The MESS of Snow Leopard Printing
To say that Apple is Frustrating me with Printing in Snow Leopard is an understatement!
Snow Leopard 10.6 worked, Snow Leopard 10.6.1 Worked. Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and the 3 subsequent HP Printer Drivers has so seriously screwed up my system and I don't have a clue what to do to get it working again? Well perhaps I should do the same thing I had to do for the years that I was using Microsoft Operating Systems. Format the hard disk and reinstall everything fresh!
I have a HP LaserJet P2055dn that worked flawlessly before all these changes. Now Snow Leopard hardly recognizes the printer and all the money that I spent on the printer including the built in DUPLEXER and the additional 256MB memory are GONE!
Hewlett Packard doesn't even provide any print drivers for Snow Leopard. They say that Apple has everything I need to print!!!!!!!!!!
Then I connected via VPN to work once, have NEVER EVER added a printer from Work on the Mac Pro at home.
How the HECK did 11 Bonjour printers get added, and more importantly, what steps do I need to take to remove the NON-EXISTANT bonjour printers and ENSURE that they NEVER show up again?
What steps do I need to take to get my HP LaserJet P2055dn to show properly, show the right amount of memory, show that it has a duplexer and to show the right model number?
Freymour wrote:
Hewlett Packard doesn't even provide any print drivers for Snow Leopard. They say that Apple has everything I need to print!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, they do. Check http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669. There are updated drivers for this printer available through Software Update or by downloading from Apple or HP.
How the HECK did 11 Bonjour printers get added, and more importantly, what steps do I need to take to remove the NON-EXISTANT bonjour printers and ENSURE that they NEVER show up again?
Are they added in Print & Fax Prefs? If so, you can delete them there.
What steps do I need to take to get my HP LaserJet P2055dn to show properly, show the right amount of memory, show that it has a duplexer and to show the right model number?
If you don't have the most recent driver, updating to that would be a good start. I am not sure what to suggest about memory configuration and duplexing since these options don't show up in the installable options panel when choosing the driver, but asking HP might help.
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New - HP - Snow Leopard print drivers for missing printers available now
Good news - the Snow Leopard print drivers for the following devices are now available from Apple Software Updates. The drivers were not available this last week after Snow Leopard intro, thanks for everyones patience.
It is strongly recommended to first update to Mac OS X 10.6.1 before installing these new drivers. Make sure that the printer is turned on and connected via USB cable before launching Apple Software Update.
HP 910
HP 915
HP Deskjet 3320 series
HP Deskjet 3420 series
HP Deskjet 3500 series
HP Deskjet 3600 series
HP Deskjet 3740 series
HP Deskjet 3840 series
HP Deskjet 3900 series
HP Deskjet D1300 series
HP Deskjet D1400 series
HP Deskjet D1500 series
HP Deskjet D2300 series
HP Deskjet D2400 series
HP Deskjet D4100 series
HP Deskjet D4200 series
HP Deskjet D4300 series
HP Deskjet F2100 series
HP Deskjet F2200 series
HP Deskjet F4100 series
HP Officejet 4100 series
HP Officejet 4105
HP Officejet 4200 series
HP Officejet 5500 series
HP Officejet J3600 series
HP PSC 1000 series
HP PSC 1100 series
HP PSC 1200 series
HP PSC 1300 series
HP PSC 1310 series
Print and scan functionality is included in this Apple Software Update for these 4 models:
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HP Officejet 4300 series
HP Officejet 5600 series
HP PSC 1400 series
The print drivers for these 4 models are included with this update also:
HP Laserjet P2035
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Please note - updated Snow Leopard drivers are not yet available for these 3 HP LaserJets. HP is working on it, coming soon.
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HP LaserJet P1505
(Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP)Thank you!
Carolyn -
Imposible continue the installation of Snow leopard 10.6 on a 1TB external hard disk, what can I do?
Imposible continue with the installation of Snow leopard 10.6 on a 1TB external hard disk. I did the same last year and I continued working but suddenly appeared the simbol with a folder and a question mark and I know this is a problem so I click in the format option to the hard disk and when I tried to install again Snow Leopard, 'cause I want to recover my backups with Time Machine, I couldn't continue because the installation didn't respond to the click in the Utilities option or to next step > continue . Please, What can I do? I'll wait for your answers. Thank you so much in advance.
Hello Melophage,
It is the original hard drive which should have been erased by the previous owner. The problem is, I cannot access it without any OS installed. Or maybe there is a bootable USB or DVD that can do it ?
