Help: Slow Flash performance (Snow Leopard)

Dear Gurus,
Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, my MacBook Pro's performance playing FLASH videos is gone. Jerky, choppy videos are the norm now. Full screen mode is out of the question. YouTube is unwatchable...
I have tried every sugestion I have found on the net but the problem still persists. I did a clean install of the Snow Leopard and the problem is there.
How do I fix this???

Very late to this, but what is the capacity of your hard drive and how much space remains available on it? A too-full hard drive can cause deteriorating performance.
Also, have you maximized the RAM? How much RAM is installed?
Sometimes it can be your internet service provider at fault. What speed is your connection?
See, when somebody says, "I've tried every suggestion," unless you enumerate exactly what you have tried, it's hard for us to tell what you haven't tried (and what may actually help).

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Why is my 2006 iMac so slow now with Snow Leopard 10.6.8?

Hello,
I bought and installed Snow Leopard on my 2006 iMac so that i could use my new Lacie Minimus Drives for backup using Time Machine.
Since my install though the computer is slow and everything seems to take a long time to do. For instance, when i select one of the shortcuts in my bookmark bar i put the mouse icon over it and it takes 5 seconds for it to go dark grey so i can select it.
It's like it has a time delay on everything now. Everything is sooooo slow.
Also before i updated the OS there was this sound coming off the computer like it was doing something in the background, a sort of rustling/crinkling noise from the drive i think. When it makes this sound the computer will slow down and display that little spinning disc icon until the sound went away and then it would speed up again. This was another reason i wanted to wipe my drive and update my software. That sound is almost constant now.
I wanted to wipe my entire hard drive and install the Snow Leopard on a fresh new system. I usually do this once a year to get rid of any unwanted junk on my computer but i never realised that the Snow Leopard disc doesn't give you the option of 'Erase and Install'.
So, do i need to install Tiger with the 'Erase and Install' option, creating a fresh system, then install Snow Leopard and update it?
Also would installing new RAM improve my mac's performance? (MichelPM, thanks for your suggestion)
There's one on ebay made by Sandisk for sale at £30. It's 2GB and seems like the best option. It's listed below.
I have 1GB on board now so that would make it 3GB.
Would doing this get rid of these unwanted and very annoying sounds and time delays?
If i have to hear that rustling or see that little coloured disc for much longer i am going to lose it.
Thanks for you time.
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Hello,
Thanks for the help everyone.
First, i have all my data/files backed up on my older Lacie drives. New ones are still in their boxes.
Second, the noise with the disc. It's not a clicking sound. It's more like the drive is struggling to do something.
It's not continuous, It happens when opening up itunes or iphoto or another app. Or when i try to open up a page on Safari, the page will start to load, the noise will start and either the noise stops and the page loads or the page stalls and the sound continues and then i just hit reload or quit Safari depending on how annoyed i am at the time! It did do this before i updated to SL but it seems to be more and more now!
If i have Safari, iPhoto and Mail open all at once, it's like a battle over what get's done with the sound creaking away and the spinning icon all over the place.
How do i check my drive using Disk Utility? Do i 'verify' it? I have done it before but it was a long time ago.
I never did a clean install. I just put in SL and let it update, then i updated the software to 10.6.8.
I will do that when i get the new RAM however just to start afresh.
I have bought a 2GB Crucial RAM memory (Thanks RadiationMac) but do i need to buy another one now?
Also how would spotlight make noise?
Thank you. These forums are invaluable.

