Question about reinstalling leopard from a multi-user disc.

I upgraded to leopard and my my pro tools recording setup ceases to work, so i need to downgrade to tiger for a while until Digidesign supports Leopard. My problem lies in the fact that me and my buddies bought the five user pack, now... if i try to install the disc again when it is supported, will I run into problems being able to install it, or will my computer somehow already be registered as having used the disc before? AND I lost my tiger disc, so is it possible to use someone else's tiger disc to downgrade, or can I do it without a disc?

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Question about reinstalling Leopard

I just did an erase and install of Leopard... but I made the mistake of using Monolingual to remove every language but English... a mistake because now I cannot upgrade Office (and from what I've been reading also some Adobe apps).
My question is this... can I just run the install of leopard again and not lose data, settings etc in all my apps? And what about the apps like Photoshop, iWork, and Office that had to be installed manually... will they still be in in working order after a re-install?
thanks,
tom

No, reinstalling OS X won't help because it does not affect Office or Adobe products. You have to uninstall Office and all the Adobe applications. Then reinstall them from their respective installer discs. You will then be able to upgrade them.
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash. Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space. If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, Easy Find, instead. Download Easy Find at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
There are also several shareware utilities that can uninstall applications:
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For more information visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on removing software.

Boot Camp wont Partition- Worried about reinstalling Leopard from backup

Hello, I have been unable to create a partition through Boot Camp on my HD so that I can install Windows 7. I keep getting the error message: Cannot be partitioned because some of the files cannot be removed. I have ran Disk Utility and verified and repaired permissions, as well as verify and repair disk. I also ran disk utility via booting from the Leopard install disk. I have Onyx and ran all maintenance/cleaning options. So after researching it seems that the only solution is to backup with Time Machine, reinstall the OS and restore from the backup. If I do this, what is going to happen to all of my 3rd party applications/settings? Will the time machine backup save EVERYTHING and bring my MBP back to its identical state before the reinstallation, or will I have to reinstall all of my 3rd party applications (logic studio, Reason, Ableton Live, etc..)???
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Try iDefrag (www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php). I was having the same issue and before backing up and restoring I tried defragging the drive (first time ever). It comes with a utility to create a boot disk and after running its process I was able to create a new partition through Boot Camp.
Back up your data first just in case anyway. I had no problems at all but you never know what might happen.
Hope this helps.

Question about tranferring data from iPhone 3gs to iPhone 4

I just had a couple quick questions about transferring data from my old phone from my new iPhone 4. The reason i am wondering is because i am worried about whether i will encounter any problems when doing so.
First off i have already sold my phone today, i reset all data and settings from the phone and gave it to my buddy so its gone. I did a full sync and backup yesterday so all the necessary files should be on my computer(windows 7). Now, im basically wondering if i will run into any problems if i restore my iphone 4 from a backup. My 3gs was running 3.1.2 on att. Now i know IDEALLY i would have updated it to iOS 4 before backing it up and used the newest version of itunes, but i did not. Does anyone think this will be a problem for me?
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Im afraid that it might not be a possibility to transfer only certain things even though it should be.. i should be able to select a text messages folder and put it on my new phone and be done with it... But anyway i dont want to rant. Can anyone explain to me how this all will work?
ULTIMATE GOAL: Transfer only texts, notes, certain apps(and their data) and NOTHING ELSE.
MOST IMPORTANT THING: Not losing texts and notes. I can deal with putting all the old **** on my new phone and cluttering/slowing it down if i NEED to.
Thank you in advance, sorry for the long post.

If the most important thing for you is keeping old text messages, notes, and voicemail, then you'll need to sync the phone from your existing backup. I know of no other way to access those items.
Once you have synced to the new phone, check that you have those items that were important. Then you can reconnect your phone to iTunes, and change the sync settings to remove the apps or other items you no longer want to keep on the phone.
iPhone backups are stored by iTunes; you can see them by opening your iTunes preferences, clicking on "Devices" and then looking in the window. You can delete old backups from here. I don't know how you can open/read the backups though.
I don't expect you'd have any problems syncing from your old phone's backup, but it's definitely an either/or situation. Since you got rid of the old phone already, it's too late to email yourself your notes, or copy the text messages. Your previous backup is your only solution.

