I have a macbook pro 10.5.8 running bootcamp for Windows XP pro. Can I update to Snow Leopard?
I am worried that I will loose software that I might not have the install CD's for. Should I worry about updating? Thank you.
SuperDuper only handles OSX partitions not BootCamp Windows ones.
Same goes for Time Machine btw. so I wonder how you made backups of your XP files in the past ?
Back in my Boot Camp heydays I used WinClone for my XP which i sadly no longer maintained by the author but still avaiable for free download Lion App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps
But since I got my new Mac Pro in March I haven't used or install any BootCamp Windows on it.
Others use the Paragon line of tools for their BootCamp Windows backup.
Stefan
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I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?
Your machine likely can't handle Mountain Lion 10.8 nor 10.7, if it does it will run slow and very higly likely a lot of your third party software and drivers for printers and scanners won't function anymore.
It's because your 10.5 era (or earlier) machine is rather dated, hardware has advanced and is faster, the newer OS X versions have gotten bloated.
I do recommend you call Apple via phone and order the 10.6.3 white retail disks, backup your personal data off the 10.5.8 Mac to a external storage drive and when the disk arrives, stick it in and run the upgrade installer.
Once that's finished, reboot and use Software Update to get to 10.6.8 and stay there. You can buy stuff from AppStore, just don't upgrade to 10.8 (or 10.7) as thats when you'll have issues.
10.6 should run your currrently installed PPC software and hardware drivers. But 10.7/10.8 will not.
10.6 is receiving security and other updates from Apple as more than 50% of OSX users are still on it.
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I have a Macbook Pro 17" 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Is Thunderbolt available on this laptop?
I have a Macbook Pro 17" 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Is Thunderbolt available on this laptop?
I just got a 27" iMac and I'd like to connect the two for dual monitor purposes. I noticed that when I tried to install the Thunderbolt Software Update it stated that it was not supported on my laptop. Is my laptop not compatible? Is there a way to make it work or is it a lost cause?
Thanks.loulou705 wrote:
Oh man, I guess it's a little too old by a year. It's a 2010.
Thanks
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HI, SO I BOUGHT MOUNTAIN LION ON MY MACBOOK PRO TRYING TO UPGRADE FROM SNOW LEOPARD, AND WHILE TRYING TO REINSTALL THE OS SETUP AS IT SHOWED IT COULDNT BE VERIFIED, I CROSSED OUT MOUNTAIN LION FROM MY PURCHASES, ITS NOW GONE, DO I HAVE TO BUY IT AGAIN?
Please google search for "Mountain Lion disk crash" before upgrading you mac pro. You might need to replace you Mac hard drive after the upgrade.So many people had the same problems including me.
Be aware of the Mountain Lion upgrade problem. -
I bought a MacBook Pro 13" last week with Snow Leopard pre-installed. Now I am looking to upgrade to Lion. Is there a 30 day window to do that for free? I cannot review my App Store id since I do not have a Credit Card. What to do in this case to install Lion. Please help.
Hi,
Use this Info to Contact Apple Support in your Country
http://www.apple.com/in/support/
(91) 1800 4250 744 or (91) 80-4140-9000 -
I have a Macbook Pro. I updated to 10.9.4 an downloaded the trial for Creative Cloud. It downloaded and installed but will not open. I shut down and tried reinstalling. Same problem.
Thanks.I stumbled upon the solution. In addition to downloading Creative Cloud, I needed to go back to the website and download trials for the programs I want to use--Photoshop and Lightroom. Once I did that, I was in business. Would save trouble if that was made clear on the download site.
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i have a macbook pro can can log into a server, but my new iMac with lion can't even see the server--both are over wifi- how do i get the new iMac to see the server?
Without knowing what you have tried please open System Preferences - Sharing - File Sharing and select File Sharing. If you still have trouble you can call AppleCare in the morning when they re-open. You have 90 days of telephone support if you haven't already bought AppleCare.
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My MACBOOK Pro turned out to be Snow Leopard, and later upgraded toLION. And update the EFI, I would like to replace the Snow Leopard, EFIcan not boot, how do? How to use the Snow Leopard install disk to reduce EFI?
Do you mean some of your software does not work in Lion? Do you want to return to using Snow Leopard? If so, then do this:
Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, 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. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files. -
I bought my Macbook pro in 2010 and had Snow Leopard which I upgraded when Mountain Lion was available. Now it keeps saying Mavarick is available. Is that another update? Or is that something else?
Mavericks is an upgraded System in the same way that Mountain Lion was, the difference being that it's free. You can download the installer from the Mac App Store (the system requirements are the same as for Mountain Lion so you should be OK there). I've not got it: reports suggest that it is an improvement over Mountain Lion but it has some quirks that may or may not be an issue for you. It has its own forum, so you could look there for information.
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upgraded my macbook pro to mountain lion from snow leopard does this mean i can upgrade my imac as well for the same price? And will it mess it up?
You can upgrade the iMac for no extra charge - sign into the App Store there, download and install 10.8.
I recommend that you make a backup (Time Machine is probably the easiest method) before you install, and make sure that you are not using any applications that are incomptible with 10.8 (eg Office 2004) - other than that, it should go smoothly.
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I have OSX 10.4.11 and would like to upgrade to Mavericks. Can I upgrade to Snow Leopard or do I have to climb through all the other OS'? Thanks.
Hi, you need 10.6.8 first...
