Re: iMac woes

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Kevin,

I am pleased to have helped sort the problem for you.

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 24/07/2013, at 1:44 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:

> Ronni,
> 
> sorry I didn't let you (and others) know which suggestion finally fixed 
> the problem.
> 
> I had previously installed that firmware update and there are just a few 
> icons on the desktop.
> 
> I followed your last suggestion of having the desktop Sort by name and 
> Cleanup by name and all is well.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kev
> 
> 
> 
> On 24/07/13 5:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> Hi Kevin,
>> 
>> Is your iMac a 2011 iMac12,2?
>> Have you installed all updates, there was a firmware update awhile back.
>> 
>> If you hold the file for a short moment before you drop it, does the screen 
>> flicker?
>> Do you have a lot of icons on the desktop?
>> 
>> Do you have your desktop 'Sort by' set at  'Name'
>> View > Show View Options - Sort By:
>> On your desktop go to View > Clean up By - Name ... Also try 'clean up 
>> selection'.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> On 24/07/2013, at 11:40 AM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
>> 
>>> Ronni and Daniel,
>>> 
>>> thanks for your input. Ronni, I tried the background change without
>>> success and Daniel your suggestion didn't help either.
>>> Sorry for not getting back to you both, but I have been very busy on
>>> other matters.
>>> 
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>> 
>>> Kev
> 
> 
>>> On 22/07/13 11:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 Hi Kevin,
 
 Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
 If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and 
 Screen Saver to a different background.
 If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background 
 back to what you had originally selected.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
 
> My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop
> a file onto the desktop.
> 
> I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the
> same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files
> or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never
> seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Kevin Lock]

Ronni,

sorry I didn't let you (and others) know which suggestion finally fixed 
the problem.

I had previously installed that firmware update and there are just a few 
icons on the desktop.

I followed your last suggestion of having the desktop Sort by name and 
Cleanup by name and all is well.

Cheers,

Kev



On 24/07/13 5:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Is your iMac a 2011 iMac12,2?
> Have you installed all updates, there was a firmware update awhile back.
>
> If you hold the file for a short moment before you drop it, does the screen 
> flicker?
> Do you have a lot of icons on the desktop?
>
> Do you have your desktop 'Sort by' set at  'Name'
> View > Show View Options - Sort By:
> On your desktop go to View > Clean up By - Name ... Also try 'clean up 
> selection'.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
> On 24/07/2013, at 11:40 AM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
>
>> Ronni and Daniel,
>>
>> thanks for your input. Ronni, I tried the background change without
>> success and Daniel your suggestion didn't help either.
>> Sorry for not getting back to you both, but I have been very busy on
>> other matters.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Kev
>>





>> On 22/07/13 11:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>
>>> Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
>>> If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and 
>>> Screen Saver to a different background.
>>> If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background 
>>> back to what you had originally selected.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>>
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>
>>> On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
>>>
 My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop
 a file onto the desktop.

 I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the
 same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files
 or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never
 seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.

 Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?

 Regards,

 Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Kevin Lock]

Ronni the wizard!

Those last instructions fixed it up.  Thanks heaps.

Regards,

Kev



On 24/07/13 5:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Is your iMac a 2011 iMac12,2?
> Have you installed all updates, there was a firmware update awhile back.
>
> If you hold the file for a short moment before you drop it, does the screen 
> flicker?
> Do you have a lot of icons on the desktop?
>
> Do you have your desktop 'Sort by' set at  'Name'
> View > Show View Options - Sort By:
> On your desktop go to View > Clean up By - Name ... Also try 'clean up 
> selection'.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
>

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Re: iMac woes

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Kevin,

Is your iMac a 2011 iMac12,2?
Have you installed all updates, there was a firmware update awhile back.

If you hold the file for a short moment before you drop it, does the screen 
flicker?
Do you have a lot of icons on the desktop?

Do you have your desktop 'Sort by' set at  'Name' 
View > Show View Options - Sort By: 
On your desktop go to View > Clean up By - Name ... Also try 'clean up 
selection'.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 24/07/2013, at 11:40 AM, Kevin Lock  wrote:

> Ronni and Daniel,
> 
> thanks for your input. Ronni, I tried the background change without 
> success and Daniel your suggestion didn't help either.
> Sorry for not getting back to you both, but I have been very busy on 
> other matters.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Kev
> 
> On 22/07/13 11:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> Hi Kevin,
>> 
>> Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
>> If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and Screen 
>> Saver to a different background.
>> If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background 
>> back to what you had originally selected.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
>> 
>>> My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop
>>> a file onto the desktop.
>>> 
>>> I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the
>>> same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files
>>> or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never
>>> seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Kevin Lock]

Ronni and Daniel,

thanks for your input. Ronni, I tried the background change without 
success and Daniel your suggestion didn't help either.
Sorry for not getting back to you both, but I have been very busy on 
other matters.

Thanks and regards,

Kev





On 22/07/13 11:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
> If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and Screen 
> Saver to a different background.
> If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background 
> back to what you had originally selected.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
> On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
>
>> My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop
>> a file onto the desktop.
>>
>> I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the
>> same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files
>> or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never
>> seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.
>>
>> Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Kevin

Also check 
System Preferences - Accessibility. Under Audio make sure "Flash the screen 
when an alert occurs" isn't ticked.
Normally you'd see it more often, but always worth checking that as well.

