Is changing from iMac OS 10.6.8 to Yosemite difficult?
What are the problems encountered in changing from iMac OS 10.6.8 to Yosemite?
Depends. Be sure you do this first:
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.
Next, verify you can upgrade to Yosemite:
Upgrading to Yosemite
To upgrade to Yosemite you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Yosemite from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Yosemite is free. The file is quite large, over 5 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 Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite
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.
Download the Yosemite installer and click on the Install button that will appear when it finishes downloading.
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Sometimes it happens because a device that gets its network address from the router wakes from sleep, and the address it was using before has been assigned to another device.
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Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
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~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
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Here is how to find out what version of Mac OS you are running:
Click on the blue apple in the upper left hand of the screen.
click on this icon
Click on the first line, "About This Mac"
Most of these are numbers & that's what we want.
What version & Processor do you have?
You need 10.4 to get a relatively current web browser.
Opera
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/requirements/
http://www.opera.com/download/
OmniWeb 5.11, which, I believe is built on the same framework as Safari 5,
Safari 4.1.3 for Tiger
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069
iCab - The Taxi for the Internet
http://www.icab.de/
for PPC
tenfourfox
"World's most advanced web browser. Finely tuned for the Power PC."
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
alternative download site:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox
What is my user agent?
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
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I found an article that is contains very thorough Mail troubleshooting steps:
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
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tonyfrompontfarcy wrote:
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http://store.apple.com/fr/buy-mac/imac?product=MF883F/A&step=config -
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Which model iMac do you have?
How large is your HD and how much space do you have left?
Check out the following & do the necessary:
User Tip: Why is my computer slow?
What to do when your computer is too slow
Speeding up your Mac
OS X (10.6.6)
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LarryHN is correct. The only way this message occurs is if the iPhoto Library database is upgraded to a newer version.
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Is it possible change from OS X 10.6.8 to OS X Mavericks directly?
is it possible change from OS X 10.6.8 to OS X Mavericks directly?
Yes. You ust meet the system requirements:
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
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Hello all
I have an iMac at home from where succesfully created and publish my web page. Recently, I bought a MacBookPro and thought it would be great if I could also edit my page from the MBP from time to time.
I thought the best way to do this was to have the Domain file sit in a place where I could see it from my both machines: i.e. my iDisk.
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So my questions are
1) Can this or should this not be done
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3) What other options do I have?
Thanks
JWhat you probably experienced is a kernel panic. The exact cause is a question for another forum
The smart thing to do would be to download the file from your idisk to the Mac you are using, work on it, save it, then copy it back to the idisk. Oh, and make sure you are using the same version if iWeb on all machines.
This is how we do it at work. We never work off the server. -
How do I remove itunes from imac?
How do I remove itunes from imac?
Right click the app.
Choose "Get Info"
Under Permissions, change EVERYTHING to "Read & Write".
Download and install AppZapper (It's a free trial)
Drag iTunes to the AppZapper window and "Zap" it to the trash.
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Mavericks Problem Quick User Change Frozen iMac
Hello
I use Mavericks Mac OS X 10.9.2 on MBP and iMac.
It runs without big problems.
On iMac there is a problem when I change from my account to an second account.
2,7 GHz, Intel Core i5, RAM: 16 GB, HD: 2TB ca. 120 GB free, Build: Mid 2011.
No problems for 3 years.
Sometimes changing works well.
Sometimes changing don't work.
Today I carry out the fifth changing from yesterday.
At 13:19 I change to Alexande.r
Alexander was running before I change.
Calendar is define as start objekt.
It jumps for long time
Some seconds or minutes jumping stops
Two infos in news right are shown
Beachball is seen.
Later I use cmd+alt+esc
Nothing happens
ergibt sich nix.
Clock show contant only 13:22
No menü commands possible.
HD is running, I mean.
Sometimes I hear access.
13:55 I come back to iMac
Monitor dark > Silence.
Pressing table. or later mouse
Monitor is on.
15:10 iMac monitor always dark or on.
Mouse awake always monitor
What should I do?
I know that I can shut down the iMac with pressung power for a short time
I need info what can be the reason for this problem.
What should I do after restart of iMac.
Can I show in console for additionally info, but I haven't experiance with console.
Please give feeedback.Now the infos.
Hope it helps.
Begin 20.04.2014 11:35 short time before changing.
At 20.04.2014 on 13:19 - time based on my swiss chronometer I have change to other account.
Today 21.04.2014 at 08:35:00 I start iMac again.
Check of time MBP and iMac show the same time after one minute
I don't find the "freezing time" 13:22 in log.
20.04.14 11:35:23,168 storeagent[384]: CKSoftwareMap: Registering with Daemon
20.04.14 13:18:05,331 PluginProcess[4127]: CoreText performance note: Client called CTFontCreateWithName() using name "Times Roman" and got font with PostScript name "Times-Roman". For best performance, only use PostScript names when calling this API.
20.04.14 13:18:05,331 PluginProcess[4127]: CoreText performance note: Set a breakpoint on CTFontLogSuboptimalRequest to debug.
21.04.14 08:36:40,405 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[200]: Background: Aqua: Registering new GUI session.
21.04.14 08:36:40,450 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[200]: (com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist) Unknown key: CFBundleVersion
21.04.14 08:36:40,451 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[200]: (com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert) Unknown key: seatbelt-profiles
21.04.14 08:36:40,452 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[200]: (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
21.04.14 08:36:40,466 distnoted[206]: # distnote server agent absolute time: 78.773273090 civil time: Mon Apr 21 08:36:40 2014 pid: 206 uid: 502 root: no
21.04.14 08:36:42,269 SystemUIServer[220]: Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x7fce6a41ba60 </System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu> (not loaded)
21.04.14 08:36:42,948 SystemUIServer[220]: Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x7fce6a436ce0 </System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu> (not loaded)
21.04.14 08:36:44,939 Console[216]: setPresentationOptions called with NSApplicationPresentationFullScreen when there is no visible fullscreen window; this call will be ignored.
21.04.14 08:36:51,109 Mail[215]: INFO: DEVONthink Mail Import Support 2.6 loaded
21.04.14 08:36:55,197 Mail[215]: Could not create query for expression ((null)) && (kMDItemContentType == 'com.apple.mail.emlx')
21.04.14 08:36:56,315 soagent[255]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
21.04.14 08:36:56,322 soagent[255]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
21.04.14 08:36:56,324 soagent[255]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
21.04.14 08:36:56,326 soagent[255]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
21.04.14 08:36:56,343 soagent[255]: No active accounts, killing soagent in 10 seconds
21.04.14 08:37:00,710 com.apple.dock.extra[271]: No endpoint returned trying to load UnreadCountController.bundle, suspending
21.04.14 08:37:05,746 Mail[215]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
21.04.14 08:37:07,312 soagent[255]: Killing soagent.
21.04.14 08:37:07,312 NotificationCenter[246]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
21.04.14 08:37:07,312 com.apple.dock.extra[271]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
21.04.14 08:37:07,313 com.apple.dock.extra[271]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
21.04.14 08:37:07,313 NotificationCenter[246]: SOHelperCenter main connection interrupted
and so on....
Do You need additionally information?
Regards
Jochen
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