ok guys i mentioned this a while ago and having looked into it on my new system there some question over hardware compatability with mac osx if i install it as a hackintosh so i was wondering if there is anyway i can tgrial the os out and check how my hardware copes without having to buy the os first?
do apple do trial versions of their os?
Because I am getting tired of constant BSOD when playing my games, I am contemplating doing an re-install of xp but bare boned. By that I mean just installing xp sp2 and just update sound and video drivers. Will I be able to do it? Do I need to manually install the wireless card or will windows pick it up? I've tried updating drivers and removing known apple drivers with issues, but in the end I cant get away from BSOD.
View 2 Replies View RelatedLate Thursday, Apple introduced its Migration and DVD/CD Sharing Update (40.3MB).
The fix is advised for all eligible Mac users and improves customization as well as performance for migrating data over Ethernet, FireWire or USB.
The update is applicable to both Mac OS X 10.4.11 as well as all existing releases of 10.5.
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I would like to know if I can upgrade the the memory on my Macbook Pro, will it void the warranty (Apple Care)?
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I am running 10.3.9 on a PowerBook G4. I installed a bunch of fonts (through Font Book) about 2 years ago, and since that time some of my apple apps freeze from time to time. Namely, Calculator, Text Edit and Safari. I also noticed that in this state, the AutoUpdates don't download. I found a solution of overwriting the required system fonts (especially Keyboard and LastResort), then rebooting. Normally, this sets it right.
However, now my Installer is freezing (trying to install a new Adobe product), as well as Disk Utility. (This means I can't fix those permissions or do First aid, since the Disk Utility freezes). I have not tried reinstalling OS X yet. Might this be related to "Helvetica Neue"?
I'm trying to install Photoshop 5, and a message pops up saying "You can't open the application Install Photoshop because the Classic environment is no longer supported." What can I do??
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
is it really worth it to buy a new Mac Pro in the Apple store vs getting it at a reseller such as Amazon? I'd like to save as much as possible, so no tax and shipping saves me over $200 on the low end Mac Pro alone. My concern is getting the Airport extreme wifi card, but I know its not available in the Apple store and from what I understand, the only way to get it is either by bringing in the Mac Pro to the Apple store to buy the airport extreme card and have it installed by Apple, or by buying it from somewhere like ebay and doing a DIY.
I do not prefer the latter option if it goes against warranty, even though it may be easy. But does anyone know how much it would cost to have Apple install it, and if its same day installation? All in all, is it worth it to go through Apple with the Mac Pro, and pay the $200+ in additional tax? Actually, the airport extreme card is the ONLY CTO option that I want to add to the machine because everything else I'll add or upgrade later. So I can't help but feel like thats just so much money just to get the card. Of course, I'm planning all this for the 2010 Mac Pro, which is what I'm saving up for, but I'd like to get someone's opinion on this.
My apple remote doesn't work like it used too before installing Lion. Front Row appears to be "missing". Can i download it so my remote works again?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
While trying to fix my disabled USB ports on my MBP, (Installing some sort of USB driver that wasn't made for my specific OS, which is 10.7.4, which came from the apple website.) I rebooted my computer and I notice that once the loggin screen shows up the cursor won't budge. Then I try hitting Enter on my mac and the arrow keys a little. Nothing. Then I try using every key on the keyboard. Absolutely nothing. Tried resetting the PRAM, SMC, AND tried using Safe Boot. Nothing. At this point I wanted to smash my computer or smash something technology related. The only thing that works on my computer now is the little slim of hope that I call Windows 7 which I am posting this from.Is there ANYTHING I can do to enable my Trackpad and Keyboard again?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I just finished up a fresh install of Windows 7 and downloaded and installed the NVidia driver from their site directly since the one in the Boot Camp files is pretty old and technically the Vista driver anyway.
But I still need the Brightness, Sound, etc key functionality. Is there a way to selectively install Boot Camp drivers? That's the only one I need. The wireless, chipset, video and everything else works just fine (and in some cases better) than the ones included in Apple's setup.
When I switched to ICloud I thought my Apple ID and password would work for Apple store. It turns out they have a different Apple ID at the Apple store with a diferent password that I do not remember. HOw can I make the ICloud Apple ID and password work for all other platforms?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
i have an apple tv and the universal dock(1st gen), the remote that comes with the apple tv also controls the universal dock, but i want the remote to only control the apple tv not the universal dock, every time i play something in the apple tv my iPhone which is connected to the dock also plays a song.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently went to turn on my laptop, and it started up, I heard the hard drive cycle, and it automatically went to a grey apple as the typical startup...but it froze there & a pinwheel was spinning...but it wouldn't boot up! What can I do to check this out?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
My Apple ID is in good standing (or else I wouldn't be posting in this community).But when I try to make a purchase in iTunes, it stops me saying that my Apple ID has been disabled..This has been going on all day, so it's not a matter of waiting for the system to update with my new email address (I wouldn't think).I've tried authorizing this computer for iTunes, and it is already authorized.What else should I try?
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I was planning on installing Win7 on it and using Parallels for the times I have no Mac option (specific games or apps).
Should I install it as a boot camp partition and then link it in Parallels or just do a clean VM install in Parallels? I'm curious as to what the experiences are and what is my best course of action when my machine shows up.
