Storage usage, for Snow Leopard, like Lions about this mac option?

When you hit about this mac on Lion you have an option to look at a storage break down. i.e it shows you what files are using the storage. Is there a way to do this on snow leopard? Either an app or widget for the dashboard?

I plugged the external drive with Snow Leopard (it's set to always boot in 64 bit kernel), and booted up iMac with it. It started fine, but it decided to use 32 bit kernel anyway. This is iMac version 7.1 with 64 bit EFI and 4 GB of RAM. It should technically be possible to boot 64 bit kernel, but doesn't work. I won't even try my Aluminum Macbook .

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I was wondering if I could use Boot Camp and install Windows 7 on my black Macbook. I don't see where I can tell what year it is from in the about this mac option either...? Please help. I am afraid that my mac is considered vintage now :(

I read somewhere earlier that if my macbook is vintage, then I can't install windows/bootcamp. Maybe this is too big a venture for me to undertake anyway, but just in case I wanted to get a little help before I dig too deep... I think it was late 2006 or early 2007 when I purchased my black Macbook.

To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
model 1,1 (Early 2006)
model 2,1 (Late 2006 & Mid 2007)
model 3,1 (Late 2007)
model 4,1 (Early 2008)
model 5,1 (Late 2008, Aluminum Unibody)
model 5,2 (Early 2009, 2.0GHz Model Only)
model 5,2 (Mid 2009, 2.13GHz Model Only)
model 6,1 (Late 2009, White Unibody)
model 7,1 (Mid 2010)

Got a new hard drive for Snow Leopard, but what about all the applications?

Hi,
Installing Snow Leopard revealed a faulty hard drive, but Genius Bar got me a new hard drive and installed Snow Leopard and the rest of the Mac Box Set for me.
I'm putting my computer back together, and I had all my files backed up on a Passport, but what do I do about the applications that I had? I could use a reinstallation of Office for Mac and Final Cut Express. Can I ask the companies directly?
-James

JimClive wrote:
Since I bought my computer, I've moved four times and have probably lost those installation disks. Is there any way I can get or download new ones?
More reason to back up your +*entire system,+* whether with Time Machine, a "clone" app like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, and/or some other way.
You should still retain the original discs, of course, but having a full system backup greatly reduces the chance you'll need them.
For info on Time Machine, you might want to review the Time Machine Tutorial
and perhaps browse Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
For info on others, see Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product.

Unable to set up a dual boot for Snow Leopard and Lion

I'm running an early 2011 MacBook Pro. I originally ran this machine with Snow leopard for quite a while. I've got 8 GB RAM and lots of free space on my hard drive. I upgraded to Lion and it works well. But I want to boot to Snow Leopard from an external drive to run some old Rosetta apps. However, I couldn't run the Snow Leopard installation disk on the Lion Machine. When I tried to boot to the installation disk, I would get a beeping sound during startup, three beeps in a row - repeating, and it would not boot. So I connected the external to another machine running Snow Leopard and I installed a new version of Snow Leopard on the external drive. But my Lion machine will not boot from that external. I am able to select the Snow Leopard drive in the Start Up Disk pane in the prefs. But when I restart, I just get the three beeps. I must be missing something here. Any help would be appreciated.

Not in cases when the computer successfully boots to one OS but produces three beeps when an attempt is made to boot it to another. If it really was a RAM problem that serious, the computer wouldn't get as far as checking the OS version, and it has no problems booting Lion. In the event of a minor RAM problem, it wouldn't produce three beeps like that at all.
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Am I SOL for Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion?

I have an iMac7,1 model. I was going to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but found I have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first. Okay. No biggie. Single user upgrade was like $30 as I recall. Well, seems you can't get it now. So am I screwed or what?

Phone the Apple Store and order it.
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RAM not made for snow leopard or lion?

Still running leopard.
Snow leopard still gets terminal error and shuts down after heavy useage or after a period of time. have troubleshot everything to the point where my RAM is in question. I did upgrade to 32 GB RAM shortly before first attempt at installing snow leopard. Bought RAm new from trusted source-OWC. How can I determine the cause of my failure to upgrade OS?
yes, have attempted clean installs with just base software. have tried various cloning methods. different hard drives. SSD hard drive. resetting all RAM, unplugging everything, removing all windows 7 and all windows components. still get terminal shutdown errors in anything besides Leopard.

yes, better terminology would be a kernal panic.
my bad, can never remember or screen clip the proper name.
not a dust issue. mac has plenty of breathing space.
motherboard issue would present itself in either OS leopard or Snow Leopard.
checked and verified all of the RAM was working 100% with an app that checks that sort of thing.
nothing in the kernal logs consistent to determine any specific problem with a devise or a software. and, since the kernal panic happens anytime in SNow Leopard: on a clean install with no software or external hardware attached as well as a completely loaded system, by process of eliminating neither software nor the drive would not be a source of problem-error occurs tested using multiple internal hard drives.
Hopefully, Lion will fix whatever has prevented a lasting upgrade over all of this time.

