I'm trying to reinstall Lion from my Recovery HD.
I'm running a late 2008 MacBook Pro. I've disconnected Time Machine, running the Mac straight from the modem. I still get an error message, when Apple checks my system status. Any suggestions?
That's how it works i.e. only the contents of the most recent sync remain on the iPad. You need to sync all the folders that you want in one go, so the folders have to be directly off the same parent folder. By syncing one folder, and then not including it in the second sync, iTunes 'assumes' that you no longer want the contents of the first sync on the iPad and therefore it deletes it i.e. not including a folder in a sync is the way to delete it. There is some more info here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
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Trying in install lion from the recovery partion. says I didn't buy with this apple ID
My IMac failed. I was trying to reinstall the Mac OS X 10.7 from the recovery partition. I input my apple ID & password . I get a message that say I have not purchased LION. I did of course. And looked on my purchased items . And of course it was not listed. So.. Not sure how to get it to download. Ay suggestions?
Thanks.Your problem might be a easy fix.
If the firmware "forgets" what partition it's supposed to boot from, it won't load OS X, so if OS X doesn't load then it can't tell the fans to slow down, the default is "turbo mode".
So all you might have to do is hold the option/alt key down while booting the computer with a charged up battery on power, you will then see a row of icons and you pick OS X to boot from.
Once in you head to System Preferences and set the Startup Disk, that will tell the firmware what to boot from again.
Try it and see if it works.
You can do more if your problem is not fixed.
Step by Step to fix your Mac
Faica wrote:
I wanted to know if I am able to go to the apple store and will they help me even though I didn't buy it from them.
Yes, if it was purchased new you have a 1 year warranty, despite who you bought it from (unless it's stolen goods)
However you should purchase AppleCare while your in the store for another 2 more years of coverage also a backup drive for TimeMachine to protect your data. -
Trying to reinstall Lion, but "a recovery system can't be created"?
Hi guys
So, the over the last couple of months, my Macbook Pro from late-2011 started acting a bit slow, so the other day I figured it might be time to reformat and get a fresh start. At the time I had Mavericks installed and a Windows 7 Boot Camp partition. I erased the whole hard drive from Internet Recovery's Disk Utility and let it download and reinstall Lion on my newly created Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition. Only it won't install. I get met with the error, that: Mac OS X cannot be installed, because a recovery disc can't be created.
I've searched a lot for what could cause this, but frankly I'm stumped, as all of the fixes list wiping the hard drive and reinstalling from scratch.
ThanksInstaller reports "This disk cannot be used to start up your computer"
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Problems reinstalling Lion from Recovery service
I'm trying to reinstall Lion from the Apple Recovery service but keep getting told after 10 hours downloading, that installation has failed.
I'm having to do this as my machine crashed a few days ago and lost access to the operating system. I did not loose files as the machine was Bootcamped and i could access from there.
Initially, I was told that the hard drive needed repairing, which has now happened and it's passed all it's tests via the Disk Utility but still no installation.
I tried booting from a usb and the download recovery but no sucess.
Can anyone advise.Philip Keller wrote:
John,
I think I'm "reinstalling OS X by booting OS X Recovery": I reboot with command-R depressed, or I reboot with Alt depressed and choose the recovery parition, and then I start the installation process from the list of things I can do. Are we talking about the same thing?
Yes, exactly.
I think that OS X Internet Recovery would be necessary only if you were to attempt a Lion installation with a completely empty HD, implying that even a Recovery partition has not been created. Your USB flash drive is the way to cope in that circumstance. If you can install Lion by booting the recovery partition as you described, it seems to me that it is all that is necessary and there is nothing to fix, despite the error message you see.
I'm surprised that Internet Recovery works at all, given that your Mac is not one of those allegedly eligible to use it.
Without a similar 2006 iMac to test, I can only speculate that the "abysmal distribution system" as baltwo describes it just doesn't work well with earlier Macs, and that Apple may not have tested it extensively with them. If I were you I would rely upon that USB installer much more than OS X Recovery or OS X Internet Recovery. I prefer not to rely upon any installation method that can possibly result in "the server is not available at this time" or such nonsense, but that is the direction in which Apple has been going for a long time.
An OS X installation log exists at /var/log/ that you can examine using Console, probably named "install.log". Deciphering it is another challenge. -
Tried running disk repair from HD recovery, not repairable. Trying to reinstall OSx Lion, says disc is locked. Do I have to erase the drive and lose everything? I also have Bootcamp installed, will boot to Windows no problem.
Hotrodmkviii,
try rebooting in Recovery mode, but when you reach the Mac OS X Utilities menu, run Terminal (from Utilities in the menu bar) instead. Inside the Terminal window, give it the following command, and then press the Return key:
diskutil list
Please include in your reply the output from that command. -
My SSD failed and I was instructed to reformat my hard drive and restore my files. I erase my hard drive using Disk Utility and reinstalled Lion from a flash drive. While Lion is installing, I get a kernel panic. That's happened now four times in a row and I'm befuddled because I don't have anything on my computer to conflict right? Please help.
eubiedoo wrote:
Do you think it's ram related?
No way to tell unless you test it. Like I said kernel panics are usually hardware related. Since your Macbook Pro is from the "2009" era, run the Hardware Test disc which you should already have - Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test
Apple Store diagnostic testings are FREE. It's the repairs you are responsible for if out of warranty. -
Trying to reinstall lion os on MacBook
I am trying to reinstall lion on my MacBook air, but it just says its trying to verify details with apple but nothing else happens?
