IMac March 2007: Will it run Mountain Lion?
I have an iMac from March 2007. Will I be able to run Mountain Lion? I am currently running Snow Leopard. Should l upgrade to Lion or just wait for Mountain Lion?
Upgrading to Mountain Lion - http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade
Mac OS X: System requirements for Mountain Lion (10.8) - http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html -- Note that Macs run better with much more RAM that Apple lists as minimum.
Lion and Mountain Lion application compatibility - http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
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IMac (Mid 2007) loses color after Mountain Lion upgrade
Few days ago while watching a movie, I suddenly lost color on iMac.
At first I thought something's maybe wrong with ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphic card inside it, but then such color loss didn't happen when using Lion, before upgrading to Mountain Lion.
I noticed that on July 25 (when I upgraded to ML), a new ColorSync profile is created, found it inside System Preferences, Display, Color.
The old profile worked fine, obviously this upgrade to ML created some sort of corruption (don't know how to name it) in colors. Maybe an OS X update could correct this issue, but I'm not sure.
Is the problem in graphic card? Maybe the card should be replaced.
Any experiences?Permissions Repair:
Go to applications then to the "other" folder then go to disk utility, on the left hand side you will see a white box. Select the second option, usually called "mac HD" with that selected click on "repair permissions" in the center towards the bottom of the screen. Wait for it to complete, then see if this fixes the issue.
PRAM Reset:
1- Ensure the machine is powered off.
2- Locate the following keys on your keyboard in preparation for Step 4:
‘command’ – ‘option’ – ‘P’ – ‘R’
3- Press the ‘power on’ button.
4- Immediately – and before the grey screen appears – hold down ‘command-option-P-R’ all together.
5- Keep them held down until you’ve heard the start-up chime twice. After you release them you should hear it again, and hopefully your Mac will boot up normally -
Why Mac Pro's 1,1 from 2007 can't run Mountain Lion?
I understand that they can't run, but nobody is able to explain why. I can't just through my Mac Pro in garbage because I can't upgrade. Why do I have to upgrade? Well, Sibelius 7 works only in Mountain Lion, and soon, many other software will.
What do I have to change in my mac pro to make it compatible for upgrading to the latest version of mac?
Thankswriting music wrote:
...at least get it right:
Minimum hardware requirements
Minimum requirements for Sibelius 7 software only
Windows: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only), Windows Vista SP2 with the Platform Update Pack or later, Windows 7 SP1 or later, Windows 8 (although not Windows RT), 1 GB+ RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive
Mac: Mac OS X 10.6.7 or later, Mac OS X 10.7, Mac OS X 10.8, 1 GB+ RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive
Recommendations for Sibelius 7 Sounds sample library*
Windows: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) or better, 4 GB+ total physical RAM, 40 GB total hard disk space (7200 rpm or faster drive recommended; SSD preferable), ASIO-compatible soundcard
Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo or better, 4 GB+ total physical RAM, 40 GB total hard disk space (7200 rpm or faster drive recommended; SSD preferable).
* You can use Sibelius 7 Sounds if your computer doesn't meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously, and that sounds take a long time to load.
http://www.sibelius.com/products/sibelius/7/system_requirements.html -
I have a 2005 imac, why can't I run mountain lion
What is it about my imac that can't run mountain lion
You mean other than the fact that 2005 iMacs are PowerPC systems, and no version of Mac OS X since 10.6 was introduced will run on them?
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I have a imac 10.5.8 with 1 GB of memory. If i upgrade to 3 GB of memory will i then be able to run mountain lion ?
What year, CPU speed and screen size is your iMac?
It appears as if it's one of the 2006 models that can only take up to 4 GBs of RAM, but only 3 GBs is recognized.
3-4 GBs of RAM is really the working minimum amount for OS X, alone.
The minimum iMac hardware spec for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is a mid 2007 model iMac.
2006 models cannot run Mountain Lion, but can run OS X 10.7 Lion.
If you have a mid 2007 or newer iMac, my advice would be to install, at least, either 6 or 8 GBs of RAM.
OS X, by itself, to run smoothly,quickly and efficiently can use between 3-4 GBs of RAM leaving virtually no RAM for any additional applications.
If you have an iMac that can take more than 8 GBs of RAM, think of installing more if you can afford it.
Purchase reliable Mac RAM from online vendors Crucial or OWC (Other World Computing) also known as macsales.
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Will my MacBookPro3,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz with 4GB Ram run Mountain Lion?
Hi everyone. I have a MacBookPro3,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz with 4GB Ram — will it run Mountain Lion? My hard drive has 615 Gigs of free space. If so, is it worth it for me to upgrade? Will all the new features be available to me. Presently I am running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53). I heard that there is an update 8.1 out there with developers as of yesterday.
Thanks.Hi John.
Yes, an erase and install sounds like a good idea. I just need to check my Adobe CS5 software to see if I need to upgrade the suite. If that is the case, then I may need to put it off for a bit. Thanks so much for your help.
