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• My external drive thunderbolt causes 10 Windows to reboot into Bootcamp. Normal?  Difficulty?

  I have an imac of retina.  I use Parallels to begin Windows 10 without any problem at all.  Unfortunately, due to a problem of graphics card, one application will not work properly.  They advised me to install Windows 10 using Bootcamp, repeat this application and see if it works.  This resolved the conflict with this software.

  Unfortunately, Windows kept re-booting and ultimately would crash and must be put back in place (at least it seems).  I did this same process several times.

  Process of elimination, I found that if I unplugged the external drive thunderbolt, it resolved 100% of the problem.  No more problems with the re-start.

  I tried researching and I see people have problems with the Thunderbolt and Windows 10 screens, but really nothing else mentioned.

  My understanding is that this is not a conflict when you use Parallels because I am still running off the Apple ecosystem, but thanks to bootcamp with Windows only running, it gets confused by the thunderbolt connection.

  I know that this may be more a problem of winner - snoozing, but is there any work around this other disconnect me the Thunderbolt disc whenever I want to use the version of Bootcamp for Windows 10?

  Thank you.

  What is the year/model of your iMac?

• Sat M60: Possibility to connect the external keyboard?

  is it possible to connect a keyboard external usb to a satellite M60? what I need to change the bios settings?

  Thanks in advance
  Marco

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  I n think that it of necessary to have admin rights.
  You can use an external USB keyboard with no problems.
  But if you want to use the keyboard USB under Win NT USB emulation (or something like that) option in the BIOS must be enabled.

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• Possible to connect an external monitor for laptop HP Pavilion dv4t-4200 CTO

  I have a HP Pavilion dv4t-4200 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC model # A1M02AV and it has a VGA, one port that resembles a cable port phone/broadband and one that looks like a USB port, but indented on each side down. I can even connect an external monitor? How will I know if I have more than 1 video card? In addition to the usual USB/headphone ports, I have not all ports. He says that my drivers are up to date... but I don't know even what I'm looking for. Do I need to install something or buy some kind of adapter?

  I'm trying to connect an external Dell montitor via the VGA port with a VGA cable. The monitor has power, but my laptop does not detect recognize them / it. However, when I plugged in the first time in, my laptop screen has shrunk in a square (vs the entire screen) so he acknowledged something... but nothing happened on the external monitor.

  I tried to detect through my display settings, but I have accidentally changed some display setting until the reception desk shows only 1 monitor, but not selected my real laptop screen or something or changed to be Monitor 2 (even if there is no monitor 1), so when I plug the cable into my laptop suddenly my desktop disappears and it's just a white background screen - and I cannot access the screen of the computer settings or whatever whatever... when the cable is disconnected this setting seems to be normal, so I can not understand how to fix it.

  Sorry, I don't know what I'm doing here - please help!

  Hello

  All Dell monitors are equipped with CD for the drivers. Your laptop may not know the monitor without its driver, it will not install automatically. Please check:

  Ringht click an empty space on the desktop,

  Click Customize

  Click on display

  Click on change display settings

  You can see the TWO laptop screen and external monitor in there, as shown in the following image:

  

  For the test, I put my Dell monitor is my main screen. If I can't see 2 monitors, you need its driver first and then check the cable.

  Kind regards.

• Is it possible to connect an EXTERNAL FM antenna to the Home Theater BDV e3100 system (outside)?

  The small cap plastic and wire supplied as an FM antenna do not work well for the FM reception in my area.  I have an antenna on my roof with coaxial cable conduit that provided excellent reception with my old Sony BDV e570 HTS (had a coaxial connector for FM antenna on the rear of the unit).  Y at - it an adapter or another method by which I can plug my external antenna to my new unit (BDV E3100)?

  You can try to connect your external to the System BDV-E3100 antenna while we do not guarantee that it will work with it.

  If my post answered your question, please mark it as "accept as a Solution.

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• Install Windows 8 on external drive Thunderbolt - Windows could not prepare the computer to begin the next phase of installation

  Hi all

  I'm at my wit's end trying to install windows 8. Let me start at the beginning: I used to have windows running on my Mac Pro ssd internal 8.1, installed via bootcamp. It worked well for a while, and then refused to start, gives me a blue screen KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE. Despite some advice from lonely T, I was unable to fix and ended up wiping the partition and relocation, again via bootcamp. Yet once again, it worked for a few months, then the same problem. I made this one last time, and it only lasted 2 days... So I gave bootcamp.

