BlackOctopus
12-01-2002, 07:41 PM
I thought i would post my most recent Mac experience for you all to enjoy!
Got the MBox just before Thanksgiving so i thought i would install it and learn a little pro tools over the weekend now that i have my Imac flat screen..ready at last..
Everything installed fine except for a few drivers which i had to manually drop into place...i load in the LE demos and record a couple of test tracks into them from my Yamaha Motif..(the midi track had perfect input level but the audio input is really low if anyone can help on that? i have input set to LINE on MBox)
Anyway.. all was well until i closed it down and innocently play an audio CD on iTunes..wont playback. wont eject..hmm. i try to open sound manager as i had recently set it so that digidesign plays back all audio..and it wont let me open sound manger..shocked i close down, only to boot up to loads of messages..i go to the extensions manager and lo and behold - the extensions have all disappeared!..there are few random ones floating about in various folders..but mainly..nothing! I run disk first aid and get the message "Problem found but unable to repair"
"Problem: Invalid key length, 4, 50"
On the phone to apple now and i am informed i have reached rock bottom.."You cannot get any lower than this" the guy cheerily informs me..we do a test and it's completely buggered.
Have to initialise the DISK..install everything from scratch - lose everthing i had on there. Oh well. The apple kid said that it is quite a liberating experience doing this and i nearly punched him out over the phone..but today..i do feel 'strangely liberated'..
Does anyone else ever go through this? Reading similar accounts would cheer me up.
I will endeavour to 'back up' as they call it. TAKE 2...
Cheers, Simon
Got the MBox just before Thanksgiving so i thought i would install it and learn a little pro tools over the weekend now that i have my Imac flat screen..ready at last..
Everything installed fine except for a few drivers which i had to manually drop into place...i load in the LE demos and record a couple of test tracks into them from my Yamaha Motif..(the midi track had perfect input level but the audio input is really low if anyone can help on that? i have input set to LINE on MBox)
Anyway.. all was well until i closed it down and innocently play an audio CD on iTunes..wont playback. wont eject..hmm. i try to open sound manager as i had recently set it so that digidesign plays back all audio..and it wont let me open sound manger..shocked i close down, only to boot up to loads of messages..i go to the extensions manager and lo and behold - the extensions have all disappeared!..there are few random ones floating about in various folders..but mainly..nothing! I run disk first aid and get the message "Problem found but unable to repair"
"Problem: Invalid key length, 4, 50"
On the phone to apple now and i am informed i have reached rock bottom.."You cannot get any lower than this" the guy cheerily informs me..we do a test and it's completely buggered.
Have to initialise the DISK..install everything from scratch - lose everthing i had on there. Oh well. The apple kid said that it is quite a liberating experience doing this and i nearly punched him out over the phone..but today..i do feel 'strangely liberated'..
Does anyone else ever go through this? Reading similar accounts would cheer me up.
I will endeavour to 'back up' as they call it. TAKE 2...
Cheers, Simon