Thanks again Ronni, install has worked, now to get my head around the changes...also, a shame but I now find Pro Tools is not compatible with ML. May have to upgrade PT,
thanks & regards, Ken Ken Jackson 0450 400 772 www.littleriverstudios.com.au 08 9376 1680 kenjackson7...@gmail.com Skype kennyj1098 Perth, Western Australia Get a signature like this: <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=29&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_29> Click here!<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=29&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_29> On 9 January 2013 12:36, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > If you are sure your Mac & you, are prepared to upgrade to Mountain Lion. > If when you run the Installer you receive the same message as before: > Can't install Mountain Lion on HD - "This disk is used for Time Machine > backups" > > This message means that the Lion or Mountain Lion installation will not > successfully complete. > The message can appear even though your startup drive is obviously not > acting as a Time Machine backup. > The likely cause is an errant Time Machine-related "Backups.backupdb" > folder at the root level of your drive. > This folder, created by and used by Time Machine, is fooling the Install > app into thinking your startup drive is actually a Time Machine backup. > > The solution is to 'Delete the Folder. > > If you double-click on your hard drive icon the Backups.backupd folder > should be on the root level of your drive. > Sometimes OS X gets confused and incorrectly puts a Backups.backupd folder > on your hard drive. > That folder should only appear on a drive used for Time Machine. > > To Delete the 'Backups.backupsdb" folder > 1. Start up from the disk you want to install on (Your Mac). > 2. Move the "Backups.backupdb" folder from the root level of your hard > drive to the Trash. > Enter your Administrator Password if prompted. > IMPORTANT: Do not empty the Trash unless you have a backup on a different > disk and want to delete the Time Machine backups from this disk. > 3. Empty the Trash > 4. Reboot your Mac > 5. Install. > > If you can't find a "Backups.backupd" folder anywhere try booting into > "Safe Mode" by holding down the "Shift key" right after you hear the > startup chime. Keep holding the Shift key down until you see the Apple Logo. > The progress bar that appears indicates the progress of the file check > that Safe Mode automatically does. > Give it time to finish. > > Reboot normally and see if the ML installer will work. If it does wait > until Spotlight is finishing indexing before turning Time Machine back on. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 09/01/2013, at 11:48 AM, Ken Jackson <kenjackson7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Ronni, > > > > *in response to your post replying to my request for help:* > > > > *An extract of comments from your emails over the last few days is > > concerning. > > iMac 27-inch with 10.6.8 SL, 2.66ghz Proc Intel Core i5 & 4gigs of > > RAM.* > > > > *1. you say: "it is running as slow as... have done Applejack, run > > MacKeeper (it > > can't quarantine infected files for some reason)."* > > > > *This is obviously Before I discovered the MacKeeper problem & > uninstalled > > it.* > > > > *2. Then you say: > > "It may be beyond an online diagnosis but what do I know?"* > > * > > * > > *Meaning, can anybody help without a call out .. I wouldn't know...* > > > > *3. And then you say in regard to warnings about MacKeeper: > > "I have been away from the List for ages & missed your posts" > > The posts to WAMUG - Re: MacKeeper were back in 2011 when you were active > > on WAMUG mailing list. > > And a search of the WAMUG Archives ( the link is at the bottom of every > > mailing list message) for 'MacKeeper' would have given you results.* > > > > *When I say I have been away from the list I mean "I have been away from > > the list", regardless of whether I was classed as being 'active' on the > > list I wasn't consulting it.* > > > > 4.in Regard to Applejack: > > "It's an all in one resolution after installs etc, a deep clean does > > everything needed. > > Has not let me down yet." > > > > Yet, you have a sick system?? > > > > *Applejack cleaned up nicely AFTER the de install of MacKeeper* > > > > 5. Then after all this you try to install Mountain Lion on a system that > is > > definitely NOT healthy... > > Never upgrade if your current system is having any problems. And never > > without doing all the preparation before trying to install Lion or > Mountain > > Lion. And always disconnect any external devices before installing an > > upgrade or clean installation. > > > > *I think the system is OK now after the un install but thanks for the > > reminder re disconnecting all externals, I'll do that now & have a look > at > > the prep for installing ML.* > > > > Thanks Ronni, will let you know how it goes, > > > > Regards, > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > Ken Jackson > > > > 0450 400 772 > > www.littleriverstudios.com.au > > 08 9376 1680 > > kenjackson7...@gmail.com > > Skype kennyj1098 > > Perth, Western Australia > > > > > > On 8 January 2013 21:48, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi Ken, > >> > >> An extract of comments from your emails over the last few days is > >> concerning. > >> iMac 27-inch with 10.6.8 SL, 2.66ghz Proc Intel Core i5 & 4gigs of > >> RAM. > >> > >> 1. you say: "it is running as slow as... have done Applejack, run > >> MacKeeper (it > >> can't quarantine infected files for some reason)." > >> > >> 2. Then you say: > >> "It may be beyond an online diagnosis but what do I know?" > >> > >> 3. And then you say in regard to warnings about MacKeeper: > >> "I have been away from the List for ages & missed your posts" > >> The posts to WAMUG - Re: MacKeeper were back in 2011 when you were > active > >> on WAMUG mailing list. > >> And a search of the WAMUG Archives ( the link is at the bottom of every > >> mailing list message) for 'MacKeeper' would have given you results. > >> > >> 4.in Regard to Applejack: > >> "It's an all in one resolution after installs etc, a deep clean does > >> everything needed. > >> Has not let me down yet." > >> > >> Yet, you have a sick system?? > >> > >> 5. Then after all this you try to install Mountain Lion on a system that > >> is definitely NOT healthy... > >> Never upgrade if your current system is having any problems. And never > >> without doing all the preparation before trying to install Lion or > Mountain > >> Lion. And always disconnect any external devices before installing an > >> upgrade or clean installation. > >> > >> Have you even checked that your Applications, Add-ons, extensions etc > are > >> compatible with ML? > >> > >> Again a search of the WAMUG Mailing list for 'Lion' and 'Mountain Lion' > >> ... would bring up lots of information for... 'how to prepare for Lion' > and > >> 'How to prepare for Mountain Lion' and 'how to install Lion' and 'how to > >> Install Mountain Lion and what to do after each installation'. > >> > >> If you do download any of my Tutorials from my website I would > appreciate > >> your donation. > >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Ronni > >> > >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > >> > >> On 08/01/2013, at 4:20 PM, Ken Jackson <kenjackson7...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi folks, > >>> I've downloaded ML & when I try to install it tells me my Mac System > >> drive > >>> is used to backup Time Machine, it's not set up that way? > >>> TM backs up to a dedicated drive called Time Machine??? > >>> What can I do, tried rebooting after resetting TM to the Alt drive, no > >>> effect... > >>> > >>> KJ > >>> > >>> Ken Jackson > >>> > >>> 0450 400 772 > >>> www.littleriverstudios.com.au > >>> 08 9376 1680 > >>> kenjackson7...@gmail.com > >>> Skype kennyj1098 > >>> Perth, Western Australia > >>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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