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Hello there,
tricky situation here. I'm the owner of a nice macbook white (old generation 1.83 Core Duo). Sfter 3 years the machine is still working quite well, the video card is not at its best but the machine is still working fine. Now recenlty the dvd player on my macbook has been acting up, it would not read some discs etc, it was a sort of a mirable when I managed to reinstall Tiger.
Now the machine could be fine with Tiger but I would like to use Leopard on it.The problem is I can not install it on the macbook, the player is not very realiable anymore. Now I own an imac 24" that has been bought a few weks ago...I thought I would connect the two machines with a firewire cable and do the assistant migrator etc BUT it's almost impossible to find the specific cable her ein my hometown. I honestly don't want to spend a fortune buying it online....so I was thinking about using a USB cable instead....would that be possible? if yes, what is the procedure I have to follow?
thanx in advance to all the persons who will give me some help with this task

Hi there and welcome back to Apple Discussions!
There are two ways of performing this task, and one is easier than the other. For both, you must have a Firewire 400 cable. You can buy these for a few bucks on ebay (at least 6 footer, 6 pin to 6 pin).
1.Use Target Disk Mode to complete the installation from a 10.5 Retail Install DVD in the iMac.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Once the Macbook is booted into Target mode, start the iMac up from the Install DVD. The Target Disk should then be available for installation.
2. If you have problems with that method, there is another workaround that is a little more complicated. You can install 10.5 onto partition/external drive of your imac, and use Disk Utility to "restore" it to the Macbook's hard drive (via TDM). You shouldn't have to do it this way, and method one should work fine. But this is a second way just in case.
You will not be able to use a USB cable, as there is yet no way to connect two macs via a USB cable. An external hard drive is the only way to transfer information via USB.
If you have any questions, just let me know!
Good luck!

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