Re: Apple TV

[Stephen Chape]

Me too !!

But there are rumours of  a new model coming soon !!
It was expected at the time of the iPad announcement but did not eventuate yet.
Does anyone know any more about this ?


On 26/02/2010, at 6:37 PM, Jack Bauer wrote:

> Hi Peter
>  i don’t know if this would help it may be useful  if you want to enhance 
> your Apple tv ,i’m thinking getting a Apple tv this year some time.
>  
> Bart.
>  
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> Daniel Forsdyke
> Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Apple TV
>  
> Hi Peter
>  
> As I understand it you would have two options.
>  
> 1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use 
> applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to iTunes 
> compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of syncing with the 
> AppleTV.
>  
> 2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I have 
> not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how to do a 
> software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats. Just google 
> 'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking involves forcing 
> an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty issues.
>  
> Hope that helps!
> Daniel  
> --
> Daniel Forsdyke
>  
>  
>  
> On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, "Crisp, Peter" 
>  wrote:
> > 
> I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is able 
> to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato TV 
> tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded TV 
> show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the resulting 
> file type?
>  
> Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely a 
> series of operations to actually get it visible/audible.
>  
> If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an 
> Apple TV.
>  
> Cheers
>  
> Peter..
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Serious White Hat Question

[Aurora74]

Hi Guys,

I have a friend who is a professional While Hat needing to look at the
Healthy Option (Apple a day).

They need apps that mimic the following in the Mac

SysTracer, Fiddler, Wireshark, Netmon

systracer takes a system snapshot of the windows registry, files and
folders. you can take multiple snapshots and compare any two that you wish.
and the results are color coded depending on whether something is added,
deleted, or changed

re systracer ... reports can be exported in html and viewed in a web browser

nd the captures can be imported into systracer on another PC for close
examination

Fiddler captures all HTTP and HTTPS traffic (reducing the signal to noise
ratio of products like wireshark) and can decrypt SSL traffic

Wireshark and Netmon capture network traffic

Any suggestions?

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RE: Apple TV oops

[Crisp, Peter]

Thanks Jack, that link seems to answer all my questions and reservations
about the Apple tv's multi format file compatibility. It seems it will
do everything I want with this software update.

 

Cheers.

 

Peter..



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Jack Bauer
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 6:39 PM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: FW: Apple TV oops

 

 

 

From: Jack Bauer [mailto:bart...@e-wire.net.au] 
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 6:38 PM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Apple TV

Sorry i forgot the Link http://www.atvflash.com/

Hi Peter

 i don't know if this would help it may be useful  if you want to
enhance your Apple tv ,i'm thinking getting a Apple tv this year some
time.

 

Bart.

 

From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Daniel Forsdyke
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple TV

 

Hi Peter
 
As I understand it you would have two options.
 
1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use
applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to
iTunes compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of
syncing with the AppleTV.
 
2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I
have not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how
to do a software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats.
Just google 'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking
involves forcing an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty
issues.
 
Hope that helps!
Daniel  
--
Daniel Forsdyke
 
 
 
On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, "Crisp, Peter"
 wrote:
> 

I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is
able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an
Elgato TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a
pre-recorded TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to
handle the resulting file type?

 

Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most
likely a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. 

 

If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase
of an Apple TV.

 

Cheers

 

Peter..



 

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FW: Apple TV oops

[Jack Bauer]

 

 

From: Jack Bauer [mailto:bart...@e-wire.net.au] 
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 6:38 PM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Apple TV

Sorry i forgot the Link http://www.atvflash.com/

Hi Peter

 i don't know if this would help it may be useful  if you want to enhance
your Apple tv ,i'm thinking getting a Apple tv this year some time.

 

Bart.

 

From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf
Of Daniel Forsdyke
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple TV

 

Hi Peter
 
As I understand it you would have two options.
 
1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use
applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to iTunes
compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of syncing with the
AppleTV.
 
2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I have
not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how to do a
software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats. Just google
'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking involves forcing
an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty issues.
 
Hope that helps!
Daniel  
--
Daniel Forsdyke
 
 
 
On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, "Crisp, Peter"
 wrote:
> 

I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is
able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato
TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded
TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the
resulting file type?

 

Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely
a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. 

 

If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an
Apple TV.

 

Cheers

 

Peter..

