Snow Leopard Only Available on DVD?

Hi! I've finally convinced my daughter/son-in-law they need to move up to Snow Leopard from Tiger. Can they buy a downloadable version or do they have to buy it on a DVD? We are not interested in any of those sites that are trying to rip Apple off. Just a legit Apple download. I've googled and can't seem to locate a downloadable version.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Judie

There is no downloadable version of Snow Leopard. It must be purchased on DVD. If the problem is that the machine in question does not have a DVD drive, then I'd have to question whether it meets the [Snow Leopard system requirements|http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html].

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Hello, I have a 2009 iMac, and my harddrive has failed several times now, and now I need to re-install snow leopard but my install DVD is damaged and I have bought a new snow leopard disc. However my iMac will not read the disc at all ?

Hello, I have a 2009 iMac, and my harddrive has failed several times now.
I tired to reinstall snow leopard with the install DVD that came with my iMac. However the disc is damaged so I bought a new Snow Leopard but my iMac wont read the new disc, it just stays in the apple logo screen, I have tired safe boot, holding down the "C" key on startup and tried using disc utility but getting nowhere.
Please help. Thanks.

Might be related, if your hard drive is a 1TB drive,it could be a Seagate drive.
The drives are known to fail and your iMac maybe covered for free replacement under the Apple's Seagate hard drive replacement program until April 12 of this year.
I Believe the 2009 models are covered under this replacement warranty.
You can find out if you are eligible here.
http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/
Good Luck!

I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?

I have a macbook pro and the software with snow leopard only has upgraded to 10.5.8, do I need to purchase mountain lion to upgrade to 10.6.8?

Your machine likely can't handle Mountain Lion 10.8 nor 10.7, if it does it will run slow and very higly likely a lot of your third party software and drivers for printers and scanners won't function anymore.
It's because your 10.5 era (or earlier) machine is rather dated, hardware has advanced and is faster, the newer OS X versions have gotten bloated.
I do recommend you call Apple via phone and order the 10.6.3 white retail disks, backup your personal data off the 10.5.8 Mac to a external storage drive and when the disk arrives, stick it in and run the upgrade installer.
Once that's finished, reboot and use Software Update to get to 10.6.8 and stay there. You can buy stuff from AppStore, just don't upgrade to 10.8 (or 10.7) as thats when you'll have issues.
10.6 should run your currrently installed PPC software and hardware drivers. But 10.7/10.8 will not.
10.6 is receiving security and other updates from Apple as more than 50% of OSX users are still on it.
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Can't install Snow Leopard on MacBook Pro - DVD won't mount

I am unable to install Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro as the DVD won't mount. This is an early 2008 vintage MacBook Pro, intel core duo...
I'm using a OS X Snow Leopard install DVD (family licensed). This DVD has been used to install 3 other Macs in my house without a problem (about a year ago), but cannot be used to upgrade my MBP. Actually, this disk mounted on the MBP exactly once - inserted with system up, the disk mounted. Upon running the installed (a year ago), the computer restarted but hung in boot. After getting the disk ejected and the computer restarted, the disk would never mount again. I've defered upgrade for a year but at this point need to upgrade my MBP at least to Snow Leopard and possibly Lion.
The problem doesn't seem to be with the DVD, since it continues to mount fine in other computers, and in fact a borrowed Snow Leopard DVD also will not mount on the MBP.
BUT ... the problem also does not seem to be with the optical drive in my computer, as it can read & mount the install/restore disks that came with the computer as well as other CDs and DVD ROMs. Only the Snow Leopard install DVDs fail to mount.
I've also tried mounting the 10.6 install DVD on my Mac Pro desktop, making it available over the network (ethernet) with DVD/CD sharing. I can mount the remote disk from my MBP that way, but when I launch the installer, the application launches (its own menus are displayed, I can quit from menu, for example) but does nothing -- no windows open, nothing.
I've also tried "Remote Install" (again with the DVD made available with the Remote Install MacOS X application on my desktop), but when I boot the MBP with option held down, the remote disk is not available as a startup disk.
Zapping the PRAM did not help.
Am off to the store to get an optical drive cleaning kit and a blank DVD big enough to burn a new disk image, but would appreciate any further ideas at this point....

Solution that worked: Copy the Install DVD to a USB flash drive and boot from that.
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
Up and running with Snow Leopard now and working on the updates.

10.6 Snow Leopard - Airport Disconnect with DVD use

I installed Snow Leopard today only to find out that my Airport disconnects every time a DVD spins up in my drive! Has anyone else experienced this problem?

I am sorry you have this problem. I installed Snow Leopard today on my 2007 Core Duo Mac Mini connected to Airport Extreme sending its WiFi to my 2008 Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro now running under Snow Leopard (and an semi-retired Dell Windows XP Machine) and there are no problems running Airport with or without a DVD in any of the drives. I wish I could be more helpful.