Iphoto very slow since upgrade Snow Leopard

Hello
i aprreciate your help, here.
Since we've upgraded our MacBook to Snow Leopard, iphoto '09 is very very slow. it takes up to 45 sec to go from one photo to another if I use the adjustement tools or crop.
What do we do?
Thank you

I really don't understand why you're surprised. The idea that software makers somehow cripple existing apps to make users upgrade is common. It's also silly.
Let me give you a simple example. Today I paid €900 to repair the clutch on a Renault Espace that has 36k on the clock. Should I suppose this is a plan by Renault to get me to buy a new car? If it is, it's a remarkably stupid plan, because I can pretty much guarantee you that then next car I buy will not be a Renault. So too with Software. If you really think that Apple are trying to trick you or force you to upgrade, wouldn't you be stupid to do that? Wouldn't a sensible person instead by software by some other maker, rather than the one you think is cheating you? In fact, you'd really have to be very stupid to continue to use the software of a company that you believe is cheating you.
So, assuming you're not a stupid person, and assuming Apple are also not stupid, how would it make sense for Apple to trick you into upgrading?
Plus, of course, the fact that I ran 08 on 10.6 with no issues and so do most people.
And, you know, I am quite familiar with this forum, and yes I see the reports of performance issue. Of course, I actually read the posts and learn that there are many possible reasons for the issue. It's a symptom with several possible causes.
Have you tried creating a library in a new user account? What's the performance like on that?

MacBook running slow after installing Snow Leopard

I have 1 Gb of memory & MacBook is running slow after I installed Snow Leopard. Would it help to add more memory?

R C-R wrote:
No, inactive memory is just that: memory not actively used by anything. Paged out memory is a chunk of memory that has been swapped out to the hard drive. It must be paged back into memory if its contents are needed for anything. "Paged" refers to the amount of memory swapped in & out at a time, since the OS does this in units of memory called "pages."
This is the simplified, executive summary version. For all the gory details, see Mac Dev Center: Memory Usage Performance Guidelines: Memory Management in Mac OS X.
Thanks much. I know that it is not being used by anything currently. But, does it contain what I mentioned above, or is there a better description for what is in inactive memory? And, were does it go when replaced by something else? Paged to swapfiles?
Edit: Go to go now. Will check in later. And, I will read the memory link provided.
Message was edited by: donv (The Ghost)

Help need on Repairing Snow Leopard Version 10.6.6

I believe that some of us have seen this stuff at one time or another on Mac OS X. I'm running (version 10.6.6)
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Invalid directory item count
(It should be 43 instead of 42)
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
and I'm wondeinfr on the best way of repairing it since Mac OSX keeps unmounting my backup drive when I try to preform a backup using Time Machine.
Another question that you might help me out on is which installation disc should I use if I try to repair the OS. The Leopard disc or the Snow Leopard disc and what is the key you hold down and for how long.

Time to try fsck (Print out or write down these instructions since in single user you won't have the page open when doing this.) You must enter the commands exactly as written, observing spaces and case.
*+Use fsck if necessary+*
+fsck is a command-line utility that may be able to verify and repair a disk. If you can successfully start up in Safe Mode or use Disk Utility while started up from a disc, you don't need to use fsck. Here are some situations in which fsck may be necessary.+
+* Your Mac OS X disc isn't available.+
+* Your optical drive isn't available.+
+* You can't start with a Safe Boot by holding the Shift key during start up.+
+Tip: If you use a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) formatted volume, such as with Mac OS X 10.3 or later, you probably won't need to use fsck. If you do use it for any reason, please be aware that benign error messages can appear.+
+If you're not sure how your volume is formatted and you can't start up from your Mac OS X volume to find out, type the following command in a command-line interface and then press Return: diskutil info /+
+If you see "File System: Journaled HFS+" returned, you have a Journaled volume.+
+To use fsck, you must run it from the command line. Unlike using your mouse pointer to open an application to do something, you'll need to type a text command at the prompt (#) to tell fsck what to do. The Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities) and single-user mode are two examples of command-line interfaces in which you can type such commands. To use fsck:+
+1. Start up your computer in single-user mode to reach the command line.+
+Note: If necessary, perform a forced restart as described in the Emergency Troubleshooting Handbook that came with your computer. On desktop computers, you can do this by pressing the reset/interrupt button (if there is one) or holding down the power button for several seconds. On portable computers, simultaneously press the Command-Control-power keys. If your portable computer doesn't restart with this method, you may need to reset the Power Manager.+
+2. At the command-line prompt type:+
+/sbin/fsck -fy+
+3. Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:+
+** The volume (nameofvolume) appears to be OK+
+If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:+
+*** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***+
+Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).+
+4. When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.+
+Your computer should start up normally and allow you to log in.+

CS5 Select Tool crash Flash on Snow Leopard

I can't select anything in a tool windows. With one fla opened, i select "ESSENTIAL" in workspace, the interface, turn on, but when i select a draw tool orchange any preference on Flash CS5 Trial on Snow Leopard, the flash allways crash and close without message. The image show the tools "closed" and the erro in Apple System.
Anyone could help me?

