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• Connection PC Win7 for iMac USB printer

  Until yesterday, I had a printer is connected (USB connection) to a Time Capsule, and our laptop Windows 7 given the printer and would print it. But due to persistent problems with airport part not always wanted to connect with our satellite internet, I went to a separate router and the stop of the part of the airport. The Mac has been able to print to the printer, but the Win7 PC could not. Then I moved the printer (USB connection) to the iMac, but I still can't the Win7 PC to see the printer. I tried several methods but were unsuccessful.

  Anyone has a suggestion or a position that could help? I found a ticket to Microsoft I've tried, but it does not match what the current software. I use OS X 10.11.6.

  I'm planning on dumping, in the future the Win7 system and buy a new Mac, but until now, I need help.

  Fred

  Trying to install Print Services for Windows Hello on the Win7 PC. This app will allow you to see the shared printer on the iMac and allow you to print on it.

• Device USB 3.0, USB 2.0 connection ports of iMac

  USB 3.0 device not recognized: my iMac a 2011, 4 USB 2.0 ports.  I bought an external WD My Passport for iMac USB 3.0 external hard drive.  It is not recognized by the iMac.  The device works of WD - I plugged on new MacBook Pro from a friend and it worked in the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports and on a newish iMac (I forgot to check the vintage).  How do I obtain backward compatibility so I can connect the WD USB 3.0 device to the iMac, USB 2.0 port?

  Data: operating system is current at El Cap 10.11.6. iMac (21.5 ", mid-2011) I've updated the installer of DW disk utilities, but that did not help.

  The device has been formatted as Mac OX extended (journaled) using disk utility. If not then of course it will not work, most drives come preformatted for need to be reformatted to work with your Mac and Windows boxes. BTW, have you considered buying a top quality case such as a Mercury Elite Pro (www.macsales.com), WD case aren't the highest quality and tend to have a high failure rate.

• Card SD & USB issues after update of El Capitan

  Hi all!

  Just updated to Yosemite's El Capitan.  Running iMac (21.5 inch late 2009) - to update of Yosemite point has been completely up to date as well as all software and drivers.  Now problems after the iMac to wake up in the morning with some of the built-in ports.

  1. SD card reader - have to restart so that this works, but only works for an hour or two, it is more readings.

  2 ports USB - external HD holding that nothing else than music files must be disconnected and then reconnected to be recognized and to mount.  Anomaly is that Time Machine on back of the iMac USB continues to function properly and rises when waking from sleep in the morning.

  3-4 ports USB hub plugged back has only 2 operational ports in the morning, must either be disconnected and then reconnected to have all four ports work.  It works sometimes for the rest of the day or only works for one hour UX as well.

  4 keyboard (yes I prefer a cable on BT) takes a minute or two to be recognized after the awakening of fashion 'sleep' in the morning.

  I tried to reboot my machine?  Yes, several times.

  I tried to reset the SMC?  Yes, several times.

  I tried to reset the NVRAM/PRAM memory?  Yes, several times.

  Any suggestions on additional solutions without getting really heavy in the Terminal?  Not really keen to try some of the recommendations Terminal found here on communities, as I do not play with the programming of the OS.

  Thank you!

  Thanks for the nine people who have seen this post.  Unfortunately no one answered, so I 'solved it' of it the only way I knew how.  Rolled back to Yosemite.  I hope that the new Sierra OS will be an improvement on El Capitan.

• FCPX jump during the import of the band. Analysis of the root causes?

  Dear friends,

  I have a camera Sony TRV-900F video connected via FW800 to an iMac late 2009 with 16 GB of RAM, a quad core i7 2.8 and one 1 original to HDD with El Capitan.

  When I import one of my miniDV tapes (which are between 2000 and 2012 about and been wound and rewound before capture and which were mainly recorded in one take on new tapes Sony and never reused) FCPX any images in fragments of random size (from a few hundredK to 10-14 MB) and frequently shows loss of images and some audio distortion imported into the timeline and re-read.

  Final tried to create archives first and then import, but the result is the same.

  What I don't understand, is that, at least apparently, none of these problems of 'corruption' appears if I look/hear the tapes in camcorder Sony itself!

  I tried to use iMovie and same fragmentation occurs so I guess it is not related to the SO FCPX itself.

  So far, I have received the iMac 1 TB hard drive and now have tried to import on a 128 GB SSD in a USB enclosure (which is USB3, but if I'm not mistaken my iMacs USB ports are USB2). Even to jump occurs.

  Maybe I need to configure the SSD in a different way and to define not only as the backup directory for imports?

