Snow Leopard will not install if you do not have 1GB RAM or more
I ran into one problem when I tried to install snow leopard, The problem was I throught my Macbook had 1 GB of RAM in it, then after I my first try on install then it mentioned I did not have 1 GB of RAM, so I checked it and I only have 512 MB, so that is low and I have a 1st Generation Macbook, So now I ordered a 2 GB of RAM for my MacBook I'm waiting for the memory to arrive so I can install it into my Macbook, then I will install snow leopard.
Snow Leopard will not install if you do not have 1GB RAM or more, but if you have 1GB or more in your Macs then you will be fine
The system requirements for the OS have been public knowledge on every major tech blog, apple fan blog, apple rumor site and Apple's site for at least 4+ months. So it's not like they just decided at the 11th hour that you needed 512MB of RAM. Not to mention, just about every piece of software I've ever purchased has the system requirements printed in a very tiny print in a very un-obvious place on the packaging. So that's nothing new... for Apple and the rest of the software manufacturing world.
As the consumer, it's your responsibility to do the appropriate research (either online, over the phone or asking the sales rep) what requirements are necessary.
Similar Messages
-
If I upgrade from Mac OS v 10.5.8 to 10.6 Snow leopard will my installed applications such as MS Office for Mac 2008 still work? Will time machine files created under OS 10.5 still be accessible?
Yes
-
I want to upgrade my imac from 10.4.11 Tiger to Snow Leopard, I have tried to install but it states I need 1GB RAM to install
can anyone help as to what I need to do next.
ThanksGo to a site such as OWC's or Crucial's and buy the RAM.
(124598) -
Snow Leopard won't install because drive is not Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
I cannot install Snow Leopard (from regular Leopard) on my other 21" Intel iMac (not this one) because the hard drive is apparently only Mac OS Extended and NOT Mac OS Extended "(Journaled)".
Is there a fix for this? Everything else on the computer is working fine (and has been for a few years)
I'm not sure how it got that way but a few years ago I used Disk Warrior to correct some problems - maybe I re-imaged the hard rive using Disk Warrior into the wrong format?
Disk Utility confirms that the hard rive is indeed Mac OS Extended (what is the difference with "Journaled" anyway?).
I'm loathe to erase the disk, reformat, and use Time Machine to reload the data (what if the back-up drive is incompatible with the reformatted Mac OS Extended Journaled)? Maybe I can use Disk Warrior to re-image the disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?
Please advise best way to handle this situation.
Thanks!If you are certain the only problem is that the startup volume is not Mac OS Extended "(Journaled)" you may be able to fix this with Disk Utility: Select the volume in the list, then press command + j or select "Enable Journaling" from Disk Utility's File menu.
However, the reason the Snow Leopard installer may not allow the install is because the drive must be formatted with the *GUID Partition Table* Partition Map Scheme. If you, you will have to reformat the drive. To determine the Partition Map Scheme, select the drive (not the volume name indented below it) in Disk Utility & look at the last line of info in the window. -
i have taken itunes completely off my computer and redownloaded it several times and keep getting the same messege and not i am getting a messege that itunes needs a repair and i click yes for the repair and nothing happens,
Could you post your diagnostics for us please?
In iTunes, go "Help > Run Diagnostics". Uncheck the boxes other than DVD/CD tests, as per the following screenshot:
... and click "Next".
When you get through to the final screen:
... click the "Copy to Clipboard" button and paste the diagnostics into a reply here. (Use your Ctrl-V keyboard shortcut to paste.) -
Install Disk for Snow Leopard will not boot on an iMac 27in
My Install Disk for Snow Leopard will not boot on my iMac 27in. The Apple Logo is the only thing the user will see. The current OS on the system is 10.6.6. Upon placing the Snow Leopard DVD in the system, the DVD players spins for a few seconds and displays the Apple Logo. Nothing happens after 20 minutes.
