Upgrade to snow leopard, no audio is muted on macbook pro!
Upgraded to snow leopard at work on my macbok pro (non unibody), did the 10.6.2 update. When i took my laptop home, realized that my audio is muted. After some googling, followed others posts and deleted 2 pref files within "Prefs > audio", rebooted, and same ol'.
When i returned to work today, audio worked fine. Now, i'm home again, and audio is muted! Power source plugged in, in both cases, but run wireless at home. (wasn't connected yet when i has problem 2nd time).
Any ideas?!
John
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Multiple kernel panic errors after upgrading to snow leopard 10.6.8 on my MacBook Pro.
After upgrading to 10.6.8, I almost immediately began experiencing multiple random kernel panic errors. I reinstalled the operating system that came with my notebook from the cd (10.6?) and the problem went away. I upgraded again to 10.6.8 and again began experiencing the same error. I have since gone back and installed the operating syatem from the cd and then upgraded to 10.6.7. I have not had a single kernel panic error since, but I would like to upgrade to 10.6.8 so that I can install Lion when it is avaialable. Any thoughts as to how I can do this without experiencing all of the accompanying kernel panic errors?
Thank you. The log is below:
Anonymous UUID: CC4821C8-35CD-469C-BE4C-98F1DE35B903
Sun Jun 26 21:18:00 2011
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 3) 0x0000000000000c09:
family: 6 model: 37 stepping: 2 microcode: 9
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz
9 error-reporting banks
threshold-based error status present
extended corrected memory error handling present
Machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x0000000000000800 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0xb200000000020005 valid
MCA error code: 0x0005
Model specific error code: 0x0002
Other information: 0x00000000
Threshold-based status: No tracking
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC7_STATUS(0x41d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
Package 0 logged:
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
panic(cpu 3 caller 0x2aaf41): Machine Check at 0x002b1eb9, thread:0x85833d4, trapno:0x12, err:0x0,registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x02282868, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x000100de, EBX: 0x00000630, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x7fffffff
ESP: 0x5c82bd28, EBP: 0x5c82bd28, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x5501e0a8
EFL: 0x00000002, EIP: 0x002b1eb9
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x550b8fb8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x550b8fec 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x550b9008 : 0x2aaf41 (0x59dfe4 0x59e0d1 0x2b1eb9 0x85833d4)
0x550b90f8 : 0x2a29f2 (0x1 0x3b40c858 0xfffd9085 0x83077fff)
0x5c82bd28 : 0x2b2124 (0x32 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5c82bd48 : 0x11f1db7 (0x5501e0a8 0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0xffffffff)
0x5c82be28 : 0x11f3850 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)
0x5c82bf28 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x10 0x202)
0x5c82bf48 : 0x225bba (0x0 0x4ffad2b2 0xd5 0x5502d488)
0x5c82bfa8 : 0x22810b (0x85833d4 0x2280f4 0x0 0x8c57764)
0x5c82bfc8 : 0x2a179c (0x0 0xffffffff 0x10 0xa1f1064)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0x11f0000->0x1213fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10K540
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 916750825314
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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
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Is Snow Leopard recommended for a Late 2008 MacBook Pro?
Will Snow Leopard work on my Late 2008 MacBook Pro?
Any cautions or advice?
Have any of the Top Users upgraded to Snow Leopard yet? If not, why?
Thank ya!You might check to see if all your apps and system add-ons you commonly use are compatible first. If that's your only computer, you might wait a bit yet.
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Macsimum News Associate Editor Creator of 'Mac611 - Mobile Mac Support' -
I just put snow leopard 10.6.8 on my macbook pro and I was told that I could purchase Apature for photo management- now its says I need a different version.... is there an older version I could get? so frustrating.
The current version of Aperture requires 10.7.5 or later.
Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/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.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
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. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
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 iCloud services; fees and
terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
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.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mountain Lion — System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
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Experiencing serious problems with lion, I would like to install snow leopard instead of lion on latest macbook pro MD318 (oct.2011) Does anyone know if this is possible? If so, please tell me how. Will I have to use install-disks of previous model (eg. MC721) ? Or will retail-disks serve?
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A retail disk with 10.6.3 did not work, I restored my previous Snow Leopard install with Disk Utility.
However, it is not the shipped software and is not officially supported on this Mac. Therefore, your advice to troubleshoot Lion is the best option. -
So I have an early 2011 MacBook pro, I believe it shipped with snow leopard originally, as I purchased and upgraded to Lion fairly early on. I am trying to make a partition right now and have it run snow leopard so I can use programs that have PowerPC.
I should note, I replaced both the RAM and the harddrive in my Macbook pro. I changed from 4 GB of ram (that came shipped) to 8 GB of ram from a 3rd party, that I installed on my own months ago, have registered in the computer and have been working fine for quite some time now.
Also I should note I replaced my harddrive. I went from what ever the standard 500 GB harddrive that shipped with 15 inch early 2011 MB pro's. I now have a 3rd party SSD that's 240GB's that I also installed on my own, (at the same time as the RAM---Black friday items) The harddrive has been working just fine since then.
In installing the harddrive I borrowed a friends external harddrive and used a program called carbon copy cloner to get everything over to the SSD.
Now here is my issue. I have ordered the Snow Leopard (10.6.3) install disks from apple, I have created a partition on my SSD for snow leopard, but when I try to select the install disc for snow leopard at boot I get three beeps.
I know this issue has been posted elsewere but it said answered and the answer is no longer available. I also am unsure if any of the RAM or Harddrive swapping could have been causing the issue. I have the old harddrive and RAM still, but unfortunatley have no external harddrive anymore or money to afford one.
Is there any way I can install a partition that runs snow leopard on my early 2011 MB pro with what I have (new SSD, New RAM, Current version Lion running, no external drive, lack of original snow leopard disks [I lost them ] and the general 10.6.3 snow leopard boot disks).
Let me know If there is anything I can do. I'm a now broke college student so i'd like to spend as little $$$$ as possible
*PS I should also note the DVD drive is working fine, it reads the disk, the disk is brand new, it plays DVD's fine and has never had any issues in the years i've used it for similar tasks*
sorry for the long drawn out post, I just wanted to include as much as possible from what I've seen other people have issues withBrettGoudy wrote:
...Is there any way I can install a partition that runs snow leopard on my early 2011 MB pro with what I have (new SSD, New RAM, Current version Lion running, no external drive, lack of original snow leopard disks [I lost them ] and the general 10.6.3 snow leopard boot disks)...
As the last post suggests, call Apple and order a replacement original disc for about $17. They will ask you the model and serial numbers.
Your retail version of Snow Leopard OS 10.6.3 will not work on that Mac as it requires a minimum of OS X 10.6.7 to boot and operate.
Another alternative is to again borrow another Mac to install your retail Snow Leopard into an external HD or partition, upgrade it to 10.6.8 and then clone it back to a partition on your MBP. -
Restore a Snow Leopard backup into a new 2013 MacBook Pro
Hello,
my late 2010 13" MacBook Pro was stolen a week ago.
I ordered a new MacBook Pro which is bound to arrive in a couple of days.
I need to restore all the data that I had in the stolen one and are now in a time machine backup external drive.
I've just read that Snow Leopard is incompatible with 2013 Macs.
What do I need to do in order to restore my data?
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Before you turn your new mac on for the first time connect your TM backup drive to it. Then turn the system on. During the initial setup windwos there will be an option to restore data from a TM backup. Select that and you can copy settings, files and Apps over to your new Mac from the TM backup.
