Forgot to backup before installing Snow Leopard!!
Can anyone help me figure out how to get all my files back from the previous operating system??? I am so stressed out about losing all my files. Anything I can do?
So, a MB with no backups of any kind. All I can suggest, if you really can't find anything in your user (home) folder, then you'll need something like DataRescue or FileSalvage and an external, FireWire HD to recover the missing data. Don't do too much with the machine except to look for the missing stuff; otherwise, you'll overwrite things and never get them back. First thing to do is look in your home folder for Documents, Pictures, and Library for the missing stuff. Search these forums for things like *recover files*, *lost files*, etc.
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I am running Mac OS X currently and need to upgrade to Snow Leopard. First I need to back up my computer. I have a Time Capsule that automaticallyt backs up Snow Leopard and above but do not have Time Machine on this system. How can I back up what I an currently running?
Do I download these? I am not particularly good at this, so any help would be great. What I know now is that it is recommended to back up current comuter before installing snow leopard, but I have no idea how to do this. I know I can go from 10.4.11 directly to Snow Leopard but am afraid I will lose data.
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Can't edit iCal events like before installing Snow Leopard.
When creating a New Event or trying to Edit an existing Event the title field isn't editable like before I installed Snow Leopard. If I try to click on the header field to edit it, the whole event box turns into a window with red & green buttons at the top and I STILL can't edit the title area! This doesn't make sense! Did something go wrong installing Snow Leopard? I've reinstalled it twice and still the same behavior. This can't be the way things are supposed to work editing events in iCal. I can edit the location and all the other fields in the event panel, but NOT the title. The only way I can try to edit the event title is by hitting the enter key and try to add characters before it switches to an un-editable field again.
Perhaps you've just updated your OS and now have the newer version of iCal which is ***** compared to the faster, more elegant older version. The older iCal presented every event's details in a ready to edit format just by clicking on the item in the calendar.
Now you have to double click that item you're interested in (one two) to get a window that shows you the item's details. Then, to edit, you must click the 'edit' button (three) upon which another editable window will allow your event details to be edited. Finally, after finishing your edits, you must click 'done' (four). Yes, that's right, 4 clicks to do what used to require only the initial click to specify which event you wanted to edit.
Four times as many clicks for a utility application that has no further improvements, only this annoying change from what was once a very efficient tool.
I do hope a future "update" will bring back the elegance of the older version with some true improvements. -
I have this brand new Snow Leopard stuff
Before set-up my computer asked (as usual) my password
then the installation went on
and the computer booted up
but when i typed my password, it was rejected
As if everything was erased by the process
Has anyone ever encountered such bug and if so did someone find a solution (other than erasing the wole disk)?
I'm very forward to hear from you out there
Rainimo35Use the
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MacBook Pro Crashes after Installing Snow Leopard
I just installed Snow Leopard on my macbook pro that I've had for 5 years and ever since every app that I open crashes upon opening it. If it does not crash, it'll open the application but render it completely inoperable. The computer also loses mousetrack and keyboard abilities. This happens every time I restart my computer. My computer is also no longer under warranty and cannot run without power cord. Nothing seems to be working correctly since the update. Time to start looking at a new computer? Easy fix? Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you much.
J-UST-91,
which version of Mac OS X was installed on your MacBook Pro before you’d installed Snow Leopard? Was it working flawlessly under the older version? Do you make a backup of your disk just before installing Snow Leopard? -
Installed Snow leopard time machine
Just installed Snow Leopard and am trying to reinstall all of my settings, docs, iCal, etc. from time machine. Anyone know how to do this?
What OS did you have before? Did you erase your whole disk before installing Snow Leopard? If so, did you use Setup Assistant to transfer your information from your Time Machine backups when you first booted up after installing?
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Why does my DVI to S Video adapter not work on my Macbook Pro since installing Snow Leopard?
The Apple DVI to S Video Adapter worked before installing Snow Leopard. Now I just get a blue screen.
.wpl appears to be a Windows Media Player playlist. I can find no conversion software for that, and Windows Media Player is not available for Mac anymore.
If you can persuade him to download iTunes and create the playlist as mp3 in a iTunes playlist, or even just burn the base mp3 files to CD as a data disc, that's about the only solutions I can suggest. -
Installed Snow Leopard now my Mac wont power up
I have a Mac mini 1.66 it's three years old. Before installing Snow Leopard I haven't had any problems. After installing it my mac won't start. It shows no sign of power even though it's plugged in. Any suggestions?? Was it just it's time and it happened to coincide with the installation?
Your suggestion is essentially the same as one in the Apple SMC reset article, except for pressing the power button even if the Mini is off & waiting longer before trying to start it up. Pressing the power button after the Mini is already off will not 'drain any residual power' -- the SMC is the subsystem that (among other power-related functions) monitors the power button for presses & powers up or down the rest of the computer.
Because it has this function, it is important not to press the power button at the wrong time during the reset procedure, which can abort it. -
MacBook Pro won't wake from sleep after installing Snow Leopard
If my MacBook Pro is running while closed with an external display and I unplug it from the display it goes to sleep - as indicated by the white light and the front pulsing. If I then open the MacBook the display remains blank and it is completely unresponsive to any keys or track pad input.
The only thing it responds to at that point is holding the power button down until it powers down and then restarting - loosing all work in progress at that point.
Before installing Snow Leopard the Mac would wake reliably when opened from this state.Mike Doolin wrote:
I think I may have found the fix for this. My MacBook Pro was dying in its sleep every time (after installing Snow Leopard), whether it went to sleep automatically or I used a Hot Corner. I went into System Preferences>Desktop & Screen Saver and changed the screen saver to Flurry, and it works now. I had had it set to a folder containing a single .pct file that I had created.
