Macbook Pro won't start up - Mountain Lion won't install
Hello,
I have a Macbook Pro from august 2012, today it just crashed. I tried to fix it with disk utility, but it told me that I need to reinstall Mountain Lion, because disk can't be fixed. I then tried to reinstall Mountain Lion but at first it didn't let me select the Macinosh HD, (I also have windows on it, that partition couldn't be selected either), then I restarted and when I tried reinstallation again, it didn't even showed me The Machitosh HD partition anymore. I tried NVRAM and safe boot too, without success. Can anyone help? Thanks,
Constantin
MacsReh wrote:
I installed leopard on my MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo. Well at the end during the restarting phase it took forever to restart and my power was running out so not sure if it restarted or batt went dead.
Welcome to the Apple boards:
You installed Leopard on battery power? That's a real big no no. A very risky gamble at best.
If your battery died during install, you may well have totally hosed the system.
After recharging i turned on mac and wont boot up past the apple with dots hovering it. Don't know much about macs so if you could help it would be appreciated.
See if you can boot into the Leopard DVD (hold down "C" on boot) and after the language screen, on the top left will be a menu. Select Utilities, run Disk Utility and repair your HD and permissions.
See if that gets you somewhere.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe
Similar Messages
-
Can't connect wirelessly HP Photosmart C4780 to MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
Hi!
Didn't know exactly where to direct this question in the Apple Community so I chose Airport. To everyone, thanks in advance.
I’m really desperate. I’m a big Apple fan. I have two Apple MacBook Pro laptops with Mountain Lion software. I also have an Apple Airport Extreme. My HP Photosmart C4780 printer was also purchased from Apple. Anyway, my Internet service is AT&T. AT&T just upgraded my service with a new modem/router (AT&T U-Verse). Prior to the conversion, my wireless printer connection was working perfectly.
Now can’t print wirelessly. For your information, everything is connected via Wi-Fi. The AT&T technician stated that I no longer needed my Apple Airport Extreme, so it was removed. Naturally, after the tech leaves, we find out the HP printer wirelessly no longer works. Thinking that removing Airport Extreme may have been the problem, I reconnected it to the AT&T modem/router, however no change.
This appears to be an HP printer problem. I went to HP community support with the information below but I have received no solutions outside of buying a new printer.
“Ran the HP wireless network test report and it states that HP printer can’t find wireless router and to verify that the HP printer network name (SSID) matches the wireless router network name (SSID) exactly. The Diagnostic Summary in brief: Wireless On & Working & Security – Pass; Network Name (SSID) Found – Fail. Nothing else under diagnostic summary ran. Under Configuration Summary: It shows old SSID name and Mac Hardware Address but no IP Address.
Next ran the Network Configuration Page and everything is enabled except the 802.11 Wireless. It shows status – disconnected. Under general information it states the following: Network status - Offline; Active Connection Type - None; URL(s) for Embedded Web Server – http://0.0.0.0.”
To be straightforward, I’m no computer tech so I don’t know what this means or where to find. The AT&T tech provided me the new SSID Name and a wireless key number but that’s it. Also I uninstalled and reinstalled via USB. The HP message states can’t find router. At this point, I’ve tried everything to reconfigure without success. If I need to make these changes via Airport Extreme Utility 6.0 not easy to find not that I know what I’m doing.
Most importantly if I ever get wireless working again, do I still need Airport Extreme connection or is the AT&T U-Verse modem/router sufficient?
Any direction or help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.Thank you for your prompt response. I'll be honest I'm a retiree and a newbie to all of this stuff. I don't even know how to do a thread. (Embarassing) This is my first ever contact with the Apple Community so I'm slowly trying to figure this out as well.
As to your thread request, I'm assuming you want to read my post with HP. Not knowing how to thread, I've copied it below.
I have an Apple MacBook Pro laptop with Mountain Lion software. I also have an Apple Airport Extreme. My Internet service is AT&T. AT&T just upgraded my service with a new modem/router (AT&T U-Verse). Prior to the conversion, my wireless printer connection was working perfectly.
