Advice needed on whether to reinstall Snow Leopard with Logic Studio 8

Prior to purchasing Snow Leopard upgrade, my Imac 3.06GHz 4GB RAM was running Logic studio 8 really nicely. Plugins include Realguitar 2, Abbey Rd drums, KorePlayer and I use the Tascam FireOne controller for audio. After installing Snow Leopard I noticed logic was overloading much easier than previously. This appeared to be that only one core of the CPU was showing activity and once that maxed out the system stopped. I decided after much frustration to wipe the iMac and revert to the original OS. However I dont think the situation has improved much - although I dont get logic hanging when I quit the application, I notice it still tends to run out of steam long before it did before. Now I am wondering whether to risk reinstalling the Snow Leopard upgrade as I would like to get a trackpad and a few other features I miss from SL. I am guessing from what I've read on the forum that many users are happy with Logic 8 studio on Snow Leopard and are not getting the same issues as myself. I've read the articles on load balancing cores etc, but what I dont understand is why I never had to bother with this before .. it all just worked fine!
If I do install the upgrade to SL, is there an easy way to reverse if I am not happy without having to completely reinstall everything? If I backup with time machine, will that enable me to revert back to the OS?
Sorry for such a long posting but advice would greatly be received! I also have a macbook pro which I havent tried installing snow leopard on yet, maybe I could try it out on that first?
Many thanks
Simon

Snow Leopard is for Logic 9 and higher. Or vice versa.
Cheers

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I 'upgraded' to Mt Lion over the weekend. It seemed very slow, and sluggish. Within a day I realized also that my Reunion program would not work,
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extended warranty but a lot of good THAT does! Besides, our nearest store is 160 miles away! So, I took it to our local authorized dealer. It is currently
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call and they can't make my password work to get in! Somehow that has changed back to an old one I don't remember!
MY COMPLAINT: When speaking with a rep about the feasibility of downloading Mt Lion, not ONCE did anyone tell me that I 'might' have these
problems. I NEVER would have upgraded! Now I just want my computer restored to USABLE -

What an unfortunate story.   I hope you will quickly get things back to normal.
To be fair though, there has been quite a lot written about the effects of mountain Lion and the loss of Rosetta, as one example.   I am wondering just how much research you did before buying.
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Need to reinstall Snow Leopard?

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, I am new to posting in the forum. I just got my iMac back a few days ago from Best Buy, it had the hard drive replaced (for the 2nd time in 7 months). What had happened this time was that it was constantly freezing and sometimes crashing. The Apple Support tech told me it was a Safari 5 problem and to reinstall Snow Leopard and then when I did the updates to NOT update to Safari 5. Well, the whole thing went down and I had to take it in to get the HD replaced. I installed SL myself, but I did not check off the box for Rosetta. Will that cause problems? Because I am having some problems with videos people have sent via email and some MySpace content. One time a message box flashed up that said something about a MIME plugin missing but I have not been able to duplicate that error message. When I go on the certain MySpace pages (band pages), especially one in particular, everything shows up except for a huge white box in the middle above the band's page. Also, my Realplayer (newest version, 12) will download videos but it will not play them in the Realplayer window. You can go to the folder where the video is and the thumbnail will play, but not in the window where it should. Any suggestions? I'm not a very technical person, though I can follow instructions that are straightforward. This really has me aggravated though. Thanks in advance.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
The first thing I'd recommend is NEVER take your machine to BBY for any repair, if you have an Apple Store in the area take it there. The advice your got about not installing Safari 5 is a good example, Safari 5 is fine and runs extremely well.
Roesetta is a tool that is only needed if you are running programs that were not designed for an Intel based iMac. Even if you don't have it currently loaded if you try to run one of those programs OS X is smart enough to ask you again if you want to download it. In short it's nothing to worry about.
Videos can be in a variety of different formats so to ensure your system runs all of them download and install VLC Media Player, it will allow you to run video from different codecs on your Mac.
If you are still having issues after doing that make an appointment at your local Apple Store and bring your machine in, an Apple Genius will be happy to help you out.
Regards,
Roger

I need to reinstall Snow Leopard

I need to reinstall Snow Leopard. My MacBook Pro refused to boot up and by a process of elimination I got to the point where I reinstalled Leopard from the disks that came with the computer. Now I need to get Snow Leopard back so I can access Time Machine and get my files back, I bought Snow Leopard as a download. How can I access and reinstall it?
Many thanks for any help!

