Before You Upgrade to 10.5.2 - If It Ain't Broken Don't Fix

*DO NOT UPGRADE MID PROJECT.*
*DO NOT UPGRADE BEFORE CLONING YOUR BOOT DRIVE.*
*DO NOT UPGRADE IF IT AIN'T BROKEN*
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Here's a list of known new features:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307109
1. The combo update is found here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1052comboupdate.html
And may help with fixing issues with the Software Update version of 10.5.2, or the "delta" version designed just for 10.5.1.
2. Wait until your mission critical apps have all been tested with it.
3. Wait until any hardware you use has been tested with it.
4. Wait until any system addons you use have been tested with it.
5. Only upgrade after backing up your data at least twice, dismounting and disconnecting those backups.
6. Disable all third party modification utilities before updating, unless you know the version of those utilities is compatible with the update.
7. Make sure your hard drive has at least 9 GB + an arbitrary 15% of the disk space free before applying the update + double the update's file size. This will ensure that your update does not overfill your hard disk.
8. Only upgrade after repairing permissions before and after applying the update.
9. If you do find issues please report them to http://bugreporter.apple.com/ or http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
10. If you would like to find out how to troubleshoot after applying the update, wait a couple weeks for people to get their hands on it to see if they can reproduce your issues.
11. Don't be too quick to blame it on the update, many issues with corrupted files, antiquated drivers, corrupted cache files, and logfiles can make issues surface immediately after applying the update.
And above all, don't panic, and start a new topic thread if you need troubleshooting:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1219&start=0
All the people on this board are here to help you, and we don't want blame to be cast before a solution is attempted to be found, as then we can't know if you really want a solution to your problem.

And if people DO read it, it will be too late as they already upgraded and are only here to report issues, not look for solutions to issues BEFORE they happen.
Too many people think that all this high end editing stuff should "just work." You have to treat your system right....you have to have a little technical know-how. This isn't easy folks.
Shane

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Do your Home Work BEFORE you "upgrade" to snow leopard

Here is my experience with this upgrade... I provide in hopes to prevent others from spending hours and hours with this upgrade...
1. First, I have 3 video cards in my MacPro. One is an ATI HD3780. Once I upgraded to Snow Leopard, my mac would not boot and just got the black square of death on the screen. I removed the card, then tried to find the new drivers for this card, which do not exist on ati's web site that I could find. I finally found my original install disk, installed the graphics card drivers, reinstalled the card and now my machine boots.
This Snow Leopard "upgrade":
2. It removed all my mail plugins, didn't simply move them to a disabled folder, so I had to reinstall them:
-Dockstar
-SpamSieve
3. Many other 3rd Party apps had to be updated. More than any upgrade I have done with the Mac. I had to go thru the applications folder and try every 3rd part application, and a ton of them now had to be re-serialized, and some don't work at all. I had a ton of screen savers that don't work now, and it doesn't disable them it deletes them.
In all this was the most cumbersome "upgrade" I have ever done on a mac, and I have been upgrading macs for almost every version of the os. IF this "upgrade" was labeled as it truely is " a New Install", I would expect all the things I have had to deal with. Calling this an upgrade is downright goofy..
Good resource BEFORE you upgrade:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
Summary:
If you want to upgrade, and you have a mac that has lots of applications on it, you may want to set aside around 4-5 hrs to get your mac working like it was before the upgrade. Also if you have older apps you may want to choose to install rosetta during the install process, and BEFORE you upgrade, get all your serial numbers for all your 3rd party apps just in case. Not all of mine asked for it, but enough did that it took around 4-1/2 hrs for me to get back to the point of before the install. (Glad I didn't install it on all my macs yet!). I am very happy I didn't install this on my work machine or I would be in major trouble, things like fink, etc... would all be trashed...

Do your homework before you upgrade, or prepare yourself and set aside a lot of extra time..

I can't connect to my school's free wifi. i was able to do it before but not anymore i get the self assign ip agrees message .it has no password only a pop up window before you connect to agree to school terms for wifi use. i don't get that window anymore

I can't connect to my school's free wifi. i was able to do it before but not anymore i get the self assign ip addrees message .it has no password only a pop up window before you connect to agree to school terms for wifi use. i don't get that window anymore. i tried everything I can think of. It is a 2010 macbook pro but i recentrly updated to osx lion and even with lion it was working fine so I nkow it is not the update. also Im able to connect to other internets at home it works great. starbucks too. but i became so frustated that i reset my computer to manufactuter setting and reinstall snow leopard on it. still I cant connect. I need help please i have been searching all over the web for help and i see people has been having this same problem for years now.. oh yeah and i know it is not the internet cuz there are other macs connecting to it without a single problem so i think it is an isolated problem plase help....i have follow many advises such as delete the internet from your prefered netwoks. restar your commputer etc etc.