Question about receiving mesage from those not on ...

I have a question about recieving message from those who are not on my contacts
I enable anyone to contact me through IM and call. a friend who I did not yet add as a friend (not in contact)call me by mistake. he sent message of apology to me, say "sorry for mistakeing call,"
but, i did not recieve such mesage, even thoughh i got notification of call, why did not i recieve his mesage if i Can receive IM from anyone not on contact list??
i try to send him mesage to test. He also did not see my mesage show up ,, on his screen it only show that he call by mistake and that he sent mesage ((which, i never recieve).
i try this on some of my friend's friend who has enable all call and IM through, they also did not recieving mesage I sent them however can see notification of call i make.
does this mean, Only you can see mesage of those in contact list even though you recieve from any body? am i misunderstand How skype is working? Please enligthen me, thx...
thx for info.....

I'm not sure I understand you entirely, but you could put the CDs on the computer with a CD ROM drive and then boot that computer as a firewire drive to the computer without a CD ROM drive and then copy your music over.

Reinstall Leopard from Terminal

What is the process in order to reinstall Leopard from Terminal? When I start up my computer, I get the frozen blue screen. When I start in safe mode, I'm able to insert the install DVD and click re-start, but when I re-start, it winds up back at the frozen blue screen. I'm thinking that the way to get around this is to try to start the computer in Terminal, type in the command prompt to reinstall and, well... hopefully Bob's yer uncle. Can anyone help with this? Am I deluded? Anybody got any better ideas?

Before you trash your old iMac G5 because of the bad capacitors, take a gander at this website:
http://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php
My wife's G5 iMac had similar problems and replacing the capacitors on the motherboard with Jim Warholic's capacitor kit actually fixed the problem. I was as surprised as anyone that it worked, but it did.
Now, six months later I started having power supply problems and sure enough there were some iffy capacitors on the power supply board. But my luck wasn't so good trying to fix that problem, so I ended up buying a new power supply.
Just a thought.
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Question about Removing Permissions from the System Folder with chmod

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I have a question about the removal of permissions from the System folder (and sub directories and files).
Background
Since installing a new HD, clean install of 10.6, application of updates and moving over backed up user directories I have had several issues with permissions.
I have read several threads on this and using disk warrior and other tools I have been able to fix most of the issues.
The Problem
The issue that remains is a permissions check using Disk Utility keeps reporting
ACL found but not expected on "System".
followed by an extensive list of sub directories and all.
Attempts to repair take hours and the same errors are reported.
Found Solutions
I have read about changing and/or completely removing the ACL from the permissions from the System using two different commands:
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or
sudo chmod -R -E ./System/* ( to replace all ACLs )
My Question is ( to the UNIX gurus):
What is the difference between the usage with -E and -R and which is the best approach for a Systems directory and (subordinates)?
Many thanks!!

OK
So I misread on the your instructions about the PW reset, did it, no harm in that. I did also select the options to reset all the permissions for all the accounts and the ACL issues were not resolved. My bad, I forgot to note that.
You do suggest getting and expert opinion but alas these are rather elusive. In most cases the Apple solutions is to do a complete reinstall... I have found that unless you completely wipe a drive and rebuild everything there are often artifacts left behind. Since I have full and redundant back-ups I would rather explore and hack a little instead of a dull old system reinstall. The irony is the system issue I had was it was the result a reinstall and combo update on a new drive. I recognize the risks of entering the realms of the System folders but I am willing to explore knowing full well that I have a path to recovery.
Thanks again for your insights. I come to the forums looking for insights and ideas but not a lecture...