Joe Herth wrote:
If I can add a question to this post. I just performed a fresh install of snow leopard on my 4 year old imac and was wondering if it makes a difference in what order to reinstall my apps. Should I make sure all my apps go on before putting on any data? Or does it matter.
For hard drives the "fresh install" order for best long term performance is:
OS X (all updates and upgrades)
All Programs humanly possible at the time.
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SSD's don't matter as they use wear leveling and access speed is equal across the whole media far as I know.
Read my performance tips here
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

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This article contains instructions for reinstalling OSX on older Macbook Airs. It should also apply to your situation. Give it a try.

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...a nice easy one hopefully.
My sister has made a mess of her MacBook (long story).
The easiest solution would be to simply reinstall Snow Leopard but she doesn't have access to the original installation disk that came in the box.
I have the one (also SL) that came in my MacBook...is it OK to use it to reload SL on her computer?

Hello:
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Barry

I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and foolishly upgraded to Yosemite. Is it possible to go back in time with Time Machine and reinstall Snow Leopard. Then upgrade to Lion or Mavericks? Any other ideas on how I can exit Yosemite?

I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and foolishly upgraded to Yosemite. Now have numerous problems. Is it possible to go back in time with Time Machine and reinstall Snow Leopard? Then upgrade to Lion or Mavericks? Any other ideas on how I can exit Yosemite?

Once you get yourself back to Snow Leopard, if you still want to upgrade somewhat, I would suggest the following:
1. Get an external hard drive that you can use for experiments with new OS versions. You could partition it into 2 or 3 partitions. You could then clone your existing Snow Leopard system to one partition using Carbon Copy Cloner (well worth $40) or SuperDuper ($25).
2. Buy OS X Mountain Lion for $20, through the Apple online store (I don't think it's available through the App Store). Apple has decided to make it very difficult for anyone to get Mavericks unless they have already downloaded it.
You will receive two e-mails from Apple, one containing a PDF with a redemption code, and one with the password you will need to unlock the PDF. Using the code, you will download Mountain Lion from the App Store, where it will appear among your Purchased items.
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Reinstalling snow leopard on a machine that has mountain lion

Having trouble reinstalling Snow Leopard on a Macbook Pro (aluminum 17", 2008 or so) that is currently running Mountain Lion... advice?

Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard 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
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2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
      mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status
      of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then
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3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions
      from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS
      Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
      partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on
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4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
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I can't boot my MBP or reinstall snow leopard

I have an old 2005 MBP (non unibody) using snow leopard. I urgently need to get it running again since it stopped booting up last feb 2012 and I haven't used it since as I'm using a desktop now. When I turn it on I get no chime and the screen goes grey with an alternating apple logo, and a no entry sign, and occasionally a folder with a question mark on it. When I insert snow leopard and reboot it allows me to select language, and the home screen comes up with the option to reinstall the OS. I have also been to the utilities>disk utilities and tried verifying and then repairing the HD. When verifying it says my drive appears to be ok, and when repairing it appears to have not fixed anything. I've then quitter DU and gone back to try re-installing snow leopard and although the progress bar estimates 30mins or so it takes hours, then gets to about 3/4 done and comes up with a failure message saying..
Install Failed
Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer
The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.
Contact the manufacturer for assistance
Click restart to restart your computer and try installing again
I did have the installer log window open whilst trying this and the last line before the install failure message contains loads of stuff which means nothin to me but contained within this text is this "an error occurred while extracting files from the package " lexmark_laserdrivers.pkg". Underlying error=(error domain=BOMcopierfatalerror code=28....(loads more text after this..)
Any help would be appreciated!!
Thanks

Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard 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.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install the Combo Updater for the version you prefer from support.apple.com/downloads/.

Can I back up computer with time machine on lion then reinstall snow leopard and restore from backup safely

Can I back up computer with time machine on lion then reinstall snow leopard and restore from backup safely?

