Sorry Ronnie ….. I realise this is not related to Alan’s issue.
Just making a comment re sleeping Macs and USB hard drives !
I understood when I originally had this sleeping Mac issue that the problem was
that HD manufacturers were not keeping up with Apple’s extremely low power in
relation to
Hi Ronni
Success!
DiskWarrior.app 4.4 installed OK. Used Target Mode with Firewire to scan the
2009 iMac. “Directory” was main area of action. On completion, DW asserted
that the old and new directories would be on Desktop and the proposed changes
could be viewed. This did not seem to
Hi Alan,
I don't think your read the DiskWarrior Manual first before using DW from what
you mentioned below.
Open DiskWarrior.app - Go to 'Help DiskWarrior Manual' in the Menu Bar
Then when the Manual opens in Preview - Go to File Export - export the
DiskWarrior Manual.pdf to your Desktop.
A saga with ultimate success, more or less. Alan your end result echoes my
finding that Disk Warrior can be real magic! It has saved me twice in the
past. I have DW and other service items on a separate drive and system for
rescue and regular maintenance runs.
Severin Crisp
Sent from
Hi Ronni
I didn’t read the user Manual and certainly don’t fully understand the DW
documentation.
I suggest there is an argument for regular DiskWarrior directory test/rebuilds.
The iMac has 5 years of OS X upgrades and accumulated little glitches that may
have been detected and repaired
Hi Alan,
On 24 Nov 2014, at 4:35 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:
iMac subsequently started up OK. Some “irregularities” noted for future
investigation, including no startup Chime;
Check your System Sound is not 'Muted' or turned down too low
System Preferences Sound - Output
Hi Ronni
Absence of the startup chime is intermittent. Chime worked OK when I restarted
Mac to confirm I still had access to the Recovery Disk and then again to check
WiFi signal strength. System sound settings are all normal. Perhaps a
reinstalled OS X will clear it up.
Cheers
Alan
On
Reset your computer's PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Option, Command (⌘), P, and R. You
will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on your Mac.
Immediately press and hold the Option-Command-P-R keys. You must press this key
combination
Hi Ronni
Reset PRAM. Not sure of your intention. Is is to do with fixing the Startup
Chime? Or general housekeeping following Disk Warrior repairs?
Later I re-installed OS X Mavericks (from OS X Utilities). Thirty minutes
download (via WiFi) plus 42 minutes installation.
I didn’t check
Hi Alan,
Yes, I wanted your to Reset the PRAM and then follow my original instructions
of reinstalling Mavericks.
I thought my intentions were always clear from the start, and my instructions
were clear - My intentions were to get your 2009 iMac working correctly again
;-))
Don't connect
Another thing Alan I forgot to mention earlier.
I would not really trust the 2009 Hard Drive so keep regular bootable backups.
Also I suggest you don't Shutdown the iMac all the time like you do, just let
it sleep.
You can put it to sleep manually when ever you want.
When you shutdown and
Hi Ronni,
The problem I have with that is that my USB portable HD ejects if iMac is put
to sleep.
That HD is my Time Machine Backup.
So since I replaced my large mains HD with this one about a year ago, I no
longer sleep my iMac.
I shut down every night and re-start each morning.
On 25 Nov
On 25 Nov 2014, at 2:08 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:
Hi Ronni,
The problem I have with that is that my USB portable HD ejects if iMac is put
to sleep.
That is the fault of the USB portable HD not the iMac going to sleep.
The USB Drive is not entering 'standby mode' when
Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase:
Hi Alan,
Did you drag the DW 4.3 Application from Utilities into the Trash and empty the
trash restart your Mac before trying to install v.4.4?
Installing the DiskWarrior you received via download purchase:
1) Open the
Hi Ronni
Your instructions are for Installing the DiskWarrior received via download
purchase. They do not seem to apply to me. But I did follow the steps re
trashing and restarting, with no benefit.
Alsoft sell a new DiskWarrior for $100 or an “Upgrade” for $50. I understand
the software
Alan I've sent you an email offlist Let me know if you want me to send the
DiskWarrior.app v 4.4 to you please.
Ronni
On 24 Nov 2014, at 2:28 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Ronni
Your instructions are for Installing the DiskWarrior received via download
purchase. They
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