topic PRS-650 charging stopped/ not connecting Mac in eReaders https://community.sony.ie/t5/ereaders/prs-650-charging-stopped-not-connecting-mac/m-p/371767#M1295 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have been using my PRS-650 for almost 2 years now without any problem. <BR />Yesterday the battery was low AND I wanted to change the books I had in it, so I plugged it in my iMac's USB port for the night. </P><P></P><P>When I sat at the computer this morning to do the book-changing on Calibre, I had the surprise to NOT see the e-reader on the menu. I checked in the Finder, but it wasn't there. I also checked in Disk Utility (where a hard drive might show even if it doesn't show anywhere else, in case of a problem)... but it wasn't there either. </P><P></P><P>I unplugged it, tried again. Nothing. </P><P></P><P>While it was unplugged, I got the message the reader's battery was dying. WHAT?! But it had been charging all night long!<BR />That's when I noticed that altough it said "USB connected", it also said "Charging stopped"!!!</P><P></P><P>So I took the wall charger and let it charge until it said the battery was full, a good 2-3 hours, before trying anything else.</P><P></P><P>Then I tried again. Nothing.<BR />I closed Calibre, tried again. Nothing. </P><P>Re-opened Calibre, re-tried. Nothing. </P><P>I tried another cable. Nothing. </P><P>I changed USB ports. Nothing. <BR />I tried a hard reset. No luck.</P><P></P><P>So I tried one last thing: I tried it on another computer, a Windows PC running XP. And it worked! No problem whatsoever. The computer "saw" the drive, Calibre showed it too, and it said it was USB connected AND charging. </P><P></P><P>WHAT THE HECK?! What happened between a few weeks back and yesterday that made the PRS-650 Mac UN-compatible?! The last big update I made on my Mac was Mountain Lion and that was a few months back, and I have used the Reader on it since then without any problem.</P><P></P><P>Anyone has an idea on how to make it Mac-compatible again?<BR />I ruled out anything hardware related, since it's not a USB port nor the cable, it's not the unit itself since it works on the PC. It's just that the Mac does not SEE the PRS-650 and I can't see how to force it to mount?!</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:58:57 GMT anniedan 2012-10-27T22:58:57Z PRS-650 charging stopped/ not connecting Mac https://community.sony.ie/t5/ereaders/prs-650-charging-stopped-not-connecting-mac/m-p/371767#M1295 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have been using my PRS-650 for almost 2 years now without any problem. <BR />Yesterday the battery was low AND I wanted to change the books I had in it, so I plugged it in my iMac's USB port for the night. </P><P></P><P>When I sat at the computer this morning to do the book-changing on Calibre, I had the surprise to NOT see the e-reader on the menu. I checked in the Finder, but it wasn't there. I also checked in Disk Utility (where a hard drive might show even if it doesn't show anywhere else, in case of a problem)... but it wasn't there either. </P><P></P><P>I unplugged it, tried again. Nothing. </P><P></P><P>While it was unplugged, I got the message the reader's battery was dying. WHAT?! But it had been charging all night long!<BR />That's when I noticed that altough it said "USB connected", it also said "Charging stopped"!!!</P><P></P><P>So I took the wall charger and let it charge until it said the battery was full, a good 2-3 hours, before trying anything else.</P><P></P><P>Then I tried again. Nothing.<BR />I closed Calibre, tried again. Nothing. </P><P>Re-opened Calibre, re-tried. Nothing. </P><P>I tried another cable. Nothing. </P><P>I changed USB ports. Nothing. <BR />I tried a hard reset. No luck.</P><P></P><P>So I tried one last thing: I tried it on another computer, a Windows PC running XP. And it worked! No problem whatsoever. The computer "saw" the drive, Calibre showed it too, and it said it was USB connected AND charging. </P><P></P><P>WHAT THE HECK?! What happened between a few weeks back and yesterday that made the PRS-650 Mac UN-compatible?! The last big update I made on my Mac was Mountain Lion and that was a few months back, and I have used the Reader on it since then without any problem.</P><P></P><P>Anyone has an idea on how to make it Mac-compatible again?<BR />I ruled out anything hardware related, since it's not a USB port nor the cable, it's not the unit itself since it works on the PC. It's just that the Mac does not SEE the PRS-650 and I can't see how to force it to mount?!</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:58:57 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/ereaders/prs-650-charging-stopped-not-connecting-mac/m-p/371767#M1295 anniedan 2012-10-27T22:58:57Z