Can't boot Mac Os 10.7 (Lion) to 64-bit mode anymore
Can't boot Mac Os 10.7 (Lion) to 64-bit mode anymore, after booting to 32-bit.
I was able to resolve the problem by installing Flash Player 11.7.700.169 from the direct download installer:
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.7.700.169/install_flash_player_osx .dmg
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I have lost everything on my mac, a gray screen with a folder and question mark is blinking. i hav another mac that is running slowly, how can I boot and reinstall os x Lion, i do not have the start up disc with me.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Lion uses Recovery to reinstall OS X. Press Command and R keys when your Mac starts, open Disk Utility, erase the drive and reinstall Lion. The other Mac has probably got its hard disk damaged, so take the Mac to an Apple Store -
I can not download mac os x mountain lion in the apple store
¿No puedo descargar mac os x mountain lion de la apple store, ¿Que hago?
La mac app store dice: "No se ha podido verificar el archivo de distribución del producto. Puede que esté dañado o que no esté firmado."
I can not download mac os x mountain lion in the apple store, what should I do? The mac app store says: "Unable to verify file distribution. May be damaged or not signed."Carolyn Samit San Francisco Bay Area / Hawaii
Re: i have tried to up date my OS to mountain lion but i get this messageThe product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed. Aug 7, 2012 1:24 AM (in response to LiverpoolAdam)
Quit the App Store if it's open.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar top of your screen click Go > Go to Folder
Type this exactly as you see it here:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
Click Go then move the NetworkInterfaces.plist file from the SystemConfiguration folder to the Trash.
Relaunch the App Store and try downloading Mountain Lion. -
How can i open my iMac with mountain lion in 32 bit. With the Mountain Lion, some important softwares are not functioning. Please help !
Thx for yr reply. maybe i don't express myself very well. i know ML is 64 bit system. and it does not open up my VPN connection (the VPN connection i am talking here is Cisco and it is only in 32 bits) . i was wondering is there a way my macbook air 11 inch first generation can turn back into its original operation system, so that i can use the VPN connection. THX
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Hello. I have a mac-mini (mid 2010) and with bootcamp, was successfully running XP.
I then decided to upgraded to Windows 7 had lots of trouble installing it on my existing bootcamp partition.
I finally was able to install Windows 7, by just booting off the CD and letting it install that way.
But reading more on it, I think I was supposed to use Bootcamp to do it for me...
I had thought the Bootcamp Assistant was for only fresh installs of a Windows O.S. where no partitiion existed previously.
I had a partition so thought Bootcamp wasn't required for my needs.
But now, inside Windows 7, I have 0 drivers installed. I have an AirPort Express, so on the Mac side, I downloaded
and installed the Windows version of AirPort Utility and copied it to my USB stick. Then
I exported my settings to a text file on a USB Stick, then on Windows was able to successfully install AirPort Utility and import the settings.
But it still doesn't find my network. I am pretty sure I'm broadcasting my SSID...
So I need to know the following:
1) How to know I'm broadcasting my SSID - where do I find this in settings?
2) How I can install my mac-mini drivers on Windows 7 so I can use my existing wireless network, now that I've gone through the installation without using Bootcamp?
3) Do I need to set up network adapters and all that stuff in Windows 7 first? If so, how and what drivers do I need?
One other thing I tried was downloading Bootccamp 4.x and installing that on Windows 7 to see if it gives me the drivers that were supposed to be written to my USB stick if I had installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp in the first place... However I think the message it said was that it couldn't install as it was the wrong version. So I'm still stuck without drivers and therefore no internet.
And that is my main task - getting the Internet up and running in Windows 7.
Other Info:
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 2 GB of memory.
I installed the 32-bit version of Windows 7 and I don't know what version of Bootcamp I'm running...
I can tell you that BootCamp Assistant is v3.0.4, but don't know if that means Bootcamp is also 3.0.4.
Hope you can help.
Thanks.I tried something that worked for me...
Knowing that after my install of Windows 7 wasn't the correct method (didn't go through bootcamp), and the BootCamp 4.x package wouldn't install under windows 7, I tried reinstalling Bootcamp 4.x in Windows 7 to see what the exact message was it gave me. The message said it couldn't install because of a 32-bit O.S. vs a 64-bit version of the package.
So that got me thinging - my XP version was 32-bit, and so is my Windows 7 installation. So I tried installing the bootcamp that came with my Mac OS X installation CD. This is bootcamp version 3.1.
