If I upgrade to lion will it affect my previous applications?

It's my greatest fear in upgrading to Lion, will it affect my previous installed applications? Hey guys, pls do enlighten me on this matter.

Well, there are many reports of keynote being sluggish and unresponsive in this discussion. But nothing on pages that I've seen. Uninstalling / re-installing keynote has not helped those having problems, so I doubt you would need your installer there. iWork was recently updated to work with Lion, and it works fantastic here. Ur best bet would be to clone your SL setup to an external drive and then update to Lion on that for testing. Then if you are happy, you can clone the external onto your internal.

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  • When upgrading to Lion, will the documents, photos etc get wiped off..?

    When upgrading to Lion, will the documents, photos etc get wiped off..?

    All it does is update the OS.
    Which in no way implies that you don't need a backup prior to upgrading. While extremely unlikely, anything can happen in the process.

  • If I upgrade to Lion, will all my stuff on my Mac be wiped out?

    If I upgrade to Lion, will all my stuff on my Mac be wiped out?

    If all goes as it is supposed to, no. Your data should all stay exactly where it is. However, there's always a possibility that something could go wrong.
    When you upgrade, you need to do the following:
    1) Check all your software for compatibility with the new system.
    2) Repair the hard drive with Disk Utility.
    3) Make a full backup of your whole system using Time Machine.
    4) Ideally, make a second full backup of your whole system using something else, like Carbon Copy Cloner. (I consider two backups to be the minimum.)
    5) Wait until you have time to deal with any possible problems that crop up.
    6) Install the upgrade.

  • HT1338 My macbook came with snow leopard, if  I upgrade to Lion will I be able to use my restore disks in the future and if I do use my disks that brings me back to snow leopard, Will itunes remember I purchased Lion or will I have to purchase a second ti

    My macbook came with snow leopard, if  I upgrade to Lion will I be able to use my restore disks in the future and if I do use my disks that brings me back to snow leopard, Will itunes remember I purchased Lion or will I have to purchase a second time ?

    At this point, you can no longer download Lion (10.7) from the App Store, only Mountain Lion (10.8) - make sure all your applications are fully compatible if you decide to upgrade.
    Yes, you can restore 10.6 using your restore disc should you wish to - and the App Store (not ITunes) will have a record of all your purchases, since it's linked to your AppleId.
    Matt

  • If I upgrade to Lion will I keep my current bootcamp with XP installed?

    If I upgrade to Lion will I keep my current bootcamp with XP installed working?

    OS X Lion: "Some features of Mac OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation
    Normally, and if you didn't change the number or resize the partitions, should be fine.
    I don't think anyone can guarantee anything, which is why backups are essential.
    You can even install Lion to an external drive as well.
    For Mac, you can clone your system and have a bootable backup; use TimeMachine.
    For Windows, there are various tools to backup data or partitions.
    Boot Camp
    Re: How can I create a bootable Lion DVD to perform a clean install
    Create Lion Recovery Drive
    OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
    OS X Lion: About Windows Migration Assistant

  • If i upgrade to lion, will i loose my applications?

    I have other applications that i didnt buy on the app store on my mac. So i was wondering if i upgrade to lion, will i loose those applications? or can i save them on a hard drive or something?

    You don't lose any apps or data, but it would be wise to do a backup before upgrading.

  • I am having sporadic issues after new hard drive install and recovery using Time Machine. The same sluggish response, start up screen pixelating...If I reinstall Lion will it wipe out other applications? My HD was formatted and partitioned correctly, I ha

    I am having sporadic issues after new hard drive install and recovery using Time Machine. The same sluggish response, start up screen pixelating...If I reinstall Lion will it wipe out other applications? My HD was formatted and partitioned correctly, I have a late 2009 iMac.

    Use the trackpad to scroll, thats what it was designed for. The scroll bars automatically disappear when not being used and will appear if you scroll up or down using the trackpad.
    This is a user-to-user forum and most people will post on here if they have problems. You very rarely get people posting to say there update went smooth. The fact is the vast majority of Mountain Lion users will not be experiencing any major problems with the OS, or maybe with apps which are not compatible, but thats hardly Apple's fault if developers don't update their apps.

  • I have leopard v 10.6.8, if i upgrade to lion will i need to reinstall all my software applications?

