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Is there a "better" OX for a Macbook Pro from mid-2012?
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<blockquote data-quote="Keats1" data-source="post: 1699359" data-attributes="member: 293492"><p>Monday 1 Feb 16,</p><p>Last night I took the plunge. I downloaded E.C. and it took a while to download. Eventually it was ready for the installation. That took quite some time. </p><p>After it was installed I had to re-establish my connection with my router and set a new password. So far so good..</p><p></p><p>While attempting to clone my H.D. to the thumb drive, I determined that there was just a bit too much on the hard drive to fit on the thumb drive so I looked for something to eliminate to reduce the size of the clone.</p><p>I chose the I Tunes music file. Duh !! I knew that I had all of my music on another computer (desk top I. Mac ) and that I could simply transfer the music back to the lap top after I did the upgrade.</p><p>Well guess what, by moving the "Music" file to the trash, I left the rest of the I. Tunes data in place so I now have a listing of all the music that I no longer have. I have the album covers and info about the artists but no actual songs.</p><p></p><p>So far, that O.K. <u>Here's the kicker</u>. I got a message that said now that I've eliminated the actual music from the lap top, if I try to synchronize any other devices such as an I Pod, I Pad, I Phone etc, it will erase all of the songs on them as well.</p><p>I guess that it will simply make these devices mirror the I tunes on my lap top. Big mistake, especially considering that I eventually did the clone on my G Tech external drive and had more than enough room for the songs.</p><p></p><p>So now I'm going to try to use the music on my desk top to up load to I Cloud and perhaps I can then download the music from the I Cloud onto my lap top. </p><p>If that does not work, maybe I can make a copy of the music on a thumb drive or burn a disk or worse case, use the actual CD's to reload each album individually like I did a few years back on the desk top. </p><p>Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy...</p><p></p><p>If I only had one of the grandkids around to do this for me I'd be on good shape. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>Today will be a learning day for me. How does E.C. work compared to Lion.? Was it the right thing to do? At least I've got a version that will allow Turbo Tax to load as well as synch my I Phone. </p><p>Keats</p><p>Arizona.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keats1, post: 1699359, member: 293492"] Monday 1 Feb 16, Last night I took the plunge. I downloaded E.C. and it took a while to download. Eventually it was ready for the installation. That took quite some time. After it was installed I had to re-establish my connection with my router and set a new password. So far so good.. While attempting to clone my H.D. to the thumb drive, I determined that there was just a bit too much on the hard drive to fit on the thumb drive so I looked for something to eliminate to reduce the size of the clone. I chose the I Tunes music file. Duh !! I knew that I had all of my music on another computer (desk top I. Mac ) and that I could simply transfer the music back to the lap top after I did the upgrade. Well guess what, by moving the "Music" file to the trash, I left the rest of the I. Tunes data in place so I now have a listing of all the music that I no longer have. I have the album covers and info about the artists but no actual songs. So far, that O.K. [U]Here's the kicker[/U]. I got a message that said now that I've eliminated the actual music from the lap top, if I try to synchronize any other devices such as an I Pod, I Pad, I Phone etc, it will erase all of the songs on them as well. I guess that it will simply make these devices mirror the I tunes on my lap top. Big mistake, especially considering that I eventually did the clone on my G Tech external drive and had more than enough room for the songs. So now I'm going to try to use the music on my desk top to up load to I Cloud and perhaps I can then download the music from the I Cloud onto my lap top. If that does not work, maybe I can make a copy of the music on a thumb drive or burn a disk or worse case, use the actual CD's to reload each album individually like I did a few years back on the desk top. Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy... If I only had one of the grandkids around to do this for me I'd be on good shape. :-) Today will be a learning day for me. How does E.C. work compared to Lion.? Was it the right thing to do? At least I've got a version that will allow Turbo Tax to load as well as synch my I Phone. Keats Arizona. [/QUOTE]
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