OSX Lion on a new HD w/o reset assistant
I'm curious how to install OSX Lion on a fresh HD with out having reset assistant on my computer (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 15"). I've read the solution to use if you have the reset assistant many times, but my understanding is that I don't have that on my computer because it is too old. Is thisi true, and how do I back up OSX Lion if I don't have it? Thanks.
That's completely false. Lion may be installed on any computer meeting the requirements:
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
The Recovery HD (there is no such animal as reset assistant) is installed automatically on the hard drive as an invisible volume. The age of your computer only relates to whether you can install Lion, but Lion may be installed on any Core 2 Duo model.
Obviously, if you don't have Lion then you cannot back it up.
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Restart with the Option key held down and use the preloaded recovery partition.
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if I recall right OSX Lion didnt come with any Disks so that option is gone,and I am not the original owner that bought the installed copy of OSX Lion that instaled on here now.
So is there any way to find out that info of the original owner and thier apple id or
bypass it cause with out it I cant do Squat!!!!It does indeed take 1 to 3 days, because a person has to intervene and send you a couple of emails with redemption codes that you will enter to get access to the download.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718No, you don't need to do that. Just literally clone the old drive to the new one using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC), Super Duper or the Mac's Disk Utility. Best way to do that IMHO is to put the new drive into an external enclosure, preferably FireWire since it's a lot faster than USB, do the clone to the external, reboot to the external to make sure it's working correctly, and then swap the internal and external. Not only is this faster, it leaves you with a bootable clone (your old internal drive) in case of emergency.
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Hello Peoples
I have a little problem this is : I cant install OSX lion on my imac. Ive updatet it up tu mavericks and then installation failed. also i thought the hd was defect and i installed a new one. I insertet a OSX-Lion disk and startet the installation. after a few minutes a pop-up opened: the installation has filed please try again. this came after delete the harddrive and the new harddrive. but what can i do? Or can my give anyone a new OSX DVD-Image ? with i can try it?
Best regards spacesvenLion never came on a disc. If you made one yourself at one point was it made on the iMac you are now using? What was the original version of OS X that came on your iMac when it was new?
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Hi,
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Download from here and install it:
http://getfirefox.com/
see also:
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Installing%20Firefox%20on%20Mac Installing Firefox on Mac]
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Why OSX Lion supports Lao, Khmer, Myanmar, but not Thai???
Quoted from the Apple's OSX Lion - over 250 new features - web,
" Expanded language support
Twenty new font families for document and web display of text provide support for the most common languages in the Indian subcontinent, including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala and Telugu. Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Urdu and Tamil have been expanded. And three new font families support Lao, Khmer and Myanmar. "
Lao, Khmer, and Myanmar, but not Thai?? Come on, seriously, you guys in Cupertino... No offense but Macs are sold more in Bangkok alone than those three countries combined ! not to mention iPhones, iPads, and lots of apps from App Store! Normally we've been getting along with English-based version, but now don't cram those three while leaving out Thai. Please don't let everyone here start thinking about discrimination agains one nation (it's pretty clear if you look on the map). Please, seriously consider adding another one, even as a patch.
Thanks.Chatchalee wrote:
Thai support so far has limited extents; namely word-wrap particularly in Pages, grammatically checking, etc.
I don't remember seeing any complaints about Thai word breaking in these forums before. OS X does include a special dictionary to try to regulate that. See this note:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1180
I suggest you send Apple feedback with details about improvements you would like to see in that:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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I am a new mac user and I switch to mac due to the graphics that it brings. I do website in pc and I heard iweb is the best.NOW i heard that iweb will be discontinue. so what is the best application there for website using MAC OSX lion?
It is now confirmed that iWeb, and iDVD, has been discontinued by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD.
On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. However, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
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◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
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All of these features can be replaced with 3rd party options.
I found that if I published my site to a folder on my hard drive and then uploaded with a 3rd party FTP client subscriptions to slideshows and the RSS feed were broken. If I published directly from iWeb to the FPT server those two features continued to work correctly.
