is it safe? i guess i have to in order to move to icloud. i don't use any complicated features on my laptop--a macbook core 2 duo intel--but i am NOT computer savvy at all.
View 4 RepliesWhy Apple customers accept being forced to migrate to Icloud and Lion (an OS with bad reviews) before the end of June when knowing that Mountain Lion will be available a few weeks later?
View 5 Replies View RelatedOwn a Core Duo Mac book Pro. No iphone or ipad (don't want either thank you) but I want to keep my mac.com address. So what are my options. Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a 2008 macbook pro with brand new 500GB hard drive and 6GB new RAM.   My old hard drive is backed up on external drive, via time machine. When the shop put in the new hard drive (there was nothing wrong with old one, it was just stuffed to the brim), they loaded snow leopard from a disk, but I haven't put anything from the old drive back on yet....I haven't even configured my mail and am just reading mail from ipad and phone these days.Â
Should I install Lion before I restore all the old backed-up stuff, or is it important to have anything, ( like maybe preferences) already on the computer when I download Lion. I want to be selective when restoring from time machine, because my old hard drive had a lot of ancient software and junk on it that had migrated from every computer we've ever owned, and that is many, many.So, I'm just stuck on the best way to proceed. Also, should I install the latest update for 10.6.8 before I download Lion? I see today that some new updates have become available; java, security, safari, and apple software installer.Â
In order for Icloud to work I need Lion?,
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs it safe for me to migrate all the contents of my powerbook G4 12" to my brand new 13" aluminum macbook? I thought it would be too much trouble to load all my iPhoto pictures, iTunes music, registered programs, and firefox bookmarks. Any downside to doing this? I'm assuming since there are no viruses on OSX, that I will be fine transfering everything directly over to the new laptop are, correct? It's just too bad this is going to take 3 hours!!! All I want to do is play with the new macbook.
View 24 Replies View Relatedhow to obtain a bigger memory for my imac so that I can upgrade to OSX LIon and then to icloud? My imac currently has 1 Gb memory and I need 2 Gb apparently. Apple can no longer supply a 2 Gb memory. I will need to knowe hwre to buy a suitable memory and how to change it.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 1 Gb memory
Can't upgrade to Lion to get iCloud. Memory is upgraded.
Info:MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.8), Memory upgraded to support iCloud
I cannot upgrade my Mac to OS X Lion, but I have the most updated version 10.6.8
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
My husband and I rely heavily on our shared calendars through MobileMe and I've yet to switch to iCloud because of the complications I'm sensing it will cause us.I have an old MacBook that I've read can't be upgraded to Lion because it doesn't have the necessary hardware.I use iCal mostly in my MacBook and on my iPhone when I'm on the go. My husband just uses it on his iPhone.My question is - when I am forced to switch over to iCloud, will we lose our calendars that I can use on my MacBook?Will they only be available on our iPhones or online? Am I able to have all the functionality of our current calendars (with relative ease of use and syncing from a computer) without having to get a whole new computer/upgraded hardware?
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MacBook (13-inch), Mac OS X (10.6.8), Husband and I both have iPhone 4
If i cant upgrade to Lion how can i effectively use i cloud?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
How can I upgrade my Mac OSX version 10.5.8 into OSX Lion?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Current macbook pro has osx 6.8, what do we have to do to be able to use the cloud, specifically what sofware upgrade?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm having difficulty downloading the newest software for my iPhone. Everytime I try to download the new software a dialogue box appears that says my iTunes is updated to the current version (9.2.1). First of all, why is that appearing at all? And second of all I know for a fact there are more recent versions of iTunes out there...I've seen it. So problem A: my iPhone software won't download so I can update it, I'm assuming I need to download the latest version of iTunes which brings me to Problem B. When searching for the latest update for iTunes, I can download it on my computer but it won't install because it's saying I need to update my OS to 10.5 or higher.
So...do I need to upgrade my OS in order to update my iPhone software and is there a way to go from 10.4.11 to 10.5 for free? If not why do I have to, in the end, pay to update my iPhone software now when I haven't done that since the beginning?
Btw my computer is a MacBook Pro 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor.
