Should I upgrade or wait? I purchased, but have not installed.
I purchased Lion, but have hesitated on installing it because of the problems I have heard about. Does anyone have an opinion?
To answer this, you should consider these questions...
How dependent are on your Mac? If it has problems, does this affect your job and livelihood? Can you afford to have to put some time into managing little problems?
If you have 4GBs of RAM or less, please read this thread - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3238726
Are there compelling reasons why you should rush to Lion?
How easy would it be to revert to Snow Leopard if things go wrong? (Can you easily replace the system disk or restore an internal disk to its prior state?)
Do you have a good, safe backup procedure in place now in case of nasty happenings?
These questions will probably allow you to decide.
In my case, I have two Macs, an iMac used for my key, but not income-earning work, which is still on SL. I don't want things to go wrong on this system. And a MBP, which is now on Lion. If it messes up, I know I can pop the Lion system disk out and put the SL system disk in.
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Ok.. that's what I needed to know.
Try re downloading the app ...
Open the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
Click Purchases from the top of the App Store window.
Select which apps you want to re download. Then right or control click where you see Installed then click Install.
Make sure and use the same Apple ID used for the original purchase. -
i have bought lion may 2012 from apple app store but still i have not installed in my mac book pro can i upgrade to mountain lion for free
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Lightroom 4 crashes when trying to open the slideshow module. I spent over three hours with both Adobe and Apple tech support and we know it is a permission issue but have not been able to get it solved. It started with the last upgrade to 10.8
Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click the following line to select it. Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -Rh $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
The first step should give you usable permissions in your home folder. This step will restore special attributes set by OS X on some user folders to protect them from unintended deletion or renaming. You can skip this step if you don't consider that protection to be necessary.
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
resetpassword
That's one word, all lower case, with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
▹ Restart
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I'm using 10.6.8 but would like to use iCloud so need to upgrade to 10.7.4 but need to install 10.7 before I can upgrade to 10.7.4. Where can I find 10.7.0?
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
The latest OS X version is OS X 10.8.3, so first check that you can use OS X Mountain Lion. First, check that your Mac supports Mountain Lion > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs If it's compatible, open the App Store and purchase Mountain Lion. While it's being downloaded, make a backup of your files and check that your apps are compatible > http://www.roaringapps.com
When the download finishes, the OS X installer will appear, so follow the steps. After upgrading, you will have 10.8.3.
If your Mac isn't compatible with Mountain Lion, check that you can run Lion > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4949 If you can run OS X Lion, call Apple to purchase it > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 After upgrading to Lion, you will have 10.7.5.
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HT1657 Rental was purchased, but can not be found. Where is it? How do I access it?
Rental was purchased, but can not be found. Where is it? How do I access it?
If I try to rent it (again), I get a warning "you've already rented this movie, are you sure you want to rent it again?"
Okay -- fount it.
Hey guys, not very intuitive for mac. Someone ougjht to fix this.
Message was edited by: MarkS222This happened to me last week when I rented a movie on iTunes. Didn't want to watch it at the time so just let it download to my MacBook Pro. Last night I went to look for it but could not find it anywhere. This morning I tried something which worked. Open Finder then open downloads. In the search box type the name of the movie you rented and hit enter. You should then see a file folder with the name of the movie. Right click and direct it to open in iTunes. This will bring up the movie in iTunes and ask you if you want to watch. I suspect this will also work if you pause a movie, go back to it then can't find it.
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There is a TV series season that itunes identifies as PURCHASED but will not download as it says it has already been downloaded but I have no idea where the initial download is. Anyone know how to fix this?
Cancel your storage upgrade
If you upgrade or renew your storage but no longer need it, you can cancel. If you cancel your storage plan within 15 days of an upgrade or within 45 days after a yearly payment, you can contact Apple for a full refund. After this period, you can downgrade your storage for the following year.
Note: Partial refunds are available where required by law.
From here > http://help.apple.com/icloud/?lang=en#mma3518f8580
HelpKimIsAlreadyTaken wrote:
Since I purchased about $70 worth of movies and books and they won't load onto my iPad, do you think iTunes will refund my money?
If you make more room on your Device perhaps you can View/ use the purchases...
However if you would prefer a Refund... you can always ask... be sure to explain your situation...
To Contact iTunes Customer Service and request assistance
Use this Link > Apple Support iTunes Store Contact
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Have purchased a new computer but can not install elements 12 since it has been installed on an older laptop. This is a one time user program, is there a code that can be put in or a small fee to pay to be able to use the program again. Never installed the video editing and hoping this can be installed with no problem.
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use your installation discs or download the installation files.
Downloads available:
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Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8 | 9 standard
Premiere Elements: 13 | 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7 win | 8 mac | 7 mac
Photoshop Elements: 13 |12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7 win | 8 mac | 7 mac
Lightroom: 5.6| 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
Contribute: CS5 | CS4, CS3
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I am getting Already Purchased but yet not downloaded , in Consumable Product "In App Purchase"
I am trying on Purchase a Consumable Product , the First time is succeeds , but 2nd time I get "Already Purchased , but yet not downloaded" . I mean it is behaving like Non - Consumable . Please Help me out ASAP
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Had main desk top computer crash and need to reinstall purchase but have installed on a lap top - how can I reinstall?
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I am a bit of a computer/Internet/iTunes dummy....
I am concerned about the health of my current computer but have not yet made the commitment to a new one, but:
1) How can I transfer my iTunes account to a new computer when I get one...
and
2) What can I do if my current computer suddenly implodes and I have not yet 'copied/'saved'/otherwise protected my account, as is? -- I have already had my computer crash once and had one of your people help me restore all of the paid for songs (none of the uploaded from my own collection of CD songs, of course, so I had to spend a long time rebuilding that) -- and I believe I was told you could only help me recover that material one or two times altogether, no?
WithOUT purchasing a Mach or iCloud (I actually think I have one of the later, but rarely have checked it) account, is there anything I can do to responsibly protect my account?
Thanks for any time taken on this!!!These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
Note if you have iOS devices and haven't moved your contacts and calendar items across then you should create one dummy entry of each in your new profile and iTunes should merge the existing data from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library or a backup then then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data.
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Windows 10 downloads but does not install...
windows 10 downloads but does not install on my Stream 13-c010nr (OS 8.1). Says I need 5 GB more before it can install. Should I factory reset? Any suggestions?
If you can run the recovery, it should free up enough space although in this thread, it did not. It might also help to download the Windows 10 ISO file and run it from a USB. You do not have to run any updates to Windows 8.1 if you do that, you can upgrade right after restoring to the factory configuration.
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Hi!
Am totally new to iphone and have a 3gs. Am trying to upodate software as in the itunes store it says that I need to to purchase. When I try to update a message says that there are purchases that hav not been down loaded to my library? As far as I know I haven't purchased anything from itunes as it would not let me until i upgraded! Totally confused would it be anything to do with purchases made on my computer through e-bay? Please help me someone as am terrified to upgrade until I know what this message means.
Would really appreciate any help please.
Many thanks
p.s How do you know what operating system you are on?http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
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