Now can’t print wirelessly. For your information, everything is connected via Wi-Fi. The AT&T technician stated that I no longer needed my Apple Airport Extreme, so it was removed. Naturally, after the tech leaves, we find out the HP printer wirelessly no longer works. Thinking that removing Airport Extreme may have been the problem, I reconnected it to the AT&T modem/router, however no change.
Ran the HP wireless network test report and it states that HP printer can’t find wireless router and to verify that the HP printer network name (SSID) matches the wireless router network name (SSID) exactly. The Diagnostic Summary in brief: Wireless On & Working & Security – Pass; Network Name (SSID) Found – Fail. Nothing else under diagnostic summary ran. Under Configuration Summary: It shows old SSID name and Mac Hardware Address but no IP Address.
Next ran the Network Configuration Page and everything is enabled except the 802.11 Wireless. It shows status – disconnected. Under general information it states the following: Network status - Offline; Active Connection Type - None; URL(s) for Embedded Web Server – http://0.0.0.0
To be honest, don’t know what this means or where to find. The AT&T tech provided me the new SSID Name and a wireless key number but that’s it. Also I uninstalled and reinstalled via USB. The HP message states can’t find router. At this point, I’ve read your forum and tried everything to reconfigure without success. Any direction or help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Can't connect wirelessly HP Photosmart C4780 to MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
I finally figured it out! (Sorry that I'm replying to my own posts btw, but I want to post the solution for anybody else with the SigmaplusEOL1 problem). If you have the SigmaplusEOL1 as your SSID when you print the "Wireless Network Test Report", you do NOT need to return it (I know that's hassle for people). To fix the problem, follow these steps.
1) Unplug your printer.
2) Go to your router's IP address (like 192.168.1.1 or whatever it is for your router).
3) Change the SSID of your wirelss network to "SigmaplusEOL1".
4) For the Security option for your wireless network select none (so that a password is not required to access your wireless network).
5) Power your printer back on and reprint "Wireless Network Test Repor". It should say "No problem found..."
6) The report should also have a the IP Address of the printer (under Configuration Summary at the bottom). Type that IP Address in your browser to get to the printer's settings page.
7) Click the "Network" Tab at the top.
8) Under the "Connections" header in the left pane, click "Wireless (802.11).
9) Click "Start Wizard" at the bottom right.
10) In the wizard, change the SSID and encryption (wep or wpsk) password to whatever you want your wireless network to be. So probably whatever it started out as before you changed the SSID to SigmaplusEOL1
11) Click "Finish" at the end. The page will probably try to keep loading but it won't because you changed the network settings of the printer. Just ignore that
12) Go back to your router's IP address and change the SSID and encryption password to whatever you changed the printer's SSID and password to.
13). Reprint the Wireless Network Test Report. It should say the SSID is the same as your wireless, and everything is good.
That's it. You should be good to go now.
Re: Can't connect wirelessly HP Photosmart C4780 to MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
Thank you for your prompt response. This has been a totally frustrating experience. I’ve spent at least 8 hours trying to fix this. My HP problems and your initial steps were identical to mine. I am by no means a tech person and my computer tech knowledge is minimal. However I followed your steps to the best of my ability.
I did get the SigmaplusEOL1 message. I was able to get to Step 6 where the wireless network test report now reads – “HP printer settings do not match your wireless router settings.” So I guess this is a step in the right direction. However unfortunately the Configuration summary message for the IP Address reads – “Not Applicable”. (Note: changing SigmaplusEOL1 to network name knocked out my Internet access. Had to switch back to regular network name to regain access.)
I’m at a loss as to what to do next. Without the IP Address is it possible to move forward? As I stated earlier, I’m not a tech person. As to your steps 7, 8 and 9, I can’t find them on my computer or maybe I’m looking in the wrong places. In System Preferences - Network, I have none of these steps. If you’re referring to Airport Utility, with the changes in Mountain Lion, these steps are no longer there. If you’re talking about Safari, Firefox or HP, now I’m really lost.