When I boot up the MacBook, a utilities window opens with 4 options to choose from. I select reinstall mac os x and then on the next screen, it says to set up the installation of mac os x 10.7 click continue, so I do that, it then says to download my computers eligibility will be verified by apple, I click continue and it says loading installation information... But doesn't go any further, the wheel keeps turning as if it is doing something, but nothing else happens. Any ideas?update:
1. Called Support... and it didnt really help. basic troubleshooting etc.
2. continued my testing - restart CMD + R and connect to my office wifi (yesterday was at home) and start downloading the installer. after a while, got the installation popup prompting me to install, click next, then got finally to download the Lion source. However, my connection in office is so slow it was taking 7hours to get the whole thing.
3. I thought that the guy at the end of the line did something miraculous... I then disconnected and went back home trying the exact same steps... and I was impossible to get it work !!
This is really amazing, the worst piece of crap I have ever seen. Brand new macbook air shipped with Lion installed and I can't get to reinstall the whole system ?!? This is really ridiculous !
Another part is that I tried to install Snow Leopard from the USB key (provided with earlier mba 11") and it can't even get to the installer... that's another point...
Apple, can you get a fix? -
Trying to reinstall LION but cant as disc is locked
Am trying to reinstall Lion but when I get to select where both options are locked how do i unlock or do i have to delete current instalation?
You should use Time Machine to backup your data, yes you can install leopard on your system from the original DVD that came with your iMac, but I would just reinstall Lion. Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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my old version mac book air does not start up so i tried to reinstall lion but it says its locked. how do i unlock it with out being able to start up the system.
Could be. The "lock" isn't actually looking for a password.
WARNING: This will completely erase the ENTIRE hard drive.
What you would need to do is boot to recovery > disk utility > select the MAIN drive on the left side > partition > change partition layout from CURRENT to 1 PARTITION > ensure on the right side it says Format : Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) then push APPLY.
Then if it will allow us, close the windows until you see the 4 options popup again and select "Reinstall Mac OS X" select the Mac HD and you should be good to go! -
I am trying to reinstall CS3 from a download I bought several years ago, and it is saying my serial number is invalid. I am taking the serial number directly from the list of products on my Adobe account. Please advise
Uninstall and try the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool before reinstalling - it helps resolve installation problems for CS3 thru CS6 and for Creative Cloud
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html -
I had a copy of Mountain Lion on my late 2008 MacBook Pro, having replaced Lion which it came with. But the drive crashed, so I replaced the drive and reinstalled Lion from the original disks I had. How do I get another copy of Mountain Lion?
A 2008 Mac won't have originally shipped with Lion. You need to install 10.6.8 on the computer, log into the Mac App Store with the Apple ID you used to purchase Mountain Lion, click on the Purchases tab, and download it.
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What happens if i need to reinstall Lion from a disc after my iMac ***** itself?
What happens if i need to reinstall Lion from a disc after my iMac sh**'s itself?
It depends on how bad your iMac sh**'s itself. If you can boot into the Recovery partition, then there is re-install option which will automatically download Lion from the store and install it. If you can't boot into recovery then you would have needed to create a bootable Lion dvd or thumb drive to do an install. In this case you would need to create the bootable image after downloading the Lion installer and before performing the install as the installer gets deleted upon successful upgrade to Lion.
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I am unable to download updates directly to iPad 2 , now trying to reinstall one from scratch but download keeps stopping and the restarting. Can you offer any advice, this happening when trying to download to laptop in itunes as well. Have tried to download on different broadband lines without success. Is this an apple problem due to high demand or something else?
Everything has worked well until about a month ago, up to date iOS 5 and itunes installed. Tried resetting numerous times, turned off all apps still no joy. Ipad was great but now feeling buying one was mistake. Also recent music purchase was useless and tunes would not play correctly.Since this is happening on the iPad and the computer, it might be worth a try to reboot your router - unplug it from power for about 30 seconds and then plug it in again.
Quit iTunes on the PC, reboot it and the iPad as well
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons -
I tried to reinstall iCal from Disk and get an error
I deleted info.plist from my iCal package. I had read somewhere that if I deleted that all old files in my iCal would be deleted. But instead what happened is I get an error when I try to start "2008-05-19 15:29:46.693 iCal[9051:10b] No Info.plist file in application bundle or no NSPrincipalClass in the Info.plist file, exiting logout" So then I tried to reinstall iCal from Disk and get the error "The Installer could not validate the contents of the 'iCal' package. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance"
lizesc,
Welcome back to Apple Discussions.
I deleted info.plist from my iCal package.
Just for the edification of other users, you should never alter any files inside of an application package.
Drag your current copy of iCal to the trash, and then follow these steps to reinstall iCal:
1. Insert your Leopard Installation disk into the computer.
2. The disk will appear on your desktop.
3. Double click on the "Optional Installs" folder.
4. Double click on the "Optional Installs.mpkg."
5. Click on (Continue) in Introduction.
6. Click on (Continue) in Software License Agreement.
7. Click on (Agree) to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
8. Click on the disclosure arrow ▶ next to Applications.
9. Select (✓) iCal.
10. Click (Continue).
11. After iCal has been reinstalled, download and install the OS X 10.5.2 Combo Update.
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I have Snow leopard, 10.6.8 on my iMac, I just tried to install Lion from the App store, but during proces, the install stops after one minute saying: "software might be damaged". I downloaded the software again, same thing. What must I do to install Lion? I have still 487GB free.
Quit all other programs and open Disk Utility
Select your "MacintoshHD" drive on the left and indented and click Erase > Erase Free Space > Zero and let it complete.
Also run First Aid > Repair Disk and permisisons.
If Repair disk gives a error, you have a bigger problem, if repair permisisons fixes and completes, even if it fixes the same thing twice if you click it again, it's ok. Apple just changed things.
You should be able to download the file sucessfully this time, if not, take it to another location with better/faster internet.
If not then run through this list
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