Hi,
If you create a new user account on that machine and login as that user, does Flash still crash? A new user would have different preferences, fonts, etc. which could help narrow down the cause of the crash.
Thanks,
Nivesh

Jdeveloper very slow on OSX Snow Leopard

Hi:
I've installed jdev on ubuntu, windows and on osx snow leopard... the slowest one is the mac... very resource demanding compared to ubuntu for instance... and jdev runs faster on a virtual windows machine (virtualbox) under osx than in the osx itself... on ubuntu jdev run really slick... is this normal to be slow on osx ?
regards
Ricardo

I really don't understand why you're surprised. The idea that software makers somehow cripple existing apps to make users upgrade is common. It's also silly.
Let me give you a simple example. Today I paid €900 to repair the clutch on a Renault Espace that has 36k on the clock. Should I suppose this is a plan by Renault to get me to buy a new car? If it is, it's a remarkably stupid plan, because I can pretty much guarantee you that then next car I buy will not be a Renault. So too with Software. If you really think that Apple are trying to trick you or force you to upgrade, wouldn't you be stupid to do that? Wouldn't a sensible person instead by software by some other maker, rather than the one you think is cheating you? In fact, you'd really have to be very stupid to continue to use the software of a company that you believe is cheating you.
So, assuming you're not a stupid person, and assuming Apple are also not stupid, how would it make sense for Apple to trick you into upgrading?
Plus, of course, the fact that I ran 08 on 10.6 with no issues and so do most people.
And, you know, I am quite familiar with this forum, and yes I see the reports of performance issue. Of course, I actually read the posts and learn that there are many possible reasons for the issue. It's a symptom with several possible causes.
Have you tried creating a library in a new user account? What's the performance like on that?

Flash CS5, Snow Leopard and Font Problems

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue and might have a quick fix for it:
I have a couple of Flash projects that were originally built in CS3. Last year I upgraded them to CS5 without trouble. Recently I have upgraded my Macs to Snow Leopard, and when I open both of these FLA files in CS5 on Snow Leopard, some of the fonts are insanely distorted.
Any ideas?

I had the same issue and discovered a quick work around (not great for the long term) that does not require OS downgrade.
The first time Flash launches:
1. create a new fla
2. create a text box with the desired font that produces the issue
3. type out every character (lower and UPPER case) include all punctuation and numbers
4. Open any file that uses the font and you should be good to go
Hope that helps.

Why is mountain lion so slow compared to snow leopard?

Just installed Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard (skipped Lion).   I like the features of Mountain Lion but it is incredibly slow in overal start-up and general system responsiveness compared to Snow Leopard.
Running iMac and Macbook Pro and both are the same in really slow performance.