How to upgrade mac osx 10.4.11 to 10.5 - I have to in order to get java 1.6
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was hoping to export an archive of Address Book which is running on my 10.6 server so that I could import it to iCloud's address book.Â
How can I do this? I can't see any functionality to import in iClouds's Address Book.Â
Do I have to have all of these server contacts "On My Mac" before iCloud will play ball?Â
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Mac OS X (10.7.3), Server 10.6, iMac 10.7
I have a MBP 1,1 Core Duo which will not support Lion. I also have an iPad. I cannot upgrade to get iOS 5 features. I also am having problems seeing my me.com mail on my MBP in Mail and don't want to have to use Safari to get mail. What are my options short of buying a new Mac
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I need to upgrade to one of the Lion ones to use iCloud. How do I do this? I believe when I upgraded to Snow Leopard I just got a disc.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.3), MacBook 4,1 2.1 GHz
I am reluctant to upgrade to Lion due to being quite happy with OS 10.6.8, but now am looking for extra backup and storage after 3 external hard drives dying. Question: can I access iCloud using 10.6.8. on my iMac? - don't have an ipad, as yet. Or an iPhone. What are the major changes between Lion and Snow Leopard, and how difficult would it be to get used to using it, as it sounds like it is catering for those with iPads and/or iPhones and the ways of interacting with those items.Â
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy iMac is too old to upgrade to Lion, so when I switch from MobileMe to iCloud, I understand that I will no longer be able to use my desktop mail app to retrieve mail, and my calendars and contacts will no longer be in sync with my iPad and iPhone. So when I switch over to iCoud, is there any work-around for this so that I can continue to use the desktop mail app on my iMac or otherwise get mail on my desktop, and keep my mail, calendars and contacts synced between my iMac, iPad and iPhone?
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MacBook, iMac, iPhone, eMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
Been having probs w Mac Pro w Lion seeming to hang on shutdown/restart. Have 'reopen windows' unchecked in prefs.  Was able to run through safe mode boot once but now seems to hang about 20% in everytime.  Have had to do shutdowns w power button (I hate that) or /by ctrl-option-command-esc Boot single user run rack -fy says 'apparently ok'Mount -uw / reports removed 10 orphaned or unlinked files and 10 directories?
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Mac Pro, 2xDual2.66, 4GB, GeForce 7300 GT, 23" Apple LCD, Mac OS X (10.5), G4 Cube, Rev A/C iMac, NeXTCube,PwrMac8500,Quadras,SE30s,MacPlus
Suffered badly with this update a few days ago and, making use of TimeMachine, dumped it and reinstalled 10.5.1. Everything running ok again.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iPhone 3G, iPad2
i am not reciving my verification email in order to activate icloud on my macbook pro. does any one know how to fix this problem?
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MacBookPro
I have a 2010 15" Macbook pro and I was wondering what information do I need to know to be able to upgrade from 4GB - 8GB. My macbook pro sometimes freezes, I did a clean install of OS X Lion two days ago, and now I am still having some crashes and freezes, I was just wondering if I need to add an extra ram. Also, I would like to know what's the maximum of Ram MBP could handle or be installed in.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a problem with SOME of my albums in itunes. Some of them ( aprox 20%) are displaying the sogns within an album in an alphabetical order. I do not have "track" in the column header selected. I have tried selecting "track #"but this does not rectify the track names into the original album order. I can not manually enter the track number either in the "track #" field to manually rectify this as iTunes does not allow you do this. It is really frustrating that I have to listen to some of my albums in alpabetical song name order rather than the order the artist wanted me to. See an attached example screenshot for Erykah Badu's Baduizm Album.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009)
playlist burns copies in random order ruining the musics tracking order?
View 1 Replies View RelatedThere's something that's been bugging me for ages, literally years:
I've got a whole lot of music, 45 days worth, and I view it by date added and want to keep it that way for a number of reasons.
Problem is, when I want to play an album I have to click on the first track, then switch to album (or artist) display by the end of that track.
The other day I added an album by dragging it into iTunes in the Finder. I noticed that I could start and stop and advance and rewind tracks and it would go in order, from first to last track, even in Date Added mode, so it was visually moving up and down instead of from top to bottom.
Is there secretly a way to view in Date Added but have the next track be the next track on that album? Besides dragging the tracks into iTunes from the Finder I mean.
If anyone has a way to do this, it would seriously improve my life and I would be infinitely grateful.
I am doing a clean install of lion from the recovery HD, is it best to migrate the data back via TM back up, or clone? I don't have any programs that i don't a have disc for, and all i want to migrate is itunes, mail, and pic files etc. I have seen where migrating when you install is better than migrating later, so i want to be sure i have a clean clone, or back up, to migrate from. I also failed to write zero's over SL when i did a clean install for Lion, so it was not so clean. So i guess my question is just, clone, or TM back for migration?Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How to migrate from G4 with OS 10.4 to MacBook Air? - no wifi on G4. no firewire on Air. No ethernet on Air. ??
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MacBook Air (11-INCH, MID 2011)
I recently migrated a MacBook Pro to a Mac mini - all went well enough. I realized that Final Cut Express HD is on a Power Mac G5 that I've retired. I have moved and can't seem to locate the install disc, so I'm wondering if it's possible to migrate just a single app over from the G5 to the mini.
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MacBook Pro, iMac, PowerMac G5, 2 Mac minis, iPhone 3G, and a few XP boxes, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
