I have a MacBook Air with Snow Leopard. I can read/write in both directions with 16 GB Fat32 drives but cannot with a 250GB NTFS drive.
I have a MacBook Air. I also have a 250GB NTFS external drive which the Mac sees. i can copy and paste from the external drive to the Mac but not from the Mac to the external drive. However, I can go in both directions with a Fat32 16 GB flashdrive. Can anyone explain this to me?
I've always recommented ext3 filesystem if you wanna use an external drive for both Windows and Mac OS as both can read and write to that filesystem.
But obviously you'd have to format the drive (you can use Mac disk utility)
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I have a macbook pro running snow leopard. Just recently I cannot view youtube videos and other online videos. I recently updated my flashplayer plugin and I believe that is the problem. Is the latest flashplayer plugin compatible with 10.6.8? If this is so, I need to find an older flash player plugin to reinstall. I do not want to upgrade from 10.6.8 at this time because I have 18 yrs. worth of financial records on Quicken that I have read will not work with Lion and I've read bad things about running music programs on Maverick.
rayvonr wrote:
...I have 18 yrs. worth of financial records on Quicken that I have read will not work with Lion and I've read bad things about running music programs on Maverick.
1) Quicken 2007 for Intel (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks) is a full featured app that can be downloaded from Intuit for $15 and will work with your data file if you are using Quicken 2005, 2006 or 2007 (if you version is earlier, let me know for more instructions on easy conversion):
http://quicken.intuit.com/personal-finance-software/quicken-2007-osx-lion.jsp
2) Partition your hard drive, or add an external hard drive and install Mavericks there and "dual-boot" to operate your music programs in Snow Leopard and experiment with them in Mavericks.
DO NOT install Mavericks over Snow Leopard! -
I have a Macbook with leopard and an iMac with Snow Leopard. Can I sync my iMac contacts and calendar to my Macbook via bluetooth?
I have a Macbook with leopard and an iMac with Snow Leopard. Can I sync my iMac contacts and calendar to my Macbook via bluetooth?
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I have just upgraded to Mavericks and have been using Time Machine on an external disk with Snow Leopard. Can I continue to backup with Time Machine on the same external disk or do I need a new disk since the operating system has changed?
Hi there,
I found that Time Machine in Mavericks will sort it all out for you. You shouldn't need to buy another backup drive, unless you have insufficient space left and can't afford to delete whats on there. It should just work fine. -
I have a MacBook pro on snow leopard - do I need to get lion prior to changing to iCloud ?
I have a MacBook pro on snow leopard - do I need to get lion prior to changing to iCloud ?
You can migrate to iCloud whilst still using snow leopard, but you will not be able to sync your calendars and contacts on your Mac.
If you are asking whether you should get Lion before or after migrating to iCloud, it really doesn't matter, but I think I would prefer to get it before migrating to iCloud . -
I have a macbook os x snow leopard, but by accident I managed to Loaded os x lion. Is it possible to undo?
I got the Mac in August 2010 and is 10.7software original.
Thank you in advance!Check out this previous message thread.
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I have an older model iMac with Snow Leopard. Can I download the icloud? and if so from where can I do that?
iCloud requires OS X 10.7.2 or later, so you have to upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion or Lion.
First, see if your Mac is supported > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs If it's supported, open App Store and purchase Mountain Lion. While Mountain Lion is downloading, you can make a backup of your data.
When the download finishes, the installer will show up, so follow the steps to upgrade Mac OS X. After upgrading, you will be able to log in iCloud in System Preferences > iCloud.
Also, see if your programmes are supported > http://www.roaringapps.com -
Also, when upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, will I lose all the data that is currently on my hard drive?
No, that SL disk is meant for the computer it came with only.
Upgrading to SL generally will not cause data loss, but you should have a backup of your important files in any case.
You can get a Snow Leopard disk by calling Apple - in the USA it's 800-MY-APPLE.
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MacBook Air and Snow Leopard Internet Problem
I have installed 10.6.1 on a first generation MacBook Air. After the installation I cannot connect to the Internet over WiFi. I used the wireless connection with my iMac Intel also with 10.6.1. Everything went fine except that I can no longer connect to the Internet using WiFi although I've tried three different hotspots to do this.
HI,
Try a different channel in Airport Utility.
Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on a computer using Mac OS X.
Select the device you’re setting up, and then click Manual Setup. Enter the base station password if necessary.
Click AirPort in the toolbar, and then click Wireless.
Choose a new channel from the Channel pop-up menu.
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I have just upgraded to snow leopard and lost my epson printer software. I have checked Epson Aus web site for printer software but they haven't upgraded it for snow leopard. Am i able to download software for a lesser operating system then snow leopard or do i have to purchase a new printer? The model is stylus photo R310.
Have you tried the R300 or R320 software? Typically the software covers a broad spectrum of printers, often providinbg overlap to cover "relatives" of a series.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 47541&prodoid=47915738&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh -
Two internal drives, one with Lion, second with snow leopard. Can you do it?
I have a 2007 17" MacBook Pro with two internal drives. The first drive is the Startup Disk with 10.7x Lion.
Question? Can I make the 2nd internal drive a Startup disk? I want to install Snow Leopard 10.6x. I have way too many pluins that don’t work with Lion.Get yourself a USB flash drive at least 8 GBs. On the computer that has a DVD drive do this:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select the plugged in USB flash drive from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD into the optical drive.
1. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
3. Select the USB flash drive from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
entry field.
4. Select the mounted Snow Leopard drive icon from the Desktop and drag it to
the Source entry field.
5. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the USB flash drive. Source means the Snow Leopard drive icon on the Desktop.. -
Problem with snow leopard and adobe reader
The United States Postal Service uses Adobe Reader to print labels with their "Click 'n Ship", a great service. I recently installed Snow Leopard on my Mac and I can no longer print labels with USPS Click 'n Ship. Applecare suggested I reinstall Reader (didn't work), or try with Firefox (haven't tried it yet). If this is a glitch, it will effect thousands of people who use USPS services. But maybe I just need a plug in, or need to make some change in the Adobe Reader Preferences. Any help out there in cyberland? ---Ken
Hi,
I have Firefox but mainly use Safari
I was also getting a blank page when I tried to open a PDF.
It seemsI that when I downloaded the update version of Adobe Reader, it switched off the "Read & Write" back to just "Read".
if you go and get information on a PDF or Adobe program (Command I), under "Open With" should say Adobe Reader App and at the left bottom where you'll see"Name" then below that,"everyone"-now just across you'll probably see "Read Only".(if you don't see this then go to step 5). This should be Read & Write so that Adobe Acrobat can create the Adobe Reader program to allow you to open and use a PDF.
If you have Adobe Reader 10.0 on your Apps, try going to step 5 below
1) Go to your user folder on your hard drive (ie: "lew").
2) Open Library/Application Support/ folder.
3) If there isn't an "Adobe" folder, create one now (go to File-->New Folder menu item) and name it "Adobe".
4) If there is an "Adobe" folder, right click on it and choose "Get Info".
5) Expand the "Sharing & Permissions" area at the bottom of the info window. (click the triangle) so that "system", "admin" and "everyone" appears.
6) Click the lock icon in the lower right of the window. Enter your password in the dialog that appears.
Now you'll see various choices you can make and "Read & Write" is open of them.
7) For your username (ie: "lew") entry under "Name", make sure it says "Read & Write" to the right of it. If your username isn't listed, make sure to the right of "everyone" it says "Read & Write".
Now Acrobat should launch properly when double clicked in the Finder as well as when viewing PDFs in Safari.
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I have a mac book with snow leopard. Can I upgrade to the lion os
I have a mac book ( couple years old) and would like to know if I am able to install the lion OS from the app store?
We would need more details regarding your MacBook. But it has to be minimum Core2Duo processor and 2GB of RAM. If you go to the Apple Menu select About this Mac for the info.
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DNS problems with Snow Leopard. Can't upgrade to Mountain Lion either.
My Macbook Pro has been working quite well since I got it just over a year ago, until last week when I shut it down to go stay at my parents house. I turned it on when I got there and it automatically connected to the network because i go there often, however when I tried to open up a browser it would not work. I opened up several of the other browsers that I have but all of them kept saying they couldn’t connect to the server. I thought perhaps my dad had changed the router settings or something since last time I'd been there since the internet was working perfectly at my house only two hours previous. He said he hadn't changed anything and he was right, the internet worked perfectly through my sisters PC and through his ipad and my iphone. I later took it round to a friend’s house where it remembered his network too but still would not open addresses in the browser and when I finally got home to my house, I found I had the same problem. With every network I connected to I could update my apps and software, use my torrent client, ping certain IP's and connect with various other things that require internet connection, but the browser still never worked. After some research I came to the conclusion that it was most likely a DNS issue, I found this odd as I had not changed any sort of settings at all recently, except for turning the firewall on, which I turned off be3fore trying to troubleshoot. I have tried virtually everything that has been suggested on the internet like Flushing DNS cache, resetting PRAM, bringing my network to the top, turning airport on and off, connecting through ethernet, renewing DHCP lease, using google IP as DNS, checking for set proxies, repairing disk permissions, resetting router, checking router settings, the list goes on and on. The last thing I tried was to copy the com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist file then delete the old one and paste the new one back in, since then my Mac cannot connect to the internet in any of the previous ways.
After pulling my hair out for days, I thought the only option left was to upgrade to Mountain Lion, which I was planning on doing anyway. After downloading it though, I came to the option to select the disk I want to install to only to see my primary and only disk open my Mac coloured faintly and telling me that "This disk cannot be used to start up the computer". After more research I found that there were a few issues, none of which I have. I’ve never used time machine so there is no issue with any set partition for it, I have no other partitions on it at all either so I cannot use the resizing trick that seems to help most people. I would normally just backup all my data at this point and do a fresh install, but haven't got the funds to purchase a another TB at this point and I have over 650GB worth of valuable data on the Mac. Could someone pleeeease help me!?!?!You cannot go to Mountain Lion, as stedman1 states.
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Problems with snow leopard install- can not retrieve my user files
would it make any sense to re-load my old operating disks (os x) to try and re-cover my old user. I have tried everything from disk repairs to disk warrior, nothing will allow me to copy the user so that i can back it up. Last resort is taking it in and having some one charge me $100 an hour to say your out of luck.
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On the mac, create a new LPR/LPD printer.
Use 192.168.0.4 as the address.
You should be able to use the default queue name.
If it still does not print, then
open a web browser, goto http:\\192.168.0.4 or print the MIO configuration page from the laserjets control panel.
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192.168.0.104:9300
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