Lion reload question

I am running Lion on my MacBook Pro and it locks up several times a day. I purchased Lion from the App Store. Can I download Lion again and reinstall without having to reload all of my apps?

When you installed Lion, it created a Recovery Partition on your hard drive. Reboot holding down the option key and select the Recovery Disk. From there intall the OS. And "no" you do not need to reload your applications. It will save your current System Folder in "/Recovered Items" so that you can find any registration etc.

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Funny, my iTunes still has AirPlay capability without AirPlay Mirroring active.

I just bought a 2009 macbook pro with an os upgrade to lion. my question is how do i take the previous owners name (like when i bluetooth) to my name???

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Your MBP should have been given to you with the original installation disks and OS. The Lion OS is licensed to the person who sold it to you. You will have create your own account and purchase Lion if you wish to use it. Those are the stipulations in the licensing agreements.
Ciao.

New to Mac (Lion USB Questions)

Ok, so I'm completely new to Macs, unless you consider a Mac 2 way back in the day (booted the os to ram from 2 or 3 floppy discs). I recently bought a macbook pro off of ebay that needed a little repair, but works non-the-less. I borrowed a Leapard CD from a friend and installed it. I updated everything as much as I could, and just used it here and there for the past month maybe, just getting use to the interface. The LCD is somewhat messed up, so I haven't used it as a daily device at all. So I logged into iTunes on it for the first time just 2-3 days ago, and apparently there is a security flaw, and my account got hacked and an attempted charge of gift cards to give to some other account were charged to paypal. Luckily, paypal saw the multiple charges for the same thing in less then a minute and automatically put them into dispute (I wasn't charged).
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O-o maybe I should have only asked the questions in the last paragraph, but meh... I'm still furious about my account being stolen in the first month or so on mac os, when I've been using windows for over a decade (on the internet even) and have had no fraud what so ever... At this point, I'm going to just say it's the older OS, and get the newest one, and see. I just want to make sure I don't waste $70 getting the thumbdrive just to have to get Snow leapard to install it. I really don't trust the os I currently have installed, and would like to start from complete scratch.

"I'm mainly wanting to know, if I install from the USB device, can I do a full and complete system wipe and still install it from the USB drive without having to install an older OS first,"
Yes, you can do a clean install from the flash drive. You can only upgrade from Snow Leopard with the flash drive.
I cannot answer your questions about fraud. We don't know the specifics of what happened to you nor whether this was the result of a security flaw in the OS or elsewhere or simply a failure on your part to maintain the security of your data.

Can't purchase Mountain Lion - security questions

i can't purchase Mountain Lion because i'm given three mandatory security questions, when i only defined ONE (plus date of birth) in my Profiles Security Settings - which was done automatically upon creation of profile, one question, not three.
i've tried going to my Profile and add the required two questions, but that option isn't available.
thank you! - (this is quite urgent...)

 Account Security Team (AST) 
Check the AppleCare number for your country here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE131
Call them up, and let them know you would like to be transferred to the Account Security Team.
Or… click on the blue "Start your support request online" links.

Lion install questions

Hi, I Have A Couple of questions about installing lion, first can you run snow leopard apps? and second, i have root enabled in snow leopard, onced installed will i have to reenable it? thanks!

SilverArrow23 wrote:
first can you run snow leopard apps?
If by "snow leopard apps" you mean ppc apps, no you can not run those in Lion. check here for a compatibility list. Not sure about the other question.

Lion Performance Question

My wife's MacBook Pro has the 2.26 GHz Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM. It currently runs Snow Leopard. We've been using MobileMe to sync the calendar and address book with her iPhone, but that is going away. So if I upgrade the MS Office and VMWare Fusion, we can upgrade to Lion.
My question is whether Lion's performance is adequate on the 2.26 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, because that CPU is listed as the minimum CPU for Lion. Snow Leopard runs well and I don't want to upgrade and lose performance. Thanks in advance.

A Core 2 Duo is the minimum processor but not the actual one that's in your computer. It's quite sufficient for Lion. After all the first C2Ds ran at 2.0 GHz and are not nearly as fast as yours. Of greater importance is RAM. 2 GBs is the minimum, but 4 GBs would be much better. More if possible since you also run Fusion.

Mountian Lion Updating Question

Hey All!
I own a early 2011 13' Macbook Pro. I started downloading Mountian Lion and upon reading some reviews have decided to postpone installing it until an update is released that fixes some bugs. My question is, If I leave the install in the launchpad (just don't install), when I go to install it after the update, will it install with the newest version? Or will I have to install the old version of Mountian Lion then use software update.
Thanks guys!