My MBA is being shipped, question about transferring files from old PB

Hey guys,
I just ordered a new 13" MBA and am anxiously awaiting for it to arrive... I currently have a 12" Powerbook G4 with 10.5.8 that I use an external drive to back up with time machine.
My question is this; when I get my MBA will I be able to use the time machine back up to migrate my files even though my old computer has an older version of Mac OS on it?

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:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
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.
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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:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ
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4. Startup your old Mac in Target Disk Mode.
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MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- What to do if migration is unsuccessful;
MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
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 1/6/2009

Question about Transferring Files From External Hard Drive.

Ok so heres the thing.
I was having airport issues. blah blah they told me to reinstall everything from scratch with the installation disks. So i backed everything up on my harddrive, i clean installed..
& then transferred my stuff.
In addition to the user account i obviously created since it was clean installed. When i transferred my stuff back on.. it REcreated my old user account before i clean installed it.
So i had 2 user accounts. my "old" & "new" one.
that being said, does that mean i can get rid of the user account i just created??
Also, logging on to my "old user account" will it REaffect my airport & other things.
Basically will it be the exact same thing before i clean installed it??
*or NEW again but just with my old stuff just back on it* [im hoping for this)
or is it the same 'operating system' as before along with its problems.
Because i don't want to have more issues.
--srry for all the questions. lol

lacero415:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I suggest that you just leave both accounts there for the time being. Log into one of them, doesn't matter which, and use it for a while. Don't store any data until you know which one you want to use. Check out how Airport works, see if all your stuff is there etc. Then log into the other account for while and do the same. Then you can decide which one to keep. If you created any new data in the one to be deleted, be sure you move it to the one you will keep before deleting the other.
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Some question about receiving messages from Skype ...

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I have a question or two about recieving messages from Skype users, who are not on my contact list"
1. If I have enabled to only receive messages from people in my contact list, will they be notified when they try to send me an instant message, that they need to add me first?
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Question about reinstalling OS and getting applications back.

I want to restore my macbook pro using the disk that came with the computer to make it run faster. It seems to be bogged down recently. I also want to keep the applications that are on my computer, but several install disks were destroyed in a flood that hit last summer. How can I keep these applications, while cleaning out the rest of the system to make it run faster than it is now.
Thanks!!

Tyler Parker wrote:
I want to restore my macbook pro using the disk that came with the computer to make it run faster.
Unlike some other OSs, that's unlikely to help.
It seems to be bogged down recently. I also want to keep the applications that are on my computer, but several install disks were destroyed in a flood that hit last summer. How can I keep these applications, while cleaning out the rest of the system to make it run faster than it is now.
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Your best bet, by far, is to address the problem directly. As Kiraly, a frequent poster here, says, if your kitchen faucet leaks, don't start by tearing out the entire kitchen -- start by replacing the washer.
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I have a question about adding additional RAM. Right now I have a 4gb ram stick in the t510. I have an acer laptop which I do not need and there is a 4GB ram stick onboard (maybe two 2gb ram sticks) there in that older laptop. Would it be possible to add one stick of 2gb ram (or 4gb i need to check if it is 2 or 1) from the acer to the lenovo thinkpad making the total ram in the thinkpad over 4gb????
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Hi there. Great forum full of information but I somehow could not find the answer to my problem.
I own a MacBook Pro and for some reason, the Optical drive refuses to read DVD and CD. It still accepts blank CD and does write....strange.
I can live with that, but what will I do if and when my Mac needs access to the install disk that came with it?
Today I partitioned an external Lacie HD with the intention of installing OS Leopard on it. I thought this would be an ideal solution as a back up strategy. Files in one volume, OS in another.
I have copied the content of both install disks on my desk top through firewire using my good lady's macbook (tiger) but when I click on the install icon, I get a negative message.
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What is the way of doing this?
Also, is it possible to reformat an reinstall the OS through firewire using the other macBook optical drive?
Thanks

You must be sure the drive is partitioned GUID or it will not boot a computer from the cloned installer disc.
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Extended Hard Drive Preparation
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3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition 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 Options 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.
The above works, also, for external hard drives.

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