If your machine came with Snow Leopard or earlier and you have your install disks, yes, you can reinstall SL. However, you will need to erase the entire hard drive so you will lose all your files. Also note that there are some apps (such as Mail) which can't be downgraded "automatically" such as with a restore from Time Machine. Here is some info on TM:
http://pondini.org/TM/14.html

I have a iMac 6,1 that I want to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Snow Leopard version 10.6.3 . I don't know how to reformat

I have a iMac 6,1 that I need to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Snow Leopard version 10.6.3 . How do I reformat ?

Boot the ssystem from the OS DVD. Once it is booted run Disk Utiltiy. Select OS Extrended (Journled)
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

How do I reinstall Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini Server 2010?

How do I reinstall Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini Server 2010? I have already attached a Mac Superdrive and tried to download, but the buttons at the bottom of the dialog screen are greyed out.

Not sure where you're getting tangled here or how much you know about OS X Server 10.6, so...
AFAIK, Snow Leopard Server wasm't available as a download, it was a separate DVD distribution.
Unlike more recent versions of OS X Server, the 10.6 server distributions were usually standalone DVD disks, as well.
(There is a slight wrinkle if your Mac needs a newer version of 10.6 than your server distribution; there was a different streaming upgrade process for that. IIRC, the appropriate OS X client version was installed first, then you booted that client version and loaded the DVD and installed OS X Server.)
But if you have a Snow Leopard Server distribution that supports your particular Mac Mini model, then boot the DVD, use Disk Utility from the Utilities menu in the bootable DVD environment, wipe the disk, and then install OS X Server.
You'll need a 10.6 license key, if you don't already have that.
FWIW, here are the available manuals.

TS1440 When I start up, there is only the flashing folder with a question mark on it. When I tried to reinstall snow leopard, there is no hard disk to be found.

After rebooting my computer, there is only the flashing folder with "?" on it. I tried several things like PRAM resetting and whatnot, but nothing worked. I then tried to reinstall Snow Leopard, but it appears there is no hard disc to be found to install it. I also wanted to repair the disk first but it wasn't present in disk utilities. Did I lose my hard drive, or is this still salvagable?

That is evidence that your hard drive has failed and needs to be replaced.

Can I delete maverick and reinstall snow leopard?

Can I delete os maverick on MacBook Pro and reinstall snow leopard?

Yes you can. But in doing so you will need to wipe out the complete drive so you should first manually backup your user files to an external drive. That is copy all your personal files over to an external drive and not with Time Machine.

Reinstalling Snow Leopard MacBook Air into Mavericks/Lion

Hi!
I have a MacBook Air from 2011 with Snow Leopard on it. I want to wipe my hardrive clean and install either Lion or Mavericks on it. The problem with the 2011 model with Snow Leopard is that you cannot reboot and reinstall it without a USB key, right? So, if I install either Lion or Mavericks on the computer before I reinstall it, will that give me an option to reinstall without an USB key, or is it a permanent condition for the Macbook Air from 2011 to be without an Internet recovery mode?
Thanks in advance!

Phidelphi wrote:
Hi!
I have a MacBook Air from 2011 with Snow Leopard on it. I want to wipe my hardrive clean and install either Lion or Mavericks on it. The problem with the 2011 model with Snow Leopard is that you cannot reboot and reinstall it without a USB key, right? So, if I install either Lion or Mavericks on the computer before I reinstall it, will that give me an option to reinstall without an USB key, or is it a permanent condition for the Macbook Air from 2011 to be without an Internet recovery mode?
Thanks in advance!
While not exactly answering your specific questions, my advice: Partition your hard drive for a new 2nd partition of about 80% of the remaining capacity. Install Lion or Mavericks into the new partition.
That way you have a Snow Leopard partition to work with by "dual-booting" (Startup Disk in System Preferences). If you discover that some of your software will not work in Lion/Mavericks, you have the Snow Leopard option to work with them.
Reinstalling Snow Leopard after a complete wipe/install Lion or Mavericks will be very difficult and time consuming.
BACK UP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!

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