Problems connecting with a Mac!

hi:

i'm trying to connect my meizu player with my nem MacBook Pro, and i can't. Anyone can help me???

thanks

The Meizu players tend not to connect with the latest Mac OS, you can almost always connect them to PCs.

@ JkPwNsTeR - Why would they not work on Macs? It's a simple USB, why doesn't it work on Mac?

Why are you telling the OP to use a PC when he specifically asks for help with the player on Mac?

The Mac should recognize it as a USB mass storage device, and you should be able to just copy mp3's to the player. I read about a fix that said to use a different file system on the M6; I think it was FAT32. I really find it odd that many users have this issue, since it shouldn't exist.

Basically, the easiest solution is to plug it into a PC and transfer the tunes from there. Either way, you'll have to use a PC to reformat the player to FAT32. Then you may have to update the resource.

I just have a Hackintosh not a real Mac but from my experience it seems the problem is not the USB connection per se but mounting the volume. In my player when I connected it it shows in Disk Util but it doesnt mount and shows with errors in Disk Utility disk verify. It doesnt show any errors in Windows though so not sure whats wrong with Mac (more strict filesystem checking?).
You should be able to format the drive (with a computer, not with the meizu's auto-format key combo) without having to update the resource and you can format it in FAT32 either in a PC or in Mac (Leopard at least).
I think you should be able to force mount the disk even with errors with some console command, at least in Linux you can do that, not really advisable except as a last resource specially if you dont have backup copies of the songs in the meizu...

I checked my meizu and in fact it had some fat32 errors but after fixing them with chkdsk it still doesnt mount in leopard.
It looks mac doesnt see the fat32 volume nor the partition table.
Anyone knows if erasing and creating a new partition table will brick the player?

!!! SAME ERROR HERE !!!

tried fixing them tried formating to FAT32 windows and MAC. Player just overrides the settings and "ON PURPOSE" makes errors on the drive. On a fresh Fat32 Win format player starts slowly but make the errors. Tried fixing and force mounting the drive still no luck any ideas ?

SHOULD we mail MEIZU.COM for a fix ???

Try this solution that worked for someone:
Simple solution for Mac users with disappearing Meizu players
It hasn't been confirmed, so it might work, it might not.

GUYS SORRY but is seems that MEIZU just doesn't care about the player anymore here is my mailing to meizu:

Dear Sir,

It's said that the latest MAC OS shielded some audio player's connection. Pls try with Windows OS PC to see if the problem is still the same. If not, the player is proved to be working.

Regards,

2009-08-27
Meizu


Hello Ramon,

Player already uses Firmware: V2004.7
Tried low level formatting the problem persists.
As i mentioned below it is a boot time problem player was formatted, low level formated (software updated), MAC formatted to Fat32, Windows formatted to Fat32, the problem is the same as soon as the player boots the player can not be mounted as a removable drive under MAC because of the errors.
More users complain here: Problems connecting with a Mac!

Thanks for your support,
Robert

--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Ramon <ramon@meizu.com> wrote:

From: Ramon <ramon@meizu.com>
Subject: Re: Re: M6 SL MAC PROBLEM
To: "Robert Dragutoiu" <robertdragutoiu@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 9:42 PM
Dear Sir,

How are you!

We can't find your S/N in our database. Pls double check its correctness. Anyway, for M6SL, you may follow steps below to fix its software problem.

1. Reset: Press and hold the 'Enter' button (<--) for above 10 seconds. Restart the player to check if it's fixed, if not, follow the step 2.
2. Low-level formatting: Press and hold the 'FW' button (|<<), while holding it, press the 'Power' button. Hold them simultaneously, until screen turns purple displaying 'Low Level Formatting...Please Wait...'. Screen will turn green displaying 'No Resource! Please Update Resource Again!' after formatting. Then, upgrade the latest firmware.

Re the green screen with 'No Resource' problem, it can be fixed by firmware upgrade. Pls download the latest firmware V2004.7 for M6SL at Download.

And then, follow the steps below to upgrade firmware.

(1) Extract the two files - 'M6SL.ebn' and 'resource.bin' from the downloaded .RAR file to PC.

(2) Switch on the player, connect it to PC via an USB cable, and copy above two files to the root directory of player's memory.
(3) Disconnect the player from PC, switch it off and on. 'Upgrading Software. Please Wait...' will appear on screen, and then the player will be shut down automatically after a few seconds.
(4) Switch on the player again. 'Upgrading Resource. Please Wait......' will appear on screen, and then interface will show up after a few seconds.

(5) Upgrading is over.


Btw, M6SL is compatbile with Windows. Under MAC, it can only be used as a removable disk.

Regards,

2009-08-26
Meizu

Hello,
Purchased online,
Player uses: F 2004.7

BUG:
Formated version of the player CONTAINS erorrs, after fresh player format(BY player menu) using scandisk (WIndows) found the errors fixed them, afterwards player boots slowly sometimes deleting all media on the player and just SPAWNS the errors again. Because the player just keeps on writing errors on the player disk during boot time, the player can not be mounted on a UNIX system. During advanced scan under OSX (Macintosh) found lost files both being the firmware and resource renamed with the first letter replaced by an "X" and voided (00 filled). ALSO it would be a great help it the player would ignore all files considered hidden on the file systems ie: .spotfinder .temp one that have an extension but no name, when confronted with this kind of files the player tends to ignore all media and fails to update or use the media library making the player unusable unless a format occurs.

