Migration from G5 Leopard to iMac Quadcore Lion

My old G5 has been running a tad slow. After 8 years, I'm retiring it to server status. I need some advice on migration. Migration Assistant fails. I've abandoned it. I've loaded most apps I need on the new machine... Here's where I need help:
1) The G5 has two SATA volumes. A 1TB boot volume and 2TB that's devoted to iTunes. I'm going to pop the 2TB iTunes volume in a USB 2 case and point iTunes on the new iMac at that. The G5's iTunes will then get pointed at the Music folder as intended. Will that work?
2) As for the boot volume, it has a pretty large Documents directory under my user account. I'm presently using SuperDuper to back up this drive. That's going to run all night. If I use a jumper to hook that drive temporarily extracted from the G5 case to my iMac, can I copy the Documents files over and put it back in the G5 with a reasonable chance of the G5 being okay?
3) I have and iPhone, several iPods and an iPad. I also have a MobileMe account, so all my calendar, contact, etc., are synched. If I log in to the iTunes store on the new iMac, the devices should retain their functionality, just with new backups, correct?
Am I missing anything?
This is my first iMac for production use. It seems fast enough, and I like the 27-inch screen paired with my 24-inch Cinema HD display. I design newspapers in Creative Suite and I might mount the 24-inch in portrait mode... Just because I can.

Migration Assistant generates an error that says something to the effect of the G5 needing an update. After a lot of looking, an update does not exist. A google search shows a lot of people with the same issue. They also said a Time Machine backup made on a PPC machine will not translate to Intel, so I charted the course outlined above. Most of my files are on a server, so it's really just apps, settings and iTunes that need migrated. I just bought a 3TB USB drive that I'll start using for Time Machine on the new iMac. Thanks for your input.

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Complications migrating from Snow Leopard Server to Mountain Lion Server.

I'm migrating from Snow Leopard Server to Mountain Lion Server. The article "OS X Server: Upgrade and migration" (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5381) says
"Make sure that any DNS or DHCP servers on which your server depends remain running during the upgrade"
This advice is reinforced by the details of the article "OS X Server: Steps to take before upgrading or migrating the Open Directory database" (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5300).
As the server I'm migrating from provides these services it will need to be running during the migration process. This would seem to limit my options to doing the migration from a Time Machine backup (or, making a seperate clone of the server's drive and connecting it externally to the new box)
My main concern is the seemingly inevitable clash that is going to occur on the network as the new server takes on the roles of the old one - while it is still running.
What are my options here ?
This is my second attempt as on my first try I did the migration from the TM backup with the network down - and none of my local network users or their home directories were migrated, although the settings for the mount points were, but there were no actual directories where they pointed to!
Clear directions on how to procede would be VERY MUCH appreciated
Thank you.

Moving from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion means first installing the client (non-Server) version of Mountain Lion and then install Server.app this means that for at least part of the process you will not be running DNS, DHCP or Open Directory.
If you are going to end up using the same DNS name and IP address after the change then an approach you could follow would be as follows.
Destroy any Open Directory replicas
Archive your Open Directory Master (to make a backup)
Note down your DNS records in case they get messed up
Export via Workgroup Manager your users, and groups (you might not need this but better safe than sorry), make sure you do not include the diradmin account
Keep a full back of the server (you should always have backups)
Note down your DHCP server settings in case they get messed up
Note down any other service settings
Install Mountain Lion
Install Server.app
Install Workgroup Manager (extra free download)
Run Server.app
Make sure settings for services are as much as possible the same as before
If your lucky that may be all you need to do, otherwise...
Restore Open Directory archive, if your lucky that will be all you need to do, otherwise...
Make new Open Directory Master
Run Workgroup Manager
Import users and groups you previously exported
You will then have to set passwords for each user as these are not preserved via Workgroup Manager export
When I did this, I was also being forced to change all my IP addresses so I had no choice but to use Workgroup Manager to export and import accounts.

