Disk utility for Snow Leopard

Found a "corrupt file" on console for Java.
In an effort to fix the problem, tried Disk Utility. Got message "cannot use this version with your OS" (Snow Leopard).
So - cannot use Java.
Cannot use Disk Utility.
What now"

OK
First try opening it from it's default location - Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
DU should have been updated as part of the 10.6.3 install, so if it still doesn't work, try running the 10.6.8 combo update.
If that fails, you may need to boot from the Snow Leopard install disc and run DU from there -
Boot from your installer DVD (hold down the C key on startup or hold down Alt/option on start and choose the installer disc).
OK the language page. From the installer screen, go to the menu bar and choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Do not click 'continue'
In DU, select your internal drive in the sidebar (the top item with the makers name and serial no.). Run Repair Disk.
If that comes up as disk OK,
close DU and quit the installer - restart when the little box prompts you.
Try DU from the Utilities folder again.
If it still won't work, you may need to reinstall Snow Leopard to get a clean copy.

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You must boot from another drive in order to erase the system drive.
Try starting up with Snow Leopard DVD inserted and C depress. That should get you booted from the DVD. Then start Disk Utitlity from DVD and erase the disk then you should be able to install Snow Leopard.
Remember that everything will be removed from the disk when you erase it and install Snow Leopard so backup first.
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Technical issues aside, there's still a legal issue.
Neither 2006 nor 2007 MacBooks shipped with Snow Leopard 'factory' installed. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard became available in September 2009. So you purchased and installed a Snow Leopard upgrade disc on the 2007 system at some point.
If your Snow Leopard upgrade was a single-user copy, then legally, you need to purchase another one for the second computer. If your Snow Leopard upgrade was a Family Pack 5-user license, then you're good to go.
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If you have an active MobileMe account, Apple was giving away a single-user upgrade copy of Snow Leopard for a limited time, and you should have received an email with a link, or been offered the opportunity when you signed in to your MobileMe account on the web:
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/24/free-snow-leopard-discs-for-mobileme-users-n ow-arriving/
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Thank you. That's what I thought will need to happen.
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Why can't I erase my hard disk or install Snow Leopard?

I have a 2010 imac Intel Core i3 running OS X. The computer has been running really slow lately, presumably because the hard drive was nearly full. I backed up and deleted most of my data on an external hard drive.
I would like to reformat, but I haven't been able to. When I use disk utility, the option to erase the hard drive is not available (it is in grey). When I try to install Snow Leopard from the desktop using the DVD, it says "Cannot install Snow Leopard on this computer." When I boot from the Snow Leopard disk holding C upon startup, it gives me the same message.
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I downloaded an ISO for Snow Leopard and burned it on to a disk.
I would not trust this disk to work, even if your Mac seems to be able to read it. There has never been an official, downloadable version of Snow Leopard. I suspect the ISO image lacks something necessary to OS X, causing it to fail when you run it. Someone other than Apple created that download and it's a pirated copy of OS X. (sorry to have to say that, but it is.)
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HI,
I downloaded the link on the front page of the downloads page and it doesn't work at all. It opens a page and does nothing. I have to force quit to stop Safari.
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An Installer will start... click Continue. When you get to the Installation Type in the window on the right you will see: Applications. Click the Disclosure triangle so it faces down. Select the apps you want to install and click Continue.
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Utility in Snow Leopard to check sectors of external hard drive

I have valuable data on two external hard drives. Is there a utility in Snow Leopard that can be used to check that all the data on the drives is in good condition (that there are no bad sectors on the drive)? If so, please point me to an article, instructions, etc. on how to use it and if not, does a third party vendor make such a utility and if so who and what is it called?
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Running Disk Utility as KT helpfully suggested will run basic repairs.
But to find bad sectors, also called bad blocks, TechToolPro will find them. I rarely use TTP though.... to the point where I think I wasted my money. It helped one time, so I guess that paid off considering what Tech's charge.
The only way to fix bad blocks is to back up to another drive and reformat. Clone it over using the free demo of SuperDuper.
Boot up on your install disk; put disk in and restart while holding down the C key till you get the Install screen.
Don't click on install, go to the Installer menu in the upper lefthand corner of the screen, go to Disk Utilities, choose the drive you want to be free of bad blocks, click on the Erase button, click on Security Options And click the Erase button next to it. Don't choose 7 or 9 way zero........(if it asks for it )....it takes forever and you don't need it !
This will map out any bad blocks on your drive. Then clone your backed up data back to the fresh zeroed out drive.
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My question is this: What's the best way to go about this?
Should I go ahead and partition that drive, and then copy my current system onto the 2/3rds I want to use for Snow Leopard, and then turn off my computer and swap the drives?
Anything to "look out for" when partitioning? I've never done it before...
After I swap the drives, I automatically start-up on the correct partition?
Also, is 750g too big for a startup drive?
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I actually want to put both on the 750, so I can have all the rest of my internals be 1tb each (i keep my video editing stuff on one, my audio editing on another, and my iTunes on the other).
Just make sure you've got all that stuff backed up. Lots of people get a false sense of security, thinking "My stuff isn't on the boot drive, so it's safe," but this couldn't be further from the truth. Maybe this is unneeded advice, but just in case, I'd recommend reading my [Mac Backup Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/backups> (or some other backup reference).
So... I just zap the 750, partition it in Disk Utility, Carbon Copy Clone my existing Startup Disk to the correct partition, and then "point" to that as my startup volume in SysPrefs? Right?
If you're using Parallels, rather than Boot Camp, partitioning is completely unnecessary. Other than that, yes, you've got it.