Best regards,
Robert


--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Ramon <ramon@meizu.com> wrote:

From: Ramon <ramon@meizu.com>
Subject: Re: M6 SL MAC PROBLEM
To: "Robert Dragutoiu" <robertdragutoiu@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 2:57 AM

Dear Sir,

How are you!

May we know where you purchased M6SL, and its serial No. on back cover or gift box?

Pls advise what's the problem of your player and why you need to format it?

Regards,

2009-08-24
Meizu

Player format has errors and can't be mounted in OSX...
Tried formating in Windows as a Fat32..but as soon as the player starts it makes errors on the drive.

Best Regars Robert

As you can see the formatted player DOES WORK ON OSX 10.5.8 an mount when clean:
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3786/picture2mpx.jpg
AS you can see the player is CLEAN and written in BLACK means it as mounted (grayed partitions are not mounted)
Yesterday, I and please pay attention ZERO-OUTED (Program writes 0 all over the drive) the player spent 1 hour and a half (so it is kinda freaking impossible to have any kind of files on the player).
After all that work the simple result of booting the player up is:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8614/picture3mub.jpg
You can see in this picture lower right the player has no files on it but still 816 freaking orphaned files..
You probably wonder what are those files..let us see:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9117/picture4w.jpg
just a bunch of random files…

Macs aren't too good at compatibility with Meizu products... Although the M6 should be just recognized as an USB mass storage device, OS X/Mac hardware doesn't like to play nice with it. If you have a Windows PC, it's probably easier to use that instead of finding a ridiculously complex workaround.

JkPwNsTeR, sorry pal but...i is NOT the mac is simply the bad firmware on the MEIZU ..if windows ignores the errors on it doesn't mean it is all ok, it's like using a car that has problems with the fuel pump but still drives doesn't mean it is ok.... like you can see in may last post the player mounts when the disk is ok.
So AGAIN when you have a problem with a mac ... windows is not the solution...and in this case the PLAYER IS THE PROBLEM.

PS: Player also has issued with hidden file-system files: .temp, .spotfinder
and so on.

Once again this thread is for the MEIZU problem with the MAC.

Well did you try what I said above:

Originally Posted by JkPwNsTeR

Try this solution that worked for someone:
Simple solution for Mac users with disappearing Meizu players
It hasn't been confirmed, so it might work, it might not.

Originally Posted by RR_PRIME

it's like using a car that has problems with the fuel pump but still drives doesn't mean it is ok....

Unless it only stops working on very specific, poor quality roads...

My solution would be to take the mac, put it in the bin, and buy a PC.

@JkPwNsTeR - doesn't work ..i hate when people who have no idea what a TOC/FAT/MBR is give advice.....anyway...looks like it really sucks....

@Rich4443 - not trying to blow apple's horn here but it is the most stable OS till now...(I am a mac and windows user...also Linux) all i can see is windows pathetic tries to copy something, which is sad (new taskbar and other features OSX had a long time before windows)...so "excuse" me Rich4443 if i choose the OSX after all it is not about the OS it is about what OS is most appropriate for me.

Spare me the the smack talk Windows lover )...i don't see your purpose on this thread
BTW: The car was the player but i can't touch your mind with a parallel..can i?...sad....sad...sad

Please don't abuse the report post system.

Anyways, I have minimal experience with connecting the M6 to Macs, so I can't help you much more. If you are able to find anything, it'd be great if you posted it even the M6 is several years old.

And before this turns into a Mac vs. PC debate, they both are equally great and equally flawed. Enough said.

It's just that PC's are more equal XD (Animal Farm connection)

In all seriousness, either way, you should still be able to use it like a flash drive, that's all you need.

Like what I said above:

Originally Posted by JkPwNsTeR

Although the M6 should be just recognized as an USB mass storage device

Whether it's the M6 or the Mac, no one seems to know.

Originally Posted by JkPwNsTeR

Like what I said above:

Whether it's the M6 or the Mac, no one seems to know.

It is the Player for making the errors, and "it is the MAC for not mounting a partition full of errors"(the mac mounting part sounds logical to me)

@mbarry i don't see you helping....just bragging...YOU SIR ARE COMPLETELY USELESS
It seems that this thread attracts all the stupid people on this forum that just don't know crap about crap and are wasting the valuable time of others

You should respect the people that deserve it, but don't disrespect people who don't. (What I try to do anyways)
mbarry has helped a load in the past—far longer than me—and he authored the "Fixing a Bricked Player" guide.

It's indisputable that the M6 is a rather flawed player compared to the refinements that larger companies such as Apple and Creative have done to their players, but you have to associate the relative size of Meizu compared to the big ones. I assume that during the development of the M6, the firmware/hardware engineers only tested it on a Windows-based PC, so although it seems that Windows is more lenient towards bad file tables, there's some weird thing with connecting it with operating systems other than Windows. I did a search and it appears that people also have trouble mounting it in Linux as well as OS X, but so far no one has come up with a lasting solution.