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>
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