'd like to do a fresh install of my system but it doesn't accept any of my original apple DVD.Both Snow Leopard, the original install DVD, and the replacement DVD I got are not working and are scratchless.Any other CD/DVD I enter the drive work fine.It eject after a few seconds when my system is working and when I hold C on startup too.I run OSX 10.6.8 on a Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.53ghzÂ
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I created a movie in iMovie and now I am working in iDVD, I finished the project and have tried several times to burn it to a blank DVD. It goes through most of the process but right before it should be done burning it ejects the DVD. So I've tried putting it back in and it does the something all over again.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.3)
I have inserted a data DVV with 3 QT video files on it, roughly 1 GB each. It took a long time to mount, and then when trying to copy a QT file to the desktop it started but aborted giving an error message. Playing the the .mov file from the DVD itself was very slow and juddery.Â
Having given up I now can't even eject the DVD. Force quiting and restarting has resulted in the DVD not mounting. Launching Disk Utility juts gives me the dreaded rainbow wheel..Â
How can I eject the DVD?Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
I recently got a couple of TDK DVD-R discs. However, every time I put one in my MacBook, it spins for a little and this then ejected.
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