I have a newer MacBook Pro at work, but usually wait to upgrade it, till I've been running it at home on my personal computer for a while. Would hate for it to mess up my production schedule.
Thanks again and have a good evening. -
will microsoft office for mac 2004 transfer from my emac running 10.4.11 to the new iMac running mountain lion using migration assistant?
Microsoft Office 2004 will not work on any Mac running Lion or Mountain Lion. You will need to upgrade to Office 2011, buy the less expensive iWork apps from the App Store or use a free office clone like OpenOffice or NeoOffice.
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21in. imac running Mountain Lion will not start just get grey no entry sign
21in. imac running Mountain Lion will not start just get grey no entry sign
David,
Please carefuly read what Apple says in how to troubleshoot this issue. Also PLEASE complete your profile,we don't even know what iMac you have or the version of OS X it is running.
Gray screen appears during startup -
Shared drives no longer network accessible on iMac running Mountain Lion.
Hey all,
I've been searching the community on and off for weeks and have not been able to come to a solution. I have an external hard drive connected to a 2007 iMac running Mountain Lion that has successfully been shared on my network for over two years starting with Snow Leopard. Just recently I noticed the shared drives were no longer showing up on my networked Macs (running anything from Leopard to Mountain Lion). What's odd is the shared drives will connect and show up for the first 5 minutes or so after the iMac is restarted, but will go offline soon after. The iMac shows up in the side bar, but I get the dreaded "Connection Failed" message in Finder when I click "Connect As" after the shared drives first go away. Screen sharing works fine all the time when accessing the iMac. I've tried everything on the iMac from disabling the firewall completely to renaming it on the network to disabling SMB on all shared partitions. Anyone have any suggestions?What version of OS X are you installing on the external drive? Is the drive partitioned GUID and formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled?
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my imac is running mountain lion and last night i downloaded maverick. in midst of installing it, it said a powerPC app microsoft word would not work so i canceled the install for the time being. my questions is if i choose to finish installing maverick does that mean i will nevver be able to access word documents stored on my desktop? or do the word docs automatically convert to pages or what? i am so confused. would i be better off just sticking with mountain lion and send the maverick install to the trash? hoping someone will be able to answer my question though i am afraid the response is likely to be just stick with mountain lion so you can keep using word. i had been looking forward to maverick but it seems pretty drastic to not have access to microsoft word anymore by switching to maverick. hope someone has an answer so i can have the best of both worlds so to speak!
thanks for your response Csound1 on the peninsula ... if i go ahead and install maverick and then download LibreOffice or OpenOffice will i then be able to access old microsoft word saved documents on my deskstop through those two free alternatives? i am not that knowledgeable about these things so i am not sure if you are saying i will just be able to use libreoffice or openoffice for creating new documents or whether i can access the saved microsoft docs? are they transferred to OO or LO or what and if editing of the old word docs is needed can i do that through the OO and LO programs or apps (see i am not even sure if i am using the correct vocabulary!) hope you can answer this as quick as the first question, so i can decide to stick with mountain lion and trash the maverick install or proceed with maverick install and hoppe that my microsoft word docs are still accessible through OO or LO or adding to myquestion will pages on maverick be able to open the old word documents? thanks again!
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mpeg video file won't open in quick time player on my macbook running snow leopard.
works fine on iMac running mountain lion.
any ideas?HI,
If iChat is Open and your think Accounts/Screen Names are logged in then go to the Window Menu
This should list the accounts that are logged in with various keystrokes ( Apple/CMD ( or ⌘) and a Number) shown next to them.
Using these should get the Buddy list "back".
It is possible to Hide the Buddy list and then Quit iChat.
iChat will then "remember" where the windows were eve if this was Hidden.
Can you confirm that after reinstalling or restoring from Time Machine with possibly an Earlier Version you have Downloaded the COMBO version of OS X 10.6.8 and "run the COMBO" (Installed it - again) to update iChat ?
It is possible the text chat Window is also Hidden on double clicking a Buddy.
The easiest way for this to happen is to use a second Display and drag some windows to the second Display.
iChat "remembers" where you last had Outgoing Chats so Audio and Video windows will be where you left them as will Text Chats.
Incoming Chat Invites are normally in set places unless there is a chat already open to that Buddy.