It will install the current version. You would then use the App Store to update it.
EDIT:
Copy the installer to your Downloads folder for safe keeping. You can also make a USB flash drive installer;
Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your flash drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to an hour depending upon the flash drive size.
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Double-click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount it on your Desktop.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
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Drag the mounted disc icon from the Desktop into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.

Cloning my Lion Drive questions

I decided to clone my drive after upgrading to Lion weeks ago on my iMac mid 2011, just in case my Hard Drive should
break down. My Mid 2011 came with Snow Leopard. So, eventually, would I restore back from clone (which, if a true clone, would have
the two partitions already on it). Or, is it useless doing a Lion clone? ie I would hope that it is a simple as how I used to do my SL clones.
Hopefully,, I don't have to go and reload SL from disk, update to Lion,, and do backup from TM as my only option. Thanks

Stoker wrote:
CorkyO2 wrote:
FWIW,
Creating the clone by partitioning the destination drive with one partition and then using the restore feature in Disk Utility while booted from the Lion installer on the flash drive (and subsequent restoring of the clone back to the original machine) always results in the inclusion of both the Recovery HD partition and the OS X Lion partition.
I have tested and retested this when booting from all three versions of a Lion install disc (flash drive, external HD and a DVD). All work exactly the same. The clone (in my case) is kept on an external HD and I connect using FW800. Works every time.
Note - I don't use CCC or SuperDuper, so can't comment on those.
Ok,,, so I gather that my first hypothesis can't be carried out ie; just cloning my Lion clone back to internal formatted drive, because it will not create the Lion Recovery partition.. So,, I will try Corky02 method. I already had made a usb Lion Recovery (think I will also do a DVD one also). So,, please correct if I am mistaken. I use the usb Lion recovery to apply to my HD. By doing that, it installs 2 partitions on my Drive, one Clean Lion OS,, plus one Recovery partition.. Then, I can go in to boot mode,, look for Macintosh HD,, and replace that with my clone? Correct?
Then it sounds like CCC and Superduper have lost some of their effectiveness .
If you boot from the Lion install disc (USB flash drive or DVD), you would then use the Utilities/Disk Utility to partition the drive you want to install OS X Lion on (I always name mine 'Macintosh HD', but you can use a different name if you wish). After partitioning, you quit Disk Utility and are returned to the OS X Lion installer - which you would run to install Lion. The end result is a clean install of Lion which also includes the small partition named 'Recovery HD'.
Note - the 'Recovery HD' is only visible when booting to the boot option screen by pressing 'Option' during start up (or when viewed by some other utilities like iDefrag).
Once you have your OS X Lion set-up with whatever you want included in the clone (e.g., applications, music, pictures, files, etc.). You can then boot from the USB flash drive or DVD to create your clone. I create the clone with the following steps:
1 - Connect external drive which is to be the destination for clone image.
2 - Boot from OS X Lion install disc.
3 - Invoke Disk Utility (Utilities menu > Disk Utility).
4 - Partition the external drive with 1 partition for destination of clone.
5 - Click the 'Restore' tab in Disk utility.
6 - Select the partition I want to clone (in my case the 'Macintosh HD' partition) - which automatically populates the 'Source' field in Restore dialog.
7 - Drag the partition on the external drive to the 'Destination' field.
8 - Click 'Restore' and confirm 'Erase' in pop-up dialog.
The above steps assume there is only 1 partition on the destination drive. This will result in a clone which includes both the OS X Lion partition and the (hidden) Recovery HD partition.
You can then restore both partitions by first creating '1 Partition' on your intended destination drive (typically the internal drive) and using the 'Restore' tab to set the clone as the source and the internal as the destination, which will result in a OS X Lion partition (including all applications, music, pictures, files, etc., that you included in the clone) and the (hidden) Recovery HD partition.
Note - if you do not first partition the destination drive before attempting to restore the clone, I am not sure that you will end up with a functioning system. I say this because I have not tested that, so please only use my steps if you intend to partition with only 1 partition when trying to either create the original clone or restore the system from said clone.
I hope that was clear.

