Upgrading to Mac OS X lion - problems having a bootcamp partition?
I was just wondering if i should delete my bootcamp partition running windows 7 before i install Mac OS X Lion?
Btw, the format of the partition is NTFS (if this is at all relavent).
No just leave it. It's unaffected by the lion update. if you edited your Bootcamp partition afterwards look at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649
Do make sure that your Mac disk is error free (run disk utility) and that you have > 15gb free.
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Ohia everybody! So recently I installed Mac OS X Lion (GM) on my Mac Mini. It's been installed for about 2 weeks, but I quickly noticed a couple of problems with it.
Problem 1 - Screen Resolution:
When I had Snow Leopard installed and I held alt to switch into Windows, the menu that appeared to let you switch partitons resolution was correct. Now it seems to be 800x600. Same thing with the boot screen with the Apple logo. When the actual OS is booted up, the resolution is correct (1600x900). Why is it doing this with Lion and now when I had Snow Leopard?
Problem 2 - Windows Partition:
Before I installed Lion, I had a Windows partition set up using BootCamp. I was able to see the Windows partition on my Macs desktop as well as my Mac partiton. Now it doesn't show up at all, and when I go to Disk Utility, it shows up as BOOTCAMP, and its greyed off. When I click on it and try to mount it, it just said that it couldn't be mounted. Nothing more. I can still boot into it just fine, but I can't view files, which is quite useful when transfering files between the operating systems.
Problem 3 - Speakers Buzzing:
On Snow Leopard, when I went to play a sound, the speakers were completely quiet and the sound came out nicely. Now, the speakers will be quiet, and when I get a notification or something, the speakers will have a quiet buzzing sound and will continue buzzing for a few minutes after the sound is over. When I play another sound, they will start buzzing again. It never used to do this before Lion, so I'm sure its not the speakers. Hopefully someone has any info on this because I'm clueless.
Problem 4 - Safari Crashes:
Last problem! Sometimes on Lion (not on Snow Leopard), if I leave Safari open for a little bit, it will randomly crash. It usually doesn't do it while I'm browsing, but if I'm uploading pictures or videos and I just leave it open, I will come back to my computer and it will say safari crashed.
Note:
I always keep my computer up to date, and have googled all of these problems before with no help. Hopefully someone get help me fix any of these problems.So I am not the only one with this issue. The sound of my imac g5 sounds buzzing as well. I am hoping for a fix from Apple soon.
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Upgrading to Mac OS X Lion will affect my windows partition..??
Hi everyone,
I bought my Macbook pro last week. I used boot camp to install Windows 7 pro.
I hesitate to update mac for fear that the Windows partition will be erased..Is it the case..??
Thank your for your helpNo just leave it. It's unaffected by the lion update. if you edited your Bootcamp partition afterwards look at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649
Do make sure that your Mac disk is error free (run disk utility) and that you have > 15gb free. -
Problems Problems after upgrading to Mac OS X Lion
I upgraded my mac os to Lion last week on my Mac air. After loading, my norton could not work probably. Then last night, files in my start up disk doubled and hence error appeared - that my disk is full while I only used 50% of the storage capacity.
This morning my iphone 4 also appeared to be have the SMS messages and photos and every files also appeared to duplicate itself.
Can anyone assist ?After loading, my norton could not work probably.
Does Norton ever work properly?
Norton is a known troublemaker, and most likely the version you have is incompatible with Lion. You could try updating Norton, but personally, that's one I'd remove immediately and never come near again. If you feel you need AV software on your Mac, the only thing I would recommend wholeheartedly is ClamXav. Sophos' free home AV software would be my second choice, though with some reservations, as I've heard of people having problems with it.
As to the doubling files problem... can you describe more precisely what you're seeing? I've never heard of such a problem before. -
My Safari browser won't open. I had upgraded to Mac OS X Lion. What do I do?
My iMac is 2008 built. In March 2012, I upgraded to Mac OS X Lion. Since then I had problems after problems. Since the computer was getting slower and slower, I thought the Prosoft Drive Genious 3 would be useful. When I installed it on iMac, it caused more problems. I removed the Prosoft Drive Genius 3 from the internal iMac hard drive and tried to install it on an external drive.
Now I can't access Safari. It doesn't open. I had to download Mozilla Firefox browser. I don't see any links on Apple site for the latest Safari browser for Mac. What do I do to download Safari.August 10, 2012 1:00 PM
Thank you very much for your email and the post. I copied the segments of the crash report from the Console and pasted and edited in the TextEdit. I don't know what shutdownStall etc is.
