Should I reinstall my current OS - 10.4.11 or upgrade to next version?
Our family of apple itouch, iphone, etc. users is having difficulty connecting to itunes, and uploading our photos to websites. I'm thinking that itunes and these sites have advanced beyond my current OS. Apple Tech suggested I reload my OS first and then if that did not work to upgrade. What are the steps involved, and has anyone else had similar issue to resolve?
Assuming you're having issues with the iMac noted in your profile, trying another network connection wouldn't an easy troubleshooting step. However, if the iMac is currently connected to your network via a wireless connection, please try using a wired (Ethernet) connection if possible.
Have you tried more than one user account on the computer?
What type of internet connection do you have?
Also, if you could go to this site: http://pingtest.net/ , perform the test & report back with the numbers for *Packet Loss*, Ping and Jitter. That website will give information about the quality of your internet connection.
~Lyssa
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I have 10.6.8 and upgrading os to yesomite, should i reinstall my all softwares after upgrade os?
i have 10.6.8 and upgrading os to yesomite, should i reinstall my all softwares after upgrade os?
Before embarking on a major OS upgrade, it would be wise, advisable and very prudent if you backup your current system to an external connected and Mac formatted Flash drive OR externally connected USB, Thunderbolt or FireWire 800, Mac formatted hard drive. Then, use either OS X Time Machine app to backup your entire system to the external drive OR purchase, install and use a data cloning app, like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, to make an exact and bootable copy (clone) of your entire Mac's internal hard drive. This step is really needed in case something goes wrong with the install of the new OS or you simply do not like the new OS, you have a very easy way/procedure to return your Mac to its former working state.
Then, determine if your Mac meets ALL minimum system install requirements.
To install Yosemite, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later),
MacBook Pro (15-inch or 17-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac also needs:
OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, or Snow Leopard v10.6.8 already installed
2 GB or more of memory (I strongly advise, at least, 4 GBs of RAM or more)
8 GB or more of available space
Next,
If you run any older Mac software from the earlier PowerPC Macs, then none of this software will work with the newer OS X versions (10.7 and onward). OS X Snow Leopard had a magical and invisible PowerPC emulation application, called Rosetta, that worked seamlessly in the background that still allowed older PowerPC coded software to still operate in a Intel CPU Mac.
The use of Rosetta ended with OS X Snow Leopard as the Rosetta application was licensed to Apple, from a software company called Transitive, which got bought out, I believe, by IBM and Appe could no longer secure their rights to continue to use Rosetta in later versions of OS X.
So, you would need to check to see if you have software on your Mac that maybe older than, say, 2006 or older.
Also, check for app compatibilty here.
http://roaringapps.com/
If you have any commercial antivirus installed and/or hard drive cleaning apps installed on your Mac, like MacKeeper, CleanMyMac, TuneUpMyMac, MacCleanse, etc. now would be a good time to completely uninstall this apps by doing a Google search to learn how to properly uninstall these types of apps.
These types of apps will only cause your Mac issues later after the install of the new OS X version and you will have to completely uninstall these types of apps later.
Once you have determined all of this, you should be able to find the latest version of Yosemite by clicking on the Mac App Store icon in the OS X Dock and then login to the Mac App Store using your Apple ID and password.
You can then begin the download and installation process of installing OS X 10.10 Yosemite from the Mac App Store. -
Should I reinstall Lightroom and if so, how do I not lose my work?
I have Windows 8 and Lightroom 5.7 installed on my desktop. Every since I did the last update, Lightroom has been acting really weird. I often get a "Lightroom Not Responding" message, or it will take for ever to do something like move from library to develop module. I have been going through and deleting files and have moved folders with in Lightroom, but I would think that should not be an issue. This has been going on for about a month now after the last update. Yesterday I moved my pictures from my desktop to an external drive through lightroom and then did a catalog backup.. Later in the day after a photo shoot, I tried to import pictures, to that external drive and it just stopped in the middle of the process. I checked to see if the pictures were in the designated folder and they were. So I closed Lightroom and opened it again 6 pictures had a white box with lines through them taking up the bottom quarter of the picture. If I look at these pictures through another program, they appear fine. Should I reinstall Lightroom? If so, how do I save my work? Could my catalog (which I have backed up) be corrupt?
