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Are Cowon J3s still being bricked by Macs??

post #1 of 8
9/26/11 at 6:29am
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I can read everywhere that they are being bricked by Macs. but most of them are from 7+ months ago.

 

are people still having this issue?? or has it been fixed?? 

 

please tell me if you are using J3 with Macs

 

 

thanks in advance.

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post #2 of 8
9/26/11 at 7:11am
I own a Cowon J3, D3 and D2 and I have never had any issues with my Cowon DAPs on Mac OSX except for one time when I forgot to eject the J3 disk on Mac OSX desktop which resulted in me having to reset the J3 and install everything back onto the DAP again.
Edited by Artmuzz - 9/26/11 at 7:14am
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post #3 of 8
9/26/11 at 3:03pm
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So if i eject properly it wont happen??

A lot of people are saying it happens even when they eject safely
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post #4 of 8
9/27/11 at 12:52am
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c'mon, Artmuzz is the only one here that has the J3 and use it with a Mac??

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post #5 of 8
9/27/11 at 1:04am
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Originally Posted by sulkoudai View Post

So if i eject properly it wont happen??

A lot of people are saying it happens even when they eject safely


 

I have a Mac as well. The lack of definitive information regarding Mac/JS3 compatibility is enough to scare anyone from trying the two together especially with the quirky nature of itunes.  Until I see a step by step walkthrough I'll stick with the Touch or Classic. 

 

 


Edited by redshift1 - 9/27/11 at 1:06am
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post #6 of 8
9/27/11 at 3:04am

I just plug the J3 into my iMac and drag and drop music then I right click on the J3 disk icon and select "eject". I have no problems apart from being paranoid at the invisible files that Mac OSX puts on my J3 disc which can be easily deleted by using a program called BlueHarvest. I don't use iTunes on my J3 because iTunes is the worst music transfer app I have ever used.

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post #7 of 8
9/27/11 at 5:31am
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Originally Posted by Artmuzz View Post

I just plug the J3 into my iMac and drag and drop music then I right click on the J3 disk icon and select "eject". I have no problems apart from being paranoid at the invisible files that Mac OSX puts on my J3 disc which can be easily deleted by using a program called BlueHarvest. I don't use iTunes on my J3 because iTunes is the worst music transfer app I have ever used.


So I have to delete the hidden files before I eject??

Mines coming on Thursday, and I really need to know.

Thanks
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post #8 of 8
9/27/11 at 5:59am

I was reading that the hidden files that Mac OSX puts on the J3 disk bricks the DAP. I have never had that problem with the hidden files but I like to delete them anyway incase they are interfering with the J3.


Edited by Artmuzz - 9/27/11 at 6:03am
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