Be sure Safari does not have the Block Pop-Up Windows preference set.
Where I work now there are several unencrypted VLANs that require authentication, and Safari promptly pops up a window for me to register every time.

I'm running OS 10.6.8 and wondering if I should upgrade. I'm also using safari 5, which is about 3 versions ago. Experience says if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but am I missing out?

I'm running OS 10.6.8 and wondering if I should upgrade. I'm also using safari 5, which is about 3 versions old. Experience says if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but am I missing out?

One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.
Check to make sure your applications are compatible.
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Clear your home screens before you upgrade

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/03/manual-android-2-2-update-for-motorola-droid/
This site has the download for 2.2 although I waited for the OTA. It also has the beta flash, but again I'll just wait for an official release. But when you read through the site they recommend you clear your home screens before you update. Whether it really should be done or not I don't know but I did it and my upgrade has gone flawlessly. If it helps with a cleaner install it's worth it. Plus you are going to want to reorganize your screens since you are getting 5 of them anyway.

Pretty much just bragging rights for the nerd world. A higher score doesn't necessarily mean it's a better phone. Unless the devices are running the same apps, settings, etc it's a relatively pointless number other than saying mine is bigger than yours. Below is the Quadrant score of my Droid running at 1GHz from a while back. Does that mean it's better than the N1, Shadow/Droid X or Galaxy S? not really

ITunes 7.2 and iPod issues-- read before you upgrade to it...

I am having issues uploading any of my music I purchased to my iPod since i upgraded to 7.2. Since I have upgraded to 7.2, I have had no success in getting ANY of my purchased music back on to my iPod. Back on it you say? That's because I first thought the syncing issue was due to a single bad corrupted file somewhere, so I restored my iPod, clearing 15GB of music and stuff, and tried to reload everything. I can still upload music I imported from CD's, but any playlist that contains a purchased item causes iTunes to crash before the upload finishes. I have found many other people to have this same problem.
My advice, if you want to keep your purchased music intact, DO NOT UPGRADE TO 7.2 until they work out the bugs. Somehow this stems from their DRM issues, and with iTunes Plus and its DRM Free choices, it has somehow made our older DRM music a major issue. Unless someone has a miracle answer to this, I will keep wishing I still had 7.1, when life was easier and free of problems. When music could roam freely on my iPod, and my iMac would not crash every time iTunes showed it's younger face. Ohhh, the good old days. When music was music and my iPod had music on it. When buying music was buying, not renting. Remember those days?

You might try here:
http://filehippo.com/download_itunes/?2327
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Before you Upgrade Read This...

This support article explains how to save your old version of Final Cut Pro as a hidden Zip file and how to hide/save your work in case you decide to switch back AFTER upgrading to FCP 10.1:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5550

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I'm using mac with the newest operating system (snow leopard 10.6.7). since I've updated to Firefox 4 It doesn't display Hebrew fonts- I didn't have any problems with it before the upgrade and in safari I don't have this problem.

Hello, I'm using Mac with the newest operating system (snow leopard 10.6.7). since I've updated to Firefox 4 It doesn't display Hebrew fonts… I didn't have any problems with it before the upgrade and in safari I have no problem with it. please help me- I don't like to use safari a my browser...

elly903 wrote:
Before commenting - I CANNOT install Mavericks because it'll mess up the versions of Filemaker Pro and Quicken that I use regularly...
Quicken 2007 for Intel (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks) for $15:
http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp
It will input your Quicken PPC data file directly if it was Quicken 2005 through 2007. If older you need Quicken 2006 or 2007 PPC first to convert your data file; and this update must be done BEFORE you upgrade to Mavericks:
http://quicken.intuit.com/support/help/patching/quicken-2006-manual-updates--mac -/GEN82200.html
Filemaker Pro PPC (in this case 7) running in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels for use in Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks:
[click on image to enlarge]
Snow Leopard Server: 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only)
This solution allows you to run your Photoshop Elements in Mavericks concurrently with Filemaker Pro PPC. Mavericks is a free download.

