On 09/06/2011, at 6:26 PM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: > > Would appreciate help in this preparation if someone knows of a Safe software > that can automatically erase the KIND of application files such as Classic > and PowerPc. > I know Ronni has written her usual knowledgeable and appreciated advice prior > to installations of Snow Leopard, but I cannot find them. > Living in hope > Regards > Darrel
Hi Darrel & other members interesting in preparing for Lion OS X 10.7, Prepare For Lion OS X 10.7 1. Make sure your Mac can run Lion: Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor to run Lion. Find out if your current Mac has one of these processors by clicking the Apple icon at the top left of your screen, then choosing About This Mac. 2. Make sure you have the latest version of Snow Leopard. Get up to date with the latest version of OS X Snow Leopard to purchase OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. If you have Snow Leopard, click the Apple icon and choose Software Update to install the latest version. 3. Check your Applications A) Use System Profiler to check all your Applications. Go to "About This Mac" under the Apple Menu, and click the "More Info" button. This will launch System Profiler. Scroll down the list of contents at the left of the window until you get to the "Software" section and click on "Applications". Give the list a few moments to populate, then look for your application in the list. Widen the window if necessary until you see the "Kind" column. You can sort this column by clicking on the column header to make searching easier. Any items labelled "Classic" or "PowerPC" will not work with Lion. ONLY Universal & Intel will run in Lion OS X 10.7 B) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. C) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don’t have the uninstaller for the application, download & use AppZapper (which is not free) <http://www.appzapper.com/> or AppCleaner (free) <http://appcleaner.en.softonic.com/mac> I prefer using AppZapper to delete any applications. D) Delete any old files you no longer need. E) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password & Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Lion-compatible versions before you upgrade. 4. Download OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. When OS X Lion is released in July, open the Mac App Store from your Dock to buy and download it. Then follow the onscreen instructions to install Lion. DON’T FORGET: 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 / Time Machine 5. Run Software Update after installing 7. Repair Permissions 8. Connect your Backup Drive 9. Go to System Preferences > Time Machine and Turn Time Machine ON Let Time Machine complete a backup. ** Apple warning for installing Updates: Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. As I have said numerous times on WAMUG List “Do Not Upgrade if anything is amiss with your system”. As is the case with all upgrades/updates, if there’s anything at all amiss with your system before the upgrade/update, the upgrade/update is likely to expose them. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
