HT4906 Stuck with iPhoto '09 in Mountain Lion, no Photo Stream

I installed Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, and I cannot access Photo Stream because I am stuck w/ iPhoto 9. The support article linked from the greyed out Photo Stream says Snow Leopard Users can update iPhoto with a software update. None available to me.

Do you have iPhoto '09 (version 8.x) or do you have iPhoto '11 (version 9.x)? If you're using iPhoto '09 (the most recent version available from Software Update is 8.1.2) it does not include Photo Stream. If you want iPhoto '11 (the most recent version is 9.3.2) then you'll have to purchase it from the App Store. There is no simple "software update" from version 8.x to version 9.x.
-Doug

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HT4906 just downloaded os x mountain lion for photo streaming in iCloud...do I also have to purchase the iPhoto app as well?

do i need to purchase/download anything else...Iam still not able to use the photostream option from the icloud menu.

Depends on what version of iPhoto you have - PS requires iPhoto '11 version 9.2 - other iCloud features require other versions of iPhoto and of the OS - see http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ for details and instructions
LN

Canon 860 Series (Pixma) Printer Problems with OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – links to Canon Support Site with Drivers and Software with install tips

After spending several hours sorting out Canon Pixma OSX problems here are my thoughts:
Canon 860 Series (Pixma 868) Printer Problems with OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – links to Canon Support Site with Drivers and Software with install tips
Problem:
- New imac and MacBook Pro 2012 (OSX 10.8.2) had a problem using Canon Pixma 868 printer on network and would not scan or print using Canon Pixma software (Pixma MP Navigator 2.1 & Photo Print), which has advanced scanning and photo printing functions.
- When I connected the canon printer to my imac, OSX 10.8.2 automatically downloaded and installed drivers for Canon 860 series printer. I could then add the new printer (select ‘apple menu’ / ‘system preferences’ / ‘print and scan’ / “+”) and printer would work while connected via USB but could not get to print or scan over network wifi.
- The original Canon 860 Series CD does not work with 10.8 and the manual / online instructions did not make sense (as based on CD install).
Solution:
1) Install Canon Printer Drivers and Software (from official Canon site)
Go to canon support site, review FAQ, then download and install following Pixma 860 Series software & drivers for OSX 10.8 (links see below). The version I downloaded is in brackets but check for updated version. Full instructions are below.
Canon 860 Series Drivers & Software for OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion:
The base software and drivers needed for using Canon 860 Series on Mac OS X 10.8 (USB) are
1 Printer Driver
(Canon MX860 series CUPS Printer Driver Ver. 10.67.1.0 (03-Aug-2012))
2 Scanner Driver
(Canon MX860 series Scanner Driver Ver. 14.11.4a (03-Aug-2012))
3 Network Tool
(Canon IJ Network Tool Ver. 4.1.0 for Intel Mac (27-Dec-2012)
Canon Software for using advanced printing and scanning functions (while connected to network)
4 Solution Menu
(Canon Solution Menu Ver. 1.4.1 (27-Jul-2012 ))
5 MP Navigator EX
(Canon MP Nav EX Ver. 2.1.3 (02-Auf-2012))
6 Easy-PhotoPrint EX
(Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX Ver. 4.1.6 (21-Jan-2013 ))
Canon Support (HK) – check your local site
http://www.canon.com.hk/en/download/main/index.do
Select Product and drivers from support site eg http://support-hk.canon-asia.com/
1. Choose a product category
Multifunctional Printers
2. Choose a product series
Pixma
3. Choose a product model
Pixma MX868
4. Choose type of document
Downloads or FAQ
If you have problems installing the software under 10.8, see the FAQ on Canon site. You will need to allow software installs from “unidentified developers by using “Control” Key or by changing your system preferences)
2) Check Canon Printer and Software Working while connected via USB
Once you have downloaded and installed drivers and software and restarted computer, check that the printer and Canon Pixma software (Pixma MP Navigator 2.1 & Photo Print) are working via USB. Open the Canon IJ Network Tool App (Applications / Canon Utilities /IJ Network Tool / Canon IJ Network Tool App) and make sure you can see the Canon MX 860 series (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) and that it shows the correct SSID Wifi settings (under the Canon IJ Network Tool App ‘Setup menu’). This is normally done as part of the automatic install but worth double checking
3) Add new network printer using ‘apple menu’ / ‘system preferences’ / ‘print and scan’ / “+”).
After you have checked USB printing turn off printer, unplug the USB cable and shutdown the Canon IJ Network Tool App.
Then turn the printer back on and wait 30s. Then add a new printer using ‘apple menu’ / ‘system preferences’ / ‘print and scan’ / “+”). Once you select “+” (add new printer), wait 10-30s for the Wifi Networked Canon MX 860 Series printer to appear in the new window eg Canon MX 860 series (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) (Kind: “Canon IJ Network”)
DO NOT ADD THE MX 860 SERIES BONJOUR SCANNER (the Bonjour Scanner is the built-in software, is not needed and often appears first on the add printer list). The Canon scanner can be accessed used through the MP Nav EX Ver. 2.1.3 software (which has much better functions)
You will now have two Printer Canon MX860 (USB) and Canon MX860 (Wifi / Network). Set the Canon MX860 (Wifi / Network) as default and test print and scan
If the Wifi Networked Canon MX 860 Series printer does not appear, check the printer and make sure that the printer can see the wifi network. On the printer select Menu / Settings / Device Settings / Lan Settings / WLAN Setting List. It should say WLAN Active, identify the SSID and have an IP address
If the printer can not see the Wifi Network, plug the USB cable back in, then open the Canon IJ Network Tool App (Applications / Canon Utilities /IJ Network Tool / Canon IJ Network Tool App). Make sure you can see the Canon MX 860 series (xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) and that it has your SSID settings (under setup), if it has this info, restart the computer and the printer and try again