Mail "unexpectedly quits" after migration from snow leopard to new iMac running Mountain Lion

Mail "unexpectedly quits" after migration from snow leopard time machine files to new iMac running Mountain Lion. I can run connection doctor OK. But the activity window is blank. If you try to open message viewer window then mail program crashes. Would really like to get my old emails back as the old imac is totally dead. Thanks for any help.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Post the messages from the time of the last crash, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into a message.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

Iphoto wont start after migration from snow leopard to mountain lion

Hello everyone hope you can help me, I've migrate from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and my IPhoto (8.1.2) won't start, I cant reinstall from app store because it came with the copy of Snow Leopard already instaled on my Imac...And I cant find the original Disc, so anyone can help ? felling desperate...

You should be able to Software Update and that will bring your iPhoto up to date.
iPhoto was 9.2.3 at 10.6.8, so I don't know why yours was stuck at 8.1.2
However you can stick the #2 10.6 disk into your machine and should be able to run the bundled app installer.
If that doesn't work there is Pacifist from CharlesSoft that you can extract iPhoto and replace your corrupted one, then run Software Update to bring it current.
Once you have replaced iPhoto, rebuild the database
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638
If your still having problems, perhaps a user account or drive permissions issue
..Step by Step to fix your Mac

Migrating from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion Server

Hi all. I kinda drop in and out of this forum, mostly when I've got a puzzler that I can't figure out. My journey from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion was a little slow. I tried to make the transition from Snow Leopard to Lion and failed, but this time I made it and I thought I'd share a little scratchpad post I wrote to document what I did. Mostly this is about adding back a few things that I really need. Here's the list of stuff that I added back:
Firewall management (IceFloor)
MySQL
Webmail, email filtering rules and email aliases (RoundCube)
"Group" emails (short, multi-recipient email exploders)
Mailing lists (Mailman)
I also dramatically improved reliability by adding a lot of memory, and doing nightly-restarts of the machine.
Here's a link to the post
http://www.haven2.com/index.php/archives/migrating-from-snow-leopard-server-to-o sx-server-mountain-lion
I'm happy to report that the new server has been running for a month or so and all seems fine. Whew. A long journey. Thanks to all of you who posted things that helped me along the way. Hopefully this will return the favor.

Moving from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion means first installing the client (non-Server) version of Mountain Lion and then install Server.app this means that for at least part of the process you will not be running DNS, DHCP or Open Directory.
If you are going to end up using the same DNS name and IP address after the change then an approach you could follow would be as follows.
Destroy any Open Directory replicas
Archive your Open Directory Master (to make a backup)
Note down your DNS records in case they get messed up
Export via Workgroup Manager your users, and groups (you might not need this but better safe than sorry), make sure you do not include the diradmin account
Keep a full back of the server (you should always have backups)
Note down your DHCP server settings in case they get messed up
Note down any other service settings
Install Mountain Lion
Install Server.app
Install Workgroup Manager (extra free download)
Run Server.app
Make sure settings for services are as much as possible the same as before
If your lucky that may be all you need to do, otherwise...
Restore Open Directory archive, if your lucky that will be all you need to do, otherwise...
Make new Open Directory Master
Run Workgroup Manager
Import users and groups you previously exported
You will then have to set passwords for each user as these are not preserved via Workgroup Manager export
When I did this, I was also being forced to change all my IP addresses so I had no choice but to use Workgroup Manager to export and import accounts.

Is it possible to migrate from snow leopard to lion?

My son just received his new Macbook Pro (15 "); he is running Snow Leopard on his 2008 model Macbook Pro. Is it possible to migrate from Snow Leopard to Lion using the setup assistant or does he have to upgrade to Lion first?

John Boley wrote:
CS and others in his college work and I have read elsewhere it is best to reinstall those programs.
True. 10.7 is a different animal and most all software has to be installed from fresh sources preferred. (cleans things up too)
There is CS6 now for 10.7, just released.
Check for comptability here, then make the decision if it's worth migrating the programs or not.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Will the setup assistant "automatically" try to transfer everything?
I don't know, I never used it.
Too hard core old school to use Apple's gimmicky and problematic software.
I rather clean install a new machine, only manually transfering files from the old one, cleaner setup that way and no hidden surprises or performance issues.