    Hi,
    I want to upgrade to lion OS so i can make use of the icloud with my iphone 4S and macbook. However, i'm wondering if i will need to re-install all my software applications all over again after this upgrade is complete?
    Thanks

    ekram wrote:
    Hi,
    I want to upgrade to lion OS so i can make use of the icloud with my iphone 4S and macbook. However, i'm wondering if i will need to re-install all my software applications all over again after this upgrade is complete?
    Thanks
    No, but do make a complete backup of your system just in case.
    Pete

  • When i upgrade to Lion will my office 2008 work?

    I want to upgrade my Mac to Lion and Apple support is telling me that my MS Office 2008 may not work and/or I need a patch from Microsoft.  I then talk to Microsoft and they say there is not an issue with MS Office 2008 when upgrading to Lion.  Who do I believe?  Will all my data files and entourage data remain intact when I upgrade to Lion?

    Office maintains a central datafile in your /Home/Documents/ folder. Each new version of Office simply imports that file. So all your Office data such as mail should remain intact after you upgrade. Here's how to make a bootable backup:
    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.
    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.
    Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
    Select the destination volume from the left side list.
    Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
    Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Destination means the backup volume. Source means the internal startup volume.

  • If I upgrade to Lion, will my songs in itunes be deleted?

    I want to upgrade to lion from my early 2011 mac book pro....however i was wondering if the songs i have on itunes will stay in it when i upgrade or not?

    Everything stays as it is, dont worry you migh need to make a few prefrence changes and it will be slow and sluggish during the first couple of min because of indexing. even though this isnt what you asked i thought id give you a heads up.
    Cheers
    HiranyaN

  • By upgrading to lion will it delete your files from snow leopard

    I want to upgrade to lion, but i still have my files on snow leaoprd. If i upgrade, will i lose my personal files?

    No. Lion does not erase your files. It will upgrade your Snow Leopard system files. You should do the following prior to installing Lion:
    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. Create a bootable clone: Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
    Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
    Select the destination volume from the left side list.
    Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    Check the box labeled Erase destination.
    Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
    Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Destination means an external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

  • Upgrading to Lion will I have to reinstall Parallels

    Will I have to reinstall all my programs -I am on the road and I need my Parallels- to upgrade to Lion?

    You shouldn't need to however I would recommend that you check with Parallels on the web site to see you have a version that will run well on Lion. If you can hold off until you get back to your office I would strongly recommend that. if you are on the road you may not have an up-to-date backup and you ALWAYS want that whenever doing any OS X upgrades.

  • Hardware will not upgrade to Lion - Will I lose MacMail?

    I have an Intel Core Duo MacBook (circa 2006) using OS 10.4.11 Tiger. I cannot, apparently, upgrade to Lion because of my 'old' hardware. Frankly, I don't care about the Cloud, but I depend on MacMail. Are there any viable alternatives for those of us who use and love our older machines or are we out of luck? If upgrades are available, how steep is the price?

    From the Basics4Mac link Barney-15E provided -
    "Go to me.com/move and log in to your MobileMe account. Your account will be migrated to iCloud. Once migrated, you can sign into iCloud on your Lion Macs and iDevices running iOS 5*
    I have no access to anything running Lion or iOS 5. And, when I clicked on the link, it just opened my me.com online email window. So that didn't work, either (and my mac.com email is happily pinging at every update on this forum so it's still working).
    The nearest Apple Store is more than one hundred miles away - I live in rural Iowa, and it's 2+ hours to Des Moines.
    I will add an IMAP email to my email roster and see if it brings anything in.
    Sorry to be a pain, but this is incredibly aggravating. At least, if all this fails, I have 6 months to get my contacts to use a gmail address to email me instead.

  • I have Windows XP Pro as my Bootcamp option under Snow Leopard. If I upgrade to Lion will I still be able to use this Bootcamp Windows XP operating system as I dont have Windows 7 yet

    I have Windows XP Pro as my Bootcamp option under Snow Leopard which works very well indeed.
    I would like to upgrade to Lion but am concerned re its lack of support for Bootcamp Windows XP
    Can I upgrade to Lion and boot into my old Windows XP BootCamp partition as I do at present OR
    must I buy Windows v7 and install under the new Bootcamp system.
    Also what happens to my Snow Leopard Time Machines backups - can I see them under Lion?
    Many thanks
    Peter B.

    Boot Camp- Some computers require Microsoft Windows 7

  • I am about to update to OS Lion. Will this affect a previously partitioned Hard Drive atall?

    I have a partitioned hard drive and am about to install an operating system upgrade of LIon. With an already partitioned harddrive are there any issues that I need to be aware of such as loss of data on the windows portion etc?
    Thanks for any help or experience you have .
    GJLC

    No, an OS X installation does not alter the partition map.
    Back it up anyway, as a precaution against the unexpected.

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