Hi, thaks for response, meant to post as a discussion (not question), wanted to save others time if they get the same problem

How many computers can be upgraded with one 1 purchase mountain lion?

How many computers can be upgraded with one 1 purchase mountain lion?

What if I have a Mac with a different apple ID. Can I sign out of that ID and sign in with my other ID and still download it with one purchase?

I have to upload video from my hewlett packard t200 camcorder to my mac. but mac won't recognize the camcorder files. i even bought flip4mac by tele stream which so far is useless. please help me use my camcorder with my iMac os mountain lion 10.8.2

i have to upload video from my hewlett packard t200 camcorder to my mac. but mac won't recognize the camcorder files. i even bought flip4mac by tele stream which so far is useless. please help me use my camcorder with my iMac os mountain lion 10.8.2
i tried to get the installation disc for the camcorder but mac wont' recognize it becaue it is windows based i guess.
i just bought the camcorder a few months ago and when my computer crashed thought i'm finally getting a mac...it's been a costly venture which has resulted in more frustration than before my pc.
now the things i want to use with my mac that i thought would be even simpler...are not even useable...
help

That camera shoots H.264 in an .avi wrapper.
You will have to transfer the files via the Finder.
Get a free copy of MPEG Streamclip and convert them to QuickTime .mov using the H.264 codec if you are presumably editing in iMovie.
Note that your list of video codecs won't look like mine as I have Final Cut Pro, but H.264 is definitely an option for you.

I have two macs in my house. One is newer and came with the os x mountain lion software and the other one needs to be upgraded. I was wondering if there is a way to take upgrade from one to the other? Should not have to buy this software again.

I have two macs in my house. One is newer and came with the os x mountain lion software and the other one needs to be upgraded. I was wondering if there is a way to take upgrade from one to the other? Should not have to buy this software again.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Buy it for the other computer. Mountain Lion is preinstalled on the new Mac, but you can only use it in the new one

Does anyone know of any issues with photoshop CS4 and Mountain Lion?

Does anyone know of any issues with photoshop CS4 and Mountain Lion?

See here:
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/25/adobe-and-avid-report-only-minor-issues-with -mountain-lion/

Problems with connection to the Mountain Lion

Someone is having problems with connection on Mac Mountain Lion? I did a clean install and the connection is unstable.

Have you tried to reset your network settings ?
What I would do is delete the connection, and then retry the set up of that connection.
System Preferences>Network, select Wi-Fi on the left and then click on the 'minus' button

Does anyone know of a good A3 photo scanner compatable with OS 10.8 mountain lion? I need it to scan watercolour artwork. I was interested in Microtek scanmaker 9800XL and also Epson Expression 10000 but neither are compatible. Thanks :-)

Does anyone know of a good A3 photo scanner compatable with OS 10.8 mountain lion? I need it to scan watercolour artwork. I was interested in Microtek scanmaker 9800XL and also Epson Expression 10000 but neither are compatible. Thanks :-)

Daniel Craigie-
How full is the hard drive that you are trying to save to? Not that it should matter, but have you tried scanning another document?
Is the scanner plugged directly into the Mac? Try it that way.
Disconnect all peripherals except keyboard, monitor, mouse and scanner and see if the problem goes away.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

