We have realized she needs to upgrade to 10.6.3 Snow Leopard to use Java and other features. I have a Mac Snow Leopard disk that a friend loaned me to find out how to reset her password a few months ago. Can I use this CD to upgrade her 10.5.8 Mac without her having to buy anything?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), It is a desktop, assume it is iMac
Can I upgrade my G5 dual 2.0 with intel chips? I am really feeling hurt, that I bought a MAC and then Apple "upgrades" there Mac with intel chips. And what hurts eben more is the games now coming out are only for Intel Mac's only. I am not a hard core gamer... but I would still like to play a couple of the new games coming out.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have an iMac running 10.4.11. I want to update the system all the way to 10.7.3
Is there a combo 10.7 I can install, to skip 10.5 & 10.6?Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 512Mb Ram
imac was noticeably slower to boot and after leaving the sleep mode stops working dock
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have an iMac white intel-based dual core2 which has been sitting untouched since purchased Sept 2006. Trying to upgrade everything.
When I try to upgrade to Lion it says I need Snow Leopard first so, using Safari, I try to buy Snow Leopard and Safari crashes. Safari is 3.0.4. So I try to upgrade Safari but it says I need Snow Leopard first.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
We are using Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 with a 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 here and cannot upload the latest version of Safari, Skype, Quicktime 7, and are having difficulties with an airline booking website - probably because of the above. Would like to upgrade to Snow Leopard but this OS want us to have an Intel processor (think?) so not exactly sure if this is possibly because of the version of Mac processor we have.
View 4 Replies View RelatediMac mid 2010 i3, I replaced stock hdd to a two terabyte western digital caviar green. After replacing the fan speed rapidly increased. I installed smc and still no resolution.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I want to upgrade the ram on my imac (2010,ram:ddr3 1333)now my mac has "4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB". I would like to know if I bought an extra 2 x 4GB RAM. Can I put them side by side (4 slots) in the iMac for a total 12GB of RAM?could this mixing (2x2G+2x4G) be dual channel?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a Mid 2011 iMac and have been thinking about replacing the hard drive with an SSD drive. What sort of considerations should I be aware of? In particular: Is there a specific SSD technology I should be looking for (brand, connecter, etc.)?Can I use an SSD drive for the OS and the existing HD for additional storage? If so, whats the best way to separate the data (where do apps go, etc.)?Is it something that I can do myself or does it require taking it to a repair shop?How does it effect the warranty?Â
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I operate an iMac: v 10.6.8, 8 GB, and ample space.
I have checked all the requirements for Yosemite, but nothing happens when I click on the download button.
All the links I've tried so far take me around in circle
if it was possible to swap out the first intel processors with the newer ones the imacs are coming with. i found this info and mainly looks just as tricky as open heart surgery to risk my imac doing, and thats just replacing the processor itself.
View 10 Replies View Relatedif I like to upgrade to Lion - do I really have to buy Leopard as well as Lion - only to install Lion?I bought Leopard already and thought I could upgrade easily and free to Lion. Actually I have installed Leopard 10.6.8 and now it seams that I have to buy Lion to be able to upgrade.
