![]() Enter your name and up to 4 email addresses. Make sure it is formatted as an email address. Check your Apple IDs and choose one as your primary ID. ![]() Choose a day when things are quiet and you don’t need to depend on your calendar or email immediately. I moved all my home/office devices (2 iPhones, 2 iPads, 1 iMac, and 2 MacBooks) over to iCloud in one day. In order to upgrade to iCloud, all the Macs that access your calendars must be on Lion and all your iOS devices must be running iOS 5. If you currently utilize MobileMe, switching to iCloud can be somewhat complex depending on what services you utilize with MobileMe. ![]() ![]() MobileMe to iCloud (after your Lion upgrade) Do system updates manually every few months when you know things have been backed up and you have a few moments in case something goes wrong. You do not want to be the first person on the block testing new updates…especially if everything is working OK for you. Lion upgrades are done through the Apple App store and the App store can’t be installed until you’re on version 10.6…so upgrading may be a two step process if you haven’t upgraded in a while.īy the way… I always suggest that you open System Prefs>Software Update and turn off “Check for updates” so you do not get prompted for new software updates every week. In order to update from Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), you will need to purchase Snow Leopard (10.6) before you can upgrade to Lion. This is because software needs to be upgraded to be compatible and take full advantage of the operating system. In general, you always want your OS to be the OLDEST piece of software you’re running. It is less expensive than ever and is a better version for compatibility with the Windows version of Office and the Mac OS. I’d also look at upgrading to MS Office 2011 if you have an older version. Upgrade to the latest versions of all your applications. With a full system sofware change, it is quite possible that something may go wrong. See my backup article for some details. If you have a Time Machine backup, you may believe you’re safe but I would argue that it is not enough to EASILY recover if something goes wrong. Make a full SuperDuper! backup of your workstation on an external hard drive BEFORE upgrading. So, if you’re ready to make the move to Lion, my #1 tip is this: Dealing with change is tough but in order to move into the future of technology I recommend going with Apple’s direction. Other apps that will no longer run are those based on the old PowerPC architecture and the emulator called Rosetta that was used in previous Mac OS to run this software. Quicken 2007 is one such app people complain about. Upgrading, is somewhat painful for some people because it may require losing some older applications that will not longer run. Motivated by this new operating system coming soon and the fact that MobileMe is going away in a couple of months (June 30, 2012), my best advice is to move quickly toward upgrading your current Mac to Lion and iCloud (Mac OS 10.7). It will also make even more efficient use of iCloud. It will move the Mac OS and iOS closer together so that you have a more consistent experience across your Mac and iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch devices. Apple recently announced their new operating system Mountain Lion (Mac OS 10.8) to be released later this summer.
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