Installing Lion on from Snow Leopard with Bootcamp

Is it problem?

How to regain NTSF access to bootcamp partition from MAC OSX Lion. (One user's experience)
1) After doing the upgrade (not a clean install) of MAC OSX Lion, Launching the Windows Partition worked just fine from the Startup Manager when choosing Windows 7.
2) The problem seems to be that the Bootcamp volume is not mounting when MacOSX is launched due to 3rd party software for NTFS.
I was previously using Macfuse and Texera's NTFS-3G software in Snow Leopard to mount and access my NTFS formatted partition.
THE SOLUTION for OSX LION so far (Requires payed upgrade):
1) uninstall MacFuse.
2) uninstall NTFS-3G.
Acquire and install Fuse4X (this replaces MacFuse).
http://fuse4x.org/
Upgrade to Tuxera NTFS (15 day free trial) / Approximately $36 for upgrade.
Good luck!
If anyone finds a free/opensource solution please post!

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Why can't brand new MacBookPro9,1 (OEM Mountain-Lion) boot from Snow Leopard on external drive, or internal partition?
Is this because of hardware changes? Or firmware changes? Or is it just and Apple Inc. administrative fiat?

@Steve Holton: Sorry Steve, but you're wrong about that one . I'm using 10.8 (purchased and downloaded) on the internal HD of this MBP8,3 (2.2 GHz, 17"), and I am also able to boot into 10.7.4 and 10.6.8 from external FW800 partitions.
However, I DO have problems with my MBP9,1. It came with 10.7.4 installed and ran fine. Then I purchased and installed 10.8. It ran fine but could no longer boot from 10.7.4 on an external partition. I then reinstalled 10.7.4 on the internal HD and discovered that it is still unable to boot (even 10.7.4) from an external FW800 partition.
One of Apple's Senior Support Advisors has done some remote troubleshooting but the case is still open and unresolved. An earlier Apple Support case suggested that when, I installed the downloaded copy of 10.8, there had been a "firmware update" (behind the scenes) that is now causing the problems with booting from my external partition(s). This apparently is "a bug": it is not what is supposed to happen.
So - I believe - "the problem" really has nothing to do with hardware capability. It is strictly about Apple's strategy for "managing its future customer base". If you don't like it - use something else - I am seriously considering Ubuntu as an alternative.
If there's a hidden caveat in all this it's probably "Read Appple's Licence Agreement VERY Carefully".

I have snow leopard with bootcamp what will happen if I create a new partition and install Lion

query as subject line - I was planning to create a new partition using disk utility and installing lion on that - I am aware Lion will Create a recovery partition in addition - so is it possible to have Snow with it's Bootcamp and Lion with it's recovery on my imac purchased jan 2012?
Subsequent question although I purchased Lion from the mac store can I jump straight to Mountain Lion (if I purchase it) from Snow leopard?

If you plan to create a third partition, then you will lose control over your Boot Camp partition and ability to boot Windows. You cannot have three partitions as you desire.
You can upgrade the Snow Leopard system to Lion or Mountain Lion. You can obtain another HDD and install Lion or Mountain Lion on the external drive.
Yes, you can purchase and download Mountain Lion to upgrade the Snow Leopard system.

Will ML install wipe Apps from Snow Leopard?

Been at OS 10.6.8 too long for compatibility reasons that are now remedied--no longer are any PowerPC apps on my iMac listed in my equipment line below. I'm ready to move on.
However, I need to keep iDVD because I have tech-challenged relatives who cannot deal with online video, or are on very slow internet services that turns big files into poison for them. So we mail DVDs to them. I also need to keep iChat AV to help do remote maintenance on my mother--in-law's Mac that's 1500 miles away.
Is a special install option required to maintian these programs, or will the regular install procedure leave them accessible?
I've already checked that iDVD and iChat AV are compatible with Mtn Lion so it's now a matter of whether they are preserved.
TIA....

The installer will only remove incompatible applications. There is no need to move it or try to "hide" it from the installer. However, you should always have a functioning backup.
iChat AV doesn't exist on Mountain Lion. It is now Messages. Also, iCal is Calendar and Address Book is Contacts.
Being that it is quite a jump from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, I would suggest creating a bootable Clone on an external drive so that you can boot to it if Mountain Lion doesn't float your boat. If you decide to revert, it is as simple as cloning the external to the internal. See Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper.

How to access user data in Lion partition from Snow Leopard?