Several Lion/AD questions

10.7.3, bound to AD
Several questions that I can't seem to find the answer to on apple's KB.
1. When setting up an iphone to synch with the lion server, why does it only present mail and notes for synch? Is this just how it works, you have to setup the different services seperately for mail, contacts, and calendar? I can't believe that when an iphone has builtin support for exchange.
2. I followed http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3660 to get ical working for AD users. I also followed http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5276 to get push notifications in ical and addressbook working for AD users. It was initially working after following this doc, however now it's not. Even after restarting just get invalid username or password.The log file shows something about an OD crash which seems to coincide with an attempt to login to iCal using AD credentials.
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Doesn't work even after restarting mail it says it's unknown user. Mailman doesn't work the way i expected. I need to create distrobution groups, not a maillist.
Anyone know how i can fix these issues?

Hi
"Is it normal to learn in the beginning and then to start working correctly?"
In essence, yes.
Graylisting is on by default when you configure and enable the Mail Service and it's actually a good thing if you're prepared to be patient. However you may decide you don't actually need it and resort to other methods of filtering mail to your domain. There are many tools available for any enterprise wishing to run it's own private mail server and graylisting is just one option. There are lots of resources explaining graylisting which you can google for yourself.
However these might help?
http://www.lakecomm.com/readarticle.php?article_id=5
http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/144/84/
http://www.timabbott.com/computers/mac-os-x-server-greylisting/
A good resource for all things OS X Mail Server is here:
http://osx.topicdesk.com/
Your iCal Service issue for Active Directory Users may be answered here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3660?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
However the problem you're describing with certificates is not good and you should really clear this up as soon as you can. There are some 'golden rules' regarding servers in general and OS X Server in particular. In no particular order these are:
1 - Start at the end to begin at the beginning (a bit odd but it does make sense if you think about it)
2 - DNS. Get this bit right and everything else will follow
3 - If you mess up the initial configuraton right at the beginning it's best to start again
4 - DNS. Get this bit right and everything else will follow
5 - A lot of features you'd expect from a Mail Server for Enterprise use is not in the GUI. You will have to use Terminal sooner rather than later. This is also true to a lesser degree with other services.
6 - DNS. Get this bit right and everything else will follow
The above is only my opinion.
If you've not already done so you may want to start again (wipe and reinstall) otherwise you may find as time goes on that the instability the server is suffering from at the moment will only get worse and usually when you least want it.
HTH?
Tony

Photoshop CS4 and Mountain Lion Printing Question

I recently downloaded CS4 onto my new Macbook Pro Retina running Mountain Lion and I am not able to print from CS4 to my Epson 3800 printer. When I hit the print button, the light on the Epson 3800 blinks one time but nothing happens. The file does not even get sent to the printing queue.
Photoshop CS4 otherwise works perfectly fine on my Macbook Pro Retina. Additionally, all other applications on my Macbook Retina print perfectly fine on my Epson 3800. For example, I can print from Aperture to the Epson 3800 just fine. I am using the most recent Epson driver from the Epson website.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Peter,
Since your Epson 3800 printer is working fine with other applications, one workflow work around would be to export your Photoshop file as another format (for example .jpeg, .png, .tiff or even .pdf depending on what your content is). By exporting it as another format, you can open it using other applications (such as Acrobar Reader, or Preview) and print from there. While this is not the most ideal lsolution, it should do the trick if you are in a rush to print.
To help troubleshoot and solve this problem in the long run, you can take a look at this help page: Trouble Shooting Printing Problems, Photoshop CS4 Mac OS.
This helpful page lists all the possible things you can do to reset or fix the problem, it also lists a number of alternatives.
Hope this helps!
Clarice

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Finder
In Lion, I don't like the way finder lists "Today"
"Yesterday", "previous 30 days" when searching,I like the way it use to display my images/ files. Kind of just in order of modified, etc etc …….plenty of way in view options I only want one section, not those others in the window. Is there a way to change that? If you know what I mean?

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I would like to better understand two of the input options, Greatdy System Audio and ProcasterAudioredirector.
I went to the Greatdy site and downloaded their free "SystemAudioPlug-in" but for the life of me I can figure out how to make it work. Greatdy seems to think its pretty easy to use but I don't have a clue.
What I am hoping to accomplish is taking an audio file and passing it through the Mountain Lion Dictation system and end up with a text file version of the audio file. Yep, the audio file is human speech in English.
I can do this with Dragon Dictate v 3 for MAC but I don't want to spend the $150 if I don't have to... the $150 is their Holiday Special price which includes headphones and next day shipping, good deal but...
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks
Phil

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What's up with the mountain lion toolbar question mark on the right side?

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and looked over the info from provided links
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