Osx lion on macbook Pro

I want to move my home folder to an external drive, I have read some posts, went into the user account, i am there as admin, for the life of me I cant find the advanced table to direct the home folder to the external folder, where I have a copy of my MacPro desktop home folder, any tips appreciated

If you are trying to move your media files to an external hard drive no need to move you home folder. Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449 iPhoto= http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229

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I wanna reinstall Mac OSx lion on MacBook pro, my problem is I dint purchase OSx lion with my apple Id before.so anybody can tell me how to purchase OSx with my apple Id on MacBook

I wanna reinstall Mac OSx lion on MacBook pro, my problem is I dint purchase OSx lion with my apple Id before.so anybody can tell me how to purchase OSx with my apple Id on MacBook

Nope. You can purchase a Snow Leopard DVD for $29.00 through an Apple retailer or ordering from AppleCare:
Apple Store Customer Service at 1-800-676-2775 or visit online Help for more information.
To contact product and tech support visit online support site.

In plain english, how do I replace my hard drive in my OSX Lion equipped macbook pro?

Hi, I have a late 2009 13" macbook pro. It is running OSX lion 10.7.5. It only has a 250GB hard drive, and I want to upgrade it to a 7200 rpm 750gb hard drive. (yes I know, SSD blah blah blah, when those become cheaper, I'll think about it)
I have a brand new 7200 rpm 750gb western digital notebook hard drive, on it's way here. I also have a hard drive enclosure on it's way as well.
Can someone walk me through, step by step, how to complete the process of copying everything over to my new hard drive? I can tackle the actual drive install, that is no problem.
Since I have OSX Lion, I have to copy the recovery partition over first right? How is that actually accomplished?

With either of the 2 programs I mentioned. Yes OS X. You Clone the complete drive, OS, Programs and all files on the drive, to an external drive and or a separate partition on an external drive. You can then Boot the computer off that external drive. You have to have an external, or partition on the external, big enough to fit whatever is on your drive now and then some extra space. Carbon Copy Cloner will allow you to Clone the Recovery HD partition over to the external also. Not sure if SuperDuper does this as I haven't used either of them in awhile.
monstertodd wrote:
Awesome, I appreciate the response. When you say "clone my current install", you're talking about OSX right? So how do I actually clone the current install?
The drive I purchased is a WD "black" scorpion drive, not blue or green.

On OSX Lion, My MacBook Pro freezes with rainbow on log in screen.

When I restart or shut down the rainbow circle shows up on my log in screen. I've also noticed a slight battery life changed. My MacBook Pro is 2.4GHz Core i5. I taught the update OSX Lion 10.7.1 helped but it didn't.
Please Help. Thanks.

Yep, because unchecking the 'Automatic graphics switching' uses your AMD or GeForce graphics card instead of the low power usage Intel onboard graphics. This is why I don't use the login screen. I just automatically log in. I'd rather have Apple fix the login screen lockup in a future dot release.
To see what I mean, click on the Apple in the upper left corner of your menu bar, then 'About this Mac' then the 'More Info...' button and look at the Graphics. It should say your AMD or GeForce graphics card. When that checkbox is checked and you log in, the Graphics info should show your Intel onboard graphics card.

How to solve bad performance OSX Lion on Macbook Pro

From beginning i install MAC OS Lion i have have a bad performance on my macbook Pro.
Startup take about 3 minutes, after i login it takes a hour for i can use my laptop properly.
Can some one tell my what the problem is ?
     My laptop is a MAcBook Pro 2,53 GHz Intel Core Duo with 4 GB 1067 Mhz DDR Memory
      I have a second partition with MAC OS X Leopart, Its working without any problems.
      Also i have check my Disk first, no problems found.

Look like i have some disk issues :-(
16/08/11 11:51:58,000 kernel: disk0s2: I/O error.
16/08/11 11:51:58,000 kernel: hfs_clonefile: cluster_read failed - 5
16/08/11 11:52:45,000 kernel: disk0s2: I/O error.
16/08/11 11:52:56,441 Console: *** -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 992 beyond bounds for empty array

How to restore Lion on Macbook Pro??

I'm trying to restore OSX on my Macbook Pro, the HD has been wiped, I used cmd-r on boot to get to the disk utilities and perform the restore, but when I log in with my apple ID it says "This Apple ID has not purchased OSX Mavericks"..... I don't want to install Mavericks, I want to install Lion, what I had before, but it doesn't give me an option for Lion. ***?

Lion is no longer available for computers that qualify to run Mavericks. It may be possible to install Lion if it was pre-installed on the computer when it was new. Otherwise, you would need to reinstall a functional Lion system from a backup or have the original Lion installer application. Or you can purchase a Lion download coupon:
You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
If Lion was pre-installed new then you can try this:
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard 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.
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 Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

HT201342 How will this benefit me. I have a Mac computer that i upgraded to Mountain lion, a macbook pro and an iPhone 4s which has the latest software. all i want is simplicity and to have one email account which which will not duplicate everything 4 or

I have been asked to set up an Icloud account by Apple.
How will having another icloud email benefit me. I have my work email which is all i require, but had to set up a @me account to get email on my Macbook.
I have a Mac computer that i upgraded to Mountain lion, a macbook pro and an iPhone 4s which has the latest software. all i want is simplicity and to have one email account which which will not duplicate everything 4 or 5 times.
My notes are duplicated, i have to delete my emails individually on all devices so whenever i put my phone on, all the emails i have deleted at work re-appear on my phone and again the same thing happens on my Macbook pro. I seem to spend all my time deleting emails 3 times.
Is there something simple in the set up of these that i am missing?
Any help would be appreciated

