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- MBP (2009) 2.66GHz Core 2 duo; MacPro 2x2.8 Quad-core; iPad3 (retina)
Hi,
My 'old' macbook ('09) needs an update desperately (too many beachballs), time to prepare a clean install & upgrade, to Lion at least.
I read the stickyhttp://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html on trouble shooting, and some other 'literature' on the web concerning what to take care of prior to installing.
Using Maintenance, I discovered that my disc needs repair. Should I perform that prior to all of the other steps? Or is backing-up, cleaning out cache, updating programs, and then installing Lion implicitly going to take care of that issue as well?
If necessary, an additional problem is that my superdrive seems to be broken, so I'd need to run Disc Utility from another volume. Can that be done from USB, or better use another mac/disc?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro Intel 2.66 Intel core 2 Duo, 4GB, OS X 10.6.8.
My 'old' macbook ('09) needs an update desperately (too many beachballs), time to prepare a clean install & upgrade, to Lion at least.
I read the stickyhttp://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html on trouble shooting, and some other 'literature' on the web concerning what to take care of prior to installing.
Using Maintenance, I discovered that my disc needs repair. Should I perform that prior to all of the other steps? Or is backing-up, cleaning out cache, updating programs, and then installing Lion implicitly going to take care of that issue as well?
If necessary, an additional problem is that my superdrive seems to be broken, so I'd need to run Disc Utility from another volume. Can that be done from USB, or better use another mac/disc?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro Intel 2.66 Intel core 2 Duo, 4GB, OS X 10.6.8.