Install Snow Leopard without the Application DVD

I can only find one install DVD ( iMac Mac OS X Install DVD - version 10.6.6 ) and I rememberd something about two DVDs.
I found some pictures in google where you can see my DVD the install one and an Application DVD for iLife, which I don't need.
Can I use the one DVD I have to reinstall Snow Leopard, if I don't need iLife, or is there a second DVD I need.
The window looks just like this one: http://www.dinke.net/blog/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/install_dvd.png
But the availiable space is not ~336 but 20mb, I don't know if that matters?

That disc should be sufficient. You only need iLife if you use iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie etc. The third disc mentioned is probably iWork ... for pages, numbers etc.   Double check by reading first ... Minimum specs for Snow Leopard.
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard -Read the Technical Specifications
And if you go ahead, before you start upgrading, back up your files.
Once you have upgraded to Snow Leopard you will need to apply the Combo updater.   Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 and follow with a software update to pick up any later security updates.
But you say in your profile details below your post that you have 10.6.6. ?????   Are you aware of Machine specific discs?
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Upgrade from Tiger 10.4.11 directly to Snow leopard 10.6.3 (dvd)

After reading your advices I 've tried to upgrade my MacBook 2Ghz Intel Core 2 duo directly to Snow leopard 10.6.3 from the DVD. But it did not work ! The install program said it is not possible. Could you tell why and what I have to do ? By the way I can't find no more Snow Leopard in the Apple store ! I need this updated in order to active a new device and need to have the last version of I Tunes. So... Thanks for your help

Hello, BD Aqua many thanks for your prompt reply. It's a gray one. And the message is "OSX can't 'be installed on this computer " or something like that. The installing program doesn't launch anything but just ask me the language I choice and after ...relaunching and relaunching ... nothing happens. However when I' ve called previously the Apple support they told me to upgrade directly in Snow Leopard. I want to be sure to have the possibility to install it before purchasing it and in which version ?
And do I have to erase my previous disk as somebody recommand it before installing the new OS ?

Security Update 2011-003 (Snow Leopard ONLY - Really, Really?!?!?!)

What anyone who doesn't have Snow Leopard isn't at risk of getting tagged by dreaded "Mac Defender" Trojan Horse???
Come Apple Snow Leopard isn't the only OS that is at risk, you really should make this avaible to ALL Mac users, not just those who have purchased and installed Snow Leopard.

Eric Schwarzkopf wrote:
What anyone who doesn't have Snow Leopard isn't at risk of getting tagged by dreaded "Mac Defender" Trojan Horse???
Come Apple Snow Leopard isn't the only OS that is at risk, you really should make this avaible to ALL Mac users, not just those who have purchased and installed Snow Leopard.
It would apparently have been a much bigger undertaking to provide similar functionality for earlier systems. You'd probably have to start from scratch, whereas for Snow Leopard it's a small update to a pre-existing feature. This isn't to say, though, that Apple shouldn't have provided something for earlier systems anyway.
From
About Security Update 2011-003:
Description: The OSX.MacDefender.A definition has been added to the malware check within File Quarantine.
The "File Quarantine" check for "potentially unsafe files" began with OS X v10.5, but the addition of a specific "malware check" feature using a list of known malware was new in Snow Leopard.
From
About file quarantine in Mac OS X v10.5 and v10.6:
Snow Leopard checks for malware
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard builds upon the existing unsafe file type check by also checking for known instances of "malware", or malicious software. When you open a quarantined file, the file quarantine feature will check to see if it may include known malware.

HT1291 i had upgraded my mac book pro to snow leopard but the cd /dvd is not working on this os

hi,
I had upgraded my macbook Pro with a snow leopard os and added parallels and windows 7 prof , but the cd/dvd is not detecting please help me out

Jain.vikas wrote:
hi,
I had upgraded my macbook Pro with a snow leopard os and added parallels and windows 7 prof , but the cd/dvd is not detecting please help me out
When you use a virtual machine software, it can "take over" the optical drive for the virtual machine operating system, so the disk won't appear in OS X or on the desktop. You need to disable the virtual machine from accessing the optical drive. Usually if the virtual machine is not booted up, then control returns to OS X for the hardware.
If the disk is not appearing in Windows, it's because you need to enable the virtual machine to access that piece of hardware.
First use the Apple Menu to Software Update 10.6.3 to 10.6.8
Next update Parallels to the latest version, if you get a grey screen and the Mac refuses to boot, hold the Shift key down (Safe Mode) while booting up again to disable Parallels and other at boot kernel externsion files, update Parallels and then reboot normally.
While in Windows in the virtual machine, Windows Update to the latest version (Control Panel) and also make a "snapshot" this way you can revert to that for updates or if you get malware. Install the free Microsoft Security Essentials, it's good enough in most cases as you can "fall back" on the virtual machine snapshot if you get infected.