Kind regards
Daniel
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On 22/07/2013, at 9:16 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
> 
> Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
> If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and Screen 
> Saver to a different background.
> If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background 
> back to what you had originally selected.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:
> 
>> My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop 
>> a file onto the desktop.
>> 
>> I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the 
>> same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files 
>> or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never 
>> seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.
>> 
>> Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Kevin,

Is it a screen flicker that happens when you drop the file on the desktop?
If so try changing the background in System Preferences > Desktop and Screen 
Saver to a different background.
If that solves the screen flicker, you can probably change the background back 
to what you had originally selected.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Lock  wrote:

> My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop 
> a file onto the desktop.
> 
> I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the 
> same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files 
> or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never 
> seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kev
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iMac woes

[Kevin Lock]

My 27" iMac  ( OS 10.7.5 3.1GHz i5) displays a screen flash when I drop 
a file onto the desktop.

I am not alone with this problem.  Google shows numerous examples of the 
same problem on different OS. I have not yet determined which files 
or folders cause this problem, but it is a bit worrying as I have never 
seen this before on the hundreds of Macs I have restored.

Has anyone experienced this and is it something that has a fix?

Regards,

Kev
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Re: iMac woes

[Paul Weaver]

Since installing 9.2.1 my iMac 333 tray loader. Doesn't want to look at any
CDs, just wants to format them.  I have given up trying to sort it.  Life is
too short.  I now do all my CD work on an external Iomega unit, and my son's
ever reliable Windows PC which has never crashed and copies disks at X52 -
every time.

Cheers, Paul 




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Re: iMac woes

[Shay Telfer]

iMac 333 tray loader.

This machine will not read discs burnt on PC or my eMacthey just 
keep spinning. It will however read commercial disks such as music 
and programme disks


 Also it will not read a 256Mb flash drive and wants to initialize it.

Any ideas for me?


Are you burning CD-R's or CD-RW's? CD-RW's can often only be read by 
either other CD-RW drivers or newer CD drives.


You also didn't mention which format the disks are burnt in.

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: iMac woes

[Robert Howells]

On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 11:33  AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:


On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 09:51  AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:


iMac 333 tray loader.

This machine will not read discs burnt on PC or my eMacthey just 
keep spinning. It will however read commercial disks such as music 
and programme disks


 Also it will not read a 256Mb flash drive and wants to initialize 
it.


OK !So what format is the Flash now ?   MS-DOS ?

The Mac should be able to read that.  If it will not I suspect you 
have a software

 deficiency .

What OS do u have ?

Bob



Any ideas for me?

TIA

Kevin




The Flash drive is as purchasedthe eMac can read anything I put on 
it


The iMac is on 9.2. I have had this problem for some time after 
burning disks on the eMac.   I have tried a different format (9660) 
and even installed Joliet Reader to no avail.   It is not 
constant...sometime it actually reads a homeburnt CD.


I would not be concerned, but I have sold it to friends and they 
cannot read homeburnt CDs.


I do not know about your CD problem, although it could be similar to 
the Flash drive.


OS9.1 uses MacLink Plus and Mac Easy Open in dealing with foreign file 
access.
I guess OS9.2 does the same.  Check what you have in the  ACTIVE 
Extensions System folder.



Just an idea

Bob

Re: iMac woes

[Robert Howells]

On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 09:51  AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:


iMac 333 tray loader.

This machine will not read discs burnt on PC or my eMacthey just 
keep spinning. It will however read commercial disks such as music and 
programme disks


 Also it will not read a 256Mb flash drive and wants to initialize it.


OK !So what format is the Flash now ?   MS-DOS ?

The Mac should be able to read that.  If it will not I suspect you have 
a software

 deficiency .

What OS do u have ?

Bob




Any ideas for me?

TIA

Kevin

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iMac woes

[KEVIN Lock]

iMac 333 tray loader.

This machine will not read discs burnt on PC or my eMacthey just 
keep spinning. It will however read commercial disks such as music 
and programme disks


 Also it will not read a 256Mb flash drive and wants to initialize it.

Any ideas for me?

TIA

Kevin

Re: Jude's iMac Woes

[Shay Telfer]

At 21:03 +0800 14/8/2003, Reg Whitely wrote:

Dear WAMUGgers

Can you help please? A friend has somehow crashed her iMac (OS X 
10.2.x). On restart she gets the Apple icon and then spinning icon, 
but spinning never stops. How long should she need to wait? More 
than 30 minutes?


She has restarted with mouse down to open CD tray and inserted OS X 
install disk to do disk first aid, however the same thing happens: 
spinning icon but nothing else. How long should she wait?


Can somebody help please? She awaits your response, using husband's 
PC for internet access.


Various possible solutions at





Remember when fixing Mac problems was easy?

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Re: Jude's iMac Woes

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Reg,

On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 05:01  AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Can you help please? A friend has somehow crashed her iMac (OS X 
10.2.x). On restart she gets the Apple icon and then spinning icon, 
but spinning never stops. How long should she need to wait? More than 
30 minutes?


She has restarted with mouse down to open CD tray and inserted OS X 
install disk to do disk first aid, however the same thing happens: 
spinning icon but nothing else. How long should she wait?


Can somebody help please? She awaits your response, using husband's PC 
for internet access.


When you restart the Mac, are you holding down the "C" key?  Otherwise 
it will still try to boot off the main drive and not the CDROM.


Regards,
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Jude's iMac Woes

[Reg Whitely]

Dear WAMUGgers

Can you help please? A friend has somehow crashed her iMac (OS X 
10.2.x). On restart she gets the Apple icon and then spinning icon, but 
spinning never stops. How long should she need to wait? More than 30 
minutes?


She has restarted with mouse down to open CD tray and inserted OS X 
install disk to do disk first aid, however the same thing happens: 
spinning icon but nothing else. How long should she wait?


Can somebody help please? She awaits your response, using husband's PC 
for internet access.


Regards

Reg