8/08/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 9052

15 New Messages

Digest #9052
1a
Time machine issues? Solutions? Replacement? by "Rob Frankel" robfrankeldotcom
2.1
Re: Firefox by "Jurgen Richter" epsongroups
2.2
Re: Firefox by "ed-reiff" ed-reiff
2.3
Re: Firefox by "Tammy Leverett" tammytml
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Re: cleaning Users by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
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Re: cleaning Users by "ed-reiff" ed-reiff
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Re: is my Mac blocking the PC's use of the internet by "Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001
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Keychain Not Saving Email Password by "missladybee" missladybee
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GarageBand - batch mixdown by "hpsbenbenek" hpsbenbenek

Messages

Tue Aug 7, 2012 10:54 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Rob Frankel" robfrankeldotcom

Anyone else having Time Machine issues, specifically

"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the
backup folder." messages
Endless "Calculating changes" messages

I'm on a MBP 10.6.8 with a brand new, properly formatted 1TB G Drive.

I've scoured the Apple discussions forums, where a LOT of others have
complained and find no solution, either. Some might fix it for one
session, but none of the solutions work permanently, such as:

Replace the TimeMachine.plist
Restart, Reboot
PRAM reset
Anything at Pondini.org

Alternatively, as I prepare to dump Time Machine altogether, what's
the best replacement?
--
Rob Frankel

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Tue Aug 7, 2012 11:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"LouisD" ldina

Rob,

I'm a fan of SuperDuper and use it exclusively for all my backups. I have a very robust backup scheme and have never had a problem with a SD backup. The one thing it lacks is the hourly snapshot offered by Time Machine, but I personally have not missed that feature...doesn't mean I won't some day. Sd can create clones, sandbox drives, etc.

I have also heard good things about Carbon Copy Cloner, but I have no direct experience with it.

Lou

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Rob Frankel <rob@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone else having Time Machine issues, specifically
>
> "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the
> backup folder." messages
> Endless "Calculating changes" messages
>
> I'm on a MBP 10.6.8 with a brand new, properly formatted 1TB G Drive.
>
> I've scoured the Apple discussions forums, where a LOT of others have
> complained and find no solution, either. Some might fix it for one
> session, but none of the solutions work permanently, such as:
>
> Replace the TimeMachine.plist
> Restart, Reboot
> PRAM reset
> Anything at Pondini.org
>
> Alternatively, as I prepare to dump Time Machine altogether, what's
> the best replacement?
> --
> Rob Frankel
>
> Branding Expert http://www.RobFrankel.com
> Twitter: @brandingexpert
> AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
> 1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
> Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
> http://www.robfrankelblog.com
>

Tue Aug 7, 2012 4:40 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup


On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:12 AM, LouisD wrote:

> Rob,
>
> I'm a fan of SuperDuper and use it exclusively for all my backups. I have a very robust backup scheme and have never had a problem with a SD backup. The one thing it lacks is the hourly snapshot offered by Time Machine, but I personally have not missed that feature...doesn't mean I won't some day. Sd can create clones, sandbox drives, etc.
>
> I have also heard good things about Carbon Copy Cloner, but I have no direct experience with it.

I have tried both SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner, but just liked the interface better on SuperDuper and paid for it, and have stuck with it. But I think you can't go wrong with either.

I alternate weekly clones between two hard drives in an external drive enclosure. I have another external drive that keeps a Time Machine backup. So you can easily have the best of both worlds: full bootable clones on your schedule, and the hourly snapshots from Time Machine.

Daly

Tue Aug 7, 2012 5:29 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"HAL9000" jrswebhome

Rob, have you turned Time Machine off. Wiped the external drive with Disk Utility. Renamed the external drive. Shut down your Mac. Unplugged ALL cords to the Mac and the external HD. Let the Mac set for 10 minutes. Replugged and rebooted. Turn on Time Machine and assigned the external. Hope it helps. It's so easy and the hourly backups are almost like immediate copying. I've been using ª since I first installed SL, and S still works w ª perfectly everyday every hour with an external 500G HD. jr