Migration from old to new iMac do you need to use set up on new or go straight to migration?

Just got a new iMac and going to migrate from my old 2008 iMac, info from Apple Support is a bit confusing but I want to know if it is best to use the "Set Up" on new iMac before migration or go straight into migration.
Also the support info says to connect both using ethernet as one option (which is my option) and connected to your network, how do you do this as there is only one ethernet port on each machine and if connected together it would not be possible to connect to a network, ie, the internet via my ISP. Suppot says no router etc needed.
Somewhat confused so if there is anyone out there who has done this I would appreciate their comments.
Thank you for any help forthcoming.
Derek

How to use Migration Assistant:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963
Troubleshooting Firewire target disk mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
How to transfer data from a PC to a Macintosh: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1408

Hy, I would like to make update from snow leopard to the OX Lion. Work's the final cut express 4 work's with the OX lion? Thank you for the answer.

Hy, I would like to make update from snow leopard to the OX Lion montain. Work's the final cut express 4 with the OX mountain lion? Thank you for the answer.

This may help:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20365522#20365522
Al

Trouble migrating from Snow Leopard to Lion

I've been using a MacBookPro5.2 that's running OS 10.6.8. I bought a new MacBookPro, and installed Lion on it. Now I'm trying to migrate my whole electronic life over to the new computer, and I've been having big problems. I think I may have fixed those problems, but I'm not sure if it's really safe to start using the new computer the way it is. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing this correctly? I hope this may help other people having similar problems.
Here's what I've done so far:
1. I ran Software Update on the old mac, to make sure that I had the latest version of 10.6.8. The only account that exists on the old computer is called "administrator." The "short name" for that account was my initials, which we'll say are "abc".
2. I installed Lion on the new computer (it had come with Snow Leopard originally), started up, and created an account called "administrator," with short name "administrator." Of note, the new computer was then running 10.7.0, and I hadn't updated to 10.7.1 before attempting the migration.
3. I connected both computers to my router, and ran Migration Assistant, checking all of the checkboxes, in order to transfer everything (accounts, applications, settings, and other files and folders). Migration Assistant noticed that the name of the only account on the old computer was the same as the name of the only account on the new computer. So I said to rename the account that was being transferred to "admin," with short name "admin."
4. On the old computer, I keep almost all of my documents in directories directly under the root directory, not under /Users/abc. After ten or so hours of migrating, it appeared that pretty much all of those files, including Applications, had all come over to the new computer. There was also a new account on the new computer, called "admin," as it should be. However, the "admin" account wasn't set up properly. I was able to log in as admin, using the old password that I used on my old computer, but admin appeared to have no home directory. So, for example, my desktop picture and all of the stuff on that was supposed to be on my desktop weren't there, and I couldn't access my iTunes library. On the dock, where I should have seen icons for "Documents" and "Downloads," I had only big question marks.
5. I deleted the "admin" account, started up from the recovery disk, and re-installed Lion from scratch. Then I ran Migration Assistant, doing it the same way, except that this time I only checked the "accounts" and "settings" boxes. The transfer was much faster this time, but everything ended up the same. This didn't fix my problem.
6. I logged out of the new computer, and logged in again as my original account "administrator." Then I saw that there was in fact a /Users/admin home directory, but it was owned by the wrong account, i.e. administrator. So I did this:
sudo chown -R admin /Users/admin
Things then looked a lot better. I logged in as admin, and now my desktop items are there, my iTunes library is accessible, etc. I checked, and verified that admin is listed as having administrator privileges. So I guess my next step would be to delete the original "administrator" account, so that there's only one account left. Is it safe for me to delete the original administrator account that I set up? I'm afraid to do that, because I'm not sure that everything is really in order. For example:
1. When logged in as admin, the Macintosh HD icon never appears on my desktop, even if I check the appropriate box under Finder -> Preferences. It does appear properly if I'm logged in as administrator.
2. Dropbox keeps looking for a /Users/abc/Dropbox directory, and breaks because it can't find that directory. I don't really care about that, because I can just uninstall and reinstall Dropbox. But I don't want to run into other problems in the future because other applications are looking for /Users/abc.
3. In various places, Lion keeps referring to my new computer as "administrator's-MacBookPro," or something like that. That makes me worry that I'll have some problems if I delete name of the account that supposedly owns the computer.
So, is it safe for me to proceed with deleting the original account? I haven't really used the new computer yet, so I'd be happy to wipe the whole hard disk clean and start the migration process over from scratch, if that will help to make everything more stable going forward. And if someone can tell me how to do that!
I apologize for the long post. Thanks in advance for any help.