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2012_08_10_Safari_crsh
Process: Safari [294]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier: com.apple.Safari
Version: 5.1.6 (7534.56.5)
Build Info: WebBrowser-7534056005000000~6
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [150]
Date/Time: 2012-08-10 12:29:07.910 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report: 37473 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 11
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 17 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 11
Anonymous UUID:
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
objc[294]: garbage collection is OFF
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: (index >= 0) && (index < [_itemArray count])'
*** First throw call stack:
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87634f56 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8f7a7d5e objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff87634d8a +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
3 Foundation 0x00007fff89b1f71f -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 169
4 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb55cdf -[NSMenu itemAtIndex:] + 165
5 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb55e38 -[NSMenu removeItemAtIndex:] + 63
6 Safari 0x000000010f170c2e -[AppController awakeFromNib] + 387
7 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8762bfb1 -[NSObject performSelector:] + 49
8 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8762bf32 -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 274
9 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb3d9ff -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1245
10 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb33f73 loadNib + 322
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb33470 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb3338b +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 141
13 AppKit 0x00007fff8cb332ce +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 364
14 AppKit 0x00007fff8cda406f NSApplicationMain + 398
15 Safari 0x000000010f373806 SafariMain + 166
16 Safari 0x000000010f15ef24 Safari + 3876
terminate called throwing an exception
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how can i upgrade my mac ox to lion. Also i want to know if i upgrade my ox, the application that i have installed will remain there or i want to reinstall it. I was using Adobe CS5 master collection & Autocad 2011 mainy on my mac.
"how can i upgrade my mac ox to lion."
Using the App Store which should be in your dock because you are presently running OS 10.6.6 or higher (are you?) pay for and download the Lion installer.
"if i upgrade my ox, the application that i have installed will remain there..."
They should. That said you have a back up plan no doubt just incase?
"I was using Adobe CS5 master collection & Autocad 2011 mainy on my mac."
CS5 runs in Lion but AutoCad may have some problems check all third party apps with their respective vendor. And when you post do include information about your Mac. If it is not a core 2 duo you won't be installing Lion. -
If I upgrade to Mac OS X Lion will I lose Applications/Documents/etc.
I was wondering if I upgrade to Mac OS X Lion tomorrow, will my applications and all the documents that are saved on my computer be there after the upgrade? I do not have money to buy an external hard drive right now to do the back up, so will I be safe without it?
Hi,
Look at it this way...
If you have a Backup and (for whatever reason) Something goes Horrible Wrong.. You have Lost Nothing...
Without a Backup... You could Lose Everything....
Not a Nice Thought At All...
So take all the Advice already Offered and Backup... Backup... Backup...
And then Upgrade your OS...
Just my 2 cents worth...
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I just upgraded my mac with Mountain Lion and turned on iCloud. Now all of the music stored on my mac shows up on my iphone. My question is, if I listen to this music on my iphone am I using up my data plan?
No, if you are using the Music app you are playing them on your iPhone.
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There's no mac app store availiable to download for me.
I want to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion, but without that mac app store it seems to be impossible.
I did all software updates but never got that mac app store. So what can I do now?THis is because you have two OS X upgrade steps. First, you need to upgrade to Snow Leopard ($29 us, disk only, no download).
Once you've upgraded to Snow Leopard, and run Software Update to get to 10.6.8 then you'll have the Mac App Store and can take the second OS X upgrade step to Lion 10.7.2. -
Can I upgrade to Mac os x lion from Mac os x 10.6
can I upgrade to Mac os x lion from Mac os x 10.6
and how do i do it?Hi..
You can if your Mac meets Lion's requirements.
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OSX v10.6.6 or later (V10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available spare
From here > Apple - OS X Lion - Technical specifications
Read before upgrading to Lion > Lion upgrade questions: Apple Support Communities -
I have just upgraded to Mac OS X Lion and I am now unable to watch .avi files.
I have just upgraded to Mac OS X Lion and I am now unable to watch .avi files. Required codec not available is the message I get. I have run a software update and still nothing. HELP PLEASE!!
hey,
try downloading VLC player, it plays mostly everything.... literally everything...
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I recent upgraded my mac laptop to lion. Since then iMovie crashes when i try to export a movie project. I ofter get a message that says not enough memory in the heap zone. What can be done?
I recent upgraded my mac laptop to lion. Since then iMovie crashes when i try to export a movie project. I ofter get a message that says not enough memory in the heap zone. What can be done?
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I want to Upgrade my Mac to Mountain Lion through OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program.
I want to Upgrade my Mac to Mountain Lion through OS X Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program. I could not see the option on website..Any help on the same..?
One can purchase and download Mt. Lion from the App Store. The requirements for Mt. Lion are as follows:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
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Just upgraded my Mac laptop to Lion to take advantage of iCloud, spent hours trying to get iCloud to work, not happy, tried everything still does not work, this is the first time i have been defeated.
The initial upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion is 10.7.1. Have you done the system update to 10.7.2 already?
And since there isn't any general overview of what you've tried, see if anything at this site will help" http://help.apple.com/icloud/index.html# -
If I upgrade my Mac mini to Lion, can I still boot from Snow Leopard if it is on another partition/drive?
Yes
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