I have more work to be done, but I don't want to proceed if I am working with an unstable program.Uninstalling LR does not delete the catalog which is in an entirely different place, not the Programs folder. I am not saying that removing and reinstalling LR will solve your problem, but you don't need to worry about losing your work. If you reinstall, the first time you launch LR it may create a new empty catalog. Just use File/Open Recent to open your old catalog.
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working in adobe illustrator - computer crashed - will not soft boot or reset PRAM - should i reinstall from CD snow leopard 10.6.3? I have an extra hard drive in my MAC with time machine on it set to do auto back ups. How do i recover ?
Well first you have to figure out what is wrong with the machine and solve that problem first.
Your post is very vague on what occured, and there are many types of "crashes" it really depends upon what see on the screen and what the hardware does, we can't see it to tell you, so you have to tell us.
I suggest you run through these user tips and provide more information about your hardware.
Disconnect the TimeMachine drive for now
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
Help us to help you on these forums
Create a data recovery/undelete external boot drive
If this is going way over your head, there are local PC/Mac techs that will assist you for a fee, Apple only does hardware repairs and is advised to use them if you discover it is, especially if under warranty/AppleCare.
Hard drive and RAM upgrades can be handled yourself or by a outside tech in many older models of Mac, but don't expect Apple to cover the new parts.
Install/upgrade RAM or storage drive in Mac's -
I think I should just reinstall everything nothing works how do I do iy?
Can you explain more what it is not working?
If OS X behaviour is completely wrong and near all apps do not work, you should consider the option of erasing the hard drive and reinstalling OS X. Make sure you have got a backup of your files.
To do it, hold Command and R keys while your computer is starting up to start up in OS X Recovery. Then, open Disk Utility and erase Macintosh HD > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU2.html Finally, close Disk Utility and reinstall OS X. -
i updated my itunes then i couldn't sync my iphone anymore, it shows me that i didn't connect my iphone to my computer, can i know why i can't sync my iphone??? should i reinstall the older version of itunes???
Hello,
Only option is upgrading your Mac's OSX, since Apple will not allow iOS to go backwards.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 4GB at least, more if you can afford it)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
Call Apple Sales...in the US: 1-800-MY-APPLE. Or Support... 1-800-275-2273
Other countries...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
It looks like they might still have it...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA -
I am trying to get my system current. I am now running Mac OS X, version 10.6.8 (I believe this is "Snow Leopard"). What should I upgrade to?
The current system is OS X 10.8 which is downloadable from the App store, which you can upgrade to directly if your system meets the system requirements. Note that starting with OS X 10.7, PowerPC-based programs will no longer run. So, for example, people with Office 2004 got surprised when they upgraded and found that the older Office programs would no longer run. Newer Office programs are OK.
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I've lost iWeb and thus my web design. I must start from scratch. Should I reinstall iWeb 09 and use that, or is there a better way?
The file you really need is named Domain.sites2 which resides in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb foldler. It's independent from the iWeb application. If it's not in there do you have a backup of your hard drive from an earlier time?
Resinatll iWeb 3 from the iLife 09 disk or wherever you got it from originally and then try what's described below:
In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
To open your domain file in Lion or Mountain Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
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One user: "Safari is missing important resources and should be reinstalled"
I have just installed the Safari 3 Beta and when I open the browser it say:
"Safari is missing important resources and should be reinstalled."
And its on all sites I try to visit.
I have tried to (un)install it 3 times and same problem.
And the scary: Its only on one user. (There not are administrator)
I have the (nearly) same problem when I'd installed FireFox 2.
I solved the problem by create a new user, but I really won't do that again. (Have a lot of stuff to move)
- Josso
PS: And sorry for my bad english, I'm a boy from Denmark - Europe.
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Safari can’t open the page “http://www.apple.com/startpage”. The error was: “unknown error” ((null):10022) Please choose Report Bugs to Apple from the Help menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message.
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Safari is missing important resources and should be reinstalled
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Safari is missing important resources and should be reinstalled.
I can get to some pages, but not others. Any idea why I'd be getting this? Google searches report this as being seen in Safari for Windows and non-US instances, I'm definitely in the US and not using it in Windows.I am experiencing the same problems on my old iMac. (G4 longneck). It will not open any browser window and asks for a clean install. The problem is how to install? Go to the product page on the Apple site and there is only a download for the Windows version.
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MAC HD /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor
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How to identify Mac mini models
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or do you have to download it online and get the serial number online too?
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Adobe to Stop Selling Boxed Versions of Creative Suite Software | ProDesignTools
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