Problem with tiger to snow leopard upgrade

Hi,
I wanted to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard and bought a retail 10.6 Snow Leopard install disc MC223Z/A. on the box. 2Z691-6428-A on the disc.
It would not let me install it unless I erased and partitioned the destination disc thus losing my settings and preferences like the old Archive and Install as it suggested in the article mentioned below..
I tried this after reading this article
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137147/Upgrading_to_Apple_s_Snow_Leopard _OS_What_you_need_to_know.
I presume now that the article was written for upgrading from Leopard and not Tiger.
Perhaps I missed something when I tried.
Any ideas from the experts.
Regards from UK,
Alan

Hmmm,
10.4.10
# Disk 1: 2Z691-6089-A
# Disc 2: 2Z691-6113-A
Compatibility
17" iMac (Late 2006 CD) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, Mac Pro Intel Xeon 5100 Series Dual Processor 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz, Mac Pro 8-Core Intel Xeon 5300 Series Quad 3.0GHz, 13" MacBook (Late2006) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz, 13" MacBook (Mid 2007) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz, Mac Mini (Mid 2007) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz
Machine ID: iMac5,2, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacBook2,1, Macmini2,1
http://www.welovemacs.com/2z6916089a.html
Could you have installed some Server update in the past?

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Sep 10 10:35:26 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Total install size including padding: 7325778944 b
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Starting installation:
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost OSInstaller[142]: Calculating expected install size requirements
Sep 10 10:35:28 localhost Unknown[84]: 2009-09-10 10:35:28.624 Mac OS X Installer[142:c607] Looking for system packages
Sep 10 10:35:42 localhost Unknown[84]: 2009-09-10 10:35:42.115 Mac OS X Installer[142:c607] Finding system files...
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Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Path: /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Identifier: Mac OS X Installer
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Version: ??? (???)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Code Type: X86 (Native)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Parent Process: LCA [83]
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Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Date/Time: 2009-09-10 10:36:12.446 -0700
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Report Version: 6
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]:
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Sep 10 10:38:32 localhost ReportCrash[159]: Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
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a brody wrote:
Regarding the need to buy the packaged bundle, I keep seeing folks here and elsewhere claiming that is not necessary.
That's because they have not read, or concern themselves with the license agreement. Section 2. "Permitted License Uses and Restrictions", section C says on http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx106.pdf
It's been read forwards, backwards, and upside down. Nowhere on the packaging is there any identification of the $29 (or $49 family pack) version as only suitable as a "Leopard upgrade" version. There are vague mentions about it on Apple's online sales page and in press releases. I've read the license terms thoroughly and the only conclusion that could reasonably be conferred is that the $29 version carries a "single user" license simply because it doesn't say "family pack". There are plenty of reports that it installs over Tiger just fine.
Granted I've read numerous reports and I installed my copy over Leopard. However - imagine someone who vaguely heard about it, walked into a store and bought a copy, thoroughly looked over the box and the license terms (within the disc), and installed it in good faith over Tiger. There is ZERO, ZIP, NADA on the package that would lead anyone to believe it is anything but a copy with a "SINGLE USER" license where the terms don't preclude installing over Tiger.
C. Leopard Upgrade Licenses. If you have purchased an Upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard license, then subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer as long as that computer has a properly licensed copy of *Mac OS X Leopard already installed on it.*
The emphasis above is mine.
While this may not be enforced by a software key, it is there in the license agreement on the PDF included on the CD, when you purchase the under $100 licenses, which are also called "Upgrade" on the store.
There's an opinion that "Leopard upgrade" only applies to the "Up To Date" versions that require proof of purchase of a recent Mac computer. The reports on those installer discs are that they do in fact check for a valid Leopard installation.
The following has the most in-depth discussion on the subject of whether or not the license allows for Snow Leopard over Tiger that I've seen so far:
http://www.mackb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/mac/26361/the-29-purchase-price-of-Snow-Leop ard
This is the best description I've heard on it, from someone who identifies himself as "David Empson":
http://www.mackb.com/Uwe/Threads/Single.aspx/mac/26361?ArtId=1j5mofd.1pw6lllbtpj dwN%25dempson%40actrix.gen.nz
If someone walks in and buys Snow Leopard, without written notice from
Apple that they are buying an Upgrade version which requires Leopard,
and without discussing that point with the seller, the buyer is under no
obligation to have researched their purchase in advance and know all of
Apple's publicity statements from three months ago.
They are buying it in good faith, and the contract (licence) is valid.

