MacBookPro5,5 upgrade and Lion
I have a mid 200913.3” MacBookPro5,5 with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz processor and 2*1GB DDR 31066MHz of memory.
I have boughtthe mac to 2*2GB Crucial DDR3 1066MHz CT2KIT25664BC1067 memory and a 96GB Kington V+100 SATAIISSD in order to give a boost midway through it’s life.
As a result I amworking if I should take advantage and upgrade to Lion and take full advantageof the OSX 10.7, iCloud and iOS5 integrations however I have been hearing thereare some teething issues with Lion, such as the flash videos not playingcorrectly in Safari.
Also I amhearing that the pre Intel iSeries (i3/5/7) processors are struggling Lion’sincreased processing requirements and I ask the members of this forum that it mightbe better to stay with Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6.8)? Has anyone had experience ofusing Lion on with the same generation MacBook Pro? How was it? Did you haveany issues? Would you recommendations it either way?
Objective andimpartial advice only please.
Just be tempered by the fact that these forums are like the emergency ward of a hospital. Only sick and injured people come. So you are asking for responses from mostly emergency room patients.
Similar Messages
-
JAN 4, 2012
As of the Upgrade to Lion,. 2007 I-Mac - the Email portion, .. DOES NOT allow a Video Clips to be sent via the Email
as the I-Photo is not supported by Video Clips ( Previous Leopard )
No problem clip and drag via Quick Time Pro to the email and select the Attchment size to send. . Depending on the
Size of the Video Clip .. Now Lion only Export's 1 size, . only and as a result . . teh File is TOO Large and
Will NOT send via E-Mail ???
Between the Issue of the Lion, and Email issues , and the Upgrade of I-Touch to 5.1 from 4.2.1
as my Photo Size is Huge .. 70,000 + photos in the Computer. . and was 40,000 in the I - Touch .. .
The New I-Touch too will not Load the same as Previously used on either my 16 GB or 32 GB Unit . .
No Help . .. so far, .. as a Apple user since 1996 .. I have Never experieanced such frustration ???
( any one have some help if similar experiances ? thank you )JAN 4, 2012
As of the Upgrade to Lion,. 2007 I-Mac - the Email portion, .. DOES NOT allow a Video Clips to be sent via the Email
as the I-Photo is not supported by Video Clips ( Previous Leopard )
No problem clip and drag via Quick Time Pro to the email and select the Attchment size to send. . Depending on the
Size of the Video Clip .. Now Lion only Export's 1 size, . only and as a result . . teh File is TOO Large and
Will NOT send via E-Mail ???
Between the Issue of the Lion, and Email issues , and the Upgrade of I-Touch to 5.1 from 4.2.1
as my Photo Size is Huge .. 70,000 + photos in the Computer. . and was 40,000 in the I - Touch .. .
The New I-Touch too will not Load the same as Previously used on either my 16 GB or 32 GB Unit . .
No Help . .. so far, .. as a Apple user since 1996 .. I have Never experieanced such frustration ???
( any one have some help if similar experiances ? thank you ) -
I have a 3rd generation ipod nano. I recently upgraded to Lion which is causing lots of issues. Aside from that, I went to the Itunes store to purchase books like I have done at least 100 times before with no problems. Now I can by the book and get it to my computer, however when I tried to download the book to my 3rd generation ipod the dialog box informed me that to download any new audiobook purchases I would need an ipod touch. My ipod nano 3rd generation serves my purposes just fine. Why should I be forced to buy something I do not want just to continue something I have always done seamlessly? I know this is more of a rant than a question but I am sure someone else out there has had this happen to them. Maybe you could share your thoughts on how to work around this issue if possible?
I forgot to add the last obvious and crucial step I had taken - plugging a different iPod into my system. It was also not recognized. That was the final proof I needed to determine if the problem was device or system. But now what?
I truly appreciate any help I can get!
Thanks again... -
i am deleting files through my trash in my macbook pro (2010) and then emptying the trash can, but my hard disk space is not increasing! i recently upgraded to lion and the problem is new, wasn't the same with snow leopard! HELP!!!!!
When i press command+I (Get Info) i see that there is 140 GB "Available Space" on my hard disk but when i click on my hard disk icon on the desktop, and then press "space" i only see 102 GB free!! What the f*???
Please HELP!!!!!! Getting second thoughts on Lion!!!!Hi b,
Have you restarted yet? -
Hi i upgraded from lion to mountain lion to day on my mini mac,Since the upgrade i am no longer getting sound through my HDMI cable which was working fine on lion Checked the midi audio settings and system preferences to out on HDMi nothing no sound whats so ever.Any one any ideas?
I use a samsung TV for my monitor via HDMI.Tried all the system Audi setting nothing .Head phone and internal speakers are fine.Similar issue; Audio was working fine on Lion, now not on Mountain Lion. Have a Macbook Pro early 2011 with AMD Radeon HD 6750M, connected by thunderbolt through a Lacie LBD to a mini-displayport to HDMI adapter (n.b. same problem when not going through the LBD) to a Pioneer VSX 521 AV receiver. For me when I go into audio Midi settings all the volume sliders for the displayport device are greyed out and at zero. But when I click 'configure speakers', it's able to send out the test signals to each speaker. Part of the problem could be that I'm not getting the option to put out 6channel sound, only 2 or 8 channel. Since my system is Dolby 5.1, and I only have 6 speakers, I would have expected the 6ch option to be available. But I imagine there's more to it than that. Elsewhere someone has suggested playing with Remote Interactive over HD on an Onkyo device; I'll see if there's something similar on the Pioneer that can be changed. Any other suggestions welcome.
