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Is there anyone else getting "Expired Version" errors when trying to start iSync on or after August 3rd?
 
Originally posted by scoop
Is there anyone else getting "Expired Version" errors when trying to start iSync on or after August 3rd?
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Starts up just fine and syncs without errors. I'm running Panther (7A202) with iSync 1.1 (v.95).
 
Originally posted by gordyt
Hi DaveL,



It seemed as if there was another process that kept restarting the "blued" process as soon as it crashed. But I wasn't sure who kept trying to restart the blued process.

I initially did a bunch of searching to see if there was some configuration file that was starting it so I could edit that file to prevent it from even trying to start in the first place. But so far I haven't been able to figure out where that might be.

My first thoughts in just moving "blued" from its regular directory was that maybe whatever was trying to start it would complain about the file not being there and thus let me know which process was responsible....but nobody complained!

Oh, and I'm sure you are right about being able to just move it w/o single-user mode.

The motivation for single user mode was so that I could relocate the IOBluetoothUI.framework direcotory. When I tried to move it with the GUI up, the system wouldn't do it...

--g
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Undersatnd. I'm still getting used to the differences between a standard Unix system and OS X.

Anyway, on most Unix systems, a daemon process like blued will restart when it exits because there's an 'inittab' entry for the daemon that specifies "respawn". Of course, there can be external processes that will also restart stuff, but inittab:respawn is the Unix idiom for that function. Lots of folks have forgetten about this built-in gem and construct elaborate process monitoring schemes to keep ill-behaved/unreliable persistent processes running.
 
Originally posted by daveL
Anyway, on most Unix systems, a daemon process like blued will restart when it exits because there's an 'inittab' entry for the daemon that specifies "respawn".
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When I first saw the post about 'blued' respawning and the trouble with moving that directory, I quickly dropped into a terminal, went to /etc, and started looking for the inittab to help solve the problem. I keep forgetting that Mac OS X is BSD-based. ;)

Mac OS X is strange for me. I went from SunOS (BSD style init) and made the change to Solaris (SysVR4 style init.) Now I'm using Mac OS X. Having gotten used to it, not having an /etc/inittab is now weird.
 
Originally posted by youngbrahman
Has anyone found a work around the iTunes crash when an iPod is present?
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I haven't experienced that problem yet.

What I'm experiencing is that the Trash won't empty when I click Empty Trash. I then have to open the trash and click on each icon and it will disappear.
 
I dont have an iPod but I have experienced that Trash problem also today Safari si crashing all the time I mean I am using Camino cause safari wont stay open for more than 5 minutes and some times it crashes as soon as i am trying to open it. didn't do that when i first put 7B21. I repaired permissions and restarted and it seemed to be doing better after that but it started again. Anyone having severe problems with Safari?
 
Hi Scoop,

Originally posted by scoop
Is there anyone else getting "Expired Version" errors when trying to start iSync on or after August 3rd?
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Yep! I'm getting those too. One thing: If I just select "Sync Now" from the little iSync menu in the upper-right portion of the menu bar, that seems to run OK. But when I select the "Open iSync.." option from the same menu, I get that error.

I'm hoping Apple will have an update in the next day or two!

--gordon
 
Originally posted by Juventuz

What I'm experiencing is that the Trash won't empty when I click Empty Trash. I then have to open the trash and click on each icon and it will disappear.
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Running 7A202 (still). That doesn't happen to me with the trash, but happens when unmounting volumes that appear on the desktop.

I drag the volume to the trash, but the icon doesn't leave the desktop. If left alone, it can sometimes take over a half hour before the Finder updates itself and removes the icon. However, if I click once on the icon, it vanishes.

Same thing happens if I manually 'umount' the volume from the command line.
 
Hey Scoop,

Originally posted by scoop
Is there anyone else getting "Expired Version" errors when trying to start iSync on or after August 3rd?
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I just got an email from Apple:

Please know that we've just posted a new beta seed version today that expires later.
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But I wasn't able to find it when I logged into the developer site.

So if anyone finds where they posted it please let me know!

--gordon
 
gordyt:

I just checked all the segment dates, and they haven't changed. They're all July 28th. No new Panther directory on the ftp server, either. So, I don't see anything new. Sounds to me as though they would use Software Update for a fix like this. Why make people download new CD images?

HTH
 
Hi daveL,

I had sent an email into Apple this morning asking about where to download the iSync update. Just got a response saying they have forwarded my request to the engineering team. When I hear something back I'll post it.

--g
 
Got this feedback from Apple:


Thank you for bringing this problem to our attention. We have received
feedback from engineering on your reported issue.

Please download the file via the URL below:

<http://aiusw.apple.com/ical_beta_test/ical_beta_test.dmg>

We hope this information helps you address the issue reported. Please do not hesitate to contact us again should you require any further assistance regarding this matter.

Thank you for your time and effort. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Problem is I can't get that link to work. I emailed them to ask about it and also to ask them to make sure they were addressing the expired iSync problem. If you look at the URL it references "ical_beta_test.dmg".

--g
 
Re: gordyt

Hi daveL,

Originally posted by daveL
Have to tried the 7B28 beta refresh, yet?
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I'm still downloading it. Hopefully will have the install discs built by this afternoon and installed by this evening.

I'll let y'all know how it works out!

--g
 
FASTER FASTER FASTER !!! How do they do it it seems like it uses a lot less RAM too my 12" PB with just 256 and it flies. Very stable for me at least safari mail and itunes printing and word that kept crashing on me with 7b21 are super stable - have 12 porgrams open and it is like i got nothing on... awesome!!!
 
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