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• Problems after upgrade to Mountain Lion?

  Full of history of BONE: I have an iMac (early 2009 I think) that came with Leopard.  Only 2 days ago did I'm ready to upgrade!  So my Snow Leopard s/w package installed.  So bought the APP store Mountain Lion & installed today.  Now on OS X 10.8.5

  Works great except one problem - Facebook is messed up!  Most of my "task buttons" (as the arrow pointing down in the upper R hand corner) does not work!  (Which means I can't send a msg HELP FB.)  It seems that FB does not 'recognize' my mouse.

  It is an plugin Apple Magic Mouse, model A1152, EMC No. 2058.  Went to 'Apple' support to see if there was an update of the driver but it seems that they are only available in wireless versions.

  Help!

  Hello Catherine.

  Although it may not solve your problem of mouse/FB directly, there are a few things you could try.  Your iMac is probably mid-2007 if it was supplied with Leopard.  You approached support FB.  The shoe is generally on the service rather than the manufacturer of the item.

  There is also an update of Combo for Mountain Lion.  You need to download that from this link...

  https://support.Apple.com/kb/dl1676?locale=en_GB

  And finally, have you checked that you have enough memory RAM.  Your machine probably came with 4 GB if Mountain Lion would work better with 6 GB.  You can run 6 GB with this iMac.    I have the same (even if no account of Face Book) and even if Apple specifies a maximum of 4 GB, I and many others, use 6 GB comfortably...

• The Lion Mountain Lion Server upgrade, then Mountain Lion Server

  Anyone successfully upgraded Lion Mountain Lion Server and then installed OS X Server in addition to this fusion 4.1.3?  I tried a few times (snap God for snapshots) to do over the weekend, but in vain. Mountain Lion seemed to install successfully more Lion Server, but when he tried to restart, restart failed with an error (just a generic error message was posted with no details on what the error was).  I even went so far as to turn off all server services and not allocate resources to Server services before installing Mountainn Lion, but that did not help all.

  I was able to upgrade properly Lion (not the version of the server) to Lion mountain with no problems, however.  Not sure why I can't installed on Server Lion Mountain Lion.

  Thank you.

  Hmmm... You can try to install the ML server first, and then run the migration wizard after it's done.

• Upgrade to Mountain Lion, but CS6 questions about Auto-Save need answers...

  Hello

  I am the Mountain Lion to all my "non-critical work, but I am still under the last Snow Leopard on my main desktop computer, running CS6 Design & Web Premium. I avoided the switch primarily because of the automatic backup feature that Apple placed in ML. I have not found a satisfactory answer anywhere on the web to this fundamental question... is auto-save a problem, like Apple, implements with CS6 and work on images?

  In particular: 1. I regularly work on very large files, 4 GB + size, and I don't wan't the peformance hits associated with constant economy, 2. I make changes to the images, numbers, cropping, color correction, etc., so that I can prove to jpg for clients or myself. More images 'intermediate' and not planned to be saved. I don't want to downsample an image, flatten it in order to create a jpg for evidence and have it replaced the original image in layers, the high resolution by mistake. This happens with photoshop or Adobe don't avoid the auto-save that Apple uses?

  I have all the latest gadgets to iOS and it becomes heavy enough to manage multiple sets of iCloud info, etc without being on ML. I want to make the transition, but at the cost of loss of work, etc. Anyone with experience on ML & CS6 can give me any input on the matter? And this also applies to all other Adobe applications in CS6? I'm constantly doing minor changes and the changes that I usually have "undo" of and want not saved.

  Thank you.

  
  Craig

  Auto save (information retrieval) save a temporary file that will only be useful if you have an accident.  It does not record in your file.

• Dare I upgrade to El Capitan of Mountain Lion.

  The reason why I'm hesitant is when I upgraded to Mountain Lion, the computer had to be cleared and all re-installed.   It was probably 40 hours after more than a month of work with tech support and that was the final solution only.

  Just upgrade through the App store, it's an automatic process and all of your software will be safe. Good luck, the new OS X is a little different but just as powerful.

• Can software update on iphone cause problems when my computer can only move to Mountain Lion?

  Can software update on iphone cause problems when my computer can only move to Mountain Lion?

  When my computer can only be upgraded to Mountain Lion?

  Any Mac that can run Mountain Lion can run El Capitan, as long as the conditions are identical.

