Paula,
It sounds like the USB has gone back a step.
How much memory does the machine have?
From your description, it sounds as if just the USB
devices are affected, none of the other systems,
right?
Use the System Profiler and check that the USB
subsystem chain
is checking out at USB 2 speeds
spent a couple hours at command line trying to
make the folder visible. Then I did the simple, dumb thing: ran disk
utility. That fixed everything.
Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on
a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working.
But
Paula Minor sez:
Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on
a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working.
But I could have on my pc.
System Profiler in your Utilities folder (in Applications) should give
you full information about your
At 5:51 PM -0400 4/25/07, Michael Lewis wrote:
Paula Minor sez:
Thanks, Tom. Worth a try. I'm still learning how to troubleshoot on
a Mac. I had no idea how to find out if the USB ports were working.
But I could have on my pc.
System Profiler in your Utilities folder (in Applications)
betty said:
Macs last a long time. They don't break, generally.
Yeah, well,maybe. Unless Apple breaks it for you.
I updated my iMac G5 with the latest security updates and now
EVERYTHING that needs to be transferred to or from it via USB
connection (memory cards, podcasts from itunes to
Did you repair permissions before and after installing the update?
Did you run Yasu first? Did you back up your drives?
Not before but after reinstalling the 10.9 update I repaired
permissions. Not after installing those security fixes tho. I
have most stuff backed up. It will take
