I'm trying to reformat my macbook 2007 edition and have erased the partition, and trying to install from the Snow Leopard disk but after language screen it says "System cannot be installed on this computer." any suggestions?
I have tried erasing and moving forward, erasing partition and creating new partition using GUID, no solution yet, keeps giving me same message.
Did you check if your Macbook meets the requirements for Snow Leopard?
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My macbook won't read the snow leopard disk but my macbook pro does...why?
For better or worse I ran a clean install of the original MacBook OS for an early 2008. It had been running Lion over the years it had never been wiped and reinstalled. In any case, I successfully reinstalled 10.5.2 with the start up disks that came with the machine when we purchased it. (That showed me the drive was operational.) I then attempted to install Snow Leopard with the install disk we've kept and the drive rejected it; however the MacBook Pro's drive did not reject it. (That showed me the disk is operational as well.)
Is the problem as simple as having to update Leopard to the max before the drive will accept the Snow Leopard disk?Zap the PRAM and Reset the SMC; then, try again. BTW, does the optical drive show up in Apple menu item->About this Mac->More info?
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Why does my MacBook Pro not boot up with the Snow Leopard Disk?
I have erased the entire hard drive on a 2011 macbook pro that had snow leopard on it. I was corrupted. I not insert my Snow Leopard Disk and the machine will not boot. I chose target mode to erase the hard drive from my mac book pro with Mt. Lion on it.
Thank uou for any help,
KenTarget mode? Is there a second computer involved? Why not insert the Snow Leopard disc in the computer on which you wish to install and hold down the C key to boot from it?
If the disc came with a different computer it will not boot another model. Retail discs also may not boot all model computers, even those that came with the same major version. For example, some MBPs came with 10.6.6 but a retail disc may only be 10.6.3. -
A magnet fell on my macbook "late 2007 series black" and it stopped working. When i start my macbook up it sits on the white screen. i tried inserting the snow leopard disk to do a clean install but the disk ejects and all i see is the pointer. i even bought a new hard drive to do the clean install but the same thing happens. Please Help
Your problem is not Boot Camp, in fact, is your optical drive. Win XP requires indeed sp2, but also the internal drive, does not work from external optical drive.
For other possible tricks, please use the appropriate Boot Camp forum, not here. Mac OS X may be installed from both external and internal optical drive and/or internal/external partition of a disk, any disk. Windows is not so generous. -
I have bought a photoshop elements and have installed it on my MacBookPro. I have just bought an iMac and what to install on this computer as well. The iMac does not have a disc drive. I have copied the file onto a remote hard drive and tried to install but it thinks I have a pirate copy. What can I do?
If you click the link in my first post in this thread, then click "still need help? Contact us" it takes you to a page that looks exactly like the page where you started, but isn't. Select PSE for the program you want help with, click "Activation and Signing In" for the problem area and you will see this:
The gray area below the blue bar is a link to start a chat. -
My macbook pro loads webpages fine for the first few minutes but after that the internet freezes and will not load anymore webpages. What can I do to fix this?
I let Firefox sit on my desktop for about five minutes, and it finall allowed me to use it. That is EXTREEEMELY slow. What is the problem?
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Can I reformat and partition a new internal hard drive with the Snow Leopard disk?
I'm planning on installing a new internal hard drive in my 15'' Macbook Pro. Can I format and partition the new drive with the Snow Leopard disk or is it just an upgrade from Leopard? Thanks much.
You should be able to do that.
If you want to change the sizes of existing partitions this may help:
Enlarging a partition -
I used my snow leopard disk to erase my hard drive. Now I want to eject the snow leopard disk to clean install from the lion boot disk I made. How do I eject the snow leopard disk? It is the start up disk and I can't figure out how to get it out of the computer so I can put my lion boot disk in. Thanks
turn the mac all the way off. turn the mac on by pressing the power button. as soon as the apple logo appears, pres and hold your mouse button(trackpad mouse clicker etc...) until the CD comes out.
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On start up my Mac Book Pro shows a white screen with a spinning wheel. I have tried starting up with the Snow Leopard disk - all I get is a blue screen. I guess that this is a major repair job??????
If you have the exact same problem - take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you. If you have AppleCare call them!
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I have a very old (refurbished, bought over 4 years ago) macbook pro 15". It's been running ok on OS X 10.5.8 until very recently. It started ejecting disks, and then the new adobe flash player update wouldn't work. Lots of other little things have been happening as well.
