Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on MBP?
About the power usage on MBP, I wondered if you could swap OS systems, say reinstall Snow Leopard on the MBP?
About the power usage on MBP, I wondered if you could swap OS systems, say reinstall Snow Leopard on the MBP?
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I have a 15" MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion installed. I have partitioned the hard drive into two partitions. Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on the second partition? If so how do I do it?
If your MacBook Pro had Snow Leopard on it at one time then sure. (Early 2011 or earlier)
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
Obviously choose the second partition to install into. It has to be OS X Extended journaled formatted in Disk Utility (BootCamp software makes it a MSDOS/FAT32 formatted partition if you used that to partition with)
If it's a Early 2011 or Late 2011 that came with 10.7, it's possible, but it's not easy.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3264421?start=0&tstart=0
If you can't install Snow Leopard, there is a thread over at MacRumors how to run Snow Leopard in a virtual machine program under 10.7 or 10.8 -
Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on an external hard disk?
I was wondering if it is possible to install Snow Leopard on an external drive that I use as a backup start up disk. Can I then boot up off of either disk? I would like to test Snow Leopard with my applications before I install it on my internal drive.
ThanksYou can install from your install disk and migrate from your internal during Setup Assistant.
If all is well you can then use SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner both free for cloning to clone the system on your external to your internal.
This is what I do when testing upgrades/updates.
-mj -
Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on a PC and to run it with two Nvidia Quadro Cards and 8 Screens?
Furthermore, all new Macs since 2006 have been able to have Windows or Linux installed on them natively with virtualization engines*:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#WINTEL
You may even want to consider a used Mac Pro*:
http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html -
Guys, I want to install SL in some hard disk. It's the native OS, the one came with the MBP. But after having installed Lion, my MBP doesn't allow me to install from the original dvd of Snow Leopard, telling me "impossible because you have Mac OS X” 23.1.1. istaller".
Someone can help me?hey thank you for your answers. I've written that I want to install snow leopard in a new hard disk, not over the lion. In other words, I want a hard disk with the faster snow leopard, that was the native OSX of my MBP mid 2010. But using the last procedure you suggested me, the dvd doesn't appear. I repeat, there's something changed in the firmware that blocks snow leopard.
the comunication that appears when I insert the original dvd of SL is something like "impossible to install snow leopard because you have Mac OS X” 23.1.1. istaller". -
Is it possible to install Snow Leopard from Darwin?
I'm currently using Darwin 9.8.0, what is the latest version I can install install onto my mac, if any?
Welcome to Apple Discussions,
MacBook 4,1
You should be fine.
Whether or not you can run Snow Leopard depends only on your hardware, not on what you are currently running.
System Requirements
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Mac computer with an Intel processor
1GB of memory
5GB of available disk space
You can use the current OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard $29 retail disc on any Mac that meets those requirements and which originally shipped with an earlier OS than 10.6.3, regardless of what it is now running. One installed, Snow Leopard can be updated via Software Updates to the latest version, currently OS X 10.6.7.
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Re-install Snow Leopard in MBP 17?
I was told by an Apple store "genius" that I should re-install SL in my MBP 17 i7 because it was doing some goofy things before I spent money needlessly. The original install discs are missing and I asked in a post if I could use the install discs from my Mac Pro and was told no they wouldn't work. I was also told that the gray install discs only work with the machine they shipped with.
I assumed that there might be a different SL version for the MBP because the processor is different. I went to Best Buy to see if they had the correct discs for the MBP re-install and found they only had 1 version of SL. Their "Geek Squad" guy said the discs worked with all intel models including the MBP.
Can someone please help me understand what the reality is here? Why do some Mac install discs only work with the machine they were shipped with ? Does the MBP have a distinct set of discs apart from the Mac Pro? What the heck does gray have to do with it?
I'd also be happy as a clam to read it, if a kind soul would tell me where 'cause I've worn down 2 fingers looking for it in the mac KB.
I'm not refuting anything, but if I have to purchase new discs a local purchase would be a whole quicker than ordering something from Apple. What am I missing?
Ken
Message was edited by: kenackrThe _grey recovery disks_ that come with every Mac are _model specific._ That's why you cannot take a set of grey recovery disks from a MacPro and use them on a MacBook Pro. You probably also cannot use the recovery disks from one MacBook Pro on another one unless it is the +exact same model.+ The disks include OS X and iLife.
The _retail Snow Leopard disks_ that you saw at Best Buy can be used to install Snow Leopard on any Intel Mac. The disc only contains OS X Snow Leopard.
