Upgrading and transfering questions

I currently have an ipod 4 and it just broke, so i'm going to ship it in and upgrade to the ipod 5, when I do this is there anyway to transfer everything over? And I mean EVERYTHING, contacts, messages, notes. ect.. I've synced my ipod to my computer but is that enough to get back everything that I want?

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Help with simple OS upgrade and backup questions for a dumb old previous PC user...?

Ok...have mercy on me, please...
I am not completely dumb, I know typical board etiquette, and I have searched for various answers (and found many)...but I just want to confirm my personal "research" and get all of this clear up before I proceed with this insanity. I know I could probably search more, but this is taking hours, because of all my various questions, one leads to 10 more...
I have an iMac with Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 (which, though not mentioned anywhere?...is apparently "Leopard", right? Told you I was dumb...)
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
My main goal: install an app that was in the Mac App store.
However, with Leopard, I can't access the Mac App store with Leopard, apparently.
I click on the Mac App store, and up pops up a Lion advertisement...telling me I should upgrade. Ok, fine...probably a good idea, anyway...
But how do you upgrade to Lion? Apparently through the Mac App store!
The web-redirects on the Apple site are amusing...taking me on an endless cycle...purchase Lion in the app store...click..."you need to upgrade to Lion"...OK...click..."you need Lion at the app store"...OK...click..."you need to upgrade to Lion to get to the app store"....etc.
OK...fine...google searches...ahh, I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, apparently! Yes?
(Maybe the Apple redirects should detect that I have Leopard, and direct me to a screen that explains that I must upgrade to Snow Leopard...and then Lion! Do you hear that, Apple? Thanks.)
Anyway...so here's my plan:
1) Upgrade to Snow Leopard
2) Access the Mac app store
3) Upgrade to Lion
Question A: With my iMac (specs above), is it really advisable for me to do this? Can my computer really handle Lion? It seems I barely meet the minimum with my intel core 2 Duo and 2 GB ram...yes? Is this a dumb idea, even if "OK"? I know that "minimum requirements" on a PC often meant: "Well, it will work...but it will be slower than a snail and crash if you run 5 programs at the same time" (which I usually do...) I don't want to upgrade if the "minimum" is really not enough.
Question B: If the answer to A is "not a good idea", then do I just need a new computer (i.e. better processor)? Or do I need more Ram? And can I add Ram to this computer, and is it relatively easy? I have added Ram to PCs tons of times, and you always have to determine type of Ram for your board, make sure they "match", or whatever, and then open up the machine and install. Kind of a pain, but once I have the "right" type of Ram, opening the CPU and installing is within my abilities. Will it be harder for a Mac?
= = =
Next:
When upgrading an OS on a Windows, you pretty much format the harddrive and start all over. Back in the day I was a PC user, there wasn't really a "great" way to back up programs and files, so this was a nightmare. You could NOT just back-up software. You typically had to re-purchase and install it all from scratch. Is this the same with Macs? Furthermore, personal files were scattered all over the hard-drive for the individual software...so trying to back all that up to get it back on the new system = nightmare! I hate PCs.
Anyway...so, my iMac has Time Machine. I am pretty ignorant about this, and based on my previous PC backup program nightmares, I have a distrust for it...and don't really understand how it works. But in any event, my external drive crashed a few months ago, and I haven't replaced it, yet. So, I am replacing it soon and will get Time Machine back up and running...setting it up again, etc...leading to question C...
Question C: When upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard to Lion, what is the best way to ensure I keep all my programs and files. My wife and I both access the computer, so two user accounts. Does Time Machine really do a good job backing up everything and all things? Is it just a matter of upgrade to Snow Leopard...then immediately to Lion...and then some sort of "Restore" from Time Machine? Anything for me to "watch out for"...or to do when I buy a new external hard-drive and setup up Time Machine for the first time on it, in order to make this work well? Will I have to re-install all the various applications I have installed on this thing? (like with PCs?)
Thanks for any sincere help.

