Snow Leopard and aftermarket HDD (won't install on WD3200)

I figured this out last night and thought I would post a word of caution. I have a Macbook with a WDC WD3200BEVT HDD. I had originally cloned my stock HDD to it and therefore never needed to go through a real install routine. When I tried installing SL last night, I got the restart and, when it asked me where to install SL, the option screen was blank! I checked disk utilities and only saw the DVD drive; the HD wasn't showing up at all. Called Apple support who tried a number of different things (check SMART status; GUID formatted; etc) to no avail until I remembered that this was not the 'stock' HDD. I then put it into a firewire enclosure and ran the install which was successful. The HDD is back in place and all is working well.
A word of caution, the install took one hour (over FW400) and the computer was unresponsive for at least 20 minutes of that (blank screen, no light on front, little to no HDD activity). I almost turned it off 2-3 times but gave it time in the end which was the right thing to do. Just wanted this info out there for anyone else with an upgraded HDD. I can confirm others with this same drive are having the same issues (via macrumors).
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Again, you need to install the Lion Server Admin tools when you are using Lion or Lion Server as your platform, and these tools can administer Lion Server as well as recent Snow Leopard Server configurations.
If you want to use Screen Sharing (or if you're using older SL or Leopard or earlier), then that too is an option.
Or run a VM and guests with the tool version(s) required.
Mac OS X Server Admin Tools 10.7.3 (DL1488)
This cross-version compatibility is (was?) documented by Apple, but I don't immediately see that detail in the current release notes. I am using these tools to manage a mix of 10.7.2, 10.7.3 and 10.6.8 servers from Lion client boxes.

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Thanks

Here are the directions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US
Ciao.

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I just loaded snow leopard and cannot get safari to work.. Now what do I do?

Won't work as in, does it open and then quit unexpectedly?

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I did add Rosetta from the Optional Installs off the Snow Leopard Install CD.
I went to OKIDATA and downloaded and installed ftp://ftp2.okidata.com/pub/drivers/MacOSX6/OKIDPSUMX6MC.dmg
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I need to switch from manual to auto IP Address Set in the OKI Menu on my printer.
Hit Enter
Arrow down to "Network Menu"
Hit Enter
Arrow Down to "IP Address Set"
Hit Enter
Error down to "Auto"
Hit Enter and "Auto" should stop blinking
Hit Back till you see "Network Menu"
Hit Enter
Scroll to "IP Address" & Write Down this Address.
Hit cancel.
On your Mac Select the Apple in the upper left of your screen.
choose "System Preferences"
double-click on "Print & Fax"
Right-click to "Reset printing system" this will delete all printers and documents pending.
Click "+" to add printer
To get this right I did have to call the 24 hour support at OKIDATA... but Amen, it is all working now...
Click
"IP" Button
Protocol = Line PRinter Daemon - LPD
Address: the IP Address from your printer
Queue: leave blank
Name: what ever name you want
Location: not necessary
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I tried the ftp link. The server is closing the connection unless you supply a user name and password. It appears (at least for now) that you will have to start at http://okidata.com/mkt/html/nf/Drivers.html. Choose your model and supply your name and email address. The page says that this information is optional, but I could not get a download when I did not supply the information. I did not give them my information and try it.
Matt
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Just upgraded macbook to Snow Leopard, and now itunes won't recognize my iphone. I tried turning all off, and on. I have the newest version of itunes. Will I have to reset my iphone (and also ipod touch?), and if so, does it mean I lose anything?

I just upgraded macbook to SnowLeopard 10.6.3 and now itunes won't recognize my iphone. I tried turning everything off and restarting. I have the latest version of itunes. If I have to reset the phone (and ipod touch), what does that mean? Will I lose anything? How long will it take? thanks

Start iTunes. Make sure you really are running the version you think you are. Sometimes people end up with two copies, different versions.
Mac OS X v10.6: iOS device not recognized in iTunes after restart - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3540
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
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Snow Leopard Installation Disk Ejects - won't install

A brand new Snow Leopard Installation disk would not be read in a MacBook Pro 15" so I just thought I'd share my solution.
This installation disk was readable on every Mac that I tried except the one that I wanted to install Snow Leopard onto, which, by the way, could read other CDs and DVDs.
I ran TechTool just to eliminate any problem it may be able to handle.
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Hans, will that Pioneer cause problems with this Tiger app? One comment I read on one forum said that non-Apple disk drives have to be disabled to run Tiger, so I wonder if that would solve this problem. I appreciate all the time you've given me to help solve this problem. Like most projects, a lot more is involved that appears at first.

