Still using Leopard OS X 10.5.

Need to know how to update to Snow Leopard as there is no online update available. Thanks

You can check ebay for a new, sealed copy of the Snow Leopard retail box.  (You would want to make sure it is still sealed, to make sure you aren't inadvertantly creating unlicensed additional copies of the OS.)
Several copies of OS X Snow Leopard, claiming to be genuine retail boxes, are available on eBay at the moment.
Alternately, if you can find it, you may choose to opt for the Mac Box Set with Snow Leopard, which would include copies of iLife '11 and iWork '09 - the latest versions of each of these suites.

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    Two previous questions may not have been as clear as I would have liked. I recently upgraded my MacBook 2008 (10.5.8) to Snow Leopard (10.6.8). With the updates came iTunes 11.1.1 and Quicktime 7.6.6. I am still using Garageband 2008 and iPhoto 2008. When I create music in Garageband I usually adjust the volume and save it. Even now when I share the Garageband created files with iTunes 11.1.1, the volime I previously set in Garageband is retained. However, when I use the music to create a slide show in iPhoto 2008 and export to Quicktime 7.6.6, the volume level I previously set is lost and seems to default to a low level. The problem seems to be either in the slide show export from iPhoto 2008 to Quicktime 7.6.6 or in Quicktime itself. Is there a work around, so that I can retain the volume level I had previously set in Garageband, a volume level that seems to transfer without problem to the new iTunes. But then iPhoto 2008 (slide show) possibly or Quicktime 7.6.6 do not cooperate. Before I did the upgrade to Snow Leopard, the new iTunes and Quicktime I had no problems with the set volume being retained in the old Quicktime. The reason I need control over the volume is that all these music files are uploaded to YouTube.

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    Hello to all my readers.I am still using my Apple G4 1.25 Ghz MDD running Leopard 10.5.8 with iTunes 10.6.3 installed. Can I use an Phone 4s with iOS 5 with this set up? I have read the iPhone iOS 5 user guide and it appears that I can but is anybody actually doing it ? My current phone is a £10 Nokia and I've neither wish nor cash to spend more than a grand upgrading to an intel based machine (at the moment) ! Regards to you all.

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    I'm still using Snow Leopard OS because I heard too many horror stories about people upgrading their OS to Lion.  But I can't upgrade Safari anymore unless I upgrade the OS. I get messages constantly telling me I need to upgrade my web browser, and have increasing problems correctly viewing pages (like L.A. TImes, NY TImes) because Safari needs upgrading.
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    8 GB or more of available space
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    Applications Compatibility (2)
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  • Still Using Tiger, Was getting Ready to Install Leopard..

    Hello-
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  • I'm still using 'good ole' Appleworks 6 on Snow Leopard.  I'v heard that Maverick does NOT support Appleworks 6. Is this true?? Are my 20  years of Appleworks files now useless?6

    I'm still using 'good ole' Appleworks 6 on Snow Leopard.  I'v heard that Maverick does NOT support Appleworks 6. Is this true?? Are my 20  years of Appleworks files now useless?

    Boomba29 wrote:
    I'm still using 'good ole' Appleworks 6 on Snow Leopard.  I'v heard that Maverick does NOT support Appleworks 6. Is this true?? Are my 20  years of Appleworks files now useless?
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    This article examines 'abandoning Appleworks' in detail:
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    Your profile says you already have Snow Leopard (10.6.8).
    AppleWorks doesn't run in Lion (10.7).

  • I currently use Snow Leopard and Microsoft Word, Excel and Entourage o my Mac.  If I upgrade to Mavericks, can I still use those applications?

    I currently use Snow Leopard with Microsoft Word, Excel and Entourage on my iMac.  If I upgrade to Mavericks, can I still use those applications?

    If the Microsoft Office is 2004 then no.
    Mavericks System requirements.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5842
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    I use FCP 7 Studio on an iMac with Snow Leopard (10.6.8).  If I upgrade to Lion so I can use iCloud, can I still use FCP 7?

    Thanks X!  I use Office 2011 as this iMac is only a year old.  I don't have Rosetta (is it an add-on?) at least, I've never seen it... so... you're saying I could upgrade to Lion with no ill effect to my FCP7 Studio and all it's files and my saved projects?
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  • Hundreds of clients still use CS2, but we want to upgrade--what to do?

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    Buying CS5 for just department, and digging through eBay and other channels to buy just enough copies of CS3 and CS4 to use as a bridge back to CS2. But this just seems like such a clunky and inefficient solution that would significantly slow down all those nice production workflows I spent so much time streamlining.
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    3. Will this upgrade my Safari so it doesn't quit when I try to make a simple reservation on the Holiday Inn website?
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  • Who still uses Mac OS X 10.2.8?

    Just curious. I still have it on my old PowerBook G4, but I haven't used it for years. I am sure it still works. Heh.

    John Galt wrote:
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    Yours can too, Leopard if you really want. No need to stick with Jaguar.
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    Yeah, I know. I didn't bother because I rarely used PowerBook G4 or any laptops/notebooks. I used to do that a lot in college though. I just use desktops.

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