yachadhoo wrote:
I have an iMac with Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 (which, though not mentioned anywhere?...is apparently "Leopard", right? Told you I was dumb...)
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Apple has discontinued support for 10.5, it's a plaque of our platform that Apple only supports the last two operating systems in circulation.
Where as on Windows you can run the same OS version for 10 years and get updates free (if not stolen), on a Mac we get one year, two tops now and if you don't upgrade and break all your third party software and hardware drivers in the process, then your denied security updates.
On top of that, the OS X upgrades tend to break your older hardware too, or slow it down so much that it drives you to want to buy newer hardware.
It's funny Apple places the AppStore on your OS X version along with iTunes and Safari updates, but then doens't supply necessary security updates, your machine may be compromised and here you enter vital credit card info, banking etc. thinking you have a secure machine.
My advice, since that's a 10.5 era Mac, is to upgrade to 10.6.3 via this disk, then use Software Update until clear. You'll get security updates and your present installed 10.5 software will work in 10.6 using Rosetta.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Rosetta is not avaialble in 10.7 so it could be a lot of your software will no longer function
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
I don't see the sense in you buying all new software for a machine that's at it's end of life stage.
You can buy software in the AppStore with 10.6.
Question A: With my iMac (specs above), is it really advisable for me to do this? Can my computer really handle Lion? It seems I barely meet the minimum with my intel core 2 Duo and 2 GB ram...yes?
You will need to buy 4GB of RAM to run Lion well, the 2GB is just a bare minimum, and your processor is a bit dated.
Lion 10.7 is certainly slower than Snow Leopard 10.6, in fact so many wanted to go back to Snow Leopard and one of the resons was Lion was slow.
So I wrote a User Tip, here, but the Tips were implemented only recently.
How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard
Question B: If the answer to A is "not a good idea", then do I just need a new computer (i.e. better processor)? Or do I need more Ram? And can I add Ram to this computer, and is it relatively easy? I have added Ram to PCs tons of times, and you always have to determine type of Ram for your board, make sure they "match", or whatever, and then open up the machine and install. Kind of a pain, but once I have the "right" type of Ram, opening the CPU and installing is within my abilities. Will it be harder for a Mac?
RAM is easy, you can buy it at Otherworld Computing or Crucial.com and install it yourself, there is a little door under the monitor.
Videos online at YouTube.
When upgrading an OS on a Windows, you pretty much format the harddrive and start all over. Back in the day I was a PC user, there wasn't really a "great" way to back up programs and files, so this was a nightmare. You could NOT just back-up software. You typically had to re-purchase and install it all from scratch. Is this the same with Macs? Furthermore, personal files were scattered all over the hard-drive for the individual software...so trying to back all that up to get it back on the new system = nightmare! I hate PCs.
Mac'soperaing system is seperate, it can be replaced or upgraded indepentantly of programs or user accounts on the machine.
There are some programs that install a kernel extension file at boot into OS X, those get knocked out, but those can be replaced with a new install of the software.
You should always backup your users files as those can't be repalced.
 Most commonly used backup methods explained
Question C: When upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard to Lion, what is the best way to ensure I keep all my programs and files.
OS X upgrades dont' affect User accounts but they can have a affect on programs installed, which most of your 10.5 programs likely will no longer work in 10.7
However they will (with a slight update) work in 10.6 just like before.
You need to backup regardless, I suggest a manual backup of users files to a storage drive, a 10.5 clone on another drive, the your ready to upgrade to 10.6
10.5 to 10.6 upgrade is rather painless, also 10.6 gives accelerated video drivers, so your machine will appear faster.
However once you install 10.7, you will slow down.
Does Time Machine really do a good job backing up everything and all things?
No, you shouldn't rely upon TM, have a multiple backup stragedy, TM files are hard to access directly.
Is it just a matter of upgrade to Snow Leopard...then immediately to Lion...and then some sort of "Restore" from Time Machine?
No need to restore, OS X upgrades and leaves everything else in place, just some programs (with 10.6) or a lot (with 10.7) when you try to launch them they will fail.
Also when you connect TM it will do a substancial change to reflect the new boot drive.
If you were using TM as a "storage drive" thinking you can use the archived versions later, that wil change upon the new OS X upgrade.
But in any event, my external drive crashed a few months ago, and I haven't replaced it, yet. So, I am replacing it soon and will get Time Machine back up and running...setting it up again, etc...leading to question C..
You need not only TM drive, but a bootable clone and user files on a storage drive.
 Most commonly used backup methods explained
Will I have to re-install all the various applications I have installed on this thing? (like with PCs?)
No, depending upon what OS X version you stop at depends how many programs no longer work.
You will have to buy a lot of new or upgrade versions with 10.7, not so with 10.6 only updates mostly because of Rosetta on 10.6 and not on 10.7
My opinion, since that machine is a bit dated, is to upgrade to 10.6, Software update to 10.6.8, and stay there.
Later on 10.8 is being released after this summer, you may want to consider getting a new machine with 10.8 a few months later to ensure all the bugs are worked out of it.
Your not a comptuer savvy person, you like most Apple users expect your machine to "just work" I think going to 10.7 will be a bad experience for you.
10.6.8 will server your needs until 10.8 is released and on new hardware where Apple will hold your hand for free for three months, 3 years with AppleCare.
Your not a "OS X upgrader type of a person" and Apple needs to get of thier collective assets and pay better attention to it's most common users.