  If the best ideas don't come to mind the next tests I'll make are:

  (a) purchase of a NEW band and try to record and import from it. If it works, this would indicate the older strips are damaged, but it does not explain why they look good in the camera.

  (b) purchase a head cleaning cassette and to use it carefully and see if he would heal playback and import.

  Thanks for your suggestions.

  Post edited by: robertfromroma. Added the MacOS version. FCPX is 10.1

  Try the import with QuickTime player and see if you get the same results.

• Update IOS 10 effect my itunes sync?

  My update IOS 10 of my Ipad 4 last week went well.  Everything seems to be good except a shorter battery life.

  Then I tried to connect my Ipad 4 to itunes (12.2.2.15) on my older Imac (OS 10.7.5).  No luck.  Got the "'an invalid response from the device" notice. "  My report on my imac USB system lists my Ipad 4 therefore it is detected by the OSX but no ipad icon present in itunes.   The previous operating system on my imac 10.7.5 worked very well and was interacting smoothly with my Ipad 9.3.4 until the upgrade.

  Well, I tried everything suggested--(câbles, ports USB, OFF/ON lance, logiciel de sécurité enlevé, enlevant les éléments lockdown.plist, etc.).  No solution.

  Someone wrote that the new IOS 10 requires much more OSX and Itunes software to operate.  Anyone know if this is true?  Maybe I spent hours troubleshooting something that cannot be corrected with the imac & bones 10.7.5.  Unfortunately, I'm at my physical limits.    If so, I wanted to of course that this limitation was mentioned by Apple.

  I'm now trying to find a way to downgrade to 9.3.4 with the hope that all these worries will disappear.   Nothing else has worked.  Not so easy to do even this downgrade without my ipad in itunes.

  Does anyone else have this problem too?  Any suggestions / solutions?

  iOS10 requires iTunes 12.5

  If you can not install this then Yes, it will not work your iTunes sync

• Time Capsule do not write back ups.

  I have a continuous problem with Time Capsule, writing of backups.  After having no problems for a couple of years, TC is now fails to write backup every 3-4 weeks and I found no cause or a solution to the problem.

  TC shows well in the finder, the sparsebundles are there.  Time Machine creates the sparsebundles as usual and will make backups normally for about 3 or 4 weeks.  The error message is displayed "Backup failed" and said that Time Machine is unable to write to the file.  At this time there the existing backup is lost, I have found no way to recover.   I wiped the hard drive via Airport utility, recreated the backup only to fail again in 3 to 4 weeks.

  I've set up another 3 TB HD connected to the iMac USB and have TM write backups on it without problem while the HD TC continues to fail.

  MPB worked until this week and today shows the same error.

  My setup is pretty simple.  iMac connected to TC via ethernet, MBP connected via ethernet.  iMac backup to internal 2 TB on TC's MBP backup 1 TB external connected to the USB TC.

  Apple support suggested that the problem is a bad ethernet cable.  I tried to replace the ethernet cable, no change.  Turn off ethernet using wifi, no change.

  It is not a problem of space, on both drives only half of the available space is used.

  Someone at - he speculate as to the cause and the cure.  It seems to me that the problem is related to the connectivity of TC, the ports are bad?   This is my 3rd TC in 6 years, not real happy with reliability!

  Unfortunately, the TC is probably more reliable products Apple... my opinion.

  It seems that the surface of the disc to the hard drive of TC has one or more faults that are causing backups corrupted after some time. The only good solution is to replace the hard drive inside the TC or replace the TC itself.

  If you think that the surface of the disk is OK on the TC (I don't have, based on the experience), the only other thing to try is a full erase of the TC hard drive using zero on AirPort Utility.  It will probably take 4 to 6 hours or more depending on the size of the player you have on your TC.

  If you don't want to lose the backups to other Macs, you need to copy to another drive before you delete the TC, then copy on once the operation is complete.

• How can I transfer only the music I want?

  Hello.

  Our iMac iTunes is full of music for the whole family. How can I transfer only the songs I want on my iPod and my iPad?

  Second...

  When connecting from my iPad to my iMac USB cable the iPad goes into sync mode and transfers all sorts of things on the iMac and gets things from him. All I want is to transfer my music? How can I do this?

  Create your own playlists in iTunes.

  Connect your iDevice to the iMac - in the main iTunes window select your iDevice - menu drop-down upper left box located to the left of the music-movies, etc.

  You will see a list of 'Settings' for this device - select a tab and check the boxes of what content you want on your device.

  Also in the Group of settings select 'Summary' - from there, in the 'Options' section, you have a few additional items to choose from.