NOTE:
Older Power PC app will not work and probably won't be copied over. Also other Apps that are not compatible might be copied and placed in a Incompatible Apps folder. You will need to upgrade to a new version of those. -
Brand new 10.6.3 snow leopard disc installation always fails on MacBook pro
So I ask, is the only thing left to do here to buy a new hard drive? I figured I would ask as I feel I have tried everything.
I have a 17 inch 2.4 ghz intel core 2 duo MacBook pro with 4 gb ram and a 500 gb hitachi 7200 rpm hard drive that was installed in march of 2010. I was running osx snow leopard 10.6.3 with all updates with two partitions, a 450 gb for mac and 50 gb for bootcamp and windows 7. About 3 weeks ago, after downloading some programs from cnet, I started having problems.
I could not boot to the Mac side, but booting to windows was fine. I would get hung on a blue screen with my cursor, but it never would go further. So I used
my snow leopard 10.6.3 disc to run disk utility, repaired disk and it completed the repair and partitions, always leaving a note saying, " updating boot (something) as needed. Everything repaired and was corrected, but I still could not boot to Mac. Still hung on blue screen. I reset the PRAM, still nothing, but still no reoccurring errors in disc repair.
So I purchased an external hd and backed up everything, since I never used time machine ( I know) and backed up all my data. I erased and zero'd out everything on the Mac partition. I then tried to reinstall 10.6.3 on the hard drive, and it seemed to fail repeatedly. I would install, fail, reformat, repeat repeat over and over. I was having trouble with the DVD drive taking the disc a few times, and noticed some very minor scratches on the disc, nothing major. So, I decide it could be the disc, and went out to purchase one at best buy. Came back, ready to go, took the disc the first time, and fails again and again. ( installation failed, please contact the software manufacturer )
One thing I noticed in disc utility is that it would always seem to hang up installation around 6.65 gb. So I called my free 90 day software support from apple, and they of course suggested I take it to a Mac genius... Haven't been there yet because of the proximity to my house. I then decided to backup the bootcamp side , which was working just fine, and erased that as well, I repartitioned the drive, erased the disc and tried again and again and installation kept failing.
Other things I have done, took out 2gb ram and tried, nothing. Also changed a number in terminal that was 12000' to 30000' a tip from another forum, that also failed. I am at wits end here, and can't find anyone else with this problem. Any other suggestions before i scrap the hd?
Thanks in advance for your advice,DVD drive ? The software disc itself is brand new and boots fine
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How do I do a clean install of Snow Leopard on a mid 2010 13" MacBook Pro
Hello All,
I am replacing a dead hard drive without any backups (I'm fixing someone else's computer), so I want to do a clean install. When I boot the retail Snow Leopard DVD, I get a kernel panic. Is this the wrong DVD? I don't have the original DVD that came with the Macbook Pro, so I don't know what version it's supposed to be.
Specs: mid 2010 Macbook Pro 13" with nVidia 320, Intel Core 2 Duo, and 4GB RAM.
The kernel panic had me thinking maybe I had bad RAM, but I've already swapped out the RAM with same results.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!Thanks, Niel.
Apple Support sent me a Snow Leopard DVD 10.6.4 - not retail, but the original one that came with the MacBook Pro. However, I did not get a chance to use it, but I'm sure it'll work.
What I did instead was to make a USB thumb drive of Mavericks 10.9.2. It installed without any problems on the 2010 MacBook Pro. No kernel panics, etc. Thanks for your help. -
Is Snow Leopard part of the gray MacBook Pro disks that were included with the computer when I purchased it. I DO NOT have a disk with SNOW LEOPARD written on it?
Maybe you should first tell us what your problem is. You may not need to reinstall Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard is what your installer disc has - 10.6. Reinstalling may also require installing a number of updates as well. Here's the basic reinstall process:
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
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Install Snow Leopard from CD that came with MacBook Pro to different Mac
I need to re-install Snow Leopard on an older MacBook of mine I want to clean out for my wife.