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Sharing Upgrade Question
Hi all,
A family member was eligible for upgrade 1/20/11 we are on different accounts. He has a simple standard phone but i wanted to get another phone he has let me use his upgrade which changed his plan to include a data plan.
in order to actually order the phone I wanted which i know can later be changed back to his original plan.
What steps are going to have to happen for me to activate the new phone under my phone number? Does he have to do it under his contract and is this going to require having to call CS? If he does call CS can he just let them know he decided to give me the phone and let me activate in under my phone number?
I know this void the warranty..
Thanks
Have a nice da!

DARKFAIRYPIXI1 wrote:
Do i have to have both phones in my possession in front of me.Your family member (with the upgrade) will need to have his phone and the iPhone with him. First, he will activate the iPhone on his line to accept the terms of the contract. He MUST do this, or he could be charged full price for the phone. Once it is activated, the contract has been accepted, so he can then re-activate his old phone on his line. Re-activating his old phone will release the iPhone to be used on another line.
Do i have to call into CS? If i call into CS can't I just let them know he didn't want the phone so i want to activate it to my phone number instead. You do not have to call into CS. Dialing *228 and choosing option 1 will put you into the automated activation system. If your activation has a problem, you will automatically be connected to CS so they can finish the process. You CANNOT call CS and tell him "he doesn't want the phone." As the account owner, HE has to accept the 2-year contract by activating the phone on his line first before it can be used on another line.
The thing is I won't have his phone availabe to me as i will be at work and he will be somewhere else. You don't need to have his phone, but he does need to have the iPhone briefly to activate it on his line. Then he can give it to you to activate on your line.
Sorry for all the confusion but if i can transfer and have the new phone that i ordered with me while temporaily activating it then transferring it over to my number while the family member has his phone whereever he may be would be great if not i will have to wait to activate it when all the phones can be together. Thank you every1 that has responded and sorry for all the confusion.

Upgrading and transferring data to a new macbook pro, given my old mac is running on Lion.

I am currently using a late 2006 black macbook running OS Lion. I have recently bought a new retina macbook pro to upgrade to which will presumably be running OS Mountain Lion. I understand there are several ways to transfer data across to new macs and so I have some questions:
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Thanks

Read this and choose what you think serves your interests best:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
It is best to reinstall non Apple applications later. You should be able to install a new OS at anytime you choose without any affect in your data. With that said, always have a backup.
Ciao.

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frustrated...I need help getting Lightroom 3 updated to 5 and i need to move it from my Macbook to my new MacbookPro...Is this possible?

Summerraephoto you will want to install Lightroom 5 on your new computer. You will be prompted to enter your qualifying upgrade serial number, from Lightroom 3, when you launch the application.
If you have additional inquires such as how to move your images to the new computer then I would encourage you to post to the Photoshop Lightroom forum at http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom.

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I am thinking of upgrading from Panther to Tiger but want to know if some of my software will still work. I have the following software that I am concerned about:
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Upgrading Itunes with an external hard drive and another question

Okay so about a month ago I transferred my itunes library to my external hard drive. I have since purchased and downloaded new music/video to my Ipod. Here are my questions if anyone can help me please.
1) Because I moved the library to the external, does that mean I also moved the Itunes program OR just the place where new music is downloaded/purchased and save to?
2) Upgrading to new Itunes on this computer, will that ruin what I have in my library or just upgrade and keep everything the same like it is now?
3) Horror story I heard is that when I upgrade, I may have to re-purchase music from Itunes in order for it to play on new Itunes. If that's true then I am paying like $400+.
I'm not a dummy, but this Ipod and music are very, very important to me. Any help would be very appreciated.
Sincerely,
Gusaphit

gusaphit wrote:
so because you have kept your itunes folder and library on an EHD, I take it you have also deleted the actual Itunes program folder from your computer's C drive?
Not the program folder, iTunes folder where your music library and ancillary files are kept. I haven't had my iTunes music on any internal hard drive on any computer for years.
I am trying to delete the music/movies off of this PC as it is my work station as well.
What steps do I need to take in order to successfully ensure that my Itunes will be secured on my EHD and fully operable should I want to add more music, purchase more music, or delete/re-arrange music as I am doing now.
Check in Preferences>Advanced to make sure that iTunes is pointed to your EHD. If it is, you should be fine. Then, just to make sure that everything is where it should be consolidate your library: File>Library>Organize Library.
Follow-up: If I move the program over to my EHD does that mean I can use any PC to download music into the Itunes library from my EHD?
I don't think you want to move the iTunes.exe file to your EHD. As I understand it, iTunes isn't really happy there and it takes some work to get it there. Just move the library.
I'm asking because you responded and you're cute.
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I recently upgraded and changed from o2 to EE, however although my number has transferred i cannot deactivate my imessage to receive to my transferred number and cannot get messages. To original number? How do i do this.

