Installed leopard on macbook...camera problem

right after installing jaguar, i used the camera, it worked...
the next day: not anymore.
Message was edited by: chinawhite

I think you meant Leopard, as it says 10.5.* on you profile.....
try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

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I've tried:
booting up with and without the leopard install disk
and booting up with my 10.4 install disk (the one that came with my MBP)
Any ideas? I've been waiting on the apple support line for the last 15 minutes and I'm getting a little frustrated. Thanks!

I had a similar experience on my MB Pro. Freshly rebooted, logged in as Administrator, backed up user data, but not applications folder (my mistake). Leopard install hosed my startup disk, could not repair with Disk Utility, could not boot from prior Tiger HD. Totally hosed. I had to reboot several times even to get it to do a clean install after that. I've just about got my machine back to usable, but have lost my applications requiring reinstalls, and some other stuff. This is a totally unacceptable upgrade process for an Apple product. I am very disappointed. It's not like Apple did not have enough time to get this right. It stinks.

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No. It is not possible to install an older version of OS X then the one that shipped with the Mac.
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I have a 2.16 GHz PowerBook G4 with 2 Gig of memory. When I try to install Leopard, I get as far as the restart. That it won't do. It comes up and says that it cannot be used as a start up disk and to make sure that the install disk is loaded. Well it is loaded, obviously, so what is happening? Why won't it continue into the installation. This is a brand new purchased disk.

I do not recall it being a G5
There was never a laptop from Apple with a G5 processor.
so it must be a G4 unless that designation is not used for the Core 2's.
"PowerBook" and "G4" only applied to the earlier laptops from Apple that contained the PowerPC G4 processor. Neither term applies to the current Intel-based Mac laptops of which the MacBook and MacBook Pro are examples. It's not a "technicality"; it's critical to identify correctly what model of Mac you have so that people give you appropriate advice. What works on one model of Mac doesn't always work on a different model.
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Wf5ve wrote:
My son has a Macbook 15" white that I wish to upgrade to Leopard. The drive on his Macbook is broken and we don't feel there is a need to fix (USB Sticks and downloads are more than enough these days). I would prefer to format the Macbook and install Leopard clean because I am thinking of passing it on to his younger sister and buying him a new Macbook. I have the firewire and factory OSX Leopard. How should I proceed?
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2.33 GHz
System: 10.4.11
MBP 2:
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Any ideas what could be causing this?

Paul Seymour1 wrote:
I've got 2 MacBookPros:
MBP 1:
Bought 2007
Model: MacBookPro 2.2
2.33 GHz
System: 10.4.11
MBP 2:
Bought 2008
Model: MacBookPro 3.1
2.4 GHz
System: 10.5.5
I want to install OS 10.5 on MBP1 using the installation disks that came with MBP2. However, it won't let me do it. It tells me something like "System 10.5 cannot be installed on this computer."
Any ideas what could be causing this?
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Need help!!
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Anybody experienced this? All was fine just before the install, never had a screen issue before. Being able to eject the CD from the superdrive would be nice too...

Same problem on my MBP.
How I solved it:
Step 1: Aim lots of bright light sources at your screen.
Step 2: Realize how dirty your screen is. Clean it before moving to step three.
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Step 4: Place finger on trackpad and wiggle like crazy until you manage to see the cursor.
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[click on image to enlarge]
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Installing Leopard on old macbook using the disk of a Macbook Pro