How do I access data residing on my Lion partition from the Snow Leopard partition, ie when I boot from the 10.6 partition?
I have an account on the Lion partition and one on the Snow Leopard partition, with the same short name.
But if I try to access the data residing on the Lion partition (under my user directory) from Snow Leopard , it says I do not have sufficient privileges.
How do I best solve this issue?
My user data basically all resides in the Lion partition, the only reason for keeping the Snow Leopard partition is a programme that has not yet been updated to Lion compatibility, and will not be for another two months. I have to use it daily (until the update).
TIA
Marc

That was too easy :-)
Thank you.
As an added quirk I had to open the package with the data files (by right-click, show package contents) and manually change the permissions on the four contained files. I had expected that to happen automatically when changing the packages' permissions.

How to downgrade from Mountain Lion back to snow leopard with Time Machine

The final straw was the horrible mouse sideways page wiggle while trying to scroll down and read safari pages. Even after turning the feature off, tech support said it will still wiggle a little. That and the HORRIBLE grey icons everywhere was enough to send me back to my beloved iMac I loved when I bought it. I'll give up the iMessage and the few new items ML gave me. But as many others said, what I got new was far less than what was taken away.
So what tech support had me do was this. Even though the apple engineers said it would not work, apple tech support had me try it and it worked for me so good luck. Engineers said that after you install mountain Lion, it messes with ALL your time machine back ups and won't revert back to snow leopard even if you select a snow leopard date back in time. That didn't happen to me. I have a 2010 27 inch iMac
This worked for me but PROCEED AT YOU OWN RISK
Export individually any email folders or photos or data you will lose between now and the date you are reverting back to.
1. Insert Snow Leopard DVD that came with computer. The install disk not the applications. Make sure time machine external drive IS connected.
2. Restart computer and when you hear The Mac chime, hold down the C key and then it will take several minutes to boot up from the DVD.
3. Select the little blue triangle to continue in English.
4. When it gets to the screen that says "continue" stop. There might be a screen or two before this one I can't remember but either way stop at the word continue.
5. Go up to the top left and find the UTILITIES pull down menu and select disk utility.
6. In the window that opens up, Select the Apple drive which should be the very top one in the window.
7. Select erase.. it should be Mac OS extended journaled
8 select erase and maybe a password. It only takes a few seconds
9 go back up to UTILITIES in upper left and then select restore from time machine or backup or whatever it says. It's the last choice.
10. Select the external time machine drive and navigate to the date you last had Snow Leopard running and that will be the date it restores to. You will lose any data between now and then but you can export your mail, export photos, and other items separately. I only stayed on ML For a few days before hating it enough to go back so I had no loss of data except a few emails.
11. Hit RESTORE. And then it will take several hours. When you restart it, it should come right back to that day you selected as if ML was just a bad thought on someone's drawing board.   If for some reason it still comes up ML, Then they said to erase HD Again (steps 1-8) and then manually drags back USER folder or individual folders with Mail, photos etc.   if this way doesn't work, have another plan printed out so that you are not stuck by this one.
Good luck. Proceed at your own risk..

The ultimate solution:
You need an USB of at least 5 GB and the Snow Leopard Install DVD.
1. make a bootable USB with Disk Utility in it:
     a. download the Mountain Lion Installer from the App Store
     b. quit the installer after download
     c. find the installer in the Applications folder
     d. option+click in it and select "Show Pakage Contents"
     e. go to Contents>SharedSupport to find there the InstallESD.dmg file and mount it by double-clicking it
     f. with the Disk Utility, restore its contents into your USB
2. boot from the USB:
     a. restart the computer and hold-down the option key while booting
     b. select the USB and boot
3. run the Disk Utility and format in ONE partition the HD of your computer
REMEMBER: BACKUP YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE DOING ALL THESE, YOUR DISK WILL BE EREASED AND DATA BECOME UNRECOVERABLE OTHERWISE
4. insert the Snow Leopard DVD and reboot from it
5. follow the on-screen instructions to install OS X 10.6
After this, you can, if you will, upgrade to Lion or stay in Snow... Good Luck!!

Calendars and event data lost in mountain lion upgrade from snow leopard on mac book pro

I just upgraded to mountain lion today. It appears my contacts and emails were transferred without loss to the new system but all of my calendar data and the calendars themselves have disappeared. Does anyone know how I can get my old calendars and event data back? I backed up my laptop on time machine before doing the upgrade, so my old calendars should be on my external hard drive. I'd like to simple recover the data from the laptop if it is just hidden somewhere. Alternatively, if someone could tell me how to import the backed up calendars back in that might be a good plan B. I also still have the old calendars on my iphone which I am afraid to sync for fear of data loss.
I looked through previous responses in the community to this same question and I tried deleting the account and adding it back in but that did not work. Any assistance would be appreciated. Apple support is giving me an cold shoulder that is rather unexpected given my past good experience with Apple support. Bummin out over here
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Which way do you reinstall OSX?
I would go through the recovery partition, check Disk there and then run the installer. make sure you have a reliable connection the the Internet.
This could be a third party app you have running in the background that is crashing. what exactly is crashing ?
are you getting kernel Panics?
You are not able to simply roll back to Snow Leopard, you will have to have a SL disk, and then erase and install SL onto you hdd/ssd. This will erase ALL of your data so I hope you have a Time Machine backup or bootable clone.
I believe your issue is with a third party application installed.
More information is needed.
Call 1-800-My-Apple or file a dispute here https://expresslane.apple.com/Issues.action
On a personal note, I think you are missing out on ML and need to figure out if there is an application running that is causing ML to crash.
Usually a reinstall fixes my issues.