OK, been a busy week but I've installed RAM.
Had iMac 2007 model (iMac7,1) with 2GB of RAM (two 1GB modules).   Upgraded recently to 6GB of RAM (one 2GB and one 4GB module), yes, I know this is above the original specs of 4GB, but this model does indeed support 6GB with Snow Leopard or newer.   This now works fine under Mountain Lion with no spinning multi-colored ball.   With a couple of applications like Safari and Mail open, it has (using Activity Monitor) just under 2GB free memory.   Page Outs are now a very small (close to zero) fraction of Page Ins.   So, it works well.     If you are not upgrading memory then stick to Snow Leopard as it is a much lower memory footprint.
Had Macbook Pro 2008 model (MacBookPro5,1) with 4GB of RAM (two 2GB modules).   This wasn't performing as bad as the iMac with Mountain Lion but was still slow.   Anyway, upgraded to 8GB of RAM (two 4GB modules).   This is also now working fine with no major issues observed.
If running VMWare fusion, then a lot of the memory will be used up.   The free memory is very slim on on an iMac when running VMware Fusion with MS Win XP (ugh!), which I only do for a couple of scientific antenna analysis programs that I like to use that just aren't available on the Mac, but it is workable. Occasional memory address messages appear from the guest OS but othrwise fine.
So, in summary, if you have older machines (with low RAM) or have a multitude of apps open then Mountain Lion requires careful consideration as it needs just over 4GB when a couple of memory hungry apps open. Do anything exciting andmemory usage will increase causing tons of Page Ins compared to Page Outs and you'll be running in slow virtual memory.   So, for machines that you won't upgrade in RAM stick to Snow Leopard.   For modern Macs with 8GB, 16GB or more, then all will work well.
I still wish they could make the memory footprint leaner though.

Can we please have a FINAL solution to slow internet in Snow Leopard?

I've read so many discussions but none of the proposed solutions work for me.
I installed Snow Leopard a few days ago and ever since internet pages take forever to load.
Before SL my internet was running perfectly. I have the same strength connectivity, my router didn't budge and I didn't even move my laptop location. I'm convinced it is SL and I am not happy that I may have to uninstall it and have wasted $30.
I also couldn't believe that there is no way to contact Apple in a way they can respond. They're just leaving the solutions up to regular users and maybe offering an update if a few million people complain.
Anyways, does anyone have a solution to Slow Leopard?

WEB100 Enabled Statistics:
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 354.0kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 1.55Mb/s
------ Client System Details ------
OS data: Name = Mac OS X, Architecture = x86_64, Version = 10.6.2
Java data: Vendor = Apple Inc., Version = 1.6.0_17
------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found.
Link set to Full Duplex mode
Information: throughput is limited by other network traffic.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.
Web100 reports the Round trip time = 225.94 msec; the Packet size = 1440 Bytes; and
There were 65 packets retransmitted, 295 duplicate acks received, and 309 SACK blocks received
The connection was idle 0 seconds (0%) of the time
S2C throughput test: Packet queuing detected: 2.41%
This connection is sender limited 37.36% of the time.
This connection is network limited 62.63% of the time.
Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: ON
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
Server 'web100.rit.edu' is not behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port was successful]
Client is probably behind a firewall. [Connection to the ephemeral port failed]
Information: Network Middlebox is modifying MSS variable
Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End
Information: Network Address Translation (NAT) box is modifying the Client's IP address
Server says [217.235.176.70] but Client says [192.168.2.102]
Bandwidth speed: http://www.speedtest.net/result/686123629.png
There is another computer (PC) and it is running normally.
File download speed is fine.
By slow I mean 1 minute 15 seconds to load a page. It's only pages with a lot of pictures, but they were fast before.

Slow wireless with Snow Leopard

I've read many posts on the subject and tried most all the fixes, but nothing works and I need a work around.
Here is a summary:
Macbook Pro to Time Machine base wireless, through Actiontec GT701 DSL modem. Latest updates and firmware for all. Tested with all firewalls off.
Had no speed problems before Snow Leopard.
Web pages intermittently load very slow. Will work fast for a few minutes, then very slow for a longer periods of time, then repeat.
Direct connect via Ethernet to Time Machine, no speed problem at any time.
On different wireless hot spots including at work, no problem.
Test of DSL speed shows steady high speed performance.
Tried different DNS configurations, no effect. Tried at least 10 other recommended fixes,none worked.
Put in older Linksys WRT54G V5 in place of Time Machine. Same problem.
Same exact problem with my wife's MacBook Pro.
This points to a problem between Snow Leopard and the ActionTec modem. But since it worked just great with Leopard, is there something I can change in the ActionTec or in Snow Leopard to get back the previous performance????
I don't believe buying new hardware is a good trial and error solution, so I'm looking for a configuration solution.
Thank you in advance for you suggestions.