Can you upgrade from os x 10.4 tiger to os x10.6 snow leopard

I have just bought a 2nd had mac book pro 2006 model 2gb ram and 100gb hdd it is running tiger 10.4.11 I have realized that i need to upgrade this to be able to use the lastest i tunes etc and also to be able to sync my iphone 4. can you upgrade straight from tiger to snow leopard 10.6 or do you need to install leopard 10.5 first.
Many Thanks
Simon

Backup first
It is always best to have a full bootable backup before you upgrade. If you fail to do this you will be unable to return to this OS if you decide you don't like the new OS. Also there is a slight chance that an install could lose everything on the Mac. The backup must be to an external hard disk. Preferably use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable backup of the whole disk.
Erase before the install
Once you have a bootable backup on an external disk it is best to erase the internal disk with the new installer DVD before you install.
During the install
Preferably do not import any data or preferences from earlier OSs during the install process as this can reintroduce bugs.
OS numbers and names
OS X 10.4.x - Tiger
OS X 10.5.x - Leopard
OS X 10.6.x - Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7.x - Lion
OS X 10.8.x - Mountain Lion
More about Macs
The Apple History site has specifications for every Mac ever produced: http://www.apple-history.com/
Upgrade to Leopard
Those wishing to upgrade to Leopard should be aware that install disks can be expensive unless you contact Apple. Details: http://lowendmac.com/deals/best-os-x-leopard-prices.html Standard Leopard installers impose several hardware limitations including speed and RAM size but all these restrictions can be overcome. Google for details. Leopard works well at 500 MHz with 1 GB of RAM and many happy users have less than this.
Upgrade beyond Leopard
OSs beyond OS X 10.5.8 require an Intel processor. If in doubt check this: Click the apple at the top left of your screen and select 'About this Mac'. This will give you your OS number. Then click 'More Info' to see which processor you have. If it says PowerPC you cannot upgrade to Snow Leopard and above. If you have an Intel Mac it is well worth upgrading to Snow Leopard now and then considering other options after that. You can buy Snow Leopard here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Upgrade beyond Snow Leopard
Information about upgrading Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A
Important
Check that your Mac complies with any requirements. If you are not in the US you should use the Change Country link at the bottom of Apple pages.

HT1338 this is all well and good but how do you upgrade software, i have no updates waiting and a lot of stuff now requires updates, all i want is to buy lion snow leopard, etc. online however every time i look for a solution i get a really really crap so

I'm having a problem upgrading my computer, i wish to download snow lepard and lion but every link on the apple website as been so unhelpfull that i have no idea how to get it or where to downlaod it. is there anywhere i can do this.... the only referances i have had have been "click on the apple and press software update" i have no updates and my computer will no longer do anything without an update......
where can i get snow lepard and lion....

Backup first
It is always best to have a full bootable backup before you upgrade. If you fail to do this you will be unable to return to this OS if you decide you don't like the new OS. Also there is a slight chance that an install could lose everything on the Mac. The backup must be to an external hard disk. Preferably use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable backup of the whole disk.
Erase before the install
Once you have a bootable backup on an external disk it is best to erase the internal disk with the new installer DVD before you install.
During the install
Preferably do not import any data or preferences from earlier OSs during the install process as this can reintroduce bugs.
OS numbers and names
OS X 10.4.x - Tiger
OS X 10.5.x - Leopard
OS X 10.6.x - Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7.x - Lion
OS X 10.8.x - Mountain Lion
More about Macs
The Apple History site has specifications for every Mac ever produced: http://www.apple-history.com/
Upgrade to Leopard
Those wishing to upgrade to Leopard should be aware that install disks can be expensive unless you contact Apple. Details: http://lowendmac.com/deals/best-os-x-leopard-prices.html Standard Leopard installers impose several hardware limitations including speed and RAM size but all these restrictions can be overcome. Google for details. Leopard works well at 500 MHz with 1 GB of RAM and many happy users have less than this.
Upgrade beyond Leopard
OSs beyond OS X 10.5.8 require an Intel processor. If in doubt check this: Click the apple at the top left of your screen and select 'About this Mac'. This will give you your OS number. Then click 'More Info' to see which processor you have. If it says PowerPC you cannot upgrade to Snow Leopard and above. If you have an Intel Mac it is well worth upgrading to Snow Leopard now and then considering other options after that. You can buy Snow Leopard here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Upgrade beyond Snow Leopard
Information about upgrading Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A
Important
Check that your Mac complies with any requirements. If you are not in the US you should use the Change Country link at the bottom of Apple pages.