View 7 Replies View RelatedCan I upgrade the HD in my late 2009 iMac 27 to one of the WD Caviar Green 3tb drives? I am running Lion and all of the latest updates are complete.Â
View 5 Replies View RelatedCurrently I have an iMac 10.5.8 with an Intel Core 2 Duo and 2Go Ram. Since January I didn't had much system updates because my software is apparently too old ... And I am kind of paranoid about the Trojans that I might have because I use the old version plus Safari is getting blocked very often. So I decided to by first Snow Leopard and then Lion. The thing is that I live in Norway & I will have to use the Norwegian apple store to by those programs but my OS X is in French. So I was wondering if I will be able to choose my language or the whole system will be automatically in Norwegian? The second question is to know if it is difficult to upgrade? I am a Mac user because I don't have any clues about the computers and Mac is always working. I read some complaints from people who after installing Snow Leopard couldn't use properly their printers or other apps... Is there is something I (completely ignorant person) should be aware of before doing the upgrade? Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I received the Snow Leopard upgrade disc from Apple. The instructions read to simply upgrade to SL version 10.6.8 after running the installation disc, and then to purchase the Lion upgrade from the Mac App. However, this SL version seems to be 10.5.8, and none of the 10.6.8 or lower updates will work. I found a 10.6.1, but that won't install either. They all say that I need OS 10.6 and I can't find it. I have a 2009 iMac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
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iMac (20-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I have a Power Mac G5 2.0 GHZ 1 TB and 250GB Hard Drive, 4 GB of Ram Running 10.5.8 Leopard. Now i bougth this mac on ebay to EDIT VIDEOS AND PICTURES. BUT, i cant do either because all the editing software requires snow leopard or higher. the Mac doesnt even have I Movie, Garage Band. To get any sort of editing software i need snow leopard. To get snow leopard i have to have an Intel Based Processor MINE ISN'T INTEL. So pretty much i have NO WAYS to edit or create videos.
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.0 GHZ, 1.2 TB.
Basically, I want to make my games run alot smoother. And just being honest, the default graphics card is awful. I want to run more graphic intensive games. I've read that the graphics card slot is small, so it can't run great graphics cards. I understand this, but I believe the current one I have (ATI Radeon HD 4670) is 512mb, I'm looking for a 1 GB or 2GB graphics card. Is that possible to run in this machine? Money isn't a problem, I got Bootcamp to speed up my PC, that sorta worked. But I need a graphics card.
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iMac, Windows
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I have a Time Machine 1.2 which worked perfectly on my old iMac OSX. A few months ago I purchased a new iMac which came with Snow Leopard, and it worked well. But when Apple came to upgrade me to Lion, the Time Machine no longer works.  Is it not compatible with Lion??Â
At one stage I was told there was no room on the disk. I then tried to delete most of the previous backups, leaving only a handful of backups - but still no luck. I think I might have messed up things by then trying to edit the "do not back up" list. I tried to exclude some programmes applications , and now I am told there are no disks available to be backed up.
It is not very clear on the "options" screen, what one should do. What does the + and - indicate, and is it necessary to remove any files at all if I want a simple regular backup procedure on my home computer.
Lastly - if I wanted to uninstall and reinstall the Time Machine - is there a procedure?? I can't find one.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
I am running the 27" iMac with dual hard drives and have recently upgraded to Lion. Two things are happening.
1. On cold start / boot up, my system has no sound. And by no sound I mean - no sound. When I go to the Sound option in System Preferences, everything is greyed out and I can not adjust or access any of the controls. The only solution has been to immediately restart my computer. After restart, everything is fine.
2. On cold start / boot up, sometimes I receive a pop up telling me that TestGen is not installed properly and to please re-start. Of course, since I have no sound I'm automatically doing that.
Lastly, and I'm not adding this to the list because there is already a thread about it . . but I will mention it I am getting error messages trying to play certain videos "This video requires Quicktime which is not supported by this version of iTunes."The workaround is that you apparently have to delete the video from your Library -- DO NOT DELETE FILE FROM HARD DRIVE -- and re-add to your Library.
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
When trying to upgrade to Lion, I receive a message saying I don't have enough memory. But I have over 100GB available.
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iMac (20-inch Late 2006), Mac OS X (10.6.8), downloading lion
I would like to upgrade to Lion, but my iMac doesn't have sufficient memory (1GB) What is the best way to add memory?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI recently had my iMac repaired independently, with upgrade to Mavericks from Lion. I am trying to discover if my Apple purchases/upgrades have been recorded online seeing as of today I cannot find my printed Apple receipts or access much of the information/data which was not correctly migrated to my iMac. I would like to recover iDVD if possible.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've been researching for a while on upgrading my white intel iMac from a "Core Duo" processor to a "Core 2 Duo" processor. The processor I would like to use is a Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T5750 processor, which would give me 2 additional cores as well as a small speed bump from 1.83 ghz to 2.0 ghz. I figured compatibility should be fine considering the FSB speed (667 Mhz) is the same. Has anyone tried this? Can anyone tell me if this will work for sure?