  MJ

• iPod Shuffle 2 g does not not with 10.11

  I have an iMac with the latest Mac os 10.11.4, 2007 and my Shuffle is now working with her: does not appear in iTunes. In "System information" it is shown as an iPod connected to usb without additional information (such as the ability), bright yellow on it flashes all the time during this is connected. BTW cool shuffle normally and unplug after time music (which was uploaded a long time ago). the iMac USB ports work fine with iPhones, etc, so the problem isn't here.

  So, it can look like something is broken in the iPod, BUT the strange thing is that it works perfectly (synchronization, load, indication) with an old laptop with Windows XP and older version of iTunes, so I suspect that Apple decided not to support this old device in its newest operating system.

  All the world is facing a situation like this?

  the bright yellow on it flashes all the time during this is connected.

  Ok.  Blinking light means 'do not disconnect' - eject before disconnecting shuffle.  This means that there is a connection of data between Mac and shuffle.  And it loads expected normally while the indicator light is flashing.  Do you see the "disk" to the iPod icon in a window on the Mac desktop or the Finder?  IF do you, do a right click and Eject it.  The shuffle light becomes solid (not flashing), Green if the battery is completely charged, amber if still in charge.  Full light means "OK to disconnect".

  In case you are new to iTunes 12, the iPod is displayed as a button on the device on the horizontal bar that runs through the window iTunes.  See screenshot below from my iTunes (on top left) with touch devicewindow, circled in red my shuffle.

  

  You don't see the button of the device in iTunes shuffle when shuffle is connected and the light flashes?  If you do not, some things (separated) to check and try...

  -You use the USB long docking cable (with the shuffle docking station) provided with 2nd gen shuffle?  The short ultra USB host cable to shuffle 3rd and 4th generation does not work with 2nd gen shuffle.  The connector is different.

  -Shut down (power off) your Mac and disconnect all the USB devices.  You can leave standard keyboard/mouse USB connected, if used.  If it's a MacBook, plug its AC adapter so that it does not work on battery power.  Set the switch of the shuffle to the OFF position.  Start the Mac, launch iTunes and connect shuffle to a USB direct on the Mac, by himself.  Is there a difference?

  -Run the disk utility.  Drive of the shuffle will appear in the disk utility sidebar?  (Do not do anything to scramble in utility disk at this time).

  -There is a special utility just to shuffle 1st and 2nd generation.  It is used when the shuffle has a connected data (flashing), but he does not appear in iTunes.  It's the equivalent of a restore in iTunes, when doing a Restore in iTunes is not possible.  Try to install and run this utility

  iPod Reset Utility 1.0.3 for Mac

• Time Machine has not completed back upward after 4 days

  I'm using Time Machine (that I never liked).  I bought a new 27 "iMac and a 5 TB Seagate external hard drive.  I assigned the Seagate drive as the backup drive.  After 4 days, the wheel keeps spinning, but the backup of files are never finished.  I get no error message or indication of a problem.  Any ideas on what's going on?

  Format you the new hard drive (Mac OS X extended (journaled) and GUID partition scheme)?

  How the Seagate is attached to your iMac - USB, Thunderbolt or?

• Access iMac HD USB from another Mac

  My support is a USB HD connected to my iMac. It is partitioned to the partition of time machine iMac and I've trained another partition to my Mac Book Air. I want to save the Mac Book Air over my home network to the HD even.

  File sharing, the disc is a shared disk, I can see it as a record of my Mac Book Air, but HD is not detectable as a HD device, so I can't put it as a disk time machine.

  On the iMac, the USB HD showed two devices, for the two partitions.

  Any ideas?

  TNX,

  Speedy

  Hello Speedy160,

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

  I see that you want to use Time Machine to back up your Mac Book Air, but the HD that you want to use is not seen. The following article explains the set up Time Machine to back up your computer: use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac

  It is particularly important to the section on storage required to back up:
  

  Time Machine is the built-in Mac OS x backup feature. To use it, you need one of these external storage solutions, sold separately:

  • External hard drive connected to a USB port, FireWire or love at first sight on your Mac.
  • Time Capsule or OS X Server on your network
  • External hard drive connected to the USB port of an AirPort Extreme base station on your network

  Connect the HD to another computer, unless it is implemented as a server, don't meet these requirements, but connecting the HD of a base station AirPort Extreme on the network will be.

  Best regards.