Just an indication: when I boot without CD inserted in it, it shows a grey folder icon with a questionmark like this one:
Thank you for your help
PS: Yes, I am interested by the replacement pair of grey installation DVDs for my model. Where can I purchase this ? -
i am deleting files through my trash in my macbook pro (2010) and then emptying the trash can, but my hard disk space is not increasing! i recently upgraded to lion and the problem is new, wasn't the same with snow leopard! HELP!!!!!
When i press command+I (Get Info) i see that there is 140 GB "Available Space" on my hard disk but when i click on my hard disk icon on the desktop, and then press "space" i only see 102 GB free!! What the f*???
Please HELP!!!!!! Getting second thoughts on Lion!!!!Hi b,
Have you restarted yet? -
Is there a way to change the color of the Menu Bar (Snow Leopard)?
Without using an external program, that is.
I know you can change it with an external program, but I was wondering if anyone knows how to modify it from within OS X's files themselves?
A similar question might be asked about the Dock, or Snow Leopard's Exposé.
All modifications are done by navigating to: Mac OS Hard Drive/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/
Modify Exposé: expose-window-selection-big.png (for non-minimized windows), expose-window-selection-small.png (for minimized windows)
Modify the color of the Dock: scurve-l.png, scurve-m.png, scurve-sm.png, scurve-xl.png
Modify the color of the divider between apps and folders on the Dock: separatorstraight-horizontal.png, separatorstraight.png
Modify the icon in the Dock when Stacks are activated: pileArrow.png, pileLeftArrow.png, pileRightArrow.pngI agree that major OS upgrades (e.g. Snow Leopard to Lion) will probably change things back to normal, and I don't entirely trust external programs to change things for me.
I'm going to stick around with Snow Leopard for a while though, so I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to directly change the Menu Bar files themselves. The aforementioned modifications are just changes to the Dock's standard PNG files, so it's relatively easy to alter its color/design (backing up the original Dock.app just in case). -
I am trying to re-install the Mac OSX snow leopard onto an older I mac with a new hard drive. I run into the "select the disk "where you want to install Mac OSX but there is nothing in the window to select. Any advice?
After you install a new hard drive, you need to boot to another drive to initialize it to MAC OS Extended (journaled) format and create the partition(s) on the drive. You do this using Disk Utility. Otherwise, the mac operating install process doesn't see a formatted disk to install to.
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How to record the screen in snow leopard ?
how to record the screen in snow leopard ?
Must I find it myself !
Well you could try Google :-)
I am unsure if you want a static image, or a movie recording of what you are doing on your screen.
Images can be done using Command-Shift-3, Command-Shift-4, and Command-Shift-4-Space.
3rd party utilities such as Skitch will allow you to annotate the image after you capture it.
Making a movie of your screen activities can be done usng Applications -> Quicktime
There are 3rd party screen records such as Snapz Pro, ScreenSteps, etc...
And of course you can do a Google search. -
I have Os Lion on my mac book pro, im not a fan of this because i cant run many games, i have the disk for snow leopard my machine came with but i get a error saying "unable to unmount disc" when i try erase my hard drive i just want OS SL back any help?
many thanks Carl.You must boot from another drive in order to erase the system drive.
Try starting up with Snow Leopard DVD inserted and C depress. That should get you booted from the DVD. Then start Disk Utitlity from DVD and erase the disk then you should be able to install Snow Leopard.
Remember that everything will be removed from the disk when you erase it and install Snow Leopard so backup first.
Allan -
How can I make folder View Options the default in Snow Leopard?
Hi everybody! Here I am, learning to Mac!
When I do a secondary click on an open folder's background and click on +show visualization options+ (actually, +mostrar opciones de visualización+ in spanish), there's an option +set as default+ ( +ajustes por omisión+ ) which, as far as I understood, should change all the rest folder's aspect, as icon's size, font size, background image and so on... but all the rest folder's aspect keep being shown as before, just the folder where I am working changes.
My questions are: if I am wrong with the use of that "ajustes por omisión", what is it for? And how can I personalize the aspect of all folders on my mac?
Thanks for your helpIt's "show view options" in English. Also obtained by typing CMD+J
Those only apply to the top-level folder. Each folder you open uses whatever you've elected to use as the defaults. Select a folder, CMD+J, set the view as you desire, click on Use as Default button. That setting will be used for all windows that you open in the future that have never been opened previously. All other windows that you opened will retain whatever view you previously selected for them.
