Leopard operating system size?

Hi,
I am completely new to Mac and a little confused. My MacBook is brand new, but there is already about 18 GB taken on it's hard drive. Is it the operating system that takes up all that space? That looks huge!
I've tried to partition the drive, but then changed my mind and now it's a single volume again. So just wondering where did all the space go...

My brother paid $10,000 (?!?!?!) for a one gigabyte external Apple SCSI hard drive. At the time, he had a small recording studio and a one gig SCSI drive was "state of the art" equipment.

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John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH wrote:
It may not have been considered a "Major Release," But when the it's the only OS that the machines you are currently building will run, it's pretty freakin' major!
(I'm not sure if Apple's latest machines will still run 10.5, or not, but from following this thread, I'm guessing not?)
It is the standard at Apple... the latest build of the current OS is what goes on the new machines, and the Motherboards, Chipsets, & BIOS (not the right term for it with Mac, I know) are "hard written" to accept that OS as the absolute minimum, and nothing older (or lower as some call it).
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This is nothing new. It's industry wide in both Mac and PC. Just try to put XP on a brand new Dell, HP, or Gateway PC. Without flashing the BIOS and taking a "more likely than not" chance of rendering most of your hardware undetectable, it just ain't gonna happen.
Conversely, just as Snow Leopard won't run on a PPC powered Mac, Vista and 7 may install, or appear to, on a single core, older PC, but the first time you install and try to open anything other than the OS itself, you're in for a world of problems.
People have tried to fight this for years. In 2005 Mac users went out of their minds when Apple dropped support for OS 9. A year later, it was Windows 98 users freaking out over their beloved OS being "sunsetted". I was skeptical of the move to Intel processors when I first heard about it, having become a full time Mac user, and being partial to AMD before that. But like Motorola PPC processors, AMDs run hot and heat is the enemy. The new machines run faster, cooler, and do more for less money.
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THX
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Could the disk have failed?
Can you hear it?
Boot from the install DVD and see what Disk Utility says.

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Hello, CMD+r only works in Lion/10.7 & up.
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
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There is no free or paid download of any OS X system version below Lion OS 10.7. Apple does provide free downloads of updates to the base OS X.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installation system requirements
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
Leopard is no longer available at the Apple Store but may be available by calling Apple Phone Sales @ 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753).
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MB427Z/A Leopard 10.5.1 install DVD
MB576Z/A Leopard 10.5.4 install DVD
MB021Z/A Leopard 10.5.6 install DVD (single user)
MB022Z/A Leopard 10.5.6 install DVD (5-user family pack)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1544
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/leopard_install-setup.pdf
After you install the base 10.5, download & install the 10.5.8 combo update at http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
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Caution - Leopard does not support classic mode. So, if you currently open OS 9 apps in classic mode, you won't be able to do this if you upgrade to Leopard.
 Cheers, Tom

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I think I have to switch from my OSX 10.7.5 to an older system...am just curious what it would take to go to an older operating system and how much hassle it would be? Any advice and info would be appreciated! thanks...

raymoo wrote:
I think I have to switch from my OSX 10.7.5 to an older system...
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New Leopard Operating System

I just recently bought a MacBook for myself and one of the only things that was previously holding me back was the new arrival of Leopard, which I am assuming will come out at the end of the year or early next year.
Now that I have purchased it, is there anyway to keep myself current without having to pay what probably will be a ton of money for the new OS?
Thanks

Well it really isn't that expensive to buy the new oprating system. Apple just puts out new oporating systems as software. If you are an education individual it is only about $70. Unlike Windows, when a new OS come out you do not have to buy a new computer.
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-Steve

Photos won't open after installing new Leopard Operating system........

A friend of mind cannot open up his file on his external hard drive. He has the new leopard system installed recently on his lab top and moved everything over from that external hard drive hard disc to the external. He says he click onto the image file and gets a window saying "image not supported by 0S9" or something to this effect. I am guessing that he should just drag the photos from the external back onto his desktop and open them up this way. Does he need to do anything to the external now that he is using Leopard on his labtop. He was using OS9.5 previously.....????? And how can he open up his photo files......????
Any info is much appreciated......
Thanks !

moved everything over from that external hard drive hard disc to the external.
Could you clarify this? It seems like a typo but knowing exactly what has been done is important
It is not a good idea to just start moving things around without understanding what is going on - and since iPhoto never ran on OS 9 that I remember I'm confused as to what he is trying to open
LN

Operating System Size

Hi,
I have a 48 hour old Macbook with the 80gb hard drive. I have loaded nothing on it and it shows 57gb of available space. Can this be right? the OS and misceallaneous other programs take up 23 gb? I went as far as to try a new install from the discs and still, the same amount of space is used.
Thanks in advance for your response(s).
Tracy

An 80GB HD (as shown on the package or store front) actually has 80,000,000,000 bytes. This will always translate to 74.41 GB on the computer (it is using a binary addressing system where 1KB=1024bytes; 1MB=1024KB; 1GB=1024MB)
In the full install, a lot of space (about 7GB or so) is taken up by templates for iDVD and samples for GarageBand. If you won't use those programs, them you can trash them from the HD/Library folder.
The OS with all printer drivers and languages installed will be about 4GB. If you don't need these extras, the easiest way is to Erase&Install following the Custom install option and deselecting extras you don't need.

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My phone was stolen. How can I get my photos off the iCloud with Snow Leopard.

Welcome to the Apple Community
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jimbd wrote:
…the CS5 photo or workspace window does not appear on the screen only the navigation bar. No photos can be imported from anywhere…
Can you elaborate? What happens when you launch Photoshop: Do you get an error message?
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