  I think that the hybrid MBR partition scheme that implements bootcamp is the culprit, but I don't really have evidence to substantiate this claim. In any case, I tried to install windows in EFI mode. (If I understand correctly, the hybrid MBR is set up to allow windows to install in legacy BIOS mode, but that windows 8 may now install efi, which supports my Mac Pro mode.) My Mac is the new Mac Pro (end of 2013, trash in shape), and I can say short UEFI 2.0 (I have the latest efi update from apple installed).

  The method I'm trying:

  1. create a new partition in HFS + on my external drive using disk utility. The drive has now it's efi partition and partition empty 750Go I want to install windows a 1.25 TB storage partition that I use with my mac. It has a GPT. I formatted HFS + and no FAT, because I think that disk utility creates the same hybrid-MBR as training camp every time a FAT partition is created.

  2. use gdisk to confirm that the disc does not have a hybrid-MBR. (sudo/dev/disk1 gdisk watch MBR: protection)

  3 restart my mac and hold the possibility to put in place to bring up the boot efi menu.

  4. Select the EFI_Boot DVD icon (that's the windows 8 install dvd that I have in my superdrive USB drive)

  5. go in the menus of the disk selection screen installation and delete the partition in HFS +, I created to install windows on (the format option is not available)

  6. now select "Unallocated space" on the good drive and click Next.

  The problem:

  Partitioning seems to go ok (there is no feedback on this basis, but it proceeds to the next screen, and all new partitions expected are there if I check diskutil list later). He said it is "copy of windows files", but then stops with the error "Windows has no prepare the computer to start the next phase of the installation." To install Windows, restart the installation. "If I restart, I can start the same process all over again and get the same result.

  The Question:

  How I get this error and get windows install?

  Extra pieces:

  • The first time it happened I assumed it was the new sip / thing "without roots" in El Capitan, causing problems, then I disabled, but I still get the same error.
  • After reviewing the diskutil list output after one of installs it without success, I found that a labeled EFI partition has been created after my storage partition (the original efi partition was still there in the upper part of the disc).
  • I have windows 8.1 installed now bootcamp on my internal ssd. It was planned to use it and winToUSB to put windows on my crush, but I found that it only works with usb2. I do not have installed could cause problems with the installation on another disk.
  • Before say you I can't run windows on an external, yes you can, and many people have. I read windows sees thunderbolt internal disks.
  • I read a few other posts on this and other sites on this problem, but could not find a pertitnant solution to my situation. I found one that suggested to remove the efi on my disk partition, but that seemed like a bad idea, so I didn't try.
  • I write this at 1 in the morning after a day spent in front of the computer trying to get this working, so please excuse typos typing or other. I am pleased to provide you with any pertinant information helping you will help me.
  • Thank you!

  The other thing I tried also almost succeeded:

  Although I prefer to get the method above works, because it seems the most promising, is something else, I've tried that I thought worth mentioning. If you offer advice pertaining to this method rather than the above, I would appreciate it if you could explicitly declare that at the top of your answer. Thank you.
  

  I tried to install windows on the physical disk using vmware and virtual box. The instrutctions I followed for this can be found here: http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2011/2156 (the only thing different, it's because it's on an external drive, I created the Fat 32 partition manually using disk utility). The first time (using vmware) installation seems to go off without a hitch, but I couldn't get my computer to see the windows partition as bootable with the boot efi menu hold-option regular refined or with system preferences-> startup disk. I think that I was using always inadvertently a hybrid-MBR at this stage. I tried to repeat this new beginning with the first two steps above to avoid the hybrid-MBR. But now when I try to create the virtual machine based on the gross vmdk, it starts to copy the files then says not sufficient permissions and fails. I don't know if it's a permission with the disk or the hard problem. I tried chmod 777 and chown $USER of the vmdk disk (/ dev/disk1s3) does not.

  Wow, that was a long post...

  1. when a second drive is detected by the Windows Setup program, he wants to create his own brand of EFI (104 MB) and not to mess with the Mac EFI (200 MB). You can force it to use the EFI to the Mac using Diskpart commands.

  2 instead of HFS/FAT32, create a piece of 750 GB free space and it should only get a new MSR/MSD, without the part of EFI.

  3. on your VM method, the link you have is quite old. You have a MP 2013, with references to the 2010 Mac alumni and is a bit too archaic to be useful. http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/install-a-Windows-7-partition-on-Mac-OSX-Wit hout-optical-car-or - usb.1836959 / #post... seems to work for many and can be useful for a test. It also uses Winclone.