New Error Code -36 on Snow Leopard - will Lion fix this?

Guys - I know that this has been asked before - but I've not seen a solution that works. Basically, I used my PNY City USB Flash Drive as an "on the go" container for movies, music and work files. I happily was (and still am) to move all content from the PNY to my PC and view all on my Toshiba Portable DVD player. Until last night, I could happily transfer movies at whim from either my iMac or my Macbook Air to PNY to watch on the go. Last night the dreaded error code -36 arrived, stopping me from writing ANY content from my two apple computers to the PNY. Then, I surfed the net for 3 hours and tried:
Disk Utility (Repair etc)
Terminal dot_clean
Jumping on the PNY stick, then my iMac, finally my Macbook Air
Breaking PNY stick in two.
Obvs, kidding about the last two. Nothing works. I've now ordered my Lion thumb drive as I've heard tell that this is a Snow Leopard-specific issue. It better be at £55 an upgrade.
Now everything except movie files (.mkv, .avi etc) can be moved from the apple computers to the PNY - but not what I need - the movies! I need the content on the PNY because this is what I stick in to my Toshiba to view content on my commute.
I use a PC at work and I've just copied items from the PNY to the PC which works, but has a write-protection error message preventing me. Seems like the PNY has flipped to write-protection? I can't remove it at the moment as at work and big brother does not give me permissions here to do that - I'll try it at home. BUT would be great to know:
(a) why this happens
(b) is there a solution
(c) has this been addressed by Lion - have any Lion users had this issue too?
Apple support says that it's 10.6.8 update fixed error code -36 - but it surely didn't on mine!
Cheers guys.

Emzelld wrote:
the dreaded error code -36 arrived
Error -36 is not a specific error or bug. It simply means input/output error, and nothing more. If it occurs when copying a file, it doesn't even tell you whether the issue is with the source or the target. It can be caused by any number of problems.
Apple support says that it's 10.6.8 update fixed error code -36
Where exactly does it say that? I can't find anything about an "error code -36" in the "about" doc
<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4561>
Until last night, I could happily transfer movies at whim
In that case, it's not likely you're dealing with a bug in the OS.
from either my iMac or my Macbook Air […] PC which works, but has a write-protection error message preventing me. […]
So, let me get this straight.
You get an I/O error when you try to copy from one Mac.
You get an I/O error when you try to copy from another Mac.
And you get some kind of error or unexpected issue when trying to copy from the PC.
What exactly do all these three have in common?
First, that there's an error; second, that it occurs with the same "PNY City USB Flash Drive".
So what's your conclusion? That you've encountered some bug in Mac OS X? Or that there's some problem with the drive?

MacPro1,1 upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion possible w/7300GT?

Am having to go to Lion to use some new apps, which will not run on my Snow Leapord OSX 10.6.8
on a Mac Pro 1,1 - 2 x 2.66Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series ("Woodcrest")
Most articles, which I read say this is doable and should pose little problem, if any.
Talked with Apple tech and he confirms my 1,1 is good for Lion 10.7.5. However. I'm also reading that I need to have a Intel Core 2 Duo for Lion. but my 1,1 is a Dual-Core Intel Xeon.
So, I'm a bit confused.
If I can upgrade to Lion, this is my situation:
Am NOT a video/photo/music mixer user, ands 95% of usage is lots of spread sheet w/graphs, word docs, some low-end drafting, and tons of web browsing research.
My TOTAL storage usage for Snow Leapord OS, all Apps, Docs, Pics, Music is only 65GB, and will not grow by another 5 GB, until I do a machine upgrade in a couple of years, I hope.
Existing set up:
Have 8 GB of ram
Have 4 drives:
SSD 120g drive (upon which I now have everything; boot,apps, & docs)
SSD 120g drive (not yet installed, but 'in hand')
1 internal 500GB drive, as a nightly CC Clone back up for existing boot, apps, & docs SSD
1 bootable external FW 250GB drive, as a nightly CC Clone back, 'back up' for existing boot, apps, & docs SSD
Have 2 - 23" HD Cinema displays at 1920x1200 res. running on one Apple Nvidia Geforce 256MB 7300 GTHave 'spare' Apple Nvidia Geforce 256MB 7300 GT installed, but am not running anything on it, because of strage display behavior when using both 7300 GTs
Desired new setup:
1 SSD, running Lion, installed by Apple's $20 online disk image 'upgrade' (From SL) routine (not a 'clean install' of Lion)
1 SSD, running Snow Leapord (for Rosetta-dependent apps)
On the 500 Gb drive, make three partitions:
One partition for Lion boot B/U.
One partition for Snow Leapord boot B/U. (however, I'm sure about where to locate the Rosetta-dependent apps?)
One partition for apps, docs, etc
Then Back up the three partitions on the 500GB drive with the external FW 250 GB drive. Total about 65GB
Is there another way I should use the 4 drives?
Note: Am cloning with the "Delete anything on 'destination' disk', which is not on 'source' disk", option, and do not need old versions of docs.
Thanks very much for any thoughts you might have on this planned upgrade.

