I want to upgrade... but will it break my computer?

Should I upgrade to iTunes 7? I'm currently on iTunes 6 and have just had to cope with the 'frozen fiasco' as someone called it.Happily it's fixed, but I still feel that upgrading would be a good idea.
BUT- I've just been looking at this forum and reading about computers generally getting destroyed into millions of bits of burnt hard drive by installing iTunes 7. Not only that, but some tryed to install itunes 7 and failed, but in the process broke the old version of itunes beyond repair.
I'm confused (it's not hard) so can anyone guide me in the right direction please?

hi,
be realistic, could you beleive an Apple software will actually damage hardware and still be publicly available?
besides, no one can presume what the outcome of installing a new software on your computer will be. you should proceed to a complete backup of your songs and library files before doing the upgrade if you have doubt.

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I have OS X 10.5.8 and I want to upgrade, but not to Mountain Lion.

I have OS X 10.5.8 and I want to upgrade, but not to Mountain Lion. How do I upgrade to Leopard or snow leopard?

Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
     Snow Leopard General Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
       2. 1GB of memory
       3. 5GB of available disk space
       4. DVD drive for installation
       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
           fees may apply.
       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
           or Xeon processor
       2. 2GB of memory
       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
       4. 7GB of available space
       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion — System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
             Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

I used to buy used iphone and I'm in Mexico. I wanted to upgrade but I ask you insert a sim Mexican rejects me says that is not compatible or if I can never use my iphone here in mexico

I used to buy used iphone and I'm in Mexico. I wanted to upgrade but I ask you insert a sim Mexican rejects me says that is not compatible or if I can never use my iphone here in mexico

reneagustin wrote:
is possible to make the phone legal?
More than likely not... Try google...

I have an iphone 4 with 4.3.2 version, want to upgrade but my phone is not getting detected on my comp on itunes. i want to upgrade it to the latest version of the software, please help

i have an iphone 4 with 4.3.2 version, want to upgrade but my phone is not getting detected on my comp on itunes. i want to upgrade it to the latest version of the software, please help

If your phone isn't being recognized by your computer, you need to follow the steps in this article to resolve that
Also, some basic isolation needs to be done. Does it show up in itunes on any other computers? do you have other cords you can test with to see if it might be the cord? if the phone doesn't show up on any computers, it's likely your phone has a hardware issue
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538?viewlocale=en_US is the article to use if you want to concentrate on trying to get a particular computer to recognize your phone

I have a Mac i5 and need to download the application 'Numbers' but everytime I try to do so, it says can't do as the ver 2.2 for the app needs new software 'Snow Leopard'. I don't want to upgrade but dont know what to do??

i have a Mac i5 and need to download the application 'Numbers' but everytime I try to do so, it says can't do as the ver 2.2 for the app needs new software 'Snow Leopard'. I don't want to upgrade but dont know what to do??

If your profile is correct you're already on the final version of Snow Leopard (10.6.8). Sure it wasn't Lion it was asking for?
If that's the only version available on the app store, you'll need to source a copy of the iWork '09 DVD - not cheap now - only available via Amazon or eBay etc.

I don't want the upgrade but it keeps updating

I bought an app from Splash ID years ago. Now they want me to upgrade an pay $19.95. I don't want the upgrade but it keeps updating, so I have to delete it constantly and reinstall. How can I stop this one app from upgrading?

so why is skype quietly downloading and installing things in my browsers with out either informing me or asking permission?
really I am a big girl if I want browser plug ins and extentions I use grease monkey I can installl them myself thank you very much.
Now stop forcing me to update, forcing me to add softwear I don't want or need.
You want a tool bar that's fine, stop being jerks about it and give me the option to opt out!

I have an iPad 2 and used old Apple ID for iBook app; now it wants to upgrade but I have a new Apple ID, how can I make certain I don't lose any data in my iBooks?

I have an iPad 2 and used old Apple ID for iBook app; now it wants to upgrade iBook but it is "stuck" on my old ID, yet I already created a new ID but it won't let me update the App. I have everything backed up on my MacBook so if I delete iBooks on my iPad and retrieve the App under my new ID and then sync with my MacBook, will I still have all of the books, etc.?

Your purchases are tied to your Apple ID. If you bought all of the books with the old ID then AFAIK you will have to continue to use that ID in order to continue to sync those books to the iPad.
You have to update the app with the old ID so I don't see how you could keep the books with the new ID. Maybe I am wrong about this, but someone else will chime in I'm sure and correct me if I am wrong.