In imovie 11, with an iMac, latest Mountain Lion, sometimes I insert a still and when I playback, the previous image freezes the last frame and holds during the duration I set for the still, skips both transitions, and jumps to the next clip. why?

in imovie 11, with an iMac, latest Mountain Lion, sometimes I insert a still and when I playback, the previous image freezes the last frame and holds during the duration I set for the still, skips both transitions, and jumps to the next clip. why?

in imovie 11, with an iMac, latest Mountain Lion, sometimes I insert a still and when I playback, the previous image freezes the last frame and holds during the duration I set for the still, skips both transitions, and jumps to the next clip. why?

Every time I sync my iPhone with iPhoto I end up getting duplicate photos on my iPhone. The other problem is that I can not delete the dups on my iPhone. Does anyone have an answer to this problem?

Every time I sync my iPhone with iPhoto I end up getting duplicate photos on my iPhone. The other problem is that I can not delete the dups on my iPhone. Does anyone have an answer to this problem?

Mike whether I create a folder within the Pictures Folder that iTunes uses to sync photographs or just copy them into the main folder the result is the same, I end up with Photo Library plus another album containing an identical set of pictures as contained in Photo Library.
The User Manual for iOS5 states ...
You can create, rename, and delete albums on iPhone to help you organize your photos and videos.
Create a album: When viewing albums, tap Edit, then tap Add. Select photos to add to the new album, then tap Done. Note: Albums created on iPhone aren’t synced back to your computer.
Rename an album Tap Edit, then select an album.
Rearrange albums Tap Edit, then drag up or down.
Delete an album Tap Edit, then tap the delete sign.
Yes I can Add a new Album, but cannot delete an album already created. The delete sign does not appear.
In iTunes the only folder that I can see listed is the man one into which iTunes stores pictures, which I have named iPhone Photos.
When I look on my PC this iPhone Photos folder contains another folder named iPod Photo Cache and a multitude of folders created by iTunes, the named F00, F01,F02 etc etc. and a Photo Database file.
Now whether I create a seperate folder within iPhone Photos to store my favourite photos in, or just copy them all into the iPhone Photos folder without being encased within another folder, or create a folder inside the iPod Photo Cache folder the result is the same ...
I end up with Photo Library plus another album containing an identical set of pictures as contained in Photo Library.
I am going around in ever decreasing circles here and getting nowhere fast!!

HT4906 I just upgraded iphoto, but it is version 7.1.5 (and called iPhoto 8). Do I have to pay for iPhoto 9 in order to use photo stream?

I just upgraded iphoto, but it is version 7.1.5 (and called iPhoto 8). Do I have to pay for iPhoto 9 in order to use photo stream?

To use Photo Stream, you will need iPhoto 9.2 at least. This is a major upgrade from iPhoto 7.1.5 and you will have to buy it.
See:
iPhoto and Aperture: Using Photo Stream
Regards
Léonie

Every time i restart iPhoto , i have to turn on photo stream again, somebody know why?

every time i restart iPhoto , i have to turn on photo stream again, somebody know why?

I have exactly the same problem with iPhoto. On my iPad I just enabled Photo Stream once and it automatically is enabled each time I turn it on again. But on my MacBook Pro and my older tower Mac (both running Lion) I have to enable Photo Stream every time I reboot the computer. Frustrating.

Every time I launch iPhoto 11 i have to enable Photo Stream. It won't stay on.

After activating iCloud, and setting all my preferences appropriately, iPhoto was actively downloading my Photo Stream into my library.
But the last few days it stopped. I finally discovered that in my iPhoto preferences the option to enable Photo Stream was no longer clicked. If I click it, it starts pulling from the cloud. If I quit iPhoto, and relaunch it is still enabled and will begin again to pull from the cloud.
But if I restart my computer or log off, when I launch iPhoto I need to enable Photo Stream again.
I am on Lion. All software is up-to-date. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a solution?
Thanks.

