mountain lion ethernet not working mac pro 2010

Forgive me if this observation has already been made but I have managed to get the ethernet port working - after a fashion...

It seems ok if the connection uses afp... Here is what I have found in sequence:

From cold start:

1. Attempt to connect to a NAS using the "connect to server" facility - NO JOY
2. Attempt to connect to a NAS via the built-in browser - SUCCESS (falls off chair)
3. Makes second attempt to connect to NAS using the "connect to server" facility - SUCCESS

This was on Sunday. I have been using GoodSync successfully since then to synchronise files...

Regarding the connection to the Windows desktop, there is something going on... I discovered that Mountain Lion has a built in FTP server... After enabling it, I can connect, using ftp, the PC to the Mac but all I can see is the root directory of the currently logged in user. I am unable to navigatge deeper....

In the vain hope that Apple are even awake enough to hoist this in, I hope there is somthing here that may help others that are dealing with this Apple cockup :-))

Cheers

Steve

Connection to my desktop, however is still only a dream :-(

Hi there Martin

Well, I DO live out in the sticks.... news takes a while to get here... and then even longer to penetrate my thick skull :-))

Thanks for the heads up...

I did not get an email about your progress though... I'll bet you are a happier bunny....

Cheers

Steve

It seems these are dark days... I suppose this whole issue makes the old addage "the higher they come...." horribly true... This does not help you much but I hope the ethernet / usb work around is enough to get you going.

I did have one small "oh bugger" moment after installing the SMBup app... it still did not work! Until I remembered something about having to set permissions (goodness know why) on the hard drive - now it does work. This was not something I had to do before ML..

I am very new to the world of self employment but what I do (photography and videography) will mean servers eventually... I was thinking Mac....but now I am not so sure.

Here's hoping for an enlightened change of attitude from (maggoty) Apple :-)

Cheers

Steve

Finally works with the update to 10.8.3

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Well boil my bunions.... Maybe Apple took a leaf out of Oracle's book and decided to allow common sense to rise above a more arrogant attitude...

Judging by the occasional use of the eponymous 'smiley', I gather you are at least a happier bunny now ? 🙂

As for me, all things Apple took on the appearance of a farce... SMB may now work on my Mac... It is a shame that the silicon coil of my Mac has just exited this world 😟 so until my new one arrives... Still, I can't complain - It has been in continuous use for the 6 years I have had it...

Here's hoping to no more Apple faux pas....

Cheers

Steve

Bloody ****... Some things, it seems, never change. The capacity to learn from our mistakes (as well as those made by others) is a virtue that seems to have blind spots in the corporate world... There must be countless examples out there of successful businesses that have begun to tread the slippery road of "we know best" and "only give half an ear to the customer".. Apple, I suppose is just the latest example.

What beggars belief even more, is the capacity to disregard the writing on the wall... in Apple's case on their own forum!

Having a foot in both camps has been a valuable asset for me... I hope your venture into Windows proves to be no less advantageous...

I guess I'll be much more eagle-eyed when my new macbook pro arrives... There are some elements about its construction I do not like but I am happy to ignore them if it serves as well as the last one... I use it primarily for the photography.. The Windows 7 platform is for the video work...

AE? As in After Effects?

Cheers

Steve

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I was so excited that I was envisioning the future..sorry....10.8.2 is what I meant...hahahah bottom line is that ethernet works.

It seems I have 'bumped' into someone operating in an industry I have just started in... or at least part of what I do is allied to it...🙂

To have your insight into these things is hugely beneficial.... so thank you for your insight so far. My previous engineering career ( 35 years of electronics and allied with IT) has proved seriously useful to date but it lacks the detailed knowledge of the industry I am now in... only experience can remedy that!

So far, the work I have done has been reasonably straightforward on the video fron and has not excercised the hardware too heavily. As far as the PC is concerned, I have always built my own.. So far, the current one is doing me proud... I had to do some tweaking with the hard disk arrangements to suit Premiere and a recent graphics card replacement but that is about it.

Well, if a Rubicon has been crossed, I guess you have done it.. with many of your following if I read you post right... I suppose I should could my self lucky that my albeit nascent business uses both platforms so using Windows has never been 'scary'..

"Most difficult business climate"... I think I can go along with that! Still, it is early days and as difficult as it is, I love what I do and can't imagine going back...