I need to have a Intel Core 2 Duo
...Core 2 Duo Or Better...and a XEON is better.
Take the 250 external enclosure apart and put in the largest drive (500) instead. You cannot back up 500 GB of stuff onto a 250.
Backing up different stuff to so many different partitions is too complicated... and too complicated does not get done religiously.
Consider leaving ONLY System, Library, Applications, and the hidden Unix files including Paging/Swap on your Boot drive(s). Move Users folders off to another drive. This will allow you to switch back and forth between systems easily.
In case of a disaster, Boot Drives can be re-created from the release discs in a few hours. Almost all the preferences/customizations are in your User account fiolders.
When you download 10.7, after it downloads and before it installs, interrupt it and make yourself a DVD of the Installer image. It will not be there when the Installer finishes. Instructions are readily available from reliable sources online.
A WD 1TB black is under US$100.

How can I upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion from Leopard 10.5.8?

I can't find any way to get Snow Leopard from the apple store. It is on Amazon for $100+ and there are lots of fake ''free'' downloads online, but I don't want to use them?
Is there any ways to get to Snow Leopard or Lion from this old opperating system?!
My mac is a 2008 Macbook Pro.
Thank you!

Hi,
I just bought the iphone 5 but have a 2009 Macbook Pro so was running 10.5.8. Needed to upragde to snow leopard then to mountain lion. S.L. is no longer available in stores. The guy in the shop told to cal apple support (0800 048 0408) but was skepitcal. Amazin was quite expensive so I ended up ringing just to check... TOTALLY WORTH IT! Got it for £13, when I would have paid about £70. Apparently they are trying to encourage people to get SL so they can get the icloud.
Ring up! Honestly, their customer serivce was so helpful and lovely. Whole episode has reminded me why I love Apple.

Dual boot machine- snow leopard and Lion

It appears I will need to set up one of my machines as dual boot, containing partitions for Snow Leopard and Lion. The reason is that Quicken is NOT compatible with Lion, and will apparently never be. Intuits "solutions" are to go to other, far less capable software, or not upgrade. Which, of course means, NEVER upgrade again.
So, I think my best solution is to set up a partition for snow leopard and one for Lion. How do I go about this? Size of partition. How to partition? Which boot disks do I use to do this?
Any help is much appreciated.

Ok, I just got done doing this yesterday so I can lay it out for you.
1: Copy all your user files to a regular external drive and disconnect.
2: Carbon Copy Cloner your 10.6.8 setup to another blank HFS+Journaled external drive and disconnect.
3: Hold c and boot off the 10.6 installer disk and erase your entire boot drive in Disk Utility (under the Utilities menu) format HFS+Journaled (default) of course.
4: Quit and install 10.6. Setup with the same user name as Snow. Run the 10.6.8 Combo Update. Then Software Update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
5: Use the MacAppStore to download Lion, BUT DO NOT INSTALL yet! Cancel it and click on the Installer and select "Show in Finder" follow these instructions to make boot DVD's and dmg images of Lion installer.
http://www.eggfreckles.net/tech/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
6: Once you do that, then Install Lion. On a pristine 10.6.8 with no third party programs or other BS it should go perfectly. Check it out that it's stable just in case or else hold command r and boot into the Recovery Partition and redownload/install again.
7: Once that's done and Software Updated, run Bootcamp and create a Windows partition larger than your 10.6.8 clone naturally. The size is up to you to decide. Cancel the Bootcamp when the partition is created.
8: Hold Option and boot off the 10.6.8 clone with all your stuff and programs, use Disk Utility to change the "BOOTCAMP" partition to "Snow Leopard" and make it a HFS+ Journaled partition from the MSDOS format (not the whole drive now or you'll lose Lion and the Recovery Partition) If this doesn't work then use Disk Utility c booted from the 10.7 DVD or command r from the Lion Recovery Partition and use Disk Utility there.
9: Once that's done, Option boot off the 10.6.8 clone and Carbon Copy Clone 10.6.8 onto the Snow Leopard partition.
Walla, a dual boot system with all your stuff intact. Just hold option upon boot and/or use the Startup Disk in System Preferences to set a default.
I'm currently working on a quad boot system now. It's got Lion, Snow, Linux and will have Windows too. A lot more complicated than simply Snow and Lion.
Note: OS X Lion reguires a internet connection to install, even from a boot DVD.
Enjoy.

