mrtotes wrote:
Back on topic, just as a check I have also now tried the same Teac drive on my older iMac G4 which is running 10.5.8 so we can be really confident this
should work.
Did it work?
I think earlier versions recognized the disks as floppies and used an appropriate icon but not in recent years.
My actual first experience with OX X was shopping for a Mac model so my mother could replace her PowerMac. The one and same PowerMac I now have up and running, except for complete network connectivity. Just haven't had the time to complete that project.
When she passed, I inherited the iMac, which had 10.2 on it. This is the first time I've wished I had that Mac! 😀 I sold it on eBay, as I had it updated as far as it could go, and wasn't happy with the performance.
Wish I could do that on a weekend. 🙂
The trip turned into a long day, left my house at 9 AM, returned at 8: PM. But, I got to see something most people see only on the TV/movie screen, and it wasn't railroad related. We got to see 2 Big Horn Sheep rams rear up and butt heads! And they were less than 100 yards away, and from a US highway to boot!
This is fairly easy to achieve- at least just for a simple test like this. Some software needs to be installed again but depends on the case; I've never used Parallels. I'm viewing this more as an investigation technique rather than a solution.
Just go to
 menu > System Preferences... > Accounts > Log in as admin then click the + icon. Create a new name and password. (Search Mac Help on the desktop for "Creating a new user account".) Then
 menu > Log out {yourname} and log in as the new user. Try the drive once more.
I created a new user, and then logged into the account. The drive did not work. It sits there, LED on the drive blinking as is should, but the floppy is never recognized. I even formatted a new floppy under Vista, still no go.
But I did notice another anomaly. I'd forgotten the Close, Minimize, and Full Screen buttons were colored!!!! They are now black and white in my administrator account. For using the computer, that's neither here nor there, but does indicate that some program or other bad guy has mucked around somewhere in the administrator account.
Off topic. Incidentally for security reasons I recommend even single user Macs are set to use a standard OS X account as the primary account and the admin account is there and unused. You never need log into the admin account but you will be prompted a little more often for Admin permission to complete OS tasks which makes the system more secure.
If things in the future pan out to where, for some reason, I reinstall Leopard, or upgrade to Snow Leopard, I'll set things up that way. And create a 3rd account simply for testing and troubleshooting issues like this.
snowshed wrote:
Still another thought, perhaps Parallels Desktop for Mac is what is causing the problems I'm having with the scroll button on my mouse.
Possibly, as I say I don't have parallels to compare.
I think my next step, now, will be to take the drive and the newly formatted floppy (it does have data on it) to the Apple Store, probably on Tuesday. And see what happens there.
If it works, the problem is something to do with my Mac. If not, then the Teac tech support person is wrong, and I'll go back to them and bluntly ask if they actually plugged the drive into a real Mac, or simply made some assumptions.
As for Parallels, I have this same question posted. People have been reading it, but no replies as of yet. Depending on what finally transpires here, I may try contacting Parallels directly.
