Thunderbolt docks on snow leopard

I was thinking about getting one of the thunderbolt docks (belkin, matrox, or caldigit when it comes out).
My early 2011 MBP quad i7 2.0 (has thunderbolt port) is running snow leopard and I am reluctant to upgrade. These thunderbolt docks stipulate mountain lion is required - but I am wondering if this is only to use the USB3 ports.
Does anyone know if I would be able to use USB2 devices (via the USB3 ports) with this dock and snow leopard? I have no need for USB3 currently.
Thanks

I bought this dock with the same intentions. You need mountain lion for this to work. Under Snow Leopard it just doesn't get recognized. My solution was to partition my drive and add Mountain Lion to use usb 3 at half speed (that's the device's limit 2.5Gbs).

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No. Upgrade and buy the CalDigit device if your computer has Thunderbolt.
Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
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         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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Hey Guys I Wanted To Know How Do I Change The Download/Install Location Of Apps I download From The Mac App Store Bac To The Dock Like In Snow Leopard?

So Every Time I Download From The Mac App Store (In Lion) It Always Pops Up And Downloads/Installs In The iOS Feature Thing, So How Do I Change That So It Doenloads/Installs Straight 2 The Dock Like In Snow Leopard?? lol
Specs...
Macbook Pro (Early 2008)
Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB RAM (MAXED)

Actually it does because the Dock is Snow Leopard's program launcher. For Lion, LaunchPad is the program launcher, not the Dock. Don't like that? Here's where you complain. Otherwise, you asked and I answered.

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.
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          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.png

I 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).

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I am writing a large document and use the start speaking function often to hear parts of it read back after I write it.The speech sounds great for a page or two and then starts to become choppy and skips words and eventually becomes inaudible except for a few sputters. I would like to be able to listen to the entire document when I am done and would like to either solve the sputtering problem or find a new app that will allow a long paper to be read back by the computer. This problem is consistent on my macbook(2010) as well as my iMac(2009).
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I have to constantly reboot/restart between Lion on my New Thunderbolt Mini and Snow Leopard off and External Drive.
Why? There is no good way to do what you're doing.

Using one program Application on both Lion and Snow Leopard

I have to constantly reboot/restart between Lion on my New Thunderbolt Mini and Snow Leopard off and External Drive. What is the recommendation for using programs (which are built to run on both) such as iwork pages. Should I use one program off the Main Lion Internal HD? or as I have now - Maintian two programs, one on each hard drive. I can see Lion is having difficulty as it can see the other program and sometimes it launches the version on the SL drive. When in Snow Leopard the OS cannot search and therefore not register items not included in the Main Boot Drive.
I am a single user, so I'd like consistency in maintaining templates (and now version!?!) when I want to draft a letter and can't waste time to reboot. All my documents on both OS's are directed to a 3rd Drive to effectively keep my sanity. I was syning the preferences previously for mail and passwords,etc but recently the functions of Lion have expanded so much beyond SL as that I had to swtich off this sync to avoid conflicts.
Should I keep using two programs or when available use a single version. Noting this wont be on the boot drive of one of them. If I go to one. Can I keep the other on its boot drive in case of transporting it to another machine. Is there a way to park it so it's not referenced to use when I launch by opening a file? I though about zipping it? What happens when a version update might excel beyond SL? The current programs known already have 2 versions residing on each boot drive. If I go to 1 and a software update comes along, that would be a problem.
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Can i install OS X Snow Leopard on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13' ?

Hi guys , just wondering can i install on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13'' OS X Snow Leopard ? i dont like Lion at all . Many Thanks .

You may be able to install SL 10.6.8 (assuming there was no firmware update) if you follow these directions. Check with MacTracker http://mactracker.ca/ and download their free app detailing more info you ever thought you needed to know about Apple products.
- you can re partition partition the mac drive so that you can retain the pre-installed lion install
- or use an external drive
- attach your computer via firewire 800 to a Mac computer (capable of running 10.6.8 )
- boot the your computer holding down the T key to get it into target disk mode, it will appear on desktop as an external drive.
- install SLS v 10.6.3 Retail version from the DVD onto the new partition or external drive where you want Sl installed.
- install the 10.6.8 combo update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
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I have installed snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook, i got a problem that every time i want to save or put something on desktop it, says you dont have permisson why is this, also my dock want stay the same everytime i start up it defaults back?

i have installed snow leopard 10.6.3 on to my macbook which was currently 10.4.11, i wanted to do this so i can run Final Cut Pro 10 which needs 10.6.8 or higher. so i updated the snow leopard to 10.6.8 installed final cut pro ok. the problem i got is else where i cant save on put anything on desktop, it says i dont have permisson, and when i try and click on my documents same again. also i adjusted my dock to smaller added a few applications onto it, but every time i restart the laptop it defaults back why is this?!! so annoying. i had a look at my disk utilites and i have still got 10.4.11 on my Macintosh i can switch too? i installed the snow leopard 10.6.3 on my Data Disk. can anyone help me out why i am getting these problems and what i need to do to solve it?

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"Downloads" and "Documents" Stacks in the Dock 10.6 Snow Leopard

Is there a way to get the little blue folder icons that say "Downloads" and "Documents" to appear on the stacks in the dock instead of a thumbnail type icon of the first document or download in the stack? 10.6 Snow Leopard. The Apple Web page describing "Stacks" as a new part of Snow Leopard shows them.

