Just bought a used '06 MacBook Pro. Where can I get instructions for starting it up? This is all new to me. When I powered it on it showed "Utilities". Asking me to select startup system - am I supposed to insert the Snow Leopard disk?
I'm so lame at this! I bought the laptop used and was told that Snow Leopard was installed. I don't want to mess this up. Are there detailed instructions anywhere that will take me through this step by step?
The utilities window is giving me 4 choices: Restore from Time Machine Backup - You have a backup of your system that you want to restore
Reinstall Mac OS X - Set up and install a new copy of 'Lion'.
Get help online - Browse Apple support
Disk Utility - Repair or erase a disk using Disk Utility.
If I use Time Machine is it going to restore all of the previous owners content?
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I have just bought a used 2009 macbook pro, but I am new to computing and mac so can anybody please tell me if there is reliable software that will help me keep my macbook running at its best without breaking the bank?
In General 3rd Party AV Software and Cleaning Utilities tend to cause More Issues than they claim to fix...
They are Not Required...
Mac OS X tends to look after itself.
See > Mac OS X Built in Security > http://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security.html
More Info Here > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4545776?tstart=0
The Safe Mac > http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg/
To keep your Mac Happy...
Have a look here > http://pondini.org/OSX/Scripts.html
More Info Here > The myth of the dirty Mac -
A magnet fell on my macbook "late 2007 series black" and it stopped working. When i start my macbook up it sits on the white screen. i tried inserting the snow leopard disk to do a clean install but the disk ejects and all i see is the pointer. i even bought a new hard drive to do the clean install but the same thing happens. Please Help
Your problem is not Boot Camp, in fact, is your optical drive. Win XP requires indeed sp2, but also the internal drive, does not work from external optical drive.
For other possible tricks, please use the appropriate Boot Camp forum, not here. Mac OS X may be installed from both external and internal optical drive and/or internal/external partition of a disk, any disk. Windows is not so generous. -
I just bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 12. Where can I get the serial number to set it up?
The serial number is not on the box.
Serial numbers are never on the box; They are normally inside the box for security reasons and they should be on the CD sleeve as shown in this picture:
Some big stores in the States normally insert a leaflet inside the box with a Redemption Code on it as shown in this picture:
If you have a redemption code then you need to go to this link and redeem it for a real serial number:
<http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/redemption-code-help.html#purchasedproduct> -
I bought a new Macbook Pro, how can I get my very old macbook cleared of my stuff so I can give it to my grandson. I just want him to be able to use it.
Put your install DVD into the optical drive (CD/DVD drive) and reboot. Be sure to either use the disc that came with your Mac, or, if you installed a later Mac OS X version from disc, use the newer disc. As soon as you hear the boot chime, hold down the "c" key on your keyboard (or the Option Key until the Install Disk shows up) until the apple shows up. That will force your MacBook to boot from the install DVD in the optical drive.
When it does start up, you'll see a panel asking you to choose your language. Choose your language and press the Return key on your keyboard once. It will then present you with an Installation window.
Completely ignore this window and click on Utilities in the top menu and scroll down to Disk Utility and click it. You should see your hard drive in the left hand column along with your other drives. Click on the drive and select the Erase tab. Set the format value to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and click the Erase button. After that has finished select the Partition tab. Type in a Name for your hard drive and select how many partitions you want from the Volume Scheme. The usual setting is one partition. Click on the Options button after you've selected a partition to make sure it's set for GUID. Then click the Apply button and after the Partitioning is done quit Disk Utility.
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I bought a MacBook Pro I can not sign up for the updates, because I do not have credit card. Only own debit card, but the system does not accept. What can I do?
You do not need to "sign up" for downloading updates. Just run Software Update and let it access them directly thru the App Store.
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I can not install xp through boot camp, the team just bought yesterday, is a macbook pro 13 when my old computer did it without problem with the same install disc
There are no XP or Vista drivers for the new Apple computer hardware. Apple stopped XP and Vista support. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4410.
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i tried to encrypt using file vault but it froze slowing my macbook pro, how can i get things moving or stop the encryption
Back up all data before proceeding. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. When prompted, enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
Then, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the password again.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.
If you can't turn off encryption in Disk Utility because the menu item is grayed out, you'll have to erase the volume and then restore the data from a backup. Select the Erase tab, and then select
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
from the Format menu.
You can then quit to be returned to the main Recovery screen. Follow these instructions if you back up with Time Machine. If you use other backup software, follow its developer's instructions.
Don't erase the volume unless you have at least two complete, independent backups. One is not enough to be safe. -
How do I use my Macbook pro retina display as a monitor for a PC?
How do I use my Macbook pro retina display as a monitor for a PC?
MacQueries wrote:
How do I use my Macbook pro retina display as a monitor for a PC?
Unfortunately, that is not possible. The computer only can "output" your display image, it cannot "input" an image from an external computer and display it on your MacBook's retina display. -
about a year ago we purchased a used macbook pro and can not get music to transfer from iPhones to mac
how can i get All music transferred? even non purchased
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I've just bought iPhone5 online in France. How can I get tax refund?
I've just bought iPhone5 online in France. How can I get tax refund?
What kind of 'tax refund'? And if you are not in France, where are you?
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I have reinstalled mountain lion on my MacBook Pro and can't get the games back App Store says they'll already installed how can i download them can anyone help
I have eactly the same problem - it seems that the downloaded version on MBA is version 6.0 and on iPad is is version 2.0 -
Issue is when i tried to save the presentation on MBA Keynote 09 - Keynote crashed.
I tried to save is as Powerpoint in MBA and it crashed as well!
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Why does my MacBook Pro not boot up with the Snow Leopard Disk?
I have erased the entire hard drive on a 2011 macbook pro that had snow leopard on it. I was corrupted. I not insert my Snow Leopard Disk and the machine will not boot. I chose target mode to erase the hard drive from my mac book pro with Mt. Lion on it.
Thank uou for any help,
KenTarget mode? Is there a second computer involved? Why not insert the Snow Leopard disc in the computer on which you wish to install and hold down the C key to boot from it?
If the disc came with a different computer it will not boot another model. Retail discs also may not boot all model computers, even those that came with the same major version. For example, some MBPs came with 10.6.6 but a retail disc may only be 10.6.3. -
I just bought and installed mountain lion, and I can't get to sign in to hotmail after several trials. I need help please. Thanks.
so its in a forum, which I didn't stumble upon because it wasn't anywhere in the adobe troubleshooting steps for Windows 8 that automatically came up for me when I clicked that I couldn't see the test flash movie on their site. I guess if I spent another half a day googling I might have found it.
BTW, unchecking Active X filtering in IE10, was NOT the fix. I had to go into the security tab, and change the custom active X setting I listed above. So this link you provided which mentions unchecking Active X filtering was not the fix that worked in my scenario. -
My macbook won't read the snow leopard disk but my macbook pro does...why?
For better or worse I ran a clean install of the original MacBook OS for an early 2008. It had been running Lion over the years it had never been wiped and reinstalled. In any case, I successfully reinstalled 10.5.2 with the start up disks that came with the machine when we purchased it. (That showed me the drive was operational.) I then attempted to install Snow Leopard with the install disk we've kept and the drive rejected it; however the MacBook Pro's drive did not reject it. (That showed me the disk is operational as well.)
Is the problem as simple as having to update Leopard to the max before the drive will accept the Snow Leopard disk?Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC; then, try again. BTW, does the optical drive show up in Apple menu item->About this Mac->More info?
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