I've had to erase the hard drive and do a fresh install but cannot seem to find a way back to lion. I made a lion boot USB disk and am back to the OSX utilities window but reinstall only starts Mavericks again. I notice that the osx base system is still on my disk but it's not possible to erase. Finally even when I boot to the USB drive using command r, it still boots to mavericks.
It's been an all nighter getting to this point, I welcome any advise! Adrian. Sent from my iPad > On 31 Oct 2013, at 01:18, Testcard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your help Sam! > > Today the waves are starting to calm down! I just wish Apple had stuck to > 'nice' furry animal names. > > Adrian. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 30 Oct 2013, at 20:57, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Don’t jinx it! >> >> >> MacAmbulance Ltd. >> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >> >> Sam Mullen >> +44 (0)7747778022 >> [email protected] >> www.macambulance.co.uk >> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >> number 8466597 >> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >> privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in >> error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. >> >>> On 30 Oct 2013, at 19:56, Testcard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Just to report. >>> After re-installing sound drivers for motu card. Deleting 'cleanmymac'. The >>> MacBook Pro has not crashed yet. The 'time machine' is backing up so far. >>> >>> Maybe I will keep Mavericks after all... >>> >>> Adrian. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 30 Oct 2013, at 12:45, Testcard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Toby, >>>> Thanks, I did get a new mother board a few years ago courtesy of Apple so >>>> hopefully that's in the past. A clean install sounds rather like >>>> re-installing my life ! However if it gets to that stage I guess I shall >>>> have to bite the bullet. >>>> >>>> So far Sam says it looks like the drivers for the FireWire card (motu) is >>>> partially to blame but I've got to run some more tests and screenshots. >>>> >>>> To be continued. >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On 30 Oct 2013, at 12:36, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The macbook pros of that age are succeptable to the nvidia problem (I >>>>> have one) The symptom for me though was that one morning the laptop was >>>>> simply dead. I'd get it looked at by apple store even though its working >>>>> as there is a parts recall out and yours may be eligible (free). >>>>> >>>>> I installed mavericks on mine as a completely clean install - I erased >>>>> the disk with zeros rather than fast erase and haven't had any problems, >>>>> I put the mavericks installer onto a usb hard drive with a long terminal >>>>> command that google will help you find. >>>>> >>>>> I haven't re-time machined it yet and it was set up as a from scratch >>>>> computer, as it had been updated in place from 10.5 to 10.6 to 10.7 to >>>>> 10.8 and had picked up loooads of cruft along the way :-) >>>>> >>>>> I have gone for the full disk encryption which Im pretty impressed with >>>>> though! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 29 October 2013 22:07, Testcard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Thanks Sam, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm reinstalling Mavericks one more time , then I will do as you >>>>>> suggest. I never had this freeze issue before I installed Mavericks so >>>>>> it seems linked somehow. Will send the screenshots shortly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Adrian. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Oct 2013, at 22:48, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Run a time machine backup with the Console app open, then you’ll be >>>>>>> able to see (hopefully) the last thing running before it freezes. >>>>>>> Either copy/paste or take a picture and send it to me, I’ll see if I >>>>>>> can see what could be happening. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Usually a completely frozen screen is a RAM error or dodgy graphics >>>>>>> card soldering, especially if you’ve got an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sam >>>>>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. >>>>>>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sam Mullen >>>>>>> +44 (0)7747778022 >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> www.macambulance.co.uk >>>>>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, >>>>>>> registration number 8466597 >>>>>>> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may >>>>>>> contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received >>>>>>> this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email >>>>>>> immediately. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 29 Oct 2013, at 21:42, Testcard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> I upgraded to Maverick on its release, >>>>>>>> On my MacBook Pro 2.2ghz 15inch intel core duo 4gb 667 MHz. Initially >>>>>>>> I had no problems then 'time machine' backups resulted in a frozen >>>>>>>> screen. I've tried disk utility with no luck. Even that freezes on >>>>>>>> commencement with the disk. I then erased the disk (stupid I now >>>>>>>> know!) but a fresh disk makes no difference. I'm a bit desperate as I >>>>>>>> cannot see what the issue is. I also reinstalled another Maverick in >>>>>>>> case the original might be corrupted. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any thoughts very welcome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Adrian. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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