How to update from 10.5.8 to snow leopard

well ive just bought my macbook off a friend and it hasnt been updated since 2009, how do i update it?
ive downloaded the software but i think i need to change the destination of installation, i dont have a clue how to change this.
I was also wondering if there is anyway i can update from 10.5.8 to the latest without having to install every other thing first?
Thanks

The title of your request and your post don't say the same thing .... So .......
To upgrade to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you have to call the online Apple store, which in the US is 800-MY-APPLE and order the DVD. Install, Software Update until no more updates, and you'll be at OS X 10.6.8, with App Store access and can load iTunes 7, if that's on your list.
If your new-to-you has OS X 10.5.8, you can't upgrade the operating system any further without purchasing them. If you have 1GB+ of memory and some free disk space, you can upgrade to 10.6. Then you can upgrade directly to Mountain Lion, if your MacBook is a late 2008 aluminum or early 2009 model, and has at least 2GB of memory (4GB recommended). Mountain Lion is only available thru download from the App Store, hence the reason to upgrade to Snow Leopard.

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Logic 8 should have no problems in SL.
Use Software update to check if you've got the latest update for it (SU will only offer an update if it's not already installed).
Failing that, I'd start by uninstalling Logic and re-install from the DVD in case something got corrupted during the update.

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I am having serious trouble updating my mac to snow leopard. I am currently running 10.5.8
and here is my hardware overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system):          1.12f5
Serial Number (system):          W8******W0H
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I have the snow leopard CD but when I put this into the Disc drive it spits it back out to me after a few minutes. I then tried to use the CD from an external Disc Drive and I am getting an USB error saying the device is taking to much power and the USB port will be deactivated. I then connected my mac to my friends mac and placed the CD in his disc drive and tried to install snow leopard through his machine. When i click on the install mac osx it tells me that "the application "install Mac OS X" cannot be used from this volume. I then tried the remote install osx but when I restart my machine and hold the option key it does not give me the option to select the start up disc.
Do i have any further options to install snow leopard
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Does the disk have any noticeable damage to it?
Here's Troubleshooting the slot-loading SuperDrive in case you need it.
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How to downgrade from Mountain Lion back to snow leopard with Time Machine

The final straw was the horrible mouse sideways page wiggle while trying to scroll down and read safari pages. Even after turning the feature off, tech support said it will still wiggle a little. That and the HORRIBLE grey icons everywhere was enough to send me back to my beloved iMac I loved when I bought it. I'll give up the iMessage and the few new items ML gave me. But as many others said, what I got new was far less than what was taken away.
So what tech support had me do was this. Even though the apple engineers said it would not work, apple tech support had me try it and it worked for me so good luck. Engineers said that after you install mountain Lion, it messes with ALL your time machine back ups and won't revert back to snow leopard even if you select a snow leopard date back in time. That didn't happen to me. I have a 2010 27 inch iMac
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Export individually any email folders or photos or data you will lose between now and the date you are reverting back to.
1. Insert Snow Leopard DVD that came with computer. The install disk not the applications. Make sure time machine external drive IS connected.
2. Restart computer and when you hear The Mac chime, hold down the C key and then it will take several minutes to boot up from the DVD.
3. Select the little blue triangle to continue in English.
4. When it gets to the screen that says "continue" stop. There might be a screen or two before this one I can't remember but either way stop at the word continue.
5. Go up to the top left and find the UTILITIES pull down menu and select disk utility.
6. In the window that opens up, Select the Apple drive which should be the very top one in the window.
7. Select erase.. it should be Mac OS extended journaled
8 select erase and maybe a password. It only takes a few seconds
9 go back up to UTILITIES in upper left and then select restore from time machine or backup or whatever it says. It's the last choice.
10. Select the external time machine drive and navigate to the date you last had Snow Leopard running and that will be the date it restores to. You will lose any data between now and then but you can export your mail, export photos, and other items separately. I only stayed on ML For a few days before hating it enough to go back so I had no loss of data except a few emails.
11. Hit RESTORE. And then it will take several hours. When you restart it, it should come right back to that day you selected as if ML was just a bad thought on someone's drawing board.   If for some reason it still comes up ML, Then they said to erase HD Again (steps 1-8) and then manually drags back USER folder or individual folders with Mail, photos etc.   if this way doesn't work, have another plan printed out so that you are not stuck by this one.
Good luck. Proceed at your own risk..

The ultimate solution:
You need an USB of at least 5 GB and the Snow Leopard Install DVD.
1. make a bootable USB with Disk Utility in it:
     a. download the Mountain Lion Installer from the App Store
     b. quit the installer after download
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Trying to update from 10.4.11 to snow leopard, the genius bar said I should be able to do this I only need 1 GB of RAM and I have 2 GB. I put in the SL disc and my Macbook pro spits it out. What do I do without needlessly spending more money to upgrade?

So this disc won't load. I recently bought a new ipod nano, but am unable to put songs on it without the latest version of itunes.
My Macbook Pro is 2008 and has 10.4.11 the guys at the genius bar said to upgrade to snow leopard to upgrade to lion and I shouldn't have a problem. I was told I need 1GB of RAM and I have 2GBs of RAM but the disc spits out every time after about 3 minutes.
This is my computer info, please please please help me install this disc so I can use this ipod I bought from you that I've been super psyched about using.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per processor):          4 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version:          1.16f11
Serial Number:          W8******X92
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State:          Enabled
I don't want to be frustrated with apple anymore, please help me so I can be happy with apple again.

MAshmen wrote:
disc so I can use this ipod I bought from you that I've been super psyched about using.
I don't want to be frustrated with apple anymore, please help me so I can be happy with apple again.
You didn't buy anything from us.
These forums are user-to-user; no Apple staff are involved other than to moderate.
Meanwhile, I refer to you to X423424X's post.

Update from 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard

Just got the Mac Box Set to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Do I need to back up before I start installing the upgrade? If so, I've never done a backup on my MacBook. Can you suggest the best way to do so?

Neville Mayfield wrote:
You should also do some basic maintenance - Repair Permissions, verify Disc (using Disk Utility) - before applying the upgrade.
Actually, the Snow Leopard installer does the equivalent of a verify disk on the target volume (the one you select for the install) before it will write anything to it, so it is unnecessary to do that with Disk Utility beforehand. And since the installer just writes some pre-install files to the drive but doesn't actually install anything before restarting from the DVD & running the actual install as the root user, you can safely skip the permissions repair, too. (If the volume's permissions are so messed up that the pre-install files can't be put on the drive, then the installer will complain & you can run the permissions repair, but this is very rare.)
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Have you used Bootcamp Assistant to create the partition for Windows?
If your Mac came with a cd drive then you'll almost certainly need to use that cd drive to install Windows. Some have published workarounds by changing a .plist file but it is not always successful.

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