I am posting a solution that worked for me on this issue.
This was similar to an issue I had back with Leopard (10.5) and Entourage. Using Entourage with my Exchange Server, every time an OS update would come up, my connection was unstable and would routinely disconnect for no reason. I found a solution on one of the Mac Boards on the Internet (I do not remember which) that fixed the issue, and that same fix seems to work for this slow WiFi connection problem. This assumes you have the problem with your home WiFi, or the WiFi WAP (Wireless Access Point) you are having connection issues with. In my case I was using an Apple Airport Time Capsule Access Point.
I write these steps in the simplest terms possible to ensure even a novice can understand and follow.
1- Go to you Keychain Access (Applications -> Utilities -> Keychain Access)
2- Look for the name of your WiFi WAP/Server (It should say AirPort network password next to it)
3- Double Click and then click on Show Password on the Attributes window (May ask you to Authenticate yourself for access to the Password)
4- Write down the WAP Password (it may be case sensitive, so be exact)
5- Close Attributes window
6- Delete the entry with the name of the WiFi WAP name you selected on Step 2 above.
7- Close Key Chain Access window
8- Turn off your Airport on the menubar at the top of the screen (Airport Symbol -> Turn Airport Off)
9- Open System Preferences (Icon on your Dock) and then Click on the Network Icon
11- Click on the Airport entry and then on the Advanced button
12- Click on the Network Name of the WiFi/WAP you deleted in the Keychain Access (Step 6)
13- Click on the minus sign below the Network Names section (This deletes the WAP entry)
14- Click OK
15- Restart your Mac
What these steps do is erase the main entries that automatically connects you to your Airport WAP/Network account.
After Restart, do the following:
1- Once your Mac has restarted, then turn on your Airport (Airport Symbol -> Turn Airport On)
2- Once the Airport has scanned for available WAP's/Networks click on your chosen WAP/Network (assuming it is your Home WAP)
3- It should ask you for the WAP/Network password (If it automatically connects to your WAP then you did not delete one of the entries listed previously in step 6 and/or 13. You will have to start over.)
4- Input the Password you copied in step 4 above
5- Airport Icon should show that you are connected by going from Grey to Black lines.
6- You are done...
Once you follow these steps you should be connected to the Internet. You can test your Internet speed at www.speedtest.net
One optional step I do, which may make a difference for you, is that while the MacBook is restarting I disconnect power to the DSL modem for 10-15 seconds, and then re-connect it. This ensures you have a clean and renewed DSL connection with your provider.
One note of caution on this... when I did this fix for my Entourage problem under Leopard (10.5), every time an incremental OS update would come up, I found myself having to repeat these steps over again. It was not until Snow Leopard was installed that this issue completely went away. It seems that a new OS installation fixed whatever gremlin was laying underneath all of this.
This "Fix" did recently work on a 15" MacBook Pro 2009 model (10.6.5) that belongs to a friend of mine, and was experiencing very slow Internet WiFi speeds at his home. I hope it also works for you.
Good luck....

HP Color LaserJet 3500n - Slow Printing in Snow Leopard

I've installed all of the HP Printer Updates for Snow Leopard (even manually downloaded the latest entire HP Printer Update), Reset the Printing System and reinstalled all of my printers, but I still continue to have an issues where it takes over 4 minutes for the first page of a print job to print... This is a network printer with an external HP JetDirect (Model #J7942A) box and the slow printing occurs with all Snow Leopard machines. Firmware for both the Printer and the JetDirect box are at the latest versions...
I did notice that Apple's kb article indicates that the latest print driver for this printer is 1.0.2, but my driver indicates 1.0.1... Is the kb article incorrect? Any ideas why I'm not getting the 1.0.2 driver? Suggestions?

