What do you think"Īlso by the way my iMac is practically brand new as the Apple store replaced almost every component a year ago in a ridiculous effort to solve a minor problem (fortunately they did not charge me for the $1100 repair) so I doubt it is a problem with the iMac hardware. ![]() I have considered disconnecting them to see if the problems continue. The differences between the two setups are that I have two EHDs, one for Time Machine and one for iPhoto and iMovie storage. Īs far as your other questions I will need to get back to you on that.īy the way, my wife also has an iMac on 10.6.8 and she has the asking for password problem but not (so far) the kernel panic shut down problem. Even then I am not optimistic that would solve my various problems. I need to determine what other upgrades I would need to make (Office and Elements) and the costs of those. They then recommend upgrading first to El Capitan and then to Sierra (don't know if that is also free). Following it through it appears that the upgrade to El Capitan is free. That is erasing your HD and freshly installing the new OS but to do this, a robust and verifiable backup is essential. So my "opinion " as you asked for it - let's say it was me - I'd get the latest OS compatible with your Mac and do a clean install. ![]() But as you say you have upgraded before, that might not be necessary. In addition to that cost, I'm almost certain that to upgrade, you will have to purchase Lion from the Apple online store, download it and install and then get the free upgrades from there. You will know, I'm sure, that there are new versions of Office and Elements that work with even the latest OS, Sierra - but you do have to pay for them. ![]() It seems you did try an upgrade before from you say. I have a belief, not necessarily based on reason or science, that upgrading with a known problem rarely solves that problem unless it is directly related to incompatibilities between apps and the OS or between an OS and an iOS. You said that "most recently " this problem had started can you recall when? Has anything changed on your Mac? Any new software or any other additions? So if we leave the thorny issue of out-of-date OS, let's see if there is a solution. It didn't register with me.Īlthough almost everyone on the planet would advise you to upgrade - and I'm kind of that view - what you describe shouldn't happen no matter what OS you have. I have followed your previous threads so perhaps I should have known that your OS was Snow Leopard-10.6.8.
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