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Time Machine is in your Applications folder and Spaces is in your Applications/Utilities folder. You can drag them to the dock from there.

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I just upgraded from tiger to snow leopard and i am trying to change my dock appearance to look like the newer systems with the space screen i am not able to remove this blue background screen. Any suggestions?

tb3525 wrote:
I just upgraded from tiger to snow leopard and i am trying to change my dock appearance to look like the newer systems with the space screen i am not able to remove this blue background screen. Any suggestions?
dock appearance or desktop background appearance? I think you mean the latter. when you say you can't change it, what exactly happens when you try? did you try changing in in system preferences->desktop&screensaver->desktop?

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Model Identifier:    iMac4,1
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Processor Speed:    2 GHz
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I'm editing canon 5d footage in FCP. I use MPEG Streamclip to properly convert the footage before importing to fcp. Everything was working absolutely fine until I installed snow leopard. Now, all of the clips in the timeline have those weird lines as if I imported the footage without converting it. I have a deadline and if I have to re-edit this entire project it's not going to be pretty. I have installed all of the updates for FCP and Snow Leopard. I tried a test by creating a new batch in MPEG streamclip and the footage is fine. It appears that I might have to re-edit everything.   Can someone PLEASE offer some assistance? I can't afford to re-edit this project.
Thank you

Yes... I am aware of the canon plug in for converting 5d/7d footage. I either use that plug in or MPEG stream clip and they both have been working fine.   "Properly" meaning... FCP does not recognize H.264 (5d and 7d) therefor we need to convert the video using either MPEG stream clip or the free canon plug in. The best codec to edit this footage is ProRes 422LT ProRes422 - I only use the 5d and or 7d cameras for my projects and have been editing this way for some time without any problems what so ever. The problems immediately arose after upgrading to Snow Leopard. The problem lies in my EXISTING FCP projects that are already in the works. I am still able to convert footage for new projects without a problem. I am using the latest updated versions of SL and FCP. I did the following to trouble shoot:
1. Did a clean reinstall of FCP - STILL HAPPENING
2. On an existing project I deleted a few of the problem clips. Took the original and converted it again using MPEG Stream clip. Renamed it and from the FCP project, I located the new clip. SAME PROBLEM
3. On an existing project, I deleted a few of the clips completely. Converted the original again using MPEG SC. Imported the entire new clip in FCP, re-edited it and dragged it into the time line. NO PROBLEM WORKS FINE
4. Opened a new project in FCP.   Took some of the original problematic clips. Converted them using MPEG SC. Dragged into the timeline. NO PROBLEM, WORKS FINE
5. Played both the original clips (before conversion) and the converted clips in Quick Time - NO PROBLEM WORKS FINE
6. Exported part of a problematic project to Quick Time - NO PROBLEM WORKS FINE
7. Opened up one of the same projects from the same hard drive on my other mac (Mac Book Pro) and there are NO PROBLEMS. THEY WORK FINE
Based on everything I've listed above, the problem seems to be happening in the Viewer and Canvas on my I-Mac which I just upgraded to Snow Leopard. The exported projects are fine. Am I to assume that I should continue working with these existing projects and everything will be fine? I've spoke to 5 or 6 friends that are experienced and no one can come up with an answer.

Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade/drive reformat/data backup

I know that, technically, upgrading from v10.4.11 to v10.6.3 shouldn't cause the loss of any data or files, but obviously I'm going to back up everything any way. I have an external hard drive but I don't think it's got enough space to copy all of my uncompressed stuff to completely. Right now, my plan is to move the data from Mac to external HD to PC where I have enough space to store everything. But, I was reading about making a disk image, which leads me to my first question:
1. If I'm planning to upgrade from 10.4 to 10.6, is creating a disk image even a viable option? Or would that reverse the upgrade completely?
Another thing I wanted to do, since I'm installing the upgrade, is to reformat the hard drive of my MacBook. I purchased the Mac Box Set 10.6.3-INT product #MC680Z/A.
2. Is this upgrade something that I will have to install while my MacBook is in its current state (v10.4.11, no reformatted HD)? Or, if I go into Disk Utility and erase/reformat the drive prior to 10.6.3 install, will I be able to install snow leopard from the box set I ordered as I would be able to reinstall Tiger from the Install disks that came with the computer?
Thanks!

