Installing older mac`os version

I would like to install 10.4.6 but have 10.4.8. runnig now. If I use my Macos 10.4.6 software CD a message states that a newer MacOs version is detected and that I will lose all data on the drive if I wish to install. Can't I re-install 10.4.6 without losing my data, other than the MacOs 10.4.8 data?

While you can try to do it with an archive and install, ignoring Apple's warnings, you may end up with applications or drivers designed for 10.4.7 or 10.4.8 that won't work on 10.4.6. My suggestion is to get an external Firewire drive large enough to clone your existing drive to one partition, and make at least 10 GB on another partition to keep behind the older operating system for whatever you find does not work on 10.4.8. In the future when upgrading, follow my upgrade FAQ so you won't find yourself in such a conundrum:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
It includes a backup FAQ link that explains options for lcloning.

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Have you tried following NI's solution for installing older NI-DAQs w/ LV 6?
Article:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/f7d5934af18eaa038625694600453df2?OpenDocument
2006 Ultimate LabVIEW G-eek.

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I recently bought a used G5 running 10.5. It has two hard drives that are set-up in a RAID 1 config. I need to be able to run both 10.5 and a previous version on the computer. I assumed I could split the RAID and use one hard drive for each version. But here's my problem
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<http://www.macmegasite.com/drupal/node/2810>

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Hi,
I just ran the advised command. This was the result at the terminal:
Last login: Mon Dec 27 12:04:40 on console
iMac-van-Jan-Hardiek:~ janhardiek$ mv "/Library/Fonts/NuevaStd-BoldCondItalic.otf" /tmp/
mv: rename /Library/Fonts/NuevaStd-BoldCondItalic.otf to /tmp/NuevaStd-BoldCondItalic.otf: Permission denied
iMac-van-Jan-Hardiek:~ janhardiek$
I'm afraid that "permission denied" means that the command was not accepted. Something wrong with the Terminal?
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HT1338 Older Mac running Tiger 10.4.11. and Flash no longer works. Upgraded version installed and left me without any Flash support at all??

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http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/909/cpsid_90906.html
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Be sure the computer shipped with those discs, & before attempting again
to install anything, use the disk tools in OS 9 and have then erase the
whole hard disk drive, and then reformat it. Nothing should be on the drive.
Then use the OS 9 installer, be sure to install OS 9 Drivers as part of the
installation, so you will have a running system. If there are any options,
in directing the installer to add extras, maybe due to the vintage of the
computer, you should be sure they are all installed.
(If the computer required OS X to be installed first, then you have a
different vintage issue on your hands. Some were that way.)
If one of the discs has a scratch or smudge, or if they aren't all for
the computer in question, the issue may be due to those details.
When you have OS 9 running on the computer, you could try going on-
line and running the OS 9 software update to see if there are some odd
updates to add to the running system. You may have to rebuild the
desktop and other routines for OS 9 to work, and continue to do so, as
a part of the install and update process.
If you have any proper OS 9 vintage disk utilities, you may wish to see
if any of them were decidedly good to use, and if not, discard them. A
few were great, and some were OK. Later on, some of the OS9 names
were making stuff for OS X; and a few were bad at it. Be advised.
OS 10.0 is hardly considered an operating system and nothing available
after that required it to be on the computer before hand; so it may be a
good deal to not install OS X 10.0.0 ~ 10.2.8 versions at all. Panther 10.3
was the first really ready OS X version for general purposes & it did well;
however, there are no new browser or much of anything current for it,
and no security updates, either.
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Update required for that computer, to run OS X 10.2 or later (or any) and
if the Boot ROM or other indicator of a firmware version appears in the OS9
System Profiler, note what it is. The firmware should be updated and the
download from Apple Support for those older computer updates is free.
Since it is a G4 (you say) it may not need a firmware update. Check.
{If you had a retail installer for Panther 10.3 and went through the steps to
include the disc set and what not with the computer, or installed it (by so
doing, that beings a process of personalizing the installation; a new owner
may have to change the password to use it, but whatever name is used
to set up the new OS X system will remain in the computer.) They may not
like having your name in their computer; or having to reinstall & update it.}
A working OS 9.2.2 in a clean machine, without issues, with installer discs
to support the license agreement behind the system within the computer, is
set for use or sale; to install a very old OS X system is no advantage. To
include a vintage and basic OS X 10.3 retail installer disc set would leave
the window of opportunity for the machine to run a practical old OS X.
Note:
+Some computers shipped with installer discs which required a certain+
+and specific install path to get OS 9.0.x or 9.1, or 9.2 installed first,+
+and then the option sometimes was OS X 10.0 or 10.1, etc. Later on,+
+some of the dual-boot computers had to have a correct OS X 10.+
+installed first and then an OS 9.2 installed from a special OS 9 disc.+
If you are curious about your computer's exact identity, you could
try matching it by model number and build date era either from the
database at Apple Support (see products listing in scroll sidebar)
or see if you can use the information in the free download of the
handy database from MacTracker from: http://mactracker.ca
While I could probably spend some more time on this, and find
most of the details, I don't have the computer sitting here. You do.
Good luck & happy computing!

My Mac OS X version is 10.6.8. I'd like to download Pages, but my computer cannot support its latest version. As I don't intend to upgrade my computer anytime soon, is it possible to buy an older (and compatible) version of Pages anywhere?

My Mac OS X version is 10.6.8. I'd like to download Pages, but my computer cannot support its latest version. As I don't intend to upgrade my computer anytime soon, is it possible to buy an older (and compatible) version of Pages anywhere?

Holvi,
You will probably be able to find the iWork'09 DVD at Amazon or similar online vendor. Install from the DVD and immediately run Software Update to get to the latest version.
The Terms of Use here dictate that we test our suggestions before posting, but obviously I'm not going to try this myself, so there's an element of risk, but it seems your only option. It has worked for users in the past, but you never know how OS upgrades can change such things. If you go this route, please post back with your results.
Good luck,
Jerry

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Thx!
James

@ John
Sorry to hear that. Not sure what happens.
Are you sure that your machine is now completely cleaned before you did a new install?
There are some smaller things that are not cleaned by the CS3CleanTool.
This could be an issue with pre-release versions of Version Cue. The Version Cue client is a part needed by PS, AI, ID, IC and Bridge. (And though older, pre-release versions have been on your machine!)
I'm not quite sure what you mean with update?
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Do you have the CS2 still on your machine?
I spent a lot time to test the cleaning of my MAC system and install the shipped CS3 on a system where a lot pre-release versions have been before and it works.
But I learned to clean it by hand.
If you have the guts to install again, delete the following and then do a repair install of the Version Cue server with Premium CS3 installer:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/...
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge CS3 Extensions/Adobe Version Cue Extension/...
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS3/Adobe Version Cue/...
/Users/Library/Preferences/Adobe/workflow..
This should help even if the AUm updates the VC to 3.0.1.
It does on my Macs. And - unfortunately - I had to install the whole suite three times this year because I changed my machines so often....
Good luck :D
Markus

Is there a resource where I can see if my older versions of applications will work after upgrading to 10.8 from 10.6.8? I have some older Mac apps as well as things like Microsoft word and Adobe professional.

Is there a resource where I can see if my older versions of applications will work after upgrading to 10.8 from 10.6.8? I have some older Mac apps as well as things like Microsoft word and Adobe professional. I know PowerPC apps won't work, but I can't tell by the version numbers if they are PPC or Intel.

Dr Jack wrote:
I know PowerPC apps won't work...
Restore the ability of PowerPC apps to work: Install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels:
[click on images to enlarge]
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
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