Is there a way to copy pre-installed software? I purchased an iMac from someone on craigslist and it came pre-installed with Adobe CS3 and Aperture, but no discs. I wanted to somehow put those programs on my macbook pro as well. Is there any way to do this without the discs? I tried copying the actual program files but it didn't work.
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Twice now I have installed programs and then I cannot find the program I installed, seems to just not be there but installation was successful.
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View 11 Replies View RelatedI'd like to switch fron Snow Leopard to Lion, but it's such a pain to lose and reinstall programs like Kobo, super Duper,Log Me In etc. Is ther any way to transfer them into my new Lion OS?
Info:Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8), WD 250 GB external HD
Since I installed Lion all my programs open at start-up. Why?
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13" MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
my Mac has recently been playing up. The other day I turned it on to find just a white screen so I rebooted it though safe mode. Since then i have not been able to conduct sofware updates / save microsoft office files / install any programmes. When I try to conduct software updates I get the following - 'None of the selected updates could be saved. You don’t have permission.'I have checked my permissions and they all look fine.
When I try to open or safe a word file i get - 'Word could not create the work file. check the amount of disk space on your startup disk' I have 19.87 GB available on my HD. When i try to install a programme such as ViursBarrierX6 I get this - ' The Installation failed' 'The installer can't creat the folder "/var/folder/qg/11kx8p703n9cx4zpp27vhm0000gn/T/intsall.12034Cd49UU". '
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mac book, Mac OS X (10.5.4), mac book
Newbie from windows to Mac SL. I download two programs for my Cannon scanner and found them installed in Applications. I created a new folder called Cannon and moved both programs into it. In the folder, there is now a file called "Open in Finder" as well which I did not add.
Question.
1. Is it ok to move files into a new folder this way?
2. Is it normal to have "Open in Finder" also inserted in the folder?
Reason I am asking is, when I initially run the scanner program I get this multiple colour ball momentarily. It is almost as if the OS is looking for the location of the scanner program - similar to an hour glass in windows. Therefore, should I delete the folder I created and reinstall the scanner programs? If so, should I delete the programs first, then the folder, or go ahead and delete the folder with the programs in it?
I have a question about using my new samsung tv as a monitor for my macbook. I have all the cables and such and my TV reads the computer. It actually shows the desktop background, mouse, and the toolbar on the tv...
BUT....when i try and open a program such as safari or itunes it does not display the program on the monitor but rather on my macbook screen. It shows the program open on the tv monitor but it shoots off the screen and then opens on the macbook screen.
Also the mouse disappears from the tv monitor screen on the left side only, and when it does it becomes visible back on the macbook screen! Any tips or suggestions on how to get the programs to show up on the monitor instead of the macbook screen?
Installed a new 750GB drive into my MacBookPro 5.1 Couldn't get Winclone to make image so I was forced to start from scratch with a new XP installation.
My MBP is partitioned 25%Mac & 75%XP with bootcamp and I have the old drive in a enclosure connected with a firewire. So all of old files are on the external drive now.
After installing XP I have no internet connection, drivers etc... However if I boot up on the mac side everything works fine. (I cloned the mac os already with Carbon copy).
So can I just copy all my old drivers over to the new drive? If yes how and if no how do I get them installed on the new harddrive. The MBP came with everything preinstalled.
I have a legal copy of iWork 09 installed via CD-ROM, it does not appear as "installed" in the app store.
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MacBook, iOS 5.1.1
Im not sure why, but after i reinstalled lion, the app store says imovie is installed, but imovie is not installed garage band installed fine, and for iphoto i had to do system update, and it installed, but for some reason app store wont let me install imovie, cause it says it is installed but it isnt
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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I am currently going to upgrade to Os X Tiger and need to back up the eMac's HD using the the same external HD used to back up my iMac.
I am looking to backup my sons DVD's, a few have gotten so scratched they skip while they are playing back. I am using my PS3 as a DVD player. What is the best program to rip them to my Mac? Then what do I do if I want to rip them to a DVD that will play in my PS3. Is there a certian format? The more information the better. I have a very vague understanding of how this all works. I did find from MRoogle that RipIt appears to be a really good choice for ripping the DVD to the Mac... but then what? Can I just pop a DVD in and burn it?
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Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have osx tiger - how on earth do i copy a music CD to a blank? am i being dumb? i can't see anywhere how to do it. i donloaded simplyBurns, but the option is greyed out, and disk utility can't seem to help me. I dont have toast, but surely it should be easier than that?
atm im importing to itunes, then burning. VERY long winded.
I used to use a PC and thus all my mails are on the desktop of tht PC: how do I copy it to Entourage now?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have an iMac G4 (see specs below) and have recently been ripping tons of CD's into iTunes in preparation for a major home audio upgrade. I am now trying to back-up my iTunes library. However, when I try to use a blank CD-R, as expected, I get a message stating that there is not enough room, and that I must insert a blank DVD. The problem is, when I insert the blank DVD, it gets spit right back out. My computer has a HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B. I tried to insert a Philips DVD+R 4.7 GB, 1-16x speed, 120 minute blank DVD. Anyone know why my computer won't read this DVD? Is there another DVD I should be using or will my computer simply not burn DVD's?
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iMac Power PC G4 (3.3)
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
1 GHz; 768 MB RAM; iTunes 7.5
Is there a way to backup all of my iTunes content like shown here...
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using an external HDD instead of using CDs or DVDs?
Any suggestions for backing up a macintosh system? I have a Imac G5 running OS X 10.4.8. I'm not sure the size the size of the drive; it's one of the Apple standard ones, I'm guessing 400 MB.
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I erased the drive and created two partitions: 1TB and 500GB. I transferred 250GB of files to the 500GB partition and then set-up the 1TB partition to be used as the TM backup. I ran TM and it told me that it had backed up 264GB...the problem is that my internal HD has 478GB of data on it...so...something's not being backed up.
My only thought at this point is to erase the HD again, re-partition it, and run TM first...and then transfer the data to the other partition.
I have a Mac Pro - 2 x 2.66, with 5 GB of RAM as my desktop, running Leopard; I have an internal 500 GB HD, and a 500 GB external that I use for Time Machine. The desktop has about 60 GB of iTunes material, and iPhoto is managing over 65,000 photos (almost 200 GB). This week, TM ran out of space and stopped backing up. There was a perplexing message stating something like, "You have 300 MB of material to backup and there is only 350 MB of space available on the backup volume." I excluded a bunch of stuff from the Time Machine backups, and it ran fine for a few days and ran out of space again. Thinking I just need more HD space.
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The initial backup--which I have done numerous times now--went fine. However, the next time I have the external drive connected, when Time Machine starts up to do its hourly incremental backup--it shows XXGB of 365GB ... so it is trying to re-backup my entire iTunes library. Anybody have this problem and find a solution?
I have 3 computers: 1 Desktop Windows, 1 Macbook (alum), 1 Macbook Pro. I also have a PS3. Looking to setup network storage but not sure what my options are. I'm aware of network storage devices which backup and share, but can I setup the same thing with an extra hard drive in my PC? Or perhaps an external hard drive? I basically want a separate hard drive(s) to do mirror and incremental backups, as well as share music, pics, docs, etc. with all three computers and my PS3.
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