Finally, I don’t know if you can answer this or not. If I ever get wireless working, do I still need Airport Extreme or is the AT&T U-Verse modem/router sufficient?
Again thank you for your time and patience.
Re: Can't connect wirelessly HP Photosmart C4780 to MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
Unfortunately I am unable to offer any further advice as I only followed the instructions listed on the other page.
Finally, as to having WEP enabled, I don't know. Don't even know where to look. The best that I could determine is that my security is WPA/WPA2 Personal.
I'm truly sorry about all of this. Thank you for your time and patience. After reading all of this and you change your mind, I would understand. -
Macbook Pro 2007 (A1212 model) and Mountain Lion
I everybody... I would like to know if my 2007 macbook pro A1212 model will support mountain lion.
I upgraded to 3GB ram and 7200 rpm disk.
Tank you so much!It won't.
(71166) -
I have created three new users without Apple IDs and they can't log into either of my Macbook Pro or Mac Mini running Mountain Lion. These accounts are for my kids and originally were setup with parental controls and time constraints. Thinking this was the problem I removed the time constraints, removed the parental controls, deleted and re-added them, and made them standard users. I have reinstalled, used disk utility to repair permissions, and made them admins. Any help is appreciated.
Users don't need Apple ID's. That's not the issue. Have you tried repairing permissions their accounts?
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/15/repair-user-permissions-in-mac-os-x-lion/
Repairing User Permissions in OS X Lion
You’ll need to reboot to perform this, and then use the same resetpassword utility that is used to change passwords in Lion, but instead choosing a hidden option.
When you use the Disk Utility app and Repair Permissions — it doesn’t actually repair the permission settings on folders and files in your Home folder where your documents and personal applications reside.
In Lion, there is an additional Repair Permissions application utility hidden away. This tool is located inside boot Repair Utilities. Here’s how to access it.
Restart Lion and hold down the Command and R keys. You will boot into the Repair Utilities screen. On top, in the Menu Bar click the Utilities item then select Terminal.
In the Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Return.
The Password reset utility launches, but you’re not going to reset the password. Instead, click on the icon for your Mac’s hard drive at the top. From the drop-down below it, select the user account where you are having issues.
At the bottom of the window, you’ll see an area labeled ‘Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs’. Click the Reset button there.
The reset process takes a couple of minutes. When it’s done, quit the programs you’ve opened and restart your Mac. Notice that ‘Spotlight’ starts re-indexing immediately. -
MacBook Pro crashes after upgrading to Mountain Lion
Since upgrading my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion this morning, it has crashed without warning and rebooted (6 times). I never had any issues with Snow Leopard. Here is the latest crash report. Any ideas?
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 27808 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: 151EBDDE-C6B0-0DDD-1A59-96AB6D7EAC17
Fri Apr 5 23:51:05 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80006b7e95): Kernel trap at 0xffffef7f81feef28, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffef7f81feef28, CR3: 0x000000003fa69000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffef7f81feef28, RBX: 0xffffff80cc544000, RCX: 0xffffff7f82077ef0, RDX: 0x000000000003ffd0
RSP: 0xffffff80e87b38a8, RBP: 0xffffff80e87b38d0, RSI: 0xffffff80cc546fd8, RDI: 0xffffff80cc544000
R8: 0xffffff80dc43a000, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0x0000000000000001, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0xffffff80e0683fc0, R13: 0xffffff80cc544000, R14: 0xffffff80e87b3a28, R15: 0xffffff80cc546fd8
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffef7f81feef28, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef7f81feef28, Error code: 0x0000000000000010, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80e87b3540 : 0xffffff800061d626
0xffffff80e87b35b0 : 0xffffff80006b7e95
0xffffff80e87b3780 : 0xffffff80006cd4dd
0xffffff80e87b37a0 : 0xffffef7f81feef28
0xffffff80e87b38d0 : 0xffffff7f8202491f
0xffffff80e87b3910 : 0xffffff7f81ff034f
0xffffff80e87b3a90 : 0xffffff7f82020e39
0xffffff80e87b3b50 : 0xffffff7f81feede8
0xffffff80e87b3ba0 : 0xffffff8000a650c9
0xffffff80e87b3bc0 : 0xffffff8000a66670
0xffffff80e87b3c20 : 0xffffff8000a6408f
0xffffff80e87b3d70 : 0xffffff80006984a1
0xffffff80e87b3e80 : 0xffffff8000620aed
0xffffff80e87b3eb0 : 0xffffff8000610448
0xffffff80e87b3f00 : 0xffffff800061961b
0xffffff80e87b3f70 : 0xffffff80006a5dd6
0xffffff80e87b3fb0 : 0xffffff80006cdd43