-
After upgrading to Lion, I went to open Mail and received the message that it needed to upgrade my Mail database - this may take a few minutes. The bar shows it is about 1/5 along and has been there for over 10 hours.
I tried quitting and starting again but it just jumps back to the same spot.It is quite large, but I have tried two of the fixes suggested and things now seem to be moving along.
(I was unable to seach properly before which is why I posted the question - it was a bit of a panic) -
We have 3 user profiles on mac book pro. want to upgrade to lion but want to be sure that all users are backed up to ext hard drive via Time Machine. When I go into Time Machine - I cant find anywhere my user account (1 of the 3) - loads of photos and documents. For other user accounts - if i go to open a folder i cant ''no permission'' is the message. All I want to be sure of is that there is a back up and for these 2 reasons I am far from sure.
famfran wrote:
When I go into Time Machine - I cant find anywhere my user account (1 of the 3) - loads of photos and documents.
Be sure they're not excluded in Time Machine Preferences > Options.
Also, if iPhoto is open while a backup is running, Time Machine may not be able to back up the changes in the iPhoto Library. It will "catch up" the next time, if it can.
For other user accounts - if i go to open a folder i cant ''no permission'' is the message. All I want to be sure of is that there is a back up and for these 2 reasons I am far from sure.
That's correct; one user, even an Admin user, doesn't normally have access to another user's files. You should see the same behavior if you try to look at their data on your Mac.
Log on as the other users (or have them do it) to see their backups. -
For weeks I have been viewing a doggy day care center via their web cam. This weekend I upgraded to Lion and have been unable to view the center. I get an error message for Java plug-in 1.6.0_29 ....webcam class not found. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Sorry, don't know what else to suggest unless there's a URL to the problem stream that someone here can try. Otherwise we can't test it to try and determine what might be wrong.
BTW, make sure they're testing it with a Mac, not with a Windows system. If they test only with Windows, what they say is or is not working doesn't mean much.
Regards. -
When I search for a document on my mac or want to add an attachment in mail I always used the defaults on the left to narrow down what I was looking at. it had the option for Today, this week, last week and not sure what else. now that I have upgraded to Lion that is gone and I need it back. Help.
In List View the center column will do that on a right click.
To restore see this article...
http://macs.about.com/od/LionTipsNtricks/qt/Restore-Smart-Searches-To-Os-X-Lions -Finder-Sidebar.htm -
I just upgraded to Lion 10.7.2 and it says that it will not support Power PC programs and has blanked out my 2008 version of MS Office for Mac and Intuit's Quickbooks. How do I proceed to get these programs back?
Upgrade to newer versions compatible with Lion or downgrade to Snow Leopard:
Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. 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.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. 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.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files. -
I upgraded to Lion, Excel won't open, and what is "Solver" found in the "Launchpad"?
I upgraded to Lion last night, I have Mac OX X 10.7.1 and all other Microsoft Office products (Word & PowerPoint) work just fine, but within the "Launchpad" of Lion, there is an icon called "Solver). When I click on it, the Excel - icon opens up but the program does NOT, and something called "Solver" (found in the Launchpad) also opens up but immediately shuts down, showing an error. WTH???
Hello jburrett,
From what you are describing it sounds like iTunes thinks the files are there, but they are missing or have been relocated. Use this article to locate the files.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1408
You also have the option of deleting the entries you see in iTunes, and re downloading them using:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
All the very best,
Sterling -
I upgraded to Lion and now my iPhoto won't open and I don't know where my pictures are
I upgraded to Lion and now i don't have Iphoto anymore. Where did all of my pictures go??
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
If you purchased it on the App Store or have a Recent Mac you can find it in your Purchases List. -
Upgrade to Lion and lost Mail folder but app still works?
have upgraded to Lion but have lost my MAIL folder, have checked the new place of course but nothing there
also missing the com.apple.mail.plist as well ?
any suggestions on how to get these back as Mail is still running but playing at all sorts of weird games
thank you,
GordieWhy do you say you have lost the Mail folder? Is that because you are unable to find the Library folder that it resides in? If so, that folder is now invisible. Hold down option and click the Go menu in the Finder, then choose the Library item that appears there.
-
After upgrading to Lion, Preview (5.2.2) appears to have lost the facility to run a slide show by using my mouse to click an icon in the visible menu bar, as I could in the previous version. Can I retrieve that icon and thus that facility?
Unfortunately not. Lion has made many adjustments to the previous system. Try opening your pdfs in keynote.
-
After upgrading to Lion my videos have a codec error and won't play
After upgrading to Lion my videos have a codec error and won't play
Hi waiex,
I have recently upgraded to Lion and have the same problem as you. Did you find a solution?
Thanks in advance.
Maybe you are looking for
-
How can I alphabetized my list view in finder?
How can I alphabetized my list view in finder?
-
APEX 3.1.1.00.09 – HTTP-400 Bad Request
We have some users who are experiencing what appears to be a browser problem in one of our APEX applications. When clicking on any button that does an insert or update to the database some users get an HTTP-400 Bad Request error message. The database
-
I am doing some File reading... and I am having some problems with a bit of it... I was having some weird output and it took me a long time to figure it out, it turns out Java doesn't like reading 1000 000 , 1000 0010 , 1001 1101 , and 1001 1111 ...
-
[MC CS4] ExporterAvi.prm ruins my life . . .
I thought it was only related to Premier Pro, but... turns out, anything that refers to that little plug-in kills the program from the begining. These are the versions so you just know: Premier Pro CS4 ver 4.2.1 Media Encoder CS4 ver 4.2 Encore CS4 v
-
I've been waiting about two weeks to download a few TV episodes i've paid for long ago. I've tried everything these boards have suggested and every time I check for purchases, I get the same old message. "The iTunes store is temporarily unavailable.