Yes, it is ridiculous how it is impossible to install Snow Leopard. I have two Snow Leopard DVDs: one that I purchased for a Macbook soon after it's release (10.6.0), and one that came with my iMac (10.6.4). Both of these boot up my Macbook (running 10.6.7) just fine. My SL 10.6.0 DVD mounts onto my iMac (Lion 10.7.0), but you cannot run the install. I attempted to boot from this DVD and got the infinite white screen and Apple logo, as some have reported above. The other SL 10.6.4 DVD will not even mount in Lion, and will not even show up as a bootable drive when I attempt to select it after holding alt/option on reboot.
I created a bootable external drive from SL 10.6.0, attempted boot, same infinite white screen/apple logo.
I created a bootable external drive from SL 10.6.4 on my macbook. I attempted to boot from this drive, and got the white screen of death, except that this time I actually got the loading symbol underneath the Apple logo. After about a minute of attempting to boot, the Apple logo changed to a circle with a diagonal line through it (the "NO!" sign).
I took my iMac to the genius bar. They inserted SL 10.6.0, which would not boot. Then they determined that my computer had to run 10.6.4 and later. So, they restored an image of SL 10.6.4 onto my partition (not an install from an image, but an image of SL already installed). Hurray! Snow Leopard was successfully shoved onto my iMac!
I then deleted a third partition on my hard drive I did not need anymore, which somehow screwed up my SL partition (even though it said "Will not erase partition SL or Macintosh HD). Now I am back at square one, and I guess I need to take my flippin iMac back to Apple for them to do what I should be able to do.
I like Apple, but sheesh do I hate Lion right now. -
Am running Tiger 10.4.11; just got Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (regular OS disk, not upgrade). When I install Snow Leopard, will it wipe everything? overwrite Tiger? Do I need to make backups of applications and files to reinstall after Snow Leopard Loads? thanks!
Hi Donald,
No it doesn't erase anything by default, it does what we used to call an Archive and Install feature, which can give you a new OS, yet preserve your files and settings if you have enough room on your HD...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
But it does it automatically unless you specifically erase the Disk, but will replace Tiger completely for the OS & several Apple Apps like Safari, Mail, etc, yet preserve your old settings for those!
If you think you may need Tiger to run any APPs that do not work in SL/10.6, then clone or backup first.
I would recomend 2 things before installing though...
Make sure you have enough RAM & HD space.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
* Mac computer with an Intel processor
* 1GB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the new Mac OS X SL/10.6 Install Disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214 -
I am not very tech savy & I thought I hadn't installed Mac OS X Snow leopard .After I installed it I went to tether with my Iphone but Itunes wont even recognise it and no one will help me
krystiefrommorayfield wrote:
I am not very tech savy & I thought I hadn't installed Mac OS X Snow leopard .After I
installed it I went to tether with my Iphone but Itunes wont even recognise it and no one will help me
You connect your iPhone to iTunes through the Sync Process...
See Here
Syncing with iTunes
From Here
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/ -
My early Intel iMac running Snow Leopard will not boot past the apple logo. I have tried holding the c key and inserting the install disk, but nothing. What do I try next?
I have tried resetting PRAM and all other items listed in the Apple support site. This happened after an update to iTunes was added. Also this is happening to other people. Please help.
-
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 2008 imac with snow leopard. i installed update 10.9.3 not realizing it's best for Maverick's users. Now my Itunes 11.2.2 won't burn playlists to CD. Anyone else with this problem? CAn I uninstall the 10.9.3 update? Also my HP scannerwill not save the displayed scanned document since this update! it just saves gray.
If you have your old system backed up then erase the drive and restore your backup. If you don't have a backup then backup your entire Home folder. Erase the drive and install Snow Leopard after which you can restore your Home folder from the backup.
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase
the drive and everything on it.
1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
(Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
Assistant. Be sure you configure your initial admin account with the exact same
username and password that you used on your old drive. After you finish Setup
Assistant will complete the installation after which you will be running a fresh
install of OS X. You can now begin the update process by opening Software
Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your installation current.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
Or you can:
Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the
computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager
screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Reinstall the 10.9.3 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Update (Combo).