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.GeForce(8.1)[A15BB65E-3501-340F-87CB-2FD2BAD33E35]@0xffffff7f81fdd000 ->0xffffff7f820a9fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.0)[A26D2A3D-C06F-3A0F-BCFF-901A98C93C3D]@0xffffff7f80d 7b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[38C214C0-83C8-3594-8A4C-DC6AC3FEC163]@0xff ffff7f80d67000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f80b6c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[74E3E50F-E50A-3073-8C96-06F854292A91]@0 xffffff7f80d24000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
12D78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
Kernel slide: 0x0000000000400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8000600000
System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1339050904682
last loaded kext at 247784955528: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f82ab3000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 413580387977: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f82ab3000, size 57344)
loaded kexts:
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.2.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.1.3f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.87
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.3d0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.3.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.5
com.apple.GeForce 8.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.11
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.3d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.1.7
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 614.20.16
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.5.1
com.apple.nvenet 2.0.19
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine 2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.7fc4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.11d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.3.0d51
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 8.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d0
com.apple.NVDAResman 8.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.1.3f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.4d2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 237.3
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.1.3f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.1.3f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 522.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU 2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 220.2
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393955353432382D3035312E4130304C4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393955353432382D3034362E4130304C4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.16)
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.3f3 11349, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 Series, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: USB Receiver, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc52b, 0x06200000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2Do you meet these Requirements to run Mountain Lion:
OS X Mountain Lion system requirements
To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac needs:
OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space -
I downloaded Mountain Lion onto my iMac. Now i want to upgrade my Macbook Pro (10.7.5) to Mountain Lion. Do i need to purchase another download?
One purchase is sufficient if both computers are owned by you and the ML version was purchased as an upgrade.
How to install Lion or Mountain Lion on multiple computers - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4854 -
Mid 2010 Macbook Pro (7,1) - Downgrading from Mountain Lion (10.8.3) to Snow Leopard
Hi everyone!
I am looking for some help with downgrading my macbook pro from ML back down to SL. I'll start off with some information about my case:
I bought this computer mid 2010 - I believe in July, if that matters. It is a Macbook Pro 7,1 model. The computer came with two disks, one being the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 install dvd, and the other being the applications install dvd. I do still have these dvd's, sitting beside me as I type this. Just like many others, I upgraded my computer to Lion, and from there went to Mountain Lion. I have been on Mountain Lion for several months now, currently running 10.8.3. I know a lot of you out there are disappointed with this OS, and many have experienced significant adverse effects on the overall performance of their computer. That being said, I also know that a lot of you have not had these sorts of issues running the OS. As you can tell, I mysef fall into the first category, as I have not had the greatest experience with it. It just seems to tire out my computer at activity levels which, on Snow Leopard, would not be problematic. I say tire out here in that my computer will overheat, slow down, and even sometimes crash (the crashes primarily begin with the spinning rainbow wheel, attempts to quit / force quit the applications I am running, followed by complete and utter frozenness). When this happens, I have no choice but to press the power button until the computer shuts off, then I restart, occasioanlly taking multiple attempts because of kernel panics the first one or two times. Who knows why this happens...I upgraded my RAM a couple months ago from 4GB to 8GB, which has seemed to help some but not fix the problem entirely. So, I have been wanting to downgrade back to Snow Leopard.