It crashes with out warning nomatter what site I'm on and the page goes white plus it want to update but will not support cretain sites that I need

sorry I wrote before but forgot to edit it.Since I came home 3 weeks ago from surgery. I can be on any site especially on facebook playing games and it goes white completely with out warning so I have to restart my computer again to get back especially on facebook.I play alot of games on there and other things.No matter if I'm chatting .ect on any of my sites the page goes completely white.I get a message to upgade to mazolla firefox 5 but will not except some of my sites like replayer,ect.. so I keep putting it to ask me again in 7 days. I need those sites.Can you help me PLEASE.Going for another surgery in Aug. and my computer is the only thing that keeps me busy unless I want to watch TV all the time.I have Mc Afee security for free from att and they tried to fix it but it still doing it.I have window vista can you help me.don't know much about computers but my grandchildren did get into it and put like Itune and certain games that I was chraged for which I cleared up.Can you help Please..do not want to upgrade cause some of my sites will be gone especially real player and my other sites.I told to go K2 here by Mc Affee security...Have no crash Id.

You're welcome.
Voicemail is left at your carrier's server. That will continue to work unless you report your iPhone as lost or stolen with your carrier.
You may never find it again and you can't if the iPhone remains offline or out of service which means the iPhone is powered off or doesn't have cellular reception.

Want to upgrade but running bootcamp! What to do?

I want to upgrade to mountain lion from snow leopard so I can have icloud capabilities. However, I'm running bootcamp because I am an architecture student and the programs I need aren’t made for macs. Is there a way to upgrade to mountain lion without losing my partition and programs? Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
When you upgrade OS X, the Windows partition isn't (or shouldn't be) modified, so you won't lose anything. However, if the upgrade fails, you may lose your Windows, so I recommend you to make a backup with WinClone.
After upgrading, I recommend you to update the Boot Camp drivers on Windows. Open Boot Camp Assistant, tick the option to download the Windows support software and follow the steps. Then, start in Windows and install the Boot Camp drivers

Why isn't version 4 compatable with Kasspersky? I want to upgrade but have to be able to use my anti-virus software.

When I want to upgrade to the newest version it tells me it has to disable Kaspersky

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Iphoto will not download photos to the program but will download to the computer. I would like to edit the photos but cannot.

Hi,
My iphoto program stopped downloading to the program, it will download to the computer though. I cannot edit the photos because they are not in the program. Can someone tell me what is wrong. Thanks!

No - I have no idea what yours concern even is
iPhoto does not "download" to any place - it does import and the only place it imports to is the iPhoto library so this statement makes no sense at all
My iphoto program stopped downloading to the program, it will download to the computer though.
And it is really helpful to know what version of iPhoto you have and what version of the OS you have
One possible off the wall guess with no information is that your have your events sorted incorrectly (fix by the view menu ==> sort events) or that your camera dates are incorrect
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I have cs3 want to upgrade to cs4 and buy new computer that will be good for while, what should i get

This is what i bought but i am wondering if i should of gotten 64bit xp and note 32 bit because my computer is only registering 2g ram this is my setup: (i have 2 hard drives 160 each RAID 0 and i have two 512 graphics cards capable of 4 monitors but i was told the graphics cards are taking the ram away. whats better more ram in graphics cards or more free ram in the system? i was told with xp a 32 bit system will limit ram to 4g min only shows 2 see here:
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HERE IS THE RAM WITH ONE GRAPHIC CARD VS TWO
WITH BOTH GRAPHICS CARDS
1) Right Click on My Computer, then properties:
   - 2gb ram
2) Start, accessories, system tools, system information:
     Total Physical: 4096.00 mb
        Available Physical: 1.49gb
        Total Virtual Memory: 2.00 gb
        Available Memory: 1.96 gb
WITH ONLY ONE GRAPHICS CARD
1) Right Click on My Computer, then properties:
    - now its 2.5 GB of RAM
BUT HERE:
2) Start, accessories, system tools, system information:
        Total Physical: 4096.00 mb
        Available Physical: 1.97gb
        Total Virtual Memory: 2.00 gb
        Available Memory: 1.96 gb
SHOULD I KEEP THIS OR BUY ANOTHER ONE WITH 64 bit I WANT TO USE ADOBE cs3, and will upgrade to CS4 soon. i use primarily dreawweaver and i want to learn graphics and want to do tons of multitasking

Seems like you have very much overkill in certain areas and not enough in others. If you will be running Dreamweaver, you don't need a lot of RAM! If, on the other hand you will be using Photoshop, you need a lot of RAM. I've been using Photoshop since 1992 and the more RAM the better, up to about 6 GIGs, then it really doesn' make much of a difference. As for the Graphics cards, not sure why you need 2?? I use Photoshop professionally and have never needed 2. As for the RAM, the graphics cards have their own RAM built in and it should not rob from you system. I use a Quad processor HP running Vista 64 bit. Photoshop flys, as do my other programs. However, I will tell you, if you change to 64 bit, be prepared to upgrade most all of your software, and on top of that, a lot of software is not capitable with 64 bit at this time. I played Hell getting my system set up running 64 bit. If you are not going to be using Photoshop, which is RAM hungry, you do not need more that 4 gigs of RAM.