Not only did it install, but it practically took care of everything driver-wise for me. I was then able to see my wireless network, enter my password and I was connected. The only thing else I had to do to get on the Internet was bring IE8 online (guess it ships offline by default). Firewall and Antivirus are now installed, just a few more things to go.
That's one thing that's just not clear that I'll be sure to note for next time... The Bootcamp packages you download are actually driver packages for Windows. That is where the Windows drivers exists that are necessary to make your Windows 7 PC work on a bootcamp partition!
I didn't need the AirPoirt Utility at all (at least, I never went into it).
Thanks VikingOSX for your post. I will not need to follow the steps you provided, but they may help someone else as all of these bootcamp issues I've been reading seem to be very unique per installation.
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Can I run Lion in 32 bit mode?
My question is the title.
I have searched on internet & it tells me to hold down '3' & '2' keys at lauch. But this doesn't work. So is there a way to boot in 32 bit mode or not?
Thanks.AsgardFleet82 wrote:
The reason I want to run in 32 bit mode is so that I can run antivirus scans. I know people will say there are no viruses that attack Mac, but there was a new virus in the press that attacks Mac which is called Flashback.c. I just want to be safe than sorry.
If I can't run in 32 bit mode, then can anyone suggest a free 64 bit AV?
Highlight the application icon and select File > GetInfo
There should be a checkbox that allows you to configure the app to run in 32-bit mode while everything else will continue to run in 64-bit mode.. -
The option to start in 32-bit mode is available in Safari. But Firefox 12.0 doesn't seem to even have it. Is it possible to upload an earlier version of Firefox? I need to be able to do this, the inability is actually interfering with work that I do to earn my living, so time is of the essence. Thanks for any help/guidance the community can offer.
Thank you, but that option doesn't seem to exist. I have attached a screen shot of the Get Info window, and I have been unable to locate the "Restart in 32-bit" option on it. It used to be right above the "locked" checkbox.
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Why can't I start my MacBook 5,2 in 64-bit mode?
I've checked: The processor is of x86_64 architecture (Core 2 Duo, 2.13Ghz). I've tried holding 6 and 4 while booting. I've tried the command line route. I've tried Startup Mode Selector. Nothing works. In fact, Startup Mode Selector says that, while my processor is technically capable of supporting 64-bit mode, Apple doesn't support it.
What gives, and is there a hack around this?Follow up info:
I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I need to run Windows under VirtualBox, but VBox will only recognize all my RAM (6 GB) if I boot into 64-bit mode. I have to throttle the RAM available to VBox back to 2048 MB to keep it from misreading host memory levels and aborting.
Follow up question:
If I upgrade to Lion, will it boot to 64-bit by default with my hardware, or no? -
Can't Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion
I've recently purchased Mountain Lion from apple. I recieved a code for the App Store to download it, and did so. However, when I tried to install it, it asked me to put in my password. I did this, and it was correct, but nothing happened. I was just on the same screen as before. I clicked install and it asked for the password again. I typed it in. The pop up left. I clicked install. Then the whole thing happened again! Help?
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive
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.
Repair
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. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Mountain Lion or Mavericks
OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
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Sharing an external USB hard rive - can you boot Mac and Windows?
I'm using an external USB2 hard drive (Western Digital 250 Gb) to back up my MacBook and a couple of Dell laptops. It's formatted FAT32, so both OSes work fine with it, and I think the Dells can boot from it. It's fine for backing up files, although SuperDuper turns up its nose because it's not HFS+.
I've learned from these forums that an Intel Mac can boot from a USB drive but only if it's formatted properly, not FAT32. I think you need a GUID partition map and HFS+ formatting.
So, is there ANY way I could use this drive as a bootable backup for BOTH a MacBook and a Dell (Windows XP) laptop? I've looked around a lot, and I think it cannot be done. Anyone know otherwise?Yes, no question about that.
What I was wondering is if there might be any partitioning and formatting strategy whereby there could be a "Mac" partition and a "Windows" partition, so that either machine could boot from the same external (USB) drive.
Obviously, Apple has achieved dual-boot with BootCamp for internal drives but I can't find any comparable solution for external drives. -
Can I Boot an iMAC i7 Mt Lion using Leopard?