There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.
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However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: #26 - How to Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.
It now appears that the iLife suite of applications offered on disc is now a discontinued product and the remaining supported iApps will only be available thru the App Store from now on. However, the iLife 11 boxed version that is still available at the online Apple Store (Store button at the top of the page) and those still on the shelves of retailers will include iWeb and iDVD. Those two apps were listed in small, gray text on the iLife 11 box that I bought.
Personally, if I didn't already have a copy I would purchase one to have it for reinstallation purposes if ever needed.
This might be of some interest to you at this time: Life After MobileMe.
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My new iMac has recently had OSX Lion installed on it and now when I start the machine it looks like its updating something every time, and the wireless doesn't work. So I restart and everything is OK - until I have to start up again the next time - then I have to repeat this again! Any help appreciated.
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I am using a new imac with osx lion 10.7.5 and have just bought Apple iLife 11 on dvd so that I can install iWeb and iDVD, as macs no longer ship with these apps. When I click on install iLife I get a message saying "iLife.kpg was signed with an invalid certificate.
Next problem is that when moving through the installer and get to custom install, as I only want to install iDVD and iWeb, I am presented with the option to install iDVD, Sounds & Jingles and iWeb, but not sure what is going on with the other 3 options iLife Support etc, they seem to be greyed out but still look like they may install over the top of the newer versions already on my imac. Is it ok for me to just go ahead and hit install? Or do I have a problem?Yep, just install iDVD (plus sounds and jingles) and iWeb if you want it (but note that iWeb apparently won't work if you upgrade to Mountain Lion).
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Cant reinstall osx lion on new hard drive
I recently have been having problems with my 2007 Macbook 2,1 (yeah, I know it's old but it works...or worked anyway) taking forever to boot up. So, I backed up all of my data to an external drive, erased the drive and then attempted to reinstall osx lion (which was the current os on the machine prior to erasing) via the internet recovery option as I no longer have the original start up disc. The progress bar gets all the way to the end and then just takes me back to the main OSX utilities page. Tried reformatting the drive again and same thing. So then I resorted to creating a bootable thumb drive. I booted back into OSX utilities via this drive and tried to reinstall this way only to get an error message that it cant download additional files needed to install osx.
Next up, I used a borrowed mac, redownloaded the OSX installer from the app store and installed it on an external drive. I then booted my machine from the ext. drive into OSX lion, downloaded the installer again and attempted to install it on to my HD only to get an error message that the file may be corrupt or may have been tampered with. At this point, i went to the Apple store. The guy ran some checks but ultimately was also unable to reinstall the os. He even tried going back down to 10.6.8. So he told me this was a sign that the hard drive was bad and that they have no way of actually diagnosing it on a machine that old.
So, I went and bought a new WD 320G internal drive to replace the "bad" one in the machine. I then went through all of the steps above again and still have had no luck getting the os back on the machine. So at this point I am at a total loss. Is the computer just dead or is there anything else I could possibly try?Did you prep the new drive correctly? You also need to install Snow Leopard on the new drive and update it to 10.6.8.
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your OS X 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.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
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. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. 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.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
In the following you can skip the part for partitioning and formatting if you've done the above already.
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
2. 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.
After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
(Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
Assistant. Be sure you configure your initial admin account with the exact same
username and password that you used on your old drive. After you finish Setup
Assistant will complete the installation after which you will be running a fresh
install of OS X. You can now begin the update process by opening Software
Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your installation current.
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I have recently upgraded my MacBook to OSX Lion. Now I cannot get access to my windows-partition. I cannot choose booting from OSX Lion or Windows. Who can help???
I believe that Lion and Mountian Lion use BootCamp 4.0 and earlier versions used 3.0. I don't use BootCamp but from reading The link below you need to get new drivers, burn a cd and install. Check out #20 on this page.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818#19
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