I recently upgraded and changed from o2 to EE, however although my number has transferred i cannot deactivate my imessage to receive to my transferred number and cannot get messages. To original number? How do i do this.

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After reading a few posts around the forum, I decided to add a little to the discussions. First, if you bought a computer from HP and didnt qualify for an upgrade, and still want windows 7, your best bet is to go OEM. OEM software is the same as retail except you dont get all the fancy packaging etc.
and you get it at a steep discount as well, newegg is my first choice, and where I bought Vista when it came out. You will obviously need to back up
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when they put "their" software on a computer...so any help and experience others have had most likely can be found here. If you have a touchscreen
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behind, and generally behave better than when you first bought it (simply because of the bloat that all that extra software is gone). Put your favorite
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My favorite part is how you complain about bloatware but encourage people to buy OEM software.

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Hello Everyone,
I will be performing combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion soon. Currently i have run Prepare and do not have any errors.
I have already run SPUMG consistency check and i do not have any errors there. Since this is Combined Upgrade and unicode conversion according to guide i do not need to do the Nametab conversion right now. But now if i go this place:
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Please let me know if i can ignore this step and do the nametab conversion after upgrade is complete and before unicode conversion.
Thanks,
FBK

Please follow the instructions from the guides.
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Transfer Upgrades and Annual Upgrades

Hi Community,
I have a few questions regarding transferring upgrades and annual upgrades. First off, here's what the FAQ says:
What do I have to do to get a new phone with Annual Upgrade?
You must be registered for My Verizon, be on a calling plan of $49.99 or higher and have completed at least 1 year of a 2-year contract and agree to renew for an additional 2 years in order to get a new phone at a promotional price. It’s as easy as that.
Is this replacing New Every Two?
No, Verizon Wireless is providing an additional program to upgrade your phone. By taking advantage of the Annual Upgrade, however, your New Every Two calendar will restart.
I currently have a Moto Droid (secondary line on a family plan) which I purchased in November of 2009 on an Annual Upgrade. I resigned a 2 yr contract for the line (ending 11/2011) and paid the promotional price for the phone. I was actually only 11.5 months into the contract but I think they let me slide Anyway, I'm assuming my line should be eligible for another Annual Upgrade in November of this year? I'm sort of confused because this line now has a different contract ending date than the primary line (how is that possible on a family plan, by the way?)
The primarly line on my account is currently eligible for a NE2 upgrade (contract ends 12/10/2010). Is it possible to transfer the NE2 upgrade to the secondary line, and still have the primary line be eligible for an Annual Upgrade? How would transferring an NE2 upgrade affect the next upgrade eligibility for this line? What would happen if the NE2 contract was transferred to the secondary line, and then we did not renew the contract for the primary line in December (again, I do not understand how this whole same-plan-different-contract-end-dates thing works)?
Also, if the NE2 upgrade is transferred from the primary to the secondary line, would I then be forfeiting any Annual Upgrade the secondary line might be eligible for in November? Finally, is it possible to transfer an Annual Upgrade like you can with NE2?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

