It seems that every now and then when I log in, my hard drive icon has changed to something strange.
So far I've had a house, and a filing cabient.
This isn't a serious problem, I'm just wondering whether it's just my computer, or a bug in Lion.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 27 INCH - 1TB HDD - 8GB RAM
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iMac (24-inch), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Various diagnostics run in store at Genius Bar and during the week and the problem (using the same account) was not replicated. On its return home, it was still not working on the internet. I then tried booting into 'safe mode'. This enabled a stable and reliable connection to the internet! After several days in this mode, I re-installed Lion and booted into normal mode again. The problem returned and has been with the iMac since. However, at least a restart of the iMac gets it straight back on to the internet again. I suspect some sort of corrupted network preference file or the like. But where? The disconnection from the internet can happen any time of day; for example it happened while typing this message but more often than not it happens when the computer is unattended.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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13-inch Pro 2.53GHz, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have been, having issue with creating a Folder in my "Mac 10.7.3" in Macintosh drive, this is happen sice Thursday this week, the problem I have is that every time I want to create a New Floder, Transfer folder or Delete any file in Macintosh, is keep asking me to inter a password, ( Finder Wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this) but I never had this issue three days ago, I was in the phone with Apple technical support for about 40 minute today.dose any one know how to anable this password settings ?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2010-silver
I have a 15" MacBook Pro on my hands with some sort of HDD issue. The machine suddenly stopped booting and so my first thought was that the HDD has failed or that the filesystem had become corrupt. My files were all backed up, so I went ahead with a reformat and reinstallation of Lion. Â At firat Verify Disk, run from the Lion boot disk, reported numerous errors that Repair Disk couldn't fix. Fair enough. I swapped the old drive out for a new one that I knew to be good. (And, in the meantime, reformatted the old drive while attached externally to another machine without issues -- so maybe there's nothing wrong with this drive after all?) But no dice this way either: Lion reinstallation fails with an uninormative error message ("An error occurred while preparing the installation."). And if I attempt to alter the partition structure of either drive (either the known-good drive, or the original drive) or to erase the drive, I am told that the partition could not be unmounted. I find this odd, since I have booted off the Lion install DVD, not the HDD in question. Â
So, I'm left to conclude that something is faulty. I think I can rule out the drive itself -- I have two drives that exhibit the same symptoms, both of which behave fine in another MacBook Pro. I also think I can rule out the SATA controller/logic board since there are no evident IO problems with the DVD drive and, other than the HDD issues, I can run the Lion installer (as well as an Uuntu LiveCD) without difficulty. So what's left? Could it be the SATA cable?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