  

  Too little information: you must identify the model of your iPhone and explain exactly your problems. There is no way that anyone would be able to help otherwise.

• MacBook Pro keeps freezing after update to Mountain Lion

  I've recently upgraded to Mountain Lion since Snow leopard. I use a late 2008 Macbook Pro. Since the upgrade, I'm randomly crashes when you use most of the applications (logic x, VLC, QuickTime) it also freezes when using Mozilla. When it freezes I don't get the option to force quit if I continue to use the power to close button. I really want to continue to use Mountain Lion, because I use several applications up-to-date as logic x and is also compatible with my external sound card. I enclose a newspaper of being as recommended check on some posts here. Any help would be great and thanks in advance

  Bill

  Here is the Log to check be after a recent freeze when using Mozilla

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  EtreCheck version: 2.9.3 (253)

  Report generated 2016-02-15 20:55:50

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  MacBook Pro (15 inch, late 2008)

  [Technical details] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

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  Hello billy.

  When point to Mountain Lion? When say 'freeze' you mean the kernel panics? You get a multilingual you requiring window on the eve of your Mac? Your EtreCheck report shows 3 kernel panics. They were before or after you updated to Mountain Lion? If your machine has been seen panicking the kernel before, then it might be a hardware problem. If these panics are new since the Mountain Lion, then it is likely an incompatibility with one of your extensions to core 3rd part. She can relate to those who show 'loaded' in your report of EtreCheck, but it could involve other extensions too, depending on what hardware or software is used.

• Setting up wireless after the installation of Mountain Lion

  I have recently upgraded to Mountain Lion on my Mac Book Pro and am trying to set my HP Photosmart C4780 to print wireless via a USB cable.  I don't want to use WPS.  The problem is that the drivers were supposedly downloaded with Lion mountain and all of my research on the web, I agree that if I implement wireless using a USB cable, I need to do when installing the printer software.  When you try this a few days ago, the instructions I found said first to check for software updates by using the Apple app store.  I did and I got a message saying "no updates available".  After many hours trying to solve my problem, I finally gave up.  Today, however, while I was working on my laptop, I have message came up saying that the drivers for my printer HP were available.  I pressed the button install.  I tried to set up my printer with no luck.  Can someone give me some suggestions on what do I do please?  Thanks in advance.

  In fact I already had on WPA.  I solved the problem and your initial solution was certainly helpful.  The problem was that by using the "Reset default" button does not seem to reset it.  I actually had to reset by a method that that is on this link.  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/printer-networking-and-wireless/can-t-see-the-hpsetup-network-on-my-MacBook-Pro-on-a-C4780/TD-p/193900  I appreciate your help.  He led me in the right direction.

  Thank you!

• Updated to mountain lion VMWare Fusion3 does not

  OK, before anyone says that stupid, it was to be upgraded without checking compatibility please Don ' t bother. On the other hand, never knew a piece of software that does not allow you to upgrade even if such.

  Then spend useless wisdom, I'm stuck and would appreciate some advice.

  I upgraded to mountain lion, thinking that I can spend my VM directly afterwards. To my surprise, the VM Fusion icon has a no entry he sign with no option to upgrade. I need three of my virtual machines back to life, running VMware Fusion 3.1.

  I made a backup using my time machine, I don't like if I have to revert to my version of snow leopard OS just to the virtual machine working again or purchase an upgrade to Fusion 5. I don't know if one can bring back those VM.

  Please help, all my work is in those virtual machines.

  Thank you.

  > I have 3 VM created in Fusion 3.1, Ive upgraded my MAC to mountain lion (10.8.1), the upgrade of vmware will allow me to access my vm?

  The answer is Yes, but make sure you stop the virtual machine properly. (Do not force stop) As woody said, you can back up the virtual machine and give it a try on the trail of 30 days.

  > I updated to Fusion 5 because that's the only option I see available or what I need to improve some how to 4.1.3?

  Upgrade to Fusion 5 is preferred. With 49.99 to Profression 5 Fusion Fusion 3 standard is a good deal. If you switch to Fusion 4, you pay once to upgrade in the future. Why not use the latest version of the software directly with the same amount of money?

• Droplets in Photoshop CS5 does not not in OSX Mountain Lion

  Just upgraded to Mountain Lion and my Photoshop droplets do not work. Have redone their all, even re-installed Photoshop, deleted the prefs etc... they are simply not working. If you drop something on the drop, they're going to launch (you see a spark in the dock) so they don't.