Ok so, I have made multiple attempts at this. For starters, I can tell you that the computer simply will not boot from the Install DVD (it is the one which came with the computer, not a retail version or anything like that). Additionaly, I cannot restore the SL DMG file from the dvd, neither to my hard drive nor to a USB drive. Because of this, I ended up trying this: I downloaded the snow leopard installation files (I believe just the content of the DVD ripped from the disc) via a torrent. I then got a 16 GB USB flash drive, wiped and formatted it (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)), and copied to the USB drive the install file I downloaded. I'll also note that I have done the same thing for Mountain Lion, copying the install file from the app store to a separate 16 GB USB drive. Ok, onto the results of my attempts at downgrading:
Each time I have tried to downgrade, I have taken the following step:
1) Power down the computer
2) Insert Snow Leopard USB drive
3) Boot up the computer, holding the option/alt key
4) Selecting the Snow Leopard USB drive
-It would successfully boot from the USB, and would bring me to the language selection window, as expected
5) After selecting English, the window gives me the option to continue with the install, or access any utilities, and I would go to Disk Utility
6) I selected the internal drive in Disk Utility (the whole drive, not the indented partition), and I went to the partition tab, partitioning the drive to have 1 partition, Mac OS Extended (Journaled), erasing the current partition
**Note: I have not tried this, but I feel like maybe If I were to first Erase the drive, opting to zero out all data (1 pass) in the security options, then partition the drive the same way as I did in step 6, perhaps the installation would go smoothly without returning any errors...thoughts?
7) After step 6, I would return to the install os x window and begin installation of snow leopard.
-Every time I have done this, the install has returned an error about mid-way through, and I would be prompted to restart and try installing again
8) Now having a non-booting computer, I would end up powering down, swapping out the snow leopard usb with my mountain lion usb, booting from that, partitioning the drive the same way as before, and reinstalling mountain lion
-This beings me back to square 1. A working, booting computer on Mountain Lion...
I believe that my issues surrounding the use of my install dvd (that came with the computer) are caused by a bad optical drive. When in mountain lion, if I insert the dvd, it will read it, but it will do so very slowly. For example, after inserting the dvd and the install os x window coming up, if I select optional installs or instructions, each of these folders would open, but take a very long time to display their contents. It also is a struggle to get the disc to eject in this situation.
So, if anyone has had a similar situation and came out on top, I would truly appreciate your help!
Thanks guys,
Nickhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDMbmsRqkQ
-
Cannot install Mountain Lion - my iPhoto won't quit and Mountain Lion won't let me do a force quit
I'm trying to upgrade to Mountain Lion but when it ries to quit all programmes to install my iPhoto won't quit as albums are being sync'd. I try to stop and quit but it won't. I then try to force a quit and Mountain Lion won't let it. help!
if you don't mind interrupting the album sync, you can do a hard shutdown of the mac by pressing and holding the power button down for 10 seconds to make sure it's all the way off.
you can then do SMC reset which is described in the following article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
after doing this turn on the mac, click on the black apple then force quit and make sure all apps are closed
open app store and try again to install the mountain lion -
Macbook Pro won't start after Mountain Lion download.
Downloaded Mountain Lion for my 2007-08 Macbook Pro. Internet was painfully slow (60kb/sec, usually 15 mgb/sec). After not using it a week while vacationing, I started it up, and it was working fine until it randomly shut down and brought up an error screen (hence the reason it shut down) and asked if I wanted to boot normally. I powered it down; now it won't start at all. Power button doesn't work, demounting the battery for a minute and remounting doesn't work, nothing works. I have a genius bar appointment soon, but am wondering if anyone has some advice.
Close problem - I believe the problem is RAM is storing your last data, and not releasing it, so you cannot boot it. Trying removing RAM fully, then starting.
-
ITunes 10.7 won't install on my Macbook Pro which is running OSX Mountain Lion
Hi,
I've been trying all day to get my iPhone 5 to connect to my iTunes so I can sync my music etc.
