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Hi All, I have just been working on my lion machine and now need to reinstall the OS onto the drive but i am unable to do so. I have created a bootable usb to try and reinstall, when i progress to the Apple ID part it throws the "connection failed" bug. Going into the installation log...

I have asked this question on other forums but thought I'd ask here too... This is a weird issue, I have a MacBook 4.1 that I dual boot with Mac OSX Lion and Ubuntu 23.04. The Ethernet connection works fine in Ubuntu with no issues, (I just plug it in and it works.) In Mac OSX, the adaptor is...

Guys, I'm at my wits end. Picked up a 1,1 that the owner said he couldn't get it to boot. Specs are as follows: A1186 2x2.0GHz CPU 4GB RAM (4 x 1GB sticks, two on each tray) 320 SATA GB HDD SuperDrive GeForce GT 7300 256MB GPU 802.11n WiFi No bluetooth card Originally, the machine had 1GB...

Hello All, I've got an Mac Pro 4,1 (2,66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 6 Go 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC with a HDD not a SSD) currently in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 and as it's now really hard to use the web browser (safari and even firefox) i am wanting to upgrade it (the software only not hardware) to El...

I have this MacBook Air from 2013 with 1.3 GHz intel core i5 and 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3. I was getting alert to upgrade from Catalina to Monterey. But due to not having enough space, I erased my HD and reinstalled Lion 10.8.5. Now can’t update Safari, iTunes or macos. Any suggestion please? Thanks...

I tried to install Big Sur on my MacBook air 2012 and i something went wrong. When i tried to install high Sierra again it takes me only to Mountain Lion instead, i installed mountain lion and tried to update but i had a problem. The app store doesn't work, itunes or any other app related to...

Hey everyone, I’m currently seeking old Mac OS 10.5 to 10.7 demo software, users or backups of those. Could these files may still exist in the Apple asw? If you have something or you know where I’ll be able too get this software please write me a message.

Looking for an old version of Textual (4.1.8) that works with OS X Lion 10.7.5 . The Codeux site, https://www.codeux.com , doesn't have any legacy builds of the IRC client. Last working version for Lion https://help.codeux.com/textual/release-notes/archive/Release-Notes%3A-Version-4.1.8.kb

Hi everyone, I’m new here, recently i bought an imac g5 and received it with no os, everytime I’m on the recuperation menu. There is an option to reinstall Lion but i don’t have it on my icloud account (the os is free from june but impossible to add to my account. Thanks Apple) so i want to do a...

Hi there, Trying to upgrade my version of Lion Server to Sierra, but having lots of trouble doing so. I tried doing this with the server app deleted however after seemingly getting all the way through the install process, it said that the OS was not compatible with Server OS. I'm seeing that...

Hi, I’ve searched the interwebs high and low for an answer to no avail. I bought an original MacBook from a friend with a qwertz German keyboard. It was woefully slow and overheating so I opened it up and cleaned it best I could, and put on new thermal paste. It only worked intermittently while...

I tried to reset my macbook. But when I try to reinstall it. I encountered an error in the apple id section. I sent this laptop to a service provider years ago so they’re the ones who installed the os. So I’m not really sure what did they do. I tried to do the bootable usb but it does not show...

The most current versions of bittorrent clients that work on Mavericks (from what I've found) are from over a year ago. I rarely download torrents, but I want a current client that binds with a VPN. I submitted a ticket to the BiglyBT (ad-free fork of Vuze & Azureus) folks and a developer is...

I'm trying to install Lion on an old MacBook that I bought. I have been able to download the installer that would have been downloaded off the App Store. I am having trouble making a bootable flash drive installer. It seems like most of the guides that had been created are now out of date for...

Hello, Has somebody run into the issue of location services being unable to determine the location in 10.7.5? I had no problem with Lion in this regard until this year.

Ethan Nelson-Moore (known on this forum under the nick parrotgeek1, a collaborator of Collin Mistr, the latter known as Dosdude1) has successfully undertaken the job of porting Firefox "Quantum" to some older unsupported versions of Mac OS X, namely, Lion and Mountain Lion, lowering the min...

Hi All, I have a mid-2011 iMac that I bought new. Back in those days the default OSX was Lion 10.7 Over the years I have been upgrading both hardware and OSX to get to what I am currently running: macOS High Sierra 10.13.3. Recently, I have discovered that iBooks has become corrupt, where it...

I've a MacBook 4,1 lying around running Lion 10.7 and I'm thinking to install Linux through a virtual machine. Given that this MacBook will from now on operate just and only to run VM/Linux, I would like to reduce the battery and/or RAM consumption by removing unnecessary Mac system...

Hey Guys, i got lately a used MB 4,1 for Free and want to get more into MacOS and the complete Apple Universe. I´ve already got a iPhone XR and a iPad Air (1st gen) and thought it would be a great idea. In Windows Computers and Notebooks i have a quite good Knowledge but in Mac´s im a bloody...

Every year at Christmas I switch my screensaver to one called "Snowfall"...it has a red background with giant snowflakes falling. I recently upgraded to Mojave from Sierra and it stopped working. It says "You cannot use Snowfall Screensaver with this version of MacOS. Please contact the vendor...