Whew! I finally got my new machine working with all my old stuff on it, thanks to baltwo's tip to try reinstalling the OS from scratch, which pointed me in the right direction. The key additional points were (1) to make sure to erase the hard drive first, and (2) do the transfer to Lion, rather than Snow Leopard, because at least in my case, SL's Setup Manager was buggy and always hung forever right when it was about to start transferring. Also for some reason the transfer was much faster in Lion.
This was a very ugly experience for me. There were lots of times when my computers crashed, hung, wouldn't wake up, and otherwise made me feel like I was at work, trying to use Windows boxes. For the benefit of any other people who may stumble upon this thread, here are a set of steps that you can follow if you have a mac that is new (or new to you) and you would like to have it running Lion, and having all of the stuff from your old Mac on it, but with no other user's stuff on it. In the simple case where your new Mac comes preinstalled with Lion and you're the first human ever to turn it on, then ignore all of this, and just turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions. However, I think you should follow the following steps if (A) the new Mac already has on it an account or account that you want to wipe out, and/or (B) the new Mac is running Snow Leopard, and you want to upgrade it to Lion before migrating your stuff over (which I think is a good idea -- as I said, my computer kept crashing every time I tried to migrate from SL to SL, and besides, maybe a "clean install" of Lion is somehow better).
[If your new Mac is already running Lion, skip to step 4. If your new mac is running SL, start here.]
1. On the new mac (which is running SL), if you're turning it on for the first time, create a temporary administrator account that you're going to wipe out shortly. If there's already an administrator account on the new computer, log in as that administrator.
2. As the administrator, run Software Update, and keep running it repeatedly and restarting if necessary, until Software Update no longer finds any updates to install.
3. Upgrade the new Mac to Lion. You'll probably do this via the App Store. After Lion has downloaded and installed, your computer will restart.
4. Log in into the new Mac, which is running Lion, as your administrator account. Same password as before.
5 Run Software Update, and keep running it repeatedly and restarting if necessary, until Software Update no longer finds any updates to install. I'm not sure this step is really necessary, but I wanted to be sure that the new Mac was running the very latest version of Lion, since there seemed to be some problems with Lion's Setup/Migration assistant.
6. You may not have realized this, but Lion created a locked partition on your hard drive that contains a complete backup copy of itself, plus various utilities, including the disk utility. Boot your new mac from that recovery partition by starting it up (or restarting it), and holding down "command-R" while it's restarting. You'll be presented with two choices, asking whether you want to boot from the main hard disk partition, or the recovery partition. Choose the recovery partition.
7. Having started up from the recovery partition, you now need to run disk utility. If I recall correctly, you do this by pulling down the "Utilities" menu from the top of the screen, and choosing Disk Utility.
8. In Disk Utility, choose "erase," and erase the main partition of your hard drive, which I think will be called "Untitled" or maybe "Macintosh HD." Be sure to highlight "Untitled" or "Macintosh HD" before you go ahead and erase, and don't erase your recovery partition by accident.
9. Now you have a pristine, factory-fresh Mac, running the latest version of Lion, with no user accounts on it. Just go ahead and turn it on, enjoy the music and graphics, and then follow the onscreen instructions for transferring the data over from your old Mac.