I just upgraded to Lion and lost my entire address book. Ack. Fix?

I just upgraded to Lion and so far so good, EXCEPT I lost my entire address book. EVERY contact missing. I didn't back up my address book before the upgrade (see me slap head) altho did have my contacts on my iPhone, slightly out of date, but more current than my last Mac backup. So I followed the iPhone to iCloud to Mac contact synch steps and the contacts repopulated on my Mac but WITHOUT the mailing ADDRESSES. Now addresses are also gone from my iPhone.
Is it possible to revert to the Snow Leopard address data file? And if so, how do I do this? Or is there a better fix?

I had the same problem and also didn't have a back-up of my SL Address Book archive. But a minute or so's mucking about I came up with this workaround:
1) Quit Address Book and in the Finder, hold down Option, click on Go in the menubar and choose Library.
2) Go to Application Support/Address Book.
3) In that folder you should see a file called Migration XXXXX-XXX.abbu.tbz (that's a compressed TAR file).The "XXXs" will be a jumble of numbers which from what I can gather relate to the date when you upgraded to Lion. Open it using the free Unarchiver program available for download from the App Store.
4) This will open up a folder also called Migration XXXX-XXX. Click the flippy triangle to the left and you'll see it contains the Contact Book archives that existed before you upgraded to Lion, including any images and most importantly the Metadata (the names, addresses etc).
5) Move the Metadata folder from the Migration folder up into the main Library/Application Support/Address Book folder. You will get an alert saying the folder already exists: click Replace. I also replaced the existing AddressBook-v22.abcddb file from the Migration folder as well. I don't use images in Address Book so I didn't replace that: if you do, you probably do want to replace that folder too.
6) Open Address Book and gasp in wonder to find all your contacts resurrected.
Since it's an Apple app that you've been playing around with, run Repair permissions to tidy things up.
Hope this helps.

Before I upgraded my iPad mini, you could turn off apps to save battery power by double clicking the control button and then holding your finger on the app button until the minus sign appeared. That doesn't work anymore. How do you turn off the apps wit

Before I upgraded my iPad mini, you could turn off apps to save battery power by double clicking the control button and then holding your finger on the app button until the minus sign appeared. That doesn't work anymore. How do you turn off the apps with ios7

Now you swipe downward, the app will appear and you delete, keep scolling to the right as in the past. With the new operating system you also swipe downward to get the search bar to find an app

I play Zuma Blitz on FB; Ever since I upgraded to Firefox 4 I can't play the game the darn frog pauses before shooting and it's a mess; you know it's what I enjoy doing and it needs to be fixed can you help me with this??? Thanks

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I play Zuma Blitz on FB; Ever since I upgraded to Firefox 4 I can't play the game the darn frog pauses before shooting and it's a mess; you know it's what I enjoy doing and it needs to be fixed can you help me with this??? I am super frustrated ith the situationThanks

Upgrading to firefox 5 and updating my plug-ins helped a bit. Frog is less 'sticky' now, but it's not solved the problem. Java needs to be up to speed or the frog goes into stasis....

Ize any Output from my Avid Minibox. Worked fine before the upgrade...anyone? Thank you!

I use Pro Tools 10 on my iMac and after installing Mavericks it doesn't recognize any Output from my Avid Minibox to play audio through my monitors. I used to be able to play iTunes or work I did on Pro Tools. Worked fine before the upgrade...anyone? Also, my clock on my desktop before logging in keeps loosing time...weird. Thank you!

Wyodor,
Thank you for taking a gander. I mistyped: www.rosiejohnsonphotography.com. Must have not had enough coffee at that point....
So I checked my website from our other computer (not the one I use to update it) and all images loaded and looked fine. I then tried it from this computer (the only one used to update the website) and no pictures! Why is this?! I think it has something to do with this "comment widgets" statement at the bottom of each web page and the RSS box at the end of the web address bar. Any ideas how to fix this and get it back to where it was working would be appreciated!
Thank you.

I need an upgrade to iphoto, but it wasn't purchased . the message appear you must verify your payment information before you can make purchases . i have 17$ credit by gift card . i don't have credit card

i need an upgrade to iphoto, but it wasn't purchased . the message appear you must verify your payment information before you can make purchases . i have 17$ credit by gift card . i don't have credit card

Hi ...
You need to take into account any applicable taxes and or fees. iTUNES STORE - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
So if the total cost of the app exceeds 17$, you'll need to purchase and redeem another iTunes gift card.

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