I think I messed up my mac install by installing windows 8

Yesterday I tried to install Windows 8 on a Mac Mini using boot camp. I am new to Macs so when the windows installer told me it could not install to the Boot Camp created partition because it was not NTFS, I told it to wipe the partition and install it to the blank partition. Now I can run Windows 8 but nothing I do lets me back in to OSx. If anyone has any suggestions they would be appreciated. Thanks.

I think you "messed up" your Mac.
Read the Boot Camp guide and then install using Boot Camp Assistant. But first, you need to repartition and format that hard drive and reinstall OS X and your other apps and data to it; hopefully you have a very recent backup.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/boot_camp_install-setup.pdf

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I have two hard drives on my mac 10.5.8 power pc and hear the clickking sounds of the first hard drive and think that it may be dying, can I install everything on the other hard drive also and wait for the first drvie to die before i use the other drives

I have two hard drives on my mac 10.5.8 power pc and hear the clickking sounds of the first hard drive and think that it may be dying, can I install everything on the other hard drive also and wait for the first drive to die before i use the other drives? Or, what is the best way to handle this?

I do not know what you are waiting for.
I'd make a backup of your important stuff before cloning the entire disk.
Carbon Copy Cloner will copy your startup drive to an external firewire drive. You can boot from the external drive to verify that you have a good clone. When you upgrade your existing startup drive, you can at any time boot from your external drive and go back to your existing system.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. And it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs!

HT204382 Quick time Player can't open because a required codec isn't available. The DVD I am trying to play was made on an IPAD. My Imac came with a IMac Application install DVD, A IMac Mac OS X Install DVD, & iWork, I don't think I have iLife

Quick time Player can't open because a required codec isn't available. The DVD I am trying to play was made on an IPAD. My Imac came with a IMac Application install DVD, A IMac Mac OS X Install DVD, & iWork, I don't think I have iLife What additional software do I need?

Perian 1.2.3 *should* work for both QuickTime & and QTX in Mountain Lion. Regardless of the filetype container, whether it is a Matroska (.mkv) or a .mov. As to the actual encoding of the file (h264, .mp2, whatever..) I have found most play, even older formats.
Even though it's no longer supported and is a dead project, it works just fine. It will load as a System Preference file and adds to the Other category in them.
I think in 10.8 you've still got support for QTX so it may work with that. (in Mavericks, it only works for QT7)
If not, just run QuickTime 7.6.6.
http://perian.org
If no luck there, you could also try VLC at http://www.videolan.org

How can I install Mac Mini drivers for Windows 7 32-bit if I didn't install Windows 7 using bootcamp?

Hello. I have a mac-mini (mid 2010) and with bootcamp, was successfully running XP.
I then decided to upgraded to Windows 7 had lots of trouble installing it on my existing bootcamp partition.
I finally was able to install Windows 7, by just booting off the CD and letting it install that way.
But reading more on it, I think I was supposed to use Bootcamp to do it for me...
I had thought the Bootcamp Assistant was for only fresh installs of a Windows O.S. where no partitiion existed previously.
I had a partition so thought Bootcamp wasn't required for my needs.
But now, inside Windows 7, I have 0 drivers installed. I have an AirPort Express, so on the Mac side, I downloaded
and installed the Windows version of AirPort Utility and copied it to my USB stick. Then
I exported my settings to a text file on a USB Stick, then on Windows was able to successfully install AirPort Utility and import the settings.
But it still doesn't find my network. I am pretty sure I'm broadcasting my SSID...
So I need to know the following:
1) How to know I'm broadcasting my SSID - where do I find this in settings?
2) How I can install my mac-mini drivers on Windows 7 so I can use my existing wireless network, now that I've gone through the installation without using Bootcamp?
3) Do I need to set up network adapters and all that stuff in Windows 7 first? If so, how and what drivers do I need?
One other thing I tried was downloading Bootccamp 4.x and installing that on Windows 7 to see if it gives me the drivers that were supposed to be written to my USB stick if I had installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp in the first place... However I think the message it said was that it couldn't install as it was the wrong version. So I'm still stuck without drivers and therefore no internet.
And that is my main task - getting the Internet up and running in Windows 7.
Other Info:
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 2 GB of memory.
I installed the 32-bit version of Windows 7 and I don't know what version of Bootcamp I'm running...
I can tell you that BootCamp Assistant is v3.0.4, but don't know if that means Bootcamp is also 3.0.4.
Hope you can help.
Thanks.