Migrate iTunes Library from old Leopard computer to new Lion

I am finally retiring my trusty old G5 desktop in favor of a new iMac with Lion in anticipation of iCloud this fall.
We have been using our G5 to sync and store all of the music and apps for the entire family for about 7 years.... Everyone's iPhone, iPod, and iPad is synced to the old computer.
How do I migrate all of this to the new computer??
I have tried to Migrate from my Time Machine Backup for the G5 (kept with this in mind) and Migration Assistant refuses to recognize the Time Machine disk. It shows on the desktop and in Time Machine on the new computer, so I am quite sure that it is attached!
I tried to copy and paste from the backup into the new computer's iTunes Library, but I am refused due to permissions problems. I assume this is for the purchased items from the iTunes store.
Any suggestions??
thanks
Terri

Try this site : http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/SetupAsst.html
(From discussion forum thread : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2759954?start=0&tstart=0

Mail etc migration from Snow Leopard

Hi Folks.
My new iMac has just arrived. Previously I have moved everything from my old imac to a new one as a single operation. But this has left me with a lot of Power Mac software and loads of other stuff that is now irrelevant. So this time I'm going to set it up from scratch.
My question therefore is, going from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, what files (and/or) folders to I need to drag across and replace, in order to bring across all of my emails, contacts and calendar events etc onto the new iMac?
Assuming it is that simple....
Many thanks,
David.

A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
The Knowledgebase article Intel-based Mac: Some migrated applications may need to be updated refers to methods of dealing with migrating from PowerPC chips to Intel with the Migration Assistant safely. The authors of this tip have not had a chance to verify this works in all instances, or that it avoids the 10.6.1 and earlier Guest Account bug that caused account information to get deleted upon use of the Migration/Setup Assistant. However, a well backed up source that includes at least two backups of all the data that are not connected to your machine will help you avoid potential issues, should they arise. In event it does not work, follow the steps below.
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
1. Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
2. Screensavers written for the PowerPC System Preference add-ons
3. All Unsanity Haxies Browser and other plug-ins
4. Contextual Menu Items
5. Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5 Kernel extensions
6. Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior, TechTool Pro , SuperDuper , and Drive Genius work properly on Intel-Macs with Leopard. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries. Leopard Cache Cleaner, Onyx, TinkerTool System, and Cocktail are now compatible with Leopard.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
1. Intel In Macs
2. Apple Guide to Universal Applications
3. MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
4. MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
5. MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
6. Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ
7. OS X Lion: How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac
Because Migration Assistant isn't the ideal way to migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode, copying the critical contents to CD and DVD, an external hard drive, or networking will work better when moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs. The initial section below discusses Target Disk Mode. It is then followed by a section which discusses networking with Macs that lack Firewire.
If both computers support the use of Firewire then you can use the following instructions:
1. Repair the hard drive and permissions using Disk Utility.
2. Backup your data. This is vitally important in case you make a mistake
      or there's some other problem.
3. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
4. Startup your old Mac in Transferring files between two computers using FireWire.
5. Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and
       registration screens, but do NOT migrate data over. Get to your
       desktop on the new Mac without migrating any new data over.
If you are not able to use a Firewire connection (for example you have a Late 2008 MacBook that only supports USB:)
1. Set up a local home network: Creating a small Ethernet Network.
2. If you have a MacBook Air or Late 2008 MacBook see the following:
a. MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch,
      Late 2008) - What to do if migration is unsuccessful;
b. MacBook Air - Migration Tips and Tricks;
c. MacBook Air - Remote Disc, Migration, or Remote Install Mac OS X and
      wireless 802.11n networks.
Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac:
In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist /Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft.
Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to make sure the contents are there for each of the applications.
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.Revised 5/21/2011

