Walter Wedler
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Q: What is the upgrade-sequence from Lion to Mavericks?

What is the upgrade-sequence from Lion to Mavericks?

Posted on Mar 11, 2014 11:17 AM

by Kappy,Solvedanswer
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That error is common. If you have partitioned the drive so that you have a partition for Time Machine and one for Lion, then you must have a Time Machine backup file on the partition. See the following: OS X- Cannot install on a volume used by Time Machine for backups.

Posted on Mar 11, 2014 3:43 PM

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Q: What is the upgrade-sequence from Lion to Mavericks?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Mar 11, 2014 11:20 AM in response to Walter Wedler
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    Mar 11, 2014 11:20 AM in response to Walter Wedler

    Upgrading to Mavericks

     

    You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.

     

    Upgrading to Mavericks

     

    To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.

     

        OS X Mavericks- System Requirements

     

          Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks

     

             1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later

             2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later

             3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

             4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later

             5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

             6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

             7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

     

    To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.

     

         Are my applications compatible?

     

             See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.

     

    Please do the following before clicking on the Install button:

     

    Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion

     

    Boot to the Recovery HD:

     

    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.

     

    Repair

     

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

  • by Walter Wedler,

    Walter Wedler Walter Wedler Mar 11, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Kappy
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    Mar 11, 2014 12:35 PM in response to Kappy

    Thanks Kappy

    (I just posted elswhere)

    Why can't I upgrade my 3TB ext. USB drive with Lion to Mavericks:TimeMachine error?

    Lion runs well, plenty of space, memory. Why isTimeMachine a problem??

    Mac Pro, 6 GB RAM 11/2 TB space.

  • by Kappy,Helpful

    Kappy Kappy Mar 11, 2014 12:42 PM in response to Walter Wedler
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    Mar 11, 2014 12:42 PM in response to Walter Wedler

    You cannot upgrade a Time Machine backup drive to another OS version. That can only be done on the computer's hard drive or an external drive that has OS X installed on it. Beyond that you need to tell me what the Time Machine error was.

  • by Walter Wedler,

    Walter Wedler Walter Wedler Mar 11, 2014 3:30 PM in response to Kappy
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    Mar 11, 2014 3:30 PM in response to Kappy

    Thank you Kappy.

    Here ar the specifics:

    In my Early 2009Mac Pro I have 3-!TB drives. 2 of them have Snowleopard installed because the hardware I run for my audio business has no Mavricks compatible driver. I am trying to phase in the 3rd internal drive to use Mavericks now with everithing. I bought the 3 TB external drive for backing up drive 1+2 with Time Machine. I also have Lion installed on the same external USB drive running well. When I try to update that Lion drive and I click install it stops saying this drive is used for the Time Machine Back-up and won't let me get past that only to stop the installer. This drive has a complete Lion on it but it has 1.1/2 TB space available. Since Lion is not supported

    anymore I wanted to udate that system. Thank you for your time and patience.

                                                                                                                                      Walter

  • by Kappy,Solvedanswer

    Kappy Kappy Mar 11, 2014 3:43 PM in response to Walter Wedler
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    Mar 11, 2014 3:43 PM in response to Walter Wedler

    That error is common. If you have partitioned the drive so that you have a partition for Time Machine and one for Lion, then you must have a Time Machine backup file on the partition. See the following: OS X- Cannot install on a volume used by Time Machine for backups.

  • by Walter Wedler,

    Walter Wedler Walter Wedler Mar 11, 2014 7:20 PM in response to Kappy
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    Mar 11, 2014 7:20 PM in response to Kappy

    Thanks for your help!

  • by Pauline Edmonds,

    Pauline Edmonds Pauline Edmonds Mar 19, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Walter Wedler
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    Mar 19, 2014 8:23 AM in response to Walter Wedler

    Hi, I am new to iMac, well 2 years since I bought it, however I am not very tech minded so as much as I want to keep my Mac updated I am afraid to upgrade from my Lion 10.7.5 to Mavericks.  My husband has just bought himself an iMac Mountain Lion and I can see the differences but still worried to take the plunge.  I am 70 years old so this would be quite a task for me, should I leave well alone or go for it?

  • by Walter Wedler,

    Walter Wedler Walter Wedler Mar 23, 2014 12:42 PM in response to Pauline Edmonds
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    Mar 23, 2014 12:42 PM in response to Pauline Edmonds

    Hi Pauline.

    (If you still are looking for an answer)

    My advise as a busy Apple computer, iPod, iPad user sice 1995 is: If the system (Lion) does what you need to do and you are comfortable using it you can stay with that. But at some point Apple will not let you simply upgrade to a newer system (Mavericks or newer) Also security updates for your system might stop sometimes. While Apple is great to do frequent system upgrades (now even free) with it not only come new usefull features and better performance but also changes that might bother you. I still think it is worth re-learning some new things to get all the great new features and security a system upgrade brings.Here are Apples upgrade requirements:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5842

    Enjoy your great Apple computers.

                                                         Walter     

  • by Pauline Edmonds,

    Pauline Edmonds Pauline Edmonds Mar 25, 2014 4:34 AM in response to Walter Wedler
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    Mar 25, 2014 4:34 AM in response to Walter Wedler

    Thank you for your prompt reply Walter, it looks as if I have to give this more thought taking on board your comments and recommendations.  It is a big step and I guess that ultimately I will have to take the plunge!!!

     

    It is just brilliant to have people like you Walter because there are times we all need help lol thanks

    again.

     

    Pauline