An i7 MBP would still be under warranty at this time, and you should contact Apple to request a replacement set of the recovery disks. +You were already told this in two other threads. Please don't keep posting the same question.+ -
Is it possible to install snow leopard on a Macbook Pro 13" i5 2.5 Ghz model?
is it possible coz im getting a new macbook pro next week and just wondering if it works.. thanks
clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
Snow Leopard won't run on the new MacBook Pros. It's Lion or Mountain Lion - nothing else.
Clinton, that's not true. It will run, as I've provided. The biggest problem is finding a copy of SL server...no longer sold by Apple. -
Can't install Snow Leopard on MBP
Hi Community! Struggling with installing SL on my old MBP. I have family license and have installed SL on my iMac, no problem. I am now trying to install on my MBP. Initially the install disk loaded fine and but I didn't have enough memory. I did some housekeeping and tried again and all seemed to go well. I left the MBP installing but came back to find the disk spat out but it hadn't installed. I tried again but found that the aborted install had used up quite a bit of memory- more housekeeping! Tried again but the disk wouldn't load at all, after some spinning, it ejects. I have used Disk Utility to repair permissions, again no go.
Thinking there may be some corruption (don't actually know what I'm talking about), I thought I would do an archive and install of Leopard to give a clean sheet. This worked OK and I deleted previous systems to give required space. Tried SL install again, no go. It would not boot up off the SL install disk (restart whilst pressing C) the disk just spits out again (I restarted whilst it was spinning). I verified the install disk on my iMac, came out OK. I have repaired permissions from Leopard install disk Not sure what to do next. I have back ups on external drive, up to date. All precious stuff has been copied away.
Just as an aside, the MBP never worked with Time Machine, it "couldn't mount the disk image", this seemed odd (was hoping SL would sort that out...) but what do I know. Any suggestions gratefully received. Cheers!First, note that memory means RAM. Storage is what you apparently were using up during your failed installs.
Apple issued many bad Sno disks; you may have one of them. Apple will exchange the disk for your. Note that sometimes they are bad only in the sense that they won't run properly on only some machines, but not on others.
Given your circumstances, and without exchanging the Disk, if you have access to a properly equipped second Mac (or PC in one case) that can read the install DVD, then you still have these install possibilities:
1. Use [firewire target disk mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661].
2. Use the [remote install method|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/21219.html].
3. Clone the installer DVD to an external drive; attach it to your machine; and install using the clone.
4. Borrow someone else's upgrade disk; it might work on your machine (no EULA problem since you have the right to install even on a borrowed disk under the circumstances). -
Installing Snow Leopard on a MacBook that is currently running Tiger
Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on my MacBook that is currently running Tiger? I have heard rumors that Leopard must be installed before Snow Leopard will work. I bought a white MacBook about three and a half years ago with Tiger installed.
1. The Snow Leopard installer itself runs the equivalent of Disk Utility's verify disk step on the volume selected for the install, so while this remains a good idea when upgrading to Leopard or other previous OS versions, doing it as a separate pre-install step is not necessary or likely to improve anything when upgrading to Snow Leopard.
In this respect the installer is quite finicky: if the volume doesn't pass verification, it will refuse to begin the install.
2. Aside from that, the installer is only finicky about two other things regarding format: (a) the drive must be formatted with the GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition scheme (the scheme the drives of all Intel Macs ship with) & (b) the table must conform to the standard GPT format. If the drive doesn't meet these criteria, the installer marks any volumes on it as not suitable for the install & users can't select them.
3. Some users seem unaware of just how different the Snow Leopard installer is from the earlier ones. When Apple talks about streamlining it in the product's blurb, it refers to much more than just eliminating the old Archive & Install and Erase & Install options, notably:
• Unlike the old Upgrade option, SL's version completely replaces the existing OS component files with the ones from the installer's 'payload.' (The old Upgrade option just replaced or patched components that had been changed for that OS version.) This is why the single provided option is equally suitable for a volume that contains an existing OS or an empty one. (It's also why upgrading from Leopard or Tiger works essentially the same way.)
• The new installer doesn't create a "Previous Systems" folder like the old Archive & Install did. There is no reason for this largely redundant folder anymore, since the new installer selectively leaves in place user-added items from the old system folders that they previously had to move back into those folders manually if they wanted to restore their functionality. However, if the "Previous Systems" folder exists because a user did an A&I with an older OS installer, the new one leaves it in place. But since the new OS ignores it, just as previous ones did, this has no effect on OS operation.
