Maverick and Windows 7 or 8

I need to buy either Windows 7 or 8 for college. Which one will work better with Mavericks?

Mavericks is still in beta, so nobody will be able to answer that question here.
A better question is which one is better for your hardware. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634 This article has a table showing which MacBooks will run Windows 7 and Windows 8.
My experience has been that unless you have a touchscreen (which you don't), there is pretty much no point in using Windows 8. Stick with 7.

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I have a early 2011 MacBook Pro upgraded to mavericks and windows 7 install cd what do I need to install bootcamp properly?

I have a early 2011 MacBook Pro upgraded to mavericks and windows 7 install cd what do I need to install bootcamp properly? I have the bootcamp assistant in my utilities folder but do I need an older version it's the 5. Something from mavericks and which drivers do I need my my computer?

Boot Camp Assistant is already installed.
Boot Camp 5.1- Frequently asked questions
Mac Basics- Using Windows on your Mac with Boot Camp
Boot Camp- Frequently asked questions about installing Windows 8
Boot Camp- Installing Windows 7 Frequently Asked Questions

I have an iMac mid-2010 running Snow Leopard. Is it possible to install Mavericks and Windows 8 on separate partitions while keeping Snow Leopard?

I have an iMac mid-2010 running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Is it possible to install Mavericks and Windows 8 on separate partitions while keeping Snow Leopard? If so, can you describe the steps?

That should not be a problem as long as there is enough room on each partition for each OS.
You would:
Use Disk Utility to partition your HD
Download the Mavericks installer and install it on one of the open partitions (when you run the installer from your 10.6.8 partition, it will ask you where you want to put Mavericks, and you will specify one of the open partitions).
Use Boot Camp to install Windows on another of the open partitions. Mac Basics: Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp

Will my 4GB MBP work with Mavericks and Windows 7 smoothly?

I own a 13", Mid-2010 MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM and a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Will this system, given enough hard drive space, be able to run both Windows 7 and the newest OS X Mavericks via Boot Camp without any significant "lag", or effect on performance? I realise it will hurt the performance, but will it effect my ability to use the Mac?
Also, any advice on using Windows 7 with MOUNTAIN LION instead would be great!
If my specs do not meet the necessary requirements, any advice on upgrades i should need is also much appreciated
Thanks!

That Mac will work without any problem in Mavericks and Windows 7, as it meets the requirements of both of them. OS X Mavericks improves Mac OS X performance in most Macs, but make a backup of your files before upgrading Mac OS X. The same if you use Mountain Lion, but it's a bit older OS X version.
If you haven't installed Windows 7 yet, follow these steps > http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1636/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_ 10.8.pdf

Setting up a network between MacOS X Mavericks and Windows 8

Hi,
I searched the internet for some working instructions to set up a network between above mentioned computers. Until now non of the instructions I followed did work, so I like to have an instruction specialy written for above OS's, can someone provide me with a reliable instruction ?? Both computers are up to date, and believing some of the guys ( and girls) online it must be very easy to set up a network, until now I never succeeded in a PC to PC connection, so let's hope for the best in a PC to Mac connection.
JohnMGD.

LowLuster,
I did what you wrote above, I see the Mac now on my Windows machine, BUT, when I click in Windows on iMac it asks for a Network password and username, which username is meant ? and which password ? I filled in the password which I use when I start the computer, for both computers the same, but I get an error message. or do I have to make a new uniq username and password somewhere?
When and how do I see the Windows computer on my iMac ?

HT203477 My FCP 10.1 is freezing at "Restore window layout" I am running on mavericks and the layout folder in not in applications support... What do I do ???

My FCP 10.1 is freezing at "Restore window layout" I am running on mavericks and the layout folder in not in library/applications support/ final cut pro... What do I do ???

Had the same issues. For me, I found unmounting any external drives and relaunching FCPX worked.
Mavericks seems to have some issues with launching Final Cut, so its best to launch and then plug in any external drives - hope that helps.
Source - http://support-partners.com/troubleshooting-tips-for-fcpx-on-mavericks/
M

I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2011 MBP upgraded to Mavericks.

hello,
And thank you in advance.
I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 20011 MBP upgraded to OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Any ideas?
I've downloaded the Window support option software and the WindowSetupBox.exe and copied it to the USB drive. I tried to create an iso image from my Windows XP machine but recieved messages that Windows 8.1 could not run on XP. I've ordered the Windows 8.1 backup media.
Any way to proceed?
Thanks Tim

download the win 8 iso from here;
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/download-windows-8-pro/
then start over. install on to your usb along with the support software.

Installer disk not found message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2001 MBP running Mavericks?