Back to my Mac not working between Snow Leopard work iMac and Lion home iMac

I have a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac at work running OS X 10.6.8.
I have a 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 iMac at home running OS X 10.7.2.
At present, I am unable to upgrade the work iMac to Lion because I need to run Intel's FORTRAN compiler, which does not yet work under Lion.
I have upgraded my MobileMe account to use iCloud on my home machine. Because my work machine is still using Snow Leopard, I can't use iCloud on that machine just yet.
Initially, even after upgrading to iCloud on my home machine, I was able to use Screen Sharing from either computer to use the other computer. I accidentally clicked "Turn Off Back to My Mac" in the MobileMe settings of my work machine. When I click "Turn on Back to My Mac" to try and turn it back on, I consistently get the dialog box "Unable to start Back to My Mac Back to My Mac could not start because of a MobileMe server error. Try again later. If this problem persists, contact MobileMe Support." And hitting OK brings it back to the off state. So I can not turn on Back to My Mac at work, therefore I can not connect to my work machine from home to use Screen Sharing like I want to.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? Has anyone found out how to turn Back to My Mac back on in such a case?
Thanks for any help you can give,
Adam

Hi,
the current version I had was 3.2(5612) but having just checked no a newer 3.2.1 has just been released. Let me do the upgrade and see how I get on.
Message was edited by: Pheobian

[Help Accessing External usb 1TB HD from windows 7 on Imac with Lion]

Hello to everyone, i would like some help and im not finding any solution on how to solve the problem. I upgraded from snow leopard to Lion, where i could share without any problem every file on mac hd or the external hd, no problems at all. Now using osx lion and its such a headache to share anything, i created a "sharing only" account and added it on the "file sharing" after enable "Share files and folders using SMB".
Now the problem is, i went to the "+" add button on the "Shared Folders" and added all folders there that i would like to use from my windows 7 PC, i can access everything that is on the macintosh HD, but i cant access anything that is on my external HD. I dont know if this information is relevant but im using paragon ntfs 9.0.5 to manage the use of the external ntfs HD. I tried "Apply permissions to enclosed items" on every user listed for the folders i want to access, but it didnt help either.
Thanks in advance.

Holding alt key does bring up the choices, but I never see the bootable USB or external DVD drive as options... I only see the 2 partitions - the main iMac and the partition created by Bootcamp to install windows.

Questions about Leopard, SL, iMac, and Lion

Folks,
I can't seem to get a straight answer about this. I just bought an iMac refurb from Apple. It's from May 2011. It has Lion installed but I have several dozen PowerPC programs that won't run on Lion so I need Rosetta. I found some sites that are selling Snow Leopard but I can't tell if I can install it without having Tiger or Leopard already installed. They're supposed to be full retail versions but I also read that SL was technically an upgrade, so I'm lost. Also, would it be possible to partition the internal HD and install SL on one partition and still have Lion installed on the other? Can Lion run Parallels (or another emulation program for Windows)?
Thanks,
Lloyd

Lloyd Lathrop wrote:
I found some sites that are selling Snow Leopard but I can't tell if I can install it without having Tiger or Leopard already installed. They're supposed to be full retail versions but I also read that SL was technically an upgrade, so I'm lost.
You don't need Tiger/Leopard.
Also, would it be possible to partition the internal HD and install SL on one partition and still have Lion installed on the other?
Yes, in fact, that's what I would recommend. I was just like you, with a Mac running Lion, but wanted SL for Power PC apps. I bought the retail version of Snow Leopard and partitioned my internal drive.
Can Lion run Parallels (or another emulation program for Windows)?
Thanks,
Lloyd
Yes, as well as many others. I use VirtualBox to emulate Windows XP and 7.

Can I upgrade my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard straight to Mountain Lion, or would it be wise to get Lion as well?

I am currently in the process of upgrading the operating system on my girlfriend's MacBook Pro (Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1). I have purchased and installed Snow Leopard successfully, however I would like to upgrade to the latest operating system, which to date is Moutain Lion.
Am I able to do this?
Is it wise to perform such an upgrade on this model of MacBook Pro (can it handle it)?
I have heard that I can upgrade straight from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this? Will I lose anything at all by not installing Lion before Mountain Lion?
Thanks for the help everyone. Hopefully I can get these questions answered soon.

And the only way to figure that out would be verifying my disk using the Disk Utility?
Thank you for that. If I am not missing out on anything by skipping Lion then that will be my option. A few extra dollars in my pocket is always a good thing.

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