Will I Lose Service If I Upgrade Online

I was about to upgrade my mothers phone and I am just curious if I do the option to have it shipped to our house, will she lose service on her phone until the new one arrives?

No. The phone will be shipped unactivated and you will need to call customer service and switch the number to that phone to activate when you receive it.

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will i lose youtube if i upgrade to os6

Ya you will lose it, but you should still upgrade and just redownloade it beacuse they new things they added are nice.

Will I lose photos when I upgrade to maverick

Will I lose photos when I upgrade iPhoto to maverick

No. But backup everything first.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
     used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
     requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
     drive being backed up.
3. Time Machine requires a backup drive that is at least double the
     capacity of the drive(s) it backs up.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
1. Cool Drives
2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
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6. NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

Can I upgrade from Firefox 3 (updated newest version) to Firefox 4 and keep my bookmarks and settings or will I lose them if I upgrade ?

I want to upgrade to the new Firefox 4 from my Firefox 3. But I don't want to lose my settings, tags and bookmarks that I have now. So my question is: Can I upgrade without losing these ?
Please Help !

Firefox 4 will by default use the same profile folder (location where bookmarks, passwords etc are stored) as previously installed versions. You will not lose your user data by upgrading.

HT201250 will i lose everything when I upgrade my mac

Hi - I have the disc to upgrade my mac to Snow Leopard. I don't have an external hard drive to back up. If I install the disc will I lose all my documents/photos/music etc?

If everything works perfectly, you should not lose your data.
I don't know about you but I never trust my data "to everything running perfectly". So I in fact back it up twice just to be sure.
IMHO I would hold off the upgrade until you have a disk for backup.
The questions is never will I lose data because that is a certainly. The question is when will it happen. Hence the reason to backup.
Allan

Will I lose data if I upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard?

I have OS X version 10.5.8 (Leopard). I bought Snow Leopard 10.6.3 to upgrade my OS but have not installed it yet. I plan to upgrade to the latest OS (Yosemite) for free after upgrading to Snow Leopard. Will I lose data by doing this?

99.9% of the time: no, but there's always a (extremely little) chance that something goes wrong, so make sure you set up Time Machine before upgrading.

Will I lose my photos when upgrading iPhoto after updating to Mavericks?

I recently upgraded to Mavericks and can't access iPhoto and need to upgrade. I currently have 9.3 but I did not back up my library. Will I lose my photos when I upgrade?

For this you can simply make a copy on the internal drive if you have space - that is enough for an upgrade - but you must have a large external drive and have a continuing backup system if your photos have any value at all to you - Time Machine is a good start
LN

Will I lose everything if I upgrade?

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if I run the upgrade to Yosemite (I'm currently on Mountain Lion), will I have to reinstall all my software? Will I lose everything on my hard drive? I've backed up to Time Machine but can it restore stuff if the operating system has since changed? I have a Boot Camp partition too, will that be affected? I'm just a bit nervous at the hassle this is going to cause, especially when I read other comments on here where people are experiencing major problems after upgrading.

Innings wrote:
Yosemite is slow, the lay-out worse than Snow Leopard, and I have a problem that refuses to let me run some programs. Apple want to charge me £25 to tell me how to solve the problem. Don't even think of using Yosemite, it has not one feature to recommend it. I'd revert to Snow Leopard in a blink of an eye if I knew how to do it.
If you'd like to try to fix what's wrong with your Yosemite installation, or if you'd like some help with going back to Snow Leopard, we could help you with that. In that case it would probably be better to start your own thread and give some more information. You can download Etrecheck, http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck, which is a small free app that can generate a system report which you can then post in your new thread.

Will i lose stuff when i upgrade to 4.5?