I had been considering buying a new macbook, but one of the Apple store people suggested I update instead (a much cheaper alternative!). So I bought Snow Leopard, and it arrived in the post today. But now my macbook wont even accept the dvd. It takes it in, whirs and complains a bit (for less than 60 seconds) then ejects it again. I have tried cleaning the disk, cleaning the disk area with a credit card + lens cleaner (a trick I saw recommended on this forum). But no luck.
Any advice?
I am a trainee teacher and actually will be gutted to have to get a new laptop (as I really cant afford it). BUT obviously if I have to I will. I just need to extend the life of this one for as long as possible, until I have more money to get a better one!Bring your MBP to an Apple store genius bar and see what they say about your MBP optical drive.
Look on the OWC web site. They sell optical drives for older MBPs. Perhaps there is one that will fit yours. Installing one is not brain surgery.
Otherwise examine the iFixit.com and Powerbookmedic.com web sites for replacements.
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What can i do.., btw im a bit of a newby for this stuff!The grey installation DVDs supplied with Macs are specific to the computer they are supplied with. They cannot be used to install on any other Mac.
Either erase and install the OS on the old MB from it's own grey DVDs, or go and buy the retail Snow Leopard installation DVD ($29 in the US, £26 UK). -
Trying to install the snow leopard update, but get a grey apple logo screen
I cleaned my imac out, and now want to install snow leopard (NOT LION), I already installed Leopard, and the machine works, but when I try to install snow leopard, it runs(installs) and after a while it gives a message that it will finish installation after restarting , but then it just gives a grey screen with a apple logo, and nothing happens, cant use the keyboard also, its been standing on this screen overnight(so Im not impatient ) I then switch it off at the power button and restart it keeping eject in, it ejects the disk and then starts with the normal leopard os, I can open/close/use programs/aperture/itunes etc. and the machine seems just fine, its just that it will not work(finish installation of) after I try to install snow leopard.
I have installed snow leopard on a few occasions before like this on this imac and my MBPro, and had never had this problem.
I have reinstalled leopard and tried reinstalling snow leopard a couple of times in the last day, and there seems to be no problem with the machine, aka it works fine, it will just not load SLeopard,
I dont have a time machine backup, as I dont use it, all my data are on a external disk, (which I did a few minutes before erasing my imac )
I have erased disks and reinstalled it, installed it over the existing leopard, used disk utility , verified disk, verified permissions , but no luck
please help !!
(it seems that my spell checker doesnt work in this box/forum )Do tell us HOW it was fixed. It helps others.
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I'm so lame at this! I bought the laptop used and was told that Snow Leopard was installed. I don't want to mess this up. Are there detailed instructions anywhere that will take me through this step by step?
The utilities window is giving me 4 choices: Restore from Time Machine Backup - You have a backup of your system that you want to restore
Reinstall Mac OS X - Set up and install a new copy of 'Lion'.
Get help online - Browse Apple support
Disk Utility - Repair or erase a disk using Disk Utility.
If I use Time Machine is it going to restore all of the previous owners content? -
Why does the Snow Leopard disk keep tell us to restart in order to start the install?
We are trying install Snow Leopard on a MacBook that currently has Tiger. We were told by the Apple folks when we ordered it that we could install straight to Snow Leopard.
So when we put the disk in it tells us to restart to begin the install. When we restart it spits the disk out and then we put it back in and it again tells us to restart in order to install.
What are we doing wrong??
Thanks!!!Try starting this way:
Booting From An OS X Installer Disc
1. Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
4. Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
5. Wait for installer to finish loading.
If you still have a problem possibly the DVD is defective. -
What are the steps I need to take to upgrade my Macbook with Tiger to Lion and the cloud? I have the install disk for Snow Leopard.
Hi Carol, good/sound advice by Ziatron so far.
We need more info about your Mac to see if it will even be capable,
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4
You'll need to buy SL/10.6 first & get it to 10.6.8, then get Lion... if you can run it.
Or if you can erase your disk...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
* Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
It looks like they do still have it:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA
If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
Lion/101.7 System requirements
• x86-64 processor (Macs with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, or Xeon processor.)
• At least 2GB of memory, (I say 4GB)
• Latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), with the Mac App Store installed
• At least 4GB of disk space for downloading, (I say 40GB at least)
Like Snow Leopard, Lion does not support PowerPC-based Macs (e.g., Power Macs, PowerBooks, iBooks, iMacs (G3-G5), eMacs).
Lion also does not support 32-bit Intel Core Duo or Core Solo based Macs. Rosetta is no longer available in Lion, which means Lion no longer supports PowerPC applications.
It looks like Apple will have Lion available on USB drives for $69...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256
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