Macbook pro to connect with Beosound 5 / Beomaster 5

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wmaier (archived)
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Posted October 30, 2011 at 13:40 GMT
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I bought my BS5/BM5 in 2009 and did run it with my Windows PC. I changed over to Apple ( Macbook pro and Lion ) recently. I have now installed the Beoconnect for Apple on my Macbook pro but get only the " grey " B&O symbol on the dock, nothing gets connected.

Not sure whether I did a mistake while installing Beoconnect or whether it does simply not function with the latest Lion OS?

Anybody can help me?

Regards wmaier

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Harry2008 (archived)
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Posted November 7, 2011 at 18:25 GMT
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I got the same issue. The problem is the SMB deactivation in Lion.

 

What you can do is use finder to connect manually to the BM5. Type:

  • cmd+K  (or go Finder -> Go - Connect to server)
  • in the dialog type  smb://<ip number of your BM5>

After connecting, a prompt to enter a username and password will be displayed. Enter these and there it is... the directory structure of your BM5 in a finder window.

In the BeoConnect application you will than see the BM5 as well. At it, click once on it and enter the password and it will work again.

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