I strongly suggest getting another ext HD, large enough to accommodate all your stuff and put a bootable backup/clone onto it before proceeding. Then, boot into it and ensure that it works and looks like the original. There's no reason to erase and reformat the MB's HD. That's so windoze-centric. Forget it. Then you can install on either. Leave disk images to banish from your head, they're basically useless in this scenario. With the boxed set, install Snow Leopard, install iLife and iWork, run Software Update, repair permissions, and restart. After running for a week or so, update the backup/clone with your new OS.

Grey screen after tiger to snow leopard upgrade

I've just upgraded my macbook from tiger to snowleopard via leopard. All seemed to work OK until the snow leopard login screen. It just hung there with the beach ball. I shut down and restarted and since then all I get is the grey screen.
I've tried:
a safe boot ----- result grey screen
boot from disk --- grey screen
resetting PRAM and eventually after leaving it for 20 min it booted from the disk. I then went to disk utilities and tried repairing. It failed and I got a message telling me to backup and format the disk.
So then I tried backing up via firewire target disk, but the host computer can't see the harddrive of the macbook (it does see the snow leapard installation dvd thats still in the macbook).
Any ideas on how to retrieve the data on the macbook? or is it a lost cause?
thanks

[See this read.|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2990] The message is try to do a repair install of Sno by installing Sno over whatever part of Sno is on your internal drive.

Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade for iCloud?

Be gentle with me I am a user but a technophobe!
In the first instance...I have received a free upgrade CD for Snow Leopard and been told to pay for an upgrade to Lion first then instal Snow Leopard. Not really sure which one and where to go. I want to be able to see my mobileme emails on my Power Mac G5
Machine Name:          Power Mac G5
Machine Model:          PowerMac7,2
CPU Type:          PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs:          2
CPU Speed:          1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:          4.5 GB
Bus Speed:          900 MH
I have noticed some comments that make me think my machine will not support these upgrades?
What should I do?
Will I still be able to remotely access my .me account emails after the change ie; online?
Why the **** isn't it easier for existing customers who are paying for this service to change over!!!?
...one very confused person here!

You cannot install Snow Leopard or Lion on your Mac: an Intel processor is required.
You can set Mail up manually in Tiger to access your iCloud emails once migrated from MobileMe:
Entering iCloud email settings manually in Tiger
The migration is done at http://me.com/move though I'm not sure wether Safari on Tiger can access this: you may have to find another more recent machine to do it on.
You will not be able to sync your calendars or contacts, nor access any of iCloud's other facilities.

Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade not working out

I bought the Mac Box set over the weekend and tried to install it yesterday. We were running - I think - 10.4.7, and wanted to upgrade to 10.6 in order to run some game apps our kids got recently. Right from the get go, things did not go well. On installing the OS, I repeatedly got an "Installer quit unexpectedly" message. We tried rebooting but it just kept doing the same thing - Installer quit unexpectedly. After a few minutes, we realized that the OS did in fact install OK, but all the other Optional Install materials were not installing. So, it seems, the QuickTime update and anything else included was not installing. They still won't. The iLife and iWork packages won't install. And aside from Firefox, all our apps are not working now. I don't mind reinstalling the apps - but nothing will install!!! Should I uninstall 10.6 and try again? Not sure what to do at this point.
John

For an install of Snow Leopard (as opposed to updating it), I would not worry about updating the previous OS version nor about repairing that version's permissions. The Snow Leopard installer is much different from previous ones & does little more than test the target drive & write some pre-install files to it before rebooting from the DVD's copy of Snow Leopard, which it does as root user. And if it can't do those pre-install steps, it quits with an error before rebooting from the DVD.
So, if it successfully reboots from the DVD, permissions on the target HD are irrelevant (because root user has essentially unlimited access to the HD's files, even to the few that can be changed only when starting up as root user) & the old OS version even more so because it is completely replaced by the new one.
Also, it is not necessary to run fsck or Disk Utility's 'repair disk' step if the installer successfully reboots from the DVD because one of the pre-install steps does exactly the same thing as Disk Utility's 'verify disk' step, so if it gets this far, you know the corresponding repair would find nothing to do.
If it gets this far & you get an "Installer quit unexpectedly" message before the final reboot into the login screen, you probably have one of the following problems:
• A hardware issue of some kind, including a defect in the optical drive that prevents it from reading all the files on the DVD accurately, one or more substandard or out-of-spec memory modules (especially if any are 'generic' aftermarket ones), or in some subsystem of the Mac (graphics processor, power supply, whatever). Running the Apple Hardware Test from your original gray installer disc will often (but not always) detect this kind of problem.
• A defective, scratched, or dirty Snow Leopard installer disc. This is particularly a likely cause if the installer quits at about the same point in the process each time. Visually check it carefully for any signs of damage or contamination & if possible test it with another Mac.
• An attached peripheral that is interfering with the install process. Disconnect all but the essential ones (keyboard & mouse for an iMac) & connect them in the recommended way: keyboard to a USB port on the Mac & mouse into a keyboard port if they are wired. Then try running the installer again. Note: this does not apply to a network connection to the Internet, which is used in the pre-install phase to try to contact Apple's list of incompatible software & update what is on the DVD's list.
• A nearly full HD. The pre-install tests do include a check for enough space for the installation but since this is not completely predictable there is small chance the installation process will run out of scratch space to assemble files if you are very near the calculated limit. The installer typically needs about 6 GB of free HD space for this, so try to free up an additional several GB if you are close to this limit before doing the install. However, note that the final OS installed will need at least this much scratch space once it is running, so plan accordingly. 10 to 15% of the total drive capacity is a rule of thumb many recommend.
There are other issues to consider if the process completes & reboots into the login screen but that doesn't sound like what's happening here.