My 2009 iMAC 2.8 Intel Core Duo 24" 10.5.8 (Leopard) lost it's Fire Wire. (Long Story-my fault) Shop told me it needs a logic board. ($1400.-1500.00) Apple care is well over. Otherwise the unit works well. No wireless, no mobile devices. Well as luck would have it, a while back, my wife had asked me to transfer all our home VHS tapes to Digital. (DVD) About 12 of them. I finished 4, using iMovie 6, and added titles and other FX as well, before the FW died. The camera that I use to transfer the analog to digital is FW 400. So when I told her I couldn't finish the transfers, she told me to buy a new computer.
I want an to buy an iMAC 27" i7. But I've been told by Apple and another vendor that the i7 (or i5 for that matter) won't boot using Leopard. The reason why I want to stay with Leopard for this project and a few others I'm working on is: I'm used to iMovie 6 and other apps that won't run on the i7. (I also spent a lot of money for iMovie 6 FX) Of course I will eventually learn to use the newer iMovie and other apps and services that come with the i7, but I don't want to spend time learning them now. I want to finish the VHS transfers and be done with them. I'm also working on 2 novels using Apple Works (both for 10 years - will I ever get them done?) I've tried transferring the Apple Works stories into other various word processors, but the formatting doesn't hold. I have hundreds of pages finished on each novel so far. I'm on disability and I'm pretty much home bound. I was floored when my wife gave be carte blanch to buy a new Mac. I don't want to give up this windfall.
One thing I thought of was that I should be able to capture the VHS in the i7 into Quicktime. Then save it on an ext. HD or flash drive and transfer it to my 24" iMac. (or network the two through the ethernet, which I'm not familiar with) I'm running QT Pro 7.6.4. Would this work? I'm not sure what version of QT the i7 will come with. But hopefully it won't matter?
Any suggestions or comments will be well appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
JAMJoseph Mctamany wrote:
My 2009 iMAC 2.8 Intel Core Duo 24" 10.5.8 (Leopard) lost it's Fire Wire. (Long Story-my fault) Shop told me it needs a logic board. ($1400.-1500.00) Apple care is well over. Otherwise the unit works well. No wireless, no mobile devices. Well as luck would have it, a while back, my wife had asked me to transfer all our home VHS tapes to Digital. (DVD) About 12 of them. I finished 4, using iMovie 6, and added titles and other FX as well, before the FW died. The camera that I use to transfer the analog to digital is FW 400. So when I told her I couldn't finish the transfers, she told me to buy a new computer.
I want an to buy an iMAC 27" i7. But I've been told by Apple and another vendor that the i7 (or i5 for that matter) won't boot using Leopard. The reason why I want to stay with Leopard for this project and a few others I'm working on is: I'm used to iMovie 6 and other apps that won't run on the i7. (I also spent a lot of money for iMovie 6 FX) Of course I will eventually learn to use the newer iMovie and other apps and services that come with the i7, but I don't want to spend time learning them now. I want to finish the VHS transfers and be done with them. I'm also working on 2 novels using Apple Works (both for 10 years - will I ever get them done?) I've tried transferring the Apple Works stories into other various word processors, but the formatting doesn't hold. I have hundreds of pages finished on each novel so far. I'm on disability and I'm pretty much home bound. I was floored when my wife gave be carte blanch to buy a new Mac. I don't want to give up this windfall.
One thing I thought of was that I should be able to capture the VHS in the i7 into Quicktime. Then save it on an ext. HD or flash drive and transfer it to my 24" iMac. (or network the two through the ethernet, which I'm not familiar with) I'm running QT Pro 7.6.4. Would this work? I'm not sure what version of QT the i7 will come with. But hopefully it won't matter?
Any suggestions or comments will be well appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
JAM
Nope, it will not work. -
Can I boot mac from an external hard drive (internal hard drive hard drive closure)
Model: Macbook Pro 2010 mid
OS: OSX 10.9 Hard Drive: WD5000BPKT 500GB
For some reason I need to change my perfectly working internal bootable drive to external bootable drive.
I took out my internal hard drive, put it into closure, and then connected it to mbp with USB. But my mac cannot even recognize my external hard drive. It displays a folder with a question mark with grey background, which means it cannot find executable boot drive. I tried pressing option key during start up and nothing showed. Also, I tried resetting parameter RAM but still no luck. Any help will be appreciated.The reason is somehow complicated and most likely be related to the question itself, so I did not write it down. But here is the situation.
I bought a new SSD to update my HDD. I found a software called carbon copy cloner, which could do a bootable clone. I tried to clone my original hard drive to SSD and turned out the SSD only worked when it was connected externally. After I seeking a while, I found a solution from CCC website: do the clone again with putting my original drive externally and the SSD internally (I think it is a bug of CCC.)