I've got the same problem with a Color Laserjet 3550 + JetDirect en3700.
For security reasons, I disabled SNMP v1/v2 on JetDirect. Everythings works fine on Leopard.
I got this problem after upgrading to Snow Leopard (ver. 10.6.2 with HP printer driver 1.0.1).
Looking at network traffic with Wireshark, I've noticed some timeout on SNMP v2 packet directed to the printer.
I've enabled SNMP v1+v2 on JetDirect and now everithings works fine, but security problems related to unsecure SNMP version are now open.
I've upgraded HP printer driver, but I can't find driver version 1.0.2, as mentioned in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669#HP.
Any suggestion?

Need help with original MacBook, Snow Leopard, iPod Touch and iPad

I have the original MacBook (2GHz Intel Core Duo) and I just installed Snow Leopard. My software is all up to date and my system drive has 42 GB of space available. I have an iPod Touch 32 GB 3rd Gen and iPad 1 32 GB that I previously have been syncing with an iBook G4 PowerPC with no problems. The iPod is running iOS 6.
Now, I want to sync them with this MacBook but when I open iTunes and connect the iPod, I go to click Backup (to this Computer(or even to iCloud)), it gives me an error message that my computer does not have enough space to backup. The iPod is only 17 GB full. So, I tried clicking Sync, in an effort to just get my iPod data into my iTunes and on the computer that way. But it only did a 3 step sync and didn't actually transfer anything from the iPod. My iPod was NOT wiped clean however(which is what I was actually worried would happen). So I gave up on the iPod.
Moving on to the iPad, I clicked back up and it WAS able to backup. The Available space on my system drive went from about 42.8 GB to 42.25 GB, so I figured it may have done something. Then I tried to Sync and it did the same 3 step sync and nothing was transferred to the computer and the iPad left untouched.
I am extremely new to Snow Leopard, so maybe I am missing something. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Ultimately my goal is to just get everything from my iPod and iPad onto this MacBook.

See if yhis article helps with your sync and backup issues http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
Make sure that you click on each tab on the top of the iTunes window and select what you want to be synched.
Authorize or deauthorize http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
As far as replacing the hard drive it's very easy, here's a guide http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Core+2+Duo+Hard+Drive+Replacement/514/1
IF you do decide to replace the hard drive you might consider a solid state drive, less power, less heat and WAYYYYY faster. I replaced mine with a Samsung 840 250GB SSD and it's the best upgrade I've ever done to a computer.
You might also try posting your questions in the iTunes forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/itunes

HELP! InDesign with Snow Leopard - missing Symbol dfont

I have a Mac Pro and have just update to Snow Leopard. Now, Symbol dfont is gone.
I do technical journals and books for a living and I work with many equations and formulas. I also use MathType. A client of mine is very particular about the consistancy of fonts used, mainly, the Symbol font. Snow Leopard seems to have removed Symbol dfont (Med). This has made the consistancy of appearance a BIG problem. I have had to use Symbol ttf (which is now the default font for Symbol dfont . . . apparently) and the difference is noticable.
Is there a way of putting the Symbol dfont back into the system folder without it becoming a nightmare? According to the OSX ver. 6, it was suppose to have this. Did they take it away in its updates to OSX ver. 6? Any help would be most appreciated.

10.6 Ships with Symbol.ttf rather than Symbol.dfont. It's in /System/Library/Fonts/
If you absolutely need the .dfont you could pull it off an old system. I have one handy and can sent you a link, but the ttf is probably better to use. See attached for version difference between ttf, dfont and the windows SYMBOL.TTF.
The new one has ~30 more characters added to it and matches the windows version.

PLEASE HELP!! from snow leopard to mountain lion - install page just sitting there

Hi,
I am updating my macbook from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. I downloaded the software from the app store just fine and checked to make sure my macbook is compatible (which it is). But now I am trying to install it on my HD and it wont do anything. I agreed to the terms and conditions and entered my admin passwprd already and nothing's happening. I've done this multiple times, closing out of the mountain lion app and restarting it - going through the process over again and still nothing is happening. No horizontal blue install bar, no reving of the fans making it sound like work is being done - nada. Please help!!!

Hi,
You could try and redownload the Installer.app and try again (move the installer that you have allready downloaded to the desktop first).
Robin

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