Repair Lion permissions from Snow Leopard?

If I have an external drive with a clone of a Lion system on it, can I use a computer running Snow Leopard to repair permissions on it?
Thank you,
David

~Bee wrote:
David, if you had a 2012 Chevy, and you lost the computer program that ran the tuneup/automatic readings, would you go get another one from a 2011 Chevy, and think it was going to find the right stuff to fix? I have seen posting rom people who tried it, and things got so cofusing and messed up, a reinstall of the OS seemed the only way out.
Thank you for the added info. I will take your word that some people have done it with ill consequences. I am just trying to understand the mechanism by which that would result.
In answer to the question, "Should I start up from a Mac OS X install disc to repair disk permissions?" Apple says, "This is not necessary because Disk Utility looks at the receipts on the volume being checked" http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452. That led me to think that it might not matter which system was invoking the repair, which was why I asked my question. In other words, does Disk Utility in ML or L run a different routine than in SL, or is it the same routine regardless of the system that Disk Utility is on? That is what I am trying to understand.
David

Can't Install Boot Camp from Snow Leopard DVD in Windows 7

I have an iMac "Core 2 Duo" 3.06 24-inc (08) running 10.6.2 and Windows 7.
I was able to successfully use the Boot Camp Assistant to partition and install Windows 7 on my iMac. After the installation, I was able to download updates from Windows Updates which included video drivers.
However, when I inserted my Snow Leopard DVD to install Boot Camp 3.0, the Setup.exe only gave me two options: To Install Mac OS X remotely and to install CD/DVD Sharing. I was not presented any options to install Boot Camp.
I did manually navigate the Snow Leopard DVD and found a Boot Camp directory with its own setup.exe and when I clicked on it, it gave me an Installation Error stating "Boot Camp x64 is unsupported on this computer model". I did some research and I found no mention of my iMac listed as an unsupported model.
Any help would be appreciated.

When I inserted Snow Leopard DVD, the autorun didn't show me an option to install Boot Camp Drivers. Just like the author of this topic, it only showed me 2 options: to Install Mac OS X remotely and to install CD/DVD Sharing.
Then, I've run Windows Explorer, navigated to Snow Leopard DVD, opened Boot Camp folder and runned "setup.exe". The installer opened and Boot Camp 3.0 was installed successfully.
I don't know if it could help you guys with that error message, but after the installation of Windows 7 64bits, I've rebooted my Macbook Pro. Only after the reboot I did the Boot Camp Drivers installation.
You can also try to run the "setup.exe" as Administrator (right-click, Run as administrator).
Also, my Snow Leopard DVD is that grey one with the white "Mac OS X Install DVD" labelled on it.

How can I upgrade to Lion again from Snow Leopard?

My Macbook Pro (Late 2011), was shipped with OSX Lion but due to some software compatibility issues, I downgraded my OS to Snow Leopard, but now that software is fully compatible with OSX Lion and Mountain Lion, how can I upgrade to Lion again?

Hi Viaixtapa, well long story...
I phoned the number above and purchased a license. The process worked fine, the Apple Tech took my particulars, I received an email right away acknowelging my purchase and one from the Tech giving me his details so that I could come back to him if I needed help. But when I went to download Lion it would not download because I do not have the requirements to load it, mine is an Intel Core Duo instead of an Intel 2 Duo or later.
The clerk in the Apple store in Vancouver checked the details of my machine and told me I could load it if I upgraded the memory. But apparently that was incorrect. The Tech I who sold me Lion checked too and said no, my iMac is not capable of supporting Lion. So a plus and minus answer. I did get Lion, but was unable to load it, yours is a 2008 model so you should have no trouble. Why not try the number or the international website above from Steve, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I will just keep saving my pennies toward a new iMac!!

Upgrading to Lion OS from Snow Leopard 10.6.8

I'm planing on upgrading my 2009 Macbook pro's Snow leopard 10.6.8 to the Lion OS and would like to know if I should remove the following Apps such as: DivX community, DivX products, DivX support and Media Sharing Cable before upgrading? Any advice from others who already experienced the upgrade would be greatly appreciated.