First thing, when I connected to my MacBook Pro it says "The iPhone “David's iPhone” cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 10.7 or later. Go to www.itunes.com to download the latest version of iTunes."
So I downloaded iTunes 10.7 but when I attempt to install it I get "The installation failed. The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail."
I am on OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.
Can anyone suggest what I might have to do to get this to work? I've even attempted to download OSX Update 10.8.2 but I get the same installation error.
Can someone please help!
ThanksIt could be a transient problem with the network or the server that fixes itself after some time for no apparent reason. It may just work if you try again later.
Also, go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list. -
Early 2011 13" MacBook Pro Freezing since upgrading to Mountain Lion
Hey all,
I've been researching this issue extensively and it seems as if it would be most efficient if I started my own post instead of cluttering someone else's.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion within a week of its release. In the past two weeks, my computer has crashed 3 to 4 times. I can still move my mouse, and if I have an app like Spotify open it will continue to play music through the speakers. However, the computer is frozen and I cannot type/click/control the computer. The only way to get it back is by pressing and holding down the power key and rebooting.
Called AppleCare and went to the "Genius" Bar multiple times; neither helped.
I ran EtreCheck on my computer and below are my results:
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
System Software:
OS X 10.8.1 (12B19) - Uptime: 0 days 4:16
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (248.19 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.avatron.AVExVideo Version: 1.6.5
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver Version: 1.0.0
com.protech.NoSleep Version: 1.3.1
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer Version: 1.6.5
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
[failed] com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.afpstat.plist
[failed] com.apple.CalendarAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.engine.plist
[loaded] com.DesignScience.DSMTTool.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
[loaded] com.xerox.scan.workcentre6505.ButtonListenerAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] [email protected]plist
[loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
NoSleep
CheatSheet
Window Tidy
Flux
Caffeine
CrashPlan menu bar
Spotify
Sparrow
Google Chrome
Microsoft Word
Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Air Display Preferences
PenTablet
Flash Player
NoSleep
Internet Plug-ins:
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
WacomNetscape.plugin
WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes:
4.3 % WindowServer
2.4 % Spotify
1.9 % EtreCheck
1.6 % hidd
1.1 % Finder
0.7 % Activity
0.6 % activitymonitord
0.3 % quicklookd
0.2 % Flux
0.2 % fontd
Should I be concerned with items marked as "failed" or "not loaded?" My MacBook does not crash daily (more like once or twice a week), and each time I have been doing very simply processes, like surfing the web with Chrome or writing something in Word or listening to Spotify.Here's an updated report reflecting fewer errors that I took this afternoon. I hope someone on this message board can help...
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
System Software:
OS X 10.8.1 (12B19) - Uptime: 0 days 3:17
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (249.27 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
com.avatron.AVExVideo Version: 1.6.5
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver Version: 1.0.0
com.protech.NoSleep Version: 1.3.1
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer Version: 1.6.5
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.afpstat.plist
[failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist
[loaded] com.crashplan.engine.plist
[loaded] com.DesignScience.DSMTTool.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.raupdate.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
[loaded] com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
[loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
[not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
[loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
[loaded] com.xerox.scan.workcentre6505.ButtonListenerAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-tcheck8@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
User Login Items:
NoSleep
CheatSheet
Window Tidy
Flux
Caffeine
CrashPlan menu bar
Sparrow
Google Chrome
Microsoft Word
Spotify
Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Air Display Preferences
PenTablet
Flash Player
NoSleep
Internet Plug-ins:
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
WacomNetscape.plugin
WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes:
8.0 % WindowServer
7.1 % coreaudiod
4.7 % Spotify
1.6 % EtreCheck
1.0 % mds
0.9 % hidd
0.7 % Sparrow
0.5 % mdworker
0.3 % fontd
0.2 % Flux -
MacBook Pro 7,1 SLOW with Mountain Lion
Hi there!!
Well my problem is with my 2010 Macbook Pro 13" 2.4 Ghz Intel C2D is really slow and it always shows the spinning beachball even when open a new tab in Safari or any other app, when play a song or a video on iTunes it pauses several times, the video gets freeze but the audio continues.