Good advice Mike! When in doubt check the ScreenSaver settings.
Definitely seems that it has a problem with that pic... In my case, selecting any images instead of the default setting (no screensaver) seems to have cured my non waking issue on my early Macbook Pro in Snow Leopard.
My original problem was that no amount of trackpad input woke it, but the space bar did. The space bar seemed to wake it up with the previous Screen Saver setting. Now trackpad wakes it up (even from total sleep as well as screen saver), too. Might be nice to know about if this is an intended 'feature' as a security trick. Otherwise I consider this a bug.
My vote is that it's a bug. -
I'm scared to install Snow Leopard
Before installing Snow Leopard, I came here to see if anyone had problems as a result. After reading all the issues people have with the new OS, I'm scared I won't be able to use my computer after I install it. Am I better off not installing it?
amember wrote:
Am I better off not installing it?
possibly, but not necessarily
Before installing Snow Leopard, I came here to see if anyone had problems as a result.
many did, but a great many more did not. this forum is for folks with issues but it is not an indicator
After reading all the issues people have with the new OS, I'm scared I won't be able to use my computer after I install it.
if you take the usual precautions, you have nowt to fear, IMHO
get an external HD (preferably firewire 400 or, better yet, 800) and make a bootable clone of your startup disk. you can use Carbon Copy Cloner (it's free) to do that. make sure the clone is bootable by booting from it and playing around a little (get online, run some apps).
my recommendation would be to boot into your usual system, repair disk permissions with disk utility, then insert the SL install disk and follow the on-screen instructions. the regular upgrade is probably the safest way.
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Can I install Snow Leopard onto 10.5.2?
I have the Snow Leopard DVD and want to install on my Macbook Pro, which at the moment has 10.5.2 installed.
As I am preparing the Macbook Pro for sale, can I do a clean install with the 10.5.2 disks and then install the Snow Leopard?
Or do I have to upgrade the 10.5.2 to 10.5.8, before installing Snow Leopard?Wipe the HD, zero out data, install Leopard with the discs you have, and quit the installer, bypassing the setup assistant. Give the buyer the discs, the SL disc, and instructions on how to update to 10.5.8, thence to Snow Leopard.
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I have created a new partition on the Mac HD for Lion as I would like to dual boot. Do I need to install Snow Leopard on that partition before installing Lion? If so, can I use one of my Time Machine backups to do this?
zoominnana wrote:
Can I set up 2 different time capsule backups? one for the lion partition and one for the snow leopard partition?
No, you can't partition a Time Capsule's internal HD. Both partitions will back up to the same sparse bundle. keeping the backups for each partition separate.
Time Machine will not take the two OSX partitions as two different computers, but for best results, exclude the Snow Leopard drive from backups on the Lion partition, and exclude the Lion partition from backups on the Snow Leopard partition.
There may be some files on the Lion partition that Time Machine on Snow Leopard won't like, among other things. See #10 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for details. -
I'm about to install snow leopard onto my 2006 macbook with OSX 10.4.11. I read that I should copy my old OSX to an external drive before I start. Why? What is the purpose of this? Once I have snow leopard, why do I want a copy of 10.4.11? Won't I be able to import what I need while installing? Also, what is the point of partitioning my disk? I don't understand what that's for if I'm only going to run one OS on there. Any experience or advice is greatly appreciated.
It is always wise to have a copy of your latest working system ... preferably on an external drive. As Neil says, you may run into trouble and if you do you can always return to the original situation and start again.
Once you have installed Snow Leopard (an excellent system if I might say so) then you probably won't need 10.4.11 though you can never have enough back ups in my opinion. It's amazing how often a need arises.
Having a backup on an external drive allays the need to partion your hard iMac drive for the same purpose.. -
Am running Tiger 10.4.11; just got Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (regular OS disk, not upgrade). When I install Snow Leopard, will it wipe everything? overwrite Tiger? Do I need to make backups of applications and files to reinstall after Snow Leopard Loads? thanks!
Hi Donald,
No it doesn't erase anything by default, it does what we used to call an Archive and Install feature, which can give you a new OS, yet preserve your files and settings if you have enough room on your HD...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
But it does it automatically unless you specifically erase the Disk, but will replace Tiger completely for the OS & several Apple Apps like Safari, Mail, etc, yet preserve your old settings for those!
If you think you may need Tiger to run any APPs that do not work in SL/10.6, then clone or backup first.
I would recomend 2 things before installing though...
Make sure you have enough RAM & HD space.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the new Mac OS X SL/10.6 Install Disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
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Re-install Snow Leopard from TimeMachine backup
Hey guys,
What is the advance of re-installing Snow Leopard from a TimeMachine Backup, cause it installs just like before?? Or does it remove some (crap)files??
ThnxGizburdt wrote:
I backuped my MAcbook (Snow). But it is running a little bit slow, so i want to re-install it from the backup. But I wonder, if i re-install it from the backup. Isn't it slow again, cause It installs all the files back on my Macbook.
If you do a full restore of your system, almost everything will be put back. The only things missing will be the ones that Time Machine excludes automatically: system work files, most caches, your logs, trash, etc. So unless you have a corrupted cache (which is much easier to fix by clearing it), it's not going to help much, if at all. The only exception would be, if your HD is nearly full and badly fragmented, it may speed up a bit, but not for long. A much better solution would be to delete some old stuff.
If you do a new install of Snow Leopard from your Install disc (and load the "combo" update), that will get you a new version of OSX without touching your apps or other files. So if there's a problem with your installation of OSX, that may fix it.
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