Re: Standby mode disconnects USB HD
Am 07.11.2011 um 21.14 schrieb Macs R We: > > On Nov 7, 2011, at 4:30 AM, Rudolf O.Durrer wrote: > >> I recently bought a external HD (Freecom mobile drive classic II, 500 GB, >> connected with USB 2). >> Nice device, so far, but: each time any of my macs (mini, MBP 2010, MBP >> 2011, all with Snowleopard) goes to sleep mode, this HD seem to be cut off. >> When reactivating the computer, the HD is gone and a message appears telling >> to throw out the HD correctly by moving the icon to the trash >> Is that a failure in the HD's construction or what else? >> Does anybody observe similar behaviour with external Freecom HD's >> Thanks for a hint > > Sounds like it does not start up, or starts up too slowly, when power is > reapplied. If it's too slow, OS X will just abort the connection on you. Well, other drives I used before had not been thrown out. I dont know exactely what happens to a USB drive, when the computer goes to sleep, but afaik, drives should not been thrown out at all...Unplug and plug in again starts the drive quite normal > > What I would do is try it on a Windows machine and see if you see the same > behavior. I suspect you will. Windows 7 not only won't precipitously abort > the connection if the drive doesn't respond, it will also give you that > "be-doop" sound when it finally does, so you will even be able to gauge how > late the drive is in responding to the wakeup. I have unfortunately no access to a windose. > Try to have the "My Computer" window open when you sleep the machine. Question: I guess, "My Computer" window is the window which pops up with the first menu item in the Apple menu? How do I have that open, when the computer goes to sleep? (the macs are set to automatically go to sleep after a certain time without input)___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: Standby mode disconnects USB HD
On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Macs R We wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2011, at 4:30 AM, Rudolf O.Durrer wrote: > >> I recently bought a external HD (Freecom mobile drive classic II, 500 GB, >> connected with USB 2). >> Nice device, so far, but: each time any of my macs (mini, MBP 2010, MBP >> 2011, all with Snowleopard) goes to sleep mode, this HD seem to be cut off. >> When reactivating the computer, the HD is gone and a message appears telling >> to throw out the HD correctly by moving the icon to the trash >> Is that a failure in the HD's construction or what else? >> Does anybody observe similar behaviour with external Freecom HD's >> Thanks for a hint > > Sounds like it does not start up, or starts up too slowly, when power is > reapplied. If it's too slow, OS X will just abort the connection on you. > > What I would do is try it on a Windows machine and see if you see the same > behavior. I suspect you will. Windows 7 not only won't precipitously abort > the connection if the drive doesn't respond, it will also give you that > "be-doop" sound when it finally does, so you will even be able to gauge how > late the drive is in responding to the wakeup. Try to have the "My Computer" > window open when you sleep the machine. I would recommend getting an app like Jettison to manage this. It can automatically unmount and mount external drives as a computer goes to sleep/wakes up. I use it on all my laptops and recommend it. --Larry___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
My wife just got an iPhone and set it up last night. Right now we just have one iCloud account and are using that to sync contacts. The only problem is that setting the contact that contains her information on the iPhone (the "Me" or "My information" card) also changes that setting on all the other devices that are syncing with that iCloud account. How can we continue to sync our contacts, but not sync the "Me / My Info" setting? -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
Don't think you can. The iCloud account is a single account and as such can have only one 'me' entry. Get a second iCloud and you can share the calendar (and address book I think) with each other. neil The three kinds of stress…nuclear, cooking and a&&hole. Jello is the key to the relationship. On 2011-11-08, at 9:19, Arno Hautala wrote: > My wife just got an iPhone and set it up last night. Right now we just > have one iCloud account and are using that to sync contacts. The only > problem is that setting the contact that contains her information on > the iPhone (the "Me" or "My information" card) also changes that > setting on all the other devices that are syncing with that iCloud > account. > > How can we continue to sync our contacts, but not sync the "Me / My > Info" setting? > > -- > arno s hautala/-| a...@alum.wpi.edu > > pgp b2c9d448 > ___ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:14, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > Don't think you can. The iCloud account is a single account and as such can > have only one 'me' entry. Get a second iCloud and you can share the calendar > (and address book I think) with each other. OK, I figured it'd involve a second account. How do you share calendars and contacts across accounts? So far, everything I've seen seems to indicate that you either have to individually share every contact (delete the duplicates on one account, individually share everything back), or live with duplicates that will become out of sync. [1] Does anyone have any experience with this sort of setup? Can I edit the contacts that are shared with me from that second account? Are those edits synced back to iCloud? Thanks for your help. [1]: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16445117#16445117 -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: Standby mode disconnects USB HD