You may say, "why not use time machine" instead of using a third party software. My answer is time machine is too slow, and I have to reinstall the OS. My focus is why my internal hard drive does not work externally since it should work. -
[SOLVED]Can't boot mac air mid-2012 (GPT,EFISTUB,rEFInd,LUKS,LVM2)
Partition scheme:
/dev/sda/
- /dev/sda1: /boot/efi, 512M
- /dev/sda2: /boot, 100M
- /dev/sda3: lvm partition (/, var, home)
+ lvm on luks.
install from usb: dd if=archlinux-2012-08-04.iso of=/dev/sdX
Installation steps:
- boot from usb with noapic parameter
- partition
- encrypt /dev/sda3
- partitioning on /dev/sda3 (/,var,home)
- mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1; mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2; mkswap /dev/arch/swap; mkfs.ext4 /dev/arch/root; mkfs.ext4 /dev/arch/home; mkfs.reiserfs /dev/arch/var
- mount /dev/arch/root /mnt; mkdir /mnt/{boot,home,var,boot/efi}; mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot; mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi; mount /dev/arch/home /mnt/home; mount /dev/arch/var /mnt/var
- pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
--- SETTING EFISTUB: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … up_EFISTUB
/boot/efi/EFI/arch/linux.conf
root=/dev/mapper/arch-root ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap initrd=\EFI\arch\initramfs-linux.img
- pacman -Syy; pacman -Rdd sysvinit; pacman -S systemd-vcompat; pacman -S systemd-arch-units; pacman -Rns initscripts
--- Sync EFISTUB Kernel in UEFISYS partition using Systemd: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … ng_Systemd
--- Booting EFISTUB: pacman -S refind-efi-x86_64
/boot/efi/EFI/arch/refind_linux.conf
"Boot with defaults" "root=/dev/mapper/arch-root ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap"
"Boot to Terminal" "root=/dev/mapper/arch-root ro rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap 3"
---- Native systemd configuration files: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … tion_files
- arch-root /mnt; ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime; locale-gen; mkinitcpio -p linux; passwd; reboot
+++ and result: white screen without output +++
my english is very bad, forgive me.
i'm wong or miss something?
EDIT 1: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf : HOOKS=....encrypt lvm2 filesystem.....
Last edited by angelfalls (2012-09-07 19:40:38)sr am wrong. i must install grub2 follow wiki, i read wiki but don't understand much
solved. -
Can I boot an iMac from my PB in Target Disk Mode?
I'm housesitting at my parents this weekend, and would like to know if I can bootup my Powerbook G4 in Target Disk mode and then use it as the Startup volume on my parents Intel iMac. In System Preferences it doesn't give my Hard Drive as an option for a startup volume.
I think I just answered my question... OS X on my Powerbook is the PPC version... and probably can't use the PPC version as a Startup on the Intel....Hi Joel Jenkins;
I would say NO.
First of all since they have an Intel and you have PowerPC The code will not be compatible. Secondly there the problem that the Intel machine has to have the disk formatted differently. So I don't think this idea will work for you.
Why pray tell were you thinking of doing this any way? Exactly what did you hope to accomplish?
Allan -
Can I dual boot Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion on one hard drive?
I want to make a new partition and be able to boot to either OS. Is this possible, if so, how? I would think just make a new partition and install the dmg file to that new partition.
@jimmyk11: AppleCare has actually informed me that "No - this MacBooPro9,1 cannot boot Snow Leopard".
It originally came with lion 10.7.4 installed. I have since upgraded to Mountain Lion 10.8 and (today, after a week or so of ML) I reverted to Lion 10.7.4. But now I find I can no longer boot into Lion 10.7.4 from my external FW800 drive (for troubleshooting and housekeeping). So it looks as if the "boot problems" are not confined to Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
Interestingly, I can use this same external drive to boot my iMac (10.7.4) and my older MBP8,3 (10.8) into 10.7.4 - but not the newer MBP9,1.
The MBP9,1 with Lion and Mountain Lion is turning into a disaster when it comes to external booting. If I could, I'd demand a return and a refund. After bottle-feeding Lion for a year, 10.7.4 seems basically stable and can still boot into Snow Leopard and Lion from my external drives if needed. But now I see I have a worse problem: Crippled Hardware. I suspect this bug needs a firmware update - if it is fixable at all.
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