I have been asked to set up an Icloud account by Apple.
How will having another icloud email benefit me. I have my work email which is all i require, but had to set up a @me account to get email on my Macbook.
I have a Mac computer that i upgraded to Mountain lion, a macbook pro and an iPhone 4s which has the latest software. all i want is simplicity and to have one email account which which will not duplicate everything 4 or 5 times.
My notes are duplicated, i have to delete my emails individually on all devices so whenever i put my phone on, all the emails i have deleted at work re-appear on my phone and again the same thing happens on my Macbook pro. I seem to spend all my time deleting emails 3 times.
Is there something simple in the set up of these that i am missing?
Any help would be appreciated

I upgraded to Mountain Lion on Macbook Pro today which I bought new three weeks ago, on the upgrade my Ethernet connection is no working, Any ideas on a fix on this issue.

I upgraded to Mountain Lion on Macbook Pro today which I bought new three weeks ago, on the upgrade my Ethernet connection is no working, Any ideas on a fix on this issue.

jimr.l wrote:
I upgraded to Mountain Lion on Macbook Pro today which I bought new three weeks ago, on the upgrade my Ethernet connection is no working, Any ideas on a fix on this issue.
If you bought the MBP new 3 weeks ago, it should have come with Mountain Lion already installed. Did you update your MBP to the newly released 10.8.4 update? If not, what OS were you running before the upgrade, and what version of Mountain Lion do you have now?

After I installed Lion, my MacBook Pro can no longer detect my external hard drives or my USB flash drives. What should I do?

After I installed Lion, my MacBook Pro can no longer detect my external hard drives or my USB flash drives. What should I do?

And me -- My Mac at work running Snow Leopard reads the drive normally. My home Mac (on Lion) can't even find it....
Yet another Leo let-down.....

How can i install snow leopard together with lion, on a Lion based MacBook Pro ultimo 2011

Hi
How can I install Snow Leopard on a Lion Based MacBook Pro ultimo 2001. I will both have installed Snow Leopard and Lion on my computer, but how can i do that?
I have purchaded Snow Leopard, but I can installed it
Pls can anyone help me
Best regards and merry christmas
Robert

Apple figures that having supported PowerPC code for the last 6 years is enough so they dropped it.
Why should they have to support some that old forever? It doesn't make good business sense to support some that so few will use.
If you must play those games, my suggestion is to get an older Mac that will support PowerPC. It is going to be a difficult task to get Snow Leopard to run on a new Mac.
Allan

Tried to install OSX on my macbook pro but install failed, now it won't restart

I Downloaded OSX onto my macbook pro and then I keep getting a message that installation failed. Now the machine is stuck in loop and won't go to my normal desktop screen.

To install Windows you can use Boot Camp Assistant or use a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox. You can't install Windows as you described in your post.

I kept a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in macbook pro. so, should i keep antivirus for windows 7? which is prescribable between bit defender(bd) and microsoft security essentials(mse)?does bd and mse un-installs easily?

i kept a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in macbook pro. so, should i keep antivirus for windows 7? which is prescribable between bit defender(bd) and microsoft security essentials(mse)?does bd and mse un-installs easily?

lower your font size unless you have difficulty
MS Security Essentials is excellent
Then again maybe time to investigate Windows 8 RP (which uses Defender)

What is a recommended decompression software for a non-Lion compatible MacBook Pro 1,1 2 GHz Intel Core Duo running OS X Version 10.6.8?

What is a recommended decompression software for a non-Lion compatible MacBook Pro 1,1 2 GHz Intel Core Duo running OS X Version 10.6.8?

My thanks to you and all other respondents. In backing up "theVault" App I thought that my ancient version of Stuffit was inadequate to unzip the backup file. I attempted to download the latest Zipit version which only works with Lion. After upgrading to Stuffit 9 I realized that theVault backup file was encrypted so as to not open on the backup Mac. One must restore to the iPhone where is does open.
My apologies for the imprecise post. I am finding limitations with not being able to install Lion on my early MacBook Pro. I can recommend theVault to those looking for a password App with secure backup.

Since upgrading to Lion, my MacBook Pro is super slow connecting to Wi-Fi. Not so with Daughter's Snow Leopard or Wife's Dell. Any ideas?

Since upgrading to Lion, my MacBook Pro is super slow connecting to Wi-Fi (seems to search forever). This is not the case with my Daughter's MacBook (still on Snow Leopard) or my Wife's Dell (Windows 7). Any ideas?

Hold Option when you click on the Airport in the top bar & post the stats.

After updating my software from snow leapord to mountain lion my MacBook Pro suddenly keeps shutting down without any reason no warning suddenly just restarts... Can someone help

After updating my software from snow leapord to mountain lion my MacBook Pro suddenly keeps shutting down without any reason no warning suddenly just restarts... Can someone hel

Note the date and time the problem occurred, then go to Applications/Utilities/Console and copy the log starting at the time of the crash. Paste the log in a reply. Please do not use a screen shot as they can be hard to read. If there are repeated runs of the same messages, please post only one run. Be selective about what you post and don’t post huge amounts. Make sure there is no personal data visible. Information learned from Linc Davis.

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