I'm a bit confused, but let me try and answer your questions as far as I understand them....
slickvick81 wrote:
Hi Community,
I have a few questions regarding transferring upgrades and annual upgrades. First off, here's what the FAQ says:
What do I have to do to get a new phone with Annual Upgrade?
You must be registered for My Verizon, be on a calling plan of $49.99 or higher and have completed at least 1 year of a 2-year contract and agree to renew for an additional 2 years in order to get a new phone at a promotional price. It’s as easy as that.
Is this replacing New Every Two?
No, Verizon Wireless is providing an additional program to upgrade your phone. By taking advantage of the Annual Upgrade, however, your New Every Two calendar will restart.
I currently have a Moto Droid (secondary line on a family plan) which I purchased in November of 2009 on an Annual Upgrade. My confusion begins here, because secondary lines do not get annual upgrades - your plan has to be $49.99 or higher and secondary lines are $9.99. I resigned a 2 yr contract for the line (ending 11/2011) and paid the promotional price for the phone. I was actually only 11.5 months into the contract but I think they let me slide Anyway, I'm assuming my line should be eligible for another Annual Upgrade in November of this year? NO - secondary lines do not get annual upgrades... I'm sort of confused because this line now has a different contract ending date than the primary line (how is that possible on a family plan, by the way?) Each line on a family plan has it's own contract, and can have different end dates. If you used the primary line's annual upgrade for the Droid in November of 2009 (which you almost HAD to have done), then the primary line's contract would end November 2011. The contract for your line is likely what it was before - since you haven't used an upgrade (if I'm reading this right).
The primarly line on my account is currently eligible for a NE2 upgrade (contract ends 12/10/2010). So it looks like they DID somehow use the annual upgrade for you to get the Droid and applied it to your line?? This IS confusing!! Is it possible to transfer the NE2 upgrade to the secondary line, and still have the primary line be eligible for an Annual Upgrade? No - if you use the NE2 you wil extend the primary line's contract for two more years - it will be one year before it is eligible for the annual upgrade again. How would transferring an NE2 upgrade affect the next upgrade eligibility for this line? It would "use" the upgrade; the contract would be extended 2 years for that line, and on voice plans of $49.99 or higher it will be eligible for an annual upgrade. What would happen if the NE2 contract was transferred to the secondary line, and then we did not renew the contract for the primary line in December (again, I do not understand how this whole same-plan-different-contract-end-dates thing works)? The secondary line that used the NE2 would still have it's original contract end date - THAT upgrade discount can be used to get a phone for the primary line.
Also, if the NE2 upgrade is transferred from the primary to the secondary line, would I then be forfeiting any Annual Upgrade the secondary line might be eligible for in November? Finally, is it possible to transfer an Annual Upgrade like you can with NE2?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Your questions and answering each one individually is getting more and more convoluted, so let me just try and give you a better understanding of family plans, and contracts, and upgrade options.
First, understand that each line on a family plan has it's own contract - they can have different start dates, and different ending dates, and different upgrade eligibilities.
You can do alternate upgrades - one line is eligible to upgrade, but the phone is used on another line. Very commonly done, but can add to the confusion! The contract and eligibility is tied to the line, but you can use any (Verizon/compatible) phone on that line that you want. You can swap phones without affecting the contract at all.
The primary line on a family plan with a voice plan of $49.99 or higher can upgrade annually, sign a 2 year contract and get the 2 yr discount price, and forfeit the additional NE2 credit; it will be available 20 months into the two year contract. If the primary does another annual upgrade, the NE2 is again forfeited until 20 months later. The only way to use the additional NE2 credit is for the primary to wait to use the upgrade option at the 20 month point, rather than using the annual upgrade.
Secondary lines are eligible to upgrade at the 2 yr discounted pricing 20 months into the contract (4 months before the contract end date).
We have a family plan with 5 lines, varying contract end dates. Two lines are currently eligible to upgrade; my son's line is eligible, but he has a new phone that he got using my husband's upgrade. So hubby's line shows he's not eligible, but yet his phone is older and may need to be replaced soon. He'll just use the son's upgrade. Basically, we wait till someone NEEDS a new phone, and look to see which line(s) is/are eligible. Sometimes it's the line that needs it, sometimes it's not.
Log into MyVerizon as the primary account holder, click on UPGRADE - and you'll see all the lines and when their contract ends and who/which is eligible for upgrade.

Phone is connecting and transfering data in the ba...

Today at work my Nokia 6710 did start to transfer data in the background without my interaction. I was typing a sms while the symbol for data transfer below the 3G lit up. Did a quick check in the menu->settings->connectivity->Conn.mgr. Yes, one active connection was sending and receiving data, small amounts 3-4kb, then idle.
I ended the connection in the Conn.mgr. Closed all the apps in the phone and waited a minute. Then it started one new connection in the background again! Same procedure, checked and closed it...! This did not stop, every time the phone started a new connection after a minute?
I did try to find what could cause this, but no success. What is going on, any ideas for what to check?
I finally deleted my 3G access point in menu->settings->settings->connection->destinations->internet
This did stopp the phone from connecting and transfering data.
Back home I connected to my WiFi at home, used the browser and closed the connection. Guess what, the phone did now connect via the WiFi in the background doing exactly the same type of small data transfer - without asking!?
What is this? I downloaded the latest F-Secure mobile version to check for virus, but nothing, it was clean.
I did shut down the phone, will not use it until I can stop these unwanted connections and transfers. Please help.

Finally I found the reason for these data transfers. The upgrade of the mentioned files did have something to do with all of this, but the removal of the files did not help.
So, I did go through all the settings in again for Connections and the setting for Share Video were set On...? Turning this setting Off did stop the background data transfers.
Problem solved perhaps. But I still wonder why the Share Video setting did start sending data while the phone was not in use? A bug? A virus? A hacker trying to activate the webcam?

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