I know this is kind of off topic and the logo does not make the product any different but I found it a little odd that Apple decided to not to put their logo on the remote. It's made out of aluminum and has enough space on the back for a logo to be present. Apple put's their logo on everything that has enough space for one. The old remote had it, mouse, keyboard, MacBook/MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, iPod's, iPhone, docks, and gift cards all have it. Their earphones don't have it because they are to small to put a logo without making them look stupid. I wonder what Jonathan Ive and Jobs were thinking when they decided to not put the logo. The back of the remote almost seems bare without it.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi bought a used macbook pro and i want to change the apple id to my own but i have to enter the other guys apple id password to change it but
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I have icloud on my iphone but the app doesn't appear on my mac computer under settings. How do I fix this? I have mobile me there instead
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've accidentally set up my iCloud on different accounts on my iPhone and Mac. I suspect this is the reason why my iCal on the phone does not sync with my Mac. How can I change them both to the same account (the one on the Mac needs to be changed)?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I open apple mail it seems to load fine but now my trash icon for apple mail is gone. Is there any way to get this back?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI want to copy an imovie on one apple computer and put it on another apple computer. Can I use a flash drive to do this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedSince its a uni-body(or whatever the heck its called) i need to take off the whole backing and i feel confident in myself to do so, it just i want to make sure that everything will work
I don't have any files to backup other then my music which fits on a sd card so transferring files isn't necessary. So when i get my mac can i just bust open the thing and replace the hard drive right away and install leopard or do i need to install leopard on it by connecting my new hard drive to the firewire port (through some adapter which i have in my house). or does the leopard disc that comes with my mac only work on the default hard drive?
Today I got my additional 12 gigs of ram ( 3 x 4 GB Kingston pc3 - 85000 Parity REG CL7 DIMM) for my mac pro( 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon.I tried to install the 12 gigs ( 3 x 4 GB) next to the 4 x 2 gigs I already had ( 2GB 2RX8 PC3-8500e-7-10-E0, DDR3, 1066, CL7, ECC, (just typed it over:P)anyways when I try to start my mac pro the only thing he does is flashing his standbye light... the only thing what works is or the 12 gigs alone or the 8 gigs alone but he doesnt like the combination.
View 4 Replies View RelatedPlease forgive me if im not in the right place and also for my lack of mac knowledge - i am recently new to mac, have bout a macpro and loving it BUT!! I am a Photographer and use CS3 for my editing and for some reason cant open/install it onto my mac!! This a huge prob as have deadlines etc which I need ,my photoshop for.
Ok so I put the disk in, double click the icon and it opens, i then double click on the ps cs3 icon and it comes up with an error message say ps cs3 blah blah blah quit unexpectdely. mac os x and other applications are not affected click relaunch to launch app again click report to see more details etc etc but it just wont relaunch
What I'm wondering now is if it's worth it to go over 169 dollars to have to buy the Mac Box Set or if I should just go with the 29 dollar route, getting the bare install disc but maybe violating the EULA (it's possible to install it, and I don't believe there will be any rocky edges).
For Christmas I might just as well end up having the MBS. But I don't need iLife nor iWork. So what should I do with the two extra discs? I could very well install them on my family's iMac but it does run Tiger (and I dunno if they are compatible with 10.4 anyway) and we probably won't upgrade that one until way later.
I bought SL for my home computer but want to install it also on my work computer since it is taking long for the IT people to decide when to move to SL.
Can I just take my CD and install it on my work computer? Will this cause any problems such as not able to download software updates and such?
Is there any way to work around this problem:
I just bought the Leopard family pack for my Mac Pro and my 1 Ghz PowerBook 12". I loaded Leopard onto the Mac Pro with no problem--but when I tried to install it on the PB 12", I discovered that my PowerBook's DVD player has died. (There had been some indications of flakey behavior over the past few months, and none of the other DVDs I tried would work--they would just get ejected.)
My question is this: is there any other way to install Leopard onto my PB without using the DVD? I do have a working DVD player on the Mac Pro, as well as a myriad of hard drives and iPods that could be used in disk mode.
I'm unclear of how I should approach my Windows install, given my current situation, and I would rather be safe than sorry with these procedures...
Previously, I had installed a copy of Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro running 10.5, and used parallels to run the OS. Now, my parallels trial has run out and I would prefer to use Boot Camp (which I believe uses partitioning).
-How can I remove all of the files from my hard drive that are left from parallels and the old Win7 install without even being able to get into Parallels (due my lack of a serial number).
-What will the process of installing boot camp be like? Will I need an external HD to backup files during partition?
So, I don't often get a chance to work on a Mac machine so this is a little new to me. I've got a Quicksilver G4 (standard spec for that series, 800Mhz processor, stock MoBo, etc etc). Long story short, OSX decided to completely lock us out of the system, asking for a password that was never put in to anyone's knowledge.
User wants to retain information on that HDD so I thought I would just pop in another HDD and install OSX on it, using the locked out drive as a secondary slave.
The problem is that when the other drive is used as the primary/master, the graphics card seems to not work. Everything is spinning inside the machine itself but the screen is black as though the graphics card is blown. I thought maybe the card WAS blown, but when I swapped the drives (locked out HD as primary), everything works as it should and I'm brought back to the login screen.
Sidebar issue, I can't seem to boot from disk no matter which bay drive I use and what key combination I use.
My macbook has been successfully partitioned with os 10.4.11 and Windows Xp. however, my XP no longer works and completely crashed. I don't have a cd drive, and my external cddrive does not get read at bootup. :/
Anyways, i was wondering if it is possible to install Windows through the hard drive itself. I mount the iso onto the partitioned windows drive, but i am completely confused on what to do next. How do i get the hd to boot the mounted iso, instead of looking to load windows... My current Error states: invalid Boot.ini... Ntdetect failed.
