Hello you MAC Techy Guys. I have never had a MAC although I am trying to sort out a friends MAC. I have only been using PC's for many many years ( Green screen IBM's to Intel i7 ) so you can imagine how different it is for me. So apologies if this has been asked a hundred time but I have searched and searched but never found a reasonable answer ( lots of silly ones )In the Windows system there is Device manager where if a device has a problem you can inspect the driver and try and update it etc and see what the results are.In the MAC world it does not seem to exist in the same way. I did ask this question in another MAC forum but was told. 'MAC doesn't need it' and 'If the device don't work buy a different type'. Which is not really the type of technical answer that I hope you may be able to explainExample.
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In Leopard 10.5 ( I think ) I connected a USB wireless device ( Ralink ) when the MAC system was running. There is no screen indication of any drivers being detected which it what I expected. I looked into the system profiler and can see the USB WiFi device and it various specs. I can load the MAC Ralink software from the install disk and then look for the Application which is listed. If I try and launch it, it says the device does not exist!!!How do you try and see if the drivers are loaded. In Windows there is the Yellow exclamation mark but on the MAC nothing.I guess there is a very simple explanation to this but for a new MAC user a nightmareI do realise this sounds like a very novice question and I hope I wont feel too embarrassed when you tell me how these sort of problems are solved on a MAC OSThanks in advanceJohn. Very well with the Mac.Did you go to the Ralink site and download the latest Mac driver?Hopefully, the advice about HP printers was free because it certainly was not worth the bandwidth it took up.Strangely, this problem is not a common occurrence for many mac users as almost all of the products that claim to work in OS X, usually do.
Those that don't, generally do not last long.With that USB wireless device inserted, and the latest drivers installed, how do you know that it is not working? You have not mentioned anything about attempting to access the device through the Network Preference pane. What happened when you attempted to configure the device?P.
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Mac OS X Lion Server For Dummies By John Rizzo Once a configuration profile has been created in Lion Server’s Profile Manager, the users can access it from a web browser in order to enroll their device in Profile Manager’s Mobile Device Management (MDM) service. What's the equivalent command under Mac OS X? The goal here is to be able to obtain information about a device based on its label or other uniquely identifying attributes, even if it hasn't been mounted, thus df is not a viable option.
Hello.That is the problem as it does not appear in the Network pane. There is only the standard Ethernet NIC. If I launch the Ralink Wireless Application it opens but says that NO Device ExistsYes I did go to the Ralink site and downloaded the driver for the USB device (RT 2870 ) and installed it. It says Installed OK, but that obviously does not mean it installed the drivers so that the USB dongle gets configured.I have tried unplugging and re-plugging the device but there is no change. The USB device works perfect on a Windows XP and Win 7 system so the device is OK. If I look in the system profiler it shows USB High-Speed Bus:Host Controller Location: Expansion SlotHost Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCIPCI Device ID: 0x3104PCI Revision ID: 0x0086PCI Vendor ID: 0x1106Bus Number: 0x90802.11 n WLAN:Version: 1.01Bus Power (mA): 500Speed: Up to 480 Mb/secManufacturer: RalinkProduct ID: 0x3070Serial Number: 1.0Vendor ID: 0x148fbut there is nothing to indicated it linked to a driverRegards John.