Re: Mavericks Update
Hi Ronni Thanks very much for your great summary of what to do for the update to Mavericks, as I too have been thinking about this for the last few weeks! However Im not sure I can as my MBPro is running 10.6.8 and I have another older machine which Cath uses, running even earlier OSX! Is this the case Ronni? Would I have to first update to Lion? Is it worth doing this or should I persist until I upgrade my machines? Many thanks and best regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au www.souwest.org On 02/02/2014, at 3:45 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: On 2 Feb 2014, at 2:42 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ronni I have not yet updated to Mavericks as before I left there were apparently still problems. I did a search on the mailing list but did not find anything that indicated a specific fix or update. So it looks like the only way will be to upgrade and see, I was not even aware that Mavericks had been updated. Hi Paul, Mavericks OS X 10.9 has had an Update to Mail plus an update to OS X 10.9.1 If you make sure you do the Preparation before upgrading to Mavericks and then follow the 'Installing After Installation completes' as below you should not experience problems. First thing to do is: Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9 INSTALLING MAVERICKS OS X 10.9 DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST: 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing 2. Repair Permissions before installing 3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences 4. Unmount Disconnect any External USB Firewire Drives /TimeMachine 5. Download the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app from the Mac App Store. 6. Run the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app to Install Mavericks ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. What to do after installation of Lion-Mountain Lion-or Mavericks completes and your Mac restarts Spotlight 1. In most cases, as soon as Lion or Mountain Lion or Mavericks starts up the first time, Spotlight begins indexing (or re-indexing) all the files on all mounted volumes. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on how many files you have and the speed of your CPU and disk. During this time, you’ll notice a lot of disk activity (along with, perhaps, somewhat sluggish overall performance), and you’ll see a pulsing dot in the center of Spotlight’s magnifying glass icon on the right side of your menu bar. (Clicking this icon during indexing displays an estimate of the time remaining for each volume.) Software Update 2. After Spotlight has finished indexing the Volume: Run Software Update The next thing you should do is to update Mac OS X itself (and any other crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install them right away. Shortly after your Mac starts up under Lion or Mountain Lion for the first time, Software Update should run automatically; if it finds updated software, it displays an alert “Software updates are available for your computer..” If Software Update does not run, choose Apple Software Update. Software Update checks if a newer version of Mac OS X (or any of the software installed with it) is available—and if so, offers to download and install it. Repair Permissions 3. Repair Permissions Let Apple Applications Update their Databases 4. Open Apple Mail from the Applications folder and let it update the Mail Database 5. Open iPhoto from the Applications folder and let it update the iPhoto Database 6. Open iTunes from the Applications folder and let it update the database Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) I was away for a long time, doing wine tours in Australia and the US, good stuff if you have the time! Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Mavericks Update
Hi Chris, In the link I sent in my previous email: First thing to do is: Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9 Gives list of compatible models that can install Mavericks iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) MacBook Pro 13-inch (Mid-2009 or newer) MacBook Pro 15-inch (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) MacBook Pro 17-inch (Late 2007 or newer) Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) Xserve (Early 2009) (Note that while all of the above computers can install Mavericks, some features, such as Power Nap, AirPlay mirroring and extended desktop, and AirDrop, have stricter requirements.) Also if you are going from OS X 10.6.8 you need to check you don't have any Applications that are labelled Classic or PowerPC as they will NOT work in Mountain Lion or Mavericks. ONLY Universal Intel will run in Mountain Lion Mavericks You also require a lot of Free Space on your Hard Drive to run Mavericks well. If your Mac meets the requirements for Mavericks your Applications are compatible you can upgrade from Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8 to Mavericks. If you go to my website and download my Tutorial Prepare for Installation of Mountain Lion OS X 10.8 you will find all the details. It is the same as 'Prepare for Installation' details as required for Mavericks. http://ronnibrown.net/tutorials/prepare-for-mountain-lion/index.html If you do download the tutorial I would appreciate a donation. Details are on my website. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 3 Feb 2014, at 12:58 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks very much for your great summary of what to do for the update to Mavericks, as I too have been thinking about this for the last few weeks! However Im not sure I can as my MBPro is running 10.6.8 and I have another older machine which Cath uses, running even earlier OSX! Is this the case Ronni? Would I have to first update to Lion? Is it worth doing this or should I persist until I upgrade my machines? Many thanks and best regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au www.souwest.org On 02/02/2014, at 3:45 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: On 2 Feb 2014, at 2:42 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ronni I have not yet updated to Mavericks as before I left there were apparently still problems. I did a search on the mailing list but did not find anything that indicated a specific fix or update. So it looks like the only way will be to upgrade and see, I was not even aware that Mavericks had been updated. Hi Paul, Mavericks OS X 10.9 has had an Update to Mail plus an update to OS X 10.9.1 If you make sure you do the Preparation before upgrading to Mavericks and then follow the 'Installing After Installation completes' as below you should not experience problems. First thing to do is: Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9 INSTALLING MAVERICKS OS X 10.9 DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST: 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing 2. Repair Permissions before installing 3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences 4. Unmount Disconnect any External USB Firewire Drives /TimeMachine 5. Download the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app from the Mac App Store. 