I have Lion as my current and main OS. Is it possible to partition part of my hard drive for Snow Leopard?

I have Lion as my current and main OS. Is it possible to partition part of my hard drive for Snow Leopard? I'm good on partitioning but when I insert the Snow Leopard install disk a message tells me I can't run the install program because I currently have Lion installed... obviously. Have I gone about this the wrong way? Do I need to boot the computer using the Snow Leopard install disk instead of my main HD?

Apple will never update that as for the most part it is true, and the fact that they really don't want you to run older OS X versions (for whatever reason).
Now this probably won't work with the next line of MBPs and MBAs that come out. But it is for the current builds.
But as I stated you need one of the lastest builds of SL for it to even boot the system.
It won't work with the retail 10.6.3 DVD disc. That version does not have the correct drivers for the newest Mac's.

Ran Onyx for Snow Leopard (cleanup) and now my Safari is GONE. HELP!

Running the latest OS. I ran ONYX for Snow Leopard, the cleanup section I think, and now Safari is GONE. Help! I downloaded it again from Apple's site and installed but it will now show. Help! I ran a repair disk, repair disk permissions and all finished OK. Help please!!!!
I could restore it with Time Machine but is that the best thing to do?
Message was edited by: mrpeepers

I concur w/Allan. Don't use those apps. They're not needed and can muck things up. For maintaining a Mac, see:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X

HT4163 Need iPhoto 9.0 for Snow Leopard 10.6.8

I have an old macbook running 10.6.8. I want iPhoto version 9 ('11), but all I can find in the app store is version 9.3, which only runs on Lion. I want iPhoto for Snow Leopard. I can see no reason why Apple has forsaken Snow Leopard. There is no reason why the App store can't have version 9.0 so both Lion and Snow Leopard users can buy it and update it to suit individual needs. Does anyone know how to get version 9.0 for Snow Leopard online?

Just a follow-up. I did purchase iLife '09 on eBay and it works smoothly. A few hiccups. I mistakenly did an "upgrade install" of OS X, twice. "Upgrade installs" take a long, long time to do, and in the end, just don't work. It turned out that the utilities menu that I needed to access in order to reformat and do a "clean install' was pushed right off the screen where I could not see it, due to a faulty video driver matchup on the install disk. The result was that I wasn't sure what kind of install I was doing.
So, now I have a mini-Mac that works just like it used to, but really with no perceptible advantage to what I had before, just a few bucks lighter, and many hours of effort. The good news is that my older mini-Mac (read the Apple fine print carefully on which Intel processors do and don't work) will run Snow Leopard, albeit a little slower than Tiger. Hopefully, Apple technology and the various software upgrades required to browse the Internet will stay compatible with Snow Leopard for a while yet. But the Apple mini-Mac takes the cake for the poorest backward compatibility I've run across since I began with computers in the late 1960s.

Current iMovie '11 for Snow Leopard?

Hi all,
I'm using an iMac at work that came pre-loaded with iMovie '09. Never had to use it until recently we've started doing some video projects, and I've become extremely frustrated with '09s lack of any sort of normal timeline. I see that '11 offers a timeline once again - great - and was once available for Snow Leopard - even better. But when I hopped into the AppStore I see that the system requirements say OSX 10.7.4 or later... which is Lion.
Is iMovie '11 no longer available for Snow Leopard?
Any suggestions? I'm at the end of my rope with frustration over this iMovie '09 business, but I don't think my work will spring for Final Cut....
Any help is appreciated!
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So I decieded to try something I took my wife's computer and hooked up my external hard drive to it and copied iMovie11' from her applications folder and then copied it to my applications folder and imovie 11 works offically on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) on both our computers. So it is possible to get imovie11' on your 10.6.8. OS. You just have to fiqured out a way to get a disk or copy it from another computer. We don't have Mountain Lion but you might be able to try and copy from that and install on Snow Leopard.
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