On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:19 AM, Rudolf O. Durrer wrote: >> What I would do is try it on a Windows machine and see if you see the same >> behavior. I suspect you will. Windows 7 not only won't precipitously abort >> the connection if the drive doesn't respond, it will also give you that >> "be-doop" sound when it finally does, so you will even be able to gauge how >> late the drive is in responding to the wakeup. > > I have unfortunately no access to a windose. > >> Try to have the "My Computer" window open when you sleep the machine. > > Question: I guess, "My Computer" window is the window which pops up with the > first menu item in the Apple menu? No, it was a Windows reference, which won't work for you. It is one of the few windows that would show the presence or absence of the drive. -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
Now that I'm on my Mac instead of my iPad . . .once you have the second account setup just go into your calendar and share it with your wife's iCloud address and vice versa. You will each get an email from the other offering the subscription, once you accept it the shared calendar will show up in iCal, iPhone, etc. Sharing contacts is slightly different . . .in Address Book (once you get both converted over to iCloud instead of Mobile Me . . .select File -> Subscribe to Address Book and put in the email address. That way she can subscribe to your address book and any changes you make will get reflected in her subscribed copy . . . I tried to subscribe to my wife's address book but it didn't work right since (a) she's not on iCloud yet and (b) she isn't sharing with me . . .but I'm assuming that once she shares with you in iCloud it will work. I don't see any obvious sharing options in Address Book or the iCloud site . . .so I'm hoping that sharing the calendar works. On Nov 8, 2011, at 11:36 AM,11/8, Arno Hautala wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:14, Neil Laubenthal wrote: >> Don't think you can. The iCloud account is a single account and as such can >> have only one 'me' entry. Get a second iCloud and you can share the calendar >> (and address book I think) with each other. > > OK, I figured it'd involve a second account. > > How do you share calendars and contacts across accounts? So far, > everything I've seen seems to indicate that you either have to > individually share every contact (delete the duplicates on one > account, individually share everything back), or live with duplicates > that will become out of sync. [1] > > Does anyone have any experience with this sort of setup? Can I edit > the contacts that are shared with me from that second account? Are > those edits synced back to iCloud? > > Thanks for your help. > > [1]: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16445117#16445117 > > > -- > arno s hautala/-| a...@alum.wpi.edu > > pgp b2c9d448 --- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
Thanks, I'll try this out tonight. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 14:14, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > Now that I'm on my Mac instead of my iPad . . .once you have the second > account setup just go into your calendar and share it with your wife's iCloud > address and vice versa. You will each get an email from the other offering > the subscription, once you accept it the shared calendar will show up in > iCal, iPhone, etc. > > Sharing contacts is slightly different . . .in Address Book (once you get > both converted over to iCloud instead of Mobile Me . . .select File -> > Subscribe to Address Book and put in the email address. That way she can > subscribe to your address book and any changes you make will get reflected in > her subscribed copy . . . > > I tried to subscribe to my wife's address book but it didn't work right since > (a) she's not on iCloud yet and (b) she isn't sharing with me . . .but I'm > assuming that once she shares with you in iCloud it will work. I don't see > any obvious sharing options in Address Book or the iCloud site . . .so I'm > hoping that sharing the calendar works. -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: Standby mode disconnects USB HD
It isn't just you. I've had two USB powered drives that, on _hibernate_, are always discounted and remounted dirty after waking up. (As in: Time Machine spends an hour just preparing next time.) ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
Separate iCloud accounts. We have three. One for me, one for her, one for us. -- Siri says this is a signature. On Nov 8, 2011, at 7:19, Arno Hautala wrote: > How can we continue to sync our contacts, but not sync the "Me / My > Info" setting? ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
Drawback with this is she can't change anything in your contacts, an you can't change hers. My account has all if MY contacts. Her account has all if HER contacts. Our account has all of our shared contacts, calendars, and reminders. -- Siri says this is a signature. On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:14, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > That way she can subscribe to your address book and any changes you make will > get reflected in her subscribed copy . . . ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
OK, I ended up creating a new iCloud account for her. That account contains only a single contact with her name that I marked as "her card". That was my only issue and so far it seems to be working fine. What is the "My info / My Card" used for anyway? Identifying the name to be used for Siri? Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. A second, dummy account seems to be doing the trick for me. -- arno s hautala /-| a...@alum.wpi.edu pgp b2c9d448 ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Re: iCloud and "Me" cards on multiple devices
On Nov 8, 2011, at 19:10, Arno Hautala wrote: > What is the "My info / My Card" used for anyway? Identifying the name > to be used for Siri? That, and all sorts of other Siri relate stuff, as well as auto fill information in Safari. For example, "call my sister" or similar, is all based on the information on the "me" card. ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