Just a few months ago I upgraded the Ram to 8 Gb (Corsair 1067) and the Hdd to a 640 gb Toshiba, thinking that the problem would be the OS I made a clean install of Mountain Lion and the problem continued, ran the AHT and it shows an error with the Ram, I changed the wrong module with one of the 2 gb that the computer came with but the problem continues, I've been monitoring the system, temperature, ram, hd and cpu (made an stress test) and it all just seems to be fine, but is not...
Hope you can help me please!!Things You Can Do To Keep Your Computer From Slowing Down
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion
Boot from your Lion Recovery HD. When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or Lion and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems. For more about malware see Macintosh Virus Guide.
I would also recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. There is no confirmation that this version also works with Lion.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
SuperDuper!
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at CNet Downloads or MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file. -
iTunes match hasn't worked since Mountain Lion install. Cloud icon keeps striking~ off. Won't upload new tracks to iTunes match. Just the eternal circle of step one, two, freeze....then tries again but never gets completed. Worked fine before Mountain Lion. Apple tech tried over phone for an hour but it didn't solve this issue. See others are in the same boat. Any help with this, please??
Same issue here with a MacBook pro recently upgraded to Mountain Lion. I hadn't tried iTunes Match prior to the upgrade so can't say whether or not it worked previously.
Getting quite frustrated! -
i have a macbook pro (almost positive that its a 2010 version) and i got mountain lion. The BIGGEST AND MAIN REASON i bought mountain lion was so that i can do airplay, allowing me to mirror image what is on my mac to my Apple TV. my whole computer is updated as far as the displays and newer features but the small airplay icon will not show up on the top of my screen. therefore, not allowing me to mirror image what is on my mac to my tv... it is connected to the same wifi as my apple tv. idk what to do. could it be because my macbook pro is a 2010? desprately looking for help...please help me with this issue
thank youWelcome to Apple Support Communities
Read > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404 AirPlay Mirroring requires an Early 2011 or newer MacBook Pro, so your MacBook Pro isn't supported.
To mirror your MacBook Pro's display onto the Apple TV, you can use an application like Beamer or AirParrot even if AirPlay Mirroring isn't compatible -
MacBook Pro 8,2 (Late 2011), Mountain Lion thunderbolt issue
Hi!
Since my upgrade to OS X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion) yesterday the ports on the back o my 27 " thunderbolt display no longer seems to function?
I can hook up my keyboard directly to my MacBook Pro (Late 2011, 8,2) and it works just fine, and it was working from the thunderbolt display until my update.
So, I'm assuming that this is a problem with Mountain Lion. Is there anything that I can do?
Thanks!Try the fixes here, take it back for a warranty call
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046
Maybe you are looking for
-
If i am going to buy an iphone from someone, can the apple store check if it does not have an issue?
I want to buy a phone from a friend. He states that it was brand new and there is nothing wrong with the phone's exterior or interior. I still want to check if there is anything else that I could check for. Is it possible that the Apple Store can hel
-
Error while checking in and storing: C:Userscbt.abapDesktopLOP.XLS
Dear Friends, I am trying to save the documnet in content server but getting the below error: Error while checking in and storing: C:\Users\cbt.abap\Desktop\LOP.XLS Message no. 26253 I hv checked CSADMIN certificate , is activated In DC20 - i hv main
-
Downloading photos from safari to the iPod touch.
Is there a way to download photos from the web onto the iPod touch?
-
Exchange 2007 SCR and MSExchangeMailboxAssistants Service
Morning All, I did a SCR failover and failback yesterday to test Functionality on my exchange servers. everything worked as expected, however i am seeing the following error in my current live exchange server. Error is generated every 1 to 3 minutes.
-
WLC is rebooting whenver WAN goes down
Hi, I came across with one issue repetitively. Whenever we have issue with WAN disconnection issue, after some time our LAN WLC gets rebooted . As I gone through the logs, found that we will have disconnection with Mobility group member <ip address>