Upgrading from 10.6.8 to 10.8.x

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Upgrading from 10.6.8 to 10.8.x

After my 2008 Mac mini (10.6.8) died, I got a new i7 Mac mini with OS X 10.8.3 pre-installed. Was able to transfer my settings, documents and apps from Time Machine backup.

The only things that did not work anymore due to PowerPC code no longer being supported in 10.8.x were:

Eudora

MS Office 2004

Samsung ML-1710 printer driver

Here are my solutions:

Eudora -> Eudora OSE (Open Source Edition) based on Mozilla (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_OSE)

MS Office 2004 -> MS Office 2011 (thanks to my employers MS Home Use Program HUP)

Samsung ML-1710 printer driver - SpliX driver (http://guigo.us/mac/splix/)

So far so good.

I must say I am impressed with how well the transfer to the new machine worked.

I still have an issue with some of the recent photos in my iPhoto library not showing thumbnails and not being able to open them. Only the last 6 events though out of thousands of events. Tried rebuilding the database and library to no avail.

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2.3 GHz Intel i7 quad-core 4GB 1TB

Posted on May 8, 2013 7:51 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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May 8, 2013 2:50 PM in response to TXcrude

Try rebuilding the thumbnails - last part of article.

iPhoto Library rebuild

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TXcrude Author

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May 8, 2013 6:47 PM in response to Eric Root

That is exactly what I did. I worked my way through all four options top to bottom and after each one I quit iPhoto and started it back up, to no avail.

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Yer_Man

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May 9, 2013 12:13 AM in response to TXcrude

In my experience the thumbnail rebuild can take three or four goes.

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Old Toad

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May 9, 2013 10:03 AM in response to TXcrude

If after several attempts of the thumbnail rebuild you're still unable to view the thumbnails try the following:

Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library

Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.

Click on the Add Library button,

navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.

Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option

In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.

Click on the Create button.

Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.

Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

OT

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