I tried something that worked for me...
Knowing that after my install of Windows 7 wasn't the correct method (didn't go through bootcamp), and the BootCamp 4.x package wouldn't install under windows 7, I tried reinstalling Bootcamp 4.x in Windows 7 to see what the exact message was it gave me. The message said it couldn't install because of a 32-bit O.S. vs a 64-bit version of the package.
So that got me thinging - my XP version was 32-bit, and so is my Windows 7 installation. So I tried installing the bootcamp that came with my Mac OS X installation CD. This is bootcamp version 3.1.
Not only did it install, but it practically took care of everything driver-wise for me. I was then able to see my wireless network, enter my password and I was connected. The only thing else I had to do to get on the Internet was bring IE8 online (guess it ships offline by default). Firewall and Antivirus are now installed, just a few more things to go.
That's one thing that's just not clear that I'll be sure to note for next time... The Bootcamp packages you download are actually driver packages for Windows. That is where the Windows drivers exists that are necessary to make your Windows 7 PC work on a bootcamp partition!
I didn't need the AirPoirt Utility at all (at least, I never went into it).
Thanks VikingOSX for your post. I will not need to follow the steps you provided, but they may help someone else as all of these bootcamp issues I've been reading seem to be very unique per installation.
Hopefully my solution helps others.

I think I messed up. How to uninstall iLife disc and keep existing iPhoto.

Ok. I was reading some other answers but didn't see this one. After upgrading to Mavericks 10.9.5, I began having problems with editing in iPhoto.
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Nevermind. Fixed the issue. Had to go back and install the earlier versions.

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I too am having the same problem. I do not know about the host of this thread, but I have been using a brick and mortar version of XP SP2 stand alone so it is not bundled with a computer like Dell, HP, etc.
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Mac OS X Install Disk doesn't show up

I forgot my original administrative password on my old Power Mac G5. My family has many macs so we have many Mac OS X Install disks. The disks that i have found say "iMac (Mac OS X Install)" on them. I am wondering if, even though it says iMac, it will work to reset the password, or if that is the reason the disk doesn't show up. I have tried putting the disks in, holding "c" and that doesn't work, and when I hold "Option" the only thing that shows up is the Macintosh HD.

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If you can't find the G5s Tiger Disc, then...
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...
http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
Admin Hack...
http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607547
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You should be able to simply visit: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ to download iTunes, and run the installer to overwrite your previous version...
Lamborghini98 wrote:
I want this because i can't restore my iphone 4 with my mac
I don't think this will fix your problem with restoring your iPhone 4 though. That is likely a seperate issue.
but i can do it with any windows?
Yes, you can theoretically restore your iPhone with any computer running the most current version of iTunes (10.6.3) unless there is some other issue.
I get error code(21)
According to this support article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error21:
"These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. FollowTroubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service."
Do you run any anti-virus or third-party firewalls on your computer? Try disabling them and trying the restore process again. It may be possible that one of these security applications is interfering with the iPhone's ability to authenticate with Apple's servers.

Is Mac OS X install media on Mac OS X Install Disc 1 or 2? I have to reset my password because I forgot it.

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Ok. I put in install disc 1, restarted etc. Went to utilities >reset password etc. It would not save it for the Systems Admin root. I tried four times including rebooting...the message said not save or general something didn't work. grrr...any ideas? thanks again for your time.

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Well, things look bleak. I flashed my K8N Neo2 to Syar's BIOS by using a CD with an ISO image burned on it. I booted up and the computer read the CD, I typed Flash.bat and it installed the BIOS. This is where I think I messed up. Instructions told me to shutdown, turn off PS and unplug. Then clear CMOS etc. I did all this, but I turned off the power supply instead of shutting down. Since I was in DOS I did not know how to shutdown while in DOS. Rooky mistake. I think I should have pressed and held the CPU power button.
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Have you tried to reset the BIOS by removing the CMOS battery and leave it to 10-30 mins? Make sure you removed the power cord as well as power connectors connected to your mobo. After you've removed it set it all the default setting and tried to reflashed it. Gd luck
PS: If you wan to flashed your Bios you can refer to my signature.

Mac OS X Install Disk

I'm trying to make back-up copies of my Mac OS X Install Disk DVD using disk utility. Even when I create the disk image with compression, when I ask to burn the target dvd I get a message that there is not enough room on the 4.7 GB disk. What am I doing wrong? What's the step-by-step method?

