5 Things To Do To Prepare For Mac OS X Lion

Mac OS X Lion few hours away, and it is a good time to book a couple of hours to get the system ready for an upgrade. Here are five things you should leave the street, that the time for you to help crush the minute droplets Leone Apple servers.

1. Check your machine’s compatibility.

Not all Macs are compatible with Leo, but if you're not, it's probably just about ready to retire anyway. Any Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo or higher is compatible, so most machines since 2006 should be fine.

Check About This Mac to ensure your computer to use the Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 and Intel Xeon machine. About This Mac from the Apple logo can be found in the menu on the left of the screen.

2. Create a complete backup of your machine.

Probably the most important step you can take is to back up your Mac Want a full backup of the system without cutting corners.

If you are like me in a regular or a Time Capsule external hard drive backup partial, no system files to save space (there are a lot of Macs in this house), and time. But a major upgrade of the operating system is a good time to create a full backup: is every chance that the upgrade goes wrong, and leave you with a computer that does not work before you shape and rebuilt from scratch.

Do not discount the likelihood of this happening and make sure you have a backup fully recoverable at hand.

You can use Time Machine with a hard drive or time capsule, which is able to create a full backup to restore your system the way it was before the bad things that happened or a third party application such as SuperDuper.

3. Take a few steps to prevent problems.

We recommend turning off FileVault, or third-party software encryption protects the hard drive. Lion brings many changes in the way it handles the encryption of the disk, so we quit before the update and after reactivation is wise.

You'll also want to head in Disk Utility and check and repair the volume that the Mac OS X is installed. The problems of the poor condition of the file system is one of the most common causes of an update of the operating system failed.

4. Check that your must-use apps are Lion-compatible.

If you have any programs that you need to work with Leo before you can upgrade, you can see a site like RoaringApps.com which lists a wide range of Mac Apps and status.

If an application you need is not there, head to the developer's site and see if they have a trial or released an update will make the application compatible. Most applications work well in Leon independently, but do not upgrade unless the developer behind their critical applications have been told that no update is necessary or that one is available.

If they are silent on the question, begs to run tests and make a public statement, the record and their users much time.

5. Get some spring cleaning out of the way.

Not essential, but a system upgrade is a great opportunity to do spring cleaning done little on your hard drive. If you have completed the above steps are essential and free time to spend some of it cached, clean and maintenance scripts, uninstalling applications that use once and forgot about massive clearing and This mess out of his office. (Yes, we know this.)