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RE: Apple TV

[Jack Bauer]

Hi Peter

 i don't know if this would help it may be useful  if you want to enhance
your Apple tv ,i'm thinking getting a Apple tv this year some time.

 

Bart.

 

From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf
Of Daniel Forsdyke
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple TV

 

Hi Peter
 
As I understand it you would have two options.
 
1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use
applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to iTunes
compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of syncing with the
AppleTV.
 
2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I have
not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how to do a
software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats. Just google
'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking involves forcing
an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty issues.
 
Hope that helps!
Daniel  
--
Daniel Forsdyke
 
 
 
On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, "Crisp, Peter"
 wrote:
> 

I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is
able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato
TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded
TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the
resulting file type?

 

Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely
a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. 

 

If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an
Apple TV.

 

Cheers

 

Peter..

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RE: Apple TV

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Thanks Daniel I will investigate the options you have noted here.

 

It certainly helps.

 

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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Daniel Forsdyke
Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Apple TV

 

Hi Peter
 
As I understand it you would have two options.
 
1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use
applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to
iTunes compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of
syncing with the AppleTV.
 
2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I
have not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how
to do a software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats.
Just google 'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking
involves forcing an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty
issues.
 
Hope that helps!
Daniel  
--
Daniel Forsdyke
 
 
 
On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, "Crisp, Peter"
 wrote:
> 

I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is
able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an
Elgato TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a
pre-recorded TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to
handle the resulting file type?

 

Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most
likely a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. 

 

If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase
of an Apple TV.

 

Cheers

 

Peter..



 

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RE: External USB HDD (2 partitions) is not showing

[Alan Smith]

Hello again Ronni

My Maxtor USB HDDs have disappeared again. I woke the iMac and immediately
got the eject warning message.  I unplugged and replugged the USB HDD in USB
4 but no joy.  Repeated.   Then tried re-plugging into USB 4 again 40
minutes later - and the external disk icons appeared on Desktop!  

You asked: +When you connected the USB Drive to USB 4 on iMac, were you able
to do a Time Machine backup then?+
Time Machine is supposed to continue a back up if it is interrupted.  I
didn't try a second manual back up.  But the Console log entry shows at 4.07
(wakeup time) it did not start TM as its last backup was done within 60
minutes. I think it safe to assume TM did back up while the HDD appeared on
the desktop.  I was listening to music via the HDD at this time - no
interruptions or cut-offs.  So while the icons display on desktop the drive
seems to work.  By the way, Console log at 4.42 states it is not doing
scheduled TM backup as destination is not resolvable.  That clears up my
earlier claim that TM scheduled backup seemed to trigger the loading of the
external drives.  

You asked: + Has this drive worked properly before connected to USB 1?+
The Maxtor USB HDD has been using USB 1 for at least two months.  I must
mention that the iMac gets very little use because of its overall
unreliability (hence my original SL complaint).  I still use my old Windows
XP PC for daily work.   The last TM backup was yesterday (25 Feb), with the
previous latest on 11 Feb. 

You asked: + Are you running your iTunes Library from the Maxtor Drive?
Is iTunes running from that library when Time Machine backs up to the other
partition?+
Maxtor partition 1 is for Time Machine. Partition 2 is the iTunes library. I
used iTunes playback almost daily through January and the first few days of
February.  I normally never notice when Time Machine is operating - it
doesn't affect music playback.

You suggest the Maxtor has developed a slow start-up problem.  It's
interesting that another current WAMUG Subject (WD External Drive) has been
put down to a faulty WD power supply.  Perhaps Maxtor (Seagate?) get their
power supplies from the same source!

As a final comment there is another strange iMac behaviour associated with
USB.  Just to check the USB inputs, I powered on my second special data
files backup WD drive in USB 3 and it displayed its drive icons on the
desktop almost immediately.  But then Time Machine began a back-up.  The
(blue) LED on the WD drive flashed and its drive chattered throughout the
backup.  The actual TM data appears to have been written to the correct
Maxtor drive, but there is obviously some interference on the USB circuitry.
## These next comments added later, just before I send the email: Time
Machine has just completed another backup (by chance I was looking at the
file in Finder and saw the action).  It worked quietly without fuss and
without interacting with the second WD external drive.  I then let the iMac
Sleep using its own defaults then woke it after 5 minutes.  All is still
well: no error message and I still have the HDDs available in Finder and
Desktop.

Intermittent or malevolent fault?