First you need to research all the problems people are having with the higher OSX versions, & make sure you have a bootable clone of what you have just in case.
then you must get 10.6, install it & update to 10.6.8 so you have the App Store to buy & download the huge 10.8 Installer.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 4GB at least, more if you can afford it)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
Buy Snow Leopard > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Call Apple Sales...in the US: 1-800-MY-APPLE. Or Support... 1-800-275-2273
Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
It looks like they might still have it...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA -
After working correctly since I started using the iMac Firefox now say that I do not have the privileges to have it auto update the Firefox. I don't think I changed anything.
== This happened ==
A few times a week
== Since last updateWell, running on a 2006 model. I did not have a startup disc. Initially, it booted up on original software in 2006. Since then, I've upgraded to 10.6 via a box set. And, since then I think I popped it up to lion.
All I have on a disc is snow leopard. And, I can't get farther than the setup screen due to hard drive. I'm taking to a apple authorized repair store right now. We'll see what they tell me . I'm just going to weigh the cost of repair vs. buying new.
Another bad, stupid thing is I had no means of backing up my stuff. So, I might have lost things like music, vids, etc. we'll see if they can recover. If the cost is too much for repair I might just forget it and start over with a new system. Just not sure at this point. -
Macbook pro will not boot after snow leopard upgrade
My GF has had a macbook pro since mid 2008. It's been running like a champ since I've known her for the past 3 years with no issues. It has/had OSX 10.5.8 installed. We tried to consolidate all our pictures from all our apple devices and realized she didn't have an icloud on the old 10.5.8 OSX. So I called apple and they told me to order and install the snow leopard OSX 10.6 first and then upgrade to lion etc after that, Well we got the disk yesterday popped it in to install and it's been a disaster.... the computer shutdown for what looked like a normal restart during the installation process and never booted back up. Attempts to manually reboot leave us locked on a grey apple logo screen with spinning gear indefinately whith the Snow Leopard disk installed during boot up. With the disk removed I get the flashing file folder with a question mark. I called apple support we tried all the PRAM and SMC resets and then decided that we should go to the Genius Bar once all those failed. After an hour and a half drive to the nearest genius bar we were told that the we suddenly had a hardware issue which just happened to coincide with the new OS installation.... I'm not buying it and am looking for some help. The macbook was running like a champ until we inserted a disk recommended by apple... Any takers?
You have a five year old computer, so a failing hard drive at this point is not so strange. You have a couple of options you can try. Start with this one, but if it does not work you will have to erase the hard drive. I hope you have a backup of all your files.
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. 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 click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1. -
Downgrade latest macbook pro late 2009 model from snow leopard to leopard?
hi all,
I have been contemplating investing in a new macbook pro 15 for quite a few weeks so hope someone can give me a clear answer on this.
basically i have a 3ghz mac pro 8 core intel machine with lots of pro apps, logic studio (8) and FCP HD studio 2 etc running on leopard.... these were designed for that os. I do not think that if i bout a macbook pro with snow leopard installed, that these apps would work so is there a way of successfully downgrading from SL to L, i have read that you need to downgrade to atleast L 10.5.6/ 10.5.7 for the mbp to recognise the correct drivers sets etc....is that correct? is it as easy as that?
If i downgrade the most recent mbp model to leopard does anyone know if all the functions will work, trackpad gestures , port etc...I just want to have 2 identical systems at the end of the day one mac pro and one mbp with the same configs so i can take my video/audio out of the studio
I refuse to upgrade to the latest app versions for the sake of an os (which is currently buggy according to most)
my configuration for my mbp would be the 3.06Ghz processor (with the matte screen!) and 500gb 7200 8gb RAM.
Please tell me if someone has done this procedure and had their mbp working fine or any probs encountered if i was to do this!?
I would be buying the mbp brand new with no data so no need for a back up with time machine etc..i just need a clean install of L os.
thanks in advance
l.wThere have been several reports here from people who have downgraded mid-2009 MBPs that came with SL installed on them to Leopard. As a general matter Apple discourages this...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2186
...and in most cases it is impossible to directly install any older OS on a Mac than the one that was installed on it at the factory, or impossible to boot the computer if one does so by indirect means (e.g., cloning from another computer or an external hard drive). So this seems to be a special case where what is usually impossible can be done successfully, but it is probably true that no earlier version than 10.5.7, build 9J3050, will be usable. That's the build that was installed on all Mid-2009 MBPs in the early days of their production run, before the introduction of Snow Leopard. I don't know whether there is any retail Leopard installer DVD for that version or for 10.5.8; they may be available only on model-specific DVDs.
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MacBook Pro 4,1 8GB Ram Snow Leopard
Hello, i have a 15" 2.5GHz MacBook Pro Penryn Early 2008.
It has snow leopard 10.6.6 64-bit installed on it. Currently i am running it with 3GB DDR2 667mhz ram.
I am curious, can i upgrade it to 8GB of DDR2 800MHz ram? Will it be accessible/useable? Wikipedia says i can only upgrade to 6GB, but i think thats due to 10.5, 10.6 being x64 i would assume it should be able to address 8GB of memory. Thanks!Hmm, well even if i go with 6GB ram, i would still rather go with 800MHz being that the systembus is 800MHz. i have 4GB 800Mhz in my White MacBook tied with a hybrid solid state hard drive. thing is fast as ****. kinda upsetting that my macbook is faster than my pro.
i can deal with 6GB, i mean 8 is kinda overkill but if i was able to do it, why the **** not lol.
i have 3GB 667mhz and a 5200rpm hard drive in my pro, i can definitely see it choking some times, the ram wont make much of a difference but i know for a fact the hard drive will.
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