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Hello. two days ago i did an automatic upgrade to mac os leopard 10.5.8. and now i am having problems with most of my applications. i am not sure when the last upgrade was done on my computer, but it may have been a year ago since my computer had not been online for 6 months or so and then i did not have room on my hard drive for the upgrades. could the reason for application trouble be that I have not done every upgrade (if there even were any from 2/09 - 12/09). i have checked my hard drive in disk utility and it did need to be repaired, so i repaired it and disk utility is reporting it is now fine, but i am still unable to open photoshop cs3, print documents and photos with my canon printer and even open a document in appleworks 6. should i reinstall 10.5.1 and do all the upgrades and if this is the case, where can i find them? thanks!
Did you repair permissions in disk utility? sometimes you have to use the instal disk disk utility. When doing updates do not touch it as it can cause corruptions. If you do a reinstall the apple support has a combo upgrade to download
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Apple recommends that if you wish to go from 10.4 to 10.6 then you should purchase the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC581Z-A-Mac-10-6-3/dp/B002I0JKE2">10.6 Box Set</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">System Requirements to run Snow Leopard:</span><br />
<ul>
<li>Mac computer with an Intel processor</li>
<li>1GB of memory</li>
<li>5GB of available disk space</li>
<li>DVD drive for installation</li></ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Snow Leopard Installation Instructions:</span><br />
<ol>
<li>Just insert the DVD in the optical drive.</li>
<li>Restart your Mac while holding down the C key.</li>
<li>You will be guided through the installation procedure and be prompted at one point to choose which install option you want.</li>
<li>Once the Snow Leopard install is completed the Mac will restart itself.</li>
<li>You will probably be asked to register with Apple upon restart.</li>
<li>Enjoy Snow Leopard on your Mac!</li></ol>
<b>Q: Can I upgrade directly from Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Yes. Apple recommends purchasing the Mac Boxed Set for this
purpose, which will also update iLife (it is unknown at the time of this
writing whether older versions of iLife work with Snow Leopard) and
iWork. Also note that while it has been said that the $29 upgrade will
work with 10.4, it is not officially supported and may be in violation
of the licensing terms.</i><br />
<br />
<b>Q: What happened to the different install options? Can't I do an Archive & Install?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Apple has revamped the familiar installation options for Mac OS X.
You now have two choices, either a straight upgrade or a clean
install. Supposedly if you choose to do a straight upgrade, what
actually goes on behind the scenes is what was traditionally known as an
Archive & Install.</i><br />
<br />
<b>Q: Is there anything I can do to better prepare myself for the upgrade?</b><br />
<br />
<i>A: Yes. It is advisable to run a Verify/Repair Permissions and
Verify/Repair Disk in Disk Utility. You may also want to run the
maintenance tasks in <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html">Onyx</a>. And finally, it would be wise to get your applications up to date using a program like <a href="http://metaquark.de/appfresh/">AppFresh</a>.</i>
Hi Bobby You will need to get an OS X installation DVD. Try eBay.Don't go for anything lower than 10.4 (Tiger)10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) should run fine on this machine.Don't bother with 10.7 or 10.8
Apple recommends that if you wish to go from 10.4 to 10.6 then you should purchase the 10.6 Box Set.
System Requirements to run Snow Leopard:
Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
DVD drive for installation
Snow Leopard Installation Instructions:
Just insert the DVD in the optical drive.
Restart your Mac while holding down the C key.
You will be guided through the installation procedure and be prompted at one point to choose which install option you want.
Once the Snow Leopard install is completed the Mac will restart itself.
You will probably be asked to register with Apple upon restart.
Enjoy Snow Leopard on your Mac!
Q: Can I upgrade directly from Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)?
A: Yes. Apple recommends purchasing the Mac Boxed Set for this
purpose, which will also update iLife (it is unknown at the time of this
writing whether older versions of iLife work with Snow Leopard) and
iWork. Also note that while it has been said that the $29 upgrade will
work with 10.4, it is not officially supported and may be in violation
of the licensing terms.
Q: What happened to the different install options? Can't I do an Archive & Install?
A: Apple has revamped the familiar installation options for Mac OS X.
You now have two choices, either a straight upgrade or a clean
install. Supposedly if you choose to do a straight upgrade, what
actually goes on behind the scenes is what was traditionally known as an
Archive & Install.
Q: Is there anything I can do to better prepare myself for the upgrade?
A: Yes. It is advisable to run a Verify/Repair Permissions and
Verify/Repair Disk in Disk Utility. You may also want to run the
maintenance tasks in Onyx. And finally, it would be wise to get your applications up to date using a program like AppFresh.
First, remove the Mail icon from the dock. Open up your Applications folder, find the Mail app, drag this into the dock (this automatically puts a link from the dock to the app) and try launching that. 9 times out of 10 this is all thats needed to fix this fairly common problem. Good luck
check this link then make sure that you can send a 10 megabyte zip file to that folder from a regular pc with permissions and you can open it without corruption from the mac... if you cann't then you have network problems
Found this on the net: http://www.brad-x.com/2007/10/27/howto-leopard-install-with-giga-designs-g4-upgrade/
Those upgrade cards always have given me a problem with migrating to Leopard. If you can upgrade to a used G5 or even Intel basd mac you might be more happier with less hassle.
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