See if the following will let you to keep Photostream on: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
OT

Error enabling photo stream "iphoto was unable to connect to Photo Stream"

Whenever I try to enable Photo Stream, it times out after awhile, and I get the following error: "iPhoto was unable to connect to Photo Stream." (see below [1]). I "tcpdump" shows that the computer is trying to open connections to akamai (unrelated?) but not apple. I am using iPhoto 9.2 build 626.
There is one oddity in this scenario : I have one iCloud account that I am trying to use between three computers. I was able to register iPhoto on my mac book pro, but it is failing on my second.
thanks in advance,
-tom
08:26:35.984082 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:37.417858 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:38.032082 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:39.977873 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:42.025748 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:42.435600 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:43.971461 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:46.019515 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:47.453197 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:47.965198 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:49.606268 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 339
08:26:49.708805 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 348
08:26:49.811498 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 379
08:26:49.914098 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 405
08:26:50.016310 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 401
08:26:50.017171 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:50.118847 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 401
08:26:50.221214 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 393
08:26:51.958833 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:52.368490 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:54.006909 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:55.004001 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], seq 187854:189302, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 1448
08:26:55.004213 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], seq 189302:190750, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 1448
08:26:55.004264 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], seq 190750:191283, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 533
08:26:55.004415 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], seq 191283:191688, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 405
08:26:55.035678 IP a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https > susans-pc.52389: Flags [.], ack 189302, win 4116, options [nop,nop,TS val 2280641050 ecr 1073825952], length 0
08:26:55.053470 IP a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https > susans-pc.52389: Flags [.], ack 190750, win 4116, options [nop,nop,TS val 2280641068 ecr 1073825952], length 0
08:26:55.060158 IP a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https > susans-pc.52389: Flags [.], ack 191283, win 4116, options [nop,nop,TS val 2280641074 ecr 1073825952], length 0
08:26:55.066460 IP a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https > susans-pc.52389: Flags [.], ack 191688, win 4116, options [nop,nop,TS val 2280641081 ecr 1073825952], length 0
08:26:55.209380 IP a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https > susans-pc.52389: Flags [P.], seq 103254:103691, ack 191688, win 4116, options [nop,nop,TS val 2280641223 ecr 1073825952], length 437
08:26:55.209522 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], ack 103691, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073826154 ecr 2280641223], length 0
08:26:55.952463 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:57.386190 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46

Good catch, nifmus. I'm kicking myself for not checking system.log earlier! I have very similar messages in mine.
By any chance is your Library folder (or part of it) relocated to a separate disk? Or your entire home folder? I have part of my Library folder on a SSD for speed, but my home folder and some of the larger Library subdirectories are on a regular disk because they wouldn't fit on the small SSD. It's all tied together with symbolic links, and without problems... until Photo Stream came along and didn't like it.
I knew that sandboxd was involved somehow, but your post prompted me to focus on it. It's definitely the problem here. I found the following sandbox profile file inside the iPhoto application bundle:
/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app/Conten ts/Resources/PhotoStreamAgent.sb
Inside this file are a bunch of definitions to control what PhotoStreamAgent is allowed to do. There are a bunch of lines under an allow-file-write* declaration which should allow PhotoStreamAgent to write to the above files listed in your log. Lines such as:
(home-regex #"/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement")
(home-regex #"/Library/Preferences/com\.apple\.iLifeAssetManagement\.crash\.plist(\.[^/]+)? $")
And many others. In my case, I suspect that the problem may be related to the fact that the final absolute path of those files may differ from what you'd get if you just substituted my home directory in for "home-regex" since I have stuff relocated around. Although since I was able to get it working with a blank home directory, also put in place via a symbolic link (so the final path differs), I'm not 100% sure of this.
What I do know right now is that there is a quick "hack" that fixed it for me. I don't like the hack and would strongly recommend against it, because it's likely to break the next time there's a software update for iPhoto. But it works until I can find a permanent solution.
To make it work, I edited the above file and changed the second line from "(deny default)" to "(allow default)". This, of course, defeats the whole purpose of the sandbox by allowing PhotoStreamAgent to do anything it wants, but it also allows stuff that is really supposed to be allowed but fails anyway for us.
If you want to try this, it helps to be familiar with the unix underpinnings of OS X. There's probably a way to do it in the normal graphical user interface, but as a longtime unix guy, I just jumped to the command line and did a "sudo vi (that long filename)". To do it via the gui method, you'll have to navigate to that folder in Finder (quickest way is to hit Cmd-Shift-G and copy/paste the path, or right-click iPhoto and "Show Package Contents", then drill down to the file), edit the file, save a copy (because you don't have permission to modify it), then copy the new version over the old (it will ask for an admin password).
Again, I don't recommend this because it's likely to break in the future and defeats the security that Apple intended with the sandbox, but it's a quick fix. I'll continue to investigate as I have time, trying to find out precisely what's causing the failure with the default sandbox profile.

HT4906 Stuck with iPhoto '09 in Mountain Lion, no Photo Stream

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