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Rob Frankel <rob@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone else having Time Machine issues, specifically
>
> "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the
> backup folder." messages
> Endless "Calculating changes" messages
>
> I'm on a MBP 10.6.8 with a brand new, properly formatted 1TB G Drive.
>
> I've scoured the Apple discussions forums, where a LOT of others have
> complained and find no solution, either. Some might fix it for one
> session, but none of the solutions work permanently, such as:
>
> Replace the TimeMachine.plist
> Restart, Reboot
> PRAM reset
> Anything at Pondini.org
>
> Alternatively, as I prepare to dump Time Machine altogether, what's
> the best replacement?
> --
> Rob Frankel
>
> Branding Expert http://www.RobFrankel.com
> Twitter: @brandingexpert
> AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
> 1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
> Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
> http://www.robfrankelblog.com
>

Tue Aug 7, 2012 9:25 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Dane Robison" macdane1

On Aug 7, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:12 AM, LouisD wrote:
>
>> Rob,
>>
>> I'm a fan of SuperDuper and use it exclusively for all my backups. I have a very robust backup scheme and have never had a problem with a SD backup. The one thing it lacks is the hourly snapshot offered by Time Machine, but I personally have not missed that feature...doesn't mean I won't some day. Sd can create clones, sandbox drives, etc.
>>
>> I have also heard good things about Carbon Copy Cloner, but I have no direct experience with it.
>
> I have tried both SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner, but just liked the interface better on SuperDuper and paid for it, and have stuck with it. But I think you can't go wrong with either.
>
> I alternate weekly clones between two hard drives in an external drive enclosure. I have another external drive that keeps a Time Machine backup. So you can easily have the best of both worlds: full bootable clones on your schedule, and the hourly snapshots from Time Machine.

For reasons I've given before -- mostly having to do with huge Lightroom catalog and previews files -- I just haven't found Time Machine practical as it runs constantly. Like Daly, I tried both Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper, and I prefer SD. However, I've had an intermittent problem with SD since upgrading to Lion. Now and then, it fails to complete a clone and gives me a "no space left on the device" message, even though there's plenty of space.

The first couple times I started over with a full clone (rather than doing an incremental "smart" clone) but holy moly that just takes too long. What I've been doing lately (which may or may not be advisable but it works for me so far) is to switch over to CCC for its version of a smart clone and then back to SD.

Anyone else had this issue?

Dane

Tue Aug 7, 2012 11:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jurgen Richter" epsongroups

I'm on SnowLeopard and Firefox 8.0.1 on a late 2010 Mac Pro, and I have
several extensions/plug-ins loaded, including "No-Script" and Java is
turned off as well.
The site opens fine on my machine, though i have to enable No-Script on
this site to navigate and get full functionality.

Tue Aug 7, 2012 12:24 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"ed-reiff" ed-reiff

I have Mountain Lion, and Safari 6 and it does not work. Running a MBP (mid 2009).
Ed

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "Randy B. Singer" <randy@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:31 AM, LouisD wrote:
>
> > Check Firefox Preferences > Content > and see if Java is enabled.
> > If this site requires Java, you will want to be sure it is checked.
>
> I just visited the site in Safari, with Java turned off. It came up
> perfectly. So having Java turned off isn't the problem.
>
> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> ___________________________________________
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Tue Aug 7, 2012 5:11 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Tammy Leverett" tammytml

Randy,

Yes Java is already enabled :(

Tammy Leverett

On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:28 AM, "Randy B. Singer" <randy@macattorney.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:31 AM, LouisD wrote:
>
> > Check Firefox Preferences > Content > and see if Java is enabled.
> > If this site requires Java, you will want to be sure it is checked.
>
> I just visited the site in Safari, with Java turned off. It came up
> perfectly. So having Java turned off isn't the problem.
>
> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> ___________________________________________
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Tue Aug 7, 2012 12:13 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

On 7 August 2012 16:26, neelie <neeliec2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I'm curious, John.
>
> I've never heard of emptying the downloads folder. How is that done?
>

Downloads is a standard folder under Home (your user's top level). You
probably have it the left sidebar of any Finder window. Click on it then
command-i to get the size. Delete all contents like you would any other
folder: select any file in the folder, then command-a, then delete.

First, make sure there's nothing you want in there!