I have Mac OS X 10.5.8, can I upgrade to Mountain Lion without first upgrading to Snow Leopard or Lion?

I have Mac OS X 10.5.8, can I upgrade to Moutain Lion without first upgrading to Snow Leopard or Lion first?

No.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
Snow Leopard from eBay
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.
Be sure your computer meets the minimum requirements:
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
7. Xserve (Early 2009)
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.
Model Eligibility for Snow Leopard and Lion.
Snow Leopard General requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
2. 1GB of memory
3. 5GB of available disk space
4. DVD drive for installation
5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

What app replaces MacJanitor for Snow Leopard

I need an app to replace MacJanitor for Snow Leopard, and Lion. Any suggestions???

Not really needed and I don't know of anything. Snow Leopard runs the periodic scripts at wake up if the computer has been sleeping. But you can rotate the system.log manually. This doesn't get run if the computer has been asleep (I think it's midnight.) See the command and instructions in my post in this nearby thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17943983#17943983

Aperture for snow leopard

Hiya,
I'm considering getting Aperture or Lightroom. I use snow leopard and have currently no inclination to get lion. I see the latest and greatest aperture 3.3.1 is available _only_ for lion. Is it possible to purchase a version for snow leopard?
I found this discussion on getting 3.2.4 by downloading the trial and such, but is this necessary? Calling apple support and begging for an activation serial code for the trial?
If apple doesn't want my money perhaps I should just get lightroom - any input on this folks?
thanks!
shawn

For Snow Leopard, you could do the following if Amazon will ship to your location:
Order Aperture 3 retail DVD from here:
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB957Z-A-Aperture-3/dp/B002I0JKSS
Download the Aperture 3.2.4 update from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1538
This would give you the highest update level compatible with Snow Leopard. This would give you the ability to reinstall at any time on Snow Leopard as well (the EULA allows installation on 2 computers as long as only one instance is running in RAM at a time).
Note - the unified library feature and new 'Skin Tone' white balance is not part of 3.2.4, but Lightroom doesn't have a 'Skin Tone' white balance either.

Is there a stand along application for Pages that I can download for Snow Leopard?

Is there a stand along application for Pages (that's not part of iWork) that I can download for Snow Leopard?

Go to the Mac App Store and search for Pages. That is the only source of a stand alone version, but it requires 10.7, so it does not appear to be possible.

About This Mac Storage shows wrong size

Hello, the story so far
Actions:
- MBA early 2014 (128GB) maverick updated to yosemite in November 2014
- fresh install of Yosemite via wifi in January 2015 - followed instructions as suggested here http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14243
Consequences after fresh installation:
- About This Mac > Storage shows total hard disk size 120GB, About This Mac > Storage shows 110GB
- About This Mac > Storage shows approx 9GB of apps. The actual applications folder size is far, far, far less than 9GB as showed in Terminal.
- About This Mac > Storage shows approx 1GB of data for videos, audio and photos. There are no photos, video, documents stored on MBA.
For the records, no device data was sync after fresh installation and the trash is being emptied securely.
I am new to MAC so I would be grateful if you could help me understanding why About This Mac > Storage is showing more data stored than Terminal and Finder and what I should do to rectify the discrepancy.
Many thanks of your understanding and support.
Cheers, puzzled_me

Kappy, may thanks. No difference, Get Info for the folders returns same data size as About This Mac > Storage
On a different note I have noticed that there are two Library folders under harddrive. See screenshot attached.
System/Library (6.8GB) folder contains subfolders that are also contained under Library (2.7GB) folder.
Could that be the problem?? Is that normal to have two Library folders??
Thank you for your help.

Storage usage, for Snow Leopard, like Lions about this mac option?

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