What plan to go with to save $? Want to upgrade, but cannot yet.

I want to get a smartphone, but I'm currently on a 2 year contract with 2 basic phones. My wife really could care less about a smartphone, but I'd like one just cause of what it can do. One major thing is the extra data charges I'm sure I'd rack up.
So what would be ideal to lower my bill. Currently I'm paying like $120-130 a month for 2 phones, unlimited text and 700 minutes which we barely even use them. It's lowest amount to get for a shared plan.
Is there anyway to get out of my contract. I'm literally stuck with this basic phone til February 2015. I'd imagine I'm stuck since I will not pay a fee to cancel.
Just really want to see if any way I can get around this or am I stuck til my contract ends. Would going without a contract be best for saving $? I've even considered switching carriers but Verizon seems to have best coverage and prices. Despite them not being too good with discounts or doing anything for me. I've been a customer for several years and never gotten a break from them. Never a discount on an upgade or accessories. Just somewhat ridiculous.

You can get out of your contract by paying an Early Termination Fee of $175 minus $5 for each full month that you've completed of your contract (per phone line).
You could look for a gently used smartphone on ebay or swappa (just ensure it's Verizon branded with a clean ESN) or pay full retail price for a new smartphone and activate it on your line. Your plan wouldn't change, but you would have to add a data plan (i.e., $30 for 2 GB monthly).

I knew there was a reason I didn't really want to upgrade, but I did & now the FF15 won't display the htm which my old version did perfectly

Actually it does display the page, but it doesn't display some of the elements which 3.6 did perfectly & even lowly old IE9 still does
Where do I post the 2 screenshots? - the 1 of IE9? & the other of FF15? - which, it should be obvious, isn't displaying the blue lines down the sides

cor-el wrote:
Do you know what (CSS) code is responsible for those lines?
After you asked your question, I did some experimentation by varying
the size of the jpg displaying the long blue bar
& came to a startling conclusion
FF15 has changed its ability to display jpgs, if said jpg is even slightly greater
than 30K on its long (vertical) side
You see, the blue bar isn't generated by FF - it's an independent 8x35Kblubx.jpg,
an 8 x 35,000 pixel blue line, which was custom created in a drawing prg
I can send you the file if you want to see it, but the bottom line is,
the old version of FF used to display it perfectly & in virtually any paint type
or jpg display prg (preferably such as IrfanView or ACDSee etc),
it still will, but NOW, in FF15 it doesn't work
Thus whoever's responsible for finalizing the code at Mozilla/FF (whether it's a committee
or a person making a decision for a committee), they've decided some type of jpgs
just won't display, if they're greater than some arbitrary # of pixels
on its long (vertical) side
So, here it is ; even FF15 runs the HTM perfectly, *if* I restrict the 8x35Kblubox.jpg
to its shorter `brother', which is 8x30Kblubox.jpg
Why 30K is acceptable to FF15, but even 30.5K or certainly 34K isn't,
is completely upto whoever's responsible for deciding what will display on FF15
All right, why the change? - Even IE9 still displays the 35Kblubox
& all the way upto 60K & maybe more (I decided 60K was as big as I'd need
at the time they were created), but FF15 jams out at 30.5!
Clearly it's a FF15 `issue' & should be restored to its former ability to run at least 60K
pixel or greater jpgs (along the long upright edge)
frebe

Wanting processor upgrade but....

well to start i mainly use my computer for gameing, and well some games just wont work on here cause of to much CPU useage. so first i upgraded my RAM and it did help somewhat but not in the CPU area. so i was looking up processors, and i found some for a good price but arent sure if they'll will work. im useing an HP 200 notebook pc. its got an AMD E-300 APU with radeon(tm) HD graphics processor. so how do i know which to upgrade to play games that demand more GHz?
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Hi,
Page #93 of the following document says
NOTE: This section applies only to computer models equipped with an Intel processor. AMD processors come soldered to the system board and cannot be removed or replaced.
Source: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03575298.pdf
(Last document of the following link:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-2000-Notebook-PC-series/5296210/model/5360117/manuals )
No, you can't upgrade CPU of your machine. You have to buy new motherboard that means new machine.
Regards.
BH
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