  Droplets work very well on the "Lion".

  Exactly the same problem, we had when we went to the Lion last year. so I hope that adobe will come out a fix?

  Anyone else having this problem? SmartST_CE.mscr with CS6?

  I created an action from scratch and like before to action through commands works fine, but now when I do a droplet with the same action, the same question arises. Droplets simply does not

  Update:

  On my machine at work, I discovered that essentially explained by the droplets does not program default folder X. In Mountain Lion, it breaks the system of droplets. So problem solved on desktop.

  It still doesn't explain why the droplets does not work on my machine to work at home because there is no installed additional programs except photoshop on that one.

• Win 7 Boot camp on Mountain Lion. Upgrade to Mac OS Sierra destroy boot camp?

  HI people,

  been my mid 2010 MacBook Pro OSX lion mountain for a long time. I have a boot camp partition installed with windows 7.

  I need to work from home.

  I recently got an iPhone 7 and it requires iTunes 12.5, which is not supported by mountain lion so I can't restore the backup of phone of my iPhone 5 to the new phone.

  MY internet connection is shocking to iCloud backups will take forever to download then.

  So if I decide to move on Cougar to macos Sierra so I can install the correct iTunes to my new iPhone version and thus keep all my old applications and data, will it trash my installation of boot camp windows 7?

  Thanks guys,.

  Steven.

  Of https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/ .

  Boot Camp

  Supports the facilities existing Boot camp with Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or 10 Windows. New facilities in Boot Camp requires Windows 8 or Windows (sold separately) 10.

  Please make back ups of Mac OS x, Windows (using physical disks separated, if possible) and create a Windows system restore point before upgrading.

• Upgrade to the Mavericks without new installation Mountain Lion?

  Hi guys,.

  I'm looking to upgrade my Mac to the Mavericks Mountain Lion (I do not want to Yosemite or El Capitan again that not all my software is fully compatible), but I was wondering if it was possible to not have to do a clean install, but just upgrade?  I know it was an option when Mavericks was the current OSX, but don't know if it's feasible now.

  I have the installation of the Mavericks.

  Any thoughts?

  Thank you!!

  James

  Yes. Install it normally.

  (139277)

• limits of upgrading mountain lion

  I need to upgrade Lion 10.7.5 to 10.9 Mounntainlion but I I life 11 which keeps my i functioning web app. (add to my website olefuzzcartoons.com)

  If I buy 99is 10.9 bone (from the app store) it anyway I still CAN KEEP I WEB?   I'm looking for a replacement of the site I have the Web so I can continue to add/improve my site

  John

  10.8 Mountain Lion is avaiable for 19.99. 10.9 is no longer available on the AppStore. You will be able to upgrade your free iLife apps on the AppStore.

• I buy a new 2015 mac mini with El Capitan.  I currently have a 2013 mac mini with Mountain Lion.  It would benefit me to upgrade my 2013 to El Capitan, before migrating my information to my mac mini to 2015?  Thanks in advance!

  I buy a new 2015 mac mini with El Capitan.  I currently have a 2013 mac mini with Mountain Lion.  It would benefit me to upgrade my 2013 to El Capitan, before migrating my information to my mac mini to 2015?  Thanks in advance!

  Yes, it is better to update the old Mac EC.

  Make sure that you back up the old Mac before the upgrade.

  Note the application of some may require updated to work with CBS. To check see it:

  https://roaringapps.com/apps

  Also, some devices may require updated drivers and for some devices such drivers do not exist.

• My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  My Apple Macbook late 2009 has been upgraded to 4 GB and Mountain Lion but runs very slowly. When I check the memory system activity monitor, I see that there are 1.6 GB inactive. Is this the cause of the slowness and what I can do?

  Reinstall OS X from scratch and add more RAM.

  Ways to help make a slow Mac faster

  17 reasons why your Mac runs slower than expected

  Slow performance of Mac? This Article addresses!

  Difficulty of slow start in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

  6 easy tips to speed up OS X Yosemite on your Mac.

  Avoid using third-party software that claims to clean your computer. This software does more harm than good. In addition, you don't need it. Note that all computers become slower over time even in the normal conditions of use. Generally, the experienced users erasing the hard drive and do a clean install from scratch at least once a year or every time that the installation of a major upgrade of the OS. Well sure doing so also means that you need to maintain regular and several backups.