I have a few hundred songs, about 20 pics, and a few apps i've bought and paid for, will i lose this stuff when i upgrade??????
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If you hit the Advanced button in the Application Loader and choose the option to backup the device data, all of the data will be backed up, and when it finishes updating the OS, the data will be restored for you.
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Will I lose apps when I upgrade my mac

Ok, so here's my question: I am a macbook pro user which has two user accounts, mine and my wife's. I have installed app's like photoshop elements and aperture and my wife has installed ms office on her side. Our permissions allow each of us to use apps on both sides (i.e when I log in to my side I can use MS word, and she can use photoshop in her side).
I am about to buy my own macbook. On purchase I will copy the HD from my old mac onto the new one. From here on in I intend to delete my wife's profile so there is only one user account on my new machine. By doing this, will I lose access to MS word?? and when she deletes my account on her mac, will she lose access to photoshop??
Thanks in advance

Ordinarily, any OS X upgrade should never delete anything already on the computer. However, bad things can and do happen sometimes, for all sorts of reasons. In the rare event that the upgrade does not go exactly as expected, a full system backup will be your only protection of your data, and your best means of recovering everything back to your previous useable state.
Personally, as far as major system update or upgrades, I recommend making a full, bootable system clone to an external drive before updating. That way, if the update fails, you can boot from your clone and have your old system fully functional to trouble shoot from, or to simple clone back to your internal drive if you do not want to try the update again.
The shareware apps Carbon Copy Cloner (Bombich software) or SuperDuper (Shirt Pocket software) are the simplest tools to make a full, bootable clone of your current system.

Will I lose Applications if I upgrade?

I am currently running 10.4.11. I haven't upgraded because I'm concerned that some of the programs that I've been using won't run on 10.5 or 10.6. Is this true? One program that I use all the time is Microsoft Office. I don't think I'm running Office 08 v.X. I think I'm using Office 04.X. If I upgrade to 10.6, will Office still work?

Have a look here for compatible apps...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
-mj

Will I lose iDVD if I upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mavericks?

I am getting ready to upgrade from 10.6.8 to Mavericks, and I have a few questions on my MacBookPro.
1) Is there a way to keep iDVD when I upgrade?
2) How does Microsoft Office 2008 play with Mavericks, specifically Word and Entourage?
3) Is there any reason NOT to upgrade? I have already done a complete backup using Time Machine.
Lisa

Carolyn,
Thank you for the answer. Um, I am not sure what it said . . . However, I did do more checking on exactly which model I have. On the chart, the Model Identifier MacBookPro5,3 was listed, but not 5,4.
This is what hardware I have:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.49f2
How do I tell what will and won't work well with Mavericks? I don't know if 1) I should upgrade, and 2) what should I upgrade to, based on the information you listed in your tips.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Lisa

Will I lose my photo library upgrading from iPhoto 7.1.5

Hi, I just upgraded my OS to Lion (I was going to wait until Mountain Lion came out but apparantley my macbook (2008) is too old to support it). Anyway, I want access to the icloud and after upgrading to Lion, I discovered that I needed to upgrade my iphoto as well. Should I be concerned about losing my photos with this upgrade?

No
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LN

Will I lose current music?

I know this is probably a stupid question, but must I have all my music saved on my hard drive before I upgrade? When I try to "upgrade" it takes me to the "install 7.5" page. I'm afraid it will install 7.5 and erase the music I currently have on whatever edition on iTunes I have now.

No, you will not lose music when you upgrade. You harddrive saves the music and iTunes only holds the file paths to reference them by. You will be safe to upgrade, but do remember, hard drives do fail and it is important to always back up your music via external hard drive, data dvd's or cd's. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
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If I use a family member's upgrade in the family plan, will they lose their unlimited data?

Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?

scarletknights928 wrote:
Hi there. So since my birthday is next week, and I'm on a family plan with my parents and 2 brothers, they're letting me use someone's upgrade to get the iPhone 5 since my upgrade isn't due until November. The upgrade that's available now is my older brother's. He is so paranoid that if I use his upgrade, he'll lose his unlimited data. Is this true? I know that I'll lose mine, which is fine, but he does a lot of stuff with his iPhone and doesn't want to lose it yet. So if I use his upgrade, will we both lose the unlimited data or just me?
Actually the way I understand it, your brother will lose his unlimited data but you will retain yours.
Because the upgrade is coming from his line, that line of service must select a tiered data plan.
Your line is, in effect not changing (you will just be activating a different phone) so the data plan is not affected.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Good luck & Happy Birthday

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