View 24 Replies View RelatedI am a long-time Windows user and I'm making the jump to a Macbook Pro, a very expensive one, at that.I'm getting the highest end 15'' Macbook Pro and I'm adding a 7200rpm 500GB drive. One thing I am worried about is the Intel 2.8ghz processor.
I want to upgrade to 3.06ghz and would like to know the effect it would have on my battery life combined with the 7200rpm.
i used to be under a another name here, but lost all my old login info.
i just recently bought a powerbook g4 from my company firesale. it runs on os 10.2.8.
i would like to upgrade it to os 10.5, but the 512 RAM would make it a bit sluggish. so i am upgrading it to 10.4 instead.
problem is,... i hear people say that you have to have os 10.3 installed before 10.4. is that true?
i just want to buy a full 10.4 upgrade package and do it then and there.
I trying to help my Dad out. He has a Mac Pro with 2 x 2Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor. I know an upgrade is possible on this machine, but what I want to know is can I upgrade the machine with two 54XX series Intel Xeon Processors and make his Mac Pro a 8-Core Mac. Here are the ones I am looking into ordering for my Dad and installing:
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Or we might getting one that is even faster, but still apart of the 54XX series.
Is there a tool or utility to check to see if adding 8GB of ram to my current 2GB ram will speed up my computer?
I currently have a 3 week old 8-core 2.8 mac pro. Before I had a G5 with 8GB ram and I could open up many of my RAW images from my camera at once without noticing an uber amount of lag time. I noticed once getting the new mac pro with 2GB ram it took longer to load up the images. Now I'd think it would use processor power more than the ram but I could be wrong. I always set photoshop to use the most amount of ram which is around 3GB plus I could run safari and dreamweaver, illustrator and some other apps all at once without wanting to toss my computer out the window for lag. (I have little patience btw)
So I was just talking with someone saying that if I add 8GB of ram its overkill for me to have 10GB ram. Though I also plan on running a virtual machine that will run a couple design apps that are windows only.. plus I use maya... but besides that. If it were 10GB or ram I have and its all to just run my browser, adobe design suite and maybe a couple chat clients it may be over kill but wouldn't I be right in saying that they would all run smooth all at once using 10GB of ram instead of 2? and yes I know its only 32 bit so each can only suck up 3GB ram. Just figured to me I could run many apps and have no issue with my computer with more ram. I found online 2 4GB sticks of ram and I plan on getting them this year so even though im buying them.. just wanted some input.
I have the Mac Pro dual core, 2.66GHz. It has the ATI 1900XL.
It's still running strong, however I've become addicted to more monitors and I'm planning on getting a second one however I've been screwed by the discontinuation of the 23" DVI version because that's what I have as a main monitor.
So my choices are 20" or 30" now, or the new one with some adapter that isn't shipping.
So I'd like to get a 30" I think, and put the 23" to the side instead. yes I know there are cheaper monitors but I'm looking for some commonality out there.
However I also have a 19" LCD 1280x1024 I use for 'junk' (non-photography) things like iCal, mail, etc. To hook that + the 23 + the 30 up can that be done without investing in another video card?
I upgraded my Macbook Pro to 10.5.7 via Software Update, and after that I cannot log in anymore! The system boots fine, I land on the log in screen. After entering the password, it seems to be logging in, I can see the dashboard and everything, and then it automatically logs out and jumps back to the log in screen!
I searched on Apple Support and found this -> [URL] changing the password in single user mode doesn't work either!
Hope you guys know what's going on and give me a hand! I tried to contact Apple Support but they said my AppleCare is expired.
I am making the conversion to Mac (Macbook Pro). I have legit software for a PC so I thought I would do the following if possible...
1) Install Windows XP 32 bit through boot camp and then upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit.
2) Install Office 2007 and then upgrade to 64 bit.
This would save me a lot of money...what are the opinions?