  4. you can also try http://bleeptobleep.blogspot.com/2013/02/mac-install-windows-7-or-8-on-external. html .

• Is it possible to connect 3 screens of thunderbolt from Apple to a MacBook Pro?

  We seek to connect three apple thunderbolt Display to a whole new maxed out 15 "MacBook Pro.  We can string two monitors via thunderbolt, but that's all.  I looked into as a Matrox TripleHead2Go video expansion cards, but it won't hold out minidisplayport or apple screens native resolution.

  So, anyone done this or is it just a pipe dream?

  Hello oscarthedog,

  Thank you for using communities Support from Apple!

  I understand that you have a question about the Thunderbolt screens how you can connect to your MacBook Pro (retina). According to the following article, two screens Thunderbolt would be the maximum.

  Mac compatible Thunderbolt which can be supported up to two connected Apple Thunderbolt Display. MacBook Pro (retina, 13-inch, late 2012) and later4 MacBook Pro (retina, mid-2012) and later 4 MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid-2012) MacBook Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, early 2011) and later versions MacBook Air (mid-2012) and later versions iMac (late 2012) 2 iMac (mid 2011) 2 iMac (end 2013) 2 iMac (21.5 inch, mid-2014) 2 Mac Mini (late 2012) 4 iMac (retina 5K, 27 inches, end of 2014) 2, 5 Mac mini (late 2014) 4 Mac Mini (mid-2011), 2.5 GHz 3

  Two screens Thunderbolt

  The Thunderbolt ports and displays: frequently asked questions (FAQ) - Apple Support

  See you soon!

• Is it possible to connect the HP Photosmart C4780 Wireless printer without USB cable?

  Hello

  My family and I recently moved and while moving, something inevitably get lost or left for account.  I am fighting to get this printer and will so I don't have to bother people at the front desk at school to print my documents for me.  I have lost/misplaced both the HP Photosmart C4780 printer software disk and the USB cable.  I have no idea where these things are and have not found them within two months, we've been in the new House.

  I solved the issue of the loss of the installation disk by downloading it from the HP site.  My problem is now getting beyond the USB connection and get the currently installed software.  Because I run on a MacBook Pro, it always tells me that I need the USB key to continue the installation.  I'm on a Verizon Wireless router, and I even tried to find the printer on my wireless network with no luck.

  Help, please!

  Thank you.

  It's the type of cable you will need (ignore the color of the cable, the ends are the important part).

  

  Have a new router is not a problem, but remember the SSID and password wireless exactly, otherwise it will not work (if you decide to try Method 1). It's a bit like "trick" your printer into thinking that your new router is your old a long enough to configure the network settings for the new (desired).

• What is the best solution when my external drive for Time Machine is full?

  Hello

  I use the latest version of Mac OS X on my iMac 27 ". I use a drive outside of 3 TB G-Tech for Time Machine backup. Due to my recently many RAW photo images, I have less 8% left storage on my external hard drive, so I'm trying to figure out next steps in what concerns the strategy of external storage and have the following questions:

  • When my external drive for Time Machine is full, it is my understanding that older backups on external hard drive will be deleted to make room for newer backups. If the oldest backups contained pictures (whose records have not changed since the time they are initially stored), then I guess that these photos will be removed from the external drive - correct?
  • If I had to replace my external drive for Time Machine with a new external drive which is as big or bigger than the one it replaces, what should I expect on the size of the initial backup on the new drive? I guess the size of the backup would be exactly equal to the current amount of storage used on my drive hard iMac - correct?
  • Would it not be possible to connect the external drive for Time Machine existing at a new Time Machine external drive so that when the original disk is full, the overflow will be automatically stored on the new external hard drive for Time Machine? (If feasible, it seems that this strategy would maximize my external storage capacity vs just replace external drives.)

  I realize that my first two questions are rather basic, but I don't want to make any false assumptions. The third idea is intriguing and I would like to know if this is a viable option.

  Thank you

  Brian

  older files are starting to get deleted because the disk fills up then Yes, they went

  the backup drive should ideally be 4 times the capacity of your current drive, twice is good but has its limits. Also factor in what you store: a jpeg from the web and a raw photo file are the two images, the size of a is very different. If you work in high-resolution or large native files, or audio files (record pro, no music files) or video production twice the disk fills up very quickly. If you collect photos and JPEG and mp3 files or a handful of videos not so much is necessary.