With Windowing issue like this is sometimes pays to delete com.apple.ichat.plist itself (on it's own) and restart iChat (this plist holds the window positions amongst other things)
8:49 PM Monday; February 27, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously -
Imac freezing- running Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Hi all - Running Mountain Lion 10.8.4 on an Imac 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 3gb RAM. Have recently (last 2 weeks) started to get problems with system freezing on waking up from sleep, only way to cure is to force shut programs then turn off pc and reboot. Have scanned the net for similar problems and found that it seem to be becoming a common one, followed various bits of advice and have found that using the console feature and the logs it provides that my problem seems to originate with Time Machine. I had gone through the process of removing all my peripherals except TM and started to read the diagnostic logs on console for a common thread and noticed that there were constant references to Tm (see below) and backup alias.
com.apple.backupd-helper[1741]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
I decided to disconnect my TM and see what the result was - firstly I noticed there was a definite increase in the speed of my system and secondly that if I let the system go to sleep by itself when woken it worked fine, however if I forced sleep it froze on waking up, below is snapshot of the log at 3.00am in the morning
11/07/2013 02:59:48.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:00:17.347
com.apple.backupd-helper[1399]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:00:18.698
com.apple.backupd-helper[1401]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:02:12.718
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:02:12.723
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:02:12.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:02:12.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:02:42.769
com.apple.backupd-helper[1402]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:09:47.314
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:09:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:09:47.320
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:09:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:10:17.363
com.apple.backupd-helper[1404]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:14:47.324
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:47.339
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:14:47.629
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.766
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:47.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:14:47.876
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:48.016
StatusMenu[189]
receiveSleepNote: NSWorkspaceDidWakeNotification
11/07/2013 03:14:48.000
kernel[0]
PM notification cancel (pid 59, WDDMService)
11/07/2013 03:14:48.000
kernel[0]
IOPMrootDomain: idle revert
11/07/2013 03:15:17.381
com.apple.backupd-helper[1406]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:15:17.878
com.apple.backupd-helper[1407]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
11/07/2013 03:15:18.108
com.apple.backupd-helper[1408]
Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
Appreciate that this possibly relates to me not having the TM connected - will reconnect and see what the result is and follow up.
I have spoken to our local Apple shop however they have not heard of the problem! The advice given is to save everything and do a clean install, however have noted on the net that this is not necessarily the answer to the problem. Am a bit loath to place my Imac in the shop for many hours work and not necessarily get the problem solved.
So any ideas as to where I go from here please!
Many thanks
BMake a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed. -
Will os x mountain lion support quicken 2007 mac
Will OS X Mountain Lion support quicken 2007 mac
iMac_Lover wrote:
Sorry to be dumb, but I want to make sure I do this right...
The former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (now deceased) once told me there are no dumb questions; only dumb answers!
Hopefully you have not updated to Mountain Lion, YET!
Quicken 2007 (either version) will ONLY accept data from Quicken 2006 or 2007. For you, as a Quicken 2005 user, you must obtain a copy of the PowerPC version of Quicken 2006 or Quicken 2007 and that program will convert your Quicken 2005 data file to one that will open in Quicken 2007 for Lion.
Intuit, which formerly used to provide copies of Quicken 2006 or 2007 (PPC) for such purposes has gone MIA (consistent with OldMacFan's observation that Intuit does not want you to find the $15 upgrade page either! To find that link - I always have to Google "CNET Quicken 2007 for Lion" and in the first listed result, Topher Kessler's review of the program for CNET has the link!)
Consequently, go to this blog and post a comment for Ferd to send you a copy of Quicken 2006 or Quicken 2007 (PPC) and when you receive it, you must run it on a Mac that supports Rosetta and PPC software:
http://thebestparts.net/2011/07/26/how-to-convert-an-older-quicken-data-file-to- use-on-mac-os-10-7-lion/
Then when you upgrade to Mountain Lion, your data file will open normally with Quicken 2007 for Lion/Mountain Lion.
If you have already upgraded to Mountain Lion and hence do not have access to Rosetta, let me know and I will give you further instructions. -
Is elements 9 compatible with iMAC running Mountain Lion?
I purchased an Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner and it came with a disk for Elements 9. I tried to downlaod the disk, but the organizer will not work. Is Elements 9 compatabile with an iMAC running Mountain Lion?
According to this compatibility list, it is:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table/tags/_p/index_tags/_p/p/2 -
I have been trying to figure out how to transfer Photoshop CS5 from my Macbook Pro to the my iMac. The Macbook Pro was running Mountain Lion until I updated a few days ago to Maverick. The iMac is sill running Mountain Lion because when I went to update to Maverick it let me know that I would not be able to run Photoshop CS3. Under normal conditions I would not be concerned, but I don't have the Photoshop CS5 disk anymore to install it, so hence my problem.
I tried backing up to time machine and that did not work, I tried a transfer using firewire and it transfer the problem but then when I try to open it on the iMac it is looking for the serial number.
I would appreicate any help on resolving this.Hi landonw
The HD will probably have to be removed from the MacBook Pro and connected to a USB adapter or placed in a dock to get your data off of it. I would take the MacBook Pro along, the folks at the Apple Store should be more than happy to help transfer your data to a new iMac.
{quote:}All I am really concerned about is my iTunes database and my firefox profiles.{quote}
What no BACKUP'
To protect your data in the future, pickup a USB External HD +(for under a $100)+ and use Time Machine.
Dennis
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