This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Lion problem

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Lion problem

"Control-R on booting gives you the options."

Make that command-r

On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Richard Tibbetts <huipro@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> Clones- good advice
>
> I would let it ride now, Alan.
>
> Lion does not ship on disks. To do a clean install, you'll need to order a USB stick version or do it all online "app store" style. It'll take a long time.
>
> Control-R on booting gives you the options.
>
> To run 5.5.3, you may have to ensure that the box runs in 32 bit mode. Hold the 3+2 keys down when booting, (or 6+4 for 64 bit).
>
> I avoided the 7.2 upgrade recently cuz it was unknown what would happen with 5.5.3. Let us know if it coughs up any furballs.
>
> If it does. 6.0 would be the easy way to fix things.
>
> RT
> Sent via iPad Nano
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> On Dec 11, 2011, at 10:59 AM, electropura212 <electropura212@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > No cloned drive of your system?
> >
> > I've made a habit of doing that. Never know when a HD will fail or
> > something crazy (like this) might happen .
> >
> >
> > That being said, I was a daredevil and ran 10.7.2 with 5.53 for a time
> > before upgrading to MC 6 without any issues at all. You might want to try
> > it first, as going through the hassle of downgrading may actually introduce
> > problems you wouldn't have otherwise.
> >
> > Usually software update asks for your admin password. Do you have one set?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, December 11, 2011, Alan Miller <ammfx@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> My nephew was using my Mac which has MC 5.53 on it on Lion 10.7.
> >> While he was using it he saw an update message and said yes and
> > downloaded 10.7.2
> >> without asking. As far as I know this is not approved for MC 5.53.
> >> How do I revert back to 10.7. I can't seem to find it online and only
> > just started
> >> using a Mac again.
> >> Of course I'm in the middle of a large project and I'm worried how this
> >> is going to effect me.
> >> Alan
> >>
> >> Alan Miller
> >> 48 Hours Mystery
> >> CBS News
> >>
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