  I would keep the old drive intact if you want to replace and start over with a new drive, if that's the plan. You have the old data, you can keep it somewhere safe and have a redundant backup which you can reconnect at any time to restore from. Let the new index drive itself with new data and take if from there, in the case otherwise you can copy the backup to the new drive and set the drive as the new source of backup but personally I wouldn't copy of the data, that's my preference, it may not be yours and that's fine.

• Time Machine backup to external drive connected to the TimeCapsule

  I have a 3 TB TimeCapsule, that contains the my iMac TimeMachine backup. So far so good.

  Now, I would like to connect an external drive to the TimeCapsule via the USB port to allow access to this drive of my iMac as well as other computers on my network. I would like to than the external to include in my Time Machine backup drive. Is it possible - by accepting that the backup of obviously only runs when the Mac is on? If this isn't the case, other methods of backup to an external drive, connected to the TimeCapsule, may be recommended?

  You can do it. Time Machine it will support up to a separate folder on your backup disk. Don't forget to remove it from the exclusions list in Time Machine preferences. I don't know if others cannot see the drive connected to your computer is turned off. They may be able to mount the drive on their computer as you do on yours. Try it because I could be wrong on this matter.

• external drive no connection/display in the finder

  Just updated to macOS Sierra, and my external drive is no longer appears in the Finder or in my office. Even disk utility will not display it. It has been used for Time Machine.

  Fixed by closing, connect my external drive and then go back to the top. I think the problem is that when I upgraded to Sierra, I don't have my drive connected.

• Lost volume after connecting the external hard drive

  I had some movies I wanted to copy in one of my sharing folders, so I tied a drive hard usb at the back of my camera, but the nas don't seem to notice. I rebooted my nas and all of a sudden my internal volumes were absent and did not show the external drive and the system told me I have not put volumes in place.

  My two internal drives can be selected for formatting as if I just do a reset to factory... can someone help me re set my volume, I have over my data already out there.

  I guess its some sort of hardware conflict when I joined my outside, there dissregarded somehow my internal volumes.

  Problem solved no. thanks to an hour on the phone with the customer service...

  The naskey was not connected because I took out the usb to connect my external drive. Such a simple thing took all day to figure out.

• Time Machine gray on external drive

  Hello

  I understand that starting with OS X Yosemite, it was possible to include an external drive for your Time Machine backup. To be clear, I don't speak _to_ an external backup drive, I am just talking like an external drive connected to always be part of your saved content.

  I understand default external drives are excluded from the list, but we can count them by selecting them in Time Machine preferences by clicking on the "-" to remove it from the exclusions list. However, I have an external hard drive where I can't.

  I suspect that this is because it is in the format ExFAT but wanted to confirm. Does anyone know the technical details about this?

  As far as I know Time Machine do not save to the format ExFAT drives.

• iPad support external drive Pro

  Hey!

  I want to improve my office as soon as possible and I watched the keynote yesterday when the new iPad Pro was released. I thought about buying a new MacBook, but when I watched the keynote I was wondering if it would be possible to buy an iPad Pro instead of a MacBook, since all applications, I also ran on iOS.

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  Is there someone who could help me?

  Thanks in advance

  No, iOS is not compatible with the help of a central external device as a file storage system.  All content of the app are actually related to the application itself and stored on the device in a protected memory aid assigned to the app.  In addition, while there are counterparts to your OS X programs, you will need to purchase the versions iOS separately in the form of programs coded for OS X will not work on an iOS device.

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• External HARD drive PX1266E slowly works as USB 1.0 or 1.1

  Hello!

  I have a problem with my external HD PX1266E - 1 25. I have a toshiba laptop Satellite A100 and the hd has worked fine until two or three weeks ago.

  Now when I connect it to the laptop I get the following message "this device could work faster so etc..". I tried to connect the hd to all of my four usb ports, but the message is always the same. I think that it works as a USB 1.0 or 1.1. It's very, very slow. I tried the following steps, but I could not solve the problem.

  1. I uninstalled the usb driver. I rebooted the laptop and reinstalled drivers (automatically). The problem remains.

  2. I replaced the usb cable. I get the same message.

  3. I have connected the PX1266E to another laptop and I still get the same message.

  4. I have connected another external drive (usb 2.0) to my laptop and it works properly at high speed.

  You have some tips to solve my problem?

  Thank you very much. Roberto.

  Hello

  It seems that the problem is you drive HARD PX1266E external and not the book because as you have already said you have connected the HARD drive to another computer and the same problem (message) appeared.

  I think you need to format the external HARD drive and then check if there are positive changes.

  But there may be a hardware malfunction of HARD drive and you can replace it?
  Ask your dealer to HARD drive.