  Add more RAM or reduce the number of simultaneously executed from applications and utilities. Remove unnecessary software such as anti-malware and that promises to clean your Mac. Look for the runaway process: Runaway applications can shorten the battery life, affect performance and increase the heat and fan acti... See also:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If you find a process that uses a large amount of CPU %, then select the process, then click on the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Things you can do to solve the slow Downs

  If your computer seems to run slower, here are some things you can do:

  Start with tours: OS X maintenance - MacAttorney;

  The X Lab: the X-frequently asked questions.

  " Safe mac" Mac Performance Guide;

  " Safe mac" the myth of the dirty Mac;

  Maintenance fast Mac Help.

  Start in Safe Mode , and then repair your hard disk and permissions:

  Fix the hard disk and permissions before Lion

  Boot from your OS X install disk. After the installer loads, choose your language and click on the button continue. When the menu bar appears select utility drive in the Utilities menu. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the installer.

  Repair the hard drive - Lion-Lion/mountain/Mavericks

  HD recovery start:

  Restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the COMMAND and R until it appears the screen of Menu utilities. Otherwise, restart the computer and after the buzzer, press on and hold down the OPTION key until the Boot Manager screen. Select recovery HD disk icon and click on the button below.

  When the recovery menu appears, select disk utility. After that the charges of THE select your entry from hard drive (mfgr. ID and car size) in the list on the left.  In the status area, you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is faulty or has failed. (State SMART is not reported on external drives Firewire or USB). If the drive is "verified", then select your OS X volume in the list on the left (subentries under the entry for the road), click the first aid tab, then click the repair disk button. If THE reports any errors that have been corrected, and then run repair disk again until no errors are reported. If no error is not reported, then click repair permissions. Wait until the operation is complete, then exit FROM and return to the main menu. Select restart from the Apple menu.

  Restart your computer normally and see if it helped at all. Then do little maintenance:

  For disk utility can't handle situations, the best third party is Disk Warriorutility;  Fixed DW only for problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by the corruption of directory; Warrior drive 4.x is now compatible with Intel Mac.

  Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will boot Mac running Snow Leopard or earlier. He cannot start Mac that came with Lion or later preinstalled, however, DW will work on these models.

  Suggestions for OS X maintenance

  OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are supposed to take place on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. Maintenance scripts that are run at the beginning AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep). If this isn't the case, then a great solution is to download and install a shareware like Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacronor Anacron utility that will automate the maintenance regardless of whether activity if the computer is off or asleep.  Dependence on third-party utilities to run periodic maintenance scripts has been significantly reduced since Tiger.  These utilities have little or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later version, and must not be installed.

  OS X automatically defrags files smaller than 20 MB in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files it little need to defragment the hard drive.

  Under no circumstances should you install operating MacPaw or ZeoBit software (CleanMyMac/CleanMyDrive or Mac Keeper, respectively.) You don't need special software to keep your computer.

  Useful links about malware Protection

  "If you have an immediate problem with ads popping up see the Mac without danger" Adware removal Guide and AdwareMedic.

  Open Safari, select Preferences from the Safari menu. Click the Extensions icon in the toolbar. Disable all Extensions. If it stops your problem, then re-enable one by one until the problem returns. Now remove this extension as it is the origin of the problem.

  The following comes from user stevejobsfan0123. I made minor changes to adapt to this presentation.

  Difficulty a few pop ups browser that supported Safari

  Common pop - ups include a message saying that the Government has taken over your computer and you pay release (often called "Moneypak"), or a false message saying that your computer has been infected and you need to call a number of tech support (sometimes claiming to be Apple) to get it to be resolved. First of all, understand that these pop-ups are not caused by a virus and that your computer has not been assigned. This "hack" is limited to your web browser. Also understand that these messages are scams, so don't pay not money, call number, or provide personal information. This article will give an overview of the solution to remove the pop-up window.

  Quit Safari

  Usually, these pop-ups will not go by clicking 'OK' or 'Cancel '. In addition, several menus in the menu bar may become disabled and show in grey, including the option to leave Safari. You'll probably force quit Safari. To do this, press command + option + ESC, select Safari, press on force quit.