I'm getting "Installer disk not found" message during boot camp 5 and windows 8 install on late 2001 MBP running Mavericks. Any ideas?
I've downloaded the Window support option software and the WindowSetupBox.exe and copied it to the USB drive.
Thanks Tim

You might have better luck in the Boot Camp community. I'll ask the hosts to relocate your post.
Boot Camp Community

Server File Sharing unstable on mac and windows network on Mavericks and OSX Server 3.0

Since I've updated our mac mini server from Mountain Lion and OSX Server 2.X to Mavericks and OSX Server 3.0 we are having sharing issues with Windows (7 and 8) and OSX Mavericks users, not being able to access files on the mac mini server.
What I've notice is that OSX Serer 3.0 stop working and I have to restart the Mac Mini Server to make things start working again.
This was not happening with Mountain Lion and OSX Server 2.X.
On the Windows and OSX users what happen is the computers keep trying to connect to the server and are not being able to open or copy files. Again this is intermittent, and I suspect it might be a OSX Server bug.
Any one having the same problem or can give us and advice would be great help.
Thanks.
Andre Tenenbaum

I too am having this exact problem as well as a few of my network administrator contacts that have gone through the Mavericks / Server 3 upgrade.
It may be worth noting that before the upgrade I had run a mac mini server (core 2 duo) that never had any unintentional downtime, and the current mac server had never gone down or lost connection so I know it has nothing to do with user or network configuration.
NAS server hardware:
- Mac Mini core i5
- 16 GiB ram
- Promise Pegasus Raid5 external drive (thunderbolt)
I am NOT running time machine as the backup.
Everyting posted above is occuring although the rate at which my users lose acces is sporadic. Sometimes the server will stay up 24-36 hours and sometimes it will only stay up for around 4. Every user, every group loses acces AT THE EXACT SAME TIME EVERYTIME to EVERY SHAREPOINT...all of my local users as well as my remote users. All of my users are on Windows machines (mostly win7, but a couple of XP and 8 users as well). The share is accessed via a mapped drive using the format x.x.x.x/share and I have had 0 issues with getting users connected. The problem is 100% keeping them connected. When the users lose access the get the "drive cannot be accessed" error on their end, however when I check the server 3 app, it still shows all users connected and I have let it run for a few minutes and the idle times do change.
I also cannot see any spikes in the Activity monitor that might indicate a memory strain issue on the server side, but I assume that is because I am not watching the Activity Monitor at the moment everyone loses access.
Let me say that the SMB2 protocol does work much better when it actually works, much faster, but intermitent connectivity is a VERY SERIOUS ISSUE and has resulted in several corrupt files for my workers already. Also, because I was one of the unfortunate people that had the upgrade lock up on me and I had to restart it, I lost my 10.8.x recover backup and so I would have to do a clean install in order to restore my server back to its original state. I am also hesitant to do this because I would most likely only be able to download the Server3 app from the app store and I have not heard from apple or any other power user group on whether the bug is with the app or the OS.

How to have Snow Leopard, Mavericks with built-in recovery, and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) on my iMac (Intel)?

I would like to have Snow Leopard, Mavericks with built-in recovery, and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) on my iMac (Intel). Is this possible? If so, how? Currently, I have Snow Leopard and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) running on my iMac. I have enough disk space to split my Snow Leopard partition. I have read that if I split my Snow Leopard partition, clone my Snow Leopard partition to the new partition, and boot to the new partition, that I may have problems with the Maverick's upgrade because it may not be able to create the recovery parition, or that it may erase the Windows partition, or that it may mess up the Windows boot process.

Simplest is to install Mavs on an ext HD, using FW or TB. I don't do windoze, so can't advise about the Boot Camp and multiple volumes issue. Since there's no Boot Camp, I have four volumes running SL through Mavs.

Mavericks and loading finder windows.

So I recently updated to mavericks and everytime I startup my machine and go to open finder from my HD icon (top right) it takes ages to load the files inside (applications, library etc), really annoying!
So I found out if i turn off my open network (BT) so nothing is conected when turning on the machione and opening up the HD I don't have the same problem and all my files are there in the window....strange???
All of this never happened before my upgrade to Mavericks...?
Anyone have the same problem or know why this is happeing?? or even better how to fix it??

The 10.9.3 update fixed the issue, at least for now! Glad I could have this conversation with myself. Hopefully this will come in handy to someone with a similar issue in the future.

I upgraded to Maverick and since then I cannot paste an email address from my address book into the "To:" window.

I upgraded to Maverick and since then I cannot paste an email address from my address book into the "To:" window. Why not?

You won't be able to change your rescue email address until you can answer your questions, you will have to contact Support in the country where you and your iTunes account to get the questions reset.
Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
When they've been reset you can then use the steps on this page to update your rescue email address for potential future use : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5620
or if it's available in your country you could change to 2-step verification : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570

Can you use Photoshop CC licence on OS Mavericks 10.9.1 and Windows 7

Can you use Photoshop CC licence on OS Mavericks 10.9.1 and Windows 7

Yes. You get a total of two activations, and one can be on one type of system and the other on the other. That's new with Photoshop CC subscriptions; before you could only run the software on either one or the other type of system.
-Noel

Can I upgrade to maverick, and still working with windows partitions without any problem?

I have a MacBook Pro runing Mac Os 10.6.8, and a partition runing windows 7, I want to Upgrade to Maverick.
Can I upgrade to maverick, and still working with windows partitions without any problem?

yeah I installed win7 64bit pro on lion and have since upgraded osx to mtn lion and then mavericks
and the windows partition to win8 and then win8.1 never done a reinstall of anything

Why is my iMac much slower after installing Mavericks. Windows open slowly and Apps load slowly.

Everything seems to be taking much longer. I have a late-2012 iMac with 32 GB of RAM that was blazing fast until I "upgraded" to Mavericks. Now everyithing is slow. Does it use more system resources? I would think that with that much RAM I would have plenty of headroom for the OS. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Here's my suggestion:
Fixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
1. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).
2. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Re-download and reinstall Mavericks.
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. 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 main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

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