Snow Leopard and Canon i9900 won't print . . .

I get an error code 311 when trying to print to my Canon i9900 under Snow Leopard. I just installed the Canon driver so I am sure I have the latest one. I can print a test page and verify ink tank levels but can't print a photo. I am connected to this printer via firewire. I also have a Brother HL2070N connected to my router and to my Mac via the ethernet connection. Can this be throwing me off?
Greg

I am having the same problem. But I am also having an even bigger problem: when I send a document to print from Adobe CS3 (Indesign, Photoshop), and MS Office 2004, they are getting stuck in the print cue and just sitting there, jamming, and not going through to print. I am thinking this is an issue of incompatibility between Adobe CS3 and Mac OS 10.6.2. The new drivers and the new software updates are not helping.
I will try a USB cord instead of the Firewire, but do you think this is a software issue?

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Hi I am trying to upgrade from leopard 10.5.8 to SL 10.6.3. I followed the instructions and it keeps rebooting before the install is complete. The screen says the install will continue when teh computer restarts but it doesnt, it puts me right back at the very begining. Agh help please.

Snow Leopard doesn't require a restart to install.
Are you booting from the install DVD?
Restart your MacBook holding the Option key and select the install DVD.

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hi,
I am using Boot Camp to install Windows 7, and when the installation starts, I get an error message/ popup window that states: "Unable to locate CD/DVD drivers...".
I can't eject the CD, or figure out which drivers it needs, & how to get them.
I've noticed a lot of people are having this same issue with various PC manufacturers and various releases of Windows 7...
Some people have successfully avoided this by installing off of a USB drive. I am wondering if it's at all possible to install Windows 7 / Boot Camp with a USB drive... or if there is another solution to this problem.
thanks
ben

hi,
i'm replying again to my own question with more info
basically i inserted the snow leopard and the mac os x install dvd's that shipped with my early 2009 nehalem mac pro tower into a windows machine. i was able to "explore" the dvd using windows and found some boot camp support folders which contained drivers.
i copied these drivers to a thumb drive.
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however - i don't see any potential drivers for the dvd burner/ superdrive...
here is the list of companies/ drivers supplied:
ATI
Broadcom
Marvell
Apple
Cirrus
MotorolaSetup.exe
Asix
IDT SigmaTel
NVidia
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Intel
RealTekSetup.exe
it is my understanding that the superdrive is hitachi...
the information on this drive inside the system profiler is as follows:
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Firmware Revision: PQ05
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds"
i really wish i knew more info about this drive and where to get windows drivers for it so i can install windows 7 on my mac pro.
this is the stock drive that shipped with this mac pro. i find it strange that no one else is running into this issue?
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ben

I installed snow leopard and now videos on my Xfinity home page won't play

I installed snow leopard and now videos on my Xfinity home page won't play

You may be in the same boat as me.
I deliberately bought a refurb Feb 2011 MacBook Pro, because it would have originally shipped with Snow Leopard. I have to run an application for my job, which does not run under Lion.
Unfortunately, Apple is now upgrading all Snow Leopard machines, before selling them as refurbs. I purchased a legal copy of Snow Leopard, and have tried various downgrade solutions that I found posted on the net, without success. No matter what I do, it always goes into "three beep mode" after trying to install Snow Leopard.
The latest development came this evening, while I was talking to the "geniuses" at Apple. Apparently, there is now a firmware revision that loads the first time you run Software Update under Lion, and it locks the machine so that it can't revert to Snow Leopard.
The only option they have been able to offer me so far, is to return the machine and get a refund. This is maddening, as I HAVE to have a Snow Leopard machine, and can't find any other way to purchase one.

I've installed snow leopard and now my MX860 won't scan

I've recently installed snow leopard and now my Canon MX860 won't scan. I've reinstalled the scan driver from the Canon website. Any other ideas?

I suggest that you open Print & Fax, select the MX860 under the scanner heading and remove it using the minus button. Then, still in Print & Fax, click the plus button to add the scanner again. The Add Printer browser will appear and with the Default icon selected the MX860 should appear as a printer and a scanner. Select the scanner entry and ensure the Print Using menu changes to Canon MX860 series. Click Add to complete the creation of the new scanner queue. Now test the new scanner by selecting it in the Print & Fax > Scanners list and then pressing Open Scanner.

Installed Aperture with new Snow Leopard and it won't open

I just got Aperture 2.0 and it installed fine but when I tried to open the application, its says it does not work with this version of Leopard. Is there a fix for this?