  Relaunch Safari

  If you restart Safari, the page will reopen. To avoid this, hold the "Shift" key when opening Safari. This will prevent windows since the last time that Safari was running since the reopening.

  It will not work in all cases. The SHIFT key must be maintained at the right time, and in some cases, even if done correctly, the window is displayed again. In these circumstances, after force quit Safari, turn off Wi - Fi or disconnect Ethernet, depending on how you connect to the Internet. Then restart Safari normally. He'll try to reload the malicious Web page, but without a connection, it will not be able to. Leave this page by entering a different URL, i.e. www.apple.com and try to load it. Now you can reconnect to the Internet and the page that you entered is displayed rather than the malicious.

  An excellent link to read is Tom Reed Mac Guide of malicious programs.

  Also, visit the FAQ XLab and read of detection and avoid malicious software and spyware.

  Check out these articles from Apple:

  Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection

  OS X Lion-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Lion mountain - protect your Mac against malicious software

  OS X Mavericks-Protect your Mac against malicious software

  On the quarantine of file under OS X

  If you need antivirus protection Thomas Reed recommends to use ClamXAV. (Thanks to Thomas Reed to this recommendation.)

  The user Joe Bailey comes this equally useful advice:

  The facts are:

  1. There is no anti-malware software can detect 100% of malware out there.

  2. There is no anti-malware that can detect all targeting the Mac.

  3. the best way to prevent breaches the most is for you as the user is aware that

  the most successful malware attacks rely on sophisticated social engineering

  techniques preying on human greed, * and fear.

  4 Internet pop-up windows telling the FBI, NSA, Microsoft, your ISP has detected malware on

  your computer is designed to trick you into installing their malware thinking it's a

  protection against malware.

  5. some of the anti-malware market products are worse than malware

  go where they are supposed to protect you.

  6. be careful where you go on the internet.

  7. don't download anything from sites, you know are safe.

  8 avoid links that you receive in email, always be wary, even if you get something

  you think a friend is, but that you did not expect.

  9. If there is any question in your mind, then assume that it is malware.

  Troubleshooting Applications

  I recommend that you download a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaneror hiding a Cocktail that you can use to delete the former newspapers and archives, cleaning, etc. Corrupted cache, logs or temporary files can slow down the application or OS X crashes and panics of the kernel.

  If you have leopard snow or leopard, then for similar repairs install Applejackfreeware utility.  If you do not start in OS X, you can boot into single-user mode , where you can run Applejack to make a set of routines for repair and maintenance of the command line.  Note that it takes 1.5 AppleJack for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later versions.

  Basic backup

  For some people, Time Machine will be more than enough. Time Machine is part of Mac OS X. There are two components:

  1. a panel of Time Machine preferences as part of the system of preferences;

  2. a request for Time Machine, located in the Applications folder. It's

  used to manage backups and restore backups. Time Machine

  requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the

  drive being backed up.

  You can also get an external drive at least equal to the size hard disk internal and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the disk utility's restore option. You can also create and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (the order is not significant):

  1 Carbon Copy clone

  2. get backup

  3 already seen

  4 superDuper!

  5. Synk Pro

  6. Tri-Backup

  Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the backup and restore.  Also read How to back up and restore your files. For using Time Machine, visit FAQ Time Machine of Pondini for help with all this time Machine.

  Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate .

  Additional tips

  Make sure you have a sufficient amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run simultaneously. Make sure to leave a minimum of 10% of the capacity of the hard disk as free space.

  Add more RAM. If your computer less than 2 GB of RAM and you use OS X Leopard or later, then you can do it with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion works much better with 4 GB of RAM that is their system. Most concurrent applications, that you tend to use the more RAM you should have.

  Always have at least 15 GB, or 10% of the capacity of your hard disk as free space, the largest. OS X frequently accesses your hard disk, so offering enough free space will keep things slow down.

  Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:

  Before Mavericks

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the drop process .  Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  Mavericks and later versions

  Open the activity monitor in the Utilities folder.  Select all processes in the menu display .  Click the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click the % CPU column heading twice to display in descending order.  If find you a process that uses a large amount of time processor (> = 70,) then select the process, and then click the quit icon in the toolbar.  Click the force quit button to kill the process.  See if that helps.  Don't forget to mention the name of the runaway process, so you can find the cause of the problem.

  This problem occurs often because of a corrupted cache or the preferences file or an attempt to write in a corrupted log file.