• If -- but only if -- users start the install process by launching the "Install Mac OS X" pre-install application while running from an installed OS, that app will use the installed OS's network settings to 'phone home' to Apple's database of software known to be incompatible with Snow Leopard & use that info to decide what if anything to move to a root level "Incompatible Software" folder during the install. The DVD has its own short list, but since that list was created before the DVD was made, it is now out-of-date & incomplete. Thus, it is always a good idea to start the install this way when possible, just as Apple recommends.
• Other minor refinements that only work if there is an existing OS include automatically deciding if Rosetta or Quicktime Player 7 should be installed, automatic language selection for the install process, & enabling the 'install drivers only for local & nearby printers' option. Each of these depends in some way on what's already installed.
4. All these refinements do not make the new installer 100% reliable but they eliminate the most common problems users had with the older ones, especially if they follow Apple's instructions & *do not* erase the drive beforehand. Just as the Installation Guide included on the disc (also available online here) says in the "Advice about installing" section, erasing the drive should be reserved for the rare times when the normal method fails. -
Installing Snow Leopard on 2011 (newest) MacBook Air?
I was wondering if it is possible to install Snow Leopard on my July 2011 MacBook Air that came with Snow Leopard (I know that Apple does not recommend installing earlier versions of OS X on your Mac but I simply have too until some of the bugs are ironed out of Xcode for Lion). I do not have any physical installation media - only the developer disk image that contains to OS and I was wondering if I was to simply partition a hard drive and 'mount' onto the partition and installing it via 'Option' at startup would work at all.
Thanks a lot for your time in advanced,
~DanielI'm confused.
The July 2011 MBAs came with Lion not Snow Leopard.
Unless you bought a "closeout" earlier MBA in July 2011 which would of come with Snow Leopard.
Which is it?
If it's the new 2011 MBA, then Snow Leopard will not install on the MBA. For one it doesn't have all the right drivers. Apple doesn't support it, and I believe it will not actually install correctly.
Steve -
Can I install Snow leopard server on the new Mac Mini Lion server?
Hi guys, I purchased a Lion Server and I am wondering if its possible to install Snow Leopard server on it.
I have the Snow Leopard Server install discs and everything , just wondering if there is any thing I should take note of, I personally prefer SLS over Lion.
What do you guys think?There's a huge thread on this (client, not server, but same concept) which you can find here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3209335?tstart=30 -
Install Snow Leopard on a 2013 MacBook Air
Hello.
I'm quite interested in buying a 2013 MacBook Air.
as far as I'm aware, that Mac model will have OS X Mavericks unstalled, but, due to work related circunstances, I would like to create a partition, and to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on that partition. Basically, i would liek to make a dual boot: Snow Leopard / Mavericks.
Question: Is it possible to install Snow Leopard on a 2013 MacBook Air?!
(And yes, I'm aware that Snow Leopard doesn't bring most of Mavericks functions!)
Thank you for any hel you may provide me.
All the best!Running PowerPC apps in Snow Leopard installed into Parallels for use in Mavericks:
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More information here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439 -
I was just thinking that it would be better to wipe the entire hard drive clean and reinstall some programs rather than go through and move certain things to the trash. Basically rebuild my software and file collection from the ground up, omitting what is unnecessary. Then again, I have no idea what i'm doing.
My macbook was purchased in late 2008. 2gb RAM. OS X 10.5.6. It's been going very slow lately so i decided i would look up how to improve. Snow leopard was recommended as well as changing my RAM. And so here I am.
I don't have an external hard drive so i was going to just compress all my files and save them to my emac via ethernet. would they be harmed?
also, i have alot of projects in ableton (a music recording/writing program). Would saving and transferring them be just as simple as finding the song? or are other components of a certain song saved in other locations?
sorry this is so lengthy. i should probably stick with something simple but i just want things to run as smoothly as possible for as long as possible
thanks very muchHere's some info that may be helpful.
Installing Snow Leopard: What you need to know
http://www.macworld.com/article/1142454/install_snow_leopard.html.
You should get a Firewire connected hard drive and backup your MB's HD to it. That way, if something goes wrong during the installation, you can recover your current sytem, apps and files. After the SL install, you can use the external HD for frequent backups.
Cheers, Tom -
I've installed LION. Is it possible to put Snow Leopard on an external hard drive?
I've installed LION. Is it possible to put Snow Leopard on an external hard drive?
I was unaware of this change for usb support! However Babowa makes a good point in that you would probably not want to run SL via USB and rather Firewire.
Having said that, the 13" MacBooks do not have firewire.
But again as Babowa points out, that machine wouldn't be able to run Lion anyway.
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