Otto

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Tue Aug 7, 2012 12:28 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"ed-reiff" ed-reiff

I keep download folder items for a year. Every month I go in and delete anything older than 12 months.
Ed

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
>
> On 7 August 2012 16:26, neelie <neeliec2000@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm curious, John.
> >
> > I've never heard of emptying the downloads folder. How is that done?
> >
>
> Downloads is a standard folder under Home (your user's top level). You
> probably have it the left sidebar of any Finder window. Click on it then
> command-i to get the size. Delete all contents like you would any other
> folder: select any file in the folder, then command-a, then delete.
>
> First, make sure there's nothing you want in there!
>
> Otto
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Wed Aug 8, 2012 1:10 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001

Dear All,

We just moved to a new office in which I mostly work alone on my Mac
but when my business partner who uses a PC tries to connect to the
Internet it doesn't work except when I am not using it, in other words
we can only use it one at a time. The internet is from our phone
provider, the router is upstairs. Is my Mac blocking his use of the
internet? We had no problems in our old office.

Josephine Bacon

Tue Aug 7, 2012 12:57 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"missladybee" missladybee

In my Mail program I have had this notice appear several times a day, every day for the past couple of weeks. Each time I re-enter my password and check <> Remember this password in my keychain. Half an hour or hour later the notice appears again, over and over again throughout the day. Obviously the password is Not being saved.

Any suggestions on how to correct this very annoying problem?

<Enter Password for Account "POP"beadedimages@earthlink.net"

The Earthlink POP server "pop.earthlink.net" rejected the password for user "beadedimages"

Enter your password again or cancel.

<>Remember this password in my keychain.>

Barbara E
iMac OS 10.6.8
Mail 4.5

Tue Aug 7, 2012 2:57 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"hpsbenbenek" hpsbenbenek

Is there any way to do batch mixdowns of Garageband files to iTunes?

I've been asking GarageBand HELP sites for years with little results.
Is there a script or small app or Automator process that could do this?

I'm constantly dealing with 20-30 GB files at a time and would
like to spend that lengthy mixdown time for other, better things

THANKS!

Tue Aug 7, 2012 8:54 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"artemis80439" artemis80439

Thanks. I'll try the graphics switcher for now. Your other two points haven't worked in the past. I'll keep reading through the Apple Forum thread.

paula

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
>
> Here is a link to a similiar situation at Apple Forum:
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3353396?start=30&tstart=0
>
> There were several suggestions, even getting a new mac, including problems with Adobe Reader and Flash, turning off graphic switcher in Energy Preferences, but two suggestions that ypu might try are basic:
> 1. Shut down completely. Unplug all cords to the mac. Wait ten minutes and replug/restart.
> 2. The old standby: Shut Down completely, Restart, but hold Apple+Option+P+R. Wait for two chimes and release the keys.
>
> You may want to read the entire thread. jr
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "artemis80439" <paula@> wrote:
> >
> > I have a PB running Snow Leopard, a little over a year old. Since fairly close to the beginning I noticed that I would get a blue screen when my screen saver would be running. I turned that off and didn't have problems generally. Then I got LightRoom and after a bit in there I get it again while downloading from my camera, more often than not. The only way I have been able to remedy it is by restarting.
> >
> > It appears that everything in the background is running because I can hear alerts when I hit the wrong key commands, I can change the brightness of the screen also. So, I have been doing my saves and quits (while in a blue screen) and then I can shut down safely using normal procedure. When it restarts everything is fine again.
> >
> > Help! Apple has been of no help.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Paula Bindrich
> >
>

Tue Aug 7, 2012 8:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"artemis80439" artemis80439

No. Moving makes no difference, although I considered it. It appears to be soft/firmware not hardware. It generally only happens in certain programs.

Paula

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
>
> If there are no other symptoms such as a system crash, I suspect a
> video/display problem, such as a loose/bad connection. Can you provoke the
> fault by moving the lid/display?
>
> Otto
>
> On 2 August 2012 05:02, artemis80439 <paula@...> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, meant MacBook Pro. Major brain fart.
> >
> > I was at the Genius Bar and of course I didn't get the blue screen there.
> > The man I worked with had never heard of anything like it so just ran some
> > diagnostics, repaired some files and sent me on my way.
> >
> > Today the blue screen showed up where it doesn't normally. Just running
> > Thunderbird, Firefox and Adobe Reader. It will typically flash on and off a
> > few times before it remains. I was hoping someone here would recognize this
> > and have a easy answer.
> >
> > I think another trip to the Genius Bar may be in my future.
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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