ScharadL wrote:
So essentially, you'd have to purchase the 2.14 update from the mac store?
No. He's saying he used the serial number that came with 2.x when he bought it, and it will work with the 2.14 download.
There seems to be a catch 22: Aperture 2.1 won't work with Snow Leopard, and the 2.14 update won't work because it can't find 2.1. The work around Daniel found is to download the 2.14 trial then authorize it with the 2.1 serial number.
See if it works for you ,and let us know.
DLS

I bought snow leopard and it won't install

I bought Snow Leopard and it won't install. It keeps saying, "You can't use this version of the application Install with this version of Mac OS X. You have Install Mac OS X 23.1.1."

Hi stedman, in theory, since the machine is a 2008, going from Lion to Snow Leopard should be possible, but requires the usual startup proceedure, boot holding the C key, then since ML is on the hard drive you must do an erase and install. You cannot do a reinstall. I say in theory because if all firmware updates have also been done following installation of Lion, there may be a firmware block now causing problems reading the SL disk.
That is the problem we all face trying to help diagnose these situations remotely...incomplete information.
So, for bistraung: how exactly are you trying to install SL? Are you trying to restart your computer with the SL disk in the optical drive and holding the C key? Or, are you trying to read the disk directly? You cannot do the latter.
Do you have a backup of the drive? If you do the SL install, you must erase the hard drive before installing SL which means you lose everything on the hard drive. So me sure you have a backup or you cannot get anything back.
Best approach would be get an external hard drive, format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled), GUID partition table, and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone of the internal hard drive. I say CCC instead of SupperDuper since CCC does a better job of also cloning the Recovery Hard Drive, which will be important if you need to work on Lion at all.
With a bootable clone, you can boot to either SL on the internal drive or Lion on the external drive...gives you options.

I just installed snow leopard and now my itunes won't recognize my iphone. how do i fix this?

I just installed snow leopard and now my itunes won't recognize my iphone. how do i fix this?

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591
You may have to remove & reinstall the AMDS, as described in that support article.

External HDD Issues with Snow Leopard and Time Machine

Hello,
I have a 1TB WD 10EADS External HDD, and it had some files on it. I connected it the other day to an iMac I recently upgraded to 10.6, and wanted to do a complete time machine backup of the computer to it (250GB HDD). I copied the files off the external HDD I needed and then Time Machine needed to format it as it was a FAT32 drive. This went successfully, and I started the Time Machine backup. This went quite slowly and failed after ~2.5GB or so. I restarted and tried again to no avail upon which Time Machine told me I should reformat it in Disk Utility. So I did, and to no avail.
I tried this a number of times and sometimes when doing a reformat I was told that the drive could not be unmounted. I tried manually copying files to the disk which started to work but then failed promptly with error (-36) and the message "The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in “ [Program/File Name]” can't be read or written." I upgraded to 10.6.1 also to no avail. I even repaired permissions and the disk, and booted Disk Utility from the Snow Leopard disc and formatted that to no avail.
I have read this is an I/O error and can be associated with bad drives, but as I stated before, the drive worked perfectly until Time Machine formatted it. I took the HDD to another Mac running 10.6, and it told me it had a POSIX error. I did some googling and found that if I format it under a Windows machine, and then reformat under the mac it might work.
What I want to know is, is this a 10.6 error or has the HDD decided to go kaput after Time Machine formatting it?
Thanks for your help

Thomas Huxley wrote:
Time Machine backup failed. I think it's a glitch with the computer, not the HDD. Going to zero out the drive now.
Any other suggestions on how I might bypass this error to get data onto the Disk eg. transfer over to another computer, so I can reformat the computer and install Snow Leopard from scratch? The whole purpose of doing this time Machine backup was to get all the files off the computer to perform a clean install of Snow Leopard.
I assume you're positive the TM disk has both the correct *Partition Map Scheme* (GUID) and Format (Mac OS Extended (journaled), but not case-sensitive)? One of them being wrong is the most common cause of a first TM backup failing.
Did you do either a +*Verify Disk+* (not permissions) or a +*Repair Disk+* (not permissions) on your internal HD, or only your TM drive? The message you got could be a result of a problem on either one.
Other options are to make a "bootable clone" via CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper. CCC is donationware, SD has a free version that will do it. If you do that, boot from it, and be sure everything works before erasing your internal HD. Google them.
Note that there are many, many reports of problems here with WD drives, and that some of them are not bootable.
I would not upgrade without backups (Murphy was an optimist!), but is there a reason you want to erase your HD? It's not required, and rarely does any good. The normal install will simply install Snow Leopard and remove Leopard. Your apps, data, etc., won't be touched.

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