I want to install leopard on my old macbook using the disc i got by my Macbook Pro
specs of macbook wich i can't install leopard on:
Modelnaam: MacBook
Modelaanduiding: MacBook1,1
Processornaam: Intel Core Duo
Processorsnelheid: 2 GHz
Aantal processors: 1
Totaal aantal cores: 2
L2-cache (per processor): 2 MB
Geheugen: 1 GB
Bussnelheid: 667 MHz
Opstart-ROM-versie: MB11.0061.B03
SMC-versie: 1.4f12
Serienummer: 4H627A89VMM
Btw the format of hardisk in macbook is Journaled HFS+ and Tiger 10.4.11 installed
specs of macbook pro wich leopard installdisc i'm using to install leopard
Modelnaam: MacBook Pro
Modelaanduiding: MacBookPro3,1
Processornaam: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processorsnelheid: 2.2 GHz
Aantal processors: 1
Totaal aantal cores: 2
L2-cache: 4 MB
Geheugen: 2 GB
Bussnelheid: 800 MHz
Opstart-ROM-versie: MBP31.0070.B05
SMC-versie: 1.16f10
Serienummer: W88037KYX91
(on macbook pro leopard succesfully installed)
I don't see the problem and can't find it anywhere, hopefully you know it.
Thanks,
Niels
Message was edited by: Klapschaats

Klapschaats,
Unfortunately, the installation media that comes with your Mac will only work with that particular machine. These installation discs are not the same as a retail copy of Leopard. The retail installation disc can be installed on any supported machine. The installation media that came with your Macbook Pro for example has data on it meant only for that machine. Think of it also as something like an "OEM" disc for Windows when you purchase a machine from Dell. That particular installation disc is licensed only for that machine and contains files specifically for that machine.

Trying to install Leopard...

Hi there,
I just bought a new macbook 13" so decided to give my older iMac G5 to my sister for christmas and at the same time to update it to Leopard. Since the iMac was unable to read from Leopard's double-layer dvd, I decided to try installing it from my macbook and found like many others that it won't let you install it since it asks to format the hd to GUID even if the cpu is an apple one. I kinda found a way to make it work:
I started my macbook as an external drive with the Leopard DVD in and booted the iMac (that i had previously erased).
The iMac then starts from the dvd that's in the Macbook (Leopard).
I started installing Leopard, looked like it was working fine until I got this error telling me that there was an error with BaseSystem.
I tried again twice, same problem.
Tried reinstalling Mac OS 10.4 and also 10.3.5, still the same kind of problem during the installation but not confirming or not that it has something to do with Base System anything else.
Now, I'm stuck with an iMac that is not even 3 years old on which I can't install a system. I've tried re-formatting everytime I re-installed for every OS. Still the same problem. Everything seems alright hardware wise, I had no problem before trying this. Smart is verified for the HD.
One thing I need to say, before I found out the whole GUID thing between Intel-based and PPC, I installed Leopard from the Macbook to the iMac with no problem, worked perfect and even booted it from the Macbook, it was working perfect, so I doubt it is a problem with my cd's/dvd's.
I have no idea of what to do now...
Anyone?
Thanks!
Frank

It doesn't work with a USB ext. drive, can't boot from it.
Installing Leopard from Macbook as an ext. drive to iMac: error.
Installing Tiger from Macbook as an ext. drive to iMac: error, please retry/restart.
Installing Tiger from iMac: error, please retry/restart.
Installing Panther from iMac: error.
I have no idea what to do now, I can't install Leopard on an ext. drive from my Macbook since it wants me to format it as GUID and I need it to be formatted as APM for it to work on my iMac.
Solutions I thought of:
1- Buy an external dvd drive to plug in my iMac. Don't know if it would work though, because that's pretty much what my Macbook does when I try installing Leopard from it while it runs as an external drive plugged into my iMac.
2- Buy an external firewire HD drive and find an old iMac (not intel) that reads double-layer dvd (or just plug it in my macbook again to use it as an external dvd drive) and try installing Leopard on that ext. HD drive (which should work, I wouldn't see why not). Then, I could try to restore Leopard from the ext. drive to my iMac, or just try installing Leopard from the ext. drive to my iMac.
Can it be a memory problem, i've seen that somewhere else, but I don't get the same kind of problem. Others have their computer crash, or get a blue screen after succesful installation.
Any further help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Frank
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Installed leopard on macbook...camera problem

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