rleduke wrote:
In that case, can you tell me how to configure a bus-driven external drive to use as a boot disk using the start-up-with-option-key trick? I just need the minimum stuff to boot the system. My Mac OS X install DVD wants to bundle a lot of apps and fonts and languages when I've tried to do this. Thanks again for your help!
Rieduke: didn't you notice that the Install DVD is over 7Gig and that your Mac only writes ca. 4.2 gig DVDs ?
I really wouldn't bother buying an external Burner - spend the money on good sized external HD which you can also partition for use for backup (We'll all be using 'DVD-Form factor' BluRay at ca. 40Gig ea. soon, anyway).
If you want a backup of your OS X Install disk (and I certainly think you should), get help from a friend, an understanding Mac dealer/consultant -show them the 'huge scratch' in it that isn't there...- or read around the various Forums for a 'how to split your 7.x GB Install into 2 x 4 DVDs' articles (they'll be around - it's not gonna be hard to do)
as Kappy says:
1. get a good sized external HD and Install the system on it.
and then, either use Sys prefs-> startup disk to make it yr 'everyday' startup disk or, as YOU said, you can hold down 'Option' at startup' and choose between them. It's really that simple.
{It's also not such a bad idea: replacing a dud/wornout external on an iMac takes you and 30 seconds. Replacing an Internal takes an Apple dealer, delays and $$$. It's also the same equation adding extra HDs, more VRAM, switching to a bigger disk etc }.
Beautiful system - practically a work of Art - but working on it is like negotiating with an ex-wife.
As for a 'minimal Startup Disk', I've never really found it worth the effort - beyond using 'customise' and 'options' during the Install process to not install stuff you obviously don't need (and some which isn't obvious - e.g. there are some great free Apps you may want to use that won't work if you don't install the -misnamed - 'BSD Subsystem').
If you have some deep n abiding reason, there are ways of getting the system very small - like 'monolingual' (& similar) to remove unneeded Language resources inside Application 'Bundles' (see versiontracker etc. and read around the various Forums for these too).
You can get really tiny with some Apps which are just intended to install the real 'bare bones' and a couple of Disk fix/check/test/maintain routines & Apps but God knows what 'hidden' limits & traps are there....(Tech Tools is one that does this).
Disk space is cheap. Time is expensive as are mistakes. Why bother ?.
{By 'a bus-driven external drive ' I assume you mean Firewire, USB 2 or eSATA rather than running wires from the system Bus ?).

Corrupted Mac OS X Install disk?

I have an early 2010 MacBook which came with Snow Leopard. I had trouble with the permissions for quite awhile; every time I did a software update I would have trouble booting up and would get stuck on the start up screen. Disk Utility and fsck sometimes helped. Last week I could not get anything to work and could not boot it up at all so I took it to the Geniuses at my Mac Store and they said the HD was fine, but obv the software had issues so they did a free Archive & Install. Everything was fine after that.
Then I bought a new HD to use as a back up, and after I got home I realized it was bigger and faster than the one already in my MacBook so I decided to switch them out. Then I installed Snow Leopard from my Mac OS X Install disk onto the new HD. Now I have software issues and permissions issues again. When I do Disk Utility and try to repair permissions it just keeps saying the same permissions are corrupted over and over, and tells me that some of them will not be repaired.
Does this mean that my Mac OSX Install disk is corrupted? How would I go about getting a new one so I can start over clean again without problems? If I take my MacBook back to the Geniuses, I don't know if they will do an A&I for free again, and also, if I ever need the OS X Install disk for future, I'd like to have one that's not faulty.
Any thoughts? Thanks!

Thanks Lumnos, I appreciate your thoughts and your time in responding.
I decided to reformat and erase the hard drive and reinstall Snow Leopard just to see what would happen. So I started up the computer to Disk Utility using the OS X Install DVD. I clicked on the name of the HD and then clicked "erase". When that was done I went back to the Snow Leopard Installation screen and went through that process. This is all on the HD that I just bought 2 days ago, BTW.
I know you said the iTunes thing is probably unrelated to any permissions problem, but I wanted to see what it looked like after wiping the HD. So after the OS was installed, the first thing I did after start up was open iTunes. It still does not display the Store or recognize my devices.
Then I rebooted into Disk Utility like you suggested. I verified the disk. It said "Macintosh HD appears to be OK" without any messages about having modified anything.
Then I verified permissions. All it said was something like "Verification of permissions is complete" and didn't give any other report, no error messages, nothing, except that it was complete.
Then I tried repairing permissions, and it did the same thing. Said it was complete without any other messages.
So I guess the permissions and the disk are fine?
Any thoughts on what to do about iTunes? I don't think updating the iTunes software will change anything, as all my software was updated prior to posting this discussion, and I was having the same problem.

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I am thinking of re-installing mac os x install disc (is it call leopard?) on my macbook, will the re-installation erase all my present photos, contacts and documents in my macbook?
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If you do an Erase and Install, then all your data would be lost. You can try the following instead:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X 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 Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) 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, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

Boot From Mac OS X Install Disc

Hi everyone after messing my computer up I am now trying an archive and install !!!
Trying to boot up from Mac OS X Install Disc (labelled For Mac Computers) by pressing down the 'C' key whilst booting up. Everytime I do this the computer just restarts it self over and over again
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong or if something is wrong with the disc
Thanks everyone

Hi jackVDP;
It sounds like you aer using the generic Leopard DVD. Could it have an older version of Leopard that your Mac had originally? If so the Mac will not boot .
Why are you not using the DVD that came with your Mac?
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