6. Run the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app to Install Mavericks ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. What to do after installation of Lion-Mountain Lion-or Mavericks completes and your Mac restarts Spotlight 1. In most cases, as soon as Lion or Mountain Lion or Mavericks starts up the first time, Spotlight begins indexing (or re-indexing) all the files on all mounted volumes. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on how many files you have and the speed of your CPU and disk. During this time, you’ll notice a lot of disk activity (along with, perhaps, somewhat sluggish overall performance), and you’ll see a pulsing dot in the center of Spotlight’s magnifying glass icon on the right side of your menu bar. (Clicking this icon during indexing displays an estimate of the time remaining for each volume.) Software Update 2. After Spotlight has finished indexing the Volume: Run Software Update The next thing you should do is to update Mac OS X itself (and any other crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install them right away. Shortly after your Mac starts up under Lion or Mountain Lion for the first time, Software Update should run automatically; if it finds updated software, it displays an alert
Re: Mavericks Update
Hi Ronni Just saw your reply, will do the upgrade this evening, assuming I get home from my meetings at a reasonable hour. Many thanks for your excellent response, Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Mavericks Update
Hi Ronni I have not yet updated to Mavericks as before I left there were apparently still problems. I did a search on the mailing list but did not find anything that indicated a specific fix or update. So it looks like the only way will be to upgrade and see, I was not even aware that Mavericks had been updated. I was away for a long time, doing wine tours in Australia and the US, good stuff if you have the time! Regards, Paul Hi Paul, On 28 Jan 2014, at 4:54 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have been away for a few weeks, what is the latest regarding the Mavericks update and Mail? Have the issues been resolved? What issues are you referring to? Are you having issues with Exchange Servers with Mavericks Mail? Or Gmail's unconventional IMAP implementation with Mavericks Mail? Are you already running OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 and have installed the Mail Update for Mavericks? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad TIA, Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Mavericks Update
On 2 Feb 2014, at 2:42 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ronni I have not yet updated to Mavericks as before I left there were apparently still problems. I did a search on the mailing list but did not find anything that indicated a specific fix or update. So it looks like the only way will be to upgrade and see, I was not even aware that Mavericks had been updated. Hi Paul, Mavericks OS X 10.9 has had an Update to Mail plus an update to OS X 10.9.1 If you make sure you do the Preparation before upgrading to Mavericks and then follow the 'Installing After Installation completes' as below you should not experience problems. First thing to do is: Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9 INSTALLING MAVERICKS OS X 10.9 DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST: 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing 2. Repair Permissions before installing 3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences 4. Unmount Disconnect any External USB Firewire Drives /TimeMachine 5. Download the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app from the Mac App Store. 6. Run the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app to Install Mavericks ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. What to do after installation of Lion-Mountain Lion-or Mavericks completes and your Mac restarts Spotlight 1. In most cases, as soon as Lion or Mountain Lion or Mavericks starts up the first time, Spotlight begins indexing (or re-indexing) all the files on all mounted volumes. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on how many files you have and the speed of your CPU and disk. During this time, you’ll notice a lot of disk activity (along with, perhaps, somewhat sluggish overall performance), and you’ll see a pulsing dot in the center of Spotlight’s magnifying glass icon on the right side of your menu bar. (Clicking this icon during indexing displays an estimate of the time remaining for each volume.) Software Update 2. After Spotlight has finished indexing the Volume: Run Software Update The next thing you should do is to update Mac OS X itself (and any other crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install them right away. Shortly after your Mac starts up under Lion or Mountain Lion for the first time, Software Update should run automatically; if it finds updated software, it displays an alert “Software updates are available for your computer..” If Software Update does not run, choose Apple Software Update. Software Update checks if a newer version of Mac OS X (or any of the software installed with it) is available—and if so, offers to download and install it. Repair Permissions 3. Repair Permissions Let Apple Applications Update their Databases 4. Open Apple Mail from the Applications folder and let it update the Mail Database 5. Open iPhoto from the Applications folder and let it update the iPhoto Database 6. Open iTunes from the Applications folder and let it update the database Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) I was away for a long time, doing wine tours in Australia and the US, good stuff if you have the time! Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Mavericks Update
Hi Paul, On 28 Jan 2014, at 4:54 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have been away for a few weeks, what is the latest regarding the Mavericks update and Mail? Have the issues been resolved? What issues are you referring to? Are you having issues with Exchange Servers with Mavericks Mail? Or Gmail's unconventional IMAP implementation with Mavericks Mail? Are you already running OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 and have installed the Mail Update for Mavericks? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad TIA, Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Mavericks Update
Hi All, I have been away for a few weeks, what is the latest regarding the Mavericks update and Mail? Have the issues been resolved? TIA, Regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