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Reinstall the 10.9.3 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 Update (Combo). -
If you lost your install CD's for an iMac7,1. Can you use Snow Leopard to reboot/install?
If you lost your install CD's for an iMac7,1. Can you use Snow Leopard to reboot/install?
Best answer; see AnaMusic above.
Will SL do? Yes, provided you use the SL retail disc. A grey disc from another Mac will not work.
A few considerations -
Be warned that printer drivers, and scanner drivers in particular will almost certainly need updating for SL. That could be a problem if the printer or scanner is more than a couple of years old.
Many third party applications (and some Apple ones) may need updates for SL (Adobe particularly), so check with the vendors for compatability before you upgrade.
You'll need Rosetta to run PPC apps like Appleworks and many MS Office or Adobe versions. Ensure you select it from the 'optional installations' when installing SL.
Note also that any bundled applications that came with your Tiger original discs (iLife in particular) are not included on retail OS versions. -
If I upgrade to Snow Leopard, will I have to re-install software such as Logic Studio?
If I upgrade to Snow Leopard, will I have to re-install software such as Logic Studio? Do I lose EVRYTHING?
You normally will not lose anything, but you may have to reinstall some applications since some applications place files in locations that may not be carried over to the new installation. Logic Studio may well fall into this category, though I don't know for sure. You should confirm compatability of your applications with Snow Leopard before you upgrade, since some applications may require upgrading to work properly (or at all). You should also have a good backup - I usually suggest making a complete clone of your current hard drive to an external drive - before attempting the upgrade.
Regards. -
omeone meet the problem, I am not abble install mac OS 10.6 snow leopard on intel based machine, (intel core 2 duo, 2,8 ghz, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, OSX 10.5.8) system every time wrote "OS X snow leopard cannot be install on this machine" please help, Majo
It is retail disk, i bought it in apple store. I also resetter PRRAM and SMC and checked disk. I also tried clean installation and upgrade, nothing works, after run installation program after few seconds wrote: OS X Snow Leopard cannot be install on this machine :-(
Thank you for your answer
Majo -
HT201364 Macmini2 running Snow Leopard will not upgrade to Mavericks
Macmini2 running Snow Leopard will not upgrade to Mavericks. Hardware is on the list but will not upgrade.
If you have a MacMini 2 as indicated, that is a Late '07
OVERVIEW
Introduced August 2007
Discontinued March 2009
Model Identifier Macmini2,1
Maybe you are looking for
-
How do I tell what the latest software versions is...
Hi There, I have a Nokia Sapphire Arte and was wondering what the latest rev of code is available for it? I am awaiting a new USB cable in the mail, so, I can't hook it up to Nokia Updater right now to determine this. Thanks! Lumia 920/N9 Previous Li
-
Scroll 2 JScrollPanes together?
Quick question. (I hope it's quick anyway.) I have 2 JTextAreas side by side added to JScrollPanes. I past a list in the one on the left, click a button to do something with that list and it writes to the JTextArea on the right like a log file. If th
-
License 06A not showing 2012 SQL
Hello, My apologies if this isn't correct forum. I'm currently running SCCM 2012 R2 and when I run the License 06A report, I get all my versions of SQL except for 2012. Is there a hotfix or this intended for a reason I'm unsure of with 2012 licensing
-
Do we need to create message interfaces for idocs and rfcs thatare imported
do we need to create message interfaces for idocs and rfcs thatare imported from sap server in scenarios from sap system to file or vice versa i knew that we need not create message types do we also skip creating message interfaces
-
Dreamweaver CS4 FTP Access Denied error
We recently purchased and installed Adobe CS 4 Design Suite. I am trying to install and configure Dreamweaver CS4 to maintain our website. I had a trial version on a PC which works fine. I have a Mac OS X 10.5.8 and I installed the newly purchased D