Upgrading to Lion will I have to reinstall Parallels

Will I have to reinstall all my programs -I am on the road and I need my Parallels- to upgrade to Lion?

You shouldn't need to however I would recommend that you check with Parallels on the web site to see you have a version that will run well on Lion. If you can hold off until you get back to your office I would strongly recommend that. if you are on the road you may not have an up-to-date backup and you ALWAYS want that whenever doing any OS X upgrades.

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  • If I upgrade to Lion do i have to reinstall my programs

    if I upgrade to Lion do i have to reinstall my programs?

    Would Also Recommend that you do a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive Before attempting any Major Upgrade...
    By far the easiest way to make a Backup, is to use something like
    SuperDuper  http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
    or CCC  http://www.bombich.com/
    Also... For Lion... Check the Compatibility of Third Party Applications you may be using...
    See Here:
    http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

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    Hi,
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    Thanks

    ekram wrote:
    Hi,
    I want to upgrade to lion OS so i can make use of the icloud with my iphone 4S and macbook. However, i'm wondering if i will need to re-install all my software applications all over again after this upgrade is complete?
    Thanks
    No, but do make a complete backup of your system just in case.
    Pete

  • Will I have to reinstall iDVD on Mountain Lion?

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    If I have MS Office 2011 with no more install license agreements and I upgrade to Lion will I have to purchase new install copies of Office?

    I didn't have to.  Office '11 kept on working with no problems after I installed Lion.

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    if i upgrade to mountain lion (from lion), will i need to reinstall my windows VM? and what about my apps and other stuff? will those need to be reinstalled too?

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  • If I upgrade from 10.5.8 (Leopard) to 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) will I have to reinstall all of my applications? Along with that, will it update all of my applications?

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    I have a Macbook Pro late 2012 model with intel processor and 4G of RAM.  I upgraded to Yosemite and now my system is so slow.   I do not have a backup to revert to because of insufficient space. I have ordered a 1T external drive to do a backup now.  What can I do to improve my system performance?   Do I need to upgrade RAM or do I have to reinstall Mtn Lion?

  • HT1338 My macbook came with snow leopard, if  I upgrade to Lion will I be able to use my restore disks in the future and if I do use my disks that brings me back to snow leopard, Will itunes remember I purchased Lion or will I have to purchase a second ti

    My macbook came with snow leopard, if  I upgrade to Lion will I be able to use my restore disks in the future and if I do use my disks that brings me back to snow leopard, Will itunes remember I purchased Lion or will I have to purchase a second time ?

    At this point, you can no longer download Lion (10.7) from the App Store, only Mountain Lion (10.8) - make sure all your applications are fully compatible if you decide to upgrade.
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  • If i upgrade to lion i have to reinstall parallels desktop?

    If i upgrade to lion i have to reinstall parallels desktop?

    on Parallels Desktop 6 I believe you just google for Parallels Desktop Launcher, run the PD6 Launcher Script, and you'll be good to go!!! goodluck, I'm currently doing it on 3 new Macbook Pro and 1 iMac it works with Snow Leopard, after Lion update it giving unable to load driver, with the new launcher script fixxed the problem!
    Dear Edward,
    same here, no computer genius :-) I have downloaded the launcher from here:
    http://art-domains.de/downloads/Launcher.zip
    It is a ZIP file containing the launcher and a script. I just double clicked the launcher and then Parallels 5 started. It seems to work as normal, but to be honest I only need it for one single windows app, so I don't know if there are not some hidden bugs – I heard the Parallels Team won't bring an official patch, and there must be a reason for that. However, for me it's good enough.
    When I restart my Mac (which I don't do often) and uncheck the "keep the windows open"-box (new in Lion), then I have to start Parallels 5 with the launcher again. But normally, I only used the launcher only once, and everything was like before under Snow Leopard (it's not a big trouble clicking the launcher to start Parallels anyway...)

  • I have an iMac with a Magic Mouse, if I want to upgrade my iMac to the OS X Lion, will I have to buy a Magic Trackpad?

    I have an iMac with a Magic Mouse, if I want to upgrade my iMac to the OS X Lion, will I have to buy a Magic Trackpad?

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  • How does one continue to use Mail on the early MacBook Pro, Model 1,1, that is not upgradable to Lion?  I have been running iCloud on my iPhone (OS5) and iMac (Lion) along with the MacBook Pro (OS Version 10.6.8)

    How does one continue to use Mail on the early MacBook Pro, Model 1,1, that is not upgradable to Lion?  I have been running iCloud on my iPhone (OS5) and iMac (Lion) along with the MacBook Pro (OS Version 10.6.8) since November until now.  Mail will no longer download on the MacBook Pro and keeps asking for my password.

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  • If I upgrade to Lion, will all my stuff on my Mac be wiped out?

    If I upgrade to Lion, will all my stuff on my Mac be wiped out?

    If all goes as it is supposed to, no. Your data should all stay exactly where it is. However, there's always a possibility that something could go wrong.
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    2) Repair the hard drive with Disk Utility.
    3) Make a full backup of your whole system using Time Machine.
    4) Ideally, make a second full backup of your whole system using something else, like Carbon Copy Cloner. (I consider two backups to be the minimum.)
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  • If i upgrade OS X 10.6 to this version, do I have to reinstall parallel desktop?

    If i upgrade OS X 10.6 to this version, do I have to reinstall parallel desktop?

    1. Talk to Parallels. What version? You need 4.0+ for Snow Leopard.
    2. If you have problems saving files within your home directory, this is something you changed. The OS install does not touch (or have any idea about) permissions in your home folder. Repair permissions will not help here. Also, if you are seeing SUID warnings in repairing permissions, that's not related, it's a non issue.
    3. Yes, Aperture 1.5.6 came out 2 years ago. Aperture 2 has been out for 18 months. You need to upgrade to run with Snow Leopard. Why upgrade your OS so quickly and never upgrade your photo application? It's $100 to upgrade.
    4. Haven't seen that, but have you tried repairing keychains from within Keychain Access?
    5. Does OO 3.1 support 10.6? Check with them, as this isn't a Snow Leopard issue.

  • If I'm running Lion, will I have to buy Mountain Lion to get the new features?

    If I'm running Lion, will I have to buy Mountain Lion to get the new features? Or will the features also be sold as appts?

    Apple charges less for OSX upgrades than most apps cost.  I wouldn't bet on having them separated out, but you can use Messages now, since it's a beta.  But I believe that even that gets shut off by Apple once 10.8 comes out.
    I think you should just focus on getting Mountain Lion.  Also, remember, the Terms of Use for this forum precludes us from speculating on what Apple will or won't do with new products/software/etc.

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