Upgrading a mid-2008 aluminum macbook from leopard to snow leopard (and eventually on to Lion). The superdrive is broken, and I am trying to boot the OS from a usb drive but having problems. Details inside.
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posted by Thanquol180
on Nov 18, 2012 -
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My sister has used a brand new 13" MacBookPro (w/ Lion) for several weeks, replacing her 4-year-old 15" MBP (upgraded to Snow Leopard). She's finding that, over the course of a day, the machine seems to dramatically slow - to the point where it seems much slower than her old machine.
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posted by kickingtheground
on Jan 7, 2012 -
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Lion upgrade for Macbook Pro but my laptop is RAID formatted - how can I upgrade to Lion, keep my documents/music/applications, and get the full features of Lion (which I can't do with a RAID formatted drive)? Am I doomed to format and do a clean install? Can I without the Snow Leopard DVD?
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posted by unclezeb
on Jul 30, 2011 -
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In Snow Leopard (10.6.7), I changed my UID while logged in as the administrator. When I rebooted, a bunch of stuff changed and a lot of my settings were lost. It says I am the admin, but I can't make any changes or set any permissions.
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posted by Demogorgon
on May 10, 2011 -
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I'm preparing to update my MacBook Pro's operating system from Tiger (10.4.11) to Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I've got the computer in front of me, and the installation disk's right here, too. What do I need to do other than just put the disk in and go?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Mar 31, 2011 -
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Yes, I've tried forcing an unexpected reboot, but I can't access Google, Gmail, or Twitter. Weirdly, Microsoft.com, Hotmail, Facebook, and Bing (and obviously AskMe!) all load with no problem whatsoever. And it's only affecting this computer (the only OS X machine) on the network!
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posted by aristan
on Mar 23, 2011 -
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Snow Leopard DHCP Fun. I want to hook my NAS drive directly to the ethernet port on my Mac. I also want it to have a static IP. How do these things work out?
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posted by hwyengr
on Jul 28, 2010 -
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Snow Leopard, Time Machine, clean install without losing ability to roll back to the Time Machine snapshots of the previous install or add new backups to the same sequence of backups.
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posted by Your Time Machine Sucks
on Jun 13, 2010 -
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How can I automatically minimize a running application to the dock?
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posted by bwg
on Feb 22, 2010 -
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Is there a plugin for location bar keyword searches in 64-bit Safari on Snow Leopard? I love
Keywurl, but support has been "coming soon" for months.
posted by danb
on Jan 8, 2010 -
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Bizarre OSX Snow leopard problem. MBP unibody, 3.06 core2 duo. 8 GB ram. 500 Gig 5400 RPM drive. OSX 10.6.2
Starting about four weeks ago, my system slowly spins out of control - dock/finder/force quit become some of the first apps to fall. This ends in a freeze - UI responsive (mouse, some window movement) with the eventual need to force restart (holding down the power button) It's so bad that I'm constantly running the Console and Activity Monitor to see if I can find some clues.
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posted by Towelie
on Jan 3, 2010 -
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Got a new macbook pro... turned it on, went through all the user account setup questions, and then I decided to re-partition the hard drive and re-install OS X. After doing so, the macbook *still remembered my user account info* from the 1st setup. How is this possible?
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posted by mhh5
on Dec 31, 2009 -
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Where does MySQL store actual data in Snow Leopard? How would I retrieve a deleted database from a Time Machine backup?
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posted by special-k
on Dec 4, 2009 -
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In OS X Snow Leopard, my calculator has escaped from the Dashboard and is always on my screen, and always on top. How can I send it back to the Dashboard?
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posted by siskin
on Nov 26, 2009 -
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I now own a MacBook Pro 17". And now I have some questions relating to MacOS and Windows 7, hardware upgrades and getting Applecare-on-the-cheap.
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posted by Effigy2000
on Nov 11, 2009 -
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Does the $29.99 upgrade version of Apple's OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard come with iLife and iWork 09 like the box set, or will it update older versions of iLife and iWork to the 09 version?
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posted by Science!
on Sep 29, 2009 -
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I've been debating with myself for the last week or so about which Mac I should buy and when I should buy it. My brain could use a break from the back and forth, and that's why I'm asking for help.
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posted by trueluk
on Jun 2, 2009 -
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