According to the web there are newer version of DivX. So if what to keep it you may want to make sure you have the latest versions.
The other thing you should check for is if any of your applications are coded for PowerPC because that will not execute with Lion.
Allan

Upgrading to Mountain Lion possible from Snow Leopard 10.6.8?

Hi,
I have a MacBook with the following Configuration, which I bought in 2006 or 2007, originally and updated the hardware in the last years. I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8 now.
Is the Upgrade possible with the following configuration?
Model Identifier:          MacBook2,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          2 MB
Memory:          3 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system):          1.13f3
Will I lose all other programs i have installed, once i install Mountain Lion?
Thanks in advance. Looking forward to a qucik reply!

SS_India wrote:
Hi,
I have a MacBook with the following Configuration, which I bought in 2006 or 2007, originally and updated the hardware in the last years. I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8 now.
Is the Upgrade possible with the following configuration?
Model Identifier:          MacBook2,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          2 MB
Memory:          3 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system):          1.13f3
Will I lose all other programs i have installed, once i install Mountain Lion?
Thanks in advance. Looking forward to a qucik reply!
Mac Specs required for Mountain Lion
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac needs:
OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space
It seems your MacBook is too old to run Mountain Lion. But given the age of your Computer, Snow Leopard is still a very stable and excellent OSX. You can go to Lion (10.7) if you wish, but if I were you, I would be staying with Snow Leopard.
Pete

Slow Logon to Lion Server from Snow Leopard Machines

Hi Everyone,
I am usually okay with computers however something has been baffling me for a while now!
We have recently updated our server from an ageing Tiger server to a Lion server. (Mac Mini Server)
We have a suite of Mac minis that are running 10.7.4 and have no trouble connecting to the server in fact they sign a relatively quickly.
We also have a set of MacBooks that are currently all updated to Snow Leopard (10.6)
The issue we are having is with those MacBooks:
When the user attempts to access their network share from any of those MacBooks running Snow Leopard the login works however it can take up to 2 min to login. This does happen over the wireless network, however I have also checked it by plugging them in with an ethernet cable and they exhibit the same behaviour.
This is obviously quite frustrating for all the people using the MacBooks.
I got strange feeling that the check box somewhere that I've missed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A Little bit more information:
All of the Users are Open Directory Users
I'm guessing that this may be an issue with the authentication process and for some reason it is taking longer on the Snow Leopard Clients?

I get an error when I try to print after installing Lion - worked under Snow Leopard - /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr failed

I have not been able to print pictures nor any text since installing Lion. I receive the message in the subject which is totally meaningless.

When you upgrade from a previous OS there is always a chance that you will bring some setting that is not compatible with the new OS. This can be the driver as noondaywitch suggests but it can also be the core printing system. In the case of the latter, it is a good idea to reset the printing system when a core error occurs. Note that the reset sets the printing system back to default and removes your currently installed printer and scanner queues. But it does not remove the supporting drivers, so you only need to install the driver again.
How to Reset the Printing System
1. Open System Preferences > Print & Scan/Fax
2. Move your mouse over the Printers list
3. Hold down the Control button and click the mouse
4. Click the "Reset printing system ..." popup
5. Restart your Mac
Just one additional thing to note. In checking the supported printer list for 10.6 from Apple, your RC545 is not listed so running the Software Update will not provide you with a driver for this printer. So if Epson does not have a driver for 10.6, and it appears that Apple does not provide one, then what you have already from the previous installation is it. And if this doesn't work, then you may have to look at either an alternate driver or getting another printer. But let's wait and see what happens after the reset.

Can I install Maverick straight from Snow Leopard ?

Hi there,
I have succesfully installed & upgrade my OS from ML to Maverick.
However, I have another iMac which only runs on Snow Leopard. Can this iMac be upgraded straight to Maverick or do I have to purchase to upgrade to Snow Leopard first before upgrading to Maverick ?
Thanks

petermac87 wrote:
Please clarify. You say the other Mac runs on Snow Leopard but ask if it needs to be upgraded to Snow Leopard. Either way, it needs to conform to one of these Mac models to be able to run Mavericks.
http://www.apple.com/au/osx/specs/
Also be aware that any PPC programs will no longer run in Mavericks. Check here for compatability.
http://roaringapps.com
Cheers
Pete
Thanks Pete for your assistance.
There was a typo om my part. What I meant to say was, I am on Snow Leopard and ask if I need to update to the latest Snow Leopard before upgrading to Maverick. I have just checked my Version is 10.6.8 so I am not sure if my SL is the latest).
On yr second query, what you meant by PPC progams ? I do not run any Windows program if that is what you meant ? Also my 27" iMac is a few versions behind which I think runs on Intel chip.
Thanks

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