Font problem with MX under Snow Leopard

Anybody know what might cause an app built with Director MX not to display an installed (not embedded) custom font under Snow Leopard?
The program was built quite some time ago but was tested under previous Mac OS X.x versions and worked fine. What might have changed that could cause this problem?
Complicating this is that I don't have Snow Leopard myself to test it directly, but here's what I do know:
The font is definitely installed and available to other apps.
Everything else about the app works fine.

I noticed the same jumbled text problem.
When I went to look at Font Book, I see that those fonts are no longer installed. It must've happened when I loaded Snow Leopard last weekend.
Anyway, I went to reinstall fonts, and I see I've got a bunch that got uninstalled. But when I try to reinstall them, like Calisto and Caligula to name the first couple I tried, Font Book reports that there were serious errors when trying to load them.
Does anyone have insights into the vague message: "System Validation" as the serious problem? I don't see a way to get more details about the problem than that.

Problems with AW in Snow Leopard

I am having multiple problems with AW, particularly graphics, under snow leopard. Sometimes, while working on an existing file, the whole thing locks up forceing me to Force Quit the application thus losing whatever changes I had made. Other times when I open a file to work on it, several features are so slow as to be unausable. I am not really using the WP or Spreadsheet anymore as I have migrated most of those AW files to iWork so not sure if anything is happening in that regard. Has anyone thought about the possibility of orphaning the two graphics parts of AW so they can be used independently?
Sparkgapper

Since I DO NOT use pict or tiff as my mode of fileing, it is no problem whatsoever for ANY graphics program to open jpg, my preferred format. Secondly, it is quite easy to open a pict file in AW then copy/paste it into just about any graphics format - this is my second method where necessary.
While AW Graphics has "aged" it retained the user friendly interface of all Apple programs of that era whereas now the steep learning curve is drastically restricting many "Entry Level" program to those who are required by their work to make that kind of effort. Then add to that the "Evolution" of some programs whereby they all but forever archive older documents by their inability to use parts of the older formatting and formulas.
My graphics use capability is quite simple, usually working with images of ancient genealogical documents for transcription or old maps that have been scanned poorly, plus photos (jpeg) of these same objects. As such, I do not need a "Full Blown" application but something more on the lines of AW Graphics and Paint - I used to transition between the two for certain types of manipulations.
sparkgapper

Problems with macbook after snow leopard install

Hi,
I recently upgraded my macbook. Saved and backed up everything from my old one and then loaded snow leopard onto the new one. Since loading snow leopard my optus wireless internet is refusing to work (Saying it has quit and wont reload), my photos in iphoto are showing up as thumbnails but not letting me see them or save them as jpegs and a lot of programs are quitting unexpectedly as i am working on them.
My biggest concerns are with my photos and internet.
Anyone know some solutions? I am a bit of an amateur with all this and don't know a lot of jargon. THanks

no, i think donv means what kind of machines new and old you have. look at the profiles of most users here - they describe in more or less detail what Macs they have and what CPUs etc. All this would be helpful for donv to advise you according to your need.
As for moving your data to the new machine, check this link http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2169737

Problems with time machine snow leopard to mountain lion

I have recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion now when I enter Time Machine the 'ladder side bar' will only display item from the date I went onto Mountain Lion even though the external HD has information datuing back 3 years, anyone had the same problem?

Hi,
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
http://pondini.org/TM/B6.html

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