Snow Leopard not fully supporting DVD Studio Pro

I've come to realize that the many problems talked about on these support forums lies in the Snow Leopard OS.
I had Leopard on my laptop and did the upgrade to Snow Leopard. No problems.
On my desk top, I had tiger then upgraded to Snow Leopard. No problems.
But recently, I did a fresh install of Snow Leopard on my desk top, and the problems with DVD Studio Pro began happening.
Then I did a Fresh install of Snow Leopard on my laptop, and the same problems began to arise.
Just my observations of the situation.
I am going to reinstall my original Laptop OS and go from there.
This is very frustrating.

I agree.
Whenever I run the Simulator and press the info button to look at the GPRMS it brings up a new window and swiftly becomes unresponsive. I've trashed prefs but I reckon it's got to be Snow Leopard.
Won't be holding my breath for an update any time soon...

Snow Leopard upgrade and now DVD problems in WinXP partition

I upgraded to Snow Leopard (finally) on my Mac partition. The first time I tried to play a DVD I was asked to change the region from 1 to 4, which I did, unfortunately, without checking it out first (I've since discovered I should have set it to 'ignore' DVD Player). Now my Windows XP partition won't recognise my DVD drive and I can't reinstall it - I get an error message about a corrupt Registry. I can't see how I can change the region back to Region 1, as I have no Region 1 DVDs (it tells me I'm allowed 4 more changes). I've searched these communities and can't find any not-too-technical answers. I don't want to run the risk of making things worse. I would be very grateful for any help as I need to work in Windows for my job. Many thanks.

Confirmed that iCal 4.0 (packaged with Snow Leopard) breaks when used with the Cosmo CalDAV server (http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/CosmoDevelopmentHome). Before in iCal 3.x it worked fine. When attempting to update a calendar I now get the message:
"You can't change events or to do items in the $calendar calendar."
I'd encourage Apple to test iCal with other popular CalDAV servers before releasing it as it is supposed to be compatible with open standards.

Snow Leopard Only Boots in Safe Mode

I had a catastrophic failure of the original 320 gb drive in my iMac and my Time Machine drive this weekend. I purchased and installed a new drive, and installed Snow Leopard.
Now, whenever my computer starts up, it only starts in Safe Mode. I'm not holding down the shift key.

What happens, if in Safe Mode you go to System Preferences > Startup Disk and re-choose your Startup Disk, then restart?
-mj

Snow Leopard only running newest iLife apps???

I know this sounds like a dumb question, but I have to ask since I have no way of testing it. My Dad was about to buy the Snow Leopard family pack upgrade for himself, my brother, sister and I. The guy at the third-party Apple retailer he usually goes to told him that he will have to upgrade all the computers to iLife '09 because Snow Leopard will not run any earlier iLife apps than the most recent.
It sounded like a load of garbage to me, that the guy was just trying to get an additional sale out of him (which is really uncool), but I wanted to see if anybody has had any issues running older iLife apps on Snow Leopard?

Don't know what you consider more concrete but I installed SL Friday and have used iPhoto 7.15 and iDVD 7.04 quite a bit since then and have experienced no problems at all. They work like they always did but with a slight speed boost.
Yes, I think that 3rd party retailer was either badly informed or, as you say, trying to get a bigger sale. Go to Amazon or get SL or from an Apple store if you live near one. Don't give that store any business.
Rick
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Can I upgrade from Tiger to snow leopard using an external DVD drive

I've been trying to upgrade to Snow Leopard from Tiger but keep nothing happens. I keep getting a grey folder with a question mark on it. Can anyone tell me what this means?

If you have another Mac with Firewire, you can use it's Optical Drive as a big Firewire Optical, put the Install disc in the other Mac, boot the other Mac in to
Target mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Connect a fw cable, use the Otion key on this one to choose the Install Disc in the other Mac.
Can I install if I make a bootable copy to my firewire external?
Yes, especially if you have a small 5 to 9GB Partition, you can use DU to Restore the Install Disc to that.

Load Snow Leopard from iso on DVD?

Why is this difficult?

I'm perfectly aware of licensing restrictions. However, I was NEVER misusing the resources available to me; I just wasn't aware at the time that the licensing is essentially embedded into the unit by model. There are no indicators, leaving me to try EVERY install disk available.
As for telling someone to "shut it", I stand by my words. I don't think there is anything to gain here, or I would have already obtained the information. This is a dead subject, as I've already completed what I set to do as of last week. Rather than someone tell me why I was experiencing what I was and offer a viable solution, I got a lot fanboys telling me to buy something I already owned the rights to.
"Insulting someone is not professional and will only make people not want to help you" - If there was anything "professional" about this forum, there would be compliance and assistance or at least redirection to a source of where I could obtain the desired information.
I'm not terribly worried about making people "not want to help me" because THEY ARENT HELPING ME NOW. I've yet to read ONE solution to ANY problem. Just insults and assumptions about my intent. I've had the proper licensing all along, and the intent of use of the software was perfectly legal, yet I'm targeted for piracy without ever having been asked what I was actually doing.
I'm killing this thread with these words.

Snow Leopard Only Available on DVD?

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