Tidal Update from new MacBook what cable ...

Posted by: dap1 on 06 July 2016

Have a new apple MacBook it has one port which is a USB-C .. its the charging / data transfer all in one thingamejig ... ... i asked apple what cable i needed and they looked at me like i was speaking fluent swahili .. I want to download the tidal firmware and then update my uniti .. Can anyone point me in the right cable direction please .. i need a USB-C TO mini USB ( male ) .. but cant find one .. thku

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by ChrisSU

Direct links to other websites are against forum rules, but if you go to, for example, ebay and type 'usb to mini usb' in the search box, you will see the cable you need.

When you do the update, make sure you read the instructions that come with the firmware download and follow them to the letter. It seems a bit daunting when you do it for the first time, but once you've worked it out, it's actually straightforward.

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by David Hendon

I think Chris means "type USB-C to USB mini". If you do that in eBay, you do get offers of a suitable cable.

i agree with what he says about following the instructions to the letter.

best

David

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by dap1

ok thku chaps ..... i will do my best .. when the spotify update came out i managed to mess that up and it ended up going back to mission control ... hopefully i,ll have better luck this time

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by David Hendon

I don't know where you are, but the other option is to take your Uniti to a Naim dealer and ask them to do it for you. It takes about 5 mins if you are all set up to do it, so they shouldn't charge too much.

best

David

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by Bart

OK I'm a bit dense this morning. I want to be able to use another Macbook to do my updates. I downloaded the Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge drivers for OS X onto this (new) machine. But when I click on the .dmg file that I've downloaded, nothing appears to happen. No installer starts to run, and no new files/folders seem to be created. Am I missing something??

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by ChrisSU

David Hendon posted:
I think Chris means "type USB-C to USB mini". If you do that in eBay, you do get offers of a suitable cable.

Actually, I think my search works better! And you get one for 99p inc. delivery cool

Posted on: 06 July 2016 by Slioch

Bart posted:
OK I'm a bit dense this morning. I want to be able to use another Macbook to do my updates. I downloaded the Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge drivers for OS X onto this (new) machine. But when I click on the .dmg file that I've downloaded, nothing appears to happen. No installer starts to run, and no new files/folders seem to be created. Am I missing something??

Perhaps it's the System Integrity Protection feature of the latest versions of OSX (since El Capitan) I had that problem when I did the last NDX upgrade.

I use the Prolific chipset, and there was detailed advice on their website on how to disable it (and re-enable). It's a faff - involves a boot into recovery and a command line toggle.

(Of course, I might be wrong, but symptoms sound the same - looks like it runs but nothing actually happens)