The problem is the Snow Leopard CD (family pack) I purchased months ago is scratched, damaged I believe by an iMac at my business. I want to see if it is possible to install 10.6 from the CD's I recently got with my new MacBook pro. I tried to use them in the MacBook (Intel) I'm trying to hand off to my wife but after I selected the language option I got an error message stating I couldn't install that disc on the computer. It already runs 10.6 so I know it's not an OS issue. Is my MacBook detecting that the installation CD is not the same one that came with it?
Sorry for the wordy post and thanks in advance for any help.R C-R wrote:
Deviros wrote:
From what i can tell, the media contains only the necessary files to install to that model-specific hardware.
This is both for licensing & technical reasons. Licensing because that disc is licensed for use only with that specific Mac (not model, literally just that Mac) & technical because pre- & post-install scripts & other installer features on grey system discs are designed just for that model.
Curious. I know i've used system restore discs from one machine on another due to the fact that we used to - for reasons unknown to me - allow users to keep their restore discs, at which point they subsequently lost them.
Perhaps it's just older models that allowed it?
No matter. Thanks for the clarification. -
Install Snow Leopard over brand new Lion based MacBook Pro
Dear Forum.
This is actually a hardware question plz this is not a meant as a discussion whether Lion beats Snow Leopard etc.
Plenty of threads around communities tells how to install 10.6.8 over 10.7 But there is a warning sign!!! :
I have a brand new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro (shipped with 10.7.2) and for some reason it won´t even start from a 10.6.8 DVD
I was thinkin´ go scratch the 750 GB HDD at one of my other Macs, but for some reason I´m afraid that Apple now have bugged the HW so it won´t be able to install 10.6.8 no matter how sofisticated changes are made??
Anyone knows or have any experience??
With love from Denmark, Thanks everyone for reading thisso it won´t be able to install 10.6.8 no matter how sofisticated changes are made??
Read here > Don't install a version of Mac OS X earlier than what came with your Mac -
When did Snow Leopard start shipping with the 15" Macbook Pros?
I got a 15" Macbook Pro at Christmas (purchased just a few weeks before, straight from apple.com, not refurbished or anything), only to realize it didn't have Snow Leopard on it, just Leopard. I have version 10.5.8 right now, and I think that's what it came with, I don't believe I had updated it. I was reading this topic: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11294485� and was just kind of curious about it all. Should I have gotten Snow Leopard with my laptop?
I don't know how to find my model number. If anyone can tell me I would gladly update my information.Glad you still have the box, ellory!
We've seen some users here who have simply thrown the discs out with the packaging!
The discs themselves can be worth their weight in gold (especially the grey ones that normally ship with the computer). Many people don't realise that they will need them if they ever want to restore not just the OS, but the additional software that came with their computer, and to run the Apple Hardware Test for their specific model.
Many more knowledgeable buyers of second hand Macs , in fact, won't buy one that is sold without these discs unless the seller is prepared to knock a couple of hundred dollars off the price for the inconvenience and cost of having to obtain replacements.
When you find them, stick them in a very safe place!
If it came with a snow leopard "drop in" then it will be in a separate illustrated Snow Leopard cardboard sleeve. The grey discs will probably be in a black cardboard folder. It is quite possible that these will actually have snow leopard on them, even if Leopard was pre-installed and you don't have a separate "slip in", given the date of purchase.
Cheers
Rod -
Install Snow Leopard on new partition (on new MacBook Pro)
I need to install OS X 10.6 on my new MacBook (10.8.2) because older programs won't work on my new machines.
I've successfully created a new partition. However when I hold down option button on startup I only see original partition and Recovery-10.8.2 but not the new partition. How on earth does one install an older version of OS X on a new machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.1. It does. The newer Mac OS X versions contain the drivers for older supported machines. The older OSes don't contain the drivers for newer computers, as those didn't exist when the older OS came out.
2. Restart the computer with the Option, Command, and R keys held down, open the installer, and specify the new partition as the destination.
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