• I have an imac 27 "... on power there is no signal to startap, usb ports are not working and its deadlock with the logo of the Apple with the circle of rotation... Help, please

  I have an imac 27 "... on power there is no signal to startap, usb ports are not working and its deadlock with the logo of the Apple with the circle of rotation... Help, please

  Wake the computer to your Apple store or Apple authorized service for the service provider. He probably suffered a hardware failure.

• Speakers for iMac via USB Dongle

  So, I bought a USB 3.5 mm dongle so that I could connect the external Boston CR6 speakers to my iMac. I get sound but it is pretty low. The volume level is the same if I plug the 3.5 mm plug into the hole in the back of the iMac.

  I think it is a difference of impedance, or the iMac does not have enough juice to power the speakers (which are actually very small).

  Is there anyone driving experience of the external speakers, via USB or directly via the 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm port? I will order a small amp if that's the problem?

  Maybe audio HDMI or optical has more power? I don't see a spec (which I understand).

  10.11.6 running.

  Thank you.

  FWIW, most if not all sound cards were never intended to push the non-powered speakers. That's why most of the 'computer' speakers are powered. You will need amplification of some sort.

• USB key used in iMac unrecognized by any other device

  Hi all, I recently encountered a problem using USB keys with my iMac 2010 10.11.3 running OSx.

  My iMac will recognize UBS sticks and allow me to save documents and files for them, but when I insert into any other device (e.g. a few friend PC and Macs, professional printers to Officeworks etc.) the USB stick is not recognized and does not see the same on their system.   Then when I insert the USB in my iMac, it is recognized immediately as well as its content.

  Before that, I was able to share files and documents with family, friends and clients on USB with no problems at all.

  I tried a variety of different USB keys (old and new) and what is happening to all of them, whatever the brand, age, size, etc.   Is produced only for a few months and at first I was in denial and thought that it was my friend PC, but now I see that it is certainly a problem with my iMac.  He may have started happening around the same time that when I upgraded to IE Captain earlier this year.

  Any ideas please?

  Thank you.

  eccydee

  The fact that this happens with different computers suggests that the problem could be the configuration.

  Go to Applications/Utilities/Disk utility. Insert your flash key and look at the settings. It may look like this:

  

  Everything on this list must be verified. While you're there, see if your USB is correctly configured:

  http://www.PCAdvisor.co.UK/how-to/storage/how-format-USB-stick-on-Mac-3434423/

• Crash of MacBook, iMac with SATA-USB cable files

  Hello.

  My Macbook (2006) took a nose dive after a very solid 10 years of use. He has been blocked on the gray screen with the Apple logo and the spinning equipment. Forever. Would not boot mode safe mode or Recovery Mode. I accepted this.

  I'm currently trying join my school for the HARD of MB my iMac disk files. I removed the drive HARD internal of the MB. I have a SATA cable / USB. I plugged the cable on my iMac and initially nothing was recognized even if I could hear the disk rotation. After about 2-3 minutes I got a message telling me the disc HARD cannot be repaired, but I could always transfer files. Great! That's all I wanted to do. Well, the HARD drive appeared in the Finder and I tried to navigate to find important files I got a message telling me that the HARD drive has been expelled irregularly. So I disconnect it, plug it in. Another few minutes and I get the same message (cannot be repaired), but this time I have no HARD drive in the Finder. I tried to run first aid at the disk in disk utility, without success. Now I can't even pop-up in the Finder or disk utility when I plug. I can hear it running, but nothing happens, and then I get a message "disc not eject properly.

  My question is this: How can I get information from this my iMac HARD drive? Is there anything else I need to do? All I want to do is pull my notes of the current semester. Nothing else on this HARD drive as it was basically just a web browser/treatment for the past year.

  FWIW: I think I was running Lion as an operating system on the laptop that I couldn't progresses from here with updates. I'm under El Capitan on my iMac.

  Even if you already shot the player, have you considered using Disk Mode target instead?

  Target disk mode, indeed, turns your Mac into a 'external drive '. In this mode, you can connect your defective Mac to Mac via FireWire or Thunderbolt and see the contents of the disc of the CMA on your Mac, as if the drive was an external drive. This not only allows you to easily access the data on the hard drive of the Mac, it also allows you to use the material of a Mac to boot another Mac operating system and data.

  To access the target disk Mode, reboot your Mac and hold down the T key as soon as you hear the startup chime. Keep now until you see a FireWire logo or white Thunderbolt appear on the screen (depending on the hardware capabilities of your Mac). Now, you can directly connect your Mac to Mac defective with the appropriate cable and access the drive of this Mac. When you are done, unmount the drive of the defective Mac from your Mac running OS X, then press on and hold the power button / stop the Mac defective until the system turns off.