Yes, right click (control click) on the icon and select Display as Folder.

Snow Leopard Server - Managed Dock Settings

Hello Everyone,
In our environment, we are running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.7 with a mix of 10.5 and 10.6 clients. We are managing settings via Open Directory. We have a computer group policy configured to manage our dock policy settings among a few others. Within WGM, our dock policy settings are setup to be managed "once." When the policy was configured, our Mac administrator put together a customized default dock arrangement with the most commonly utilized applications included in our base image allowing our end users to start with a small clean dock arrangement and add applications/folders as desired.
Regrettably, last week I inadvertently made a change within WGM's managed dock settings in our default production policy. The following morning, several end users logged on to find that their dock customizations had been discarded and replaced with the default setup. To minimize the impacted users, I enabled "merge with user's dock" to avoid further loss of dock customizations. Looking forward, as we roll out new hardware with new images to our existing users, I would like to start with the same scaled back dock with the commonly utilized applications included in our base image. The problem with enabling "merge with user's dock" is that the default set of Mac OS X icons is included causing the dock to be cluttered.
Is there anyway to only apply managed dock preferences if there is not a local profile on the machine the user is logging into? Any other thoughts for circumnavigating the mess I created?
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Enabling "merge with user's dock" created problems of its own by introducing duplicate icons for some users. In the end, I unchecked it. Unfortunately, all users are going to receive the default dock arrangement and have to re-customize their dock preferences as desired.

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I noticed on my MacBook (Leopard to Snow Leopard upgrade) that it has icons for Spaces and Time Machine in the dock to the left of the divider. These are missing from the dock on my iMac that I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard. They are both System Preferences with no option for adding to the dock in the Preferences and the Preference icon in "Show All" in System Preferences is not selectable. I located them in System/Library/PreferencesPane but dragging the preference pane file to the dock doesn't work. I did a Show Package Content but did not see anything in the folder that could be dragged like an application. I can put it on the right with the stacks but is there a way to add a Preference to the dock on the application side?

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Snow Leopard Client Dock Behavior & Binding to Snow Leopard Server

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I am at a loss on this issue. I am running a test server and client. I had bound my client to the server and was having difficulties with the dock settings on the client. I assumed it was a managed preferences issue on the server, so I checked all the ones I knew to check. It didn't appear that my client dock was being managed by my server. The problem was that the dock would switch from auto-hide to fixed and the preferences under dock could not be altered on the client.
I've found that the only way to resolve this problem is to unbind the client from the server. Can anyone tell me what I need to be looking for within the server? Could there be an inherited preference from somewhere within the server?
The other element to this is that this issue didn't arise until after I upgraded to 10.6.3. Prior the upgrade I was bound to the server, and the dock was fine. After the upgrade the dock preferences on the client were no longer able to be managed.
I am new to server and need some help.
Thanks

Thanks!
So, when I click Join..., type in the server, and then click on the Set Up Services button, I enter the username and password for the account I created on Snow Leopard Server. It switches the sheet to show that it's "Joining the server", and then fails with: "kGotAuthenticationFailure". The Password Service Server Log shows that is actually succeeded: "AUTH2: {0x4b5897f87cada0f20000001500000015, diana} DIGEST-MD5 authentication succeeded".
If I actually enter an incorrect password, it right away gives me an "Authentication failed" message right below the password dialog in red.
The console on the Snow Leopard client shows:
10-01-21 11:10:16 AM System Preferences[248] -[ODCOSXServerJoinController(XSServiceDiscoveryProtocol) gotServicesInfo:fromServer:error:]: got error kGotAuthenticationFailure
I don't see any other messages on the server that might explain this. Any ideas?
This server was upgraded from Leopard Server, if that matters...

TS2951 after installing snow leopard 10.6.3 from tiger 10.4.11 everything upgraded and opens correctly except the dock. It is still running with the old dock.

help, the original HD (10.5.8 leopard) crashed and i replace it with one a little smaller HD (10.4.11 tiger). It was real jerky and i couldn't play a lot of my games. Since I had always wanted to upgrade to snow leopard anyway I did. Always wanted to get the app store. Still don't have it! what did i do wrong or better yet, how to i fix it?
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Processor Speed:          2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB31.008E.B02
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10.7 will cripple that machine anyway, and not run a lot of your older PPC based software.
Use the Software Update under the Apple menu to get current, 10.6.8
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I have a Macbook Pro 17" 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Is Thunderbolt available on this laptop?

I have a Macbook Pro 17" 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Is Thunderbolt available on this laptop?
I just got a 27" iMac and I'd like to connect the two for dual monitor purposes. I noticed that when I tried to install the Thunderbolt Software Update it stated that it was not supported on my laptop. Is my laptop not compatible? Is there a way to make it work or is it a lost cause?
Thanks.

loulou705 wrote:
Oh man, I guess it's a little too old by a year. It's a 2010.
Thanks
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you're welcome.

I'm running OS X Snow Leopard but I am not getting an App Store icon in my dock. That is keeping me from downloading Lion. Any suggestions?

Any suggestions on how to get the icon into my dock so that I can download Lion.

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Latest version is 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
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