If you want to reset everything to one view, close all open Finder windows, launch the Terminal app (/Applications/Utilities/), copy & paste this command into the window that pops up,
find ./ -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;
hit the return key, quit the Terminal app, restart, open a Finder window, CMD+J, set up the view options as desired, click the Use as Defaults button, and close the view options window. Now, every Finder window you open will have this view.
Once you sort this out, see:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
Mac 101: Mac Essentials,
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts,
Anatomy of a Mac,
MacTips, and
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist,
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides,
Take Control E-books, and
A guide for switching to a Mac. -
How can I go back into the Mac os snow leopard if I'm on windows 7 on my MacBook pro?
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit into my MacBook pro using Bootcamp, but I can't go back into the Mac OS Snow Leopard. Every time it starts up, it goes into Windows. Can someone please help me?
Boot Camp
MacBook Pro
X on startup
install Apple drivers in Windows and use Boot Camp control panel there, or from quick switch taskbar.
hold option key on startup.
read the guide for boot camp.
Apple Support Boot Camp -
i need to update my operating system from 10.5.8 to 10.6 on my mac mini, I believe its the one before snow leopard and is just called leopard.
You seem to have your OS's confused. Your profile says 10.6 but you are asking to update from 10.5.8.
10.5.8 is Leopard. It is also the highest level of Leopard you can achieve.
10.6.(x) is Snow Leopard. And 10.6.8 is the highest level you can achieve.
If you have 10.6 then all you will need to do is download and apply the combo updater.
If you have 10.5.8, then you will need to review the machine ... Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard -Read the Technical Specifications
Subject the machine will take it, you will then need to buy Snow Leopard from your National on-line Apple store.
Before you start upgrading, back up your files. If you are unsure how best to do this, the following link is hugely informative. Most commonly used backup methods: Apple Support Communities
Once you have upgraded to Snow Leopard, your upgrade will take you to 10.6.3 and you then will need to apply the Combo updater. Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1
and follow with software updates to pick up the most recent security and iTunes updates.
This will give you the best and highest level includine the App Store.
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I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?
Your machine likely can't handle Mountain Lion 10.8 nor 10.7, if it does it will run slow and very higly likely a lot of your third party software and drivers for printers and scanners won't function anymore.
It's because your 10.5 era (or earlier) machine is rather dated, hardware has advanced and is faster, the newer OS X versions have gotten bloated.
I do recommend you call Apple via phone and order the 10.6.3 white retail disks, backup your personal data off the 10.5.8 Mac to a external storage drive and when the disk arrives, stick it in and run the upgrade installer.
Once that's finished, reboot and use Software Update to get to 10.6.8 and stay there. You can buy stuff from AppStore, just don't upgrade to 10.8 (or 10.7) as thats when you'll have issues.
10.6 should run your currrently installed PPC software and hardware drivers. But 10.7/10.8 will not.
10.6 is receiving security and other updates from Apple as more than 50% of OSX users are still on it.
Most commonly used backup methods
Things to consider before upgrading OS X -
I have an 06' macbook and I just bought an 07' macbook.. The 06' has os x 10.6 but the 07' has 10.5.. I no longer have the disk for snow leopard. Is there ANY way to get snow leopard from the old computer to the other without having to buy it again?
Technical issues aside, there's still a legal issue.
Neither 2006 nor 2007 MacBooks shipped with Snow Leopard 'factory' installed. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard became available in September 2009. So you purchased and installed a Snow Leopard upgrade disc on the 2007 system at some point.
If your Snow Leopard upgrade was a single-user copy, then legally, you need to purchase another one for the second computer. If your Snow Leopard upgrade was a Family Pack 5-user license, then you're good to go.
http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MC574Z/A?pqid=QTUXD7AF4YU9FJD YUTDPCKYKUDDDXKHTK
If you have an active MobileMe account, Apple was giving away a single-user upgrade copy of Snow Leopard for a limited time, and you should have received an email with a link, or been offered the opportunity when you signed in to your MobileMe account on the web:
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/24/free-snow-leopard-discs-for-mobileme-users-n ow-arriving/
Worst case, single-user Snow Leopard upgrade discs are $29 retail, direct from Apple. I'd hate to have two computers and no OS installation CD's for whatever version I'm currently using. -
The 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD is back in the Apple online store
The 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD is back in the Apple online store. You cn now get it without having to phone the store.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopardHello:
I would probably try E-bay. You could also call an Apple retail store and ask them.
Barry -
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