Yours, in some frustration,
Alan



On 26/02/2010, at 3:58 PM, Rhonda Brown wrote:

Hi Alan,

When you connected the USB Drive to USB 4 on iMac, were you able to do a
Time Machine backup then?

Has this drive worked properly before connected to USB 1? 

>From your answer below to my Question 1, indicates the USB Drive does "Power
Down" & goes into a sleep mode.
Wait until it goes to sleep (LED light is OFF), before you put your iMac to
sleep.

Sounds like it is not waking up as quickly as the iMac does & Time Machine
starts a backup.

Are you running your iTunes Library from the Maxtor Drive?
Is iTunes running from that library when Time Machine backs up to the other
partition?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 26/02/2010, at 3:00 PM, Alan Smith wrote:

> 
> Hi Ronni
> 
> Recent events:  Disk icons were restored to desktop without intervention.
I
> did the 'clean' disk eject process I previously advised, clicking on the
> triangle icon in Finder.  I unplugged the USB cord from the iMac.  Then
> powered off everything.  I powered up the iMac then the USB HDD.  I then
> plugged the HDD into the iMac.  Consternation - absolutely dead. No disk
> stats in any of the usual places. I tried to force Time Machine to backup
> now but it said no disk available.  I then moved the USB cord from socket
1
> to socket 4 on the iMac.  HDD icons appeared on desktop instantly and
iTunes
> could play music (from the second partition).   I'll try and test socket 1
> later.  By the way, I did nothing about 'mounting' the USB HDD as it
seemed
> to install itself appropriately.  Your particular questions and
suggestions
> answered in your text below.
> 
> Cheers
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I've changed the Subject as this is clearly not anything to do with the
"top
> ten worst Apple products" thread.
> 
> First question: Does the USB D

Re: External USB HDD (2 partitions) is not showing

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Alan,

When you connected the USB Drive to USB 4 on iMac, were you able to do a Time 
Machine backup then?

Has this drive worked properly before connected to USB 1? 

>From your answer below to my Question 1, indicates the USB Drive does "Power 
>Down" & goes into a sleep mode.
Wait until it goes to sleep (LED light is OFF), before you put your iMac to 
sleep.

Sounds like it is not waking up as quickly as the iMac does & Time Machine 
starts a backup.

Are you running your iTunes Library from the Maxtor Drive?
Is iTunes running from that library when Time Machine backs up to the other 
partition?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 26/02/2010, at 3:00 PM, Alan Smith wrote:

> 
> Hi Ronni
> 
> Recent events:  Disk icons were restored to desktop without intervention.  I
> did the 'clean' disk eject process I previously advised, clicking on the
> triangle icon in Finder.  I unplugged the USB cord from the iMac.  Then
> powered off everything.  I powered up the iMac then the USB HDD.  I then
> plugged the HDD into the iMac.  Consternation - absolutely dead. No disk
> stats in any of the usual places. I tried to force Time Machine to backup
> now but it said no disk available.  I then moved the USB cord from socket 1
> to socket 4 on the iMac.  HDD icons appeared on desktop instantly and iTunes
> could play music (from the second partition).   I'll try and test socket 1
> later.  By the way, I did nothing about 'mounting' the USB HDD as it seemed
> to install itself appropriately.  Your particular questions and suggestions
> answered in your text below.
> 
> Cheers
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> I've changed the Subject as this is clearly not anything to do with the "top
> ten worst Apple products" thread.
> 
> First question: Does the USB Drive have its own sleep or "spin down" mode?
> 
> ++   Don't know. USB HDD has its own power supply. It normally stops
> spinning when not in use (vibration test!) but I leave the mains power
> connected ready for it to work when the iMac wakes up.  I normally select
> the Sleep option manually because of strange HDD/iMac behaviour.  If iMac
> goes to sleep by itself the USB HDD green LED keeps glowing.  I normally
> close the iTunes app, wait for the HDD to stop spinning and LED to go out,
> then select Sleep option.  I normally leave iMac in Sleep mode when not in
> use.   A second (powered but old) USB HDD that I only plug in for a monthly
> back-up stays spinning until physically switched off.  
> 
> What I would suggest you try is this:
> 
> 1. Temporarily un-checking the Put the hard disk(s) to sleep . . . box in
> System Preferences > Energy Saver.
> 
> ++I did this but only after I changed the USB socket.  I've used the
> external HDD since I got the iMac last year.  The improper eject message
> only started yesterday.
> 
> I 'think' when the iMac goes into sleep mode it cuts the power to the usb
> ports and therefore to your USB Drive.
> For this reason it is not 'unmounted' in the traditional sense and so when
> the iMac wakes up it gives the improper eject error. 
> 
> This would not happen with an externally powered drive.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> 
> On 26/02/2010, at 11:35 AM, Alan Smith wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> Thanks for your interest in my mysterious OS X SL problem.   Perhaps you
> can
>> point me in the right direction, else I will open a new thread.  (Its
> taking
>> a long time to peruse the WAMUG archives!)
>> 
>> External USB HDD (2 partitions) is not showing on Desktop, in Finder, Disk
>> Utility or System Profiler.  BUT Time Machine hourly backup seems to
> trigger
>> a temporary respite when all four Mac sources display the USB HDD data.  I
>> then get a system error message (red caution) to the effect that "the disk
>> was not ejected properly -- and next time connected will attempt repair".
>> This first displayed just after installing the Apple updates yesterday.  A
>> trigger for the error message may be when the iMac wakes from Sleep mode.
>> I haven't got a clear pattern of observed events.
>> 
>> The iMac was cleanly powered off, external devices unplugged etc, but then
>> Time Machine kicks in as another variable and changes things. This email
>> sent from a PC, not the Mac, so I can test and observe its behaviour.
> Next
>> time the HDD shows up on Desktop I'll try ejecting them cleanly and then
>> begin the cycle of powering up again.  
>> 
>> Cheers, Alan
>> 
>> 
>> On 26/02/2010, at 8:54 AM, Alan Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm in the middle of searching WAMUG archives for help to
>>> restore my USB hard drive (Time Machine and iTunes).   It disappeared
>> after
>>> I installed the last batch of updates (iTunes, digital cameras, keyboard
>> and
>>> Apple mobile devices) with a mandatory restart.
>> 
>> Hi Alan,
>> 
>> Do you mean the External USB Hard Drive is not showing in Finder, on your
>> Desktop.
>> Is it showing in Disk Utility or System Profiler? 
>> 
>> Have you tried disconnecting the USB Drive from the USB Port, restarting
>> yo

Re: WD External drive

[John Daniels]

Thankyou everyone for help on this one. I followed James advice (it  
was easiest) and the third time I tried it a 'set up Time Machine'  
menu  appeared. I had not seen this menu before. When I did this  
everything works.

Cheers
John
On 23/02/2010, at 1:35 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


just my 2 cents
powerup the drive first, wait approx 20s then plug in the firewire  
or usb cable & see how fast it appears on screen

James


On 23/02/2010, at 12:49, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Hi John

I found that sometimes the first thing to go with those units was  
the Power
Supply. Although it would look like the unit was getting power, it  
infact
wasn't. If you can borrow or find a similar power pack, try that  
and see how

you.

I would use pulling the WD case apart as a last resort, as it's quite
tightly sealed, and damages easily upon opening. (I pulled one  
apart from a
client and you have to be very careful with them, they have some  
"hidden
seals".) If you do decide to pull it apart theres some good YouTUbe  
videos
how to do it if you google for "pulling Western Digital MyBook case  
apart".


Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel

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On 23/2/10 12:17 PM, "Joe Mastrella"   
wrote:


Greetings! Buy or borrow an external Firewire/USB HD case. Pull  
out your HD
from the WD case and instal lit in the external case. Connect via  
firewire
and see if it boots. Some times the internal electronics  
malfunction but the

drive is still good.

Joe

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Paul Weaver >wrote:




I have an external four year old 250GB HD which takes about five  
minutes to
reappear on the desktop after a bootup if the computer has not  
been shut
down normally, for example after power failure or forced shutdown  
situation
when the power button is held in for seven seconds. A more modern  
1TB HD

appears instantly.

Cheers, Paul.

- Original Message -
From: "Peter Hinchliffe" 
To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
Sent: Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 8:21:46 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing /  
Chongqing

/ Hong Kong / Urumqi
Subject: Re: WD External drive



On 22/02/2010, at 9:05 PM, John Daniels wrote:



Hi all
My external backup drive has suddenly stopped backing up and  
does not

show in Finder or Disc Utility.

I plugged in another small drive and that works OK.
Is there any way of diagnosing the problem with the WD external  
drive?

Cheers
John




Is the non-working drive USB or Firewire? Are you able to test it  
with a

differnet computer?

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